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__label__cc	0.748959	0.251041	Our goal is to tell YOUR story in the most authentic way possible, to create connections with your market Ligon Marketing owner Cora Ligon grew up in a place far away, in a culture unlike anything most of us have experienced. On a remote southwestern Pacific island off Papua New Guinea, her linguist parents raised Cora and her three siblings and forged bonds with the villagers as they developed a written alphabet, the tools of reading and writing. In a village with no written language, the people created rich stories and ways to communicate. History, traditions, announcements, instructions, and the language of love and play were passed among the people through stories and their self-made oral language. The rhythm and cadence of drums “talked” across the island to share information. Many of us embrace this same idea when we share campfire stories, bedtime stories, family recipes, favorite television shows, or music. Have you ever felt left out when friends speak through favorite movie lines, from a movie you didn’t see? Or does your entire family laugh and interrupt each other telling that wonderful old tale about grandpa? All her life, Cora has been a passionate storyteller, one who expresses her ideas through relatable stories that provide “lightbulb moments” for others. It’s her most effective way to communicate her vision of growing a business to a prospective client or to explain a new tool to current clients. She thinks and talks faster than most of us, but Cora frequently uses a simple story to explain a more complicated concept to build understanding. She’s really good at it! Because storytelling is the way we at Ligon Marketing help you build your business. Each client is unique, and we consider ourselves partners in the journey. We sometimes use different “languages” or media, but each is designed to reach your audience and tell your story in a compelling way. Our goal is to tell YOUR story, in the most authentic way possible, to create connections with your market, whether defined as customer or patient, by age or gender demographics. Continue reading our blogs to learn more about building an authentic identity with your unique story. Or call us at 863-838-5475. Cora Ligon 2017-10-17T17:25:10+00:00 April 7, 2017\| 8 Tips for Email Marketing Marketing: Strategy. Implementation. TACTICS. Your Authentic Story A Space of Our Own: A Real Office	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4173
__label__cc	0.568491	0.431509	« Out of Town Firemen M… » MOVED - Fort Fisher F… Airport EMS Station Update 12/16/14 281 W, 3 I - + 6 - 4 Airport EMS Station Update What's happening with the airport EMS station project, you ask? The station was closed on October 14, 2014. EMS 34, EMS 35, and Medic 95 were relocated to the Lynn Road EMS station. That is, they start their day at same. EMS 34 anchors at WakeMed Brier Creek. EMS 35 anchors at Pleasant Valley Shopping Center. Medic 95 also sort of anchors at that location. As for the building, that's the former Bay Leaf Station 3 / Six Forks EMS / Six Forks Rescue / Six Forks Fire Department building. Ownership of the 12,642 square-foot structure and its 1.09 acre parcel transferred to the county on September 19, 2012. Read more history in this prior posting. The address of the airport EMS station is 6901 Mt. Herman Church Road. That's right before one of the airport's runways start. (Awesome views of incoming aircraft. They're right over your head.) As the aforementioned prior posting also notes, the three-bay building will cost $1.25 million. Estimated 4,084 square-feet, including supervisor's office, four-bed dorm, kitchen, and day room. We're told that completion is estimated in June or July. Only changes to plans is a slight shift of the building. The thing's been moved a little to the northwest, to get out of the flight line restrictions. Demolition should be starting now. The property is owned by the Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority. They've had the land since June 21, 1990. The former EMS building was built in 1972 and opened in 2005 as a Six Forks EMS station. Unsure the former tenants. The airport acquired same in 1990. Couple neat loading docs on the side and rear. Doubtfully will be missed. See exterior pictures of the building, from the other week. One of the aforementioned docks was quite handy for washing the roof of an ambulance if memory serves. PJ - 12/17/14 - 10:40 It’s interesting that they had a EMS Station near the airport (EMS6) for many years, then left. Then Six Forks used the warehouse building, and now they’re building another one. I guess old EMS 6 was to close to 40 and not to 70? That used to be a decently busy truck if memory serves correct. Airport EMS - 12/18/14 - 14:07 The airport station (EMS6) was busy, sort of. Most of the calls were ‘no transport’ so no revenue generated. Plus, it was close to EMS54 in Morrisville. Six Forks placed #1273 at the airport (later renamed to EMS123) and it ran from 08:00 – 20:00. Having worked at both of them (EMS6 and EMS123) neither at the time would be considered really busy stations. EMS6 was a nice ‘break’ station, and EMS123 was a good nap station, until the move-ups started. Grizzle Medic - 12/19/14 - 16:12 Worked 6 for 2 rotations in one year in 2000,.. I think we averaged 2 calls a week if memory serves. Most of the runs then were move ups to ems 4 when the city got low on units. Spent a lot of time in the tower and chasing deer from the runway with CFR. Brandon - 02/03/15 - 14:50	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4186
__label__cc	0.694079	0.305921	Okay.. we gotta discuss it.. it’s time Meet me in room 618 at 11:43pm. Bring the cheap wine Dear those in denial, I’m 99.7% certain that Rob and Kristen hooked up while filming, despite the whole Michael Oregano situation. I recently informed a dear friend of my opinion on the matter and she responded: “Yes. Dude…I said it all along…from that very first Larry Carroll vid… “there were TWO nights that were…productive…” He probably had wine in his room…and offered her 17 year old ass some…which she took, of course. And smoked the night away. (Figuratively and literally.)” This topic is of so much utter importance that I decided to bring in my reinforcements and “break it down vanity-fair style” (see this post if you don’t know what the H I’m talking about). I know many of you don’t want to believe me. You want to continue thinking Rob & Kristen were nothing more than close friends and that Kristen stayed true to Michael. If you are one of those in denial, you will hate the following conversation because we are going to PROVE it to you. Feel free to offer your rebuttle in the comments, but just so you know, you’re wrong. XOXO UnintendedChoice Last Tango in Paris UC: can we talk about the PROOF that we know that rob & kristen hooked up? They watched that MOVIE…. Moon: I’m gonna play devils advocate and say NO. she seems like a total prude who’s WAY too into NReed and her BF Friend #1: wrong- they’ve done it. UC: how do you watch (what’s the movie again?) and not have sex after it and JOKE about mirroring your characters after it Friend #1: LAST TANGO IN PARIS. No-strings attached sex…. they watched that shizzzzz…. and she was 17…. and he hit it. but then they will deny it ’til the death, ’cause she was underage. UC: and i’m confident Michael knows. she told him. she was so upset at herself. and he forgave her. they worked through it Moon: they watched last tango in paris? UC: YES. Omg, Friend #1, she hasn’t seen the interview Moon: god how old are they? Friend #1: of course. ’cause he got a freebie out of it, too. GIRL…. ok, you have to watch THE interview that first came out last year…. UC: THAT’s the interview that makes us KNOW they did it Friend #1: april of last year. it’s the PROOF! UC: it’s SOOO obvious. MTV. They’re SO flirty Moon: link please (literally 3 seconds later b/c Friend #1 is awesome like that) UC: there it is proof Friend #2: OK, I missed a lot because of the phone call. BUT, I must say… Rob and Kris most DEF hooked up. I am positive of it Friend #1: yay Friend #2! she agrees! she has seen the interview, clearly. Moon: dude is this the one where she scrapes that crap out of his mouth?! sick Friend #1: yes. Moon: hey im just being devils advocate Friend #1: “bonding.” is when they talk about it. Moon: THATS it?! That’s what you base this off??? UC: YES Friend #1: have you SEEN last tango in paris, moon? there is no reason those 2 would’ve been watching that if they didn’t have ulterior motives. Be further convinced after the jump Friend #2: You guys haven’t watched the deleted scenes, have you? Friend #1: NO–no deleted scenes. waiting for the DVD. UC: no. not the deleted scenes. b/c you say it’s obvious they did it right? Friend #2: Well, then I can’t make my point Friend #1: no–make your point. i don’t mind… Friend #2: No, I can’t spoil the awesome Friend #1: dude. TELL! or i will kill you. UC: how much spoiling will it be? i mean.. something we really don’t know? Friend #1: just TELL. TELL. TELL. TELL. please. Friend #2: only when all three agree Friend #1: i agree. The others do, too. Moon: REALLY??? UC: i agree. I don’t want to watch, just hear. Friend #1: say it. SAY IT. OUTLOUD! Moon: Do they say “we had sex” in the extras? Friend #2: Ok here I go. Ok, so there is a leg caress that is 100% Rob and zero percent Edward Friend #1: of course there is. because he’s FAMILIAR with her. in the Biblical sense. Moon: in the kiss scene on the bed?? Friend #2: YEs And it is beautiful And so not Edward Those two shagged. totally Friend #1: OF COURSE THEY DID. UC: oh MAN i wanna watch! for “research” Friend #1: i’ve been saying it since last year…when i had no one to say it to! UC: dang. a leg thing Friend #2: And she liked the leg grab. that’s why they deleted the scene Friend #1: of course she liked it. hello! UC: was it a butt grab too? i haven’t seen any of the deleted kissing scenes Friend #1: me either. i’m a purist. UC: me too i want my “first” time to be with Moon next Saturday while eating sprinkles cupcakes Moon: i saw the one Friend #2 is talking about. sorry I’m a slut, UC UC: MOON. UGH Moon: it was accidental UC: do you concur? it’s hot? and they did it? Moon: YES SO HOT. I watched it like 88 times Friend #2: You guys…it wasn’t even a scene in the movie. The camera crew just caught them in the act UC: what? Moon: HAHAHA UC: oh haha joke Moon: broke into their hotel room The Penelope DVD Preview Friend #1: what about that scene in the Penelope preview…where they are leaning into each other… UC: in the movie about the girl with the pig nose? Friend #1: they are SO doing it. Friend #2: Broke into Catherine’s bed Friend #1: were. are. will do it again, whatever.yes…sending vid now: Friend #1: at :26.they are doing it. that is NOT a scene in the movie… that is THEM. and this vid is sweet before kstew became a huge sourpuss. UC: DUDE i’m not done but her on his back? yeah? he was ALLL about that Friend #1: but did you see :26? that is the PROOF! Moon: that they’re hugging? Friend #2: special hugging? Friend #1: i dunno…what they are doing….but she is majoring pulling him in… leaning into him. having a MOMENT. this must have been the morning after..the afterglow. bet she still smelled. UC: ohhhhhh the clare de lune part. so happy he’s so hot. i want to make love to him Friend #1: ew. “make love?” Moon: he is SOOO Edward here. HAHAH MAKE LOVE The Nylon Interview UC: what other “proof” do we have? Friend #1: my work here is done. Moon: I’m not convinced Friend #1: wellllll… that recent interview with her…. where she tried to play it off… “Sometimes we lean into each other…” she is begging off it too much…trying to prove that they aren’t a couple. which they’re not. just friends with benefits. Moon: i mean i think they’re close, but i act that way with people sometimes. theres totally attraction there and thats obvious Friend #2: I have proof. I didn’t want to tell you…but… I know that they did it because after Rob and I were together…he said, “Kristen who?” Moon: HAHAHAH you win Are you convinced? Filed under: Kristen, movie, Nikki Reed, Rob Pattinson, Twilight, Video \| Tagged: breaking it down vanity fair style, Kristen Stewart, larry carrol, Michael Arangano, MTV, nylon interview, penelope, rob pattinson and kristen stewart relationship, Robert Pattinson, robert pattinson and kristen stewart hooked-up, sex, Twilight, twilight deleted scenes, vanity fair \| « The Unicorns may not like this convo… And the winner is… » Ok I disagree and here is why…if YOU EVER “special hugged” Robert..do you think you could go back to Oregano? Do you think you could STOP “special hugging” Robert…oh no no no no no and heeeeck no. She didn’t , she wants to..which is why she is so btchy all the time..cause its there, he’s there, she’s there..oh my did it get warm in here lol unintendedchoice, on March 18, 2009 at 9:34 am said: while i disagree, i do like your reasoning, brummielover… how COULD you go back to Michael after you had Rob? I just think she’s crazy 🙂 Melissa, on March 18, 2009 at 11:21 am said: brummielover get a clue, as much as i love kstew, she def would have run back to oregano..shes used to him, she wouldnt want to hurt catherines feelings, oreganos family, etc etc..complex 17 year old love triangle hollywood style LOL… malia, on March 18, 2009 at 12:28 pm said: @ Brummielover, I’m with you on this one 🙂 BRUMMIELOVER, on March 18, 2009 at 3:10 pm said: thats right..cause you know it is sooo true. Robert is like a fine wine..and Oregano…is like..ummmm MadDog 20/20 haha Melissa, on March 18, 2009 at 3:33 pm said: haaaaaaaaaaaa..you didnt just say oregano is like mad dog 2020…………ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh newkindofunicorn, on April 28, 2009 at 11:41 pm said: catherines feelings? kt, on March 18, 2009 at 2:42 pm said: if you ask me she went back to micheal because rob got sick of her. where is that french interview where they press that button that makes a weird noise? they ask what do you hate most about the person next to you and he says “her personality.” he realized what you get when you sleep with highschoolers, a highschoolers personality/attitude and all the complexes/insecurities/annoyances too. Stewpatty, on March 23, 2009 at 11:17 pm said: Yeah, but did you see his lips move when she looked at him. He mouthed, “not”. Uh huh, both want each other baddddd. JBell, on March 18, 2009 at 9:29 am said: “Friend #2: I have proof. I didn’t want to tell you…but… I know that they did it because after Rob and I were together…he said, “Kristen who?”” = Win. lmfao I love you guys to death. I have nothing to say because as UC says, “I’m a purist” and have not watched the scenes. I have watched that MTV thing though and I never looked that deep into it. ‘Deep into it’… oh where my mind just went… (KStew not included)… …except it wasn’t UC, it was Friend #1… lol Man, I hope they read this…R & K…’cause you know they totally stalk this site. This is just good programming, y’all. Tigerlily, on March 18, 2009 at 9:47 am said: Hand on her thigh says it all: Did it! SuzieQ, on March 18, 2009 at 9:54 am said: I have always believed they did it.. their chemistry and how awkward they are.. she is too young to play it off so it confirms it for me.. especially when she gets all irate about it. ErPattz, on March 18, 2009 at 10:03 am said: While I 98% agree with you, I would just like to point out that kissing scene spoiler* was part of Bella’s dream, which is before she found out Edward is a vampire. So, he’s not supposed to be “cautious Edward” he’s some dude that got pulled onto a bed and is reacting as such. ErPattz….that was a good catch 🙂 Nataliae, on March 18, 2009 at 10:04 am said: I will have to be one of the “nay”s. Didn’t happen. She and NReed are close, and Nikki’s his ex, which of course means she’d do anything to be with him again because who could possibly want to not. If they had hooked up, I doubt those two would still be fake lesbos together. amylouwho, on March 18, 2009 at 1:37 pm said: I don’t get where everyone is getting this NReed thing? I’ve never had the impression they were more than friends-ever. What am I missing? I saw pictures of them getting boxes together, but that’s it. I do think KStew is glad Nikki is there to buffer her from Rob, but beyond that? JanetOC, on March 18, 2009 at 10:26 am said: I am not sure which I think, quite yet, but am leaning more towards that they did it. Regardless, I love it when you all “break it down Vanity Fair style” whatever it is. Makes me feel more or less sane, because I always end upreading it. haha… i never know whether people will like our convos or not, because they’re long, but they’re hilarious.. i take 1/2 of the funny stuff out b/c it’s random things people say that aren’t on topic… glad you enjoyed it! trixi, on March 18, 2009 at 10:33 am said: MMMMM…cheep wine! Tasha, on March 18, 2009 at 11:01 am said: 1. I was convinced a looong time ago. Remember one of the 1st press junket interviews? Rob started blushing and was hella nervous when asked about their “chemistry.” -yeaaah…”chemistry”….right. 2. Then another early-on interview when he totally dismissed the fact that KStew had a BF! He was so like…”who cares about her unfortunate-not-as-hot-and-mysterious-as-me-boyfriend?!” 3. Last…look at how she looks at him. See above photo and MANY others….proof! She looks all “yeah, we did it….and I have a few plans for Italy. fingers crossed that dorktastic BF doesn’t make it there” -she doesn’t look at any of her other male co-stars like THAT! -dude…they sooooo did the nasty-tango. -they’ll tango again…while Nikki is distracted in trying to corrupt young Taylor end scene. ummm tasha.. you are a girl after our own heart. your comments sound like an extension of our ‘breaking it down vanity fair style’ convo we had earlier! AMAZING! don’t be ashamed for just finding us- just keep coming back and leaving amazing comments like this!! XO I believe I am…I have found my Twilight-home. My bestie/soulmate and I have weekly ‘breaking it down vanity fair style’ discussions via long distance. It’s our Twilight bonding time. When she comes home from NC, we turn any conversation into Twilight-related stuff. It annoys people, but it’s a talent, nonetheless. I watched the vanity fair 1 hour video too….while my hater-hubby just stared in concern and wondered if it was a cry for help. it wasn’t a cry for help.. it just solidified your soul to us. hearts tasha- you are home! this was all started because uc and i had these type of conversations on the regular and thought they were funny/mildly psychotic and other people needed to hear! invite your friend!! Jordan, on March 18, 2009 at 11:05 pm said: 1. Generally speaking, I agree that there’s a strong possibility they hopped on the good foot and did the bad thing, at some point, but I’m not completely convinced – I’d say, like, 60/40 or 65/35 in favor of them having hooked up 2. @ Moon – OMG. you dropped “on the regular” – that is FANTASTIC. internet high five Linsey, on March 18, 2009 at 11:04 am said: oh yeah they did! I’m shocked and ashamed at myself for just now stumbling across this Cullentastic site! Better late than never. ive said it since day one, i totally agree with you, they did the deed..im entirely convinced..the vanity fair hand slide thing,etc etc pretty much solidified it for me, and there was an interview that if i can find i will def post the link but the interviewer basically calls kristen out about her shyness around rob and how shes always clinging to nikki when he’s around yadda yadda..anyway, yeah, totally did it. Emily W, on March 18, 2009 at 4:19 pm said: Ooo- I don’t think I saw that one… And which part of the vanity fair thingy? Any idea who she was being interviewed by? Amber, on March 18, 2009 at 11:25 am said: I agree they did it. There is no way they didn’t. Do I think they are in a relationship? No. He’s just a friend with benefits. And that’s okay. They can pawn all the sex off as research, right? That’s what I would say. Dear Rob, We can totally be friends with benefits. And, don’t worry, its okay that I’ve got a hubby and kids….just think of it as research for my blog. And I have A LOT of research to do!! Love, me Girls…love how you always tackle the hard (did I just say hard…um, yes Rob…hard) subjects.First the Vampire Tampon protection, now this. This awful “elephant in the room” (breaking it down Robstyle) we all have to live with. First Kstew…productive , I think she actually meant REproductive…harumph, Hate Her! Second …they totally did it, poor Oregano (I think he´s cute after I was forced to watch Sky High like a million times). I don´t know how I got to it (work time…which has turned into Rob “internet research time” lately) but there´s a video in Youtube from the filming were it looks like his spanking her @SS , will look for it and post link. oh yes- please post that video!!! oh yea that is a good one..and I like the song that put to it and play it over and over hahaha… http://www.laineygossip.com/Robert_Pattinson_Kristen_Stewart_discuss_Twilight_during_visit_at_eTalk_Much_Music_studios_.aspx?IsMicro=0 thats the link, its from an old interview and yeah its lainey gossip but she isnt rude as she has been of late..and it just backs up the fact that yeah, they did it LOL. M, on March 18, 2009 at 11:32 am said: I was at a college party last year and met this girl who totally wanted to be my new BFF because her ex (who she obviously wasn’t over) was hitting on me. I kinda blew off the guy because I didn’t want to hurt my new BFF’s feelings. This is totally what happened with the KStew/NReed/Rob triangle. Except I am Kstew and NReed is the tricksey beyatch who makes friends with girls so they would feel guilty about going after her man. But I don’t think KStew and Rob have done it because 1) Oregano 2) NReed 3) They still act like they want to, I wish they would so they could get that out of their systems and move on. Red, on March 18, 2009 at 3:40 pm said: I could totally see NReed being that girl! M totally makes sense, but that lainneygossip run down seals the deal for me…KStew wanted it BAD . Valerie(momof3crazykids), on March 18, 2009 at 12:05 pm said: Oh yes, I think they did! Who in their right mind wouldn’t? Happy Hour Sue, on March 18, 2009 at 12:13 pm said: OMG that video interview is proof: “there were 2 nights…” “2 nights?” ” well all of preproduction actually – but 2 nights that were productive…” Can’t blame ya KStew- you’re only human. Just a Girl, on March 18, 2009 at 12:15 pm said: I agree 100%. They have totally knocked boots. It doesn’t bother me, I think it’s kinda hot. I’m going to have to disagree. Not that I can even relate, but I’ve done plenty of musicals where I’ve had a love interest, even kissing scenes (some since I’ve been married) and it’s true you do create a special bond because it needs to portray well on stage. I’m assuming it’s even harder for film because you have to portray that through the camera, as opposed to people being in the room and feeling the actual energy. I’m just saying I don’t necessarily agree that because they spent time together working on their relationship doesn’t mean they actually had one. sorry gals, don’t hate on me i will hate you forever (this is a false statement and i completely retract it) disagreements are fun! haha stay strong Malia…..You are not alone..feel the love! lol.. Malia, on March 18, 2009 at 3:31 pm said: just glad I have a sister in my cause…haha im in agreement malia, i’m really still not convinced. shes even admitted it herself to not wanting to “be sexy” cause it’s “gross” true words from her nylon interview! sure they made out, did some groping, but i dont think they went all the way. she’s VERY 17 still and that comes across it seems to me robbies into an older more experienced lady, ifyouknowwhatimsayin. who knows though! yay @moon! i think kstew is a classic teen who wants to appear older when in reality she is still a kid. this is so apparent from her “indie” scencester ways, like, por ejemplo, skeleton gloves and liking all things vintage. i’ve been in denial, but lately i’m crushin a little on kstew – i’m realizing she’s just a typical snotty know it all teenager…who gets to make out with Rob whoa, did i just say that? call the paramedics ur fired as my blogging buddy. ifyouknowwhatimsayin…why yes I dooooooooooo! lol Lan, on March 18, 2009 at 12:31 pm said: ok this is effing hilarious. but my concerns are: did Kristen take care of business, was Rob sated? did Oregano teach her anything at all that would give Rob cause to thank him?? because he has always stated he liked older women. (one of the arquette sisters and natalie portman…) as an older woman who’s bumped uglies with a few people, i think I can satisfy him better than a young inexperienced teen like kstew. iJustSaying. krystianne, on March 18, 2009 at 12:47 pm said: okay so before… i’ve always believed that they did not hook up… prolly because i wanted so badly to believe what they were saying… you know staying naive and completely blinded by the obvious.. but after reading this hilarious–vanity fair style breakdown– watching proofs and reading random interview… my viewpoint has changed… I think that they DEF HOOKED UP!… the awkwardness.. the stammering… the blushing… yah.. they did it… just trying to completely hide it—real badly i might add–… iunno man.. poor Oregano… but kris and orb does make a pretty hot couple… (just saying) anywhos… i hope u have more breaking it down vanity fair style chats… i really enjoy reading it! KEEP the FUNNY going =) krystianne, on March 18, 2009 at 1:03 pm said: p.s. and another thing is that Kristen is majorly avoiding him… like common..liek anymore obvious that she is trying to quiet down rumours that they hooked up… i think its more obvious if u avoid people when u want to quiet down rumors… cause yahh… at least it seems liek you are not hiding anything… just saying =D Sarah, on March 18, 2009 at 1:07 pm said: They totally did it. No doubt about it in my mind. You just don’t look at people like that if you aren’t bumping uglies. Also in part of the commentary on the DVD, Catherine mentions a point in the movie when she felt like “they were really a couple” and Rob and Kristen giggle like small children. That was what did it for me. Ok, they haven’t done it. Yet. They are trying to be professional, and the director specifically asked Rob NOT to hit that when she hired him. They have 3 more movies to make and it would mess things up if they did. So they are all over each other as an outlet to their pent up-shit. It works well on screen, for sure. And I alternately love and hate you two for making me laugh almost daily and think about things that I shouldn’t. I’m too old for this! Ugh. Allie, on March 24, 2009 at 11:49 am said: Okay, I just laughed so hard. You are saying out loud what I think all the time. It’s like get a life already, girl. I am so too old for this. What’s wrong with me? nothing is wrong with you! welcome home! I’ve always wanted to deny it also. But I think you all have convinced me. Further evidence: I remember hearing an interview during the press junket where Rob said people (I think it was Catherine) warned him to not hook up with Kristen because of her age and BF. We all know what happens when you tell a man not to do something. They want to do it more. But you guys did the best job breaking down the reasons I had given myself that they hadn’t done it. Now I am probably 90% sure they have. Especially after that Lainey article and the interviews and the deleted scene and the butt-slap clip and the looks they give and the etc, etc. I don’t see that link to the butt slap yet, but I will try to find it. M, on March 18, 2009 at 4:46 pm said: Amy-I agree KStew’s appeal lies in the fact that it would be really stupid to hook up with her… Here is a video of short PARADE magazine interview where Rob talks about how the only women he wants are the ones he can’t have…. http://www.parade.com/celebrity/2008/11/twilight-video-interviews So when CH warned him off, it fueled the fire. I still maintain they didn’t do it. here’s the link to the butt slap go to about 2:57. I picked this link because nomoremarbles picked a perfect song to go with this classic Rob move. emmmes, on March 18, 2009 at 3:11 pm said: Thankz AmyLou! I´ve been racking my brain trying to remember how I got to it!!! IT IS A MUST SEE….hope MOON and UC break it down VF style 🙂 Nope…wasn´t it , but found it! ROB SMACKS KSTEW ON SET: I love how she doesn’t even turn to look at him. Shes just like whatever… omg that marbles girl is WHACKY!!! the hand doesnt even look like it makes contact. ps this isnt anything i wouldnt do to a friend. maybe im just a slut but ya know. (dont you just love being devils advocate?) ah I agree! i don’t think his hand touches her butt- just looks like it just a friendly but spank? dunno? anyway I like him all dressed to da nines as Eddie…smacking Bella´s but…hihihih!! Let’s be skanks together…because I slap butts all the time haha! OHH I´m ALL for some spanking action with Movie Edward, no doubt! Maybe Pocket Edward could tackle that subject on one of your escapades! vickyb, on March 18, 2009 at 5:24 pm said: Okay…I have to say this is a difficult decision. First, I was like, “They totally did it!” because I may smack my friends on the ass but there is no way I am gonna scrape anything off your damn teeth unless you know… Then, I was like, “They totally didn’t do it!” because of Oregano. I mean the guy is always around…he’s worse than a damn TwiMom! So, Finally I am gonna have to go with, they probably did it one night when Oregano went home to feed his dog and then Rob decided that he “tapped that” and now it’s over because he is totally not looking to get into a relationship with someone so young, he needs a real woman, perhaps like Moon…or any of the single ladies on this site. So, there is my two cents! Do with it what you will! best quote ever “oregano is worse than a damn twimom” i just LOL and I’m not saying they were sober when it happened… Ha ha thanks to you and moon I don’t have to be a TwiMom anymore, I can be a LTR Girl! 🙂 ❤ it! Mrs. P., on March 19, 2009 at 12:16 am said: AMen Vicky…AMEN!! Mrs. P., on March 18, 2009 at 3:23 pm said: I think I just cried….yup…I did aSaladADay, on March 18, 2009 at 3:35 pm said: I read this earlier and have been struggling with my emotions since! But I have finally come to my own decision. Ignorance is bliss, and I choose to believe that Rob has not had sex with that girl. #1. She is such a washed out stoner that I can barely look at her. I had a period myself in college where I had a girl crush and every day after classes she and I and a couple of friends would smoke some weed and enjoy a game or two of Hungry, Hungry Hippos before the munchies took us over, but we had little to no sex drive because of the pot… #2. I would blush madly anytime I was in a room with Rob, and forced to talk about him in front of him. I blush looking at pictured of him and my mind wanders off. She’s just a child, and the blushing/stammering/idiocy proves nothing to me. #3. If I were on a tree swing with the hottest man alive reaching out his hand to me, I would stroke the beJesus out of it. He’d have no skin left. Please. #4. Kristin has a hot little body. If I were instructed to make out with her on a bed, in front of people, I would totally go for it and grab some thigh, or ass, or even on a good day, I might go for boobies. Game on. #5. The 2 productive days they were referring to were the 2 days KStew ran out of spleef and they had to actually talk to each other and read the script instead of hitting the bong. #6. Above all this – Rob is a gentleman. I have decided he just wouldn’t go there. She’s nice enough looking, but there is no way her pot addled mind can stimulate his big, um, brain, and so, therefore, I see no proof to the contrary – they have NOT done it. omg..” enjoy a game or two of hungry hungry hippos before the munchies took us over..” best. line. ever. haaaaaaaa… To be honest, I HAVE to believe Rob didn’t tap that. I would lose respect for him if he did. And not because she’s a sourpuss or pothead but because for most of the filming she was 17…(Anyone know the age of consent in WA?) If it was after she was 18, it wouldn’t be a thang. I am seven months younger than Rob and it would be like me screwing Taylor Lautner. When I leer at Taylor via the interweb, I expect Chris Hanson to jump out with a clipboard and a film crew. Sure, he is from England, where the age of consent is 17…but when in Rome, don’t screw the 17 year old. That is all. Sass, on March 18, 2009 at 4:57 pm said: Whether they did it or not is completely irrelevant because the fact of the matter is, he didn’t do me and that is all that really matters. debs, on March 18, 2009 at 4:57 pm said: right on!!!!!!! @sass thanks I needed that! lol…wait “thats what she said” hahahaha sorry couldn’t resist i know im a party pooper but who cares? we still love rob and hate kstew. @sass we posted at the same time. (ha)! I’ve debated this a lot myself. I’ve watched most of BOTH their interviews and have noticed the way they act when they talk about and are around each other. I think what it is is that they have that spark and instant connection you get with some people when you meet them so there’s constant sexual tension. To the point where, if she didn’t have a BF, they’d probably be together because they’re drawn to each other. So its probably awkward for her because she feels things she isn’t supposed to and then is encouraged to act it on screen. Towards the end of the commentary, they mention there being one day where there was a lot of drama on the set and Kristen says her knuckle was all cracked so she was glad it wasn’t in the scene- meaning she probably got pissed and hit something. Various articles have said that she was arguing with her bf on set and he became really possessive of her afterwords because of her relationship with Rob. They seem to have one of those comfortable but not passionate relationships if you watch them. And this was at least a year ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLeYOgGXTB0 I was going to say that you rarely see them at premiers and things together any more and shes generally oriented closer to Nikki than him at things but that may be on purpose. It’s good promotion for Twilight if it looks like her and Rob might be together because it gets them more press. Her showing up with her bf might not help things. Or something. I don’t know. I know that when he is at an event, he’s stuck to the side somewhere while Rob and Nikki get to be up front because they’re part of her project. That has to suck for him. In all fairness, if you’ve watched any of her interviews with her costar in adventureland, shes downright giggly in those. If she acted like she does in those interviews with Rob, I would be convinced they had something. Granted, she was in that movie with a bunch of SNL people and Jessie is hilarious. I would be giggling like a mad woman too. If you have the patience for it, this audio interview with them is hilarious. Heh I played solitaire while I listened, but Jessie is so freaking funny and she’s not…retarded so its amusing. “I’m sorry, I was just apologizing for being inept.” Missy, on March 18, 2009 at 5:24 pm said: Here is why I completely agree that they hooked up: 1. When I watched that interview with them about Last Tango in Paris and caught the “productive” line I immediately knew what they were talking about. 2. Their chemistry in those early April MTV interviews is sadly lacking in oh say…the movie…I remember watching the movie and thinking “Couldn’t they have waited to have sex until AFTER they shot the movie. Now I know I’m up for the firing squad on this one but I expected SMOLDERING during that kissing scene in her bedroom after all of Catherine’s hype about their chemistry and watching those early videos. I just thought it fell kind of flat although any scene of him kissing makes me stomach flutter. 3. I had the EXACT same thoughts when watching the Twilight Extras thing from the Penelope DVD, when she leans in to whisper in his ear in that way. 4. DVD EXTRA SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!! Commentary on the DVD that suggested “on set drama” in more than one place lead me to think the whole one night stand thing played itself out during shooting to a painful degree. 5. She totally went back to Oregano because I get the idea Rob’s a ‘hit it and run” sort of fellow. OMFG! I just saw this posted on Lion/lamb or whatever. I know you girls will get a kick out of it, even if it made me cringe for Kristen. I’m going to try to find the whole interveiw to see it in context, but the one dude calls her a bitch heh. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aWhtOAjuYU SuzieQ, on March 18, 2009 at 7:26 pm said: freaking hysterical! Thanks Emily oooohohoho….FUNNYYY! therealrobzilla, on March 18, 2009 at 5:58 pm said: I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again… BALLS DEEP. niiiice 🙂 Magsterrr, on March 18, 2009 at 6:22 pm said: OMG YOU GIRLS ARE KILLING ME WITH ALL THIS PROOF! ughhhh! okay okay okay…….as much as i want to crawl into a corner and deny this until i turn blue….the fact that they smashed is so obvious it’s retarded! HOWEVER for the sake of argument: my best best guy friend and i are super close, probably closer than robert and sourpuss. Girls at school that i don’t even know come up to me and ask me if we’re going out. We even hold hands for godsakes! but have we ever smashed? NOPE have we even kissed? NOPE! i’m not attracted to him in the least bit!! ..and YET we’re always hugging and whispering..just because we’re BFFs (and he’s not gay because he has a girlfriend and i acutally witnessed a girl go down on him once at a party it was so SICKNAST) sooo because it definitely is possible to be close and APPEAR to be having sexual relations…it doesn’t always mean you are..which is why a teeny tiny part of me still wants to believe robert has slightly higher standards than kstew…and by higher standards i mean ME ^_^ Haha! I’ve always had mostly guy friends because I kinda think like a freakishly emotional dude so thats kinda how I’ve seen it too. I’m living with one of my closest guy friends and people always say we act like we’re married. That’s why we can stand living with each other though. We discuss our sex lives and have known each other years and yet nothings ever happened. And I’ve periodically allowed my relationship with other guy friends to turn into “Snuggle Buddies”- essentially getting all the intimacy from eachother we’re missing in being single without crossing the line into being more. It’s kinda like having a quasi-bf for a while. I could see them doing something like that with all the traveling they had to do. Genevieve, on March 18, 2009 at 6:25 pm said: I’m still on the fence with this one. Just sayin’ I completely agree. :26—Totally doing it. We’re all forgetting al the interviews in the beginning when Rob obviously had a major crush on her though. If anything, he would have initiated it. Or at least been the one that wanted more from it if something did happen. She doesn’t deal with change well, she won’t leave her bf unless she has too probably. Holy Crap. She’s actually using her fame from Twilight for something good. I’m pleasantly surprised. http://vimeo.com/3581129 DameCrista, on March 18, 2009 at 7:33 pm said: They totally did it. I completely agree with you guys. She gave into him (who wouldn’t?), then likely felt guilt and went crawling back to what’s his face. Here the deal sealer for me: the supposedly fake Facebook account. First of all-it was totally Rob’s FB page. It was obvious. Second, his friend, Ben Coles, came out and stated that he is friends with Rob, but didn’t know he was talking to an imposter—DUDE! That’s doesn’t matter. Ben Coles is the one who stated first “Get Kristen yet?” thus totally implying that he had spoken to Rob about getting with KStew. Third, the same FB supposed Hacker sent Camilla Belle (Routh)a message a day after Rob and Cam were spotted having lunch together. I don’t know too many hackers that would take the time to tell someone they had a nice time at lunch before the paparzzi pics hit the stands. Totally did it. Are they together? No. Quite honestly, I don’t think that Rob wants to be with her anymore or she him. meg, on March 18, 2009 at 8:43 pm said: this was a good read! haha […] Okay.. we gotta discuss it.. it’s time Dear those in denial, I’m 99.7% certain that Rob and Kristen hooked up while filming, despite the whole Michael […] […] emmmes, on March 18, 2009 at 10:11 pm said: further proof… http://www.atwilightkiss.com/10-donts-for-kristen-stewart-or-people-will-say-youre-in-love-with-robert-pattinson.html Emily W, on March 19, 2009 at 12:26 am said: Heh. I was trying to explain to someone how I was totally addicted to a twilight blog. And he raised his eyebrow at me. So I was like no no not like the teen ones, more like a pervy ‘were so gonna jump rob if he gets near us’ sarcastic one. Which made him stare at me like I was crazy. I’ve since learned not to talk about LTR and LTT to non-twifans. myhusbandthinksrobisgayandimstartingtothinksotoo, on March 19, 2009 at 12:55 am said: Ok, here it is, don’t hate. I love both LTT and LTR. I read it daily, it makes me laugh. You bitches rock! I talk to my husband about this twilight business all the time. He swears that Rob is gay. There is no way he hit it with K-Stew. The reason he thinks this is because every picture I have shown him of Rob he says, Rob looks too femmy. He says when Rob is pictured with a girl he is too polite. He says that Rob does not angle his face like a typical hetro-sexual male would do to look at the girl’s tatas. He also says because Rob did not hit it with Queen Amadala (this is how he referred to Natalie Portman for real) at the Oscars, he is totally gay. Here are some questions I get from my husband. Why has there not been a girl that has broken the silence that she has hit it with Rob? It should have happened by now. My husband says he looks pained and uncomfortable in pictures with women. How come you never see him with girls? Also, there are a couple of things I have picked up on. In the MTV interview Rob made a comment about being gay and K-Stew remarked or impotent. I know you are going to say they were joking, but you could say the same thing about the rest of the comments that were made in the interview. Now here is the next weird thing I picked up on. About a week ago it came out that he wanted to do a collaboration with Will Young, who is so gay when you look at him you know it. So, the day after it came out, another article magically appeared about Rob hitting it with some random dark haired girl in a bar. Who the f**k comes up with shit like that? Oh yeah, PR reps. Too convenient if you ask me. Way to stray away from the why does Rob want to do a collaboration with a gay pop idol contestant from 2002. I don’t know, maybe that was Rob’s way of letting Will know he is interested in him Just a theory. There are alot of other strange things that I have picked up on that could lead to Rob being gay. Don’t be haters. I am just thinking outside of the box. For what it is worth, I really hope that Rob isn’t gay. Oh and one more thing if K-Stew and N. Reed know that Rob is gay. I would think it would be quite a funny inside joke to them by acting gay themselves. Because they know the truth and no one else does. Also, it would make perfect sense why K-Stew would continue to be so persistent that her and Rob are just friends. I said my part. Peace out. Don’t hate. Just to preface this, I’m not mad. I’m not even the slightest bit bothered by what you’ve said, and it wouldn’t matter to me if Rob were gay. In fact I may just choose to believe that to rationalize why he hasn’t called me about the Kept Woman position I applied for. But I do think you’re wrong. Having worked in the travel biz for 15 years, my gaydar is pretty finely tuned. Not once in any interview has he pinged even a little bit. I think any politeness toward women you might sense from him has either to do with him having sisters and/or him fearing that anyone he takes a picture with is instantly going to be rumored to be his girlfriend. @86 Rabbit …. here, here! moss, on March 24, 2009 at 2:57 am said: Sorry i hv to disagree that u mentioned rob so probably gay. and no, I’m not one of the haters. Just want to share my reference: If u ever read the april GQ mag, rob did bluntly mentioned there that he is straight. and i don’t see any reasons why he would rather lied and bashed it out in public. Maybe i’m way out of the loop, but i haven’t heard any gay celebrity that denied them self of being gay..probably hiding it, but not vocally lie about it. jsyk… rob is not gay. believe me i know Lefty, on May 11, 2009 at 12:12 am said: I think you may be on right (left-lol) track. That ‘Krikki’ fake lesbo relashy was such a “nah..nah~ we know a secret”–I even LOLMFA off at the time!!! But think even bigger multi-lines outside of the “BOX” (speculation again-& not just me)…as in Hugh Jackman, wife Deb & “biz partner” John P (LOVE them all and sign me up too, ok pleaze!!). Think outside lines to BI-sexed! WOULD THAT NOT EXPLAIN SOoooooo MUCH of the past “akwardness” as in “what a K/R relaysh Could Really Be???” –and ALL the “hesitation” compounded on KS part. Also may explain in part why NR would say in fall, KS relaysh with RP is, umm, “complicated” (me irked here–but also let’s not forget NR very likely had “friend-w/benes” RP relaysh too- hope ONLY in past! Lucki bitch, lol). And WHY WAS Italy SO uncomfortable in the Q&A? Something really seemed to majorly piss KS off! It looked like she cried in Q&A too. SOMETHING WAS REALLY OFF in Italy! (Did Someone come to visit from UK before Italy?? Humm.) BI-ness could also explain KS joking that RP stared “longingly into Baz Lurhman’s eyes” while karoked with…HUGH J’s GROUP in Japan!!!–LMAO! Hey -well here’s THE DEAL: if those in IT are DOWN WITH IT ALL….NO PROB. However, having family mems in those situs@ present, we feel strongly that “fidelity” type issues SHOULD (bitch-mom me says must) be worked ahead for those who would ever commit in those relashys. Would you agree? And please don’t hate on me as I am a true admirer —and I’m a BE “true to yourself” one too. Anyway–all of the many @present speculations of “WHO is RP with”—ARE SO FUELING THE NM MOVIE PROMO MACHINE—IT IS NOT FUN ANYMORE!! Well okay, it is warped funny, actually! Now that “Little Ashes” is out, any & all female “Rumors” for RP I think SummitE PR would veiw as a positive. Sad fakery. Please, Gods of Love & sex Karma, let it be KS for REAL. Haha. But IS that too one good to be true? What do the real people inside all these PR~charades WANT? Sigh….How WILL this all COME OUT IN THE END? (Pun …FIRMLY…intended!) ZephyerSky, on March 19, 2009 at 12:59 am said: Ok so I don’t want to believe but on the Robsessed site there is an article from the Australian magazine AdelaideNow and this bit makes me think something happened between them. Their off-screen chemistry was enough to concern Hardwicke, who revealed she was worried the duo’s obvious closeness would mean the end of Stewart’s relationship with her boyfriend of five years, actor Mike Angarano. Angarano is a close friend of Hardwicke’s since she directed him in 2005’s Lords of Dogtown. Stewart takes a breath and looks at the floor when told of Hardwicke’s comment. “We were fine. I have not left my boyfriend for Robert Pattinson,” she says quietly. “But we went through a lot together. It is crazy to go through something that heavy in real life. At the end of it you are inevitably going to have something. “I know a version of him better than anybody else in the world because I did this movie with him.” Leave a Reply to Red Cancel reply	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4189
__label__cc	0.613617	0.386383	The Demonic Male Filed under: General — Downunder @ 12:28 pm Tue 2nd July 2019 This is where we are headed now. The day after the introduction of new Family Law Legislation we see the demonizing case carpet-bombing New Zealand media. This story from Australia is a used as a coordinated attack on our social perspective. There is a deliberate intention here, of simple-minded people who have no concern for the consequences of their actions. In isolation it is one case. However, published to this extent, with selectively edited content it is effectively persuasive case law. I thought I’d mention case law since it has been the subject of recent discussions. Distinguished from binding case law that is the perogative of the superior courts. In this respect to becomes almost binding until contested in a superior court through ‘our Bill of Rights’. The ‘courts’ ruled she (the mother) was able to change the name of the child if she chose, and she was even allowed to remove the father’s name from the birth certificate. The following dialogue is a published fantasy; an author’s version of events, but published into another jurisdiction. “I said, ‘okay, I trust my lawyer, we’ll offer him visitation’,” Melanie said, “but he just declined it anyway.” “He said he was too busy running his business, and he didn’t want to travel four hours. “That’s when I got really upset. I was frustrated because he’d forced us back. “The person running the conference was just like, ‘wow, he’s something else’.” As a result, Melanie was given sole responsibility for her daughter. This supposedly should be the basis and understanding of the/our law, not the diligent intellectual efforts of centuries of work. We regard philosophers as the basis of some utopian future and dismiss the ‘past wisdom of law’. In terms of a social contract people need to know where they stand and what their obligations are. Is it realistic to imagine that any society that reviews not only its former foundations but continually its status quo in this fashion would see stability? Of course not: we will see our courts clogged with confusion, not the pursuit of reason then appoint more judges to deal with the chaos, rather than the pursuit of any reasonable answer. When you put aside your empathy with the ‘victim’ and look at basis of this process it is irresponsible and dangerous and those responsible should be thrown before the courts themselves, charged with criminal nuisance. 25 Responses to “The Demonic Male” Boonie says: Tue 2nd July 2019 at 12:58 pm This is the same game they played in my family court case many years ago. Remove the father, try and remove his guardianship, and during the process try and alter the children’s identity, without any consideration for their wellbeing, all to suit sick feminists peddling the discontent of sick women who wanted to identity as heroic feminists. It’s the same sick game again, now being played in public, rather than behind closed doors. Tue 2nd July 2019 at 1:53 pm thank goodness for a Man scorned,,, Cliff Richard has joined a campaign to protect Men from being hounded when being accused of an alleged crime, this is all going too far. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-48822950 Every week now we are hearing of horrific (supposedly) happenings, another school in lock down,, dangerous stuff,,(supposedly)… tables thrown, no we have to see tables turned!! at this rate they will succeed in having children scared of the very men in their lives,, media must be held accountable for the scare moungering that is taking place. So while we are placing watch dogs on social media, the very media is hyping directly to our public and altering the perceived persona of males in our society. Wed 3rd July 2019 at 1:28 pm This Man will get compensation???, I think not,,, what is said of the accusor??? of the alleged sexual assault???? https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12246246 and this was two years ago,,, a long time to be him I am sure… There is a mass of organizations lining up behind the certain MPs Jan Logie in particular who peddle the mantra of all men are guilty: Kathryn McPhillips, executive director of HELP says there has been an “immoral standard” to get people off sexual violence charges “at any cost”. The latest changes to sex trials announced this week will see a new vague system yet to be tested. Men need to be aware not only are there changes but they will be the guinea pigs in a new system looking for convictions. That’s the primary expectation here, not innocence or guilt but the % of successful convictions. Fri 5th July 2019 at 10:23 am I’m no legal expert but surely if the Famiky Court is not a court of record it can’t create case law? So the media behavior of selective reporting of these cases is fake law but becomes persuasive by nature and what, the new common law? Mon 8th July 2019 at 5:36 pm # 3,, to add to this case, the chap looks like a real stand up citizen to me. https://migs.co.nz/about-us Murray Bacon says: Tue 9th July 2019 at 8:06 am #5 Dear Boonie, familycaught$ has always had “paperwork” problems. This is especially true when significant amounts of money are present, somewhere among the families. Sorry to bring up old old news, it is going back to 2001…. but the issues remain unresolved. This all adds to the “drama” of the familycaught$. Actually, I should have said the “squeezing power”. Sorry, but….. https://menz.org.nz/2007/you-be-the-judge/ Things only change, when someone MAKES them change. Petty fiddling with legislation is not actual change, it is only window-dressing for the masses. Case law or common law makes an assumption that similar situations would be decided similarly by another judge. That assumption just doesn’t work in familycaught$. There are many possible reasons for that, some of them positive sounding and many negative sounding. When there is little or no public visibility, then there is no pressure at all for similar cases to be decided similarly. Quite the contrary. Tue 9th July 2019 at 11:22 am Hi Murray,, do you know of any organisation that helps people with convictions ,whereby they did not receive a jail term, re train or get into work. Tue 9th July 2019 at 3:05 pm https://www.corrections.govt.nz/about_us/working_with_us/partners/supporting_organisations.html Prisoner’s Aid and Rehabilitation Society (PARS) The New Zealand Howard League for Penal Reform These two organisations offer practical and useful support for ex-jail inmates. I would guess that they would also support people who were convicted, but not sentenced to a jail term. Probation Service provide a lot of supervision/support to people on remand or just released from jail. Salvation Army also offer support. I hope that I have answered your question? Thank you. When I searched, I found a site that made it pretty evident that you will not get a job working with people as a focus, it will be interesting to find this is not necessarily the case out there, I hope. It is one thing to offer help. But it sounds as though you too are finding it challenging, after amassing strings of convictions. But whether the help is useful, may be quite another thing. Thank doGness for rational suicide. As my grandfather used to say, when he wasn’t in prison, its all the same in a hundred thousand years. #10,, when I started reading about these guys I thought, yeah, good,,,but then you go on to see they rely on volunteers, I worry very much that Lil ol’ NZ is chocka with charitable outfits that are relying on this status as there personal acollade and great desk job to boot. I can not cast principles aside and nod to them being the right people for the job of saint in the community. This from their site… Now the league wants to keep men and women them out of prison in the first place. So let’s hear some more stats first. Williams gleaned these from former Labour MP, now Waipareira Trust head, John Tamihere. “I banged into him in Hammer Hardware in Te Atatu. He told me about 65 per cent of Maori who are in prison start their penal career with a driving offence. “It’s not just literacy,” continues Williams, “they don’t have a legal car, they don’t know how to get a birth certificate, they don’t have a bank account. And if they go to jail they’ll get recruited into a gang and learn how to cook P.” So another programme began, again under the jurisdiction of the Howard League. This one identifies second-time offenders who have clocked up two offences related to not having a drivers licence and are on probation. Next step, prison beckons - unless they mend their ways. The programme teaches probationees the rudiments of reading, together with the intricacies of obtaining a licence. “Not only are these people subtracted from the justice system, a lot are subtracted from the benefit system. In terms of bang for buck it’s hugely effective.” The league costs these sessions out at $1000 per person, compared with the $2000 a week it costs to keep someone inside. Again, the initial programme was launched in Hawke’s Bay. This month it will also be rolled out in Waitakere, courtesy of $100,000 from Department of Corrections funding. Meanwhile, the Land Transport Authority has picked up the tab for the continuation of the Hawke’s Bay driver licensing programme. “They’re halfway towards getting a programme in south Auckland too,” says Williams. “So if anyone writes me a cheque for $50,000, we’ll do one in south Auckland.” Clearly, he still talks the sort of fundraising talk that powered him through all those years as Labour’s main man. Equally clearly, there is life after the party’s over, although Williams hasn’t really left it totally behind. He is currently helping raise funds to get a documentary made on Helen Clark - working title A Day in the Life of Helen. “Helen sent me an email and said ‘Gaylene Preston is doing a documentary; can you find some funding’. So I’m still fundraising for Helen.” #12,, all would be sweet if we were all elligible for the theraputic court, it is the lesser convicted that may be falling through the help cracks now,, be a real bad bugger and we will help mend your situation. be good and stumble in your relationship, ie f. caught troubles and you may well have to live with the consequences for life, a sentence on top of a sentence. #12,, due consideration taken into account of a Mans clean slate and less punitive reaction by the court when considering the future of that same person would go a long way. When we consider the numerous cases whereby these things are shown to be considered for the females before the courts. This lack of respect for males in general is not only lessoning respect in turn but nulifying there very prospects for the future, some of the child support should be put in to a fund not only for the child but for the fathers future. Instead we get a fat cat cake and eat it situation for the Mummas and a dubious upbringing for the children of these Daddies. The Mummas get help at every twist and turn for the Daddies it is just twisted, twisted stomachs, finances and lives. It is always worrying when Government pushes work onto volunteers, that for many reasons should be done by its own staff. Even more worrying, is that each man or woman in prison reflects a failure to protect the young child that led to that adult in prison. All the differences in severity that you mention, show that the Bill of Rights and Human Rights protections are not working in practice. The worst thing of all is that the so called bill of rights is being used for some and not others and I feel and fear that this is squewing further. This is why we must make sure our young people, particularly young boys/men are educated with the fire they play with which is digital in conjunction with new punitive laws. JustCurious says: #5 “I’m no legal expert but surely if the Family Court is not a court of record it can’t create case law?” I wonder what a court of record is???? #5 [ “So the media behavior of selective reporting of these cases” ‘is fake law ‘] Are the cases then REAL if it’s not a court of record? #5 “the selective reporting… is fake law” So is the selective reporting of fake law the problem? Or the existence of a court making fake laws? #5 ” but becomes persuasive by nature and what, the new common law?” Common law? What’s that??? @16~ Government wants to sponsor initiatives. Only increases the wealth gap… those running the show live in utter luxury whilst those volunteering bleed their hearts out. #13 ~ All of that just to get them a driver’s license. 🙂 “Waipareira Trust head, John Tamihere. “I banged into him in Hammer Hardware in Te Atatu. He told me about 65 per cent of Maori who are in prison start their penal career with a driving offence. Reading the above backwards seems to say: “65% of Maori population in jail do not know how to interact and participate in the system. They are not enrolled, are not interested in enrolling and without their enrollment, we can but temporarily hold them in custody. We cannot identify them. Without an identity we cannot catch them and sequester them permanently. And without an identity confirmed by a bank account… we cannot extract taxes, child support, fines and deductions … whilst they walk free the land. However enrollment is voluntary and since they will not volunteer, we will continue to have them arrested/harassed/abused/used as target practice by police and used by department of corrections as guinea pigs.” I wonder if we have not surrendered our contract. The day we got given a driver’s license? District Court Act 2016 This will come into force on 1 March 2017, with some exceptions which cover access to court and judicial information (in force the day after Royal assent, on 18 October 2016). The District Courts Act 1947 will be repealed on 1 January 2018. The legislation reconstitutes the District Courts as a single court, with divisions for a Family Court, a Youth Court, and a Disputes Tribunal. Section 9 states that the general division will exercise the ordinary civil and criminal jurisdiction, including common law and equitable jurisdiction and admiralty jurisdiction. It provides for the constitution and jurisdiction of the Court, its practice and procedure, and selection and appointment of its judicial officers. ‘They are not enrolled, are not interested in enrolling and without their enrollment, we’…will anoint people to speak for them… #21,, so this is how it going presently ?,… it did not include the Theraputic Court,,, Thu 11th July 2019 at 12:44 pm Since when did enrollment become voluntary? Thu 11th July 2019 at 1:51 pm #24,,, my take on ‘enrolled’ was two fold, one enrolled in society, two enrolled to vote, my twist on the second was local council and future parliament related. « Family Violence Act 2018	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4200
__label__wiki	0.916881	0.916881	Turkish prime minister’s dire threat to Taksim Square demonstrators Etan SmallmanThursday 13 Jun 2013 6:28 pm Anti-government protesters unfurl a Turkish flag in Gezi Park, by Taksim Square (Picture: AFP/Getty) Defiant demonstrators have been told to get out of Istanbul’s Taksim Square by tomorrow afternoon or face forced eviction and rubber bullets. Prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave thousands of civil rights protesters a ‘final warning’ earlier today, vowing that ‘we will clean the square.’ ‘Our patience is at an end. I am making my warning for the last time,’ he said. ‘I say to the mothers and fathers, please take your children in hand and bring them out.’ He also criticised the European Parliament over its resolution expressing concern over ‘the disproportionate and excessive use of force by the Turkish police.’ It accuses Mr Erdogan of adding to the polarisation of the situation. Warning: Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Picture: AP) In response Mr Erdogan said: ‘I won’t recognise the decision that the European Union Parliament is going to take about us. Who do you think you are by taking such a decision?’ Five people have died and more than 5,000 have been injured since the demonstration against the re-development of Gezi Park began two weeks ago. Tensions grew today when Ether Sarisuluk, 26, who had been on a life support for days, was pronounced dead. He was believed to have been hit on the head by a tear gas canister during protests in Ankara on June 1. To try to placate protests the government announced a referendum will be held if the square is vacated. But the proposal was met with scepticism by protesters who remain camped in hundreds of tents. Recep Tayyip ErdoganTurkey A week in Kalkan on Turkey’s Turquoise Coast Race hate killer James Fields gets life plus 419 years in jail	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4203
__label__cc	0.662585	0.337415	Chelsea ‘making last-ditch move to seal Sami Khedira transfer’ Jamie SandersonMonday 30 Mar 2015 1:18 am Sami Khedira is yet to sort out his future (Picture: Getty) Chelsea are reportedly making a last-ditch move to sign Real Madrid midfielder Sami Khedira. The German World Cup winner, who is out of contract at the end of the season, is available on a free transfer. He’s held talks with Schalke over a deal, but reports in Spain say Chelsea are looking to hijack the move and haven’t given up hope of signing him. Khedira is looking for a £100,000-a-week contract at his next club, and the Blues would be able to pay that easily. Arsenal have previously been linked with the 27-year-old and tried hard to sign him last summer. MORE: Man United AGREE to pay release clause to sign £75m star Arsenal FCChelsea FCChelsea transfer newsSami Khedira Arsenal improved Kieran Tierney bid after Unai Emery forced to intervene	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4204
__label__cc	0.607369	0.392631	Advancing Technology for Battlespace Advantage Timely and effective mission planning is essential in shaping the battle of the future. This means investing in emerging technologies to bolster speed, precision and agility. By advancing big data analytics, machine learning, automation, artificial intelligence and pattern recognition, we are enabling new ways for disparate systems to connect, share, and learn. And – through ongoing advancement of multi-level intelligence sharing solutions – Lockheed Martin furthers the ability to connect systems and allow secure information sharing across Joint, Allied and Coalition operations. With a focus on tomorrow, Lockheed Martin is investing in new ways to deliver maximum capability – quickly and affordably for existing and future systems – today. Helping Define the Multi-Domain Roadmap The global landscape is rapidly evolving and information in the battlespace is moving faster than ever. Prevailing in future conflicts requires the ability to create simultaneous dilemmas faster than our adversaries can react. This means connecting systems that rapidly transfer data across air, space, sea, land and cyber domains to provide shared situational awareness and near-instantaneous decision making. That’s why Lockheed Martin is partnering with industry and government to advance systems and capabilities that enable multi-domain operations. Connecting Across the Spectrum By approaching multi-domain operations from a 5th generation mindset that is capability, not platform centric, Lockheed Martin is developing ways that effectors can be employed across multiple domains simultaneously. With expertise developing capabilities that span across the oceans, in the air, undersea, on land, in space and throughout the cyber and electro-magnetic spectrum, Lockheed Martin is connecting systems from enterprise to the tactical edge. Leveraging the breadth and depth of the Lockheed Martin portfolio, we are committed to helping customers realize a cohesive 21st-century multi-domain operational environment. Demonstrating the Future Today Through continued advancement of sophisticated technologies, wargaming exercises and capability demonstrations, Lockheed Martin remains at the forefront of helping customers realize their vision for successful multi-domain operations. Since 2013, Lockheed Martin has performed a series of demonstrations to prove that aircraft can be modernized efficiently, and to demonstrate how advanced mission system capabilities can be rapidly added to systems to increase capability. To refine multi-domain command and control, Lockheed Martin began hosting a series of exercises that explore refinements to processes, concepts of operations and technologies to identify solutions ways to expedite the data to decision cycle. Leveraging lessons learned from these demonstrations and wargames we are working to facilitate connections across strategic, operational, and tactical levels. Multi-Domain Operations News Control the chaos. Control the outcome. In today’s world, complexity can be your greatest enemy or your greatest asset. That’s why Lockheed Martin is developing solutions that provide a clear picture of what’s happening around the world — and the infrastructure to act on it in real-time. Learn more about our C4ISR capabilities	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4206
__label__wiki	0.857745	0.857745	PowerPoint, Firefox, Other Apps at Risk From DLL Flaw A vulnerability that Microsoft confirmed just yesterday is already being exploited, and the software giant says it can't fix the problem with a simple update. Instead, Microsoft says each affected application, many of them not under Microsoft's control, will have to be patched individually. If you use Mozilla's Firefox Web browser, Microsoft PowerPoint or a peer-to-peer file-sharing application called uTorrent, you may already be compromised, according to a report in the British news site The Register. Hackers posted code to use the vulnerability to a hacker database, including specific exploits for several individual applications. More than 200 applications could be vulnerable, according to Mitja Kolsek, CEO of Acros Security, the company based in Slovenia that first warned Microsoft of the weakness months ago. According to Microsoft, the hack involves a problem with poorly written applications that call Dynamic Link Library (.dll) files without specifying a complete path. The application looks into the local directory for the library, and, at that point, it can load malware (disguised as the library file) that could enable the attacker to gain the same Windows network privileges as the user. While the mode of attack is old and well-known -- it's called .dll preloading, or binary planting -- the new wrinkle is that now attackers can launch it from remote servers. So how big a deal is it? According to a report in CNET, Windows Live Mail, Windows Movie Maker, Microsoft PowerPoint 2010, Office 2007, Firefox 3.6.8, Foxit Reader, Wireshark and uTorrent, are among the applications users have reported as vulnerable to the Offensive Security's Exploit.db database, said Mati Aharoni, founder of the security firm Offensive Security. "Today we broke a record in the Exploit-db with the amount of exploits for various Windows applications submitted in one day...all based on the same vulnerability," Aharoni said in CNET. "Right now it's in the dozens," he said, but he expects there will be hundreds of vulnerable applications reported before too long. For attackers to make use of the weakness, users have to play along, said Jerry Bryant, group manager for response communication at Microsoft, quoted in CNET. "DLL planting requires significant user interaction and cannot be exploited by simply browsing to a Web page," Bryant said. "An attacker would have to convince a user to click a link to their SMB (Server Message Block) or WebDAV (Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning) share and then convince the user to open a file from that share which would trigger additional dialogs prompting the user to OK the action." Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, writing in ZDNet, offered similar advice: "Hundreds of applications being vulnerable and needing to be [patched are] going to be a major headache for end users," he wrote. "Not only with the patch and update load increase, but then there’s the added problem of [applications] that are no longer being supported never seeing updates. My advice is that you should take care. Be especially wary of unsolicited links and documents sent to you by e-mail or other communication channels." Michael Hardy is the managing editor/daily report for the 1105 Government Information Group.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4213
__label__wiki	0.894813	0.894813	Jamie Dimon may face a new, tougher board by Maureen Farrell @maureenmfarrell May 22, 2013: 3:47 PM ET Jamie Dimon won reelection by a landslide but several of the board's directors only won by slim majorities. Jamie Dimon won his battle to stay on as JPMorgan Chase's chairman, but he may soon have three new board members who might not take it so easy on him. At the bank's annual shareholder meeting in Tampa Tuesday, JPMorgan (JPM) announced that three directors who served on the risk committee during the London Whale fiasco received only between 51% and 59% of shareholders' votes. While they technically won reelection, most shareholders view the narrow majority as a sign of broad disapproval with these board members and their failure to rein in risk taking at the bank. The board's presiding director, Lee Raymond, foreshadowed a potential board shake up when he told shareholders to "stay tuned" for announcements about the composition of this committee. Related: JPMorgan's Dimon wins by a landslide "We have never seen something like this before," said Anne Simpson, the director of corporate governance at the $266 billion pension fund CalPERS. "It's more serious than Dimon losing the chairman's vote, because it means people will leave the board." Board members are rarely voted out by shareholders. Only one of every 3,000 directors loses a bid for reelection each year. The three members of the risk committee -- Honeywell (HON) CEO David Cote, private investor Henry Crown and American Museum of Natural History president Ellen Futter -- had been widely criticized leading up to the investor meeting for not having any expertise in banking or trading. Futter was the only board member to not attend Tuesday's meeting. Is Dimon still the toughest guy on Wall St? Shareholder advisory firm Glass Lewis urged investors to vote against these three directors, writing in a report that there should be concerns about the "minor role" they played as the bank's risks increased in 2011 and 2012. So what's next? Simpson says CalPERS and other shareholders will make sure that the bank conducts a "global" search for directors with backgrounds in financial services. Related: Jamie Dimon dominates, again The expected board changes will usher in a new era of accountability at the bank. "Right now JPMorgan has no one on the board who can go toe to toe with Jamie Dimon," she said. "The bigger impact is that the bank will have a board with a backbone and the guts to stand up to Jamie Dimon," said Simpson. Who could join the board? According to a report from proxy advisory firm ISS, Raymond said JPMorgan tried and struggled to find new board members with "strong risk management skills and no conflicts." Shareholders didn't buy that argument. "Really? There's no one who is able to serve on one of the best boards in the world? It's a bit like the dog ate my homework," said Simpson. Related: Dimon's victory may be taxpayers' regret Simpson said Brooksley Born, former chairperson of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, could be one possible board addition. A JPMorgan spokesperson said that Dimon as well two directors have already acknowledged publicly that they are always on the lookout for additional new directors. CNNMoney (Tampa) First published May 22, 2013: 12:33 PM ET	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4222
__label__cc	0.640252	0.359748	Inicio / Música / BLU RAYs / QUEEN + – THE FREDDIE MERCURY TRIBUTE CONCERT QUEEN + – THE FREDDIE MERCURY TRIBUTE CONCERT Eagle Vision’s new SD Blu-ray range presents upscaled standard definition original material with uncompressed stereo and DTS-HD surround sound for the best possible quality. On April 20th 1992, Roger Taylor, Brian May and John Deacon, the surviving members of Queen, took to the stage at Wembley Stadium for the start of one of the biggest events in rock history, which the band had organized to pay tribute to their former colleague the incomparable Freddie Mercury. Queen was joined by some of the greatest musical talent in the world to celebrate Freddie’s life and work and to increase public awareness of AIDS, the disease that had prematurely ended his life the previous year. As well as being great entertainment, the concert raised a huge and still growing sum of money for the Mercury Phoenix Trust, a charity formed at the time whose charter is the relief of suffering from AIDS throughout the world. Now for the first time both halves of the concert are being made available on SD-Blu-ray along with additional bonus material in this special edition release. 60 minute documentary, rehearsal footage, photo galleries OPENING ACTS 1) Intro 2) Brian May / Roger Taylor / John Deacon Introduction 3) Metallica Enter Sandman 4) Metallica Sad But True 5) Metallica Nothing Else Matters 6) Freddie Montage (Insert) 7) Extreme Queen Medley 8) Freddie Montage (Insert) 9) Def Leppard & Brian May Now I’m Here 10) Queen I’m Going Slightly Mad video (Insert) 11) Bob Geldof Too Late God 12) Guns n’ Roses Paradise City 13) Guns n’ Roses Knocking On Heavens Door 14) Elizabeth Taylor Speech MAIN QUEEN SET 1) Joe Elliot, Slash & Queen Tie Your Mother Down 2) Roger Daltrey, Tony Iommi & Queen I Want It All 3) Zucchero & Queen Las Palabras De Amor 4) Gary Cherone, Tony Iommi & Queen Hammer To Fall 5) James Hetfield, Tony Iommi & Queen Stone Cold Crazy 6) Robert Plant & Queen Crazy Little Thing Called Love 7) Brian May Too Much Love Will Kill You 8) Paul Young & Queen Radio Ga Ga 9) Seal & Queen Who Wants To Live Forever 10) Lisa Stansfield & Queen I Want To Break Free 11) David Bowie, Annie Lennox & Queen Under Pressure 12) Ian Hunter, David Bowie, Mick Ronson & Queen All The Young Dudes 13) David Bowie, Mick Ronson & Queen Heroes 14) George Michael & Queen Year Of 39 15) George Michael, Lisa Stansfield & Queen These Are The Days Of Our Lives 16) George Michael, London Gospel Choir & Queen Somebody To Love 17) Elton John, Axl Rose & Queen Bohemian Rhapsody 18) Elton John, Tony Iommi & Queen The Show Must Go On 19) Axl Rose & Queen We Will Rock You 20) Liza Minelli & Ensemble We Are The Champions 1) Rehearsal Footage 2) Documentary 3) Photo Galleries 4) Facts QUEEN – LIVE AT THE RAINBOW 74 / 4LP VINYL BOX ¡Oferta! $108.000 $99.900 Leer más QUEEN – QUEEN QUEEN – THE GAME BLUR – 13 CUARTETO DE NOS – BIPOLAR ERIC CLAPTON – FOREVER MAN – 2CD	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4232
__label__cc	0.705603	0.294397	Schubert Club Courtroom Concert featuring the music of Ben Osterhouse March 28 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm « Landmark to Lowertown: Lynn O’Brien & Steven Hobert Minnesota Orchestra: Dessa Live Concert Recording » Schubert Club Competition winner (cello), Ben Osterhouse performs Fauré, along his own compositions for various instruments. Featuring Aleks Tengesdal and Dan Keeler, cello, Maddie Holtz, soprano, Susan Miranda, oboe, Hannah Spivey, harp, Priscilla Chang, piano, and Brittany Zales, mover. Benjamin Osterhouse is currently pursuing a doctorate in cello performance, studying with Tanya Remenikova. During his college career he has given solo performances with the University of Minnesota’s Symphony Orchestra, the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, the Two Rivers Chorale, and the University of Northwestern Orchestra. This past Spring he won 1st place in both the Schubert Club Scholarship Competition and the Thursday Musical Scholarship Competition. He has performed twice on Minnesota Public Radio; once performing a solo cello piece he wrote, and more recently played the chamber compositions of Minnesota Varsity Featured Composers. During his masters in cello performance at the University of Minnesota Benjamin also studied piano and double bass, and is now studying composition with Alex Lubet as a secondary emphasis to his doctorate. He has attended the Tafelmusik Baroque Institute in Toronto and will be attending the Emerging Artist Fellowship Program at Garth Newel, in Virginia. https://schubert.org/concerts/courtroom-concert-2016-2017/ Schubert Club https://schubert.org/ St. Paul, MN 55102 United States + Google Map	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4240
__label__wiki	0.626378	0.626378	HomeArticlesPlainfield Chamber and Lions donate benches Plainfield Chamber and Lions donate benches September 28, 2018 editors The Plainfield Chamber of Commerce and the Plainfield Lions Club dedicated four stone benches as part of the new Bicentennial Park. The park was built in honor of Indiana’s Bicentennial celebration in 2016 and features a monument depicting milestones in Plainfield’s history. The Plainfield Chamber dedicated two of the benches in honor of their 50th anniversary. The Plainfield Lions donated one bench in honor the Lions’ 100th anniversary of service. “Lions around the world have been changing lives for over 100 years through humanitarian services,” club president Thomas Iles said. “Our Centennial Celebration is a time to mark this milestone, celebrate our legacy and look forward to the next century of service.” The Lions’ second bench was donated in honor of former Plainfield Lions member Jim Pea. Pea was an active member of the Lions and the Plainfield community for many years before passing away suddenly in 2016. Plainfield’s Bicentennial Park is located along Main Street (U.S. 40) adjacent to White Lick Creek and was made possible in part by a grant from Duke Energy. Hendricks County Community Foundation grant redesigns park entrance Klein on Kleinhenz: ‘His service has benefited all of Hendricks County’	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4244
__label__cc	0.549567	0.450433	Patriots Celebrate Super Bowl Victory With Raucous Parade Through Boston posted by Bill Galluccio - Feb 5, 2019 Hundreds of thousands of New England Patriots fans converged on Boston to celebrate the team's sixth Super Bowl championship, and things got rowdy in the streets. Public transportation saw a record number of riders as people from all over New England came to cheer on their team. It was a party-like atmosphere as fans covered in Patriots gear chanted "we want seven" as players rode through the packed streets on duck boats. Patriots star tight end Rob Gronkowski was seen chugging a bottle of $500 wine and ripped off his shirt in the mild weather. At one point he decided to throw Tide Pods to the fans lining the roads. He also got hit in the face with a football thrown by somebody in the crowd. While most fans had a good time partying the streets, a few guys had a little too much to drink and got into a wild brawl along the parade route. A video showed multiple people exchanging punches and kicks as the crowd cheered them on.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4245
__label__cc	0.747971	0.252029	Highways a la Mode By David Jackson If a state gas tax is dedicated to “highway purposes,” can you build light rail on Interstate lanes presumably funded with said tax? We’ll find out in Washington state, where a prominent developer is suing the state over the question. At issue is whether the Puget Sound regional transportation agency can build light rail on the HOV express lanes of the Interstate 90 floating bridge over Lake Washington (yes, it floats and it sank once) in order to connect the job rich Eastside (Microsoft, Expedia, etc.) with Seattle proper and its scads of commuters both traditional and reverse. Under an amendment to the Washington State Constitution, state gas taxes can only be used for highways (and the extensive state ferry system). The developer, Kemper Freeman, argues in his lawsuit that would prohibit the conversion of the I-90 HOV lanes to transit use. Opponents counter with the fact that no highway capacity is to be eliminated, that federal monies paid for the vast majority of the original project, and that under the agreement to build the lanes they are considered “high capacity” transportation improvements which would include light rail. The Supreme Court of Washington will hear the case this fall. However, the bigger question illustrated by the hairpull is that if we are to truly make transportation a means to achieve stated goals (increased throughput of people and goods, reduced carbon emissions, etc.) on a national scale, can we get there with constitutional hurdles like this one--and Washington state is not alone in this regard--that mandate a chosen mode? The Avenue, Seattle, Expedia, Metro Policy, Microsoft, Puget, Supreme Court	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4255
__label__wiki	0.640902	0.640902	Cesarewitch odds: Mullins the favourite, but what about De Sousa? Last Updated: 12th October 2018 Jumps training overlord Willie Mullins has taken an Aidan O’Brien-esque approach to the 2018 Cesarewitch entries, but it’ll take the commander of Closutton more than this year’s seven runners to rival Silverstre de Sousa’s recent supremacy of the second leg of Newmarket’s Autumn Double. Cesarewitch 2018: Betting tips Mullins utterly dominates the Cesarewitch odds at the time of writing, with Stratum the 6/1 favourite and Limini, Low Sun and Uradel each 14/1 or shorter in the betting. Law Girl, Whiskey Sour and Meri Devie make up the remainder of a septet that means the Muine Bheag maestro will field more than 20% of the runners, even if 34 go to post on Saturday. Yet to win the 2m2f Rowley Mile marathon, Mullins will have to get the better of a jockey who’s become synonymous with the race in recent campaigns, Silvestre de Sousa. The boy from Brazil has landed the Cesarewitch odds in three of the past five runnings, three of the last four in which he’s had a ride and the last two editions, meaning he’s seeking an improbable hat-trick in the 2018 edition aboard 12/1-rated Vis A Vis. Before we examine SDS’ chances of registering the three-timer, let’s take a run through the upper reaches of the betting. Eight places instead of four on the Cesarewitch race This weekend, William Hill are paying eight places instead of four when you bet each way on the Cesarewitch. Click here to place a bet on the race. Cesarewitch 2018 odds Stratum 6/1, Limini 10/1, Southern France 10/1, Low Sun 12/1, Vis A Vis 12/1, Uradel 14/1, Just In Time 14/1, Stars Over The Sea 14/1, Cleonte 16/1, Here And Now 16/1, Law Girl 16/1, Whiskey Sour 20/1, Coeur de Lion 25/1, Kloud Gate 25/1, Newcross 25/1, Precious Ramotswe 25/1, Speedo Boy 25/1, Stargazer 25/1, Theglasgowwarrior 25/1, Uber Cool 25/1, 33/1 bar. Will De Sousa prove the punter’s pal (and Mullins enemy) in the ‘Ces again? SDS’ Cesarewitch successes have come from both extremes of the market, with Scatter Dice going in at 66/1 for long-time ammunition provider Mark Johnston in 2013, before successes at 7/1 and 5/1F aboard Sweet Selection (Hughie Morrison) and Withhold (Roger Charlton) in the past two years. All three carried precisely 8st 8lbs and contributed to a total of 13 of the past 16 winners having lumped less than 9st 1lb to victory. Vis A Vis is currently burdened with just 8st 9lb this time. Jumps trainers Philip Hobbs and Alan King interrupted De Sousa’s dominance when landing the Cesarewitch odds in 2014 and 2015 and this year has seen the champion jockey team up with National Hunt shrewdie Neil Mulholland’s 12/1 shot. Plucked from obscurity in France to join Mulholland’s Limpley Stoke outfit in February after one win in eight for David Smaga, the four-year-old has struck twice in two runs for his new connections. Coming over 1m6f and 2m, the latter of the two successes, which arrived by more than two lengths at Kempton in early August, has been franked nicely by the beaten horses since. The second, King’s Just In Time, claimed handicap wins in his next two races (including the Class 2 Mallard at Doncaster’s St Leger meeting), while the third and fifth also scored in their next assignments. Just In Time is re-opposing at Newmarket and being priced up at odds of 14/1 for victory is exceptionally heartening for Vis A Vis backers. With the horse likely to carry the bones of a stone less on his back this time around and with the potential to improve again for the step up in trip, De Sousa’s agent Shelley Dwyer looks to have found the jockey a fascinating contender in the Cesarewitch betting. De Sousa’s agent Shelley Dwyer looks to have found the jockey a fascinating contender in the Cesarewitch betting. Which of the Mullins battalion represents the best Cesarewitch odds value? Favourite Stratum was clearly in the process of running a big race when meeting challenge-snuffing traffic trouble between the 3f and 2f poles in the Ebor, but, having raced 10 times on the level, he’s more exposed in this code than 12/1 pick Low Sun. Currently second in the Ricci-owned-Mullins-trained betting pecking order, he’s won half of his four flat turf outings to date, including a 2m handicap off 8lbs lower than his current mark back in late June. Raced twice since he took out a 2m7f handicap hurdle at the Galway Festival before finishing sixth over an (eyebrow-raising) inadequate 1m4f back on the level on Sunday 29th August that saw him dropped 1lb for this. Why not read our Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe predictions?	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4257
__label__wiki	0.848978	0.848978	Elderly man dies after woman pushes him off Las Vegas bus for 'asking her to be nicer' The Independent May 15, 2019 A woman has been charged with murder after pushing a 74-year-old man off a bus and to his death. The 25-year-old woman, Cadesha Bishop, was arrested after Las Vegas police released a video of the incident, and encouraging potential witnesses to come forward with any information they might have. The man, Serge Fournier, initially survived the fall, but later died from injuries. In the video, Ms Bishop can be seen speaking with Fournier after she entered the bus, and as he moved to get out of the vehicle with a metal cart. As Fournier passes the suspect, she then pushes him from behind forcefully. He can be seen falling out of the bus and onto the sidewalk outside, landing on top of the metal cart he was carrying. Fellow passengers and witnesses told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that Ms Bishop had been shouting profanities at other passengers before Fournier interceded and asked her to be nicer. She then pushed him out of the bus, witnesses said. After the push, she then walked away without offering to help the senior citizen. Trevor Taylor, a neighbour of Fournier’s, told local media: “He was an excellent neighbour. Very nice, religious person.” He added: “No matter what his age, she should not have done that. People need a little more patience than what they have these days.” Boxing legend Pernell 'Sweet Pea' Whitaker dead at 55 Phoenix could feel more like Baghdad by 2050, a new climate study says Still winless without Elena Delle Donne, Mystics fall to league-leading Aces NBC Sports Washington Company sues to get paid for work at Raiders Stadium ProFootball Talk on NBC Sports An Air Force officer reported his wife missing. Now he's charged with her murder	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4258
__label__wiki	0.789994	0.789994	Filipino devotees nailed to crosses to re-enact crucifixion By Ronn Bautista Reuters April 19, 2019 Filipino devotees are nailed on wooden crosses during a crucifixion re-enactment on Good Friday, in San Fernando City, Pampanga province, Philippines, April 19, 2019. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez CUTUD, Philippines (Reuters) - Hundreds of tourists watched in shock as actors dressed as Roman soldiers hammered four-inch nails through the hands and feet of a Filipino into a wooden cross for the 33rd time in a Good Friday re-enactment of Jesus Christ's crucifixion. The gory display of devotion, which the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines looks down upon, draws tourists to the province of Pampanga, north of the capital, year after year as barefoot penitents also whip themselves as a form of penance. "I thought they wouldn't be nailed but they were really nailed, and it was for me a great event to see it live," said German tourist Johann Tenken. Devotees, including 58-year old Ruben Enaje who has performed the act 33 times, believe their penance will wash away their sins, cure illness and lead to blessings. Enaje was among the four people who were nailed to crosses in the village, including a woman taking part for the 17th time. The crucifixions were the most extreme display of faith this mainly Catholic country, where millions were praying and fasting ahead of the Easter weekend. Five other Filipinos were nailed to crosses in two other villages in Pampanga. "At the end of the day, you have to respect the people doing this because that's devotion," said Filipino tourist Bianca Yao. Christians believe Jesus died on the cross to pay for the sins of humanity and rose from the dead two days later. (Writing by Karen Lema; Editing by Nick Macfie) Report: 1 in 10 children worldwide miss out on life-saving vaccines Jeffrey Epstein accusers in court to demand he stay jailed	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4259
__label__wiki	0.623145	0.623145	Trump Suggests Fed ‘Match’ China in Any Aid on Trade-War Impact Alister Bull and Shawn Donnan Bloomberg May 15, 2019 (Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump called on the Federal Reserve to “match” what he said China would do to offset economic hardship being caused by tariffs as he sought to draft the U.S. central bank into his simmering trade war. “China will be pumping money into their system and probably reducing interest rates, as always, in order to make up for the business they are, and will be, losing,” the president said in a tweet Tuesday. “If the Federal Reserve ever did a ‘match,’ it would be game over, we win! In any event, China wants a deal!” The president later told an audience in Louisiana that “with a little quantitative easing” U.S. growth would hit 5%, referring to the Fed’s emergency bond purchases following the 2008 crisis. The campaign was unpopular with many of Trump’s fellow Republicans, who said it would cause a surge in inflation.Read more: Trump’s New Tariff Hit Threatens Xi’s 2020 Economic Growth Goal His suggestion that the Fed could help him counter China in the countries’ trade war builds on Trump’s repeated efforts to pressure the U.S. central bank to stimulate the U.S. economy, even though growth is solid and unemployment is at a 49-year low. The remarks may also help him deflect blame onto the Fed if the escalating trade dispute causes the U.S. economy to stumble as he seeks reelection in 2020. The president’s comments will likely feed concerns in other countries over Trump’s willingness to break long-standing norms of international economic diplomacy. The U.S. has long complained about other governments applying political pressure on central banks and argued that Fed policy is driven by domestic economic priorities rather than any international competition. The Fed’s quantitative-easing campaign helped drive down the value of the dollar, provoking accusations from Brazil and other countries that the U.S. was waging a currency war on the rest of the world. At the time, the U.S. insisted its unconventional monetary-policy actions were aimed solely at restoring domestic growth. Trump has repeatedly criticized the central bank, urging it to deliver a drastic rate cut and resume bond purchases in an April 30 tweet. Fed officials raised interest rates four times last year but have since signaled an extended pause as they wait for a tight labor market to lift inflation that has been persistently too low. While financial markets expect the Fed to cut interest rates in the next year, Chairman Jerome Powell and his colleagues have indicated they don’t see a strong case for a move either way. They’ve also stressed that they will make moves independent of any political considerations. Uncertainty caused by the escalating trade dispute has been one cloud on the horizon, with U.S. stocks slumping sharply Monday after China retaliated against import levies that the U.S. imposed last week, even as Trump threatened to do more. The S&P 500 Index rebounded Tuesday with a 0.8% advance. Trump had moved to reassure markets on Tuesday, saying the U.S. has “a dialogue ongoing” with China. “I think it’s going to turn out extremely well,” Trump told reporters as he was departing the White House for the Louisiana trip. Former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein took to Twitter on Tuesday evening to opine on the effectiveness of tariffs, saying they "might be an effective negotiating tool." Still, four-fifths of economists polled by Bloomberg see a further escalation of tariffs increasing the possibility that the U.S. economy could slip into recession by the end of next year. The U.S. Trade Representative’s office Monday released a list of about $300 billion worth of Chinese goods including children’s clothing, toys, mobile phones and laptops that Trump has threatened to hit with a 25% tariff. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin may visit China soon and he wants trade talks to continue, a senior Treasury official told reporters on Tuesday, adding that Trump was planning to meet President Xi Jinping at the Group of 20 meeting at the end of June. New York Fed President John Williams told Bloomberg Television earlier on Tuesday that the levies were already starting to push up U.S. inflation and will have a greater impact as they rise, though the U.S. economy is in a “good place” right now. (Adds Blankfein Tweet in 11th paragraph.) --With assistance from Justin Sink, Saleha Mohsin and Jennifer Jacobs. To contact the reporters on this story: Alister Bull in Washington at abull7@bloomberg.net;Shawn Donnan in Washington at sdonnan@bloomberg.net To contact the editors responsible for this story: Brendan Murray at brmurray@bloomberg.net, Scott Lanman, Malcolm Scott Trump: Progressive Democrats hate this country with a passion, they can leave if they want to FOX News Videos	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4260
__label__wiki	0.548272	0.548272	Meet & Eat: Keavy Landreth, Kumquat Cupcakery Meet and Eat: NY Conversations with chefs and food personalities in New York City. Published: February 10, 2011 Last Updated: August 9, 2018 [Photograph: Kumquat Cupcakery] Sometimes all you want is just one perfect bite of something sweet. Keavy Landreth realized this when she started Kumquat Cupcakery, where she specializes in mini-cupcakes in both traditional and unique flavors. She's been making these tasty treats since 2007 and is still going strong, selling her wares across the city. (Serious Eats ranked her cupcakes in the Top 5 in New York.) Keavy took a break from her Valentine's Day prep to chat with us. Name: Keavy Landreth Occupation: Founder, Kumquat Cupcakery Location: Williamsburg Website: kumquatcupcakery.com, Twitter: @Kumquatcupcakes What was the first thing you remember baking as a child? I used to love going through the cabinets as a wee child and grabbing about 20 random ingredients, throwing them in a bowl, and seeing what sort of magical concoction I could make. This would often just create a giant mess and inedible piles of mush, but it definitely taught me that playing with food was a whole lot of fun. Nowadays I feel it's a similar routine when I'm making a new cupcake. What inspired you to make your cupcakes bite-sized? I was playing with so many flavors, and regular sized cupcakes began to seem like a bit of a waste. I could never eat a whole one, so I started making them bite-sized. When I started bringing these bite-sized cupcakes to parties everyone's faces would light up at the possibility of taste testing a bunch instead of just sticking to one big one. How did Kumquat Cupcakery come to life? Like most people who start their own businesses, I was bored and became fixated with one thing—that thing happened to be cupcakes. They were just growing in popularity, but people were still hesitant to make anything but chocolate, vanilla, and red velvet. I took some inspiration from my childhood self and started throwing stuff together, and found that it worked. When my friends became sick of taste testing for me they suggested that maybe I should try selling them, and that's when I got a booth at Artists & Fleas. How do you select your ingredients? I'm a bit scatterbrained, and where and how I buy ingredients reflects that. I'll often be on a grocery trip for dinner stuff and happen upon something that catches my eye, maybe coconut oil, or popcorn, and my dinner adventure will quickly turn into a Kumquat adventure. How many varieties do you make? Do you have a favorite? What is the most popular? On the website there are 16; however, we've been making crazy new flavors almost every week to bring to the Brooklyn Flea. If I really like one I'll add it to my secret menu that you get access to when you email me to place an order, or send it off to Dean & Deluca for them to sell. I go through phases with favorites, but the one that has stayed my favorite since the beginning would be the Chocolate Peanut Butter; it's just so solid. How do you come up with new flavors? Have you had particularly bad experiments? Of course! The funny thing is, I've been trying to make a Kumquat flavor forever now, but the flavor of kumquat is so unique that it's incredibly hard to get it in a cupcake. I've tried candying the kumquats and putting them on top, but the textures just don't jive well. I have a hard time with fruits—things like peaches and pomegranates have such amazing flavors alone, but once I fold them into cake batter the flavor just gets diluted. This summer I'll just have to find a way to conquer this problem. Do you make anything besides cupcakes? For the past month or so I have been experimenting with caramel sauces. I'm still perfecting them, but right now we have two flavors: Chocolate Salted Caramel Sauce, and Caramel Bourbon Sauce. I'm hoping to get them into stores in the next couple months. Where can Serious Eaters track them down? We aren't selling the caramel sauces yet, but if you want to place an order for cupcakes you can email me at [email protected]. If you just want a single cupcake, you can find us at the Brooklyn Flea and Da Vine Provisions every weekend, and during the weekdays you can get them at The NY Times Dean & Deluca, Time Warner Dean & Deluca, Zucker's Bagels, and Make Meaning. What have you learned since you started in 2007? Any advice for novice food entrepreneurs? My advice to beginners would be pick something that doesn't have frosting and a short shelf life. (Joking! But you do have to factor these things in when deciding on a product.) Don't be afraid to ask other people what to do and how to do it. It's okay to not know what you are doing! I was so scared to ask anyone for advice because I thought it wasn't professional. It wasn't until I started asking people questions that I actually got some answers and made a lot of great connections. Related: The Best Cupcakes in New York » keavy landreth kumquat cupcakery More "interviews" Grilled: Mark Estee of Burger Me! in Reno, Nevada Grilled: Joshua Spiegelman and Lynn Gorfinkle of Roam Artisan Burgers, San Francisco Grilled: J. Dean Loring of Burger Lounge	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4263
__label__cc	0.664711	0.335289	Cape Ann Itinerary Download a One-Day Sample Itinerary Massachusetts’ “other” Cape is a well-kept secret. For a relaxing day of sandy beaches, harbor walls, lighthouses, and lobsters-without sitting in hours of traffic-this portion of the North of Boston region is just what the doctor ordered. Cape Ann is made up of four communities: Gloucester, Essex, Manchester-by-the-Sea, and Rockport, the central portion of the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway.Each has its own flavor, texture, and, of course, colorful characters to discover. Staying in any of these four towns and traveling to another to sight-see or dine is simple, so don’t hesitate to go where your curiosity leads you. In Essex, stop for fried clams where they were invented, at Woodman’s of Essex. Located right on Main Street, this New England institution is within walking distance of the famous Essex Shipbuilding Museum and more than 20 antique shops. Essex is said to have the most antique shops per square mile of anywhere in the country. Cruise along the Essex River, enjoying its unspoiled natural beauty, with Essex River Cruises and Charters. Just a few miles east on route 128, you’ll enter Gloucester, America’s oldest seaport. Here you’re greeted by iconic statue of “The Man at the Wheel,” commissioned in memory of the thousands of fishermen lost at sea, and its companion, “The Fishermen’s Wives” memorial, steps away from the historic Stage Fort Park welcoming center. See the evolution of fishing vessels on Harbor Loop where the Heritage Center sits. Other parks to visit include Dogtown, the long-gone site of a 1700s farming community donated to the city by local businessman Roger Babson. Babson had boulders throughout the wooded trails inscribed with inspirational words like “Courage” and “Industry.” Any visit to Gloucester should include time on the water and there are plenty of options to enjoy! Two choices for harbor tours are the Schooner Thomas E. Lannon and the Schooner Ardelle, which elegantly glide through Gloucester Harbor within easy viewing distance of the quintessential New England lighthouses that dot the harbor. Whale watching, a favorite activity of visitors and locals, is at its best in Gloucester, the closest point in Massachusetts to the whale feeding grounds of Stellwagen Bank and Jeffrey’s Ledge. Whale watching companies operate from May to October and many also offer full- and half-day deep sea fishing trips. Departing from Gloucester are Cape Ann Whale Watch, Capt. Bill & Sons Whale Watching, and 7 Seas Whale Watching. Gloucester is also home to the Rocky Neck Art Colony, the country’s oldest continuously operating art colony. Nearby Rockport is also an artistic hub – with its quaint downtown and famous “Motif #1” fishing shack off the main pier, it’s easy to see what has inspired more than 150 years worth of visitors-among them Fitz Henry Lane, Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, Childe Hassam, and John Sloan-to pick up a paintbrush and make Rockport a part of their lives. After browsing the shops at Bearskin Neck, take in true Cape Ann views at Halibut Point State Park. This former seaside quarry and lighthouse is now surrounded by walking trails that lead to an outcropping of boulders along crashing waves. Even in winter the views are remarkable-just watch your step! Expect to find only the freshest seafood, often caught that very day, anywhere you stop to eat on Cape Ann. Some of our favorite places to dine in this part of the region include the Gloucester House Restaurant where, if you’re lucky, owner Lenny Linquata will share with you some of his legendary tales of town history. Manchester-by-the-Sea boasts Singing Beach (the sand really does make a distinctive squeak when you walk on it). Museum of Printing Weir Hill Statue of Hannah Duston Peaslee Garrison House (1673) Hampton Inn Haverhill NorthShore Magazine The Buttonwoods Museum Greater Haverhill Chamber of Commerce The Tap Brewing Company Andover Historical Society The Stevens-Coolidge Place Parson Barnard House (1715)	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4266
__label__wiki	0.920031	0.920031	URBINA SAVES BEST FOR LAST By Michael Morrissey The Marlins could’ve pulled the trigger on Armando Benitez. Instead, they chose Ugueth Urbina. That’s proof people down in Florida knew what they were doing this season, and that move and others have worked out even better than expected. Urbina, who arrived from Texas on July 11, was initially brought in to set up for Braden Looper. But the two men switched roles when Urbina’s dominance and Looper’s struggles left Jack McKeon with no choice. “I think Urbina probably at that time was the biggest move anybody in the game could’ve made,” McKeon said yesterday. “He was probably the premium guy out there.” Urbina, whom the Yankees and Expos had a deal for in 2001 that fell through, finished 3-0 with a 1.41 ERA and six saves in 33 games with the Marlins. He became their closer on Sept. 22 and was a perfect four-for-four in save opportunities. Urbina suffered some rocky outings in the playoffs but hasn’t cost the Marlins a game yet. “He’s done great,” World Series Game 1 starter Brad Penny said. “He’s one of the best closers in the league. “He was willing to come here and set up for Looper. Now it’s the other way around. He really picked the team up.” Credit GM Larry Beinfest for not being desperate enough to grab Benitez. Beinfest refused to acknowledge Benitez by name, but he had conversations with the Mets before dealing prospects Adrian Gonzalez, Will Smith and Ryan Snare to the Rangers. The Yankees instead traded for Benitez and needed to unload him to Seattle soon after, getting Jeff Nelson in return. “Larry just outhustled everybody else to get [Urbina],” McKeon said. “When we got him, he turned our club pretty much around.” NO BANNER NIGHT FOR JOE: NIEUWENDYK PASSES ON DEVILS' INVI...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4269
__label__wiki	0.653317	0.653317	« Ollie Hammond’s Junior’s Delicatessen I » There were two Nickodells at one time. The less-famous one, which closed before the other, was at Argyle and Selma in Hollywood. No one noticed when that one went away…but everyone in town lamented the closure of the one at 5511 Melrose Avenue, built into the side of a movie studio. The studio was at one time RKO Studios…then it became Desilu…then it assumed its present identity as Paramount. Whatever the studio was called, Nickodell was the place folks working on the lot escaped to for a mid-day cocktail, and many important deals were made at its tables. When I Love Lucy was casting and they needed someone to play Fred Mertz, Desi Arnaz got a call from an actor named William Frawley and they arranged to get together and discuss the role over drinks…at Nickodell Melrose. Also right down the street was a studio with a lot of history. The building at 5515 Melrose started life as the Consolidated Film Studio and later became the West Coast home of NBC Radio. It went through a dozen tenants after that before becoming the home of KHJ channel nine, a local TV station which now broadcasts (from elsewhere) as KCAL. It was said that in the fifties and sixties, the KHJ News Crew practically lived at the bar at Nickodell and wrote their copy on its napkins. I only ate there twice, maybe three times. The food was pretty straightforward American — steaks, chops, chicken — and you got the feeling that for most diners there, the cuisine was of secondary importance to the libations. But the meals were served efficiently by real, professional waiters (no aspiring actors allowed) and the whole place had a cramped, wonderful sense of Old Hollywood history. Nickodell’s closed with some fanfare in November of 1993. News crews showed up the last week, as did everyone who’d ever eaten there and wanted a last meal and a souvenir ash tray. But then it suffered the ignominious fate of completely disappearing. Paramount just moved some fences around and suddenly, not only was Nickodell not there but you couldn’t even see where the building had been. When I drive by now, I think I know where it used to be…but I’m not sure. 80 Responses to Nickodell David Szatkowski says: As a young computer programmer from Texas in 1969, my very first business trip was to install a computer at our L.A. office across Melrose from Nickodell. It was a last minute trip so I didn’t have time to cash my expense check. When I arrived no bank, not even B of A who had our corporate account, would cash my check! So one of the guys in the office sent me to Nickodell where the maitre’d took the check reached into his pocket and counted out $300! I wish I could remember his name. From then on I ate at least one meal there every day. The food was delicious and the service superb. The other patrons were very interesting. One was a guy from channel 9 who hosted a horror show late at night. He would introduce the movie, then run next door to Nicks to have a drink between segments. Al kept the TV above the bar tuned to his show. When the next commercial got near, he’s finish his drink and run back next door, only to return for another drink. Al was known for his generous pour, so I don’t know how this guy was still walking by the last segment. Robert Reed from Brady Bunch & Michael Cole from Mod Squad also came in regularly. They were friendly. Robert Reed even remembered my wife and kid’s names when I would return several months later. Nickodell will always have a special place in my heart. Terry G. Smith says: I liked the one on Selma best, just off Vine St. Better atmosphere. But then, it was the early 50’s. Lisa M says: I have a menu! Dee wes says: very interesting. I thought there was one on Hollywood blvd. but above someone says argyl / selma .. well nevertheless, I went to school with Del Zahner who was the grandson of the famed owners. His son was then named Nick. My best friend was married to Del and he died tragically. my friend and the son moved away. They lived in North Hollywood. (went to nhhs). I am not sure what happened to Nick. Recently was in touch with my old friend and she said they were estranged. Interesting background story. btw i do not know which nickodells they owned or if it was a family i know they had money, del was well off. Scott Balesteri says: Went to Nickodell’s after a casting call at Paramount back in 1983. This article brought back some great memories of the ambiance and the food. Miss these old Hollywood haunts when I go back to visit time to time. My first experience eating at Nickodell’s was the day my father took me there for lunch. I was a teenager. At that time Nickodell’s was next to Desilu Studios, on Melrose. My father was an actor and had just finished filming an episode of Star Trek called “Dagger of the Mind”. Season One, Episode Nine. I was in awe eating at this iconic restaurant. Not to mention seeing quite a few celebrities and radio personalities like Don Steele of KHJ. During the 1980’s, I worked in the Film Industry in Hollywood, on Highland near Melrose. The Company was called Editel. During that time Desilu Studios was no longer. The Studio became and still is Paramount Studios on Melrose. Nickodell’s was our go to place for lunch about 4 times a month. If we had time we would eat there. The Menu had a nice variety and the food was consistently good. At times we would call in and pickup our lunch. For the most part, my cohearts and myself would order the Infamous Chopped Salad. To this day, no one makes a Chopped Salad like Nickodell’s. I only wish I could of gotten the recipe before they closed the doors. Doug Wilson says: I retired from LAPD in 1992 a year before the restaurant closed. I ate breakfast there many times with my partner Ralph Thurman. Ralph became friends with the main chef at the restaurant and he invited. Us to eat there . Working Hollywood ate there for free. At least three or four times a week . The chef made our breakfast special . Doug wilson I ate Quincy Magoo says: Shortly before the Melrose location closed, a friend and I decided to eat at Nickodell. It was horrible. The ceiling tiles were falling. The restaurant was filthy. The menu was horribly dated (tomato juice was an appetizer). As a native Angeleno, I miss many of the restaurants on this list. Nickodell is not one of them. Michael Chapman says: In the 1950’s & 60’s I often had lunch at Nickodell’s with my grandparents who lived on N. Bronson just a few blocks from Nickodell’s & have many a fond memory of the Restaurant & That Section of Melrose Ave ‘Esp. between Melrose & Gower to Bronson as we walked that neighborhood often for years & that’s where my dad, their son grew up as Well- ‘So Much history in those few block/s radius…. Kirk Silsbee says: Hi Molly Dawson. My grandfather, John Brant (nee Brautovic) was a Croatian immigrant and he knew your grandfather Nick Slavich well. John used to deliver eggs to restaurants during the Depression and Nicodell’s was one of his stops. In subsequent years, when John came upon a street crew working on the roads with the name Gooho on the equipment, my grandfather would stop the car, jump out and find his countryman Mr. Gooho and throw his arm around him. I’m sure he hugged your grandfather many a time. gil deane says: As I said in another post, my Dad(Benny the waiter) was a fixture at the Nickodell for about 40 years…the neighborhood has a lot of meaning for me…my wife, the former Evelyn Nadson, played tenor sax, flute and clarinet with the Ina Ray Hutton “all girl” band(I didn’t know her then), seen on KTLA…channel 5…from the studios a few blocks away on Van Ness and Melrose. I never heard her play. My dad was the “Benny the waiter” referred to in several comments about the old Nickodell on Melrose…great memories! This website is an exciting discovery…my Dad was “Benny the waiter” who is referred to in several comments about the now defunct Nickodell on Melrose, adjacent to RKO and Paramount….we used to live near Van Ness and Marathon and then on south Fairfax, near Airdrome. Sheldon Deane says: Brings back wonderful memories.I am the son of “Benny the Waiter”. My father waited on tables at the Melroe Grotto and Nickodells for approximately 40 years, retiring at 80 yrs. old. I also have an article about my father that was published in the LA Daily News. Still have a matchbook cover and postcard from Nickodell. Lisa A Alkana says: I worked at Paramount 1987 to 1991. We would go to Nicodells every once in awhile. The problem for us at lunch time was he had to be back within the hour and the low key, relaxed atmosphere seemed to result in food the would appear seconds before we had to leave. Box it up and on our way. We were really there for the retro vibe, not the food. Steve Maslow says: In The 70’s I used to work next door at Abbey Sound Studios and would frequent the place for lunch on numerous occasions. My first time experience with a Monte Cristo sandwich! Wow what a treat. I wish it was still opened. Cat West says: Nickodell’s was a favorite place to hang out and occupy a table for long afternoons in the 1970’s. I would go there with a friend after the lunch crowd from the studios left and the big green booths were available. I often ordered the liver and onions which were always prepared to perfection. They had a vast menu of mostly “continental” cuisine that included many items seen at the Brown Derby. The specials were great too because the kitchen was following recipes responsible for years of success from the glory days. The bar was a classic Hollywood background for movie deals and detective novels. Robert Gibson says: Oh, the sweet weight of nostalgia…circa 1951…Melrose Grotto. I always had the swordfish steak. My father was a cop in Hollywood, so he knew the best places. And he was acquainted. I was only 8, a cadet at nearby Cheviot Hills Military Academy. Men in uniform got special treatment…. Croquettes there!!! I used to wait for my GF who was an very active “extra” with some small talking parts at Paramount 1986-7…we would dine there… now we are still together closing in on 32 years. Croquettes are a comfort food for my Philly roots! Love at first bite! Mel Cownzowfski says: I arrived in So. CA in late May of 1972. I soon found a half-way decent job there. A co-worker suggested I try Nickodell’s. That was one suggestion that I’ll always appreciate. I can remember eating at Nickodell’s on Melrose from time to time between 1972 and 1980-something. The food was always consistently good and not overpriced for the quality received. I always found the servers to be pleasant, professional and efficient. Gourmet food it was not, but that wasn’t the reason I went there. I loved the ambiance and the low key, relatively quiet atmosphere that one could almost always count on. The photos of the various Movie/T.V. stars didn’t damage the mood or anything like that, but I honestly couldn’t care less if there were pictures on the walls or not. My favorite dish at Nickodell’s was their baked turkey (with gravy) along with stuffing, peas and carrots and a nice slice of pumpkin or apple pie for desert. I usually had a glass of moderately priced white wine with my meals there. Nickodell’s may be gone, but it is definitely not forgotten! It is no doubt missed by many, surely including myself. Larry Hernandez says: As I read through these wonderful stories, a few people could not remember the corner bar/restaurant on Bronson just across from Paramount’s Bronson Gate. it was Oblath’s. Had a few too many drinks there on occasion with my buddy Robert. (worked at Paramount from ’78 – ’90) My favorite all time restaurant! Does anyone have a menu from Nickodelk’s? Carol A. Johnson says: In May of 1953 my boyfriend took me there to celebrate our engagement. I was 16 and my fiance was 18. I will never forget it. Rags says: Nickodell was a step back in time way back. The food was straight forward and enough to eat, rather than a dollop of anything for ridiculous price. I loved the wait staff and the carts so that the food came out hot. I’ve been gone thirty years and still remember when my mom would visit she had to go there for brains and how hard it was for me to eat while watching her dig into the brains. Mike Neschleba says: While going through my late Dad’s photos I came across several taken in front of the Melrose Nickodell in late 1961. He was on a business trip for GAF coming from Binghamton NY to visit the Ozalid plant. The whole group took turns posing in front of the sign. Molly Dawson says: My grandfather was Nick Dell Slavich – Nickodell. He opened the Selma restaurant first, then the Melrose location. After retiring, my grandfather sold the business to two of his employees. The restaurant operated with the same menu until Paramount bought the location to build a new entrance. I not only ate there as a child, my husband and I took our three children there until the restaurant closed. As the story is told, it was the second oldest restaurant in LA until it closed. The family has scrapbooks full of pictures from the restaurant. Nickodell is a treasured memory for our family. Tim Gibbons says: I used to eat at Nickodell (Melrose) from when I was a little kid, in the late 50’s, until it closed in 1993. My favorite dish was Steamed Finnan Haddie — a dish that no restaurant that I know in L.A. now serves. It came with boiled potatoes (with butter and parsley, of course). The drinks were great, the prices moderate (I have menus from 1983, 1961, and 1955). The finnan haddie went from $1.75 (1955) to $2.00 (1961) to $7.50 (1983), but that included an appetizer (or glass of red wine), soup and entree. I liked Mary Jammal, one of the waitresses. She was very good at her job! Here’s an article about its closing: http://articles.latimes.com/1993-11-19/local/me-58563_1_bottled-water Al Donnelly says: Nickodell had an earlier incarnation under another name. Seems to have lost my source (something in radio or studio history maybe). I was able to secure a paper placemat from it, printed with microphones and the RKO lightning bolt etc.. Did they use paper ones during the Nickodell era? Bette Carlson says: I used to go to Nickodell’s in the ’60s. There was a very funny waiter named Joe. He reminds me of Jerry Seinfeld’s uncle but it isn’t the same person. I think Joe was a part time actor. Also there was a waiter whose name I can’t remember and I believe he was Hungarian. A bartender named Al. Al gave our son a battery operated car (for a 3 year old) as a Christmas gift. We loved going to Nickodell’s. I wrote another reply about The Playboy Restaurant just down the street but I forgot to mention Joe the waiter. I moved to California in 1960 and went to a bar on Melrose and Bronson named The Playboy. It was owned by a Greek fellow named Tony Gilketsis (spelling) and sold to two or three people named Dorothy King and Troy Melton. Troy was a stuntman. He may have bought them out. My husband Joe was a bartender there until 1975. We frequented the bar from 1960 to 1975. I originally lived across the street on Bronson in an apartment across from Raleigh Studios. Then I moved to the street where Paramount gate on Bronson used to be. Kitty corner from the gate was a bar and restaurant named Oblatts (sp). On the same side of the street were 2 apartment buildings and I lived in one of them until 1965. Also, across from the Playboy on the same side of the street was a gas station. Western Costume was east of the Playboy and shared a parking lot. The Playboy was frequented by many actors and people who worked at the studio. My husband and I were friends with many of the studio employees as the Playboy was like a Cheers bar after 7 p.m. and especially on the weekends. He and our friends played in many a golf tournament. A bar called Lucy’s was across the street on the south side of Melrose just off Bronson. It is not the same Lucy’s Mexican Restaurant that is down the street now. I think the Lucy’s I speak of has been torn down. I also used to go to Nickodell’s regularly for dinner and drinks with friends and my husband.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4277
__label__wiki	0.531874	0.531874	Home / Technology / HPE shares jump 6% on Microsoft Azure news HPE shares jump 6% on Microsoft Azure news Posted by: Admin in Technology December 2, 2015 0 Hewlett Packard Enterprise (Photo: HPE, for USA TODAY) SAN MATEO, Calif. — Shares of the newly minted Hewlett Packard Enterprise popped nearly 7% after it announced a deal with Microsoft that makes Microsoft Azure a preferred cloud-computing partner for HPE customers. It may sound like a mouthful, but it’s a significant contract win for HPE, the enterprise company splintered from what used to be Hewlett Packard. The 76-year-old company was split in half, officially, on Nov. 1. The other company, HP Inc., centers on PCs and printers. HPE is tasked to make inroads in cloud computing, computer security and other more profitable areas amid the emergence of new rivals such as Amazon. The Microsoft accord offers a strong first impression, and Wall Street approved: HPE shares are up 6.6%, to $15.84. “Public cloud services, like those Azure provides, are an important aspect of a hybrid cloud strategy and Microsoft Azure blends perfectly with HPE solutions to deliver what our customers need most,” HPE CEO Meg Whitman said in a statement. The deal includes new hardware and software. Early this year, the former HP said it would “retire” its public cloud technology, called Helion. Read or Share this story: http://usat.ly/1XEAUBF Previous: Airbnb Releases Trove of New York City Home-Sharing Data Next: LOVE Magazine’s Advent Calendar countdown Online shopping guide SMZDM surges 44% on China stock market debut Oscar noms get $200K in gifts, including $275 toilet paper New Cdn Black Chamber of Commerce hopes to provide a 'unified voice' Laurence Fishburne files for divorce from wife Gina Torres Cops ID second victim in plane crash that killed NASCAR driver Maine couple found dead in SUV Christmas morning	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4283
__label__wiki	0.598469	0.598469	Grass Lots To Be Closed For Penn State’s Final Home Game Of 2018 Season The grass lots surrounding Beaver Stadium — including the IM fields and Overnight RV lot — will be closed again for Penn State football’s final game of the 2018 season against Maryland. No additional single-game parking permits will be sold for the game, which is set to kick off at 3:30 p.m. Because of these changes, six free shuttles will run from the parking lots off campus to the stadium for the second consecutive home game. These shuttles will begin service at 11 a.m. Saturday and run until approximately an hour after the game ends. Penn State Athletics is encouraging fans to walk to the game if they can, and also urges fans not to bring RVs to the game if they don’t have a permit for paved lots. If you do bring an RV and have a permit for one of the closed grass lots, you can park at Grange Park. Fans with pre-paid yellow parking permits will be allowed to park at Nittany Mall, the Penn State Golf Courses, Tech Support, and Mount Nittany Elementary & Middle Schools. Yellow permits will also be accepted at the Red Lot A until it’s full, or until 10 a.m. If you have a permit for one of the lot’s that’s closed Saturday, here’s a list of your alternative options: Yellow RV: Grange Park, starting Friday at 7 a.m. through Saturday. Green Stadium West: Innovation Park, Orange H, and Lot 83 or Red A. Tailgating will be available at all of these locations. Green Stadium North: Innovation Park, Orange H, Lot 83, or Red A. Purple: Innovation Park or Grange Park. Brown: Innovation Park or on-campus parking decks. Tailgating will not be available in the campus decks. Orange: Innovation Park, Grange Park, or on-campus parking decks. Blue: Innovation Park, Grange Park, or on-campus parking decks. You can find more information on this weekend’s parking situation here. Mikey Mandarino Mikey is a senior majoring in journalism and Onward State's Sports Editor. He grew up in Bedminster, NJ and is way too obnoxious about all the best things his home state has to offer. Mikey loves to play golf, but he sucks at it because golf is hard. If you're dying to see more hockey/golf content on your timeline, you can follow Mikey on Twitter @mikey_mandarino. Send all hate mail, death threats, and your vote for the best chicken parm in State College to [email protected] Other posts by Mikey Gould signed a two-year, fully guaranteed $10.5 million contract with a two-year option clause the 49ers can pick up before the end of the 2020 season. Grass Lots To Be Closed For Penn State\'s Final Home Game Of 2018 Season https://onwardstate.com/2018/11/20/grass-lots-to-be-closed-for-penn-states-final-home-game-of-2018-season/	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4285
__label__wiki	0.716401	0.716401	Better Than Me G.I.V.E. TEN TONNES – aka Ethan Barnett – is a 22-year-old musician from Hertford who possesses a breezy, seemingly effortless ability to fashion snap-crackle lyrics and earworm melodies. It’s a trait that’s very much in evidence throughout his self-titled debut album which will be released on May 3rd . It was recorded with producers Hugo White (previously of The Maccabees) and Dan Grech (Wolf Alice, The Killers, Liam Gallagher). 2018 saw TEN TONNES complete a busy year of touring which he concluded by hitting the UK and Europe as guest to George Ezra. He also played packed arenas with Stereophonics, instigated chaotic scenes with Rat Boy and won over crowds when touring with Tom Grennan. After completing a sold-out headline tour at the beginning of the year, he’ll be hitting the road again in May. TEN TONNES first gained attention in 2016 with an independently released three-track debut EP, before releasing ‘Born To Lose’ EP and a succession of singles under a deal with Warner Bros. Records. He released his self-titled debut album in May 2019 and scored a top 40 placing in the UK. Glasgow, GB7,936 LISTENERS Nottingham, GB6,245 LISTENERS Birmingham, GB6,233 LISTENERS Bristol, GB6,077 LISTENERS G.I.V.E. (Acoustic) Lay It On Me (Acoustic) Cracks Between Born To Lose EP Get Home Happy! Feel-Good Indie Rock 100 Uplifting Songs Radio 1 Playlist (BBC) Rock Save the Queen Viola Beach Marsicans Sundara Karma Listen to Ten Tonnes now. Listen to Ten Tonnes in full in the Spotify app	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4287
__label__wiki	0.525134	0.525134	Men’s Soccer Falls to Georgia Military College On October 20, 2018 By joshuabmillin On October 15, the Oxford men’s soccer team took on regular-season rival Georgia Military College Reserve, looking to secure a spot in the playoffs. Coming into the game, they had lost to the Georgia Military team three times, and because of Georgia Military’s team D1 status and roster, this would be one of their toughest and most important games of the season. The Eagles kept the game within reach during the first half. The back-and-forth between the teams led to frequent stalemates, though Georgia Military team blew through coverage and scored a couple early goals. Oxford rebounded before the half ended with a goal from Oliver Xu, and the Eagles went into the break trailing 1-3. During the second half, a few missed shots and an offside call hindered Oxford’s offensive output, and they fell behind as Georgia Military’s offense hit full stride. The final score was 1-7, a defeat that ended a notable regular season. Even though the Oxford team lost, the turnout to the game still exceeded expectations. The bleachers were lined with cheering students, the atmosphere intense but supportive. A few chants started up for individual soccer players, with many yelling additional words of support to the Oxford team. Though the team began to fall behind, spectators remained enthusiastic until the final whistle. Even though the season is over, the soccer team has good reasons to keep their heads up high. They ended with a record of 4-7-1, Erich Mildner set the single-season assists record (11), and Park Ngyuen, a former Oxford soccer captain, came back as an assistant coach. Looking back on the season, freshman defender Will Ball said, “we were optimistic about the season, but there were some close games we should have won.” The Eagles had some notable games, defeating Northwest Mississippi, beating USC Union twice, a notching a comeback draw against All-In-FC. Watching a few of the games myself, the Eagles’ tenacity is undeniable. Their match against Meridian is a prime example; following the game, head coach Gregory Moss-Brown noted that “the boys played their hearts out tonight.” There were always supporters in the stands for home games. In their last game against Georgia Military College, fans’ raucous cheers disoriented the scoreboard operator, and just for a little while, the Eagles had an undeserved goal on the board. Will Ball also noted the sense of community among players: “It really feels like a family, definitely made my freshman year easier.” That camaraderie shows when the players all sport their bright blue polo shirts; they are a family. If you’re not convinced, just yell out “Will Ball” on campus, you are sure to get a response. PREVIOUS POST Previous post: Mayur Vora NEXT POST Next post: It’s Time to Rethink Global Immigration Issues	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4295
__label__cc	0.647787	0.352213	What’s happening in health at the local level? Tracy, Sarah & Dylan of Bega (above) are part of a growing fitness trend Peak Fitness: Flourish Australia at Bega It is important for everybody to stay fit and staying fit is more fun if it involves some social interaction as well. That is why Flourish Australia encourages the people who access our services to try out facilities available in the local community. Naturally recovery involves going beyond your comfort zone now and then, but there are ways of doing this which make it less daunting and more enjoyable. Sarah Buckle at Bega gives the example of the group which has been going along every Tuesday to play table tennis. ‘Sometimes it is really hard to start doing something on your own, especially if you have never done it before.’ Says Sarah. ‘So if you can get a group of four or five people to go along and do it together it makes the process a whole lot more comfortable. ‘ Another thing happening at Bega is the Peak Fitness Program sponsored by Grand Pacific Health. This program at Bega involves a Peer Worker and makes use of exercise physiologist Kim Bobbin. Sarah says it is very much like having a personal trainer! It is a twelve-week program that focuses on the personal goals of the participants – so it’s not like one of those celebrity boot camps you might have seen on the television! Sarah says that once a group gets off the ground, there is a ‘flow-on’ effect because other people will then want to join in. Mediocre Fitness levels? Dancing: Get up and ROCK !	