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__label__wiki	0.607604	0.607604	Pardon me while I turn my head and cough Random musings and experiments of a freelance writer Moving forward or running in place: Kentucky health care leaders discuss revenues a year and half after Kentucky’s Kynect and Medicaid expansion Faced with teen’s disappointment, parents shocked to discover they don’t give a damn Easter weekend in Cynthiana is strange and surreal Recovering her wild rainbow Get with it and move on: A desegregation story Artist Journey Kentucky Artists shotput Strange and Surreal Tag: blind Signing to the Angels: Artist’s first book is memoir of foster child born blind and deaf When foster parents accept the challenge of caring for a child born blind and deaf, they hope to change that child’s life for the better. They don’t realize, or even expect, that the child has something vital to teach them and others with whom the child comes in contact. Shelly was just such a child. Claire Muller signing with her foster daughter, Shelly. With her daughter being blind and deaf from infancy, the two spent a great deal of time in direct physical contact with each other to communicate. Shelly is the subject of Muller’s first published book, “Signing to the Angels.” Her life made such a profound impact on her permanent foster parents, Claire and Tom Muller, that she inspired the publication of Claire Muller’s first book, “Signing to the Angels.” The book, released last month by Dancing With Bear Publishing, is a personal memoir of Shelly’s life as a member of the Muller family. In 2009, at age 23, Shelly’s body finally succumbed to the complications of her medical condition, Muller said. “Signing with the Angels” chronicles the two decades in which her adopted daughter grew up. In that time, Muller said, Shelly’s mere existence demonstrated what it means to live a life “fully in the moment,” taking joy in the “pure value” of her life’s experience interacting with the world. She entered the lives of Claire and Tom Muller when she was nearly 3 years old. The Muller’s are experienced foster parents. They have often made their home a haven for children and teens who are surviving and coping with life’s worst abuses. The family are glad to provide a shelter for these kids until they can be placed in stable homes with families that will, hopefully, help them build a life beyond a nightmare existence. But in addition to offering foster services for children who are physically healthy, the Mullers have also taken in foster children who are medically fragile. The children cope with a range of birth defects from Down’s Syndrome to heart problems to developmental disabilities like “Microcephaly,” Claire Muller explains in the book’s first chapter. Once in awhile, the Muller’s adopt them as a permanent part of their home, she said. “We hear about these children and the challenges they have to face. It’s natural to wonder how God in all his infinite power could allow such things to happen,” Muller said. “Then along comes a child like Shelly and you realize that God blessed this Earth with her and others like her.” Shelly was born blind at the Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, the result of a birth defect in her digestive system. “Shelly’s gut was unable to absorb the calories and nutrients. Food and drink passed through her with very little of the nutrition absorbed,” Muller said. The easiest way to explain Shelly’s blindness is that her body expended so much effort compensating for the defect while in the womb that the child was born without a developed optic nerve, Muller explained. But that was just the beginning of Shelly’s medical problems. She also developed a respiratory ailment that forced doctors into a treatment with the unfortunate side effect of stealing the child’s hearing. “The doctors had no choice. To keep her breathing, they had to use medicine that took her hearing,” Muller said. The result is that Shelly lacked the sense of sight and hearing from a very early age. “In terms of being blind and deaf, Shelly was like Helen Keller. She never had a chance to experience the world in the way most children did,” Muller said. “But Shelly also had continuing problems being able to digest food. She was never able to eat and drink normally.” The Mullers were contacted by a social worker when Shelly was just past 2 years old. The couple agreed to be Shelly’s foster parents. It was not long afterward that the Mullers adopted Shelly permanently. “I am blessed to have a husband who never questions the children we foster parent. We both simply accepted Shelly in with our other kids,” Muller said. From the beginning, it was clear that despite her physical ailments Shelly was intelligent and capable of learning, Muller said. They brought in specialists to teach Shelly sign language and an “intervener” who taught the child the skills blind and deaf people need to orient themselves to place and successfully move about. They teach cane skills and how to navigate a room without sight or hearing, she said. “One thing I learned is that there are great job opportunities for people to work with blind and deaf persons. It is a unique specialty and a rare field. There is a demand for the skills and the specialists get paid well for their services,” Muller commented. But as Shelly grew, Claire became fascinated with how her adopted daughter interacted with the world. Being blind and deaf all her life, she did not develop the ordinary fears that most children learn growing up. “She would explore in the yard, enjoying the warmth of the sun and feeling everything around her. If there was a snake nearby, Shelly wouldn’t react because she wouldn’t be aware of it. And even if she were aware, if it brushed by her, Shelly would be delighted by the sensation,” Muller said. She and Shelly made frequent flights on a small plane to Columbus to visit specialists. Shelly loved the take-off and she was delighted if there was turbulence, Muller said. “Shelly loved the sensory experience of the plane’s movement. She had no concern about what these sensations might mean. Watching her, it made me begin to look differently at the world,” Muller said. This lesson was not something Shelly only taught to her adopted mother. Her family, and others who came to know Shelly, often observed the pure joy the child took from the simple act of living in this world. It was not always that way. Shelly’s condition gave her moments of sickness and sadness, Muller said. Her doctors wrestled with the complex challenges that her birth defect presented throughout her life. Shelly pushed them professionally. Eventually, however, the problems became insurmountable, Muller said. The book, however, is not a tragedy. It is spiritual and meant to be as uplifting as Shelly was to her family and friends, Muller said. “Signing to the Angels” is a celebration of a person’s life that was far too brief, but managed to be full of a grace one often associates with angels, Muller said. “Signing to the Angels” is available direct from Dancing with Bear publishing at www.dancingwithbearpublishing.com. It can also be bought through most of the usual book selling websites such as Amazon and Barnes and Noble. All proceeds from the sale of the book will support Valley of Baca Missionary Retreat, an organization the Mullers founded to assist Christian missionaries on their visits to the United States. For more information on this service, visit www.valleyofbaca.org. By bergerjacquesin Blindness, Deafness, Foster Parents, Helen Keller December 18, 2014 December 18, 2014 1,191 WordsLeave a comment	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line1966
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__label__wiki	0.885624	0.885624	Tag Archives: social media contagion In Shakespearian tragedies, kings and lovers alike are brought down with daggers and potions. In today’s tragedies, they are brought down with tweets and hashtags. The remarkable and sudden fall of US Senator Al Franken is a unique case study in chaos theory, contagion, and the resulting social movements that create new order. It is not just the story of David throwing a single tweet at Goliath—it’s also the story of ten thousand re-tweets, each with the weight of a stone. The social narrative gives cover for suppressed victims to thrown their own stones. Despite all efforts at containment and crisis management, the outcomes are as unpredictable as a creative Saturday Night Live sketch that bombs, or a brilliant legislative package that can’t gather enough votes. In Franken’s case the unpredictable became inevitable. It forced Franken to resign from the US Senate. Goliath fell. By itself, the tweet seen around the world from Los Angeles radio host Leeann Tweeden of Al Franken appearing to grope her chest during a 2006 USO tour was a powerful image. Even though the picture was taken before Franken became a US Senator, it creates a strong cognitive intrusion into the known and expected behavior of a person of power. But the visual dissonance of the image carried even more weight against the backdrop of social chaos already underway with the sexual harassment allegations against Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein. I’ve decided it’s time to tell my story. #MeToohttps://t.co/TqTgfvzkZg — Leeann Tweeden (@LeeannTweeden) November 16, 2017 When actress Ashley Judd accused Weinstein of harassment in a October 5th “New York Times” investigation it created its own cognitive intrusion into the reputation of one of Hollywood’s most successful film makers. The Times investigation uncovered eight settlements paid out to women for their silence on Weinstein’s alleged predatory behavior. The story was David’s stone cast into a pool of water. The ripples are the basis for what social scientists call the modern embodiment of chaos theory. Chaos theory has its roots in mathematics and physics where researchers such as Edward Lorenz found that even minor variances in complex computational models led to unexpected and contradictory equations. Lorenz called it the butterfly effect, where the flap of a butterfly’s wings could ultimately affect weather patterns weeks later. Increasingly applied to social science, chaos theory holds that small events cause ripples that eventually amplify into meaningful movements. University of Amsterdam researcher Jaap van Genneken notes that within a collective adaptive system such as public opinion, those small events or voices can multiply through media channels to become a powerful and shifting force. That’s exactly what Ashley Judd started. Within seven days, former actress Rose McGowan also publicly disclosed Weinstein had assaulted her and reached a settlement in 1997. Two days after McGowan, actress Alyssa Milano encouraged victims of sexual harassment to tweet #MeToo. By the next morning 30,000 people did. The hashtag shot like its own stone into the public consciousness. The voices of three women suddenly identified an issue that had been covered up for too long. In an age where we communicate at the speed of light, more women saw the light. Chaos became a contagion. But it was more than Weinstein. Accusers came forward targeting politicians, actors, ceo’s, musical directors, even Today Show host Matt Lauer. Perhaps the most famous target, Alabama US Senate candidate Ray Moore, was accused of sexually targeting teenagers when he was in his 30’s. Figure 1 – December 6th tweets of women U.S. Senators calling on Sen. Al Franken to resign This was the chaos and contagion that encircled Al Franken like a swarm of Davids. By the morning of December 6th, a seventh woman accused Franken of attempting to kiss her. That same morning TIME named the “Silence Breakers” as its Person of the Year. In its cover story TIME wrote, “When a movie star says #MeToo, it becomes easier to believe the cook who’s been quietly enduring for years.” Within hours, New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand called for Franken’s resignation—seven more women senators joined her in short order. (Figure 1) Those were David’s final stones. The next day, Franken announced his resignation on the floor of the US Senate. Although Franken’s communications team tried to counter the attack by producing testimonials from former women staffers on his thoughtful and supportive treatment of them and his championing of women’s issues, it couldn’t compete in a climate of #MeToo contagion. (Figure 2) Google Trends data clearly shows a timeline of the chaos and the shifting social attitudes. A TIME/Survey Monkey poll conducted between November 28th and 30th showed 82% of respondents were more likely to speak out about sexual harassment since the Weinstein allegations. Furthermore, 85% said they believed the women making the allegations of harassment. But the phenomenon also speaks to the changing nature of influencers in an environment of fragmented media. It demonstrates how the old rules of linear communications models with thought leaders at the center have given way to randomized networked systems of influencers. (Figure 3) Columbia University sociology researcher Duncan Watts has established a model where movements are not necessarily driven by a single person or media channel, but instead by cascades of easily influenced people. Those cascades turn global—or large—when a critical mass of early adopters connect with each other in the influence network. Although Watts argues the critical mass may only occupy a small fraction of the population, the cascade effect becomes global when the remainder of the population activates as well. This is essentially what happened on the morning of December 6th, when the seventh accuser stepped forward against Franken. She may have been a small influencer, but timed with the release of TIME’s “Silence Breakers” it built the critical mass that gave cover for the coordinated call among women senators for Franken to resign. Accelerated by social and digital media, the cascade became unstoppable. One of the principals of chaos theory is the self-organization that occurs after the chaotic state or crisis. In other words, there’s a return to a new order. In the case of the chaos brought on by the Weinstein accusations there is an emerging re-organization on several fronts. First, in Hollywood, the creative community has formed the “Times Up” movement creating new awareness and expectations for worker treatment in the entertainment industry. Second, industrial giants such as Ford have already reexamined HR policies including harassment training at its manufacturing plants—especially in Chicago where complaints surfaced. As for Al Franken’s senate seat, there is also new order. A woman—former Minnesota Lt. Governor Tina Smith has replaced him in an orderly transition. Like the butterfly’s wings, a single voice can still create the stone in David’s hand, or the dagger in Shakespeare’s play. And in today’s world of digital communication the contagion they can generate are exponentially powerful at creating disorder and reorder. 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__label__wiki	0.542538	0.542538	Holding Court - Venus Williams has been labelled a "Bad Guy" by her competition. She doesn't care - she's just winning tennis matches. From the Issue, Source Sports \| News, Highlights and Interviews How A High School Fight Lead To A 16-Year-Old’s Tragic Death In Delaware A fight breaking out in the bathroom of Howard High School of Technology in Wilmington, Delaware ended in the death of a 16-year-old girl, according to CNN. Police are currently saying they are still conducting interviews and an autopsy has been scheduled to determine the cause of death. Reports suggest police are investigating whether or not the fight had to do with a boy. No one has been charged in connection with the fight and the girl’s death yet. According to reports, the fight started at 8:15 a.m. yesterday morning [Thursday, April 21] in a bathroom on the main floor of the school. “There was an altercation that initially started between two people, and my understanding is that additional individuals joined in against the one person,” said Gary Fullman, chief of staff to the Wilmington mayor, according to reports. The student was transported by helicopter to A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children where she died after being badly injured. The friends of the 16-year-old girl, Amy Inita Joyner-Francis, explained she was not a likely target for that type of violence. Reports quoted Wilmington Mayor Dennis Williams at a news conference saying, “My heart is broken. I am so upset that a young lady lost her life today. Things like this shouldn’t happen. My heart bleeds for the family, the kids who go to this school and the administrators and our city.” Classes were held Friday morning, but the school was dismissed at 11:15 a.m. and grief counselors were on hand. delawarefightpoliceschoolWilmington [WATCH] Rapsody Speaks To Black Men In New Video ‘Afeni’ Ft PJ Morton Nipsey Hussle’s Victory Lap Certified Platinum Boosie Responds to Black College Backlash: “I’ll Wear Whatever I Want” Florida Woman Caught With $1.2M Worth Of Cocaine During Traffic Stop SOURCE SPORTS: Trae Young Helps Remove $1 Million in Medical Debt from Atlanta Citizens Former First Lady Michelle Obama Launches College Freshman Instagram TV Series HER SOURCE: Danielle Outlaw Becomes Philadelphia’s First Black Female Commissioner #PrayforPuertoRico Earthquake Hits ‘La Isla Bonita’ Edging 6.5 on the Richter Scale [WATCH] Inhumane Conditions Revealed in Mississippi Prison System After Five Inmates Killed, Two Escaped During Rioting [WATCH] Bryce Gowdy’s Mother Details Son’s Mental Breakdown About Homelessness Before Suicide	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line1974
__label__cc	0.727337	0.272663	Open mike 09/04/2019 Support Tax Fairness Reform MSSA Bill reported back Written By: mickysavage - Date published: 8:10 am, April 9th, 2019 - 10 comments Categories: act, Christchurch Attack, crime, david seymour, democratic participation, law, law and "order", national, Politics, terrorism - Tags: michael wood Michael Wood and Parliament’s Finance and Expenditure Committee have done an outstanding job and have reported back the Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines, and Parts) Amendment Bill in the timeframe originally planned. 12,953 submissions were received. 60% of submissions analysed were supportive, 26% opposed and the balance made more complex comments. Few changes have been made to the Bill. Radio New Zealand has the details: The Finance and Expenditure Select Committee has recommended only minor changes to the government bill banning semi-automatic rifles. The committee finished its deliberations [yesterday] and published its report on the bill [yesterday] evening. The report recommends changing the bill so pest controllers can use semi-automatic rifles on private land, rather than only in areas managed by the Department of Conservation. It also calls for an exemption allowing people to keep heirloom weapons, so long as they are made inoperable by removing a vital part to be stored at a separate location kept secure by police. The Green Party noted it considered this exemption to be at odds with the purpose of the amendment, and called for collectors’ firearms to be made permanently inoperable, despite the reduction in value this would entail. The committee rejected calls to exempt competitive shooters from the ban because that would allow more semi-automatic firearms to remain in circulation. David Seymour complained about the process being rushed. Perhaps if he had rushed into Parliament last week he could have made things more difficult for the Government although the result would no doubt have been the same. And there was support from interesting corners. From the summary of submissions: The majority of members of Rural Women New Zealand (Inc.) also supported the Government’s ban on military-style semi-automatics and assault rifles. The majority of their members (60%) did not believe semi-automatic firearms had a place on farms, and further supported the classification of prohibited firearms as set out in the Bill. National filed a minority report. I agree with their concern at the bill allowing for changes of definitions of ammunition being able to be made by order in council. It should be in parliament passed law. Also the act contains “Henry VIII clauses” which allow the Government to amend the primary Act by regulation. Again this is bad practice although understandable in the circumstances. They also regret that MSSAs will not be able to be used in sporting contests. I find it hard to imagine a legitimate sporting contest that involves the use of MSSAs. Parliamentary debate on the bill is due today. 10 comments on “MSSA Bill reported back” Dennis Frank 1 I find it hard to imagine a legitimate sporting contest that involves the use of MSSAs. Well, I can imagine a sporting contest using MSSAs, though legitimacy could be an issue. The Nats could advocate a guerilla warfare tournament, in which macho white supremacist dudes wearing crusader iconography could fight it out with macho islamist dudes wearing the motif of the prophet. Conduct it on Auckland Island, to minimise collateral damage, with reality tv coverage so the tube violence addicts also get off on it. Good to hear that it looks like a credible gun law is in the making. Will be interesting to see if parliament actions it today or if the debate is prolonged till tomorrow. Anne 2 Thanks mickysavage. Just goes to show what can be achieved in such a short space of time when all parties co-operate with one another. I applaud all of them – even David Seymour… who had a little tanty along the way but he can’t help himself. Today’s debate will be worth watching. The next step along this path is the introduction of laws against Hate Crime and Hate Speech. As someone who was a victim of both in days gone by, I am seriously thinking of making a submission. However, I need to speak with someone who has knowledge and expertise in this area or who can at least guide me through the correct processes. When the time comes, is it alright if I contact you for advice micky? I presume I can access your email via the backend of TS. Formerly Ross 2.1 9 April 2019 at 10:46 am I don’t believe we need a law against hate speech as we have various related laws already. Any specific law against hate speech would not have prevented the massacre in Christchurch. https://i.stuff.co.nz/the-press/opinion/111869621/when-does-free-speech-become-hate-speech Anne 2.1.1 You have missed the point about Hate Speech FR. What is being talked about is the kind of speech where a person wittingly spreads lies and innuendo about another person (or a group) causing them to be seriously harmed by way of loss of job or career/loss of income/ loss of good reputation and at the more severe end of the scale… persecution and criminal acts against the person/persons being targeted. A recent example was Mark Blomfield. As a result of smears and innuendo spread by Cameron Slater through his blog “Whale Oil”, that man was persecuted and physically set upon by a gun wielding intruder who, iirc, also issued threats to his life. He lost his business, his friends and if I remember correctly he also lost his home and had to go into hiding. Psycho Milt 2.1.1.1 What is being talked about is the kind of speech where a person wittingly spreads lies and innuendo about another person… We already have a law against that (Defamation Act 1992), as well as a law against hate speech (Human Rights Act 1993, section 61). The latter one is already in conflict with the Bill of Rights Act, and any attempts to make it even more restrictive would make that conflict even worse. The last thing the country needs is an increase in authoritarianism. Formerly Ross 2.1.1.1.1 We also have a Harmful Digital Communications Act which deals with online harm and abuse. In the Bloomfield case, the matter went to court and Bloomfield was successful. Presumably if legislation was enacted to outlaw hate speech, an alleged victim would still need to go through the courts to get redress. lprent 2.1.1.1.1.1 See my expanded reply below. Blomfield is still at it 7 years after taking it to court. The HDCA isn’t targeted at hate speech of any kind. It is targeted at person to person nastiness, orientated towards teenagers and run by an organisation that are effectively useless as dealing with actual adults. The trick with hate speech is to deal with the questionable first – then argue in courts to establish precedence for the police and others to be guided by in teh future. lprent 2.1.1.1.2 PM: The problem isn’t if there are laws to deal with it. The problem is if there are ANY laws that are effective at dealing with it. That is a whole different matter. With Matt Blomfield and Slater, the defamation case is currently in its 6th or 7th year. It started in 2012. That was essentially an open and shut case. The documents that Slater was relying on did not support the facts that he alleged. Yeah Slater deliberately lied a lot, obstructed the courts, used a complete legal dickhead (Dermot Nottingham) as legal assistance and represented himself a lot. In the end Slater was simply unable to present a defense and ran out of the courts patience and appeals. Slater’s approach to him being a complete lying arsehole in his posts about Blomfield and then being called on it in a defamation action wasn’t to allow the courts to make a determination. Instead he rode himself over 6-7 years into personal bankruptcy and the site company (and co-defendant) into liquidation rather than deal with the issue that he, Slater, was legally in the wrong. And most of the expense landed on the plaintiff. As far as I am concerned that shouldn’t have been a civil matter, it should have been a criminal one. Defamation law is hardly worth bothering with due to its ability for the defendant to obstruct the courts and is inappropriate as well for hate speech. As far as I am aware the HRA s61 is in the same position. I don’t think that there is much case law or use on it due to the difficulties in even making a case. The nearest we have to actually being an appropriate law with the required speed is the HDCA, and that as an act is so heavily flawed because the agency tasked with doing the pre-court is essentially incompetent when it goes past its intended target audience – teenagers. I’ve had exactly one HDCA approach on this site, and Netsafe were clearly incapable of following the rules laid down in the Act. They didn’t provide any of the information required for me to pass the request to the author of the post. Besides it wasn’t targeted at hate speech. In my opinion, we need a procedure with way more summary authority in making speedy determinations of potential hate speech – because we don’t have anything at present. Specifically something that can take preemptive action to take crap down or detain idiotic fuckwits before the courts make their determination. It isn’t like it is particularly hard to identify what steps over the bounds, especially on the net. Nor is it that hard to stop technically on request. What is usually a problem at a technical level is that it requires some precision about how to deal with it – and particularly in the online spaces. There isn’t a lot of point in dealing with anything 7 years or even a year after the fact (think roastbusters).. Anne 2.1.1.1.3 The last thing the country needs is an increase in authoritarianism. You have misunderstood my point PM. My understanding is the law as it presently stands is confined to crimes based on gender, sexuality and ethnicity. Hate crimes are not always confined to one of those three basic premises and if the crimes committed fall into another category altogether – for example they may be politically motivated – then the victim is likely to receive scant attention from the police. At least that has been the experiences of the past. Sometimes the victim can even find themselves being treated as the perpetrator which is what happened to me. McFlock 2.1.1.2 nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo We don’t want to bring back libel laws. Like a lot of law, while they nominally protect everyone, in reality they only protect the rich and the powerful. Blomfeld has his own civil case. Maybe there should be greater controls around sheltering wealth from civil liability (oh, random acts like, and I don’t know where I get these ideas from, putting assets into trust, making your spouse the owner of your companies, and declaring yourself bankrupt and assetless), but that’s a different issue. 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It Is the Thought That Counts T’was the day of Christmas MMP Mark II* Democratisation by Social Media and the Internet Is Just Meaningless Waffle The future of Capitalism Protection from the climate crisis ruled a fundamental human right Gender Identity Ideology – A Partial Bibliography of Online Coverage This great resource has been contributed to Redline by Janie Doebuck. Janie made some notes on the bibliography: 1) It is by no means exhaustive. There are tons more gender critical posts, essays, articles, podcasts, youtube videos, etc. online. 2) There are links in the bibliography that are behind paywalls. There ... RedlineBy Daphna About those biased Oscar Nominations There’s been a lot written about the 2020 Oscar Nominations and their apparent lack of diversity. It’s true, there are in fact no women nominated for the Best Director and very few nominees of colour across the board. But is this a result of a biased process or a symptom ... The Jackal How New Zealand media reports chronic pain Hemakumar Devan Around three million New Zealanders access news media (both paper and online) every week. Yes, you heard that right! So, the potential for news media to shape public health beliefs is common sense. As chronic pain affects one in five New Zealanders, we wanted to find out how ... SciBlogsBy Guest Author Still Waiting For American Democracy. Unfinished Republic: Though the United States' crimes against democracy are legion, most Americans are blissfully unaware of them. The brutal realities of American life: the officially sanctioned violence; the refusal to hold racists accountable for their actions; the seemingly endless tragedy of African-American suffering; of which White America is the ... Bowalley Road In Outrage Over Its Bunk Science, Goop Finds Fuel for Growth Michael Schulson For years, experts have said that Goop, the wellness and lifestyle brand founded by the actor and entrepreneur Gwyneth Paltrow, markets pseudoscience and overblown cures. And for years, despite the criticism, Goop has just kept growing. Now the company, which was valued at $250 million in 2018, ... Tobacco Excise Taxes and the Smokefree 2025 Goal: Some Ways Forward Janet Hoek, Richard Edwards, George Thomson, Andrew Waa, Nick Wilson Debate over tobacco tax increases has intensified as research indicates potentially conflicting policy directions. On the one hand, excise tax increases continue to stimulate quit attempts among smokers yet, on the other hand, they may lead to financial hardship for ... SciBlogsBy Public Health Expert Conflation and how to fix it VIa AMS, Raul Lejano looks at what in a layperson's thinking would be called conflation— confusion and blending of entirely different topics— when people think about climate change. Ideology and the Narrative of Skepticism (open access) starts with some arguably frightening false connections between the science and ... ‘Cranky Uncle’ smart phone game will show you how to disarm climate deniers This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Bud Ward (Image: Courtesy of John Cook) When it comes to climate change, it seems every family has its own version of the proverbial Cranky Uncle. An uncle, cousin, grandparent, in-law, neighbor, whatever. Just think back to the recent holiday season’s large ... Science in the ’20s – part 1 Outrageous, immoral or downright dangerous. That’s a description of the lifestyle of women “flappers” in the 1920s. Could it apply to science (and scientists) in the 2020s? Actually, you could look back at the past decade and see those, or similar terms, used about some science and scientists. Sometimes ... SciBlogsBy Robert Hickson Postscript: Citizenship Granted. I am pleased to say that I have been granted NZ citizenship. I need to do the ceremony for things to be official, but the application was a success. I now join my son as a dual NZ-US citizen. To be fair, very little will change other than the fact ... KiwipoliticoBy Pablo Hard News: Music: Morales is coming It will be no secret to longtime readers that I, Russell Brown, love the disco. So I'm pretty excited by the fact that one of the greats of the game is returning this summer – and also pleased to say I have tickets to give away.Legendary mixer and DJ ... The WHO Vaccine Safety Summit – from someone who was actually there The conspiracy I saw a new conspiracy theory flying around the other day. According to the conspiracy (that seems to originate from Del Bigtree), the World Health Organization have been ‘caught on camera’ questioning the safety of vaccines. Gosh this sounds as though someone was a mole at a ... SciBlogsBy Helen Petousis Harris The timely death of the British Labour Party Below is an article submitted to Redline by Alec Abbott At its inception, the British Labour Party was a vehicle for the propagation of racist and imperialist views within the working-class. Such views are still widespread in the party, as they are in Europe’s Social-Democratic parties, though, in the case of ... Mystery China pneumonia outbreak likely caused by new human coronavirus Connor Bamford, Queen’s University Belfast Since December 2019, there has been a cluster of 59 cases of pneumonia in Wuhan, eastern China. The pneumonia is associated with a previously unidentified coronavirus related to the deadly SARS virus. Seven of those cases are thought to be serious, and one person – ... Yes, koalas are cute – but should we bring them to NZ? Errm, no It’s been hard to miss the extreme fires raging across Australia and the tragic plight of the animals – human and otherwise – affected by the fires’ insatiable spread. I know I’ve been captivated and concerned by the tales of how Australia’s famous wildlife has been coping. Koalas approaching cyclists ... SciBlogsBy Sarah-Jane O'Connor National’s negative campaigning Anybody who looked into the Dirty Politics saga knows all too well that honesty is often in short supply within the National Party. You would think that after the exposure the John Key government received over their untruthful attack politics, the National Party would learn from its "mistakes" and leave ... Ending the government’s charade over water For the past decade, the government has been responding to the obvious Treaty issues raised by water allocation with the mantra that "no-one owns water". But last year, the Waitangi Tribunal ruled that actually, Māori owned it, and that those rights had never been extinguished. They recommended that iwi bring ... No Right TurnBy Idiot/Savant Northern Ireland joins the civilised world Same-sex marriage has finally become legal in Northern Ireland. But not through any decision of the Northern Irish Executive or Assembly, which has only just reformed after a three year walkout by the DUP; instead, Westminster made that decision for them. I've talked before about the constitutional impropriety of this, ... I had an intense conversation at work today. Claire Cohen-Norris volunteers with Citizens Climate Lobby as a chapter founder and leader in rural New York. Her climate advocacy sprung from her drive to provide a secure, joyful and fulfilling life for her two wonderful children. It has become a life’s mission, shared with her like-minded husband and partner. Claire ... French transport workers take on Macron over pension reform by John Edmundson Starting on December 5th, 2019 workers in the Parisian rail network commenced an open-ended strike in opposition to French President Emmanuel Macron’s proposed changes to their pension scheme. Rail workers in the Metro Underground have, for decades, had retirement conditions that compensate them for the low wages, ... RedlineBy Admin What a difference the decimal point makes I’m back at work following a nearly three-week break over Christmas. We were fortunate to be offered a house to stay in for a week over Christmas, which enabled us to have a holiday in Dunedin and see the extended family reasonably cheaply. But the house came with a catch: ... SciBlogsBy Marcus Wilson Who’s Going To Stop Him? Blank And Pitiless: Having ordered the assassination of the Iranian General, Qasem Soleimani, President Donald Trump promised to reduce the cultural monuments of Iran’s 3,000 year-old civilisation to rubble if a revenge attack was mounted. A breach of international law? Certainly. A war crime? Indisputably. Who’s going to stop him? Nobody.WHAT ... A worker’s story This interview is from Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement (AWSM) and is the first of an ongoing series of interviews they plan to do with workers from various sectors who are having their well being and livelihoods damaged. They begin with an educator in Southland. Due to the attitude and actions ... 2020 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #2 A chronological listing of news articles linked to on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week, i.e., Sun, Jan 5, 2020 through Sat, Jan 11, 2020 Editor's Pick Debunked Australian Bushfire Conspiracy Theories Were Pushed by Alex Jones, Murdoch Media As unusually intense and widespread bushfires have ... J.K. Rowling, the Seattle Library, and the Issue That Must Not Be Named This article was submitted to Redline by Seattle-based activist Lucinda Stoan J.K. Rowling recognizes repression when she sees it. That’s why the author of the wildly popular Harry Potter books recently tweeted in defense of Maya Forstater. Forstater lost her job for stating that sex is real and immutable. A judge ... Rules of Empire: Laws simply do not apply and “National Security” excuses all else. Empires rise and fall, and the American Empire is absolutely no different. But while an Empire, in order to further the footprint, it seems to pay to do one primary thing above all else: project that everything – everything – is “simply for the good of the world” at large, ... exhALANtBy exhalantblog Indian lessons for NZ workers – the January 8 general strike by Phil Duncan On Wednesday (January 8) another massive general strike took place in India. Some 250 million industrial workers, white-collar workers, agricultural labourers struck against the government’s economic policies and attacks on the Muslim population through new proposed citizenship rules. This ... Climate Change: The action that counts Over on Newsroom, Professor Jacqueline Beggs writes about the action she is taking on climate change. Its the usual list: reduce meat, don't fly, consume less. I'm doing some of this myself, and none of it hurts - but the way our economic system is constructed means the impact of ... Fossil fuel political giving outdistances renewables 13 to one This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Karin Kirk Corporations, special interest groups, and individuals inject billions of dollars into the American political system every year. Much of the financial support in politics is concealed from public view, as some rules – and loopholes – allow “dark money” and ... Should I ditch my fossil-fueled car? Yes. Reducing the number of cars in your household, or switching from petrol/diesel to electric, will dramatically reduce your greenhouse gas emissions. It’s one of the easiest and highest-impact climate steps you can take. New Zealand is being flooded with cars The New Zealand vehicle fleet is increasing rapidly. In ... Speaker: Planet History: Taking Tea with Quentin This interview with Quentin Crisp is part of a series of articles republished from Planet, the independent magazine I edited in the early 90s from a base at 309 Karangahape Road, along with Grant Fell, Rachael Churchward, Fiona Rae, David Teehan, Mere Ngailevu and others.Inevitably, you forget things, and over ... Supply Side How are we doing with CO2 emissions? It's an important question, increasingly posed to a mixed bag of CO2 contributors who may or may not provide accurate reportage. Liu et al present a new, additional means of measurement based on satellite observations of nitrogen dioxide co-emitted from ... Is the prostitute the seller or the sold? Excerpts from Being and Being Bought, by Kajsa Ekis Ekman, Spinifex Press, 2013. Ekman, a Swedish journalist and critic, brings together a Marxist and feminist analysis of prostitution and surrogacy in this groundbreaking book. This is the third part of a synopsis and brief commentary of the book by Daphna Whitmore. Part 1 was ... The climate crisis is also a biodiversity crisis Dr Andrea Byrom Like many of us, the summer break has seen me transfixed with horror at the scale and magnitude of the bushfire crisis in Australia. As an ecologist, I can’t help but be appalled at the loss of some of Australia’s most beautiful ecosystems and landscapes. And ... Labour opposes leisure Finland's new Prime Minister has made headlines by pushing for a 4-day week. So what does new Zealand's "centre-left" government think? Nope. They'd rather people kept working themselves into misery and death:The Government does not plan to follow Finland's lead to encourage businesses to offer staff a four-day week. [...] ... Who’s afraid of the non-native accent? Everyone … unless you tell them about it As someone who learnt English late-ish in life, I was always on the look-out for signs which betray my foreignness, afraid that my clumsy mispronunciation or syntactic misalignment will give away my outsider status. And for once, sadly, my worries were well-founded it seems. It’s bad, prejudice is rife! In ... SciBlogsBy Andreea Calude Donald Trump’s strategic gamble There’s a meme going around the Internet at the moment claiming that Donald Trump is a bit of an idiot. To outside eyes it does seem as though the President of the United States thumbs his nose at his own countries laws and administration far too often to be taken ... Back in December, the European Court of Justice ruled that jailed Catalan politician Oriol Junqueras was a Member of the European Parliament and therefore had immunity from prosecution. In a democratic state under the rule of law, he would have been immediately released from prison (and compensated for his illegal ... Doubling down: Researchers investigate compound climate risks This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Daniel Grossman It was a grim day in Moscow on July 25, 2010. The English-language Moscow Times reported that the Russian capital had broken the 1936 temperature record for July: 98 degrees Fahrenheit. That month, the city, where air conditioning was (and still is) ... Everyone, we must be united and work together (now we’ve got rid of the Corbyn) Yvette Cooper has written a piece in the Guardian outlinig 'Seven things Labour Must Do To Win The Next Election'.I'll overlook the absurd headline - no-one is talking about Labour winning the next election and I assume that Cooper didn't write the headline (she doesn't mention winning the next election anywhere ... Left hand palmBy lurgee “A common interest in war with Iran” say those who will NOT be in the firing line Well, things have certainly escalated. Brent Crude hits $70 in light of recent geopolitical incidents. There’s a British nuclear sub on its way to thump Iran if needed, and Netenyahu says “everyone” is keen on war with Iran. Of course in terms of the oil prices, that’ll have downstream ... 2020 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming Digest #1 Story of the Week... Editorial of the Week... El Niño/La Niña Update... Toon of the Week... Coming Soon on SkS... Climate Feedback Claim Reviews... SkS Week in Review... Poster of the Week... Story of the Week... The signal of human-caused climate change has emerged in everyday weather, study finds ... New Fisk Trump is starting a war with Iran – whether it is by accident or design ... Climate Change: Complementary measures For the past twenty-five years, climate change policy in New Zealand has been all about emissions pricing. Policy makers thought that all you needed to do was make people pay for their pollution via a carbon tax or emissions trading scheme, and the problem would be solved. This mechanism was ... Jeremy Clarkson – God is an arsonist You've really got to wonder if Jeremy Clarkson is worshiping the right deity? I mean thinking that Australia is somehow deserving of the calamity that has befallen it in the form of unprecedented bush fires is one thing, but claiming God intentionally likes to cause people and animals immeasurable pain ... We are no longer welcome in Iraq Last Friday, the US murdered a high-ranking Iranian general, ostensibly as retaliation for Iraqi militias attacking US troops in Iraq. It was a stupid move, a mistake as well as a crime (to misquote Talleyrand), and it is already having the expected effects: the Iranian nuclear deal is now completely ... Miscalculation, escalation and the law of unintended consequences. Note: I penned a series of tweets on the consultancy page offering my thoughts on the Soleimani assassination. I have decided to gather them together, add some more material, and edit them into a blogpost. Here it is. The US drone strike in Baghdad that killed Iranian Quds force commander ... A chronological listing of news articles linked to on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week, i.e., Sun, Dec 29, 2019 through Sat, Jan 4, 2020 Editor's Pick There Is No Safe Global Warming Australia Bushfire - Shutterstock Safety is something we all crave. It’s human nature. ... The strike on Suleimani: a Neocon gambit for rolling the MIC onwards to a new chapter of global dest... Anyone who thinks this was merely a so-called “precision strike” on “a really bad man!” and doesn’t get the wider geopolitical ramifications of this is beyond deluded. Probably those who think Commando comics are actually transcripts from a lost war documentary, and GI Joe was the biography of a real ... Still feeling very kicked in the head. Took some time off over Christmas and New Year to think about stuff, contemplating the unthinkable idea that i might have been ... wrong. But, after a thorough deconstruction of my cerebellum and rigorous self examination, I conclude I was not, am not.Okay, ... A standout example of Right-wing truth inversion: “debating” responsibility for the Aust... Many people must have seen the copious amounts of emotive, highly charged blame being increasingly passed onto “the bloody environmentalists!” and “the bloody Greenies” for this absolute debacle. This blame has been fomented by the Rightwing press, and the Governing coalition under Scott Morrison, who it must be said never ... Someone To Follow, Something To Blame. Poshing The Proletariat: As we enter the third decade of the twenty-first century, the question for New Zealand politicians is a simple one. Will workers’ expectations of fair treatment erode faster than their rising political determination to find someone to follow and something to blame? Significant sections of the United ... Skeptical Science New Research for Week #52, 2019 The other side of the coin Last week's New Research mentioned a New York Times article describing how academic researchers plow straight through holidays with work. On the publishing side: not so much. Argue about priorities but clearly there's a difference in attitudes between the input hopper and the output conveyor. ... December ’19 – NZ blogs sitemeter ranking I notice a few regulars no longer allow public access to the site counters. This may happen accidentally when the blog format is altered. If your blog is unexpectedly missing or the numbers seem very low please check ... Open ParachuteBy Ken 2019 in Review: another busy year for the Skeptical Science team As we wrap up 2019 and prepare for 2020, here is our annual review of what our team was up to during the year. As in previous recaps, this one is divided into several sections: Scholary publications, projects and books Other publications and activities Recorded talks and podcasts Our ... You thought 2019 was warped? Strap in, 2020 may make you nostalgic… What a hard year 2019 was on so many fronts. In its wake, not a small amount of victims along the way. Dissembling reality really seems to have been Project #1 as far as can be seen from much of the basis of 2019’s ups and downs…Culturally, politically, socially and ... Seasons Greetings and Happy New Year. I hope that all readers have had a good festive season and are headed into a healthy, happy and productive New Year. 2019 was a relatively consistent and quiet year at KP, as befits a niche political blog. 39 posts this year, including three by Lew on the gun buy ... Apathy in the face of disaster Warning: This article contains topics that might trigger right wing snowflakes!Unless you’ve had your head buried in a billabong for the last four months you’d of heard about the Australian bushfires. The fires have been unprecedented, with approximately five million hectares (12.35 million acres) of land burned nationwide. More than ... Two things you can guarantee at this time of the year. Predictions about the coming year, and days at the beach (only lightly polluted, hopefully). Futures thinking is often seen as identifying the “next big thing” – technology and consumer trends. But that’s surface level futuring. Wave spotting. As ... 2019 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming Digest #52 Story of the Week... Editorial of the Week... Toon of the Week... Coming Soon on SkS... Climate Feedback Reviews... Poster of the Week... SkS Week in Review... Story of the Week... 2019 in review: Polarised world entering era of climate impacts We look back on CHN’s reporting from ... The Spinoff is pretty shit really Call me old fashioned, but I like my sport to be played fair and on an even field. In fact there’s nothing worse than a game where the ref fails to actually umpire properly and one team is flouting the damn rules.The same goes for politics. If journalists don’t do ... 2019 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #52 A chronological listing of news articles linked to on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week, i.e., Sun, Dec 22 through Sat, Dec 28, 2019 Editor's Pick Record hit for most ice to melt in Antarctica in one day, data suggests: "We are in a Climate Emergency" ... Pacific partners work together to provide additional support to Australia The NZDF continues to support the Australian Defence Force (ADF) as it battles fires in Victoria and New South Wales, including by transporting Republic of Fiji Military engineers from Nadi to Australia, announced Defence Minister Ron Mark. On Saturday morning a NZDF Boeing 757 will depart New Zealand to uplift ... BeehiveBy beehive.govt.nz Kaikōura $10.88 million boost in tourism & business The Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) is investing $10.88 million to boost business and tourism opportunities in Kaikōura, Parliamentary Undersecretary for Regional Economic Development, Fletcher Tabuteau announced today. As part of the Kaikōura Marina Development Programme, the following two projects will receive PGF funding: A $9.88 million investment to begin the ... Govt accounts in surplus, debt remains low The Government’s books are in good shape with the accounts in surplus and expenses close to forecast, Finance Minister Grant Robertson says. The Treasury today released the Crown accounts for the five months to November. The operating balance before gains and losses (OBEGAL) was above forecast by $0.7 billion resulting ... Auckland focus for first Police graduation of 2020 The number of Police on the Auckland frontline is increasing with the graduation today of a special locally-trained wing of new constables. Police Minister Stuart Nash says the graduation of eighteen officers from Recruit Wing 333-5 means that more than 1900 new Police have been deployed since the Coalition Government ... Wairarapa gets $7.11m PGF water boost The Provincial Growth Fund is putting $7.11 million into creating a sustainable water supply for Wairarapa, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Regional Economic Development Fletcher Tabuteau announced today. The following two projects will receive Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) funding: A $7 million investment in Wairarapa Water Limited for the pre-construction development of ... Progress with new Police station in Mahia Community safety and crime prevention in the East Coast community of Mahia has moved forward with the opening of a new Police station to serve the growing coastal settlement. Police Minister Stuart Nash has officially opened the new station, which was relocated almost 20 kilometres along the coast from the nearby ... Plans to protect the future of whitebaiting announced With several native whitebait species in decline the Minister of Conservation Eugenie Sage has today released proposals to standardise and improve management of whitebait across New Zealand. “The need for action for a healthy whitebait fishery has never been greater,” Eugenie Sage said. “Four of the six whitebait species are ... New resource for schools to increase awareness and understanding of climate change A new Ministry of Education resource available for schools in 2020 will increase awareness and understanding of climate change, Education Minister Chris Hipkins said today. “The resource, Climate Change – prepare today, live well tomorrow, will help students understand the effects of climate change at a local, national and global ... Getting more out of our most productive firms Finance Minister Grant Robertson has approved the terms of reference for an Inquiry into the economic contribution of New Zealand's frontier firms. Frontier firms are the most productive firms in the domestic economy within their own industry. “These firms are important as they diffuse new technologies and business practices into ... NZDF sends more support to Australia The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is sending an Environmental Health Team, a Primary Health Care Team and a Chaplain to Australia, boosting New Zealand support for the Australian Defence Force (ADF) as it battles bush fires in Victoria and New South Wales, Defence Minister Ron Mark announced today. The ... New Zealand joins partners in calling for full investigation into air crash in Iran Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Rt Hon Winston Peters says that developments suggesting a surface-to-air missile is responsible for the downing of the Ukrainian International Airlines flight in Iran is disastrous news. “New Zealand offers its deepest sympathies to the families of the 176 victims. It is ... Staying connected to Australian agriculture Agriculture Minister, Damien O’Connor, says the Ministry for Primary Industries is continuing to stay connected to federal authorities in Australia as devastating fires affect the country. “The Ministry is using an existing trans-Tasman forum for discussions on the agricultural impact of the fires and the future recovery phase,” says Damien ... Investment in schools – a commitment to communities Thousands of school-age children, their teachers and wider communities are benefiting from the Government’s multi-million dollar investment upgrading and renewing schools, Education Minister Chris Hipkins said today. “We want New Zealand to be the best place to be a child and that means learning in warm, comfortable and modern classrooms,” ... New Zealand Defence Force sends support to Australia Minister of Defence Ron Mark today announced New Zealand is sending three Royal New Zealand Air Force NH90 helicopters and crew, and two NZ Army Combat Engineer Sections as well as a command element to support the Australian Defence Force efforts in tackling the Australian fires. The New Zealand Defence Force ... Better access to books for blind and low vision citizens on World Braille Day "Today is World Braille Day and I am delighted to announce that an international treaty giving blind and low vision New Zealanders access to books and literary works comes into force today,” Minister for Disability Issues Carmel Sepuloni announced today. “Today the Marrakesh Treaty and the associated amendments to the ... New Zealand to send further firefighter support to Australia The New Zealand Government is sending a further 22 firefighters to help fight the Australian fires. “The devastation caused by these fires is taking a substantial toll on our Australian neighbours and we will continue to do what we can to assist as they deal with this extremely dynamic, dangerous ... Reducing the cost of education Twenty-two more schools have opted into the Government’s policy of providing $150 per child to schools who don’t ask parents for donations– bringing the total number of schools in the policy to 1,585. The Ministry of Education has accepted late opt ins past the November 14 deadline from schools that ... Road deaths lower in 2019, but still more work to do “As we enter the new decade, my thoughts are with the families, friends and communities of the 353 people who lost their lives in road crashes last year. While the number of deaths is lower than in 2018 (377), this is still a staggering loss of life,” Duty Minister Iain ... PM congratulates New Year 2020 Honours recipients Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has congratulated the diverse group of New Zealanders recognised for their contributions to the country and their communities in the New Year 2020 Honours List. The list of 180 honours recipients includes three Dames and three Knights Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, ... Justice Minister congratulates first Māori Supreme Court judge on New Year’s Honour Justice Minister Andrew Little has congratulated The Honourable Justice Joe Williams for receiving a knighthood for services to the state. Sir Joe Williams has been appointed as a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the New Year 2020 Honours List. “Sir Joe Williams has made an ... New Year honours for top sportspeople Twenty-one of New Zealand’s top sportspeople, coaches and leaders in the sporting community have been recognised in the New Year 2020 Honours List. The Silver Ferns coach Noeline Taurua has been made a Dame Companion and the former All Blacks Steve Hansen has been made a Knight Companion of the ... Leading architect of Zero Carbon Bill honoured It’s great to see ordinary New Zealanders doing extraordinary things, Minister for Climate Change James Shaw today said in response to the news that Lisa McLaren is included in the New Year 2020 Honours List for her exceptional work leading the campaign for the Zero Carbon Bill. Lisa McLaren was ... Social entrepreneurs and innovation leads Pacific contribution Minister for Pacific Peoples Aupito William Sio says the New Year 2020 Honours List highlights the valuable contribution Pacific social entrepreneurs and innovators make to New Zealand, the Pacific region and the world. “The standout common factor that underlines their contribution to Aotearoa is the value they place in their ... Service to birds and bush recognised in New Year Honours Decades of dedication to Aotearoa’s unique birds, landscapes, and native eels is recognised in the New Year 2020 Honours List said Minister of Conservation Eugenie Sage. “I’m delighted that the decades of dedication to conservation, and fantastic leadership in giving nature a helping hand is being acknowledged,” said Eugenie Sage. ... Closer Economic Partnership with Singapore comes into force on 1 January New Zealanders will start to see the benefits of the upgraded Closer Economic Partnership (CEP) with Singapore from 1 January 2020, when the agreement comes into force. Minister for Trade and Export Growth David Parker said the agreement would open more opportunities for New Zealand companies looking to do business with ... Report by Dr David Robie – Café Pacific. – [embedded content] The Rappler video feed on the Ampatuan convictions last month. For decades, the feared Ampatuan clan held sway in the impoverished province of Maguindanao in Mindanao in the southern Philippines. Through a ruthless private army and a ... Evening ReportBy David Robie Plunging DHB deficits prove the pie is too small Reports that DHB deficits are set to plunge even further this year are yet more proof that underfunding is bringing hospitals to their knees, says the new Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, Sarah Dalton. ... Scoop politics Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mark Maund, PhD Candidate, School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Newcastle A primary school in East Gippsland was burnt down in the current bushfire crisis. While Premier Daniel Andrews immediately committed to rebuilding the school as it was, media reported ... Evening ReportBy The Conversation Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jarrod Hodgson, PhD Candidate, University of Adelaide Australian sea lions are in trouble. Their population has never recovered from the impact of the commercial sealing that occurred mainly in the 19th century. Low-lying rock islands and outcrops make important breeding sites for ... Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Read, Climate Criminologist & Senior Instructor/Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, Monash University It’s hard to estimate the eventual economic cost of Australia’s 2019-20 megafires, partly because they are still underway, and partly because it is hard to know the cost to attribute ... Anniversary of the War on Drugs – a young ACT statement Today marks 100 years since America began waging a war on drugs. This war cannot be won; the effects of prohibition have long pointed this out. In fact, young ACT believes drug prohibition causes more harm than the precise drugs it aims to protect ... What Trump’s re-election would mean for us Bernard Hickey looks at the second big question for 2020: Will Trump get re-elected? ... Karen Walker’s Takapuna store to close after 10 years An Auckland retail store owned by fashion designer Karen Walker is closing its doors permanently at the end of this month. ... In cases of cardiac arrest, time is everything. Community responders can save lives Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bill Lord, Adjunct Associate Professor, Monash University Each year more than 24,000 Australians experience a sudden cardiac arrest. This means their heart unexpectedly stops beating. A cardiac arrest leads to loss of consciousness and will result in death if not recognised and ... Auckland Island pigs: ‘It’s a big call to eradicate them’ The Department of Conservation's efforts to cull Auckland Island pigs are being labelled a crime against humanity by the Rare Breeds Conservation Society. ... Action needed to improve youth justice system Children and adolescents detained in the youth justice system experience poor health across a range of complex physical and mental health disorders, according to new research . ... Make-or-break year for Bridges – he must prove he is PM material without shouting down Ardern Already it is shaping as the most challenging year for National since it lost the Treasury benches in 2017. For Simon Bridges, it’s make-or-break for his leadership. Going head-to-head with the Jacinda phenomenon, he has little chance of monstering her in television broadcasts, and even if he did it could ... Point of OrderBy tutere44 Westpac centralising 250 jobs in Auckland Westpac plans to shift 250 jobs from Wellington to Auckland to consolidate its technology and product marketing team. ... Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Maria O’Sullivan, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, and Deputy Director, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University When Australians pay their income tax, they assume the money is going to areas of the community that need it, rather than being used ... Manufacturing sector index falls The manufacturing sector is back in the doldrums after a short-lived improvement. ... Who the hell are the celebs on The X-Factor UK: Celebrity? Tara Ward breaks down the full line-up for The X-Factor UK: Celebrity and we promise you’ll recognise at least a few of them.What makes everything better in this rancid world of ours? Not trees, not cooler temperatures, not an unexpected Briscoes ‘Monday Madness Sale’. It’s celebrities. Celebrities make the world ... The SpinoffBy Tara Ward Kāinga Ora’s borrowing limit lifted by $4b Just quietly, the Government is gearing up to announce in an election year that it will borrow $4 billion more to almost double its plans for state house building. Bernard Hickey reports exclusively. ... Unity Books bestseller chart for the week ending January 17 The only published and available best-selling indie book chart in New Zealand is the top 10 sales list recorded every week at Unity Books’ stores in High St, Auckland, and Willis St, Wellington.AUCKLAND1 Normal People by Sally Rooney (Faber & Faber, $23)WTAF Auckland2 The Truants by Kate Weinberg (Bloomsbury, $33)Agatha Christie + ... The SpinoffBy The Spinoff Review of Books Freight company’s sales suffer, in talks with bank Freight company TIL Logistics has cut its earnings expectations as its sales suffer. ... Yesterdaze: Logging back in to reality without a password Haven't been paying attention to the news over the holidays? 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__label__wiki	0.584287	0.584287	Board index Subcategories Anoraks Corner Tornado admits to reaching 100 mph A section for all non-Steamboat things and machinery - Steam vehicles, trucks, plant, cars etc... RGSP Boat Name: Platypus, Shelduck Location: Very eastern England Post by RGSP » Thu Apr 13, 2017 4:21 pm Many of the UK subscribers to this forum will be aware of "Tornado", but others perhaps will not. Sir Nigel Gresley, who was responsible for the design of "Mallard", holder of the steam speed record, died rather young, and one of his successors during WW2 was Mr Peppercorn, who designed and built several locomotive classes for wartime conditions of poor track, long trains and sketchy maintenanace. They were rather successful, but the timetabling and location of the scrapping programme with the advent of diesel locomotives in the 1960s meant that all of the A1 class of Pacific type locomotives were scrapped rather rapidly. About 15 years ago, a group decided to recreate one of Peppercorn's A1 Pacifics, but using updated methods and materials where necessary, and with various refinements to the design using advanced CAD methods. Tornado is the result, and she has been hauling enthusiasts trains all over Britain since coming into service, with no major breakdowns or problems. She has been running a scheduled service this year, sharing the roster and timings with modern diesel trains, but limited to 75 mph, which was adequate on the Settle-Carlisle line. The photograph below shows her in Skipton station, with modern trains running the same service in the background. The locomotive had been designed and built with a full set of modern electronic safety equipment, and the mechanical margins of all the components had also been very thoroughly checked at the design stage, so the design team were very confident she could operate continuously at 90 mph, and perhaps 100 mph, with an ultimate safe top speed somewhere in the region of 120 mph (with a tail wind). She normally operates with a single private coach immediately behind the locomotive, which houses generators to operate modern train electric air conditioning etc. Steam locomotives were capable of badly overstressing track via out-of-balance forces, but Tornado had her balancing done by computer, and on test demonstrated track forces within the normal range for modern diesel or electric locomotives. On Wednesday last, she hauled a normal heavy train between Newcastle and Doncaster, to show that the ruling modern schedule speed of 90 mph was within her capacity. There will be a lot of data analysis and checking to do, but she reached 100 mph for a few miles on the flat, and sustained 90 mph nicely. This wasn't any sort of hero attempt to break any records, just to demostrate that Tornado could comfortably and safely haul 90 mph trains on the same track as sheduled electric passenger services, with something like a 10% margin of speed in hand occasionally. There is no offical recognition that she can haul such trains regularly yet, and indeed there will be months of negotiation at best, but the initial test results look good. Re: Tornado admits to reaching 100 mph Post by TahoeSteam » Fri Apr 14, 2017 2:28 pm That's AWESOME!! Still a great accomplishment! I can't imagine what the cacophony must have been like on the footplate at 100mph! It's nice you have such well built and maintained track over there. I'm not sure if that could safely be accomplished over here just due to the condition of the track. I hope they allow her to run the service in the future. I really love all the heritage things your countrymen and women are doing. Post by Lopez Mike » Fri Apr 14, 2017 3:23 pm It's interesting how little things change. Just about one hundred years ago the Pennsylvania Pacific class E6 locomotives were running at very much the same speeds and loadings. There was some gloating a decade ago among the D--sel electric locomotive set that some behemoth had achieved 1000 h.p. per axle. It was pointed out to them that an E6 had reached a dyno tested performance of just over 2000 h.p. on two axles and did it with hand firing! The Lindberg special that was run to rush films of his arrival back in the states to the N.Y. theaters touched 115 mph and ran non-stop by using track center troughs to fill with water at high speed. I'm impressed that the Tornado is running so apparently trouble free. It usually takes a considerable period of settling in to reach such reliability. One must acknowledge the 4-8-4 superpower locomotives designed in the thirties. The U.P. 844 and it's sister locomotives were balanced to run up to 120 and develop 4500 h.p. continuously. I'm told that there exist films of one of them running on rollers and using strobe lights to show that the drivers were just starting to lift from the rails. I was a cab passenger in that locomotive on the Idaho division many moons ago when the engineer (driver) showed us that the train could break traction at 75 m.p.h. Believe it or not, it had a speedometer. Also It had a automotive type radio and there was country and western music playing. Riding like a bus. We talking on normal tones. Locomotives like the Tornado exemplify the peak of concentrated power in steam. Confined by bridge and tunnels the only way to get more power was to force the issue. And they did. Kudos to you brits to have the guts to run your trains at speed. We yanks have turned our backs on what was the peak of larger trains running at high speeds. We are just now starting to run a few commuter trains at rates that G.B. has been doing for years. Post by RGSP » Fri Apr 14, 2017 8:19 pm Lopez Mike wrote: I'm impressed that the Tornado is running so apparently trouble free. It usually takes a considerable period of settling in to reach such reliability. So am I. I know a couple of members of the design team, and without any exageration they are very clever guys right at the top of the mechanical engineering profession, and they went to town using every CAD tool in the book, and then festooned Tornado with strain gauges and other instruments for her earlier test runs. It's still quite an achievement for a small private group of people. I suppose the point is that the present UK rail network is mostly very fully utilised, operating slots have to be strictly adhered to, and any breakdowns would have been catastrophic in terms of future plans for using the main public rails. I don't know, but would guess Tornado is capable of 2000 - 2500 HP continuously, but of course you could add 50% to that for short periods. The class was never designed in the 1940s for particularly high speeds like Gresley's A4s, but would cope with much heavier trains at slightly lower top speeds. Her design team were highly amused a couple of years ago, when she had run a "special" south of London, and was just going home with an empty train. The commuter line network here is very dense, and operated by an outdated but reasonably effective 600V dc system using a 3rd electrified rail. All electric services were suspended due to a heavy fall of wet snow, and Tornado ended up taking well over 1000 commuters home (illegally in fact, but with the connivance of the control room staff). There you are standing on the platform wondering how on earth to get home, and this large and shiney steam locomotive pulls in, with a warm and comfortable train behind.... High tech has it's limitations. I do a lot of steaming around the public and often there is a group standing around when I light up and raise steam. Again and again I get comments about the lack of any electrical involvement. But then I explain that my plumbers torch has an electrical lighter inside it. I cheat. Maybe I should learn to make fire with two sticks. On further thought, I have in my bag a GPS, a flashlight, sometimes a cell phone, a hand held marine radio . . . Mike Rometer Boat Name: B.N.Y.S. Post by Mike Rometer » Fri Apr 14, 2017 10:18 pm Lopez Mike wrote: I dunno Mike, my Grandmother always claimed to be able to make a fire with just one stick. Reckoned her nickname was "One Match Elsie" Retirement is about doing what floats your boat! A BODGE : - A Bit Of Damn Good Engineering. Post by Lopez Mike » Sat Apr 15, 2017 12:52 am My mom could make a fire with one stick but the fire was where I sat down! cyberbadger Boat Name: SL Nyitra Location: Northeast Ohio, USA Post by cyberbadger » Tue Apr 18, 2017 4:22 pm As pointed out it's pathetic in the states how they hamstring steam locomotives on the rails. Here near me, the Cuyahoga Valley National Park - everything is limited to 15mph on the track including the yearly visiting steam locomotives. That's not what they were designed to run.... To Tornado and all the crew that made this run possible: "Hail Britannia! Britannia Rule the Waves, Britons never never shall be slaves!". -CB Post by Lopez Mike » Tue Apr 18, 2017 7:58 pm Can't imagine how I missed that but the thing is hand fired. Amazing. The last hand fired locos I know of stateside didn't make it much past the end of the first war. And some of them, like the N.P. W3 Mikados had to be converted to stokers as they were pure man killers. Two firemen (stokers) couldn't keep ahead of them. So does the Tornado have a coal pusher to keep the coal within shoveling range? Not a person, a machine. The record for hand firing was, I believe, set on the Idaho division of the Union Pacific in the mid thirties on a helper (pusher) engine on a grade called King Hill near Twin Falls. One man. One hour. Twelve tons (2000 lb. tons. That's a thirty pound scoop of coal every five seconds. My body hurts thinking about it. The victim then got to rest and freeze half to death after the helper engine disconnected and went back down the hill to push the next train up the hill. An inspector was sent out from the division shops as the consumption figures were held to be not possible for a hand fired engine. The fireman in question soon managed to wangle a job as an apprentice in the shops at Twin Falls and never shoveled coal again and remained a machinest the rest of his life. He was my father. Post by cyberbadger » Wed Apr 19, 2017 3:30 am I highly recommend viewing the below at HD full screen. I love how the valve gear area is lit at night! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbbIhZAkpiU Return to “Anoraks Corner”	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line1976
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__label__wiki	0.603071	0.603071	Watch Iran Protesters Refuse To Trample American And Israeli Flags Obama allied with the brutal Mullah oppressors. Trump allies with the enslaved Iranian people who yearn for freedom. Alicia F. Luke The Iranian protesters refused to walk on the US and Israeli flags. The few people who did walk over the flags were booed by protesters in the area with chants of ‘shame on you.’ Some reports said that the protesters chanted ‘our enemy is in Iran, not America.’ Students in Tehran University take pains to avoid walking on the flags of U.S. & Israel—as the regime forces people to do—and when two Basiji regime agents then make a point of trampling the flags, the crowds shout "Besharaf!" #بی‌شرف — the regime is shameless, dishonorable. pic.twitter.com/BLr5QKztr8 — UN Watch (@UNWatch) January 12, 2020 Protestors in Iran are chanting: We are not the enemy of the USA and Israel. Our enemy is the people of the Islamic Republic of Iran. They are also refusing to walk on the American and Israeli flag that the government painted on the ground. pic.twitter.com/DKjxpW2DGP — Alex Bruesewitz (@alexbruesewitz) January 12, 2020 Breitbart: A video clip highlighted on Sunday by U.N. Watch, a non-governmental organization based in Switzerland, showed students at Iran’s Tehran University refusing to trample on American and Israeli flags as directed by agents of the Basij, a paramilitary force controlled by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). In the video, only a handful of Iranian regime agents were willing to walk on the flags. The students responded by heckling them as “dishonorable” and “shameless.” Other video clips of the incident illustrated how much care the students took to avoid stepping on the flags. President Donald Trump approvingly commented on the trend Monday morning, hailing it as a sign of “big progress” in Iran. More Wow! The wonderful Iranian protesters refused to step on, or in any way denigrate, our Great American Flag. It was put on the street in order for them to trample it, and they walked around it instead. Big progress! Iranians in the streets chanted “our enemy is the regime, they lie and say it is the US”#NancyPelosiFakeNews #IranProtestspic.twitter.com/FUJroTngec — BaHaRaN (@ForSyteSaga2013) January 13, 2020 This whole Iran incident has turned out to be a disaster for the Democrats. Nothing they hoped for materialized most of all war. This has the potential to have the significance of Reagan’s “tear down this wall” moment. Can you imagine an Iran freed from the rule of the Mullahs‽ Related Topics:American FlagfeaturedIranProtests UNCONSTITUTIONAL!: United States Supreme Court Dismisses Impeachment Articles Iran: Video Shows Protester Shot & Bleeding On Street Dems Block A Vote To Support Iran Protesters House Democrats block McCarthy measure supporting Iranian protesters. House Democrats blocked a vote on a resolution introduced by House Minority Leader California Republican Kevin McCarthy that expressed support of anti-government protesters in Iran and condemned Iran’s role in the downing of a Ukrainian civilian aircraft last week. What a disappointment —Democrats just blocked a vote on a resolution supporting the Iranian protestors. This is not the time for partisan politics. This should be a time for the US Congress to speak with one voice to condemn an Iranian regime that kills its own people. Daily Caller: Democrats in the House of Representatives blocked a vote Tuesday to support the protesters in Iran who are demonstrating against the regime. Consideration and a vote on House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s resolution was blocked because Democrats advanced the previous question, by a vote of 226-191. The resolution would have condemned the Government of Iran for killing 1,500 Iranian citizens who were protesting their government, as well as condemned the Government of Iran for shooting down Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, killing 176 people. In addition, the resolution; “(3) condemns the Government of Iran for repeatedly lying to its people and to the world about its responsibility for the downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752; (4) calls on the Government of Iran to— (A) refrain from the use of violence; and (B) protect the rights of freedom of expression and peaceful assembly; and (5) supports the protestors in Iran, their demands for accountability, and their desire for the Government of Iran to respect freedom and human rights.” More Trump derangement syndrome has the Democrats and their MSM defending Iran, a state sponsor of terrorism. So Democrats are choosing sides with the Terrorists‼️‼️ — Dawn 2 (@Dawn284923008) January 15, 2020 Just like Obama ignored the people of Iran to side with the Mullahs and to protect his nuke deal, the Democrats are once again on the wrong side of history protecting their own interests. Do you remember how decently the Iranian gov’t treated those protesters after they knew the Obama Administration wasn’t going to care? Funny @HouseDemocrats can vote for a meaningless war powers resolution but can’t vote on a resolution to support those in IRan who want to enjoy the freedoms most of the world takes for granted — S. Phillip (@SPJames1968) January 14, 2020 By Ivan E. Raiklin This week, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, will submit her two Articles of Impeachment to the United States Senate. Impeachment is an authority granted to the U.S. House in Article II, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution. “The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.” (emphasis added) Article I, Section 2, Clause 5 vests the power to impeach with the House of Representatives. “The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.” The House Judiciary Committee began its impeachment inquiry by interrogating Cory Lewandowski (I was sitting behind him), when that failed, Speaker Nancy Pelosi then moved the inquiry to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence where no due process was afforded the President in this closed door session, then back to the Judiciary Committee where the President was denied his 5th Amendment Due Process rights by not allowing any witnesses to respond to the allegations. Upon completion of these hearings, the House of Representatives voted on the following two impeachment articles, titled: Article 1: Abuse of Power (December 10, 2019) Article 2: Obstruction of Congress (December 10, 2019) For the U.S. House to transmit articles of impeachment to the U.S. Senate, the articles must meet the minimal Constitutional threshold of being a charge of “Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors”. Based on the Supreme Court’s analysis below, neither article of impeachment charges the president with either treason, bribery, or a high crime and misdemeanor and thus cannot be transmitted to the U.S. Senate for a trial under Article I, Section 3, Clause 6 of the U.S. Constitution. Article 1: Abuse of Power:[i] Treason–Nowhere is the term treason used or alleged in this article of impeachment. Bribery-Nowhere is the term treason or bribery used or alleged in this article of impeachment. or other high Crimes- The article lists no mention of a crime being committed as taken from either Title 18 U.S. Code or any other Title of the U.S. Code for that matter. Additionally, reviewing Title 18 U.S. Code, nowhere is there a reference to the term “abuse of power”. Without a crime of “abuse of power” there can be no basis for there to be a “high crime”. and Misdemeanors–[ii] As mentioned above under high crime, without a crime, there can be no misdemeanor crime to charge the president with in order to impeach him. Article 2: Obstruction of Congress: Treason–Nowhere is the term “treason” used or alleged in this article. Bribery-Nowhere is the term treason or bribery used or alleged in this article. or other high Crimes- The article lists no mention of a crime being committed as taken from either Title 18 U.S. Code or any other Title of the U.S. Code for that matter. Additionally, reviewing Title 18 U.S. Code, nowhere is there a reference to the term “obstruction of Congress”. Without a crime of “obstruction of Congress” there can be no basis for there to be a “high crime”. The only felony in the US Code that references the term “obstruction” is found at: Title 18 USC § 1505. “Obstruction of proceedings before departments, agencies, and committees”. [iii] Even if the US House of Representatives is referencing this statute as the basis for its impeachment, this statute clashes with the president’s power of executive privilege. The House will need to await the adjudication of the Federal Courts if Presidential executive privilege will outweigh the demand and Misdemeanors-The only federal misdemeanors that reference the term obstruction do not reference obstruction of Congress. Rather, they are: 18 USC §1509 obstruction of court orders 18 USC §1701 obstruction of mails generally 40 USC §5109(b) obstruction of roads Recommendation: White House Counsel file a motion outlining Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s/the U.S. Congress’ violation of Article II Section 4 in the following manner: To the U.S. Supreme court, under its original jurisdiction authority as this is a case “affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and those in which a state shall be party, the Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction.” Article III, Section 2. To the US Supreme Court requesting a writ of certiorari on the matter To the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, followed by appeals to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and concluding with the U.S. Supreme Court. This is the preferred method as this process will take several weeks, if not months to adjudicate, while the U.S. Senate continues to confirm President Trump’s federal judge appointments without any breaks. Possible Outcomes: The U.S. Supreme Court dismisses the Articles of Impeachment and thus no Senate trial. If the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the articles of impeachment do meet the constitutional threshold of a high Crime or misdemeanor, then the Speaker of the House can send them to the U.S. Senate and act on them as outlined in Article I, Section 3, Clause 6 wherein “The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.” The Senate dismisses the articles of impeachment upon receiving them for lack of an offense/sufficient evidence. The Senate calls witnesses[iv] to determine President Trump’s state of mind when he asked Ukraine President Zelinsky to investigate corruption. President Trump through the calling of these witnesses exposes the illegal coup by the previous administration, exposes all deep state actors, exposes corruption by the Bidens that he was interested in investigating and brings justice to all those negatively impacted by the illegal Crossfire Hurricane operation and FISA abuses to include LTG (R) Michael Flynn, Roger Stone, Paul Manafort, Carter Page, George Papadopolous and Carter Page. About the Author: Ivan E. Raiklin is a Constitutional and National Security attorney and Green Beret who has served for over 22 years in various sensitive roles in the Department of Defense and U.S. Intelligence Community under the previous four administrations. [i] https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/10/articles-of-impeachment-trump-abuse-obstruction-full-text-pdf-080185 [ii] https://www.vox.com/2019/12/10/21004695/articles-of-impeachment-full-text-read [iii] https://www.vox.com/2019/12/10/21004695/articles-of-impeachment-full-text-read [iv] The following witnesses will need to be called to address legitimate concerns of corruption Ukraine Related Hunter Biden-Questions related to waivers to join US Naval reserve and Board seat on Burisma Hunter Biden’s baby mamas Joe Biden-Discussions of placing son on Board of Burisma and other dealings involving firing of prosecutor general in Ukraine (Quid Pro Quo) Impeachment related Nancy Pelosi-all discussions and deliberations regarding the first time impeachment of president up until the actual impeachment Adam Schiff-all conversations with the whistleblower and his staff related to the whistleblower Eric Ciaramella-all communications between him and the rest of the witnesses and staffs listed Mark Zaid-Lawyer for Eric Ciaramella Andrew Bakaj-Lawyer for Eric Ciaramella John Brennan & Staff Sean Misko Jerry Nadler Michael Atkinson Debbie Mucarsey Powell (Drafted Articles of Impeachment?) Robert Paul (Husband of Powell, received $700 K from the Ukrainian Oligarch Every member of Congress who made public statements professing to impeach President Trump before the first impeachment hearing September, 2019. Origins of Coup Attempt Susan Rice Intelligence Community James Clapper Andrew Weissman Rod Rosenstein Peter Strzok Lisa Page Joe Pientka Nellie Ohr (Wife of Bruce, at Fusion GPS) Alexandra Chalupa Fake Dossier Origins: Joseph Mifsud Glen Simpson Fusion GPS team Perkins Coie team Kathryn Rumler Devon Archer DNC members working on Steele Dossier Crowd Strike Andriy Telizchenko Cody Shearer Bret Kimberlain Sid Blumenthal Derek Shearer Ian McKinnon Alphabet (Youtube, Google) Support Witnesses Jim Jordan Devin Nunes IG Horowitz John Durham Showing restraint to the Iranian police is not shooting more than a few people in public. A video of weekend protests in Iran shows a woman being carried away after being shot in the leg, while other protestors flee from tear gas. Videos purportedly show blood on the ground after claims that protesters were hit with live rounds in Tehran just two days after President Donald Trump warned the Islamic Republic’s leaders not to “kill your protesters.” Warning: Graphic videos: ‼️هشدار خون ویدیوی دریافتی با شرح: "خیابون آزادی #تهران، تقاطع استاد معین یک لباس شخصی #تیراندازی کرد و یک خانم زخمی شد. خورد تو پاش"https://t.co/kofj1qa7cJ#دی۹۸ #IranProtests #Iran #Tehran pic.twitter.com/Ym1NUvKJOH — Vahid Online (@Vahid) January 12, 2020 Iran rejected the authenticity of a video circulating on Monday, and confirmed to be real by the Associated Press, of anti-regime protesters helping a woman bleeding profusely after reportedly being shot by Iranian police. The woman was one of thousands to take the streets again after protesters erupted on Saturday in response to the Iranian regime admitting it had shot down a Ukrainian commercial airliner last week, killing 176 mostly Iranian, Ukrainian, and Canadian passengers. The Islamic regime had concluded in its preliminary report that the Ukrainian International Airlines (UIA) flight out of Tehran had crashed after its engine spontaneously caught fire, but ultimately admitted its military had shot the plane down with a Russian Tor missile after mounting international pressure. Tehran has yet to admit that it lied about the fate of the airliner, instead insisting it had honestly reported its initial findings. Ample video and photographic evidence of Iranian officials bulldozing the crash site before international inspectors arrived contradict this claim. The incident triggered protests attracting at least a thousand people, according to the state-run Fars News Agency, on Saturday. While Fars insisted the outcry was limited to Tehran and only numbered in the hundreds, independent reports said thousands, many of them students, took the streets in at least five other cities. The Kurdish outlet Rudaw described the crowds nationwide as numbering in the “tens of thousands.” More Showing restraint to the Iranian police is not shooting more than a few people in public. Iran rejected the authenticity of the video even though it was confirmed to be authentic by the AP. Just like they rejected the idea that they shot down that Ukrainian airliner. Trump Tweets Support To Iranian Protesters, Warns Government Not To Kill Them He’s standing up for human rights. President Donald Trump issued a stern warning to Iran: ‘Do not kill your protesters… the USA is watching.’ “To the leaders of Iran – DO NOT KILL YOUR PROTESTERS,” The president tweeted. “Thousands have already been killed or imprisoned by you, and the World is watching. More importantly, the USA is watching.” To the leaders of Iran – DO NOT KILL YOUR PROTESTERS. Thousands have already been killed or imprisoned by you, and the World is watching. More importantly, the USA is watching. Turn your internet back on and let reporters roam free! Stop the killing of your great Iranian people! The government of Iran must allow human rights groups to monitor and report facts from the ground on the ongoing protests by the Iranian people. There can not be another massacre of peaceful protesters, nor an internet shutdown. The world is watching. President Trump issued a stark warning Sunday to Iran as leaders in Tehran gear up to deal with protesters who took to the streets after the government admitted to accidentally shooting down a Ukrainian passenger jet. “To the leaders of Iran – DO NOT KILL YOUR PROTESTERS,” Trump tweeted. “Thousands have already been killed or imprisoned by you, and the World is watching. More importantly, the USA is watching.” He added: “Turn your internet back on and let reporters roam free! Stop the killing of your great Iranian people!” Numerous anti-government protests erupted at universities across Iran on Saturday with students calling for the resignation of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The protests come as Iran-U.S. tensions remain high, with Trump accusing Iran of planning attacks on four U.S. embassies, necesitating the drone strike last weekend that killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani. One protester at Amir Kabir University in Tehran held up a banner that read, “[Expletive] you & your mistake,” the New York Post reported. The banner also showed the names and photos of 16 students who died in the crash. More The Iranian people want freedom from the bloodthirsty Theocracy that brutally oppresses them. Everyone deserves to live their lives free of oppression. #Iranian protestors tear apart poster of Soleimani & Khamenei. Tehran, #Iran. pic.twitter.com/S0hzmRRfgG — Alireza Nader (@AlirezaNader) January 11, 2020 Astonishing scenes as protests erupt in Tehran tonight. They chant that Iran’s leaders are the enemy, not the US. And, “Soleimani was a killer.” The fallout from his assassination continues to take unexpected turns https://t.co/diDuogtMVE — Liz Sly (@LizSly) January 11, 2020 Will media rush to report on the large #IranProtests where protestors are demanding the Supreme Leader step down? Or does that defy the narrative they want? Some chants wish death on him and others say “Our enemy is right here, they lie & say its America.” pic.twitter.com/TpeQAEOK5J — Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) January 11, 2020 Iran Refuses To Hand Over Doomed Ukrainian Airliner’s Black Box Does anyone think they will turn over the black box to anyone? A Ukrainian airplane carrying 176 passengers and crew crashed shortly after taking off from Tehran’s airport this morning, killing everyone on board and turning farmland on the outskirts of the capital into fields of flaming debris. Iran is refusing to hand over the black box of the doomed Ukrainian airliner to Boeing amid an investigation into what caused the crash that killed all 176 people aboard the flight out of Tehran early Wednesday. So Iran probably shot down the plane by mistake.https://t.co/6Gimp3bq8G — BrokenNews_Bernie (@BrokennewsB) January 8, 2020 Ali Abedzadeh, the head of Tehran’s civil aviation organization, told Mehr news agency in Tehran that Iran has not made a decision on which country or international authority it would send the black box to for its data to be analyzed, Reuters reported. Boeing is an American aerospace company headquartered out of Chicago. It is the world’s largest manufacturer of commercial jet transports. Boeing also designs, manufactures and sells military aircraft, helicopters, space vehicles, missiles and communication equipment worldwide. The crash of the Ukraine International Airlines flight came hours after Iran fired as many as 15 ballistic missiles on Iraqi bases housing U.S. soldiers in a major retaliation by the rogue regime after the U.S. airstrike that killed Iranian Quds Force Gen. Qassem Soleimani last week. No Americans were aboard the flight. Three Britons, three Germans, 63 Canadians, 10 Swedes, 11 Ukrainians, 82 Iranians and four Afghans died in the crash, Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry Vadym Prystaiko said. More It looks like the perfect recipe for a mistake. Iran launches missiles, defense forces on alert, low flying airplane, nervous Iranian, heat-seeking missile, hot engine exhaust, the engine catches fire, pilot losses control, plane crashes, Iran not going to return black box, nothing to see here folks. Of course, the Iranians do not want to hand over the black box, it would be the concrete evidence that Iran was behind the downing of the airliner. Does anyone believe they will turn over the black box to anyone? Iranians And Others Across Region Celebrating With Hashtag Thanking Trump #TnxPOTUS4Soleimani Iranians online are praising the assassination of Iran Quds Force leader Major General Qassem Soleimani by a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad, with many people thanking President Donald Trump with the hashtag #TnxPOTUS4Soleimani. Many observers regarded Soleimani as the second most powerful person in Iran behind the Supreme Leader. Who is breathing a sigh of relief that Gen Soleimani is dead? Dissidents, feminists & secularists from Iran, Iraq, Syria & Lebanon. He was a Shia Osama bin Laden with a national treasury & flag. Who is crying foul? Obama alum Ben Rhodes, CodePink & Squad cocreator Cenk Uyger🤷🏽‍♀️ — Asra Q. Nomani, PI (@AsraNomani) January 3, 2020 Dear Mr. President, @realDonaldTrump , as an American-Iranian woman, just wanted to say thank you, you are brave, courageous and intelligent as hell! #Trump2020 I hope you see this mesagge🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 #TnxPOTUS4Soleimani pic.twitter.com/PogKankaXq — BaHaRaN (@ForSyteSaga2013) January 3, 2020 We Iranians thank @realDonaldTrump for his decisive order. He made a promise and he kept it. Unlike under Obama era when Israelis wanted to kill terrorist Soleimani, but Obama stoped them because he wanted to make a broken deal with a terrorist regime. #TnxPOTUS4Soleimani — Sam (@SammyXCVIII) January 3, 2020 He killed, danced on the blood and people mourned He didn’t know that Earth spins until it became his turn. Now he is in hell and people are dancing. Worse than being killed is when the world is happy from your death. I am from Iran and want to say#TnxPOTUS4Soleimani pic.twitter.com/o2qFmCq66B — آراسته پاکفر (@ArastehP) January 3, 2020 As a Iranian I’m saying that’s great news for Iranian and also for all the people looking for peace and freedom in middle east. God bless USA. #TnxPOTUS4Soleimani pic.twitter.com/s0mI3lLpY9 — Aidin Sadeghi (@Id_Strong) January 3, 2020 The Iranian people beg to differ with you #TnxPOTUS4Soleimani Death Toll Of Iran Protests Surpasses 1,000; Names of 221 Slain Protestershttps://t.co/KouHJquuQ3 — Jewhadi™ (@JewhadiTM) January 3, 2020 A lot of Iranians are still mourning for their loved ones who were killed by IRGC and Soleimani’s forces in the streets while protesting. This operation was really a relief for them! Thanks @realDonaldTrump#TnxPOTUS4Soleimani — Mehdi K (@mehdikkyu) January 3, 2020 Now I can say Happy New Year.#TnxPOTUS4Soleimani pic.twitter.com/yshbCEIZzr — 🌸שיינה✞ (@Sheina__) January 3, 2020 Thank You Trump#ThankYouTrump#TnxPOTUS4Soleimani 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💪👏👏👏🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷 pic.twitter.com/BiXq0c4zcw — IRAN (@IRAN64262419) January 3, 2020 As an Iranian I sincerely thank you @realDonaldTrump for this Holiday gift to the ppl of midle east and specially Iran. #tnxPOTUS4Soleimani — Payam Larestani (@Payam_Larestani) January 3, 2020 Can We sincerely ask @StateDept or @MessageFromLen to let the president know about the hashtag we are trending? We hope he sees how we feel about the killing of Qasem Soleimani and what a fantastic work president has done to end this terrorist.#tnxPOTUS4Soleimani pic.twitter.com/SFu7hSgw25 As an Iranian with all my heart, I thank you Mr. President @realDonaldTrump for killing Qassem Suleimani. ✌️🌷✌️ ”Right on you President Trump”#TnxPOTUS4Soleimani pic.twitter.com/oEzfcourek — samar (@samar19906) January 3, 2020 Dear Mr. President Thanks for helping to make the world better #TnxPOTUS4Soleimani pic.twitter.com/kavoq5us4i — BBQ (@GARDEJAVIDAN2) January 3, 2020 Qassim Suleimani, the killer of the Iraqi and Syrian protesters should have been killed, we thank you, we pray for your victory in the elections.#TnxPOTUS4Soleimani https://t.co/udogfmpmmc — از خدا بی خبر (@unawareofgod) January 3, 2020 You can read more tweets here: #TnxPOTUS4Soleimani Illinois Joins Ten Other States in Legalizing Recreational Marijuana Is a national end to pot prohibition right around the corner? Folks, the legalization of marijuana at the national level is fast approaching, and it would be a silly and futile waste of time to step in front of this economic train as it rolls down the tracks. No, you don’t have to enjoy using the drug or its derivatives to benefit from its legalization, either. The “side effects” of the end of pot prohibition have been studied in-depth in places like Colorado and Washington State, and the verdict is in: Legal weed reduces opioid dependence, increases tax revenue, and creates an incredible amount of jobs. Furthermore, with Canada and Mexico having legalized cannabis, this leaves only America ripe for the picking by domestic drug gangs and foreign cartels – something that the people of Chicago, Illinois know all too well. But a law taking effect on the first day of 2020 may take a bite out of even the most savage of Chiraq’s ganja-slinging squads. New Year’s Day, Illinois became the 11th state to legalize marijuana, prompting long lines to start forming at dispensaries before sunrise. Dispensaries were allowed to begin selling cannabis at 6 a.m. but there was a delay in some sales due to a problem with the state database that will track all marijuana sales. Illinois residents may possess up to 30 grams of the dried flower, five grams of cannabis concentrate and 500 milligrams of THC in edibles, while non-state residents may possess only half as much. The move will also allow many Illinois residents to reagin their dignity as well. The first day of legal sales follows Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker granting more than 11,000 pardons to people convicted of low-level marijuana convictions. “The war on cannabis has destroyed families. It has filled jails and prisons with nonviolent offenders. It has disproportionately affected black and brown communities,” Pritzker said at a press conference Tuesday. Well over thirty states have some form of legal, medical, or decriminalized marijuana laws, signaling that a national end to pot prohibition can’t be far off. Drink Koozie: Hell Yeah I Vote Trump And I Will Do It Again 2020 Culture1 min ago 20204 weeks ago	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line1982
__label__wiki	0.629119	0.629119	ThreeEQ Mentoring Young Leaders Our Magic For Middle Schoolers For High Schoolers Articles & Columns Mr. Ma inspired a room full of overachieving Stanford students and instructors with a relatable and actionable presentation. His talk included colorful personal anecdotes and a good sense of humor. We were very grateful for his contribution. Rebeca Hwang, Lecturer, Stanford University, & Managing Partner, Rivet Ventures My son was feeling great when he finished the call with you last evening. You have a gift in the way you work with these kids. I get it. Don Levy, former SVP of Marketing & Communications, Sony Pictures Mr. Ma is extremely knowledgeable about the college admissions process and offers valuable insight and wisdom. He was able to identify my unique strengths and talents early on and continues to provide me with valuable advice for me as a college student. 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__label__wiki	0.732545	0.732545	Tourism Trend News The National for Friday August 31, 2018 — NAFTA, Pipeline Reaction, E-Cigarettes On. This Friday night No Deal for, now nafta negotiations. Are on hold with no agreement, reached they're, taking the long weekend, to regroup, and maybe even cool, off Chrystia. Freeland says, a good deal is still very, much in sight but did Donald, Trump's off-the-record, comments, about Canada. Sour today's, talks also. Tonight anger, in Alberta the wait for the trans mountain pipeline gets longer, while patience, wears thin Plus, could, a new player in Canada's, East cigarette market completely, changed, the game a vape, pot with the same nicotine, as a pack, of cigarettes, not just for adults apparently, this, is the National. If. An after deal is reached and that is still an if at this stage it, may be in spite of the US president and not because of him the talks aren't over but they have been paused now until, Wednesday, as Katie, Simpson tells us Donald Trump's off-the-record, musings. Certainly. Weren't helping momentum. You. Will only agree, to, a deal that is a good deal for. Canada we're. Not there yet Donald. Trump had threatened, to cut Canada, out of NAFTA, if the Canadians, didn't, sign on to a new deal by today, but, that hasn't. Happened. Instead. The president sent a letter to Congress saying. When the talks finally, wrap up he's ready to approve a new pact, with Mexico, and with, Canada, if it is willing. The. President, was 600, kilometres from the negotiating, table but his presence loomed over the discussions, Trump, had to defend himself after, comments, he made about Canada. Off the record ended, up being, published I made a statement about Canada which is fine, because. I love Canada but, they've taken advantage of our country for many years Trump, said he would not make any NAFTA, concessions, to Canada, adding, if he said that publicly, Canada. Would be too insulted, to sign a deal but. I said in the end it's okay because. At least Canada. Knows how I feel so it's fine it's. Fine. Canadian. Negotiators, confronted. The u.s. about the comments, but later said that Trump's, views were not being, mirrored at the table ambassador, light Heiser and his team have been negotiating. In Good faith and with. Goodwill that, goodwill, is going to be tested, when negotiators. Sit down again next week the, u.s. is pushing for Canada, to allow farmers, to sell more dairy products, north of the border while, Canada is refusing, to back down on demands, the u.s. drop, its request to kill the dispute, resolution system, we, have been very clear about where our, red lines are we've been very clear about where we, think there's room for give-and-take, this. Is something that we. Take seriously, as a renegotiation we. Understand, how, this works. The. One thing that everyone, agrees. On they're, ready for a break negotiators. Tried to cram weeks worth of work into four days and they, didn't quite get there Rosie okay, so where, is Mexico, in all this do they need to get back to the table at some point too the Mexicans. Were actually, spotted at the Canadian, Embassy for some meetings this afternoon but, they're not expected, to actually formally, re-enter the negotiations. Until Canada, and the US deal with all of their bilateral, issues okay. Caitie tools down for you for a little bit anyway thank you that's a CBC Katie Simpson, in Washington. The. US Capitol building where, much will be decided, in the coming weeks after US President Donald, Trump sent a letter to members stating, his intention to. Eventually. Inked a deal with, Canada. The. First big date to watch this, coming Wednesday, September 5th, that's when Canadian, and American negotiators. Go back at it the, letter then says that over the next few weeks members. Of Congress and business, leaders should be able to have a look at the agreement. It. Offers no specific, dates though and if all goes well Trump. Intends to sign a trade agreement with. Canada and Mexico 90. Days from today which, is November, 29th. Obviously. There are no guarantees of a deal at all the Americans seem to be content, to keep playing hardball but Canada too, has it sticking points. Chapter. 19, NAFTA's dispute, resolving, mechanism, it allows countries to work out disagreements. Through a politically, neutral panel, the Americans, want to scrap it Canada, is adamant, that it stays in some form and there's. The twenty billion dollar dairy sector Trump, wants, Ottawa to remove protections, and open it up but, with over 200,000, jobs on the line and concerns, of cheap American dairy, flooding, North Canada. Is unlikely, to budge and then, there's, Canada's, cultural, industry, they. Tend To see cultural. Matters is it virtually everything else as something. Has a dollar sign on it it's never been easy to compete with a giant next door. That's. Why Canada insisted. On and won some key cultural exemptions. During free trade talks back in 1987, like content, quotas government. Subsidies and strict rules on foreign, ownership they, automatically. Carried over into NAFTA, and they've worked well and helped. Launch successful careers, but as politics, and Technology, change are those exemptions, in danger. Jehovah yet is with the Coalition for the diversity, of cultural, expressions, a group committed, to protecting them, if we go. And digital. Economy. And and for culture as well and there's, no not, any way to support. Our, actors, or creators, our producers, or publishers, they. Will be in serious trouble because of course the USA as, is. A powerhouse regarding. Culture so they create a lot very good content, that we. Cannot compete without any, government support, just another sticking point for Canadian, negotiators, to keep in mind before talks resumed next week we're. At the end of what has surely been one of the most challenging weeks, of Justin Trudeau's government, between NAFTA, and the pipeline the host of power and politics Vashi cappellas joins me now Vashi i know you've been talking to people reaching out to people in government give, us a sense, of how they're feeling tonight well. Hi Rosie there are there are a lot of concerns on the part of people I've been speaking to in in government not just about NAFTA, but especially about the pipeline file, that, decision was a big blow to the, mantra that they really got elected, on and that we've heard so many times from Justin Trudeau this idea that the, environment, can be protected, well the economy can grow at the same time and this court decision really provides the biggest, test of that, almost campaign, slogan, that we've heard over and over and over again and people, in government are concerned that that they, will fail that test on, the NAFTA file I mean there is some. Sort of mitigated, optimism. I guess you could say car cautious, optimism they, they, are it's not the worst case scenario for sure things didn't fall apart but it's also not the best case scenario they didn't get a deal and they're worried sources are I've spoken to you are worried about how far apart they are on some of the major sticking points okay, so what's the plan to move forward if there is what yeah, it's a difficult one on NAFTA, even if they do get the best-case scenario and there's deal they have to try and sell whatever concessions, they make domestically. And That won't be easy on the pipeline file they have to figure out are they going to appeal it or are they gonna start consultations, all over again and sources, I said they feel like they almost have handed the opposition, a gift, two weeks out from Parliament, resuming. And you, know a year, out from an election, okay. Ashley thanks for this tonight appreciate it no, problem. Now. The Prime Minister was asked about that pipeline project, today and he repeated, that Canada's, changing, relationship, with the United States makes, it more important, than ever I think. With, everything that's been going on people can kind of understand, that having, only. The United, States as a market, for 99 percent of our oil resources, simply. Doesn't make sense anymore and that's why we've. Always believed, that the trend we believe that the trends, mountain. Pipeline expansion, is in, the best interest, of all, Canadians. So, Trudeau, is obviously sticking to the same message the government message there but despite yesterday's Court, decision putting the pipeline, in legal limbo how is it all going over with Canadians. Particularly. Those, who live and work in the oil patch Carolyn, Dunn has some of their reaction. Check. Out your latest purchase Canadians, as, of today you own this terminal, and a list of trans mountain pipeline assets, of course, construction. Is halted, now and the, whole situation has many Albertans feeling, betrayed I felt like promises, were, kind of let go it. Was it. Was just a big blow at, the iron workers local 720. Ottawa, is the main target of their resentment a lot of our members. Are feeling some anger towards the federal governments and thinking about maybe they could do more. It's. To. Me it's disappointment. A little. Bit of anger and I. Think fear as well a similar sentiment, from the soaring, office towers in Calgary soil and gas driven downtown, you. Think it's very embarrassing for Canada, that our. Federal government has spent 40. Billion dollars on this and now it's, we're. An embarrassment to the world on this Alberta's. Premier who banked her political, reputation on, getting the pipeline, built says, pulling out of the federal climate, change plan is the most effective. Ammunition. But not Lea's the target of anger from provincial opposition. Leader Jason Kenney, he says she should be demanding everything. From renegotiating. Equalization. To, withdrawing funding, to BC for things like job training and infrastructure, so if the premier. Was really serious, about asserting Alberta's, interests, it. There's. A long, list, of real. Action, that she could take British, Columbia, doesn't escape the finger-pointing, either this, to, me just smacks, of Pacific. Privilege, this smacks, of Burnaby. Arrogance. And. That concerns, me there's, a broader context. To this and and that is that. That. The oil supply that Alberta, provides, really, is in the national, interest so, what's next well, the Premier's office tells us Trudeau listened to Notley yesterday, but Ottawa has yet to make any commitments. About its way forward the, mat leaves many, Albertans headed into this Labor Day weekend, worried, wondering, what's to come Carolyn. Dutton CBC News Calgary. So. After, addressing her province last night what does Rachel Notley the premier of Alberta think, today, I spoke, with her earlier. Primar. Good to see you were you wrong, to, believe the federal government when it said it could get this pipeline built you. Know I think that, none. Of us expected the, federal court of appeal to make the. Findings, that it did, you. Know and I still believe that we can get this pipeline built but what I do believe is that we're at the point now that the federal government is going to have to use its. Legislative, authority, to make. Sure it happens in a timely, and reasonable, way and so. That's what we are asking, for you. Know taking. Action, to fight climate change, is fundamentally. Important, but we've always said that it has to go hand in hand with, ensuring, economic strength and prosperity and, and. Creating, jobs and that's why we need to get this pipeline built we need. To get a fair, return for, the resources, that we have here in Alberta which. Make up such a significant, portion of our Canadian economy, and. And with. That we can afford to move forward on climate change but not without. You've. Said that you are going to leave the federal carbon pricing, plan if it's not done the prime minister said again today he's going to impose, the federal plan for provinces who don't sign on which means that. Alberta gets no say in how the revenues, used no credit for doing it how is that a good thing for your province the. Additional, actions, that the federal government wants to take that we agree with to. Combat, climate change they, have to work I mean theoretically you, could have a 200-ton. Charge. For, carbon, but it wouldn't work because the economy would fail and our, position all along has, been that, moving, to the additional prices that the federal government wants to won't. Work if we don't make significant, progress on, strengthening. Our economic framework. And our economic, foundations, particularly, in Alberta which is of course the biggest emitter in the country and that's what the pipeline was about so at the end of the day I mean I suppose they can't impose it but what we are saying very strongly is that it won't work, unless we. Get the pipeline and they're going to have a big fight over it and quite frankly that's not the position that we want to be in wouldn't. The Fastest, way to get the pipeline built there would be to simply respond, to the federal court to take some of the suggestions, the court has made implement. Them and go get the pipeline going instead of appealing to the Supreme Court which which, would probably take longer. Well. In fact the difficulty, with the way the federal court of appeal outlined, what needs to happen is that it's effectively, appears, as though they want us to restart. The NAV process, that, and. And with that comes just, so, many possible. Areas of more uncertainty, and more problems, and that, is why we need the federal government to take legislative, action let me just end on this do you think it's going to happen that the pipeline. I'm. Saying, that it needs to happen and that it is too stupid for it not to happen and so it is now time for the federal government to make it happen premier. Notley thanks for your time tonight appreciate, it. Thank. You. As. Her kids head, back to school there's a growing trend to tell you about and a controversial, new product, that's coming to Canada, it's. Is coming, to epidemic, proportions. And it's, dangerous. Meredith Berkman is a mom of four and she's organizing other, parents, in the u.s. to keep kids, from vaping, one, of her targets, the biggest player in the game a company called jewel and it's sleek discreet, gadgets, that deliver big hits of nicotine, I know. What. These teams are doing the. US Food and Drug Administration is, investigating whether. The industry deliberately. Lures, teens, into vaping and it's, asked Jule to hand over documents, on its marketing, strategy. Now. Amid all that controversy Jule is coming to Canada, in September, it markets itself to adult, smokers, who want to quit tobacco and, indeed, the way the company portrays its clientele, they're, clearly adults, but search jewel on social, media and you'll, see this, lots, of bright shiny, images, of younger. People And as the CDC's Katie Nicholson, shows us while cigarettes. Have been around for a long time jewel is different. All. Right guys I'm gonna tell you a fatty double Juliet for you guys it. May look like this guy is sucking, on two USB, keys but those are actually, the hottest selling vaping, pens in the US this, is the Joule a high-dose nicotine. Vaping, system, the, Joule looks and feels just like a USB, stick here, you go you put the flavor pot in this is the business end and it, doesn't just look like a USB, stick it charges like one to snap. It into your computer like that if, you're worried about your kids vaping, this is probably your nightmare product, University. Of Waterloo professor David Hammond studies the public, health implications of, vaping this generally. Has two or three times the nicotine, concentration. Of other cigarettes, it's, so high in fact that they couldn't sell this version in England where they have limits on the nicotine content. Jool. Says its products, should be kept away from minors, but flavours like mango, and fruit medley appeal, to the young you can see why it's. You. Know it's more popular among kids the US Federal Drug Administration, is investigating Jools marketing, practices, trying, to determine whether it targets, teens free my best friends are now addicted to, their jaw and when I say addicted to the Joule they're using it every hour of every day Jack Waxman, was so disturbed by the effects of the jewel and his fellow students, he, started this awareness campaign I. Pretty. Much every, moment where I wasn't, in class Waxman. Says kids as young as grade six got hooked on Julia at his New York school she, went to a bathroom, and any basically, any part of the, school from the first floor to the fourth floor it was just flooded with groups. Of kids both, boys, and girls using. These devices so my friends have tried using cigarettes, and it's because they have been drooling because they're so used to jeweling that they just think it's okay to use cigarettes, that's, precisely. What worries the Canadian Cancer Society along, with lacks rules around marketing, especially in Ontario, where each cigarette legislation. Was can't buy the new Ford government, as, kids are going back to school it'll, be legal to vape on high school grounds, and kids, will be exposed to promotions. And displays in convenience, stores near. Schools Health, Canada says it may introduce more, restrictions, to keep vape Bad's away from teens but. For a generation that lives and dies on social media it may already be too late, Katie. Nicholson CBC News Toronto. Canada's. New regulations, on vaping came into effect in May, the. Products can be legally sold to people 19. And older but the government says this about their use completely. Replacing. Cigarette smoking with a vaping, product, will reduce, your exposure to harmful chemicals however. If you, are not a smoker vaping, can increase your exposure to some, harmful, substances, that could negatively affect, your health it's. Still an open question exactly. What the long-term effects, of vaping really are but a small study published earlier this month suggested. Vaping, With or without nicotine, can, increase, inflammation, and, disable, key cells that protect a person's Airways, then. There's, the nicotine in products like Jul teens, are especially vulnerable to, it says, the FDA Commissioner as we. Know the nicotine, in these products can rewire, an adolescent's, brain leading, to years. Of addiction. Lots. More we're watching tonight on the national including, yet another blow to Donald Trump's Whitehouse. Republican. Lobbyist Sam Patten pleaded guilty to, acting, as an unregistered, foreign. Lobbyist he's admitted to helping a Ukrainian oligarch, to get tickets to Trump's inauguration. Prosecutors. Say Patten knew the inauguration, committee could not accept, money from foreigners, he, also acknowledged, he lied about the tickets and his foreign lobbying, work to the US Senate Intelligence. Committee he, now faces up to five years in prison plus, a quarter million dollar fine. Today. Lies. In the place where, he served, to the last and. It, was Washington's, turn to say farewell to Senator, John McCain, today his wife daughter. And, 106. Year-old mother were there at the US Capitol along. With dozens of lawmakers meanwhile. Outside, the Capitol hundreds of people waited in line for their turn to say goodbye, mr.. McCain stepped, across the line, he found the. Most combative person to. Make an ally with to get stuff passed the Republican Party if we're gonna have a future they're gonna need to be have, people like John McCain that that, you. Know represent civil, rights human rights and, just a decent, decency. McCain's. Funeral, will be held tomorrow at the Washington, National Cathedral former. Presidents, Barack Obama and George W Bush are, expected, to speak. Still. Ahead on the National the PM's got, moves no not ours and it's the British one and she, doesn't really cut a rug very well but, we'll get you caught up on all that in our moment of the day also, who has the right to tell indigenous. Stories, the question is being posed again, over two movies. As The, Toronto International Film Festival kicks, off next week and, we'll take you to the scene in Detroit and the lavish. Funeral for, Aretha, Franklin, but first a look at a group that couldn't be there but still sent, some, respect. Ruthy. The, fans of the Welsh Guards provided. Today's perfect, music for the changing of the guard at Buckingham, Palace, we're. Right back. When. You are performing, at the funeral, for the Queen of Soul bring, on the Thunder that is Fantasia, Barrino kicking, off her heels and singing. Her heart out. Aretha. Franklin, was laid to rest today, in a way that only she could command a lavish, celebration, at a church in Detroit. That lasted for hours. Her, body arrived, in a 1940. Cadillac, hearse inside. That gold casket, she was dressed in a shimmering, gold dress, her fourth outfit of the week and while, guests streamed inside, a line, of pink Cadillacs, rolled outside, a reference, to her 1980s. Hit freeway. Of love. Organizers. Insisted, this would be a service, and not a show but her, final send-off, included, 18, performers. Know. That. There. Were more than 15. Speakers, the, secret of her greatness when she took this massive, talent and. Decided. To be the composer, of her own life song, as. A kid I couldn't, understand, what it was like to. Be a wreath of Franklin's granddaughter, but, now I know what it feels like it. Feels amazing to see a woman so fierce. So. Courageous. Gifted. So. Respected. And to. Be able to call that my grandmother. To. Know that I have that running through my blood and. That. She's a part of who I am, there's. Nothing, like. And. Goes, without saying this was as much about lifting, spirits, as it was about getting, down. Aretha. Franklin, died earlier this month at the age of 76. Man. If you're gonna go go in style still, ahead on the national our, special cbc, short dogmeat a young woman grappling, with a difficult, question what, do you do when someone you love commits. A shocking, crime. It's. Hard to love someone who has done terrible things but. The, terrible things don't undo the love. To. Still crave, connection to, still want them to participate in my life to still love him. You. When. The Toronto International Film, Festival opens. Next week for, Canadian, feature films, will arrive with, some baggage all. For showcase, indigenous, talent, but only to feature, it in the, director's, chair and that has prompted the question who, has the right to tell indigenous, stories tishanna. Reid explains. An. Inuit, lacrosse team from the arctic that beat the odds. Nolan. Hurcomb okay a young, Cree woman's, journey south to search, for her missing sister. These. Are some of the Canadian, indigenous, films, premiering. At the Toronto, International Film, Festival, this year but. Of the for indigenous, features to. Have white directors. Pree, actor, tina keeper of north of 60 fame starred. In through black spruce and helped produce it with non-indigenous director. Don McKellar at the helm I felt that my role as a producer was as critical, as, you. Know as a writer or a director on this project debate, around who gets to tell indigenous, stories has been front and center Joseph. Boyden author of the Giller Prize winning, novel that inspired the film faced, controversy, over his, claims of indigenous, roots you have to learn English and the, film Indian horse adapted, from a Richard Wagga news novel raised, eyebrows, for having a white director and crew, some. Filmmakers Believe, it's high time that only indigenous directors. Tell indigenous. Stories I think in this climate, how, we've gotten here and the things we've, come to realize over the past decade, I can't, imagine why any non-native, director, would. Would. Want to do it I'm, actually, kind of baffled, Falls, around her starring veteran, actor tan - Cardenal is also. In the tiff lineup this year a jib, wave filmmaker, Darlena, Ponce wrote and directed the film in her, First Nations community, when an indigenous filmmaker, makes it especially if it's from their own community, they. Already, have. That that. Full. Experience, of, being indigenous, and knowing, that story, to. Make the Grizzlies, the director had to earn the trust of the Inuit community when. Miranda first came north to, explore the possibility, of making this film my first thought was who. Is this white lady. Who, the heck is she to be telling the story I was so inspired by these kids granted, upon seeing was, that, white lady I was, an outsider I'm still an outsider and so, I felt a real responsibility. To. Make sure that we were telling his story respectfully. The. Pod ca teamed up with two inuit, film producers, but, says she's, not sure she direct, the Grizzlies today given, what she's learned from indigenous storytellers. I think it's time for you. No wait, filmmakers. To step aside and, I think, it's vastly important. That, we give more, opportunities, to, indigenous and, diverse. Filmmakers, right now the, pond CA now mentors, indigenous, creatives, with hopes they'll, be the ones behind the lens of their own stories, going forward, to, Shana read CBC, News Toronto. Earlier. This season our Duncan, McCue sat down with three indigenous, filmmakers, to talk about the importance, of telling their own stories, have, a listen to a bit of that conversation, films. Have been made about indigenous, people for a century now and when. The, general public knows so little about our culture's because it hasn't been taught in our education, system we're. At a point now that so, many films have been made about, us without us that they're just telling the same story over and over again the authorship of cinema is dictated, by who the creators, are not, who is on screen and that. Means that throughout, history. 99%. Of all movies about, indigenous people have not been made by us and we, we, should deserve that opportunity as, much as anyone else, you. Can watch Duncan's full national conversation. On our YouTube, page. Coming. Up on the national fighting, for equal pay the split between urban, and rural postal, workers is also one that is mostly between men and mostly. Women, we're. In such a separation, with. A group of people that we do the same work with we. Do feel very second-class. In the corporation. Canada. Post and the postal union spent months trying to figure out what's, next after they failed to reach a deal, that's ahead. And a, reminder here you can and you should subscribe to our newsletter the national today takes you inside, our journalism, every afternoon it goes deeper on some of the top stories and highlights, the stories you, might have missed subscribe, at CBC News CA slash the national. You. Catholic. Church rejected. Calls today for priests. To be compelled, to report child abuse revealed, in confessionals. The, decision comes amid a tough week for the Catholic Church pressure, is building to make sure abusers. Are held to account just, last week the Pope was met with anger over the issue during a visit to Ireland. The. Effects of that kind of trauma can ripple far, and wide including, family. Members of the abusers, themselves. Tonight, our CBC short dock introduces, you to the daughter of an American, Lutheran, pastor, currently, serving a 29 year sentence for child sexual abuse her. Story, is about giving a voice to those rarely. Heard from and asking, a pretty difficult question, how. Do you continue, to love someone who has done such, terrible, things. Here's. Between, you and me. People, ask me all the time of execution. And, I don't know how to answer that. But, I can say that I love him. And that. It's hard to love someone who has done terrible things. But. The, terrible things don't undo the buzz. I'm. Nervous every time. But. It's, been 13 years and I I never. I've, never gone and not been nervous yeah. What. I was thinking about in terms of going, in, actually. Is that, there's. A possibility that's. Something about our outfits I might. Be wrong or, that and, so, I'm. Hoping that maybe you two can stay in, the parking lot yeah. Until. Well. You'll see us go in very, here's. How this will go. If. These pants, or the parking lot then. We'll drive into the parking lot and we'll walk up to this building here. Everyone. Will line up here, out in front and, we'll go in cameras. Won't be able to come in here and. This is where they'll decide if our outfits, are appropriate if we have the documentation, we need and for whatever reason we don't have it we'll come back out to the parking lot, but. If we go through then a media you'll see us come out the side door and walk down a path and. This will be in front of the electric razor wire. My. Dad's building is over here and so. We'll go in here and then we'll be gone. Oh we, could take in our ten photos each and number, of these is going to get us know you, know yeah, you can't have any pictures of alcohol, you kind of an immunity and. Do. The nature find out defense you can't have any like have clothes children. Every. Two years my entire life we went to the same beach. We. Did the same thing every, year. Everything. Was ritualized, what we ate where we went the, family, photo we took. 12. Is our ninth year we, walk out in front of that same sign and all assemble, in the same way. 35. Years. It. Was Easter, and my, mom called and she was crying and she. Told us something really bad it happened. It. Started out as a hypothetical thing and then, it turned out that he told his bishop he told his therapist, who told my mom and he confessed. And. Then, the next thing you know he was moving, across the country to Atlanta and going into the sex offender rehabilitation. Program. And. All just felt really unbelievable. It. Was right after the Boston priests trials when, a Catholic priests had been indicted, for molesting altar boys, it. Became clear that dad was going to be the first religious, figure on the West Coast that was going to be prosecuted. The. Prosecution, interviewed, over 150, people from all, my dad's congregations. Over the last 20 years. Someone. Came and confiscated, all of our childhood videos. It. Was a really scary time. But. I really remember at that time is this big witch-hunt of trying, to find more boys. If. There were more boys there would be a stronger, case for a life sentence. Ultimately. They, weren't able to find more than one it. Was just this one. People. Ask you know how, did you start talking about this and I say within, a month of our dating, I started. Dealing with the sexual violence in my life and Becca's. Dad went to jail for child sexual abuse you. Had begun telling the story about what had happened in your life and I. Began to offer these things that were going on currently in mine the only thing I remember from that conversation is, you said, it, was only a shower, and. My response to you was than. In my case it was only a massage. One, of the most striking. Memories. I have, of this. Fractured. Feeling is. At. His. Sentencing. At. Some point his lawyer, said, can. Everyone in the room who's, here, for, Michael score, please, stand up and. 3/4. Of the room stood up and. I. Stood, up. Because. I was standing up for. You. Because. I loved you and. I. Stared, at the. Mom of the, boy who. Was in also in the room in the room and I just like imagine like what, would, it feel like to, be that mom, who's. Defending, her. Son. Who's a boy and to, feel 3/4. Of the room endorsed. This, man's character. And. It. Stuck with me. In. Part, two because. Like. I was one of those people standing. I've, never made total. Sense of that. Instinct. To stand and, looking around the room and looking at the faces of people who were there to support that family, I felt. Similarly, toward thinking like I also, am here to support your family and many of them were wearing sexual, survivorship, ribbons it. Felt very divided, the room with the people with the ribbons, who were there for, the kid and the people without the ribbons who were there for my dad and. I really felt this profound sense, of but. I also want to ribbon-like I'm not Pro sexual. Violence, I'm not endorsing, my father's actions, he's, saying he's guilty. Part. Of me wants, to know you, know do you have desire for, adolescent, voice is, that something you feel but, then there's a part of me it's like I actually don't want to know that I. Didn't. Pick my clearness like what if he you don't pick your attraction to boy. And. I wonder if my orientation, was truly, oriented, towards adolescent, boy like. How hard that would be in life. Anywhere. From 71 it's so savory to, 90 and Cincinnati. They. Broken, the sign. Are. You saying this valley. Is dying. It's. Hard to love someone who has done terrible things but. The, terrible things don't undo the love. To, still crave, connection to, still want them to participate in my life to still love him don't. Feel, like there's a lot of room in the world to have that conversation. I. Know. You worried that this movie is failing to do that. Yes. Maybe. That. Was, a shortened, version of between you and me you can see the full version and the series it's part of showcasing, work from the emerging filmmakers, online. Just at the cbc.ca / Short docks. On. The National tonight Mexico's, Navy says it has detained a Canadian, man in connection with a massive drug, seizure they, reportedly, seized 2.2. Metric, tons of cocaine, from a boat off the coast of Oaxaca, seven. Other people were also detained. The, only land route in and out of Churchill Manitoba is, finally going to be restored this rail line was damaged, by flooding in May 2017. And Has been closed ever since it's, meant an increase in food and fuel costs for people living in that northern community, but, the federal government announced today the line has been purchased and repairs, are set to begin immediately. Criminal. Charges have been laid against, five Quebec, teenagers, for allegedly. Sharing, sexually, explicit, images of classmates, the, students, from a private school were arrested, back in May when they were just 12 and 13. Years old charges. Include sexual assault extortion, and, possession of, child pornography. There's. Been a settlement in a class-action lawsuit, over the expiry, of Aeroplan. Miles the case took aim at the company's decision in 2006. To cancel, members, accounts, if there, was no activity for 12 months under. The proposed agreement a set number of airline, miles will be deposited into the accounts of eligible, members but, it's not clear right now precisely. How many. And one, of Josh Donaldson's, most memorable, moments, there are reports, tonight that the Toronto Blue Jays have, traded the third baseman to the Cleveland Indians though the deal isn't official, yet and it's not clear what Toronto got in return, Donaldson. Has only played 36, games this season missing, almost a hundred due, to injury. Canada. Post and the union representing, thousands, of its workers are heading to arbitration, they failed to reach a deal last night and for workers it's, a disappointing. Development in a long-standing pay, equity dispute. Olivia Stefanovic, has that story. For. Two decades Nancy. Geeson has been driving these rural roads. Delivering. Mail to people in the country, and residential. Areas. She's. One of 8,000. Rural and suburban letter, carriers, with Canada, Post who. Are mostly women and earn, at least 25%. Less, than their colleagues in the city who, are mostly males we. Do feel very second-class. In the corporation, urban. Workers receive an hourly rate rural. And suburban workers, pay is based mainly on the number of deliveries stops, they make and how. Far they have to travel using their own vehicles, like, Parminder GTL we've. Been treated, we've been treated not equally, last, spring an arbitrator, found both types of employees, did the same job and set, a deadline for the two sides to negotiate pain. It's. Been a long struggle. Frustrating. That you're so close, close. But not quite there yet, a decision, couldn't be reached on how much employees, should be compensated dating back to 2016, and, what the wage will be going forward now, an arbitrator, is preparing, to impose, a decision, if, you can't stay, in the black as a business, as. Providing. A service without engaging, in forms of discrimination I, think it's time to rethink your business model the, crown corporation declined. An interview request but, in an email statement sent to cbc news interim. President, and CEO Jessica, McDonald, rates, pay equity is a matter of basic human rights and is fundamental to the values, of Canada Post we, therefore welcome the upcoming arbitration. Ruling. In anticipation, of a settlement the, Postal Service has built a 242. Million, dollar loss into its latest quarterly results to cover costs, although that number could, be revised, depending. On The final outcome of arbitration. Olivia. Stefanovic, CBC. News Regina. Still. Ahead our moment of the day is the moment that British prime minister Theresa, May is having, on line oh. Dear. And it's the second time this week that May has busted a move on camera the full tape and the, best reaction. From, online and, comparisons. That's, next. On the national. Listen. Foreign visits can be tricky things for any leader but for British Prime Minister Teresa May, well. They've landed somewhere, between a nightclub, and, a nightmare her, fancy, footwork, is tonight's, moment. She. First cut some rug earlier, this week on her African tour with this attempt. At dance near, Cape Town. Prompting. A few jokes at her expense but she just couldn't help but double down yesterday, in Kenya, busting, out a new outfit, and some new moves. Not. Sure what you'd call that the, brexit, shuffle, the English channel, changer anyway social, media has since exploded, with, a series of hilarious, mashups. Parents. With toddlers will, love the baby shark version. Mommy. Checked it and. There's, even something for those who love weird old Eurovision, song. Such. Are the perils of international. Dance diplomacy. So. Rosa. Here's where as then I I have. I have a little unwritten, rule that I tried to live by which is not, to laugh at anyone, elses dancing, because lord knows it if I was in that situation I would not do any better and and maybe I would, even do worse, so I'd say good on her for try I have, an unwritten rule not to laugh at politicians, in case I want to interview them one day but there are two rules in politics, you don't eat on camera, and you do not, dance, the only politician I've seen who can dance may be Barack Obama, that's. The one, who's got a bit of groove. That's. The national for this Friday August 31st thanks for joining us have a good weekend and good night. You. WATCH LIVE: CBC Vancouver News at 6 for Jan. 3 — Wind Storm, Birth Tourism, U.S.-Iran 2020-01-05 19:10 Palermo, Sicily, Italy 2019-12-27 09:20 Japanese Food Tour \| Hidden Gems in Fukuoka Japan 2019-12-10 01:18 News \| Contacts	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2005
__label__wiki	0.779677	0.779677	The Shannara Chronicles: Season Two Planned But Finale Will Have Closure by Jessica Pena, February 26, 2016 The first season of The Shannara Chronicles is ending next week, and showrunners Al Gough and Miles Millar already have season two in mind. The two recently spoke with Collider about the series’ upcoming season one finale and their plans for season two of the MTV TV show. The Shannara Chronicles stars Austin Butler, Poppy Drayton, and Ivana Baquero as three unlikely heroes on a quest to defeat a demonic army. Speaking to Collider, Gough said the season one finale will have a sense of closure, but it will also leave room for another season: Hopefully, it will be both. There’s certainly a sense of closure, but you see the doors open for subsequent seasons.” Millar added: We liked the idea that it was a contained season, following the story of theElfstones, and it has an amazing ending that’s a really bold way to end the season. But, it also opens it up for future seasons. We leave a lot of people in jeopardy.” The season one finale of The Shannara Chronicles airs next Tuesday, March 1st, at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Watch a preview below: What do you think? Have you been watching the first season of The Shannara Chronicles? Do you want a second season? More about: MTV TV shows: canceled or renewed?, The Shannara Chronicles, The Shannara Chronicles: canceled or renewed? The Shannara Chronicles: Cancelled or Renewed for Season Three on Paramount Network? The Shannara Chronicles: Season Two Ratings The Shannara Chronicles: Season Two Coming to Spike in October The Shannara Chronicles: Season Two Moves to Spike (Paramount) The Shannara Chronicles: MTV Season Two Production Begins The Shannara Chronicles: Season Two Renewal for MTV Series The Shannara Chronicles: Season One Ratings The Shannara Chronicles: Producers Hoping for Many Seasons The Shannara Chronicles: MTV Releases First Four Episodes Online The Shannara Chronicles: New Sneak Peek Released for MTV Series The Shannara Chronicles: New Promos Released for MTV Series The Shannara Chronicles: Watch MTV’s Promo, “The Four Lands” The Shannara Chronicles: Watch New MTV Trailer and Character Videos The Shannara Chronicles: MTV Series Premiere Date; Watch Title Sequence and Promo The Shannara Chronicles: MTV Trailer for 2016 Series The Shannara Chronicles: MTV Series Debuts in January Suzy Ince Would love another season, but don’t dumb it down for the audience. The movie scene of Star Trek in the Utopia episode, honestly that film would have rotted thousands of years ago. (Since Shannara is thousands of years in our future). I can’t even play a VHS on my VCR anymore and it hasn’t gone through a nuclear holocast like Shannara has. And all the music equipment would have been dust. Build the world and trust us to believe it. But ya, I’d watch another season bring it on. Please God let there be many seasons to come I want a second season, the ending tonight I cried it was so sad I can’t figure out what happens now that amberly is the tree. And who was the troll in the end. I have a guess… awsome show love it Kim Coleridge Love Shannara chronicles! Really hoping for a 2nd season! 😀 darkangel464 I absolutely want a second season. So many questions left to answer. Will Ander become a successful king like his father? Will Amberlee ever “speak”. What is to happen when Will finds Eritrea? Who is behind the mask at the Troll compound? See please don’t leave us hanging. Yes please! I want a second season. ..fantastic show! Please renew!!!!!!!!! We love this show. Looking forward to see what Will and Allanon have in store for them. Manu Bennett is a great actor. Loved him in Spartacus and love him in this. Karen Costello I want a second season. Please do another season. Every show I love gets cancelled. I want a second season this is a great show. Please do another season everything I love gets cancelled. I definitely want to see more seasons. Doing the other books, The Wishsong and The Sword of Shannara, would be awesome. I loved Manu Bennett as Crixus in Spartacus and now as Allanon. He fills the the role very well. Manu Bennett WAS great! He was good in Arrow as Deathstroke. Definitely a great actor. He was also good in the marine and the condemned even though they were smaller roles I would have to agree with you – they cast Allanon very well, he meshes with his description from the books! There definitely needs to be a second season! I love the show and this is the best show ever. Let see second season. Loving it! Seriously hope it’s an ongoing show, really enjoying it Caren M. Rushton I love the books and I love the show. Bring on Season 2! Angel Daniel At first, I thought it was going to be some sort of girly show to compete with Shadowhunters, but I believe the show has a lot of potential. It had a great beginning, but then quickly it began to loose strength. It feels like they have tried to incorporate too many elements too quickly and the action seems to have seized. I hope the producers have an idea to incorporate a more menacing villain to season 2 and continue the story with our three main heroes. I praise the series location and special effects department. The show still needs more… Read more » I was really unsure of what to expect when I found out that MTV was bringing Shannara to life. It’s a world I’ve loved for 30 years! I have to admit I was hooked by the 2nd episode. And I know the absolute purists will wave the banner of how different it is from the book, and it is indeed, but I’ve fallen in love with it. The scenery is amazing! Mankind gone for 2-3,000 years, and yes, that’s what will be left, all those ruins we see. That blew my mind during the opening credits of the first episode.… Read more » If I remember correctly, Terry had a hand in the screen adaptation.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2008
__label__cc	0.662578	0.337422	Sportive & Audax The Surrey Rumble Youth and Junior The Tour of Cambridgeshire by Steve Morgan · Published 10th June 2015 · Updated 26th July 2017 This was without doubt this was the best experience of road racing I’ve had to date. Their aim was to create a ‘pro’ experience so with fully closed roads, neutral service cars, photo motos and even camera drones flying by it made an exciting race (not to mention the sun!). In fact it was the UK’s first ever Gran Fondo which meant all 6,000 riders were timed from the gun with the first past the line, 82 miles later, the overall winner. I managed to get in Pen 1 which was at the front, although my wheels still only started rolling about 2 minutes after the gun as everybody fought to squeeze out of the gates. The next 45 minutes were fantastic; absolutely full gas; weaving through riders on undulating roads with a monster tailwind to boot. Myself and fellow TCC member, Steve Home, managed to get within sight of the leading group but then there was an almighty crash on a fast, sweeping, off-camber left-hander with rider after rider flipping over the verge into the ditch. It brought us all to a stop and this decided my race from then on (Steve said he managed to avoid it enough to sprint back on). We tried to catch the next group but the groups were massing into large groups of riders making it virtually impossible to move between them. However, that didn’t stop the enjoyment. Having said that, our group of about 40 riders didn’t work particularly well together, with most just wanting to sit in while a few of us worked hard at the front. This continued for an hour or so until we were absorbed into a swarming mass of a few hundred when we were caught by our chasing group. Although I was a bit disappointed at the time, the catch happened just as we went up onto the windy Fens which meant we could now pick up the pace along the wide straight roads, such as the 10km long Forty Foot Bank. It was at this point it felt like we were in the Tour de France with every inch of tarmac being taken up. There were still quite a few crashes causing splits so I fought hard to make my way to the front, and stayed in the top 20 of this massive group right until the finish. At one point I had an ego-maniac moment when I was pulling right on the front – I looked back and saw a huge snake of riders, stretching up to quarter of a mile back, all following my wheel like a train (Of course it doesn’t last long but it felt damn good!) The final 30 minutes meant we dropped off the Fens and back on to some quite narrow, rough country roads. I got caught behind a really lethargic rider as the road narrowed further and lost about 30 places which took me a while to make back up (mostly sprinting out of the corners). With 5 miles to go, it was on a tight corner that I tried to jump clear with one of the more vocal riders. It turned out he was more into issuing orders than acting them out and he soon pealed off. I tried again closer to the finish and a group of about 10 of us managed to break clear and fight it out to the sprint. I finished 30th in my age group (40-44), 175th overall meaning that I have qualified for the UCI Amateur World Road Race Championships in Denmark later this year in the Masters C category. Announcing: The TCC Road Race League by James Bradley · Published 6th January 2016 · Last modified 22nd August 2017 James Bradley says: Best get brushing up on your Danish then Steve! Sounds pretty awesome. Elwyn Powell says: Well done Steve. Heard good reports from the Dulwich guys as well. Sounds like an event to pencil in the diary for next year…. Steve Morgan says: 14th June 2015 at 10:40 pm Yeah, Dulwich were out in force. 500 early bird places for 2016 were snapped up in about an hour this week so I would sign up to their email newsletter to hear about the next batch. See ya soon hopefully… Next story Announcing: The TCC Road Race League Previous story Report from Steve “Bone Shaker” Rush Roubaix Challenge, 8/6/14 Tweets by TwickCC Come & Join Us! If you’re keen to improve your cycling – set a better time for your next sportive, try out racing, or simply learn how to ride in a group then come on down. All are welcome on a Saturday morning (there’ll be someone on a rota to look after you!) or come along on a Tuesday evening for cake and a chat. All Hallows Hall, Erncroft Way Tuesdays: 7pm – 10pm Saturdays: 9am – 12pm Twickenham Cycling Club © 2020. All Rights Reserved. Powered by WordPress. Built by jbrew.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2010
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__label__wiki	0.806322	0.806322	Arizona store gives ‘Star Wars’ record back to Mark Hamill January 14, 2020 Constitutional DrunkUncategorized FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The Force was strong enough at an Arizona store to reunite Luke Skywalker with his long-lost vinyl record. Actor Mark Hamill is praising workers at Bookmans Entertainment Exchange in Flagstaff for returning the “Star Wars: A New Hope” soundtrack that had been a gift from film composer John Williams. Hamill said in a tweet Saturday that it felt “totally unexpected & positively surreal” to get back the record he hadn’t seen since the early 1990s. He commended the store about 145 miles (233 kilometers) north of Phoenix for being honest and not selling it. “I happily offered to sign any (”Star Wars”) items they sent me,” the actor wrote. Williams had written on the vinyl’s sleeve: “Dear Mark Hamill, May the force always be with us.” The record was one of numerous “Star Wars” items brought in by a woman after her father’s death in 2018, the Arizona Daily Sun reported. Employees at the Arizona-based chain that sells used books, movies and CDs tried to verify the signature. Micheil Salmons, the store’s general manager, said they eventually tried reaching out to Hamill via social media. The actor confirmed it was genuine, and the vinyl was sent back to him. Salmons said Hamill signed a DVD of “Star Wars: A New Hope” and two medals that are replicas of those given to his character and Han Solo, played by Harrison Ford, in the film. Sanders’s Spending Plan Would Set ‘Peacetime Re... 2019 Was a Record Year for Israeli Exits Woman crashes car into game store on west side,... Michael Moore Gives Up On Elizabeth Warren, Say... World-record candy bar to appear in Super Bowl ... Tagged arizona, gives, hamill, record, store Iran announces arrests over downing of plane that killed 176 Tuesdays Forecast	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2019
