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__label__wiki	0.693662	0.693662	[5] => generalnye-informatsionnye-partnery Networking Area Partners Business Programme Partners General media partners Organization Partners Presentation area Partners Sporting programme partners General Television Partner General Multimedia Partner General Radio Partner General International News Partner General Internet Partners Russian information channel “Russia 24” Russian information channel “Russia 24” is the undisputed leader of fieldwork with the most important events – maximum live broadcasts, crews in the very action, access to true-to-fact information. Three quarters of Russians note that “Russia 24” is the main source of information for them and more than half of the respondents states that they watch the TV channel regularly. According to the information and analytics system Medialogiya, “Russia 24” holds the highest citation index among Russian TV channels in 2017. 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__label__wiki	0.793678	0.793678	Cleveland Browns Star’s Girlfriend Dies in a Car Accident Weeks after Giving Birth Posted 9:44 PM, September 11, 2019, by CNN Wire The girlfriend of Cleveland Browns defensive end Chris Smith was killed Wednesday morning in a car accident, the NFL team said in a statement. Petara Cordero was in Smith’s 2019 Lamborghini when the couple pulled over to the side of I-90 West in Cleveland around 2 a.m. after a tire blew. The car veered left and hit the median. Without significant injuries, Cordero got out of the car. Shortly after, a woman in a 2017 Mazda 3 hit the passenger’s side of Smith’s car and Cordero, who was standing on the shoulder, Cleveland police said in a statement to CNN. Police and paramedics arrived on scene shortly after. Cordero, 26, was taken to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The driver of the second car was also taken to the hospital, where she was to be released after receiving care. The woman admitted she had been drinking, police said. A toxicology report is pending. Smith was not impaired, police said. The incident is under investigation, and no charges have been filed as of this time. The Browns said players were notified during a team meeting. Head coach Freddie Kitchens also visited Smith at his home. “Words cannot describe the sorrow we feel for Chris following the loss of his girlfriend, Petara,” team owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam said in a statement. “Our entire organization mourns with Chris, his family and the Cordero family. We will do everything possible to offer them our support, comfort and any resources in this most difficult time.” The Browns will have counselors on site throughout the week to provide emotional support for players and staff. Mary Cay Cabot of Cleveland.com says Cordero and Smith’s daughter, Haven Harris Smith, was born four weeks ago. Smith was excused from the Browns’ preseason game against the Indianapolis Colts in August, so he could attend the birth of his daughter. Smith, 27, was drafted in 2014 by the Jaguars. He has been with the Browns since last year. Filed in: Sports Sacramento Police: Car hits and kills two people standing in middle of the road California Connection San Jose Amber Alert canceled after child, suspect located Accident leaves car suspended from Michigan utility pole 11-year-old girl rescued hours after abduction; video of suspicious car surfaces Pregnant teacher loses unborn child in a crash 30 minutes after her baby shower Cleveland man reunited with beloved schnauzer after carjacking over Thanksgiving holiday Off-duty Los Angeles County Sheriff’s detective killed after helping person cross the street Santa Rosa police: Carjack suspect who died in custody was in own car ‘I don’t regret it’: Memphis woman runs over mother, security guard outside elementary school Stockton woman pleads guilty to fatally abusing her 4-year-old stepdaughter Body cam video released of Petaluma man’s in-custody death Heroin overdose knocks out mom on Florida highway with 3 children in the car	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1217
__label__wiki	0.515338	0.515338	The Bachelor Recap: Week Seven Dramatic pauses, hard goodbyes and where the heck is Bimini? When we last saw our troubled bachelor, Nick, he was bumming. Nick was sad. Nick was confused. Nick was at a loss for words. Nick was chucking an emotional grenade deep into the heart of his ladies’ hearts. Nick was then moving on. So now we pick up the morning after. Debris, in the form of confused women, is strewn about. The remaining women, there are six left, each have varying levels of what the eff on their faces, not sure if their beloved Nick is going to ditch them in St. Thomas or what. There are barely throw pillows available for them to clutch tightly. Things are dire. And meanwhile, on the beach, Nick is left to question everything short of the existence of life on other planets as he sits on an over-turned canoe. After some dude talk with Chris Harrison, Nick has a made a decision. But what will that decision be? Damn you Nick Viall and your affinity for long, dramatic pauses! What? Three commercial breaks happen before you finally tell the women that you’re in it to win it and are not bailing on them? God help the person waiting in line behind Nick at a Starbucks. Listen, Nick has been rejected twice. I get it. He’s a little gun shy. Once you’ve been hurt once, you become hyper aware of the bread crumbs that could led to it happening again. But there’s a subtle difference in this particular instance that Nick seemed to have forgotten – he’s in the driver’s seat this time. He’s not the pursuer, he’s the pursued. He’s doing the asking and come on, the answer is all but guaranteed. So settle down buddy. Get some shorts that fit, enjoy your surroundings and relax. It’s all good buddy. Now that that’s over with, we’re over St. Thomas. Everyone is pumped to leave St. Thomas, which, and I’m just guessing here, is the first recorded time in the history of St. Thomas that people have been eager to leave St. Thomas. You are eager to leave Cincinnati. You are eager to leave the panhandle of Florida. You are eager to leave Nebraska. You are not eager to leave St. Thomas. This show might be ridiculous. Geography time people! Has anyone here ever heard of Bimini before? Yeah, me neither. So here’s a map. Hey Bimini! Looks lovely. I mean, it also looks exactly like St. Thomas, but who cares? St. Thomas was where the bodies are buried. To hell with St. Thomas. Bimini baby! Vanessa is going to win this thing. And no, I’m not saying that because a certain other presumed front-runner has already landed her next gig. I’m saying that because in my heart of hearts, I believe it. And you do too. If you don’t, you’re lying to yourself. Vanessa snags the first one-on-one date in Bimini…hold on, BIMINI! They do boat stuff and snorkeling stuff and yeah, it’s fine. Vanessa had never been on a yacht before. I’ve never been on a yacht before. We have so much in common it’s crazy. Our paths separate though when it comes to our feelings about Nick though. Vanessa is falling in love with Nick. Vanessa tells Nick this. To which Nick responds with some mumbled nonsense that is loosely translated to the following: Nick has said “I love you” before (yeah, we know) He’s dating multiple women at one time (yeah, we know) If he’s going to say “I love you” again, he wants it to feel fresh, like the first time (huh?) Vanessa’s response: Well, she didn’t exactly say that, but she should have. It would have made about the same amount of sense as whatever the hell Nick just said to her. Moving on! It’s group date time. In this corner, there is Nick. In the other corner, there’s Corinne, Kristina and Raven. There’s another effin’ yacht and there’s more snorkeling because, and I’m not a 100% on this, but snorkeling might be the only thing to do on the wonderful island of Bimini. Kristina looks to be the front-runner until Raven drops the bomb that her pops has cancer. There is nothing funny about cancer and that’s all I’ll say about that. Although I will add that dropping a nugget like at a time such as the one when it was dropped was a smart play by Raven. There, that’s it. Raven gets the rose. We’re going to Hoxie I guess. Cool. I’m not even going to bother finding a shoulder shrug gif or emoji. Just do it yourself. Danielle is calm, cool and collected. Danielle seems really, really nice. Danielle would probably be fun to grab coffee with. Danielle would probably be fun to hang out and binge watch Portlandia with. All of those things are most likely true. Unfortunately what is also true is that being on The Bachelor might not have been the best decision Danielle has ever made in her life. It’s like Tim Tebow trying to play baseball. Not your game, dude. Nick and Danielle have a perfectly delightful, grown-up date. They ride bikes. They drink some beers. They awkwardly watch young Biminians (?) play basketball. I thought it looked cool. Danielle tells Nick she is falling for him. Danielle also adds that the last person she said I love you too died so…you know…she’s kind of being serious here. Nick is being serious here too. Nick isn’t feeling it. Why isn’t Nick feeling it? Why is Nick seemingly more comfortable chilling on a yacht with three 24 year olds in bikinis than he is spending a quiet day with a 31 year old? Why it starting to seem more and more likely that Corinne…CORINNE…will be one of the final two? I’ll tell you why. TANGENT TIME Nick has been in the spotlight for a while now. Nick has been pseudo-famous for a couple years and Nick has become accustomed to the adoration and fawning over that comes with his pseudo-celebrity status. Nick gets a kick out of women gushing over him and throwing themselves at him. Nick spent his twenties just being a normal dude, shucking computer software in Chicago, and while he was probably always doing okay with the ladies, he wasn’t slaying them like he is these days. Nick digs a good dose of hero worship in his general direction and in large part, this explains why he fits in so naturally with women in the early 20’s. It’s almost as if they are operating on similar levels. Think back to Bachelor in Paradise, back when we all fell back in love with Nick. Who was he hanging out with the most? He was chilling with the Twins and he was playing the role of patient big brother to Ashley I. Sure he got close with Jen, but it never seemed like anything serious. And now on this season, there has been one constant all season and that constant is Nick’s infatuation with Corinne. You know, I’m not sure what I’m getting at here. But I’ll end here, Nick is 36 years old and seems to be more comfortable with 24 year olds. I’d like to go on record as saying that that seems odd. Obligatory Corinne Section Yeah whatever, Corinne pulled a Nick and dropped by late night to woo him with her feminine wilds. Boring. What happened after is all that matters. Never let it be said that Corinne always takes the path of least resistance. #TheBachelor pic.twitter.com/e7Al8gYLLA — The Bachelor (@BachelorABC) February 14, 2017 She walked right past the automatic doors and instead, went with the door she had to push herself. I just assumed Corinne didn’t like to do anything herself, so this came as a shock. Do you think Corinne is afraid of automatic doors? Do you think she was trapped in one as a baby or maybe a broken one kept her apart from her beloved nanny for way too