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4299
__label__wiki	0.567476	0.567476	Initial Coin Offerings and the Value of Crypto Tokens MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 5347-18 Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 3137213 37 Pages Posted: 13 Mar 2018 Last revised: 7 Mar 2019 See all articles by Christian Catalini Christian Catalini Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management; Calibra, Inc.; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Joshua S. Gans University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management; NBER MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 5347-18, Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 3137213 Downloads 10,108 Date Written: March 5, 2019 This paper explores how entrepreneurs can use initial coin offerings - whereby they issue crypto tokens and commit to only accept those tokens as payment for their products - to fund venture start-up costs. We show that the ICO mechanism allows entrepreneurs to generate buyer competition for the token, giving it value. We also find that venture returns are independent of any committed growth in the supply of tokens over time, but that initial funds raised are maximized by setting that growth to zero to encourage saving by early participants. Nonetheless, since the value of the tokens depends on a single period of demand, the ability to raise funds is more limited than in traditional equity finance. Furthermore, a lack of commitment in monetary policy undermines saving behavior, hence the cost of using tokens to fund start-up costs is inflexibility in future capital raises. Crypto tokens can also facilitate coordination among stakeholders within digital ecosystems when network effects are present. Keywords: crypto tokens, blockchain, cryptocurrency, initial coin offering, entrepreneurial finance, crowdfunding, equity financing, monetary policy, network effects. JEL Classification: E42, L12, L26 Catalini, Christian and Gans, Joshua S., Initial Coin Offerings and the Value of Crypto Tokens (March 5, 2019). MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 5347-18; Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 3137213. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3137213 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3137213 Christian Catalini (Contact Author) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management ( email ) Cambridge, MA MA 02142 HOME PAGE: http://mitsloan.mit.edu/faculty-and-research/faculty-directory/detail/?id=58777 Calibra, Inc. 1 Hacker Way University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management ( email ) HOME PAGE: http://www.joshuagans.com NBER ( email )	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4301
__label__wiki	0.694678	0.694678	February - March 2018 \| Issue 2614 - 2615 'Forward sister women!' The actual issue (Feature) Hard-won working-class confidence (Feature) Arrest prince Mohammed bin Salman for Saudi war crimes (Feature) Editorial: Building peace through empowerment (Comment) Peace in Korea is possible (News) Free Ahed Tamimi (News) Trump wants more usable nuclear weapons (News) Doomsday clock moves again (News) Peace activists ‘breach peace’ (News) No more youth militarisation (News) 13 more anti-DSEI arms fair protestors acquitted, some because it was ‘reasonable’ to obstruct arms fair (News) A Oes Heddwch? Working for peace in Wales – yesterday and today (Feature) Campaigners gather to strengthen their online campaigning skills (Feature) Exploring Class: a training of trainers weekend with Betsy Leondar-Wright (Feature) Is there an opportunity to move towards a united Ireland? (Feature) It’s time for Sanctuary Everywhere (Feature) Obituary: Gene Sharp: 21 January 1928 – 28 January 2018 (Feature) Obituary: Connie Mager: 19 November 1925 – 22 December 2018 (Comment) Bruce Kent: As I please (Comment) How it nearly went wrong for CND (Comment) Diary: 'The more a certain behaviour is expected, the easier it is to get away with' (Comment) The Personal Column: The 10 best songs about peace (Comment) George Monbiot, Out of the Wreckage: A New Politics for an Age of Crisis (Review) Virginia Moffatt, Echo Hall (Review) Chandler O’Leary & Jessica Spring, Dead Feminists: Historic Heroines in Living Color (Review) Rebecca Solnit, The Mother of All Questions: Further Feminisms (Review) Joseph Matthews, Everyone has their reasons (Review) Case Study: Kuwait 2002–2005 (Comment) A Beautiful Ghetto (Feature) News in Brief (9) Comment by Penny Stone Penny Stone surveys women's suffrage songs, past and present What songs were women singing 100 years ago when they were campaigning for full access to our democratic system? At the beginning of the 20th century, the folk songs that have always been sung were being sung all over the country. Women were still singing while labouring – milking, spinning, waulking (beating) the cloth and such like. They were singing lullabies to help soothe the babies and themselves, and singing ballads telling of love and loss. Songs of war were everywhere – ‘It’s a Long Way to Tipperary’ and ‘Pack up your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag’. Music hall was in full swing, and early jazz sounds were beginning to cross the Atlantic. Most people still went to one church or another on Sundays and sang hymns. The classical soundscape was comprised of songs such as Herbert Parry’s setting of William Blake’s ‘Jerusalem’, orchestrated and popularised by Elgar. Vaughan Williams was getting into his stride and Holst was in full swing. It was a time of anthems. We don’t know what the women sang informally during this time, we just know the songs that they wrote down for marches and rallies. ‘The Women’s Battle’, to the tune of ‘Onward Christian Soldiers’ begins: ‘Forward sister women! Onward ever more, Bondage is behind you, Freedom is before….’. The most-widely-sung suffrage anthem in the UK, with a similarly-anthemic hymnal tune, was ‘The March Of The Women’: Shout, shout, up with your song! Cry with the wind for the dawn is breaking. March, march, swing you along, Wide blows our banner and hope is waking. Song with its story, dreams with their glory, Lo! They call and glad is their word. Forward! Hark how it swells, Thunder of freedom, the voice of the Lord. It worked for the women campaigning then. It doesn’t work so well for us now. It feels very dated. This week I’ve been singing a song with Wildfire Women’s Choir that has lasted the changing times more kindly: ‘Bread and Roses’. The song lyrics date back to a textile mill strike in Massachusetts in 1911, a slogan of the workers striking for better conditions. It has been sung to various tunes over the last century, but is most widely sung now to a tune penned by Mimi Fariña in the 1970s. It asserts our universal rights not only to basic needs but to the beautiful and spiritually-nourishing things that go beyond our daily labour. It is a slogan that we still use and sing today, over a century later. Jules Gibb’s more recent song, ‘Nana Was a Suffragette’, has become the go-to song for campaign and community choirs. It must be being sung the length of these islands these last few weeks. Toward the end of the song, underneath the ballad of her nana’s story, she weaves one of the Greenham women’s songs, ‘You Can’t Kill the Spirit’, making the ongoing link between women’s campaigning for all faces of justice. The final lyrics of this song also remind us about the ongoing struggle: But if you think we’re satisfied, take a look around, There’s a lot of angry women won’t let their nanas down. Nana was a suffragette, it’s as if she’s still alive, Nana was a suffragette, their voices still survive, Singing ‘Votes for women, is just a beginning – You haven’t seen anything yet’ – Nana was a suffragette. The BBC commissioned a new composition to commemorate the centenary of the Representation of the People Act, written by Helen (lyrics) and Lucy (music) Pankhurst, both descendants of Emmeline Pankhurst. Drawing on the words of her great-grandmother, Helen Pankhurst writes this modern anthemic chorus: I hear the sound of feet, Perpetually beating. The pounding of our hearts as we march on through the streets, A sisterhood of sacrifices made along the way, But now we stand, The music itself is not as accessible as much of the radical music that we know and love, but perhaps this is fitting as we commemorate this first wave of women’s suffrage that was given only to some women (over the age of 30 who owned property, or whose husbands owned property), keeping the majority of working-class women out of the democratic process. There is always further to travel on the road to real justice, but it’s still worth stopping from time to time to celebrate, to sing about (and with) the women whose shoulders we stand upon. Topics: Feminism	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4308
__label__wiki	0.75458	0.75458	Allegheny Co. Controller Chelsa Wagner's Husband Takes Stand, Jury To Begin DeliberationsThe husband of Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner took the stand in his own defense Monday in a Detroit courtroom. NFL Unveils 'Inverted' Pittsburgh Steelers JerseyThe NFL has created a new line of jerseys in lieu of the upcoming season for fans. Group Protests Zimmerman Verdict Outside Mayor’s Office Filed Under:Downtown Pittsburgh, George Zimmerman, Harold Hayes, Hill District, Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, Mayor's Office, Protest, Sit In, Trayvon Martin, Verdict (Photo Credit: Harold Hayes/KDKA) PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – More than 100 demonstrators angered about the Trayvon Martin case demanded to see Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, but so far have not been able to see him. It began at the Allegheny County Courthouse Wednesday. One protest leader said to the crowd, “And for most black people, we were thinking, ‘This is injustice as usual.’ Am I right?” “Yeah,” the crowd responded. During another chant the crowd yelled: “It’s our duty to fight; It’s our duty to win. We must love each other, and support each other.” It was a continuation of frustration with the Martin case, but also concern about life among minority groups in Pittsburgh. The protest moved across the street to the offices of City Council and the mayor. They had a list of economic and public safety demands covering a wide range of issues. The crowd swelled, but the mayor sent his assistant Jim Sheppard to meet them. “I’m special assistant to the mayor,” he told them. “I’ll receive your demands on his behalf and make sure that he gets them.” But many asked, “Where is he?” “The mayor is in his office today. I will take your demands to him,” said Sheppard. It was not what they wanted to hear. “The mayor is unable to meet with you right now,” Sheppard told them. “See this is a problem right here because we cannot get any justice for Trayvon Martin, but you got all these police officers defending the mayor from his constituents,” replied one protestor. As that debate continued, Bekezela Mguni, of New Voices Pittsburgh, told KDKA’s Harold Hayes: “We feel that that is not an isolated incident in Florida. We feel that it’s connected to a national and a local experience of Pittsburghers where we feel we experience intense violence as black people and we want to call attention to our city officials and hold them accountable that they need to make exact change right now.” The group met with a number of City Council members including mayoral candidate Bill Peduto. More News About This Case More Reports From Harold Hayes Pennsylvania Woman Faces Charges After Allegedly Biting Police Officer In The Leg	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4319
__label__wiki	0.597261	0.597261	Schwab Leaders to RIAs: The Opportunities Have Never Been Greater Schwab details strategic and practical initiatives for driving competitive advantage and sustainable growth for RIAs Monday, June 24, 2013 8:30 am PDT "In addition to our goal of being the best, safest place for RIAs to keep their client assets, we are also committed to delivering innovative strategies and resources that help RIAs to continue to thrive." SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--During its annual EXPLORE event last week, Charles Schwab CEO Walt Bettinger and head of Schwab Advisor Services Bernie Clark commended independent registered investment advisors (RIAs) for their thriving business model and uncompromising focus on serving clients, and shared with them an enthusiastic outlook for the future of the RIA space. Bettinger and Clark also spoke about the potential challenges ahead as RIAs continue to grow, including increased regulation and industry complexity, emerging new competition and a changing client base. Recognizing the landscape facing RIAs, Schwab unveiled several updates and new initiatives aimed at helping RIAs secure their success well into the next generation of RIA firms and clients. “We want to collaborate with RIAs in their growth and success, in the same way that RIAs play a crucial role in Schwab’s success,” said Bettinger. “In addition to our goal of being the best, safest place for RIAs to keep their client assets, we are also committed to delivering innovative strategies and resources that help RIAs to continue to thrive.” New initiatives and updates announced during EXPLORE include: Differentiate the RIA model: Schwab invited advisors to participate in a new, searchable directory of independent registered investment advisor firms on its RIA Stands For You site. RIA firms that custody with Schwab are eligible to sign up to participate in the directory, which is slated to be available to individual investors later this year. The online directory is the latest addition to Schwab’s RIA Stands For You campaign, which launched in 2011 to help investors better understand the benefits of the independent RIA model. The website includes educational information to help investors who are seeking an advisor. “RIA Stands For You was launched to help RIAs tell a clear story about what makes their model different, and to educate and inform investors about the choices available to them,” said Clark. “The addition of the advisor directory means that investors visiting RIA Stands for You will now be able to go beyond education and find an RIA they can work with in their local area.” Next Generation Leaders: At EXPLORE Clark announced that Schwab’s Executive Leadership Program will begin in January 2014. The program will help prepare promising leaders to manage and grow their RIA firms, and will include curriculum that covers five key competency areas: Leadership, Innovation, Talent Management, Strategic Marketing and Entrepreneurship. The program will feature content and faculty from several of the nation’s leading universities as well as insights from RIA firm leaders. Deeper technology integration: Schwab announced new participants in Schwab OpenView GatewayTM, from Schwab Intelligent Technologies™, adding depth and breadth to Schwab's technology offer for advisors. New additions to Gateway include Envestnet \| Tamarac’s Advisor Rebalancing® application, PIEtech’s MoneyGuidePro and Zywave’s NaviPro Planning Suite™ which introduce financial planning and trading and rebalancing integration to the program. Client Service: Since the beginning of the year, Schwab has made significant progress on its previously announced Client Experience initiative. This has included various enhancements to Schwab Alliance, such as improvements to RIA customization and a streamlined enrollment process, allowing RIAs to get new clients up and running on the platform within an hour. Later this year, Schwab will begin piloting new solutions for both electronic signature and electronic authorization that will enable significant productivity gains for RIAs in day to day transaction areas such as account open and money movement, while also enhancing their end-clients' experience. “Schwab is committed to fueling sustainable RIA growth for generations to come by supporting firms as the industry evolves,” said Clark. “Whether it is how they lead and manage their firms, the way they interact with clients, or how they operate their business day-to-day, these initiatives all help RIAs capture the opportunities at hand and prepare for a future that is still taking shape.” Independent investment advisors are not owned by, affiliated with or supervised by Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. The mention of the above firms is not, and should not be construed as a recommendation, endorsement or sponsorship by Schwab. These firm are not affiliated with or an employee of Schwab. Schwab Intelligent Technologies™ is a subsidiary of The Charles Schwab Corporation and an affiliate of Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. More information is available at www.aboutschwab.com. Follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube and our Schwab Talk blog. Through its operating subsidiaries, The Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE: SCHW) provides a full range of securities brokerage, banking, money management and financial advisory services to individual investors and independent investment advisors. Its broker-dealer subsidiary, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. 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Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available: http://www.businesswire.com/multimedia/home/20130624005402/en/ Rob Farmer, 415-667-0083 Rob.Farmer@schwab.com Sarah Gormley, 718-875-2122 Schwab's Walt Bettinger, President and CEO and Bernie Clark, EVP, Advisor Services at EXPLORE 2013 conference (Photo: Business Wire) Download Small (146.32 KB)	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4324
__label__wiki	0.973281	0.973281	Wade Phillips Justin Ellis P.J. Hall Maurice Hurst Jr. Johnathan Hankins Jordy Nelson Bobby Bowden Nathan Peterman Derek Carr Jon Gruden Lamarcus Joyner Trenton Brown Antonio Brown A.J. McCarron Sports Athlete contracts Sports transactions Sports business Athlete compensation Free agency NFL football Professional football Football Sports trading Los Angeles Rams Oakland Raiders New England Patriots Pittsburgh Steelers Raiders cut WR Jordy Nelson, QB AJ McCarron to save cap room By JOSH DUBOW - Apr. 11, 2019 08:55 AM EDT ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — After making several big-ticket additions to start free agency, the Oakland Raiders are now making some cuts. The Raiders released 2018 leading wide receiver Jordy Nelson and backup quarterback AJ McCarron on Thursday to create salary cap space after going on a spending spree earlier this week. The moves save more than $8.5 million for the upcoming season after the Raiders committed more than $50 million in salary cap space to acquire receiver Antonio Brown, tackle Trent Brown, safety Lamarcus Joyner and receiver Tyrell Williams. Nelson signed a $14.2 million, two-year deal last March with the Raiders and had 63 catches for 739 yards in his one season in Oakland. The Raiders turned his $3.6 million roster bonus for 2019 into a signing bonus late last season, which leaves them with $1.8 million in dead money this year. Coach Jon Gruden had planned to keep Nelson before plans changed when Brown became available from Pittsburgh last weekend. The Raiders traded a 2019 fifth-round pick to Buffalo last year to acquire McCarron as the backup to Derek Carr. McCarron appeared in just two games with three passes before the team decided to go in another direction. The move leaves Nathan Peterman as the only backup on the roster. Peterman was fifth-round pick by Buffalo in 2017 but was cut last season after beginning the year as the starter. He is 68 for 130 in his career for 548 yards, three TDs, 12 interceptions and a 32.5 passer rating in his career. The Raiders also signed defensive tackle Johnathan Hankins to a two-year contract to return to Oakland and formally announced the deal with Joyner that was agreed to earlier this week. Hankins spent his first four seasons with the Giants and then played for Indianapolis in 2017 before joining the Raiders last season. He had 36 tackles and two fumble recoveries last season for Oakland and will be part of a rotation at defensive tackle with second-year players Maurice Hurst and P.J. Hall, as well as Justin Ellis. "I'm definitely honored to be here for another two more years, be a part of the movement going forward," Hankins said. "It's exciting seeing everybody that they've been signing. I just can't wait to get back to work and prove everybody wrong and let them know that the Raiders are back." Joyner is the most notable addition so far for a defense that ranked last in the NFL in yards allowed per play (6.27) and points allowed per game (29.2) last season. The Raiders coveted Joyner for his versatility; he had experience playing cornerback, in the slot and safety in five seasons with the Rams. He was at his best after moving exclusively to free safety the past two seasons under coordinator Wade Phillips but said he's ready to play in the slot if needed for Oakland. Joyner looks forward to come in on the ground floor of a rebuild after helping Florida State rebound from a team that struggled in coach Bobby Bowden's final seasons before he arrived and then won a national championship under Jimbo Fisher in his senior season. "When I entered both organizations, they weren't doing too well," he said. "Even my years with the Rams, we started off slow, but they got the right guys in. I feel like I'm one of the first stepping stones, one of those first milestones for Coach Gruden to bring the right guys in and change this place around."	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4329
__label__cc	0.563556	0.436444	Mar 5, 2019–project44 announced today the availability of ocean visibility on the project44 Advanced Visibility Platform. Ocean visibility enables shippers, including beneficial cargo owners (BCOs), freight forwarders (FFWs) and third-party logistics firms (3PLs), to track North American-bound container shipments as they arrive in port for shipment, travel across the ocean and are discharged from vessels to be moved onto rail or trucks. Such broad and detailed ocean shipment visibility has previously been unattainable for many shippers, FFWs and 3PLs. Ocean visibility, combined with project44’s existing modes – truckload (TL), less-than-truckload (LTL), volume less-than-truckload (VLTL), parcel, final-mile, rail and intermodal – offers end-to-end shipment visibility. The addition of Ocean to the project44 Advanced Visibility Platform allows organizations to automate more key transportation processes and unlock a larger set of actionable insights to improve shipping performance. Most delays to ocean shipments happen in port or directly after, but other visibility solutions only focus on satellite data on a vessel’s location while it is in transit. The project44 Advanced Visibility Platform enables the collection and analysis of a wider range of real-time and historical vessel, container, port, weather and other ocean shipment data. This data allows project44 to deliver predictive insights enabling users to eliminate costs related to demurrage fees as well as reduce inventory stock outs and manual workload. Bringing in data from the entire ecosystem allows project44 to ultimately drive a significant return on investment. “Until recently, much of the valuable information generated by ocean carriers and shipping terminals has been difficult, if not impossible, to access,” said Jett McCandless, CEO and founder of project44. “Plus, true ocean visibility is multi-modal, encompassing port operations on either end that include truck and rail. By tapping into ocean carriers’ and shipping terminals’ treasure trove of vessel and port data, project44 is helping organizations understand the entire ocean leg of a shipment. This gives them the visibility they need to increase efficiency, lower expenses, and enhance their customers’ experiences.” Yamato Transport USA, whose parent company, Yamato Holdings, is a world-leading logistics company, was one of the first adopters of project44’s new ocean product. Paul T. Masuda, Chief Strategy & Innovation Office at Yamato Transport USA said, “Our company has been working for years to be at the leading edge of shipping logistics, but before adopting project44’s platform, ETAs on our North American bound container shipments were still only correct approximately 60 percent of the time, and these shipments entered an informational ‘black hole’ when they came into port. This confusion was stressful and costly – for us and our customers.” “We believe that project44’s ocean visibility product will deliver accurate ETAs as to when our shipments will arrive at U.S. ports. Plus, we will have detailed, real-time data on the location and status of shipping containers as they are discharged, so we know if there is a customs hold that needs attention, when a truck needs to be dispatched and exactly when shipping containers need to be returned to port. Better ETAs and improved container-level visibility at the port will save us and our carriers a lot of time and money, and allow us to provide better service to our customers.” CONTACT: Andy Grygiel McLeod Software Expands Native Integration with project44 to Include Truckload Visibility	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4334
__label__cc	0.578297	0.421703	Pro PR Tips I’m Rafe Needleman. I’ve been covering technology and business since 1988. I started at InfoWorld as a reviews editor. Following that, I launched Corporate Computing magazine, and then moved on to become manager of advanced technologies for ZD Labs. In 1995, I became editor-in-chief of Byte magazine. I joined CNET as editor of CNET.com, shortly after it started in 1997. In late 1998 I moved to Red Herring, as editorial director of the Events department. After a year I became editor of Redherring.com and started writing Catch of the Day, a column about startups, which was emailed to over 150,000 subscribers every weekday. After Red Herring folded, I continued to review cutting edge technology, both online and in print, for a Business 2.0 column called What’s Next. From 2003 to 2012, I was back at CNET. I launched the Web 2.0 reviews site Webware for CNET, and then moved to News.com, covering emerging tech and startups. I also hosted several podcasts, including The Real Deal, Reporters’ Roundtable, and Buzz Out Loud. Today I work at Evernote. I’m working with the platform team and with the independent developers writing apps for Evernote. And I’m writing a column about startups, called Opportunity Notes. It’s also available as a podcast. I get a lot of pitches. So I started this blog. Sam Whitmore interviewed me about it. You can pitch me here. I actually do want to hear from you. The views expressed on this blog are not those of my employer. Share this tip: Pingback: Tip #7: He Said, She Said… « Pro Reporter Tips Pingback: Entrepreneur.com - Blog Network - Press Pass Pingback: » Common Sense and being human… Bluerant Like the blog? Get the book! motivational speaker singapore on Tip #217: Beware the brand promise you can’t keep 83Ray on Tip #174: Delusions of grandeur Professional public relations tips - Bill Bennett on Tip #42: Restroom pitch jouer à hatchimals on Tip #42: Restroom pitch Tip #220: What is it? \| Pro PR Tips on Tip #213: Know your audience More Bad PR Annoying PR Bad Pitch Blog Dear PR Flack… More Rafe Rafe on Twitter Rafe’s Radar (startups) Reporters' Roundtable (interviews) Rafe’s Tweets Adding a new “Really Today I Mean It” list to my @Trello lists of “Pending,” “Underway,” and “Today” because my “To… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 2 days ago Waiting for the XKCD... techcrunch.com/2019/07/09/ube… 6 days ago Now that’s how you write a news story. twitter.com/mat/status/114… 1 week ago RT @ManlnTheHoody: "mr. gorbachev, tear down this walrus" blames teleprompter the next day https://t.co/P91xHybteJ 1 week ago Today's peeve: Desktop apps with windows that can't be reduced down to a small size. Don't be a screen hog! 1 week ago Pro PR Tips · Advice from a jaded tech journalist	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4335
__label__wiki	0.58628	0.58628	AuthorChandramouli, Kondethimmanahalli (2) Qian, Pei-Yuan (2) Mok, Flora SY (1)Soo, Lisa (1)Wang, Hao (1)JournalBMC Developmental Biology (1)Proteome Science (1)KAUST Grant NumberSA-C0040 (2)UK-C0016 (2)Publisher Springer Nature (2) Subjectmetamorphosis (2)phosphoprotein (2)Polychaeta (2)proteome (2)2-DEphos (1)View MoreType Year (Issue Date) Item AvailabilityOpen Access (2) Differential expression of proteins and phosphoproteins during larval metamorphosis of the polychaete Capitella sp. I Chandramouli, Kondethimmanahalli; Soo, Lisa; Qian, Pei-Yuan (Proteome Science, Springer Nature, 2011-09-03) [Article] Background: The spontaneous metamorphosis of the polychaete Capitella sp. I larvae into juveniles requires minor morphological changes, including segment formation, body elongation, and loss of cilia. In this study, we investigated changes in the expression patterns of both proteins and phosphoproteins during the transition from larvae to juveniles in this species. We used two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) followed by multiplex fluorescent staining and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry analysis to identify the differentially expressed proteins as well as the protein and phosphoprotein profiles of both competent larvae and juveniles.Results: Twenty-three differentially expressed proteins were identified in the two developmental stages. Expression patterns of two of those proteins were examined at the protein level by Western blot analysis while seven were further studied at the mRNA level by real-time PCR. Results showed that proteins related to cell division, cell migration, energy storage and oxidative stress were plentifully expressed in the competent larvae; in contrast, proteins involved in oxidative metabolism and transcriptional regulation were abundantly expressed in the juveniles.Conclusion: It is likely that these differentially expressed proteins are involved in regulating the larval metamorphosis process and can be used as protein markers for studying molecular mechanisms associated with larval metamorphosis in polychaetes. © 2011 Chandramouli et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. Phosphoproteome analysis during larval development and metamorphosis in the spionid polychaete Pseudopolydora vexillosa Chandramouli, Kondethimmanahalli; Mok, Flora SY; Wang, Hao; Qian, Pei-Yuan (BMC Developmental Biology, Springer Nature, 2011-05-25) [Article] Background: The metamorphosis of the spionid polychaete Pseudopolydora vexillosa includes spontaneous settlement onto soft-bottom habitats and morphogenesis that can be completed in a very short time. A previous study on the total changes to the proteome during the various developmental stages of P. vexillosa suggested that little or no de novo protein synthesis occurs during metamorphosis. In this study, we used multicolor fluorescence detection of proteins in 2-D gels for differential analysis of proteins and phosphoproteins to reveal the dynamics of post-translational modification proteins in this species. A combination of affinity chromatography, 2D-PAGE, and mass spectrometry was used to identify the phosphoproteins in pre-competent larvae, competent larvae, and newly metamorphosed juveniles. Results: We reproducibly detected 210, 492, and 172 phosphoproteins in pre-competent larvae, competent larvae, and newly metamorphosed juveniles, respectively. The highest percentage of phosphorylation was observed during the competent larval stage. About 64 stage-specific phosphoprotein spots were detected in the competent stage, and 32 phosphoproteins were found to be significantly differentially expressed in the three stages. We identified 38 phosphoproteins, 10 of which were differentially expressed during metamorphosis. These phosphoproteins belonged to six categories of biological processes: (1) development, (2) cell differentiation and integrity, (3) transcription and translation, (4) metabolism, (5) protein-protein interaction and proteolysis, and (6) receptors and enzymes. Conclusion: This is the first study to report changes in phosphoprotein expression patterns during the metamorphosis of the marine polychaete P. vexillosa. The higher degree of phosphorylation during the process of attaining competence to settle and metamorphose may be due to fast morphological transitions regulated by various mechanisms. Our data are consistent with previous studies showing a high percentage of phosphorylation during competency in the barnacle Balanus amphitrite and the bryozoan Bugula neritina. The identified phosphoproteins may play an important role during metamorphosis, and further studies on the location and functions of important proteins during metamorphosis are warranted. © 2011 Chandramouli et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4340
__label__wiki	0.807134	0.807134	“V-hire” The Sunset of Tacloban Port Tacloban City is the regional commercial center of Eastern Visayas and this has been so for about a century now. It has the advantage of a central location and a sheltered port and bay. Its reach weakens, however, in the western coast of Leyte which has its own sea connections to a greater trade and commercial center, the great city of Cebu which has been ascendant in the south of the Philippines since half a millennium ago. http://image.slidesharecdn.com/easternvisayasfinal-150407210918-conversion-gate01/95/eastern-visayas-biliran-2-638.jpg?cb=1428459126 As a regional commercial center, it is but natural for Tacloban to have a great port with trade routes to many places. That has been the situation of Tacloban since before World War II and even before World War I. It also does not hurt that Tacloban is the capital of the province of Leyte. In fact, because of her superior strategic location, Tacloban even exceeded her mother town which is Palo which is still the seat of the church hierarchy. Before World War II and after that, passenger-cargo ships from Manila will drop by first in Masbate, Catbalogan and Calbayog before hooking route and proceeding to Tacloban. Some of these ships will then still proceed to Surigao and Butuan or even Cagayan de Oro using the eastern seaboard of Leyte. Tacloban then was the fulcrum of these liner routes going to Eastern Visayas. That route was much stronger than the routes that drop by Ormoc and Maasin and perhaps Sogod and Cabalian before going to Surigao. The two routes were actually competing (like Ormoc and Tacloban are competing). If the route via Tacloban was stronger it is because Tacloban was the trade and commercial center of the region. At its peak, Tacloban port hosted some seven passenger-cargo ships from Manila per week from different liner companies. She also had daily regular calls from passenger-cargo ships emanating from Cebu. There were also some ships that originate from as far as Davao which dropped by Surigao first. Such was the importance of Tacloban port then which can still be seen in the size of Tacloban port and the bodegas surrounding it. There were many liner companies that called over the years in Tacloban from Manila. Among them were Sulpicio Lines (and the earlier Carlos A. Gothong & Co.), Compania Maritima, General Shipping Company, Philippine Steam and Navigation Company, Philippine Pioneer Lines (and later the successor Galaxy Lines), Escano Lines, Sweet Lines, even the combined Carlos A. Gothong Lines Inc. and Lorenzo Shipping Corporation. When it was still sailing local routes, even De la Rama Steamship served Tacloban. Among the minor liner companies, Royal Lines Inc., Veloso Brothers Ltd., N&S Lines, Philippine Sea Transport and Oriental Shipping Agency also served Tacloban. Not all of those served at the same time but that line-up of shipping companies will show how great was Tacloban port then. Gorio Belen research in the National Library For many years there was even a luxury liner rivalry in Tacloban port. This was the battle which featured the Dona Angelina of Sulpicio Lines and the Sweet Rose of Sweet Lines which mainly happened in the 1970s. Sweet Rose was sailing to Tacloban from the late 1960s and was in fact the first luxury liner to that port. The two liners were the best ships then sailing to Tacloban port. The rest, of course, were mainly ex-”FS” ships which was the backbone of the national liner fleet then and there was no shame in that. Tacloban port was doing well until the late 1970’s when a paradigm change pulled the rug from under their feet. This development was the fielding of a RORO by Cardinal Shipping, the Cardinal Ferry I that connected Sorsogon and Samar. With San Juanico bridge already connecting Samar and Leyte and the Maharlika Highway already completed, intermodal trucks and buses started rolling into Tacloban and Leyte. In fact, in just one year of operation the intermodal link was already a roaring success with many trucks and buses already running to Manila. Soon other ferries were connecting Sorsogon and Samar including the Maharlika I of the government. With this development the irreversible decline of Tacloban port began. It was a slide that never ever saw a reversal because what happened over the years was the buses and trucks rolling to Tacloban and Leyte just continued to multiply without abatement (and the ROROs in San Bernardino Strait also increased in number). Soon the passengers were already filling the intermodal buses and freight except the heaviest and the bulkiest was also slowly shifted to the trucks. Over the years the number of passenger ships to Tacloban slowly declined as a consequence. In the late 1980’s, when the pressure of the intermodal was great there were still three national shipping lines with routes to Tacloban – Sulpicio Lines, William Lines and Sweet Lines. In the early 1990’s. when Sweet Lines quit shipping only the top two shipping lines then where still sailing to Tacloban with the Tacloban Princess of Sulpicio Lines and the Masbate Uno of William Lines. Incidentally, the infamous Dona Paz which burned and sank after a collision with a tanker in December 1987 originated from Tacloban. Tacloban Princess by John Carlos Cabanillas When the WG&A merger came in 1996 the company pulled out the Masbate I from the Tacloban route. The last liners ever to sail the Tacloban route were the Tacloban Princess and the Cebu Princess which alternated in the route. Both belonged to Sulpicio Lines. The liner route from Manila to Tacloban was finally severed when Sulpicio Lines got suspended from passenger service as a consequence of the sinking of the Princess of the Stars when both the Tacloban Princess and the Cebu Princess were sold. The overnight ferry service from Cebu almost followed the same path and died at almost the same time. The last three shipping companies which had a route there were Roly Shipping, Maypalad Shipping and Cebu Ferries Corporation (which was the successor of CAGLI). But passengers slowly learned that the routes via Ormoc and Baybay were faster and cheaper and the connection was oh-so-easy as the bus terminals of the two cities were just outside the port gates of Ormoc and Baybay. The High Speed Crafts (HSCs) to Ormoc, mainly SuperCat and Oceanjet also made great strides and captured a large portion of the passenger market and it further denied passengers for Tacloban. With the HSCs and overnight ships from Cebu that leave Ormoc in the morning there was no longer any need for Tacloban passengers to wait until night. http://www.maritime-executive.com/article/Paralyzed-Philippine-Port-Resumes-Operations-2013-11-21 The last rope for Tacloban port passenger-cargo ships was cut when the new coastal highway from Basey, Samar to Guiuan, Eastern Samar was completed. With that the passenger ships connecting Tacloban and Guiuan had to go as the fast and ubiquitous commuter vans (called “V-hire” in the province) suddenly supplanted them. Trucks also began rolling and some of these were even coming from Cebu via the intermodal. Now only a few cargo ships dock in Tacloban port. There is still one cargo shipping company based in Tacloban, the Lilygene Sea Shipping Transport Corp. Gothong Southern Shipping Lines meanwhile still has a regular container ship to Tacloban but there are complaints that the rates are high (the consequence of no competition). Whatever, there are still cargoes better carried by ships than by trucks. However, some of the container vans for Leyte are just offloaded now in Cebu and transferred through Cargo RORO LCTs going to several western Leyte ports. What might remain for a long time maybe in Tacloban port are the big motor bancas for Buad island in Western Samar which hosts the town of Daram and Bagatao island which hosts the town of Zumarraga. I am not sure of the long-term existence of the other motor bancas for the other Samar towns except for maybe Talalora as more and more they have buses that go to Tacloban and maybe soon the commuter vans will follow. Or maybe even the jeep. The lesson is with roads established the sea connection always have to go in the long term. Tacloban port is improved now. Improving the port eases port operations but it will not make the ships come back contrary to what the PPA (Philippine Ports Authority) and the government say. It is cargo and passengers that make the ships come to a port but if there are other and better transportation modes that are already available then cargo and passenger volumes drop and sometimes it becomes uneconomical for the ship to continue operating. So I really wonder what is the point in developing a port in the nearby town of Babatngon as an alternative to Tacloban port. Have the Philippine Ports Authority ever asked who wants to use it? It is not surprising however as the PPA is the master of creating “ports to nowhere” (ports with practically no traffic) especially in the time of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo who was so fond of those (for many “reasons”, of course). Ormoc Port by John Luzares In the past two decades the PPA always touted Tacloban port. For maybe they are based there. There was a denial that actually Ormoc port was already the main gateway to Leyte and it is no longer Tacloban port. Recently however, there seems to be an acknowledgment of the real score — that Ormoc port has actually been the de facto gateway already. The government is now developing Ormoc port and it is good that the PPA vessel arrival and departure site already covers it. Whatever and however they try, it cannot be denied that the sun is already setting in Tacloban port. It is no longer the same port it used to be in the past because of the intermodal assault changed things. Like they say, things always change. Posted in Analysis, History, Information, portsTagged “Dona Paz”, “V-hire”, Babatngon, Bagatao island, CAGLI, Cardinal Ferry I, Cardinal Shipping, Carlos A. 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__label__cc	0.57997	0.42003	Gregory Cogan Assistant Professor in Neurosurgery Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park 2011 Dr. Cogan's research focuses on speech, language, and cognition. This research uses a variety of analytic techniques (e.g. neural power analysis, connectivity measures, decoding algorithms) and focuses mainly on invasive human recordings (electrocorticography - ECoG) but also uses non-invasive methods such as EEG, MEG, and fMRI. Dr. Cogan is also interested in studying cognitive systems in the context of disease models to help aid recovery and treatment programs. Office: 200 Trent Drive, Duke South Bl, Box 3807, Durham, NC 27710 gregory.cogan@duke.edu Cogan, Gregory B., et al. “Manipulating stored phonological input during verbal working memory..” Nat Neurosci, vol. 20, no. 2, Feb. 2017, pp. 279–86. Pubmed, doi:10.1038/nn.4459. Full Text Open Access Copy Cogan, Gregory B. “I see what you are saying..” Elife, vol. 5, June 2016. Pubmed, doi:10.7554/eLife.17693. Full Text Open Access Copy Cogan, Gregory B., et al. “A kiss is not a kiss: visually evoked neuromagnetic fields reveal differential sensitivities to brief presentations of kissing couples..” Neuroreport, vol. 26, no. 14, Sept. 2015, pp. 850–55. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/WNR.0000000000000435. Full Text Cogan, Gregory B., et al. “Sensory-motor transformations for speech occur bilaterally..” Nature, vol. 507, no. 7490, Mar. 2014, pp. 94–98. Pubmed, doi:10.1038/nature12935. Full Text Open Access Copy Zion Golumbic, Elana, et al. “Visual input enhances selective speech envelope tracking in auditory cortex at a "cocktail party"..” J Neurosci, vol. 33, no. 4, Jan. 2013, pp. 1417–26. Pubmed, doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3675-12.2013. Full Text Open Access Copy Cogan, Gregory B., and David Poeppel. “A mutual information analysis of neural coding of speech by low-frequency MEG phase information..” J Neurophysiol, vol. 106, no. 2, Aug. 2011, pp. 554–63. Pubmed, doi:10.1152/jn.00075.2011. Full Text Open Access Copy	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4350
__label__wiki	0.525795	0.525795	PTSD based on false memories Memory is not just static snapshots or video on a harddrive, but an active process. As such, it is possible to construct false memories (Brainerd & Reyna, 2005). Some of these false memories can be very traumatic (Loftus, 1996). There is a lot of research of false memories and PTSD, but most of it is concerned around the accidental implantation of false memories during therapy (for example, see discussion in Hyman et al., 1995), or asking if PTSD-patients are more prone to forming false memories (for example, Jelinek et al., 2009). Are there any case studies of patients who did not initially have PTSD (and were neuro-typical or 'healthy' in other regards, too) nor experienced any events usually associated with PTSD, but developed PTSD based on a false memory? Brainerd, C.J., & Reyna, V.F. (2005). The science of false memory. Oxford University Press. Hyman, I. E., Husband, T. H., & Billings, F. J. (1995). False memories of childhood experiences. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 9(3), 181-197. Jelinek, L., Hottenrott, B., Randjbar, S., Peters, M. J., & Moritz, S. (2009). Visual false memories in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 40(2): 374-383. Loftus, E. (1996). The myth of repressed memory: False memories and allegations of sexual abuse. Macmillan. abnormal-psychology memory ptsd Jlente Artem KaznatcheevArtem Kaznatcheev $\begingroup$ I love this question and think it has a lot of informational potential, but I am having a hard time seeing how it can have an answer besides an elaborate version of "this cannot be answered directly for methodological and ethical reasons, but indirect evidence (e.g., trauma duration matters, suggesting memory alone is not sufficient) suggests it is unlikely." Would that be a satisfying answer? +1, in any event. $\endgroup$ – Christian Hummeluhr Mar 25 '15 at 10:21 $\begingroup$ @ChristianHummeluhr I don't need experimental manipulations, I am happy with case studies. I don't see why such case studies cannot exist in principle: some people have long-term psychotherapists that they attend regardless of previous trauma (i.e. as a preventative measure; this is advised for psychiatry residents at our school, for instance), so such people could be certified as "typical" before and then later develop PTSD which after investigation turns out to be based around an event that never happened. The other direction has case-studies from people with an absent fear response. $\endgroup$ – Artem Kaznatcheev May 13 '15 at 18:29 $\begingroup$ Secondary PTSD, where a counsellor who deals with people who have undergone traumatic and life threatening events - develops PTSD themselves, might suggest that it is possible. Although not false memories, the counsellor has not experienced the trauma events themselves and has developed the PTSD from repeated exposure and emotionally close engagement with these events. $\endgroup$ – memebrain Jan 3 '16 at 19:32 $\begingroup$ I don't know of such a case and doubt it exists in healthy individual. As far as I know, there are also no credible studies showing that people with PTSD have clear memory dysfunction, and the study you cited did not find them either. Are you assuming that PTSD develops from having access to memories of trauma, which can then be created in someone, such as by brainwashing them for instance? $\endgroup$ – Jlente Dec 2 '16 at 8:57 An answer I provided before on the possibility of recalling forgotten memories briefly talks about False Memory Syndrome and PTSD. As stated in the answer, Memory is not fixed as it is very plastic and as pointed out in the article you referenced (Hyman, et al., 1995), people are susceptible to creating false memories. To answer your question on whether non-sufferers of PTSD can develop PTSD from false memories, MyPTSD.com states that false memories can be traumatic and Psychology Today mentions an article (Southwick, et al., 1997) which reported that false memories increased PTSD in war veterans; however, I cannot find any definitive study on non-PTSD sufferers developing PTSD from false memories. I would say that this is for the reasons @ChristianHummeluhr pointed out in his comment ...for methodological and ethical reasons... For the reason that false memories can be traumatic and has increased symptoms in PTSD sufferers, I would say that it is highly plausible that false memories could lead to PTSD. As @memebrain pointed out in his answer — although not correctly termed — there are are various forms of trauma that counsellors, psychotherapists, etc. can suffer from as a result of their work, and the US National Centre for PTSD (part of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs) has an article about it. The secondary PTSD mentioned by @memebrain is actually Secondary Traumatic Stress which produces symptoms similar to PTSD. We as counsellors and psychotherapists are trained to be careful not to create false memories in their clients and we are also told how providing therapuetic help can affect a therapist's mental health as indicated in my answer to Are psychologists more immune to psychological problems? and All UK therapists (experienced and low-experienced) who are registered with the Professional Standards Authority are required to undergo Clinical Supervision for reasons such as this, and for other reasons in my answer to How do clinicians control for their own mental disorders? Research Article References Hyman, I. E., Husband, T. H., & Billings, F. J. (1995). False memories of childhood experiences In: Applied Cognitive Psychology, 9(3), pp 181-197. DOI: 10.1002/acp.2350090302 Free PDF available at ResearchGate Southwick, S. M., Morgan III, C. A., Nicolaou, A. L., Charney, D. S. (1997). Consistency of Memory for Combat-Related Traumatic Events in Veterans of Operation Desert Storm In: The American Journal of Psychiatry 154(2) pp. 173-177. DOI: 10.1176/ajp.154.2.173 Chris RogersChris Rogers NPR had a report on the abuse and dangers of suggestive hypnosis by psychologists trying to find abuse in their patient's past. Suggesting abuse to their patience in a hypersensitive and vulnerable state inadvertently ended up "suggesting" events that fostered creating false memories into their patients. The piece on the radio also discussed the consequences of how these false memories had destroyed familial relationships: The subjects who had undergone suggestive hypnosis now swore abuses had occurred and could "never forgive" (as was quoted by the journalist) their parents or family members who had been suggested in their state of hypnosis as a potential perpetrator of a suggested crime. According to the piece, what really got the professional world's attention to examine the practice as abusive by psychologists, dealt with a psychologist suggesting ritual sacrifice and murders that never occurred. The super sensitive state of suggestion in hypnosis allowed the psychologists to create false memories. The damages in those cases far outweighed the benefits, and apparently that case in Philadelphia changed the practice of how psychology dealt with the practice of hypnosis. ryanjohnsondryanjohnsond $\begingroup$ Would be great if you could find that report and add it. $\endgroup$ – Steven Jeuris♦ Jun 3 '16 at 23:40 $\begingroup$ While I'm not entirely sure this answers the question (the people in therapy already had problems, it complicates the jump to PTSD that the question is aimed at), I can add a secondary reference: this has been described in Daniel Schacter's 'Seven Sins of Memory'. $\endgroup$ – Ana Sep 2 '16 at 8:51 I am gay. I have been diagnosed with PTSD twice, once in 1999 and again in 2011. The PTSD relates to 2 aspects of something that happened to me in 1972. In 1972 I saw my boyfriend die in a road accident. I was depressed for a long time before a mental breakdown in 1998 led to me being treated for PTSD as a result of this death. I received a 40 sessions of therapy to help me come to terms with my boyfriends death. All was relatively well until I had another breakdown in 2010. It was during psychotherapy that I broke through a blockage in my mind and I realised that I did not in fact see my boyfriend die, it was a false memory. This false memory/image manifested itself into my brain as a result of receiving (at age 18) very painful electric shock therapy designed to stop me loving my boyfriend. My brain decided the only way to stop this barbaric treatment was to invent his death. The therapy then stopped. There are reasons that I never saw my friend again, even though he didn't die until 1983. The people who carried out my torture were more interested in stopping me being gay than they were in my future life. One of my present therapists (I am receiving EMDR) has asked me if she can use me as a case study and I said yes, so maybe when my case is presented it will confirm that PTSD can be based on a false memory. jerrygjerryg $\begingroup$ This is interesting. Do you know of other documented cases of people in your position? $\endgroup$ – Artem Kaznatcheev Jun 3 '16 at 21:22 $\begingroup$ No I do not know of any other cases. I wish that I could find other cases just to compare with my own case. I was hoping I could find some answers on this website. $\endgroup$ – jerryg Jun 4 '16 at 17:42 Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged abnormal-psychology memory ptsd or ask your own question. Are psychologists more immune to psychological problems? How do clinicians control for their own mental disorders? Can people improve their memory by training themselves to recall previously forgotten memories? Exact Medical situation name for Guided Meditation/Visualization to “Re-live a moment” Do repressed memories exist? Is there a way to avoid false memories? Is there a link between brain injuries (TBI) and PTSD? Can PTSD be mild? Do the traumas have to be of a certain kind? Memories triggered by everything PTSD recovery / prefrontal cortex blood flow Does verified evidence for Freudian repression of traumatic memories exist? If traumatic experiences that trigger PTSD can be blocked by a memory blocker situations might cause a PTSD How to measure the correlation between “spirituality” and the susceptibility to false memories?	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4352
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__label__cc	0.639401	0.360599	Solar survives the storms in Puerto Rico In this op-ed Elie Rothschild of Sollega takes a look at the issue of mounting systems in extreme wind situations, such as Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico November 7, 2017 pv magazine VA Hospital in San Juan, Puerto Rico Sollega by Elie Rothschild* Climate change reared its ugly head this hurricane season, with the Island of Puerto Rico getting hit especially hard. Hurricanes Irma and Maria (both category 5), made land less than a week apart. The destruction was wide spread and affected all of the 3.5 million residents. The resulting loss of power and communications illustrated the vulnerability of a conventional energy infrastructure. An estimated 80 percent of transmission lines were felled, and cell phone towers damaged; people were left in the dark, with no way of knowing what to do, or how to let family and first responders know they were OK. Because it has no domestic resources of fossil fuel, PR depends on imported oil for the majority of its energy production. Antiquated generators running on imported oil are expensive and inefficient. To date, solar PV has addressed Puerto Rico’s high energy costs, but no matter how modern the technology, it is still dependent on an overtaxed and antiquated grid. Some experts estimate that it could take more than a year to bring power back to the entire island. This may be the timeline for conventional power sources, but solar PV can be implemented much more quickly and cost effectively. The question remains, can it be installed to sustain the extreme weather PR will inevitably endure in the future? To answer this, we need to examine solar installations post-Maria and post-Irma, to see what worked and what didn’t. What didn’t work Historically, solar PV installed on flat roofs has used conventional raised racking, with stanchions and rail: Roof anchors, every few feet, tie into structural supports under the roof, which results in numerous roof penetrations. This translates into an increased chance of roof failure due to leaks. Failed aluminum racking system Also, this method of installation is laborious, and requires on site customization of rail lengths to handle roof undulations. Since the solar panels sit higher above the roof, they’re subjected to higher wind loads. Post hurricane images of the damage – aerial shots of missing panels and torn roofs – have shown that this is not the best fit for areas with extreme weather. A system is only as strong as its weakest link; rigid structures, with no allowable give, were unable to withstand the 180 MPH rotating winds of a hurricane. Given the recent drive to rebuild Puerto Rico’s power grid with PV and batteries, it’s critical that these components are engineered to last. What did work A 645 kW rooftop array on the VA Hospital in San Juan (installed in 2015) is operating at 100 percent – even after facing sustained 180 MPH winds from hurricanes Irma and Maria. Why is it still operating? This particular system, which sits atop the 100-foot-tall deck of this 9-story building, was engineered to withstand 170 MPH burst of 3 seconds (ASCE 7-10). The array was installed with a combination of ballast and mechanical anchors. It’s a pliant racking system that is polymer based, and injection molded from glass-reinforced nylon. This gives the array the ability to flex in multiple directions without breaking – the main reason it’s still on the roof. Modules were clamped on the long rail, mounted in landscape at 5 or 10 degrees, and clamped 12” in from the edge. The design of the racking, combined with clamping the modules in the zone recommended by the module manufacturer, gave the array the necessary flexibility. Unlike more rigid aluminum systems that fight the winds, polymer-based systems have shown to operate much like a chain link fence, bending to extreme forces, rather than breaking. With all of the available technology, plus today’s low costs, the damage wrought by these storms has given us a perfect opportunity to rebuild Puerto Rico’s energy infrastructure. With solar plus storage, island residents will not only benefit from a reliable and efficient grid, but also one that can be up and running much faster than conventional power plants. More importantly, now that we have proven and reliable rooftop PV systems that can withstand some of the most extreme weather nature can dish out, it’s time to start planning. *Elie Rothschild is the sales manager at Sollega, a solar racking manufacturer focused on commercial flat rooftop PV and ballasted ground mounts. The views and opinions expressed in this article are the author’s own, and do not necessarily reflect those held by pv magazine. Ellis says: Pictures of the mounting systems being described would have been a win for this article. Thanks. Roberto Estrada says: Hello. I need more information	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4354