__label__wiki	0.620353	0.620353	Press Week Ahead: April 4 - 8 Press Week Ahead: April 10 – 15 USTR and DOL Issue Five-Year Update on the Colombian Labor Action Plan and Welcome New Decree on Illegal Subcontracting North American Governments Call for Effective and Immediate Commitments to Address Global Steel Excess Capacity United States and Indonesia Explore Initiatives to Increase Trade and Investment Joint Statement on the Results of the Council Meeting of the U.S.-Central Asian TIFA Chinese Export Subsidies Under the Demonstration Bases-Common Service Platform Program Terminated Thanks to U.S.-China Agreement Press Week Ahead: April 18 - 22 Statement by Secretary Pritzker and USTR Froman Following the Conclusion of the High-Level Meeting on Excess Capacity and Steel Secretary Pritzker and Ambassador Froman Endorse Statement Calling for Action to Address Steel Excess Capacity Press Week Ahead: April 23 -29 United States and Thailand Reaffirm Commitment to Expand Trade and Investment Ties USTR Releases Special 301 Report on Protection of American Intellectual Property Rights Across the World Joint Statement on the 12th Joint U.S.-Sri Lanka Trade and Investment Framework Council Meeting Press Week Ahead: May 1 – May 6 U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman Endorse Statement Calling for Action to Address Steel Excess Capacity Washington, D.C. – U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman today announced that several economies have joined together to issue a statement that includes steps to address steel excess capacity. The statement comes one day after Secretary Pritzker and Ambassador Froman expressed their disappointment that during the High-Level Meeting on global excess capacity in the steel sector, certain countries, including China, prevented a broad consensus in support of commitments to meet this challenge. “We are pleased to announce that today a number of the economies participating in this week's High-Level Meeting agreed on a joint statement that presents our shared views on the challenges of excess capacity facing the steel industry and workers and proposes a series of steps to address these challenges. Canada, the European Union, Japan, Mexico, the Republic of Korea, Switzerland, and Turkey have all joined with the United States in issuing today’s statement in support of urgent action. It is our shared goal that other economies, including China, will come to recognize the value of these actions and will join our collective effort to address the causes of the current excess capacity problem. The United States will continue to engage bilaterally and multilaterally with trading partners, including China, to take meaningful action to meet that goal.”	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2020
__label__wiki	0.840799	0.840799	By Allie Gemmill on July 25, 2016 • ( Leave a comment ) “Indeed, the essence of Camp is its love of the unnatural; of artifice and exaggeration. And Camp is esoteric, something of a private code, a badge of identity even, among small urban cliques.” This observation pops up in the opening page of Susan Sontag’s “Notes On Camp,” the seminal essay which not only defined the genre of camp but provided the blueprint for how to spot it in cinema. Over the years, audiences have entwined camp and queerness in film in a way that has made such themes nearly inextricable. This is not a bad thing at all, as viewers can delight in a camp film that embraces its queer text. The flair of camp instincts, as defined by Sontag, have helped to sharpen the lenses when viewing cult film, letting viewers separate the dramatic from the melodramatic, the heteronormative from the delightfully queer. In this way, camp films (especially those that revel in their queerness) overlap frequently within the cult sphere. Films like Pink Flamingos, Can’t Stop the Music and The Birdcage are a few that neatly touch on the cult-camp intersection. But perhaps the two films that share the status of pinnacle or epitome of cult-campness and exhibit their queerness most overtly are Mommie Dearest and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. For the former, it’s not necessarily the queer storyline catapult its status but rather the unintentionally over-the-top performances, notably Faye Dunaway as Joan Crawford. For the latter, the explicit theatricality mixed with eroticism in the form of Dr. Frank-N-Furter and company is one of the main reasons that secret performances in Everytown, U.S.A. exist today. So, what is it about these two figureheads of cult film that makes them so iconically and definitively camp? What is it about the performances from Dunaway and Tim Curry, respectively, that endears them to many a viewer’s heart, but especially those hearts of queer communities? The way I see it, these two characters (Crawford and Frank-N-Furter) are two sides of the same coin, two sides of the dichotomy of a queer life. Repression versus expression in camp form. These two modes, as embodied by these lead actors and their performances, serve as entry points for viewers because they are both heightened states of being, further elevated by camp elements. While these films are held dear by queer viewing communities (and I’ll be relating the two to each other frequently), they are by no means exclusive to one audience. Lovingly embraced by the public, the two films are camp relief, camp instruction and camp commentary, perhaps just a bit more accessible to some than others. Mommie Dearest is considered a viewing rite of passage for those in the gay community. Since its 1981 premiere, the film has secured its status as campy cult masterpiece. Variety’s infamous indictment that Dunaway “does not chew scenery. [She] starts neatly at each corner of the set in every scene and swallows it whole, costars and all,” is perhaps the best way to frame why this movie is so renowned. Dunaway becomes maniacal and monstrous, even in Crawford’s skin. There is no line worth understating, no facial expression worth limiting. Crawford’s repression of Christina, who simply aims to please her mother, is an enjoyable hurricane. “Tina, bring me the ax!” Crawford says, hacking away at her rose garden, dressed to the nines. Such malevolence towards shrubbery has ne’er been seen since. And while there’s no real reason to go deeply into the “No wire hangers!” sequence (much has been discussed of the infamous moment), it bears repeating why there’s a damn good reason this scene lives in infamy. Dunaway, shaking with rage and eyes bulging, takes the performance past the limits of logic, beyond melodrama and into pure psychosis. The kind of psychosis brought on by maternal pressure, societal pressure and judgements from those she cares about. In every scene, one can practically read Dunaway’s mind as it churns with visions of Oscar glory. There’s a roiling melodrama just underneath her porcelain visage. As Crawford, here lies a woman in wait for her prey, ready to take aim with mighty gusto on whomever she deems too at odds with her own ideologies. Dunaway singlehandedly transforms Crawford into a woman to be mocked, an edifice of maternal and societal repression to be torn down. This iteration of the Golden Age starlet becomes the blueprint for drag queens, Hollywood costumes and sight gags in other films. It is the unintended hilarity that has made Mommie Dearest the looming camp cult favorite is it today; it is Dunaway’s performance as Crawford that alone catapulted it to that position. Sontag wrote, “Perhaps, though, it is not so much a question of the unintended effect versus the conscious intention, as of the delicate relation between parody and self-parody in Camp. […] In naïve, or pure, Camp, the essential element is seriousness, a seriousness that fails…Only that which has the proper mixture of the exaggerated, the fantastic, the passionate and the naïve.” While Dunaway’s intentions were certainly naïve in that she did not intend to chew every scene to bits, what’s left on the celluloid says otherwise. The unintentional parody of Crawford’s legacy and her status as a Hollywood starlet on Dunaway’s part mean that the fictional Mommie Dearest version of Crawford remains not only the essence of camp performance, but makes Dunaway’s Crawford into an unabashed queer figurehead of cult film. In similar ways, it’s difficult to deny Rocky Horror’s place as the epitome of camp and queer merging to form a near-perfect cult film. The effervescent sexuality keeps the film alive from start to finish. What is now a cult classic is also a must-see for any person even the tiniest bit attracted to theatricality, spirited entertainment or musicals (regardless of sexuality or sexual taste). With a film that features a muscle-bound Steve Reeves 2.0, a chorus line of tuxedoed singers and an innuendo-laden soundtrack, it’s no wonder Rocky Horror has a special place in cult history. But it’s truly down to the character of Frank-N-Furter (a delicious innuendo if ever there was one) to make Rocky Horror the camp film it is at its heart. From the first notes of “Sweet Transvestite,” accompanied with Curry’s caped Frank-N-Furter descending in an elevator, there is clearly something afoot. “Don’t get strung out by the way I look. Don’t judge a book by its cover,” Frank-N-Furter sings, staccato and full of sass. He’s out to proclaim his presence in this solo. More intriguing is the way Curry embodies Frank-N-Furter. He sways, he stomps, he simpers directly to camera. His features accentuated in sticky drag makeup, pouting for his very square guests, Frank-N-Furter shocks (to his delight). Sontag notes that, “[a]s a taste in persons, Camp responds particularly to the markedly attenuated and to the strongly exaggerated. The androgyne is certainly one of the great images of Camp sensibility…Camp taste draws on a mostly unacknowledged truth of taste: the most refined form of sexual attractiveness…consists in going against the grain of one’s sex. What is most beautiful in virile men is something feminine; what is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine…”. His camp, queer attractiveness, elevated through his physicalization, draws viewers in even deeper. This is why we love watching him. Queer positivity triumphs in Rocky Horror from the start. Frank-N-Furter’s immediate clash with Brad mirrors society’s long-standing clash with queerness. Homogenous Brad (who only wants to use the phone, damnit) is left vulnerable to Frank-N-Furter’s sexual frankness and openness. It’s no wonder repressed Janet flies at the chance to escape the confines of tradition when presented the opportunity from the Good Doctor. In the same ways that the delightful horror of Crawford’s repressiveness appeals and sympathizes specifically to the queer viewer, the delightful horror of Frank-N-Furter’s sexual expressiveness appeals and frees the queer viewer. So, what is it exactly about the fictional Crawford and Frank-N-Furter that makes them campy, queer figureheads to embrace even closer with every repeat viewing? Is it their ephemeral histrionics? Their monstrously made-up faces, contorting to the extremes of human emotion? Their extravagant costumes which they seemingly sink into and become transformed by? It’s all of this and more. It’s the inexplicable, the “I know it when I see it” camp sensibility that keeps them at the top. And damn if it that doesn’t make them two of the best characters in cult film. Allie Gemmill is a film writer from Tampa, FL. Her previous bylines can be found at Broadly, Bitch Flicks and Little White Lies. 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Ouellet: Synod ceremonies ‘didn’t bother me, Traditional Roman Catholic News, UN agrees on a ‘gender action plan’ & ‘gender-responsive climate action’, Vatican Cardinal calls Greta Thunberg ‘great witness’ of Church’s environmental teaching As Cdl Turkson says Her activism coheres with the Church’s teaching, Vatican News, Vatican Uses Donations for the Poor to Plug Its Budget Deficit, Wall Street Journal claims, ’ ‘exaggeration’ to speak of idolatry, “substantial evidence that the Nunciature in Juba was heavily compromised by South Sudan from its inception up to date Financial Scandals Turn Into Vatican Homo-Transsexual Scandal Rocketman and Vatican Financial Scandal – On OnePeterFive https://onepeterfive.com/rocketman-vatican/ Pope Francis Took Money from Childrens’ Hospital to Pay for Debts – On gloria.tv Vatican Uses Donations for the Poor to Plug Its Budget Deficit – On WSJ https://www.wsj.com/articles/vatican-uses-donations-for-the-poor-to-plug-its-budget-deficit-11576075764 Only 10% of Vatican’s $55 million ‘Peter’s Pence’ actually goes to poor, Wall Street Journal claims \| News \| LifeSite https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/only-10-of-vaticans-55-million-peters-pence-actually-goes-to-poor-wall-street-journal-claims New evidence shows deceitful methods Vatican officials used to launder millions of euros \| News \| LifeSite https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/new-evidence-shows-deceitful-methods-vatican-officials-used-to-launder-millions-of-euros Here’s How to End the CCHD Scandals – On Complicit Clergy https://www.complicitclergy.com/2019/12/14/heres-how-to-end-the-cchd-scandals/ Financial Scandals Become Marxist Political Scandals – Marxism – Transgender and Pseudo Climate Science Converge Into A Papal Ideology Marxist Friend of Pope Francis Charged with Crimes against Humanity – On The Fatima Center Between Nationalisms and Right Idea of Nation. The Political Misstep of Pope Francis – Magister On Settimo Cielo – L’Espresso http://magister.blogautore.espresso.repubblica.it/2019/12/16/between-nationalisms-and-right-idea-of-nation-the-political-misstep-of-pope-francis/ PAPAL POLITICIAN: Down with Presidente Bergoglio – On The Remnant Newspaper https://remnantnewspaper.com/web/index.php/fetzen-fliegen/item/4696-papal-politician-down-with-presidente-bergoglio The Transvestite Becomes The Solution For The Climate Crisis Mythology They Created Great News for Science & Humanity: UN climate talks collapse in Madrid – But UN did at least agree on a ‘gender action plan’ & ‘gender-responsive climate action’ \| Climate Depot https://www.climatedepot.com/2019/12/16/great-news-for-science-humanity-un-climate-talks-collapse-in-madrid-but-un-did-at-least-agree-on-a-gender-action-plan-gender-responsive-climate-action/ Vatican Cardinal calls Greta Thunberg ‘great witness’ of Church’s environmental teaching As Cdl Turkson says Her activism coheres with the Church’s teaching – On Crux ARE FALSE RELIGIONS WILLED BY GOD? The Latest Error of Pope Francis By John Salza, Esq. On The Remnant Newspaper – https://remnantnewspaper.com/web/index.php/fetzen-fliegen/item/4695-are-false-religions-willed-by-god-the-latest-error-of-pope-francis C. M. Viganò’s response to the so-called House of the Abrahamic Family – On gloria.tv Pope Bergoglio Reveals: Reverend Ms. Lesbo coming soon \| AKA Catholic https://akacatholic.com/bergoglio-reveals-reverend-ms-lesbo-coming-soon/ Cdl. Kasper: ‘Doors Will Open’ to Women Priests – German prelate also praises Pope Francis for his reforms – On CMTV https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/cdl-kasper-barcelona-women-and-pope Cafeteria Catholics and Pope Francis? – By Chris Ferrara On the Fatima Center Pope: Sainthood causes require thorough investigation and Church must ‘clear the field of any ambiguity and doubt’ On Crux Unless of course they were martyred fighting for Marxism or possess a clear dedication to nouvelle theologia https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2019/12/sainthood-causes-require-thorough-investigation-pope-says/ Group of South Sudanese clerics, laity reject Juba archbishop appointment S. Sudan clerics, laymen reject archbishop appointment – On CNA The protesters added that they are “not questioning or interfering with the prerogative of the Holy Father to appoint bishops,” Detailing a “series of conspiracies and briberies by some determined interest groups and lobbyists both inside and outside Juba”, the group said they have “substantial evidence that the Nunciature in Juba was heavily compromised by some officials from the government of South Sudan from its inception up to date.” https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/group-of-south-sudanese-clerics-laity-reject-juba-archbishop-appointment-91339 The Cardinals And Bishops On Both Sides Apostasy vs. The One True God NJ Bishop Accuses Lepanto Institute of Lying – On CMTV https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/bishop-of-camden-calls-lepanto-institute-liar Bishop Conley to Take Medical Leave of Absence – On gloria.tv Bishop Strickland Refutes Pro-Gay Archbishop Paglia – On gloria.tv Top Vatican Official Dismisses Pachamama Idolatry – Cdl. Ouellet: Synod ceremonies ‘didn’t bother me – On CMTV https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/top-vatican-official-dismisses-pachamama-idolatry Cardinal Ouellet: Pachamama statues ‘did not bother me,’ ‘exaggeration’ to speak of idolatry \| News \| LifeSite Pope https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/cdl-ouellet-pachamama-statues-did-not-bother-me-exaggeration-to-speak-of-idolatry Cardinal Burke: ‘diabolical forces’ entered St. Peter’s Basilica through Pachamama idolatry – On Pan-Amazon Synod Watch Italian Journalist: The Antichrist Will Be a Clergyman – On gloria.tv Preservation of Absolute Truth With Sacred Tradition Let’s Not Confuse Papal Infallibility With Impeccability – By Gustavo Solimeo On The American TFP https://www.tfp.org/lets-not-confuse-papal-infallibility-with-impeccability/ If the Vatican wanted to destroy the Church, how would it behave differently? \| LifeSite The final battle will be over marriage and family says the approved apparition of our Lady https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/if-the-vatican-wanted-to-destroy-the-church-how-would-it-behave-differently CHRISTUS VINCIT: Powerful Ammo for Today’s Catholic Family by Amanda Evinger – On The Remnant Newspaper https://remnantnewspaper.com/web/index.php/articles/item/4698-christus-vincit-powerful-ammo-for-today-s-catholic-family How to Preserve Our Faith in the Present Crisis in the Church? by Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira On TIA https://www.traditioninaction.org/religious/i052_defend.htm December 16 – St. Adelaide: Most Important Woman of Her Century – St. Adelaide – On Nobility and Analogous Traditional Elites http://www.nobility.org/2017/12/14/st-adelaide-5/ December 16 –Can Whistleblowers Be Saints? This One Was…St. Ado, Archbishop of Vienne, Confessor – On Nobility and Analogous Traditional Elites http://www.nobility.org/2013/12/16/st-ado/ Saint-Maurice Cathedral The Final Battle Will Be Over Marriage And The Family	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2025
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__label__wiki	0.863061	0.863061	Five Key Plays: Michigan at Illinois By Dylan Burkhardt Michigan picked up its first conference road win of the 2015-16 season on Wednesday at Illinois. Here are Five Key Plays from the action. Michigan 78, Illinois 68 Donnal breaks out Video: Beilein presser Video: Donnal, LeVert 1. First half turnovers and transition defense Michigan’s offense consistently put its defense in a bad spot in the first half in Champaign. The Wolverines turned the ball over on an uncharacteristic 27% of their first half possessions and many of them were live ball turnovers that led to easy offense on the other end. Illinois outscored Michigan 14-4 in points off of turnovers in the first half and this video shows a smattering of offensive mistakes and lackluster transition defense that resulted in easy offense. “A couple of (the turnovers) they really did a great job at getting the ball out of our hands,” Beilein explained after the win. “The double-dribble by Aubrey happens, I think we had another where he fell to the ground and walked, it happens. It doesn’t lead to a run-out basket. “Every time we picked it up and they jammed down on us and it was all-ball, it was a basket or a three at the other end. It’s one thing turning it over in a deadball, but you turn it over in a live ball… We paid for that in the first half.” 2. Caris LeVert dominates, feeds Donnal Caris LeVert scored or assisted 11 of Michigan’s 14 made field goals in the first half. When the Wolverine offense sputtered out of the gate it was LeVert that settled things down and took the game into his own hands. First with a NBA-caliber turnaround jumper, then a pull-up three and then an array of dribble-drives and ball screen drives that opened up the Illini offense. Michigan kept giving the ball to LeVert and eventually he started to find Donnal. One subtle adjustment that Michigan went to as the game wore on was to run fewer ball screens for LeVert and more clear-out isolations. In this clip you can see the progression of LeVert’s offensive dominance. The Illini — one of the worst isolation defensive teams in the country — had no answer for LeVert and he picked them apart. “It came early from Caris giving me a few assists to get some easy baskets early in the game,” Donnal said after the win. “And I kind of got rolling off of that.” 3. Michigan answers late in the first half This was about the spot where Michigan crumbled in its last road defeat at SMU. The Wolverines and Illini had gone back and forth for much of the first half with both teams playing fairly average basketball, trading jabs, and failing to take command of the game. But Illinois came alive first. A quick 8-2 run gave Illinois a 7 point lead, its biggest of the night, and brought the State Farm Center to life and John Beilein was forced to call timeout after yet another Michigan turnover. Rather than allow Illinois to extend its lead and take control of the game, Michigan answered with a 9-0 run of its own to take back the lead. There’s was nothing fancy about the way Michigan scored during its run — LeVert beat everyone down the floor for a layup, Walton grabbed his first offensive rebound of the season and Duncan Robinson found an open look in the right corner — but the Wolverines finally strung together the four stops in a row they needed to build some momentum. “I thought at the beginning of the game we were back on our heels and it did not look good,” Beilein said after the win. “But credit these guys for how hard they worked defensively to get it. We had to get stops, we just had to get stops and we were able to do that.” 4. Donnal takes over to start second half In the first half Mark Donnal was a solid, in the second half he was terrific. A couple layups can do wonders for someone’s confidence and with a second half start under his belt, Donnal took the next step. Trailing by three out of the break, Zak Irvin found Donnal for yet another drop-off layup. Then the junior big man picked up another block, one of his career-high three swats, and ran the floor to find an opportunistic layup from Duncan Robinson. With the confidence flowing, Donnal buried a pick-and-pop three from the corner and then added another monster block on the defensive end. Donnal also grabbed six offensive rebounds in the win and we see him close out this stretch with his most impressive rebound of the night before scoring with a little hook shot. “We’ve been seeing him make progress, for some reason when people get on that scout team they just play,” Beilein said. “He was Finke all week and we couldn’t stop him. He was picking-and-popping, knocking them down, going after the backboard. I just told him before the game, ‘you’ve had four hours to prove that you can play in this game and you did.’” Donnal scored 9 of Michigan’s first 11 points in the second half and helped the Wolverines regain the lead by the first media timeout. 5. Michigan heats up Michigan managed to quickly regain the lead in the second half thanks to strong play from Mark Donnal, but it couldn’t pull away. The Wolverines are as proficient and dependent on the three-point shot as anyone in the country and that’s what makes this team equally dangerous as frustrating. There are times when the shots aren’t falling and the offense starts to sputter, but then there are times when a few fall in a row and the game changes in an instant. “People are going to load up on Caris,” Beilein explained. “They are going to load up and make other people beat them, you can’t load up too much off Duncan and Zak can shoot, we all know he’s been a dagger shooter for a while.” Caris LeVert starts the barrage and Zak Irvin, Duncan Robinson and Aubrey Dawkins all follow suit with threes of their own. Three minutes later a one point lead has grown to 11 and the game is in hand. Related Items:2015-16 Game 14, Five Key Plays, Illinois Five takeaways from Michigan’s loss at Illinois Game 10: Michigan at Illinois Recap	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2028
__label__wiki	0.518493	0.518493	EU Published Revised Annex 15 The EU GMP Guide is now updated with a finalized Annex 15, Qualification and Validation. The draft was published for consultation in February, 2014 after a concept paper published in November 2012. Requirements in the final version become effective October 1, 2015. The 16-page final annex is substantially longer than the existing 11-page version, and includes a few changes from the draft version. [NOTE added April 13: PIC/S also published a revised Annex 15, also effective October 1, 2015.] HERE I provide a copy that highlights the changes that appear in the updated Annex 15 that were not in the draft, excluding changes in the glossary. Where there were simple changes in wording, in format, or combination of items I did not mark these as changes. Briefly, the features of the revised Annex 15, when compared to the draft version, that I feel are interesting or relevant are as follows: The Principle section indicates this may be used as “supplementary optional guidance for active substances…” with no additional explanation. Retrospective validation is no longer considered an acceptable approach, the annex states this several times. Section 1.8 calls for maintaining the integrity of data from qualification and validation activities. Section 5.1 states that “It is implicit in this annex that a robust product development process is in place to enable successful process validation.” This suggests that inadequate product development processes cannot lead to a successful validation exercise. Section 5.28 states that ongoing process verification during the lifecycle is applicable to all validation approaches, traditional, continuous and hybrid. Section 10.6 addressing cleaning validation includes a footnote to the EMA guideline on setting health based exposure limits for medicinal products made in shared facilities. Section 10.6.1 addresses that a tox evaluation may not be applicable for macromolecules or peptides that are known to degrade or denature when exposed to extremes of pH and/or temperature. Section 10.6.2 states that where specific product residues cannot be evaluated, other attributes such as TOC and conductivity may be used. Section 10.14 references Chapters 3 and 5 in the EU GMP Guideline where cleaning processes may be ineffective for some equipment. Both are revised Chapters that became effective March 1, 2015. Section 10.15 addresses the need to confirm the effectiveness of a manual cleaning process at appropriate intervals. For those who wish to compare with the FDA Guidance on process validation published in 2011, please find that at the link. Both are heavily focused on the lifecycle approach though differences do remain between the two.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2032
__label__wiki	0.568025	0.568025	Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995) (DISCLAIMER: This blog is not for profit. All images and footage used below are property of their respective companies unless stated otherwise. I do not claim ownership of this material. New to the blog? Start at the start with Snow White.) “Man, I’m beat. That list of the 25 most punchable Disney sidekicks took a lot longer than I thought. I think I’ll just relax with some internet browsing. Just log on to www.fishfistingandfuckingforfun.com…” “What ya doin’?” “Aaaaaah!” “Aaaah!” “Wait a minute, I know you! You’re Baby Mouse, the mental projection of my inner child.” “And a clunky, exposition-filled “hello” to you too.” “What are you doing back? I thought you’d returned to the deepest recesses of my psyche?” “Hate to break it to you dude, but after all the messing around Disney and the Horned King did to your brain, escaping the deepest recesses of your psyche is about as difficult as busting out of Arkham.” “Well what do you want?” “I’m bored, I want to watch another movie.” “Okay fine, which one?” “No! No, no, no. I’m putting my foot down. Not only is it terrible, it’s not even an animated movie. It’s cartoon’s only on this blog, buster.” “Oh c’mon! It’s the BEST MOVE EVER!” “That’s what you said about Transformers!” “I may have been overly hasty in my appraisal. I’m impetuous, it’s part of my charm. Now review the movie before I start telling people about all your weird fetishes.” “Okay! Okay! Be cool!” When Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (yes, “Morphin”, not “Morphing” or “Morphin’ ” and may God have mercy on us all) first debuted in 1993 it was like nothing that had ever been seen before on Western screens. The series was the brainchild of producers Haim Saban and Shuki Levy, who came across a Japanese TV show called Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger, which featured giant robots battling monsters because Japan knows what it likes and that’s fine. Saban and Levy hit on the idea of splicing the action footage from the Japanese show with cheaply shot and made footage of American actors to create their own series, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. And the plot basically goes like this. While exploring the moon… Really guys? You…you couldn’t even wait until night to shoot that and make it even slightly convincing? …two astronauts accidentally free a powerful witch named Rita Repulsa and her various underlings. Rita proceeds to try and conquer Earth with her usual method of sending one monster at a time to attack one city over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over until finally her enemies are defeated through the crushing force of existential ennui. A giant head in a bubble named Zordon, who’s just been chillin’ like a villain waiting for evil to show up, and his over excitable robot PA Alpha 5, recruit five teenagers in their late thirties and gift them with colour coded powers and costumes based on their ethnicity. Oh! Oh! Oh! So the Red and Pink rangers are white?! Why, because we sunburn easily? That’s funny to you?! Sidenote; the creators of the show swear blind that it was just an accident that the Black Ranger was a black guy (which, okay, could be fine, there is a long proud tradition of black superheroes whose names begin with “Black”) and the Yellow Ranger was Asian (Which. Just. No.). Much as I’d like to believe that it was just an innocent oversight and that no one noticed until it was too late…no, I’m sorry. Don’t buy it. Even as a kid I spotted it instantly and I can’t believe that not one of the adults creating this didn’t twig it. Later on, Zack (the black ranger) was replaced by Adam (who was Asian) and Trini (the Yellow Ranger) was replaced by Aisha (who was black) but yeah, the early series of Power Rangers were kinda race-faily. Also, when the White Ranger was introduced and just instantly becomes the leader and is just so amazing and is superior to all the other rangers that, that, that, that did not help. Anyway. 99% of the episodes go like this: The Power Rangers have a problem in their civilian lives. Rita sends a monster to start shit. They fight. They can’t beat it. They turn into Power Rangers. They fight. They beat it. Rita makes the monster huge. The Rangers call their Zords (five massive robot “dinosaurs” of which two are actually dinosaurs), they combine to form the Megazord, they fight the giant monster, he dies, the Rangers learn a lesson, Rita gets a headache. The end. This was Power Rangers. And it was awful. Like, objectively terrible. The writing stank, the character were one-note, the American footage and the Japanese footage were hopelessly mismatched, the special effects were bargain basement and precisely one member of the original main cast was capable of something which could be called “acting” without running afoul of the Trade Descriptions Act. “Gasp! Judas!” Wait, I’m going somewhere with this. It was also diabolically brilliant. For kids growing up in the nineties this show was pure, Grade A heroin. And yes, I said “kids”, not “boys”, as the presence of the two female rangers meant this show actually appealed to kids of both genders, something none of the advertainment shows of the eighties had ever really managed to do. The way the series managed to cram just about anything that a kid could want in a TV show was nothing short of awe-inspiring. Look at this Venn Diagram of the overlap between things that are awesome when you’re eight and things that are in Power Rangers. Yeah. Its a goddamn circle. Power Rangers hit TV screens and within a month was the biggest thing on the planet. There had never been anything like this before. I actually perfectly remember the moment when Power Rangers were suddenly EVERYWHERE, cereal boxes, schoolbags, home-pregnancy tests, you name it. It was so sudden that it felt less like an overnight sensation and more like Saban and Levy had gone back and altered the timeline. And even now, I get it. I understand the appeal. Look at this footage. Now, if you’ve never seen an episode of Power Rangers that probably looked like the nightmare visions of an opium fiend. But that constant repetition I talked about earlier meant that the creators could essentially create a kind of visual shorthand where the audience knows what’s happening even if they don’t see it in this particular episode. They know that the five zords arrive and form the Megazord even if they just see the Rangers waving their arms around and suddenly the Megazord is standing on the horizon. This gives the fight scenes a kind of demented, frantic energy that’s incredibly exciting. So yeah, hands in the air, I was an absolute nut for this show, and when the inevitable movie came out I was in the front row. But unlike the series, the movie was an entirely American creation (well, it was filmed in Australia with mostly Australian actors outside of the returning cast) and none of that demented Japanese energy to draw on. How well did a wholly American Power Rangers fare on the big screen? Let’s take a look. Okay, so after the obligatory Star Wars style text crawl setting up the premise (I promised a lot of people who care about me that I wouldn’t do another drinking game) the movie opens as almost every episode does, with the Power Rangers doing X (bake sale, organising a petition, giving martial arts lessons, donating bone-marrow, whatever) for charity in order to save Y (orphanage, the environment, some local historic landmark, pandas with leukaemia, whatever) . The Power Rangers may in fact be the only superheroes that actually did more good in their civilian guises than as heroes (in fact, considering they spent most of their time stomping through a heavily populated city in mile high robots, this was probably the only way they could sleep at night). The original Rangers were goody-goody to the point where your teeth began to hurt watching them, something that even later series of the show poked fun at. For the movie X equals “sky-diving” (got a bigger budget, might as well use it) and Y equals “the local observatory”. Huh. You know, in a city that’s subjected to weekly alien attacks, an observatory sounds like the kind of thing the government really should be funding. Anyway, the rangers are on a plane getting ready to jump and they’re joined on this little plummet by Bulk and Skull, our comic relief. Bulk is a morbidly obese school bully and Skull is his 90 pound idiot lackey. Over the course of the series, these two bullied our ridiculously handsome, incredibly buff heroes who were adept at martial arts even before they had super powers. Yeah. Even as a kid, this was one aspect of the show I never bought. “Huh. Seems legit.” “Oh, now that’s just silly!” Alright, so Bulk and Skull are about to jump out of the plane when Kimberly (Amy Jo Jonson) says “Uh guys, you might want to put those on” and points to the parachutes with a cutesy poo little gesture and ha, ha, ha, ha, ha they almost died screaming and in terror. Bulk and Skull chicken out but the six rangers skydive, with Tommy on a frickin’ snowboard all while the Red Hot Chilli Peppers’ Higher Ground plays. And that, children, is how the nineties began. Actually, speaking about music, let’s talk about the soundtrack for a bit. If there was one element of the show that was undeniably, unironically, balls-to-the-wall awesome it was the music of Ron Wasserman. For the movie, Wasserman’s original theme tune Go, Go, Power Rangers! (already a most righteous hair metal anthem), is given an epic overhaul, becoming something so awesome it must have descended from Rock Valhalla carried on the golden wings of bodacious Valkyries. Listen to this. It’s so epic, so ridiculously ornate, that it takes almost two minutes before we even get to the main chorus. I love this track. I adore this track. I love this track so much I actually had it played at my wedding reception. I’m not joking. “He’s not joking.” “I’m not joking.” “He’s. Not. Joking.” The movie version is performed by “The Power Rangers Orchestra”, well known to be the most awesome and morphenomenal orchestra in the world. I can just picture the rehearsals. “First violins! We need more power on those strings!” “Brass section! Combine trumpets with trombones for maximum volume!” “I can’t hear the percussion section! I call on the power of Titanus!” “TITANUS PLAY TIMPANI! RAAAAR!” Down on the ground there’s a crowd waiting for the skydivers to land and we learn that there’s a rush to repair the observatory because “Ryan’s comet” is going to pass by the earth in three days and Jesus these guys are cutting it close. I mean, with the time it’ll take to transfer the money raised to the observatory and then for the observatory to get estimates and hire contractors…tick tock, guys, tick tock. A kid called Fred Kaplan, who is a good friend of the rangers who we have never seen before and will never see again, tells his father…Mr Kaplan… Seriously? They don’t even give him a first name? He’s actually a major character in the B plot and they couldn’t even be bothered to give him a first name? Well fine, I’ll just have to call him Mr Kaplan, which will be really weird. It feels like I’ve shown up at this character’s house to take his daughter to the big dance. Anyway, Fred tells his father to watch as the six rangers land so that he can see “how the pros do it.” Mr Kaplan (yes sir, I’ll have her back by eleven, I promise) protests that he didn’t do so bad on his jump and Fred says “You landed in the parking lot! It was embaressing!” Alright stop. Track 45 left. Stop. Enhance 15 to 23. Give me a hard copy right there. I present to you, the most smackable face in the world. Your father just jumped out of an airplane two frickin’ miles in the air, entrusting his life to a piece of fabric a millimetre thick for charity you little shit, show some respect. God DAMN this kid. The nineties were FULL of brats like this, growing up without the constant threat of nuclear annihilation made them cocky. Not a problem we have to worry about anymore, thankfully. The rangers land and Fred runs up and congratulates Tommy who says that next time he should join them. And that is a great idea. After all. Skydiving is…perfectly safe. Yes. Bring the boy. But Mr Kaplan (yes sir, I’m in college, but I just turned eighteen this year) says no, Fred can’t jump out of a plane and go hurtling towards the earth at terminal velocity. So why am I even watching this? The Rangers then leave. On rollerblades. Because nineties. Meanwhile, Bulk and Skull (who’ve finally gotten up the stones to jump out of the plane) land in a building site where some construction workers have just unearthed something rather odd. Yeah, I preferred the old Kinder Eggs. The site foreman, who I’m guessing was picked because of his halfway convincing American accent, reaches out and touches the egg and instantly gets shocked. He collapses and lies on the ground twitching while the other builders crowd around him and say “John, you alright?” But then the movie cuts to more shots of the rangers rollerblading and we will never find out if John was alright. Did he recover and live a long and happy life, occasionally telling his grandkids about the time he was almost electrocuted by a purple Kinder Egg of evil? Did he die shortly after, afraid and panicked, never knowing what happened? Or did he recover, but paralysed and unable to work? Does he have a wife? Does he have children? How will they live? How will they survive? Look! Rollerblading! Alright, so the rangers are summoned to the Command Centre where Alpha 5 tells them that there has been a surge of “evil energy” and all the instrumentation is going crazy. “This plasma globe is showing readings I’ve never seen and the lava lamps are OFF THE FUCKING CHARTS!” Zordon appears and tells the rangers that six thousand years ago, the world was ruled by a morphological being named Ivan Ooze who was building two machines called the Ectomorphicon Titans that would allow him to expand his empire and conquer the universe. So let me just clarify something. Six thousand years ago, an alien warlord conquered the entire world and ruled an intergalactic empire from this very planet. You know, that would have been pretty useful information to have, Egypt. “Ohhhh shit. Sorry. Really sorry guys. Yeah, we meant to leave you a note on a tomb wall about that.” No, no, no, it’s fine. It’s fine. Hey, at least you managed to leave us that story about what happened to Osiris’ dick. That was super important, you had your priorities, I understand, no really I do. Alright, so Zordon and his allies arrived on earth and after a huge epic battle with giant robots… “Giant robots. Yeah. Yeah that happened. Sorry.” …they were able to trap Ooze in an egg-shaped prison which they buried deep under ground, with the warning that if he was ever released he would wreck untold destruction upon the universe. “Look. We dropped the ball. Simple as that.” Zordon tells the rangers that Ooze’s egg has been uncovered and they have to bury it again before he has a chance to escape. Meanwhile at the building site, the security guards who’ve been left to guard the egg have unexpected visitors. Between fans of the original Super Sentai and Power Rangers there is bloody sectarian conflict passionate and lively debate over which series is better. One area though where it is more or less generally agreed that Power Rangers has the edge is in its recurring villains. As I already mentioned, the first series had Rita Repulsa as the main villain, who was simply footage of Super Sentai’s character Witch Bandora with English dialogue dubbed over her. And somewhere, a young Lady Gaga was taking notes. Even the kids watching this understood that Rita was kind of lame as a villain. She was more of a comedic foil, constantly throwing tantrums and complaining about her headaches and unable to make her dialogue match up to her lips. Throughout the first season, many fans wished for a villain that could provide a more genuine threat to the rangers. And boy howdy did we get one. Lord Zedd was introduced at the start of the season 2 as essentially Space Satan. The ruler of a vast empire of evil and looking like a skinned corpse with cyber implants and the voice of Christian Bale’s Batman, he banished Rita and took over as the Rangers arch-enemy. Zedd was such a sinister presence in fact that parents began to complain that the show had become too dark, so the creators quickly began making Zedd more comedic and less threatening. How did they do this? They married him off. Halfway through Season 2, Rita returns, basically slips Zedd a roofie, and the two get married (not joking). So it’s at around this point in the series that the movie takes place. Zedd and Rita, (who are still married but well out of the honeymoon phase) and their two lackeys Goldar and Mordaunt, arrive to crack open the egg. Zedd zaps the two security guards (we will never know their fate) and releases Ivan Ooze. ALL HANDS! BRACE FOR INCOMING HAM! “NYAAAAAAAA! ACTING!” Ooze is played by Paul Freeman, who has been working without interruption in the industry since 1967 but is probably best known for playing Belloq in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Freeman has been in front of the camera long enough to know that there are times to be serious, and times to have fun, and swanning around in a cape with a load of plastic purple dicks attached to your face is the latter. The man is having a ball here, taking bites out of the scenery and spitting them out while practically waggling his eyebrows at the audience. Most of the best lines in this thing are Ivan’s and by all accounts he ad-libbed a lot of them. For me, his performance is what pushes this thing from kiddie schlock into genuine campy entertainment. He’s really fun to watch. So Zedd is all “Ohmigod Mr Ooze, HUGE fan!” and Ivan asks him how he can repay them for freeing them. Zedd tells him that Zordon is still on Earth and that if Ooze wanted to pay him a little visit that’d be just swell. Ooze promises to not only kill Zordon, but to destroy everything and everyone that even looks or smells like him. Zedd, while a physical manifestation of pure evil, is not a micromanager (honestly making him less evil than many of my former bosses) so he leaves Ivan to get down to business. Ooze then takes a deep breath and hisses “What is that revolting stench? Smells like…teenagers.” On a completely unrelated topic, the six rangers then arrive to find that they’re too late and that the Ooze is looze. Okay, so I haven’t actually introduced the rangers properly. Three of the original Rangers had left the team by this point for trying to renegotiate their contracts to attend a peace summit in Switzerland so our current rangers in order of acting ability are: Amy Jo Jonson playing Kimberly the Pink Ranger. (Acts) Johnny Yong Bosch playing Adam the Black Ranger (Sort of acts.) David Yost playing Billy the Blue Ranger (Acts?) Jason David Frank playing Tommy the White Ranger (Not really acting, you get the feeling he’s like this in real life. And that’s cool.) Karan Ashley as Aisha the Yellow Ranger (Ohhhhh.) Steve Cardenas as Rocky the Rend Ranger (Just. Just. Just. Just sit over there.) Alright look, I don’t want to rag on the actors too much. Most of the Rangers, especially in the early seasons before CGI and wirework were available, were cast on their martial arts ability rather than their acting chops. Which makes sense, for a kid’s action show it’s really more important that the fight scenes look cool than that the Red Ranger is adept in the Meisner technique. Most of the early rangers had little or no acting experience and had to learn on the job. Jonson is far and away the strongest performer (and I’m not just saying that because I’m forever ensnared by her feminine wiles like every other nineties boy). Anyway, Ooze and the Rangers face off and are all “Do you bite your thumb at me, sir?” and Ivan creates an army of purple Goo Men to fight the rangers and then teleports away. The movie turns now to the subject of punching. Fair is fair, this is actually a really cool fight scene. I mean, the choreography is nothing spectacular but all six actors are actually doing all those flips and kicks and there’s almost no CGI or wirework here. Also, the soundtrack once again punches above the movie’s weight with the fight being scored to Devo’s Are You Ready?! Alright, so the rangers are outmatched so they decide that it’s morphing time and transform into their ranger costumes. This involves each ranger pulling out their morpher, shouting the name of their spirit dinosaur/archosaur/ice age mammal and then doing an elaborate interpretive dance. It takes so long that by the time they’re finished the Goo Men have wandered off. “Huh. I guess this is why Zordon keeps telling us not to milk the transformations.” Meanwhile Ooze slimes his way into the command centre to confront Zordon. He rants about all the things that he’s missed by being locked away in the egg, the Brady Bunch Reunion, the Black Death and the Spanish Inquisition. Wait a minute, how does he know about the Spanish Inquisition if he’s been locked away in the egg? Did he go down to the local library on his way here and skim a history book? Or did he just know it was going to happen six thousand years ago? Did he expect the Spanish Inquisition? I said, did he EXPECT THE SPANISH INQUISITION? DID HE EXPECT THE SPANISH…oh forget it, moving on. “Hurry! Hurry!” Ivan then starts wrecking the command centre, blowing up consoles, breaking the plasma globes and even smashing the lava lamps, the uncouth bastard. The ranger arrive back to find the command centre destroyed and Zordon out of his bowl and dying like a goldfish. Zordon weakly tells them that “the power” has been destroyed and with it all the rangers’ costumes, weapons, Zords, the entire merchandising wing of the operation it’s all kaput. Kimberly begs him not to leave them and he tells them that they must be strong. You know, not strong in the sense of having superpowers and being strong but, y’know, in here. Right in the spleen. Anyway, Alpha tells them that there may be another power that can save Zordon but wouldn’t you know it? It’s on the distant planet Phaedos and everyone who’s ever gone after it has died. The rangers decide to go anyway and Tommy says “We may not have our powers, but we’re still the power rangers!” No, I’m pretty sure the powers are a deal-breaker on that one Tommy. Sorry. It’s called “Power Rangers”, not “Self Belief Rangers.” The rangers teleport out and Zedd and Rita watch them go from their lunar fortress. Ooze comes swanning in and Rita reads him the riot act for letting the rangers escape. Ivan announces that he’s taking over and traps Rita and Zedd in a snowglobe. And you know a villain is serious business when he uses the same tactics as the Other Mother. Goldar and Mordaunt quickly switch sides and declare loyalty to Ooze and they ask Ivan what he’s going to do about the rangers. He hocks up a loogie which transforms into an army of crow men (‘kay) and he orders them to fly to Phaedos and kill the rangers. They take off. Flying through space. On their wings. This movie is sometimes so surreal it borders on the eerily beautiful. Anyway the Rangers arrive on Phaedos and begin searching for the great power, all the while watched by a mysterious hooded figure. The bird men (or “Tengoo warriors” as they’re called) swoop in and attack them and the rangers get their asses handed to them until the hooded figure joins the fray. Okay, there’s a kind of Star Wars fan who thinks that the original trilogy is pretty good but that everything that comes before Leia in the gold bikini is just pointless filler. Power Rangers poses a fascinating question. What if, in the scene where Obia Wan Kenobi saves Luke from the Sand People, he throws off the hood and is actually…Leia in the gold bikini. Like, what if we just go to the reason why we’re all here and saved everyone three hours? I give you, Dulcea. Which, of course, is Italian for “Yowza!” Dulcea drives the Tengoo warriors off like t’ain’t nothin’ and proceeds to kick the crap out of Tommy for daring to speak words to her. See, Dulcea is the guardian of the power and is getting real sick of having to clean up the corpses of everyone who’s come to claim it and tells the kids to screw off. But the rangers tell her that they need the power to save Zordon and Dulcea says that that’s a ranger of a different colour and tells them to follow her. Back on Earth, Ivan is putting his evil plan into motion, disguising himself as a friendly wizard and giving out jars of his ooze to the children of Angel Grove and oh my God, oh my God, oh my God what did I just type? Fred is clearly suspicious of Ooze, which is good, but it doesn’t change the fact that he’s making this face: Oh that is IT! TYRION! “What is it, my hirsute little friend?” I need you to smack this kid in the face! “I’m afraid I must decline.” What?! But you owe me! And a Lannister always pays his debts! “Ah, but you see, I’m not really a Lannister. It turns out I’m a lost Targaryen prince who… “ ALALALALALALALALASPOILERS!!!! Alright, so Dulcea has taken the rangers to an abandoned temple and shows them the way to the great power. To help them, she shows them how to get in touch with their animal spirits, with Tommy being the Falcon, Billy the wolf, Aisha the bear, Kimberly the crane, Rocky the ape and poor Adam getting stuck with the fucking Frog. I mean, how ridiculous is that? “WHY DOES NO ONE EVER WANT ME AS A SPIRIT ANIMAL?!” Well you know what? I don’t even want to be part of their stupid quest. Honestly, this quest is stupid. It’s probably my least favorite part of the movie. The quest is basically this; they wander in the forest and find some giant dinosaur skeletons and fight them and beat them. Then they get attacked by rhino men made of rock and then they beat them too. And then they get the great power. That’s it. I have a couple of problems with this. Firstly, they got the order ass backwards, the dinosaur skeleton battle is much more visually impressive and should have been saved for last. Second, any good quest should have at least three challenges. Third, no one else has ever made it to the great power alive? Seriously? Six unarmed human teenagers (I don’t care what martial arts training they have, they have no damn weapons) were able to do this and no one else, no alien monster, no all-powerful Emperor of Evil, no army of trained soldiers in the galaxy was able to get there first? Fourth, how exactly are these trials supposed to stop the power getting into the wrong hands? It’s all just mindless combat. If there had been one trial to test their martial prowess, and then one to test their intelligence and then maybe an old knight with a load a of cups to test their faith that would make much more sense. And lastly, and the one that bugged me so badly as a kid that it almost drove me crazy, when they finally get the great power the six animal spirits merge with them and they become power rangers again…but they still have their old costumes with the dinosaur helmets. Why don’t they have new helmets to reflect their new spirit animals? Yeah, I know, because for the series they need to be able to match up with the old Sentai footage but goddamn it irritated me as a kid. “KILLLLLLL!!!” Meanwhile, back on earth, all of the parents of Angel Grove have been mentally enslaved by Ivan’s ooze and he’s put them to work excavating and rebuilding the Ectomorphicons. Fred tracks his father to the construction site and tries to get Mr Kaplan (no sir, I don’t have designs on your daughter, I swear, I’m actually gay) to snap out of it but fails. With the machines complete, Ivan orders the brainwashed adults to head for the nearest cliff and leap to their doom and they trudge off. Ivan then fires up the machines and we get our first look at the terrifying mechanical monsters that once threatened the entire universe and HAHAHAHAHAHA OH MY GOD! Actually no, you know what? That is completely unfair to the PlayStation. That’s more like it. Christ I’m old. “Two…uh.. Three for the Unshaved Mouse, please.” Anyway, the Rangers arrive back to find the Ectomorphicons wrecking unbelievable destruction on Angel Grove. By which I mean, it’s impossible to believe this destruction, the CGI is just so bad you can’t suspend disbelief long enough to believe that it’s happening. Also, while I don’t want to nit pick here (I have a professional nit for that) these things are only a couple of stories tall. In the series, the monsters were typically taller than skyscrapers, which kind of makes it a little hard to take these bozos seriously as a threat. Anyway, the rangers call on their Zords and oh Christ in heaven look at these things… “But all the other movies were using CGI!” “And if all the other movies jumped off a bridge, Power Rangers, would you do that too?” The Zords and the Ectomorphicons duke it out (hilariously, the Frog Zord is pretty much the only one worth a damn). Meanwhile Fred rallies the kids of Angel Grove (who’ve gone all Lord of the Flies) along with Bulk and Skull who were just hanging around with all these children not creepy at all and they stop the parents of Angel Grove from plunging to their deaths like lemmings in an early Disney documentary. The Rangers combine their Zords to form the Megazord and BWAHAHAHAHA! Oh boy, I think I owe the Foodfight! animators an apology. I mean, I’m not going to give them one, but still. The Rangers destroy one of the Ectomorphicons and a furious Ivan Ooze merges with the remaining one and OH SWEET MERCIFUL LION OF JUDAH! KILL IT WITH FIRE! KILL IT WITH FIRE! The Megazord tussles with this, the most terrifying use of special effects technology since John Carpenter’s frickin’ Thing, and the rangers hit on a plan: to fly Ivan Ooze into the path of Ryan’s comet. You’ll remember, of course, that the fact that the comet was passing by earth was established earlier in the movie to foreshadow this resolution. They fly Ivan into the path of the comet but he refuses to let go so they press the emergency button that allows the Megazord to kick Ivan in the nads. Not even joking. They won. But at what cost to their souls? The comet destroys Ivan and the Rangers return home. Zordon is saved and Angel Grove throws a big citywide party to thank the Rangers. The six Power Rangers congratulate Fred on saving the parents and say that one day he could be a Power Ranger too. “Fred is supposed to be me, right? He’s the one I’m supposed to identify with?” “How fucking dare they?” And so the movie ends with the Rangers watching fireworks light up the Sydney Angel Grove sky and the credits roll. “Nobody expects the Spanish…” “Oh bugger.” Power Ranger is a bad movie but it is very safely in “Fun Bad” territory. It hits the sweet spot of being bad enough to have fun riffing on while still being made with enough competence that it’s not a chore to sit through. It’s never boring, it has a fun villain, the soundtrack is surprisingly kick-ass, it relies mostly on practical effects (that last fight scene notwithstanding) and it feels like everyone had fun making it. There are movies being made today with literally fifteen times the budget of this thing that can’t even manage that. If you’re looking for a good nostalgia sugar high, you could do a whole lot worse. Animation: N/A Hard to tell from the plot description, I know, but this is not in fact a cartoon. Leads: 7/20 These people were hired to punch. You want acting? Call Vanessa Redgrave. Villains: 14/20 In case I haven’t made it clear, I really dig Paul Freeman’s portrayal of Ivan Ooze. The new costume for Lord Zedd is also a major step up. Supporting Characters: 05/20 Soooo…there is literally no one in Australia who can hold a convincing American accent for more than five seconds? Music: 17/20 throws up the horns and starts head banging to Go! Go! Power Rangers! pulls muscle in little mouse neck feels sad FINAL SCORE: 54% BABY MOUSE’S SCORE: % NEXT UPDATE: 17 July 2014 NEXT TIME: We return to the canon with the movie that was meant to be the rebirth of traditional animation and everyone wants to know one thing: Does Mouse love Princess and the Frog, or is he a racist? Neil Sharpson aka The Unshaved Mouse is a playwright, blogger and comic book writer living in Dublin. The blog updates with a new animated movie review every second Thursday. He’s also serialising his novel The Hangman’s Daughter with a new chapter every other Thursday. This was review was made possible by the kind donation of Darragh O’Bradáin. Thanks Darragh! Posted in (1990s), Comedy, Humour, Long Reads, Reader's requests, Review, Uncategorized, Image format and tagged comedy, humor, humour, live action, movie, power rangers, review, reviews, unshaved mouse on July 3, 2014 by unshavedmouse. 64 Comments ← An open letter to Ireland: Dear whiny bitches… The Hangman’s Daughter: Chapter 9 → Matthew Hecht says: I am surprised you missed the worst rescue attempt in history. During the quest scene Rocky jumps to Adam’s rescue… misses entirely and falls off a cliff. Poor frog powered Adam now has to save the ape. In Rocky’s defense in the zorg battle he was the only one who could go toe to toe with a villainous bug zord. “Does Mouse love Princess and the Frog, or is he a racist?” I have a hunch that Mouse adores it. Inala says: I’m more in the “meh” category. There was a ten second sequence that I didn’t reference in my review of an almost two hour long movie? I’m getting old. You and your hunches. It’s bad for your back. Does the mouse need a neck rub? Mighty Morphin Power Rangers home pregnancy tests? Um, no just doesn’t cut it. How about, “You ever do and I’ll shove this thing in a hole it doesn’t fit. Oh, and guilty of clicking the link at the beginning. I feel bad for myself now. As well you should. Phantom Nook says: Why does this post have a black boarder on the main page? I have no idea. It’s not on my one. The main page designing bytes ran out of other colors. paper alchemist says: To be fair, no one in America can hold a convincing Australian accent for five seconds either. (Looking at you, Pacific Rim.) That’s moi boy, Stacker! cough cough Robert Downey Jr cough Natural Born Killers cough Good review, Mouse. I agree this movie is stupid, but it’s hardly the worse thing out there. You want to see Power Rangers at its worst? Try watching Power Rangers Samurai and Power Rangers Megaforce (and their “super” seasons, Super Samurai and Super Megaforce), although Super Megaforce still has yet to finish airing. After seeing those seasons, you’ll be begging to see Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and/or this movie again. If you want to see some Power Rangers seasons that are better (or in your case, maybe, “less bad” or “less painful”), try watching In Space, Lost Galaxy, Time Force, and Dino Thunder. I know you probably won’t watch any more Power Rangers, but I’ll throw it out there anyway. By the way, if you dislike Tommy, then Dino Thunder isn’t for you in particular, because he’s in it. I frickin’ love Tommy! Okay, the one thing that Megaforce/Super Megaforce has going for is the legendary ranger powers that they can unlock and use (even though it’s not unlocked until Super Megaforce) and the upcoming episode where all the Power Rangers in history come together to fight the bad guys. And I will give props that the premise is kinda neat. Back to a high school setting for instance? That’s cool with me. But aside from that, I still put it in the “bad” column. It just seems… dull. Not as bad as Samurai, but still dull. For example, the only interesting villains so far are Creepox and Metal Alice (spoilers, they’re deceased) and Vrak (MIA). Yes, Rita is a bad villain, but she is SORT OF entertaining to watch. And Lord Zedd started out great before they made him a joke. Unlike shudders Prince Vekar, THE worst villain thus far on Power Rangers. Not threatening, not entertaining, afraid of even just a little scratch, and a great big crybaby. And this is the guy who’s the leader of a giant Armada who can take out the Earth? Give me a break. At least Rita, the bad villain that she is, has a bit more dignity, even though it’s not very much, and she is only in charge of a very small group. The only interesting ranger really is Jake, followed by Gia (maybe Orion, but we have to see where he goes). Robo Knight also made some decent progress. The rest, though, just seem boring. To me, the MMPR Rangers are a little more interesting to watch. The jokes and puns Megaforce (and Samurai) throw out are just cringing to listen to. Yeah, I know this is Power Rangers, and it’s supposed to be cheesy and corny and all, but they are just overkill. At least MMPR (and all the other season for that matter) didn’t have so many of them. I knew I’d get called out for not recommending RPM. Well, the reason I didn’t put RPM on there is because I’ve only watched the first six episodes. I’d have to watch the rest in order to give it a recommendation. I have heard good things about it, though. And it does look good. Mauricio Guaura says: I…no, Super/Megaforce isn’t worse than MMPR. Like…no. Samurai? Yeah that’s horrible. Worst season ever. Also how the hell could you NOT recommend RPM? That’s generally considered to be the best season… I have to say, MegaForce seems like a really cool premise. Reply up above. Hit the wrong “reply” button. OK, so before I really get into the review proper, I have one question. Were the actual Power Rangers part of the Japanese show, or was that filmed with the American cast? Meaning, was the footage of the costumed power rangers beating up regular sized monsters part of the Japanese show, or part of the new footage? Both. The American crew had access to the costumes for the Rangers and Monsters so they were able to film their own fight scenes on ground level. They didn’t have the Zords or city sets though so the Zord battles were exclusively Japanese. maxy44 says: Nice Review Mouse! I never watched Power Rangers, but (unlike Transformers) I knew a lot of things about it because EVERY KID IN MY SCHOOL LOVED IT. I REALLY want to know your opinion about The Princess and the Frog! 😀 OK, now that I’ve read the review, I would like to point out once again that Johnny Yong Bosch is a PHENOMENAL voice actor. I haven’t really seen much of Power Rangers so I can’t really speak for his acting ability in the show, but he has seriously done some amazing work as a voice actor, particularly as Vash the Stampede in Trigun and Kiba in Wolf’s Rain. I remember Power Rangers less for myself watching it and more for one of my younger sister’s friends being a huge fan. For some reason when I think Power Rangers the first thing I think of is my sister’s friend and all the Power Rangers toys he had. And he was born like 7 years after the show premiered. I remember always liking the show when it was one but never watching it on a regular basis. I totally remember the robot though, for some reason I vividly remember Alpha 4 and Alpha 5. And really weird thing that I just now found out, Alpha 4 and 5 were both voiced by Richard Horvitz, who also voiced the lead character in the game Psychonauts (which I JUST started playing yesterday), and was in the 80’s movie Summer School (which is dumb, but I love). And the reason I know so much about him? I am a sort of acquaintance of his son. So that’s fun. Great job Mouse, can’t wait for your PatF review. And even though I haven’t been commenting much on them, I’m really enjoying The Hangman’s Daughter so far, can’t wait to read more of that too Rocker234 says: Did I hear someone mention Wolf’s Rain? 😀 And you know the son of Alpha 5/7? faints I am internet acquainted with him and we have a few mutual friends IRL (he went to a high school near mine, though I think he started high school after I had already graduated) Oh and hell yes I’ll mention Wolf’s Rain. One of my all time favorite shows. The last three or four episodes made me cry harder than I’ve ever cried at a TV show or movie. Oh thanks for reading Hangman! Honestly the reason I put Bosch ahead of Yost was that I was aware he’d had success as a voice actor but if I’m being honest Yost does better work in this. The Animation Commendation says: Is it really a bad/racist thing if the actors wore the same colored costumes as their ethnicity, even if it wasn’t done serendipitously? I mean, I’m a brown guy and I wouldn’t mind wearing a brown suit in a TV show. I just feel people get too worked up over this aspect of the Power Rangers. Anyway, nice review! Well (and here the ignorant white guy paused before making an ignorant tit of himself) it’s kinda complicated. If it had been just Zack as the black Ranger that might have been okay. Claiming the word and the colour is something that African Americans have traditionally done and characters like Black Panther are usually seen as being very progressive. Making the yellow ranger Asian though? No. I don’t think any Asian would proudly refer to themselves as “yellow”, and it has a rather nasty flavour of WW2 era propaganda to it. Plus, it kinda puts them both in a box. Billy is the smart Ranger, Jason is the tough leader, Kimberly is the valley girl and Zack and Trini are…black and Asian. I heard Zack was going to be the blue ranger, but the actor insisted that he would be the black ranger, because he was proud of his melanin color. I am pretty sure I heard that on both Wikipedia nad the Power Ranger wiki. I do not know any story on why an Asian is yellow ranger. Hmm…I guess… Gram Pol says: If I were to take a guess at why the Asian actor is playing the yellow ranger: At some point in the mid- to late ’90s, the colors yellow and green (previously used as gender-neutral colors for baby gear) began getting genderized, with yellow for girls and green for boys. The Powers That Be knew that they had to have a Second Girl Character besides the obligatory pink ranger so Second Girl Character was, by default, assigned the color yellow. Then casting happened. Maybe TPTB caught it but thought nobody would notice or maybe they themselves didn’t even notice. (As for me, I’m rather ashamed I didn’t even notice the racial overtones. I was too preoccupied by my rage that the pink ranger was the only girl to get a skirt with her costume. “C’mon, we already know that she’s the girly one! She doesn’t need to have a pink outfit AND the only outfit with a skirt too! How come the yellow ranger doesn’t get a skirt — because she’s only the Second Female Character?! That’s crap! Either give them both skirts or nobody gets skirts!” Ah, childhood.) Ah, well, that’s because in the Sentai series the Yellow Ranger is a dude. I liked this movie when I was a child, then again when I saw it in high school, and now have it on my to-do list as a recent-ish college grad. Thank you for reminding me that it exists. Curse you for reminding me about Amy Jo Jonson. She calls to you Evan… orangeoctopi says: Oh Power Rangers, your ridiculous insanity is so endearing. And you’re right about the show bringing in both girl and boy fans. I was a huge fan (Still am, to a degree), I had a Power Rangers quilt and a toy of the Falcon Zord from this very movie. This movie is fun in that it somehow manages to be even more insane than the main show, mainly because of Ivan Ooze and the crappy CGI. Also, I loved the Spanish Inquisition joke. Nice spin on an old classic. TheDorkKnight says: That theme music makes me want to start a band. I know, right?! Petulant Street Rat says: Lol our neighborhood was OBSESSED with Power Rangers and this movie. The kids next door would call my sister and me over for the afternoons during the summer and slip this in the late 90’s ancestor of the VCD player. Ah, memories. Siberian Hamster says: The plot of this story is so bizarre I thought for years I’d made it up! Maybe the Egyptians left a message on one of the tombs that was flooded when the dam was made? 