long? We could all think of numerous things we’d like to ask Corinne if given the chance, but what’s up with strange avoidance of automatic doors is the one thing we should all want to ask first. Then we’d ask about the in’s and out’s of garage flooring. Obviously. In the last half hour Nick and Rachel went on a one-on-one that was uneventful and fine. They just hung out a bar and talked with locals. Shit. That sounds perfect to me. Oh, and they talked about the fact that Nick is white, Rachel is black and kicked around the idea that that could be something when it comes time to meet her parents. I don’t know. Aren’t we living in woke times now or am I being naive? Might be a little of both. Either way, I can’t be the only one that pictures Rachel’s dad being Uncle Phil from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. One woman was going to go home though. There were five. ABC only has the budget for four hometowns. So who is going home? Kristina. Yes, Kristina. Not Corinne. This show might be ridiculous. Category: Bachelor Nation, Television Tag: Nick Viall, recaps, the bachelor Previous: Previous post: Today In Great Finds On the Internet… Next: Next post: Six Reasons Why Top Chef is the Best	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1218
__label__wiki	0.549778	0.549778	Glocal Khabar Home Miscellaneous Long-lost letter from dying mom found in used book Long-lost letter from dying mom found in used book Gordon Draper, the owner of Bondgate Books in Bishop Auckland, England, was going through a stack of books at his store when an envelope containing a handwritten letter slipped out from between some pages. “Bethany,” the letter began, “If your dad is reading this to you, it is because I have died and gone to heaven to live with the angels.” The letter was folded with an old photo of a woman with short hair and glasses, a young girl circled in her embrace. It was a remarkable find, and Draper knew he needed to find the daughter it belonged to so he could return her dying mother’s message. “I don’t think there’s anybody out there that won’t be moved from reading the letter,” Draper told CNN. Draper made an appeal to a local paper, and, miraculously, the woman responded. ‘She had no words’ Bethany Gash’s mother had died in 2001 and left behind the letter, which, as promised, was read aloud to her by her father. Gash was reunited with the letter, and Draper said it was an extraordinary moment. “She was over the moon, she had no words, and it was fantastic.” Bethany Gash and her mother in a photo that was left with the letter. When all the pieces were put together, Draper recalled that Gash’s mother was actually a regular at his store. He told CNN she was “really kind, generous” and “one of my best customers.” Gash told the BBC her mother had bought a lot of books, and over time Gash had a feeling she had lost track of some of them. Draper’s store also has a program that encourages customers to bring back books for a future discount, which explains how the book and its precious contents found their way back into Draper’s hands. ‘I will always love you’ The letter itself is, from first word to last, absolutely devastating. “I will always be in the sky making sure you are alright and watching over you so when you see a bright star…that’s me,” Gash’s mother wrote. “I will always love you, and don’t let anyone tell you it’s wrong to talk about me because it’s not,” she continued. “I hope you don’t forget me because I’ll always be your mam.” It only seems fitting that Gash’s mother’s words have been resurrected in the most unforgettable fashion. Draper says finding the letter, meeting Gash and realizing that her mother was a loyal customer of the store has made for an “out of the world experience.” “When I read the letter itself, it feels like an arrow is piercing straight through my heart,” Draper says. “People don’t always get the opportunity to say goodbye and through finding and returning the letter, I felt as though I was a part of the farewell.” Full text of the letter Bethany (My little treasure) If your dad is reading this to you It is because I have died and gone to heaven to live with the angels. My chest was very poorly and I had an operation to make it better but it didn’t work. I will always be in the sky making sure you are alright and watching over you. So when you see a bright star like in the nursery rhyme Twinkle Twinkle Little Star that’s me. Be a good girl and live a long happy life your ad and Granda will look after you and take you to school. I will always love you and don’t let anyone tell you its wrong to talk about me because its not. I hope you dont forget me because I’ll always me your mam. Lots of hugs and kisses. PS I’m depending on you to look after Rosie for me now. Don’t forget her will you not. By AJ Willingham and Mahatir Pasha Previous articleTata Motors to start â€˜Test-Drive Campaign for Educationâ€™ Next article37th National Education Day being observed today Rescue center established at Annapurna Base Camp (ABC) 2020 Awaji Youth Federation Fellowship in Japan UNESCO Hamdan Prize for the Effectiveness of Teachers 2019-20 Kabaadi At Your Doorstep: Finding a Recycling Home for the Waste Materials Glocal Khabar - Paicho Pasal: Carving the path to self-sustaining agro-sector in Nepal Om Adhyay Retreat: A luxury resort at the hinterland of Tistung Deurali Everyone laughed at her idea, yet she initiated a trash collection business: Story of... Glocal Khabar is an initiation of a group of some active youth from diverse educational backgrounds and understandings envisioned and intended to dig out issues of the present day society, be it regarding modern business, or youth. Contact us: glocalkhabar@gmail.com Johns Hopkins Healthcare Design Competition 2020 in USA Launched free Hemodialysis Services Nagarkot festival aims to attract more tourists Youth1254 Kathmandu911 © Glocal Khabar. All rights Reserved	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1231
__label__wiki	0.728806	0.728806	Opposing CSF hydrodynamic trends found in the cerebral aqueduct and prepontine cistern following shunt treatment in patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus Robert B. Hamilton1,2,4, Fabien Scalzo1,4, Kevin Baldwin1, Amber Dorn4, Paul Vespa3, Xiao Hu1,2 & Marvin Bergsneider1,2 Fluids and Barriers of the CNS volume 16, Article number: 2 (2019) Cite this article This study investigated cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) hydrodynamics using cine phase-contrast MRI in the cerebral aqueduct and the prepontine cistern between three distinct groups: pre-shunt normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) patients, post-shunt NPH patients, and controls. We hypothesized that the hyperdynamic flow of CSF through the cerebral aqueduct seen in NPH patients was due to a reduction in cisternal CSF volume buffering. Both hydrodynamic (velocity, flow, stroke volume) and peak flow latency (PFL) parameters were investigated. Scans were conducted on 30 pre-treatment patients ranging in age from 58 to 88 years along with an additional 12 controls. Twelve patients also received scans following either ventriculoatrial (VA) or ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt treatment (9 VP, 3 VA), ranging in age from 74 to 89 years with a mean follow up time of 6 months. Significant differences in area, velocity, flow, and stroke volume for the cerebral aqueduct were found between the pre-treatment NPH group and the healthy controls. Shunting caused a significant decrease in both caudal and cranial mean flow and stroke volume in the cerebral aqueduct. No significant changes were found in the prepontine cistern between the pre-treatment group and healthy controls. For the PFL, no significant differences were seen in the cerebral aqueduct between any of the three groups; however, the prepontine cistern PFL was significantly decreased in the pre-treatment NPH group when compared to the control group. Although several studies have quantified the changes in aqueductal flow between hydrocephalic groups and controls, few studies have investigated prepontine cistern flow. Our study was the first to investigate both regions in the same patients for NPH pre- and post- treatment. Following shunt treatment, the aqueductal CSF metrics decreased toward control values, while the prepontine cistern metrics trended up (not significantly) from the normal values established in this study. The opposing trend of the two locations suggests a redistribution of CSF pulsatility in NPH patients. Furthermore, the significantly decreased latency of the prepontine cisternal CSF flow suggests additional evidence for CSF pulsatility dysfunction. The pathophysiology of normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) and that of communicating hydrocephalus in general, remains an enigma. The traditional tenet, dating back more than 70 years to the work of Walter Dandy [1], posited that cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) malabsorption or obstruction at the level of the arachnoid granulations was responsible for the accumulation of CSF within the ventricles. Several lines of evidence suggest that alternative mechanisms may be at play [2,3,4,5], including the hypothesis that interference in pulsatile CSF dynamics plays an important role [6, 7], and that absorption may take place into the parenchymal capillaries [8]. Williams proposed that venous dysfunction is an important initiating factor in the etiology of NPH [9]. We previously proposed [6] that a possible underlying mechanism relates to the role of pulsatile CSF inflow and outflow across the foramen magnum in relation to changes in cerebral blood volume with every heartbeat. Rather than relegating the rapid caudal flow of CSF seen on cine MRI flow studies to a response to the net increase in arterial cerebral blood volume during systole, we proposed that cranial-spinal CSF volume buffering is intimately related to cerebral blood flow reactivity (the response of cerebral blood flow to changes in vasculature analogous to an increase in induction). The term buffering refers to the ability of the CSF to dampen the arterial input into the cranial vault (the amplitude of the arterial pulse). Arterial resistance is the amount of wall resistance that the blood must overcome in order to flow through that particular vessel. A reduction in CSF volume buffering would increase CBF reactivity leading to a compensatory reduction in arterial resistance to maintain a constant CSF pressure. Greitz et al. [10] elegantly demonstrated that pulsatile CSF movement occurs via two basic routes: the cisterns and ventricles. The larger cisternal movement occurs in response to an up-and-down piston-like motion of the brain with every heartbeat driven in relation to changes in blood volume in the subarachnoid spaces. The smaller CSF movement out and back into the ventricles, on the other hand, resulted from a medial (normal to the surface of the brain) movement of the cerebral hemispheres, primarily as a result of an increase in brain volume due to the increase in blood volume. Both cisternal and ventricular CSF volume buffering are important for normal cerebral hemodynamics. Here, we hypothesized that communicating hydrocephalus (CH) arises primarily from a disturbance of either cisternal or other subarachnoid CSF pulsatile movement. In some respects, this concept is not too different from the Dandy traditional theory except that the putative point of “obstruction” to CSF flow is “upstream” from the arachnoid granulations and related primarily to pulsatile movement rather than solely on bulk CSF flow. Egnor et al. published a model on CH that suggested the increase in ventricular pulsatility (causing ventriculomegaly) was a result of increased impedance in the subarachnoid space (SAS) [11]. This idea did not develop exclusively based on theoretical machinations, but rather as a result of trying to explain a well-established observation in NPH: that the CSF stroke volume (SV) through the cerebral aqueduct of Sylvius is markedly elevated in NPH [12,13,14]. We reasoned that a reduction in cisternal and/or subarachnoid CSF volume buffering would have to be compensated by an increase in ventricular buffering—thereby producing aberration in pulsatile CSF dynamics described by Bradley [15] and others [16,17,18]. CSF pressure and flow oscillations within the cranium originate from the arterial pulsations, causing changes in cerebral blood volume entering the cranial vault through the internal carotid and vertebral arteries [10]. CSF flow from ventricle and intracranial subarachnoid spaces into the spinal compartments comprise the majority of the bulk flow [19]. Phase contrast (PC)-MRI has measured increased amplitudes of fluid flow through the aqueduct during the cardiac cycle [7]. It has been shown by Wagshul et al. [20] and others [10, 17, 19, 21] that the CSF latency (temporal difference in peak flow in relation to the cardiac cycle) varies throughout the cranial vault. Additionally, it has recently been established that some attributes of net CSF flow even vary with different phases of the respiratory cycle [22]. Ventricular CSF flow represents a very small but important part of the system; it is where the spinal CSF flow originates [19]. Using PC-MRI and the carotid arteries as a reference, Wagshul et al. showed a shorter latency in the prepontine cistern pulse compared with the cerebral aqueduct pulse [20]. Combining this information with aspects of Egnor’s model of CH [11] we could also reasonably expect alterations in CSF flow latency between the cerebral aqueduct and the prepontine cistern. In fact, it has been well-established that hyperdynamic aqueductal CSF oscillations are found in NPH patients [23]. Specifically, we hypothesized that pre-treatment NPH patients should have shorter latency in both the cerebral aqueduct and prepontine cistern. The treatment of CH typically entails the implantation of a CSF “shunt,” a diversionary system that allows CSF flow through a catheter from the ventricle to either the peritoneum or atrium of the heart. The success of these shunting procedures can be variable and is dependent on patient selection and timing of procedure [24]. In terms of CSF pulsatile dynamics, a CSF shunt offers an alternative pathway for CSF volume buffering. We therefore further hypothesized that successful implantation of a CSF shunt in a hydrocephalic patient would result in normalization of both the aqueductal and cisternal SVs towards control values. Study cohort and image acquisition This study measured CSF flow in the cerebral aqueduct and the prepontine cistern using PC-MRI in three distinct groups: pre-shunt NPH patients, post-shunt NPH patients, and controls. All imaging and procedures were approved by the IRB committee and patients and normal controls provided written consent prior to the imaging (10-001128, 06-11-013, and 07-08-038). Scans were conducted on 30 pre-treatment patients (77.8 ± 7.1 year, 19 males and 11 females) ranging in age from 58 to 88 year and 12 controls (66.3 ± 9.2 year, seven males and five females). Additionally, 12 patients received scans following either ventriculoatrial (VA) or ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt treatment (nine VP, three VA), ranging in age from 74 to 89 year (81.7 ± 4.6 year) with a mean follow up time of 6 months, the remaining patients either received an endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) or were not recommended for treatment. Of the 12 follow up scans, there were nine matched pre-post aqueduct scans and six matched cisternal scans. All MRI scans were performed using a 3T Siemens Trio T-class MRI (Siemens Medical Systems, Erlanger, Germany). The participants were placed in the supine position with neck and head in the neutral position using a Siemens Head Matrix coil. All participants received the same imaging protocol, starting with anatomical sequences: a 3D axial T1-weighted MPRage gradient-echo sequence (1900 ms/3.44 ms/0.84375 mm/0.899 mm/320 mm × 320 mm/268.8 mm × 268.8 mm/9°, TR/TE/real acquired spatial resolution/slice thickness/matrix/FOV./flip angle), axial T2-weighted BLADE (7110 ms/107 ms/0.5729 mm/3 mm/384 mm × 384 mm/268.8 mm × 268.8 mm/120°), and a sagittal T2-weighted Turbo spin echo sequence (750 ms/100 ms/0.34375 mm/8 mm/616 mm × 640 mm/209.44 mm × 217.6 mm/170°). Flow quantification was achieved using a series of imaging sequences including localization, anatomical, velocity estimation, and phase contrast (PC). Using a midsagittal slice, an oblique plane was defined perpendicular to the presumed direction of CSF flow for both the aqueduct and prepontine cistern (Fig. 1). A true FISP (5.36 ms/2.36 ms/0.625 mm/3 mm/256 mm × 256 mm in aqueduct, 320 mm × 320 mm in cistern/299.68 mm × 199.68 mm in aqueduct, 200 mm × 200 mm in cistern/60°) steady-state coherent sequence was used to visualize the local anatomy of the oblique slice; CSF appears as hyperintense as contrast is determined by T2. The velocity encoding parameter (Venc) is a variable set by the MRI technician and defines the range of the measured velocities in the phase contrast sequence. A flow scout sequence was used initially to estimate the range of Venc values prior to setting the final Venc for the phase contrast sequence which varied based on the peak flow velocity of each patient. Following the definition of the Venc, the phase contrast sequence (39.1 ms/6.01 ms/0.625 mm/3 mm/240 mm × 320 mm in aqueduct, 192 mm × 256 mm in cistern/150 mm × 200 mm in aqueduct, 149.7 mm × 199.68 mm in cistern/15°) was applied; to ensure its accuracy, the results were checked for aliasing and further adjustments to the Venc were made, if necessary. For the aqueduct, the mean and standard deviation for the Venc used was 17.8 ± 4.5 in the pre-shunt group, and 13.1 ± 4.9 for the post-shunt group. For the prepontine cistern pre-shunt group, the Venc was 9.7 ± 5.39, and 7.6 ± 4.0 for the post-shunt group. The duration time of one PC-MRI acquisition was between 1.5 and 3 min for a single acquisition based on the period of the cardiac cycle. The cistern pre- and post- groups average beats per minute (BPM) were 66.9 ± 8.83 and 65.23 ± 11.59, respectively. The aqueductal pre-shunt and control groups had BPM 69.2 ± 8.3 and 66.6 ± 9.3, respectively. Finally for the PC-MRI sequence, there was retrospective gating with either ECG or pulse oximetry with a temporal resolution of 30 frames. Due to additional noise from arterial blood flow (basilar artery) in the phase contrast images of the prepontine cistern, a Time-of-Flight sequence (24 ms/3.69 ms/0.78 mm/0.8 mm/216 mm × 320 mm/168.4 mm × 249.6 mm/18°) aided the segmentation from the phase contrast sequence. Left) Midsagittal T2-weighted image, flow acquisition planes for (1) cerebral aqueduct and (2) prepontine cistern. Planes were defined perpendicular to CSF flow. Center top) Example of cerebral aqueduct (T2 TruFisp) with the region of interest for the flow quantification outlined in red. Center Bottom) Example of the phase contrast sequence for the cerebral aqueduct during peak caudal CSF flow. Right top) Example of prepontine cistern (T2 TruFisp) with the region of interest for the flow quantification outlined in red and the basilar artery highlighted in yellow. Right bottom) Example of the phase contrast sequence for the prepontine cistern during peak caudal CSF flow A semi-automated segmentation algorithm was implemented for the designation of the region of interest (ROI) for the cerebral aqueduct and the prepontine cistern. The algorithm utilized dynamic time series information coupled with spatial information [25] for segmentation of the individual voxels used in the analysis. The segmentation algorithm was developed using MATLAB 7.5 R2007b (The MathWorks, Inc., Natick, MA, USA) with a general description below [26]. Algorithm overview The algorithm used a three-step process: (i) reference waveform generation, (ii) correlation map construction, and (iii) threshold determination. First, an edge detection algorithm segments the CSF from the magnitude image provided by the phase contrast sequence. The selected voxels from the binary mask are used to create the reference waveform by aggregating time-series information from the 30 frames of the PC-MRI sequence. Next, dynamic (temporal) information is included into the segmentation algorithm by comparing the reference waveform to each voxel’s time-series information and builds a correlation map. The dynamic information improves in the segmentation of regions impacted by flow voids. Finally, a threshold value is used to segment the final region [26]. CSF dynamics quantification Following the determination of the ROI, several CSF hydrodynamic metrics are derived from the PC-MRI sequence: velocity, flow, and stroke volume. Prior to calculating these metrics, a phase correction was made to offset accumulated phase or eddy currents due in part to the position of the patient in the scanner and the intrinsic properties of the magnet by selecting a region within the midbrain, and subtracting the average velocity over the 30 timepoints from the ROIs in the cerebral aqueduct and pre-pontine cistern, this methods has previously been described [19]. The velocity (cm/s) is derived from the intensity waveforms obtained from the PC-MRI sequence after correction of the Venc. The metrics included both maximum (peak) and mean velocity for both the caudal and cranial directions. Flow (mL/min) was computed on a voxel-by-voxel basis, by incorporating the pixel area and integrating over the ROI. Bradley et al. defined aqueductal stroke volume (SV) as the average of the volume of CSF moving in the cranio-caudal direction and the volume moving in the caudo-cranial direction [8]; this is in comparison to Bateman et al., which defined the SV as the area between the baseline (zero flow) and the peak portion of the flow curve [27]. In practice, these values should be approximately equal due to the near-zero bulk flow throughout the cardiac cycle; however, only values based on Bradley’s definition will be reported in this study. Finally, the ROI area was compared among the three groups for both the aqueduct and prepontine cistern. Peak flow latency calculation Peak Flow Latency (PFL) is defined as the percent cardiac cycle at peak caudal CSF flow in the cerebral aqueduct and prepontine cistern. Following the calculation of the ROI, several additional steps were needed to reliably calculate the PFL. First, due to influence of partial volume, the ROI boundary voxels were removed to increase flow signal. Second, the remaining voxel’s temporal waveforms were averaged to produce an intermediate reference waveform (this is the “characteristic flow” within the reduced ROI). The third step correlated the reference waveform to each with each voxel in the reduced ROI to rank representative flow velocity waveforms. Based on this value, the top 25% of highly correlated voxels were averaged to represent the final reference