__label__wiki	0.96393	0.96393	QNS News Top: Douglaston's Giardino Italian restaurant closes its doors after 27 years in business Woman in serious but stable condition after being shot on an Astoria street (UPDATED) The Working Families Party placed all bets on primary victory for Cabán without November safety net Four men attack victim and steal his phone while riding a Queens bus: cops Supermarket set to replace vacant Forest Hills Sizzler that closed down four years ago Ozone Park home subject of early-morning raid by federal firearms agents Reopening Rockaway branch is no path to the future Man with head trauma found dead on an Astoria street: NYPD Homeless complaints and moto stunts hit nerve in Ridgewood-based 104th Precinct Developers get $30 million loan to build 17-story residential tower on site of Flushing's RKO Keith's Theater Women's March leader endorses Tiffany Cabán for DA, citing stance on justice reform As construction on Station Square in Forest Hills nears completion, neighborhood corporation tests a new plan restricting traffic Forest Hills school gets $52.4M for expansion, upgrades Photo by Naeisha Rose Ground was broken at the Colonel Jeromus Remsen School in Forest Hills to finish the institution’s 86-year-old original design from 1931. By Naeisha Rose The Colonel Jeromus Remsen School in Forest Hills is closer to getting a much-needed expansion and upgrades after an 86-year wait to complete the school’s original 1931 U-shaped design with a groundbreaking that started construction last Friday. The pre-K to fifth-grade L-shaped school currently serves 890 students. Once the project, which costs $52.4 million, is complete, an additional 590 students will be accommodated in the new wing of the building, according to Donald Henry, a principal architect for the renovation. Outside in the 40-degree weather presiding over the groundbreaking at 93-02 69th Ave., with school officials, architects, community members and state Sen. Joseph Addabbo (D-Howard Beach), was Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, a former student at the elementary school. “I did go to school here just a few years ago,” Katz joked. “We are now simply fulfilling what the 1931 plans were. Government takes a while sometimes.” The expansion was necessary because two years ago 60 students from the area were waitlisted, but rather than have them sent to another school district two trailers were retrofitted to conduct classes, according to Principal Reva Gluck Schneider. Currently 60 fifth grade students are in the trailer. “The administration heard a call for more seats,” said Katz. “It is truly needed.” Principal Gluck Schneider was glad that the development was underway to meet the needs of the community. “Now we will be able to have kids in their neighborhood who will be able to go to their school and have a big beautiful new extension,” Gluck Schneider said. “It’s going to be gorgeous.” The four-story addition will house 26 new classrooms, an entrance lobby, an outdoor play area, a cafeteria, offices, and a medical suite, according to Henry. The addition is designed in accordance with the city’s Green Schools Guide and Rating System, which specifies energy efficiency and healthy-environment requirements for the city’s public schools, according to Urban Architects. Current window openings in the existing school will be converted to doors connecting into hallways of the new building and the designers of the school are using similar material to recreate the outside façade to match the original 1931 design. “Urbahn’s architectural team has focused on ensuring that the design of the new building respects both the look of the existing school and the scale of the surrounding single-family home residential neighborhood,” said Urbahn Designer Martin Stein. The older building will also have ADA-compliant door latches, bathrooms, and water fountains, according to Urbahn. There will also be an inclined chairlift, upgrades to an exercise room, a guidance suite, and auditorium. The last wing of the school is anticipated to serve students in September 2019. Reach reporter Naeisha Rose by e-mail at nrose@cnglocal.com or by phone at (718) 260–4573. Flushing resident shames Queens College dilapidated outdoor track, calling for repairs Rochdale Village wins $1M in energy rebates for co-op Douglaston's Giardino Italian restaurant closes its doors after 27 years in business	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4355
__label__wiki	0.528176	0.528176	Five People You’ll Meet in Rochester James Rabe - TSM There are a LOT of people you'll meet when you're in Rochester, but I think you'll agree, a whole lotta us fit into one of these five groups... The Lost in the Subway'ers The confused or frightened look, the beads of sweat, and a touch of frantic in their voice, the LitS's had a break from tests at the Charlton and just came down to find some chocolate and for the love of all that's holy, they followed the signs and ended up at the Kahler Hotel pool! They just want some chocolate! Help 'em out, friend. PS - IF you're the confused ones, don't worry. Look lost and someone will help you super fast. The Mayo People Don't fall for stereotypes! Some Mayo people look like the people in the picture, but even more dress like you and me and never see a patient. Over 30,000 people work for Mayo, and they're all amazing as hell. The Nothing is Quite as Good Here as it is Back Home'ers You can't throw a stuffed kidney without hitting an awesome craft brewery in the RST, but these dough-heads will say, "Good? Yes, but not great, and back in __ there's a little place that I discovered..." Not limited to brews, everything just doesn't quite match up to their expectations. Which is fine. They'll brag about Rochester in the next town they live in. The Won't Shut Up About it Winter Hater Most of us know what to expect from winter and we deal with it. You may grumble, you may dread the cold, but overall, you don't mention it darn near every single chance you get. The Winter Hater does. Every. Chance. Yep. It is cold, very cold. Yep, that's snow alright. This doesn't count when it snows after April. We all get kinda complainy then. They're everywhere. Restaurants, sidewalks, everywhere! Lockin' lips and lascivious looks abound! Get a room already! (JK - Don't mind me, haven't smooched in a while and just miiiiight be a bit jeal) Listen to James Rabe 6a to 10a on Y-105 FM Source: Five People You’ll Meet in Rochester	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4358
__label__cc	0.607287	0.392713	Tag: zed o’brien Kekkai Sensen & Beyond – 07 I love how B3 episodes are often constructed like intricate Rube Goldberg machines, summoning a whole lotta energy and preparation for seemingly simple tasks, or in this case, a case of petty theft by an arrogant brat turning into a super-abridged Die Hard, brief mecha battle, a downwardly-revised corporate earnings statement, a hard-earned lesson in not getting too arrogant, and a successful Libra New Year’s Eve party. Leo finally acquiring a reservation to the perfect party hall starts things off, and talk between him, Zapp, Steven and Chain turns to the immense cost of the equipment that keeps Zed on the roster. Zed’s always been isolated in the “airscape” due to his aquatic nature, but even with his portable air-breathing pods, he still feels out of place. Compound that with him overhearing what a financial burden he is, and Zed decides to strike out and acquire some downtime employment. He’s turned away by both human and inhuman, and the places that accept anyone are too…intense. Meanwhile, our prodigy CEO brat threatens death for those who interrupt her music, even by a fraction of a second. She feels the only place safe is in isolation, between her very expensive headphones. She wants to be isolated; Zed seems tired of the loneliness. After a fruitless day of job-hunting, Zed gets drunk. While stumbling home, CEO brat spots his pods, mistakes them for “artifact quality” headphones, and sends two of her heavies to “negotiate” for its acquisition. Zed isn’t parting with them, but the two seemingly super-human trench coats are too much for him in his inebriated state. Leo, ever Zed’s loyal friend and advocate, is out looking for Zed with Zapp and Chain, and they find him on the street, without his pods, suffocating in the open air. They return him to his tube, but as it will take a month to procure new pods, it’s looking like he’ll miss the party. Leo is dejected. Using his All-Seeing Eyes of the Gods, Leo learns that two big guys in trench coats mugged Zed, and tracks their signatures to the headquarters of Walhalla Dynamics, makers of weapons, among them an extremely powerful model of android that can take out combat helicopters. Like most jobs, this is not one for Leo; his skills have already been employed to find the place. Thankfully, despite much of Libra being mobilized to deal with an outbreak of garbage golems at the municipal landfills, Chain is free and joins the search for Zed’s pods, as does Zapp, standing on top of Chain and Leo like Chain always does to him. While Chain and Leo want this handled quietly and delicately, Zapp jumps out of the shadows and confronts a guard. When the guard isn’t helpful, Zapp uses his blood to tear him and the other swarming gods new ones, revealing they’re only androids. Chain uses the commotion down below to infiltrate the building and swipe the pods right out from under the CEO Brat’s nose. The CEO attacks her with remote guns, but they of course go right through Chain. Chain accosts the CEO, then leaves her CEO with a bit of advice, and has the lines of the night: How does it feel to have someone stroking your myocardium directly? Perhaps you have become very successful and can pretty much manipulate the world at your whim, but don’t grow too arrogant. The next time you try a stunt like this, I’ll be here in a second. I’ll skip the pleasantries and drive a rusty nail through you. Pretty righteous shit. I only wish the CEO’s face had been revealed, or we had gotten the story on why she was so obsessed with headphones…which Zed’s pods weren’t, by the way. It doesn’t seem like she learned her lesson, because she sends the aforementioned angelic mecha after Chain, Zapp and Leo. Thankfully, Zed is there to destroy it on the spot without any trouble, thanks to a blood technique that creates a bubble of water around his head, allowing him to breathe without the pods, rendering the entire mission to retrieve them somewhat unnecessary. Still! It showed that even if Chain, Zapp and Leo laugh out loud at the ridiculous sight of him wearing what looks like a space helmet, or bellyache about the cost of his equipment, the fact they went so far to get his pods back shows Zed how much he means to them; that they’ve got his back, and that he should have theirs. After the successful New Year’s party, and with the service industry out of the question, Zed finds a new stream of income via street performance, using his blood powers to entertain parkgoers. A job’s a job! Author magicalchurlsukuiPosted on Sun, 19 Nov 2017 Categories Anime Reviews, Fall 2017, Kekkai Sensen & BeyondTags all-seeing eyes of the gods, alone, b3&b, Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond, chain sumeragi, 血界戦線, friendship, gills, headphones, hellsalems lot, leonardo watch, libra, new years eve, petty theft, pods, reservation, revised earnings, rube goldberg, steven a starphase, walhalla dynamics, zapp renfro, zed o'brien1 Comment on Kekkai Sensen & Beyond – 07 After sustaining a head injury when Zapp punts him into a bad guy, Leo has the same dream he always has: Michella sacrificing her sight and legs for his sake while he stands around doing nothing. We’re reminded of the prime reason Leo is in Hellsalem’s Lot: to cure her. He shows Dr. Estevez his eyes, but neither she nor Director Grana have ever heard of a case of them being removed. It’s not a medical procedure; more a termination of a contract, which won’t come without considerable cost. Leo laments that he feels as powerless to save Michella as he was the day he arrived. Klaus told him there’s always light, but he can’t see it. Then the magic, intensity, and downright insanity of simply living in the HSL, not to mention being affiliated with Libra, eventually restokes his hope of saving his sister, thus becoming the “turtle knight” who protects the princess in Michella’s drawings. How specifically does he get inspired? A lockout! While Steven is hacking computer systems to stop criminals from bringing down earthshaking beings who rain destruction upon the city, an old foe believed to have been incarcerated surfaces, and all of Libra goes out to deal with it, when only Steven was needed. Only Anila remains at Libra HQ, and a single crane fly who had infiltrated the interior soon turns into a massive swarm, and one of them evolves into a humanoid of increasing intelligence and power. He sets Defcon 2, turning Libra into an impregnable fortress, with the bulk of Libra’s members trapped outside. Klaus calls Yurian, a Ghostbuster-looking “locksmith” to override the lockout, but it will be slow going. Meanwhile, the team can’t prevent Chain, entering HQ in her usual way, from getting blasted by the building’s defense systems. She’s fine, and even caught a glance at the bugs, whose leader becomes more and more sophisticated in speech as he talks to Klaus over the phone, basically saying he’s borrowing HQ until he becomes a god. The delay of Bugman’s evolution could spell the end of the city, as a particularly large Earthshaker begins to descend, adding far greater stakes to the emergency than simply being locked out of a house when the oven was left on. However, Klaus doesn’t panic; he turns to his training and his ability, has Yurian open the tiniest of holes in the defense system, and climbs the tower with blood pitons, using Leo’s eyes to discern when to avoid the security grid. Demonstrating he’s not quite ready for godhood, the Bugman idiotically goes outside to see what’s up and gets blood-lanced. Steve tracks down the hackers controlling the Earthshaker and take them out before it touches the ground, saving tens of thousands. And thus, having watched Klaus not giving up while riding on his back, Leo resolves not to despair or give up on saving Michella. After all, you never know what this city will throw at you. Author magicalchurlsukuiPosted on Sun, 12 Nov 2017 Categories Anime Reviews, Fall 2017, Kekkai Sensen & BeyondTags all-seeing eyes of the gods, anila, b3&b, Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond, bugs, chain sumeragi, defcon, defense system, distraction, earthshaker, evolution, 血界戦線, giving up, hacking, hellsalems lot, kk, klaus von reinherz, leonardo watch, libra, locked out, luciana estevez, michella watch, monsters, steven a starphase, yurian, zapp renfro, zed o'brien In Blood Blockade Battlefront you can be assured you’ll get a fun, action-packed romp – with the added intrigue of having no alterworldly idea where that action is going to come from or what mission it will serve. This week’s focus is on Klaus’ venerable, dutiful combat butler, Gilbert Franke Altstein, who is picking up some supplies with Leo when he’s suddenly snatched up by a giant flying eel-monster, breaking his back clean through. Gilbert is a comically tough old dude, so he’s mostly fine, but his back needs time to fully heal or it will keep breaking. Head Maid Bates quickly dispatches the young combat butler Phillip Lenore to take over for him. Leo’s first impression of him is of a “loud and oppresive” presence, but to Zapp and Chain’s shock, Lenore makes a cup of tea Klaus will drink, and while out in the city, Philip notices a monster trying to snatch Leo’s wallet—which Leo tells him is a frequent enough occurance for him to carry nothing but spare change, keeping his cash elsewhere on his person. Phillip, like any sane or normal person, thinks it unbelievable someone like Leo could survive in HSL, but as we know, not all parts of the city are dangerous all the time. Not to mention he has powerful friends looking out for him (even if help arrives late). While pondering whether he could ever truly succeed Gilbert over a drink at a bar with a cute bartender, the entire establishment is suddenly swallowed by the friend of the pickpocket, and they extract Phillip’s brain. Turns out he shouldn’t have been worrying about Leo, but himself. When Gilbert notices Phillip is missing an eye and his brain (which the criminals are using to see through his other eye), he refuses help from Klaus (as a butler, Phillip would regret putting his master in danger for the rest of his life), and asks Leo to use his eyes to find the brain…which he does. Zapp, Zed, and Leo join Gilbert in his ultra-trick motorcar and the brainless Phillip to help retrieve the brain. Gilbert gives the baddies three options, one of which (hand it over without a fuss) would prevent the need for any further conflict; the other two (we’ll take it, or if you destroy it, we’ll kill you)…don’t. The crims don’t take the old man seriously…to their peril. It never gets old when B3 turns up the volume, ratchets up the action, and gets down to business, and Gilbert’s raid on the criminals is no exception. While numerous and heavily armed, the bad guys are no match for Gilbert, his car, and the two Z’s, all while Leo leads them to the brain with his eyes. After getting the car airborne and turning it into a kind of motorcycle (scrunching the four guys in the back seat even more), a good number of explosions and enemy casualties, the glass bulb containing Phillip’s brain and eye are safely retrieved. Oh, and Gilbert reveals he’s a Regeneratore when he’s literally cut in half but not killed. While recovering in the hospital, Gilbert tells Phillip, whose face is now half metal as a result of his ordeal, finally has a “face for this city,” for which he should be proud. As for actually joining Libra (and thus automatically making his brain worth millions to the criminal underground), Phil is “thanks, but no thanks.” He needs a bit more seasoning. Meanwhile, Klaus does just fine without any butler at all! Author magicalchurlsukuiPosted on Sat, 4 Nov 2017 Sat, 4 Nov 2017 Categories Anime Reviews, Fall 2017, Kekkai Sensen & BeyondTags all-seeing eyes of the gods, backup, badass, Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond, brain extraction, butlers, car, combat butler, dangerous, 血界戦線, general, gilbert franke altstein, hellsalems lot, injury, klaus von reinherz, leonardo watch, libra, messy, phillip lenore, threats, zapp renfro, zed o'brien Kekkai Sensen & Beyond – 01 (First Impressions) Kekkai Sensen returns with quite a few literal bangs, launching straight back into high gear in a feverishly action-packed opening salvo; a colorful ballet of bizarre blink-and-you’ll-miss it sights. In the middle of all this chaos is Leonardo Watch, delivering pizzas as Femt unleashes a swarm of vicious flesh-eating monsters on Hellsalem’s Lot; a swarm the superpowered agents of Libra quickly pacify…while yelling the longwinded names of special moves over one another. Klaus von Reinherz is always good for an epic coup-de-grace, and we get one in the very first minutes. Sometimes more is more. Leo finally has a home all his own, and is about to fire up his much-awaited (and very expensive) X-Station Double X video game sconsole when his pals Zapp and Zed toss a metal box through his window containing none other than the disembodied head of American Presidential Envoy Franz Ackerman, who far calmer about being just a head than I would be. Within a few minutes of meeting Ackerman(‘s head) Leo finds himself caught up in another multi-vector, high-powered battle between the various criminal factions after the head, and his new home and video game console are destroyed. IN the first episode. Poor guy. Fortunately, he’s got powerful friends who are more than a match for his pursuers. All Leo has to do is keep running towards Federal Hall, where Ackerman’s address will take place, and Libra takes care of him. That’s easier said than done, as the constant outrageous attempts on his life by more and more dangerous monsters and artillery take their toll on Leo’s psyche until he’d rather simply curl up in a ball. It’s Ackerman, who again, is a head relieved of his body, who manages to instill a sense of hope and duty in Leo, asserting that “willingly backing down while any possibility remains is unreasonable beyond reason!” Leo borrows his co-worker’s pizza delivery bike, head and body are reunited, the address promotion rapprochement between the two worlds takes place, and Libra can score another victory in maintaining balance. Unfortunately, Leo doesn’t get reimbursed by the government for his lost home and video games, as Acky promised. Hey, politicians can inspire, but they also often lie to achieve their ends! It’s a rousing return to one of my favorite series in recent years, owing to it’s strangeness, its bizarre beauty, its bumping soundtrack, and its wide storytelling potential. More of this, please! Author magicalchurlsukuiPosted on Sun, 8 Oct 2017 Categories Anime Reviews, Fall 2017, Kekkai Sensen & BeyondTags abnormal, alterworld, americans, Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond, chain sumeragi, disembodied head, envoy, 血界戦線, hellsalems lot, klaus von reinherz, leonardo watch, libra, living life, michella watch, monsters, sister, special moves, supermen, zapp renfro, zed o'brien1 Comment on Kekkai Sensen & Beyond – 01 (First Impressions) Kekkai Sensen – 10 This week Libra works with HSLPD to defeat a thousand-strong yakuza mecha incursion, and with LHOS’ help, start to uncover they mystery of Black & White with regards to one of the city’s damaged barriers. White also picks a side—her possessed brother’s—and demands Leo hand over his eyes. And she gets that opportunity because Zapp ate some bad tuna! While many of those events sound far more significant to the overarching story, it will come as no surprise to those who have followed Kekkai Sensen thus far that the majority of this episode is spent on the most mundane of those events: the search for lunch that ended with a sushi place Zapp had a bad feeling about from the start. Still, it’s clever non-linear storytelling and yet another opportunity to present how strange even a lunch run can get if you walk in the wrong doors. Like Zapp’s bachelor nights filled with victory, defeat, and a girl kicking him out of her place, the show portrays the lunch run in rapid-fire fashion, only like a house of horrors, with a staggering variety of bizarre foods. Even when they locate human-run establishments, they’re either getting blood from extramarital brawl all over the food, or trying to serve rival yakuza stew. Having to flee from so many establishments takes Leo to his breaking point, hallucinating about a “God of Chow” spouting random (and unhelpful) diet-related slogans, before Leo finally declares they’re receiving “Divine Famishment” as a result of trying to use food to haze newbie Zed O’Brien. When they finally end up at Leo’s usual foodbag, where they were in the cold open, we now understand why Leo and Zapp are crying with joy upon receiving their chow. And yet, even then they can’t even take one bite, because the Libra-Yakuza battle blows another hole in the diner, and one of those mechas flattens Leo’s beloved burger. Yet it takes one more round of narrative calisthenics to get Leo to the hospital before a waiting White: After the battle that interrupted their lunch, they end up at the sushi place, and Zapp ends up so sick he has to go to the hospital. Unfortunately, this development is explained with words on the screen, which somewhat undermines the cleverness of the narrative so far. In any case, Leo’s there, White gets him alone in the church, where she very well could have been praying to someone, anyone, for some way out of the unfortunate mess she’s in. But then Black arrives, and it’s time for her to ask for Leo’s eyes, revealing her duplicity. If White had sat Leo down to explain everything to him, he’d probably understand, but considering how in the dark he is (ironic considering his eyes), this betrayal must sting all the more, especially as it’s being committed by someone he’d come to like as a friend and possibly as something more. Then again, he’s also still convinced she’s a ghost. P.S. The preview mentioned a “Special episode” while time-lapsing the whole show so far, which can only mean one thing: A dreaded recap is likely next week. >:( Author magicalchurlsukuiPosted on Sun, 7 Jun 2015 Categories Anime Reviews, Kekkai Sensen, Spring 2015Tags aquaman, barrier, betrayal, black, Blood Blockade Battlefront, blood breed, bloodline battlefront, ghost, god of chow, hellsalems lot, leonardo watch, LHOS, libra, lunch, misdirection, plot, sacrifice, spiritualists, strange, survivors, white, zapp renfro, zed o'brien2 Comments on Kekkai Sensen – 10	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4360
__label__cc	0.723701	0.276299	Ms. Faria Binta Alam Senior Associate & Head of Finance Department Phone:(+88)(0)1302688013 Email: dept.head.one@rahmansc.com Senior Associate Chattogram (Chittagong) oversee the legal work of Chattogram branch of our firm. The person is a reasonably senior member of the firm having at least not less than 8 years of experience with permission to appear before higher courts and having the experience to deal with different aspects of practice. In coordination with head-office senior associate Chattogram ensures high standard and timely delivery of legal work which is originated and carried out in Chattogram. Ms. Faria Binta Alam, LL.B (University of London, UK); LL.M (Dhaka) is an Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh. She has 10 years of experience of working on legal matters for several banks and financial institutions. She also assist firm shipping matters which are originated in Chittagong. She appeared as counsel in both higher and lower judiciary particularly in Chittagong in different civil, banking and commercial matters. As a Senior Associate and Head of Finance Department, she oversees the banking, finance and taxation matter of the firm. She is also a member of the shipping department. Ms. Alam oversee the work of Banking Department involving both contentious and non contentions matters. She advises clients on security documentation, club lending, mortgage, hypothecation etc. As well as she has significant experience in several banking litigation involving loan recovery, cheque dishonour, CIB, judicial review arising from execution proceedings etc. Her notable works are: Drafting of several petitions and reply for a complex case pending before Higher court for a Bank. Legal consultancy involving several issues and security documentation to a NBFI. Drafting of a number of Writ petition on CIB classification and loan re-schedulement for and against bank. Ms. Alam pays a crucial role from Chittagong in dealing with shipping matters. She has advised clients on salvage operation, ship mortgage, charter party claim. Advised client on auction sale process of ship under execution proceedings in Chittagong. Advised client on salvage operation in Chittagong port. Masters of Laws (LL.M) (Dhaka, 2010) Bachelor of Laws (Hons), University of London, UK (2007) A-Level (Edexcel International) Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC), Dhaka City College. Legal Qualification Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh To be published soon…	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4362
__label__cc	0.740564	0.259436	HomeEatChill Out Jul 7, 2019 Lauren Kruchten Eat, July/August 2019 0 Stir's artisanal ice craft cocktails STIR in North Hills features artisanal ice. In the middle of a blazing hot North Carolina summer, ice is indispensable. And while most of us are content to buy it by the bagful, STIR, a restaurant, oyster bar and cocktail bar new to North Hills, is taking ice to the next level. STIR offers a unique collection of craft cocktails featuring seven styles of hand carved artisanal ice; each carving style is used specifically for different drinks. Two-inch rocks star in Old Fashioneds, long rocks fit perfectly in cocktails served in Collins glasses and spheres are saved for pours of fine whiskey and bourbon. Spherical ice demo STIR’s ice is made in-house and is never shipped in. The ice program begins with a 300-pound block of ice, frozen from the bottom up in a three-day process in order to push out all the oxygen and impurities. A giant crane then carries the large block to a bandsaw, which cuts the ice down into smaller pieces that are then either shaved, crushed or shaped into varying-sized cubes. STIR’s servers also perform a tableside demo for drinks served with the spherical ice: they place a large ice cube into an aluminum press with a spherical mold. The aluminum immediately starts to bring out the cold, slowly melting the cube into a sphere. Once the top of the press slides into place, gravity brings it down onto the ice cube until it meets the base. The result is a crystal clear piece of spherical ice that’s exquisitely translucent. A bandsaw cuts the 300-lb. block of ice into cubes for cocktails. “Everybody loves [the demo],” says Robert Werk, STIR’s chief operating manager. “I still like to see it, and I’ve seen it a lot.” Maybe the greatest thing about STIR’s ice is that it’s denser, allowing it to melt at the rate it needs to cool a drink without diluting it, meaning no more watered down cocktails (hallelujah!). The artisanal ice features in 14 housemade cocktails, including the Elderflower Sour, Broad Creek Special and Whiskey Bramble, which are listed on the menu alongside the style of ice that goes in them and the shape of glass they’re served in. “What goes into every craft cocktail?” asks Werk. “Ice. If you’re serious about craft cocktails, you want to be serious about ice.” artisanal ice A Meeting of Minds Beer with a Twist Sep 22, 2017 Alexandra Drosu 0 Ever had a hard time choosing between a beer and a cocktail? You don’t always have to. Beer cocktails are become more popular as the diversity of brewed beers continues to grow. “Today, so many […] Drink with a View Apr 3, 2017 Alexandra Drosu 0 Level 7 is generating a lot of buzz and there’s a reason for it. The rooftop lounge perched at the top of the AC Hotel in North Hills is a gamechanger for Raleigh nightlife. So far, […] One Tequila, Two Tequila Mar 26, 2018 Gina Stephens 0 Kevin Barrett, a mixologist and the owner of downtown’s Dram & Draught, is headed to New Orleans after winning the U.S. Bartenders’ Guild’s “Make it Exotico” cocktail competition last month. Barrett’s Samba in the Rain (see recipe below) was the favorite […]	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4364
__label__wiki	0.73038	0.73038	Random Irish News Random news from around the island of Ireland Crated Random Tweets Collusion between UDR and loyalists warned about in 1980 THE Irish government was warned about collusion between the Ulster Defence Regiment and Loyalist paramilitaries in 1980 – some nine years before the murder of Pat Finucane. The human rights solicitor was shot 14 times in front of his wife while he was eating in his Belfast home in 1989 by Loyalist gunmen. The de Silva report – which was published earlier this month – documented extensive evidence of collusion between officers from both the RUC and the UDR and Loyalist paramilitaries. But according to State papers released to the National Archives Office in Dublin and published for the first time today, warnings about such ‘wholesale’ collusion were passed to the Department of Foreign Affairs by a press officer for the Irish Embassy in London. Patrick Hennessy told Sean Farrell in the Department’s press office on March 14, 1980 about a meeting he had just had with a Washington Post reporter. He said journalist James Lemoyne – who he said had a ‘rather serious Ivy League-type manner’ – had been to the North for a week and had stayed with the British Army in Newry, Crossmaglen and Cookstown. Mr Hennessey said: ‘During this time he was given what appeared to be very ready access to the officers and other ranks inside the barracks and on patrol.’ It was while he was interviewing army officers that they made their frank admission about collusion between the UDR and Loyalist gunmen. He said: ‘During his visit, he had a number of discussions with (British Army) officers on the role of the UDR and had gone on patrol in Co Armagh with a UDR Regiment. ‘’Army officers spoke openly of their disquiet in regard to the UDR and of their certain knowledge that intelligence information is being passed wholesale to Loyalist paramilitaries. ‘The official attitude seemed to be, however, that such malpractices were almost unavoidable and there was no indication of any positive determination to face up to this problem.’ The same letter also addressed a common view that the British Military viewed Northern Ireland as a training ground for its soldiers. Mr Hennessey said: ‘Lemoyne said he was also struck by the number of officers with whom he spoke who dismissed suggestions that service in Northern Ireland was beneficial from a military training point of view. ‘All his contacts seemed to regard Northern Ireland tours as highly disruptive of training and as injurious to morale. ‘In this latter regard, there is apparently a high incidence of marital problems among troops serving in the North.’ Randomirish.com Random and Irish. View all posts by Randomirish.com Posted on December 28, 2012 February 16, 2015 Author Randomirish.comCategories NewsTags Pat Finucane, royal ulster constabulary, RUC, state papers, UDR, Ulster Defence Regiment Previous Previous post: Random Irish life in . . . Lahinch and Gort Next Next post: Anglo tapes ‘not voices of people of Ireland’ – Higgins	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4366
__label__cc	0.57486	0.42514	Mood: cheerful Music: Sting - Ten Summoner's Tales Olympic Boycott: Day Ten Once again, I learned about Canada's latest standings in the Olympics by watching CP24 this morning. And I only tuned in because I was hungry and decided to munch on some cereal in front of the TV despite it being almost 9:40 AM. Anywaaaay, it's nice to see that Canada is now in 17th place as opposed to...whatever place it was in before. I wouldn't know because I've been, like, boycotting. My day without Olympic coverage of any other kind has been pretty good. I sat out in the balcony and got some writing done. In fact, my muse sat down with me and helped me out with the scene I was working on. At least, I think it was my muse. It's hard to say because I think the characters in question basically took over as well. All I know is that I had planned for the scene to go one way and the characters led me in a different direction entirely. That hasn't happened to me for a while and I'd forgotten how exhilarating it can be. I watched the latest episode of SGA ("Ghost in the Machine") with lunch and was really impressed. Not only did the episode have a cool premise but it wrapped up a storyline from the fourth season that was never really resolved. Well, "wrapped up" might be putting it a bit strongly. The ending was a bit ambiguous, but in a good way. I was left thinking, Whoa... I also watched episode 2.2 of Life on Mars, which was highly enjoyable. Gene stuffed Sam in the boot of his Cortina. Sam punched Gene as soon as Gene let him out. Fun stuff. :-) Between oggling David Hewlett and John Simm, I went out to get sweet & sour sauce and buy a card for my Aunty A's birthday. I should really do some more cleaning in preparation for my mom's visit, though I'd also like to finish the beta job I've started. This may be partly due to wonderful Doctor Who story I'll be reading in the other window. Now that I'm caught up with the fourth series, I've started reading dwseason5's AU Doctor Who Season Five, which is totally worth it for this exchange between Donna and the Master alone: Harold Saxon is standing in the middle of her bedroom. Harold Saxon is standing in the middle of her room, in shirtsleeves and a tie, looking mildly surprised. The only blemish in his impeccable appearance is a small bloom of crimson halfway down the side of his shirt. Donna gapes at him. "What?" He recovers himself at once and smiles his trademark charming smile. "Hello." "No, but -- what?" Donna says, with a weird creeping sense of déjà vu. Saxon's lips twist slightly. "This is a bit unexpected, yes. And who are you?" "Donna Noble," Donna says, finally recovering herself. "And what the hell are you doing in my room?" "Is it?" Saxon says with mild interest. "I really haven't the faintest, ah, Donna." He peers around. "And where might this be?" "Chiswick," Donna says, a little angry now, "London, England, sir. Sorry, just to get this straight, you're Harold Saxon." A grin flickers across his face. "Harold Saxon. Yes." "You're the twenty-four-hour Minister. In my bedroom." "Yes, I --" Saxon double-takes. "I'm the what?" Hmm...I may not be getting a lot of betaing done either... g Tags: doctor who	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4373
__label__wiki	0.82817	0.82817	Refreshing Words Editing and proofreading services by Timothy Kitz Links & Other Projects An Editing Manifesto Checklist for Fiction Readers Checklist for Fiction Writers Common Grammar Pitfalls How to Punctuate Dialogue Editing Fiction The Art of Editing Sally said, “Use double quotation marks around whatever your character is saying. Within those, use single quotation marks if required — like the overused ‘scare quotes’ that denote skepticism. Same thing if your character is quoting someone else. For example, I decided to give this lesson because Tom said to me, ‘authors need help punctuating dialogue.’ Also, if I were to reflect on, say, the word ‘the’ as a word, quotation marks would also be appropriate. Please note that unlike italics, scare quotes are not an acceptable means of emphasis. “Suppose your character keeps talking, but in a new paragraph. Don’t close the previous paragraph with quotation marks, but open the new one with another set of quotation marks. Then close it after their final statement.” “Always start a new paragraph when another character starts talking,” said Tom. “It doesn’t matter how short a statement they make, each character’s words get their own paragraph,” said Sally. “Notice how terminal punctuation goes inside the quotation marks,” said Tom. “By this Tom means the commas, periods, question marks, and exclamation marks that come at the end of a phrase,” Sally clarified. “Be careful not to over-write synonyms for ‘said,’” admonished Tom. “That’s more a style tip, isn’t it?” said Sally. “And you don’t have to capitalize ‘said’ when it comes after a question or exclamation mark in dialogue.” “Just don’t do it!” said Tom. “That’s right,” said Sally. “Also, after you’ve attributed a statement with a phrase like ‘said Sally,’ you can re-open the quotation marks and have your character continue talking within the same paragraph.” “Use either a comma or period after your attributive statement,” Tom said, “as is appropriate. Look at Sally’s previous paragraph or mine here for two examples.” Sally said, “When your attributive statement precedes the opening of your quotation marks, put a comma first, then the opening quotation mark.” Tom added, “And capitalize the first letter of quotation, if it’s an independent phrase. Again, look at Sally’s previous paragraph or mine here.” Sally noted that “all bets are off” if the quotation isn’t a independent phrase. In such a case, this means there’s no comma and “no capitalization of the quotation’s first letter,” Tom explained. But keep the comma if the attributive statement “comes after such a quotation,” Sally added. “You don’t necessarily have to use ‘said’ or one of its synonyms in an attributive statement.” Tom looked thoughtful. “A simple description of a character, with dialogue on either side, can be enough.” “If you’ve firmly established that only two characters are talking, you don’t even have to include an attributive statement.” “Just make sure you start a new paragraph whenever a new character begins talking.” “And of course, accurately open and close your quotation marks.” “If this has gone on long enough, and your character’s statements are basically interchangeable, you might want to start attributing these statements again,” said Tom. “You won’t have this problem, if a lawyer is firing a rapid series of questions at a witness, for example,” Sally said. “In such a case, the roles of these two characters are clear enough that you can easily discern who is who.” “Writing your characters with different voices can also keep things clear.” “The gruff detective will speak differently than the shy accountant he’s picking on, for example.” “But if your characters are poorly-defined, it can be hard to tell who is talking, after a certain point.” “Who’s saying this again?”	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4386
__label__cc	0.611371	0.388629	Designer Kim Jones Tells You To Keep Moving In Rimowa Video Never Stay Still “I think my whole life has been never still. Everything I see, everything I do is part of the philosophy of my designs," says Kim Jones, fashion designer and Dior Men’s artistic director. Jones is one of three personalities featured in Rimowa’s ‘Never Still’ campaign, which is shot across four countries by three different directors. Also featuring in this campaign of life on the go, are basketball legend LeBron James and Chinese pianist and prodigy Yuja Wang, pictured with the Original, Classic and Essential collections from Rimowa. Life on the go, for them, becomes part of their creative process with the video taking a closer look at how their hardships on the road – both real and metaphorical – are required to endure and thrive. The lens moves from the urbanscapes of Tokyo, Los Angeles and Toronto to the jungles of India to present inspiration as originating from anywhere – culminating in something new and exciting. “Rimowa’s ‘Never Still’ is not a concept that loses steam after one campaign – it’s an idea on which to build. As a brand dedicated to the heritage of consumer-focused craftsmanship, longevity and innovation, Rimowa is committed to participating in the conversation by adding meaningful cultural context to our products. Together with this group of diverse global icons, we continue to open up a conversation beyond travel to explore what it means and takes to move forward,” says Alexandre Arnault, CEO of Rimowa. By: Kenneth TanPhotographer: David Luraschi Rimowa's Upgraded Luggage Is Crucial For Your Next Big Trip Stand out at the luggage carousel with the new Rimowa x Supreme collection The Rules For Menswear Has Changed, You Should Wear This Instead Rimowa And Alex Israel Capture The Los Angeles Sunset In Aluminium	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4392
__label__wiki	0.739089	0.739089	Home > Everyday Ethics > Ethics of Policing Conference Ethics of Policing Conference The "Ethics of Policing" Conference will be held from Sept 20-22 on the University Park campus. The conference will feature leading scholars on policing from a variety of fields, including African American studies, criminology, law, philosophy, political science, and sociology. All conference events are free and open to the public. Faculty, students, staff, and community members are all welcome to attend. by rmb529 Sep 05, 2018 Sep 20, 2018 6:30 PM to Rock Ethics Institute - Ben Jones Sponsors: Justice Center for Research, Social Science Research Institute, Penn State Law, Penn State University Libraries, Department of Sociology and Criminology, Department of African American Studies, Department of Philosophy 6:30–8:00 p.m. Opening Keynote “Soldiers and Police: Why Are They Different?” - Michael Walzer, Institute for Advanced Study Friday, September 21 - RSVP FOR FRIDAY'S WORKSHOPS 8:30–9:00 a.m. - Coffee and Breakfast - Pasquerilla Spiritual Center - Memorial Lounge 9:00–9:45 a.m. “Life Prioritization in Law Enforcement Operations: Informing the Search for an Ethical Framework to Guide Police Officers’ Decisions Regarding the Employment of Deadly Force” - David Klinger, University of Missouri-St. Louis Pasquerilla Spiritual Center - Memorial Lounge “Reconciling Narratives of Policing” - Tracey Meares, Yale University 10:30–10:45 a.m. - Coffee Break - Pasquerilla Spiritual Center - Memorial Lounge “Captive Maternal Abolitionists: The Contributions and Contradictions of Angela Davis and Erica Garner” - Joy James, Williams College 11:30 a.m.–12:15 p.m. “Informal Norms and the Ethics of Policing” - Jake Monaghan, University of Buffalo 12:15–1:30 p.m. - Break for Lunch - Pasquerilla Spiritual Center - Garden Room 1:30 p.m. Keynote Address: “Portals to Politics: Grassroots Narratives of Policing in the ‘Low End,’ Downtown Baltimore, South L.A., and the 53206” - Vesla Weaver, Johns Hopkins University Foster Auditorium, Paterno Library 3:00 p.m. Panel Discussion: “Race, Policing, and the Law” Featuring: Eleanor Brown, Penn State Paul Butler, Georgetown University Tracey Meares, Yale University Cynthia Young, Penn State 4:30 - 6:00 p.m. Film Screening: Nightcall and Junior & Discussion: Aquila Kikora Franklin, Associate Professor of Theatre/Dance Amanda Renee Knox, Director Nightcall (2017) Ella Jae Stewart, Writer/Actress, Junior (2017) Pearl Gluck, Director, Junior (2017), Associate Professor of Film “A Community Dialogue on Criminal Justice” Thom Brewster, Executive Director of CentrePeace John Gardner, Chief of State College Police Department Tammy Ferguson, Superintendent of State Correctional Institution Phoenix Harold McKenzie, Senior Pastor of Unity Church of Jesus Christ Dr. Laurie Mulvey, Executive Director of World in Conversation Saturday, September 22 RSVP FOR SATURDAY'S WORKSHOPS 8:30–9:00 a.m. - Coffee and Breakfast - Boardroom 2, The Nittany Lion Inn 9:00-9:45 a.m. “Policing as the Pursuit of War by Other Means: Ordnungspolizei during the Third Reich” - Nicolas de Warren, Penn State Boardroom 2, The Nittany Lion Inn “Police, Drones, and the Politics of Perception” - Lisa Guenther, Queen’s University 10:30–10:45 a.m. - Coffee Break - Boardroom 2, The Nittany Lion Inn “Policing and the Ethics of Honor” Chad Kautzer, Lehigh University “Risk, Reward, and ‘Real’ Police Work” Michael Sierra-Arévalo, Rutgers University 12:15–1:30 p.m. - Break for Lunch - The Nittany Lion Inn - Faculty Lounge 1:30 p.m. - Closing Keynote: “When Police Do Not Need to Kill” Franklin Zimring, University of California, Berkeley Contact the Rock Ethics Institute \| Last modified Sep 05, 2018 \| Powered by Plone	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4394
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__label__wiki	0.696291	0.696291	15.09.28, Schieberle, Feminized Counsel and the Literature of Advice in England, 1380-1500 Schieberle, Misty. Feminized Counsel and the Literature of Advice in England, 1380-1500. Disputatio, 26. Turnhout: Brepols, 2014. pp. x, 224. ISBN: 9782503550121 (hardback). rosec@pdx.edu Female counselors to monarchs or powerful men are portrayed in Middle English poetry of the late Middle Ages by Gower, in his Confessio Amantis; by Chaucer, in The Legend of Good Women and Melibee; and by two fifteenth-century male translators of Christine de Pizan's Epistre Othea, Stephen Scrope and an anonymous poet. Schieberle argues that these four male poets align their poetic performances with the figure of the woman counselor, and assume a similar inferior-but-authoritative stance, enabling them, like their female poetic creations, to counsel influential males concerning matters of the realm and virtuous personal behavior without being considered threatening or insubordinate. They demonstrate that good advice may originate in any source. In addition, Schieberle poses, these male poets disrupt the traditional antifeminist stereotypes in Latin mirrors for princes such as Giles of Rome's De regimine principum or the Secretum secretorum and depict women as indispensable and respected political counselors, neither weak nor inferior in sagacity to those whom they advise. Using the literary topos of the woman counselor, poets could position themselves to criticize or advise great men and thereby effect political change by providing "feminized counsel," first to the great men or aristocrats addressed by the works, and then to the broader audience that Middle English texts attracted, that included gentry and women. The works Schieberle considers all portray "gender and authority as flexible and performative" (5). The women advisors in these late medieval poetic texts, such as Prudence in Chaucer's Melibee, prove also to be insightful interpreters of proverbial texts for their lordly audiences. Schieberle argues that the poets and works she studies here do not define masculine and feminine agency against each other, with the feminine as the less authoritative position. Instead, positioning themselves as the female marital partner, not a negative posture--subordinate, yet at the side of a magnate--the poets, through their female counselor characters, articulate positive role models for both men and women, and envision a state in which women and men work together for the improvement of individuals and the realm. The overall effect of admirable women counselors appearing in popular literary texts, says Schieberle, ultimately might endorse women in the role of confident, rational advisors of those men who would listen to them carefully. Schieberle concludes that such narrative depictions of women intervening to advise rulers raises the status of real women (196), a claim that is troublesome to grant based upon only these four literary selections, but one would wish it to be true. Schieberle situates the vernacular advice literature she considers as descendants of the Latin mirror-for-princes tradition, yet the spin these Middle English authors put on this genre involves a feminization of the counselor, supplicating the monarch for a hearing, not threatening his authority, but ultimately persuading him of the rightness of the advice offered concerning actions he might consider. She also points out the tradition in chronicles of the queenly intercessor, based on the model of the Virgin interceding with God for mercy, yet notes how unexpected a source for ethical and political counseling women must have seemed (15). However, the late medieval poets examined here embraced the feminine as representing their own subordination to kings, patrons and authorities (17). The texts discussed use the exemplum to illustrate virtuous behavior, and Schieberle stresses that the feminized counselors demonstrate that interpreting exempla invariably depends upon the context. Just as all women cannot be tarred with the brush of inferiority and wickedness, exempla cannot be interpreted universally. The texts' female interlocutors teach the addressees how to read appropriately, and how proper reading, if internalized, can lead to virtue and reform. Like the women they depict, and writing in the mother tongue rather than the Latin of traditional authorities on kingship, the poets deferred to the authority of the monarch, delivering counsel and positioning themselves not to offend, whilst being regarded as full of sage advice and political wisdom. They can speak the truth because, in the guise of women or in a feminized position, they do not challenge political supremacy. Beginning with Gower's Confessio Amantis, Schieberle notes that Gower portrays women as valuable members of medieval society who can speak the truth. The poet links political counsel to "overwhelmingly positive representations of women" (25). Counsel between husband and wife, as between king and his polity, is essential, and the metaphor of marriage throughout the Confessio denotes the closeness of a monarch and his advisor, of either gender, who uses "feminized discourse." Since thirty-seven of the Confessio's tales refer to counsel, the topic clearly concerns the poet. In this chapter Schieberle delineates the idea that carries throughout her discussion: that through the figure of a woman advisor, poets signify the necessity of interpreting, evaluating and reading advice--not always a talent of rulers, but a skill they might learn from wise women and poets. In the Confessio Genius teaches Amans how to make old books mean for new times. Gower demonstrates in two tales, "Florent" and "Three Questions," that feminized counsel can be an antidote for the prideful ruler (59). He does not, though, advocate autonomous authority for women in these tales, but reintegrates them back into the patriarchal system of marriage. They intercede from a submissive but active posture of deference (55). In the chapter on Chaucer's Legend of Good Women, Schieberle observes that identification with the feminine transforms the male poet-narrator, and gives him freedom in that position of powerlessness to discuss good governance. Authority of all kinds constitutes the central issue of the Legend's prologue. Alceste models queenly intercession in her pleading with Cupid to behave mercifully, and thus she becomes a model for the poet himself and for others who must deal with a willful, wrathful monarch in a non-threatening manner (67). Schieberle points out that Alceste condemns prioritizing personal desire or passion over the chivalric duty of the ruler to his realm. So, the political message of the rape of Philomena by Tereus is read as a ruler allowing his urges to interfere with his kingdom; the story of Hypermnestra shows the misuse of power over a victimized woman (86). Chapter 3, on the tale of Melibee from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, explores the function of the many proverbs used by Prudence, as she attempts to mollify her husband Melibee's anger and desire for vengeance against those who have harmed his family and his reputation. She schools him on alternatives to retaliation through reasonable argument from her feminine but authoritative position as both his wife and accepted counselor. Proverbs buttress her arguments. She instructs Melibee that while there are various ways to interpret each proverb, in the context of his dilemma, she can provide the right interpretation and instruction that will turn him towards the virtuous act that increases his worship, rather than the rash act that endangers it. Schieberle takes an interesting turn in the second part of this chapter by discussing San Marino, Huntington Library MS HM 144, an anthology of moral works including versions of Chaucer's "Monk's Tale" and the "Melibee," both unattributed to Chaucer and detached from their Canterbury Tales context. In this compilation, the scribe asserts in his addition to the work that Prudence's advice could prevent such falls of princes as appear in the manuscript's rendition of the "Monk's Tale." Thus, in this anthology, Prudence's story reaches beyond a woman calming her husband to avoid combat with local enemies, and instead functions as a political mirror for princes. Prudence chips away at Melibee's resistance to changing his irous nature, providing a model for helping a ruler to avoid vice and follow virtue, thus aiding him in stepping outside of Fortune's riotous rule. Virtue, according to the woman advisor, can keep men from becoming Fortune's victims. In the texts of HM 144, an immoral ruler causes tragedy, while morality supposedly assures worldly security (a "comforting fantasy") (127). Advice does not bring mastery, of course, for the lord must decide for himself whether to follow such counsel. However, princes neglect good advice at their peril. For readers, the words of Prudence express sound judgment and evince how Melibee's honor will be augmented, not besmirched, by mercy and openhandedness. Prudence does not use her gender or her marital bond with Melibee to gain mastery over his hotheadedness. Rather, she demonstrates strength through her feminine position, moral rightness and cool logic. She mirrors in her own conduct the patience and deliberation her husband requires, and demonstrates how to counsel a lord. The scribe of HM 144 emends the tale to make it less about the specific situation of Melibee's grievance and his mistakes in addressing them, and more about general political theory (128). The authority of Prudence herself is elevated in this version, and the scribe's moral message finally concerns avoiding covetousness and vengeance--not a customary reading of the tale. But covetousness as a vice damaging to the realm in England was a topic familiar to fifteenth-century audiences and readers of Lydgate. Thus, Schieberle notes, the version of Melibee's story in HM 144 was an "unmistakably successful counterpart to the de casibus failures" of the rendering of the "Monk's Tale" in the same codex (134), and a veiled warning to contemporary authorities. Women, who in antifeminist literature are compared to fickle Fortune, in the works studied here become the agents of keeping Fortune's vicissitudes at bay by advising virtue as a remedy. In the final and strongest chapter, Schieberle discusses two translations of Christine de Pizan's Epistre Othea in Middle English, one by Stephen Scrope in 1440, and another by an anonymous poet c. 1450 who titles it the Lytil Bibell of Knyghthod. Christine's work promotes women as valuable advisors to princes, and the fictional Othea guides the young Hector of Troy. Schieberle poses that both male translators strove to make room for voices of counsel typically excluded, and asserted their own authority through their identification with Christine's women counselors, who must be taken seriously by rulers on matters affecting the kingdom (141). What is new about Schieberle's work is her comparison of Scrope's translation with the Lytil Bibell. The latter work has been deemed a poor translation, whereas Schieberle claims that the poet's adaptation, far from being mediocre, transforms Christine's work into a lesson on arresting Fortune's wheel by attending to careful reading of exempla. Bad fortune ensues from the unwise choice not to practice those virtues advised by Othea. Schieberle argues that the Lytil Bibell's author infused his work with anxieties about "the most effective ways to teach moral virtues from a feminized position" (190). This recuperation of the Lytil Bibell reveals its poet to be one of Christine's most astute readers (191). Schieberle's promised new edition of the Lytil Bibell will invite others to investigate this relatively obscure work. This book is fairly short, and one would not wish it longer. Several sections unnecessarily reiterate the notion of gender-as-performance and the authority of women gained despite their subordinate position. There were a few typos and mis-alphabetizing in the bibliography (Curtius before Crocker)--but these things happen. It was tricky at first to locate the bibliographical citation for the Lytil Bibell of Knyghthod edited by Gordon (first cited on 6, n. 13). It appears in the bibliography under the entry for Christine de Pizan, The Epistle of Othea to Hector..., with James Gordon's name buried within the citation. Perhaps an entry under Lytil Bibell or Gordon, would aid the reader, since it is not fully identified and discussed until the final chapter, and then it is clearly shown to be an "adaptation" of Christine's work, not a slavish translation. It needs its own entry, as it constitutes a crucial part of the argument of this book. Too many footnotes to the MED might be easier to cover parenthetically in the text, whereas some matter in the footnotes seems important enough to be in the body of text itself (e. g. 114, n. 49). The author otherwise deserves praise for her many careful readings and thought-provoking insights, especially in the final chapter. The grouping of these four works through the notion of the feminization of counsel proves to be a salutary contribution to the discussion of gendered performance by Middle English poets.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4398
__label__wiki	0.902322	0.902322	Turok: Escape From Lost Valley Release Date and Trailer The Turok game franchise, which began as a violent and intense shooter for the N64, is returning in 2019 as an intensely cute isometric action title. Dubbed Turok: Escape From Lost Valley, this upcoming project is about as far from the original Turok games as you can without turning the series into a mobile puzzle game. This new title features the same “human vs. dinosaurs” concept of the original games but abandons pretty much everything else that those games represented. How did this bizarre new Turok title come about? Well, it was first submitted as part of the 2018 Universal GameDev Challenge. That competition saw various developers use the Unity engine to create projects based on Universal-owned properties. Developer Pillow Pig Games submitted Escape From Lost Valley as a Chibi-style take on the Turok franchise. While Escape from the Lost Valley didn’t win that particular competition (that honor went to the strategy game Voltron: Cubes of Olkarion), Universal Studios Interactive Entertainment was impressed enough with the project to agree to acquire and distribute it. Interestingly, Escape From the Lost Valley may stray far from the style of the classic N64 Turok shooters, but it sticks close to the original Turok comics that those games were based on. Just like those comics, Lost Valley will focus on Turok and his brother Andar as they attempt to escape a world filled with dinosaurs. We even see a screenshot in which the pair refer to dinosaurs as “honkers;” a term that they used in the original comics. Video of Turok: Escape from Lost Valley – Trailer Turok: Escape from Lost Valley is set to release for PC via Steam on July 25. There’s no word regarding a console port or Epic Store availability at this time. Matthew Byrd is a staff writer for Den of Geek. He spends most of his days trying to pitch deep-dive analytical pieces about Killer Klowns From Outer Space to an increasingly perturbed series of editors. You can read more of his work here or find him on Twitter at @SilverTuna014. The 100 Season 6 Episode 9 Review: What You Take With You Mortal Kombat Reboot Movie: Cast, Release Date, and News	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4399
__label__cc	0.537552	0.462448	Home / Franchise Notes / LIVE FROM LA: What everyone’s saying about Watson… LIVE FROM LA: What everyone’s saying about Watson… In an effort to know more about the newest Nashville Predator, we’ve compiled some quotes about the 18-year old Austin Watson. You’ll probably be seeing a lot of him in the next couple weeks as the Preds will hold their annual Development Camp soon. And, if the standard holds, you’ll get to see him in training camp for a while before he’s shipped back to Peterborough of the Ontario Hockey League for another year of junior. So, without further ado, we present to you, Mr. Austin Watson. THE HOCKEY NEWS (draft publication) Faced with the chance to win another Memorial Cup or make his own name somewhere else, Austin Watson chose the latter. And while he (didn’t get to skate) with the trophy this spring, his decision to waive his no-trade clause for a deal from Windsor to Peterborough for Zack Kassian has resulted in his stock skyrocketing. RATED #15 McKEEN’S HOCKEY (draft publication) A mid-season trade from Windsor to Peterborough helped Watson’s stock as he racked up 20 points in his final 10 games, however, it was more his defensive diligence that got him noticed. Watson flourished in the Petes’ system and became so renowned for his shot blocking that teams were adjusting their power play to avoid him. hockeyprospect.com (draft publication) The first thing that sticks out about Watson is his size. He is huge at 6’3″ and should be able to add plenty of muscle to his frame. Despite his size, Watson is (actually) a good skater and doesn’t look like a lumbering big man out on the ice. What Watson brings to the ice is a mature three-zone game. He is a complete player and does what he needs to do to try and win games. RED LINE REPORT (at the CHL Prospects Game) Had as strong a two-way game as anyone here. Big, raw and gangly but brings an excellent work ethic to every shift. Responsible play in all three zones. Was strong on the puck especially in forecheck situations. THE SCOUTING REPORT For most of the year, he was a point per game player with the Windsor Spitfires and Peterborough Petes of the OHL. Then in April, he filled a valuable role as a grinding, checking forward on the USA’s Gold Medal team at the U-18 Championships. Watson’s versatility and ability to contribute offensively and defensively will be coveted by teams on draft day. NHL FANHOUSE While he was lost among the big-name stars in Windsor, Watson seemed to thrive in Peterborough. He averaged two points per game – albeit in just 10 games – and his effort throughout the season impressed scouts. Watson is one of those players who will do what is asked. He was asked to play on the fourth line at times in Windsor. He did it. He became the star player for the Petes as they made a run to the OHL playoffs. He handled that superbly. NHL CENTRAL SCOUTING Austin is a very good penalty killer. He plays a high-energy two-way game. He’s aggressive on the forecheck and he will finish his checks. He has good hands and can shoot the puck hard. He is an excellent competitor and is a good shot blocker. I like his energy and willingness to play a role and be good at that role. HOCKEYSFUTURE.com Watson is two-way talent who is not afraid to sacrifice his body to make a play. he is a heart-and-soul forward that any NHL team would love to have on the roster. Watson isn’t just a plugger, though, as he has some offensive skill in his arsenal. JEFF MAREK of CBC What a great two-way forward he is. Excellent skater, Watson isn’t shy about playing a rough game. Can score in bunches. Waived his no-trade clause to go from power-packed Windsor Spitfires to join Peterborough, where he flourished. Broke his foot blocking a Brandon Gormley slapshot at the Top Prospects game, which hurt his numbers this year but next season in the OHL expect him to tear it up. To read what other Nashville media members have said about the pick, please click on their respective links below. Preds On The Glass Austin WatsonhockeyNashville PredatorsNHL DraftPredators ← Previous Story LIVE FROM LA: David Poile recaps the first day… Next Story → LIVE FROM LA: The Preds select Aronson with their second pick…	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4408
__label__wiki	0.610088	0.610088	Lewis Graves in Horry County, SC (Not All, of Course) Name (Lewis) Date Born Date Died Cemetary Buried (Horry County) Agnes J. 87 5/21/1852 5/2/40 Brown Swamp United Methodist Church w/o S.J. Lewis Alberta Skipper 79 10/15/1901 11/28/80 Hillcrest Cemetary w/o Ona Benjamin Lewis Alex Moultrie 72 5/4/04 4/5/77 Bakers Chapel Alexander L., Jr. 63 9/20/1899 6/13/63 Sandy Plain United Methodist Church Alexander Lorenzo 81 6/10/1855 1/10/37 Sandy Plain United Methodist Church Alice Rogers 84 6/4/1876 7/10/60 Sandy Plain United Methodist Church w/o William Patrick Lewis Allard 64 5/24/25 1/9/90 Hillcrest Cemetary Alton W., Jr. 1922 Hillcrest Cemetary h/o Mary G. Lewis Alton William 58 4/11/1899 10/9/57 Hillcrest Cemetary h/o Gussie J. Lewis Annie Bell 51 8/24/08 12/30/59 Pisgah Methodist Church Annie Hardwick ? ? 3/10/13 Brown Swamp United Methodist Church w/o Joseph Gilbert Lewis Annis 67 10/12/1860 6/16/28 Brown Swamp United Methodist Church w/o H.O. Lewis Archibald Pendleton 45 1893 1938 Lakeside Cemetary Archie Woodrow 75 6/15/14 5/19/90 Aynor Cemetary US Navy in WW-II Arn Dewett 81 9/4/1883 4/9/65 Hillcrest Cemetary h/o Mary Ida Lewis Asa 87 5/25/1875 8/5/62 High Point Church Ashley R. "Ike" 62 1928 1990 Hillcrest Cemetary h/o Ernestine Carroll Lewis Aubrey <1 3/11/58 11/17/58 Sandy Plain United Methodist Church s/o Olen & Gladys Lewis Ava Cooper ? ? 4/26/22 Brown Swamp United Methodist Church w/o Joseph Gilbert Lewis B.L. 52 1886 1938 Brown Swamp United Methodist Church Beryl D. 1939 Hillcrest Cemetary w/o Toby R. Lewis Betty R. 11/4/42 Evergreen Original Freewill Baptist Ch. w/o Tony Lewis Birney Edwards 65 6/10/12 10/21/87 Rehobeth Baptist Church w/o Douglas Wayne Lewis Blanchie Livingston 70 10/14/15 12/3/85 Cane Branch Baptist Church w/o Boyd Edward Lewis Bobby Everette 53 3/9/34 5/8/87 Rehobeth Baptist Church Boyd Edward 73 11/12/12 7/23/86 Cane Branch Baptist Church Boyd Everette 68 8/16/07 11/6/75 Rehobeth Baptist Church Bunyan G. Lewis 35 5/2/1857 10/1/1892 Sandy Plain United Methodist Church C. Edward 72 4/18/1884 8/28/56 Brown Swamp United Methodist Church C. Norton 81 4/28/1899 11/26/81 Old Garrald Cemetary Callie 58 6/3/1862 8/10/20 Pisgah Methodist Church w/o H.C. Lewis Cardie 47 4/16/1847 3/19/1895 Brown Swamp United Methodist Church w/o John C. Lewis Cecil Singleton 31 4/8/12 6/23/43 Dew Cemetary Buried with infant in her arms Celia J. 70 7/14/1896 4/27/67 Rehobeth Baptist Church Charles Harmon 88 1895 1983 Hillcrest Cemetary h/o Mary Olympus Lewis Charlotte 40 9/19/1891 8/8/32 Brown Swamp United Methodist Church w/o H.O. Lewis Charlotte L. 66 12/10/1876 12/12/42 Fox Branch Cemetary w/o Isaac A. Lewis Christine Hyman 24 8/11/21 8/25/45 Brown Swamp United Methodist Church Clara R. 74 1912 1986 Hillcrest Cemetary w/o David Reuben Lewis Claudie Horne 76 6/13/1896 4/11/73 Hillcrest Cemetary w/o Isaac Franklin Lewis Clause 78 1912 1990 Dew Cemetary Cora Huggins 38 9/13/1856 7/5/1895 Old Zion Methodist Church w/o J.A. Lewis Cora Smith 78 8/28/1891 5/27/70 Sandy Plain United Methodist Church Daniel 1926 Red Hill Southern Methodist Church m. 1964 Daniel 81 7/31/1825 2/3/07 Sandy Plain United Methodist Church Daniel Avery 39 1934 1973 Bethlehem Baptist Church s/o Dargain & Hattie Todd Lewis Daniel Odell 67 1930 1997 Hillcrest Cemetary Dargain Fird 93 9/17/1888 2/3/81 Bethlehem Baptist Church David Reuben 78 1906 1984 Hillcrest Cemetary h/o Clara R. Lewis Dollie Jean 2/5/17 Fox Branch Cemetary w/o Tilly Franklin Lewis Donald Columbus 55 11/15/21 10/25/77 Hillcrest Cemetary h/o Elizabeth Estaline Lewis (m6/13/1952) Donnie 1935 Hillcrest Cemetary h/o Lounette Lewis Dorothy Alice Geiger 50 7/18/34 6/19/85 Ocean Grove Douglas Mack 37 12/12/43 6/14/81 Hillcrest Cemetary Douglas Wayne 36 1/17/45 1/17/81 Rehobeth Baptist Church E. Bertha 10/11/08 Juniper Bay Baptist Church w/o Isaac T. Lewis (?) E. Ford 57 11/8/11 12/31/68 Rehobeth Baptist Church Earl Rodney, Jr. 22 3/28/47 3/23/70 Hillcrest Cemetary USAF- Vietnam Edith Cherry 9/5/27 Willow Springs United Methodist Church w/o Odell B. Lewis Edna Hinson 76 9/8/14 4/19/91 Hillcrest Cemetary Edna Owen 78 12/4/05 5/5/84 Mt Pisgah Baptist Church Effie <1 1884 1884 Fox Branch Cemetary Eldon D. 67 1889 1956 Evergreen Original Freewill Baptist Ch. Eliza J. 85 8/29/1893 1/1/79 Hillcrest Cemetary Eliza Todd 60 8/2/1903 5/18/64 Juniper Bay Baptist Church w/o William G. Lewis Elizabeth Estaline 5/10/33 Hillcrest Cemetary w/o Donald C. Lewis Ella Ray 52 7/18/1878 3/16/31 Elliott Cemetary w/o George W. Lewis Ellen 34 7/15/1883 7/26/17 Red Hill Southern Methodist Church w/o Park Lewis Emma Skipper 76 2/14/1901 11/4/77 Juniper Bay Baptist Church w/o Furman Pink Lewis Empie 49 6/8/1874 6/13/23 Red Hill Southern Methodist Church Ernestine Carroll 67 1932 1989 Hillcrest Cemetary w/o Ashley R. Lewis Eula Mae Stevens 5/22/12 Cane Branch Baptist Church w/o Tally Seward Lewis Eutha Mae 23 7/11/35 5/29/59 Calvary Free Will Baptist Church Evander J. 89 1858 1947 Red Hill Southern Methodist Church Everett H. 81 7/8/1809 6/4/1891 Red Hill Southern Methodist Church Everett Tally 48 1/19/1839 11/15/1887 Red Hill Southern Methodist Church F. Price 77 8/18/1886 6/2/64 Juniper Bay Baptist Church Fannie 35 3/3/1871 12/15/06 Red Hill Southern Methodist Church d/o N.H & M.A. Lewis Fleety 46 5/17/1877 5/20/23 Red Hill Southern Methodist Church w/o Noah McDuffie Lewis Foster Meluie 57 11/5/17 6/10/74 Hillcrest Cemetary h/o Rose Ella Anderson Frances B. 55 1929 1984 Hillcrest Cemetary Frances J. 71 1915 1986 Hillcrest Cemetary w/o J. Tom Lewis Frederick C. ? ? ? Lakeside Cemetary US Army Spanish American War Furman Pink 80 2/7/1898 5/23/78 Juniper Bay Baptist Church h/o Emma Skipper G.W. 73 8/17/1848 9/14/21 Brown Swamp United Methodist Church George F. 67 12/5/11 3/10/79 Fox Branch Cemetary George M. 82 1907 1989 Hillcrest Cemetary h/o Ida J. Lewis George W. 88 2/28/1858 10/1/46 Elliott Cemetary George Wesley (Rev.) 84 5/17/12 10/23/96 Calvary Free Will Baptist Church Gertrude Lewis Woodward 75 9/9/1896 3/1/72 Union Methodist Church Gilbert I. (Dr) ? ? ? Lakeside Cemetary Gladys 4/30/12 Galivants Ferry Baptist Church w/o Sam Lewis Gladys B. 70 12/3/24 4/29/85 Hillcrest Cemetary Gladys J. 44 8/16/23 9/16/67 Sandy Plain United Methodist Church w/o Olen Lewis Gracie Lewis Todd 74 5/23/08 11/24/82 Bethlehem Baptist Church w/o Austin Albro Todd Gracy ? ? 12/29/16 Brown Swamp United Methodist Church d/o Gilbert & Ava Lewis Gussie Johnson 70 9/22/1900 8/20/71 Hillcrest Cemetary w/o Alton W. Lewis Gussie Lewis Alford 78 1889 1967 Union Methodist Church H.C. 65 7/10/1861 1/14/27 Pisgah Methodist Church h/o Callie Lewis Harley Captain 62 2/22/04 11/27/66 Aynor Cemetary Harlie Lee 50 7/25/13 10/28/63 Rehobeth Baptist Church Harriet R. 80 1876 1956 Lakeside Cemetary Hattie B. Todd 76 8/18/1898 6/11/75 Bethlehem Baptist Church w/o Dargain Fird Lewis Hattie Mae Marlowe 79 9/16/1887 11/6/66 Rehobeth Baptist Church w/o Isaac Tally "Bud" Lewis Helen Lenora 48 1887 1935 Lakeside Cemetary w/o F.C. Lewis Holcum 9/2/1890 Brown Swamp United Methodist Church m. Ruby S. 1/11/1933 Hugh 55 1871 1926 Red Hill Southern Methodist Church Hugh M. 58 2/18/1866 6/4/24 Red Hill Methodist Church s/o Hugh G. Lewis and Mary Jane ? Ida J. 1916 Hillcrest Cemetary w/o George M. Lewis Ima Pet 75 1/1/05 5/6/80 Old Garrald Cemetary w/o C. Norton Lewis Isa Prudence ? ? 10/12/30 Brown Swamp United Methodist Church w/o Joseph Gilbert Lewis Isaac 68 1922 1990 Hillcrest Cemetary h/o Ruby Lee H. Lewis Isaac Franklin 91 6/28/1891 7/8/82 Hillcrest Cemetary h/o Claudie Horne Lewis Isaac T. 74 8/16/08 11/2/82 Pisgah Methodist Church Isaac T. 54 1828 1882 First United Methodist Church Isaac T. 88 8/14/1900 5/15/89 Juniper Bay Baptist Church Isaac Tally "Bud" 79 11/11/1884 9/6/64 Rehobeth Baptist Church h/o Hattie Mae Marlowe Isadora Todd 76 11/21/1900 6/22/77 Hillcrest Cemetary w/o Lucian Arnold Lewis Isla 50 11/22/1841 10/1/1892 Sandy Plain United Methodist Church d/o B.G. & S.B. Lewis Issac A. 75 9/27/1876 1/21/52 Fox Branch Cemetary J. Kelly 37 5/18/1869 11/27/06 Galivants Ferry Baptist Church J. Morgan 84 4/9/1858 12/14/42 Red Hill Southern Methodist Church J. Tom 82 1912 1994 Hillcrest Cemetary h/o Frances J. Lewis J.M. 55 10/28/1887 3/29/43 Brown Swamp United Methodist Church Jack 36 10/5/44 5/19/80 Red Hill Southern Methodist Church James A. 69 1927 1995 Hillcrest Cemetary h/o Shirley L. Lewis James A. (Sheriff) 72 1858 1930 Lakeside Cemetary James Arthur 54 8/28/28 1015/1982 Hillcrest Cemetary s/o Lucian Arnold Lewis, m. Anne Merritt 7/7/1958 James Daniel 49 4/11/09 6/7/58 Hillcrest Cemetary James Edward 27 7/19/49 1/28/77 New Home Full Gospel Church James T. 84 1883 1967 Cane Branch Baptist Church James Thurman 69 1/25/14 2/15/83 Hillcrest Cemetary h/o Virginia A. Lewis James W. 32 8/30/13 7/2/46 Brown Swamp United Methodist Church Jeff 1 8/4/24 10/5/25 Brown Swamp United Methodist Church s/o H.O. Lewis Jehu 77 11/24/1869 4/8/47 Juniper Bay Baptist Church Jesse Edgar 103 10/10/1892 11/19/95 Hillcrest Cemetary h/o Jessie Gore Lewis Jessie Gore 84 10/25/1890 12/11/75 Hillcrest Cemetary w/o Jesse Edgar Lewis Jessie James 54 9/4/1898 6/24/53 Fox Branch Cemetary Joe Daniel 35 12/21/18 3/6/54 Hillcrest Cemetary US Army WW-II John C. 62 11/15/1835 7/9/1898 Brown Swamp United Methodist Church John Leroy ? ? ? Mt Pisgah Baptist Church John S. 71 6/19/1871 6/10/43 Rehobeth Baptist Church John William <1 ? ? Elliott Cemetary 4 Days Old Joseph Edward 8 4/13/38 3/12/47 Cane Branch Baptist Church Joseph Gilbert 49 ? 