🙂 Also yay! Monty python! Don’t cover for Egypt. They dropped the ball. Well, hey now, there were other cultures around 6000 years ago besides Egypt. There were the Hittites and the, um, the Assyrians and . . . . err . . . Yeah, shame on you, Egypt! You totally dropped the ball there! Ireland too, but it’s not like we had writing. Actually I destroyed their warnings. More likely the archeologists dimissed it as nonsense considering the civilians in Power Rangers are constantly witnessing alien invasions and monster attacks, yet saying there is no such thing as power rangers, monsters, and aliens. I guess the whole universe has long term memory loss. Oh man, if you haven’t seen this, you need to see this now. 3 minute short from the legendary Glen Keane “The six Power Rangers say that, one day, Fred could be a Power Ranger too” Wow. I guess that explains Turbo’s blue ranger. I’ve never actually seen this movie, despite being always been a big Power Rangers fan…then again, I couldn’t follow MMPR’s storyline as a kid. Perhaps there was a reason Zyuranger had way less episodes than it. Ah yeah, I’m so glad that Lionsgate reboot is happening now (STAY AWAY, SABAN!). The concept has SO much potential it begs the question: Why didn’t Disney just make a film series (or even an animated series) when they still had the rights? They really had no idea what to do with the property back then… Oh, speaking of Disney properties…Neil, have you seen Maleficent? I thought it was…alright, but…I was left a little confused. Not sure if it was because the 3D couldn’t let me see shit or because Maleficent’s leather pants were genuinely confusing. No, I think I’m going to wait until it comes out on DVD. I’d be really interested in what you think about Maleficent. I remember your thoughts on the trailer. I haven’t seen it yet either, a part of me responds badly to being asked to change my view on a character I happily hated for years. On the other hand, maybe that means seeing it would be good for me! I do intend to review it at some point. shinjisama says: @ Mauricio, No Turbo’s Blue Ranger was Justin and was a different actor. Also I liked Maleficent maybe I just wasn’t paying so much attention to CGI but it didn’t really bother me. The only real problems I had were the Fairies were annoying as fuck and the prince seemed really unnecessary and uninteresting. Then again I suppose the Angie was supposed to be the main focus of the movie… I honestly kind of sudder thinking of the Cinderella Remake, but I honestly kind of liked the 90’s LA Jungle Book. And I think if they combine the first one and the sequel and just take out lame ineffective villains and make the whole movie be about Mowgli as a child and an adult it can honestly be pretty good. Zoe Coleman McNair (@zcmcnair) says: He really isn’t joking about having the theme song played at his wedding reception. Mouse!!!!! I realize this is off-topic but as you live in Ireland you already meet one of the major qualifications. Netflix “is looking for a qualified candidate in the United Kingdom or Ireland to help with its recommendation system by watching movies and TV shows.” They will literally pay you to watch their shows (and tag them.) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/07/netflix-tagger-job-watch-movies_n_5563717.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000042 You had me at “Pandas with Leukaemia” 🙂 I like how the message is that it’s ok to give someone roofies if they are evil haha that seems to happen in a few shows. Special mention for the plastic purple dicks comment… awesome, I wonder if he felt ripped off when he went all mega and only ended up with one big goldish one on his chin? Props for the Shakespeare reference 😀 Reading this made me Google Jamie Croft (AKA that Fred kid) because I remember him being big in Oz as a child actor and I don’t remember ever hearing about him later on. Turns out he never stopped acting (who knew) and is now married to Saskia Burmeister who is an awesome Oz actress known best for Hating Allison Ashley when she was younger, she never made it big overseas, but we still like her and her 1000 watt smile 😀 With regards to face dicks, it’s really down to whether you value quantity over quality. Glad Jamie Croft is keeping busy but my God did he get on my nerves in this. I have to say I was never a fan, but growing up in Oz he was in everything!!! 🙂 it was like immersion therapy or something haha Ah. We have the same thing with Saoirse Ronan. Tengu= Japanese Man/Crow demons. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengu). I never watched Power Rangers (xenophobic pater forbade all Asian influenced television because it was either too violent or pornographic…… o.O) so i dont know if “Tengoo” was the official spelling. But that’s where it came from anyway. 🙂 Funny story. They were in both the series and movie, Tengu in the former Tengoo in the later. I think that fish fetish joke made me smile way more than it should have. Liked the Batman reference as well. Though I’ve got to wonder why you didn’t just scare Baby Mouse away with Live Action-Hating cat. Sounds as if you could’ve averted this whole mess with ease. Or did you not feel like siccing another natural predator on somebody again? Hmm, that reference to the denial of a drinking game makes me think: any reason you could so much more easily write this fond childhood memory off as kind of cheap, lame and sort of racially insensitive while even the thought of the Jungle Book facing similar accusations couldn’t be faced without heavy liquor consumption? I mean, I guess a good Disney movie is less easy to think or speak ill of than a tacky cash grab franchise, but still, interesting kid Mouse put up far less of a fight here. Hey, wait a minute, 90s child here. You implying I’m cocky? I’ll have you know I am gandery! Very big difference! Though that Oxyrhynchus fish reference was awesome. I’m curious about the casting decision of this thing. If the show started by using Japanese footage of the suited martial artists alongside American footage of the talking actors, why not just have suited stunt doubles do all the martial arts coolness and have the good actors do all the face shots and have it best of both worlds? Weird choice if you ask me. Laugh all you will, Maurice, but you’ve still been denied a part of the Zodiac roster by the Chinese. Mouse got first place in that, so joke’s on you, Monsieur! Though I guess your kind gets to star in the next movie. And the mice get at least 3, ha ha! Well actually a lot of the martial arts stuff was done by the actors out of costume (when they were fighting henchmen and what not) so it really made more sense to hire martial artists who could sort of act than actors who could sort of do martial arts. OverMaster says: “That list of the 25 most punchable Disney sidekicks took a lot longer than I thought.” Okay, I have looked all through the site for this list, and I can’t find it anywhere. If you really never did it, do it now. It is a thing that must exist. 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__label__wiki	0.938482	0.938482	History and Heartbreak Fremd boys soccer team after defeating Warren to win the Sectional Championship Fremd Twitter Matthew Conway, Sports Editor The Fremd boys’ soccer team turned in a stellar 2019 season, advancing to the super sectional round of the IHSA Class 3A tournament for the first time since 2014. A thrilling 4-1 victory over Warren (Gurnee) in the sectional round propelled Fremd into the super sectionals, where they faced St. Patrick’s (Chicago) in the state quarterfinals. Fremd seniors Jake Schoffstall, Kaelan Conway, Russell Beaupre, John Kating, C.J. Williams and Josh Bennett played their final game in a heartbreaking 5-3 loss to St. Pat’s. Bennett and sophomore midfielder Eli Schoffstall scored two goals apiece against Warren. Junior Joey Gillespie filled in well for injured senior goalie Artur Cholewa, stopping all but one shot on goal. Against St. Patrick’s, Conway scored twice and Kating added a goal. Fremd finished the season 15-2-4 overall, unbeaten in conference play (10-0-2) and ranked 37th nationally and sixth in Illinois. Against Warren, Fremd’s crisp passing helped the Vikings penetrate into Blue Devils territory. Fremd recorded eight shots on goal and 15 shots total. The Vikings’ aggressive defensive mentality prevented Warren from getting shots on goal, simplifying the game for Gillespie and minimizing the number of saves he had to make. Fremd’s win was a total team effort; after every goal scored, the bench erupted and the crowd cheered enthusiastically. Head coach Steve Keller was pleased by his team’s performance against Warren. “We were able to hold off a strong start from Warren and capitalized on our chances,” Keller said. “Once we went up two goals, we seemed to settle down and control the game.” While Fremd recognized the talent Warren possessed, the Vikings were plenty confident in their own ability and showed their confidence early and often against the Blue Devils. Defenseman Kaelan Conway described the challenge facing Fremd entering the Warren game. “For Warren we knew they’d be a physical team to play against and that they were skilled in the back and could play really good possession,” Conway said. “I think the biggest thing that helped us against them was staying calm and just playing our style of soccer.” Midfielder C.J. Williams also praised Warren’s skill level. “Warren was able to possess very well in the midfield,” Williams said. “We had to communicate and hustle off the ball on defense to stay with their players and when we did that we were able to win the back and create opportunities offensively.” Against St. Patrick’s, Fremd was tenacious but a late rally was not enough to save its season. Despite the loss, the Vikings headed home proud of their strong effort. “St. Patrick’s forward was outstanding, defensively we allowed the Shamrocks too much time in the midfield and got beat a couple times by their forward,” Williams said. “We had them where we wanted them until a couple detrimental mistakes hurt us. We never stopped fighting in that one but it wasn’t enough.” Conway spoke about the challenge Fremd faced against St. Patrick’s. “St. Patrick’s was obviously a great team, probably one of the most technically skilled teams in the state,” Conway said. “We knew they were crafty on the ball so we focused on playing as solid defense as we could and not letting them have a ton of time on the ball to create chances.” Team chemistry was vital to Fremd’s success this season. The senior class had played together for ten years, developed close friendships on and off the field and knew what it would take to accomplish their lofty goals. They dealt well with the high-pressure situations of the playoffs because they experienced similar success during the regular season, playing every game as if it were their last. “For me personally I have played in big games before and have the experience and for the young guys we played a few games with big crowds in our regular season, such as Palatine and the conference championship,” Schoffstall said. “I think we played our hearts out and left it all on the field every game and I’m proud of how my teammates played.” State super sectionals The most memorable sporting moments from the last decade NFL Division winner predictions Top five NBA teams feature new, upcoming talent Tsitsipas’s triumph overshadows the “Big Three” at Nitto ATP Finals KSI finishes Logan Paul off in riveting rematch The Isle of Man highlights upcoming grandmasters’ road to eliteness Michigan State poised for national title contention Fantasy Football Week 8: Starters and sitters NFL Week 8 predictions	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2046
__label__wiki	0.61666	0.61666	You are currently browsing the tag archive for the ‘Playstation 3’ tag. “The Blarg” as seen on a Kindle, as seen on an iPhone, as seen on the web browser of a PlayStation 3, as seen on a 46-inch HDTV, as seen in Google Reader in Safari 4 on a MacBook, as seen on the Mini Opera browser of an HTC Nova, as seen on an iPad, as seen on a computer monitor in the United Kingdom, as seen on a Kindle Fire, as seen on a MacBook, as seen through Google Glass! December 11, 2013 in Blogs! \| Tags: "The Blarg", 46-inch HDTV, computer monitor, Google Glass, Google Reader, HTC Nova, iPad, iPhone, Kindle, Kindle Fire, Macbook, Mini Opera, Playstation 3, Safari 4, United Kingdom \| 1 comment After more than two years, it returns! To fully understand this post, go here. And here. And here. And here. And here. And here. And here. And here. And finally, here. Dave Lee for the resurrection, “The Blarg” as seen on a Kindle, as seen on an iPhone, as seen on the web browser of a PlayStation 3, as seen on a 46-inch HDTV, as seen in Google Reader in Safari 4 on a MacBook, as seen on the Mini Opera browser of an HTC Nova, as seen on an iPad, as seen on a computer monitor in the United Kingdom, as seen on a Kindle Fire, as seen on a MacBook! November 28, 2011 in Blogs! \| Tags: "The Blarg", 46-inch HDTV, computer monitor, Google Reader, HTC Nova, iPad, iPhone, Kindle, Kindle Fire, Macbook, Mini Opera, Playstation 3, Safari 4, United Kingdom \| 2 comments Sigh… again: To fully understand this post, go here. And here. And here. And here. And here. And here. And here. And finally, here. Please stop, “The Blarg” as seen on a Kindle, as seen on an iPhone, as seen on the web browser of a PlayStation 3, as seen on a 46-inch HDTV, as seen in Google Reader in Safari 4 on a Macbook, as seen on the Mini Opera browser of an HTC Nova, as seen on an iPad, as seen on a computer monitor in the United Kingdom, as seen on a Kindle Fire! To understand this post fully, go here. Then here. And here. And here. And here. And here. And finally, here. It continues, “The Blarg” as seen on a Kindle, as seen on an iPhone, as seen on the web browser of a PlayStation 3, as seen on a 46-inch HDTV, as seen in Google Reader in Safari 4 on a Macbook, as seen on the Mini Opera browser of an HTC Nova, as seen on an iPad, as seen on a computer monitor in the United Kingdom! April 7, 2010 in Blogs! \| Tags: "The Blarg", 46-inch HDTV, computer monitor, Google Reader, HTC Nova, iPad, iPhone, Kindle, Macbook, Mini Opera, Playstation 3, Safari 4, United Kingdom \| 5 comments To bring you up to speed, this all began over a year ago right here. Then it went here. Then here. And here. And here. And earlier today it went here thanks to my good friend Ralphus. The photo above was sent to me by “Blarg” super-fan Paul Spooner over in the United Kingdom. And so, it continues. Dreading the next attachment, “The Blarg” as seen on a Kindle, as seen on an iPhone, as seen on the web browser of a PlayStation 3, as seen on a 46-inch HDTV, as seen in Google Reader in Safari 4 on a Macbook, as seen on the Mini Opera browser of an HTC Nova, as seen on an iPad! April 7, 2010 in Blogs! \| Tags: "The Blarg", 46-inch HDTV, Google Reader, HTC Nova, iPad, iPhone, Kindle, Macbook, Mini Opera, Playstation 3, Safari 4 \| 12 comments Blast from the past, “The Blarg” as seen on a Kindle, as seen on an iPhone, as seen on the web browser of a PlayStation 3, as seen on a 46-inch HDTV, as seen in Google Reader in Safari 4 on a Macbook, as seen on the Mini Opera browser of an HTC Nova! March 18, 2009 in Blogs! \| Tags: "The Blarg", 46-inch HDTV, Google Reader, HTC Nova, iPhone, Kindle, Macbook, Mini Opera, Playstation 3, Safari 4 \| 4 comments And this one comes from the other side of the pond! Thanks for sending it in, mystery European person! Keeping on, going strong, “The Blarg” as seen on a Kindle, as seen on an iPhone, as seen on the web browser of a PlayStation 3, as seen on a 46-inch HDTV, as seen in Google Reader in Safari 4 on a Macbook! March 17, 2009 in Blogs! \| Tags: "The Blarg", 46-inch HDTV, Google Reader, iPhone, Kindle, Macbook, Playstation 3, Safari 4 \| 5 comments Okay… I think this is now officially ridiculous. Thanks, Tim!	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2048
__label__wiki	0.867622	0.867622	60 'Firsts' Hip-Hop Milestones 20 Rap Songs That Sample Aretha Franklin Best Rihanna Duets in the 2000s Lil' Kim's Most Notorious Beefs Lineup Announced for Downtown Music Festival in NYC — Includes Earl Sweatshirt, Black Hipp… The Downtown Music Festival just announced the lineup for their New York edition, happening May 10-11 in the Manhattan's Lower East Side. The first set of artists confirmed for this year's fest, put on by the record label and publishing company annually, include Black Hippy, Purity Ring, Earl Sweatsh… Natasha Young Freddie Gibbs: SXSW 2012 ‘Too Hollywood,’ Calls Hardcore Band Trash Talk Best Act While SXSW has traditionally been a proving ground for unsigned artists, in recent years stadium-level acts have begun to overshadow the up-and-comers, who have cut their teeth at the almost week-long Music event in Austin, Texas for the past twenty-five years... Theo Bark Maxwell on 'Rigorous, Rewarding' 2018 Tour, New Album Plans Best Sex Songs Rappers Who Killed People Rappers in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: A Complete History The Most Important Events in Hip-Hop by Year: 1973-Present Music's Greatest Afros Best Rappers Turned Actors, Ranked Funko Pop! Hip-Hop and R&B Figures: A Complete Guide Rappers Who Disappeared 20 Underrated Rap Albums You Need in Your Collection 5 Reasons LL Cool J Should Be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 5 Reasons Janet Jackson Belongs in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame The Beastie Boys' Ad-Rock Buys a Really Green House for $1.7M Eazy-E Clowns Dr. Dre: Oct. 19 in Hip-Hop History Digable Planets Drop 'Blowout Comb': Oct. 18 in Hip-Hop History Best Booties Thickest Yams 2020 The Boombox is part of the The XXL Network, Townsquare Media, Inc. All rights reserved.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2051
__label__wiki	0.682663	0.682663	The day the Canadians freed the Dutch Just around the corner from the copy shop in Wageningen where I was printing my notes for a pro-life presentation last month, I spotted a plaque on the side of a red brick hotel with white and yellow striped awnings crouching over the windows. It was here at Hotel de Wereld on May 5 and 6 of 1945, as it turned out, that General Johannes Blaskowitz surrendered the 25th German Army to the Canadian general Charles Foulkes, with Prince Bernhard in attendance. Although Blaskowitz agreed to the terms of surrender proposed by Foulkes on May 5, nobody could find a typewriter in the entire town of Wageningen, and as a result the generals had to return the following day to type out and sign the surrender documents. In the Netherlands, the formal end of the Second World War is celebrated with Liberation Day on May 5, which was recently proclaimed Dutch Heritage Day in Canada. The bond between Canada and the Netherlands was forged by the blood of the Canadian soldiers who fought and died to free the Dutch, and on Liberation Day the young men who sleep beneath the rows of crosses are solemnly remembered. Years ago when I was touring the Netherlands with a choir group, the elderly woman giving us a tour of Doorwerth Castle near Arnhem asked us to sing the Canadian anthem for her. As we did, her face lit up and tears began streaming down her face. The last time she had heard that anthem sung, it turned out, the Canadian soldiers had been liberating her village from the Germans. Remembered, too, are those who died in the Nazi bombing of Rotterdam (which both of my grandmothers witnessed), the murdered resistance workers and reprisal killings, and those who starved to death during the Hunger Winter. Walking with some friends through the dunes pocked with the bunkers and other remains of the Atlantic Wall in Hoek van Holland recently, our host pointed out a white mansion as we exited a small forest. For years, he said, it was almost impossible to find a buyer for that house, because it was used by the Nazis—and many say that they horrifically tortured members of the Dutch Resistance there, tying them to chairs and kicking them down the stairs. In Canada, the War is confined to cenotaphs, museums, and the occasional monument. Here, history sleeps lightly. I called my grandmother to ask what she remembered of Liberation Day in Nieuw-Beijerland, the little Dutch village where she grew up. She was eight years old, and she vividly recalled their neighbor knocking on their window. The family was shocked, she said, because it was after the German-enforced curfew, and nobody was allowed outside. Then, they heard the news: “We’re free! We’re free!” First, she remembered, the whole family got down on their knees to thank God for the long-awaited liberation. Then, her mother went upstairs to search for the orange banners and Dutch flag she had hidden there to hang out the windows. Everybody poured out onto the streets, laughing and singing and crying and saying, over and over with disbelief: We’re free! We’re free! That Sunday, there was a special thanksgiving service at church. She also remembered the mayor, who had been forced into hiding and replaced by a Nazi collaborator, returning to the village, and the moment he stepped out of the carriage. More celebration ensued. The two young men who her father, a baker, had hidden from the Germans to prevent them from being deported as forced labor, went into the fish business and often returned to give the family free fish in gratitude for what they had done. Eventually, my grandmother recalled, the two “onderduikers” moved to Australia. Sadly, there was also one tragic postscript. A few kilometres away from the village, a couple who had been heavily involved in the resistance hung a Dutch flag from the window of their windmill upon hearing of the liberation. A retreating German soldier shot at the flag–and killed the woman. They had survived the entire war despite the dangerous work they did, hiding fugitives from the occupying Germans. She was not the only Netherlander murdered by the wave of Germans flowing back toward their battered homeland. In the moment of celebration, the Nazis struck a final, vindictive blow. “We were already free,” my grandmother said sadly. “We were already free, and still she was killed.” On Liberation Day, we remember the unsung and fallen heroes like the Dutch woman struck down in the very moment of longed-for victory. We remember the Canadian soldiers who fought and died to make that Liberation Day possible. And we thank God that thus far, these things live on in the memories of our grandparents, and not the lives of our children. By Jonathon Van Maren May 4, 2019 23 Comments Tags: Dutch Heritage DayDutch ResistanceJonathon Van MarenLiberation DayThe Netherlands PreviousPrevious post:Otherkin elves and non-binary “monsters”: How transgenderism abolished realityNextNext post:The Culture Wars Episode 1: Justin Trudeau’s Abortion Obsession Laura Matsuda says: I am so glad to have read this story. My daughter and her husband back-packed around Europe about 18 yrs ago, and had Canadian flags on those backpacks. They were hugged, and thanked and blessed and thrilled to meet with some of those who had been liberated by Canadian troops. They were and are very proud to be Canadians. May we hold our flag high and serve our country well, in whatever way that is. Laura Matsuda Dave Joslin says: My father’s unit was the first unit into Rotterdam ( Fox Troop) and he was OOD when the ceasefire came down from HQ. Nel vd Meyden says: Very inpressive!! Gerry Breukelman says: the picture shows American soldiers, Canadians wore British style uniforms and helmets Lloyd Healy says: My wife’s great uncle was part of the Canadian army that liberated Holland. The only thing I remember him saying about the war was how much he hated the Germans. The reason was as the people were running out to great the Canadians the Germans would shoot them in the back. Dan Wiwchar says: My mother went through the war in Holland as a teenager. It scarred her for life. Is she still living? Harold Cooper says: A friend of mine pointed out that this picture is not of Canadian soldiers as the helmets are wrong. Can you confirm whether this is accurate and whether those are American soldiers rather than Canadian? That kind of oversight creates all kinds of potential confusion on the accuracy of historical information. It is a great picture it just doesn’t represent the article properly. It’s from a historical site on Liberation Day in the Netherlands. It wasn’t exclusively Canadian soldiers who liberated Holland, and on second look those do appear to be American helmets, so your friend could be right, yes. James Phieffer says: First Canadian Army had under its command, in addition to its Canadian divisions and independent brigades, Polish Army, British Army, US Army, and Free French, Belgian and Dutch smaller units at various points during the Northwest European campaign. In addition, along with First Canadian Army, 21st Army Group included Second British and Ninth US armies. The latter were more in Belgium, but also eastern parts of the Netherlands before moving into Germany. Sadly they are American soldiers in this picture. The US commanding officers strategically landed their American soldiers pretty much out of harms way further up the coast during the freedom mission. The Canadian boys were sent straight into fire and there were MANY Canadian casualties, but the gritty Canadians got the job done. Jesse Kurtz says: The photo is of American soldiers, not Canadians. Their helmets were different. My grandfather was a sergeant with the Canadian Irish Regiment and was among those who liberated Holland. I have a 1945 coin from the Netherlands which he saved and turned into a medallion to wear. His greatest joy was travelling to Holland every spring for these memorial celebrations. Ivy Wideman says: The people in Holland appreciated the Canadians for liberating them — still do — WWII “You have to have been occupied to appreciate what freedom really means, and when you do, you never forget who gave it to you.” Appledorm (Appledorm, a municipality and city in the province of Gelderland, in the centre of the Netherlands.) S Fairbairn says: Good story but an incorrect image. Those are clearly American soldiers as those are not Canadian uniforms or helmets. Ya, Like they didn’t trade gear on occasion, the helmet proves nothing, also soldiers that got separated from their unit often took up with another, people got left behind or separated during fast moving action and there are many documented accounts of soldiers being re-assigned by a superior officer and temporarily attached to another unit. robert legault says: Mi father was also part of the liberation of Holland .He was in 4medium artillery regiment .He love the dutch people but never went back. Sami Faltas says: Greetings from the Netherlands. I didn’t know about the typewriter. Yes, we are fond of Canada, for many reasons, including our gratitude to all who helped to defeat Hitler. When listing the crimes of the Nazi occupation, you could also have mentioned the hundreds of thousands of Jews, Sinti, Roma, homosexuals and Communists deported and murdered. Audrey Davidson says: My husband was with the Canadians when Holland was liberated in 1945 then he stayed till 1946. Later in the 1990s he received a medal from the Dutch for his part in the liberation.Very proud of his contribution. Ronald Verhoeckx says: Yes. . . I lived my rarly years under the Nazi jack boot. . .i remember liberation by the Canadians well. Have many photos . Would you be willing to send an email with some of your memories to jonathon@thebridgehead.ca? I’d love to hear about them! Leave a Reply to Nel vd Meyden Cancel reply	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2052
__label__wiki	0.542009	0.542009	Star trio makes Met’s “La Donna del Lago” a memorable evening Joyce DiDonato stars as Elena in Rossini’s “La Donna del Lago” at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Marty Sohl It’s easy to take the operatic canon for granted; the repertory at the Metropolitan Opera feels so fixed that a time when Aida, Bohème, and Carmen weren’t dominant mainstays of the house is hard to imagine. Though a major success in its time, it took nearly 200 years for Rossini’s La Donna del Lago to arrive at the Met. Based on Sir Walter Scott’s widely admired poem The Lady of the Lake, Rossini’s Scottish romance might lack the effortless charm of Il Barbiere, but it is not short in musical inspiration. Full to bursting with vocal fireworks and gifted with an imaginative and lyrical score, La Donna, back for a second run at the Met, is a worthy addition to the company rep, one that will hopefully hang around for years to come. The inaugural production is another matter. Debuted back in February of this year, Paul Curran’s staging is embarrassingly bare, though not for the sake of any high-minded minimalist concept–he has simply chosen to set most of the action on the least interesting hilltop in all the Highlands. Its chief virtue–admittedly not a small one–is that it is flattering to the singers, giving them little to do but stand on the apron, sword held high, and belt. For all its failings, this production can still be enlivened by a truly superb cast, and on Friday a trio of incandescent performances made this evening–in purely musical terms–one of the highlights of the season. Returning to the role of Elena, the Highland maiden of the title, Joyce DiDonato is an absolute marvel. She came on strong from the very beginning, her voice in her entrance aria, “O mattutini albori,” unrolling like a bolt of silk. to hear her now is to hear a great voice in its prime: an easy, honeyed tone, ample volume, accurate pitch, a quick coloratura. Everything simply works for her, and on the foundation of that security she builds a sublime musical interpretation. DiDonato’s most memorable moment is “Tanti affetti” right before the final curtain–she builds stunning arches in the aria, the lines achingly crafted with breathtaking beauty. The following cabaletta, a bubbling effusion of joy, sparkles like a diamond. DiDonato’s portrayal at this point is a complete vocal and dramatic achievement, and truly must be experienced in person to be appreciated. Showing what can be accomplished when the company marshals all of its resources, the Met fields two tenors in this production who are the mezzo-soprano’s vocal equals, or close to it, each tossing off high Ds and machine-gun coloratura of their own. John Osborn, also returning from last season’s run, is even more secure this time around as the rebel leader Rodrigo. His timbre is remarkably dark for a leggiero tenor, lending him a rugged quality compared to the rest of the romantic leads. Hearing his smooth, lyric voice, it’s almost hard to imagine how he’ll climb up to the role’s top, but his instrument lightens quickly as it ascends. His singing was colorful and flowing in his entrance scene, which showed off not just a beaming final high C, but even one that he managed to float pianissimo in the aria “Ma dov’è colei.” Lawrence Brownlee needs little introduction, owner of one of the most golden tenor voices currently performing. He is one of the few active tenors who can reliably reach the Puritani high F, and even the highest reaches of the role of Giacomo (King James V) seemed well within his zone of comfort. Low notes at times are a little growled, sitting at the very bottom of his true range, but there is an attractive peppery quality to his tone, not to mention an incredible thrill at the top. What’s more, Brownlee has the artistic sense to channel his vocal ability into sensitive performance; even among the volley of fireworks of “O fiamma soave,” showing himself far more nimble than the woodwinds that accompanied him, there was a tugging sadness around the edges of his phrases. The supporting roles were less impressive. Daniela Barcellona, though no longer afflicted with a penciled-on mustache, wobbles severely as Malcolm. Oren Gradus, a gravelly Duglas, spends much of his energy lusting after a bottle of Macallan. Conductor Michele Mariotti seems to have become even more comfortable with the score since February, leading to the finest work he has done in his young Met career. After a little raggedness in the opening bars of the first act, he quickly settled into a crisp, polished performance. Mariotti has a strong affinity for the bel canto style, bringing out the lush colors of the Met orchestra while maintaining a constant buoyancy in the sound. The Met chorus, darting in and out through an array of costume changes, have rarely sounded more robust. This may not be the most inspired of the company’s stagings, and there is a good deal of awkward stage business, but Friday was an example of the truly superior quality of musical performance that the Met can assemble. Bel canto enthusiasts would be unwise to miss it. La Donna del Lago runs through December 26 at the Metropolitan Opera. metopera.org	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2053
__label__cc	0.664078	0.335922	11 Customs That Are Unique to China None of my business anyway, says the 100-yuan note \| © David Dennis / Flickr As one of the world’s most ancient civilizations, China is rich in traditions and unique customs. Some customs might be confusing for travelers and expats, so to make things easier for you, we’re going to walk you through the what and why of some of China’s major customs. Giving hongbao during Chinese New Year The Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, is the happiest time of the year for nearly all children in China. No matter what region or background their families are from, they normally receive hongbao (lucky money). Hongbao usually consists of brand new bills put in a red envelop and given by the elders of the family. The hongbao represents blessings for the year to come. People tend to stop receiving hongbao when they begin to work, but in some parts of China (for example Guangdong and Hong Kong), people can receive hongbao until they get married. Hongbao © BreakdownDiode / WikiCommons Celebrating two birthdays As a result of the inconsistency of two prevalent calendars in China, this is a custom that even some Chinese people couldn’t figure out. Traditionally (especially before 1911, when the Gregorian Calendar was applied in China), Chinese people have celebrated only the Lunar Calendar birthdays. Nowadays, it is more common to observe the Gregorian calendar birthdays in China, just like most of the world does, but the elderly and people who are born in the countryside are still used to celebrating Lunar Calendar birthdays. Eating dumplings during the Winter Solstice People who are new to China might feel confused on the Winter Solstice. Nearly all the big and small dumpling (jiaozi) restaurants are severely overflowing with customers. Even the Chinese friends who choose not to dine out will most likely order a dumpling delivery. That’s because, rumor has it, if you’re not eating dumplings on the Winter Solstice, your ears will be bitten off by the freezing cold wind. Dumplings © Yunuo Nuomi / Flickr Drinking hot water “Any hot water?” This is one of the most frequently asked questions in China’s restaurants. Chinese people are used to drinking hot water, and many prefer the water to be burning hot. This is because they believe hot water can cure ailments and prevent disease. Downing your drink after saying “ganbei” What follows “Ganbei” (Cheers) and glass clinking in China is people drinking up the alcohol in their glasses, instead of just taking a gentle sip. If you don’t drink up your wine, you might be regarded as impolite in China. However, those who can’t drink alcohol don’t need to worry, as there’s a Chinese custom that says, “Replace the wine with tea (Yi Cha Dai Jiu).” This makes it convenient for everyone to drink up after saying cheers. Cheers! © conan_mizuta / Pixabay Offering and receiving business cards both hands Those who are on their first business trip to China might find it curious that Chinese people tend to hand business cards or name cards to others with both hands. It is actually a Chinese courtesy to show respect to others, especially in the case when the younger and the inferior are giving cards to the older and the superior. Giving change at the check-out counter What would you do if a cashier asked you to pay six yuan at a convenience store? People from outside of China would just pull out a tenner, but Chinese people add an extra one yuan so that they can get back a bigger and whole five-yuan bill. While non-Chinese may find the math troublesome, Chinese people know it as a long-established habit and a piece of cake. Now with the prevalence of e-payments in China, this is changing as some people do not even have cash on them anymore, let alone adding change to a transaction to get back even currency. None of my business anyway, says the 100-yuan note © David Dennis / Flickr Wearing red underwear Chinese people usually wear (or are forced by their mothers to wear) red underwear on Ben Ming Nian (Zodiac Year of Birth), which is the current year in a cycle of 12 zodiac years. It is believed that wearing red underwear during the whole year may prevent misfortunes from befalling them in the year to come. Why so? There are 12 animals respectively representing the 12 zodiac years. Legend has it that the current animal is on duty in heaven, so it cannot take care of the people of its sign in the human world. That’s when the red underwear comes to the rescue. Sharing an apple or an orange, but never a pear This is not because apples and oranges are easier to cut. The reason for this custom is similar to the last one. “Dividing a pear” in Chinese is “Fen Li” (分梨), which is a homophone to “分离,” meaning “departure” in Chinese. Indeed, some people try very hard not to separate from each other. Pears are better as a whole © Max Pixel Having superstitions about gifting clocks It’s important not to give a clock to a Chinese person as a gift. This is because the phrase “giving clock” in Chinese – “Song Zhong” (送钟) – is a homophone to “送终,” which means “looking after a dying person” or “burying a person.” Planting vegetables and plants everywhere International community gardeners will weep when they see China’s cities. No matter where you look, be it an ordinary residential compound, an apartment balcony, along a roadside, or even in a small circle of fertile land, you’ll see vegetables spontaneously growing that were planted by common citizens. Even the Chinese themselves joke that “planting trees is in their DNA.”	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2056
__label__wiki	0.951598	0.951598	Noah Levine Safdie Brothers talk ‘Uncut Gems,’ directing, student filmmaking and screenwriting “Uncut Gems” is a project by Josh and Benny Safdie, whose previous projects include “Heaven Knows What” and “Good Time.” ‘The Irishman’ is another masterfully crafted piece of cinema from Martin Scorsese The legendary trinity of Joe Pesci, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino finally share the screen in the newest high-stakes, city-set nightmare from Martin Scorsese. “Knives Out” sharply upholds mind-bending script The Thrombey family, played by actors such as Jamie Lee Curtis (“Halloween”), Katherine Langford (“13 Reasons Why”) and Toni Collette (“Hereditary”), share a shocking revelation in “Knives Out”. “Uncut Gems” treats audience to signature Safdie Brothers thriller If audiences have ever wanted to see Adam Sandler fight against a famous R&B singer in the middle of the VIP room of a club, now is the time. Lush musical atmosphere of 'Frozen II' falls flat despite initial hype Elsa, Anna, Olaf and Sven return in “Frozen 2” as they venture into an enchanted forest harboring many magical secrets. ‘American Horror Story: 1984’ brings mindless slasher frenzy to small screen The ‘80s are back, and they’ve brought aerobics, short shorts and a blood-splattered sleepaway camp with them. Q&A: Director of Ao5 Gallery discusses Salvador Dalí exhibition Attendees won’t have to rely on the “Persistence of Memory” if they decide to take home one of these paintings for themselves. ‘Doctor Sleep’ attempts to meld twisted worlds of King, Kubrick The Overlook Hotel has opened its doors once again and two little twin girls are the least of Danny Torrance’s problems. “Doctor Sleep,” directed by Mike Flanagan, is both the film adaptation of Stephen King’s novel of the same name, and sequel to Stanley Kubrick’s classic horror epic “The Shining.” Quentin Tarantino, Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt, and Leonardo DiCaprio talk “Once Upon a Time” in special livestream interview This past weekend, Quentin Tarantino’s ninth film “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” returned to theaters with previously unseen additional footage and access to a livestream interview with cast members Margot Robbie, Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and Tarantino himself. ‘In Search of Darkness’ director David A. Weiner talks John Carpenter, ‘80s Horror, open-ended future of his 4-hour long documentary “In Search of Darkness” is a documentary that details the rise and impact of 1980s horror films. Director David A. Weiner conducts interviews with a vast array of horror filmmakers and fanatics to discuss the absurdities and cultural impact of the horror genre. The Daily Texan spoke to Weiner about the documentary process, memorable interviews and the modern state of the horror genre. 'The VICE Guide to Bigfoot’ provides shallow yet entertaining mockumentary of the creature Brian Emond and Zach Lamplugh search for the infamous large-footed mammal in “The VICE Guide to Bigfoot.” ‘In Search of Darkness’ deep dives into fascinating history of ‘80s horror “In Search of Darkness” documents and analyzes the history and impact of horror films in the 1980s. For the film’s four-hour plus runtime, director David A. Weiner compiled an impressive roster of interviewees and archival footage to deliver the ultimate masterclass in ‘80s horror. Director Ruben Fleischer, Jesse Eisenberg talk ‘Zombieland,’ ‘The Walking Dead,’ student filmmaking To celebrate the release of “Zombieland: Double Tap,” The Daily Texan attended a 15-minute roundtable interview with actor Jesse Eisenberg (“The Social Network”) and director Ruben Fleischer (“Venom”) to discuss all things Zombieland. 'Zombieland: Double Tap' brings back comedic mayhem in signature undead style The gang returns in the long-awaited sequel to 2009’s “Zombieland,” titled “Zombieland: Double Tap.” Ruben Fleischer (“Venom”) returns to direct the star-studded cast of Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin. House of Torment adds to fearsome experience with axe throwing, haunted mazes A gaggle of zombies roam the halls of House of Torment’s “Rise of the Dead” attraction. ‘Joker’ is everything but a laughing matter The highly anticipated and extremely controversial “Joker,” directed by Todd Phillips (“The Hangover”), has arrived, detailing a complex, mesmerizing and terrifying story about the infamous villain’s preliminary path of destruction. “Knives Out” director Rian Johnson takes stab at Texan’s questions At the Fantastic Fest premiere of “Knives Out” on Sept. 25, The Daily Texan spoke to director Rian Johnson from “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” and “Looper” about his newest film. Director of Netflix thriller 'In the Shadow of the Moon' discusses filmmaking process The Daily Texan sat down at Fantastic Fest with Jim Mickle, director of Netflix thriller “In the Shadow of the Moon,” to discuss the filmmaking process. Fantastic Fest: The cast of “In the Shadow of the Moon” talk inspirations, acting, Willy Wonka The Daily Texan discussed various aspects of the filmmaking journey with cast members Michael C. Hall, Boyd Holbrook and Cleopatra Coleman. Fantastic Fest: The cast, director of “Fractured” talk Hitchock, storytelling, genre The Daily Texan attended the Fantastic Fest black carpet for the film and spoke with the film’s director Brad Anderson, writer Alan B. McElroy and actress Lily Rabe about all things “Fractured.” “Jojo Rabbit” miraculously balances heartfelt, hopeful tone amongst bleak setting “Jojo Rabbit” is a WWII dramedy from director Taika Waititi that focuses on a young boy who idolizes Hilter and his reaction to finding out his mother has been hiding a young Jewish girl in their walls. ‘In the Shadow of the Moon’ expertly navigates a finely-tuned script This is what happens when the moon sees its shadow. MondoCon: Toymakers discuss inspiration, process of bringing imagination to life At MondoCon, toymakers went back to their roots to discuss their inspirations. ‘Ad Astra’ thrusts viewers into a beautiful space-fueled nightmare With Brad Pitt in space, clearly nothing can go wrong. After premiering at the Venice Film Festival, “JOKER” reactions are no laughing matter Todd Phillips’ “Joker” has taken film media by storm, laughing its way into news headlines and tweets. Volunteers 'Scare for a Cure' for cancer Behind the remnants of an old Western ghost town in Manor, Texas, something ghoulish resides. ‘IT Chapter Two’ conjures a mesmerizing, twisted circus of entertainment After a two year wait, the sequel to “IT” has finally floated into theaters. 'Midsommar Director’s Cut' amplifies Ari Aster’s sun-soaked nightmare Ari Aster brought his horror chops back to the big screen with his sophomore film, "Midsommar." Recently, production company A24 brought Aster's 147-minute-long director's cut of the film to theaters. What is going on with Spider-Man in the MCU? “I don’t feel so good, Mr. Stark” has a whole new meaning. 'IT' fans discuss eager anticipation to float with Pennywise again in 'Chapter Two' On Sept. 6, audiences will truly float “two.” Pennywise has returned from his 27-year slumber and is ready to feast on the children of Derry, Maine, in the highly-anticipated film “IT Chapter Two.” ‘Ready or Not’ takes successful stab at original horror Till death do us part has a whole new meaning. “Ready or Not” is a high-stakes horror film surrounding a newlywed bride who marries into the Le Domas family, notorious for taking pleasure in literally hunting their new additions. Top 5 blockbusters of the summer for college students Summer 2019 was a great one for movies. Fans of every genre — from superhero flicks to shocking horror films, all the way to chaotic action adventures — were treated to an array of unique and entertaining experiences. In no particular order, here are five films that were sure to be a hit with college students this summer. ‘Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark’ successfully resurrects childhood fear The illustrations that haunted ‘90s childhoods are back, more alive than ever. “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” is a film adaptation of the eponymous collection of short stories written by Alvin Schwartz and iconically illustrated by Stephen Gammell. ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ brings back 1960s Hollywood with unique Tarantino flair Mr. Tarantino is back, and he’s brought cowboys, pitbulls, crazy cult members and — of course — more feet. ‘Crawl’ swallows audiences with horrid writing, pacing For a film all about alligators, this sure lacks bite. ‘Far From Home’ brings zany superhero fun, yet leaves much to be desired Tom Holland’s Spider-Man is back in “Far From Home,” a sequel to 2017’s “Homecoming.” Jon Watts returns to direct this installment of America’s favorite webslinger. This sequel stands out with its mesmerizing visual effects, yet it leaves much to be desired in terms of story. ‘Child’s Play’ becomes your new best friend with gore-filled fun “Child’s Play” is a reimagining of the 1988 horror classic of the same name. The remake, helmed by director Lars Klevberg, revolves around the bloodshed that surrounds a single mother (Aubrey Plaza) and her son (Gabriel Bateman) after he receives an artificial intelligence-enabled toy (voiced by Mark Hamill). The film succeeds in its ability to reinvent the source material and bring to life a fun, yet morbid, tale of friendship and parenting. ‘Black Mirror’ Season 5 mostly satisfies fan craving “Black Mirror” is back in full force with its signature social commentary, but some of the stories aren’t as strong as they could be. Bundy biopic “Extremely, Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile” respectfully addresses source material The new Ted Bundy biopic is wicked, evil and vile in its excruciating visual accuracy, yet it remains respectful of his victims. ‘Scary Stories’ documentary analyzes frightening book series In a time before “Goosebumps,” another book had the honor of bringing children’s nightmares to life. “Scary Stories” is a 2019 documentary directed, edited and produced by Cody Meirick. The film chronicles the legacy and origins of the “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” book series. ‘Avengers: Endgame’ is ultimate love letter to Marvel Universe The ensemble cast of “Endgame” brings the fight to Thanos. Writer of “Shazam!,” Henry Gayden, talks about the film’s popularity, writing process Zachary Levi and Jack Dylan Grazer star in the superhero comedy written by Henry Gayden. Horror fans, journalists combat stigmas of the genre The horror genre has frightened moviegoers since the early twentieth century. With recent hits such as “It” and “Us,” the genre shows no signs of receding success. However, stigmas toward horror have become increasingly prominent as of late. Thriller ‘Long Lost’ sends viewers down dizzying hole of seduction, suspense Adam Weppler, Nicholas Tucci and Catherine Corcoran star in this strange family reunion. UT affiliates analyze evolution, appeal of ‘The Clown Prince of Crime’ Two Jokers in a deck of cards? Try six. The Daily Texan sits down with the director and cast of ‘The Curse of La Llorona’ The Texan had the opportunity to sit in on a roundtable discussion with cast members of "The Curse of La Llorana" Linda Cardellini, Raymond Cruz, Patricia Velasquez and director Michael Chaves. ‘Pet Sematary’ digs up a ghoulish time In the famous words of Jud Crandall, sometimes, dead is better. ‘The Curse of La Llorona’ scares with its recycled horror clichés Although "The Curse of La Llorona' sports decent performances and some effective suspense, it ultimately falls victim to an obscene amount of unoriginal storytelling and jump scares. ‘Boyz in the Wood’ is absolute blast from start to finish “Boyz in the Wood” is the first feature film directed by Ninian Doff, who is most well known for directing music videos. It follows a group of four boys who embark on a journey, encountering hip-hop loving farmers, incompetent police and a royal couple sporting skin masks who will stop at nothing to execute the young travelers. ‘Snatchers’ disappoints in attempt at throwback horror “Snatchers” is a horror comedy from directors Stephen Cedars and Benji Kleiman that is adapted from the short film and web series of the same name. Snatchers tries to use its old-school horror elements as a crutch, but a weak and emotionally-lacking story holds the film down. ‘Body at Brighton Rock’ brings dread but doesn’t exactly deliver “Body at Brighton Rock” is the feature directorial debut for Roxanne Benjamin. The film follows a young park ranger who comes across a corpse and then has to keep guard over the potential crime scene overnight. ‘Teen Spirit’ is an electrifying pop-filled journey that turns down the volume a little too early Elle Fanning headlines “Teen Spirit” as an aspiring singer who breaks out of her small-town life to pursue stardom. ‘Tales from the Lodge’ has cool stories to tell, but that’s about it “Tales from the Lodge” is the directorial debut for Abigail Blackmore, an anthology film where the anthologies themselves are more interesting than the overall plot. ‘Villains’ brings out the best in the bad guys with successful dark humor It turns out the best movies are the ones with no heroes at all. ‘Little Monsters’ shines a heartwarming light on the zombie genre “Little Monsters” is the beacon of undead light in a time where zombie films have been done to death. ‘Good Boys’ delivers outrageous, bittersweet comedy that highlights impact of childhood relationships From the team that brought you “Superbad” comes a film that is super good (boys). SXSW’s third installment of their ‘Shorts Program’ is full of laughs and pure emotion SXSW has selected its top short films out of a pool of over 5,000 entries. These are some of the best narrative shorts within “Shorts Program 3." ‘I’m Just Fcking with You’ is a mediocre installment in Blumhouse’s ‘Into the Dark’ “I’m Just Fcking with You” is the seventh installment in Blumhouse’s “Into the Dark” Hulu series. This entry follows two siblings as they face a slew of terrifying practical jokes while they stay at a motel in preparation for a family wedding. “Extra Ordinary” fails to reach its full potential but offers some spooky laughs along the way “Extra Ordinary,” directed by Mike Ahern and Enda Loughman, follows a driving instructor named Rose who is uncomfortable using her supernatural “talents” after she mistakenly kills someone close to her. ‘J.R. ‘Bob’ Dobbs and the Church of the SubGenius’ is a fascinating deep dive into an eclectic cult This is a documentary, believe it or not. Sandy K. Boone directs the peculiar story as she interviews the founders of the Church and explores how their unique sense of humor ended up starting a cult following. The SXSW 2019 “Midnight Shorts” are as weird as ever Each year, SXSW selects some of the weirdest shorts filmmakers have to offer and screens them as part of their “Midnight Shorts” lineup. ‘Darlin’ is effective, morbid directorial debut for Pollyanna McIntosh It’s amazing the lengths to which an animalistic woman will go to save someone she loves. Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement’s “What We Do In The Shadows” is worth the five-year wait Bite-sized comedy fans of the original film will want to sink their teeth into this. Jordan Peele further cements himself as a master of horror with 'Us' Those who thought “Get Out” was as dark as Jordan Peele’s rabbit hole could go are certainly mistaken. Bleed for the Throne brings the world of Game of Thrones to Austin In collaboration with the Red Cross and South by Southwest, HBO’s Game of Thrones continues its #ForTheThrone campaign with an immersive blood drive. Horror invades SXSW 2019 With recent hits like Jordan Peele’s “Get Out,” Andy Muschietti’s “IT” and Ari Aster’s standout “Hereditary” it seems as if the horror genre is experiencing a terrifying renaissance. Black horror films are on the rise For decades, the horror genre has faced backlash for racial insensitivity and stereotyping black characters in its films. Only recently has there been an increase in black-led horror content featuring strong and socially aware black characters. Film reviews have varying effects on moviegoers Critics have served as gatekeepers of the movie industry for decades. Gone are the days when trailers were the sole factor in the decision to see a film. Various genres of film place different emphasis on reviews. The forbidden fruit of the film industry: inside Rotten Tomatoes Rotten Tomatoes has taken the film world by storm. Move over critics, a fruit has more power than individualized opinions. ‘The Prodigy’ will have you running from daycare If you think the terrible twos are bad, beware the homicidal eights. “The Prodigy” is a new horror film from "The Pact" director Nicholas McCarthy that brings every parent’s worst nightmare to life. The eyes of the Academy are not upon these 5 films, unfortunately This year’s Academy nominations went to groundbreaking films such as “A Star is Born” and “Roma,” but they also left some other gems out of the mix. Showtime invites students to Shrek X Shrekwest Shrek fans are about to be head ogre heels when Dec. 4 rolls around. Campus Events + Entertainment Showtime provides an escape to happily ever after. “Shrek X Shrekwest” offers a screening of 2001’s “Shrek” and will be followed by an intermission filled with “Shrek”-themed trivia, snacks and karaoke. The night will close out with a screening of 2004’s “Shrek 2. ‘Creed II’ is powerful addition to ‘Rocky’ series “Creed II” pits Adonis Creed against the son of former “Rocky” villain Ivan Drago. Hollywood’s latest reboot trend reflects different business model With so many creative minds working in the industry, audiences may wonder why Hollywood prefers to showcase old ideas. Film school alumni Mark Dennis, Ben Foster discuss latest feature film ‘Time Trap’ "Time Trap" throws a group of unsuspecting characters into a time-traveling adventure. Robert Englund reprises the role of Freddy on The Goldbergs, prompting hopes for new Nightmare 1, 2 Freddy’s … on “The Goldbergs?” Actor Robert Englund reprised the iconic role of Freddy Krueger from “A Nightmare on Elm Street” on a recent Halloween-themed episode of ABC’s “The Goldbergs.” ‘Goosebumps 2’ brings thrills, chills and a bare-bones plot Only in the world of Goosebumps could gummy bears be scary. ‘The Body’ brings well-executed bloodshed to All Hallows’ Eve “Into the Dark” starts off October the right way by inviting a hitman to a Halloween party. House of Torment amplifies the fear in its 2018 season This year, Austin’s House of Torment has added even spookier tactics to their routine. Festival revokes award after gun-toting laurel receives complaint from semi-finalist Scott Cobb had his semi-finalist position at the Austin Revolution Film Festival revoked after suggesting the laurel should not feature the western-styled revolver guns. HBO series “Sharp Objects” delivers a refreshing take on the murder mystery genre Amy Adams + a sharp object + murder = Fantastic television. Step into the twisted town of Wind Gap and uncover its dark secrets with HBO’s series “Sharp Objects.”	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2060
__label__cc	0.678543	0.321457	Hilarious Bernie Meme PERFECTLY Defines His "Democratic Socialism" Published February 9, 2016 at 10:38am Via V. Saxena: During the Democrat primary debate this Saturday, candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders admonished “money in politics,” saying that it has corrupted the political process. “(T)here is a reason why these people are putting huge amounts of money into our political system,” Bernie argued. “And in my view, it is undermining American democracy and it is allowing Congress to represent wealthy campaign contributors and not the working families of this country.” In pointing to examples, Sanders of course highlighted those organizations that donate money to Republican candidates. “Do you think there’s a reason why not one Republican has the guts to recognize that climate change is real, and that we need to transform our energy system?” he asked. “Do you think it has anything to do with the Koch brothers and ExxonMobil pouring huge amounts of money into the political system?” To hear his rant for yourself, fast forward to the 1:15 mark in the video below: I find Sanders’ rhetoric awfully amusing, since the vast majority of donations handed out between the 2002 and 2014 elections went to Republican candidates. Observe, via the Center for Responsive Politics: Moreover, even good ol’ Sanders has reportedly participated in the whole “money in politics” scheme. Cue NPR: Sanders may not have a superPAC near at hand, but the union National Nurses United is pretty close. It endorsed him this summer, and its political arm sends nurses to knock on doors and to trail his campaign bus in one of their own. NNU has spent more than $1 million so far. Friends of the Earth’s superPAC has run pro-Sanders TV ads in Iowa and New Hampshire, and four other progressive groups have made smaller efforts. Sanders might have a valid point about “money in politics,” but if he hopes to be taken seriously, he might want to consider pivoting the spotlight toward himself and his party — because it is in all actuality his own party that is known to often “make it rain,” to borrow a phrase from the urchins … H/T The Gateway Pundit	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2062
__label__wiki	0.94431	0.94431	Democratic Florida House candidate admits to lying about being a doctor after dropping out of race By Jessica Campisi - 07/20/19 01:36 PM EDT © Artisteer/iStock/Thinkstock A former Democratic candidate who dropped out of a Florida state House race last month has admitted to lying about being a doctor who treated victims of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting, according to multiple local reports. “I lied,” Elizabeth McCarthy, 50, told state investigators, Florida Politics reported, citing documents released by the state Department of Health this week. “It is a false statement. I just made it up,” she added. "I’m sorry that I gave any impersonation. I knew it was wrong and I should have stopped — by no means did I ever mean to put anybody in jeopardy,” Florida Politics reported her saying, citing an affidavit. The Florida Department of Health is charging McCarthy with violating state law by lying about being a doctor, the outlet reported. She has reportedly been fined $3,094.95 for misrepresenting herself as a medical professional and is barred from telling anyone else that she is a doctor. Florida Politics, which was unable to reach McCarthy for comment, noted that she has a month to dispute the investigation's findings and could seek a hearing if she wanted. McCarthy, who is openly gay, claimed at a March town hall while campaigning that she was a medical doctor at Orlando Regional Medical Center and removed scores of bullets from dozens of victims of the Pulse shooting. “It was one of hardest things to work through in my career,” she says in a video posted on U.S. Rep. Darren Soto Darren Michael SotoHillicon Valley: Lawmakers say Facebook deepfake ban falls short \| House passes bills to win 5G race \| Feds sound alarm on cyberthreat from Iran \| Ivanka Trump appearance at tech show sparks backlash Lawmakers voice skepticism over Facebook's deepfake ban Democrats demand FCC act over leak of phone location data MORE’s (D-Fla.) Facebook page. “That night of Pulse, I personally removed 77 bullets from 32 victims. ... It was like an assembly line.” She continued, “That night, because I’m gay, it struck me even harder because these were my people. ... The hardest part for me was wheeling a body into the morgue and hearing the cell phones ring of the people that passed.” The Florida Department of Health investigated her claims and found McCarthy has never been issued a medical license of any kind by the state agency. Officials from the parent company of the medical center — which treated almost all of the Pulse victims — had no records of McCarthy working there as an emergency room physician, local media outlets reported. After receiving backlash for her lie, McCarthy wrote in a since-deleted Facebook post that she was “truly sorry” but that she was not shutting down her campaign and was “moving forward,” Florida Politics reported. On June 28, McCarthy announced she was dropping out of the race, Florida Politics reported. She had filed in March to run for the District 28 seat next year. Tags Darren Soto Florida Pulse nightclub shooting doctor	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2070
__label__wiki	0.904509	0.904509	Like us on FacebookFollow us on InstagramFollow us on TwitterSubscribe on YouTube The Manc - Netflix are releasing a Jurassic World series" Netflix are releasing a Jurassic World series By Josh Sandiford 4th June 2019 Netflix is going to transform the classic Jurassic World movie into a fully fledged TV series, complete with the dinosaur antics we all know and love. The animated series will be set during the same timeline as 2015’s Jurassic World and will follow the story of six teenagers left stranded on the dinosaur-infested island of Isla Nublar. The show is set for release sometime in 2020 and will be called Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous. And good news for you movie buffs, it is executive produced by the one and only Steven Spielberg, Frank Marshall, Colin Trevorrow, Scott Kreamer and Lane Lueras. Finally watched Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and it was two hours of me screaming "JUST GIVE THE LITTLE GIRL DINOSAUR POWERS, YOU COWARDS" — Anthony Carboni (@acarboni) May 25, 2019 Jurassic World is the fourth instalment of the Jurassic Park film series, and the first film in the Jurassic World trilogy. Set 22 years after the events of Jurassic Park, it became the first film to gross over $500 million worldwide and the sixth highest-grossing film of all time. Making of Jurassic World. pic.twitter.com/LPfTDODNwO — 🎬After/Before Effects (@movies_effects) June 4, 2019 There is also, of course, a third Jurassic World in the making and is expected to be released in June 2021. We can’t wait. You can now get Kopparberg pink gin with lemonade in a can This is why there is an elephant at Piccadilly station Join The Manc Mailing List Yes, I would like to subscribe and consent to my data being stored in line with The Manc's privacy policy. A teenage boy was attacked with a broken bottle in Piccadilly Gardens last night Eminem under fire for making light of Manchester Arena bombing on new album Birds Eye looking for someone to replace the Captain on Fish Fingers boxes This is what Albert Square is going to look like in 2023 Someone found the original van from Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights on eBay These are the top 10 worst places to live in England This is why noisy chewing makes people so angry The 2020 ‘Top 10 Worst Places to Live in England’ list has been released Martin Lewis urges people who don’t own a house to put £1 in this ISA now The happiest place in the UK is only an hour from Manchester © 2020 The Manc	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2074
__label__cc	0.594462	0.405538	The World According to John Brian Etling November 14, 2015 \| 1 book mentioned Here is a helpful User’s Guide to John Irving from the good people over at Hazlitt–it should be all you need in order to tackle Irving’s newest novel, Avenue of Mysteries. This slightly disheartened take on what it’s like to re-read Irving is worth a look. Brian Etling is an intern for The Millions. He reads and resides in North Carolina. Brian can be found on Twitter @jbetling, and in the real world behind the counter of Scuppernong Books in Greensboro, NC. “A woman’s frantic laughter.” Nick Moran February 23, 2014 \| 1 book mentioned Recommended Reading: Rion Amilcar Scott’s “Women Who Run With Wolves,” which is a very short but potent piece in the latest issue of Fractured West. NYPL Gets Trippy Bill Morris June 16, 2011 \| 1 book mentioned The New York Public Library has bought psychedelic guru Timothy Leary’s papers. The 335 boxes contain journals, videotapes, photographs and thousands of letters from avid trippers, including Allen Ginsberg, Aldous Huxley, William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, Ken Kesey and, yes, Cary Grant. Bill Morris \| 1 book mentioned Disarmingly Like Love Brian Etling May 21, 2016 \| 1 book mentioned “I quickly stopped trying to draw in a realistic way and went for an efficient one.” Max de Radiguès is a Belgian cartoonist whose work you should familiarize yourself with. Brian Etling \| 1 book mentioned Drunk Writing Bruna Dantas Lobato September 15, 2015 \| 1 book mentioned Recommended Reading: Michelle Dean writes for The New Republic about the image of the tortured, alcoholic writer — and the “different kind of weight attached to a woman drinker.” Bruna Dantas Lobato \| 1 book mentioned Carpet Reading Thomas Beckwith June 26, 2013 \| 1 book mentioned The Work of a Good Woman Thomas Beckwith July 2, 2013 \| 1 book mentioned As our own Nick Moran reported two weeks ago, Alice Munro has decided to retire from writing. Herewith, a timely profile of the author, courtesy of the Times. (You could also read Ben Dolnick on her last book of stories, Dear Life.) A Very Special Bunny Carolyn Quimby March 25, 2018 \| 1 book mentioned “Welcome to the resistance, bunny.” Currently sold out on Amazon after topping the book charts for days, The New Yorker writes about John Oliver‘s charming children’s book, A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo. Pair with: an essay about reconnecting with childhood favorites as a parent. Carolyn Quimby \| 1 book mentioned Poets and Tomatoes Kaulie Lewis June 18, 2015 \| 1 book mentioned “We are hermits, that is true. We live in tiny rooms, and we stay in those rooms hours upon hours every day, every month, every year. But we also like to walk around and throw ourselves into big crates of tomatoes, and roll around in them, and then get up all tomato-stained.” Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera talks about living life as a poet (which apparently includes a lot of tomatoes) in an interview with the Guardian. Kaulie Lewis \| 1 book mentioned	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2076
__label__cc	0.736888	0.263112	By Zia H Shah on April 18, 2018 • ( 5 Comments ) Harvard Press’ Book Review: How Islam Shaped the Enlightenment Source: The New Republic By Jacob Soll A new book recovers the work of scholars who helped establish greater understanding between religions. In 1698, the noted Arabic scholar and Catholic […] By Rafiq A. Tschannen on April 18, 2018 • ( 1 Comment ) Senators leave classified briefing on Trump’s Syria policy ‘very unnerved’ By Nicole Gaouette, Ted Barrett and Richard Roth, CNN April 18, 2018 Source: CNN Senators ‘unnerved’ by Trump’s Syria policy 01:30 Washington (CNN)Lawmakers emerged from a classified administration briefing […] By rabyam on April 18, 2018 • ( Leave a comment ) A 10-Minute Trial, a Death Sentence: Iraqi Justice for ISIS Suspects Source: The New York Times By MARGARET COKER and FALIH HASSAN BAGHDAD — The 42-year-old housewife had two minutes to defend herself against charges of supporting the Islamic State. Amina Hassan, a Turkish woman in a flowing black abaya, told the Iraqi judge that she and her family had entered Syria and Iraq […] By rabyam on April 18, 2018 • ( 6 Comments ) Visiting LDS president salutes Kenya’s Mormon ‘pioneers’ Source: The Salt Lake Tribune By Bob Mims LDS Church President Russell M. Nelson assured throngs of Kenyan Mormons that they share the pioneering spirit of faith with Latter-day Saints who settled Utah’s Salt Lake Valley nearly two centuries ago. “You perhaps don’t think of yourself as pioneers, but you’re […] By rabyam on April 18, 2018 • ( 1 Comment ) With Jews largely gone from Iraq, memories survive in Israel Source: Reuters By Maher Chmaytelli, Jeffrey Heller, Stephen Farrell BAGHDAD/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Behind the high concrete walls of Baghdad’s Jewish cemetery, Violette Saul lies at rest under a weathered and cracked tombstone, one of the last memorials to an ancient community that is now all but extinct. A Torah scroll is seen […] Police fire teargas at Shi’ite Muslim protesters in Nigerian capital Source: Reuters BY Abraham Achirga, Afolabi Sotunde ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian police fired teargas at hundreds of Shi’ite Muslim protesters on Tuesday during a second day of clashes in the capital Abuja over the imprisonment of their religious leader, Reuters witnesses said. The protesters are demanding the release of Ibrahim Zakzaky, […] Pope meets father of British toddler at center of battle Source: Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The father of a terminally ill British toddler met Wednesday with Pope Francis and begged him to make another bid for his son’s life, after an appeals court ruled that the child cannot be taken to Italy for further medical treatment. Francis obliged, […] Britain urges Nigeria, others to legalise same-sex marriage Source: The Guardian By Azimazi Mimoh Jimoh (Abuja), Seye Olumide and Chris Irekamba (Lagos) British Prime Minister, Theresa May, has called for same-sex marriage in Nigeria and all other countries within the Commonwealth. At the first joint forum at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Westminster yesterday, the prime minister […] Germany’s Merkel condemns attack on 2 Jewish men in Berlin Source: Associated Press By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday sharply condemned a street assault in Berlin on two young men wearing Jewish skullcaps that […] Jeremy Corbyn accused of lacking moral clarity on antisemitism Source: The Guardian By Pippa Crerar and Anne Perkins Labour backbenchers among those criticising party leadership in Commons debate Jeremy Corbyn’s backbenchers have rounded on the failure of the party to tackle antisemitism in a blistering three hours that ended with a Labour MP calling closing remarks by the shadow home secretary, Diane Abbott, […] Why This Photographer Set Out to Break Muslim Stereotypes Source: National Geographic Lynsey Addario talks about her experience working within these communities across the U.S. during a years-long reporting project. By Jehan Jillani and Heather Brady Photographs by Lynsey Addario PUBLISHED APRIL 17, […] Starbucks Is Closing Thousands of Stores for Racial Bias Training. Here’s How Much Money It Could Lose Source: Time By ALEX FITZPATRICK April 17, 2018 Starbucks is closing over 8,000 company-owned stores for racial bias training during an afternoon in May, the company announced Tuesday. The news comes as the Seattle, […] By Rafiq A. Tschannen on April 18, 2018 • ( 23 Comments ) Is Syrian civil war prophesied in Hadiths? 11-10-16 Syrian civil war is one of the major events in the history of Muslims. Has it been prophesied in end of times Hadith? Re: Is Syrian civil […] Google’s 3D scans aim to preserve historical sites Source: BBC News High resolution 3D scans of more than 25 historical sites from around the world are being released. CyArk used cutting edge digital archaeology techniques including laser scanning and drones to capture the images which have been released by the Google Arts and Culture project. The project coincides […] The buildings that make us think Source: BBC News By Devon Van Houten Maldonado Museums do more than allow us to engage with history and art. They are forms in and of themselves, which, to varying degrees, enable and propagate missions and legacies through design and architecture. Perhaps no museum in recent history has created as […] The ACLU says there’s a large disparity in police stops in area where Starbucks arrest happened Source: CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN)The area of Philadelphia where two men were arrested while waiting at a Starbucks last week has what the American Civil Liberties Union calls “the […] By Rafiq A. Tschannen on April 18, 2018 • ( Leave a comment ) Is Chaos in Syria Fulfilling Bible Prophecy? 04-14-2018 Billy Hallowell, Faithwire The Syrian conflict — and the U.S. decision to strike a base inside the embattled country — is leading to increased concerns about the future of the nation’s civil […] By zakariavirk on April 18, 2018 • ( Leave a comment ) Sports abayas in Arabia are the new trend Colourful and oozing defiance, a sports-friendly version of the abaya gown was once considered a symbol of cultural rebellion in conservative Saudi Arabia, but it is fast becoming the new […] By Zubair Khan on April 18, 2018 • ( Leave a comment ) Ahmadiyya Town visited by Counselor from German Embassy in Pakistan Source: RT On Monday the German Embassy in Pakistan shared details about their counselor’s visit to the town of Rabwah, home to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Pakistan. The visit was lead by the press and cultural counselor of the German Embassy. 