waveform (75% of the voxels were removed). The new reference waveform’s temporal resolution was limited to the PC-MRI imaging parameters which is 30 samples. Therefore, the final step in the calculation of the PFL was the fitting of a six degree polynomial to the final reference waveform which increased the temporal resolution from 30 to 1000 samples per cardiac cycle (selection of the six degree polynomial as well as the percentage of voxels used in the determination of the waveform are discussed later in the manuscript). The PFL latency was defined as the percent cardiac cycle at peak caudal CSF flow which is the minimum of this waveform. For the PFL to be comparable, only patients whose MRI was gated with ECG were used in this analysis. Ventricle segmentation For the nine patients that had pre- and post- treatment scans, the total lateral and third ventricle volumes were calculated (3DSlicer, http://www.slicer.org). The segmentation was performed semi-automatically, following the placement of a seed point in the lateral ventricles and then edited manually by an expert. Patient outcome Patient outcome was assessed at the time of the post-treatment scan, approximately 6 months following surgery. The outcome was based on clinical notes at the time of the clinic visit, with an emphasis on the improvement in gait based on the suggestion by Edwards et al. [28]. Although further valve adjustments were made for majority of patients, the outcome was assessed at the time of the post-treatment scan prior to any valve adjustment. All clinical evaluations were blinded to the results of the flow analysis presented in this work. All statistical analysis was performed using MATLAB 7.5 R2007b functions. For the comparison of the pre-treatment NPH and healthy control groups, the Mann–Whitney Rank sum test with a significant level of 0.05 was used. When comparing paired pre- and post-treatment NPH results the Wilcoxon signed rank test was used. Hydrodynamic results pre-shunt NPH and control group Significant differences in area, velocity, flow, and aqueductal stroke volume (ASV) metrics for the cerebral aqueduct were found between the pre-treatment NPH group and the healthy controls. Mean flow and max velocity in both the caudal and cranial direction as well as ASV and ROI area were significantly higher in the pre-treatment group. Selected median and interquartile ranges are shown in Table 1. Table 1 The quantitative results from the pre-shunt NPH and healthy control groups for both the aqueduct and prepontine cistern In the prepontine cistern, no hydrodynamic metrics were found to be significantly different between the pre-treatment group and the healthy controls (Table 1); however, the range of values was wider in the NPH group. Violin plots for the caudal mean flow and stroke volume for both the aqueduct and cistern are shown in Fig. 2 (cranial mean flow results are given in Table 1 but not plotted). Violin plots for the comparison between the pre-treatment NPH group and controls: a Aqueductal caudal mean flow. b Aqueduct stroke volume. c Cisternal caudal mean flow. d Cisternal stroke volume. p < 0.001 Impact of shunt treatment on hydrodynamic metrics Of the 12 post-treatment patients, three underwent VA shunt placement and nine were treated with VP shunt. In the cerebral aqueduct (nine matched pre-post pairs) ROI, caudal and cranial mean flow, and SV (Fig. 3a) were significantly reduced after shunt placement (Table 2). In the prepontine cistern (six matched pre-post pairs), there were no significant changes in velocity, flow rates, or SV (Fig. 3b). Complete results for both the aqueduct and cistern are shown in Table 2. Comparison of pre-treatment and post-treatment stroke volume in a aqueduct and b prepontine cistern. The decrease in aqueduct stroke volume was significant p < 0.05 Table 2 The quantitative results from the pre- and post-shunt NPH groups for both the aqueduct and cistern Peak flow latency The PFL required ECG gating of the PC-MRI data and therefore a subset of the overall data was analyzed with the initial time point equal to the ECG signal performed in the MRI. For the cerebral aqueduct, 16 pre-treatment NPH patients and seven control patients were analyzed. The pre-treatment group showed a latency of 32.7% ± 8.16% compared to the control group latency of 34.4% ± 13.0% but the difference was not significant. In the prepontine cistern there was a significantly shorter PFL (p < 0.01) in the 15 pre-treatment patients (24.5% ± 6.3%) verse the five control subjects (29.6% ± 13.2%). Following the shunt treatment, there were trends in both the cerebral aqueduct and prepontine cistern PFL toward control values; however, they failed to reach significance. In the cerebral aqueduct seven post treatment NPH patients had a mean ± SEM of 33.2 ± 12.5%. The post-treatment NPH patients had a slightly longer PFL of 27.9 ± 9.3% in nine patients, which again was not significantly longer than the pre-treatment group but trended toward the control group. Ventricle volume The ventricle volume reported is the superposition of the lateral and third ventricles of the nine patients with pre- and post- treatment scans. The pre-shunt ventricular volumes ranged from 63.8 to 147.4 mL, mean and SEM 109.8 ± 8.2 mL. Following shunting, ventricular volumes were significantly reduced (p < 0.001), mean and SEM 91.51 ± 9.8 mL. Ventricle volumes were not compared for the control group. Stroke volume ratio The stroke volume ratio was derived from the ratio of the ASV and the prepontine cistern SV for the pre-shunt, post-shunt, and control cohorts (Tables 1 and 2). For the pre-shunt group, there were 17 patients with technically adequate aqueduct and cisternal values resulting in a stroke volume ratio of 50.0 ± 7.3% mean and SEM, respectively. For the post-shunt patients, the stroke volume ratio was reduced but not significantly to 29.5 ± 7.2% (n = 7). The control group had a stroke volume ratio that was significantly lower (p = 0.0086) than the pre-shunt group, 17.7 ± 2.5%. The post-shunt and control groups did not differ significantly. In addition to the stroke volume ratio calculations for the entire pre- and post-shunt groups, the ratios for the six matched pre-post patients were also calculated. For the six matched patients, there was a significant reduction (p = 0.0321) from 50.2 ± 13.3% to 31.5 ± 8.3%. Of the nine patients receiving pre- and post- treatment scans, eight received a VP shunt and one received a VA shunt. Of these nine patients, only one (a VP shunt) failed to clinically improve at the 6-month follow-up period. In our study we investigated both cerebral hydrodynamic and peak flow latency (PFL) parameters in three groups, pre-treatment NPH patients, post-shunt NPH shunts, and controls within the cerebral aqueduct and the prepontine cistern. No significant differences were found in the mean CSF volumetric data for the prepontine cistern between the pre-treatment NPH group and the control group, although the range of values was higher in the pre-shunt NPH group. We documented prepontine SV values in NPH patients nearly twofold lower than the smallest value obtained in the control group. Balédent et al. reported that the prepontine cisternal CSF flow in patients with CH was smaller than healthy controls, but no quantities were given [17]. In a study published by Greitz, they reported SVs for the prepontine cistern in two healthy controls (SV = 0.33 ± 0.08 mL) and one CH patient (SV = 0.14 mL) [29]. It is difficult to make the comparisons between these results and those of other studies due to differences in ROI segmentation and imaging metrics. Our study, like several others, demonstrated a significant difference in ASV and other hydrodynamic metrics between hydrocephalic patients and healthy controls [12,13,14, 23]. Balédent et al. implemented an automated method for segmentation of CSF and blood flow and found significant differences between area and SV within the aqueduct between healthy controls and patients with CH. Their results, based on 16 phase segments showed an increased area (17.0 mm2 vs. 8.0 mm2) and increased ASV (196.0 μL/mL vs. 51.0 μL/mL) for hydrocephalic patients versus healthy controls, respectively [17]. Furthermore, significant differences between CH (various etiologies) and healthy controls were also found by Abbey et al. within the aqueduct for area (10.0 ± 8.9 mm2, 2.0–27.0 mm2 and 2.0 ± 1.0 mm2, 1.0–4.0 mm2) and ASV (5.6–256.4 μL, 87.20 ± 79.04 μL and 1.9–33.2 μL, 17.4 ± 10.1 μL). However, differences in peak systolic and diastolic velocities were not found to be significant between the two groups [16], as we also found in our study. Ringstad et al. assessed net ASV and CSF aqueductal flow rate derived from PC MRI in patients with idiopathic NPH before and after ventriculoperitoneal shunt surgery. Net ASV was negative in 16 (76%) of 21 patients before shunt placement and in 5 (42%) of 12 patients after shunt placement, and increased from a median of − 5 μL (range − 175 to 27 μL) to a median of 1 μL (range − 61 to 30 μL; p = 0.04) [30]. Not unexpectedly, an increase in the mean ASV combined with no difference in the prepontine SV value resulted in an increase in the stroke volume ratio. Wagshul et al. investigated the CSF stroke volume ratio between the aqueduct and foramen magnum in 15 healthy adults [20]; although the study did not include CH patients they were able to define values for the stroke volume ratio in controls. In a related study by Balédent et al., the CH patients showed a significantly increased stroke volume ratio as compared to healthy controls, 42% and 11% respectively [17]. Impact of shunting Shunting remains the primary treatment of NPH; however, there remains controversy over the selection of those patients who are likely to respond to shunt. Although not investigated in this work, CSF flow quantification with MRI [12, 14, 31, 32] has been used along with other methods such as radionuclide cisternography [33], overnight ICP monitoring [34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41], CSF tap test [42,43,44], extended lumbar drainage (ELD) [40, 45, 46], and CSF infusion (outflow resistance [42, 47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54]) to aid in the diagnostic/prognostic assessment of these patients. Following shunt surgery, cisternal CSF flow and SV were slightly increased but did not reach significance. Similar results have been published supporting that CSF pulsatility and stroke volume through the aqueduct is correlated with a positive response to shunting in patients with NPH [55]. The diversion of CSF resulted in a significant decrease in both the caudal and cranial mean flow (p < 0.05) and ASV (p < 0.05) in the aqueduct, which is consistent with one similar study [16]; however, in that study, peak velocities (caudal and cranial) and area were not found to be significantly reduced [16]. Again, there have been several studies that show a decrease in the ASV, flow, and velocity following a shunt procedure [13, 16, 17, 32]; although the mechanisms underlying this decrease in hydrodynamics have been relatively unexplored. The CSF shunts used in our study include a valve mechanism that is a one-way check valve that has a pre-set opening pressure. For the post-shunt studies, we assume that the system is in steady-state, and therefore CSF flow down the shunt would occur when the peak CSF pulsatile pressure exceeds the threshold value, resulting in microbolus flow. In a study by Miyaje et al., the CSF flow