3/5/25 Brown Swamp United Methodist Church Joseph Maynard <1 8/20/39 11/25/39 Brown Swamp United Methodist Church s/o Paul Lewis Joseph Morgan 76 3/18/1874 4/8/50 Red Hill Southern Methodist Church Joseph Raymond 1 7/25/17 1/29/19 Waccamaw Presbyterian Church Judith Darlene <1 1960 1960 Hillcrest Cemetary Julia Mae 63 10/15/15 12/25/78 Calvary Free Will Baptist Church Kate L. 84 1903 1987 Hillcrest Cemetary w/o W. Henry Lewis Kate Squires Johnson 77 1892 1969 Lakeside Cemetary Kathryn H. 59 12/11/28 12/25/87 Calvary Free Will Baptist Church Katie Anne 92 6/20/1890 9/24/82 Pleasant Plain Baptist Church w/o John Lewis Vereen Laura Gore 45 10/15/1873 4/21/19 Pleasant Plain Baptist Church Leila Lewis Hucks 69 11/4/1902 10/9/72 Union Methodist Church w/o Willie R. Hucks Leon H. 7 8/30/1899 6/25/07 Pisgah Methodist Church s/o H.C. & L.C. Lewis Lester 29 9/27/1886 3/24/16 Sandy Plain United Methodist Church Levie 1 7/3/08 5/22/10 Fox Branch Cemetary s/o W.D. & M.M. Lewis Lillian Stalvey 95 1874 1969 Lakeside Cemetary w/o James A. Lewis Linda Faye <1 8/1/49 9/9/49 Bethlehem Baptist Church d/o Maxine & L.G. Lewis Lizzie Opal 9 1909 1918 Lakeside Cemetary Lloyd G. 56 9/5/19 10/20/75 Juniper Bay Baptist Church s/o Furman P. & Emma S. Lewis Lloyd G. 44 12/24/39 6/6/84 Fox Branch Cemetary Lou Jane 83 1905 1988 Willow Springs United Methodist Church Louisa L. 7/11/18 Cane Branch Baptist Church w/o Robert W. Lewis Lounette 1938 Hillcrest Cemetary w/o Donnie Lewis Luarkie H. 82 1831 1913 First United Methodist Church Lucian Arnold 91 3/31/1896 12/17/87 Hillcrest Cemetary h/o Isadora Todd Lewis Lucy A. Price 19 8/26/1874 5/3/1894 Galivants Ferry Baptist Church w/o J.K. Lewis Lula J. 81 8/5/1888 3/3/70 Rehobeth Baptist Church w/o Sweet P. Lewis Lula L. 60 2/11/1872 4/30/32 Rehobeth Baptist Church w/o Wilson F. Lewis M.A. 76 4/2/1848 11/14/21 Brown Swamp United Methodist Church w/o G.W. Lewis Maggie Kleinert 7/28/08 Ocean Grove w/o Nathan Andrew Lewis Maggie Lee 4/14/36 Hillcrest Cemetary w/o Sam D. Lewis Malonie 24 1874 1989 Fox Branch Cemetary Mamie Lewis Richardson 87 10/30/1893 5/27/81 Red Hill Southern Methodist Church Manie Ellen Adams 81 8/23/1880 2/6/61 Ocean Grove w/o William Samuel Lewis Margaret M. 76 2/17/1876 7/21/52 Fox Branch Cemetary w/o William D. Lewis Margaret S. 64 1884 1948 Cane Branch Baptist Church w/o James T. Lewis Marguerite Bell 82 3/27/10 8/5/92 Hillcrest Cemetary Marjorie Louise 2 3/24/32 8/5/34 Galivants Ferry Baptist Church d/o Sam & Gladys Lewis Mark Avery <1 8/7/64 1/6/65 Bethlehem Baptist Church s/o Edward & Betty C. Lewis Martha Jane 81 12/18/10 3/14/92 Brown Swamp United Methodist Church Martha Lue <1 4/23/36 6/30/36 Pisgah Methodist Church Mary A. 68 10/4/1812 4/4/1881 Red Hill Southern Methodist Church w/o E.H. Lewis Mary A. 56 5/20/1848 12/2/04 Red Hill Southern Methodist Church w/o W.R. Lewis Mary Anderson 73 9/19/1884 5/26/58 Hillcrest Cemetary w/o W.R. Lewis Mary Annie Dozier 25 10/11/1890 11/2/15 Red Hill Southern Methodist Church w/o E.H. Lewis Mary E. 1948 Red Hill Southern Methodist Church w/o Daniel Lewis Mary F. 11/6/15 Fox Branch Cemetary w/o George F. Lewis Mary G. 1922 Hillcrest Cemetary w/o Alton W. Lewis, Jr. Mary Ida 74 8/29/1883 3/26/58 Hillcrest Cemetary w/o Arn Dewett Lewis Mary Linda ? ? 5/49 Cedar Grove d/o Grace & A.W. Lewis, Jr. Mary Magdalen 2 4/1/17 11/13/19 Mt Pisgah Baptist Church Mary Marion 34 5/16/15 12/6/49 Juniper Bay Baptist Church w/o Fernie D. Martin Mary Munn 10/19/09 Waccamaw Presbyterian Church w/o Walter Waite Lewis Mary Olympus 88 1902 1990 Hillcrest Cemetary w/o Charles Harmon Lewis Mary P. 72 5/14/1873 3/4/46 Juniper Bay Baptist Church w/o Pink Lewis McRoy, Jr. 30 10/28/52 2/12/83 Juniper Bay Baptist Church Mildred Lilly 59 12/9/33 10/6/93 Mt. Herman Baptist Church Minnie Roberts 74 5/7/1880 11/4/54 Waccamaw Presbyterian Church w/o William David Lewis Minta <1 6/20/1886 11/7/1886 Old Zion Methodist Church Miriam Jones 3/22/25 Aynor Cemetary w/o Archie Woodrow Lewis Mrs. J.M. 76 1/23/1866 12/14/42 Red Hill Southern Methodist Church N. Woodrow 58 1914 1972 Elliott Cemetary N.H. 59 12/15/1830 1/14/1890 Red Hill Southern Methodist Church Nathan Andrew 27 7/18/06 7/24/33 Ocean Grove Nathan Ernest 64 1899 1963 Fox Branch Cemetary Nell Page Busher 1906 Hillcrest Cemetary w/o Stephen Hal Lewis Noah Dusenbury 40 4/22/19 7/18/60 Hillcrest Cemetary s/o Nathan E. & Ruth S. Lewis Noah McDuffie 70 7/26/1886 1/5/57 Red Hill Southern Methodist Church Nora E. 90 12/18/1884 8/25/75 Brown Swamp United Methodist Church w/o C. Edward Lewis O. Lee 18 1/25/68 10/27/86 Red Hill Southern Methodist Church Odell B. 68 2/19/25 12/21/93 Willow Springs United Methodist Church Olen 5/12/22 Sandy Plain United Methodist Church Ollie 63 5/30/1876 5/1/40 Old Garrald Cemetary w/o W.T. Lewis Ona Benjamin 81 7/10/1894 2/8/76 Hillcrest Cemetary h/o Alberta Skipper Lewis Ottie Bell 71 1913 1984 Willow Springs United Methodist Church Park 29 7/10/1880 5/25/10 Red Hill Southern Methodist Church Patrick H. 69 1856 4/9/25 Red Hill Methodist Church s/o Hugh G. Lewis and Mary Jane ? Paul 68 3/14/15 11/5/83 Brown Swamp United Methodist Church US Army WW-II Paul Sasser 45 12/27/39 4/28/85 Bakers Chapel Pearley Emmanuel 67 12/5/1893 5/19/61 Mt Pisgah Baptist Church Pearline Hardwick 4/4/20 Brown Swamp United Methodist Church w/o Paul Lewis Pearly W. 1 11/1/1891 5/30/1893 Red Hill Southern Methodist Church s/o H.M. & M.J. Lewis Pink 82 4/18/1865 7/28/47 Juniper Bay Baptist Church h/o Mary P. Lewis Prudie P. 87 12/29/1892 9/2/80 Fox Branch Cemetary w/o Tilly Franklin Lewis Purdy 1 4/1/1884 6/19/1885 Old Zion Methodist Church Rena C. 66 8/31/1894 9/28/61 Juniper Bay Baptist Church w/o F. Price Lewis Renia Lawson 47 9/4/11 4/1/59 Rehobeth Baptist Church w/o Harlie Lee Lewis Richard M. 76 6/22/20 2/6/96 Hillcrest Cemetary Robert W. 70 7/22/05 7/9/76 Cane Branch Baptist Church Ronald Dean <1 8/3/50 2/11/51 Elliott Cemetary s/o Ernest Lewis Rose Ella Anderson 72 7/8/20 3/29/93 Hillcrest Cemetary w/o Foster M. Lewis Ruby Lee 1930 Hillcrest Cemetary w/o Isaac Lewis Ruby Maude 67 11/8/1901 1/13/69 Red Hill Southern Methodist Church w/o William S. Lewis Ruby S. 62 6/28/14 4/28/77 Brown Swamp United Methodist Church w/o Holcum Lewis Sallie A. Gaskin 67 1/13/1860 6/6/37 Sandy Plain United Methodist Church Sam 8/12/12 Galivants Ferry Baptist Church Sam D. 58 12/12/28 7/24/87 Hillcrest Cemetary h/o Maggie Lee Lewis Samuel Laneau <1 3/13/30 4/4/30 Galivants Ferry Baptist Church s/o Sam & Gladys Lewis Sarah 72 1/6/1833 12/6/05 Sandy Plain United Methodist Church w/o Daniel Lewis Sarah J. 72 1/5/1852 6/13/24 Red Hill Southern Methodist Church w/o W.M. Lewis Sarah Jane Barhnill 72 2/5/1852 6/13/24 Red Hill Methodist Church d/o Joe Barnhill & Lucinda Jones Sarah Jane Sellers 80 6/15/1879 12/23/58 Pisgah Methodist Church Sarah Nina 59 1890 1949 Lakeside Cemetary Saundra Dean 30 1/3/55 7/29/85 Freeworship Church Married a Mr. Powell Shirley L. 1931 Hillcrest Cemetary w/o James A. Lewis Shorda 3 5/30/04 9/22/07 Fox Branch Cemetary s/o L.A. & C.T. Lewis Stanley 13 2/9/1896 5/31/09 Fox Branch Cemetary s/o W.D. & M.M. Lewis Stephen Hal 56 1901 1957 Hillcrest Cemetary h/o Nell Page Busher Lewis Stephen Hal 55 9/25/1901 4/23/57 Aynor Cemetary Susan A. Price 62 1867 1929 Galivants Ferry Baptist Church w/o Joseph Kelly Lewis Sweet P. 70 9/29/1886 1/9/57 Rehobeth Baptist Church h/o Lula J. Lewis Tally Seward 70 10/21/1903 1/15/74 Cane Branch Baptist Church Tilly Franklin 61 4/14/1886 11/7/47 Fox Branch Cemetary Tinie 29 10/5/1878 8/8/08 Brown Swamp United Methodist Church w/o J.M. Lewis Toby R. 1933 Hillcrest Cemetary h/o Beryl D. Lewis Tola B. 69 2/17/1883 5/12/52 Sandy Plain United Methodist Church Lawyer Tony 51 7/25/37 4/14/89 Evergreen Original Freewill Baptist Ch. m. Betty R. 10/31/1958 Vance F. 72 1/15/22 5/13/94 Hillcrest Cemetary US Army WW-II Viola Gasque 81 1915 1996 Hillcrest Cemetary w/o Wilson Carl Lewis Virginia 1937 Hillcrest Cemetary d/o George M. & Ida J. Lewis Virginia A. 75 12/6/19 11/3/95 Hillcrest Cemetary w/o James Thurman Lewis Virginia Ethel ? ? ? Mt Pisgah Baptist Church Vonnie M. 70 1/26/24 5/2/94 Hillcrest Cemetary W. Henry 94 1892 1986 Hillcrest Cemetary h/o Kate L. Lewis W.M. 69 1/31/1855 6/24/24 Red Hill Southern Methodist Church h/o Sarah J. Lewis W.T. 76 10/15/1857 1/24/34 Old Garrald Cemetary Walter Alonzo 1 1/1/1881 4/1/1882 Sandy Plain United Methodist Church Walter Harrison 58 1938 1996 Hillcrest Cemetary Walter Waite 83 9/8/07 10/10/90 Waccamaw Presbyterian Church Wanda Gail ? ? 11/52 Cedar Grove d/o Grace & A.W. Lewis, Jr. William 69 1/31/1855 6/23/24 Red Hill Methodist Church s/o Hugh G. Lewis and Mary Jane ? 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__label__cc	0.651915	0.348085	Board index » Off Topic » Off Topic Bad Game Party Koa Zo Post subject: Re: Bad Game Party Location: Pennsylvania, United States A couple good-bad 2-player games on JPN PS1 Gekisou Tomarunner or its sequel and Love Love Truck BrianC Location: MD A good chunk of the Game.com library. Indy 500 even plays like one of their segmented LCD handheld attempts at a 3d racing game. garrz32 Location: Aberdeen. Scotland BrianC wrote: What's even more shocking is that the GB version actually plays much smoother. hahaha That's quality . Legend of Success Joe..Had the misfortune of spending big money on this many years ago, worst game on the Neo. PFG 9000 Thanks for all the ideas. There are a good number of games mentioned here that I'm not familiar with, but I'll look into every one. The original Street Fighter and Custer's Revenge are really good suggestions. Checkered Flag on the Jag is not a terrible game. It was maybe the 4th game I got for my Jag back in the day, and I've put dozens of hours into it, even beating it once. It's just that the controls are awful, and for a racing game, that's a deal breaker. It's an easy Jag game to poke fun at. Shadow of the Beast is an interesting one. It actually is kinda a bad game, because it was built to look nice, not to play well. I'm actually really fond of the series, probably because I started with the Lynx port, which actually is a good game. I could probably make a good challenge out of the Genesis port of the sequel, because it's ridiculously hard. Cho Aniki would be hilarious. But that would mean I would have to buy a Cho Aniki game. Aren't they supposed to be kinda-okay games as far as shmups go? The Marky Mark Make My Video game would probably be pretty awesomely bad. I'll definitely look for a copy. I am actually one of the few supporters of E.T. on the 2600. I played it back when I was a kid, before it had this mythic reputation as the worst game evar. I remember it being quite playable and fun, by 2600 standards. And the fact that it was coded by one guy in something like 6 weeks makes it a pretty great accomplishment. I would only be using it at the party because of its unfair reputation. Thanks for all the suggestions! FinalBaton Location: Québec City Great call with Action 52, BrianC. I definitely could see myself playing through that "thing" with some buddies while drinking. Just tons of WTF moments or, as The Nerd would say : "What were they THINKING????" Honestly looks like a perfect candidate for that sort of thing. with many "games" to try out and always wondering how they will fuck up : glitches on glitches, ridiculous control, bad art and design etc etc. Lots of stuff to laugh your ass off about BryanM Action 52 is pretty incredible - these were the first games these guys made and they had no time to design or write them. The kind of stuff that should never be released commercially - it's like someone's first time trying to draw a pony as a kid or something. It evokes warm fuzzy memories of everyone's first time making a game. It also helps with self esteem - "I may be unable to make DOOM entirely on my own, but my half assed game is at least better than this shit!" And people, please stop it with the 'ET isn't that bad' stuff. It sucks and not even in a funny way. My friends would beat the shit out of my if I tried to force them to play that. If you learn to play it, it's a top 10 2600 game. That's more denigrating to the 2600 library than high praise, however. If you don't learn to play it, you won't be able to play it. And would foolishly go on thinking boring ass Pitfall is superior. Pitfall. The game where you jam the joystick in one direction and tap a button periodically. With no randomized scavenger hunt and no jedi force powers and no tasty rat turds. ... I'm having flashbacks to that 3 minute long blue vertical shaft at the start of Metroid. Jesus, at least with ET every second is spent actively doing something. You can farm Geemers for health while working your way up to the other passage, the one leading to the gold shaft. Still one of the duller moments in the game, but it isn't nothing. And Pitfall is definitely boring. Berzerk and Yars' Revenge on the same system are vastly more engaging, if only because the action keeps you moving. Sumez Location: Denmarku Burn:Cycle is kinda amazing. I think it's available for Mac and PC too, but it feels right at home on the CD-i. While it is actually not terrible (for an FMV game), it is absolutely adorably campy! Pure cliche edgy 90s cyberpunk mixed with terrible 3D artwork, and weirdly awkward stills of digitized people populating various areas as you move around in a prerendered Myst/7th Guest kind of manner. Gameplay wise, it really just a point n click adventure with d-pad controlled "lightgun" segments. Speaking of CD-i, I just randomly acquired this shmup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj0GFhxTsi0 Honestly, the platform is a must-have for bad games. I know suggesting the Zelda games is like suggesting The Room or Troll II for a "bad movie night" - everyone already knows them - and you already have them on your list, too. But they are really genuinely fun and entertaining to play! The games are bad, right, but they are just playable enough to not be painfully bad. The collision detection is a disaster, but you can learn each area, and work around it, and the game just keeps littering those little classic FMVs all over the place, to keep up the constant fun. I'm pretty sure they are actually objectively the best games on the platform. Meanwhile, Hotel Mario is just an incredibly boring game that's super easy to play, but with stages that feel like they stretch out until forever. Not really worth playing it for the cutscenes. Sumez wrote: I do have Burn Cycle, but I haven't played it yet. For a fan of underdog consoles, I've put a criminally brief amount of time into my CDI. I've heard Burn Cycle is among the best games on the CDI, and that's why I picked it up. I've never even heard of Alien Gate. I'll absolutely pick that up if I see it. Looks like it's super cheap too. Ajora BryanM wrote: My favorite Action 52 game is Alfredo. I've had more fun with Action 52 than I had with numerous so-called good games. There was a time, in the era of great chaos, when the Earth and the moon were at war with each other. A daredevil from the moon piloted a bizarre aircraft. It was feared, and because of its shape, called... Einhander. spmbx Add zerowing megadrive, view intro, move on Location: Wigan, England. That Taito football game where you can kick the shit out of each other while playing. 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__label__wiki	0.571232	0.571232	First Nu Boyana Film Studios Actors Military Skills (AMS 1) A Success! General News, Job News, The Training Centre, Training News, Training Packages Last weekend (24-26th Feb 2017) we delivered our first course for Nu Boyana Film Studios with the first ten actors qualifying as “Special Actors & Extras” who are now eligable for “Special Roles” (and higher pay!) in upcoming major Hollywood action movies! The actors ranged in age from 19-40, both male and female and came from as far as the UK and Germany to attend. The three day course was focused on developing new military skills and tactics relevant for the movie industry. This included heavy emphasis on SAFE weapon handeling with live weapons and ammunition – effectivly over training the actors – with over 200 rounds fired per student on multiple weapon systems that included AK47/74, M4, Glock, Pump action shotgun, revolvers and more! Other skills taught included patrol techniques, prisoner handeling and body searches as well as many “Real World Skills” that are applicable in todays society. This included an introduction to massive medical trauma and armed and unarmed combat; both skills that could save a life or prevent a physical assault on the students. The final exercise consisted of a scenario where the Plovdiv Liveration Front (PLF – A dark, right wing criminal/political group we made up for the perposes!) took power in Plovdiv over night and after a “rude awekening”, the students had to defend the Training Centre from the threat! Everyone survived and ther PLF surrendered! Nu Boyana Film Studios also sent a camera crew to cover the first course and we look forward to sharing the video once it’s complete! Our three instructors (all BG and UK Ex-military) were delighted with the effort and ethusiasm of the students who have given (so far) 95% positive feedback on their experience! Thansk to the first students for making this first course epic and we look forward to the next course on the 7th – 9th April 2017. To book, click here! Terrorism ‘first-aid training needed’ – BBC News Anti-Terrorism, General News, Training News Terrorism ‘first-aid training needed’By Smitha Mundasad AID aims to help the public save lives before the professionals arrivePeople need to learn lifesaving skills in case they are caught up in a terror attack in the UK, a team of senior military and civilian medics has said. They say people need to know how to help each other because it could take some time before it is deemed safe for paramedics to arrive on the scene.Their app, called CitizenAID, offers step-by-step advice. The idea is supported by counter-terrorism police. Security services say a UK terror attack is highly likely.’Run, hide, tell’ Although an individual’s chance of being caught up in an incident is small, Brig Tim Hodgetts and Prof Sir Keith Porter, co-developers of CitizenAID, say it is a good idea for people to have a plan and the knowledge and skills to help each other. Their app, pocket book and website suggest how best to deal with injuries in the immediate aftermath of a mass shooting or bombing incident. The system includes instructions on how to treat severe bleeding – one of the major causes of death in these scenarios.It guides people through packing, putting pressure on and elevating a wound, and how to use a tourniquet safely, for example. The programme also explains how to prioritise those who need treatment first and what to tell the emergency services once they arrive. CitizenAID is not a government initiative but its developers say it builds on national advice from national counter-terrorism police to: Run away in the event of an incident if you canHide if you can’t runTell the emergency services. The system describes how to make a tourniquet out of a scarf to help stop bleeding Battlefield lessonsThe CitizenAID system says people should follow these steps and then go one step further. It suggests once people are safe, they should start treating casualties. Ch Insp Richard Harding, head of the National Counter Terrorism Security Office, told the BBC: “One of the challenges we have is that when a serious incident, particularly a terrorist incident occurs, the first responders from a police perspective to a terrorist incident will inevitably be trying to deal with the people causing the threat. “They won’t have time to deal with the people who are injured and that gap is vital to saving people’s lives. “So we are really interested in the concept of CitizenAID. It allows the public and people involved in very rare incidents like this to help themselves and help others and their loved ones survive the situation.” According to its founders, CitizenAID builds on lessons learnt on the battlefield.Sir Keith Porter, professor of clinical traumatology at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, told the BBC: “I have treated hundreds of soldiers whose lives have been saved by simply the applications of tourniquets when they have been shot or blown up. Teaching individual soldiers these skills has saved lives.”And I think it is essential we train the public in those skills and that is exactly what CitizenAID does.”‘ Right decisions’Brig Tim Hodgetts, medical director of the Defence Medical Services, told the BBC; “We don’t know when the next incident will be that will involve blasts or gunshots so we need a critical mass of the general public to learn these first aid skills.”They are the people who are always going to be at the scene. They are the ones who are going to make a difference.”He added: “I think we are doing the opposite of scaring the public, we are empowering the public. ”By giving them a step-by-step system we take away the anxiety because the decisions are already made and the right decisions in the right order can save lives. “The app is free to download and the pocketbook costs £1.99 to order. Sue Killen, of St John Ambulance, added “First aid can be the difference between life and death. Knowing basic first aid in a terror attack or in an everyday emergency at home or in the community, will give you more confidence to deal with a crisis. “First aid is easy to learn and our first aid techniques cover a wide range of injuries that could occur in a terrorist incident including severe bleeding, crush injuries and shock. “We encourage anyone who would like to learn first aid to go to our website to view our first aid videos, download our app or attend a first aid course.” Source: Terrorism ‘first-aid training needed’ – BBC News Black Friday 50% all selected courses and accommodation Anti-Terrorism, General News, Job News, The Training Centre, Training News, Training Packages Horizon are delighted to announce our Black Friday promotion; 50% off all courses listed in the table below. 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__label__cc	0.540533	0.459467	Issue 1240: 18-24 June Takeaway food for thought: Kevin Gopal, Big Issue North editor, explains why we encourage you to buy the magazine – and to take your copy when you’ve paid for it. Vendors add their voices too. Get your kit on: Many girls in developing countries not only lack menstrual products but are also isolated and shamed during their periods. Katie Golden visits a group of women in York who make reusable feminine hygiene kits to send out to them. Musical influence: Dave Rowbotham was influential on the Manchester post-punk music scene before his violent death. Filmmaker Colin O’Toole hopes his semi-fictional account of Rowbotham’s life will repay the musicians’s act of kindness when he was a child. By Richard Smirke. Aerial view: BBC Radio Leeds joins other local stations in celebrating its 50th anniversary this month. We look back at the stations’ highlights and ask what future they have in an era of podcasts and streaming. News, arts and entertainment, columnist Roger Ratcliffe on a soft-rock Brexit, ska star Jimmy Cliff’s letter to his younger self, crossword, Sudoku and more.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4425
__label__cc	0.653103	0.346897	CategoryParks & Gardens LocationMarina South Getting there, what to see, food The Marina Bay waterfront accommodates the Gardens by the Bay, a three-garden park space that wraps the Marina Channel and walk-able by foot via bridges linking them. A total of 101 ha of prime land has been developed for the gardens. Food & beverage outlets with the prime focus on the gardens, Bay South The Bay South gardens is the largest of the three, encompassing 54 hectares in total. A host of waterfront dining outlets including a lakeside restaurant beside the Marina Bay Sands integrated resort and a 2-storey restaurant within a conservatory displaying plants from the tropical highlands. There is also be a second conservatory that houses plants from the cooler regions around the world. The Bay South gardens comprises several attractions including a flower dome, heritage gardens and a dragonfly lake. This is also where you’ll find the iconic metal super trees, lining the main gates. Entry is free for all visitors! However, fees to enter the two conservatories are priced at $28 for adults and $15 for children. Locals enjoy reduced rates of between $8 – $20. Bay East The gardens at Bay East are a hub for water sports such as canoeing, water-skiing and dragon boating. Located along the Marina Channel, the Bay East gardens are connected to the Western end of East Coast Park. With artificial waterfalls along with a wading pool. There is also a 2 kilometre-long waterfront promenade with a great view of the Marina Bay waterfront area and skyline. Bay Central Gardens A small 10 hectare strip of land that is the Bay Central along the Marina Promenade. This garden links up with the Kallang Park Connector along the Kallang River. Transport... How to get to Gardens by the Bay MRT Train, Taxi, Bus Best price rooms at hotels in Orchard Rd Studio Suite, State Room, 1 Bed, 2 Bed Car rental... How to hire a car in Singapore Drive yourself to Gardens by the Bay Why not hire a car while you’re in Singapore and visit the Gardens by the Bay in your own time. Roads are easy to follow and great to drive on. Hire cars are modern. Tourists can drive using a valid foreign licence and an International Driving Permit (IDP), issued in your home country. If you come from one of the Asian Nations you can drive in Singapore without an international permit. How to find Gardens by the Bay Map of Gardens by the Bay Write a review about Gardens by the Bay The Istana in Singapore Lau Pa Sat in Singapore	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4433
__label__cc	0.718008	0.281992	Rooms, Hotels How to Make Improving the Guest Experience a Joyful Task Colin Nagy, Skift - Feb 11, 2019 1:00 am Meeting guest experience requirements is too often a series of boring checklists. But improving the end-to-end experience can be a joyful, creative project that involves everyone from the general manager to the most junior staff. Here’s a way to think about it. — Colin Nagy Colin Nagy, head of strategy at FFNY, a global advertising agency, writes this opinion column for Skift on hospitality, innovation, and business travel. On Experience dissects customer-centric experiences and innovation across hospitality, aviation, and beyond. You can read all of his columns here. The hospitality industry is full of standard operating procedures, checklists, and processes that can sap joy and creativity. Instead, the process of improving things end-to-end can be a highly creative endeavor and not just a list for rote memorization and blind adherence. As hoteliers seek to make an impact in 2019, a ripe opportunity is a re-thinking of guest experience. The small, micro-moments as a guest moves between planning, arrival, and checkout. Sure, there are methodologies that already exist to analyze data around each potential guest touch point, gathering feedback and making operational improvements. But there is also a much more joyful, creative approach that creates moments of delight and also echoes into the online comments and guest feedback. Not every step along the guest journey needs to be mind-blowing, but a smart g.m. knows the key moments in their experience that are poised to make a disproportionate impact. By creating simple systems of leverage, huge outcomes can happen with minimal adjustments to existing systems. Jesse Desjardins is an experience and hospitality strategist that is trying to codify and demystify what goes into creating guest experience moments, and how hotel teams can arrive at them in a systematic way. Desjardins has created a methodology called the “Guest Experience Map,” stemming from his tenure running social and content at Tourism Australia, where he noticed too much emphasis in the industry on short-term campaigns and disconnected tactics and not enough systems thinking that produced scalable and repeatable results. But this systems thinking doesn’t need to be dry and McKinsey like, it can be joyful and fun for teams. “The hospitality industry — or any service industry, for that matter — is filled with checklists and processes, says Desjardins. “This is great for keeping things running predictably, but not so great for innovating…” So how do general managers and their teams systematically innovate and create great or even game-changing moments? Desjardins suggests it is a team effort. “Insights can come from anyone who is engaging with the guests every day. When teams start designing moments with crystal clarity on who it’s for and what problem it solves for guests then that’s when you can create something remarkable.” The goal is to not only exceed what the competition offers but exceed what guests expect. And when these moments all come together in harmony, it adds up to something interesting, and ideally addictive. There are countless examples of taking ordinary moments and turning them into the extraordinary: How the Upper House in Hong Kong has perfected the car transfer on arrival after a long haul flight with a highly trained member of staff and an excellent driver (down to what is playing on the radio), to how Bawah Reserve coordinates a pickup, a seaplane, and arrival, to make a distant island destination feel close and accessible. But how can every hotelier achieve such heights? As part of the entire methodology, Desjardins suggests the following questions for hoteliers seeking to improve their offerings, along with a few best-in-class examples of the outputs. How might you help build even more excitement for your guests pre-arrival? For example, confirmed guests at Saffire Freycinet in Tasmania receive a beautifully designed Concierge Compendium PDF ahead of their stay. Inside is an overview of complementary and signature experiences that each guest can choose from, an invitation to Saffire’s airport lounge, and a map of interesting stops along the way to the lodge. For Saffire guests, the compendium elevates pre-arrival excitement before they’ve ever set foot on the property and sets the tone for the upcoming experience. How might you elevate an unremarkable (even boring) moment? For example: At the Fairmont hotel at Vancouver’s busy international airport, guests have views out their window of planes taking off and landing. The hotel elevated this seemingly unremarkable moment into a remarkable one by including binoculars in each room and providing guests with a plane spotting guide. Fairmont turned the otherwise boring act of looking out a hotel window into a peak experiential moment for guests. And maybe even created a few new aviation geeks in the process. How might you turn the most painful part of your guest experience into a highlight? For example: At the heart of historic Marrakesh is Le Foundouk, a Moroccan restaurant named by CNN as one of the world’s best rooftop restaurants. The arrival process, however, was a major problem moment. Guests dropped off by taxi would have to navigate the busy and chaotic medina to find the restaurant. An impossible task for visitors. Le Foundouk installed guides, wearing traditional Moroccan fez hats, who not only shepherd guests to the restaurant but also give tours to the arriving and departing guests, turning what was the worst part of the experience into a major highlight. How might you make departing guests part of the family? For example, a beautiful tree shades the courtyard at XVA in Dubai, and the hotel cuts small branches from this tree, allowing them to grow in small vases on each table. When those branches sprout their own roots, the hotel offers the young tree to departing guests. XVA has created a physical GEM for guests to remember the hotel and XVA, literally, has extended its own roots all over the world. Creating Business Value It’s not just about creating joy. There are business results to also be unlocked in terms of incremental revenue (hotels communicating pre-stay to offer up bookable experiences), as well as the power of advocacy in terms of driving repeat bookings and actual loyalty. And, it is an egalitarian process — it is not just the hotel leadership that can contribute. Sometimes the most valuable insights on friction points to be improved come from the most junior staff. They are incredibly well poised to make an impact and improve the experience. And this isn’t just for the top-tier hotels in the world (many of whom have most touchpoints dialed in). It means an independent hotelier or bed and breakfast host can find something to improve. Desjardins has open sourced his guest experience map methodology tools for everyone to use for free here. Tags: on experience, Rawah Reserve, tourism australia, upper house, XVA Photo Credit: The courtyard of the XVA Hotel, Dubai. XVA 2019 Innovators in Hospitality and Travel: Summer Edition IBM + Skift Mobile Solutions Evolve as a Key Driver for Personalization In The Airline Industry Colin Nagy Guest Behavior Is Key Part of the Lux Hospitality Equation What Luxury Hospitality Can Learn From These First-Time Hoteliers Keeping Up With the Escalating Standards in Luxury Hospitality .@Sonder, @mystayplease, and Bolt released a series of funding announcements, many of them for undisclosed amounts. https://t.co/WCXJ2rQNej Twitter \| 40 mins ago	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4435
__label__cc	0.614331	0.385669	SmallScienceWorks Open scientific research on a tight budget! Terms & Conditions for participating Do you want to live forever? What controls the aging process? Is there a genetic component? Or is it strictly entropy: trapped as we are in the vector of inevitable decline as we stumble towards equilibrium. Probably, like the answer to just about everything else, it is neither one nor the other, but an inextricable mix of the two. This is my stock answer at cocktail parties when asked the Inevitable Question (IQ): is it nature or is it nurture? My answer always emerges like some mealy-mouthed prevarication, symptomatic of a failure to take sides. But it’s true. Aging is an inextricable mix of genetics and environment. There is a genetic component. Many of us know families in which longevity appears to be inherited, like a hot temper, or a hitchhiker’s thumb. And nature abounds with closely related species with vastly different lifespans. Maybe what we think of as aging is in fact a complex mechanism that controls the distribution of metabolic resources, yielding a variety of life strategies in response to environmental conditions, a genetic mechanism exposed to the sieve of natural selection. A trait, in other words, that can evolve, or more importantly to us, be manipulated. Aging has experienced something of a renaissance in research these days. I’m about to dump a whole pile of aging data (pun intended) so here is a preamble, for context. Remember – PMID references are obtainable by simply plugging the number into your browser of choice. Mostly, you’ll get at least the abstract. Sometimes, a link to the article as well (depends on the paywall and the funding source). Also another reminder: you may note apparent inconsistencies in gene/protein nomenclature. I try to stick to the accepted nomenclature for different model organisms – it’s a bit confusing. Typically the gene is indicated in italics, and the protein in non-italic text. Sometimes, the protein is capitalized, sometimes not. Go figure. Radical free radicals The mitochondrial electron transport chain and its role in oxidative phosphorylation, or, how we get ATP by passing the electrons stripped from glucose to oxygen. Let’s start in the 1950’s, with the proposal that the accumulation of free radicals in cells promotes the aging process (Denham Harman – PMID: 13332224). Remember free radicals? Odd numbers of valence electrons, often resulting from interactions with oxygen. They are highly reactive, and can and do wreak havoc on cellular structures. Cellular respiration is rife with opportunities for the generation of free radicals, and like everything else, mitochondria are not immune to entropy. Consider the last step in the electron transport chain, where cytochrome oxidase (in complex IV) has to carefully reduce oxygen to water, adding one electron at a time to the second most electronegative atom in the universe. Like trying to feed a starving tiger, and if this step malfunctions, the consequences are predictable. Harman’s proposal also included a nod to the potential beneficial effects of reducing compounds (antioxidants). Not sure he got any financial benefit from the massive nutritional supplement market that has since exploded. Or what I like to call the Very Expensive Urine Section of the pharmacy (most of the supplements on offer won’t be metabolized in the form in which they are sold. Imagine my surprise when I learned this is not news. ) Crazy diets and caloric restriction Leap ahead here, from 1950’s big puffy skirts and road yachts to 1980’s – big puffy hair and shoulderpads – with a substantial study that investigated the effects of reducing caloric intake in mice. Caloric restriction in aid of lifespan extension is an example of hormesis – a term typically used in toxicology to refer to the potential beneficial effects from low doses of a toxin, but in aging, a reference to the application of some environmental stress that actually improves life and health span. Hormesis in non-scientific circles is rife with quackery – low oxygen chambers, any number of peculiar starvation diets etc. But there is a mechanistic truth underlying the morass of snake oil somewhere, and the 1982 Weindruch study (PMID: 7063854) was among the first to examine this phenomenon in a controlled environment. (OK, the first published study was quite a bit further back in time – published right in the midst of the great depression PMID: 2520283). Weindruch’s group saw a 10-20% increase in mean and maximal lifespan (when compared with controls) in mice fed a diet that promoted “undernutrition without malnutrition.” There also appeared to be inhibition of some kinds of cancer as well. In sum, caloric restriction has been solidly and repeatedly demonstrated as a non-genetic intervention that can extend lifespan, increase resistance to oxidative stress, increase insulin sensitivity and efficiency of glucose metabolism, decrease cholesterol levels, decrease oxygen consumption, lower body temperature and delay the onset of age-related diseases. (PMID: 8658196; PMID: 15619470). Needless to say, finding a molecular genetic explanation for this panacea is tantamount to finding the Holy Grail. A side note: there has been some terminological ping-ponging between caloric restriction and dietary restriction: mostly due to the observation that the age-related effects of food intake is not restricted to calories, but to amino acids as well (particularly methionine PMID: 26663138). I am sticking with caloric restriction for historical reasons – but do be aware that the term is very broadly applied. Teloscoping telomeres By Uzbas, F, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17635942 Still in the 1980’s, and Elizabeth Blackburn and her colleagues have discovered telomerase in the protozoan Tetrahymena (but very quickly found to be pretty much universal). Telomerase is an enzyme that maintains the ends of linear chromosomes (PMID: 3907856). Why is this important? Because the structure of DNA as an antiparallel double helix requires a very complex replication mechanism, where one strand can be copied seamlessly (the leading strand), but the other has to employ a messy leap-frogging kind of process (the lagging strand – the discovery of which is an entirely different and also very interesting story. Also the single most challenging lecture to teach in my intro courses. Second only to photosynthesis). The upshot is that on both sides of a linear chromosome, synthesis of the lagging strand cannot be completed, which means overhanging flapping single stranded DNA on both ends of the newly replicated DNA molecule that nucleases by default chew back (single stranded DNA in a cell is usually symptomatic of Something Bad – perhaps an invading virus, or catastrophic damage). This means that each round of replication will result in shorter and shorter chromosomes, eventually cutting into essential genes that will affect the viability of the organism. And indeed, cellular senescence correlates with shortened telomeres. Telomerase uses an RNA template to add repeats to the ends of chromosomes, thus providing a buffer of additional non-coding sequence that is also folded in interesting ways and complexed with additional proteins – rather like a shoelace protector (an aglet for the crossword enthusiasts among you). But telomerase is not always active – indeed overexpression of telomerase can immortalize cells and make them cancerous, so…good news, bad news, as usual. But shortening telomeres – another mechanistic – molecular – contribution to the aging process (PMID: 9454332; also Blackburn and colleagues were awarded a Nobel for this discovery – more details here). Insulin signaling: sensing nutrients The aptly named nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans. Thank you, Wikipedia. OK now we are in the 1990’s, and one of the most striking discoveries came out of Cynthia Kenyon’s lab (PMID: 8247153). She and a phalanx of undergraduate students discovered that a mutation in a gene in the nematode worm C. elegans, that normally plays a role in triggering a kind of larval hibernation (called a dauer state) in fact lengthened adult life and health span dramatically – the worms lived roughly twice as long as their wild type counterparts, and did not show any significant impairment in motility or reproductive ability. The gene is called daf-2 (“dauer-formation -2) and the lifespan extending effect requires another gene called daf-16, and importantly, the involvement of both genes suggested that the genetic machinery controlling the arrested growth exhibited in dauers, could also play a role later in development to modulate lifespan. Also, one aspect of dauer formation involved nutrient-sensing: are times tough? Is there low glucose? Time to hibernate: slow down metabolism, hunker down until things improve. And since we are in the 1990’s now, cloning and characterizing genes is red meat for publication. What do these genes, daf-2 and daf-16 encode? An insulin receptor, and a transcription factor. So, a cellular receptor and a nuclear regulator of gene expression: scaffolding for a signaling pathway that involves insulin. Really? Worms have insulin? Well, not quite. Insulin, like everything in evolution, is something of a moving target. The pathway is more correctly called the IIS pathway, or the insulin/insulin-like growth factor pathway – the split moniker arising from the fact that invertebrates, like worms and flies, have a single insulin-like receptor (that binds and responds to insulin-like peptides) while vertebrates like us have multiple receptors and regulatory networks that involve, among other things, the peptide hormone insulin. Insulin signaling is one of those crucial and conserved pathways that permit multicellular organisms to sense and respond to the environment (PMID: 15708981), a nutrient-sensing pathway that mediates the balance between somatic maintenance and the costs of reproduction. Most of my students think of insulin as a hormone produced by the pancreas in response to elevated levels of blood glucose that occur, say, after a meal. They know that insulin “tells” cells to take up the glucose, where it can enter the glycolytic pathway to begin respiration. If oxygen is present (hopefully) then as we all remember, glucose can be oxidized to carbon dioxide and oxygen gets reduced to water, and the energy from that process is partly used to fuel ATP synthesis. Food = energy, thanks to insulin. This is one, very well known, function of insulin/insulin-like growth factor signaling (IIS). But it is one thread woven in a complex tapestry. IIS signaling turns out to be a major conduit across multiple animal species, impacting metabolism, growth, reproduction, lifespan, and the ability to respond to environmental stress. Further supporting the role of this pathway in lifespan comes from well-established long-lived mouse models (Ames, Snell, Little Mice) that exhibit reduced IIS signaling (PMID: 14698816). These mice (as you might surmise from at least one of the names) are smaller than normal. They also have reduced growth hormone signaling, so, likely some cross talk there. Dogs show a similar pattern – PMID: 22903739. Our Best Friend is also Image from Wikipedia: citation here an accidentally useful model organism because of the (some would say) ludicrous degree of inbreeding to which Fido and his kin have been subjected. (Don’t worry, the research is usually very benign – DNA taken from simple blood tests, some prophylactics that have been extensively tested elsewhere – check out the Dog Aging Project at University of Washington in Seattle). There is even a human model supporting this argument: populations harboring mutations in growth hormone who also show reduced IIS signaling, resistance to a range of age-related diseases, and yes, longer life (PMID: 21325617 – a double edged sword – check out the full range of symptoms that describe this disorder, called Laron syndrome). So while worms (and flies) do not have insulin per se, they do have insulin-like peptides, that bind to an insulin-like receptor (DAF-2) which initiates a pathway that ultimately prevents a transcription factor (DAF-16 – also known as FOXO, which stands for “Forkhead box O” – forkhead is a kind of DNA binding domain) from entering the nucleus. So, increased IIS signaling, less FOXO transcription factor in the nucleus. What does FOXO regulate? A variety of genes, but they have in common the ability to confer a resistance to a variety of stressors, and support somatic (tissue and genome) homeostasis (PMID: 23325358). All this makes sense of the observation that laboratory animals with extended lifespan due to downregulation of this pathway (which remember, means FOXO/daf-16 can now enter the nucleus and regulate its target stress-busting genes) also often show enhanced resistance to stressors like heat (PMID: 1570898). And the same resistance to many of the same stressors can be observed in animals subjected to caloric restriction, so is IIS signaling the holy grail mechanistic explanation for the life-extending effects of caloric restriction? Alas, lifespan extension arising from reduced IIS signaling can be separated from the effects of caloric restriction on life span in a number of different model organisms (PMID: 18221413, PMID: 19956092 flies, PMID: 17081160 worms). So, no, IIS signaling cannot be the whole story. (What happens in plants? As usual, plants form an almost entirely parallel universe, where similar management systems have evolved, but independently. There is no IIS in plants per se, but they face the same challenges we do, and carry out essentially the same metabolic processes (with the notable exception of photosynthesis….until we make a photosynthetic pig). But there is glucose regulation of course…or rather, sucrose, but this is another story….) Yes Sir, no Sir….maybe Sir Around the same time the IIS pathway was being excavated in multiple model organisms, a group of researchers led by Leonard Guarante in MIT found that upregulation of a gene called SIR2 in yeast increased lifespan by ~30% (PMID: 10521401). How on earth do you measure longevity in a single-celled organism like yeast? Two ways: chronological cellular aging, or the length of time a yeast cell can survive without dividing (considered a model for how cells age post mitotically, like our adult somatic (body – not germ) cells), and replicative lifespan, or the number of times a mother cell can continue to divide (reviewed in PMID: 28064165). Replicative and chronological lifespan in yeast is increased by caloric restriction, and calorically restricted yeast cells show increased Sir2 activity (PMID: 11000115). This effect has been kind of reproduced in other models – of highest interest, in metazoans where aging cells are not mitotic (PMID: 15734680). But there are contradictory results: PMID: 21938067, PMID: 15328540, PMID: 24036492. Sir2 is a protein deacetylase that requires NAD as a coenzyme. Recall that NAD is also an electron carrier in respiration (check out the electron transport figure above), so, like insulin signaling, a tantalizing link between aging and the regulation of metabolism. Moreover, a hunt for compounds that stimulated Sir2 activity (with a view to marketing prophylactic life span extension) led to the discovery of resveratrol, a polyphenol compound found in grapes and other fruits. Resveratrol lengthened yeast replicative lifespan by a whopping 70% (PMID: 12939617), a finding that probably did wonders for the wine trade, as well as whetting entrepreneurial appetites, resulting in some truly I used to be a singer. Hence the posh pic. staggering financial investments in a potential fountain of youth. The most hysterical manifestations come from the usual suspects that manufacture anti-aging creams and cosmetics – presumably rubbing Sirtuin-enriched compounds into your skin can lead to that youthful firm plump supple look. I dare not post any images from the commercial websites describing this garbage, but all you have to do is google “sirtuins and skincare” and have a good larf. Humans have seven versions of Sir2, collectively called Sirtuins, with SIRT1 showing the highest sequence homology to yeast Sir2. Sirt1, 3 and 6 levels are elevated in CR (calorically restricted) animals (PMID: 23661364), but mammals are rather more complex than yeasts – mammals are multicellular, and the Sirtuins all show different patterns of cellular localization and tissue specificity. So does SIRT1 extend mammalian lifespan when upregulated? Well, SIRT1 knockout mice do not show CR-dependent lifespan extension (PMID: 18590691), which argues for a SIRT1 mediated role in CR. But upregulated SIRT1 in mice did not lengthen lifespan (PMID: 20975665) though it did lengthen health span – meaning age related diseases like cancer and diabetes were held at bay. Turns out that the data are equivocal in other organisms too (PMID: 21938067), revealing more or less what we already knew, that aging is a complex trait, highly sensitive to things like genetic background and experimental conditions, most notably, diet. So is Sir2 the mechanistic lynch pin explaining the long established effects of caloric restriction of lifespan? Yes, and no. Yes, Sir2, and particularly Sirtuins in mammals, play a confirmed role in stress resistance, metabolic homeostasis, DNA repair, and so on, clearly extending health span. No, Sirtuins are not the whole story. The mighty TOR Maoi -massive statues, possibly representing ancestors, built by the early inhabitants of Easter Island – the Rapa Nui. Photo by Aurbina. By the early 2000’s, it was possible to make a library of yeast mutants, each one defective in a single gene, with an otherwise uniform genetic background. In 2005, Matt Kaeberlein’s lab screened this library for effects on replicative lifespan, and discovered a set of genes that encoded products that functioned in a pathway centered on a protein kinase called TOR, for Target of Rapamycin. What’s rapamycin? A bacterial metabolite isolated from the soil of Easter Island (the inhabitants were called Rapa nui, hence the name). Rapamycin inhibits fungal growth and also arrests cells of the immune system, so functions as a potent immunosuppressive drug (PMID 1700475). And of course, as mentioned, rapamycin also inhibits the eponymous TOR kinase, a highly conserved protein which is truly the control freak’s dream kinase, at the center of multiple pathways that regulate nutrient sensing, growth control, ribosome and mitochondrial function, translation, amino acid uptake and metabolism, autophagy (an intracellular degradation system)…just about everything really. Deletions of genes encoding TOR or other members of the TOR pathway in yeast also extended chronological life span (PMID: 16418483), same for flies (PMID: 15186745) and C. elegans (PMID: 15253933), and reducing TOR expression in mice extends lifespan too (PMID: 23994476). In addition, many studies feeding many different model organisms rapamycin show similar results – extended lifespan (PMID: 16418483 yeast, PMID: 22560223 worms, PMID: 20074526 flies, PMID: 19587680, mouse – importantly lifespan was extended in this mouse study even when the rapamycin was administered to middle-aged mice! Note also, the Dog Project described above includes a Rapamycin trial). So is TOR signaling the pathway through which caloric restriction acts? If so, then calorically restricting animals that are already long lived due to down regulation of the TOR pathway should not lead to further lifespan extension. This is same rationale I’ve already alluded to in previous paragraphs, linking given pathways to each other. The term describing this interaction in linear or parallel biochemical pathways is called epistasis, from the greek: translated as “stopping” or “standing upon.” If CR and TOR signaling are affecting the same pathway, blocking both would be the same as blocking one or the other (since they would be affecting the same thing); there would be no additional lifespan extension. If, on the other hand, CR and TOR signaling were in different pathways, then the effects of inhibiting both would likely be additive – a longer lifespan would be in evidence from feeding rapamycin (which inhibits TOR, remember) to calorically restricted animals. So what happens? Drumroll, please. “Rapamycin extended life span beyond the maximum seen with DR (sic CR) and lessened the reduction in life span with full feeding, suggesting that rapamycin treatment captures some of the mechanisms by which DR extends life span but also acts through additional mechanisms.” (PMID: 20074526). Surprise, surprise. Are we there yet??? TOR and IIS and SIR cross talk modified from PMID: 20157541 By the mid to late 2000’s, IIS signaling research and TOR signaling research converged to reveal abundant interconnections between these two major pathways – dominated by a set of highly conserved protein kinases. The figure to the left shows a very simplified diagram describing the cross talk between TOR and IIS signaling in a mammalian system – I have put asterisks by the proteins that function in phosphorylation: red for the kinases (adds phosphate groups), blue for the phosphatase (removes them). Note that the TOR kinase functions in two complexes – mTORC1 (this is the nomenclature for the mouse version), which controls the bulk of metabolic responses, and mTORC2, that plays a larger role in cytoskeletal dynamics. IIS and TOR signaling both extend lifespan when down regulated, both respond to nutrients, growth cues, and both control responses to stress. And Sirtuins make an appearance in this network as well. It’s complicated. And somehow, caloric restriction triggers a particular thread in this complex series of interconnected pathways. The race is on for prophylactic mimics of CR. We want to have our cake, eat it, and yet not get fat, not get sick and die. And as usual, everything is disruptive in progress. If you have ideas or business plans or promising findings, click here for $$$$: https://www.mfoundation.org/. So the bottom line is organisms are constantly presented with physiological trade-offs between reproduction and somatic maintenance. Increased reproduction depletes resources, diverting them away from reducing oxidative damage, managing heat and chemical stress, keeping the error rate in DNA replication low. Decreased reproduction restores those resources, and metabolic plasticity in the face of these constant adjustments is itself an evolutionary strategy. Genetic manipulations of the IIS or TOR pathways, both involved in nutrient sensing, phenocopy this plasticity, and sometimes can even be uncoupled from reproduction (PMID: 18682271). Aging research is a tough row to hoe – model organisms like worms and flies and even mice are very tractable etc but they aren’t humans. And humans are terrible model organisms, they don’t consent to control matings, they don’t fit well in the vials and cages etc. And longevity studies are by definition longitudinal, or, long. So, for humans, fascinating (and appalling) diseases that cause rapid and premature aging provide windows into the many tissue-specific manifestations of pathways that control aging – as they typically result from hits in genes that control cellular proliferation, DNA repair, telomere function, stem cell biology, among others (PMID: 20651707). Likewise, massively parallel high throughput this and that technology (sorry not my forte and the papers are rather dull but yes, massively important) are also shedding light on the genomes of centenarians that are still going and going like the Energizer Bunny. Take a look at this table, which comes from PMID: 21115529, a study that scanned the genomes of centenarians for single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that segregate with long life: some of these genes should be familiar. IIS pathway components are there (IGFR, FOXO3A); APOE, the high-risk allele for Alzheimer’s is there, hTERT is the human telomerase enzyme, and MCP…well I don’t really know what that is, but apparently it is involved in lipoprotein assembly (PMID: 12518019) which perhaps ties in with APOE and Alzheimer’s. All in all, we started with a blurry but complex picture, zeroed in on a few pathways that rapidly proliferated into a gradually more refined, but yes, still very complex picture. Can the Fountain of Youth be within reach? Modified from Nicola Salvi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevi_Fountain) By heterochromatic2015 Posted in aging Tagged aging, Caloric restriction, dietary restriction, electron transport, hormesis, IIS pathway, insulin signaling, premature aging, reactive oxygen species, SIR2 protein deacetylase, Target of Rapamycin, telomerase Creative Commons License: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International SmallScienceWorks by Sandra Schulze is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4437
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__label__wiki	0.602207	0.602207	pictorial wrappers Contemporary Sculpture : Arts Yearbook 8 William Seitz, Robert Goldwater, Donald Judd, Sidney Geist, Gene Baro, Clement Greenberg, Werner Hofmann, Vivien Raynor, Annette Michelson, Martica Sawin, Dora Vallier, Anita Ventura, Mercedes Molleda, José María Moreno Galván, Bruce Glaser, Lyman Kipp, George Sugarman, David Weinrib, Richard Stankiewicz, Richard Hamilton, George Rickey, Herbert Bronstein, Anne Hoene, Jacqueline Barnitz, Margaret Buhler Annual periodical edited by William Seitz, "Contemporary Sculpture : Arts Yearbook 8," is a compendium of essays on sculpture of the early 1960s. This volume contains the first publication of Donald Judd's seminal essay "Specific Objects," as well as Judd's review of the Howard and Jean Lipman Collection. Additional texts by Seitz, Robert Goldwater, Sidney Geist, Gene Baro, Clement Greenberg, Werner Hofmann, Vivien Raynor, Annette Michelson, Martica Sawin, Dora Vallier, Anita Ventura, Mercedes Molleda, José María Moreno Galván, Bruce Glaser, Lyman Kipp, George Sugarman, David Weinrib, Richard Stankiewicz, Richard Hamilton, George Rickey, Herbert Bronstein, Anne Hoene, Jacqueline Barnitz, Margaret Buhler. Contains commentary and illustrations of works by David Smith, Alexander Calder, Jacques Lipchitz, Reuben Nakian, Louise Nevelson, Richard Hunt, James Rosati, Raoul Hague, Edward Higgins, Fritz Bultman, Isamu Noguchi, Gabriel Kohn, Naum Gabo, Peter Agostini, Louise Bourgeois, Peter Grippe, Mark di Suvero, Mike Nevelson, George Spaventa, Dimitri Hadzi, Paul von Ringelheim, Jason Seley, Frederick Kiesler, Lyman E. Kipp, Wilfrid Zogbaum, Paul Granlund, Jack Squier, Italo Scanga, Anthony Caro, Fritz Wotruba, Costantino Nivola, Miguel Berrocal, William King, Etienne Hajdu, Manuel Neri, Eduardo Chillida, Pablo Serrano, Anne Arnold, Mary Frank, Alvin Light, Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Hans Arp, Rudolf Hoflehner, Robert Jacobsen, Etienne-Martin, Alberto Giacometti, Giacomo Manzu, William Turnbull, Kenneth Armitage, Max Bill, Robert Müller, Lynn Chadwick, Shamai, Haber, Reg Butler, Hubert Dalwood, Robert Adams, Eugene Dodeigne, Elizabeth Frink, Emil Cimiotti, Yitzchak Danziger, jean Ipoustéguy, Lee Bontecou, James Wines, Ronald Bladen. Judd's "Specific Objects" is illustrated with works by Claes Oldenburg, Bontecou, Robert Rauschenberg, George Ortman, Yves Klein, Jasper Johns, Frank Stella, Phillip King, Richard Smith, John Anderson, Tony Delap, Robert Watts, H.C. Westermann, Robert Morris, Dan Flavin, Richard Artschwager, Lucas Samaras, Yayoi Kusama, John Chamberlain. New York, NY: The Art Digest, 1965	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4461