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__label__wiki	0.635832	0.635832	N1.5BN Afcon funds: Ekeji clears air Director-General of the National Sports Commission, Dr. Patrick Ekeji has cleared the air on the Africa Cup of Nations’ N1.5 billion funds part of which a national newspaper alleged was shared between the NSC and the National Assembly. “When we wrote to Mr. President (Goodluck Jonathan) requesting for an advance release (of funds) to the NFA (Nigeria Football Federation, NFF), sporting activities under NFA (NFF) budget to South Africa. You can only request for such an advance based on what is proposed to the National Assembly. What is proposed by the executive to the National Assembly under sporting activities budget was N1.5 billion and we wrote to Mr. President endorsed by the (Sports) Minister to please be gracious and approve 50 percent of 1.5 billion naira. So it is still within the budget. “And Africa Cup of Nations is one item under sporting activities for the Nigeria Football Association for 2013 which budget is yet to be passed. And Mr. President graciously approved 794 million naira (within the budget approved for the NFA sporting activities’ budget for year 2013). There is no way it (the money approved by Mr. President) could have gone beyond that amount. This money has been fully released to the Nigeria Football Association. “For our own part of AFCON what was also approved for us under sporting activities for the National Sports Commission (NSC) was N220 million. Funding of the Federations, funding of the zones and all sorts of things are under sporting activities. It is when we break it down, out of that money (NSC’s N220 Million) we gave N5 million to the Supporter’s Club, we took some journalists to AFCON, the reception for the Eagles too was funded largely by the National Sports Commission from same fund. The players were accommodated in Transcorp Hilton Hotel which was also funded by the NSC from the said funds and others. The FCT did a good job. They also supported. The Minister too went to the AFCON was from the funds. Those that went to support and all of that was from that N220 million. “ So, what are we talking about? Can somebody just sit down and write that kind of rubbish? It is not acceptable now. So he (the writer of the story that said NSC and National Assembly shared the remaining balance of the NFA sporting activities funds) will come and tell us how we shared the money o!. For goodness’ sake that is unfair,” Ekeji lamented.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2080
__label__cc	0.596628	0.403372	Terrestrial Planets Magellanic Clouds Types Of Galaxies Your Weight on Other Planets Your Age on Other Planets Calculate Distances Between Planets Interactive Solar System Model Buying Guides For 2020 Starting A Science Blog Guide How Many Earths Can Fit Into Jupiter? Have you ever found yourself looking at the sky and marveling at the size of the stars that you can see? Those stars are only a fraction of the size of most planets, especially Jupiter. Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun and the largest planet. In terms of size alone, you could take all other planets in our solar system, place them inside Jupiter and still have some room leftover. The planet is also one of the two brightest in the sky, which makes it easy to see through a telescope. We’ll look at the size of Jupiter in relation to Earth and give you some other interesting facts about the planet in the following article. Jupiter is Gaseous Depending on where you live, you can step outside and instantly place your feet on the ground. That is because the Earth is solid. Even our lakes and oceans have bottoms with solid ground. Jupiter does not have a solid crust or any surface because it consists entirely of gas. This also explains why astronauts cannot land on the planet. The planet sometimes looks as it if has large stripes across the surface because of the white, red, yellow and brown clouds that cover it. How Many Earths Could Fit in Jupiter? In terms of size alone, Jupiter dwarfs Earth. If you saw the two planets sitting side by side, you might be amazed at how much larger Jupiter is than Earth. It would almost be like comparing a golf ball or a marble to a basketball. Jupiter has a mass equivalent to more than twice the mass of all other planets in the solar system and a mean radius that is more than 10 times the mean radius of Earth. You could fit up to 13 versions of our Earth inside Jupiter in terms of mass alone. If you looked at size rather than mass, Jupiter could hold more than 1,000 Earths. Magnetic Fields and Gravitational Forces Jupiter has a significantly different atmosphere and environment than Earth has. The gravitational pull of the planet is much stronger than what you experience on Earth. NASA scientists believe that this force is up to 2.4 times stronger than Earth’s force. This means that if you weighed 150 pounds and found a place to stand on Jupiter, you would weigh 360 pounds on the planet. Jupiter also has magnetic fields that are thousands of times stronger than the fields surrounding Earth. Though Mars is the Red Planet, Jupiter has a large red spot around its southern hemisphere. You can see this spot in photos that satellites took in space. This spot is so large that more than three Earths could fit across it. If you lined up each version of Earth next to each other, it would take 3.5 planets to cover the red spot. This gives you an idea of how large Jupiter is in comparison to Earth. Ranking the Planets If you asked your parents a few years ago about which planet was the smallest, they would have told you, Pluto. Scientists downgraded the designation of Pluto in the past to a dwarf planet, which means that it no longer counts. Mercury now ranks as our solar system’s smallest planet. Mars is another small planet that has a diameter of around 50% the diameter of Earth. Earth and Venus are so similar in size that some refer to Venus as the Earth’s twin. Though Jupiter is the biggest planet, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are all larger than Earth. You could fit hundreds of each of those planets inside Jupiter. Jupiter earned the nickname of the Gas Giant because it’s so large and comprised of gas. 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__label__wiki	0.834735	0.834735	Tag Archives: credit watch Air Canada Wildcat Sparked by a Sarcastic Exchange Posted by Rick Gunderman on March 24, 2012 by Stephanie Findlay, Lesley Ciarula Taylor, and Alyshah Hasham A sarcastic exchange between Air Canada employees and federal labour minister Lisa Raitt was all it took to set off a nation-wide wildcat strike. Raitt was walking through Toronto Pearson International Airport Thursday evening when three Air Canada ground workers began heckling her. “Workers started clapping and saying, ‘Thanks for taking our right to strike,’” said ramp worker Geoff Ward. The trio was slapped with a three-day suspension. Ultimately, 37 employees received some kind of penalty. By 10:30 pm, the ground workers, members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW), were banding together for a brazen wildcat which would last 13 hours. Employees in Vancouver, Montreal and Quebec City followed in solidarity, throwing Air Canada’s domestic flight schedule into chaos for the day. It’s a confrontation nine years in the making. To keep the airline from bankruptcy, unions have agreed for their membership to take pay cuts, delayed pension payments, salary freezes and layoffs. Today, the company is faring better, but the relationship between management and employees is battered by chronic negotiations, government intervention and talk of a discount airline. As of Friday evening, the peace between Raitt and the union was tenuous. “We encourage the parties to resolve this internal dispute, return to work and restore the confidence to the travelling public,” said a statement released by Raitt’s office. “We’re making our members fully aware that if they decide to walk off the job and protest anything they could be fired,” said IAMAW spokesman Bill Trbovich. “As it stands right now everyone is back to work with the exception of three guys who were suspended last night,” he said. “I hesitate to say everything is back to normal.” Air Canada has been plagued by labour troubles for the past year. The airline and its pilots and mechanics have been in a bitter contract feud that recently prompted the federal government to step in with legislation banning strikes or lockouts at the airline. Ottawa also had to intervene in contract disputes involving the airline’s flight attendants and its customer service agents. Air Canada’s stock price remained stable at 82 cents a share, but S&P placed the airline on credit watch with negative implications. The rating agency worried about labour disruption and the possibility Air Canada would be on the hook for severance packages for laid off Aveos employees. Those booking flights also said the company took a hit. Travel agent Maria Stenardo booked an April flight for a client whose only request was: “not Air Canada.” Stenardo, of Etobicoke’s Belview Travel Services, says they are reluctant to book Air Canada flights until the labour dispute is resolved. “We like Air Canada…but we just wish they’d fix it once and for all, for both parties,” she said. More than 200 Air Canada flights in and out of Pearson International Airport and dozens more flights in and out of Montreal’s Pierre Trudeau International Airport and the Quebec City and Vancouver airports were hit by the walkouts. “Lisa Raitt came on one of our flights. Got heckled…Entire ramp walked out at YYZ (Pearson),” said a text received by one striker Thursday night shortly after 10 p.m. “Corporate security was trying to provoke us,” said baggage worker Pascal Leroux, 43. “The reaction was heavy-handed.” It turned ugly. An Air Canada customer service employee was spat on by an angry passenger who had been swearing at the picket line. Police moved in and the spitter came back shortly afterwards to apologize, a man who identified himself as the Air Canada employee’s husband said. “The public doesn’t understand. They think we’re overpaid monkeys,” said ramp worker Randy Hale. Striking ground workers were circulating a document explaining their wildcat. “The use of forced overtime and the systematic and persistent discipline of employees without due process with the heavy-handed tactics they use to intimidate and demoralize the workforce must cease. “We want a ruling from the CIRB (Canadian Industrial Relations Board) on whether or not we are an essential service.” Airport workers belonging to the CAW and CUPE unions joined the strikers with signs. A purple bus belonging to CUPE 966 arrived at midmorning with President’s Choice chocolate chip cookies and water. One customer service worker said she was there because the suspensions “were the icing on the cake. The meat and potatoes of it is that our right to strike has been stripped away.” The Government of Canada was opposed to the strike, threatening to enforce fines of up to $1,000 a day for employees and $100,000 for the union, IAMAW. Though most wildcat strikers were working by noon, about a dozen others remained outside. The cluster of militants booed as workers walked through the terminal. “We’re not going back to work until we get a promise from Air Canada at the negotiating table,” said ground worker Sean Goveas. “The actual issues haven’t been addressed. We won’t go back if any of us are disciplined.” At Pearson, about 50 people lined up in front of the Tim Hortons counter as stranded passengers clogged Terminal 1. Sitting nearby was federal Minister of Natural Resources Joe Oliver, whose Toronto to Sudbury flight was cancelled. He called it “regrettable” that passengers were inconvenienced. Jane Halas’s Vancouver to Ottawa flight stranded her in Toronto en route to visit a sick mother-in-law. “I think they should be fired. I won’t be flying Air Canada anymore. I’ll be flying WestJet.” Soon after the job action began, many passengers said they had no idea where their luggage was, or how they were going to get to their destinations. One passenger described the situation at the airport as “a zoo.” Many people had to leave flights already on the tarmac until management was able take over some baggage handling duties and allow the delayed flights to continue. In order to facilitate changes to travel plans, Air Canada has revised its ticketing policy for customers booked on flights until Sunday March 25, 2012. Those wishing to rebook can do so free of charge until the last day of April. Later in the day, an Occupy group briefly set up camp in Lisa Raitt’s Milton office. A Facebook group calling for her resignation also popped up. The wildcat may be over, but some say the repercussions will linger — at the customer’s expense. Fred Lazar, an economist at York University’s Schulich School of Business and long-time airline observer, says it would be optimistic to expect smooth sailing when flying on Air Canada. “Just because you go back to work doesn’t mean you’ll be working all that hard,” he said. “I think some people will feel ‘why should I care about the customer if my employer doesn’t care about me?’” *note: with files from Josh Rubin and The Canadian Press. Original article here. 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__label__wiki	0.560309	0.560309	War of The Worlds: The New Wave Rate Game Corrections Add to favorites Deck Builder/Dice Builder Take on the role of either the alien invasion force or the human defense forces in the two-player deck-building game War of the Worlds! 'War of the Worlds: The New Wave' is an asymmetrical deck-building game with a playing board, for 2 players. The game events unfold several years after the original 'War of the Worlds’ story by H.G. Wells. Extraterrestrial invasion occurs again, but this time the Martians arrived on a giant spaceship which lands in one of the backwater districts in Scotland. During the game one player commands the alien forces, and the other one becomes a leader of UK self-defense units. The main objective of the invaders is to completely annihilate the population of Great Britain, while the opposite side needs to deal enough damage to the Martian army. The game is played with 2 asymmetrical decks of cards, a playing board, tokens and miniatures. 2 players 30-60 minute play time There are no user ratings Posts in discussion: War of The Worlds: The New Wave Legomancer replied the topic: #299141 02 Jul 2019 07:50 Almost jumped on the KS of this, but (a) the KS had ugly plastic models and retail has standees and (b) it's only 2p and the person I play 2p stuff with, we have a plethora of 2p games to choose from, so it wouldn't get played that much. Looks neat, though, and I may bite later if reviews make it sound interesting. Board Game Filter 4 and up3 and up2 and up1 and up Clear Filter Values C Colorcrayons "It's so good, you don't have to be told how..." Last Night on Earth: The Zombie Game G Grudunza "Though it's subject may be the cheesy B-movie type of..." Twilight Imperium 3rd Edition H HiveGod "tl;dr — Epic in every dimension. And, despite all the..." H hotseatgames "This is one of the few games that I have..." ""Awright—lissen up, fools! The time machine has dead-ended; grab yer..."	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2089
__label__cc	0.572349	0.427651	Characters, Monsters, Magical Creatures, Changes: Beast of the Depths XxDragonHeart (Talk \| contribs) (→‎Appearance) (→‎Powers and Abilities) ==Powers and Abilities== According to [[Icy]], it is the only thing in the Magic Dimension stronger than the [[Dragon Flame]]. Because of its immense power, it is very durable and powerful. Although it is strong, it also has a weakness: being controlled by the power of the [[Daphne\|Nymph of Domino]]. According to [[Icy]], it is the only thing in the [[Magic Dimension]] stronger than the [[Dragon Flame]]. Because of its immense power, it is very durable and powerful. Although it is strong, it also has a weakness: being controlled by the power of the [[Daphne\|Nymph of Domino]]. ==Series== File:BoTD.jpg The Beast of the Depths is a monster the Trix commanded to attack the Winx Club and Daphne in the first episode of Season 6, "Inspiration of Sirenix". The Beast of the Depths is a giant, brown monster with spiky, yellow eyes and sharp, long teeth.It has circular, dark yellow patterns all over its body. It also has two pairs of tentacles, three pairs of feet and a spiky tail. It also has two big flippers with spikes on its sides. According to Icy, it is the only thing in the Magic Dimension stronger than the Dragon Flame. Because of its immense power, it is very durable and powerful. Although it is strong, it also has a weakness: being controlled by the power of the Nymph of Domino. Icy awakening the Beast of the Depths During the celebrations, The Trix command the Beast to attack Daphne, the Winx and Domino's people. While Daphne is frozen with horror, the Winx and the Specialists attack the Beast with no prevail. Later on, the Winx convince Daphne that she can transform into her Sirenix form and will be able to drive the Beast away. Daphne succeeds in transforming and commands the Beast to return to the depths of the ocean. The appearance of the Beast of the Depths is similar to that of the Kraken from the 2010 movie Clash of the Titans. Retrieved from "https://winx.fandom.com/wiki/Beast_of_the_Depths?oldid=242997"	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2097
__label__cc	0.708272	0.291728	Paw Print Newspaper Humans of WMC Divisional Round : Preview & Picks Michael Vanko, Sports Editor\|January 6, 2020 I don’t know about you, but I enjoyed watching all four wild card matchups this weekend. Every single game had a positive energy to it. All games were close games until the end. Unfortunately with my picks I went 2-2. For NFL picks this year so far, I’m 5-2. Here, we’re looking at the four games ahead this weekend, and use my expertise to predict the four teams heading to the conference championship games. 6 Vikings (10-6) @ 1 49ers (13-3) 4:35 p.m. (NBC) A miracle was pulled once again for the Vikings, stunning the Saints on Sunday. But, the matchup for Minnesota this week is also a tough one, as they travel to San Francisco to take on the top team in the NFC. The 49ers have had a really good bounce back year. The 49ers will be lead by Jimmy Garrapolo and his offense that seems to be a little underrated. Hopefully this should be a close and entertaining game, but a 6 seed normally doesn’t succeed that often against a 1 seed. And for that reason, I’m taking the 49ers. Not only for them being the top team, but because of them playing more consistent all year. My Prediction : Vikings 13 – 49ers 27 6 Titans (9-7) @ 1 Ravens (13-3) 8:15 p.m. (CBS) Business is booming for Tannehill and his underrated offense. After taking down the Patriots who have dominated every year, the Titans have earned a lot of respect, potentially ending the era of New England’s dynasty. Despite playing the high octane offense of Baltimore, they are coming in with a lot of momentum. In order to beat the Ravens, they are going to have to shut down Lamar Jackson and this exciting offense. I think the game will be close in the first quarter, maybe even until the second, but the Ravens offense might be too much for Tennessee to handle. My Prediction : Titans 17 – Ravens 33 4 Texans (10-6) @ 2 Chiefs (12-4) 3:05 p.m. (CBS) Most anticipated for New England to be traveling to Kansas City this week but that’s not the case. Instead, it will be Houston. The Texans came back in the 4th quarter to force overtime and get the win against Buffalo on Saturday. Even though it was a close and nail biting game, I think it’s gonna be the same as well here. The Texans looked really good led by Deshaun Waston and DeAndre Hopkins, who broke out to get them points. For them to beat Kansas City though, the defense is going to have to be better than they were against Buffalo and somehow stop Patrick Mahomes. For my choice, I think they do just that. I liked how they came together and came back, and I think if they play solid all game, they can take down Kansas City, which is why I’m confident enough in Houston for them to go to the AFC Championship. My Prediction : Texans 24 – Chiefs 23 5 Seahawks (11-5) @ 2 Packers (13-3) 6:40 p.m. (FOX) Personally, there wasn’t enough for me to say Seattle is going to go to the Super Bowl given their matchup and their performance. The offense seemed to be sluggish and slow all game. They were matched up against the Eagles, who had to put in backup Josh McCown after Carson Wentz went down with a head injury. The defense didn’t impress me that much either, considering the lack of weapons Philadelphia had to work with. The Packers have a good defense and an offense lead by future hall of famer Aaron Rodgers. For Seattle to win this game, they have to go through the bitter cold of Lambeau, and I don’t think this will be a walk in the park for them. My Prediction : Seahawks 16 – Packers 27 Time limit is exhausted. Please reload the CAPTCHA. 4 + eight = Championship Sunday : Preview, Picks and Polls 2020 NBA MVP Predictions – January Wild Card Weekend : Preview & Picks Top 10 Sports Moments of the Decade New England Patriots : End of an Era? Boys Basketball Battles in Regular-Season Tournament NHL Coaching Carousel Thanksgiving Football 2019 The Problem with Zion New Wolfpack gear available to support the Junior Class! Alexandra Byank	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2100
__label__cc	0.706667	0.293333	The unrecognised benefits of grade inflation Raphael Boleslavsky, Christopher Cotton 16 August 2014 Grade inflation is widely viewed as detrimental, compromising the quality of education and reducing the information content of student transcripts for employers. This column argues that there may be benefits to allowing grade inflation when universities’ investment decisions are taken into account. With grade inflation, student transcripts convey less information, so employers rely less on transcripts and more on universities’ reputations. This incentivises universities to make costly investments to improve the quality of their education and the average ability of their graduates. Paying universities to lower their standards Manuel Bagues, Natalia Zinovyeva, Mauro Sylos Labini The advantage of youth: Relative age and student achievement Elizabeth Cascio Since the early 1980s, the mean grade point average at American colleges and universities has risen at a rate of between 0.1 and 0.15 points per decade. Most of this increase can be attributed to an increase in the share of As assigned (which now comprise nearly half of all grades), with significant drops in the assignment of lower grades (Rojstaczer 2011 and Rojstaczer and Healy 2012). Many professors may relate to Rojstaczer’s claim: “I don’t give C’s anymore, and neither do most of my colleagues; and I can easily imagine a time when I’ll say the same thing about B’s” (Rajstaczer 2003). The trend towards higher grades is often viewed as the result of deteriorating grading standards, which allow students to receive higher grades for lower-quality work. A variety of papers investigate the causes of the grade inflation trend, which range from professors’ desire to help students avoid the Vietnam War draft in the 1960s, to more recently an increased commercialisation of education and greater reliance on student evaluations of professors (Rojstaczer and Healy 2012). Ostrovsky and Schwarz (2010), Bernhardt and Popov (2011) and Chan et al. (2007) show how universities have incentives to permit grade inflation by professors, as allowing grade inflation can improve the average placement of their graduates. Throughout the literature, weaker grading standards are viewed as detrimental for education outcomes for two main reasons. First, weaker standards may compromise education quality, allowing students to devote less effort to their studies, while still expecting easy As. Second, when high grades are assigned liberally, they convey less information to employers, graduate schools, and other evaluators about a student’s ability. If everyone gets As, then evaluators cannot infer from an A-student’s transcript that he is in any way exceptional. It is therefore more difficult for employers and graduate schools to identify and select the most desirable candidates. A model of grade inflation In Boleslavsky and Cotton (2014), we evaluate the merits of these arguments. We develop a game theory model to provide insights into school and student incentives. Schools compete to place students with employers or graduate schools in two ways. First, schools can undertake costly investments to improve the quality of education that they provide, increasing the average ability of graduates. Second, schools strategically choose grading policies, which determine how grades are assigned to graduates with different abilities, and therefore the transcript distribution among its graduates. Students choose whether to exert effort in order to improve their expected ability. Grade inflation arises endogenously in our model, as schools compete to place its graduates. Schools choose to assign high grades to more than just its best students. Doing so increases the portion of graduates with As, who are most competitive against graduates from other schools. But at the same time, assigning a larger range of students As deteriorates the value of an A, making their very best students less competitive. Schools weigh these tradeoffs, and in the competitive equilibrium of the school competition model, choose grading policies that assign As to some lower-ability students, confounding an employer’s ability to learn graduates’ ability precisely. Consistent with popular wisdom, higher-quality schools inflate grades more (in a rigorous statistical sense), capitalising on the fact that their students have higher ability on average to effectively mask their low-ability graduates. If we hold school investments in education quality fixed, then the presence of grade inflation in our model is unambiguously bad. Implementing policies requiring schools to abide by strict grading standards makes it easier for employers, graduate schools, and other evaluators to observe graduate ability, and select the highest-ability graduates. This leads to higher student effort, more efficient placements, and better outcomes for employers and graduate schools. The effect of allowing grade inflation on educational investments The main contribution of Boleslavsky and Cotton (2014) is to study the impact of grade inflation on outcomes when investments in education quality are endogenous, chosen by schools as they anticipate equilibrium grading policies. Our analysis reveals a surprising link between grade inflation and investment in education quality – schools invest more when they are allowed to inflate grades than when grade inflation is banned. When forming beliefs about a student’s ability, an employer takes into account the student’s transcript and the reputation of the school from which the student graduated. With grade inflation, student transcripts convey less information, and therefore the employer relies less on transcripts and more on school reputation when evaluating graduates. In this way, grade inflation increases the incentives that schools have to undertake costly investments to improve quality of education, and the average ability of their graduates. To the extent that school investments and a student’s own study efforts are strategic complements in human capital development, students who anticipate greater investments by schools in turn have greater incentives to increase their own efforts. Welfare implications This analysis therefore reveals an important tradeoff in the debate over grade inflation. Allowing grade inflation increases investment in education (by both schools and students), increasing average graduate ability. But at the same time, it introduces noise into transcripts, making it more difficult for employers or other evaluators to identify the most qualified graduates for their positions. We show that the beneficial effect on investment may dominate the costs of increased noise. Allowing grade inflation may actually increase the chance that the employer selects a high-ability graduate. That suggests that even if a policy intervention could eliminate grade inflation, doing so is not necessarily the most socially desirable course of action. Therefore, the central concerns over grade inflation may not be valid once incentives for schools to invest in the quality of education are taken into account. Although the freedom to grade strategically allows schools to distort the informational content of grades (which they do in equilibrium), it also creates additional incentives for schools to improve the quality of education and students to increase effort. Compared to a setting in which grades are necessarily fully informative, the increase in education investments can lead to employers, graduate schools, and other evaluators being better off. Boleslavsky, Raphael and Christopher Cotton (2014), “Grading standards and education quality”, Forthcoming in American Economic Journal: Microeconomics. Chan, William, Hao Li, and Wing Suen (2007), “A Signaling Theory of Grade Inflation”, International Economic Review, 48(3): 1065–1090. Ostrovsky, Michael and Michael Schwarz (2010), “Information Disclosure and Unraveling in Matching Markets”, American Economics Journal: Microeconomics, 2(2): 34–63. Popov, Sergey and Dan Bernhardt (2013), “University Competition, Grading Standards and Grade Inflation”, Economic Inquiry, 51(3): 1764–1778. Rojstaczer, Stuart (2003), “Where All Grades Are Above Average”, The Washington Post, 28 January. Rojstaczer, Stuart and Christopher Healy (2012), “Where A Is Ordinary: The Evolution of American College and University Grading, 1940–2009”, Teachers College Record, 114(7): 1–23. Topics: Education Labour markets Tags: education, human capital, investment, grade inflation Raphael Boleslavsky Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Miami Christopher Cotton Jarislowsky-Deutsch Chair in Economic and Financial Policy and Associate Professor, Queen's University	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2103
__label__wiki	0.578521	0.578521	The number one threat to birds Sharp-tailed Grouse. Photo: J. Arthur Anderson / Audubon Photography Awards Birds & Climate Change in our National Parks Public lands will be sanctuaries for many species Washington's Climate Threatened Birds Is your favorite bird on the list? Climate change has become one of our greatest conservation challenges. The National Audubon Society’s Birds and Climate Report found that 189 of Washington's most iconic and beloved bird species are threatened by a changing climate. Many of these species are currently threatened by other factors, such as habitat loss, while others are species we previously considered secure but could face significant shifts in their ranges as a result of climate change. Now, more than ever, we have a responsibility to be the voice of the birds and aggressively combat this urgent threat head on by rapidly reducing climate polluting emissions. Over the next five years Audubon Washington is focused on: Increasing habitat protection in focused areas of Eastern Washington that are expected to provide essential habitat for birds under a future warmer climate. Ensuring resilient coastal estuaries will continue to support marine and shorebird populations along Pacific Flyway migration routes. Advocating for 100% clean energy in the state of Washington, including a broad suite of policies - from energy standards to pricing mechanisms - that will reduce emissions fairly and equitably. Building a stronger, more diverse force for advocacy on climate change, to monitor birds and advance solutions that are commensurate with this threat. What the climate-threatened status of the Violet Green Swallow means to one Audubon member Birds and Climate Change Audubon science tells us a warming planet is the number one threat to birds. Washington's Climate-Threatened Birds 189 climate-sensitive bird species occur in Washington. Climate Change Across Audubon Taking steps to protect birds from the threat of climate change. Reducing our carbon footprint in the Pacific Northwest. Oil Transport An increasing threat through our communities and along our waterways. Climate Sensitive Birds in Washington Bucephala albeola http://www.audubon.org/sites/default/files/BUFFLE_1.courtinggroupnum1_NEle_1.mp3... Cygnus columbianus http://www.audubon.org/sites/default/files/TUNSWA_1.courtshipduetting__whg_1.mp3... Swainson's Hawk http://www.audubon.org/sites/default/files/SWAHAW_1.callsnum1_ABle.mp3?site=wa&n... Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan http://www.audubon.org/sites/default/files/FRAGUL_1.typicalcallsnum1_NDle.mp3?si... Northern Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium gnoma http://www.audubon.org/sites/default/files/NOPYOW_1.tootseries_UTkc.mp3?site=wa&... Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus http://www.audubon.org/sites/default/files/RUFHUM_1.chipsamptrillsnum1_UTkc_1.mp... Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana http://www.audubon.org/sites/default/files/WESBLU_1.song_CAkc.mp3?site=wa&nid=41... Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla http://www.audubon.org/sites/default/files/WILSWA_1.songsnum1_COkc_1.mp3?site=wa... Pine Siskin Spinus pinus http://www.audubon.org/sites/default/files/PINSIS_1.songnum1_QCle_1.mp3?site=wa&...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2105
__label__wiki	0.523059	0.523059	Wales 247 - Mid & West Wales Gamer from South Wales in 24-hour live stream challenge for charity CharityNeath Port Talbot By Rhys Gregory On Feb 6, 2019 Last updated Feb 6, 2019 Share FacebookTwitterWhatsAppPinterestEmailLinkedinPrint A keen gamer from Skewen is gearing up for a 24-hour sponsored gameathon to raise money for Diabetes UK Cymru. Eric Taviner, 29, an IT Administrator for Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when he was 16. His mother, Janette, also has the condition. Eric said, “My mum noticed I was very thirsty and lethargic, which are two of the most common symptoms of Type 1 diabetes. She tested my blood sugars and took me straight to the doctor, who sent us to Neath Port Talbot Hospital for urgent attention. “Life with Type 1 diabetes can feel overwhelming and to begin with I struggled, but now it is second nature. I wanted to support Diabetes UK Cymru and show others with the condition that they are not alone. It may seem overwhelming, but you can do it.” Eric Taviner Eric will be live-streaming his 24-hour gameathon on Twitch, a social online video platform which broadcasts around the world. Viewers will be able to send Eric messages and donate online as he teams up with friends and family for games including Fortnite, Call of Duty and Counter-Strike. Eric continued, “Computer games have been there for me when I’ve been unwell in the past and given me a chance to escape when my condition has got the better of me. This is an opportunity to use a passion of mine for a positive cause. “To make it more exciting, I’ll be offering sponsors the chance to affect how I play and win prizes donated by local businesses. I’ll also be monitoring my blood sugar levels throughout the event and making sure I have something to eat or drink when I need to.” The Lord’s Taverners Wales bring in the New Year with new Chairman after raising £23k at Christmas lunches People with Type 1 diabetes don’t produce the hormone insulin, which controls the amount of glucose in the blood, so they must receive it via regular injections or via a pump. If not managed well, diabetes can lead to devastating complications, including sight loss, amputation, kidney failure and stroke. Nobody knows what causes Type 1 diabetes and it is not currently preventable. There are around 1,400 children and young people and 18,900 adults living with Type 1 diabetes in Wales. Joseph Cuff, Fundraising Manager, Diabetes UK Cymru, said, “Life with Type 1 diabetes can be challenging, but it’s inspiring to see Eric using his favourite pastime to raise funds and awareness for others living with the condition. We wish him all the best with his 24-hour challenge!” The gameathon starts at midday on Friday 22 February and finishes 24 hours later. To watch the challenge live on Twitch, visit www.twitch.tv/tipner . To donate, visit www.justgiving.com/fundraising/erictaviner. Diabetes UK CymruSkewenType 1 Diabetes Rhys Gregory5891 posts 0 comments Editor of Wales247.co.uk Success is on the menu for husband and wife takeaway owners North Wales IT business unveils expansion plans Cardiff letting agent prosecuted after failing to provide… Volvo XC60 T8 Twin Engine hybrid review CEO to talk about work, whisky, and Wales in guest… Swimming student targets Commonwealth Games after silver… Student entrepreneurs win support from successful alumni in… Blackwood neighbours celebrate lucky postcode lottery win Colossal dino to visit Cardiff Bay in February Brave Ceri overcomes traumas to become mental health… Government releases £18 million of Swansea Bay City Deal… New eco-nursery aims to fill the gap in Welsh-speaking… Llandysul Neighbours Celebrate Lottery Win Wales247 provides around the clock access to the top news stories in Wales. Covering – South East, South West, Mid & West and North Wales. Share your news with us and add events. First investment made by new £55 million commercial property… North Wales college launches new dog grooming academy and… New Dyfi Bridge gets go-ahead © 2020 - Media-247. All Rights Reserved.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2108
__label__cc	0.56604	0.43396	TNG Headed To Sci-Fi Channel [UPDATED] \| May 4, 2008 \| By: Rosario T. Calabria 92 comments so far After being recently pulled from both the Spike TV and G4 schedules, reruns of the Star Trek The Next Generation were off the air for the first time in years, but that is about to change. The SCI FI Channel, which currently airs Star Trek Enterprise, is now the new cable home for Star Trek: The Next Generation . TNG is as part of a newly announced package deal between SCI FI and CBS, but is the only Trek series named. SCI FI is the third cable home for TNG, after Spike (previously TNN) and G4. Although this is the first time TNG will be on SCI FI, it is not the first Trek on the channel. SCI FI aired Star Trek The Original Series and Star Trek The Animated Series until 2004. SCI FI began airing airing Star Trek: Enterprise in January of this year. TNG is part of a new larger package deal between CBS and SCI FI, that’s headlined by the third year CBS drama "Ghost Whisperer". Other properties named in the deal are "Charmed" and "Highlander". No word yet on when TNG will begin to air or at what times. UPDATE: SCI FI have updated their schedule. 4 episodes of TNG will begin airing each Monday at 7pm starting June 2nd (Enterprise currently airs in that slot and will begin airing 3 episodes starting at 7pm on June 3rd) More on the CBS/Sci-Fi Channel deal at Variety. The new Trek cable landscape In addition to dropping TNG, G4 has also ceased airing Star Trek: The Original Series, but TOS still plays on TV Land. Star Trek Voyager is still going on Spike, with two episodes each day. However, Spike recently replaced its three weekly airings Deep Space Nine episodes with repeats of Voyager episodes aired the previous night. It isn’t clear if DS9 will return to the schedule or it it is gone entirely from cable reruns. See the table below for more details of Trek on cable. Star Trek on Cable (US/Canada) TOS TVLand 6am TNG Sci-Fi 7-11pm* DS9 Spike? none currently scheduled VOY Spike 9am, 4pm, 5pm 2am, 9am, 4pm, 5pm 9am, 4pm, 5pm ENT Sci-Fi 7-11pm* 7-10pm* HDNet 1pm & 9pm 12am, 3am & 1pm 1pm * Starting June 2nd, TNG replaces ENT on Mondays and ENT moves to Tuesdays all of the above is subject to change, always good to check your local listings thefinalfrontier oh yes i am first. I LOVE TNG!!! BEST NEWS EVER! Atron Haven’t we all seen every episode of TNG by now? Or own them? ;) oztrek Atron has a point… I video-taped them years ago then bought the DVD sets years later. Who AMONG US watches these reruns ? Still as long as they avoid seasons one and two (which were pretty ordinary imo) these reruns will possibly hook into star trek newbies and provide dollar fodder for ST XI Skippy2k I don’t tune into trek on tv much anymore as I have it all on DVD. I sometimes stop if I’m flipping and its on but kinda stinks about no DS9 airing anymore. I love all trek but lean toward DS9 as my fav but it seems like its the red-headed stepchild even though I hear the most complaints of Voy and Ent. Would be kinda cool (I know won’t happen) if Sci-fi did something like when TOS came to the channel un-cut and made new interview segments when it came to commercial. Damn, i was watching DS9 everynight on spike…. now i know why the past few nights voy was in its spot… :-( toddk I’m pretty certain thses are the regular syndicated shows, if you want the extra footage,, you still need the season sets or the whole series:) This is both good and bad news. I’m very glad TNG will be on a channel I can watch (I didn’t have G4), but now I can’t watch DS9. I could watch it on some streaming website, but the quality is piss poor. You can’t watch the Dominion War episodes in that bad of quality! also when the sci-fi channel first launched in the early 90’s They ran the star trek animated series..in fact in general.. All star treks should have their home on the sci-fi channel. I just wished that the horror stuff would find its own channel. Any chance to see Marina Sirtis over and over again is worth it to me!! Thank you SCI-FI channel!! It would seem that true fans already own these series on DVD so we could care less who reruns these episodes and when. But it is reassuring to know that, after all these years, TNG hasn’t faded from the airwaves. KirkPicard Forever I always enjoy watching reruns of both Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation on television. I think that this is excellent news! Maybe eventually I will shell out the money for that nice box set! I watch the reruns because I’m not a big enough tool to pay $130 for a season on DVD. Every single one of you who owns Star Trek on DVD makes me cry. It’s also your fault they are so expensive. The only reason they cost so much is because Paramount knows Star Trek fans are dumb enough to pay the money. Pointy Ears The ratings will plunge further. JB Gestl I have all the DVDs of ENT & TOS & some of the better seasons of DS9, but never bought TNG dvds. I do have them all on tape if I ever really needed to see a specific episode. I’ll probably watch them on Sci-Fi. This is good news. I consider myself a “true fan,” however I am an economically challenged grad student who has NEVER been able to cost justify the Star Trek series purchases on DVD, TNG being on Sci-Fi is just fine by me. Will I go out of my way to watch it? Probably not, but if I’m channel surfing and I stumble upon it, I probably will watch. Woulfe SJB, I got TOS for like $50 a season ! Thanks in part to buying them at Wal*Mart right after the HD-DVD / Blu-ray format war started up. No way was I going to pay $130+ a season for Trek as I’m not rich. One just needs to buy the season sets at the right time. Like buy the DVD versions when they get marked down to make room for the new Blu-ray replacements. Why is the chart above listed “US/Canada” when some of the stations listed (like Sci Fi) are not available in Canada, while Canadian stations that do carry Trek (like Space) not listed? The Underpants Monster I’ve got them recorded, but I think I’m more likely to watch them if they’re on while I’m flipping by. I still put them in late at night if I can’t sleep; it’s like comfort food. star trackie The Sci Fi channel is worthless. Andy Patterson Maybe G4 dropping TOS series is not such a bad thing. I never thought their presentation of it (what did they call it with the interactive menus that you could never access?) was very successful. And the little factoids they showed were also not entirely accurate. For instance, Vic Perrin did the voice of the Metrons on “Arena”, but it’s clear to anyone that Ted Cassidy was the voice of the Gorn. Vic was good but he didn’t have that kind of range. If I am scrolling around on the hundreds of worthless cable channels with nothing on them, I might park it on ST:TNG for a while, even though I own them on VHS and DVD. Also….SciFi could fill some programming time if they showed all the interviews they did for their run of the TOS a few years back. The good thing about G4 showing ST TOS was the entire episode was shown. I am not talking about ST TOS 2.0, but ST TOS that was being aired after ST TNG 2.0 bombed. They ran the entire TOS episode w/o any cuts, unlike TV Land with syndication cuts, which are shown at some ungodly awful time like 5am…… But at least its there, I guess…. #22 Good memory, I didnt remember those, but that would be nice to see them. TonyD DVD’s have really spoiled me and make it very hard to go back to commercial television. When shown on commercial TV, Trek episodes are usually butched, there are ads all over the screen, commercials always interrupt the narrative, they air at the most ungodly hours and the picture quality is lacking. I don’t watch much commercial TV to begin with, so when I do catch something I’m usually shocked at all the distractions. About the only Trek I make an effort to catch on commercial TV these days is the remastered TOS and that’s only until the inevitable BluRay puchase down the road. #19 – I agree for the most part. The SciFi Channel has been an incredible disappointment for me. They ocassionally impress me (BSG and the Dune mini series) but for the most part they pander to the least common denominator of SF. Their programming department should be sacked (by Ralph the Wonder Llama, no less). Its nice that TNG will be on SciFi and i’ll probably watch, but how big is their potential audience? Being on SciFi will be like preaching to the converted. If its the aim to try and convert new fans a venue like SciFi Channel isn’t really the place to do it. About time TNG goes back on the air… I think I’ve watched the entire Voyager series 30 times on Spike now. Danpaine I bought only two individual seasons of TNG to the tune of about $15 per set on Ebay last year, so it’ll be nice to have the rest of the series out there to watch again. capt mike Well all in all the scifi channel is a good one. Yes they have some very lame programming. Like the stupid flash gorden series. But they have great stuff like battlestar galactica. I thing tng will be great with enterprise on the scifi channel. Hopefully they will put more and more great programming and i think the scifi channel has a lot of great potentional.I think all the Star trek series should be on sicifi and add the tos remastered as well. If memory serves, didn’t Gene Rodenberry help start up the Sci/Fi channel? All his trek incarnations should be on the air because of that. Enterprise Fan Very happy to see that TNG will be back on the air. Sci-Fi has an HD channel on DirecTV, so the resolution will be good even though the show wasn’t originally filmed in that format (one of the reasons I enjoy Enterprise!). Anyway, I never bought the DVDs – I find it perfectly sufficient to Tivo and watch the recordings at leisure. Way to go, SciFi! Dr. Image We can get reminded yet again how lame most of those episodes actually were. It’s good to see that TNG is returning to television. Anywhere is better than nowhere! Dennis Bailey DarthDogg wow, an actual good sci fi show on the sci fi channel, quick. catch me im about to faint. British Naval Dude arrrrr… strangely enough, a Sci-Fi channel executive had ta’ be dissuaded from tryin’ ta’ hire Gene Simmons ta’ host the show… seems he was unawares dat “TNG” is an acronym and notta texting shorthand…. Dat same executive ordered five more Killer Squid movies OK tho’…. arrrr… tha’ Squid! Watch fur that beastie wrapping its tentacles around yer shrine ta’ Terri Garrrrrrrr arrrrr…. I like watching ST on tv as opposed to DVD because I can still anticipate watching my favorite episodes. Having the DVD would make me tired of watching it. Gibnerd It is just good that TNG is playing on TV again. Yeah, all of us have seen every episode 1000 times but it playing on a channel again means that maybe it will attract some NEW fans, maybe younger fans, who then can go and explore all Trek has to offer. AND the DVD season box sets are waaaaay cheaper these days. You can find them at most stores and on Amazon for around $40 bucks. those dark $130 days are long gone. Captain Otter I’m more excited to see Highlander back on the air. I dig sword fights, and there usually at least one hot chick in every episode. Hat Rick Wouldn’t it be great if SciFi asked Wil Wheaton, Rod Rodberry, and Chris Doohan to act as presenters, at least for special occasions? They could even do a roundtable or guest host together. They could share their wealth of knowledge about all things Trek to a younger generation and perhaps even have special guests like Cirroc Lofton (“Jake Sisko” from DS9) and Scarlett Pomers (“Naomi Wildman” from Voyager) on special shows. Or perhaps Pomers could join them as as presenter. These are some of the youngest of Trek alums and they would lend a youthful flair to the whole enterprise, appealing to an entirely new demographic. We could have cuts of things that other young alums or fans are doing, such as their musical avocations or interests. It would the kind of thing that a dedicated Trek cable channel could offer, except it would be during commercial interludes in the middle of TNG showings. Presentations like this are done all the time with syndicating reshowings and it wouldn’t cost SciFi much to produce — just a small studio and crew. Topics of interest could include the upcoming Trek movie, Trek in the news, and even websites like TrekMovie.com. Killer squid eats Teri Garr five times?! I’m there! That’s the kind of daring TV programming that’s made SciFi what is is today. Glad TNG is getting a new home. Can’t figure out why Spike loves Voyager so mu– Oh, yeah. Duh me. (Do they even show the first three seasons or just jump straight to the Seven of Nine epoch?) If SciFi lived up to its name, there’d be much more vintage material on it. I’m glad they’re making new product, but they’re only make about 3 movies 25 times each. They really ought to dig deep… do animation festivals like they used to. Fantastic Planet, eps of TAS, anime, more… Hosted shows sound good, too. Barbara Luna presents…. I’d be watchin’ (with the lights down low…) DVDs are great for fans, but ST won’t pick up new viewers from DVD. I like knowing that it’s out there, being discovered by someone the way I discovered it as a kid. I don’t care how many times I’ve seen them all, I want to stumble on to a rerun and get sucked back in, even though I _could_ pull out the DVD, it’s ON TV, knowhatimean? Good comments, 42. I would add to my comment at 41 that they would also have to incur the cost of paying presenters, but I think that it’s a cost that wouldn’t necessarily break the bank. It would seem that they could shoot most of these host segments in a couple of weeks for the entire run. Alex Rosenzweig #26 – “Its nice that TNG will be on SciFi and i’ll probably watch, but how big is their potential audience? Being on SciFi will be like preaching to the converted. If its the aim to try and convert new fans a venue like SciFi Channel isn’t really the place to do it.” Hmm… I don’t know about that. I think, as time goes on, we’re getting science fiction fans who haven’t seen one or another incarnation of Trek, and a fair number of them are watching Sci-Fi these days. Sure, ENT is there, but TNG is a different style and might capture the interest of some folks who aren’t drawn in by ENT. That’s a benefit of the variety of styles of the various Trek series. If I had SCI FI, I’d watch the reruns, mainly because I don’t own any Trek DVD sets; they’re just too expensive. And this is coming from someone who spent $220 on the box set of “Thunderbirds” plus the two movies. DJ Neelix @ SJB: Well, maybe not all of us live in the US, now do we? Here in Sweden they have never even aired all episodes of DS9 (beginning on a new sci/fi channel soon though), just seasons 1-3 and that was in the mid-90’s on an HBO-like film channel. VGR was shown on public service television without commercial breaks but they were three years behind. ENT was shown on the same channel but only up until season 2. Since I started liking Trek they have aired TOS and TNG on cable but that’s been in the most recent years. Do you think I should have waited several years to watch those shows in lesser quality both in audio and video as well as with annoying commercial breaks? Not to mention the inconvenient airing times. Well, I think not. But call me dumb if you like… JimJ TNG covers such a spectrum: the great shows are REALLY great, the bad shows are horrible (not with any charm, unlike the horrible TOS shows). Overall, TNG is my #2 behind “Star Trek”. Frankly, I’ve always been able to handle all of the Trek incarnations except Voyager. Jeri Ryan gives me two good reasons to watch it, but otherwise, I can’t find many other reasons!!! LOL Welcome to the Sci Fi Channel, Commander Riker! ;-) Irishtrekkie I live in Ireland , so i know for all those who have digital t.v. in Ireland and the U.K. , that Virgin1 show tng and ds9 and enterprise so good times http://virgin1.virginmedia.com/tv_schedule so go star trek !!! Ryan T. Riddle Good news, everybody!	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2110
__label__cc	0.614456	0.385544	mark@truecommunications.com 480 Gate 5 Rd. Suite 104 Sausalito California, 94965 (Long Beach, CA--October 18 2019) Zwift, the online training platform for triathletes worldwide, today announces the return of the Specialized Zwift Academy Tri Team. New for 2020 is an in-game qualification format designed to test applicants, as Zwift and Specialized begin their search for a new and exciting team to begin their journey towards Kona 2020. Enrollment for the Zwift Academy Tri program is open now and can be completed in game or online at zwift.com/academy/tri2020. The program will start on November 11th and runs until January 12, 2020. The first phase of qualification will see Zwifters complete a series of bike and run workouts, group rides and races. To graduate from the Academy, Zwifters must complete the program’s six structured cycling workouts and one time trial. In addition, there are four structured run workouts and one running race to complete in 5k, 8k, and 10k race options. Applicants must have graduated the complete program by January 12th to qualify for the next phase of selection. The final team of six athletes will be unveiled in mid-February. “Being part of the Zwift Academy Tri has been an amazingly surreal experience - the support and training has been unbelievable,” says Ruth Purbrook, Zwift Academy member 2019 and winner of 2017 and 2018 IRONMAN World Championship for her age category. “Zwift Academy Tri has given me the infrastructure, support and equipment to really take my training to the next level, especially as I transition to Pro from 2020.” The Specialized Zwift Academy Tri Team will have eyes fully focused on the IRONMAN World Championships in Kona, and Zwift will once again be following the team on their journey through qualifications to all the action on race day on the island. Returning again in 2020 are team mentors, Tim Don and Sarah True. Tim and Sarah are top triathletes and have extensive racing experience at Kona. That race-day knowledge is invaluable for the athletes on the team. “There is nothing else like the Zwift Academy Tri Team in the sport of triathlon,” says Sarah True, Zwift Academy Tri Team mentor. “Supporting the six selected athletes on their journey to qualify and race at the 2020 IRONMAN World Championships is a fantastic experience and the 2019 Zwift Academy shows the success of the program with all the selected athletes qualifying for Kona.” Alongside expert guidance, the team will be supported with some of the best equipment the industry has to offer from brands including Specialized, Wahoo, Roka and Science in Sport. “Once again, the Zwift Academy Tri team will be supported by the best brands from across the sport of triathlon. From my perspective, this really is the world’s best supported amateur triathlon team,” says Eric Min, Zwift CEO and Co-Founder. “I look forward to testing myself in this year’s workout program starting in November and can’t wait to see which six athletes will make the team for next year.” For more information and to enter, head to zwift.com/academy/tri2020 About Zwift Zwift is the fitness company born from gaming. We’re dedicated fitness enthusiasts that also happen to be experienced software and video game developers. Combining that passion and deep understanding of the fitness world, Zwift is the first company to use massive multiplayer gaming technology to bring the outdoor experience indoors. Athletes from around the globe can train and compete with each other in rich, 3D-generated worlds simply by connecting their existing devices & hardware (e.g. cycle trainers, power meters, treadmills heart rate monitors, etc) wirelessly via open industry standard ANT+ and BLE. From friendly competition, to racing & structured training programs, Zwift is building a community of like-minded athletes united in the pursuit of a better social fitness experience.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2113
__label__cc	0.573564	0.426436	Things To Do This Weekend In And Around Chicago: June 7-9 CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- June is here and summer events in and around the city are in full swing. From food festivals and music festivals, to sporting events and celebrations, there is something for everyone. Here's a look at things to do this weekend in and around Chicago. Bears100 Celebration Weekend It only happens once. Come out this weekend for the Bears100 Celebration, celebrating the team’s 100 years. For the first time ever, all 28 Hall of Fame Chicago Bears bronze busts will be on display together, including the recently inducted Brian Urlacher. This will be the largest gather of Bears ever and a once in a lifetime event to celebrate 100 years of Bears football history. There will be autograph opportunities, panels featuring current and alumni players, a classic jersey unveiling, interactive activities for all ages and more! Where: Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, 5555 N. River Rd., Rosemont When: Friday-Sunday Cost: $99-125 Andersonville Midsommarfest Get ready to dance around the Maypole at Andersonville's annual celebration of its Swedish heritage. The LGBTQ-friendly event showcases international performers, Nordic cuisine and an array of family activities. Where: Clark Street between Foster and Catalpa When: Friday, 5-10 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday, noon-10 p.m. Cost: $10 suggested donation Spring Awakening Music Festival The Midwest's largest all-electronic music festival will return to the Chicagoland area this weekend. More than 90 artists will perform across 5 unique stages, demonstrating a dynamic variety of genres within the electronic music spectrum. Where: Poplar Creek, 5523 Prairie Stone Pkwy, Hoffman Estates When: June 7-9, 1-10 p.m. Printers Row Lit Fest The Printers Row Lit Fest, the largest free outdoor literary showcase in the Midwest, marks its 35th year with an expanded outdoor presence and a return to its original roots as a community-based celebration for book lovers. More than 100,000 visitors are expected over the two-day festival, which will feature carefully selected offerings from over 100 booksellers; everything from the tattered to the rare to ‘hot off the press,’ newly published works. Where: South Dearborn Street from Polk Street to Ida B. Wells Drive (Congress Parkway) When: Saturday & Sunday, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Chicago Blues Festival With a diverse lineup celebrating the blues’ past, present and future, the Chicago Blues Festival shares the great Chicago-born music tradition with the world while shining a spotlight on the genre’s contributions to soul, R&B, gospel, rock, hip-hop and more Where: Millennium Park, 201 E. Randolph St. When: Friday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Provided by Formula 1 Formula 1 Chicago Festival Forumla 1 racing fans can experience the motorsport's roaring engines and burning rubber at this Soldier Field festival, where a live broadcast of the Canadian Grand Prix qualifying race will be show on a big screen. Later in the afternoon, contemporary and historic F1 cars will cruise down a stretch of Museum Campus Drive ahead of a live performance from alt-rock outfit Judah and the Lion. Where: Soldier Field, 1410 S. Museum Campus Dr. When: Saturday, 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Scott Barbour/Getty Images "Celebrating Freedom from oil and the beauty of people". World Naked Bike Ride (WNBR) is an international clothing-optional people powered event where participants ride in mass bringing attention to freedom from oil while also promoting positivity Where: Various locations throughout Chicago When: Saturday, 8 p.m.-midnight Pilsen Food Truck Social Rolling into Chicago’s Lower West Side this weekend is the 5th annual Pilsen Food Truck Social. As its eponymous name suggests, food trucks are the centerpiece of this well attended neighborhood street fest. Food trucks are featured along with local restaurant and retail vendors. Guests can purchase a $20 sampler ticket to try sample-sized portions from six of the trucks. Stick around through the after noon to catch sets from local DJ duo TRQPiTECA, Puerto Rican pop duo Los Wálters, indie pop band Rose of the West and more. Where: Thalia Hall, 1807 S. Allport St. When: Saturday & Sunday, noon-10 p.m. Cost: $5 suggested donation Lombard Ale Fest Lombard's annual craft beer festival showcases more than 80 seasonal beers from breweries across the country, including Boulervard Brewing Co., Hopothesis Beer Company and Maplewood. Thirsty attendees will gather in the downtown Lombard Metra station to sample brews and wash down savory dishes from Chicagoland food trucks. Where: Lombard Metra Station, 150 S. Park Ave. When: Saturday, noon-5 p.m. Cost: GA $49, Early Entry $59, Designated Driver $15–$20 Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports Chicago Cubs v. St. Louis Cardinals Bleed Cubbie Blue this weekend. Come out to the Friendly Confines to watch the Cubbies take on the Cards. Where: Wrigley Field When: Friday, 1:20 p.m.; Saturday, 6:15 p.m.; Sunday, 6:05 p.m. Cost: Varies	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2120
__label__wiki	0.920579	0.920579	FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2019 file photo flavored vaping solutions are shown in a window display at a vape and smoke shop, in New York. Michigan has joined New York in banning the sale of flavored e-cigarettes as federal health officials investigate the cause of hundreds of serious breathing illnesses in people who have used vaping devices. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services released details of the ban Wednesday, Sept. 18 and gave retailers, including online sellers, two weeks to comply. The ban includes menthol and mint flavored products. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews File) Michigan bans flavored e-cigarettes a day after New York LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan banned the sale of flavored e-cigarettes on Wednesday, the latest state to act following hundreds of serious breathing issues in people using vaping devices that prompted a federal investigation. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services said the ban was effective immediately and gave retailers, including online sellers, two weeks to comply. The ban includes menthol and mint flavored products and expires after 180 days if not extended. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Sept. 4 that Michigan would become the first state to move toward banning flavored e-cigarettes, accusing companies of using candy flavors and deceptive advertising to appeal to kids. But New York officially became the first state to institute a ban when regulators approved a set of emergency rules on Tuesday. "For too long, companies have gotten our kids hooked on nicotine by marketing candy-flavored vaping products as safe," Whitmer said in a statement on Wednesday. "That ends today." Michigan officials said national health data on e-cigarette use found youth use spiked in recent years , including 78% of high students and 48% of middle school students reporting using the products. Joneigh Khaldun, Michigan's chief medical executive, called youth vaping "a public health emergency." "Today's filing is necessary to protect the public health," Khaldun said. Owners of vape stores in New York have said they are considering a legal challenge to the ban, and challenges also are anticipated in Michigan. Michigan's ban specifically included menthol flavored products but excluded tobacco flavored items. New York did not include menthol flavored products in its ban, prompting criticism from some health groups that kids will simply switch to that flavor. Michigan's rules also ban any description of vapor products as "clean, safe, harmless or healthy" and limit advertising of vapor products near candy, food and soft drinks in stores. Federal health officials have not identified a single device or ingredient involved in the lung illnesses. President Donald Trump has proposed a federal ban on flavored e-cigarettes and vaping products. Tobacco industry regulation Marketing to children	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2121
__label__wiki	0.591392	0.591392	Adhesives Mag logo Adhesives & Sealants Headlines Finished Adhesives and Sealants Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives (PSAs) Raw Materials and Chemicals Materials Handling/Processing Meter/Mix/Dispense Testing/Quality Control Packaging of Adhesives & Sealants Converting/Packaging Ask Dr. Dave IP in Depth Tape Talk ASI Top 20 ASI Store Classifieds & Services Marketplace Global Adhesives & Sealants Directory Raw Materials, Chemicals, Polymers and Additives Handbook Equipment Handbook Home » Topics » Adhesives and Sealants Topics » Testing/Quality Control Coverage on topics such as rheology, particle sizing, shear, durability, cohesion, peel and viscosity testing. ALTANA Announces Plans to Achieve Carbon Neutrality by 2025 In order to further reduce its carbon dioxide emissions, ALTANA is relying on greater energy efficiency, as well as heat and electricity generation, at its worldwide sites. ALTANA recently announced that it will reduce its carbon dioxide (CO2) impact from production and energy procurement worldwide to zero by 2025. Nordson Advanced Technology K.K. Japan Moves to New Office and Demonstration Center With the expanded demonstration center and office space, the company has consolidated its fluid dispensing and conformal coating, test and inspection, and plasma treatment equipment into one location. Nordson Corp. recently announced that Nordson Advanced Technology K.K. Japan has relocated to new larger office and demonstration facilities in central Tokyo to deliver sales, service, technical training, and support to its customers and sales network in Japan. AMETEK France Opens New Technology Center in Élancourt City AMETEK France reports that its goal was to build a resource for showcasing the latest products and technologies from a variety of AMETEK businesses. AMETEK France recently announced that it has established a Technology Solutions Centre as a regional headquarters in Élancourt City to support the growth of its electronic instrument and electromechanical product businesses in France. ALTANA and BYK Employees Move into New Digital Work Environment The new building houses workplaces for some 140 employees of ALTANA’s and its BYK division’s IT and digitalization departments. The ALTANA Group recently announced that it has inaugurated an office building at its headquarters in Wesel, Germany, with a cutting-edge work environment. Top 5 News that Sticks 3M Acquisition Dominates the News Readers last week were drawn in droves to news from 3M regarding its latest acquisition. Susan Sutton We’ve seen a large number of industry acquisitions so far in the second half of 2019. How are they impacting your business? BYK Announces Management Change as Glander Steps Down Christoph Schlünken, Ph.D., a member of the management board, is temporarily taking over the divisional management of BYK and all related functions with immediate effect until a successor for the position is found. Stephan Glander, Ph.D., president of ALTANA’s BYK division, is leaving the company by mutual agreement in order to take up new challenges outside the ALTANA Group. ALTANA Enters Software as a Service Domain with Acquisition of Office Color Science OCS reportedly provides computer color matching and formulation software with the ability to match colors containing metallic and pearlescent pigments. ALTANA recently announced that it has acquired the international business of Office Color Science Co., Ltd. (OCS), headquartered in Yokohama, Japan. Readers Most Interested in Sika’s Latest Acquisition Last week, news from Sika regarding its acquisition in China drew the most reader interest. Have you seen all of the recent industry acquisitions? They’ve been coming fast and furious in the last few months! PPG Selected for DOE Partnership to Speed Development of Adhesives for Lightweight Vehicles PPG will collaborate with DOE’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to develop computer-based models of the aging characteristics of a variety of next-generation adhesives designed to join lightweight materials. PPG recently announced that it has been selected for a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) partnership that will use supercomputing resources to accelerate the development and testing of structural adhesives for vehicles built from lightweight materials. Deadline for World Adhesive & Sealant Conference Abstracts is August 30 Speaker abstracts for the 2020 World Adhesive & Sealant Conference should be submitted online by August 30. Interested parties are invited to share their knowledge and innovations on a range of topics at the 2020 World Adhesive & Sealant Conference, which will be held April 20-22 in Chicago. More Articles Tagged with 'Testing/Quality Control' 9/14/20 to 9/17/20 13th European Adhesion Conference EURADH 2020 EURADH is organized by the French adhesion division (SFA) of the French Vacuum Society (SFV), with the support of the Dechema (Germany), the Society of Adhesion and Adhesives (UK), the Portuguese Adhesion Society, De Bond voor Materialenkennis (Netherlands), Grupo Espanol de Adhesion y Adhesivos (Spain), and the Italian community of adhesion. Lone Star Funds to Acquire BASF’s Construction Chemicals Business Top 10 Adhesives & Sealants Industry New Product Stories of 2019 Ashland Announces New Specialty Additives and Adhesives Business Leaders 3M to Divest Substantially All of Its Drug Delivery Business to Altaris Capital Partners Polythioether Advances Provide New Formulating Options for Adhesives, Sealants, and Coatings Adhesion Society 43rd Annual Meeting The four-day Adhesion Society Annual Meeting offers a two-day short course, poster session, exhibition, student award symposium, and concurrent technical sessions. Handbook of Sealant Technology The Handbook of Sealant Technology provides an in-depth examination of sealants, reviewing their historical developments and fundamentals, adhesion theories and properties, and today’s wide range of applications. 2019 Buyers' Guide Your comprehensive buyers’ guide for raw materials, distributors, equipment, services, and finished adhesives and sealants. Adhesives and Sealants Magazine Happy New Year! Start 2020 on the right foot with content focused on formulating advances, surface treatment, adhesive dispensing, and more! Print/Digital Subscription	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2125
__label__wiki	0.770359	0.770359	Industry reviews "With version 11.5, HD has arrived for Director and the Shockwave player in the form of support for H.264-video. With this on board you can now provide full-screen, HD video in multimedia applications and games authored in Director – MP4, F4V, and FLV file formats are now natively supported." Adobe Director 11.5 review by Michael Burns Read the review › 3D World Magazine "Tired of rendering your 3D masterpieces to video? Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to hand your 3D scenes to your clients, with all the models, maps and lights included, and have them view it interactively? Or even to create a 3D game with your datasets? If so, Director 11 promises to do all this for you – and more." Director 11 By Lance Evans "Overall, Director 11 is stronger than ever with a list of key new power features such as DirectX 9 support and physics. Coupled with a strong feature set of an experienced tool that has thousands of games and interactive projects to its credit, the new features launches Director into new ground and makes it competitive with other much costlier solutions." Product Review Adobe Director 11 By Kelly Murdock MacDesign 4.5 out of 5: "Macromedia Director is the King Kong of interactive multimedia authoring programs! You'd have to search a lot of jungles to find any other authoring program that has as many features as Macromedia Director." Merrily Miller and David Rosenblatt July/August 2004 issue AV Video Multimedia Producer "Director's new DVD-video support is something that has real potential. In my opinion, this feature can lead to new ways of deploying kiosks and DVDs." Dylan Wood PC Magazine 4 out of 5 stars: "Aimed at professional multimedia, web, game, and even enterprise developers, Macromedia Director MX 2004 adds polish and new reach to an already powerful multimedia authoring tool. This strong release features support for new media file types, better Flash integration, and several key user interface improvements." Richard V. Dragan Creative Mac "Quite simply, they nailed it. Director MX 2004 has some great new features, is a more economical product for cross-platform publishers and, most importantly, has a real future." Kevin Schmitt "If you're a professional web designer, Flash developer, or multimedia developer, you should get Director." Jennifer Kyrnin Community MX "The introduction of these changes, and more, to Director MX 2004 gives developers a complete suite of rich media production tools." "[But] Director MX does something else: It gives designers tools for creating multimedia content that can be deployed across a wide range of media: CDs, DVDs, kiosks, downloadable applications, and the web. Think of it as an all-in-one multimedia tool. If you're building content that may include text, hypertext, audio, high-resolution still images, digital video, animation, 3D modeling, and Flash content, this is the application to use." MacAddict 4 out of 5 stars: "Great. Since its inception in 1987, Macromedia Director has been king of the multimedia-creation hill. From advanced presentations and video collages to animation and interactive 3D games, if you can dream it, you can build it using Director." Patrick Baggatta PC Plus Editor’s Choice Award 2008 Adobe Director 11 wins the PC Plus Editor’s choice award, and a 5-Star Product rating. PC Plus calls Director 11 as a "confident upgrade", stating that it will satisfy multimedia developers and converts alike. Best Multimedia Authoring Solution Presentations Magazine has given Director MX 2004 the 2004 Standing Ovation Award for the best professional multimedia authoring solution in its December 2004 issue. The Standing Ovation awards honor "the absolute best products of the year" and are selected by the magazine's editors, columnists, and a network of experts. eMedia Editor's Choice "They've made Director, the software choice of multimedia developers for years, more relevant than ever by incorporating more modern development choices....This year they take it several steps further by adding new features that should make multimedia developers stand up and take notice." PC Plus Performance Award As Director MX 2004 branches into the DVD arena, we can be sure that we'll be in for some interesting developments as dedicated multimedia authors find another avenue to explore." Using Director 12 Director Support	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2127
__label__cc	0.635369	0.364631	Ahipara Collected by Zach Bailey Mount John Mount John, Canterbury 7999, New Zealand Thanks to very little light pollution, especially in the remote corners of the South Island, gazing up at a clear night sky in New Zealand will leave you breathless and stunned. In the Southern Alps in the Mackenzie Basin near Lake Tekapo, the... Featherston Featherston, New Zealand Because of its sparse population and wide-open spaces, there isn't the same range or luxury of hotels around New Zealand that you find in the rest of the world. If you want to travel like a local, one of the best ways is to book a holiday home, or... 1, 53 Courtenay Pl, Te Aro, Wellington 6011, New Zealand My go-to spot for after-work drinks is the Library in Wellington, and no, not the public library. Right on Courteney Place, there is a nondescript sign reading "The Library" in front of a simple doorway with several staircases. If you know what to... Cambridge, New Zealand The quip that there are more sheep than people in New Zealand is not false. Outnumbering the population 10 to 1, sheep are an important part of New Zealand culture and economy. If you're interested in shopping, be sure to check out the local wool... Pauanesia 35 High St, Auckland CBD, CBD, Auckland 1010, New Zealand Hmmm, what to buy when you want a New Zealand souvenir that's not a tacky plastic tiki or kiwi-shaped ashtray? That’s when you head to Pauanesia (pron. Pah-wah-nesia). Named after the Maori word for abalone, this High St. Auckland store has unique... Shaky Isles Coffee Co. Britomart Place, 22 Customs St E, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand Nicknamed "the Shaky Isles" after Australians experienced many of the famous New Zealand earthquakes, the name stuck with this popular cafe in downtown Auckland. Tucked away next to the harbor, this unique cafe serves up some of the best coffee in... Photo courtesy of Chateau Marlborough 95/117 High St, Blenheim, 7201, New Zealand This chateau is one of only a few five-star accommodations in the Marlborough wine region, which reaches out from the top of New Zealand’s South Island like da Vinci fingers extending to the north. The hotel is conveniently situated... Check Availability > Photo courtesy of Fiordland Lodge Fiordland Lodge 472 Te Anau-Milford Hwy, Te Anau 9679, New Zealand A retreat fringed by swaying tussock grass on the edge of Lake Te Anau, Fiordland Lodge is the luxury choice for travelers visiting Fiordland National Park on the South Island. The lodge was designed to magnify the inspiring local environment;... Photo courtesy of Hotel DeBrett Hotel DeBrett 2 High St, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand This funky boutique hotel on the edge of the Britomart shopping district goes way back in Auckland history. 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That all changed though as the helicopter lifted off and took off towards the incredible Franz Josef Glacier on New Zealand’s South Island. Almost as... The Legendary Black Water Rafting Co 585 Waitomo Caves Rd, Waitomo 3977, New Zealand Waitomo, on New Zealand’s North Island, is known mostly for its glowworms. This is one of the few places in the world where they exist and millions of visitors descend onto the village every year to walk through the dark caves and see the sparkly... 101 Glenmore Street, Kelburn, Wellington 6012, New Zealand Though Wellington seems best traversed on foot (as Hobbits do, right?), the cable car ride is well worth breaking this habit. Leaving from Lambton Quay, for $6 return, the cable car takes you up to the top of the Botanic Gardens, providing a... Photo by Sime/Estock Photo Te Papa Museum 6011, New Zealand The Te Papa museum combines New Zealand’s dramatic history with its high-tech present. Don’t miss the traditional greenstone and wood carvings or the 60-foot wall of constantly changing images, videos, and words manipulated by... Despite the inclement weather, locals revel in spending time outdoors, especially along the waterfront. Choose a café with views or pack a picnic to enjoy overlooking the harbor. Public artworks such as the Solace in the Wind sculpture, the City... Mount Victoria, Wellington, New Zealand If there is one place to visit in Wellington, it's Mount Victoria. Overlooking the whole city and harbor, you get incredible 360-degree views of New Zealand's capital. If you have the time you can hike your way up to the top and lookout through... Cuba St Cuba St, Te Aro, Wellington 6011, New Zealand The cultural heart of Wellington is right downtown on Cuba Street. Here art galleries rub shoulders with boutique cafes, and there's more than an enough independent bookshops, thrift stores, and quirky bars to keep even the most alternative... Weta Workshops 4 Willis St, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand Many of the beautiful countryside scenes in the film “Lord of the Rings” were shot in the green hills of New Zealand. It is home to Hobbiton, Mount Doom, and the jeweler who made the “one ring to rule them all.” Whether you’re a complete freak... Mt Kaukau Kaukau, Wellington 6035, New Zealand If you'd like to go where the locals go to escape the city, head out to Mount Kaukau, the highest point overlooking Wellington. Roughly an hour up and down, the climb up to Mount Kaukau is worth the jaunt outside the city center to Khandallah... Aotea Square 50 Mayoral Dr, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand Aotea Square is a large main square right smack in the middle of downtown Auckland. Located near plenty of shops and cafes, it's a great spot to meet with friends, listen to live music, and get to know Auckland. Heading toward Queen's Street,... Waitemata Harbour Waitemata Harbour, New Zealand The gateway into Auckland in the Waitemata Harbour. Sprawling along the downtown area, and traversed by the Auckland Harbour Bridge (which you can climb if you're feeling adventurous), it's a good reminder of how close Auckland is to the sea. Here... Otara Flea Market Newbury Street, Manukau, Auckland 2023, New Zealand Saturday morning and this is the place to be to get a true slice of the Pacific. The Otara Flea Markets have rows and rows of fresh fruit, clothing, bric-a-brac and of course food, but it's the Polynesian colour and music that makes it so special.... Auckland Museum 33-43 Princes Street, Auckland CBD, Auckland 1010, New Zealand Looking for something to do inside in Auckland? You can't pass up the Auckland Museum. With the country's—and probably the world's—biggest collection of Polynesian and Maori artifacts, the museum also regularly hosts exhibits and events featuring... 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__label__cc	0.544621	0.455379	Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability We are pleased to announce that Natalie Wade from Equality Lawyers has been engaged as our Expert Advisor on the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability. Natalie will be providing updates on the Disability Royal Commission in coming weeks, so please check back regularly. The Disability Royal Commission wants to hear from all Australians with disability about their experiences of violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation. There are a number of ways that you can tell your story to the Royal Commission. You can do this by: attending a Community Forum attending a Hearing writing your story (putting in a submission) sending an email to the Commission, or ringing the Commission and telling your story. Remember that you can contact the Royal Commission if you have a question, and you can visit their website at disability.royalcommission.gov.au which includes a Questions and answers page. Disability Royal Commission You can watch the Royal Commission Hearings live at: https://webstreaming.lawinorder.com.au/drc Transcripts of the proceedings are available on the DRC website: https://disability.royalcommission.gov.au/hearings/Pages/transcripts.aspx During the Royal Commission, there will be confronting and disturbing stories in the media. Sometimes words or images can cause sadness or distress, or trigger traumatic memories for people, particularly survivors of past abuse. For some people, these responses can be overwhelming. Blue Knot Foundation – Open 9 am to 6 pm weekdays or 9 am to 5 pm weekends AEDT. Free counselling support from Blue Knot Foundation is available for people with disability, their families and carers, and anyone affected by the Disability Royal Commission. You can call the Blue Knot Foundation for support for your emotional wellbeing and support for making choices about telling your story. Call 1800 421 468 or 02 6146 1468 TTY (teletypewriter) users phone 133 677, then ask for 1800 421 468 If you require support in another language please use the free of charge Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS National) – Call TIL on 131 450 and ask to be connected to the National Counselling and Referral Service on 1800 421 468. You can also contact Lifeline if you need to talk to someone. More information on Lifeline and their services is available here: Ring 13 11 14 for confidential telephone crisis support, available 24/7 from a landline, payphone or mobile. TTY (teletypewriter) users call 133 677 then ask for 13 11 14 Lifeline is trialing a text service 0477 13 11 14 (available between 6.00pm – 10pm (AEST), 7 days a week). Important: If you are currently experiencing any form of violence or abuse, or are concerned for your safety, please call 000 or contact Police. TTY users can contact police on 106 directly through a TTY. Advocacy and support Contact the Commission What is violence, abuse, neglect…	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2132
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__label__wiki	0.545995	0.545995	Prof. Dr. Ursel Fantz Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Garching Engineering and engineering trades , Physical sciences Low-temperature plasmas Fusion research Plasma diagnostics Ion sources Fusion technologies Erwin Schrödinger Prize in science awarded by the Stifterverband (donors' association) in conjunction with the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres for interdisciplinary research on the topic "Development of a High-Current RF-Driven Plasma Source for Negative Ions", 2006 Anton and Klara Röser Prize for outstanding scientific achievement in the field of electrical engineering (dissertation), 1996 Management position, Professorship Collaboration with industry 1995: Diagnostik und Modellierung von Silanplasmen ("Diagnostics and modelling of silane plasmas") PostDoc qualification, e.g. Habilitation 2002: Niedertemperaturplasmen in Wasserstoff und Deuterium ("Low-temperature plasmas in hydrogen and deuterium") Vocational Gymnasium (grammar school), Kerschenstein School, Stuttgart, Germany Abitur (A-levels) and state certification as a physical-technical assistant Physical-technical assistant at the Institute for Theory of Electrical Engineering, University of Stuttgart, Germany Studied physics at the University of Stuttgart Doctoral studies at the Plasma Research Institute, University of Stuttgart Working under the chair in Experimental Plasma Physics at the University of Augsburg, Germany Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, and teaching and research at the University of Augsburg Visiting Associate Professor at the National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS), Tokyo, Japan Professor by special appointment at the University of Augsburg Acting chair in experimental plasma physics at the University of Augsburg Acting head of the Division of Technology at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics Fantz, U. et al.: Physical performance analysis and the progress of the development of the negative ion RF source for the ITER NBI system. In: Nuclear Fusion 49, 2009. 125007 (9pp). Fantz, U. et al.: Negative Ion RF Sources for ITER NBI: Status of the Development and Recent Achievements. In: Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 49, 2007. S. 563-580. Fantz, U., Wünderlich, D.: A Novel Diagnostic Technique for H-(D-)Densities in Negative Hydrogen Ion Sources. In: New Journal of Physics 8, 2006. S. 301 (23pp). Fantz, U., Wünderlich, D.: Franck-Condon Factors, Transition Probabilities and Radiative Lifetimes for Hydrogen Molecules and Their Isotopomeres. In: Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables 92, 2006. S. 853-973. Fantz, U.: Basics of Plasma Spectroscopy. In: Plasma Sources Sci. Technol. 15, 2006. S. 137-147. Management of project for developing powerful ion sources (negative hydrogen ions) to heat neutral particles for ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) Chair of the International Conference on Phenomena of Ionized Gases (ICPIG), since 2009 On the board of the Bavarian regional association of the German Physical Society (DPG); member of the DPG Council since 2006 Member of the DPG technical committee Plasma Physics, 2002 – 2006 Consultant and chief scientific investigator for "Atomic and Molecular Data for Fusion Edge Plasmas" at the International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA), Vienna, Austria, since 2001 Dr. Sabine Amslinger Physical sciencesBioorganic and medicinal chemistry Prof. Dr. Katharina Al-Shamery Physical sciencesSurface and interface science, (photo)catalysis and nanophotonics Prof. Núria Aliaga-Alcalde Physical sciencesNanoscience and nanotechnology, Coordination Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry, Molecular Magnetism Dr. Chantal Abergel Biological and related sciences , Physical sciencesEnvironmental virology, Molecular and structural biology, biochemistry Fusion Research on the Rise The physics professors Sibylle Günter, Ursel Fantz, Mervi Mantsinen and Tünde Fülöp have a far-reaching goal: to build a nuclear fusion reactor that produces clean energy analogous to the Sun's energy generation.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2147
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__label__cc	0.684078	0.315922	About 10 Mile Hike And The Woman Behind It My Bucket List – Get Hiking And Get Outside! Wildlife Trust Volunteer Support 10 Mile Hike National Trails – Reports Hikers’ Guide To Cornwall The South West Coast Path Hiking Tips – Free Downloads! Walking Routes & Guides Wild Camping Guide For Adventurous Women! Get Ready For Your First Bivi Bag Camping Adventure! Hike Together 02 Jul Padstow To Fowey On The Saints’ Way – My Solo Hike Posted at 17:28h in Cornwall, Walking and Hiking by Stephie 0 Comments There’s a long distance trail in Cornwall that follows an ancient route called The Saints’ Way, and I’d been meaning to walk it for a while. Then one day in late June I decided the time had come. The trail starts in Padstow on the north coast then winds its way 30 miles across the countryside to Fowey on the south. Most people have heard of Padstow and some people have heard of Fowey. But practically no-one has heard of the places in between! So I was keen to head off for an overnight adventure to find out what The Saints’ Way has to offer. The story begins in the small harbour-side town of Padstow, where early pilgrims arrived by boat from Ireland and Wales, on their journeys to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. I, however, arrived on the number 11A bus. Padstow, Where The Saints’ Way Begins But Not Without A Cream Tea! Padstow has a couple of things to commend it, including the attractive harbour and the mouth of the river Camel on the coast path. But one thing I can never miss out on is cake at Cherry Trees Coffee House. The bus rolled into Padstow at 2:15, late in the day for the start of a 30 mile overnight hike, but I wasn’t going to pass up the opportunity. I reckoned that if I started walking around 3:30 I’d manage about 4 hours hiking before I needed to find somewhere to pitch up. Decision made. So one cream tea in front of me, faster than you can say ‘cream-tea-jam-first’, and I was in heaven. Cream tea at Cherry Trees in Padstow – starting the hike right! And with my belly full, the sun shining and the first Saints’ Way signpost easily located I was in a great mood and ready to get going. I followed the sign and headed up a wooded footpath out of Padstow. It lead towards an obelisk at the top of a steep hill, where panoramic views fell away below me. The Saints’ Way follows an ancient pilgrimage route across Cornwall, which begins here at St Petroc’s Church in Padstow. Pilgrims and traders arrived in the area from Ireland and Wales on their way to Spain, crossing Cornwall on foot to avoid the dangerous waters around Land’s End. There are a number of medieval churches along the route and a plethora of Celtic Crosses too. 1 (Mad) Buzzard On The Offensive Everything was lush and verdant for the first few miles of the hike: the beginning of summer had definitely arrived in Padstow. But summer in Cornwall doesn’t come without it’s trials. Especially on a hike that wends its way across farmland, and my first reckoning was on a woodland track. I came down the path to a stream at the bottom of the wood and heard the cries of a buzzard. This isn’t unusual in Cornwall, so I thought nothing of it. Lush countryside above Padstow Low tide across the estuary But as I came out of the wood into an open field she flew very close above me, screaming then soaring off ahead. I assumed she was after some prey in the grass, but as she rounded and came back at me, lower again, I realised I was the prey she had in mind! And the third time she dive-bombed me I could almost touch her. A rush of adrenaline flooded through me and my heart began thumping loudly: there I was stuck in the middle of an open field with no cover and a massive bird of prey having a hissy fit above me. I’ve been attacked like this on two previous occasions (by the same bird, but not near Padstow!) and I can assure you it bloody well hurts when their talons skim across your head! So I marched on, hoping I’d get out of her territory before she had another go. She probably had young nearby, and sure enough she soon disappeared back into the wood. 1 (Dangerous) Herd Keeping An Eye On Me But it was out of the frying pan and into the fire. No sooner than I’d crossed the field I came to a stile, and on the other side of it was a herd of cows grazing with their calves – right across the right of way. Cows and their calves are a potentially dangerous combination because, once again, the mothers are very protective of their young. I hesitated: should I go back and risk the wrath of a crazed buzzard or go ahead and risk trampling by a herd of marauding cows? I decided to go ahead and judged the safest way was to ignore the right of way and edge my way around the perimeter of the field. Then I could jump over the boundary wall if they came towards me with menace in their eyes! I looked at the map and there was a stream I could follow back to the footpath at the top of the field. A reasonable diversion I thought. In theory… In practice the stream was a knee deep bog overgrown with thickets of hawthorn, scrub, bramble and nettles. And the boundary wall was a couple of metres the other side of it, topped with barbed wire. And, imprinted into the periphery mud were the ominous tracks of cows… My heart started thumping again and all I could do was edge my way around as close to the scrub as possible. With every snap of twig and squelch of bog at least one of them stopped chewing, raised its head and watched me carefully until I passed by. I couldn’t get out of the field quick enough. And when I finally did I was covered in scratches, stings and stinking mud. A field of huge bovine beasts is a concern for any solo hiker, because the reality of being crushed with no-one around is all too real. (The ‘cow situation’ seems to have got much worse over recent years don’t you think?) I got back on track relatively unscathed and the relief brought my heart rate back down… As long as I didn’t dwell on the fact that there might be more to come! But the only thing of any concern over the next few miles was where I was going to sleep that night. St Breock Downs (And A Lump Of Old Rock) Men Gurtha (Stone Of Waiting) I had a few more miles to go before then though. Otherwise I’d have a seriously long day 2, and I wanted to savour it not march it! But I had time for a rest stop and that was at Men Gurtha, a neolithic standing stone on St Breock Downs. The Downs offer fantastic open views and the landscape is full of reminders of a long lost history. As well as Men Gurtha, Cornwall’s largest and heaviest standing stone, there are barrows, standing stones, settlements and a stone row in the area. And I reckon that if you don’t have time for this particular hike it’s well worth a walk out to the Downs from somewhere like St Issey (west of Wadebridge) instead. Men Gurta on St Breock Downs (unfortunately you don’t get much sense of scale from this image, but it’s probably twice the height of your average woman!) I sat leaning against the stone, soaking up the atmosphere and let my mind drift. But the surreal sounds of the nearby wind farm were intrusive, and heightened by the buzz of an aeroplane. Some sounds are still alien to me, like the turbines, but it bothers me that we’re so desensitised to the sounds of machines. It’s become hard to block out the noise and just hear nature, but it’s all I want to do. Particularly in a place like this, with its timeless, ancient connections. It was time to stop pontificating because I had practical matters to attend to: where was I going to sleep? Wild flowers on St Breock Downs 1 Wild Camp, 11.5 Miles From Padstow Becoming A Vagrant It’s never that easy to find a wild camp spot on a trail like this, and it usually involves retracing your steps for half a mile. Or more. You walk along and notice somewhere that has potential but think there might be somewhere better ahead. So you walk on. And on. Then you notice the light’s falling and you’re hungry. And that’s when you decide to walk back to the last place you saw. Which in this case happened to be a scrubby little verge at the junction of a farm track and a narrow tarmac lane. To pitch up here required a bit of nettle and bramble bashing, but the spot was tucked away and pretty sheltered beneath some trees. The ground was stony and ‘rooty’ though, so I spent longer than usual trying to get my tent pegs to stay in the ground. When I was finally inside and tucked up in my sleeping bag I felt like a vagrant, close to the road hoping no-one would spot me. But I drifted off to the rhythmic sound of a nearby wind turbine and slept soundly. I woke up to heavy rain pounding the tent in the morning, although I had no idea what time it was. It was light, but my phone battery had run out on St Breock Downs and I hadn’t brought a spare pack (which meant no more photos). I love not having a watch and using my body clock or the position of the sun to get an idea of time instead. But I wasn’t going to see the sun on a morning like this and my body was telling me to go back to sleep. The rain had stopped by the time I started walking. And not far down the narrow lane a farm lorry came passed forcing a dog walker and me into close proximity in the hedge. We passed the time of day and as we parted she told me it was ten past nine. Which was the perfect time to begin the day’s 17.5 mile hike. Fancy hiking The Saints’ Way yourself? Discover everything you need to know right here! Click the orange map below for my GPX file, transport links, amenities and trial highlights! Plenty Of Spectacular Views To The Coasts Of Padstow And Fowey And Summer Solstice Celebrations There was a lot of tarmac on the mid section of the walk, very narrow, often single track lanes, with glimpses of countryside over the colourful hedgerows. And although I’m not a fan of tarmac (at all – it’s hardly wild is it!), it was good to know I wouldn’t have to worry about cows! The highlight of the day, as far as I knew, would be Helman Tor and I was really looking forward to another visit for the atmosphere and far reaching views. I was about to climb over a stile to the top of the Tor when a car stopped beside me in the single track lane. I assumed the old couple were lost, but no. They, were random. “There’s a choir up there tomorrow”, they nodded to me. Smiling. Pardon? “A choir. On top of the Tor. We’ve just been up to the car park to make sure it’s clear. People been up there and burnt a pallet. Nails everywhere. I got it all in the back, going to get rid of it at ‘ome. What are people like these days?” Umm, a choir on the Tor? “Ess, longest day”, said the woman, leaning across her husband. “We’re singing. Tis the church choir. There’s cream teas back at the church afterwards. The choir starts at 2 o’clock, then it’s back for cream tea”. Oh, solstice, ok. “Ess, tis a tradition to sing on the Tor for solstice. Been going for years.” Right. Ironic, but not unusual. It delights me that Christians still celebrate Pagan rites. And it seems fitting for The Saints’ Way. I promised to spread the word and they pootled off to who knows where. I rather wish I’d been around to hear the choir, their voices carried off on the wind. Helman Tor Views from the top of Helman Tor (2018) A gale was blowing at the top near the trig point, cold, but clear and the views out to Bodmin Moor were spectacular. Rough Tor and Brown Willy (Cornwall’s highest point) dominate the skyline and I sat and watched dark clouds roll across them and drench the hills with sporadic rain showers. I ate my unexciting lunch in the lee of a boulder, then went back down to pick up the path for the next section to Crift. When your phone runs out of battery, start drawing! ‘Skyline, Bodmin Moor (View from Helman Tor)’, June 2019 The track to Crift has got to be my favourite part of the walk, in summer at least. It’s lined with high hedges full of tall foxgloves and red campions, and it feels like walking through a secret tunnel (an open topped one!). And that day there was just me, the birdsong, the sweet smell of honeysuckle and dog rose, blue sky above and nothing but the path ahead, which I shared with the butterflies. The track was like a motorway for meadow browns, flitting about ahead of me at waist height, chasing each other along. So many of them that it was an absolute joy to be part of. Later that day, after a coffee stop at the Crown Inn in Lanlivery (one of the oldest pubs in Cornwall that dates back to the 12th century) I passed through another tunnel. This one lead down a steep and secluded track, and it couldn’t have been more different. The openness of the summer sky was gone and the light filtered through a canopy of old beach and oak trees, where birds called warnings to each other. There were sounds of scurrying in the leaf litter too and I wondered what was afraid of me. I was disgorged into the light, off the tactile stony track onto more tarmac. And the only good thing about these narrow tarmac lanes (apart from them being pretty much cow-less!) is that traffic is sparse, which meant I could push up the hills in a world of my own. St Sampson Church, Golant-By-Fowey The next field to cross was a sharp incline to a small gate in the top corner. And I crossed it warily, eyed by horses and goats. From there I dropped down to St Sampson Church where I spent a while admiring the carved medieval ceiling bosses and stained glass. There’s been a church on the site since St Sampson arrived from Wales in the 12th century. And a hermit was living there before him. I pondered the way we’re all embeded into this history of people walking, on a pilgrimage of one sort or another, whether it’s for religious faith or seeking meaning and solace in nature and landscape. (I know which camp I’m in.) We’re all part of that history from early pilgrimages, to the 18th and 19th century Romantics venturing into the mountains to experience the sublime. On that thought I wandered on through the small, affluent village of Golant admiring the quaint cottages and expensive cars. (It’s curious how the homes of the previous rural poor have become the preserve of the wealthy.) Then I headed along a beautiful wooded track beside the creek, up over more fields. And, eventually, down into the ‘ancient town of Fowey’. Fowey, Where The Saints’ Way Ends But Not Without Chips! Fowey seen from across the river in Polruan, 2019 I pushed against the flow of tourists still out late in the day, along the estuary and narrow streets to a ‘posh’ fish and chip shop (another contradiction if you ask me!), where I bought an underwhelming bag of chips and a very tasty pickled onion. The chips were wrapped and I planned to eat them at the bus stop, because without my phone I had no idea when the next one was due. I rushed up a short sharp hill, then I saw a bus about to leave. I ran as best I could, flailing my free arm, thinking that most bus drivers actually enjoy driving off when they see someone struggling to get to the stop. But not this one. He waited, smiling. And he said my chips smelt wonderful. I got home a few hours later on a real hiker’s high and totally rejuvenated after weeks of flu. And I wanted a whole lot more… Thanks for reading, and happy hiking! Stephie x Take A Hike From Padstow To Fowey Plan Your Own Hike On The Saints’ Way In Cornwall Do you want to walk from Padstow to Fowey on The Saints’ Way too? If you’re inspired to give it a go head on over to to the Saints’ Way page in the Walking Routes section for more details. I think you’ll love it! Full Details>> Routes, Trip Reports, Walks in Cornwall Join the conversation - or start one! Cancel reply Follow and share the love! I’m Stephie and 10 Mile Hike is where women’s adventures are afoot. Join me and let’s go on a journey together! Amazon: Need To Know Some of my posts contain affiliate links to Amazon UK. Find out more here: Support 10 Mile Hike or click on the ‘A’ to head over to Amazon and start shopping. 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__label__wiki	0.777298	0.777298	Marvel Just Released Over 20 Hi-Res Avengers: Endgame Photos By David Pountain 10 months ago With exactly one month to go until the release of Avengers: Endgame, Marvel has been exceptionally generous with the promotional material today, sharing not just a whole load of brand new character posters, but also a batch of hi-res stills from the upcoming film. Unlike the character posters, these images don’t really show us anything that we haven’t literally seen before, in that they seem to all be taken from the movie’s trailers and TV spots. Nonetheless, if you’d like a quick recap of all the footage that the studio’s put out, or if you’d care to see the stills in a higher resolution than your average screenshot will allow, then feel free to browse the gallery below. Marvel Releases Over 20 Official Avengers: Endgame Stills At the moment, all of the promotional footage we’ve seen so far adds up to roughly 5-and-half-minutes, and that number becomes significantly less once you subtract all the flashbacks to previous Marvel movies that featured in the second trailer. Much of what we’ve witnessed is set in the Avengers Compound, which only figures seeing how the previews mostly consist of clips from the film’s early passages. Still, these images have given the theorists plenty to discuss and speculate over in recent month’s, from the scenes of Tony Stark trapped in space, to the all-too-brief Thanos footage, to the latest trailer’s hints that the Avengers HQ may come under attack. And while few plot details have been officially confirmed, most fans seem pretty happy to go into the movie relatively cold. With that in mind, we’ll find out just what these images aren’t showing us when Avengers: Endgame hits theaters on April 26th, but in the meantime, it’s expected that tickets will start going on sale very soon. Source: Marvel Studios News Tags: Avengers: Endgame	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2155
__label__wiki	0.76867	0.76867	Dorika Sallai/ October 5, 2019/ Home Art/ 0 comments She right after that began out in movies with comic characters. She did target mainly on comedies in her preliminary profession stage nevertheless the resourcefulness in her became truly clear obtaining a number of significant roles she performed at a later phase of her operate. Being a comic character Manorama had an desirable screen profile and she normally held the audience engaged. She did do significant roles alongside knowledgeable comedians of that period, and pulled it off properly. She moreover began play back singing at about the identical time frame. Her songs got accepted quite swiftly and she did get praise for her operate in the film Bommalattam. Off all the characters Manorama was essential to execute the character of a chatty girl that required to act dumb for the film Unakkum Vaalvu Varum. She performed the character with ease and was cherished by the viewers as well as the critics that Manorama images had been observed in all of the periodicals and Manorama videos on screens. From her very first film, a Sinhalese one particular to her last film, she continuously displayed her acting talents. Manorama had progressed from important comic characters to significant roles and it is stated that she is one particular of the really proficient stars in a variety of dialects of Tamil language, a feat hard to accomplish, yet she has accomplished nicely to train herself. This celebrity would continue becoming within the hearts of the South Indian men and women for several decades. She and then played the character of the quite expressive, loud speaking but soft hearted lady opposite experts. She had pointed out in an interview that she was extremely anxious to perform together with seasoned actors of her time. Her movie director was very supportive and assured the scenes of which she was a significant component could possibly be highlighting her consequently she was in a position to give a respectable performance in that film. She had taken just about every single obligation with simplicity and produced certain the Tamil film inudstry recognizes her possible with every single passing movie. Manorama has not performed lots of films in Hindi. She did one film opposite legendary comedian Mehmood. One of the most challenging roles she has had to play was that of a fifty year old lady who hasn’t married still. She had been able to portray this certain portion with ease and regardless of the truth that it totally was a rope-walk, she pulled it off pretty effectively. Her element produced the viewers amazed and her endeavor was treasured by film critics as nicely as colleagues in the Tamil film sector. She’s recognized to be the lady who may pull off both critical as nicely as comic characters with ease. Read Also – sonic fan art Quite payal in “Ore Bahawara” in Valentines Night has flaunted her incredibly art of being a accurate actress. In the song she has well portrayed herself as in a girlfriend whose condition got worse when her other half’s response let her know that he is trying to retain distance with her. Her pretty acts prove to be true and the situation in which she was captured, lots of young girls have to have gone via and they will start off imagining themselves in place of Payal Rohatgi when after they will see the video of the song. It is such a melodious song that you will start off singing it along. Manorama came into this world as Gopishanta within a small town in Tamil Nadu, India. She was born in a quite poor household and necessary to undertake some job at a incredibly younger age. She did lastly be provided a job as a drama performer. She was fantastic at her job and did many stage shows and dramas. She was afterwards offered the name Manorama by her movie director. She later on also worked as a play back singer and performed quite a couple of plays beneath the similar movie director, this practical experience offered her a good start off in films. Almost all the significant namesand people in the film generating and entertainment market have worked and acted for an indie film at some point of their acting career. It definitely is the best training ground if you want to make it in the scene. Soon after all, if you happen to be just starting out in the business, you come to be genuinely excited about a project, no matter how modest it is. Finding into the indie film scene is a way to get acting agencies in New York to see how good you are and that your talent can go far. You get to practice your craft Considering that indie films are low budget, you will not expect them to give you a huge trailer or dressing room. That “super star” treatment just won’t do mainly because it really is off spending budget. This is the very best way to maintain your feet on the ground and not to overlook that no matter how large and popular you turn out to be, you started out small. Payal Rohatgi and Sangram Singh have shot a film Valentine’s Evening. In this movie they have played as couple dating every single other.Sangram Singh and Payal Rohatgi caught making appreciate collectively….. She was afterwards offered the name Manorama by her movie director. When you hear of the word ‘petite,’ you possibly have the mental image of somebody tiny, perhaps a person who stands just 5 feet and beneath. Worse, you most likely think of someone like Peter Dinklage (of Game of Thrones fame). Most actors who make it big in the industry would advise new, upcoming actors and actresses to start off with indie films. Indie films, or independent films, are compact time productions produced by new and occasionally known directors and producers who do not sign the movie under huge film labels. The best thing about acting for an indie film, particularly if you have the major role, is that it tests you as an actor and how very good you can genuinely act. Due to the fact most of the subjects is indie films are “forbidden” or “banned” in mainstream film creating, you have to have to find a way to get into character and portray the function the greatest way you can. Indie films commonly have pretty provocative and taboo subjects, and many look at it as testing the limits of film creating. Starting out as an actor or actress in an indie film could just be your big break and aid increase your profession into a lot more mainstream and huge budget films. Preserve your foot in the ground What defines a petites model? The from “no one to a star” story It really is a foundation Quite a few of us know actors and actresses who had been once just extras and finally made a name for themselves. They most likely got a key role and got the consideration of big directors, producers and acting agencies in New York. Either way, they started with nothing at all and ended up gracing the silver screen as properly-known top actors. Read Also – brain clip art She after that started out in movies with comic characters. She did target mainly on comedies in her preliminary profession stage nonetheless the resourcefulness in her became really clear getting a quantity of significant roles she performed at a later phase of her perform. Being a comic character Manorama had an eye-catching screen profile and she generally held the audience engaged. She did do big roles alongside seasoned comedians of that period, and pulled it off effectively. She in addition began play back singing at about the same time frame. Her songs got accepted quite rapidly and she did receive praise for her function in the film Bommalattam. Off all the characters Manorama was necessary to carry out the character of a chatty girl that needed to act dumb for the film Unakkum Vaalvu Varum. She performed the character with ease and was cherished by the viewers as nicely as the critics that Manorama photos had been observed in all of the periodicals and Manorama videos on screens. From her 1st movie, a Sinhalese one particular to her final movie, she frequently displayed her acting talents. Manorama had progressed from significant comic characters to serious roles and it is stated that she is one particular of the quite proficient stars in various dialects of Tamil language, a feat tough to accomplish, but she has accomplished effectively to train herself. This celebrity would continue becoming inside the hearts of the South Indian folks for lots of decades. 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__label__cc	0.718715	0.281285	GENERAL - Antarctic and Arctic Proceedings of the symposium on Macquarie Island. Banks. M. R. and S. J. Smith, editors. Hobart: Antarctic Division, 1988. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. More Antarctica: the global warning. Copeland, Sebastian. Scoresby: Five Mile Press, 2008. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. The fate of Antarctica fortells the fate of the Earth. This rivetting collection of photographs and text reveals the true state of our global ecosystem and provides an undeniable and provactive call to action. More Proceedings of the NIPR Symposium on Polar Biology. Hoshiai, Takao, et al, edited by. Tokyo: National Institute of Polar Research, 1990. Octavo, black and white photographs, other illustrations, light wear wrappers, signature. More Southern light: images from Antarctica. Neilson, David. Emerald: Snowgum Press, 2012. Quarto, colour photographs. Fine copy in dustwrapper. This collection of outstanding landscape and wildlife photographs of Antarctica and the sub-Antarctic is the result of six journeys made to these southern lands by David Neilson. This Australian photographer has been the recipient of two Antarctic Arts Fellowships..... More Douglas Mawson: the survivor. Parer, David and Elizabeth Parer-Cook. Melbourne: Alella Books, 1983. Octavo, photographs, dustwrapper. More A complete guide to Arctic wildlife. Sale, Richard, Per Michelsen, and Richard Sale. Richmond Hill: Firefly Books, 2012. Octavo, colour photographs and illustrations, maps, softcover. This is the ideal guidebook to the wildlife of the Arctic, which is undergoing such a perilous change. Polar expert Richard Sale describes the ecological and human dynamics of the Arctic as a whole, with detailed information about..... More	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2174
__label__cc	0.705969	0.294031	Android News / All News / Sony Take Wraps of SmartWatch SW2; Higher-Res Display, Aluminum Body and NFC Pairing Launching September Sony Take Wraps of SmartWatch SW2; Higher-Res Display, Aluminum Body and NFC Pairing Launching September By Tom Dawson While the Smartwatch sector of the market might just be getting off of the ground, Sony have been right there from the beginning with their Live View wrist pieces. The problem with being early to a party is that you're not often that fashionable, this is left to the latecomers such as the Pebbl. Sony however, are not a company that give up and they've gone back to the drawing board and designed a much better, more sensible piece of technology that people will not only want to strap to their wrist but, they might actually want to use. Sony have thought long and hard about what was wrong with their original devices and made a device that's a lot more sensible, and looks a lot more like a traditional Android set-up. There are a number of improvements under the hood as well, let's take a look at those specs: 1.6-inch 220 x 176 Transflective display, which should make for a much better display in sunlight Full-touchscreen Standard fittings that allow for any 24mm band to be used with the device NFC Pairing Standard microUSB charging IP57 Rating for water resistance, which means you can wash your hands with it on and not worry but, this is not a watch to go swimming in 3-4 Days battery life Overall, Sony have really knuckled down to make this a much better device than the original and it looks like they've done just that. The use of NFC is pretty important as it makes pairing Android devices a lot easier, with just one tap you can be paired together which is a real boon for those that feel such a device might be fiddly to work with. The battery life has been drastically improved as well, with Sony claiming somewhere in the region of 3-4 days, which is much improved from their Live View watches. While the software is not actually Android, it looks a lot like any set-up from an Xperia released in the past two years, which we're sure Sony has done on purpose. Apps are important for a thing such as this and Sony are claiming that they have around 200 ready for consumption. These apps will allow to do a lot of things, such as check the weather, check your SMS, Twitter feed, Facebook, Google+ and more. It's exciting to think that these sort of devices will open up a whole new wave of apps. I'm pretty excited for this and you should be too. While Sony have not let any details slip about price, they have said that it's coming in September time, and we'd be shocked if Sony asked any more than $200 for this. So, what do you think, have Sony delivered the best incarnation of the smartwatch yet? 25th June 2013, Mobile Asia Expo, Shanghai – Sony Mobile Communications ("Sony Mobile") today introduces Sony SmartWatch 2 SW2, the most advanced smartwatch available. Sony SmartWatch 2 is a second screen for your Android smartphone that, as well as enhancing existing phone functionality, offers unique new benefits. Combining form and function in a sleek design, it serves as a multi-functional watch, notifier, Android app interface and phone remote control, all-in-one. Openness with Android App expandability is key to Sony SmartWatch 2. It can be personalised with more dedicated apps than any other smartwatch to seamlessly suit your needs, whether you are on the go, keeping active, in business meetings or simply at home. Download a host of SmartWatch apps and experience a range of unique functions – many of which can even be enjoyed without ever needing to reach for your phone: Handle your calls by a simple touch of your wrist Take a photo remotely from your SmartWatch, using a smart camera app Control your presentations remotely using Presentation Pal Taking a run or on the bike? Select a mapping app on SmartWatch to check your route with a quick glance at your wrist Read previously downloaded e-mails when not connected to your phone Use lifestyle apps like Runtastic to map and instantly track your fitness activities on the go Quickly and easily adjust the tracks and volume on your music player, without ever taking your phone from your pocket SmartWatch 2 is also both sleek and reassuringly robust thanks to its water and dust resistant design, giving you the freedom to enjoy it on the beach or simply on the go – come rain or shine. The best of Sony in a SmartWatch If you use Android, on either smartphone or tablet, Sony SmartWatch 2 is your ideal smartwatch partner. It's easy and convenient to access notifications from your wrist such as messages, calls, email, Facebookâ„¢/Twitterâ„¢, Calendar, or use it as a remote for your Walkmanâ„¢ or other digital media player. This wireless accessory is ideal for pairing with large-screen devices, such as the newly announced Xperiaâ„¢ Z Ultra, in situations which call for discrete usage. SmartWatch 2 introduces new features as a natural successor to the current Sony SmartWatch such as NFC connectivity for one-touch pairing, stunning premium design and a range of technologies including higher resolution for sharper viewing, better visibility even in sunlight, longer battery stamina, more intuitive interface, standalone watch functionality and a wide range of pre-installed and recommended apps. When not connected to your phone, SmartWatch 2 works as a standalone digital watch. Read previously received notifications, access the time, set your alarm or even use as a light when searching for your keys. SmartWatch 2 can also be personalised with any standard 24mm wristband and new Sony watchstraps will soon be available for further expression of your personal style. Tom Dawson Former Editor-in-Chief For years now I've had a heavy interest in technology, growing up with 8-bit computers and gaming consoles has fed into an addiction to everything that beeps. Android saved me from the boredom of iOS years ago and I love watching the platform grow. As an avid reader and writer nothing pleases me more than to write about the exciting world of Android, Google and mobile technology as a whole.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2176
__label__cc	0.693755	0.306245	How Would You Encourage Much more Ladies To Work In The Automotive Sector? Working in automotive industryAs an automotive engineer you are going to design and style, develop and manufacture cars such as vehicles, motorbikes, buses and trucks and their engineering systems. When folks are involved in a automobile accident or get a chip in their vehicle’s windshield, they could want the solutions of an automotive body or glass repairer. Body repairers focus on identifying harm to parts like the doors, panels or frames of a car or truck. Automotive glass repairers may possibly set up a new windshield or take measures to preserve cracks in a windshield from spreading. Though formal education in this field can be an asset (and is increasingly preferred by employers), it is achievable to turn out to be an automotive physique or glass repairer with a higher college diploma and on-the-job coaching. But before we get too far ahead of ourselves, there have to be great reasons for training listeners because it requires an investment in time and sources. There is also the query of external validity: Can the sound quality preferences of trained listeners be extrapolated to the preferences of untrained listeners, and does this hold accurate across diverse cultures? These concerns will be answered in the following sections. If you happen to be curious about operating in the automotive market, right here are examples of 5 varieties of careers you can pursue. How many locations stand behind their function 100% of the time, not ever providing excuses or saying “it really is fine”. With Cars for Keeps, it’s far more like, “I’m sorry, we¹ll repair it proper now” and then get it accomplished swift. 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A second explanation for education listeners is that they are in a position to report precisely what they like and dislike about the sound top quality utilizing well-defined, meaningful terms. This feedback can provide essential guidance for reengineering the item for optimal sound quality. Due to the fact automobiles are so popular and have so numerous intricacies, there are a variety of profession choices in the automotive industry. These six jobs that involve operating with cars all pay greater median salaries than that of all jobs, which the U.S. Bureau of … READ MORE Kelly Kent, Author At Experian Insights Industries Automotive UK Kent industries automotive ukThe Michael D. Solomon Entrepreneurship Speaker Series brings seasoned entrepreneurs and educators to campus each and every semester to share professional insights and wisdom with students and community members. Chatham-Kent’s economy has a base in the agricultural and automotive sectors. 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It all started in 1996 with the break-up of the joint venture among Godrej Soaps Ltd (GSL) and Proctor and Gamble (P&G). Post break-up, GSL was bereft of a distribution technique and had to start from scratch. As element of the rebuilding exercising, GSL recruited about 250 new staff who had to be aligned with its corporate culture. In 1997, GSL performed a Total Top quality Management (TQM) workshop for all its 5000 staff to aid them connect to their job. H.r. Coaching & Improvementauto & industrial paints corporation auto industrial paint lodi caAEE hired J.L.Smith, a advertising specialist, to support AEE expand sales by means of their new magazine. J.L. quickly developed a ficticious … READ MORE An Easier Way To Fix That Cracked Windshield Most people have likely incurred a cracked windshield at one time or another in their lives. Even just a small chip can be a nuisance, especially if it’s in your line of vision. It’s also a safety hazard. 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There are cameras and sensors on the car for collision avoidance and blind-spot monitoring. These systems can’t work properly if there are cracks across the windshield. Not all vehicles have ADAS, so check your owner’s manual ahead of time and let the windshield repair company know if you do have it. That’s because the windshield may need to be re-calibrated after the installation to make sure all the safety systems are in sync and working together again. It’s easy to take the windshield for granted, after all, you can’t really see it, but it is an important part of the overall safety systems your car has in place. In newer cars, all of the safety systems are interlinked and meant to work together. But if the windshield has a crack or a … READ MORE Pros And Cons Of Teflon Coating On Cars Painting Process In Automotive Industry Ppt Painting Process In Automotive Industry PptThe body is built up on a separate assembly line from the chassis. 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Automobile Technologies of the Future. Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc., 1991. Minor scratch protection: Teflon is a thick clear coat surface that is quite slippery. It protects the cars surface from swirl marks and scratches triggered by dust and cleaning with a dirty cloth. Polyplastics Industries India Pvt. Ltd. ASK Automotive Pvt. Ltd. Nicks Auto Industries Pvt. Ltd. Automotive PaintPainting Process In Automotive Industry Ppt Painting Process In Automotive Industry PptOne portion and two portion formulations are often referred to as 1k and 2k respectively. 7 OEM (original gear manufacture) clear coats applied to the metal bodies of cars are typically 1K systems since they can be heated to about 140 deg C to effect cure. The clear coats applied to the plastic components like the bumpers and wing mirrors nevertheless are 2K systems considering that they can generally only accept temperatures up to about 90 deg C. 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__label__cc	0.51467	0.48533	LETS GET TOGETHER NOW FOR THE WORLD FAMOUS “The Apollo has always been a source of pride for the community and for Harlem.” - Dick Parsons, Apollo Theater Foundation Chairman Get up, get out, get involved in Apollo Community activities. Community Programs extend the Apollo Theater’s commitment to enhancing the community. Through free programs designed to engage youth, adults, schools, families, artists, and community-based organizations, community outreach activities build on the Apollo's rich history as a cultural and economic anchor to the greater Harlem area and New York City. Participate in cross-cultural dialogue and debate APOLLO UPTOWN HALL The Apollo Theater continues to be a gathering place and “town hall” for local community residents as well as people from all across New York City. This has been demonstrated by the huge turnouts and responses here to events such as the Bradley-Gore presidential debate, President Obama’s election campaign and presidential election night outcome, and the losses of Michael Jackson and James Brown. Uptown Hall creatively and uniquely weaves panel discussions, video, texting, and live performances to enhance and develop an interactive forum for the community to discover and/or address key issues. A critical component of Uptown Hall is that the Apollo partners with other organizations to develop more diverse audiences to create a vital space for dialogue. Past Uptown Hall presenters have included Harry Belafonte, Majora Carter, David N. Dinkins, Michael Brandon Dougherty, Michael Eric Dyson, Nelson George, Melissa Harris-Perry, Akemi Kechiyama, Felicia Mabuza-Suttle, Khalil Muhammad, Al Sharpton, Melinda Weeks-Laidlaw, and Armstrong Williams. WNYC and the Apollo Theater present MLK Uptown Hall A free annual event, presented on Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Weekend in January. Traditionally co-hosted by Brian Lehrer, WNYC’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at the Apollo Theater is a special edition of the Apollo’s Uptown Hall series. It brings together Harlem audiences with scholars, community leaders, and activists to engage in conversation about King’s legacy and how his teachings affect us. Excepts from previous MLK Uptown Hall events are available online: Audio Excerpt Video Excerpt Step onto the storied Apollo Stage A free annual event, presented during Black History Month in February. In celebration of African-American History Month, the Apollo Theater opens its doors for a free afternoon of community programming. Visitors have the opportunity to explore the Theater and step onto the legendary stage where many of the biggest icons in entertainment have launched their careers. Apollo Tour Director and Ambassador, Billy Mitchell, traditionally hosts this event. Relish the sights, sounds and rhythms of Harlem HARLEM WEEK A free annual event, presented in August. Since 1974, this neighborhood-wide annual festival celebrates the wonders of the Harlem community. Over the years it has expanded into a month long celebration including these Apollo presented events. The Apollo is a proud exhibitor during this free, outdoor cultural event that features a variety of events sure to interest attendees. Entertainers, exhibitors, and vendors honor the grand village of Harlem and provide delicious foods, arts & crafts, clothing, and much more. Amateur Night at the Apollo Celebrates Harlem Week Every August, in addition to the excitement generated from our first-class amateurs and hosts, during the Amateur Night at the Apollo celebrations of HARLEM WEEK, the audience is treated to special performances. Previous Harlem-connected hosts and performers have included Alyson Williams, Doug E. Fresh, Freddie Jackson, the Harlem School of the Arts, Kool Moe Dee, and Pucho and the Latin Soul Brothers. Harlem residents get the added HARLEM WEEK bonus of experiencing these terrific Amateur Night at the Apollo shows for a discounted price. To take advantage of this special discount offer, Harlem residents must present a valid photo ID and proof of residence when purchasing tickets for these shows at the Apollo Box Office. Restrictions may apply. HARLEM WEEK’s HARLEM DAY The Apollo Theater presents The Apollo Hour, featuring live performances from our Amateur Night at the Apollo show and other special guests. This all takes place on HARLEM DAY’s free, outdoor main stage. The Apollo also returns as an exhibitor on this day annually, providing all attendees with entertaining experiences. Ring in the Holidays with Festive, Family Fun COCA-COLA WINTER WONDERLAND A free annual event, presented in December. Under the twinkling lights of its famous marquee, The Apollo Theater and Coca-Cola invite you to bring the family for holiday-themed activities including picture taking with Santa Claus, giveaways, and amazing performances. The Apollo Theater’s Tour Director and Ambassador, Billy Mitchell, traditionally hosts Coca-Cola Winter Wonderland. Additionally, in the spirit of giving, the Apollo is a designated location for a toy and book drive benefiting charities servicing children in need. We accept new or used toys, CDs, and books, in good condition, suitable for boys and girls ages 3 to 18. We also accept new clothing for children and teenagers. The donations may be brought inside the theater and dropped in our donation box during the holiday season. All donations should be unwrapped, please. Kwanzaa Celebration REGENERATION NIGHT Presented annually in December. Since 2006, the Apollo has presented Kwanzaa Celebration: Regeneration Night to rejoice in this holiday tradition with lively dance and music honoring the principles of Kwanzaa: family, community, and culture. Kwanzaa Celebration: Regeneration Night features the renowned Forces of Nature Dance Theatre. More Information Get Tickets Get access to free tickets for your community organization TICKET SUBSIDY PROGRAM The Apollo offers free-of-charge tickets each year to numerous nonprofits. If you are the Director of a New York City-based and focused nonprofit that services New York City families who are at or beneath the poverty line, and you’d like the Apollo to consider adding your organization to our ticket subsidy list, please contact the Apollo Community Relations Department. The Apollo continuously strives to keep our ticket prices as widely affordable as possible. Join the free Apollo A-list to receive emails messages with discount and low cost ticket information. 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__label__wiki	0.738346	0.738346	Apple Accounting Services Ltd enquires@appleaccounting.co.uk Investments, pensions & financing Partnership tax Payroll bureau Qdos Insurance Products Secure Document Exchange With offices in Waltham Abbey and Hertford we are an independent firm of Chartered Management Accountants and Business Advisors. Our client base is varied and ranges from private clients through to larger companies covering many industry sectors. Christmas Closing Dates We are closed from Friday 21st December at 1:00 pm and reopen on Wednesday 2nd January. Download our FREE Apple Accounting App Keeping you up to date with all the latest financial facts and figures VAT receipts reach record level of £133 billion New Advisory Fuel Rates Wages rise at the fastest rate in a decade Posted in Latest News on October 1, 2019 According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), averages wages in the UK are growing at their fastest rate since 2008. The ONS has revealed that average earnings, including bonuses, grew by four per cent in the four months between May and July. This is the highest rate in a decade and means that wages in the UK have been rising above the rate of inflation for 18 consecutive months. Even with bonuses removed, average wages in the UK grew by 3.8 per cent during the same period. Pay has been boosted in recent years for many employees thanks to higher rates of employment and the Government’s increases to the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage. David Freeman, Head of Labour Market statistics at the ONS, said: “Including bonuses, wages are now growing at four per cent a year in cash terms for the first time since 2008. Once adjusted for inflation, they have now gone above two per cent for the first time in nearly four years.” Tej Parikh, Chief Economist at the Institute of Directors, added: “At a testing time, the labour market is surpassing expectations, though there are early signs the jobs boom could be cooling down. As so many people have entered work, there has been an uplift to household incomes which has helped to keep consumers ticking. “For a long time, businesses have been eager to expand their workforce despite difficult economic conditions. With the supply of available workers shrinking and uncertainty lingering, firms are now beginning to dial down their recruitment ambitions.” Link: Earnings and working hours HM Revenue & Customs has started carrying out PAYE tax investigations remotely Renovated homes that have been empty for two years can qualify for a reduced rate of VAT I am happy to receive newsletters and promotional information from Apple Accounting Services Ltd. If you would like to see full details of our data practices please visit our Privacy Policy and if you have any questions please email enquiries@appleaccounting.co.uk. © 2020 Apple Accounting Services Ltd Terms and Conditions \| Privacy Policy \| Cookie Policy \| Sitemap Registered office: 12b Sun Street, Waltham Abbey, Essex, EN9 1EE Registered in England 6133780 \| VAT No. 858 6213 00 Website by JE Consulting We use cookies to help us understand how this website is used by our visitors. By continuing to use this site you are giving us your consent to do this. Find out more. I am happy with cookies	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2183
__label__cc	0.540373	0.459627	watch The Apparition (2018) MPAA Ratings: NH Language: English, French, Italian The Apparition Synopsis: The Apparition is a 2018 movie . In this movie a solitary man, suffering from severe tinnitus, accompanies a coffin onto a plane on the tarmac of a Middle-Eastern country in the midst of conflict. His profession? War correspondent. His mission? “To bring back evidence and images of the injustice and folly of our world.” A mission that is certainly challenged by the death of a colleague and friend. And that is the person , to his surprise which is so great (no longer a practicing Catholic despite being baptised), that the Vatican asks to participate in a canonical investigation into an 18-year-old girl claiming to have seen the Virgin Mary in South-East France, threatening to “disturb public order” in the local area. And so begins The Apparition , the new film by Xavier Giannoli. A director with an eye for lifting the veil on subjects that are often intriguing and always stimulating, and whose career has been punctuated by several festival appearances (in competition at Cannes in 2006 and 2009 with The Singer band In the Beginning , and at Venice with Superstar in 2012 and Marguerite in 2015). Here we find our journalist (an excellent performance by Vincent Lindon) and jacques , immersed in a religious affair whose key issues he knows little about. The framework for starters (a short coming which he makes up for by visiting the Holy Office archives, overflowing with files on appearances reported all over the world), as well as the all procedures like investigation setting up meetings with the other members of the commission (a psychiatrist, a theologian, a priest, etc), and then the definition of the evaluation criteria ( her message in relation to the doctrine, and her potential as a source of devotion). The condition in which they does not mention the irrational, due to which they manifests itself by way of a confrontation with the power of faith that brings Anna to life, attracting a cohort of overjoyed pilgrims, protected by the (Patrick D’Assumçao) and fussed over by an economic organisation (posters and related objects) led by a man called Anton (Anatole Taubman). From result of the scientific tests, from looking for witnesses to deciphering the girl’s past, from disconcerting coincidences to personal questions, Jacques will plunge into mystical territory in order to conferm whether or not the very moving and charismatic Anna is telling the truth. An exciting film, The Apparition handle to create and maintain suspense like police – style on a theme that doesn’t obviously develop as it might do on paper, thus allowing the filmmaker to focus on the area which is ever – fluctuating between belief and doubt, truth and lies. someone looking through the eyes of the two main protagonists, known as the humanist exploration , which benefits from highly evocative décor and some excellent work by Eric Gautier as the director of photography. The “resolution” of the plot , known as Nevertheless, closing the loop perhaps a little too perfectly, won’t fail to surprise the audience and provoke questions. A mystery of faith, perhaps, but not a mortal sin for a film that succeeds in transubstantiating a great cinematic ambition into a narrative that intelligently captures the viewer’s attention.This film is Produced by Curiosa Films, The Apparition is sold internationally by Memento who will screen the film at theEuropean Film Market at the 68th Berlin Film Festival (from February 15 february to 25 february 2018) and who will also be distributing the film in French cinemas on 14 February. Director: Xavier Giannoli Writer: Jacques Fieschi, Xavier Giannoli StarCast: Anatole Taubman, Elina Löwensohn, Galatéa Bellugi, Patrick d'Assumçao, Vincent Lindon Producer: Olivier Delbosc Company: Curiosa Films, Gabriel, Proximus Rent / Buy The Apparition Movie ONline Watch The Apparition Movie Online ← God Bless the Broken Road The Predator → Search Movies / TV Shows Uri: The Surgical Str... Release Date: Jan 11, 2019 Genre: Action, Drama Runtime: 138 min Game of thrones seaso... Release Date: Apr 21, 2019 Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy Runtime: 86 min Agnyaathavaasi Release Date: Jan 10, 2018 Genre: Action, Drama Runtime: 2h 45 min min Release Date: May 03, 2019 Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy Runtime: 87 min Release Date: May 19, 2019 Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy Runtime: 62 min Copyright © 2020 - All Movies Tv shows.