through the shunt was measured using a microflowmeter in seven NPH patients; which included changes in valve opening pressure and changes in posture (sitting and standing) [56]. For patients in the recumbent position (same as the MRI), the study reported that, at low valve opening pressures, flow within the shunt varied between 100 and 200 μL/min. In our study, there was an average decrease in the caudal and cranial mean flow of 147.2 ± 105.9 and 93.0 ± 33.3 μL/min, respectively (median data reported in Table 2). The magnitude decrease in mean flow volume through the aqueduct is approximately equal to the data reported by Miyaje et al. for the flow through a shunt while in the supine position. The stroke volume ratio following shunt surgery showed a decrease in the larger (unmatched) cohort but was not significant; however, in the six matched patients with pre and post scans, there was a significant reduction in stroke volume ratio following the surgery (p = 0.0321). Furthermore, the pre-shunt group had a significantly higher stroke volume ratio than the control group (p = 0.0086) which correlated well with Balédent’s work described above. The absolute value of the ratios cannot be directly compared to work by Balédent et al. or Wagshul et al. because of the difference in location for the SAS stroke volume measurement. When investigating the contributions of the aqueduct and the cistern, the significant differences shown would be expected. Although the significant decrease in stroke volume ratio seems to be driven by the significant decrease in ASV shown in Table 1 and Table 2, the upward trend of cisternal SV following surgery could support the hypothesis of redistribution of intracranial CSF pulsations; however, additional work is needed to confirm or reject the stated hypothesis. To supplement the volumetric analysis, latency metrics were also investigated in this study. Unlike the volumetric results, the aqueduct showed no significant differences in PFL between the groups; however, there was a trend showing a shortened latency in the pre-treatment group compared with the healthy controls. In the prepontine cistern the pre-treatment group showed a significantly shorter PFL compared with the healthy controls (Fig. 4). This change in CSF latency partially supports our hypothesis that pre-treatment NPH patients should have reduced latency in both the cerebral aqueduct and prepontine cistern. Although we were not able to show a difference in aqueductal latency between the two groups, the change in cisternal latency is an interesting finding as it supports the work from Egnor’s model of CH of redistribution of CSF pulsations in the cranial vault. Mean uncalibrated flow curves (voxel intensity) over the cardiac cycle. Top) aqueduct and bottom) prepontine cistern for the pre-treatment and control groups. The curves are the average of the polynomial fit (6th degree) of the entire group (SD also shown as shaded region). The difference seen between the peak latency (defined as the minimum point of the curve) is significantly shorter (p < 0.01) in the pre-treatment group than in the control group for the prepontine cistern. The objective of this figure is to show the phase change during the cardiac cycle The PFL calculations were dependent on two variables: the degree of the polynomial used to increase the temporal resolution and the percentage of voxels removed from the original ROI. Table 3 shows the corresponding p-values for the prepontine cistern for a number of different combinations of degree of polynomial (4–10) and percentage of voxels removed. The analysis reported is for a six-degree polynomial and 75% voxel removal (marked with an asterisk in Table 3). There is minimal impact on the overall significance of the PFL by altering these two variables between the pre-treatment NPH group and healthy controls. However, when 95% of the data is removed (thus a majority of the voxels) and the degree of the polynomial fit is relatively high (8–10) the results are no longer significant. This trend is expected; as voxels are removed there is more influence from individual voxels, increasing the noise in the results along with “over-fitting” from the high degree polynomial fit. Taken at both extremes, a poor-fitting or over-fitting polynomial will confound the final results. Finally, when no polynomial fit is performed the results become very irregular and significance is rarely reached (Table 3). Table 3 p-value from the Mann–Whitney Rank sum comparing pre-treatment NPH and control patients for prepontine cistern peak flow latency As established earlier, the pathophysiology of NPH has been discussed to great extent in the literature and one can find a wide variety of possible root causes. One topic that has been relatively unexplored is the role of parenchymal changes leading to pathogenesis and symptoms in NPH. The variability in shunting success and neurodegenerative pathology in some patients may indicate that NPH is not quite as simple as misguided CSF, and that the pathology may lie in parenchymal abnormalities [57]. A new technology known as magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) [58], has the ability to quantify the mechanical properties of the microstructure of the parenchyma. Using this technology, a study by Freimann et al. investigated the changes in mechanical properties of the pre- and post- shunt brain of NPH patients and compared those changes to healthy controls [59]. Two significant findings were reported: first, there was a significant difference in shear elasticity (μ) between the control group and the pre-shunt NPH group that did not correct following shunting. Shear elasticity is a measure of global brain stiffness; therefore, the significant decrease in μ represents a decrease in brain stiffness of the NPH patients. The other finding showed a significant decrease in a parameter known as the connectivity parameter (α) between the healthy control group and the pre-treatment NPH group. Following surgery, the connectivity parameter returned to normal ranges. Unlike the brain stiffness the connectivity parameters is slightly more abstract, being described by the authors as being “sensitive to the geometry of the mechanical network” [59]. Succinctly, there is a reorganization of the parenchymal microstructure toward healthy values (more organized). We hypothesize that this reorganization following shunting could contribute to the reversal in both the volumetric and latency trends in the prepontine cistern. As previously discussed, the aqueductal change is also influenced by the removal of the CSF via shunting. Potential study pitfalls Our study was limited by the number of subjects, particularly patients who were studied both pre- and post-shunt, as well as the control group. Furthermore, the lack of specific age and ventricular volume matching also was also a limitation. There were also significant technical challenges. The prepontine cistern is a complex anatomical structure that includes the basilar artery as well as small veins. Arachnoidal septations within the cistern, if present, could possibly direct pulsatile CSF in directions not aligned with the axis of the brainstem (Fig. 1). Each or both of these could have contributed to errors in the automated segmentation algorithm, resulting in both inaccurate ROI areas and flow values. Ultra-high resolution imaging with stronger Tesla MRIs and multiplane imaging interpreted with mathematical modeling could address these gaps in information regarding CSF dynamics as a discovery and exploratory tool [60], but were not possible here. Additionally, technical challenges in latency calculations using the percentage of cardiac cycle could also introduce some level of variability. Future studies should investigate absolute time to peak-systolic flow. For our purposes, PC-MRI provided a method to quantify the hydrodynamic changes that occur following a CSF diversion. Furthermore, we were able to compare those hydrodynamic changes with previously reported values for CSF flow within a shunt. Although several studies have quantified the changes in aqueduct flow between groups and a few studies have investigated prepontine cistern flow, our study is the first to investigate both regions for NPH pre- and post- treatment. Following shunt treatment, the aqueductal CSF metrics decreased toward control values. This is contrary to the prepontine cistern metrics that trended upwards (although not significantly) away from the normal values established in this study. Additionally, our study is the first to report latency differences within the prepontine cistern CSF flow between healthy controls and pre-treatment NPH patients. 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RBH, PV, XH, and MB conception of design and research; RBH, KB, and FS analyzed data; RBH, XH, and MB interpreted results of experiments; RBH prepared figures; RBH and AYD drafted manuscript; RBH, XH, and AYD edited and revised manuscript; RBH, and XH approved final version of manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. The authors declare that they have no competing interests. Neural Analytics has no technology in the area of MR Imaging or any interests related to the subject of this paper. This work was partially supported by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Grants NS-059797, NS-054881, and NS-066008. The authors are no longer members of the institution to which this data belongs and are thus unable to provide it upon request. The raw data is held by the University of California Los Angeles Ronald Reagan Medical Center, Department of Neurosurgery (300 Stein Plaza Driveway #420, Los Angeles, CA 90095. Consent for publication was also included in the forms described above. All imaging and procedures were approved by the IRB committee and patients and normal controls provided written consent prior to the imaging (10-001128, 06-11-013, and 07-08-038). Neural Systems and Dynamics Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, The David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California-Los Angeles, 10833 Le Conte Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA Robert B. Hamilton , Fabien Scalzo , Kevin Baldwin , Xiao Hu & Marvin Bergsneider Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of California-Los Angeles, 7400 Boelter Hall, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA The David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California-Los Angeles, 10833 Le Conte Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA Paul Vespa Neural Analytics, Inc., 2440 S Sepulveda Blvd, Suite 115, Los Angeles, CA, 90064, USA & Amber Dorn Search for Robert B. Hamilton in: Search for Fabien Scalzo in: Search for Kevin Baldwin in: Search for Amber Dorn in: Search for Paul Vespa in: Search for Xiao Hu in: Search for Marvin Bergsneider in: Correspondence to Amber Dorn. Hamilton, R.B., Scalzo, F., Baldwin, K. et al. Opposing CSF hydrodynamic trends found in the cerebral aqueduct and prepontine cistern following shunt treatment in patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus. Fluids Barriers CNS 16, 2 (2019) doi:10.1186/s12987-019-0122-0 Phase contrast MRI (PC-MRI) Aqueduct of Sylvius Prepontine CISTERN Cerebral compliance CNS Fluid and Solute Movement: Physiology, Modelling and Imaging	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1236
__label__cc	0.609256	0.390744	Village Bakery & Cafe Village Bakery & Cafe opened in 2002 with a mission to support farms in