__label__wiki	0.759659	0.759659	The inspiring story behind aerial skier Jon Lillis and his special Olympic uniform MLB columnist Yahoo Sports February 18, 2018, 2:48 PM UTC PYEONGCHANG, South Korea – Mikey’s initials are still inside the collar of the suit. When Jon Lillis’ mom shipped it to him, the equipment handlers stripped away the patches, the sponsor labels, all the trimmings of an aerial jumper’s uniform. Everything except the initials. When it comes to Mikey, nothing is too trivial. Jon wears his shoes every day. He wore a pendant with his ashes to the Opening Ceremonies of the PyeongChang Games. And at the Olympic aerials competition Sunday night, he donned the suit that Mikey Lillis, his little brother, wore last year before he died in his sleep at 17, the cause still unknown. “Pretty much everything I have done the last few months,” Lillis said, “is just trying to keep him close to me.” It would be trite to say that Lillis was jumping for Mikey, because he was jumping for so much more: for his family, for Upstate New York, for his country, for himself. And yet when Lillis found out the U.S. team would be wearing the color hyper blue in the Olympics, the first thing he thought about was the Columbia suit he’d given Mikey as a hand-me-down and how cool it would be to wear it at Phoenix Snow Park as he tried to win Olympic gold. That didn’t happen. Despite qualifying with the best jump, Lillis botched his second-round effort and finished eighth. Which was fine, of course, because this was the Olympics, and he was here, and that was enough. “If you asked anyone at the end of October what they thought my year was going to be like, they might say I would have a downward spiral, and I wouldn’t be here, and I would have been too sad to go out and do this,” Lillis said. “I think that the fact I just came out here and I gave it my all is something I can go home and be really proud of.” Aerials is a fickle sport, as elite jumpers slide down a 50-foot in-run, launch off a ramp 60 feet into the air, flip three times, twist four and sometimes five times, and attempt to land cleanly on a hill below. Tiny drafts of wind wreak havoc. Crashes shred ligaments and splinter bones. At the bottom of the hill Sunday stood Chris Lillis, Jon’s other little brother, still recovering from a torn ACL. The three Lillis brothers were aerial marvels, always judging one another’s jumps, even as Jon traveled the globe on the World Cup tour. He had pared back his daring instinct in recent years, focusing more on technique, honing his jumps enough that at 23 years old, he placed first at last year’s aerials world championship. Before Chris blew out his knee, the plan was for him and Jon to participate in PyeongChang, then for Mikey to join them in Beijing four years from now. Then came Oct. 21. Mikey never woke up. Jon and Chris were training in Switzerland and rushed home. They didn’t understand. They couldn’t. “Sometimes life really sucks. A lot,” Lillis said. “But even when you’re down at the lowest you can get, there’s always things that you’re passionate about that you can use as a ladder to kind of pull yourself out of those dark moments. And that’s what’s really important. That’s what I’d say to anybody in any situation if you’re in the bottom of yourself and the worst time in your life. Just find that thing. And aerials is that for me.” Jon Lillis in his special uniform. (Getty) The level of aerials Sunday enthralled Lillis. He loves watching jumps, understanding their aerodynamic eminence. Because he qualified with the best jump the day before, he went last in the first round – and with nine competitors sticking their jumps and only nine advancing to the second round, he couldn’t play safe, so he went with his back full-double full-full: a flip and a twist followed by a flip with two twists punctuated by a flip and a twist. He nailed the jump, made the first cut and readied for an even harder jump, switching the last two elements and ending with the double twist. His speed down the hill lagged. His launch was iffy. His knees bent in the air, an absolute no-no, and his legs split. Even though he landed cleanly, judges docked him significantly. His score of 95.47 lagged more than 30 points behind his best qualifying jump. He didn’t get a third jump. Which is a shame, because Lillis was going to try a quint – five twists in one jump. He never had hit one before. So why try it? It’s the Olympics, he said. Mikey would’ve loved it here. He was a huge Buffalo Bills fan and acted like one, which is to say he’d have been the loudest and proudest at the bottom of the hill. Small pieces of him were there – in the pendants his family members wore, in the suit Lillis wore, in the hearts and minds of those for whom a day doesn’t go by without them missing him. He’ll continue to be with them as Chris’ ACL heals, as Jon perfects those quadruple-twisting jumps and adds the quint to his repertoire, as Beijing beckons and the United States looks to one family for its first aerials medal since 2010. “Team Lillis will keep going,” Lillis said, “and four years from now, it’ll be a whole different story, and we’ll be out here trying to kick some ass.” More Olympic coverage from Yahoo Sports: • Ligety’s son doesn’t care that ‘daddy sucked at work today’ • British short-track skater Christie doubtful for 1,000M after injuring ankle • Wetzel: Nagasu was once an Olympian hidden in plain view • Passan: Why Kenworthy’s celebratory kiss is kind of a big deal • Olympian has sudden, surprising reunion with estranged mom	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4464
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Now Comes the Hard Part 11/01/2018 The New York Times Why Voting Is in Fashion 11/01/2018 Vogue Celebrities Knocking on Doors Is the New Fancy Fund-Raiser 10/31/2018 The Nation Join the Critical Last Push Before the Midterms 10/31/2018 Politico Dem path to House win hinges on women's vote 10/31/2018 SELF 10 Things You Should Know About Door-to-Door Political Canvassing 10/31/2018 MIC Oprah, Will Ferrell, LeBron Jamies: These celebs are really getting out the vote for Nov. 6 10/31/2018 HUFFPOST 2018 Midterm Spending Setting A Record Thanks To Small Donors, Women and Billionaires 10/31/2018 Broadway World Help Leslie Odom Jr, Benj Pasek, and More to Swing Pennsylvania Left in Philadelphia 10/31/2018 Cartwheel Art SAVE THE DATE: Join Swing Left's Free 'The Last Weekend' Kickoff Rally - Thursday, November 1 10/31/2018 Esquire Taran Killam, Zoe Lister-Jones, Bradley Whitford and More Explain How You Can Be a Hero Before Election Day 10/31/2018 Marie Claire With One Week Until Election Day, the Boxers Share Advice and Insight 10/30/2018 Bloomberg 'Dear Mr. President': Rufus Wainright Is Back With a Political Anthem 10/30/2018 Politico Democrats bank on female voter surge to flip the House 10/30/2018 Glamour Voters Don't Come Out for Midterm Elections - but That Could Change This Year 10/30/2018 San Francisco Chronicle In a battleground Central Valley House district, it's women who are leading the troops 10/30/2018 Variety Celebrities Line Up Wave of Voting Events for Final Midterm Push 10/29/2018 The Hollywood Reporter Leslie Odom Jr. Talks Canvassing for Midterm Elections: "It's Never Been More Serious" 10/29/2018 The Washington Post 'Staying on the sidelines is no longer an option': How Silicon Valley is trying to help Democrats capture Congress in 2018 10/27/2018 NYCitywoman Crossing the Hudson to Reclaim the Nation 10/27/2018 San Francisco Chronicle It's Trump versus 'Bay Area Values' in tight Central Valley House race 10/27/2018 I Agree to See Samuel L. Jackson Will Do Anything for Colin Allred (and Swing Left) 10/26/2018 Spectrum News Natalie Portman Stumps for MJ Hegar in Ceder Park 10/25/2018 Daily News Steve Knight, Katie Hill clash over campaign cash in Simi Valley debate 10/25/2018 billboard The National, Tony Bennett, Jackson Browne, Kurt Vile & More Contribute to 'Songs for Swing Left' Compilation 10/25/2018 Rolling Stone Tony Bennett, Jackson Browne, Jim James Contribute to Get Out the Vote Album 10/24/2018 Pitchfork The National's Matt Berninger, Kurt Vile, More on New Swing Left Benefit Album 10/24/2018 Broadway World Tony Bennett, Fred Armisen, and More All-Star Musicians Team Up with Swing Left for New Album 10/24/2018 Stereogum Matt Berninger, Cass McCombs, Andrew Bird & More Contribute Tracks To Free Songs for Swing Left Compilation 10/24/2018 mxdwn Songs for Swing Left Album to Release to Help Bring Volunteers to Voting Polls, Featuring Kurt Vile, Andrew Bird and Inara George 10/24/2018 SAYS WHO Save your Brainmeat with Swing Left's Aaron Huertas 10/24/2018 PAPER Here's How to Help Trans and Non-Binary People Right Now 10/22/2018 The Inquirer Tom MacArthur vs. Andy Kim: Will 17,000 door knocks in a weekend and Piper Perabo be the difference in New Jersey's 3rd Congressional District? 10/22/2018 Marie Claire How to Impact the Midterms, Even If You Don't Live in a Swing State 10/22/2018 BlackBook Moby, Rufus Wainwright Join 'Swing Left' Rallies in NYC & LA to Get Out the Vote 10/21/2018 Dance Magazine Midterm Elections are Nov. 6. Treat Them Like a Performance: Show Up 10/19/2018 Chelsea Now In Deeply Blue New York, a Midterm Battle to Darken the Hue 10/18/2018 The New York Times Magazine Struggling to Bring the 'Blue Wave' to Deep-Red Alabama 10/17/2018 Star Tribune In campaign ad, Samuel Jackson scoops 'kitty treasure' for Democrat Angie Craig 10/17/2018 The Washington Post 'Blue wave' or 'left-wing mob'? Anti-Trump fervor fuels a new movement aimed squarely at winning elections 10/15/2018 The New York Times It's Not All About Trump 10/13/2018 USA Today 'Voting is an act of resilience'" Women's March activists try to turn up heat on GOP before midterms 10/13/2018 Chicago Tribune Women's March organizers urge supporters to go to the polls: 'Activism doesn't end here' 10/13/2018 UPROXX Samuel L. Jackson Is Scooping Kitty Litter To Help Swing The House In The Upcoming Midterms 10/12/2018 The Wall Street Journal Campaign Wire: A Gude to the 2018 Midterm Elections 10/11/2018 The Hill Samuel L. Jackson Asks Democratic Voters 'What the F--- Are You Waiting For?' 10/11/2018 Roll Call Democratic Activists Could Tip the Scale in Close Races - But Then What? 10/11/2018 Chicago Sun Times Women's March organizers, Democratic allies to drive early voting on Saturday 10/10/2018 Los Angeles Times As even long-shot Democrats harvest huge numbers of campaign contributions, Republicans brace for an onslaught 10/10/2018 Mother Jones It's Time to Put Up or Shut Up for the Democratic Establishment's Political Machine 10/10/2018 Forward Kentucky Louisvillians, help flip Southern Indianana blue for Liz Watson! 10/10/2018 The Sacramento Bee Democrats bank on 'Trump effect' in California congressional races 10/10/2018 The Hollywood Reporter How Hollywood's Political Donors Are Changing Strategies for the Trump Era 10/10/2018 News & Record Helping Hands 10/09/2018 ABC In midterm elections, parties seize on Kavanaugh fight 10/09/2018 San Francisco Chronicle Bay Area political events: Candidates forum, Danica Roem 10/09/2018 Bustle Brett Kavanaugh's Confirmation Motivated Me To Do The One Thing That Terrifies Me 10/09/2018 Hello Giggles 6 ways to get involved in politics right now if you're mad as hell 10/08/2018 The New York Times Get Angry, and Get Involved 10/07/2018 Refinery29 Outraged By Kavanaugh's Confirmation? These Marches Are Channeling Anger Into Votes 10/07/2018 Glamour Planned Parenthood Action Fund, Swing Left, and Organizing for Action Partner on Women's Health Day of Action 10/05/2018 InStyle Kathryn Hahn Explains Why Midterm Elections Matter 10/04/2018 ABC Groups to take anti-Kavanaugh message across America 10/04/2018 Chris Sacca How You Can Help Us Save Democracy 10/04/2018 Milk The Time Is Now: Get Inspired to Vote & Volunteer With Swing Left 10/03/2018 Essence It's Not Enough To Just Vote, Kerry Washington And Other Celebs Are Encouraging The Public To Volunteer 10/03/2018 The Hollywood Reporter 'Dear White People' Star Logan Browning on Speaking Out Politically, Volunteering in Swing Districts 10/03/2018 Vogue Celebrities, Activists, and Politicians Join Swing Left to Encourage You to Get Out the Vote 10/03/2018 The Washington Post Hillary Clinton joins celebs for push to get people to volunteer, not just vote 10/03/2018 City & State Bosnian ads, turning on fellow Dems, and other ways to ride the blue wave 10/02/2018 The Hill Clinton releases video encouraging people to vote, volunteer in swing districts 10/01/2018 Bustle Hillary Clinton's New Video Urging People To Vote & Volunteer Includes A Nod To The 2016 Election 10/01/2018 billboard RuPaul's DragCon NYC: The 10 Biggest Takeaways From Drag's Big Weekend 10/01/2018 Alternative Nation Watch Dave Grohl & Beck Perform In A Backyard 09/30/2018 Artforum Marilyn Minter 09/30/2018 Fast Company RuPaul's DragCon draws a diverse crowd - it's time for them to capitalize on it 09/28/2018 The Weekly Standard Four Takeaways From Dozens of New House Polls 09/28/2018 The Austin Chronicle Election Ticker: Endorse-a-Rama 09/28/2018 The Damage Report How YOU Can Ensure Progressives Take Power 09/27/2018 The California Sunday Magazine The Midterms; Inside three crucial battleground races 09/26/2018 metro The powers of art and activism combine at Forward Union Fair 09/25/2018 Spectrum News A Competitive Congressional Race in NYC is Getting Contentious Because of Campaign Cash 09/24/2018 boston Elizabeth Warren wants Massachusetts voters to volunteer in the closest competitive House districts 09/24/2018 Rolling Stone The Battle for California 09/21/2018 Tampa Bay Times Here's why one progressive group now thinks Vern Buchanan's sear is up for grabs 09/21/2018 Bloomberg Inside a Failed Silicon Valley Attempt to Reinvent Politics 09/20/2018 Axios Six Republicans added to progressive group's 2018 target list 09/20/2018 Newsday Lights Out 09/20/2018 West Side Rag Nadler's UWS Town Hall Features Boisterous Rhetoric and (GASP!) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 09/18/2018 The Beach Reporter The South Bay can help flip the House 09/16/2018 Daily Kos Obama said it best: 'Don't boo...vote!' And while you're at it, volunteer. 09/14/2018 LJWorld Paul Davis campaign teams with 'Swing Left' to gather support 09/12/2018 Axios Democrats want to expand their visibility 2018 09/10/2018 The Washington Post In Hollywood, there's a nerdy new hobby: Flipping the House 09/10/2018 Variety How Hollywood Is Gearing Up for Midterms 08/29/2018 Axios Online donations are helping vulnerable Dems 08/28/2018 The Press-Enterprise Trump Syndrome? For a growing number of Dems, the antidote is activism 08/17/2018 Broadway World Magic Monday Announces '10x10,' A Fundraiser For Swing Left 08/09/2018 InStyle Kyra Sedgwick: "We're Literally on Fire as a Country. It's Literally on Fire, the World Is on Fire" 08/09/2018 Broadway World Kyra Sedwick and Kevin Bacon Urge People to Volunteer for Midterms in SWING LEFT Video 08/09/2018 Variety Kyra Sedgwick, Kevin Bacon Urge People to Volunteer for the Midterms in New Swing Left Video 08/09/2018 Cleveland.Com All eyes on Ohio for 12th District special election: Capitol Letter 08/07/2018 Bloomberg Businessweek A Record Number of Democratic Challengers Are Outraising GOP Opponents 08/02/2018 Daily Hampshire Gazette Columnist Michael Dover: Midterms matter, starting with the House 08/01/2018 Bustle The 2018 Midterm Elections Aren't Far Away - Here Are 9 Ways To Actually Make A Difference 08/01/2018 Newsweek Hillary Clinton Donates Maximum Amount Allowed to 19 Democratic House Candidates as Midterms Approach 7/31/2018 Vanity Fair Bigfoot Erotica, the Congressional Race, and You 7/30/2018 Demwritepress A Good Problem: Many Democratic Campaigns Are Awash in Blue Wave Volunteers 7/24/2018 Politico California Playbook 7/23/2018 The Hill Press: Democrats leaning too far left? 7/23/2018 Politico Politico Influence 7/20/2018 The New York Times Disgusted With Donald Trump? Do This 7/20/2018 The New York Times Trying to Flip the House, ZIP Code by ZIP Code 7/20/2018 Roll Call Democrats Keep Raking In the Cash After Costly Primaries 7/18/2018 Bloomberg Democrats Tops in Cash Among Modterm Election House Challengers 7/18/2018 Vogue Swing Left Hosts a Summertime Fund-Raiser. The Goal? To Turn Congress Blue 7/18/2018 The Cook Political Report New FEC Data Points to Severe Risk for House GOP 7/18/2018 USA Today Rashida Jones, Jane Fonda prod liberals to join 'last weekend' voter drive for midterms 7/17/2018 Huffington Post Top Liberal Groups Plan Get-Out-The-Vote Blitz On Weekend Before Midterm Election 7/17/2018 CNN Politics Well-known progressive groups join forces for midterms organizing push 7/17/2018 McClatchy DC 'Voting isn’t enough.' Liberal groups band together to recruit volunteers 7/17/2018 People Jane Fonda Urges Americans to Vote in Midterms: 'We're in an Existential Crisis - I'm Scared' 7/17/2018 LA Times Big money pours in for Democrats in key California races 7/16/2018 Mercury News GOP incumbents losing fundraising fight with Dems in key California races 7/16/2018 Daily Hampshire Gazette Pioneer Valley liberal organizations unite to 'Take Back the House' 7/13/2018 WWD Audrey Gelman, Marilyn Minter, Mike Eckhaus Support Swing Left Fund-raiser 7/13/2018 Politico House Democrats' million-dollar fundraising club 7/12/2018 The Hill Group announces nearly $2M in donations to support Dems in swing districts 7/11/2018 Broadway World Aparna Nancherla and Sandi Marx Headline Storytelling Benefit For Swing Left 7/9/2018 Texas Democrats Texas is Swinging Left 7/9/2018 Mashable Nine organizations that can help you mobilize against Trump 7/5/2018 MSNBC Swing Left: Political organization dedicated to flipping the House 7/5/2018 Santa Clarita Valley Signal Swing Left holds picnic following march against 'no tolerance' policy 6/30/2018 DemWritePress California Democrats Unite To Win 6/25/2018 Cleveland.com Mike DeWine, big insurers suggest steps to combat opioid addiction: Capitol Letter 6/13/2018 San Francisco Chronicle How anti-Trump activists shaped Democratic wins in California 6/10/2018 ThinkProgress Inside the progressive fight to flip one of California's solidly red seats 6/5/2018 The Mercury News Fired-up Bay Area volunteers are secret weapon for Democrats working to flip Central Valley congressional seats 6/2/2018 Omaha World-Herald National progressive group plans to help Kara Eastman build competitive campaign from small donations 5/26/2018 BuzzFeed News The Bernie-Trump Campaign Finance Legacy: Rejecting Corporate PAC Money 5/23/2018 The Signal Democratic candidates to rally at Vincenzo's 5/14/2018 Greensboro News & Record A hard-fought battle on horizon in 13th Congressional District, drawing national attention and outside money 5/12/2018 Triad City Beat Manning sweeps Democratic primary for coveted 13th Congressional District 5/8/2018 SI Live Democratic congressional hopefuls to debate at Wagner College 4/19/2018 Salon With Paul Ryan leaving, will it be Randy Bryce - or Paul Nehlen? 4/11/2018 NBC News Retiring Republicans are practically handing House seats to Democrats 4/11/2018 USA Today Does House Speaker Paul Ryan's retirement signal a blue wave in the fall? 4/11/2018 Bloomberg Swinging Left on the Upper West Side to Elect a Democratic House 4/5/2018 Daily Collegian Local activists to host summit in efforts to flip House of Representatives in November’s midterms 4/4/2018 Bayou Blue Democrats Swing TX-7 Left (Podcast) 4/3/2018 Dope Magazine The Rise of Swing Left: Redirecting Anger to Fuel a Political Movement 3/13/2018 Vogue Jonathan Simkhai and Janet Mock Toast Swing Left With a Dinner at the Standard 3/9/2018 The Standard Janet Mock and Jonathan Simkhai Talk International Women's Day, the Oscars, and How to Take Action 3/8/2018 Courthouse News Service Grassroots Organizers Focus on California Districts to Flip House 2/23/2018 The Daily Orange Left-leaning organization to hold protests this week outside Rep. John Katko's office 2/20/2018 Levittown Now First Campaign Signs Of The 2018 Cycle Spring Up 2/15/2018 Triad City Beat National Dems have eye on North Carolina’s 13th Congressional seat 2/8/2018 Miami Herald GOP starts to hope Trump bounce-back can save the House 2/7/2018 Greenfield Recorder Shutesbury activist works to flip control of House in midterms 2/5/2018 USA Today Texas Democrats plan winner-take-all Dallas fundraiser for primary opponents 2/3/2018 TIME Democrats Have So Many Candidates They Could Go Broke. A New Group Might Have the Fix 2/2/2018 Politico SPOTTED last night at a cocktail party hosted by Anna Wintour 2/1/2018 New RepublicThe Activist Liberal Media Comes of Age 1/24/2018 CNN Planned Parenthood leader: Women are America's unstoppable force 1/19/2018 Daily Hampshire Gazette Take back the House in 2018 1/18/2018 TIME A Year Ago, They Marched. Now a Record Number of Women Are Running for Office 1/18/2018 USA Today Trump at One Year: Women's March returns, but the real focus now is the midterm elections 1/17/2018 The Nation In Elections, Every Small Group Can Make a Big Difference. Need proof? Look at what 31st Swing Left did in Virginia 1/12/2018 Newsday Get ready: 2018 will be even more political than last year 1/1/2018 San Francisco Chronicle ‘Pod Save America’ about to take its next step 12/9/2017 Vogue The Women to Watch at Art Basel Miami 12/5/2017 Vice Opening Ceremony Threw a Raging Dance Party to Increase Voter Turnout 12/4/2017 Vogue Swing Kids: Chloë Sevigny, Natasha Lyonne, and Aziz Ansari Dance for a Cause at Opening Ceremony’s Fund-Raiser for Swing Left 12/4/2017 WWD Opening Ceremony, Chloë Sevigny Host Political Dance-a-thon 12/3/2017 Mashable Middle-age women are leading the new American revolution 12/1/2017 Tufts Now Make Way for Young Activists 11/30/2017 The Cut Opening Ceremony Is Hosting a Dance Party to Swing the Vote 11/28/2017 The New York Times The Voices in Blue America's Head 11/22/2017 Vice Here's Where the Democrats Must Win to Retake the House in 2018 11/20/2017 The Martha's Vineyard Times Get active: Local women find a cure for the political blues 11/15/2017 Yahoo! News Women's anger transformed the 2017 elections. Get ready for 2018. 11/14/2017 CNN Today marked the first-ever Run For Office Day. Here's what that means. 11/14/2017 The New York Times How the 'Resistance' Helped Democrats Dominate Virginia 11/13/2017 San Francisco Chronicle Virginia victories show Democrats learning to spend money more wisely 11/11/2017 Chicago Tribune Don't underestimate the anti-Trump revenge vote 11/10/2017 Her Campus at Muhlenberg A New Hope: One Year After the 2016 Election 11/9/2017 NYR Daily Year One: Resistance Research 11/9/2017 Mashable These organizers just won big in Virginia. They're coming for your state next. 11/9/2017 Refinery29 Activists Pledge To Haunt Their Republican Representatives For All Eternity 10/30/2017 In These Times Why Democrats and Movements Need Each other 10/18/202017 Washington Post To take back the House, Democrats ‘arm the rebels’ with new tools and manpower 10/10/2017 Politico Blackburn jumps into Tennessee Senate race 10/6/2017 Huffington Post Meet 5 Organizations Going Online to Drive National Change 9/27/2017 The Washington Post How Trump is helping to save our democracy 9/22/2017 Forbes MobilizeAmerica Helps You Wade Through Those New Activist Groups (And Teams Up With Funny Or Die) 9/15/2017 Politico Magazine People Don’t Really Know What We Stand For 9/11/2017 Oakland Post Local Volunteers Head for Central Valley to Overturn Republican Control of Congress 9/9/2017 Axios Axios AM: The Wilderness 9/8/2017 August 2017 VICE Can you hear me now? 8/31/2017 Rolling Stone How a New Generation of Progressive Activists Is Leading the Trump Resistance 8/24/2017 Politico Magazine Inside the Left’s Plans to Occupy Trump 8/23/2017 Splinter Oh My God, the DNC Just Cannot Figure This Out 8/22/2017 Mother Jones Democrats Haven’t Won This District Since the ’60s. It Just Might Hold the Key to Taking Back Congress. 8/21/2017 Dallas Observer The Dallas Observer Q-and-A With Congressional Candidate Ed Meier 8/18/2017 POPSUGAR 10 Ways to Join the Resistance and Fight Back Against Trump Right Now 8/17/2017 Mic How Grassroots Groups Plan to Make Republicans Pay for Trump’s Defense of White Supremacists 8/17/2017 Campaigns and Elections Three Challenges Facing Anti-Trump Startups 8/16/2017 Entertainment Weekly Damien Chazelle joins Twitter to blast Trump: 'Impeach this loathsome misogynist racist' 8/16/2017 Upworthy Feeling hopeless after Charlottesville? 16 ways you can make a big difference. 8/15/2017 Slate How Socialists Can Win 8/12/2017 Buzzfeed Hillary Clinton Hires Two Former Campaign Aides For "Resistance" PAC 8/4/2017 Wired Obama Alums Pour $1.5 Million into Progressive Tech Startups 8/2/2017 Roll Call DCCC Organizers Launch New Partnership With Swing Left 7/28/2017 Quartz Startups Are Co-opting Donald Trump’s Digital Playbook to Push Progressive Politics in 2018 7/13/2017 CBS News Will Hillary Clinton get involved in the 2018 midterm elections? 7/10/2017 Mother Jones The $2 Billion Powerhouse Behind Jon Ossoff 7/1/2017 Carroll Gardens Patch Councilman Brad Lander Talks Trump, The Subways, Kensington Stables And More 6/22/2017 Daily Kos It's okay to be disappointed, but don't get discouraged 6/20/2017 MinnPost At South St. Paul rally, DNC Chair Perez touts 'resistance' efforts ahead of 2018 6/20/2017 Politico Georgia special election: 4 takeaways 6/20/2017 Wired Jon Ossoff, the Congressional Candidate Social Media Built 6/21/2017 Washington Examiner Democratic lawmaker: Pelosi is more 'toxic' than Trump in parts of the country 6/21/2017 CNN 14 progressive startups get $50K each to fight Republican agenda 6/20/2017 Rolling Stone Can Democrats Fix the Party? 6/12/2017 The New York Times Democrats in Split-Screen: The Base Wants It All. The Party Wants to Win. 6/11/2017 PBS News Hour Red state Democrats think their 2018 chances are improving 6/9/2017 Truthout Knock Every Door: Volunteer Canvassers Build Infrastructure for Progressive Takeover 6/8/2017 Fox News March for Truth': Ex-Obama White House stars, liberal heavyweights eye Trump 6/3/2017 Newsweek The DNC Wants to Join the Resistance. Will Activists Allow It? 6/3/2017 PPP Focus Trump Critics, Backers March Around Globe Over Climate and Russia 6/3/2017 NBC 7 San Diego Demonstrators 'March for Truth' in San Diego 6/3/2017 Battleboro Reformer Cooking Up a Revolution: Making soup as a political action 6/1/2017 Bustle What Is The March For Truth? Trump's Russia Woes Aren't Going Anywhere 6/1/2017 Hudson Valley One Teacher and former diplomat explores run for 19th congressional district 5/30/2017 NBC Anti-Trump Protests to Focus on Alleged Russia Links 5/30/2017 Recode How Silicon Valley is trying to topple Trump — beginning with a special election in Montana 5/25/2017 Washington Post In praise of echo chambers 5/22/2017 New Republic Will the "Liberal CPAC" Kick Off the 2020 Race? 5/16/2017 Politico TRUMP'S WASHINGTON: 'CHAOS AT ALL TIMES' -- What Washington thinks Trump needs 5/16/2017 ELLE Hillary Clinton Is Getting Back in the Game, But Some Critics Would Prefer She Sit This One Out 5/16/2017 USA Today Hillary Clinton launches political group Onward Together to counter Trump 5/15/2017 ABC Hillary Clinton announces new political action group, Onward Together 5/15/2017 CBS Clinton launches political action group "Onward Together" 5/15/2017 Huffington Post Hillary Clinton Announces New Political Group Onward Together 5/15/2017 Fortune Hillary Clinton Launches Political Action Committee Dedicated to Liberal Causes 5/15/2017 Buzzfeed There's So Much to Learn From the Montana Special Election 5/13/2017 New Republic The Path of Most Resistance 5/11/2017 TechCrunch Vice's Director of Mobile Apps Ben Jackson is creating his own startup advisory firm 5/11/2017 Huffington Post Democrats Are So Riled Up, They're Contributing To Races With Unknown Candidates 5/9/2017 PBS Across the country, activists ramp up fight against GOP health care bill 5/9/2017 The Orange County Register Will vote to repeal Obamacare work for or against Orange County Republican Congress members in 2018? 5/8/2017 In These Times Resister's Digest: Trumpcare Bill Unleashes the Fury of the Left 5/8/2017 Recode A group of Obama veterans are banding together to invest in tech that can help Democrats win 5/8/2017 Mic New progressive group raises over $1 million to challenge GOP after health care vote 5/8/2017 The Mary Sue Since Thursday, Progressives Have Raised Millions to Defeat the Republicans Who Voted for the #AHCA 5/7/2017 Death and Taxes Website helps you mail your ashes to Republicans who voted for AHCA 5/7/2017 The Hill Dem group raises $1M after GOP healthcare vote 5/6/2017 The Hill Dems aim to triple number of GOP House seats in play in 2018 5/6/2017 The Body This Stops Now: An HIV Advocates' Guide to Killing the American Health Care Act 5/6/2017 The Hill Georgia special election breaks spending record 5/6/2017 Politico Obamacare repeal vote upends 2018 House landscape 5/6/2017 MSNBC (Video) Rachel Maddow discusses huge fundraising surge on Daily Kos & Swing Left 5/5/2017 NBC (Video) GOP Health Care Bill Fight is Far From Over 5/5/2017 Time Democrats Lost the Health Care Vote. But They Think It Could Win Them the House 5/5/2017 Mother Jones Progressive Groups Are Basically Printing Money After the Health Care Vote 5/5/2017 Flavorwire Rich Taking From the Poor: Seth Meyers on the Sinister House Passage of AHCA 5/5/2017 Vox I’ve never seen anything like this: progressives see huge donation spike after AHCA vote 5/5/2017 Common Dreams After Trumpcare Vote, GOP Lawmakers to Face Angry Voters During 'Payback Recess' 5/5/2017 Washington Examiner Liberals raise $2 million off GOP healthcare bill 5/5/2017 Business Insider Democratic groups raised millions for 2018 after House Republicans passed their healthcare overhaul 5/5/2017 Axios The Trump resistance has monetized viral moments 5/5/2017 VICE $4 million and counting 5/5/2017 Politicus USA The Resistance Fights Back By Raising Half A Million Dollars In 24 Hours To Unseat Republicans 5/4/2017 The Week Hillary Clinton urges Americans to 'fight back' against the GOP's health-care bill 5/4/2017 New York Daily News Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden slam GOP over Obamacare vote 5/4/2017 CNN Team Obama reacts to Obamacare repeal vote 5/4/2017 Washington Examiner Hillary Clinton slams House GOP for 'shameful failure' of 'morality' after Obamacare repeal vote 5/4/2017 Yahoo! News Outside the Capitol, Democrats gear up for battle over health care bill 5/4/2017 Huffington Post Campaign Cash Pours In Against Republicans Who Voted To Repeal The Affordable Care Act 5/4/2017 The Hill Dem group raises $500K to challenge GOP reps for ObamaCare repeal 5/4/2017 PBS News Hour Can the left's grassroots activists curb Trump's influence? 5/3/2017 News Day In full swing 5/1/2017 Refinery29 100 Days of the #Resistance: A Report Card 4/28/ 2017 Yahoo! News How Trump reshaped the U.S. liberal movement 4/28/2017 The Nation Relax, Donald: After 100 Days, You've Already Done So Much 4/27/2017 BBC (Video) BBC Panorama - Trump's first 100 days (BBC Documentary) 4/24/2017 Daily Kos You don't need a New York Times profile to change America. Just change it. 4/22/2017 The Nation Letters From the May 8/15, 2017, Issue 4/20/2017 ThinkProgress Can the resistance turn Georgia blue? 4/17/2017 TechCrunch Crowdfunding platforms take a data-driven approach to state political campaigns 4/14/2017 Time Inside the Grassroots Movement to Groom a New Generation of Democratic Candidates 4/13/2017 The New Yorker Want to Resist Trump or Make America Great Again? These People Switched Careers 4/13/2017 Bustle Here's How To Help Flip Districts Blue, Even If Yours Is Red 4/13/2017 The Denver Channel Some empty seats as Colorado Rep. Mike Coffman's talks to constituents in Aurora town hall 4/12/2017 Scroll.in First person: Resisting Trump's agenda is both exhausting and exhilarating 4/10/2017 LifeSite News Catholic college disinvites Planned Parenthood award recipient from graduation 4/5/2017 The Hill Actress Patricia Arquette: We'll 'pay a huge price' for Trump's climate policies 4/4/2017 The American Prospect The Anti-Trump Movement: Recover, Resist, Reform 4/4/2017 MarketWatch On tax reform, Trump will need the political center 3/30/2017 CityWatch CityWatch Resistance Watch—Your Comprehensive Guide to Speaking Up … Where, When, How 3/30/2017 Yahoo! News By the numbers: How activists organized to save Obamacare 3/29/2017 Berkeleyside Activist behind '1M postcards to Trump' campaign sets sights on Paul Ryan 3/28/2017 The American Prospect Will Suburban Activism Pave the Democratic Path to the House? 3/27/2017 Cosmopolitan The 3 Most Important Things You Can Do to Preserve Roe v. Wade 3/23/2017 Alpha News Minnesota Keith Ellison Criticizes Trump as Democratic Deputy Chair 3/22/2017 Common Dreams Race for Tom Price's Vacant Seat Seen as Bellwether for Resistance 3/20/2017 The Daily Mail Voter registration drive teaches volunteers how to canvass 3/13/2017 San Francisco Chronicle Can Indivisible do for progressives what Tea Party did for GOP? 3/11/2017 Huffington Post Anger At Donald Trump Could Break The Democrats' Midterm Curse 3/11/2017 Yahoo! News Resistance Report: These blue state liberals have a long-shot plan to retake the House on their own 3/6/2017 VICE The new grassroots 3/4/2017 The Stanford Daily Indivisible Stanford galvanizes law students against Trump 3/3/2017 Newsweek How to Use Tech to Fight Back in the Trump Era 3/2/2017 The Knox Student Students, faculty resist Trump 3/1/2017 Fortune Liberal Activists, New DNC Chief Face a Trump-era Reckoning 2/26/2017 PBS How one liberal group is trying to help Democrats win back the House in 2018 2/24/2017 The San Diego Union-Tribune Rep. Duncan Hunter's field offices will stop meeting with protest groups 2/23/2017 Mill Valley Herald Anti-Trump group uses Tea Party's plan to gain support 2/23/2017 Variety Hollywood Democrats See Signs of Hope in Burst of Anti-Trump Activism 2/22/2017 Common Dreams Keith Ellison and the Stakes for the Democrats 2/22/2017 The San Diego Union-Tribune Resistance to Trump takes some cues from the tea party 2/21/2017 Huffington Post The Movement Resisting Donald Trump Has A Name: The (Local) Democratic Party 2/21/2017 In These Times If the Democratic Party Won't Take Risks, It's Up to Us 2/21/2017 In These Times The Mass Protests of the Anti-Trump Resistance Are Starting to Win. Here's How. 2/17/2017 Hudson Valley One Women's groups organizing locally to take political action 2/16/2017 Sierra Club Ready to Join the Resistance? Here are 3 Online Tools to Help You Organize 2/16/2017 Huffington Post How The Republican Party's Sense Of Security Could Lead To Its Demise 2/16/2017 Huffington Post Popular 'Resistance' Emerges As The Tea Party Of The Left 2/10/2017 Good We Tried 6 Protest Websites to See If They Actually Help 2/10/2017 CNN How online resources are fueling the Trump resistance 2/10/2017 Flavorwire Daily Engagement: Get on Swing Left's Mailing List 2/9/2017 The Hill Dems' 2016 autopsy: The party will die without state-wide gains 2/9/2017 NBC News Want to Resist Trump's Agenda? There's an App for That 2/8/2017 Bill Moyers Your Guide to the Sprawling New Anti-Trump Resistance Movement 2/7/2017 Brit + Co This Is the Second Step in the Women's March 100 Day Plan 2/4/2017 inverse.com The Revolution Will Be Open-Source 2/4/2017 Politico New players in border-adjustment tax fight 2/2/2017 MediaFile Should You Call Your Representative? 2/2/2017 The Ring of Fire Network Trump's America Inspires Thousands of Progressives to Run for Office 2/1/2017 Morning Joe (Video) Howard Dean on Morning Joe 1/31/2017 Washington Post Where's the best place to resist Trump? At work. 1/31/2017 Huffington Post More Than 1,000 Progressives Signed Up To Run For Office Over The Weekend 1/31/2017 Fast Company How Trump's Opponents Are Crowdsourcing The Resistance 1/31/2017 Los Angeles Magazine 14 Ways to Get Engaged in L.A. After the Women’s March 1/30/2017 Salon Turning resistance into power: What’s next for progressives after the Women’s March? 1/29/2017 Boston Globe Editorial: A citizens guide to survival in Trump’s America 1/29/2017 Hollywood Life Donald Trump’s War On Women: What You Can Do To Fight Back 1/27/2017 Upworthy 7 real actions you can take after the Women's March and 1 you shouldn't. 1/27/2017 Product Hunt Product Hunt: Swing Left 1/27/2017 Huffington Post The Democratic Base Is Marching Right Past Its Leaders 1/27/2017 Sightline Institute Weekend Reading 1/27/17 1/27/2017 The New Yorker Swing Left and the Post-Election Surge of Progressive Activism 1/26/2017 Slate (Podcast)The DoubleX Gabfest "I Know What A Uterus Looks Like Now" Edition 1/26/2017 San Francisco Examiner Welcome to the Resistance 1/26/2017 Cory Reeder (Video) Women's March - Los Angeles #WhyIMarch 1/26/2017 Eugene Weekly Millions of Women Marched, Now What? 1/26/2017 TechCrunch 5 Calls debuts what may be the easiest way to call your reps yet 1/25/2017 Vocativ Can A Grassroots Army Take Back The House? 1/24/2017 Salon Women's March participants' next steps: From 100 days of action to the return of "The Resurgent Left" 1/24/2017 Attn: These Sites Are Offering Democrats a Path Forward 1/24/2017 amNY Can energized voters and technology flip the House in 2018? 1/24/2017 The Guardian Millions have done something together' – why the Women's March will spark the resistance 1/23/2017 Newsday No alternative facts 1/23/2017 Nashville Scene The Women's March Is Over, So What Do We Do Now? 1/23/2017 Monterey Herald Participants feel inspired for change after women’s marches 1/23/2017 Mashable Grassroots campaign translates frustration with Trump into real change 1/23/2017 Mashable 4 new sites to help you take action after the Women's March on Washington 1/23/2017 Gothamist Ways To Take Effective Action Following The Magnificent Women's March 1/23/2017 Glamour The Women's March Is Over, But Here Are 6 Concrete Ways You Can Stay Involved 1/23/2017 CNN What's next for Women's March participants 1/23/2017 Business Insider A grassroots movement aiming to help Democrats take back the House is going viral 1/23/2017 AMNY Women's March momentum continues, participants say 1/23/2017 RDNewsNow.com/The Canadian Press Protests: America's punch-drunk left pulls itself off the canvas, stirs to life 1/22/2017	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4472
__label__cc	0.709354	0.290646	search-nav UniSA, an overview Giving to UniSA Working at UniSA UniSA International UniSA Online Campus facilities and maps arrow-small-right search-peopleRecommended for you Majors, Sub-majors & Minors Major, Minor, Sub-Major The French Studies Major develops communicative proficiency in French, providing students with advanced knowledge and skills to live and work in contexts of linguistic and cultural diversity, especially across the many areas of the Francophone world. Prerequisite(s) Only French 1A has no prerequisites. The prerequisites for proceeding to 1B, 2B and 3B are respectively 1A, 2A and 3A courses. LANG 1028 French 2B (or equivalent) is the prerequisite for European Languages In-Country. Area and cat no. French 1A LANG 1022 4.5 1 Note(s): 1 French 1B LANG 1023 4.5 1 Note(s): 1 French 2A LANG 1024 4.5 2 French 2B LANG 1025 4.5 2 Students choose from one of the following: European Languages In-Country LANG 3036 9 3 Note(s): 2,7 Advanced Languages Studies: Translation and Research LANG 3034 9 3 Students who have some knowledge of French but who are unsure of their level of proficiency should contact the French 1A co-ordinator for advice prior to enrolment. Students of European languages may include a study abroad experience. LANG 3036 European Languages In-Country is studied in France, in a tertiary institution specialising in the teaching of French as a second language. Students intending to complete a study abroad semester need to negotiate the integration of this within their program study plan, consulting with the Program Director. A major consists of 8 courses (36 units), two courses of which must be Level 1 (Introductory), two courses at Level 2 (Intermediate), two courses at Level 3 (Advanced) and one 9 unit course at Level 3 (Advanced). A sub-major consists of six courses (27 units), two courses of which must be at Level 1 (Introductory), two courses at Level 2 (Intermediate) and two courses (or one 9 unit course) at Level 3 (Advanced). A minor consists of four courses (18 units), two courses of which must be at Level 1 (Introductory) and two courses at Level 2 (Intermediate). Students intending to apply for the Master of Teaching (Secondary) with Languages as a Learning Area must complete a minimum of six courses or equivalent for a Major Learning Area, or four courses or equivalent for a Minor Learning Area. Language courses must be completed in sequence. For students studying European Languages, LANG 3036 European Languages In-Country may be studied as an alternative to Level 3 (Advanced) courses (3A and 3B) in the Major Learning Area. Intending applicants for the Master of Teaching (Secondary) must have both a Major and a Minor Learning Area to qualify for entry. Students should consult with their Program Director for a schedule of recommended courses. LANG 3036 European Languages In-Country is studied in France or Italy, in a tertiary institution specialising in the teaching of French or Italian as a second language, with airfares, accommodation and other in-country costs borne by the student. Eligible students can apply for scholarships through the coordinator of the course and through the International Office. Students intending to complete a study abroad semester need to negotiate the integration of this within their program study plan, consulting with the program director. LANG 3036 European Languages In-Country is studied as an Intermediate course. Students who have completed French at Stage 2 level of the SACE certificate or equivalent must commence their language studies in French 2A Further contact details Australian Students Links & Legal CRICOS Provider no 00121B Australian Technology Network Connect with UniSA facebook twitter linkedin youtube instagram UniSA respects the Kaurna, Boandik and Barngarla peoples' spiritual relationship with their country. envelope-email-mail Enquire anchor-arrow Top Enquiry: unisa.edu.au/enquiry Enquiry: unisa.edu.au/international/enquiry For further information please visit unisa.edu.au/study Information correct at the time of publication. CRICOS provider number 00121B.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4483
__label__cc	0.71886	0.28114	This is how I feel on Mondays... Posted by Tammy G. at 12:00 AM No comments: {Tyndale Blog Tour} Every Waking Moment, A Novel by Chris Fabry My Thoughts: Chris Fabry writes an amazing story full of emotion and life issues in Every Waking Moment! This is a one.of.a.kind story that takes the reader on an emotional journey. But the life of Treha and how she looks at the heart of people, especially the old and aging who seem to be lost in the fog of dementia. And what is in Treha's background? And how will the the new director fix (mess everything up)? And what about Miriam and her husband? There are quite a few stories going on at one time in this read. Hats off to Chris Fabry for another fantastic read that will make the reader not only think but probably laugh and cry, too. The following is a Question and Answer time with Chris about this book: Author Q & A Chris Fabry on Every Waking Moment 1. What was your inspiration for this book, Every Waking Moment? The question at the center of this story is “If this is as good as it gets, am I okay with life?” I find this is a universal question that hits at the heart of our outlook on life and our belief in God. The other question it raises is this: If you could bring someone back from dementia or Alzheimer’s and have a conversation, what would you ask? What would you say to that person? 2. Tell me about your main character Treha Langsam. Was this character based upon anyone in particular? She was loosely based on my own children and what they’ve gone through the past five years. This is probably my most personal story to date. We were exposed to toxic mold. Most people think you can only get a rash or have respiratory damage, but it can attack the brain. Treha’s symptoms are similar to what I’ve seen in them and others who have been exposed. 3. What lessons or truths will your readers find in the pages of this novel? I love the fact that God doesn’t look at the exterior; he looks at the heart. As humans, we have a tendency to judge on first impressions, but we miss so much by doing that. Those who are disabled, those who have some kind of struggle in life, those who are older—all are lumped into a category, and this is such a disservice to them and us. 4. How do you expect Treha’s story to resonate with your readers? I think everyone feels a bit like Treha. She is the little engine that could, even if she isn’t given a chance. And it only takes one person giving someone else a chance. I’m hoping readers will give someone a chance—or maybe let someone else give them a chance.5. As a writer, what did you particularly enjoy about crafting this story? I loved getting to know Treha better because she’s so mysterious to everyone around her. She’s also a bit scary. To crawl into her skin and walk around and see what she sees is a heartbreaking, life-affirming journey. I also liked the discovery that came with other characters who encounter Treha and see how she changes their lives. 6. What is your hope for this story? How would you like it to impact readers? My hope is that this force of nature, Treha, would empower readers to believe the truth about themselves and others. In Christ, you are stronger than you think you are. With God, you can do anything he calls you to do. 7. How has this novel helped you to grow as a storyteller? Trying to tell a complex story in a simple way is always difficult, and people’s lives are hugely complex. Trying to uncover the truth about Treha—why she is the way she is and where she might be able to go from here—helped me as a human being as well as a writer. 8. Your novels typically touch on a relevant and current topic in our culture. What topics do you weave into this novel? One thread running deeply through this story is the reliance we have on drugs. It’s much easier to take a pill than to make a lifestyle change. And this is affecting individuals, families, and our culture. It also means a great deal of money to institutions, so in tackling this, I know I’m not going to make friends in the pharmaceutical industry. I’m grateful for drugs—my son wouldn’t be alive today without insulin. But every positive thing can have a negative side as well. 9. What big questions will this novel get your reader thinking about? What is your backstory? What is the worth of an individual? Old, young, disabled, unsuccessful . . . several characters are faced with questions of their own worth as well as how they treat others. I’ve always heard that your faith is tested by how you treat someone who can’t do anything for you. This story will get you thinking about some of those deep issues of the heart. 10. How do you manage your time with such a full life, including a writing career, a radio career, and a large family? Everyone has the same amount of time each day. We simply make choices about what we invest in. Hence, I spend less time watching television than I used to. That’s a huge time waster. I get up earlier and go to bed earlier. And when you begin your day centered on God’s Word and ask him what your priorities should be, things generally fall into place. I haven’t arrived at that balance, but I’m struggling as well as I can. Go HERE to read the first chapter! watch on tyndale.com This book was provided for review by Tyndale Publishing Chris Fabry is an award-winning author and radio personality who hosts the daily program Chris Fabry Live! on Moody Radio. He is also heard on Love Worth Finding, Building Relationships with Dr. Gary Chapman, and other radio programs. A 1982 graduate of the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism at Marshall University and a native of West Virginia, Chris and his wife, Andrea, now live in Arizona and are the parents of nine children. Chris's novels, which include Dogwood, June Bug, Almost Heaven, and Not in the Heart, have won two Christy Awards and an ECPA Christian Book Award, but it's his lyrical prose and tales of redemption that keep readers returning for more. He has also published more than 65 other books, including nonfiction and novels for children and young adults. He coauthored the Left Behind: The Kids series with Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye, as well as the Red Rock Mysteries and the Wormling series with Jerry B. Jenkins. RPM is his latest series for kids and explores the exciting world of NASCAR. Visit his Web site at www.chrisfabry.com. Facebook~ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Chris-Fabry/148580635211003 A Christmas Gift for Rose by Tricia Goyer Book Description: Born in the midst of the hardships of The Great Depression, Rose grew up in Berlin, Ohio, in the arms of a loving Amish family. But as she prepares to marry, she's thrown into confusion when she learns the truth of her birth. She was born Englisch and abandoned when the family moved on in search of work. Was she meant to be Amish or would she have been better off growing up with her own kind---Englischers? And was her intended's gift of discovering her birth family given out of love or fear? My Thoughts: Christmas! A time of forgiveness and love! Rose has grown up in the midst of the Great Depression. Rose and Jonathon are in love and Rose is ready to marry Jonathon. Then she finds that she was born English. And Rose also feels abandoned. Rose wonders if she is really Amish or English? But Jonathon has been a medic in the war. No amish man would even join a war! And Rose turns her back on Jonathon because he isn't part of the Amish now. Some twists and turns! Rose and Jonathon learn about forgiveness, love, acceptance and God's mercy. For such a short book this story reads smoothly and with a lot depth. This is a "wonderful gut" Christmas novella! But the reader must read it and decide for herself what the Christmas gift is all about! This book was provided for review by BookSneeze/Zondervan Publisher: Zondervan (September 24, 2013) Posted by Tammy G. at 12:26 PM No comments: Unlimited ebook special for the next 6 days! The ebook for Unlimited is now only $4.99 for the next 6 days!! Go HERE to buy your ebook! Forever Friday (A Novel) by Timothy Lewis Every Friday, a postcard. Every Friday, a love poem. Every Friday for sixty years. Adam Colby is just doing his job, sorting through the unsold Alexander belongings after the estate sale. He is unprepared for what he finds in an old photo album, overlooked by the bargain hounds and treasure hunters—six decades of postcards and poems from Gabe Alexander to his wife, Pearl. The mystery of the Alexanders’ love entices Adam, a man unhinged by divorce and puzzled by the depth of commitment that he finds in the unabashedly romantic cards. Forever Friday invites you to travel back in time to the early twentieth century Texas Coastal Bend where a young couple—Gabe and Pearl Alexander—are swept up in a miraculous love. As the heartwarming, pulse-quickening story of their relationship develops through Gabe’s poems, the Alexanders reveal a new way to consider what it means to be truly devoted to each other. Could the secrets of their love affair, laid to rest twenty years ago, hold the key to one man’s future? My Thoughts: Sometimes the past can bring help/peace to the future. Timothy Lewis writes a heartwarming love story of a couple, from the past whose love letters in the form of postcards entice a divorced man, Adam Colby, to come to grips with his own commitments or lack of commitment. Adam is compelled to find the mystery of this love affair that his aunt and uncle, the Alexander's had. So, when he has some left over items from their estate sale, he finds these postcards that came every Friday. What woman wouldn't love a romantic poem on a postcard every Friday and for 66 years?!?! What kind of man writes these romantic words to a woman...and what keeps the romance alive for this couple? This is a sweet and romantic read but yet it has the feel of "today." An eye opening, fiction read that brings out the mystery of love and of commitment...that divorce isn't an option. That love is a "thing" that must be cultivated and most of all that there is always hope. This book was provided by review by Waterbrook Press Publisher: WaterBrook Press (September 3, 2013) Posted by Tammy G. at 8:01 AM No comments: WOW {Warm Oven Wednesday} Apple Enchiladas WOW! Fall is here, again! And with fall comes apples. And we love apples! Another great recipe found on Pinterest! So I'm making these . . . *Cherries or peaches can be substituted for apples. 1 (21 ounce) can apple pie filling 6 (8 inch) flour tortillas Spoon about one heaping quarter cup of pie filling evenly down the center of each tortilla. Sprinkle with cinnamon; roll up, tucking in edges; and place seam side down in prepared dish. In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine butter, white sugar, brown sugar and water. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly; reduce heat and simmer 3 minutes. Pour sauce over enchiladas and let stand 45 minutes. Bake in preheated oven 20 minutes, or until golden. Serve with vanilla ice cream. UNLIMITED By Davis Bunn AND a WOW! This book is a movie too! SEE the BOTTOM of this POST for FUN & PRIZES!! Book Description: Simon Orwell is a brilliant student whose life has taken a series of wrong turns. At the point of giving up on his dreams, he gets a call from an old professor who has discovered a breakthrough in a device that would create unlimited energy, and he needs Simon's help. But once he crosses the border, nothing goes as the young man planned. The professor has been killed and Simon is assaulted and nearly killed by members of a powerful drug cartel. Now he must take refuge in the only place that will help him, a local orphanage. There, Simon meets Harold Finch, the orphanage proprietor who walked away from a lucrative career with NASA and consulting Fortune 500 companies to serve a higher cause. With Harold's help, Simon sets out on a quest to uncover who killed the professor and why. In due time, he will discover secrets to both the worldchanging device and his own unlimited potential. My Thoughts: I'm SO excited because Davis Bunn has written another novel! Davis Bunn writes a fantastic novel in Unlimited. It includes the drug cartel and lots and lots of adventure!! We meet Simon Orwell. Poor Simon his whole life seems nothing but an endless stream of wrong choices. But just when Simon is about to give up on his dreams, his old professor calls him about a device he has discovered and he needs Simon's help. Simon has no idea what this device that creates unlimited energy is worth or that there are those who will seek for it. Of course, Simon wants to help but is this more than Simon bargained for?!? Simon is nearly killed by whom he guesses is the drug cartel. Battered and bruised Simon seeks help and Harold Finch is the only one who seems to want to help poor Simon. Harold Finch runs the local orphanage along with his beautiful sister, Sophie. Simon learns that Harold has given up quite a career to serve God. Simon can trust few people and there are more secrets than a basketful of weevils. But Simon perseveres because he is determined to find the killer and he wants to know the "why of it all." The "why of it all" is quite interesting! An excellent read! Well, honestly, this is probably the best book I've read this summer! I received a complimentary copy of Unlimited from B&H Publishing Group in exchange for my honest review. (A definite 5 star read!) Publisher: B&H Books (September 1, 2013) Unlimited is Davis’s first screenplay to be released as a major motion picture. The book, Unlimited, is a novelization of the screenplay. You can check out the movie trailer here . . . **FREE DOWNLOAD: The inspiration behind the Unlimited film and novel is Harold Finch’s book, Success: Four Keys to Unlock Your Unlimited Potential. Download a free copy of Success here: http://unlimitedthemovie.com/4-keys-book/. About Davis Bunn Davis Bunn is a four-time Christy Award-winning, best-selling author now serving as writer-in-residence at Regent's Park College, Oxford University in the United Kingdom. Defined by readers and reviewers as a “wise teacher,” “gentleman adventurer,” “consummate writer,” and “Renaissance man,” his work in business took him to over 40 countries around the world, and his books have sold more than seven million copies in sixteen languages. Unlimited is Davis’s first screenplay to be released as a major motion picture. The book, Unlimited, is a novelization of the screenplay.The inspiration behind the Unlimited film and novel is Harold Finch's book, Success: Four Keys to Unlock Your Unlimited Potential. Download a free copy of Success here: http://unlimitedthemovie.com/4-keys-book/. GO HERE TO read the first THREE chapters of UNLIMITED! FUN & PRIZES!! You could win a $50 Fandango gift card plus UNLIMITED, Davis Bunn's new suspense novel. Ten additional winners will receive a copy of UNLIMITED. Enter right now by clicking this link: http://woobox.com/mp5qew Pinterest Users: Here’s a Contest Just for You You can connect with Davis Bunn at the following links: His website: www.davisbunn.com. His Facebook page. His Twitter account. His Pinterest account. Time for the GIVEAWAY!! Click on the link below to enter: The winner will receive a $50 Fandango gift card plus UNLIMITED, Davis Bunn’s new suspense novel. Ten additional winners will receive a copy of UNLIMITED. CONTEST ENDS OCTOBER 13, 2013! Made to Last by Melissa Tagg Book Description: Miranda Woodruff has it all. At least, that's how it looks when she's starring in her homebuilding television show, From the Ground Up. So when her network begins to talk about making cuts, she'll do anything to boost ratings and save her show--even if it means pretending to be married to a man who's definitely not the fiance who ran out on her three years ago. When a handsome reporter starts shadowing Miranda's every move, all his digging into her personal life brings him a little too close to the truth--and to her. Can the girl whose entire identity is wrapped up in her on-screen persona finally find the nerve to set the record straight? And if she does, will the life she's built come crashing down just as she's found a love to last? My Thoughts: Having read quite a few mystery and suspense reads lately I decided to swing away from these "heavier" books to read this contemporary romance Made to Last by Melissa Tagg. Melissa is a new author and makes quite a debut with Made to Last. Miranda "Randi" Woodruff is a hands on type of gal. She has her own homebuilding TV show, From the Ground Up. It all seems to be going so well and Randi seems to have it all . . . until she needs (more) ratings and a husband! One small problem Randi isn't dating and so she pretends to be married. Then Matthew agrees with his editor to write a serial blog about Randi and her life. Well, in all his "digging" about Randi's closely guarded life he comes to some "secrets." As the handsome reporter,Matthew, shadows Randi's every move and begins the series on her show and life, Randi begins to see a a man who is made to last. A fun and light hearted christian romance that is one great read! This book was provided for review by Bethany House* Melissa Tagg is a former reporter turned author who loves all things funny and romancey. Her debut novel, a romantic comedy titled Made to Last, releases from Bethany House in September 2013, with a follow-up slated for summer 2014. In addition to her nonprofit day job, she is also the marketing/events coordinator for My Book Therapy, a craft and coaching community for writers founded by award-winning author Susan May Warren. During her reporting days, Melissa interviewed presidential candidates and llama farmers, rode a hot air balloon and flew a plane, and once found herself face to face with a buffalo. But today she gets her kicks by letting her characters have their own fun. She's passionate about humor, grace and happy endings. Publisher: Bethany House Publishers (September 15, 2013) End of Summer but not end of great reads! Today I want to share some of my most favorite reads with you. I absolutely LOVE the sisterchick books. Each sisterchick book by Robin Jones Gunn is a stand alone read. Each book has two or more different women that love the Lord and are on a journey...sometimes for rest, sometimes for service and sometimes for inheritance. I love each book and I just can't pick a favorite that's why all of the sisterchick books are posted. I actually re-read each book when I have no other books to read! I love the nuggets of truth that are planted throughout the story! OH!SO GOOD! As I read these books my faith is increased and I'm ready to go on a sisterchick journey myself! {not posted in any specific order} WOW {Warm Oven Wednesday} Butter Brickle Frozen Delight This delightful and yummy recipe comes from allrecipes.com I made this for Labor Day. It was a great hit! Ready In: 1 Hour 10 Minutes 1 1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs 3/4 cup quick cooking oats 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed 1 (12 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed 1 (12 ounce) jar caramel topping 2. In medium bowl, combine graham cracker crumbs, 1/3 cup melted butter and white sugar until well mixed. Press into bottom of a 9 inch springform pan. 3. Bake 6 minutes, until set. Cool completely. 5. In a large bowl, combine flour, oats, brown sugar, 1/2 cup melted butter and pecans until well mixed. Lightly pat onto a baking sheet. 6. Bake 10 to 15 minutes, until light brown. Crumble while still hot. Cool completely. 7. In large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Beat in condensed milk until well blended. Fold in whipped topping. "A graham cracker crust is topped with layers of sweetened cream cheese and a pecan oat crumble and snaked throughout with caramel sauce. Frozen and served cold."	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4488
__label__wiki	0.892349	0.892349	DWF LLP DWF LLP menu DWF LLP hub Training Contract Inside buzz Get the inside buzz from graduates at DWF LLP Employer Hubs / DWF LLP / Get the inside buzz from graduates at DWF LLP (based on 12 ratings in 2018) "There's no structured pro bono programme at the London office, though there are more general corporate social responsibility programmes." Second year trainee, London "The firm has its own charity called the DWF Foundation and regularly encourages fundraising from all staff. The firm commits to supporting the local community and works with local schools through its 5 STAR Futures programme." First year trainee, Leeds "The DWF Foundation and 5 STAR Futures initiatives are both excellent. They're really well supported and make a big difference." First year trainee, Glasgow "I'm involved in a project where we visit a high school every couple of weeks and listen to the younger children with low reading ability read out loud to us. This practice helps them to develop their reading skills as they don't get chance to read out loud any other time." First year trainee, Manchester "Our firm is very committed to pro bono work and there is always something to get involved in. Trainees in particular are encouraged to raise money for the DWF Foundation and to participate in the work we do with schools and other fundraising events." "There isn't really an internal pro bono scheme, which is a little disappointing." "I recently completed a full day out of work doing pro bono in a local nursery in Leith (Edinburgh). We helped to build and develop the garden for the local community and those at the nursery to make the most of." First year trainee, Edinburgh / Glasgow "I have not been involved in any pro bono schemes so far." First year trainee, London "We spend two days a year on pro bono, working at a variety of places. I have been at a homeless shelter and an allotment programme." "There are pro bono initiatives but these are ad hoc and could be more organised." Second year trainee, Liverpool "There's a strong corporate social responsibility presence and trainees are actively encouraged to get involved." "As far as I'm aware, there is no formal pro bono scheme in place for delivering legal advice. There are good community/corporate social responsibility schemes in place though." "DWF really encourages pro bono work in the local community, particularly with local schools. Its 5 star futures project is a good example." Second year trainee, Leeds "Anyone can get involved in 5 Star Futures, which is an award-winning community education programme created by DWF in 2012. It has won awards from Business in the Community, Liverpool Law Society and Manchester Law Society. The purpose of the scheme is to enable aspirational young people to unlock their potential by developing their confidence and employability skills to become more work ready." "The firm primarily focuses its time on community projects rather than legal pro bono work." "We work extensively with St. Josephs. I have helped host a mock mediation for the Haberdashers' School students." "I haven't worked on any and am unaware of any opportunities." First year trainee, Birmingham "There are plenty of pro bono projects to get involved in. For example, I have volunteered at National Give and Gain Day, participated in our 5 Star Futures programme with disadvantaged schools and volunteered for the Law Society Education Week through the firm. I also participate in a mentoring scheme with the University of Leeds on behalf of the firm." "Award-winning pro bono schemes in Scotland." Second year trainee, Edinburgh "I'm not aware that we do much pro bono law work, but we have a committed CSR group which do a range of charity fundraisers and hold events throughout the year." Second year trainee, Manchester "The firm is very committed to pro bono, in my opinion, and internally promotes that everyone should get involved. I have been involved in a number of things including mentoring university students, workshops with high school children and national Give and Gain Day where I volunteered in the local community with some colleagues." "There is an active corporate social responsibility committee and a commitment at each office level to support a charity of the office's choice." Second year trainee, Liveprool "In terms of pro bono, the firm has participated in Give and Gain Day, each office has a nominated charity and there is the 5 STAR Futures programme. The firm actively encourages staff to get involved in corporate social responsibility work." "The firm has a lot of projects that we are able to get involved in of varying commitment levels." "I am a volunteer for the ‘Aim Higher’ and ‘5 Star Futures’ programme and have helped out with charity events, talks to students and pupils from a local school, and have taken part in an business enterprise scheme." First year trainee, Liverpool "I have been involved with mentoring projects with local schools and colleges, packed boxes at a food bank, attended the ‘Leeds Legal Week and an International Women's Day’ event with a local school." "There are local and national pro bono projects. DWF recently took part in the National 'Give and Gain' day." First year trainee, Newcastle upon Tyne "Pro bono is a fundamental pillar of the firm. DWF has lots of community engagement which is actively promoted at all levels." "I haven't personally done any pro bono work but I know we are active in the community. Some of my colleagues recently painted a wall." "MentorMe project, diversity scheme, community projects, regular open days." Second year trainee, Birmingham "Lots! I have mostly been involved with mentoring in schools but also got involved with Christmas box packing for underprivileged people and also collect money regularly for dress down day." "Each office has its own nominated charity that they work very closely with. There is a committee that is responsible for organising events and raffles to help raise money for the charities. There is also a relatively new programme being rolled out throughout the offices, working with local schools in the community on a long-term basis. The firm does in each region to make a difference in the local communities that we work in." First year trainee, Newcastle Our 'Inside Buzz' reviews are the comments and views of recent graduate recruits, giving you a view of what it may be like to work for an organisation. Copyright of all TARGETjobs Inside Buzz material lies solely with GTI Media.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4490
__label__wiki	0.532194	0.532194	« Singapore : Singapore shares open slightly higher on Friday; STI up 0.1% to 3,331.85 Wall St. wraps up its best June in decades as G20 convenes » Stocks – S&P's June Gain Is Its Biggest Since 1955 By cited in article \| June 28, 2019 - 5:07 pm \| June 30, 2019 NASDAQ News © Reuters. Investing.com – Stocks finished a historic June with modest gains Friday as weakness in big tech stocks offset gains in big banks freed to boost dividend payouts by the Federal Reserve. But the real drama is still to come: a meeting between President Donald Trump and China President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan. The leaders were set to meet Saturday local time for an hour in hopes of setting up a process to resolve Sino-U.S. trade differences. The Trump administration has raised tariffs on goods imported from China. China has retaliated by boosting tariffs on U.S. goods, with farm products very hard hit. The finished with a 0.6% gain and a 6.9% gain for June. The rose 0.3% and the Index added 0.5%. The S&P had its best June performance since 1955, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices. The Dow’s 7.2% gain for the month was its best since 1938. The Nasdaq was up 7.4% on the month. But the finish had a familiar ring to it. The market opened with a big jump only to fall back as the day wore on. The Dow was up as many as 111 points in the session before falling back to a small decline. A last-minute surge of buying pushed the indexes to more respectable finishes. Pressuring the Dow were components Apple (NASDAQ:), Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:), which retreated during the day. So, too, did health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:), which fell in part because of an executive shakeup and worries about what might happen to the private health insurance business after most Democratic candidates spent much of the last two nights criticizing it. Sen. Bernie Sanders vowed to put them all out of business. But big banks enjoyed a big day	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4509
__label__wiki	0.560258	0.560258	How to Replace a Birth Certificate Mandi Titus, Leaf Group Each state processes its own birth certificate requests. (Photo: BananaStock/BananaStock/Getty Images ) How to Receive a Birth Certificate From State of Birth How to Get a Passport in Hernando County, Florida How to Get a Copy of a Child's Birth Certificate Indiana Hunting & Trapping Guide Before traveling internationally, American citizens must obtain U.S. passports, passport cards or similar documentation through the U.S. State Department (travel.state.gov). Most applicants must present certified copies of their birth certificates before travel document applications are processed. For applicants who need copies of their birth certificates, replacement is typically readily available. Birth Location Birth records in the U.S. are maintained by individual states, and requests for birth certificates must be made through the state of birth. In most cases, certificates can be requested through a state office, but in some cases, a records requests must be made in the city or county where the event took place. If you are unsure where your birth took place, talk to your parents or family friends who might be able to provide you with information. Request Letter Each request for a birth certificate copy must be accompanied by a letter explaining the reason you are requesting the document. In addition to an explanation of your need for the birth certificate, the letter must include the full name of the person listed on the certificate, the gender, the birth date, both parents' names, including the mother's maiden name, the birth location, including information on the city, county, state and hospital location, if possible, information on your relationship to the person on the document and a telephone number where you can be contacted. Before mailing the request letter, contact the state agency in charge of vital documents, as all birth certificate requests must be accompanied by a processing fee, and certain states require additional documentation. For example, Florida requires all applications be signed by the applicants and accompanied by copies of valid photo IDs, while Idaho requires all applications be accompanied by copies of valid, government-issued IDs with photos and signatures. A complete list of agencies and current contact information can be found on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website (cdc.gov). All names and addresses listed in a request letter must be typed or printed to ensure legibility. Avoid mailing cash with your request, sending a check or money order instead, as cash lost in the mail can not be refunded. Most states issue multiple copies of birth certificates at one time upon request, though an additional fee for each copy is generally required. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Where to Write for Vital Records -- Application Guidelines;May 2009 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Where to Write for Vital Records -- Idaho; March 2011 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Where to Write for Vital Records -- Florida; July 2009 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Where to Write for Vital Records; March 2011 Based in Florida, Mandi Titus has been writing since 2002. Her articles have been published on sites such as Goodkin, Go Green Street and Living the Healthy Way. She holds a Bachelor of Science in psychology from Stetson University. Titus, Mandi. "How to Replace a Birth Certificate." Travel Tips - USA Today, https://traveltips.usatoday.com/replace-birth-certificate-61807.html. Accessed 15 July 2019. Titus, Mandi. (n.d.). How to Replace a Birth Certificate. Travel Tips - USA Today. Retrieved from https://traveltips.usatoday.com/replace-birth-certificate-61807.html Titus, Mandi. "How to Replace a Birth Certificate" accessed July 15, 2019. https://traveltips.usatoday.com/replace-birth-certificate-61807.html Information Needed for Passport Renewal How to Get a Visa for Doha, Qatar How to Get a Passport for Brazil Where Can One Renew a Passport in Person? Enterprise Requirements for Renting a Car How to Get a Passport in Ohio How do I Obtain a Passport in State of Georgia? Can a Canceled Passport Be Used for Identification? How to Receive a US Passport How to Renew a Passport for Barbados How to Renew a Passport in Atlanta, Georgia How to Get a Passport in Texas How to Obtain a Philippines Passport Passport in Oregon How to File a Dispute on a Timeshare How to Rent a Rental Car US Travel Attractions & Tips» United States Family Vacations»	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4520
__label__cc	0.651267	0.348733	Newborn taken away from Nazi parents Heath Campbell. Why yes that is a Hitler mustache and a swastika tattoo. State Keeps Custody In Baby Hitler Case: You remember Heath and Deborah Campbell of Phillipsburg, New Jersey don’t you? They’re the lovely and ever so classy couple who named their three kids after Nazi icons. For the record, their names were Adolf Hitler Campbell, JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell, and Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell. Their three children with Nazi names were taken away by DYFS stating prior abuse but the case has been under a gag order since 2009. Let us also not forget that the Campbells are sponging off the system, in my opinion, by claiming that they can’t work due to various ailments. Apparently, those ailments didn’t stop them from breeding once again. Recently Deborah Campbell gave birth to a fourth child named Hons. However, the state of New Jersey was not having any part of this as DYFS once again stepped in and took the child from its Nazi Breeders. The Campbells are still claiming that this had to do with the names of the children and that there was no other abuse. As I’ve said before to name your kids after some of history’s greatest monsters is abuse enough. If there was any real justice in the world you and your hausfrau would both be sterilized in a manner that would have made Josef Mengele proud. Categories: Abuse, Bad Breeders•Tags: bad baby names, Deborah Campbell, DYFS, Heath Campbell, nazis, new-jersey• 40 thoughts on “Newborn taken away from Nazi parents” Eccentric_Lady says: Trench, Loved how you mixed history and current situation in there! Definitely for the win: “If there was any real justice in the world you and your hausfrau would both be sterilized in a manner that would have made Josef Mengele proud.” Since Mengele was notorious for being haphazard (despite his medical degree) and experimental – guarantees that not only would the sterilization be done but there would be plenty of detrimental side effects… Trench Reynolds says: I’m all about poetic justice and I thought that would fit. Fate's Fury says: Amusingly enough, as they’re “so disabled”, they’d’ve been put in the Camps by their idols anyway. I heart irony. DodiaFae says: Erm… correct me if I’m wrong, but I’ve always been under the impression that Hitler preferred “clean-cut”, which this guy definitely is not. He’s like, I don’t know, a Hippie Methtard gone awry (even more so than the description alone would indicate). o.O Digchild says: I hope the state renames their kids.Otherwise,the kids will be subjected to a lot of bullying in school. Personally I can’t see taking kids away just because of the names. There’s got to be more to it than that. That being said, what kind of idiot gives these crazy names to their kids? Allizer says: Cathy J Blake says: I think it’s disgusting to name your children after these monsters of history, I think it’s worse that even more children are being born and raised every day in this country by “aryan nation” nazi dipshit parents who are passing down nothing but generations of hate and dooming their kids to a life of dejection, bigotry, failure and ridicule. HOWEVER…these are their children and the state has no right to take these kids because of what their parents named them. If there was other abuse going on, then they should be taken away but not just for the names. I can name my kid John Wayne Gacy if I want to…the state has NO RIGHT to step in when it comes to naming your own children. Of course, I would never do that because I’m not a dumbass sicko with wants to ensure their child will never succeed in life. It’s sad, but they had every right to name these poor kids whatever they wanted. It’s an arguable case. Perhaps maliciously giving your children names that will doom them socially and economically is abusive in itself. Even if not, and the government is treating them unfairly, these two pieces of trash are pretty low on my sympathy list. I agree that we should have no pity for these ass-wads, and it could be argued as a psychological abuse issue but I think that there is a fine line here that could have widespread repercussions. Although, it seemed implied in the article that there may have been other abuse issues (besides them being despicable parents and horrible human beings). IMO these kids would all be better off with a new family and some major name changes. I just don’t think the government should be allowed to remove your kids because they don’t like the names they were given…where would the line be drawn? I’ve heard some Godawful names, the one that pops to mind is a girl who wanted to name her daughter “3girl” because it was her third child. I politely suggested maybe a name like Trinity or something else representing the 3 might be nice, but what I really wanted to do was smack her in the back of the head and call her a fcking idiot. http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Alleged-Abuse–Not-Nazi-NamesIs-Reason-Hitler-Cant-Go-Home-100121859.html One of the better articles that I’ve found. Thirty-seven-year-old Heath can’t read and Deborah dropped out of high school before finishing the 10th grade. “Hes thrend to have me killed or kill me himself hes alread tried it a few times. Im afread that he might hurt my children if they are keeped in his care. He teaches my son how to kill someone at the age of 3,” the letter read in part. Reminds me of most the defenders that post here. Malevolent April says: Kinda reminds me of Jessica Sacks. I now need brain bleach. Thanks. It reminds me of the case where the parents intended to name their daughter Metallica or something like that and the government refused to issue them a birth certificate because the name was “unsuitable for a child”. I forget where that was but I’ll have to look look it up and post a link. The parents fought it and, of course, won. LA1979 says: This couple brought to mind an Elbert Hubbard quote, “Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.” As a matter of fact, this quote covers these morons and Nazi ideals in one fair swoop. Amsfast says: I am all for to each their own until it comes to the kids. Being a member of a retarded neo nazi group is not illegal however teaching your children to hate is. Not only is it abuse but also neglect. You are neglecting your children by obviusly not giving a fuck about them or you wouldn’t have named them that bullshit. SIDE NOTE* I had always wanted to name one of my daughters Eva, after a character in a movie I loved as a child. Sadly though after studying more history, now when I hear that name all I can think of is Eva Braun (Hitler’s F’d up GF) and it ruined the name for me. It’s too bad because I really do think Eva is a pretty name but personally the images it brings to mind just ruin it for me. Similar to this is why I rejected the name Jennifer, it’s a pretty name but when I was a kid a girl named Jennifer stole one of my Barbie dolls and broke it. So that’s what I think of when I hear the name, it’s stupid but I guess everyone has their little name associations (and apparently the broken Barbie was more traumatic than I had thought). Just like a woman wouldn’t want to give her daughter the same name as her husband’s first wife LOL! Kaz says: I’m sure a lot of Evas and Adolfs started going by their middle names after a while… thecatsmeow says: My German grandfather did! Switched over to David from Adolph. Dayra says: In south america a common name is Usnavy. I bet you can all figure out where they got the name from, U.S Navy ships… I don’t know how they could let them name their kids that way, I guess in America it’s permitted. I live in Spain, although I’m english, and when I took my daughter to the register, to call her Arlynn, the woman said I would have to take a certificate from the consul of wherever that name came from, stating it was a female name, and the meaning. I was like WTF and she said “well I don’t know if it’s a boy or girls name, of if it if offensive in anyway to the child”. My answer was: Google it, there’s loads of people called Arlynn (saved me getting a certificate or having to change my girls name). On a side note: his stache creeps me out… Alot. That is the one thing I’ve always found “funny” about these idiots. They don’t work. They live off the state. I have no problem with that. It would be hypocritical as I’m one of the so-called long term unemployed. I’m a bleeding heart liberal and all that, but Hitler would have gassed their asses as they were “useless eaters”. Why would anyone want to name their child after the bumbling idiot that Hitler was? Anyone who took a good look at history would understand that Hitler was just probably a pretty face. He was too stupid and ignorant to run a country. The country was ran by those around him, they just kept him happy like a nice little lap dog. All he was there for was to look pertty and give the resemblance of someone who was in power. They allowed him to think he was in charge. This was why there were so many weird insain laws along with the terrible ones. They allowed Hitler to pass a few of his laws so that he would be happy and pass their agenda. Hitler was an idiot who was riddles with Parkenson’s, addicted to several drugs, and quite possibly homosexual. And these people want to name thier child after THAT? History’s most retarded fall guy? Seriously? Urg… have you actually seen any pictures of Adolf? Pretty face? I don’t think he was considered that even in his day. At best, he could have been considered non-repulsive in appearance, but not attractive. He kinda looks like a star nosed mole. http://www.squidoo.com/mole-star-nosed?utm_source=google&amputm_medium=imgres&amputm_campaign=framebuster With a really bad comb-over. Right? But still… That mole is U-G-L-Y and so was Hitler. And so is this sad sack for a father. It all seems to come together like butt cheeks, doesn’t it? ROFL… coming together like butt cheeks… stealing that one. And yes, it certainly does. Steal away. emo hair ROFLMFAO!! Yah! Emodouche hair! He came from the same era that made Charlie Chaplin a sex symbol. For the time and place Hitler was concidered very good looking. After all the things he’s been assoiated with, his features are now concidered evil looking and digusting. He had that boyish baby face look that everyone loved at the time. Jadecrowe says: dear Lord, these choads spawned again? what ever happened to good old-fashioned forced sterilization? Yah, wasn’t Hitler all for that, too? Okay so I agree the government doesnt have the right to take your kids because of a name HOWEVER there was history of doemestic violence so that is enough and one little factor we should all remember, The gave the first couple kids names like that AND lost them, they believe because of the names so if that is the truth why would you name another. What kind of parent who loves their child would be willing to loose another over a name? And if in fact your kids are disposable like that then name or not they belong with another family! Deena says: Good Point! From: Disqus To: dee02273@yahoo.com Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 9:13 AM Subject: [badbreeders] Re: Newborn taken away from Nazi parents Disqus generic email template This is America. We all, those of us who use logic, know those kids weren’t taken away because of their names. As far as most in charge care, those names are nothing more then random letters placed together. They have to see it this way. The artical states there is a gag order on the case, so obviously there is more to this situation then we know. Of course the parents are going to state that it’s because of their names. Only disent good people would admit they make mistakes and need to change their ways. But honestly are people who raise their kids teaching them nothing but hate going to be honest good people? No, I don’t think so. I have children who share names with some of history worst charaters. Not because I worship or look up to those people. But one of my children share a name with one of the worst serial killers in American history. Another one of the biggest mass murders/war lords in Greek history. Another was named after a big bad on a Xena episode. (This part is true. I had just given birth and I thought she was a boy. I honestly had no girl names. When I was coming up with a name, the episode came on and I thought gosh.. Hope is a pertty name.) If kids could be taken away because of their names I would have lost mine years ago. Giving a child a name like Theodore and Maximus alone are enough to get a child teased for life, that by themselves should be good enough to have them removed from my care. Oh jeez. My kid catches shit because no one can say our last name. I should have stuck with my maiden name… sooooo easy. Hopefully all of their kids get adopted by parents who love them enough to rename them NORMAL names. Actually Hons isn’t so bad if they’d only had the two brain cells to spell it HANS. Um, excuse me, ignorant Nazi-wanna be parents? Are you aware that if you actually lived in the Nazi regime you so idolize, you and your entire family, those poor, sweet children included, would have been fast tracked to the death camps? Disabilities were not embraced in Hitler’s Germany. You’d have been smoke up the chimney. Still proud of that stylin’ tat, Dad? Still lovin’ those trendy names, Mom? To quote a fictional character far more wise than the two of you will ever be, “Stupid is as stupid does.” Leave a Reply to Kaz Cancel reply ← James Lewerke released E.O. Green shooter takes plea →	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4521
__label__wiki	0.697335	0.697335	HomeArchivesMarketing Comm Students Pitch New Balance to Their Peers Marketing Comm Students Pitch New Balance to Their Peers What do you think of when you see a pair of New Balance sneakers? Comfort? Athletic performance? Your dad? Marketing Communications students in Don Hurwitz’s capstone class, a practicum course required of undergrads, wanted to make you think of fashion-forward urban youth. Their campaigns for New Balance so impressed executives from the Boston-based athletic apparel company that the students were invited to their new headquarters on Wednesday, June 22, to share their strategies. “I don’t think it’s that frequent that someone comes back and does an encore presentation; but at the same time, the capstones are more than an academic assignment, and this is proof of the pudding,” Hurwitz said. Hurwitz’s class was divided into four teams who spent the spring semester crafting a marketing campaign for one of two clients: Friends of Fort Point Channel and New Balance, which had retained Hurwitz’s marketing agency in the 1990s and where he still has connections. Radha Badani, New Balance director of global insights and analytics, and Marianne McLaughlin, global consumer and market insights leader, served as liaisons on the project and gave the students their brief: Market New Balance sneakers—known for quality but lacking in street cred—to urban youth and convince retail giant Foot Locker, a go-to store for the target demographic, to devote more shelf space to New Balance. “We thought, why don’t we give them a project that they can really relate to, being in the core demographic,” Badani said. “How do we speak to the Foot Locker consumer in a relevant way that doesn’t alienate our current core consumer, but allows us to win this [new] demographic? Badani and McLaughlin came to campus at the end of the semester to hear the presentations and decided their colleagues at New Balance needed to hear what these Emerson students had to say. On June 22, members of each team gave New Balance executives in Boston and New York (via conference call) their ideas for getting 16- to 24-year-old urban males to seek out New Balance shoes. Team 1, represented by Sean O’Connor, Michael Park, Chiara Mingione, and Josh Latin (all ’16), focused on a minimalist advertising aesthetic, with social media seeding (getting people to post on social media wearing/mentioning the product), collaborations, and guerilla events with celebrities and “style influencers.” The students suggested a partnership with men’s street fashion designer Gosha Rubchinskiy and an ice cream truck sneaker giveaway in New York with Queens-based hip-hop artist Action Bronson. Both men have been spotted wearing New Balance. “He’s not sponsored [by the company],” Park said of Bronson; “he just actually likes New Balance because they’re great shoes.” Team 2, represented by recent graduates Brandon Stoffers, Alex Parrish, and Logan Corbly, decided to change the definition of “performance” in “performance footwear.” “[Young urban consumers] don’t interpret performance in the conventional sense,” Parrish said. “They don’t even consider running to be a sport. They perform whenever they express themselves.” Using the hashtag #ExpressYourself, the team envisioned a campaign around creativity and individuality. They pitched graffiti art installations with Snapchat geofilters, a New Balance Spotify playlist, New Balance-sponsored “performance trucks” featuring musicians and dancers to spur social media sharing, and a social media design contest. The New Balance execs, who have devised their own strategy to reach younger consumers, and the students talked about some of the challenges of marketing today, including how to make “collabs” stand out when every influencer has multiple deals and partnerships going. They also weighed the pros and cons of a “conservative” company such as New Balance working with celebrities who may not always project a squeaky-clean image. Latin said seeding is a safer arrangement than endorsements because the connection between the celebrity and the company appears more organic and less tacit. “It’s definitely a balance, but I feel like you have to take some risks,” Park said. “If you want to get involved in this, you have to go where [the audience] is.” Badani, the analytics director, said she thought both groups did a great job, and both offered ideas that were on the right track. “Both had aspects of their project that were unique and different that I hadn’t seen before. Specifically, the idea of creating a playlist on Spotify—it’s such a simple idea that I don’t think was on the radar until this group brought it up,” she said. “Collaborations, seeding, all of that…we’ve been doing that; those tactics aren’t new. But I think they brought up interesting ways to connect with the core consumers, so maybe there’s a different group of influencers we can go after.” Stoffers, who was account executive on his team, said the hardest part of the project was keeping the aspects that make New Balance what it is, and finding a way to pitch that to a new audience. “I’m really happy Don [Hurwitz] was able to get such a great experience with [New Balance],” Stoffers said. “It was much more hands-on than I was expecting it to be, and that’s a good thing.” Emerson Alumna, Overseer Offering First Broadway Live Stream Emerson Appoints Allison Sampson Vice President, Executive Director of ELA	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4523
__label__cc	0.587383	0.412617	Tag Archive: Kyle Shanahan Filed under: NFL Quick Hits — Leave a comment This is a feature I’m going to try every week where I post some hopefully brief thoughts on the past weekend of NFL games. I don’t know if I’ll have time to do the same with College Football games, but I will post them if I have time to write them all up. Hopefully you guys enjoy this segment. 1- The Falcons Are Who We Thought They Were- I’m sure most of you guys know I’m a Falcons fan by now, and that loss to the Saints was tough. The Falcons scored on their opening drives in both halves, but otherwise were very inconsistent on offense. I’m wondering why they ran the ball so infrequently despite Steven Jackson having solid success on the ground, and I’m also wondering how they managed to hold Drew Brees and the Saints to 23 points despite a lackluster pass rush. I’m not too worried about the offensive line yet, I think they will gel and become a stronger unit, but the amount of pressure in Matt Ryan’s face and the inexplicable avoidance of the run game and quick-hitting pass game to try to counter the pressure was frustrating. Brees was on point as always and I was impressed with the Saints dramatic improvement on defense. Rob Ryan has done a great job with them up to this point, and the pressure they got on Ryan and the looks they were showing him pre-snap stuck out to me. The Falcons will be fine, but I don’t think they are a 13-3 team like they were a year ago. Maybe I’m overreacting, but I think they are in the 10-6/11-5 area. We shall see. 2- Peyton Manning Needs To Stop Playing On Rookie- The way Manning was playing on Thursday night it is evident to me he was just playing Madden on a rookie setting, and a veteran with his resume should be playing on All-Madden at least, and preferably with a number of the sliders raised manually beyond that. Manning was obviously masterful, and that was despite having no running backs with a yard per carry average over 3.8 and only gaining 65 total yards on the ground. Joe Flacco came down to Earth after his fantastic playoff performances and it’s clear to me that he is missing Anquan Boldin and Dennis Pitta right now. Torrey Smith is a stud, but he can only do so much without a significant threat to take some pressure off of him. Dallas Clark surprised me with 7 catches for 87 yards, and if he can keep that up the loss of Pitta shouldn’t be quite as significant. I am a huge Demaryius Thomas fan and had a top 20 grade on him out of Georgia Tech and he has completely lived up to my expectations for him. I definitely expected Decker to be the #2 guy and Welker to be the 3rd option, but if the first week is any indication then Welker is going to get a lot of love from Manning this year. I don’t think 2 catches for 32 yards will be a typical week for Decker by any means, but I think I definitely underrated Welker’s potential impact coming into the year. I was also blown away by how well Duke Ihenacho and Shaun Phillips played. I liked Ihenacho out of San Jose State but realized some of his athletic limitations, however he had 12 tackles (including ELEVEN solo stops), 1 tackle for loss and 3 pass deflections as well as some pretty nice hits in this game. Phillips had 2.5 sacks and 3 QB hits on the night and definitely helped make up for the absence of Von Miller for at least one night. The Broncos looked like they were in mid-season form, but I don’t think the Ravens are going to have that much trouble on offense or defense for the entire season. They have lots of new faces on their roster and they need time to gel, and Manning took full advantage. Don’t hit the panic button yet Ravens fans. 3- EJ Manuel Is Making Me Look Stupid- I was pretty clear that I was not a fan of EJ Manuel at FSU and while it is still very early in his career my analysis of him is looking quite foolish right now. I have been very impressed with how Doug Marrone and offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett have managed Manuel starting from his first pre-season snaps. They haven’t asked him to go out there and be Tom Brady, but much like Cam Newton his rookie season they will likely open up the playbook and let him attack more as he becomes more comfortable. I was happy to see Robert Woods get his first NFL catch and his first NFL touchdown, but Manuel got to see first hand that there’s almost nobody better than Tom Brady when the game is on the line. He may not have had a great day statistically, but when it counted he took the Pats down the field and got them in position to win the game. Danny Amendola predictably had a good game, I loved what Shane Vereen did and I was very sad to see that he is going to miss significant time due to a broken wrist (which he apparently suffered on the first play of the game!). I am hoping that Spiller was given limited touches because of his lost fumble, and not because he is inexplicably being mismanaged again in 2013. Regardless, Bills fans should be very encouraged by the early returns on EJ Manuel. 4- “Same Old Bungles”- That is for my good friend Ryan Koons who is now an active duty marine. He is a die hard Bengals fan and whenever they manage to lose a game like this that is what he would always say. I have to say I really thought those days were behind Cincinnati because on paper I thought they were ready to win the AFC North. However, Andy Dalton continues to make me wonder about just how far the Bengals can go with him as a quarterback even in spite of the absolutely fantastic play of AJ Green. The Bengals have tons of talent on defense, they’ve got weapons on offense, but if they are going to win close games and go deep in the playoffs they need Dalton to play better and limit his turnovers. The run game deserves some ire as well as the Bengals only averaged 3 yards per touch and totaled 63 yards on the ground. On the other side I thought Jay Cutler, overall, had a good game and Brandon Marshall was fantastic. The Bears running game was sluggish as well, and hopefully that offensive line will slowly gel and improve over the course of the season. I know that probably makes Bears fans nervous because they’ve been waiting for that offensive front to improve for years, but I’m hoping this is the year for their sake. 5- Reggie Bush Is Dangerous, Christian Ponder Is Not- The Lions put up 38 points on the Vikings defense and a lot of that is due to Reggie Bush totaling 90 yards on the ground (4.3 ypc) and 101 yards and one touchdown as a receiver (with a long of 77). That’s very impressive production, and it comes despite only hauling in four of his eight targets on the day. Matt Stafford had another high attempt, high yardage day and while it wasn’t the most efficient performance it certainly got the job done. I wouldn’t expect too many four catch, 37 yard days for Calvin Johnson, but Bush, Nate Burleson and Joique Bell took the pressure off of him this week. On the other side Christian Ponder continues to prove his doubters right as he threw 3 interceptions, got sacked three times and lost a fumble on the day. He also spoiled a fantastic game for Jerome Simpson who had 7 catches and 140 yards which I certainly didn’t expect from him. Adrian Peterson had a 78 yard touchdown run on his first carry but gained only 15 additional yards on his next 17 carries, but still managed 93 yards and two touchdowns rushing as well as 18 yards and another touchdown receiving. I will be the first to admit that I liked Ponder out of FSU (clearly I’m 0/2 on scouting Florida State quarterbacks right now) but he doesn’t have the same velocity he had prior to the injuries he sustained his senior year, he isn’t making good decisions and honestly I wouldn’t be surprised to see Matt Cassel start at some point this season for the Vikings. That’s not a good sign, and it likely means the Vikings will be looking to draft a quarterback early in the 2014 NFL Draft. I have been patient with Ponder and he occasionally shows signs of life, but unfortunately now that he’s in his 3rd year these kinds of struggles won’t be tolerated anymore. He’s got to step up his game and quick. 6- Pryor Makes Oakland Offense Almost Competent- I really feel like I am ruining any credibility I have as a quarterback scout but I liked Tyler Wilson a lot out of Arkansas and I didn’t like Terrelle Pryor out of Ohio State, but I am glad the Raiders elected to start Pryor over Matt Flynn. Pryor’s legs gave the Raiders life in this game and while I don’t think it will get them to the playoffs it should make them more competitive than they would have been with Flynn at the helm. I didn’t get to see as much of this game as I wanted to because the feed went out for it multiple times at the bar I was watching the games at (for some reason it was streaming online, not sure why), so outside of Pryor impressing me as a runner and Andrew Luck being a stud I don’t have too many thoughts on this game. Sorry guys. 7- Nolan Nawrocki Your Crow Is Ready- I know it’s early, and I know it’s only his first start, but it was fun to see Geno Smith rally the Jets to an unlikely win against Tampa Bay week one. I’m not going to say he made some unbelievable plays on that final drive to steal victory from the jaws of defeat, but if Sanchez was the QB on that final drive I don’t think the Jets would have won that game. Smith isn’t known for his scrambling, but his athleticism was obvious at the NFL combine and he gave the Jets a chance to get lucky thanks to his skill set. He wasn’t mind-blowingly efficient by any means, but it was definitely a solid first start based on what I was able to see. Unfortunately for Bucs fans Josh Freeman struggled (though the Jets do still have a good, well-coached defense) and despite 154 yards from Vincent Jackson he only managed 210 yards on 31 attempts, was sacked three times and threw one touchdown and one interception. I wasn’t a Freeman fan coming out and his first season it really looked like he might make me eat my words, but he seemed to plateau after that rookie season and hasn’t quite been the same since. 8- Kaepernick Is The Truth- I wasn’t wild about Kaepernick’s throwing motion or accuracy coming out of Nevada, but Jim Harbaugh has done a fantastic job with him and that offense is now tailor made for him. It certainly helps having weapons like Anquan Boldin and Vernon Davis (even though Davis had a drop or two that he shouldn’t have) while Michael Crabtree and Mario Manningham are injured, but his athleticism, pure arm strength and seemingly improving accuracy really stood out to me against the Packers. Green Bay had absolutely no answer for the Kaepernick-Boldin connection and while they managed to keep him bottled up as a runner he shredded them for 412 yards and three touchdowns as a passer. The Packers will have to go back to the drawing board now to try to figure out how to slow Kaepernick down if they meet again in the playoffs. I thought Aaron Rodgers was great as usual even if he did come up just short, I still love Randall Cobb, and I was happy Jermichael Finley bounced back from that drop that led to Rodgers only interception with some solid catches, good yards after the catch and that impressive touchdown. The Packers should be fine and I think they will be a playoff team, but I’m sure they and their fans are annoyed that another referee controversy led to a do-over for the 49ers that led to an Anquan Boldin touchdown. Maybe I’m alone here, but I think the NFL downgrading Bill Leavy for that mistake is ridiculous. Leavy is a veteran official and while he made a mistake this just reeks of an overreaction to me. 9- RGIII Was Rusty, The Eagles Offense Wasn’t- The Eagles defense made this interesting in the second half as RGIII and the Redskins started to knock some of the rust off, but in the first half RGIII had a lot of issues fading away from throws and not stepping into his passes. He still did some of that in the 2nd half, but he was definitely much more crisp and effective once his receivers stopped dropping passes and Kyle Shanahan adjusted to get him into a rhythm with quicker, easier throws. Michael Vick was impressive, though he’s still the same Michael Vick that will hold onto the ball too long and take unnecessary risks with his body at times. LeSean McCoy looks like an ideal fit for Chip Kelly’s offensive scheme and he should have a huge year. I was also happy to see that one of my favorites from a couple years ago Mychal Kendricks looked much better (based on what I saw live) and was pressuring RGIII pretty consistently. I’m not sure he’s great in coverage, but it was fun to see him rushing some of Griffin’s throws. Additionally, that interception Cary Williams made on that out route that Griffin threw was nothing short of fantastic. What a terrific play. 10- Oh Philip Rivers, You Poor Bastard- Rivers was absolutely fantastic in the 1st half and he started off the 2nd half in the same fashion. He had the Chargers up 28-7 and seemed poised for a statement victory in week one of the 2013 season. Unfortunately, much like he and the Bolts have in the past, they snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Rivers and the offense began to sputter, the Texans woke up on offense, and the rally was complete once Brian Cushing read Rivers’ eyes beautifully and made a diving interception that he then returned for a game-tying touchdown. The Texans would go on to move the ball down the field and position Randy Bullock for a game winning 41 yard field goal. Andre Johnson continued to show why he is one of the best in the game with a 12 reception, 146 yard performance, Owen Daniels chipped in 67 yards and two touchdowns, and Deandre Hopkins added five receptions and 66 yards. I thought Arian Foster seemed determined to make a big play all game and didn’t seem focused on doing the little things. He was palming the ball and holding it away from his body, he dropped multiple catchable balls, and almost seemed to be showing off and looking to make someone look foolish. Maybe that’s just me over-extrapolating, but he seemed off tonight. I’d be surprised if Gary Kubiak doesn’t talk to him about how he’s holding the ball after he and the other coaches watch film. Alright, so that was a LOT less brief than I expected it to be. I guess I had more to say than I anticipated, though I shouldn’t really be surprised since I am so long winded anyway. Sorry that was such a long post, hopefully you enjoyed it anyway! Tags: 2014 NFL Draft, Aaron Rodgers, Adrian Peterson, AJ Green, Andrew Luck, Andy Dalton, Anquan Boldin, Arian Foster, Atlanta Falcons, Baltimore Ravens, Bill Leavy Downgraded, Brandon Marshall, Brian Cushing, Buffalo Bills, C.J. 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__label__wiki	0.972367	0.972367	Weinstein overhauling legal team as trial looms in 60 days by Michael R. Sisak And Ali Swenson, The Associated Press FILE - In this April 26, 2019, file photo, former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein leaves State Supreme Court in New York for a lunch break. Weinstein is recasting his defense team yet again, this time a mere 60 days before he's due to stand trial in New York on sexual assault charges. One lawyer has bolted amid public backlash and another has said they just couldn't get along. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) NEW YORK — With one lawyer bolting amid public backlash and another saying he and his client just couldn’t get along, Harvey Weinstein is recasting his defence team yet again, this time a mere 60 days before he’s due to stand trial in New York on sexual assault charges. Lawyer Jose Baez is in court Thursday to get a judge’s permission to leave the case in the latest defection from what was once seen as a modern version of O.J. Simpson’s “dream team” of attorneys. Baez, known for representing high-profile clients such as Casey Anthony, told Judge James Burke in a letter last month that Weinstein has tarnished their relationship by communicating only through other lawyers and by failing to abide by a fee agreement. “Mr. Weinstein has engaged in behaviour that makes this representation unreasonably difficult to carry out effectively and has insisted upon taking actions with which I have fundamental disagreements,” Baez wrote. As Baez leaves, Weinstein is adding two new lawyers who’ve promised Burke that they won’t seek to postpone the trial from its scheduled Sept. 9 start. The swap comes after another Weinstein lawyer, Harvard law professor Ronald Sullivan, left in May amid backlash about his involvement. Sullivan’s involvement in the case drew protests from some students and faculty on the Cambridge, Massachusetts, campus. Buildings were defaced with graffiti that included the slogans “Down w Sullivan!” ”Your Silence is Violence” and “Whose Side Are You On?” And the university removed him from his position as head of a student house citing “concerns about the climate” within the house. Weinstein, 67, is charged with raping a woman in 2013 and performing a forcible sex act on a different woman in 2006. He denies the allegations. Baez and Sullivan started representing Weinstein in January, when the former movie producer overhauled his legal team for the first time. That happened after his original lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, lost a hard-fought bid to get the case thrown out. Pamela Robillard Mackey, who represented Kobe Bryant in his 2003 Colorado sexual assault case, and ex-Manhattan prosecutor Duncan Levin were also hired in January and have since left. Weinstein’s new lawyers, Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis, both of Chicago, did not return phone calls on Wednesday. They join Arthur Aidala, a New York City lawyer whose clients have included rapper 50 Cent, former Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz and the late Fox News chief, Roger Ailes. Baez and Sullivan didn’t respond to email inquiries Wednesday. Sullivan wrote about the backlash to his representation of Weinstein in a June 24 op-ed in The New York Times, noting that during the 10 years he served as a faculty dean he has represented both sexual assault defendants and accusers in criminal court and student victims in campus Title IX proceedings. Sullivan said he was “willing to believe that some students felt unsafe” about his involvement in the Weinstein case, but that “feelings alone should not drive university policy.” “Unchecked emotion has replaced thoughtful reasoning on campus,” he wrote. “Feelings are no longer subjected to evidence, analysis or empirical defence. Angry demands, rather than rigorous arguments, now appear to guide university policy.” Baez first gained fame representing Anthony, the Florida mom whose televised trial in 2011 ended in an acquittal on charges of killing her young daughter. Baez and Sullivan teamed up to successfully defend New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez against murder charges in 2017. Hernandez, in prison for a 2015 murder conviction, killed himself five days later. Weinstein’s selection of Baez and Sullivan generated some controversy. One of Weinstein’s accusers, actress Rose McGowan, blasted Baez and Sullivan for agreeing to represent Weinstein after defending her in a drug case last year. Actress Rose McGowan, one of the first of dozens of women to accuse Weinstein of sexual misconduct, called it a “major conflict of interest.” Baez and Sullivan denied that, saying McGowan’s case had nothing to do with Weinstein. She is not an accuser in his criminal case. Follow Sisak at twitter.com/mikesisak and Swenson at twitter.com/aliswenson. Michael R. Sisak And Ali Swenson, The Associated Press	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4526
__label__wiki	0.643518	0.643518	HomeNewsMan convicted of rape gets new trial Man convicted of rape gets new trial Artesia Davis A tattoo artist convicted in 2017 of the rape of a teenager has been granted a new trial by the appellate court. The Court of Appeal allowed the appeal of Jamal Daniels, who was sentenced to 24 years for the September 22, 2014 rape of a 14-year-old girl, after finding that the trial judge misdirected the jury on how to treat what Daniels reportedly told investigators. It was revealed during the trial that Daniels initially misled police about his address and when they found his home, he lied about which room he occupied. According to the prosecution’s case, Daniels lured the girl to his home on Carmichael Road through a fake Facebook profile. The victim’s Facebook friend, Quetell, suggested that they both get tattoos at a parlor on Carmichael Road. The victim, now 17, caught the bus to the parlor and as she was on her way, a man who spoke with an American accent called her phone from a private number and asked if she was still coming. The victim said when she arrived she asked Daniels for Quetell and was told that she was in another room. The young woman said that Daniels did not complete the tattoo on her stomach and held her down and raped her. Police also photographed the incomplete tattoo. Roberto Reckley represented Daniels and Roger Thompson appeared on behalf of the DPP. Senior Reporter at The Nassau Guardian Artesia primarily covers court stories, but she also writes extensively about crime. Latest posts by Artesia Davis (see all) Pregnant marine jailed for one year - July 13, 2019 Ex cop to stand trial on teen rape charge - July 13, 2019 Accused burglar charged - July 13, 2019 Pathologist describe Govt to provide $1 m 13 apprehended in hu Moultrie: Lack of in ‘Sabotage’ fears	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4539
__label__cc	0.513156	0.486844	THE PHOTOGRAPHERS BLOG Photographers blog for all photography enthusiasts Artist ProfileDigital ProgrammeVideo A question of this body: Esther Teichmann By The Photographers Gallery “ Inherent to the photographic, as to desire and love, is the paradox and impossibility of grasping a body, the quest to close this gap between oneself and the other/image, and the inevitable distance, which always remains. As much as the photograph is a question of this body, it is also a moment of violence, of wanting to possess that which is always beyond reach. Momentarily photography delivers the perhaps universal and timeless desire to become one with another, sought within the lovers’ embrace. The apparatus makes this possible, makes loving pictures and picturing love a vertiginous extended moment of absolute proximity and distance at once.” – Esther Teichmann Untitled, from the series Mythologies, 2012-13 In Search of Lightning, single screen projection, continuous loop, HD video and sound, 5 min, 2011 “ In Search of Lightning is a haunting lament to mortality, grief and loss. Seductive in its palette of sumptuous blues and greens, the film transports the viewer to the peripheral edges of perception, following a journey through sub-tropical scenes of greenhouses, swamps and caves. We watch as water trickles from the lips of statues of gods and goddesses from long ago, and inky pools of water remain static as steam rises above them.” – Esther Teichmann German–American artist Esther Teichmann received a Masters of Fine Art from the Royal College of Art in 2005. Based primarily in London, she is Senior Lecturer in Photography at the London College of Communication, University of the Arts London. Esther completed a PhD by project at the RCA in 2011 and spent 2012/2013 as guest professor and visiting artist in San Francisco at the California College of the Arts. Teichmann’s work has been exhibited and published internationally, with group shows in Houston, London, Los Angeles, Berlin, Mannheim and Modena and solo exhibitions in the UK, Australia, Germany and Switzerland. Esther curated a series of events, Affect & the Photographic, for The Photographers’ Gallery in February 2011, and recently published a limited edition artist’s book, Drinking Air. www.estherteichmann.com Sea Men: Billy Bolton and Joe Wilson go in search of England SEA MEN is a collection of short documentaries filmed on the English coast, chronicling encounters with men and boys, and their relationship to the places they inhabit. “ The project was undertaken during various trips to the coast, each time to a new location around England. Each video comprises of an encounter with a complete stranger and a selection of landscapes and details related to this meeting which once assembled form a vignette of that moment. From the outset we wanted the films to contain slow meditative takes, like those we had seen in Gideon Koppel’s Sleep Furiously, undeniably the driving force behind the whole project. As a proponent of ‘slow cinema’ he utilised a quiet and contemplative photographic method, stopping to appreciate the everyday activities, and the more unassuming among us. We took advantage of the long shots, and used them to allow reflection on the stories told which, although never very sad, seemed to permeate the struggles of day to day existence. Although the videos are never more than five minutes, we can gain an understanding of the men from the few words we share with them. By standing still for a while and allowing life to play out in front of us we would often be presented with moments of misfortune or juxtaposition. The basketball player completely missing the hoop, the plane plummeting to the earth, all reminiscent of the bizarre scenes in Andrew Kotting’s Gallivant, constructed to offset the sadness of the demise of his daughter and grandmother.” – Billy Bolton and Joe Wilson Please note: the film contains strong language some people might find offensive. Artist ProfileVideo An Interview with Trevor Paglen on the occasion of the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2016 New WritingPhotography Science and Technology What is 21st Century Photography? Iain Sinclair – Ghosts of a Ghost: William Burroughs, time surgery and the death of the image Owen Hatherley on Photography and Modern Architecture Eye Candy: An Introduction to the Story of Food in Photography Artist Profile (10) Digital Programme (5) Festivals and Fairs (1) Loose Associations (7) New Writing (30) Offsite Projects (1) One Image (3) Photographers (4) Photography Science and Technology (8) Question and Answer (12) Sound Recordings (1) The Death Detectives (2) The Digital Image (6) The Photobook (12) Words From the Archive (1) @2019 - The Photographers Blog. All Right Reserved.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4542
__label__wiki	0.900939	0.900939	Home A: Top News ‘Call Rivers APC members to order – Wike urges Buhari A: Top News ‘Call Rivers APC members to order – Wike urges Buhari Nyesom Wike, the Rivers State governor has said that the total neglect of the Niger Delta by the APC Federal Government under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari will determine how the votes will swing in February. Wike also called on President Mohammadu Buhari to reign-in on Rivers members who are threatening to disrupt elections in the state if the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, does not enlist them on the ballot. Speaking during the PDP Campaign Rally at Ahoada West Local Government Area at Akinima on Thursday , Governor Wike said President Muhammadu Buhari through deliberate manipulation refused to fund major projects across the Niger Delta. He said: “Even though the Niger Delta produces the wealth of the nation, there is no funding of projects in the area. “Look at the East-West Road, no serious attempt has been made to fund the project. All other projects in the area have been abandoned..instead, few projects are found in the north and south West “. He charged the people of Ahoada West Local Government Area to vote for Atiku Abubakar so as to address the developmental challenges of the Niger Delta region. He said, unlike the APC, the PDP is built on the fulfilment of promises and the enhancement of the welfare of the people. “When PDP makes a promise, it goes ahead to fulfil the promise. Everywhere in Nigeria, people are voting for the PDP because they keep their promises “, he said. Commenting on the plot by the APC to disrupt the general elections in Rivers State, Governor Wike said that they lack the capacity to stop polls from holding in the state. “APC cannot stop the elections from holding in Rivers State. They think they have a monopoly of violence. They are engaged in in-fighting and they should face the consequences of their disrespect for the rule of law. “I call on the President to call members of his party in Rivers State to order. They should stop threatening us that there will be no elections. If there is no election in Rivers State, then there will be no election across the country”, he said. Governor Wike said that the APC will not be allowed to create cattle grazing routes in Rivers State. Rivers State PDP Chairman, Bro Felix Obuah said that the people are happy with the governor’s achievements in the area. He presented Rivers West PDP Senatorial Candidate, Mrs Betty Apiafi, PDP Candidate for Ahoada West/ONELGA Federal Constituency, Prince Uchechukwu Nnam-Obi and PDP Candidate for Ahoada West State Constituency, Okpokiri Okpokiri to the people and asked them to vote him. wike Previous articleSenate adjourns till Feb. 19 to prepare for election Next articleLulu-Briggs couldn’t successfully operate a dance club but he wants to be governor – Wike Breaking: Supreme Court strikes out suit challenging Wike’s eligibility Obasanjo writes open letter to Buhari, says ‘Madmen with terrorism as core value have taken cutlass of security’ Stop inducing our witnesses- ADP warns PDP Community sources explain motives behind murder of CDC chairman, chief priest in Choba Community sends SOS to Wike as flood submerges 200 houses. Local Government Autonomy Is A Welcome Development – Ex-Finance Commissioner BREAKING: Akwa Ibom House of Assembly under attack	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4543
__label__cc	0.749231	0.250769	Home ECHL Allen Americans Allen Practice Update & Olympic Hockey Viewing Guide Allen Practice Update & Olympic Hockey Viewing Guide Barry Janssen ALLEN, TX – It was the type of practice you might expect after playing three games in three days, traveling 1000 miles back home from Jacksonville and taking Monday off to recuperate. A lot of drills working on strategy with some skating drills at the end (without the puck) working on conditioning. You might think 50 games into the season everyone would be in peak condition but not the case according to Steve Martinson and it isn’t just what happens on the ice. For players to be in peak condition, they need to combine hard work on the ice with an off-ice strength and fitness program along with good nutritional habits. – There are a few guys banged up and/or sick but everyone with the exception of Zach Hall should be ready to go for the games against Utah on Friday and Saturday. – Wichita was in Cincinnati last night and beat the Cyclones 3-2 to move back in a tie with Allen for third place in the Mountain Division with 56 points. The Thunder still have two games in hand over the Americans. Wichita plays Rapid City at home three times this weekend. – The men’s Olympic hockey tournament got underway today with Slovenia upsetting the USA 3-2 in overtime. Here is the game recap: https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/sports/Olympic-Men-Hockey-USA-Slovenia-474027103.html – Here is the best article I have seen about the tournament, the history, the teams, the players and the rules that will get you all prepared for Olympic hockey that culminates in the gold medal game on February 25. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2755294-olympic-mens-hockey-2018-complete-guide-to-pyeongchang-winter-games – Florida Everblades goalie Martin Ouellette was named Goalie of the Week by the ECHL yesterday. I am sure Allen would agree with this selection since Ouellette allowed the Americans just one goal in two games. In three appearances last week he was 3-0 with a GAA of 0.67 and save percentage of .975. Here is the press release with all of the details. https://www.echl.com/playeraward/ouellette-named-ccm-echl-goaltender-week-feb-13 – Here is a list of Allen’s top 10 point scorers if you look at average points per game: 1.63 – Olivier Archambault 1.19 – Zach Pochiro 1.06 – Casey Pierro-Zabotel 1.00 – Bryan Moore 1.00 – Gary Steffes 0.93 – David Makowski 0.86 – Vincent Arseneau 0.78 – Alex Guptill (Allen games only) 0.75 – Joel Chouinard 0.63 – Colby McAuley – The Allen Americans have used 31 different players so far this season which is a little on the low side compared to most ECHL teams. Colorado and Kalamazoo have used the fewest players (26). Norfolk (46) and Brampton (45) have used the most players. – Aaron Dell is making $625,000 as the San Jose Sharks backup goalie this season but will become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season and will undoubtedly sign a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract with some NHL team. When you think it was just a few years ago Dell was playing in Allen making less per day than his meal money is in the NHL. Here is a story where Dell talks about how he tries not to think about the upcoming free agency and is living in the moment. https://www.nhl.com/news/aaron-dell-living-in-moment-with-sharks/c-295902414 – The conversation about the line brawl between Kansas City and Toledo over the weekend doesn’t seem to be quieting down. Players, coaches and front offices continue to share their points of view and as you might imagine they are very different. The Sin Bin’s Joe Rozycki shared his thoughts on this incident but also shares his perspective more broadly related to fighting and violence in hockey. My view on this topic is the ECHL is moving away from fighters who can’t play, to players with skill that can fight. A good read on this topic from Joe. By the way, the league has not handed out suspensions from this incident as of this morning: https://thesinbin.net/klotz-the-fallout/ DID YOU KNOW: I recently saw an NHL stat called “highest percentage of team goals involved in” which had Connor McDavid at the top with 43.8%, followed by Jack Eichel with 42.7%. I decided to take a look at the top three scorers in the ECHL as of today and see what percent of their team’s goals they have been involved in with either the goal or an assist. Here are the percentages: 60 points: Shawn Szydlowski – Fort Wayne – 29.0% 58 points: Justin Danforth – Cincinnati – 36.7% 54 points: Casey Pierro-Zabotel – Allen – 32.1% Since Chad Costello was the most prolific scorer in the ECHL in the last 20 years I decided to look at his three seasons in Allen to see what percent of the goals he was involved in and saw numbers that rival the best in the NHL. Just another stat that shows how valuable Chad was in Allen. 46.0% – 2015-16 Aaron Dell Joe Rozycki Martin Ouelette Steve Martinson Zach Hall BREAKING: Sheen Takes Over Behind the Bench for Idaho Thibault Becomes First Re-Signing for Fuel Steelheads Bench Boss Gets Call-Up to AHL Stingrays Summer Primer Orlando Solar Bears Have News for the Net	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4545
__label__cc	0.736842	0.263158	ÏCE gradually building up on city skyline August 15 2012: A view of the two ÏCE Condos and their next-door neighbour Infinity3 Condos, left, from Harbour Street to the southeast August 15 2012: I counted 37 levels of construction on the ÏCE Phase 1 condominium tower, which ultimately will rise 57 storeys … … and 16 floors on the ÏCE 2 tower, which will top off even taller with 67 storeys August 15 2012: The towers feature blue-tinged windows and cladding, plus Juliet-style balconies, like these on ÏCE 1 … … as well as regular balconies, like these on the east side of ÏCE 1 But one of the most striking features of the two towers, besides their slender and soaring cylindrical shapes … … will be the pronounced bulges in the floorplates … … as seen in this view of the ÏCE 1 tower Ïcing up: The two ÏCE Condominiums towers under construction on York Street are already making a dramatic impact on Toronto’s skyline — even though crews still have to build dozens more floors before the oval-shaped skycrapers top off at 57 and 67 storeys respectively. When viewed from the southeast, along Queen’s Quay Boulevard near Bay Street for instance, the ÏCE 1 tower already blocks the bottom half of the CN Tower from sight — and that’s with construction up just 37 floors so far. Once it reaches its full 57 storeys, ÏCE 1 will obscure views of the CN Tower’s observation levels, and possibly even its SkyPod. Although the city’s tallest architectural landmark will still be clearly visible to pedestrians looking its way from other downtown directions, ÏCE 1’s impact on certain CN Tower sightlines is just one early example suggesting how significantly the two condo towers will change the city skyline once construction is complete. A project of Lanterra Developments, the Scandinavian-inspired ÏCE Condominiums were designed by Toronto’s architectsAlliance. The towers will boast a total of 1,343 suites for which occupancy in 2014 has been tentatively scheduled. A 31-storey office tower, to be constructed sometime in the future, will be the final phase of Lanterra’s York Centre complex. Below is an an ÏCE towers artistic rendering that appears on the Lanterra website, along with illustrations of three floorplans that show how some of the condo suites will be laid out inside the cylindrical towers. (The full range of suite layouts can be viewed on the ÏCE Condos website; however, if you’re interested in buying a unit, you’re out of luck for the time being — the project is completely sold out.) This artistic rendering of the ÏCE Condominiums appears on the Lanterra Developments website. The buildings were designed by architectsAlliance. An illustration of the 1-bedroom Kolding suite in the ÏCE 2 tower An illustration of the 2-bedroom Helsinki suite in the ÏCE 1 tower An illustration of the layout for the Gothenburg suite in ÏCE 1 This entry was posted in Architecture & Construction, ÏCE condos, South Financial District, Toronto condos and tagged architects Alliance, ICE Condos, Lanterra Developments on August 20, 2012 by TOblogeditor. ← Window and cladding installation well underway as Infinity3 condo construction tops 30 floors Crane installed at Post House Condos site →	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4546
__label__wiki	0.969258	0.969258	Tag Archives: Four Seasons East Residence Looking up at the new Four Seasons towers Tall, sleek & slender: It’s the tallest tower in Yorkville, yet the Four Seasons Hotel & Residences hasn’t even topped off at its full 55 floors yet. But the sleek glass skyscraper and its 26-storey condo sibling have literally brightened up the east block of Bay Street between Scollard Street and Yorkville Avenue. When sunshine glints off the curtain glass walls of the East and West Residence towers on a clear day, it’s almost blinding. And even though the two-tower construction site is still surrounded by hoarding and scaffolding, and covered in dust and grime, it feels like it has significantly classed-up the corner at Bay & Yorkville already. I’m loving the look of these shiny towers, from all angles, and think the complex will be a stunning addition to the streetscape once construction is complete. The five-star Four Seasons Hotel & Residences was designed by Peter Clewes of Toronto’s architectsAlliance, and is being built by Menkes Construction Ltd. The West Residence is a mixed-use tower featuring a 253-room Four Seasons Hotel on the first 20 floors, and 101 private condominium residences on the upper 35 storeys. The East Residence will have 103 condominiums, and is linked to the west tower by an elevated pedestrian walkway about eight floors above the ground. I previously published photos of the Four Seasons construction in a January 26 post; below is a series of photos from February, March and today which show how much progress has been made since then. February 10 2011: Construction of the Four Seasons towers (and, to the right, the Florian condo tower) viewed from Yonge St. near Roxborough St. in Rosedale February 23 2011: East view of the towers from Yorkville Avenue February 23 2011: Southwest view of the East Residence condo tower February 23 2011: Yorkville Avenue view of the two towers February 23 2011: Looking way up the south side of the West Residence tower February 23 2011: The southeast corner of the West Residence tower February 23 2011: Construction elevator on the West Residence tower March 16 2011: The Four Seasons Hotel & Residences complex viewed from the northwest corner of Bay and Scollard Streets March 16 2011: A health club, spa, swimming pool, ballroom and conference centre will be situated in this eight-storey wing at the corner of Bay and Scollard Streets March 16 2011: The Four Seasons complex shines in the late afternoon sunshine March 16 2011: The West Residence tower viewed from Bay Street March 16 2011: Looking up the West Residence tower from Bay Street March 16 2011: The southwest corner of the West Residence tower March 16 2011: The south side of the West Residence Tower March 24 2011: The towers viewed from Hazelton Avenue at Scollard Street March 24 2011: From Avenue Road, a view of the “old” Four Seasons Hotel, right, and the new tower rising two blocks to the east on Yorkville Avenue. March 24 2011: The West Residence tower rises on the Yorkville skyline in this view from the intersection of Yonge and Wellesley Streets April 1 2011: Southwest view of the West Residence tower April 1 2011: Bay Street view of the West Residence tower April 1 2011: A construction elevator rises up the side of the West Residence April 1 2011: The West Residence tower seen from Avenue Road near the Museum subway station entrance outside the Royal Ontario Museum This entry was posted in Architecture & Construction, Four Seasons Toronto, Hotels, The changing city skyline, Toronto condos, Yorkville neighbourhood and tagged architects Alliance, Bay Street, Four Seasons East Residence, Four Seasons Hotel & Residences, Four Seasons Toronto condo + hotel, Four Seasons Toronto condos, Four Seasons towers Toronto, Four Seasons West Residence, Menkes Construction Ltd., Peter Clewes, Scollard Street, Yorkville, Yorkville Avenue on April 1, 2011 by TOblogeditor.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4547
__label__cc	0.629797	0.370203	EOMO: KOJI ARAI x ATAMI by Vald Agency ARTIST KOJI ARAI AND MASAKI KONDO COLLABORATING FOR THE ATAMI ART EXPO 2018 For the Atami Art EXPO 2018 the artist and designer behind the brand, Eatable of Many Orders Koji Arai, together with the wood artist Masaki Kondo, will open the doors of the EOMO atelier from the 26th of October to the 4th of November. The two artists collaborated already in the past for the designing of the store and atelier of EOMO in Atami. Koji Arai, the designer of Eatable of Many Orders made the concept of interior design. Masaki Kondo, helped to realize Koji’s concept with the interiors made by him. Here below a preview of the upcoming design made by the two artist that will be presented during the Atami Art Expo. Koji Arai, born in Tokyo in 1975, after his studies at the Tama Art University School of Architecture in Tokyo moved to Antwerp where he graduated in 2006 at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Before returning to his homeland, a solo exhibition “Last Supper” was held at MoMu Gallery Museum in Antwerp and successively at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa. About Eatable of Many orders brand: Koji and Yoko Arai started own brand in Atami, Japan in 2007. They aim to create an environment that evokes consciousness about the materials used, the process of production, with a result of people becoming more sensitive about the act of wearing fashion. Every collection is based on a food related theme, research its historical background, collect inspiration sources, pursue material, and integrate the rituals into the design. BEIRA SS19	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4551
__label__wiki	0.849333	0.849333	One of the Survivors of the Cuban Plane Crash Has Passed Away, Raising the Death Toll to 111 By Eli Meixler The death toll in one of Cuba’s worst-ever aviation disasters has risen to 111 after one of the survivors succumbed to her injuries. Grettel Landrove, a 23-year old Cuban student, died in a Havana hospital Monday from “severe traumatic lesions,” Reuters reports, citing Cuban state media. There are now two remaining survivors of Friday’s disaster, Mailen Diaz, 19, and Emiley Sanchez, 39, who remain in critical condition, according to the BBC. The plane crashed shortly after taking off from Havana on a short domestic flight to the eastern Cuban city of Holguin, killing 100 Cubans, seven Mexicans, two Argentinians and two residents of the disputed Western Sahara. Mexico responded by suspending the operations of Aerolíneas Damojh, a Mexican company that had leased the 39-year-old Boeing 737 to Cuba’s national airline. Mexico is also assisting Cuba’s investigation of the crash. Read More: Company Behind Cuba Plane Crash Was Subject of 2 Previous Performance Complaints Aerolíneas Damojh has been suspended twice before, in 2010 and 2013, over concerns with its planes’ maintenance, according to Mexican authorities. Cuban aviation officials had advised against renting planes from Damojh, according to a retired Cuban pilot, after one disappeared from radar sensors, the Associated Press reports. The disaster was the deadliest in Cuban aviation history since 1989, when a flight from Havana to Milan, Italy crashed, killing all 126 people on board and more than a dozen on the ground. Write to Eli Meixler at eli.meixler@time.com.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4555
__label__cc	0.697021	0.302979	3 ways to achieve stunning patterned exteriors using brick While brick has typically been seen as a traditional building material, it's now being used in surprisingly inventive ways Story by: Trends Article by Elizabeth McIntyre, CEO of Think Brick AustraliaWith many new ideas and trends emerging in home design, it can be hard to keep on top of all the innovative ideas. In recent years, one of the biggest innovations in home design has been how brick is being used. While brick has typically been viewed as a traditional material, recent trends are suggesting that brick can be used for much more. Many residential architects and designers are experimenting further with brick, shifting away from its regular rigidity to emphasise the different uses brick can have in both construction and architectural design. Over the past two years, the residential entries for the Think Brick Awards have shown how brick can be used to create stunning patterned and textured features that can add visual impact through added dimension, depth, texture and colour. The following examples demonstrate some of the unique ways brick can be used to create contemporary patterned designs in residential architecture. Textured and 3D designsExample: The Hancock House – entrant in the 2015 Horbury Hunt Residential Award in the Think Brick AwardsPhoto Credit: Kavellaris Urban DesignDesigned by Kavellaris Urban DesignManufacturer: Boral BricksBrick can be easily manipulated in contemporary designs to accentuate the facade of a building or provide a visually appealing 3D design with the purpose of engaging onlookers. Architects and designers are increasingly choosing bolder options with the design of residential buildings to incorporate innovative and interesting design patterns. The western facade of The Hancock House achieves just this. Contrasting with the shade and light produced from the nearby park, the textured patterns on the brick add a quality of eccentricity to a wall which could otherwise be considered generic. The way which the design was created was through six multicoloured wire-cut bricks broken in half to create a textured surface. The flame-red Escura Smooth bricks serve to activate the corner of the street, providing an enriching experience for those passing by. Blending other materials to create new patternsExample: Elias House – Winner of the 2016 Robin Dods Terracotta Roof Award in the Think Brick AwardsPhoto Credit: Trevor MeinDesigned by Harmer ArchitectureManufacturer: Monier RoofingWhile the use of brick can provide a sturdy and strong foundation for a home, the blending of other materials can accentuate brick patterns to create a visually stunning and unique design. At the same time, making use of such brick patterns can result in a well-designed home that is also cost-effective and low maintenance. On a narrow street in the heart of Melbourne sits the Elias House, a contemporary home that reinforces how well brick can meld with other materials to create patterned designs. This structure incorporates terracotta roof tiles and timber into the exterior of the house, resulting in a textured surface. The extra use of brick adds to the unique colour palette to form a simple, yet elegant design that makes the home stand out against the Victorian terraces surrounding the home. Multi-coloured patternsExample: Carwoola House – entrant in the 2016 Horbury Hunt Residential Award in the Think Brick AwardsDesigned by Paul Barnett Design GroupManufacturer: Austral BricksWith brick now available in so many colours and finishes, architects are experimenting with creating a multi-coloured design to portray interesting artistic styles in the structure of a home. The Carwoola House, for instance, makes use of such multi-coloured bricks in both the exterior and interior of the home. The expressive jointing and decorative brickwork demonstrate how something as simple as multi-coloured bricks can create stunning designs. About Think Brick Australia Think Brick Australia represents Australia’s clay brick and paver manufacturers. The Australian brick industry is worth $2.8 billion and employs 30,000 people. Each year the Think Brick Awards encourages architects, designers and builders to rethink brick, concrete masonry and roof tiles as contemporary and sustainable design materials.Visit Think Brick Australia	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4558
__label__cc	0.701319	0.298681	Krista Roybal, M.D. Founder and Medical Director Recognized as a leading authority in integrative mental health care and addiction medicine, Dr. Roybal has the expertise to uncover the root cause of distress and disease, and a gift… Meet Dr. Roybal Ann Lowe, NP, PHD Over the course of a four-decade-long tenure in healthcare, Dr. Lowe’s passion for her field – and for providing outstanding integrative care for her patients – has only grown. Helping… Meet Dr. Lowe Kairou Chiou, L.Ac Director of Integrative Wellness Kairou Chiou is a Licensed Acupuncturist and Herbalist in the state of California. Her treatments are designed to facilitate the body’s ability to self-heal while also empowering her patients and… Meet Kairou Baylea O'Connor, LMFT Baylea A. O’Connor is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over 7 years of experience working with diverse clinical presentations. She obtained her Masters of Art in Marriage and… Meet Baylea Suhair Erikat, DBH, LMFT Dr. Erikat is a Doctor of Behavior Health and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with more than 14 years of experience treating a wide range of mental health conditions at… Meet Meet Dr. Erikat Christopher Wilhelm, LPC Christopher Wilhelm has enjoyed cultivating meaningful and productive clinical relationships with many clients from diverse backgrounds. He has worked with individuals dealing with substance abuse addiction, co-occurring disorders, PTSD, Depression,… Meet Christopher Amanda Riebel, AMFT Clinical Coordinator Amanda Riebel is a Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (License #95240) with a background in working with individuals, children, families, and medical teams to coordinate comprehensive treatment. She is… John Fulan, LMFT John Fulan is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and certified Addiction Treatment Counselor (CATC) with more than 18 years experience in mental health and substance abuse. He believes in… Ciarra Briesch, L.Ac Ciarra Briesch believes that the path to health runs through harmony of the body, mind and spirit. As a Licensed Acupuncturist and Herbalist, Ciarra embraces the opportunity to introduce her… Meet Ciarra Jimmy Moreno Fitness Director Jimmy Moreno understands that physical health is a key component of emotional and mental wellbeing, and he has dedicated his life to guiding others towards an energized, rewarding daily existence.