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2184
__label__cc	0.641738	0.358262	Cast : Ian McKellen, Milo Parker, Laura Linney Screenplay : Jeffrey Hatcher Release : June 19, 2015 Director : Bill Condon Genre : Drama, Mystery Country : UK \| USA Stream Now Rob's Rating : Tim's Rating : Bang for your Buck : Mr. Holmes (2015) Posted by Tim Brayton Posted on Jan - 5 - 2016 15 Comments A review in brief There are certain casting choices that are so ineffably perfect that it's impossible for the reality to match up to the fantasy one concocts upon learning of them. "Ian McKellen as a geriatric Sherlock Holmes in 1947" is, for me, one such bit of casting, and sure enough, Mr. Holmes (for that is the movie in which that marriage of actor and character takes place) turns out to be far less exciting in practice than in theory. This is at least in part because it's not really the "old Holmes solves one last case, despite being a long-retired country gentleman" scenario that one might hope for, but the bigger part is what replaced it: "an old man fighting hard against the loss of his memory painfully, and with only some success, reconstructs a series of not particularly interesting events that transpired decades earlier, while being somewhat annoying to the people responsible for taking care of his 93-year-old ass". This is, if nothing else, not a tremendously difficult challenge for McKellen to meet. Sure enough, his portrayal of a cantankerous, doddering old man is flawlessly done, but also somewhat generic. This is for McKellen exactly the same kind of exercise that The Last Station was for Helen Mirren or Philomena was for Judi Dench: a slightly complicated but basically standard-issue role that doesn't require much from the British acting legend who needs to do little more than recite lines in a sufficiently prickly tone to win loving applause from the kind of audience that can be relied upon to watch these movies. It's even less of a challenge for Laura Linney, heartbreakingly underused and damnably ineffective as the put-upon housekeeper, Mrs. Munro, irritated by Holmes's behavior while her young son Roger (Milo Parker) falls under the old man's spell. Stuck with no arc and a terrible accent, Linney is an active detriment to the film, throwing cold water on the pleasant momentum it's sometimes able to build up. It doesn't help that her character has a tendency to force the movie into its most uninteresting directions; it's the very definition of a thankless role, and Linney sinks to its level. Still, Mr. Holmes ends up being at least a little bit charming. Bill Condon's direction (in what is, for all intents and purposes, a remake of his McKellen-starring Gods and Monsters) is lighthearted in ways that Jeffrey Hatcher's solemn adaptation of Mitch Cullin's novel isn't, particularly in the flashback segments set in the '20s - not that the film makes particularly good use of either of its time periods. Watching McKellen play-act dementia could quickly turn into a dreary exercise, but Condon is exactly the director to keep the actor focused on creating a truthful character without it becoming a grim agony. It's the perfect movie to watch on cable with your dad with only minor regret; worse fates have befallen Sherlock Holmes, though I'd much rather watch the campy '40s-style Holmes picture that puts in a cameo appearance. Categories: art films for middlebrow people, british cinema, crimes against art, domestic dramas, gangster pictures, joyless mediocrity, mysteries, sequels, sports films, the dread biopic, travelogues Spotlight (2015) By the Sea (2015)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2188
__label__cc	0.671205	0.328795	When an argument at home gets particularly tense, sometimes things can turn physical. Sometimes, it's a mistake made in the heat of the moment. Sometimes, it's innocent contact that later becomes exaggerated. Sometimes, no physical altercation occurs, but an accusation does, due to a misunderstanding or due to a spouse trying to win a custody fight or other legal battle. Philadelphia Domestic Assault Lawyer Regardless of the specific circumstances behind the domestic assault charges against you, you could be facing severe penalties and civil actions that can completely disrupt your life. A Philadelphia domestic assault lawyer from Alva & Shuttleworth, LLC, though, can take on your case and show the jury the weaknesses in the accusations against you. We will work to have illegally obtained or otherwise inadmissible evidence suppressed so the charges against you might be reduced or dismissed. We can also represent you during any Protection from Abuse (PFA) hearings that may arise as a result of the accusations. Call us today at (215) 665-1695 to set up a consultation. We can represent those accused of domestic assault throughout the Philadelphia area, including Delaware County, Bucks County, Montgomery County and Chester County, and throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Overview of Domestic Assault Under Pennsylvania Law Defining Domestic Assault Charges in Pennsylvania Felony vs. Misdemeanor Assault Charges in Philadelphia PFA Orders in Pennsylvania Domestic Assault Cases Domestic violence involves any one of several acts, including assault, against a member of your household. The accuser could be a spouse, former spouse, person you live with or used to live with, person you share an intimate relationship with, child, parent, current or former sex partner, or other person related by blood or marriage. Domestic assault is not a charge separate from assault; you are charge with simply assault in criminal court. However, a domestic assault has civil ramifications, such as Protections From Abuse Orders. The criminal matters against you may involve either misdemeanor assault or felony assault charges. Both are serious. Misdemeanor assault includes simple assault. Simple assault involves intentionally, knowingly or recklessly causing or attempting to cause bodily injury to another, reckless causing bodily injury with a deadly weapon, or intentionally, by physical menace, putting another person in fear of serious bodily injury. For simple assault against an adult, you could face up to two years in prison and a $5,000 fine. If the victim was a child younger than 12, punishment could be up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Aggravated assault is a felony. Aggravated assault involves assault with serious bodily injury or a deadly weapon. If it was merely a weapon, you could face up to 10 years in prison and a fine up to $25,000. If serious bodily injury was involved, the maximum prison time is 20 years and the maximum fine is also $25,000. Domestic assault accusations are very likely to be accompanied by a Protection From Abuse Order (PFA). A PFA against you can severely disrupt your life. It will prevent you from going anywhere near the victim, including the victim's home — even if you share that home. You may not be able to go near the victim's work or school. You may be prohibited from possessing a firearm and your child custody rights may be removed. A PFA will involve a hearing. At the hearing, your Philadelphia domestic violence lawyer can explain to the judge why a PFA is unwarranted, or why you deserve the fewest restrictions possible. Finding the Best Philadelphia Domestic Assault Attorney Being accused of domestic violence can be as heartbreaking as it is frightening. Your Philadelphia domestic assault lawyer from Alva & Shuttleworth, LLC will stand by your side the whole time, fighting for you. We can represent you both in the civil matters of a PFA hearing and in criminal court. Call us today at (215) 665-1695 to schedule a consultation. Name * Phone Email * Email * Subject * 14 plus 4 = * Briefly describe your legal situation *	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2192
__label__cc	0.729289	0.270711	Tag Archives: @PhoebeTonkin Meet IMBROGLIO star Noel Valentine IMBROGLIO star Noel Valentine agreed to this interview with Kathryn E Jones for her blog A river of stones a while back and both Noel and Kathryn have said I can reproduce it here on my blog. Given Noel is the star of my novel IMBROGLIO I’m pleased to be able to add it to my website IMBROGLIO page. Buy at your favourite bookshop Imbroglio \| Automaton \| Tapestries \| 25 Writing Tips Hello Noel, lovely to meet you. Thank you for agreeing to be interviewed. There are so many questions I’d love to ask you about David and why you got involved but that would spoil the surprise for readers who haven’t yet discovered you. So I’m going to keep them general. Would you tell me a little about yourself (where you live, who you are, what you look like, what you hope to achieve, etc.) My name is Noel Valentine –Alana hijacked my story for her conspiracy mystery thriller IMBROGLIO. I live in a studio apartment in Elisabeth Bay on Sydney Harbour. I work in the city as a PR consultant with William T Hall Advertising. I’m 25, 5’8”, pretty slim, have longish dark hair and my eyes … I like to say topaz with green flecks. These scars on my hands and arms—it’s okay to ask about them—the doctors say they won’t look so bad after a while. It’s only been a few weeks … I was on holiday in Cairns in Queensland and was behind a car that ran off the road down an embankment. It burst into flames. I managed to pull one of the men out but not the other—the police say he was dead already. And I got these burns. Phoebe Tonkin, the Australian actor the author would choose to play IMBROGLIO star Noel Valentine if a film version were made. Photo from ThePlace2.ru The view Noel has from her studio apartment in Elisabeth Bay, Sydney. Photo by Alana Woods As for aims in life; once it was to be at the top of the PR game but that was before … well, before things went haywire. For the last couple of years it’s just been putting one foot in front of the other every day. But since all that’s happened in the last couple of months I’ve been able to look at the bigger picture again and I have to say that life has improved. I’m thinking that maybe I’ll stick around to grow old after all. I swim. I find it incredibly relaxing mentally. My father taught me when I was little. Most mornings I’ll swim at Coogee but my parents have a pool and if the weather’s no good I’ll duck over to their place and do a few laps. What is your favorite colour and why? White. I know people say it isn’t a colour but I like it. It’s not the only colour I wear but it’s what’s predominantly in my wardrobe. What is your favorite food? Why is it your favorite? I been known to have fads ☺ Last one was Italian, current one is Thai. Why? The flavours. What would you say is your biggest quirk? Gloves! Ever since my hands and arms were burnt. I can’t go into a shop now without making a beeline for the gloves section. The last ones I bought were these lovely little lacy things, like gossamer, but enough to disguise the scars. What is it about your antagonist that irks you the most, and why? That would be Nick Donaldson, the lawyer managing Gem Techtronics. Everyone thinks he’s an upstanding pillar of society but he’s a criminal and one day I’ll prove it. And he’s a sleaze, which really is the icing on the cake. He cornered me on his motor cruiser the other night; it was a work thing and I was there with William. Such a sleaze! What or who means the most to you in your life? What, if anything, would you do to keep him/her/it in your life? Family. Definitely. I lost my dad when I was young. Mum remarried a terrific chap. And I have two younger half brothers who drive me insane but I love them to bits. I’d do anything to keep them in my life. What one thing would you like readers to know about you that may not be spelled out in the book in which you inhabit? I’m not a manipulative bitch. I know, given what’s happening, there’s a tendency for people to think I am. But, please, look a bit closer at the circumstances and what I’m trying to do before making up your mind about me. If you could tell your writer (creator) anything about yourself that might turn the direction of the plot, what would it be? Don’t put me in the water! I can sort out my issues without being put in that kind of life-or-death situation. Ask me any question. I’ve always wanted to know what a character thinks about writers like myself. I’ve been wanting to get this off my chest for a while now, ever since I found out Alana had written a warts-and-all about my life without consulting me. Why do writers believe they can do that? Write someone’s story without asking first. And why do they feel entitled to include the most intimate of details; things, at least as far as I’m concerned, I’d never in a million years have revealed to my mother let alone the world. Noel, thank you so much! You can find IMBROGLIO star Noel Valentine and read her story in IMBROGLIO Phoebe Tonkin’s IMDb page @PhoebeTonkin This interview first appeared Kathryn E Jones’ blog A river of stones Read my interview with David Cameron Chat on January 1, 2016 Character Interviews@PhoebeTonkin, Australian actors, Australian fiction, Australian film stars, book characters, book stars, film stars, imbroglio, Noel ValentineAlana Woods	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2196
__label__cc	0.540207	0.459793	MilleMiglia The Program MilleMiglia Kids Everything you need to know about the MilleMiglia Program: from dedicated services to exclusive privileges for you and your family. Elenco Pagine sezione Program news Why join? Online Services and Social Regulations MilleMiglia Corporate MilleMiglia Young MilleMiglia Kids Expiration of miles Millemiglia Member Services DO YOU HAVE CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN 2 AND 13 YEARS OLD? EARN MILES WHEN YOUR CHILDREN FLY ALITALIA. YOUNG TRAVELERS MEAN MORE MILES FOR YOU If you are not already a MilleMiglia member, join now. If you are a member, register your child's details and receive an identification code, which you can use immediately to earn miles on your account. Remember to give your identification code at check-in every time your child travels on Alitalia flights. The miles your child earns for each single flight will be credited to the account of the parent that the child is linked to, according to the current MilleMiglia Program regulations, up to a maximum of 100% of the miles flown (= base miles). Members with children between 2 and 13 years old can earn miles on their own account for flights operated by Alitalia (with AZ flight code on the ticket) taken by their children. Each child can be linked to the MilleMiglia code of one parent only, with the prior agreement and authorization of the other parent. A MilleMiglia member may have more than one child linked to their account. To activate this program, the parent must fill out the form available on the website. It can take up to 30 days to assign the child's identification code and activate the program in Alitalia's systems while the necessary checks are carried out. The miles that your child earns for each single flight will only be credited to the account of the parent that the child is linked with, and only for flights taken after the identification code assigned to the child has been provided, and according to the MilleMiglia Program regulations in force at the time of the flight, up to a maximum of 100% of the miles flown (= base miles), even if the fare has a higher mileage value. The miles earned with the flights taken by the child cannot be used to renew or gain access to the Exclusive Clubs. Parents cannot earn promotional miles for flights taken by their child. Miles start to be earned immediately following activation of the program in Alitalia systems and are credited to the parent's account whether the child flies unaccompanied, with the parent or with a third party. Missing miles may be requested within four months of the flight as per the rules of the Program. In no case may missing miles be requested for flights made during the four months prior to activating the link between the child and the parent, that is to say before Alitalia sent the child's identification code. It is possible to change the parent that the child is linked to by contacting the Customer Center or by faxing the form available on the website, following the instructions provided by Customer Service. The change request must be made by the parent to whom the child is currently linked. Once the change is complete, the miles for the child's flights will be credited to the account of the other parent. Where the email address provided by the parent at the time of registration with the program is different to that held in the Alitalia database, it will replace the previous email address in Alitalia systems. The new email address will be used for all future MilleMiglia communications. Once the child turns 14 years of age, the child's link to the parent's account will automatically end. The child can confirm membership of the MilleMiglia Program by providing his or her identification code when making his or her first flight transaction. From then on, the child's identification code will become his or her MilleMiglia code and all miles will be credited to his or her personal account. Alitalia declines all responsibility for any false information provided by members, who are punishable pursuant to Articles 483, 495, 496 of the Italian Penal Code and applicable laws. JOIN THE MILLEMIGLIA PROGRAM REGISTER YOUR CHILD'S DETAILS Program news Why join? Online Services and Social Regulations MilleMiglia Corporate MilleMiglia Young MilleMiglia Kids Expiration of miles Millemiglia Member Services	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2198
__label__wiki	0.98745	0.98745	Israeli strikes kill 40 in Lebanon A series of Israeli air strikes have killed at least 40 civilians across Lebanon and forced the closure of Beirut's international airport. Smoke rises at Beirut's interna-tional airport after Israeli strikes Israel launched the raids after Hezbollah, the Lebanese political and military organisation, attacked northern Israel on Wednesday killing eight soldiers and abducting two. Hezbollah responded to Thursday's airstrikes with further rocket attacks against Israeli towns, killing one woman in the city of Nahariya. Beirut's new Rafiq al-Hariri airport was closed after Israeli jets bombed its runways on Thursday morning. The Israeli military confirmed that its aircraft carried out attacks on the airport. "The airport is used as a central hub for the transfer of weapons and supplies to the Hezbollah terrorist organisation," an Israeli army spokesman said. The airport's three runways have all been damaged and flights will not resume for several days. Civilian flights to Beirut have been diverted to Cyprus. Israel also announced that its navy had entered Lebanese territorial waters to blockade Lebanon's ports. It also bombed bridges linking south Lebanon to the rest of the country and hit the Beirut offices of Hezbollah's Al-Manar television station, Aljazeera's correspondent in Beirut said. The attack killed one Hezbollah fighter. Three more employees were injured in another raid on the channel's offices in Beirut's southern suburbs. In southern Lebanon, 10 members of the Adil Akashi family and seven members from the family of Muneer al-Zain family were among those killed in the Israeli bombings, an Aljazeera correspondent said. The grandmother of slain Israeli soldier Shani Turgeman grieves Hezbollah said it had responded to the airstrikes by firing 60 rockets at Israeli city of Nahariya, just south of the Lebanese border. Israel's Magen David Adom ambulance service said that one 40-year-old woman was killed when a rocket fired from Lebanon hit her house in Nahariya. The Israeli army also said that Hezbollah had fired a number of rockets and mortars at other areas in northern Israel. One rocket landed in the Israeli town of Zarit, wounding one civilian. Others injured 11 civilians in the town of Safed. Also on Thursday, Hezbollah threatened to strike the northern Israeli city of Haifa and surrounding areas if Beirut and its southern suburbs are hit by the Israeli military. "The Islamic Resistance declares that it will shell the city of Haifa and surrounding areas if the southern suburbs and Beirut are the target of a direct Israeli aggression," it said in a statement. Israeli casualties On Wednesday, the two Israeli soldiers were seized at about 9am (0600 GMT), across the border from Aita al-Shaab, 15km from the Mediterranean coast. Three Israeli soldiers died in the raid, while four more were killed when their tank ran over a landmine. The eighth soldier died while helping to recover the tank, the Israeli army said. Israeli officials said the air attacks aimed to exert pressure on the Lebanese government to prevent Hezbollah launching cross-border attacks. The Israeli prime minister described Wednesday's attack as an act of war by Lebanon and promised a "severe response". The government approved miltary action against Hezbollah after an emergency cabinet meeting. Prisoner swap wanted Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Hezbollah, said the soldiers had been seized to push Israel to release prisoners. Nasrallah: O nly feasible path to free detainees from Israeli jails "What we did ... is the only feasible path to free detainees from Israeli jails," he told a news conference in Beirut. But Israel said on Thursday that it would not swap prisoners held in its jails for the two captured soldiers. Gideon Meir, an Israeli foreign ministry official, said: "You don't negotiate with terror organisations." Hezbollah celebration Nasrallah said Hezbollah had repelled an Israeli force that tried to enter Lebanon to find the captured soldiers. Footage on Al-Manar television showed a smouldering Israeli jeep. It also showed smoke rising from an Israeli border post. Hezbollah supporters set off fire crackers and distributed sweets in the streets of Beirut in celebration of the attack. Israel bombarded Lebanon from land, sea and air Mothers of Lebanese prisoners in Israeli jails expressed hope to Aljazeera that the Hezbollah attack could increase the possibility of their relatives being freed, while in Gaza the families of some Palestinian prisoners also welcomed the attack. Israeli troops have not struck so far into Lebanon since they withdrew from the southern border area in 2000. Hezbollah's Shia fighters had waged an 18-year guerilla campaign against them following the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982. SOURCE: Aljazeera + Agencies	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2200
__label__cc	0.72527	0.27473	Home > About > Armanino Releases 23rd Annual Law Firm Benchmarking Survey: Pressures on Law Firms Continue to Mount Armanino Releases 23rd Annual Law Firm Benchmarking Survey: Pressures on Law Firms Continue to Mount LOS ANGELES, Calif. (December 13, 2016) – Armanino LLP, the largest independent accounting and business consulting firm based in California, today released the findings of its most recent Southern California Law Firm Compensation, Billing Rates and Benefits Survey. The survey provides unique and important insights that help law firms guide operating strategy. The highlight of the 2016 report is the $119,000 average base salary for local first year associates. While compensation levels can vary significantly across practice areas, this is a surprising statistic given recent announcements that Am Law 100 firms have increased salaries for new attorneys to a staggering $180,000. This year’s survey found a continuation of the profit challenges that have faced traditional law firms since the Great Recession, as expectations of growth remain tempered while costs march higher. Nearly half of the almost 200 firms surveyed expect little to no revenue growth over the next two years, reflecting the softening client demand for legal services. Clients’ legal options have expanded with more work being retained in-house, and as a result, local law firms are reporting average billable hours have declined by nearly seven percent over the past four years, while billing rates remain stuck at 2012 levels. The Armanino Survey also highlights the acute impact of this trend on the type of work being sent to outside law firms. With greater ability to do routine legal work themselves, clients are less willing to pay for junior staff hours. Average billable hours for paralegals with less than ten years of experience have dropped 16 percent in the past four years, while attorneys in their first four years of practice have seen their hours reduced by four percent. Despite the reduced billable hours and flat rates, total compensation for attorneys has gone up five percent over the past four years, while paralegals have seen increases of 15 percent. At the other end of the spectrum, partners in local law firms are working harder than ever to maintain their compensation levels: their hours are up by 10 percent since 2012, but their total pay has not kept pace at seven percent growth. Managing partners have responded by slashing non-attorney expenses by 20 percent over the past four years, but this year’s survey is finding that limits are starting to be reached on such cost-cutting programs, as major fixed costs of employee salaries, office rents and insurance continue to rise. The pressure to maintain profitability has now started to affect attorney hiring, as the ratio of associates to equity partners has declined by 15 percent since 2012. “The annual Southern California Law Firms Compensation Survey provides the most precise view of how law firms in the region are managing compensation and billing rates for their employees,” said David Roberts, managing partner of Armanino’s Law Firm Services Group. “Firms who want to stay competitive in the Southern California region need to know market rate expectations for top talent. Our annual survey provides the HR and finance organization with details fine-tuned to their needs by position, experience and even practice area.” Nearly 200 law firms in Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties were surveyed across nearly 100 positions, including partners, attorneys, paralegals, legal secretaries, administrators and more. The report details competitive compensation, billing rates, hours and staff ratios across many demographic segments including practice areas, locations, firm sizes and positions. To learn how to access a copy of the survey, please reach Crystal Lee at crystal.lee@armaninollp.com or visit https://lawfirmsurvey.armaninollp.com/. About Armanino’s Law Firm Services Group Armanino has been a trusted partner to law firms for 30 years, guiding them through the complex issues facing this mature industry. It is the only firm in the Western U.S. with a combined consulting and accounting practice that is exclusively dedicated to serving the business needs of law firms. Armanino's experienced professionals provide a full spectrum of advisory services including strategic planning, partner compensation design, profitability analysis & benchmarking, operating process improvement, mergers & acquisitions support and tax services for law firms and their partners. Kyle McGuire AMF Media Group Kyle@amfmediagroup.com	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2209
__label__cc	0.605915	0.394085	Home » Microabrasive Blaster Heads for Mars Microabrasive Blaster Heads for Mars BURBANK, CA--The next NASA robot to explore the surface of Mars may be equipped with microabrasive blasting equipment from Comco Inc. In manufacturing, microabrasive blasting is used to precisely clean, cut, deburr or texture various surfaces. Small, abrasive particles are uniformly mixed with an air stream and then propelled out of small nozzle tips. The process is sometimes called "pencil blasting," because the handpiece is held like a pencil and the nozzle opening is the size of a pencil point. A variety of abrasive media can be used with the process, from hard silicon carbide to soft sodium bicarbonate. Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL, Pasadena, CA) became interested in the technology following the 1997 Mars Pathfinder mission. The lander in that mission, the Sojourner robot, was equipped with an alpha proton X-ray spectrometer to obtain chemical information from rock samples. However, the device could only sample the dust coating on top of the weathered and oxidized rocks. For the next mission, geologists wanted information about the fresh material lying 1 millimeter or more beneath the surface of the rocks. To get that data, they would need a simple, noncontact device that could remove the surface layer without introducing cross-contamination. The device had to be compact and lightweight, and it had to work with just a few watts of power. JPL consulted with Comco to develop a prototype that would meet these specifications. Working with JPL scientists, Comco custom-built a small microabrasive blaster that can selectively polish Martian rocks with a quick 5-second blast of silicon carbide. Developed over a 9-month period, the Comco prototype will be part of an instrument that may soon be selected for NASA's next Mars lander mission in 2003. Assembly in Action: Slides Hoping for a Ride to Mars Assembly in Action: Gear Products Aid Actuator Motion On New Mars Rover Obama: Astronauts Will Reach Mars in 30 years Assembly In Action: Can Fiber Optics Determine if There's Life on Mars? Collaborative Product Assembly Design and Assembly Planning, 1st Edition Technology Of Machine Tools IPG Photonics Comco Inc.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2213
__label__wiki	0.591282	0.591282	Still irrevocably scarred by the trauma he endured as a child at the Overlook, Dan Torrance has fought to find some semblance of peace. But that peace is… More Details » Trailer 2 (02:30) Jon Berg, Akiva Goldsman, Stephen King Mike Flanagan, Stephen King Still irrevocably scarred by the trauma he endured as a child at the Overlook, Dan Torrance has fought to find some semblance of peace. But that peace is shattered when he encounters Abra, a courageous teenager with her own powerful extrasensory gift, known as the "shine." Instinctively recognizing that Dan shares her power, Abra has sought him out, desperate for his help against the merciless Rose the Hat and her followers, The True Knot, who feed off the shine of innocents in their quest for immortality. Robert Longstreet Carel Struycken Catherine Parker John Cusack had expressed interest in playing adult Danny Torrence. Cusack previously starred in 1408, another adaptation of a Stephen King story involving a haunted hotel. When Dan returns to the room his family stayed in at the Overlook, he sees the bathroom door Jack hacked open with the axe and puts his face in the axed open panel, reenacting the iconic "Here's Johnny" shot. However, in The Shining, Jack hacked both upper panels of the door to try and get to Wendy, not just the one. Abra Stone: You're magic. Like me Danny Torrance: You need to listen to me. The world's a hungry place. A dark place. I've only met two or three people like us. They died. When I was a kid, I bumped into these things. I don't know about magic. I, I always called it "the shining." #creepy #terrifying #leavekidsathome #actionpacked #19 will forever be etched into my head. That scene left me shaking with tears pouring down my face.. Poor baseball boy... 7 of 7 helpful votes Kelly S #wellmade another film well delivered and great ending! go and watch this everyone Gabriel E Flanagan brings enough smarts and soul to the flawed, fascinating Doctor Sleep that he manages to escape The Shining’s shadow mostly unscathed. Like HBO’s new Watchmen series, Flanagan’s Doctor Sleep doesn’t simply rehash its source material, and instead uses its characters, setting, and themes in smart and novel ways. ScreenCrush It doesn’t have Jack Nicholson, Stanley Kubrick or even much of the Overlook Hotel, but Rebecca Ferguson and other good actors provide some shine of their own in Doctor Sleep, a drawn-out and seldom pulse-quickening follow-up to The Shining that still has enough going on to forestall any audience slumber.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2216
__label__cc	0.666135	0.333865	Back Home Privacy Policy, Cookie Statement & General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Privacy Policy, Cookie Statement & General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) This combined cookie statement and privacy policy sets out how Airflow World Group Limited uses and protects any information that you give us when you use this website. All information relates to events that occur on our website and not any third party websites which we may offer in the form of external links. Airflow World Group Limited is not responsible for the Privacy Policy, Cookie Statement & General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) statements of third party entities or websites and it is recommended that you should assess these entities or websites before providing any personal information. 1.0 Privacy Policy & GDPR Our privacy policy follows the legal guidelines of the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) which came into force on the 25th May 2018. The regulation is a law on information and data protection and privacy for all individuals within the European Union and the United Kingdom. It also addresses the export of personal information and data outside the EU. The GDPR aims primarily to give control to citizens and residents over their personal data and to simplify the regulatory environment for international business by unifying the regulation within the EU and the United Kingdom. The GDPR replaces the 1995 Data Protection Directive and the Data Protection Act 1998. All Information collected and stored will be utilised within the operational requirements of our business operations. 1.1 Your Rights GDPR offers specific rights in relation to information and how it is utilised. We have appointed a Data Protection Officer (DPO) to process all requests relating to your rights. Our declaration on information we will collect is that it will be utilised in the normal course of business at our company to allow for the processing and fulfilment of your order or contract allowing us to deliver our project, products and services. We will only collect basic personal information and data about you, such as your name, work address, email address and job title. Your rights under GDPR are shown below: You can request access to your personal information and data. You can update amend your own personal information and data to keep it accurate. You can have personal information and data deleted or erased. You can object to the processing of personal information and data. You can request that we stop processing your information and data. You can request that your information and data be delivered to yourself or a third party. You can object to profiling or automated decision making that could impact on you. You have a right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office. 1.2 Information & Data That We Collect In order to offer our projects, products and services we will need to know a level of personal data that may be processed as part of your role in your employment at a company or as a private individual in your dealings with our company. This information may include basic personal data such as: Your work or home address. Your telephone number. Your place of work. Your job title. The nature of your enquiry. This information will be utilised in the course of our business processes and to also allow for the fulfilment of processing your enquiry. We will also utilise this type of information to form any commercial contract between ourselves in line with our standard terms and conditions of trade. If we do not collect this type of data and information we may not be able to provide our projects, products and services that you will have requested. 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__label__wiki	0.535502	0.535502	Just Released: AISNSW School Improvement Video Case Studies Series A new suite of case studies has been produced and released by the AISNSW School Improvement team. The series presents the school improvement process of five NSW independent schools. The five schools involved in the case study series are: St Philip’s Christian College (Waratah) Al-Faisal College Hurstville Adventist School Emmanuel Anglican College Lakes Grammar – An Anglican School AISNSW Assistant Head of Regulations and Programs, Michael Bignill said of the project, “The case study videos and accompanying reports were created to share the unique journeys of independent schools as they embarked on the process of school improvement.” “Each of the five case studies shows how school improvement has been carried out within a particular school context." Michael explained. "Where the films are so valuable is they illustrate the research and theory behind effective school improvement, but also show how this is applied, practically, in the real world of schools, and in genuine decision-making situations.” This sentiment is echoed by Lisa Weingarth, Primary Curriculum Leader at Emmanuel Anglican College: “There’s an expectation now that we want to improve. Wherever we are at—we want to get better. We want to look at research and see how that research can realistically inform what we are doing to improve student outcomes at our school.” Emmanuel Anglican College - Co-constructing strategies for impact A common theme between many of the case studies is the increased use of data to guide decision making within schools. Helen Lee, Assistant Principal – Teaching and Learning at St Philip's Christian College (Waratah) said, “While it’s important to ask 'what kinds of data matter for school improvement?', maybe the more important questions are 'how we use the data?' and "how we bring the data together?' Triangulation of data is very important. We're not looking at just one or two sources. Now we’re looking at multiple sources so that we know where students are, where we are going and if we actually got there.” St Philip's Christian College (Waratah) - Leading high impact strategies For the broader independent school community, AISNSW School Improvement Consultant, Dr Kate Bertram, said, “We think these resources may help to inspire other independent schools to begin their own process of school improvement. The series offers everyone the opportunity to explore school improvement through the lens of growth, regardless of where you may be starting.” The full range of case study videos and accompanying reports are now available via the School Improvement Case Studies Series page. If your school is interested in support from AISNSW for your own school improvement journey, please contact Michael Bignill, AISNSW Assistant Head of Regulations and Programs to find out how. Watch the full suite of School Improvement Case Studies now.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2221
__label__cc	0.688203	0.311797	Growth and Diversity are Hallmarks of the NSW Independent Schools Sector The recently released annual snapshot of the NSW independent schools sector shows that the independent sector is undergoing positive transformation, writes CRICHTON SMITH NSW Independent Schools at a glance 2018 is the recently released annual statistical snapshot of the sector. The graphs, and the data behind the graphs, point to an emerging growth in primary education, and expanding socio-economic and religious diversity within the sector. Strong Enrolment Growth The NSW independent sector had strong growth last year, with growth in primary schools ahead of the systemic Catholic sector, and secondary growth larger than the systemic Catholic and Government sectors combined. The increase in independent primary enrolments was larger than the secondary increase – reflecting the growing number of children being born; the growth of newly established Independent schools that are predominately primary; and established independent schools expanding their primary grades. The largest growth areas in Sydney are in south-west and outer south-west Sydney. Outside of Sydney, it is the mid and far-north coast with the largest growth in independent school enrolments. Increasing Diversity Enrolments increased in schools of Anglican, non-denominational, Islamic, Christian, and independent Catholic religions and philosophies, reflecting the growing religious pluralism in the NSW independent schools’ sector. Half the growth in enrolments last year were in low socio-economic score (SES) schools, and a further quarter of the growth was in mid-range SES schools. Image courtesy of Macquarie College, Wallsend Last year’s growth in the independent sector isn’t a ‘one-off’, as the sector’s enrolments have been steadily growing for the past decade. The increasing number of parents choosing independent schools, and contributing $2.5 billion a year in school fees reflects positively on what the independent sector offers – choice and diversity. That parents increasingly choose independent schools as the first choice for children at an earlier age reinforces the strengths of the sector. Header image courtesy of Georges River Grammar, Georges Hall Research and Evidence Crichton Smith Senior Researcher and Analyst, AISNSW NSW Independent Schools at a glance 2018	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2222
__label__wiki	0.798141	0.798141	At Peace By: Samuel Harrington Categories: Health & Fitness, Aging Well Medicine and What Matters in the End By: Atul Gawande Narrated by: Robert Petkoff In Being Mortal, bestselling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending. Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine seem too frequently to run counter to the interest of the human spirit. Required Reading! By Jeffrey on 10-13-14 A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life By: Katy Butler Narrated by: Katy Butler An inspiring, informative, and practical guide to navigating end-of-life issues, by a groundbreaking expert in the field and the New York Times best-selling author of Knocking on Heaven’s Door. Katy Butler argues that we have lost touch with the “art of dying” as practiced by our ancestors, yet we still hunger for rites of passage and a sense of the sacred, especially in the important life transitions of aging and dying. A Must Read Well in Advance of Life’s Inevitable Decline By jeryl miller on 02-25-19 By: Jessica Nutik Zitter M.D. Narrated by: Jessica Nutik Zitter M.D. Jessica Zitter became a doctor because she wanted to be a hero. She elected to specialize in critical care - to become an ICU physician - and imagined herself swooping in to rescue patients from the brink of death. But then during her first code she found herself cracking the ribs of a patient so old and frail it was unimaginable he would ever come back to life. She began to question her choice. Extreme Measures charts Zitter's journey from wanting to be one kind of hero to becoming another - a doctor who prioritizes the patient's values and preferences. Brilliant & eye-opening By Mimi Grant on 03-16-17 The Minimalist Way Minimalism Strategies to Declutter Your Life and Make Room for Joy By: Erica Layne Narrated by: Suehyla El-Attar Discover how to apply the minimalist mindset to every aspect of your life by changing the way you think about your home, career, relationships, family, and money. The Minimalist Way will help you take it one step at a time with simple exercises and activities. Ease into minimalism at your own pace and learn how to let go. By Island Girl on 08-28-19 Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them) A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying By: Sallie Tisdale Narrated by: Gabra Zackman You get ready to die the way you get ready for a trip. Start by realizing you don't know the way. Listen to a few travel guides. Study the language, look at maps, gather equipment. Let yourself imagine what it will be like. Pack your bags. This book is one of those travel guides - a guide to preparing for your own death and the deaths of people close to you. The fact of death is hard to believe. Sallie Tisdale explores our fears and all the ways death and talking about death make us uncomfortable - but she also explores its intimacies and joys. a must read for nurse By vivian smith on 10-02-18 That Good Night Life and Medicine in the Eleventh Hour By: Sunita Puri Narrated by: Soneela Nankani, Sunita Puri As the American-born daughter of immigrants, Dr. Sunita Puri knew from a young age that the gulf between her parents' experiences and her own was impossible to bridge, save for two elements: medicine and spirituality. Interweaving evocative stories of Puri's family and the patients she cares for, That Good Night is a stunning meditation on impermanence and the role of medicine in helping us to live and die well, arming listeners with information that will transform how we communicate with our doctors about what matters most to us. Never needed 1.25x more... GREAT BOOK THOUGH! By Viejo Mzungu on 04-30-19 The Good Nurse A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder By: Charles Graeber Narrated by: Will Collyer After his December 2003 arrest, registered nurse Charlie Cullen was quickly dubbed "The Angel of Death" by the media. But Cullen was no mercy killer, nor was he a simple monster. He was a favorite son, husband, beloved father, best friend, and celebrated caregiver. Implicated in the deaths of as many as 300 patients, he was also perhaps the most prolific serial killer in American history. The Good Nurse gets it right By jc on 05-28-13 How to Change Your Mind What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence By: Michael Pollan Narrated by: Michael Pollan 5 out of 5 stars 12,824 When Michael Pollan set out to research how LSD and psilocybin (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms) are being used to provide relief to people suffering from difficult-to-treat conditions such as depression, addiction, and anxiety, he did not intend to write what is undoubtedly his most personal book. But upon discovering how these remarkable substances are improving the lives not only of the mentally ill but also of healthy people coming to grips with the challenges of everyday life, he decided to explore the landscape of the mind in the first person as well as the third. A delightful trip By Paul E. Williams on 05-19-18 Die Wise A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul By: Stephen Jenkinson Narrated by: Stephen Jenkinson Die Wise does not offer seven steps for coping with death. It does not suggest ways to make dying easier. It pours no honey to make the medicine go down. Instead, with lyrical prose, deep wisdom, and stories from his two decades of working with dying people and their families, Stephen Jenkinson places death at the center of the discussion and asks us to behold it in all its painful beauty. Die Wise teaches the skills of dying, skills that have to be learned in the course of living deeply and well. Wonderful book! By Kate on 12-22-16 When Breath Becomes Air By: Paul Kalanithi, Abraham Verghese - foreword Narrated by: Sunil Malhotra, Cassandra Campbell At the age of 36, on the verge of completing a decade's worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, and the next he was a patient struggling to live. And just like that, the future he and his wife had imagined evaporated. Phenomenal book! By A. Potter on 01-16-16 With the End in Mind Dying, Death, and Wisdom in an Age of Denial By: Kathryn Mannix Narrated by: Elizabeth Carling, Kathryn Mannix Modern medical technology is allowing us to live longer and fuller lives than ever before. But with changes in the way we understand medicine come changes in the way we understand death. Once a familiar and gentle process, death has come to be something from which we shy away, preferring to fight it desperately than to accept its inevitability. Palliative care has a long tradition in Britain, where Dr. Kathryn Mannix has practiced it for 30 years. In this book, she shares beautifully crafted stories from a lifetime of caring for the dying. By Randall Roth on 01-29-18 Come of Age The Case for Elderhood in a Time of Trouble By: Stephen Jenkinson, Charles Eisenstein - foreword Stephen Jenkinson explores the great paradox of elderhood in North America: how we are awash in the aged and yet somehow lacking in wisdom; how we relegate senior citizens to the corner of the house while simultaneously heralding them as sage elders simply by virtue of their age. Our own unreconciled relationship with what it means to be an elder has yielded a culture nearly bereft of them. Taking on the sacred cow of the family, Jenkinson argues that elderhood is a function rather than an identity. The Elder I’ve been seeking. By dina crosta on 05-18-19 By: Sandeep Jauhar Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor For centuries, the human heart seemed beyond our understanding: an inscrutable shuddering mass that was somehow the driver of emotion and the seat of the soul. As cardiologist and best-selling author Sandeep Jauhar tells in The Heart, it was only recently that we demolished age-old taboos and devised the transformative procedures that changed the way we live. Deftly alternating between historical episodes and his own work, Jauhar tells the colorful and little known story of the doctors who risked their careers and the patients who risked their lives to know and heal our most vital organ. Fascinating Insight By Ironcharles on 10-27-18 The End of Ice Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption By: Dahr Jamail Narrated by: Tom Parks After nearly a decade overseas as a war reporter, the acclaimed journalist Dahr Jamail returned to America to renew his passion for mountaineering, only to find that the slopes he had once climbed have been irrevocably changed by climate disruption. In response, Jamail embarks on a journey to the geographical front lines of this crisis - from Alaska to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, via the Amazon rainforest - in order to discover the consequences to nature and to humans of the loss of ice. Dealing with the Ultimate Climate Change Question By red_dog on 02-03-19 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days By: Jeanette Winterson Narrated by: Jeanette Winterson, Imogen Church These tales open a portal into the spirit of the season, when time slows down and magic starts to happen. From trees with mysterious powers to a tinsel baby that talks, philosophical fairies to flying dogs, a haunted house to a disappearing train, Winterson's innovative stories encompass the childlike and spooky wonder of Christmas, perfect for listening to by the fire with loved ones or while traveling home for the holidays. Spirited Christmas Listen By Sara on 12-30-17 By: David Guterson As a Japanese-American fisherman stands trial for murder on an island in Puget Sound, snow blankets the countryside. The whiteness covers the courthouse, but it cannot conceal the memories at work inside: the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, an unrequited love, and the ghosts of racism that still haunt the islanders. First novels rarely attract as much attention as Snow Falling on Cedars. Remaining on best seller lists for months, it has cast a spell on listeners across the country. By Patricia on 01-12-18 Beautiful Country Burn Again Democracy, Rebellion, and Revolution By: Ben Fountain Narrated by: Ron Butler Beautiful Country Burn Again narrates a shocking year in American politics, moving from the early days of the Iowa Caucus to the crystalizing moments of the Democratic and Republican national conventions, and culminating in the aftershocks of the weeks following election night. Along the way, Fountain probes deeply into history, illuminating the forces and watershed moments of the past that mirror and precipitated the present, from the hollowed-out notion of the American Dream, to Richard Nixon’s Southern strategy, to the cult of celebrity that gave rise to Donald Trump. By Gerald Moore on 11-01-18 By: Barbara Ehrenreich Narrated by: Joyce Bean A razor-sharp polemic that offers an entirely new understanding of our bodies, ourselves, and our place in the universe, Natural Causes describes how we overprepare and worry way too much about what is inevitable. One by one, Ehrenreich topples the shibboleths that guide our attempts to live a long, healthy life - from the importance of preventive medical screenings to the concepts of wellness and mindfulness, from dietary fads to fitness culture. But Natural Causes goes deeper - into the fundamental unreliability of our bodies and even our "mind-bodies", to use the fashionable term. By Tom Lichtenberg on 04-16-18 The authoritative, informative, and reassuring guide on end-of-life care for our aging population. Most people say they would like to die quietly at home. But overly aggressive medical advice, coupled with an unrealistic sense of invincibility or overconfidence in our health-care system, results in the majority of elderly patients misguidedly dying in institutions. Many undergo painful procedures instead of having the better and more peaceful death they deserve. At Peace outlines specific active and passive steps that older patients and their health-care proxies can take to ensure loved ones live their last days comfortably at home and/or in hospice when further aggressive care is inappropriate. Through Dr. Samuel Harrington's own experience with the aging and deaths of his parents and of working with patients, he describes the terminal patterns of the six most common chronic diseases; how to recognize a terminal diagnosis even when the doctor is not clear about it; how to have the hard conversation about end-of-life wishes; how to minimize painful treatments; when to seek hospice care; and how to deal with dementia and other special issues. Informed by more than 30 years of clinical practice, Dr. Harrington came to understand that the American health-care system wasn't designed to treat the aging population with care and compassion. His work as a hospice trustee and later as a hospital trustee drove his passion for helping patients make appropriate end-of-life decisions. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. ©2018 Samuel Harrington (P)2018 Hachette Audio "Well researched, clear-eyed, and brilliantly practical. This is a guide and conversation starter for older Americans seeking control and comfort at the end of life. An antidote to modern overmedicalization that's both simple and sage." (Lucy Kalanithi, MD, clinical assistant professor of medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, and author of the epilogue of When Breath Becomes Air, the book by her late husband, Paul Kalanithi) "Dr. Sam Harrington has provided an invaluable road map for all of us facing the challenge of critical end-of-life decisions for friends, family, and ultimately, ourselves. He demystifies medical terminology with an experienced, transparent, and literate guide for boomers like myself, and for our aging parents. How to have the conversation? When to decide that a caring choice is the decision to avoid repeated hospitalizations and over-testing? Here is a medical expert who puts patients and their welfare first. This is an invaluable addition to the literature." (Andrea Mitchell, anchor and correspondent for NBC News) "There is no easy way to approach the literally life-and-death questions that are the focus of Samuel Harrington's book. But his spare and graceful clinical tone conveys a deeply humane perspective on choices we all will face. This is a book of wisdom and value for people at any stage of life." (James Fallows, The Atlantic) Race of Aces fishermn Dr. Harrington has done a very wise, thoughtful, and well researched job of making sense of many issues no one wants to discuss. He provides clear direction for all of us as we deal with the end of life. His book demonstrates the empowerment of taking charge, providing a greater peace in one’s final days, while eliminating a “medicalized” death. A must read for all. D.C. Lozar A Personal Journey Dr. Samuel Harrington’s book, “At Peace: Choosing a Good Death After a Long Life," explores the six most common chronic diseases that lead to death in America (congestive heart failure, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, stroke, dementia, and diabetes), how to recognize when one of these illnesses is nearing its natural conclusion, and what options a patient might have other than the aggressive care measures medicine offers. He talks about both his professional experience managing death as a gastrointerologist as well as the personal growth he experienced helping his parents face end-of-life choices. I thought this was well-written, personal, and thought-provoking and have put it out for my patients to read. I would encourage other providers to do the same.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2223
__label__cc	0.690768	0.309232	Disordered Minds By: Paul S. Huggins Narrated by: David Ayers Categories: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Short Stories & Anthologies The blurred lines between reality, imagination and the ethereal can be very fine. These six short stories test the limits. A disturbing letter, an extreme phobia, a calculating psychopath, a woodland hunt, a lonely hotel, and a search for family all feature in this dark compilation. ©2014 Paul S Huggins (P)2015 Paul S Huggins Rabid Dawn Beyond Isaiah Zombies, Ghosts, a Psycho and a Fight Overcoming Your Fear of Public Speaking My Falkland Islands Life Data Analytics: The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Data Analytics A. Kessel Anthem, Arizona Conjures Memories of The Twilight Zone Would you listen to Disordered Minds again? Why? No. I'd read the book, but not listen again. The stories are interesting and creepy (in a good way), but the technical quality of the narration is lacking. What do you think the narrator could have done better? Perhaps paid a little closer attention to the words (at times it seemed he was stumbling over passages), and paid a lot more attention to the technical aspects of production. A great deal of mouth noises, clicks, pops, external noises (perhaps a passing vehicle, or the narrator bumped the mic stand a few times), and the audio seemed overly filtered (too much compression/gating) The stories are well written and original. I enjoyed the story aspect of this audiobook, and even, for the most part, the acting. David Ayers has talent, a tad raw but I look forward to his future in the business. I'd like to see Mr. Ayers obtain some technical skills for production, or maybe outsource this part of the production. Boring dull The stories took too long to get to and the storytelling was dull the stories were duller yet. ShakeySpear Spooky... not for bedtime!!!!!!!!!! Yes I would and I did. The writing was wonderful and the narrator breathed life into the words. What was one of the most memorable moments of Disordered Minds? All of it was something else. Which character – as performed by David Ayers – was your favourite? Too many to think of. it was all good. I am looking for more of these people's works. I really enjoyed it, but I wouldn't hear it in bed or just before going to bed.... Couldn't stop listening What made the experience of listening to Disordered Minds the most enjoyable? The narrator was superb. The writing was very creative. All of it. Very 'real'. Have you listened to any of David Ayers’s other performances? How does this one compare? This was David Ayers best to date. Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry? It was compelling. It drew me in like nothing I have ever known.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2224
__label__wiki	0.93246	0.93246	Who has the right to use the Hispano Suiza name? Two companies, one from Switzerland and one from Spain, claim to have the trademark for the historic luxury brand Two companies, one from Switzerland and one from Spain, claim to have the trademark for the historic Spanish luxury brand, but only one of them can be correct Hispano Suiza Cars SL belongs to the Mateu family, the investors in the original Hispano Suiza This badge introduced cars that could defy Roll-Royce products in the past The Stork logo currently belong to Safran SA, a French aeronautical company The Hispano Suiza Grand Turismo Coupé concept was presented at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show It was a heavily modified Audi R8 V10 that was to be called X10V The Maguari HS1 GTC, named after Hispano Suiza's old stork logo, still has a V10 engine. It's able to deliver 1,070 hp instead of 740 hp The car is build over an aluminium spaceframe and still resembles the R8 but is apparently an entirely new animal Besides two turbos, the Maguari uses e-compressors to avoid turbo lag The Maguari is able to go from 0-62 mph in just 2.8sec, according to its Swiss manufacturer Its top speed is electronically limited to 236 mph The supercar will cost at least £1.9 million Hispano Suiza Cars SL will reveal the Carmen. It's named after Carmen Mateu, granddaughter of Damián Mateu, the investor and man who ran the original Hispano Suiza Entirely electric, the Carmen is said to have 1005bhp It's inspired on a classic coachbuilt Hispano-Suiza, the 1938 H6C Dubonnet Xenia Olivier Boulay and Erwin Leo Himmel have joined forces to bring Hispano Suiza back to life. As has a group in Switzerland... by Gustavo Ruffo Follow @ghruffo Anyone who has an eye on automotive news these days might have noticed two different companies promising to bring Hispano Suiza back to life. One of them, from Switzerland, even presented a Hispano Suiza-badged concept car back in 2010, and it will soon launch a production car called the Maguari HS1 GTC. The other one, from Spain, will reveal an electric Hispano Suiza 'hyperlux' grand tourer at the 2019 Geneva motor show, named the Carmen. Both state they have the trademark and patents for the iconic Spanish brand, but which one of them really does? Autocar has contacted the two companies, intellectual property law firms and trademark registration offices all over the world in order to clarify the matter. And we've discovered that the story is much richer than it may initially seem. The Swiss company, which has an engineering hub in Austria and its design studio is in Paris, is named Hispano Suiza Automobilmanufaktur AG. It's run by Erwin Leo Himmel, former head of design for Volkswagen and Audi from 1990-1999. While Himmel was there, he worked with designers including Peter Schreyer and J Mays. Some of the cars credited to him are the Audi 100, the original Volkswagen Touareg and the Audi Quattro Spyder concept. As an independent consultant, Himmel also became the father of the Subaru Tribeca. It's not clear when he decided he would become a car manufacturer himself, but he chose to put a famous name on his cars. With the excuse that he's a huge fan of Swiss engineer Mark Birgkit, he decided to push ahead with the brand Birgkit created with José María Castro Fernández in 1902 and which was saved from bankruptcy in 1904 by the investment of Damián Mateu. It marvelled the world car fans as Hispano-Suiza. Mateu, a lawyer and business man, was in charge of Hispano-Suiza for most of its story. produced its last car in 1938. All our communication with Himmel was through his PR department. And this is what the designer said about the first steps of his company in a press release sent to us: "I got the European rights for Hispano Suiza back in 2010. Meanwhile, I also own the rights in our global key markets. The historic brand was asleep for almost eight decades and the domain was about to go public. "As I was a huge admirer of Marc Birkigt, the Swiss engineer who co-founded the brand, I brought the brand back to life with the Grand Turismo Coupé in 2010. Ever since, I’m developing and designing the new hypercar, which will be shown in a few weeks. My company, the Hispano Suiza Automobilemanufaktur AG, was also founded in 2010, with the sole intention of bringing back the glory of the brand". Hispano Suiza Automobilemanufaktur AG was founded on 3 September 2010, when the registration of the company was published by SHAB/SOGC, the Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce. When the Grand Turismo Coupé concept first appeared, it was presented by a company called Delmar 04 SA. According to a PR member of the company: "You have to secure spaces well in advance [for the Geneva motor show], and Erwin Himmel’s company was not set up by then. Delmar 04 was a business acquaintance of Mr Himmel back then, but there is no further connection and we do not know what happened to that company". We do, though. First of all, it was run by Marta Pou Portús, a businesswoman who currently identifies on LinkedIn as Hispano Suiza's project manager. Secondly, Delmar 04, which worked with real estate, is apparently no longer active. Last, but not least, Pou Portús left the administration of the company on 23 October 2012. Some months after, Delmar 04 got sued by La Hispano-Suiza Fábrica de Automóviles SA, a company that belongs to Grup Peralada. This conglomerate, with business in casinos, hotels, wine and plastic production, was run by Artur Suequé, husband of the recently deceased Carmen Mateu, who was the granddaughter of Damián Mateu, along with their children, Isabel, Javier and Miguel. This company is the one that now intends to present the Carmen at the Geneva motor show. A few days after the Grand Turismo Coupe was presented, on 12 March 2010, La Hispano-Suiza Fábrica de Automóviles SA issued a press release stating that neither it nor Safran SA authorised the use of the name by Delmar 04. Nor had it had any role in developing the vehicle. The Spanish company also attacked the "deceiving declarations" about the car being a Hispano Suiza and promised to seek all valid legal actions against "any illegal conduct that could violate its rights" over the brand. And it kept that promise. Fighting for Hispano Suiza In 2010, La Hispano-Suiza Fábrica de Automóviles SA filed a suit in Barcelona against Delmar 04, Ruth Sacramento and Teofilo Patricio, under the number 558/2010, demanding a lot of things. The most important ones were that the court recognised its right to use the brand, forbid Delmar 04 to use it and forced the company that showed the concept in Geneva to pay La Hispano-Suiza Fábrica de Automóviles SA for moral damages, ceasing profits and indemnisation for expenses in the process. Legal terms for heaps of dosh. On May 15 2012, the judge denied the Spanish company everything it asked. So, La Hispano-Suiza Fábrica de Automóviles S.A. appealed and, on 12 February 2014, had the request for unfair competition granted. The amount it would receive, €35,560, was basically what it spent with Durán-Corretjer SLP, an intellectual property office. The Spanish company was obviously unhappy with the result and so took the law suit to the Supreme Court, only to have the previous decision confirmed once again in 8 February 2017. The penalty was basically due to the fact that the court considered the new Hispano Suiza could not have tried to associate its work with what La Hispano-Suiza Fábrica de Automóviles SA had developed in the past. A purple 1928 Hispano-Suiza H6B was presented beside the Grand Turismo Coupé at the motor show stand, something that reinforced the attempt to link both manufacturers, according to the judges. Still, the court still didn't grant La Hispano-Suiza Fábrica de Automóviles SA rights over the brand, which had gone public in 2009. Apparently, Ruth Sacramento and Teofilo Patricio have secured their place in this story when they tried to negotiate the use of the brand with the Spanish company – probably in the name of Erwin Himmel, but we could not confirm that. Since they reached no agreement and the brand went public, they tried to register the trademark on 22 November 2008. La Hispano-Suiza Fábrica de Automóviles SA opposed the registration but then quit its opposition, which gave the judges the impression that it was no longer interested in the brand. Himmel reports a similar feeling in the press release we mentioned before. He stated: "Miguel Suqué Mateu, the great-grandson of Birkigt’s finance partner Damián Mateu, promotes the car displayed in Geneva. But until date they had no or little interest in the automotive industry at all and even let the domain for the brand – the branding rights – go public. Their current company, Hispano Suiza Cars, was only founded on 26 November 2018. In a personal talk with Miguel Suqué Mateu a few years back, he even told me that he has no interest and no knowledge in the automotive industry and that his Grup Peralada business (owner of casinos and party halls in Catalonia) is what drives him. The only activity related to the history over the years was a Hispano Suiza owners club in Spain which one of his employees looked after". Autocar contacted La Hispano-Suiza Fábrica de Automóviles SA and received this response: "Please be informed that our company is the legitimate user of the Hispano Suiza trademarks and that all of them are validly registered and in force. As already declared by EU trademark institutions, Mr Erwin Leo Himmel’s conduct with regard to our trademarks is of evident bad faith, as well as a clear case of free-riding". The company also identifies as Hispano Suiza Cars SL, like Himmel stated. The difference of this new company to La Hispano-Suiza Fábrica de Automóviles SA is that it's a company with limited liability, instead of a corporation. Asked to provide evidence of the trademarks registration, Hispano Suiza Cars SL stopped replying to our messages; we will update this article if it gets back to us. Anyhow, we have researched for trademarks and what we found is revealing. One Hispano Suiza for each country? Himmel has active trademarks for Hispano Suiza with the trademark offices of Spain, Germany, France and Singapore. Pou Portús, the former admnistrator of Delmar 04, has active trademarks for Europe. She has requested a trademark in Switzerland and in the US, but it's pending in the former and has been denied in the latter. The PR team said: "The trademark procedures there are quite difficult. The US did cancel the trademarks, because there was no active brand behind it. It will only be granted once there is actually a 'living brand', which will happen eventually once our car is on the road in a few weeks time". All active trademarks related to Hispano Suiza that La Hispano-Suiza Fábrica de Automóviles SA holds are not for cars, but solely for other businesses. The ones related to cars are all pending, mostly due to opposition on the trademark registration. Safran SA, quoted by La Hispano-Suiza Fábrica de Automóviles SA in its 2010 press release, has two active trademarks for vehicles, both of historic logos in Europe. It also has a patent in South Korea. Autocar has tried to contact the French company – considered the world's oldest aircraft engine manufacturer – but hasn't yet received a reply. To make matters worst, there are two other people trying to register Hispano Suiza for cars. Fernando Salvador-Montoro applied for it in 20 January 2018 but faced opposition to his registration attempt. Gonzalo Andrés Ramírez Monfort, who identifies himself as managing director of Hispano Suiza Automobilemanufaktur AG, attempted to do the same in 18 February 2017 but got the same result. Both requests are pending. These signs clearly indicate that we are close to a legal battle over the Hispano Suiza name. A Spanish engineer, Guille Alfonsín, has posted on Twitter to say that the main goal of the Carmen is to prove the Grup Peralada produces cars and challenge Himmel for the use of the brand. Himmel, with the Maguari HS1 GTC, would have the same goal, even if he really intends to produce his car. The role of Safran SA in the whole story is not clear, but its interference can be crucial to determine who gets to produce Hispano Suiza cars or gets to have the brand rights for the years ahead, regardless of producing cars or not. Our only certainty is that we are just at the beginning. Perhaps the 2019 Geneva Motor Show will help make things a little clearer... Geneva motor show news 2020 Hispano Suiza Carmen announced with 1005bhp	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2227
__label__wiki	0.527168	0.527168	Europe selected 'Serious cyber-attack' on Austria's foreign ministry Austria's foreign ministry has been targeted by a cyber-attack that is suspected to have been conducted by another country. The ministry said the seriousness of the attack suggested it might have been carried out by a "state actor". The hack started on Saturday night and experts warn it could continue for several days. The breach occurred on the same day Austria's Green party backed forming a coalition with conservatives . It was recognised very quickly and countermeasures taken immediately, the foreign ministry said in a statement. "Despite all intensive security measures, there is never 100% protection against cyber-attacks," the ministry said. How the Dutch foiled Russian 'cyber-attack' The risks of cyber-conflict with Russia Hack attacks 'damage' key infrastructure Other European countries have fallen victim to similar attacks in the past. The German government's IT network experienced a "very serious" cyber-attack in March 2018. A Russian group called Fancy Bear was suspected to have been involved and was blamed for a similar attack on the German parliament in 2015. Media captionWatch: The factory brought to its knees by ransomware hackers Cyber-attacks How the Dutch foiled Russian 'cyber-attack' on OPCW Could Russia and West be heading for cyber-war? Russia 'tried to hack Foreign Office', says British diplomat Video Ransomware cyber-attacks are targeting large companies and demanding huge payments The anatomy of a nation-state hack attack 'Cyber-attack' on Bernard Matthews staff bank details	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2230
__label__wiki	0.886481	0.886481	Top sale in August changes hands for more than $3.1 million By By Jamie Smith Hopkins and The Baltimore Sun Four-bedroom home on Golf Course Road West in Owings Mills. (Craig Westerman) The house that ranks as the Baltimore region's priciest sale in August is, in the words of the sellers' real estate agent, "understated" — the sort of home that doesn't smack you in the eye with its high-end glitz. The four-bedroom home on Golf Course Road West in Owings Mills, which sits on 2 acres near Green Spring Valley Hunt Club's golf course, changed hands for just over $3.1 million. "It wasn't a McMansion," said Linda Corbin of Prudential Homesale YWGC Realty, the listing agent. "It was an absolutely beautiful, charming, warm, wonderful house that you could feel like you could put your feet up in every room … and be comfortable." The house had three offers in less than two weeks on the market. Sellers Jeffrey and Natalie Durkee, who built the home in 2006, got $18,000 more than their asking price as a result. Part of the home's not-in-your-face style comes from its U shape, which makes its 5,700 square feet look less enormous from the outside. But there's a lot packed inside. Besides four bedrooms, the home's features include four full bathrooms, three half-baths, two laundry rooms (one upstairs, one downstairs), a gourmet kitchen, a butler's pantry and a movie theater. A separate building paired with the in-ground pool has its own living room, bathroom and second-floor space intended for an exercise room or guest bedroom. Prices for the high-end Green Spring Valley market remain well below their peak in the middle of the last decade, but sales have picked up, Corbin said. That worked out for her clients. "There were a lot of people looking and wanting to be here, and we were just lucky that our timing was right," Corbin said. "The Green Spring Valley all of a sudden had a surge, and everything had sold. … When we brought it on the market, there was very little competition." jhopkins@baltsun.com twitter.com/jsmithhopkins 3110 Golf Course Road West, Owings Mills 21117 5,700 (not including separate pool house) Delays to renovation close Baltimore’s Mt. Pleasant Ice Arena to public skating through March Baltimore mayoral candidates raise $2.3M, signaling expensive and bitter fight ahead for crowded field Baltimore wins piece of $10M Fannie Mae award to create temporary housing network model for homeless students A Baltimore couple rehabbed an 1840s Mount Vernon townhome. Now, she’s looking for someone to finish the job. Linda Corbin, Prudential Homesale YWGC Realty Services and Shopping Most Read • Real Estate	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2231
__label__wiki	0.957392	0.957392	Pair have court bans lifted A PSNI officer removes a wheelie bin from the rail line at lake St on Monday afternoon. INLM13-243. Published: 07:33 Sunday 21 August 2016 Two men who were prohibited from entering certain areas of Lurgan had their bans lifted last Wednesday at Craigavon Magistrates Court. They were Pearse Magee (44), Richmount Gardens, Lurgan, and Paul Martin McKerr (47), Belvedere Manor, Lurgan. Both are on bail in relation to public order matters and as part of their conditions Magee was not allowed to enter Lavery Avenue and McKerr was prohibited from the Kilwilkie estate. Applications were made to vary their bail conditions. A police officer told the court that the alleged offences arose out of serious public disorder on Easter Monday in Lurgan. He explained that arrests were made and a special team had been set up to deal with the matter. The officer added that one officer who was seriously hurt in the trouble was still off on sick leave. Deputy District Judge Laura Ievers asked what the change of circumstances was since bail was last set. A solicitor representing McKerr said a brother had recently received a poor health diagnosis and he had a number of relatives in the Kilwilkie area. He added that his client realised the seriousness of these matters but at the same time he wanted to visit his extended family in these trying times. The solicitor said that while on bail McKerr’s conduct had been exemplary and there had been no breaches. Mr Pat Vernon, representing Magee, said his client had been allowed to enter Lavery Avenue until the last bail conditions were set. He said that his client’s partner and three children live in the area and he wanted to spend time with his family. Less waste for Inspire Wellness Judge Ievers, referring to McKerr, said that bearing in mind the difficult family circumstances there would no longer be a prohibition in relation to the exclusion zone but all other bail conditions remained in place. She added that the court was going to take a chance with Magee and removed the prohibition on Lavery Avenue. Magee is charged with making an affray and obstructing a constable on March 28 while McKerr is accused of making an affray, assaulting a constable causing her actual bodily harm and obstructing a constable. Three other men charged with offences arising from the same Easter Monday trouble also appeared in court. Ciaran Magee (24), Lake Street, Lurgan, is charged with making an affray, assaulting a constable causing her actual bodily harm and criminal damage to a wing mirror of a police land rover. Gerald Majella McConville (53), Kilwilke Road, Lurgan, is accused of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, making an affray and three charges of obstructing a constable. Sean Gerard McConville (32), Kilwilke Road, Lurgan, faces a charge of making and affray and three charges of obstructing a constable. All cases were remanded until September 7 for an update.