the foothills of Appalachian Ohio, by nourishing our neighbors and inspiring a culture of interdependence. Our progress is measured by how much we can “invest” our purchasing power in organic, fair trade, and renewable systems, and how little we can contribute to destructive systems. We have a passion not just for ethical food, but for radical progress, and we are deeply involved in the growing movement to build a regenerative economy that works for all. Organic producers who incorporate environmental, social and economic concerns into their work are our friends and partners. We often collaborate to increase awareness of local and global issues such as food insecurity, climate change, and environmental injustice. The bakery sits at the heart of much of the social activism in our region, and nothing pleases us more than to be able to feed farmers and activists with organic soups, salads, wood-fired breads, fair trade desserts and coffee. Fourteen years ago we understood the need to get our food system off petroleum, beginning with organic ingredients grown without petrochemical biocides and fertilizers. We buy from dozens of local producers, with minimal packaging, which lowers our dependence on oil, but we have further to go. Five years ago we embarked on a path to switch our energy system to renewable sources, and we've made great strides with efficient appliances, eliminating gas, installing a shade porch and 20K of solar power, and switching to a ground-sourced (geothermal) heating and cooling system. We're using 50% less fossil fuel than 5 years ago, while growing the business, and we’ll stay on track until we get to zero. We have an organic fair trade espresso cafe across town called Catalyst Café, with soups, sandwiches, and treats delivered from the bakery. Our original storefront is now our wood-fired bake house, called Della Zona (“from the region”), where we hold special events and pizza party fundraisers for progressive issues such as frack fighting and national health care. People find us first for the food, but they come back for the community. We’ve been fortunate to be able to bring organic and sustainable food to many more people, and proud that several of our workers have built their own thriving organic food businesses in Athens. Green America helps us celebrate that this community is growing everywhere!	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1245
__label__cc	0.684008	0.315992	Home › Jewish Literacy: The Most Important Things To Know About The Jewish Religion, Its People And Its History Brand: William Morrow Jewish Literacy: The Most Important Things To Know About The Jewish Religion, Its People And Its History Author: Joseph Telushkin A rabbi summarizes the Jewish tradition for Jews and non-Jews alike in a reference guide to Jewish religion and culture, covering culture, history, and tradition in one broad sweep. 15,000 first printing.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1247
__label__cc	0.633048	0.366952	A road map for 2016: Restoring Optimism to the GOP Brief Intro Post-2008 Wealth Creation Guide Wealth, Intellectualism, and Individualism Why Grey Enlightenment? greyenlightenment.com Enlightenment Through Understanding The Bailouts Benefited Everyone, Not Just Bankers From NYT: Bernie Sanders: To Rein In Wall Street, Fix the Fed WALL STREET is still out of control. Seven years ago, the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department bailed out the largest financial institutions in this country because they were considered too big to fail. But almost every one is bigger today than it was before the bailout. If any were to fail again, taxpayers could be on the hook for another bailout, perhaps a larger one this time. To rein in Wall Street, we should begin by reforming the Federal Reserve, which oversees financial institutions and which uses monetary policy to maintain price stability and full employment. Unfortunately, an institution that was created to serve all Americans has been hijacked by the very bankers it regulates. When the fed bailed out the banks, they, in essence, bailed out the most productive people. By throwing Wall St. a lifeline, the fed and congress sequestered the problem parts of the economy, allowing the healthier parts such as Web 2.0, retail, Silicon Valley, e-commerce, venture capitalism, and biotech to thrive instead of being dragged down by the ailing banking sector. That is something few understand – they think it was just bankers who got bailed out, but pretty much every productive person benefited at least indirectly from the bailout, which by 2011 finally turned a profit despite all the predictions in 2008-2009 of its failure. Everyone wants to blame capitalism and Wall St., but pity the loser homeowner who thought it was a good idea to buy a 6,000 square-foot McMansion on $40,000 income with zero down. Financial regulation is doomed to fail because you cannot regulate stupidity, but that doesn’t mean everyone has to suffer for the mistakes and stupidity of some, which is why bailouts have become an unavoidable part of modern capitalism. It’s like choosing the lesser of two evils: risk moral hazard or risk things getting worse? Sanders also ignores how bank balance sheets are the healthiest they have ever been and that non-performing loans are at record lows, suggesting that banks have reformed their lending practices: Credit scores for mortgage originations are rising: Subprime lending has also collapsed, and mortgage debt is back to it’s long-run trend after a bubble in 2003-2008. If any were to fail again, taxpayers could be on the hook for another bailout, perhaps a larger one this time. While taxes did rise in 2013, it was not out of economic necessity, but rather due to gridlock and Obama’s refusal to compromise by cutting certain programs (for example, raising the Medicare eligibility and slowing increases in Social Security costs by reducing cost-of-living adjustments). The bailouts turned a profit by 2011, and by 2014 the treasury reported profits of $15 billion on TARP. Can the same be said for welfare programs like disability, Obamacare, free emergency room treatment, social security, and food stamps. I think not. Although some welfare is probably necessary to avoid disruption, it’s disingenuous for liberals to pretend to be looking out for taxpayers, yet simultaneously advocating policy that greatly adds to the deficit and produces negative long-term economic value. Welfare liberalism is reverse Darwinism: throwing more money at the losers of society while at the same time punishing the successful with higher taxes and more regulation. 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__label__cc	0.701306	0.298694	Home > Knowledge > Tax & Technology Blog > Sec. 965 Final Regulations: Finally, a Little Flexibility Sec. 965 Final Regulations: Finally, a Little Flexibility Sec. 965 Final Regulations: Finally, a Little Flexibility Sec. 965 Final Regulations Flexibility By Raymond Wynman, and Andrew Wai On January 15, 2019, the IRS released final regulations on the Sec. 965 toll tax (T.D. 9846). In this post, we highlight changes to the 965(b) basis-shifting election and the specified payment rule which add a welcome degree of flexibility to the 965 calculation. If taxpayers wish to take advantage of the revised basis-shifting election, they must act by May 6, 2019. Calendar-year taxpayers who have already filed their 2017 returns should consider whether filing an amended return reflecting the modified specified payment rule or any of the other changes in the final regulations may be beneficial. Sec. 965(b) Basis-Shifting Election We refer you to our prior post on the 965 proposed regulations for background on the Treas. Reg. §1.965-2(f)(2) basis-shifting election. As a quick recap, a U.S. shareholder’s income inclusion from a deferred foreign income corporation (“DFIC”) is reduced by its allocable portion of E&P deficits from its E&P deficit corporations, creating so-called 965(b) PTI at DFICs. Because U.S. shareholders do not receive basis in 965(b) PTI, distributions out of 965(b) PTI may result in capital gain under Sec. 961(b)(1). The proposed regulations offered a solution in the form of a basis-shifting election which would shift a U.S. shareholder’s basis in its deficit corporations to its DFICs in the amount of the deficits allocated under Sec. 965(b). Under the proposed regulations, the amount of basis shifted was all-or-nothing, with the unfortunate result that making the election could immediately produce capital gain if the amount of basis to be shifted exceeded the U.S. shareholder’s actual basis in deficit corporation stock. In January 2019, the IRS issued final §965 regulations which, as an alternative to the all-or-nothing approach of the proposed regulations, added the ability for U.S. shareholders to designate the amount of basis to be shifted from each deficit corporation to each DFIC. If this selective basis-shifting election is made, the rules (1) limit the increase in stock basis of each DFIC to the DFIC’s amount of 965(b) E&P, (2) limit the total basis increases at DFICs to the total basis reductions at deficit corporations, and (3) prevent reductions in deficit corporation basis below zero (“to-the-extent rule”).1 Consider the following simple example: US, a domestic corporation, owns 100% of foreign corporations CFC1 and CFC2 (i.e. CFCs are brother-sister). US, CFC1, and CFC2 are calendar-year taxpayers. On all measurement dates, CFC2 has accumulated post-1986 deferred foreign income of 100, and CFC1 has an E&P deficit of 20. US has basis of 0 in its CFC2 stock and 10 in its CFC1 stock. Table 1: Example of Sec. 965(b) Basis-Shifting Election The selective basis adjustment allows for an additional $10 to be repatriated from CFC2 without immediately triggering $10 of capital gain at CFC1. The final regulations continue to impose the consistency requirements from the proposed regulations so that the basis-shifting election must be made by the U.S. shareholder and all related persons (within the meaning of Sec. 267(b) or 707(b)).2 The final regulations also clarify that the U.S. shareholder makes the basis adjustment on a share-by-share basis.3 The proposed regulations originally required that the basis-shifting election, along with all other 965-related elections, be made on a timely-filed 2017 return. The IRS relented on this deadline in Notice 2018-78 issued in September 2018 and confirmed in the final regulations. For tax returns due (with extensions) before May 6, 2019,4 the final regulations provide that the election must be made by that date. No further relief under Treas. Reg. §301.9100-2 or 301.9100-3 is available past this extended deadline. Elections made prior to February 4, 2019 may be revoked by filing an amended return and are irrevocable thereafter. The election statement simply provides the U.S. shareholder’s name and taxpayer identification number, states that the U.S. shareholder and all related persons make the election, and indicates (if applicable) that the alternative, to-the-extent basis election rules are being utilized.5 Subject to additional guidance in publications, forms, instructions, or other guidance from the IRS, the final regulations do not require any additional information to be furnished on the election statement. We believe that, since the original basis-shifting election statement was required to be attached to a timely-filed 2017 return, making the election under the transitional rules should require