… Meet Jimmy Paige Sapp Paige Sapp is on a mission to help others find radiant health. As a dedicated yoga teacher, she has extensive education and experience. She has certifications in Deep Yoga, a… Meet Paige Megan Hellner, RD, DrPH Megan Hellner is driven to help patients heal through the power of nutrition, exercise, stress management, and healthy lifestyle choices. As a Registered Dietitian with a focus on holistic wellness,… Meet Meet Megan Laura Kruszewski, LMT Laura Kruszewski has based her career and life's path on her belief in the powerfully healing and therapeutic benefits of touch. She studied Massage Therapy under some of the most… Shaunie Hewell, AMFT Shaunie Hewell is passionate about supporting patients in finding mental health care that aligns with their values and needs. A mindful and empathetic listener, she honors each individual’s unique story… Meet Shaunie Kacey Mather Kacey Mather is proud to work alongside a compassionate team of professionals who honor the importance of mental, physical, and spiritual health. She appreciates that in her role as Office… Meet Kacey Lauren Fitzgerald Patient Services Representative Lauren Fitzgerald finds joy in ensuring a warm and efficient patient experience for all. As the first face that visitors see when coming through the True Life Center door, she… Meet Meet Lauren Nia Jonesz Outreach and Content Nia Jonesz has a passion for elevating mission-driven brands through the power of storytelling. Inspired by True Life’s compassionate staff, holistic approach, and powerful patient testimonials, she is eager to… Meet Nia Meet Ruby the Miniature Labradoodle, who holds the honored titles of Pet Therapist Intern and Emissary of Canine Goodwill. She has asked that we communicate on her behalf, since things… Meet Ruby Please reach out	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4561
__label__cc	0.534517	0.465483	DGW/19/02 - Relief Support Practitioners Kirkcudbright, Newton Stewart Dumfries & Galloway Service Job Purposes & Core Details work to the service and organisation's aims and values and promote the citizenship of the people we support. deliver support to people who use Turning Point Scotland's services and in so doing contribute to the provision of the highest possible quality of social care support which meets the service specification. operate at an established level of social care practice, or engaged moving towards established. work to the company's values - Because People Matter undertake CPD (continuous professional development with the support of your line manager and use appraisals and supervision fully. undertake any outstanding require qualification for registration, or if not working in a registered service qualify at the minimum of SVQ level 2 in Health and Social Care. undertake any other duties or responsibilities as may be deemed appropriate to the post by the Service Manager (or nominated deputy). Provide, prompt, administer medication and healthcare & wellbeing support as required Main duties and responsibilities Support to people who use services - To: provide support and assistance to people who we support in accordance with their support plans and service aims. assist with initial and on-going assessments of people who we support. advise people who we support in accordance with guidance from senior colleagues or in accordance with the service aims. be a key worker as required. travel within the service area you are contracted for and supporting the travel and transportation of people who we support in accordance with their support plan (mobility, own car, service vehicles, public transport etc). have an understanding of the causes and effects of social exclusion as is relevant to the service and area in which you work. Planning, policies and record keeping - To: devise, review and update support plans, record events and observations and keep appropriate records as require in the service. attend and contribute to service user reviews often as a key worker or as required. co-ordinate elements of support in accordance with the support plan. follow risk management plans, and follow and update risk assessments. work with and comply with standard operation (finance, operational, Health and Safety and Human Resources) and service procedures. Interactions with other people - To: administer or prompting medication and ensure that medication protocols are adhered to. support or buddy new staff and volunteers/those on placement to show them how your practice complies with the SSSC Codes of Practice. have a collegiate approach, ask when you need support or guidance and team work with a diverse group of people. manage and resolve conflict promptly and raise issues appropriately using the correct internal processes. directly communicate with the families of the people we support as appropriate. liaise with workers from other agencies when requested to do so by senior colleagues. work in accordance with the service, meeting the relevant legislation and National Care Standards. liaise with landlords and similar others on behalf of people who we support when requested to do so by senior colleagues. maintain confidentiality with shared information. be aware of health and safety and contribute fully to keeping my work environment, community, people who use services and myself safe. Leadership - To: provide buddying or informal coaching to new staff. support the delivery of a specific part of the service such as group work. continuously contribute to service development and improvement. keep abreast of changes or sector requirements that are relevant to you. appropriately challenge oppressive or potentially abusive behaviours or practices and report any concerns quickly to senior colleagues. Miscellaneous - applies only in certain services to undertake sleepovers, overnight and weekend working and occasionally participate in people who we support holidays as required. to perform lone working. Turning Point Scotland Dumfries & Galloway Service Turning Point Scotland is a social care provider offering a wide range of personalised support for adults and young people with disabilities and life long conditions. Our services support people to live a fulfilling life and actively participate in their community. We endeavour to support people to make informed choices, to be in control of their own lives, to develop relationships and where required, support to maintain a home of their own. Our core values include openness, respect and equality for all. Desirable qualifications Has completed a qualification in Social Service and Health Care at Level 6 or 7 (SCQF) or other speciality recognised by the SSSC for registration purposes. Essential Criteria A willingness to complete a qualification in Social Service and Health Care at level 6 or 7 (SCQF) or other speciality recognised by the SSSC for registration purposes and if not already registered, to register with the SSSC within the timescale required, where relevant. Has experience, personal, voluntary or professional of providing social care type supports to an individual in their own home or in a social care, school or community setting. This may be informal. Has experience of undertaking tasks in a lone working environment and/or with independence and initiative. Must be able to demonstrate an understanding and commitment to the values that underpin social care focussing on inclusion, person centred approaches and citizenship. Must be able to demonstrate an understanding of the need to maintain professional boundaries between social care workers and people who use services and the role of a professional social care worker. Other skills and knowledge: Must be willing to develop skills used when supporting people through reflective practice, active learning, personal and professional development, supervision and feedback. Has experience of providing direct supports to people who use social care services. Turning Point Scotland operates a List of Approved Relief Workers who may be contacted by services when there is a need to engage additional workers in order to provide the required support to someone who uses our services. Relief Workers are primarily deployed to cover periods of leave, or sickness absence and to provide additional support during periods of peak activity etc When there is suitable work available within a service, a manager will contact Relief Workers offer them a shift/series of shifts. As a Relief Worker you will be well-placed to fit your work around your existing work or other commitments and you will be under no pressure or obligation to accept work from us if it does not suit you to do so. Once work is offered and accepted by you however, there is an expectation that you will make every effort to attend to undertake that shift. Your reliability in this regard is very important to our services and to the people we support who will be expecting you. Relief Workers submit a Time Sheet to claim payment for the hours they have worked and are paid on a monthly basis. You will accrue some entitlement to paid holidays and you will be reimbursed for all reasonable expenses incurred in the course of your work for us. You will be required to undertake a programme of basic training which is primarily designed to enable you to operate safely, but also to meet the organisation’s obligations to you in terms of health & safety legislation. Relief Working at Turning Point Scotland will not normally be suitable for people who have full-time posts with other agencies.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4566
__label__wiki	0.632701	0.632701	Endgame Odeon Posters Are Ready to Avenge the Fallen Marvel Studios has unveiled two new Avengers: Endgame international posters and they tease a Hulk/Bruce Banner mystery. These new looks at the movie very well could be the best looking art released for the movie so far and they also raise a few questions. The promotional tour for Endgame is currently underway and Marvel Cinematic Universe fans are desperately waiting for Mark Ruffalo to come through and spoil something major about the move. However, it seems that the actor has truly learned his lesson about that sort of thing, which is a shame. Speaking of Mark Ruffalo, his Bruce Banner character is featured in one of the new Avengers: Endgame posters. This isn’t a shock since he’s been in all of the others. But, he is pictured in the Hulkbuster suit from Infinity War. We haven’t seen Hulk in any of the posters and this seems to indicate Hulk might still have beef with Banner when Endgame hits theaters. Both posters have the Avengers compound in the background and it looks like Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are gearing up for a battle with Thanos there. If the battle at the Avengers compound ends up happening in the movie, which it probably will, Bruce Banner might have to be in the Hulkbuster suit because he doesn’t expect Hulk to want to come out and fight after what happened in Infinity War. Another interesting look to the latest Avengers: Endgame posters is the addition of Okoye on the Avengers compound. She has been pictured in other promotional material, but not like this. With that being said, this could all be artistic license used to not give anything about the movie away. As for the aesthetic of the Avengers: Endgame posters, they both have a black, white, gray, and red color scheme, which makes them look particularly dark and foreboding. They show the crumbling Avengers “A” logo either turning to dust, or reassembling like we have seen from the trailers with “Avenge the Fallen” written on the right side of one poster and the left on the other. These are really well-done and would be a welcome addition to any MCU fan’s collection. They were done by artist Matt Ferguson and they are Odeon exclusives. The first one is to be given away at UK showings between April 25th and 28th and the second one May 4th – 5th. Avengers: Endgame is on the way and we still have no idea what exactly will happen, which is exciting for some fans and incredibly tough to take for others. We have seen promotional art and the trailers and accompanying TV spots, but there is still so much remaining to be a mystery and that’s exactly the way Marvel Studios wants it to be. They have taken secrecy on a movie production to the next level and elevated it to an artform. While we wait for Avengers: Endgame to hit theaters, you can check out the two latest posters below, thanks to the Marvel Studios Twitter account. Here’s a look at an exclusive poster for Marvel Studios’ #AvengersEndgame created by @Cakes_Comics (via @ODEONCinemas) pic.twitter.com/3nsPRS3YkZ — Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) April 15, 2019 Topics: Avengers 4, Avengers Temp mail – Temp mail address (10 minutes emails)- Why and how? Sometime you want to sign up for a site which requires email address to send a validation e-mail to. But you don’t want to provide your real email because they can send many spam mail to your email. To avoid that, visit this Temp mail generator: tempemail.co and you will have a Temp mail disposable address and end up on a bunch of spam lists. This email will expire after 10 minute so you can call this Temp mail 10 minute email. Our service is free! Let’s enjoy! #Avenge, #Endgame, #Fallen, #Odeon, #Posters, #Ready Parabellum Tickets Are Now on Sale, New Poster Released How Does Fake Email Generator Work? – Tempemail24 How to Create Fake Dating Profiles With Tempmail – Tempemail24 Is 10 Minute Mail Trackable? – tempemail24 Is 10 minute mail safe? – tempemail24 How To Check Temp Mail – Tempemail24 Temporary Email	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4567
__label__wiki	0.50005	0.50005	Society for Textual Scholarship Textual Cultures 2019 STS Conference Information 2019 STS Conference Registration Past Conference Programs Board Members and Information STS Prizes and Awards STS Constitution STS Bylaws The Society for Textual Scholarship and Textual Cultures Welcome to the homepage of the Society for Textual Scholarship, an international organization of scholars working in textual studies, editing and editorial theory, electronic textualities, and issues of textual culture across a wide variety of disciplines. The Society welcomes all those whose work explores the ideological structures and material processes that shape the transmission, reception, production, and interpretation of texts. Detail of the late thirteenth-century chansonnier of Occitan poetry MS M. 819, c.63r The Society’s peer-reviewed journal Textual Cultures is published twice a year. Textual Cultures invites essays from scholars around the world in English, French, German, Spanish and Italian. All articles will appear also with abstracts in English. The submission process is now electronic; for submission instructions, visit the journal’s information page. The Society for Textual Scholarship is devoted to providing a forum, in its conferences and its journal, for the discussion of the interdisciplinary implications of current textual research. The Society is dedicated to exploring how the various cultures of textual production shape the creation, reception, dissemination, and understanding of texts; how technologies alter and influence the experience of texts; and how changing conceptions of authorship and editorial practice operate in the making of textual meanings. The Society addresses questions–contemporary and historical, theoretical and practical–of how the material and social manifestations of textual cultures inform acts of interpretation. The Society welcomes scholars from disciplines such as literature (in all languages), history, musicology, classical and biblical studies, philosophy, art history, legal history, history of science and technology, computer science, library science, lexicography, epigraphy, paleography, codicology, cinema studies, theatre, linguistics, and textual and literary theory. Image Header: Newberry Library VAULT folio Ayer MS map 34 Become a member of the Society! For more information click here. 2019 STS Prizes and Awards now available here.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4577
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__label__wiki	0.859202	0.859202	Bridgwater, Somerset: Roy Busby August 31, 2018 misanthropic #TheList Roy Busby, aged 59, of 1XX Bath Road, Bridgwater TA6 4PP – failed to seek veterinary treatment for his elderly dog Binks after he was attacked by another of Busby’s nine dogs Bridgwater’s Roy Busby, who was allowed to keep his eight other dogs, failed to seek timely vet treatment for poor Binks’ terrible injuries Busby admitted that his failure to provide timely veterinary care for lurcher Binks led to his suffering. The elderly dog sadly had to be put to sleep by a vet because of the severity of his injuries. Speaking about the case, RSPCA inspector Marie Griffiths said: “Our pets are reliant on us and when an animal is injured. It’s an owner’s duty to ensure they receive the veterinary care they need. “It’s heartbreaking to think not only did Binks endure painful injuries but that he was left to suffer without the care he deserved.” Busby’s daughter Emily Courtenay insisted that she and her father did “everything in our power” to save Binks, adding: “If we treated our animals badly we would not have been allowed to keep our other eight dogs”. Sentencing: 80 hours of unpaid work; £225 in court costs. NO BAN. Bridgwater Mercury SomersetLive 2018 casesSomersetSouth West Englandanimal euthanisedcommunity servicefatalityneglectno banuntreated illness or injury Dogs, Cats Seaham, County Durham: Brenda Cooper #TheList Brenda Cooper, aged 58, of XX Stanley Street, Seaham SR7 0AH – failed to take cancer-stricken pet cat Ava to vet Cat Ava had to be euthanised but Alfie and four other cats were saved and are available for rehoming. RSPCA inspectors visited Cooper’s home and found Ava with a large infected tumour in her stomach. She had never been seen by a vet The animal was also severely underweight and sadly had to be put to sleep. Speaking about the case RSPCA Inspector Cathy Maddison said: “When I visited the property in April this year, I found a dog and five cats. “One cat – Ava – was in an absolutely shocking condition. [She] had a very large infected tumour on her stomach which was open and filled with pus. “She was also extremely underweight – just skin and bone. With the owner’s consent, I rushed her to the vet. “Sadly, due to the inoperable and cancerous tumour, Ava’s condition was so severe that to prevent her suffering any further the vet decided the kindest option was to put the poor cat to sleep, also with the consent of the owner. “This was an awful case as there was nothing that could be done for Ava by the time the RSPCA was made aware of the situation. “But I’m just thankful that Alfie the dog and the other cats are in our care and they too are no longer at risk of suffering.” Total of £430 in fines, costs and charges. Three-year ban on keeping animals (expires August 2021). Sunderland Echo 2018 casesBans of less than 5 yrsCounty DurhamNorth East Englandfemale abuserfinancial penalty onlyneglectuntreated illness or injury Dogs, Cats, Hoarders Chesterfield, Derbyshire: Sarah Burnham and Louise Wood #TheList Sarah Burnham, 27, and Louise Wood, 61, formerly of Hunloke Road, Holmewood, Chesterfield S42 5RZ – mistreated 19 dogs and 3 cats who were kept in filth and squalor Together with Louise Wood Sarah Burnham kept 19 dogs and 3 cats in appalling conditions Wood and Burnham pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to the 19 dogs and three cats by subjecting them to an environment which was detrimental to their wellbeing between October 2017 and January 2018. The animals were kept in appalling conditions in their own excrement in dark rooms. Burnham, now of no fixed abode, and Wood, now of Edensor Court, Middlecroft, Chesterfield, were both fined £360 each and were each ordered to pay a £36 victim surcharge and £300 costs. Both Wood and Burnham were also disqualified from keeping animals for life and no application to lift the order will be allowed for ten years. Derbyshire Times 2018 casesDerbyshireEast Midlandsfemale abuserfinancial penalty onlyhoardingkept in unsuitable conditionslifetime banmultiple abusersmultiple victims Small furries, rabbits St Budeaux, Plymouth: Darryn Carpenter August 30, 2018 misanthropic 1 Comment #TheList Darryn Carpenter, aged 37, Normandy Way, Plymouth PL5 – beat pet rabbit Lucky to death and dumped his broken body in a dustbin Twisted father Darryn Carpenter of St Budeaux beat a defenceless pet rabbit to death Father-of-two Carpenter, who has a conviction for domestic violence, was found guilty in his absence of causing Lucky unnecessary suffering on or about December 8 , 2017. Police visiting Carpenter’s home on another matter found the animal wrapped in a plastic bag in the bin. When questioned Carpenter claimed he had gone downstairs when he heard Lucky making noises, and after picking him up he dropped Lucky on the floor by accident. He said that when he put Lucky back into the hutch he was unharmed, but was found dead in the hutch the next day. A post-mortem examination showed Lucky has suffered a severe injury to his thorax (the area between the neck and the abdomen). He had a fracture dislocation of his spine and severe bleed to his chest cavity and into his lungs. It was concluded that he died as a “result of blunt force trauma”. Significant force had been applied to break the rabbit’s back. None of this was consistent with Carpenter’s claims that the rabbit had accidentally fallen to the floor. Speaking about the case RSPCA chief inspector Richard Abbott said: “This was a very upsetting case where Mr Carpenter inflicted a great deal of violence and cruelty on a defenceless pet, who was kept at his home.” “Pets deserve to be treated with care and respect and it’s terribly sad that poor Lucky’s life ended in this way.” Sentence: 18-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months. Total of £615 costs and charges. Banned from keeping any animal for 10 years (expires August 2028). 10-year ban2018 casesDevonPlymouthSouth West Englanddomestic violencefatalityhistory of violencesadistic crueltysuspended prison sentenceviolence Equine abuse, horses and ponies Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham: Courtney Layton and Ian Tait #TheList Courtney Layton, aged 19, of no fixed abode, and partner Ian Tait, 45, of Dover Road, Stockton – left horses starving in deplorable conditions “Vulnerable” Courtney Layton and some images showing horrific suffering she caused to her horses Layton , whom her lawyer described as “vulnerable”, and Tait both pleaded guilty to animal neglect charges between March 11 and April 1, 2018. Their horses had been kept in shocking conditions at an allotments in Port Clarence, with one horse laying in thick mud and another so skinny an RSPCA inspector could feel his spine, ribs, pelvic bones and shoulder blades through his thick coat. John Ellwood, prosecuting on behalf of the RSPCA, outlined the squalid conditions inspectors saw when they visited the allotment where the animals were found. He said: “In the gaps and at the entrance to the make-shift stable there were exposed nails and wire which would present a hazard to the horses. “While the inspector was on site Harley got his feet caught in a pallet and had to be released. There were no dry areas, no grass, no hay, no adequate shelter and no bedding.” He added: “The entire allotment was thick with wet mud and faeces. There was lots of rubble, broken glass, wire and a long piece of barbed wire on the floor.” All the animals were later seen by a vet who confirmed that the conditions the animals had been kept in were totally unsuitable for horses. “The vet’s opinion is that Blaze and Little Man had been starved to the point of emaciation and were clearly suffering,” Mr Ellwood added. Blaze and Little Man belonged to Layton, while Dinky and Harley were Tait’s horses. Tait and Layton outside court The court heard how attention was first drawn to the allotment when the pony Blaze was seen to be collapsed on the floor. Members of the public had been feeding him and alerted the RSPCA. An inspector later found the pony lying in thick wet mud on his right side, making no effort to lift his head or stand up. The court was told in mitigation that Layton had been heavily pregnant when the offence occurred and had struggled to go up to look after the horses each day. Danielle Hewitt, defending, said Layton, a mother-of-two, is a “vulnerable person” and “remorseful” for her actions. The court was told she had been dealing with “a number of issues in her personal life” and that she has suffered with depression for as long as she can remember. She added that the horses had only been kept at the allotments “temporarily”. Discussing Tait, Ms Hewitt said he had only kept his horses at the allotment for one night. After care from the RSPCA, the horses have made a full recovery and are now free from parasites. The two starved horses – Blaze and Little Man – have now reached a normal weight. Layton was jailed for 18 weeks for causing unnecessary suffering to an animal. She was also given a 12 week jail sentence for failing to meet the needs of the horses, which will run concurrently. Taitwas given a 12 week jail term for failing to meet the needs of the horses. The pair were also disqualified from keeping animals for 10 years (expires August 2028). Teeside Live 2018 casesCounty DurhamNorth East EnglandTeessidecustodial sentencefemale abuserfood and/or water deprivationkept in unsuitable conditionsmental health or learning difficulties defencemultiple abusersmultiple victimsneglect Plymouth: Lisa Clements and partner Paul Rendle #TheList Lisa Clements, aged 34, and Paul Rendle, 37, both of Chatsworth Gardens, Plymouth PL5 2JU – banned from keeping mammals and birds for 10 years after their emaciated dog was rescued by the RSPCA. The pair admitted causing unnecessary suffering when they appeared before Plymouth Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, August 21, 2018. RSPCA Inspector Jon Phipps visited the couple’s home after concerns were raised about the welfare of Staffordshire bull terrier Diesel. Inspector Phipps said: “Diesel was sadly in a poor condition that could have been treated easily with the right care and attention. “His condition has improved significantly simply with normal feeding. “He almost doubled his weight in our care from 10kg to 19.6kg and is now at a healthy weight. “There is never an excuse for failing to meet the needs of an animal and allowing them to get into such a poor and emaciated condition.” Sentence: £280 each in court costs; 10-year ban on keeping mammals and birds (expires August 2028). Devon Live 2018 casesDevonPlymouthSouth West Englandfemale abuserfinancial penalty onlyfood and/or water deprivationmultiple abusers Penton, Carlisle: Daniel William Waring #TheList Farmer Daniel William Waring, aged 48, of Haithwaite Farm, Penton, Carlisle – left hundreds of sheep to die through starvation and neglect. Over 640 sheep died in one year of starvation and neglect on Haithwaite Farm, Carlisle Waring pleaded guilty to numerous animal welfare and disease control offences at Carlisle Magistrates Court on Tuesday 28/8/18. In just one year over 640 of Waring’s sheep died due to starvation and neglect. Councillor Celia Tibble, Cabinet Member responsible for Trading Standards, said: “This was a long and complex investigation which has been brought to a satisfactory conclusion. “We support the farming community but where poor practice and unnecessary suffering are discovered we will intervene and take action. “These animals were kept in terrible conditions, animal cruelty will not be tolerated. “Laws are there for a reason, to control disease, to protect animals and to ensure the safety of the wider food chain.” Sentence: 121-day prison sentence, suspended for twelve months; 110 days of unpaid work; costs of £17,783. 7-year ban on keeping animals (expires August 2025) ITV News 2018 cases7-year banCarlisleCumbriaNorth West Englandfatalityfood and/or water deprivationmultiple victimsneglectsuspended prison sentenceuntreated illness or injury Hayes, Greater London: travellers leave behind a dead dog August 28, 2018 misanthropic 18 Comments Hayes’ Park House Football Club expressed its disgust after a dog that had been beaten to death was left behind by travellers File photos. Spaniel shown was rescued from a travellers site in Esholt, Shipley, in 2016 Up to 40 caravans set up camp at the club’s pitches in Barnet Wood Road on Friday (August 17, 2018) after cutting locks off two gates. A spokesman for Park House Football Club said: “Two people tried to stop them but they were threatened with death. “They also said they would set fire to our club.” Club representatives arrived the next morning when “donuts were thrown” at their cars as they endured a tirade of abuse. During the incursion the clubhouse was smashed into and goods taken before police removed the travellers later that day. The club spokesman added: “There was huge rubbish left behind, human excrement and a dog who was beaten to death in a field. The dog was believed to be a terrier and the RSPCA has collected the remains. Meantime, a charity called Friends, Families and Travellers slammed the local authority for seeking a High Court injunction and argued some travellers have no choice but to stay on illegal land. Newsshopper Belfast: Theresa McGahey #TheList Theresa McGahey, of Fort Street, Belfast BT12 7BH – starved her pet dog to death; another one was also starving but recovered The court heard backyard breeder Theresa McGahey of Fort Street, Belfast BT12 could barely look after herself never mind be responsible for animals Irresponsible McGahey’s appalling neglect was discovered after she contacted Belfast City Council to ask them to remove the dog’s body. A council official discovered the dead brindle-coloured Staffy, named Tyson, lying in the rear yard of the property. The court heard that a second “extremely skinny” Staffordshire Bull Terrier was lying on top of the dead body of her companion, alive but in a “poor state.” When found, Tyson weighed just 7kg against a normal weight for the breed of 17kg. A vet later determined ulcers were found in Tyson’s stomach, which compounded with starvation would have led to a “painful and miserable” death in “appalling conditions.” It was concluded that Tyson had died in “considerable distress” and in “filthy conditions”. As well as starving the dog, McGahey also failed to obtain medical treatment which amounted to “a criminal act that went on over a period of time” as it would have taken the dog “days if not weeks to starve”. Court documents stated McGahey’s abuse of Tyson occurred over a 14-month period between January 2016 and March 2017. Backyard breeder McGahey, who frequently advertised puppies for sale via Facebook, initially claimed Tyson had been poisoned and denied having deprived him of food. It’s understood the other dog found at her home has since been returned to health and rehomed. When local newspaper Sunday Life called to McGahey’s property and asked about the dog starving to death, she said: “And what?” McGahey received a conditional discharge for 12 months and banned from keeping animals for life under Section 33 of the Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2011. 2018 casesBelfastNorthern Irelandconditional dischargefatalityfemale abuserfood and/or water deprivationlifetime banmental health or learning difficulties defenceneglectself-neglectuntreated illness or injury Denton Burn, Newcastle upon Tyne: Richard Curtis and Claire Fradgley #TheList Richard Curtis and Claire Fradgley, both aged 36, of Loweswater Road, Denton Burn, Newcastle upon Tyne NE5 2SN – starved a boa constrictor snake to death An RSPCA inspector found the dead snake in a cold tank at the rented home of Richard Curtis and Claire Fradgley. A post-mortem revealed starvation was the only possible cause of death. Speaking about the case RSPCA inspector Kirsty Keogh-Laws said: “Curtis and Fradgley admitted that they knew the snake was thin but they didn’t do anything about it.” “This snake suffered and died as a result.” The couple initially denied any wrongdoing, despite the charity claiming they had caused the reptile to suffer needlessly for more than two months last winter. But just before their trial at Newcastle Magistrates’ Court was due to start, they both entered guilty pleas to four charges. The pair admitted causing unnecessary suffering to the animal, along with failing to ensure the snake’s welfare. They were caught when the landlord of their old Newburn Road property in Newcastle found the unnamed snake. The attending RSPCA officer discovered the vivarium in which the snake was found didn’t even have a heat lamp. Magistrates have now banned the pair, who are parents to three boys, from keeping reptiles again. Curtis: a total of £865 fines and costs Fradgley: a total of £700 fines and costs Both banned for life from keeping reptiles 2018 casesEast MidlandsNewcastle upon TyneNorth East Englandfatalityfemale abuserfinancial penalty onlyfood and/or water deprivationkept in unsuitable conditionslifetime banmultiple abusersneglect	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4585
__label__cc	0.705309	0.294691	Communicators Artists HomeAbout Our Team Communicators Artists Contact a full service management group providing excellence in itinerant management for communicators and artists for churches and events who desire to make much of Jesus Powered by 28+ years of next-generation leadership experience, Stuart serves as Director of Student Leadership and Leadership Networking for Orange (ReThink Group) and also leads INFLUNSR, an organization whose mission is to fuel the next generation of leaders worth following. Combining a unique balance of self-deprecating, anecdotal humor, iconoclastic insight and powerful application, Stuart speaks to thousands of junior high, high school and college students, student pastors, parents, leaders, and coaches every year through camps, retreats, and special events. Stuart has co-authored three books: the award-winning The Seven Checkpoints: Seven Principles Every Teenager Needs to Know and MAX Q: Developing Students of Influence with Andy Stanley, and the leadership edition of Wired: For a Life of Worship with Louie Giglio. Stuart speaks regularly at BigStuf Camps, the Orange Conference, and the Orange Tour. In his spare time (insert sarcasm here), he serves as a volunteer high school varsity girls basketball coach for the Buford High School Lady Wolves, who have recorded six GHSA state championships, two state runner-up finishes, nine Final Four appearances and one Elite Eight appearance in the last ten years. Stuart and his beautiful wife Kellee reside north of Atlanta and are the parents of three very active children: son Grant (a 2017 Duke University graduate and football letterman), daughter Chandler (a junior basketball player at Rollins College), and daughter Cameron (a high school senior and 2019 University of Florida soccer commit). Their home is a locker room. book stuart hall to speak AT YOUR ORGANIZATION OR EVENT INFLUNSR With 3200 participants at the YMCA of the Rockies, Stuart did a fantastic job of connecting and challenging our high school students and adults as we moved through the week. His understanding and portrayal of scripture in a relevant delivery that youth and adults could understand and embrace are incredible. He is able to interject humor along with Truth in a unique delivery. Stuart also spoke to our Leadership Seminar participants and set us up for 3 days of challenge and growth. He has a gift of connection with students and leaders at various stages of their faith development. This is the second time we have used Stuart as our Main Speaker for this event and will definitely consider him again in the future. - Bob Cleveringa, Director of Youth Ministries, Synod of the Heartland, Reformed Church in America I have had Stuart Hall speak to our athletes at Vanderbilt University on several occasions and he never disappoints! He brings energy, passion, and truth in a relevant way for our student-athletes. Stuart is able to deliver the truth of God’s Word in a way that convicts and challenges. So thankful for his willingness to answer the call and speak into the hearts and lives of our athletes! - Lance Brown, Chaplain, Vanderbilt University Athletics I have known Stuart Hall for many years and have booked him on several occasions. Stuart is professional and considerate to the needs of the organization he is speaking for. He learns about his audience and thoroughly researches his topics. Stuart has worked closely with our planning teams to understand our mission and strategies, and thus speaks with knowledge and confidence. Stuart has many speaking gifts, from humor to reach high school audience, to serious poignant messages to reach some of my political colleagues. I would strongly recommend Stuart Hall as an event speaker, you will not be disappointed! - Walt Rogers. Iowa State Representative, Education Committee Chairman and Director of Programming, Rocky Mountain High, Synod of the Heartland Stuart Hall is one of the most dynamic communicators I've ever been around. He has an incredible ability to take God's word and apply its truth to daily life. With years of experience in working with young adults and students of every age, he connects with the next generation like few I know. Passionate. Funny. Relational. Inspiring. These are just a few words that describe Stuart and his ministry. He is a leader to leaders and influences in a positive way whatever he is involved in. - Jarrett Stephens, Teaching Pastor, Prestonwood Baptist Church, Plano, Texas I have known Stuart Hall for nearly 20 years and I have had him come and speak in a variety of context. From Mobile Al speaking to hundreds of students to the Suburbs of Western New York to the intercity of Buffalo New York. Through his humor and storytelling he has been able to not only connect in all of those places but has had immeasurable impact on the lives of students and adults! Stuart is a student of culture and is always spot on in helping his audience navigate culture and the Gospel and where to “step next.” I give Stuart the highest recommendation to my friends in ministry no matter the context! - Brek Cockrell, Lead Pastor, Renovation Church, Buffalo, New York As music director and member of the BigSuf Camps family, I get a front row seat to see the connection our speakers make on and off stage with students. From the moment he opens his mouth, no one makes that connection quite like Stuart Hall. He presents himself in a culturally and socially relevant way that reaches EVERY student in the room and his passion for delivering the Gospel is undeniable. - Chris Cauley, Worship Leader, NBC’s The Voice, Tyler Perry’s ”Laugh to Keep From Crying" tour, Michael Jackson tribute show "Man in the Mirror” tour I have known Stuart Hall for many years and consider him a mentor and friend. Rarely in my forty-five years in education have I observed anyone with the rare giftedness he has in communicating and connecting with other people. In speaking at various events here over the years with our students, parents, or coaches, Stuart just captivates the room with his message and delivery. He has the perfect blend of being able to communicate deep spiritual truths, share relatable life stories, and then the powerful oratory skills to make his message come alive and become so life-changing for the listener. Above all, Stuart Hall “walks the talk”. His greatest testimony is the life he leads as a Godly family man and as a friend to all. - Dexter Wood, Athletic Director, Buford High School, Buford, GA and Georgia Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame We’ve been lucky to have Stuart Hall as a part of BigStuf for many years. Every time he speaks to both the students and leaders at camp, they walk away challenged to think about life in a different way. Stuart has a way of speaking that encourages others to see life through the right perspective—the perspective of truth. But more than that, Stuart has a heart for each and every student that crosses his path. He speaks to them as if they were his own sons and daughters and that heart is what motivates his message. - Jaime Eichler, Director, Bigstuf Camps Buford, GA, 678-428-0267 kelleehall@theechogroup.com © 2019 The Echo Group. All rights reserved. PaymentsContact	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4586
__label__wiki	0.859308	0.859308	Women War and Peace Wave Goodbye to Dinosaurs Passport Season 2 Episode 1 \| 54m 56s Discover the story of the Catholic and Protestant women who come together during Northern Ireland’s bloody conflict to form an all-female political party and fight to ensure that human rights, equality and inclusion shape the historic Good Friday Agreement peace deal. Funding information for WOMEN, WAR & PEACE. A Journey of a Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers These police officers shatter stereotypes as they rise in the name of building peace. Naila and the Uprising Discover the story of a women’s movement that formed the heart of the first Intifada. The Trials of Spring Follow three Egyptian women as they put their lives on the line fighting for justice. Discover the story of women who come together during Northern Ireland’s bloody conflict. Preview \| Wave Goodbye to Dinosaurs Discover the story of the women who come together during Northern Ireland’s conflict. The Beginning of the Women's Coalition Women in Northern Ireland campaign for representation in their government. Women, War & Peace II Discover how some of the biggest recent international events have been shaped by women in a showcase of four, female-directed films that tell never-before-told stories about women who risked their lives for peace, changing history in the process. Watch episode previewsWatch episode previews	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4593
__label__wiki	0.511844	0.511844	April 17, 2019 / 10:27 AM / 3 months ago Vattenfall, Fortum to provide back up capacity for Sweden's power grid OSLO, April 17 (Reuters) - Nordic utilities Vattenfall and Fortum will provide a total of 110 megawatts (MW) of back up production capacity to offset power system disruptions, Sweden’s power grid operator Svenska Kraftnat said on Wednesday. The operator announced in September a tender to secure up to 300 megawatts of reserve capacity to replace ageing gas turbines it said were becoming increasingly unreliable. Reserve capacity units need to be available to start production at 15 minutes notice to meet power demand and avoid blackouts in the event of outages at regular plants. Vattenfall will supply 50 MW of reserve capacity and Fortum some 60 MW for a 12-month period starting on June 1, Svenska Kraftnat said. (Reporting by Lefteris Karagiannopoulos; Editing by Nerijus Adomaitis and Mark Potter)	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4596
__label__cc	0.562508	0.437492	Center position: Thing of the past Dallon Lewis, [email protected] The center position in the NBA does not have the same glory as the past. Hall of Fame greats such as Shaquille O’Neal, Kareem Abdul Jabbar and Wilt Chamberlain all held their primes when court spacing was tighter. Coaches ran offensive schemes centered for big men who did not control tremendous speed, but instead, held stout power. Guards and forwards were primarily taking shots inside the three point line. They had no choice but to come face to face with a monster under the rim. In this new age of basketball, a term has changed the league entirely. Positionless basketball is a phrase detailing the way teams potentially can space their teams out on the court. Minimal requirements include: four players capable of bringing the basketball up the court, similar to a point guard, and possessing just enough speed and scoring ability to erase the downsides of height, weight, and defensive prowess. Modern technology has advanced training options for professional players to a level way beyond those of 30 years ago that allows players to play beyond their position. This unique style of play potentially can create a team that has never whiffed the playoffs into a championship level team. The Golden State Warriors are currently best team in the NBA. No contest, not even a discussion. A franchise held together currently by All-stars Steph Curry, Kevin Durant, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green is a dream come true for any head coach in the league, especially the Warrior’s head coach, Steve Kerr. Kerr is a former champion who incorporated the positionless playstyle to enforce faster play and high paced scoring like nothing any team in the NBA had witnessed before. The star-studded backcourt of three-point shooting elites Curry and Thompson eases the pressure off of the opposing team’s bigs as they are not primarily looking for a shot in the paint, the duo will be searching for what impossible range they can drain a 3. Durant, a four-time Scoring Champion, and Green, former defensive player of the year are congruent in their ability to play from literally any position on the court, if the situation calls for it. In certain games, Kerr will place NBA veteran and champion Andre Iguodala at the small forward position to further stretch the floor into what basketball fans begrudgingly label the “death lineup” if the team is in need of a quick burst of scoring. Small ball will continue to encompass the league so long as the Warriors continue to dominate the league as they are the frontrunners with that playstyle. Meaning that true centers , while already are a rare sight, are becoming a shadow in the eyes of the league. Meet new head women’s basketball coach Green drafted by Atlanta Falcons Beesley knocks it out of park ULM will be in conference championship Record-breaker McKay says goodbye ULM finishes season strong at LSU Excitement builds for new season ULM falls to UTA in extra innings, 8-7 Warhawks fall to App. State, 3-2 Williams is worth hype	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4601
__label__cc	0.581943	0.418057	Architecture Dissertations and Theses Momento mori: Remember your death Patel, Alisha Main text (1.579Mb) Project drawings (98.51Mb) Patel, A. (2009). Momento mori: Remember your death. An explanatory document submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Architecture (Professional), Unitec New Zealand. “How can Cemetery Architecture evolve as a building type, to reconnect mourners to the deceased and/or to their feelings?” “Can pervasive computing be integrated into the architecture of cemetery buildings to provide a more comforting and reflective space for funerary service experiences?” It seems there is a plea to reintegrate places of the dead back into modern society, establishing social and physical geographies that appear to have been lost. As Ken Worpole states, “Hi-tech architecture has created many new kinds of buildings and civil engineering wonders in the modern city, but it has yet to create anything original associated with the abiding cycle of human loss, fortitude and renewal”(1). There is a real danger of creating modern cities without memory - cities in denial of death and humanity. “Human life is interactive life, in which architecture has long set the stage”(2). As the technological craze continues to rapidly invade our lives, digital devices that are worn, carried, and embedded into our physical conditions, have fundamentally altered the way in which people interact. In an era saturated with pervasive computing, we need to think about how humans and devices are able to co-exist. As the great Louis Kahn once proclaimed, “Spaces that serve, absorb their era’s new technologies, and they are reconfigured but not replaced by these…” (3) -Louis Kahn These ubiquitous devices - whether they are sensors receiving input from the real world, or actuators, output devices that transform input into motion – they provide architecture with an opportunity to evolve from its traditionally static stature, to something more responsive to its environment. The modernist movement saw architects disassociate buildings from the earth. Emphasis was put on doing away with the darkness below, and to create an international style that was not bound to earth, but could quite easily sit anywhere. “Pilotis, walls of seemingly frameless plate glass, were intended to lighten a buildings contact with the ground”(4). Could this be a reason why architecture appears to have turned its back on buildings of the dead? It seems, traditional cemetery buildings place great importance on its alliance with ‘place’ and grounding. The modern movement’s rejection of this relationship has left the architecture of cemetery buildings largely disconnected from progressive ways of thinking, and essentially, the treatment of its spaces. At present, they are typically described as being places of banality and “poorly designed”(5). The aim of the project is to design new cemetery buildings for an existing burial site in the North Shore City region, and to investigate whether pervasive computing can be successfully utilized to create comforting and reflective spaces. Contrary to pervasive computings ‘dynamic’ qualities, a cemetery provides an antagonistic agenda – that of pausing and reflecting. It is these opposing ideas that have the potential to inject light, space and optimism back into the architecture of the dead, all of which could be possible through the use of ubiquitous devices and treatment of the building skin. 1. Ken Worpole, Last Landscapes : The Architecture of the Cemetery in the West (London: Reaktion Books Ltd, 2003), 30 2. Malcolm McCullough, Digital Ground : Architecture, Pervasive Computing, and Environmental Knowing (Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2004), 8 3. Ibid., 27 4. Edwin Heathcote, Monument Builders (West Sussex: Academy Editions, 1999), 12 5. Worpole, Last Landscapes, 184 cemetery architecture, pervasive computing 310100 Architecture and Urban Environment Master of Architecture (Professional) Potangaroa, Regan Architecture Dissertations and Theses [348]	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4603
__label__cc	0.736596	0.263404	Denton Welcome Center 111 W. Hickory http://www.discoverdenton.com/ With its wide-open doors into the center of the Denton community, the Discover Denton Welcome Center is a source of information for locals and visitors alike. Need to know where to go or what to do? The “Dentoning Experts” are available to find the answer to any question asked. The center provides an original, independent welcome, giving visitors a positive experience throughout their Denton stay and educating locals about events, attractions, and amenities. From open mic nights to holiday harvests to art shows, the Discover Denton Welcome Center ensures that everyone can enjoy the best of Denton. Open: Year-Round Available: Gift Shop, Souvenirs Denton Community Market The Denton Community Market is a local farmer's and art market held every Saturday in downtown Denton. Bring the family and friends to experience the best of Denton with live music, kids activities, local farms, food trucks, local artists, food vendors, and more. The Denton Community Market is a local far Rainforest Cafe - Dallas (17.85 miles) Grapevine Mills (17.85 miles) LEGOLAND Discovery Center - Dallas (17.85 miles) Sea Life Grapevine Aquarium (17.85 miles) K1 Speed Dallas (27.89 miles) Ruth Paine House Museum (29.52 miles) Cowtown Coliseum (31.88 miles) Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie (31.93 miles) Louis Tussaud's Palace of Wax (32.1 miles) Ripley's Moving Theater (32.18 miles) Texas Live! (32.21 miles) Visit Ennis (67.74 miles) Longview Visitors Guide (147.53 miles) Visit Henderson (154.09 miles) Royal Gorge Route (579.63 miles)	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4609
__label__cc	0.552835	0.447165	About Mike Sivier Know Your MP! Vox Political Cookie Policy ~ politics for the people DWP ‘punishing’ low-paid full-time workers under new benefits rule Posted by Mike Sivier in Uncategorized Helen Smith: ‘Because I was working I just didn’t understand why I was sanctioned.’ [Image: Howard Barlow.] Fines imposed on full-time workers who claim universal credit amount to “punishing the working poor”, experts have suggested, as it emerged that one woman was docked £220 for missing a jobcentre appointment because she took a family holiday. The fines, part of a little-known “in-work conditionality” programme introduced by the then work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith, have been called “political dynamite” by academics, who warn that it may undermine unemployed people taking low-paid jobs. The Guardian has learned of a case where a single parent was fined after she took a holiday in Spain booked before she was moved on to universal credit in 2015. Although she says she explained to officials why she could not make the meeting, the fine was still imposed. Helen Smith, 36, of Widnes, who says she regularly works 30-40 hours a week as a bar worker on a zero-hours contract, said that when she appealed against the fine she was told by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) that being on holiday was not a valid reason not to look for work. Smith, who says she has been in almost continuous employment since she left school, said: “Because I was working I just didn’t understand why I was sanctioned.” Source: DWP ‘punishing’ low-paid full-time workers under new benefits rule \| Society \| The Guardian Join the Vox Political Facebook page. If you have appreciated this article, don’t forget to share it using the buttons at the bottom of this page. Politics is about everybody – so let’s try to get everybody involved! Vox Political needs your help! If you want to support this site (but don’t want to give your money to advertisers) you can make a one-off donation here: Buy Vox Political books so we can continue fighting for the facts. Health Warning: Government! is now available in either print or eBook format here: The first collection, Strong Words and Hard Times, is still available in either print or eBook format here: 5 thoughts on “DWP ‘punishing’ low-paid full-time workers under new benefits rule” Brian said: There is no logic to this approach by the DWP. Both the ministers and civil servants running this fiasco must be knowledgeable of what is going on. It can only be assumed that either they have motives other than stated in their remit, or their remit is criminal. Good grief! This increasingly unhealthy sense of entitlement that we are fostering now extends to describing as “punishing the working poor” any reduction in the money taken from others which may result in the recipients not being able to have a holiday?? Aren’t the ones from whom this money was stolen in the first place (many of whom can’t afford any holidays at all) the ones who are really being punished by having to support this ridiculous sense of entitlement? What utter twaddle. You are saying that working people don’t deserve holidays. You are saying that companies shouldn’t have to pay working people enough for them to enjoy a reasonable standard of living. You are saying that the taxes used to pay Universal Credit are “stolen” from people who cannot afford holidays. Do you have any evidence to support any of these absurd claims? jeffrey davies said: they came for the unemployed they came for sick disable now they coming for those in work benefits it seems are only for ministers and their friends toocomplex4justice said: She was sanctioned because a small person with power enjoys being nasty. The people who would want to do this job is probably the least appropriate for it. Join the Vox Political Facebook page! Turing beats Thatcher (and others) to be the new face on the back of the £50 note UN poverty rapporteur’s condemnation of the Conservatives must be read If you hated the BBC’s biased anti-Semitism doco, support Mike’s libel fight! Panorama v Jackie Walker: The great Labour stitch-up part four How needy is this? Liberal Democrat sends leaflet after leaflet of flapdoodle into our letterboxes All original material created for this site is © Mike Sivier. Posts may be shared, provided full credit is given to Mike Sivier and Vox Political, along with a link back to this site. Using any of my writing for a commercial purpose is not allowed without my express permission. Excerpts and links, including paraphrasing, may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Mike Sivier and Vox Political with appropriate and specific direction to the original content. Unless otherwise credited, all content is the site author's. 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__label__wiki	0.909748	0.909748	Access Washington Home > Site Information > Access Washington Awards Access Washington Awards Award Description Year 2012 Sunny Awards: A+ Grade The Sunny Awards recognizes governments that are doing an exemplary job at proactively disclosing information to taxpayers. 2012 2007 Digital Government: Government to Business (G to B) For innovative applications that foster less cost to business for regulatory compliance; setting up and growing a business; and day-to-day government-to-business interactions. Examples include innovative portal services, one-stop solutions, provisions for transparent transactions, registering, compliance tracking, notifications, automating licensing, permitting, reporting, payment, procurement, and similar services. 2007 2006 Webby Honoree: Best Welcome/Home Page The Webby is the leading international award honoring excellence in Web design, creativity, usability and functionality. Of the more than 5,500 entries submitted to the 10th Annual Webby Awards, fewer than 20% were distinguished as an Official Honoree on June 20th, 2006. 2006 The 2006 Service Elite Awards CRM magazine honors five organizations that reaped the benefits of their contact center and customer service initiatives in 2005 in the following categories: Web support services, workforce optimization, speech solutions, hosted contact center services, and agent-facing universal desktop. 2006 Center for Digital Government: Best of the Web 4th Place For a decade, the leading edge of service delivery has been at the portal where governmental and educational entities have presented a single face to their respective publics. The Best of the Web (BOW) has been there to recognize and celebrate the innovations and resulting maturity in providing solutions and communicating well with citizens, businesses or educational communities. 2005 WSA Industry Achievement Award Finalist Access Washington was a Finalist for Outstanding Contribution to Digital Government. 2005 Society for Technical Communication: Online Communication, International Level, Distinguished Award Access Washington received a Distinguished Award in the Online Communication Competition, technical marketing category at the International Competition of the Society for Technical Communication. 2005 Society for Technical Communication: Online Communication, Puget Sound Chapter level, Best of Show and Distinguished Award Access Washington received "Best of Show" and a Distinguished Award in the Online Communication Competition, technical marketing category for Access Washington from the Puget Sound Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication. 2005 Center for Digital Government, Best of the Web 4th Place Center for Digital Government, Best of the Web 3rd Place Center for Digital Government, 5th Place Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Government Performance Project Washington State again scored tops in the nation for Information Technology, earning an A in this category. The study said "Washington is so good at so many things in this field that it sometimes seems to be playing in a different league from the other 49 states." The author also wrote, "Strategic planning has been top-drawer and it is getting better." Washington tied with two other states for the highest overall grade for government management, earning an A- for its combined performance in the categories of Financial Management, Capital Management, Human Resources, Managing for Results and Information Technology. 2001 Civic.com's Civic 50 Awards The state's Internet portal -- Access Washington -- was honored for its 24-hour customer support. This new service, built and implemented by SafeHarbor Technology Corp., provides citizens with a variety of customer service options, including chat, e-mail, telephone and Web cases -- a history of each citizen's previous questions and solution, and status reports on their current inquiries. 2001 IDG's CIO Magazine CIO Web Business 50 winner Access Washington was nominated by CIO staff members for its design, ease of use and functionality. Access Washington, the state's Internet portal is a winner of the prestigious CIO Web Business 50 Award from CIO magazine. The 5th annual CIO Web Business 50 Award honors 50 outstanding Web sites across business, government and non-profit platforms. 2001 Media Communications Association International, Emerald City Award 2001, Gold Award of Achievement Media Communications Association International, an organization of media communications professionals that provides opportunities for networking, forums for education and resources for information, presented DIS Interactive Technologies the Gold Award of Achievement for work on Access Washington. 2001 International Association of Business Communicators: Gold Quill Awards, Award of Excellence For more than 25 years, IABC's Gold Quill Awards program has been the hallmark of excellence in business communication. The Gold Quill Awards program is an annual international competition which offers professional communicators an opportunity to have their work evaluated by expert judges. Washington state's Internet portal, Access Washington, was honored in 2000 for its excellence in interactive communications programs for external audiences. 2000 Apex 2000 Publication of Excellence Access Washington was honored in 2000 during the twelfth annual Awards for Publication Excellence Competition, sponsored by the Editors of Writing That Works, The Business Communications Report. APEX 2000 awards were based on excellence in graphic design, editorial content and the success of the entry -- in the opinion of the judges -- in achieving overall communications effectiveness and excellence. 2000 Governor's Award - Service and Quality Improvement In July, 2000, Governor Gary Locke honored the DIS team responsible for the creation of Access Washington with the Governor's Award for Service and Quality Improvement, presented to only a handful of agency project teams each quarter. 2000 State and Local 50 Access Washington, the state's Internet portal was chosen by judges to receive the State and Local 50, awards given to states, cities and counties that use IT to innovate, save money or improve operations, pave the way for social and economic improvement, and set standards or serve as models for government nationwide. The judges -- from government, industry and academia -- recognized that delegations from around the world have visited the state in order to learn more about Access Washington. 2000 Center for Digital Government, Best of the Web National Association of State Information Resource Executives In the category of Service Applications, Washington's portal, Access Washington was recognized for adding a new level of transaction- based services for citizens and government agencies alike. 1999 Business on the Internet Award, Best Public Service Site Access Washington took home a BOTI award in 1999 by impressing the judges as one of the most intuitive interfaces for the breadth of agencies and services it offers. The judges stated the site beats most public services it offers. The judges stated the site beats most public service sites when it comes to providing the kinds of services the public needs and wants. 1999 Washington State House of Representatives Resolution 4696 Recognizing and honoring Access Washington and the Department of Information Services "for making government information and services more available, accessible, and affordable for the people and businesses of Washington State..." 1999	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4614
__label__wiki	0.907334	0.907334	Movies Quiz What character's size 6B ruby slippers sold for $165,000 at auction in June 1988? Wendy from "Peter Pan" Jane from "Tarzan" Rambo from "First Blood" Dorothy from "The Wizard of Oz" What director used his Godfather profits to buy the Inglenook wine estate in Rutherford, California? Which "Dark Knight" actor died of an overdose? Johnny Depp played the real-life Joe Pistone, an FBI man who infiltrated the Mafia under what name? George Jung Gilbert Grape Henry Hill What is the name of the character Leonardo DiCaprio plays in "The Great Gatsby"? Dan Cody Meyer Wolfsheim Jay Gatsby What James Bond movie spread the rumour that you would die if every inch of your body were covered in paint, particularly gold paint? Some male stars have female middle names. For example, Tiffany is a Buddhist, an officer and a gentleman. Who is he? What film starring Warren Beatty as Bugsy Siegel was released in 1991? Red Rock West Which movie is about a bored married couple surprised to learn that they are both assassins? The Ring Two Land Of The Dead Citizen Kane is often called the greatest movie ever made. Likewise the Maltese Falcon. But what movie about Welsh miners beat them both to win that year's Best Picture Oscar? Now Voyager How Green Was My Valley The Magnificent Ambersons We bet you don't know a thing about who invented these things! Do you remember these old cities?	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0093.json.gz/line4623

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