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2232
__label__wiki	0.711511	0.711511	Galilee subregion 1.1 Context statement for the Galilee subregion 1.1.2 Geography 1.1.2.1 Physical geography The Galilee subregion is located predominantly in the upper Lake Eyre drainage catchment, including the headwaters of the Diamantina River and the Thompson and Barcoo rivers of the Cooper Creek system. However, the subregion is defined by the extent of the mostly subsurface geological Galilee Basin and extends beyond the Lake Eyre drainage catchment to the headwaters of the Flinders River in the north-west, the Bulloo River in the south, and the Warrego River in the south-east. The subregion also extends across the Great Dividing Range to the east and north-east into the headwaters of the Fitzroy and Burdekin river basins. The topography (Figure 5) of the subregion reflects this physiographic context and the elevation generally declines to the west from the eastern highlands. Though the subregion does extend east of the Great Dividing Range watershed, most of the headwater reaches of the Fitzroy and Burdekin river basins included in the subregion are incised parts of the eastern highlands and are above 500 mAHD. The eastern highlands within the subregion are quite complex with two broad areas continuously over 500 mAHD in the south and the north linked by two relatively narrow parallel arcuate lines of ranges with crests mostly below 500 mAHD. The eastern line of these ranges forms the Great Dividing Range. Between these ranges lies an elongate intermontane valley that extends for almost 400 km. The western line of range is breached by upper elements of the Thompson and Barcoo river systems incorporating parts of the intermontane valley into the westerly drainage. In two places the valley has closed internal drainage forming the catchments of the playa lakes Buchanan and Galilee. In the southern part of the subregion, in the Warrego, Bulloo and south-eastern Barcoo river basins, the topography declines to the west and south-west of the eastern highlands but maintains an elevation above 200 mAHD. In the northern and north-western parts of the subregion the elevations are generally lower with extensive parts of the major drainage valleys of the Barcoo, Thompson, Diamantina and Flinders rivers lying below 200 mAHD and elongate interfluves between those valleys above 200 mAHD. In the north-west an eastward extension of the Selwyn Range in the Mount Isa area extends into the subregion. Lakes Buchanan and Galilee are both listed in A directory of important wetlands in Australia and are classified as inland wetlands, with Buchanan described as both a seasonal/intermittent saline lake and a seasonal saline marsh and Galilee also as a seasonal/intermittent saline lake and as a seasonal/intermittent freshwater pond and marsh. Both lakes satisfy five of the six listed criteria for inclusion on the listing as agreed to by the Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council Wetlands Network in 1994 (Department of the Environment, 2014). Only one criterion is required for listing. Figure 5 Topography of the Galilee subregion, generated from the 3-second digital elevation model Source data: GA (2011a) 1.1.2.1.1 Physiographic regions A physiographic region is defined as a discrete morphological unit with internal coherence of its landform characteristics (Jennings and Mabbutt, 1977). Physiographic regions are defined and mapped by landform characteristics that reflect uniform landform evolution, underlying geology and contained regolith materials (Pain et al., 2011). Early, largely descriptive, state-based treatments of Australian physiography that included Victoria (Hills, 1940) and Western Australia (Jutson, 1914) progressed to continental-scale physiographic mapping by Jennings and Mabbutt (1977) using improved topographic maps and other data. Physiographic mapping is descriptive and provides a regional-scale classification of landforms and related physical geography as they reflect underlying geological and climatic controls. The most recent national-scale physiographic mapping by Pain et al. (2011) extends the mapping of Jennings and Mabbutt (1977) by utilising the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) digital elevation model and other new data such as national and state soil and land survey data in a GIS mapping system. The classification has three divisions at the broadest level, 23 provinces distinguishing major physiographic changes, and 220 regions forming the basic subdivision of internally consistent landform morphology and inferred origin (Pain et al., 2011). The Galilee subregion spans elements of the upper Lake Eyre drainage catchment, Bulloo river basin and Murray–Darling Basin and the adjacent eastern highlands. The subregion also extends into the upper coastward Burdekin and Fitzroy river basins to the north-east and east and the Gulf of Carpentaria to the north-west. This geographic complexity ensures that the Galilee subregion spans a number of physiographic regions with a relatively complex pattern in the eastern highlands and headwaters (Figure 6). In terms of the broad-scale physiographic divisions the subregion lies dominantly in the Interior Lowlands division but extends north-east across the boundary to the Eastern Uplands division. At the intermediate scale (physiographic province), the subregion falls dominantly into the Central Lowlands province and extends to the north-east into the south-western margins of the Burdekin Uplands and Fitzroy Uplands provinces. At the north-western subregion margin, small portions of the Carpentaria Lowlands province occur. Eight physiographic regions have a significant coverage in the Galilee subregion and 11 physiographic regions have a minor presence. Five of the well represented physiographic regions are in the Central Lowlands province with the following characteristics, including region identification number, derived from Pain et al. (2011): the Eromanga Lowlands (20209), stony plains with silcrete-capped mesas and minor alluvial and sandy tracts west and south of Longreach the Winton-Blackall Downs (20201), undulating clay plains that extend across the whole subregion from north-west to south-east the Jericho Plain (20202), a sand plain occurring in the central eastern part of the subregion in the Barcaldine Ridge area the Maranoa Lowland (20203), a sand plain with low sandstone hills in the south-eastern part of the subregion the Charleville Tableland (20204), a low sandy tableland of weathered sandstone and shale at the western edge of the subregion in its south-eastern corner. Figure 6 Physiographic regions (Pain et al., 2011) Region identification numbers are as used by Pain et al. (2011). Source data: Pain et al. 2011 Two of the well represented physiographic regions are in the Burdekin Uplands province and one in the Fitzroy Uplands province with the following characteristics, including region identification number, derived from Pain et al. (2011): the Gilberton Plateau (10305), a partly dissected sandstone plateau at the northern margin of the subregion north of Hughenden the Alice Tableland (10307), a perched sandy plain with interior drainage and a higher ferruginous-capped rim which lies in the central eastern part of the subregion and includes lakes Buchanan and Galilee the Nagoa Scarplands (10411), sandstone strike ridges separated by clay-rich valleys at the eastern edge of the subregion in its south-eastern corner. Of the 11 sparsely represented physiographic regions, two – the Clara-Mitchell Plains (20105) and the Wondoola Plain (20109) at the north-western subregion boundary – are in the Carpentaria Lowlands province. Two of the sparsely represented physiographic regions – the Burdekin Plateaux (10301) and the Cape River Plains (10306) – are in the Burdekin Uplands province. Four of the sparsely represented physiographic regions – the Belyando Plains (10403), the Drummond Uplands (10410), the Springsure-Clermont Plateaux (10409) and the Buckland Plateau (10412) – are in the Fitzroy Uplands province. Three of the sparsely represented physiographic regions – the Diamantina Plain (20210), the Warrego Plains (20214) and the St George Plains (20215) – are in the Central Lowlands province. Physiographic details of these sparsely represented regions are available in Pain et al. (2011). 1.1.2.1.2 Soils and land capability Figure 7 shows the subregion soils derived from the Australian Soils Classification (Isbell, 2002), which is a hierarchical classification that particularly features the soil B horizon characteristics and also provides an assessment of the soil agricultural potential. The soil characteristics described in this section are sourced from Isbell (2002). Comparison between Figure 6 and Figure 7 indicates correspondence between physiographic region and soil type. The Winton-Blackall Downs physiographic region (which extends north-west to south-east across the subregion west of the eastern highlands) coincides with a band dominated by Vertosols which, in the north-western part of the subregion, extends to both the north-east and south-west of the Winton-Blackall Downs into adjacent physiographic regions. Vertosols are clay-rich soils characterised by shrink-swell properties that produce both strong cracking when dry and gilgai microrelief at the surface and slickensides and lenticular aggregates at depth. Gilgai microrelief is an irregular generally polygonal pattern of alternating mounds and depressions, at variable scales, produced by physical subsoil movements in alternate shrink-swell cycles due to wetting and drying. Soil properties and profiles of gilgai mounds and depressions can vary. Vertosols have high agricultural potential with high fertility, variable structure depending on wetting state, and good water-holding capacity. The Eromanga Lowlands west of Longreach in the Galilee subregion are a topographically controlled complex mix of Vertosols, Sodosols, Tenosols, Rudosols and minor Kandosols and Dermosols. Sodosols show strong texture contrast with a highly sodic B horizon and pH greater than 5.5. They generally form on highly to moderately siliceous parent material and generally have low agricultural potential, low to moderate fertility, poor structure, low permeability, high erodibility and soil salinity. Tenosols are a diverse range of weakly developed sandy soils with an A horizon and are generally formed on highly siliceous parent materials. They tend to have low agricultural potential, low fertility, poor structure and low water-holding capacity. Rudosols are young soils with minimal pedogenic organisation and can vary widely in terms of texture, structure and depth. Dermosols have a low texture contrast with low free iron in the B horizon, are formed on a range of parent material from siliceous to intermediate and basic, and have high agricultural potential, moderate to high fertility, good structure and water-holding capacity. Kandosols are non-calcareous soils that lack a strong texture contrast and are developed on highly siliceous to intermediate parent material. They have low to moderate agricultural potential with moderate fertility and water-holding capacity. The Eromanga Lowlands immediately north-west of Charleville are dominated by Kandosols with minor Rudosols, Sodosols and Vertosols. Figure 7 Soils classified using the Australian Soil Classification (Isbell, 2002) Source data: Australian Soil Resource Information System (ASRIS) The eastern highlands physiographic regions of the Galilee subregion are more complex and have a corresponding complexity of soil types. In the north the Gilberton and Burdekin plateau physiographic regions have Ferrosols in addition to Vertosols, Tenosols and Kandosols. Ferrosols are soils without a strong texture contrast and with high free iron-oxide content in the B horizon. They are developed on intermediate to mafic parent material and have high agricultural potential, high fertility, good structure and water-holding capacity. Further south, the Alice Tableland, Jericho Plains, northern Nagoa Scarpland and Maranoa Lowland physiographic regions are dominated by Kandosols with minor Vertosols, Sodosols, Rudosols, Tenosols Chromosols and Dermosols. Chromosols have strong texture contrast and non-acidic and non-sodic B horizons and are formed on highly siliceous to intermediate parent material. They have moderate agricultural potential, moderate fertility and water-holding capacity. The Nagoa Scarplands and Maranoa Lowland physiographic regions of the south-eastern portion of the subregion have elongate bands of soil types parallel to the north-west trend of the highlands, which probably reflect alternating valley and range physiography. Soil types represented are mainly Chromosols, Rudosols and Calcarosols with more minor Kandosols, Tenosols and Sodosols. Calcarosols are soils characterised by calcium carbonate, especially in the B horizon subsoil, and can develop on a range of highly siliceous to intermediate parent material. They generally have low to moderate agricultural potential, low fertility and water-holding capacity. They may also have high salinity, alkalinity and boron toxicity. 1.1.2.1.3 Land cover Figure 8 shows the dynamic land cover distribution across the Galilee subregion derived from Geoscience Australia remote sensing mapping which uses a time series analysis of 34 structural vegetation classes ranging from cultivated and managed land covers (crops and pastures) to natural land covers (forests and grasslands) (Lymburner et al., 2011). The subregion is characterised by many different land cover classes but the broad distribution pattern of classes clearly reflects the physiographic regions and the soil class distribution as shown in Figure 6 and Figure 7. The Winton-Blackall Downs, which extend north-west to south-east across the subregion, are dominated by sparse tussock grasses with thin corridors of scattered trees along the drainage lines. To the south-west, the Eromanga Lowlands have a more complex pattern of sparse hummock grasses, sparse tussock grasses, scattered grassland and sparse shrubs, reflecting topography. This domination by grasslands reflects the inability of the clay-rich soils to provide sufficient accessible moisture to support trees in this semi-arid seasonal rainfall area. The eastern highlands portion of the subregion is dominated by sparse and scattered trees with small areas of open trees which become dominant in the south-eastern corner. The Gilberton Plateau physiographic region in the north-eastern highland portion of the subregion has open hummock grassland, and significant areas of rain-fed pasture are present in the south-eastern corner of the subregion. Figure 8 Land cover Source data: GA (2011b) 1.1.1 Bioregion 1.1.1.1 Definitions used 1.1.2.2 Human geography 1.1.2.3 Climate 1.1.3 Geology 1.1.3.1 Geological structural framework 1.1.3.2 Stratigraphy and rock type 1.1.3.3 Basin history 1.1.3.4 Coal and hydrocarbons 1.1.3.5 Potential basin connectivities 1.1.4 Hydrogeology and groundwater quality 1.1.4.1 Groundwater systems 1.1.4.2 Groundwater quality 1.1.4.3 Groundwater flow 1.1.4.4 Groundwater planning and use 1.1.5 Surface water hydrology and water quality 1.1.5.1 Surface water systems 1.1.5.2 Surface water quality 1.1.5.3 Surface water flow 1.1.6 Surface water – groundwater interactions 1.1.7 Ecology 1.1.7.1 Ecological systems 1.1.7.2 Terrestrial species and communities 1.1.7.3 Aquatic species and communities 1.1 Context statement Data register for product 1.1 Context statement for the Galilee subregion	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2238
__label__cc	0.656146	0.343854	Tag Archives: criptismo Impostors: two animal fictions Picture a mythological beast, a half-snake, half-spider hybrid, likely to make both arachnophobics and herpetophobics sleepless. Imagine its tail, from which eight mutant legs stick out, and where several small, black and shiny eyes open up to scrutinize their prey. It could well be a lovecraftian horror fantasy, or a new incarnation of the alien from The Thing. And yet, such an animal exists. Even if reality is, of course, not so dramatic. In 1968, William and Janice Street were exploring Iran. It was their second naturalistic expedition on behalf of the Field Museum of Chicago (in the following decade they would carry out three more, in Afghanistan, Peru and Australia), with the aim of expanding the Museum’s collection with new specimens. Their mission was mainly focused on mammals, but during their trip the Streets were also collecting several reptiles. One day they noticed a snake which seemed to have a solifugid — a type of arachnid living in arid and sandy regions — attached to its tail. Once brought back to the Museum, the specimen was examined by researcher Steven Anderson, who realized the alleged spider was in reality a part of the viper’s own morphology: since only one specimen was known, he speculated that either a tumor, a congenital defect or a parasite could be responsible for that strange appendage. The snake was identified as Pseudocerastes persicus, the persian horned viper, and almost forgotten in the shelves of the Museum for nearly fourty years. Then, in 2003, researcher Hamid Bostanchi came in possesion of a second specimen, identical to the one previously classified. He thus began suspecting the mutation was more than a physical defect, given that 35 years had passed from the first finding. He was therefore the first to speculate that this was an unknown species. A third specimen was found in the poisonous animals section of the Razi Institute in Karaj, Iran: it had been mistakenly classified as a horned desert viper. At this point Bostanchi, together with the first discoverer Steven Anderson and other collegues, published his findings and baptized the new snake Pseudocerastes urarachnoides (“with a spider-like tail”) in a 2006 essay. X-rays showed the caudal vertebrae, bearing no sign of malformation, extending well into this anomalous structure, which was evidently formed by modified scales. As many vipers move their tails to lure preys, Bostanchi hypotesized that this bizarre spider-shaped protuberance was nothing else than an elaborate hunt bait. In 2008 a live P. urarachnoides was captured and the animal, held in captivity, seemed to actually use its tail to lure sparrows and baby chickens near him; then, with a sudden twitch, it bit them and poisoned them in less than a half second. In its stomach fowl remains were found, indicating that this bait could have evolved specifically to catch birds. To clear any doubt and verify the hypothesis, other observations followed, also in a natural environment. Here is a recent and wonderful video of the spider-tailed viper using its caudal bait to deceive and catch a bird. If a viper imitating a small arachnid might seem an exceptional case of mimicry, what’s really astonishing is that in nature a perfectly specular example can be found: an insect, that is, mimicking a snake. It’s the Dynastor darius, a butterfly which during its pupa stage locks itself inside a chrysalis that would definitely look far from tempting to a possible predator: in fact, it resembles a reptile’s head. The pupa is still aware of the world outside the chrysalis, and if it feels threatened it can shake its “mask” from side to side, to make it even more convincingly realistic. Sometimes it is asserted that man is the only animal capable of lying. Yet, from crypsis to mimicry, it’s clear that fiction and deceit are extremely widespread behaviors among the rest of living creatures: they are weapons of attack and self-defense, sharpened in time. The predator has to disguise its presence, the prey has to dupe the senses of its enemy, and so on, in a constant game of mirrors in which nothing is really as it seems. 5 Comments Posted in Animals & Nature Tagged animali, aracnidi, bostanchi, chicago, coda, criptismo, crisalide, crypsis, Dynastor darius, erpetologia, esemplare, farfalla, field museum, insetto, mimetismo, natura, preda, predatore, Pseudocerastes urarachnoides, pupa, ragno, serpente, street expedition, vipera Alberto Martini, The “Maudit” of Italian Art Tuesday October 9th, 2018 His Anatomical Majesty Tuesday September 20th, 2016 La metro pneumatica di NYC Sunday December 2nd, 2012	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2240
__label__wiki	0.924144	0.924144	More than a dozen dogs rescued from huge blaze at dog breeder's home in Hambleton The aerial ladder platform has been used to battle the blaze which began at around 5am this morning (November 21) Matthew Calderbank A home belonging to a dog breeder has been wrecked after an early morning blaze in Hambleton. Six fire crews rushed to the semi-detached home in Rydal Road at 5am, along with the aerial ladder platform and drone team. The house is home to a dog breeder and fire crews had to rescue a large number of dogs from the property Engines from Blackpool, Bispham, Fleetwood, South Shore, St Annes and Wesham were mobilised after the fire swiftly spread through both floors. Within two hours, the roof had collapsed at the home. Firefighters were able to prevent the flames spreading to the home next door, which has been unscathed by the blaze. Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service said the home's occupants have been accounted for, with three people taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation. More than a dozen dogs were also rescued and the RSPCA was called to the scene to help with their welfare needs. Six fire engines tackled the fire at its peak, alongside the aerial ladder platform and the drone unit equipped with a thermal imaging camera But after visiting the home, which belongs to a dog breeder, RSPCA officers raised concerns about the dogs' welfare. The RSPCA said all the dogs have been taken into care whilst an investigation takes place. A spokesman for the RSPCA said: "We were called to a house fire in Hambleton this morning (Thursday, November 21) by the fire brigade to assist with a number of dogs at the location. "The dogs are in the RSPCA’s care subject to an on-going inquiry and are not available for rehoming. Fire crews pumping water from Carr Lane to the fire in Rydal Road this morning (November 21) "We cannot say any more at this time." READ MORE: Fire 999 calls in Lancashire increase while number of firefighters falls A LFRS spokesman said: "The property consisted of two floors measuring approximately 4m x 5m. 'Bung a bob for a Big Ben bong' on Brexit night under Government plans "The ground floor and roof space were well alight and crews used six breathing apparatus and three jets, as well as a thermal imaging camera and positive ventilation fan to dampen down the fire. The fire service said the home has suffered "100 per cent damage" to its structure "All persons accounted." Water pressure is reportedly low in the area and fire crews are running hoses from a supply outside a newsagents, Village News, in nearby Carr Lane. ‘Missing fisherman’ walks into Blackpool bait shop unaware of nine-hour rescue search	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2241
__label__wiki	0.583134	0.583134	Discover Paris with our free app 🎒 The places of the illustrious Parisian Museum of Paris Bohémienne Paris : Monmartre District of Paris Romantic places in Paris Palace Paris, France Between lights and shadows:Conciergerie Conciergerie Along the Seine lies the Conciergerie: the oldest Royal Palace in Paris and oldest prison in France. Hundreds of prisoners during the French Revolution were taken from the Conciergerie to be executed by guillotine at some locations around Paris. The Conciergerie Palace has been chosen as an UNESCO world heritage site and it is also as a monument among the Center Des Monuments Nationaux. In this place you will feel a very special atmosphere. This medieval-style building was a Royal Residence until 1300 and later became a dark prison on the Île de la Cité. Many well-known names spent their last hours between these walls: Charlotte Corday, Danton, Madame Elisabeth, Robespierre, Madame du Barry and above all Mary Antonietta. Visiting the Palace Salons and the old jails you will live a truly unique experience. 2 Boulevard du Palais, 75001 Paris, France	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2244
__label__wiki	0.672482	0.672482	Kosovo under Nazi Germany: Nazi-Created Albanian Security Forces in Kosovo during World War II0 Kosovo: What Everyone Really Needs To Know, Public diplomacy Albanian popular support for fascism and Nazism was widespread. Nazi Germany exploited the Greater Albania nationalist ideology to gain popular support for the Nazi German occupation of Kosovo. Last week: A desecrated cemetery; This week: „Kosovo is an example of interfaith tolerance and coexistence“0 Digital Diplomacy, Kosovo: What Everyone Really Needs To Know, Public diplomacy, Serbia in my heart „In terms of interfaith tolerance and coexistence, Kosovo sets an example in the region and beyond,“ the Kosovo Foreign Minister, Behgjet Pacolli said at a ministerial conference on religious freedom held in Washington. While Pacolli claims that the various religious communities in Kosovo „live together in harmony,“ the Kosovo Police still fail to find those Au Kosovo, les Serbes font de la résistance GRAND REPORTAGE0 " Just Oppinion ", Kosovo: What Everyone Really Needs To Know, World Vingt ans après la guerre du Kosovo, 100.000 Serbes orthodoxes vivent toujours dans l’ex-province yougoslave, autoproclamée indépendante en 2008. Solution0 Basic Western misconceptions on the Kosovo issue and their corrections Solution Finally, the optimal solution for the Kosovo status is a “normal” autonomy within Serbia according to the international standards of protection of the rights of ethnic minorities but without any political-administrative prerogatives as it was the case in the SFRY from 1974 to 1989. 32. The best and most democratic solution of the Kosovo knot is to recognize Kosovo’s self-proclaimed independence from Serbia0 31. After the war, KosMet was occupied by the international community, sanctioned by the UN (KFOR) for the fundamental purpose to prevent violence between the Albanian majority and the Serb minority0 Basic Western misconceptions on the Kosovo issue and their corrections 31. After the war, KosMet was occupied by the international community, sanctioned by the UN (KFOR) for the fundamental purpose to prevent violence between the Albanian majority and the Serb minority Wrong. KosMet was, in fact, occupied after the Kosovo War not by “international Humanitarian Intervention: Advantages and Disadvantages in East Timor and Kosovo "Classic " Diplomacy, Kosovo: What Everyone Really Needs To Know, World Digital Diplomacy, Kosovo: What Everyone Really Needs To Know, Public diplomacy, Serbia in my heart, World 11. Albanians are autochthonous Balkan population descending from the ancient Balkan Illyrian tribes 10. There is no such an entity as a Greater Albania 5. Shqipetars are an autochthonous population at KosMet Kosovo under Nazi Germany: Nazi-Created Albanian Security Forces in Kosovo during World War II Last week: A desecrated cemetery; This week: „Kosovo is an example of interfaith tolerance and coexistence“ Au Kosovo, les Serbes font de la résistance GRAND REPORTAGE 32. The best and most democratic solution of the Kosovo knot is to recognize Kosovo’s self-proclaimed independence from Serbia	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2246
__label__wiki	0.882748	0.882748	Bedard: Near full health, TE Matt LaCosse starting to show why the Patriots signed him By Greg A. Bedard In an offseason where seemingly nothing went right with the offensive moves Bill Belichick tried to make to fortify his offense, there's still some hope one will pay off. Tight end Matt LaCosse, who was signed to a two-year, $3.8-million contract from the Broncos early in the offseason, has seen his role slowly expand since finally getting back healthy from the high-ankle sprain he suffered in the first preseason game against the Lions on Aug. 8. “Matt's very attentive. Smart kid. Picks things up well, works really hard,” Tom Brady said earlier this season. “He's just been limited here since the Detroit game, but he's tough. He's working through it, so hopefully, he just keeps getting better day-to-day.” High-ankle sprains are among the worst nagging injuries an athlete can have. They never really get right without the full rest presented in the offseason. And they can suddenly go bad after making progress. It’s a one step forward, two steps back kind of thing. Not surprisingly, it’s been a tough go for LaCosse in his first season with the Patriots. “Yeah, no doubt it's been frustrating,” said the 2015 Giants undrafted free agent out of Illinois. “You never want to have injuries like that, but it's been good to get back out there. Any way I can help the team and contribute, it's a good thing.” LaCosse admitted that it was hard to sit on the sidelines when he knew he was fully capable of helping the offense be more productive. LOG IN with Facebook LOG IN with Google LOG IN with Twitter Not subscribed yet? Click below for access to all content: The Quest for 7: Patriots graded, T.B thinks T.B. stays, More staff leaving? Links 01.17.20 Ryan: After catching plenty of flak, Bruins’ physical response Thursday ‘was a good first step to getting back to who we are’ BSJ Live Q&A: Bedard on Patriots/NFL, 3 p.m. On The Beat: Talking defensive struggles, Gilmore-Hopkins & Texans’ fear of the Patriots with John McClain NFL Notebook: Will Patriots change personnel in a rematch with Ravens, Lamar Jackson?	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2249
__label__cc	0.503945	0.496055	Boxerbrand \| Recipe for Success Visit Boxerbrand products Stories about the best restaurants in the business. Tios is home to Mount Nacheesmo November 21, 2014 Susan Salk Comments 0 Comment Mount Nacheesmo, a five-pound platter heaped with all the good stuff—beans, beef, chicken, pork, Monterey Jack and cheddar cheese, green pepper, sour cream, and more— has been the subject of blog posts and of college lore. And in 2012, the creation hit the big time! Man v. Food host Adam Richman traveled to Tios Mexican Café to take the challenge: downing the five-pound delight in 45 minutes in an episode that aired on the popular show. That’s quite an accomplishment for the host, of course, but an even larger testament to the popular Michigan eatery established in 1986 by Tim and Harriet Seaver. Their son Jeremy Seaver, who took over the helm of the family business, spoke with Boxerbrand’s Recipe for Success blog about the popular family style restaurant that rose from humble beginnings. Q: What’s a great Mexican hangout doing in Ann Arbor? It goes back to my father Tim. He had been in pizza for a long time and he felt there were too many pizza places in Ann Arbor. There were five or six at the time, and zero Mexican. He felt like Mexican was the niche that needed to be served and he started collecting recipes for hot sauces. Q: Your Dad went on to create his own hot sauce recipe that wowed the most discriminating judges. The Tios No. 4 sauce is his own recipe. In 1987 it won the Best Hot Sauce Award by Chili Pepper Magazine at the North American Fiery Food Show. There were over 200 entries in the competition. Q: Your restaurant and hot sauces have been thriving since 1986. What’s the secret to your success? We started as a carry out and delivery spot with personality, which catered to college students. It was a dive, but it was a nice dive. When I entered the family business in 2001, we expanded and turned it into a full service restaurant with a bar that caters to a casual family dining clientele. I think that reinvention has contributed to our success, but another part of it is the fundamentals: we strive to use the best ingredients, and though we’re not gourmet, we strive to do what we do very well. We recognize that the Ann Arbor public has great taste and we strive to maintain that quality. Q: What is your most famous dish? Our five-pound nacho dish, Mount Nacheesmo, is probably the most famous since we had the good fortune of being on television with it on Man v. Food. But I’d say our most popular is the wet burrito. We’ve changed so much over the past 25 years, and offer so many (items now), but people have been coming in for that for eight years. It’s a smother burrito with beans, rice, cheese, onions, tomato and pork. — Tios Mexican Café uses Boxerbrand Shimmer menu covers in gold. “We really love them. They look great,” Jeremy Seaver says. Navigating the seaside restaurant biz Red Restaurant expands base Showcasing interesting stories about successful restaurateurs from around the world. We talk with chefs, with owners, and entrepreneurs who have unlocked the secret to succeeding in a tough and competitive environment. Share your story with us! Independent Living Community gets Foodie treatment Annie’s Paramount: Going strong after 70 years From pasta to Food Network & famous hot oil Champagne corks popping at Sparkling Pointe Vineyard caters to family & dogs	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2250
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__label__wiki	0.851574	0.851574	Early Coventry team news Bantams boss Phil Parkinson is hoping to have the same group of players from Tuesday's match up at Carlisle United available to him for Saturday's trip to Coventry City. Striker Aaron Mclean is unfortunately a doubt, however, after missing training this Thursday with a virus. Andy Gray would most probably be first in place line to replace Mclean should the former Hull City forward be deemed unfit to travel. Rory McArdle came through unscathed after playing against Carlisle still sporting a nasty gash picked up during an accidental clash of heads in training last weekend. McArdle's stitches have now come out of the wound above his left eye and he should be fine to keep his place in City's back four as a result. Mark Yeates is back in training now following a recent knee injury but it isn't know yet whether Parkinson will consider him ready to be in contention for this weekend. Fellow wingers Garry Thompson and Kyle Bennett are likely to go head-to-head for the spot on City's right flank, especially if Yeates isn't involved. Coventry City officials are currently keeping the club up to date regarding the state of the pitch at Sixfields Stadium. Despite heavy rain being forecast for this Friday, the covers are on the playing surface at Sixfields in an attempt to protect the pitch. The football club will update supporters further if and when anything changes.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2252
__label__cc	0.682312	0.317688	Workers Comp Attorney Albany, NY Please keep in mind that in New York, there are strict time limits for filing claims after a workplace accident, so it is imperative that you take action on your case as soon as possible. Contact us today by filling out our online form, or give us a call. We will review your case for free. Click to Call Live Chat Home > Albany > Albany Work Injury Lawyer Albany Workers Compensation Lawyer A workplace injury can affect your life for years, whether you spend your days at a construction site or inside an office. Serious workplace injuries caused by defective equipment, improper safety protections and repetitive strain on the body are a tragic reality for workers regardless of occupation. These injuries can leave people unable to support themselves and their families, with devastating long-term consequences. 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We will review your claim at no cost to you and discuss all of your options for pursuing fair compensation for your injuries. 1 Know Your Albany Workplace Injury Rights 2 Why Choose the Top-Rated Albany Work Injury Attorneys at Belluck & Fox? 3 Types of Serious Workplace Accidents and Injuries in Albany 4 Occupations Most at Risk for Workplace Injuries and Accidents in Albany, NY 5 Contact an Albany Work Injury Lawyer Today Know Your Albany Workplace Injury Rights As a worker, you have specific rights under the Occupational Safety & Health Administration, specifically, how your employer must provide an environment “free of known health and safety hazards.” If you are injured on the job in Albany, you have a legal right to compensation through a number of sources: Workers’ Compensation: Seek medical treatment as soon as you are hurt on the job and report your injury to your employer to start the workers’ compensation claim process. 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Business Insurance magazine notes that the most common types of serious workplace injuries in New York State and throughout the United States are as follows: Employees who overexert themselves when they push, hold, lift, pull or carry more than their bodies can handle Workers injured in falls to a lower level, such as a fall from unsafe scaffolding, as well as slip-and-falls and trip-and-falls Those whose bodies react to physical tasks, such as standing, reaching, climbing, bending, sitting, slipping or tripping (without falling) An object striking an employee Other common injuries involving repetitive motion and poor ergonomics, workers hurt by being “caught in/compressed by” something, equipment failure, lack of appropriate safety precautions, and work-related roadway accidents No matter your injury, if you have been hurt while on the job, you should talk with an experienced workplace accident lawyer in Albany to assess your options for pursuing compensation. Injured workers often are entitled to workers’ compensation benefits, a process that involves strict deadlines and detailed documentation. The Albany workplace accident lawyers at Belluck & Fox, LLP, can help you identify what steps you need to take to start the compensation process. Occupations Most at Risk for Workplace Injuries and Accidents in Albany, NY If you have been seriously injured in a workplace accident in Albany, you are not alone. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says there were 203,100 nonfatal workplace injuries reported in New York State in 2017. In addition, 313 people died in workplace accidents statewide that same year. Some occupations understandably had more reported injuries than others. For instance: Educational, health care and social assistance workers: 41,600 New Yorkers reported being injured on the job while working for nursing homes, hospitals, home health care providers, residential care facilities and schools. 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This includes electrical contractors, plumbers, heating and air-conditioning contractors, scaffold workers, and foundation and exterior contractors. It is a sad reality that no workplace is immune from injury. However, a serious injury can change your life and the lives of your family members profoundly. The experienced Albany workplace accident lawyers at Belluck & Fox have seen this firsthand and are dedicated to helping our clients manage all aspects of their pursuit of compensation. Our goal is to take the burden off you so that you and your loved ones can focus on your recovery. Contact an Albany Work Injury Lawyer Today We have seen how injured workers often feel shock and anxiety after being hurt on the job. Any physical pain sometimes can be eclipsed by the mental stress of not being able to return to work right away. The experienced Albany personal injury attorneys at Belluck & Fox are here to help. Our workplace accident lawyers take pride in fighting for the rights of injured workers throughout New York State, and we are committed to providing you with professional and personalized legal representation. Whether you are seeking justice on behalf of a loved one or yourself, our attorneys are ready to assist you in investigating your claim and identifying all avenues for compensation. Please call us today at (518) 621-2699 to schedule a free consultation. Business Insurance: Top 5 workplace injury causes make up 72% of direct workers comp costs: Analysis New York State Workers’ Compensation Board: Understanding the Claims Process Occupational Safety & Health Administration: Know Your Rights U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: New York Occupational Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities Belluck & Fox LLP 646 Plank Rd #105 Site by Consultwebs.com	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2254
__label__wiki	0.964208	0.964208	The Bendigo electorate has almost eclipsed the number of pre-poll votes it took at the 2016 election. The latest update from the Australian Electoral Commission shows 22,800 people - or 20.2 per cent of people enrolled to vote - had cast their votes to Monday evening. In 2016, 22.7 per cent of voters had their say at the ballot box ahead of election day. Of the three pre-polling stations in Bendigo, Mitchell Street has been busiest with more than 12,500 people casting their vote. Golden Square has had just over 9000 visit the election booth while Castlemaine has seen 1211 people vote ahead of the federal election this Saturday. RELATED: Bendigo federal election 2019: Candidates write on policies, stances The Bendigo electorate has three pre-polling stations open ahead of this Saturday's election day. Voters can cast their ballot at Shop 45 Mitchell Street, Bendigo, Castlemaine Town Hall in Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine or at Abundant Life Christian Fellowship, 113-123 Mackenzie Street West, Golden Square. Each polling booth is open from 8.30am. Have you signed up to the Bendigo Advertiser's daily newsletter and breaking news emails? You can register below and make sure you are up to date with everything that's happening in central Victoria. https://nnimgt-a.akamaihd.net/transform/v1/crop/frm/dNmjTCUWGCi8W4CsChEdGZ/4eb808c4-cbff-4c77-a562-e889da195a16.jpg/r10_108_4514_2653_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg May 14 2019 - 7:47PM Bendigo federal election 2019: More than 22,000 Bendigo voters have already visited the polling booth The Bendigo electorate has almost eclipsed the number of pre-poll votes it took at the 2016 election. The latest update from the Australian Electoral Commission shows 22,800 people - or 20.2 per cent of people enrolled to vote - had cast their votes to Monday evening. In 2016, 22.7 per cent of voters had their say at the ballot box ahead of election day. Of the three pre-polling stations in Bendigo, Mitchell Street has been busiest with more than 12,500 people casting their vote. Golden Square has had just over 9000 visit the election booth while Castlemaine has seen 1211 people vote ahead of the federal election this Saturday. RELATED: Bendigo federal election 2019: Candidates write on policies, stances The Bendigo electorate has three pre-polling stations open ahead of this Saturday's election day. Voters can cast their ballot at Shop 45 Mitchell Street, Bendigo, Castlemaine Town Hall in Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine or at Abundant Life Christian Fellowship, 113-123 Mackenzie Street West, Golden Square. Each polling booth is open from 8.30am.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2255
__label__wiki	0.901344	0.901344	The East Bay restaurants that opened and closed in August By Joanna Della Penna Aug. 30, 2019, 9 a.m. November 21, 2019 Boochman Kombucha Taproom offers a small menu of snacks, many featuring fermented ingredients and repurposed produce from their kombuchas. Photo: Boochman Kombucha BOOCHMAN KOMBUCHA TAPROOM Nosh scooped this ‘booch earlier in the month, as Boochman Kombucha’s new taproom is, somewhat unbelievably, the first of its kind in the Bay Area. The welcoming, health-minded outpost at the western end of University Ave. offers as many as 10 weekly-changing taps of seasonal, small-batch Boochman kombuchas available by the glass and growler, all produced on-site — current flavors include peach lemon verbena and currant with clove. There’s a clean-lined, cozy interior with two tables, an outdoor patio and several smaller food items available from Wednesday through Saturday, made by using many of the same fresh (and eventually fermented) ingredients used to flavor the kombucha, in line with the company’s efforts towards zero waste. The whole place seems to effervesce with a friendly energy thanks to Boochman’s enthusiastic owners, two sets of siblings who combined forces in Berkeley and have been producing and distributing kombucha locally since early 2018. Boochman Kombucha Taproom, 915 University Ave. (between Seventh and Eighth), Berkeley A braised lamb wrap and greens cucumber lime juice from Fava in Berkeley. Photo: Sarah Han FAVA Nothing but glowing reviews so far for this tiny take-out lunch counter now operating from behind the former Juice Bar Collective’s iconic screen door. Fava opened Aug. 6, from good friends Sylvia Osborne-Calierno, a north Berkeley native, and Jeremy Scheiblauer, originally from Santa Cruz, both chef-owners and Chez Panisse alums. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, the pair create limited quantities of flatbread sandwiches for vegetarians and meat-eaters (the lamb wrap is a hit), as well as flavorful salads, fresh juices and lassis, seasonal sides, desserts and baked goods, including the sandwich flatbreads for now, which one recent diner called, “pillowy and delicious.” Ingredients are organic and locally sourced. The wee, familiar space with very Berkeley roots seems to be in excellent hands, with fresh flavors striking the right balance between current and comforting. Limited seating out front. Fava, 2114 Vine St. (between Shattuck and Walnut), Berkeley FLAVIA OSTERIA There was yet another quick switch near Cal this month — 2132 Center St. morphed from the short-lived vegan restaurant Collective Kitchen (see Closures) to affordable Italian pasta and pizza house Flavia Osteria, opened Aug. 26. The casual, counter-service restaurant brings a menu of easy, homestyle pasta dishes to the student-heavy area, organized according to protein (chicken, beef, seafood, veg) with almost all pasta plates costing less than $10. Ten-inch Neapolitan-style pizzas are also under $10, except the Pizza Alla Flavia, with pepperoni, sausage, salami, green pepper, mushroom, olive, onion and pesto for $10.95. The roomy space has plenty of comfortable seating and a full bar. Flavia Osteria, 2132 Center St. (between Shattuck and Oxford), Berkeley Wrecking Ball Coffee Roasters in Berkeley. Photo: Joanna Della Penna WRECKING BALL COFFEE ROASTERS True to its name, this new coffee shop, the second Bay Area café from husband-and-wife owners Nick Cho and Trish Rothgeb, busted things wide open when it hit inside the former Philz space on Shattuck on Aug. 23. The café showcases a gorgeous, provocative mural by artist Chris Chanyang Shim (@royyaldog), but even more thought-provoking are the owners’ progressive opinions about the café’s new neighborhood and mission. Look for house-blend and single-origin coffee drinks, baked goods including a Spam musubi croissant, and in the near future, lemonade. Seating (and the mural) are on the second level of the two-tiered space. Wrecking Ball Coffee Roasters Shattuck Avenue, 1600 Shattuck Ave. (between Cedar and Lincoln), Berkeley ALGORITHM COFFEE CO. The flagship café for Algorithm Coffee at 1122 University Ave., open since 2016, shuttered abruptly mid month, much to the dismay of the location’s many fans. A simple sign in the vacated storefront says a “new business is coming soon.” Owner Aaron Hubbard had this news to share with Nosh about the closure: “Our storefront was a wonderful experience and we were very popular and busy, but it was the right time to move on.” He added that Algorithm as a brand is still very much active, and Algorithm coffee can still be found at the Saturday downtown Berkeley farmers market, by the bag online, at local grocery stores and, beginning January 2020, select northern California Whole Foods locations. COLLECTIVE KITCHEN & BAR Three former members of the now-dissolved Juice Bar Collective seemed poised for success with this large vegan and vegetarian restaurant, opened on Center Street in April, but it was not meant to be. The restaurant closed the first weekend in August, and has already reopened as Flavia (see Openings above). Country Cheese Co. on San Pablo Avenue closed Aug. 13. Photo: Country Cheese Co./Facebook COUNTRY CHEESE CO. This old-fashioned purveyor of quality cheeses, specialty food products and some of the East Bay’s favorite deli sandwiches, closed as anticipated on Aug. 13., leaving the community to find other sources for their imported teas, cocoas, jams, spices and other gourmet goods. This location at 2101 San Pablo Ave. was the last remaining Country Cheese Co. store, a company that operated in Berkeley for an impressive five decades. JAYAKARTA RESTAURANT Thanks to a tip, Nosh was able to alert readers to the impending closure of Berkeley’s only Indonesian restaurant Jayakarta after 14 years on University Avenue (As the story spread across media, Chronicle reporter Janelle Bitker also revealed the impending closure in September of Borobudur Restaurant, the only exclusively Indonesian restaurant in San Francisco, a compounded loss of Indonesian cuisine for the Bay Area.) Fans of Jayakarta, including many students, were able to make it to the Berkeley restaurant for one final savory, authentic Indonesian meal before it shuttered on Aug. 24. MO’JOE CAFE We checked in with co-owner Adil Mouftakir for an update on the popular Mo’Joe Café at the corner of Sacramento and Dwight, temporarily closed by water damage incurred by a fire in the building on Aug. 4. In an Aug. 27 email, Mouftakir said he expects at least another two weeks of reconstruction at the south Berkeley café, possibly more. Hang in there Mo’Joe. Artichoke Basille’s in Temescal Oakland. Photo: Artichoke Basille’s ARTICHOKE BASILLE’S PIZZA Announced and awaited since the closure of the Temescal location of Lanesplitter Pizza in 2018, Artichoke Basille’s softly opened in early August, and had its grand opening Aug. 24. The New York City-based pizzeria from cousins Francis Garcia and Sal Basille is famous for enormous, gooey, flavorful slices that are particularly popular with the late-night crowd. Favorites include pepperoni, meatball, crab, vodka (with a tomato, vodka, cream sauce and mix of cheeses), and of course the artichoke, with artichoke hearts and spinach in a creamy sauce with lots of cheese. Artichoke Basille’s has had a Berkeley presence since 2013, thanks to local franchiser Jim Trevor, also responsible for this new opening and potentially more to come. Note: This is not a pizza counter; the Temescal pizzeria features sit-down table service for slices and drinks from the full bar. Artichoke Basille’s Pizza, 4799 Telegraph Ave. (at 48th), Oakland CAFE ENCINA Neighborhood enclave Café Encina brings a menu of small, shareable bites, as well as a full bar loaded with treats from mezcal to sipping vermouth, to the former Bar 41 on 41st near Broadway. Dishes have Basque, Spanish and Portuguese-inflected flavors, many with coastal and even veg and vegan appeal. Café Encina is in soft-open mode for the next few weeks, with plans for a grand opening in mid to late September. (Note: This burgeoning stretch of Temescal also includes Trueburger, Clove & Hoof, Mama’s Royal, Copper Spoon, Teni East Kitchen, the new Umami Mart and, soon, Brenda’s. Quite a line-up.). We’ll have more details in a separate story about Café Encina on Nosh. Café Encina, 308 41st St. (near Broadway), Oakland CHOP BAR (NEW) Ten-year-old Chop Bar left its former digs at 247 4th St. last month to move across the street and into a larger space within the Fourth Street East complex at 190 4th St.; the restaurant opened Aug. 1, boasting twice the space, a larger kitchen, private events room and outdoor patio. Though the new Chop Bar impresses and chef Lev Delany has been able to expand and riff a little on the menu of comfort favorites, the casual, fun vibe remains unchanged, if a bit more playful. (Anyone nostalgic for the old location should take a peek and feel comforted.) Oakland chef-restaurateur Chris Pastena has been on a recent tear — the man behind Chop Bar, Calavera, the recently sold Lungomare and upcoming new Tribune Tavern was profiled earlier this month on Nosh. Chop Bar, 190 4th St. (at Jackson), Oakland The mural at Kono Food Alley. Photo: Common Grounds KONO FOOD ALLEY Launched to alleviate lunchtime hunger pangs in the Koreatown Northgate neighborhood, as well as to celebrate and support diverse, small food business owners, Kono Food Alley, produced by George Dy, is a food truck and food stand gathering outside 3188 Telegraph Avenue, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., every Monday through Thursday. Purveyors include Tacos Y Chelas, Javi’s Cooking, La Vida Boba, Curbside Kitchen and others. The pop-up will run through Oct. 10. Kono Food Alley, 3188 Telegraph Ave. (between 30th and Hawthorne), Oakland NAUGHTY CHILE TAQUERIA Yet another “quick service restaurant” (QSR) franchise operating out of gas stations and convenience stores (similar in model to the ubiquitous Krispy Krunchy Chicken), Colorado-owned Naughty Chile Taqueria has arrived. The pre-cooked, heat-and-eat Mexican food franchise opened its first California location this month inside Oakland’s Pious Petroleum on Foothill Boulevard, and is also… available for delivery. (It’s a dense market Naughty Chile’s entering: Nosh counted at least 12 taco trucks and taquerias nearby.) Naughty Chile Taqueria kiosk inside Pious Petroleum, 4280 Foothill Blvd. (at High St.), Oakland The SoCal Burrito from Man Vs. Fries, a pop-up at Town Popup in East Oakland. Photo: Man vs. Fries RIDE BAR Ride Oakland cycling gym has a new smoothie bar that opened in June to the public. Ride Bar offers açai, fruit and granola bowls and elaborate, delicious-sounding blended concoctions made with fruit, proteins, powders and superfoods, priced at between $9.50-$10.50 each. (There is also coffee.) Ride Bar, 4448 Piedmont Ave. (between Ramona and Pleasant Valley), Oakland TOWN POPUP East Bay Express had the news that the former Temple Club space will now house a series of long-time pop-ups under the umbrella Town Popup. The first one, Man Vs. Fries, landed this month, with specialties such as the SoCal Burrito — carne asada, pollo asado, Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, fries, cheese and sauce wrapped in a 13-inch tortilla and served with a side of queso (the NorCal version skips the Cheetos in favor of guacamole and sour cream) — available daily for pickup or delivery via Doordash. To come: Beso, Streat Dog, and Mac & Mischief (any one of which would be a great name for a band). Town Popup, 2307 International Boulevard (at 23rd), Oakland DIVING DOG BREWHOUSE The Chronicle had the story of Diving Dog Brewhouse’s permanent closure Aug. 8, and as with many sad goodbyes recently, it’s one of numbers not adding up. The 30-tap brew pub and “brew on premises” venue across from the Fox Theatre was an Uptown favorite for beer lovers and brewers for nearly five years, and will be missed. MEDITERRANEAN EXPRESS (fka PITA POCKET) Friendly customer service was a constant at this two-year-old neighborhood counter-service eatery for fast-casual Mediterranean plates. Pan-Asian pop-up-turned restaurant Saucy will open in the space at 3932 Telegraph Ave. next month, read more here. THE OCTOPUS LITERARY SALON This haven at 2101 Webster St. for artists, poets, musicians and their audiences had wonderful intentions and plenty of business, but a sad farewell on the group’s website explains that they just weren’t bringing in enough money to continue. Tonight and tomorrow, Aug. 30-31, the literary salon, event space and restaurant will host its final performances and then close. (The spot’s final reading will feature authors from Finishing Line Press.) It won’t be a Viking funeral, exactly, but the sentiment is there. 85°C BAKERY CAFÉ Two months after Berkeley lost its 85°C Bakery this summer, a new location for the Taiwanese pastry and coffee chain opened in a former Payless ShoeSource in downtown San Leandro. Currently in soft open mode, the Washington Square outpost will celebrate its grand opening Sept. 6. 85°C Bakery, 1299 Washington Ave., San Leandro Minnie Bell’s Soul Movement chef Fernay McPherson with employee Jay. The soul food spot moved into a new, permanent kiosk at Public Market Emeryville. Photo: Joanna Della Penna MINNIE BELL’S SOUL MOVEMENT (NEW KIOSK) Congratulations to La Cocina alumna Fernay McPherson for crossing into larger, lasting digs at the Emeryville Public Market. The popular soul food chef’s prominent new stand, opened Aug. 12, features a roomier kitchen and counter, with an expanded menu to boot. McPherson’s former stall, used as a rotating home for La Cocina chefs, will reopen in the coming weeks as homestyle Middle Eastern spot Mama Lamees from chef Lamees Dabhour. Minnie Bell’s Soul Movement, Public Market Emeryville, 5959 Shellmound St., Emeryville Square pepperoni pizza from Raymond’s Pizzeria in Richmond. Photo: Raymond’s Pizzeria/Instagram RAYMOND’S PIZZERIA Nosh loves the look of this new New York-style slice house, complete with Pliny and Death & Taxes on tap, softly opened several weeks ago in the Point Richmond neighborhood. Owners are skate vet Brad Staba and Nathan Trivers (The Up & Under), who aim for authenticity and humor in menu and decor, and serve hearty slices as well as whole pies with an array of quality throwback toppings. Additional temptations include salads, individual meatball sliders and fresh bruschetta. Hours for now are 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday through Tuesday. Note: Free box with the purchase of any pizza. Raymond’s Pizzeria, 130 Railroad Ave. (at West Richmond), Richmond Salmon Verjus at The Salt in San Ramon. Photo: The Salt THE SALT It has been softly open for a few weeks now, but this month’s write-up of The Salt in Diablo shone a light on this intriguing new San Ramon restaurant from owner Srikanth Yendluri. Executive chef Jerrod Doss has worked all over the Bay Area, from The French Laundry, Chez TJ and Oakland’s Shinmai, to San Francisco’s former Aziza, and August 1 Five; it’s no wonder The Salt’s upscale dishes meld “American, French, Mexican, and European cuisines with Indian flavors as a soul.” Reviews for the elegant-yet-eclectic vibe and cuisine are promising so far. The Salt, 500 Bollinger Canyon Way (near Canyon Lakes), San Ramon FUDDRUCKERS WALNUT CREEK Patch reports that this branch of the national build-your-own burger chain closed Aug. 18. The five remaining Bay Area Fuddruckers locations are listed here. Berkeley food and drinksEmeryville food and drinksNosh openingsOakland food and drinksRichmond food and drinksSan Leandro food and drinksSan Ramon food and drinksWalnut Creek food and drinks Follow Nosh Bookmark Berkeleyside Nosh for East Bay food news and stories, follow Nosh on Twitter and Facebook, and sign up for the Nosh Weekly newsletter. 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__label__cc	0.591144	0.408856	What's on Museums and galleries The Brunel Museum The Brunel Museum This scheduled ancient monument and international landmark tells the story of one of the world’s great engineering dynasties. Paintings, models, prints and statues commemorate Isambard Kingdom Brunel's first and last projects: the oldest tunnel in the London Underground, and SS Great Eastern, the first modern ocean liner. The huge Neoclassical Grand Entrance Hall was the world’s first underground theatre – Brunel organised the inaugural concert party in 1827 – and has been restored as a gallery and venue for lectures, concerts, opera and plays, celebrating music and theatre as well as engineering. Brunel Engine House, Railway Avenue, Rotherhithe, London, Greater London, SE16 4LF Sun – Sat, 10am – 5pm Closed 24 – 31 Dec Roof top Cocktails 5pm-10.30pm every Friday & Saturday May to September. Heritage Boat tours every day 10.30 Embankment tube Zandra Rhodes: Fifty Years of Fabulous Fashion and Textile Museum, London 50% off with National Art Pass Out of the Blue: Fifty Years of Designers Guild 14 February – 14 June 2020 Beautiful People: The Boutique in 1960s Counterculture 3 July – 4 October 2020 Sense Sound/Sound Sense Until 2 February 2020 Art we’ve helped buy at The Brunel Museum Thames Tunnel Acquired 2001 Double Peepshow of the Thames Tunnel The Thames Tunnel changing to the Coronation Procession from Buckingham Palace Polyorama View of the River Thames & Thames Tunnel	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2263
__label__cc	0.665576	0.334424	DCAD launching first dual-enrollment program at Cab Calloway School of Arts Submitted by DCAD on Tue, 08/14/2018 - 18:43 dual-enrollment Entering college with a few credits already earned is a big advantage for today’s students, saving them money on higher education expenses and helping them graduate with their associate’s or bachelor’s degrees on time or even early. Opportunities for students to bank credits often come through dual-enrollment agreements between their high schools and local colleges and focus on basic courses that serve as the foundation of their degree programs. Delaware College of Art and Design and Cab Calloway School of the Arts are teaming up to provide Cab’s visual arts students with an early start on their art and design degrees. Beginning this fall, DCAD will send instructors and curricula to Cab to offer “Figure Drawing” and “Animation I” that will count toward both a high school diploma and a college degree. Students also will produce relevant drawings and animations for their college application portfolios and have the opportunity to be mentored by a college instructor. Cab Calloway is a public middle and high school for students in the performing and visual arts that boasts a graduation rate of 100 percent. Also located in Wilmington, the Red Clay Consolidated School District magnet school combines traditional academics with concentrations in dance, digital media and communication arts, instrumental music, piano, strings, technical theatre, theatre arts, visual arts and vocal music to lead to a State of Delaware High School Diploma. DCAD, the Mid-Atlantic’s only two-year professional art and design college, is accredited by both the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. It offers associate of fine arts degree programs in animation, fine arts, graphic design, illustration and photography on its downtown Wilmington campus. DCAD Dean Katy Ro noted that the development of this collaboration exemplifies DCAD’s mission and commitment to cultivating partnerships with local art and design entities. She also said the program will help make students more college-minded while helping them prepare for the academic rigors of college via previously unavailable instruction and experience. Cab Calloway Dean Julie Rumschlag agreed. “This program gives our students an opportunity for coursework that our school typically does not offer,” Rumschlag said. “Dual-enrollment will provide both breadth and depth to our arts curriculum at Cab Calloway.” Many students who have graduated from Cab Calloway over the last 20 years have gone on to earn associate of fine arts degrees from DCAD. These include Katlyn Cofrancisco, who earned a diploma from Cab, an associate’s degree from DCAD and a bachelor’s degree from Virginia Commonwealth University. In addition to continuing to make pottery, she also has worked as one of DCAD’s admissions counselors. “Giving high school students access to college-level studio classes truly benefits and enriches their learning experience,” Cofrancisco said. “DCAD sees a need to encourage and provide access for students who are talented and dedicated so they may get on an accelerated path to becoming artists and designers, and I believe this program with Cab Calloway will be the beginning of what DCAD hopes to achieve with other schools in the Tri-State area.” Cofrancisco said moving from the close-knit creative community she experienced at Cab Calloway to the atmosphere at DCAD was a comfortable progression. Both offer a similar environment of support and inspiration. “As I look back on my transition from high school to college,” she said, “the impact of being encouraged to take risks, learn to be a creative problem-solver and encourage my peers made me a more well-rounded artist.” Get Featured on Instagram @artjobs Superfine! Art Fair San Francisco Open Call: Superfine! Art Fair \| SF 2020 PILOTENKUECHE / international art program Leipzig LAST MINUTE OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS April - June 2020 Average Art Magazine Liverpool Call for Artists - Average Art 44 (March 2020) Washington D.C Spotlight Art Series @Touchstone Gallery 2020 Sebastopol Center for the Arts Sebastopol "Window and Doors" Chicago Urban Art Retreat Center Chicago Women's Art Via Engagement POST A CALL Name: Delaware College of Art and Design Sector: Art, Design, Education City: Wilmington Get Featured on Instagram The opportunity for connecting artist and promoting the best story, art and pictures Open calls & opportunities for the arts and creative industries In pursuit of the best photos and stories ART BEST Competition for the best artists www.artbest.com Exhibitions, Artworks www.artweek.com Jobs for Design Industries www.designjobs.com Follow us on facebook Opencalls & opportunities for the arts, design & culture	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2265
__label__cc	0.650042	0.349958	Why All Saints Admissionarrow AFFORDING ALL SAINTS The All Saints Graduate Lower Schoolarrow Character Ed / SEL Environmental Ed The Arts Program Chapel Life Buddy Programs School Eventsarrow All Saints Fundarrow Leadership Party Planned Givingarrow Special Eventsarrow Exceptional Education on the Monterey Peninsula All Saints Fund Seventh grade is a busy year for our middle school students, with many new and exciting additions to their All Saints’ experience. The entire class participates in History Day, which is an extensive research project culminating in a county-wide competition in February. The seventh graders continue as big brothers and sisters, this year to the second graders, enjoying many opportunities to share time together at school, including holiday parties, and an Easter egg hunt. Their outreach work takes them to Salinas and to Dorothy’s Kitchen, preparing and serving the daily lunch that benefits the homeless. In the spring, they travel to the Marin Headlands for a week-long science camp with a focus on watersheds and marine ecology. The year culminates in a 6th, 7th, and 8th grade celebration of the Latin curriculum with an elaborate Feast, complete with entertainment hosted by the seventh graders. Mr. Abraham Galvan Physical Education 3-8, Homeroom 7 agalvan@asds.org Ms. Emily Scavarda Mrs. Rebecca Rheim Homeroom 7, Language Arts 7 & 8, History 8 brheim@asds.org Mrs. Ashley Zaldivar Spanish 4-8, World Languages Chair azaldivar@asds.org Specialty Classes All Saints Day School 8060 Carmel Valley Road All Saints Day School, in Carmel, CA, is the only independent, private school on the Monterey Peninsula that focuses solely on educating students in Preschool through Grade 8, and has been doing so, with a reputation for excellence, since 1961. All Saints Day School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2268
__label__cc	0.575728	0.424272	Delicate Kantha Necklace World Finds A single strand of colorful, repurposed textile beads decorates a delicate gold metallic chain. The tiny size of the beads make this colorful necklace extra charming. Handmade by women artisans in India, who are improving their lives through their work in a self-help group. 18" long plus 2 1/2" extender Colors and patterns will vary About World Finds Kelly Weinberger founded WorldFinds in 2000 after traveling around the world with her husband David. While in Asia, Kelly was struck by the talented artisans and concerned for their lack of income when tourism faded, and vowed to do something about it when she returned to the States. The remainder of the trip was spent learning about the plight of artisans and fair trade, and culminated in an all-important visit to Traid Aid, a fair trade company, in New Zealand. Back in the States Kelly began to test products she had purchased and learned the ins and outs of importing while David got his MBA. WorldFinds soon became a member of the Fair Trade Federation where Kelly now serves on the Bord of Directors. WorldFinds created their Girl's Education Fund to help provide scholarships to the most marginalized families in our artisan's communities in India. A portion of every WorldFinds purchase contributes to the fund. Last year alone, an increase in orders allowed our artisan groups to send three times as many girls to school, and we are hoping to increase this even more before the end of the year.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2269
__label__cc	0.622509	0.377491	Experienced Injury Attorneys with a Legacy of Results Cedric S. Lewis General Negligence Talcum Powder Lawsuit Lead Paint Poisoning Defense Base Act False Claim Acts Major Disaster Litigation Whistleblower/Qui Tam Law 3M Combat Arms Earplugs Automotive Product Liability Series- Part II: Side and Curtain Airbags By Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP Side or Curtain Airbag Litigation In the March 2004 Journal of Trauma, Injury, Infection and Critical Care, it was reported that people in cars equipped with head protecting side airbags had a 75% lower risk of head injury after a side collision. With over 25% of all accidents arising from side impacts, this represents potentially millions of avoidable head injuries. While the technology to equip all new cars with this potentially lifesaving equipment has existed for over a decade, many auto manufacturers either willfully refuse to install them in their vehicles or only offer this “added protection” as an exclusive option on its most expensive line of vehicles. At Ashcraft & Gerel we believe safety should never be an “option” for auto manufacturers. Fortunately, in 2009 the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)mandated that all vehicles be equipped with side airbags with a four year compliance window for manufacturers to “phase in” the devices. Unfortunately, many auto manufacturers have failed to take the next reasonable step of including such protection for backseat passengers who are often children. Not only is this illegal according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, it can put you and your family in serious danger in the event of an auto accident. If you or a loved one are involved in a side impact auto accident in a vehicle from the year 2000 or later which results in severe injury or even death, please contact our experienced team of auto product litigation attorneys. To contact us, you can either call us at (800) 674-9725 or fill out an online form. Settlement Doesn’t Always Mean Settling for Less Sep 11 Settling cases before trial is an integral part of our civil justice system. In fact, this is what happens most frequently—cases ... Takata Airbag Recall Biggest in U.S. History Sep 10 What the Takata airbag recall expansion to nearly 34 million vehicles could mean for you The May 2015 Takata airbag recall ... 3M Combat Arms Earplugs Lawsuit Jan 21 In July 2018, the Justice Department announced a $9.1 million settlement with 3M over allegations that the company knowingly ... Manassas (Meeting Location Only) Rockville (Meeting Location Only)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2270
__label__cc	0.507565	0.492435	Electricians locked in talks over opera house bonuses Sparks want guaranteed payments for a 60-hour week but contractor insists on greater productivity Management and electricians on the £220m redevelopment of the Royal Opera House were this week negotiating a major new bonus package. Electricians want M&E contractor Balfour Kilpatrick to increase payments and improve facilities, but Balfour Kilpatrick insists that changes to working practices must be tied to greater productivity. Peter Rogers, a director of opera house project manager Stanhope, said: “We have had discussions with all the people on the site over how to get the project finished as efficiently as possible. “Our intention is to try to make sure the electricians can earn a proper bonus. There are elements all cross-linked to this. A problem with the current system is that it has been difficult for electricians to get to some areas to get a clear run at them. “Even when some of them have got access to a room, there is still the problem of getting at the areas in it you need to. It will be a conventional bonus structure with tangible rewards. If it works, everyone on the project will benefit.” Rogers said he was optimistic that the opera house would be built in time to open on 1 December. Electricians want Balfour Kilpatrick to introduce a guaranteed bonus, enabling them to earn the equivalent of a 60-hour week for working 50 hours. One electrician said: “No one has been able to earn more than three to five hours’ bonus per week here because the work is not opening up quickly enough. We’ve had enough and want the situation rectified.” Another electrician said: “Hopefully, a deal will be agreed before the end of the week. If not, productivity here will be badly affected.” Workers are also still unhappy about welfare facilities. A Balfour Kilpatrick spokeswoman said: “We are optimistic that the discussions, which will continue over the next few days, will result in a positive outcome for all parties.” Meanwhile, Jubilee Line Extension civils workers at Westminster are demanding a payout similar to the one offered to JLE electricians. They approached a Balfour Beatty/Amec joint venture about this. At a meeting last week, more than 100 workers called on construction union UCATT to begin talks with the company over a termination payment. A spokesperson for Balfour Beatty/Amec confirmed that it had been approached by the union but declined to comment further.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2275
__label__wiki	0.902194	0.902194	Oracle is launching its first U.S.-based accelerator program in Austin by Kelly O'Halloran photo credit: Chris Lammert In 2016, Oracle launched an India-based accelerator program to support innovation by young companies building cloud services applications. Just one year later, the tech behemoth expanded the program to seven more locations: Bristol, Delhi, Mumbai, Paris, Sao Paolo, Singapore and Tel Aviv. Noticeably absent? The United States. That is, until now. Today, the company announced the opening of its first U.S.-based accelerator program, which our beloved Austin will play host to. Austin and the State of Texas are thriving centers of innovation, and we are proud to dive in and support the startup community.” “Austin and the State of Texas are thriving centers of innovation, and we are proud to dive in and support the startup community,” said JD Weinstein, head of Oracle Startup Ecosystem in Austin, in a statement. The Oracle Startup Cloud Accelerator, a six-month residential program, will include five to six stateside startups at the seed stage that serve enterprise clients. Participants in the program will become part of Oracle’s Global Startup Ecosystem, which connects promising young companies with Oracle’s huge network of enterprise customers. “‘Oracle’ and ‘startup’ are rarely in the same sentence unless it’s about Oracle acquiring a startup,” said Weinstein. “We’re not starting from scratch, but we’re starting from an image that people don’t even know that Oracle collaborates with startups.” But that perception is changing, especially as more startups see immediate success after graduating from the program. Take for instance 3D Signals, a sound-based predictive maintenance IoT platform that completed Oracle’s Tel Aviv accelerator last year. CEO Amnon Shenfeld said being a part of the accelerator was “game-changing.” His startup’s participation resulted in Oracle selling 3D Signals technology, and landed the company an invite to the Oracle Modern Supply Chain Experience conference — as the only startup in attendance. “This is where we won the lottery,” said Shenfeld. Unlike most accelerators, Oracle does not request equity ownership from the startups in exchange for participation. It’s also unique in that those accepted will have front-row access to more than 430,000 of Oracle’s clients, as well as to Oracle’s technology, mentorship, investor network and free Oracle cloud credits. Those selected for Austin’s program will cowork out of Capital Factory, where Weinstein previously served as a venture associate. “We’re excited about our partnership and collaboration with Capital Factory,” said Weinstein. “With all of its different partners, and it being a mecca for entrepreneurship in Austin and the rest of Texas, this will only amplify the connectivity of what we’re trying to accomplish with this program.” The accelerator marks Oracle’s latest commitment to the Austin tech scene, following the March opening of its new East Austin office, fit for up to 10,000 employees. Applications for the accelerator are now open through August 7, with the first cohort slated to begin in September. Austin startup guides Design + UX Jobs Product Jobs View all Austin jobs	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0001.json.gz/line2276

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