filing an amended 2017 return before May 6, 2019. Taxpayers will also indicate on Form 965, filed with the 2018 return, that they have made the basis-shifting election. At a high level, companies should take the following into account as they consider whether the basis-shifting election is appropriate for their circumstances: Whether sufficient stock basis (from pre-2017 activity, Sec. 965(a) inclusions, or post-2017 GILTI and/or subpart F income) exists to support planned distributions Strategic planning around divestitures of foreign operations or post-TCJA restructuring (e.g. sale of CFC stock to third-party acquirer, conversion of CFCs into branches via check-the-box elections) Possible utilization of tax attributes, such as capital loss carryover/carryback Note that, for purposes of characterizing CFC stock under Reg. §1.861-12(c)(2), the proposed foreign tax credit regulations require a taxpayer to determine its basis in SFC as if the basis-shifting election had been made, even if the taxpayer did not actually make the election. The basis increase to DFIC stock under Reg. §1.965-2(f)(2)(ii)(A) is treated as an increase due to Sec. 961 and therefore excluded from the tax book value of the DFIC stock.6 Alternative Specified Payment Rule Under the proposed regulations, the specified payment rule (i.e., disregard rule or E&P double-counting rule) required that deductible payments made between 10%-owned specified foreign corporations (“SFCs”) which occurred between the 965 measurement dates (November 2 and December 31, 2017) be disregarded in determining E&P at December 31, 2017 if the payor and payee SFCs had different tentative 965 measurement dates before application of the specified payment rule. Many taxpayers discovered that applying this rule actually increased their overall 965 inclusions. Consider again a simple example with two wholly-owned, calendar-year CFCs. CFC1 made a $800 deductible royalty payment to CFC2 on December 1, 2017: Table 2: Example of Alternative Specified Payment Rule CFC1 and CFC2 have different tentative measurement dates (November 2 and December 31, respectively). The specified payment rule applies and disregards the intercompany royalty payment, increasing the total Sec. 965(a) inclusion by $100. The final regulations made two changes from the proposed regulations: Eliminate the requirement that SFCs have different tentative measurement dates for the specified payment rule to apply. Allow taxpayers to disregard the specified payment rule entirely.7 Like the basis-shifting election, the choice to disregard the specified payment rule must be applied consistently across SFCs and be made by the U.S. shareholder and all persons related within the meaning of Sec. 267(b) or 707(b). Note that, if a taxpayer chooses not to apply the specified payment rule, a payment which may have been disregarded under the specified payment rule may then fall under one of the anti-avoidance rules in Reg. §1.965-4(b), particularly the disregard of E&P reduction transactions.8 An amended 2017 return likely needs to be filed if a taxpayer wishes to recalculate its Sec. 965 without the specified payment rule. Subject to future IRS guidance, the choice not to apply the specified payment rule itself does not require filing a separate election statement or other indication on the Sec. 965 transition tax statement. As we rapidly approach the deadline for the basis-shifting election to be made, please do not hesitate to reach out to us if you have any questions or concerns on your Sec. 965 toll tax calculation or filing obligations. We emphasize once again that the various Sec. 965 statements and elections described here and in our previous post on Sec. 965 reporting cannot be filed late, so make sure that you understand all of the implications of the Sec. 965 final regulations for your company. [1] Reg. §1.965-2(f)(2)(ii). [2] Reg. § 1.965-2(f)(2)(iii)(A). [3] Reg. §1.965-2(h)(4). [4] Ninety days after publication of the 965 final regulations in the federal register. Due to the government shutdown, publication was delayed until February 4, 2019. [5] Reg. § 1.965-2(f)(2)(iii)(B) [6] Prop. Reg. §1.861-12(c)(2)(i)(B)(1)(ii). [7] Reg. §1.965-4(f)(3). [8] See 965 Final Regulations, Summary of Comments and Explanation of Revisions at V.B.4. We hope this post was helpful as you assess the impact of tax reform on your business. GTM publishes regular posts highlighting key features and developments of tax reform. Visit our tax reform page for the latest U. S. tax reform updates. 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__label__cc	0.676829	0.323171	Showing posts with label noho. Show all posts Drinking in a Barrel at Idle Hour (North Hollywood, CA) I love Los Angeles, but mostly they don't keep a lot of their heritage and cool historic buildings around too much. Thanks to 1933 Group, LA will at least keep one of their awesome barrel-shaped bars, as they have renovated Idle Hour in North Hollywood. The building was declared a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument and 1933 Group purchased it in an auction. The old Idle Hour was a taproom built in 1941, and 1933 Group has kept that concept, with plenty of beers on tap inside the barrel-shaped main building. They also have a great outdoor dining area in the back that's perfect for day drinking in the summer. Behind that area is a replica of the Bulldog Cafe. The original Bulldog Cafe was built in 1925, selling tamales and ice cream (I wish we have something like that now), and they built a replica for the Petersen Automotive Museum in 1991. The adorable Bulldog Cafe is also open for private events, and it's also open to the public when there's no event going on. Labels: 1933 group, bar, barrel shaped bar, beer, cocktail, idle hour, los angeles, noho, north hollywood, pub food, the valley Preview: New Year's Eve Menu at Bow and Truss For New Year's Eve, Bow and Truss in North Hollywood is offering up a 4-course menu for $50. With 2-4 choices for each course and plenty of vegan options, there's something for everyone. Start with a choice of pastel de choclo (corn and meat pie), patatas bravas (salt-cured potatoes, that's your vegan option) or Tuna Tartare (olives, garlic, shallots, served on house made cracker) The next course is a soup or salad. There's s lentil salad with serrano ham and chorizo, or two vegan options: Tomatican Soup (corn and tomato soup) Labels: 2015 new year, bow and truss, new year eve menu, new year's eve, noho, north hollywood, prix fixe menu, studio city, the valley, vegan Brunch and Sherry "Mimosa" at Bow and Truss (North Hollywood) Bow and Truss is a new Spanish restaurant in North Hollywood featuring a sherry focused bar program by Aidan Demarest and Marcos Tello. They recently started doing brunch with a Latin slant and sherry brunch cocktails. I don't know how busy it gets at night, but it's a quiet and spacious place for brunch, with a beautiful bar at the center. I did say the brunch menu leaned towards Latin flavors, but you may want to also get the Crepes with Almond Butter and house made caramel ($6) Loved the texture of these crepes! With almond butter like this, you don't need syrup or toppings. Since this is a sherry-centric bar, and since Aidan and Marcos doesn't mess around, even their brunch cocktails are special. The Mimosa de Manzana is no regular mimosa. They call it a "Spanish Style” mimosa and it's made with Pedro Ximenez sherry, organic apple juice, rosado, apple slice It's still a "mimosa" so it's topped with some sparkly, but it's much better and much more interesting than your regular mimosa and bellinis! They also have Bloody Mary's here and I tried a sip of one which was quite good. For the brunch entree I recommend the "I’m Creamy" with polenta, asparagus, charred corn, peppers, cotija, quail yolk, piquillo pepper sauce ($10) Labels: al fresco, bar, bow and truss, brunch, brunch cocktail, cocktail, crepe, egg, eggs benedict, mimosa, noho, north hollywood, patio, sangria, sherry, wild boar bacon	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1256
__label__cc	0.643808	0.356192	Category: Aspect ventures Theresia Gouw and Ann Miura-Ko are coming to Disrupt – gpgmail September 11, 2019 administrator ann miura-ko, Aspect ventures, Disrupt SF 2019, Floodgate, Startups, TC, Theresia Gouw, Venture Capital For a very long time, the venture industry was stubbornly resistant to change. The same people sat back in their chairs on Sand Hill Road while nervous founders made the rounds, hoping one of these firms would champion their cause. No longer. Since roughly the advent of Y Combinator, the landscape has seemed to shift by the year, with more startups raising capital every year, more people becoming VCs, more Medium posts, more newsletters, more events, more great founders, more bad behavior, more congestion, and more money from all over the world finding its way to Silicon Valley and a growing number of smaller but fast-growing hubs. How to make sense of it all? At Disrupt, we do our best to answer that question by sitting down each year with top venture capitalists who tell us what they are seeing. In 2015, for example, we talked with VCs about why you can start, but not always scale, a company from anywhere. In 2016, the discussion turned to why VCs were gathering up so much capital when the IPO market was (at the time) all but closed to new tech issuers. In 2017, we examined how then-new U.S. President Donald Trump might impact the venture and startup industry. By last year, we were talking about Softbank, mega rounds, and whether Silicon Valley is losing its gravitational pull. This year, we’re again going to be taking stock of what trends have so far defined 2019, and what may be around the corner, and we’re thrilled to announce the VCs who will help us to answer some of these questions: Ann Miura-Ko, a cofounder of the seed- and early-stage venture firm Floodgate, and Theresia Gouw, a cofounder of the early-stage venture firm Aspect Ventures. Both of these longtime investors bring a lot of deep insights to any venture discussion. Miura-Ko has been in the industry since before the last major tech boom, starting in the late ’90s. Then a McKinsey analyst who was focused on wireless technologies, she went on to become an analyst at the venture firm CRV before cofounding with partner Mike Maples the venture firm Floodgate in 2008. Since joining forces, Floodgate has backed a long list of powerful companies, including Twitch, Sonos, Chegg, AdRoll, BazaarVoice, and Lyft, where Miura-Ko remains on the board of directors. She has seen plenty of ups and downs, within both Floodgate’s portfolio and the broader startup industry. Gouw, meanwhile, also has a perspective on the industry that many newer investors don’t enjoy, having worked as a VP at a Bay Area startup during the dot.com run-up, then joining the venture firm Accel in 1999, just a year before the industry imploded. It could have been a short-lived stint. Instead, she helping the firm sift through the wreckage and right itself before leaving in 2014 to start her own firm — Aspect — with partner and former DFJ partner Jennifer Fonstad. Since then, the firm has backed a wide variety of companies, from The RealReal to Exabeam, HotelTonight to Forescout. Put another way, Gouw also knows what the deal is. We can’t wait to sit down with both of these top investors to talk about the trends shaping the industry right now, from the growing secondary market to IPO trends, from what excites them the most to what their biggest concerns are for their firms and their portfolio companies as we sail toward 2020. It’s a conversation you will not want to miss if you want a better understanding of what’s happening on the ground right now. Join us at Disrupt SF, which runs October 2 to 4 at the Moscone Center. Tickets are available here. Leave a comment Ann, coming, Disrupt, Gouw, gpgmail, MiuraKo, Theresia EU nations can restrict vendors under new 5G guidelines – Networking – Telco/ISP- Tempemail – Blog – 10 minute ING Australia snares new CIO from Westpac’s BT Financial Group – Finance – Strategy- Tempemail – Blog – 10 minute	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1257
__label__wiki	0.793848	0.793848	Come out to the coast, we'll have a few laughs. Film Review: Overnight November 15, 2010 January 6, 2011 / hintonblogs A review coming up for this just as soon as I put on my overalls… I had a friend who would always call himself something, as if just saying it out loud made it real. For example, you may run into him one day and ask him what he’s doing now. “I make music videos” he’ll say. Just like that, he’s become a music video director. He would call himself a writer by virtue of the fact that he jotted a few things down in a notepad, or a film maker just because he bought a Handycam. I was reminded of this friend when I watched Overnight, the documentary about Troy Duffy. Duffy wrote and directed a sub-Tarantino knockoff called The Boondock Saints, and at the time made a big splash in the movie world. As the film starts we’re treated to the following tale. Miramax, who at the time could do no wrong, bought up Duffy’s script for close to a million dollars. Duffy also got Miramax to agree to buy the bar he was working at, and to let his band do the soundtrack for the film. We see Duffy being interviewed, hanging out with Mark Whalberg (Who wants to know where Duffy gets all his great ideas from. It’s possible he’s stoned at the time) and having his picture taken for the cover pages of trade magazines. Duffy is all talk, he talks about how great his film is, he talks about how great his band is and he talks about how he’s someone who’s here to stay. None of those things are true. Duffy is like my friend, only this time someone has been stupid enough to give him ten million dollars and told him to make good on his promise. Instead Duffy takes to partying – a lot – and generally berating people who don’t share the view that he’s the second coming. Slowly we watch as things start to collapse in horrifying fashion. To hear Duffy tell it, every actor in Hollywood is clamouring over his script, so much so that we watch him trash a few Hollywood names (Ethan Hawke is “Talentless“, Keanu Reeves is “A punk – he’ll never be in my movies“) while he holds out for names like Kenneth Branagh (Who Duffy calls a “Cunt” when Branagh has the gall to let his answering machine do its job). He also hopes to become drinking buddies with Ewan McGregor, but curiously we’re never shown the results of that meeting. According to lore, McGregor and Duffy met as Miramax were thinking of using the film as a starring vehicle to the then new-in-Hollywood Scot. The two got into a debate about the death penalty with McGregor taking his concerns about Duffy in general back to Miramax. There has been some concern (Mostly from Duffy himself) that he was misrepresented in the film, and the makers were out to get him. Conversely the makers of the documentary were also the co-managers of Duffy’s band. It’s entirely possible of course, he wouldn’t be the first person misrepresented for the purposes of a narrative (See also; The King of Kong). But whatever way you look at it, Duffy still said those things, he was just stupid enough to do it while people were filming. “Harvey Weinstein is scared of me” – Troy Duffy Harvey Weinstein is an old school Hollywood mogul. The boisterous, cigar-chomping kind of mogul. Early on in the film we learn that Miramax doesn’t want anything to do with Duffy and the film anymore, much to Duffy’s chagrin. Of course to hear Duffy tell it it’s because Duffy is too real for them. He’s the working class Boston kid who was able to stand toe-to-toe with the Hollywood elite, and they didn’t like that. Not once does Duffy consider the fact that his actions were speaking for themselves and Miramax were simply trying to avert disaster. Even after contacting other companies who initially bid on the script, Duffy still doesn’t seem to get the fact that he’s, to put it mildly, being an asshole. While Duffy and his cohorts are convinced Weinstein is out to get them, I don’t think that’s really the case. Still there’s a bizarre scene where, after a premiere of the film, a car almost runs Duffy down. There’s the strong implication that is was an attempt on Duffy’s life by Weinstein, which is patently ridiculous. It’s unlikely Weinstein ever really thought about Duffy once he was done with the film (It went on to be made with independent financiers for half the budget Duffy was originally offered) and it’s even more idiotic that Weinstein would do it so publically. Overnight offers a fascinating view of a man who burns his bridges before the foundations are even laid down while dragging down the people around him. It’s scary to think what would’ve happened had the Miramax deal gone through and the film was a hit (As it is the film is a cult hit, though the sequel is a poor imitation of an already lacklustre film). As it is Duffy was literally presented with the dream of every aspiring film maker and instead of recognising that he grabbed it with two hands and fucked it. Hard. Movies, Reviews ← Excuses, Excuses… New Year and a more committed Blog: Plus some words about Huckleberry Finn → One thought on “Film Review: Overnight” Why does Russel seem oddly unfocused ? RT @BBW_BFF: https://t.co/bPyCl9oZXa 13 hours ago @TheGunslinger82 @V1_OSW I think it's because there's a real limitation with how they book Brock. 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__label__wiki	0.581612	0.581612	The Free Library > Literature > Thomas Hardy > Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman > Chapter XXX Chapter XXX In the diminishing daylight they went along the level roadway through the meads, which stretched away into gray miles, and were backed in the extreme edge of distance by the swarthy and abrupt slopes of Egdon Heath. On its summit stood clumps and stretches of fir-trees, whose notched tips appeared like battlemented towers crowning black-fronted castles of enchantment. They were so absorbed in the sense of being close to each other that they did not begin talking for a long while, the silence being broken only by the clucking of the milk in the tall cans behind them. The lane they followed was so solitary that the hazel nuts had remained on the boughs till they slipped from their shells, and the blackberries hung in heavy clusters. Every now and then Angel would fling the lash of his whip round one of these, pluck it off, and give it to his companion. The dull sky soon began to tell its meaning by sending down herald-drops of rain, and the stagnant air of the day changed into a fitful breeze which played about their faces. The quick-silvery glaze on the rivers and pools vanished; from broad mirrors of light they changed to lustreless sheets of lead, with a surface like a rasp. But that spectacle did not affect her preoccupation. Her countenance, a natural carnation slightly embrowned by the season, had deepened its tinge with the beating of the rain-drops; and her hair, which the pressure of the cows' flanks had, as usual, caused to tumble down from its fastenings and stray beyond the curtain of her calico bonnet, was made clammy by the moisture, till it hardly was better than seaweed. "I ought not to have come, I suppose," she murmured, looking at the sky. "I am sorry for the rain," said he. "But how glad I am to have you here!" Remote Egdon disappeared by degree behind the liquid gauze. The evening grew darker, and the roads being crossed by gates it was not safe to drive faster than at a walking pace. The air was rather chill. "I am so afraid you will get cold, with nothing upon your arms and shoulders," he said. "Creep close to me, and perhaps the drizzle won't hurt you much. I should be sorrier still if I did not think that the rain might be helping me." She imperceptibly crept closer, and he wrapped round them both a large piece of sail-cloth, which was sometimes used to keep the sun off the milk-cans. Tess held it from slipping off him as well as herself, Clare's hands being occupied. "Now we are all right again. Ah--no we are not! It runs down into my neck a little, and it must still more into yours. That's better. Your arms are like wet marble, Tess. Wipe them in the cloth. Now, if you stay quiet, you will not get another drop. Well, dear--about that question of mine--that long-standing question?" The only reply that he could hear for a little while was the smack of the horse's hoofs on the moistening road, and the cluck of the milk in the cans behind them. "Do you remember what you said?" "I do," she replied. "Before we get home, mind." "I'll try." He said no more then. As they drove on the fragment of an old manor house of Caroline date rose against the sky, and was in due course passed and left behind. "That," he observed, to entertain her, "is an interesting old place--one of the several seats which belonged to an ancient Norman family formerly of great influence in this county, the d'Urbervilles. I never pass one of their residences without thinking of them. There is something very sad in the extinction of a family of renown, even if it was fierce, domineering, feudal renown." "Yes," said Tess. They crept along towards a point in the expanse of shade just at hand at which a feeble light was beginning to assert its presence, a spot where, by day, a fitful white streak of steam at intervals upon the dark green background denoted intermittent moments of contact between their secluded world and modern life. Modern life stretched out its steam feeler to this point three or four times a day, touched the native existences, and quickly withdrew its feeler again, as if what it touched had been uncongenial. They reached the feeble light, which came from the smoky lamp of a little railway station; a poor enough terrestrial star, yet in one sense of more importance to Talbothays Dairy and mankind than the celestial ones to which it stood in such humiliating contrast. The cans of new milk were unladen in the rain, Tess getting a little shelter from a neighbouring holly tree. Then there was the hissing of a train, which drew up almost silently upon the wet rails, and the milk was rapidly swung can by can into the truck. The light of the engine flashed for a second upon Tess Durbeyfield's figure, motionless under the great holly tree. No object could have looked more foreign to the gleaming cranks and wheels than this unsophisticated girl, with the round bare arms, the rainy face and hair, the suspended attitude of a friendly leopard at pause, the print gown of no date or fashion, and the cotton bonnet drooping on her brow. She mounted again beside her lover, with a mute obedience characteristic of impassioned natures at times, and when they had wrapped themselves up over head and ears in the sailcloth again, they plunged back into the now thick night. Tess was so receptive that the few minutes of contact with the whirl of material progress lingered in her thought. "Londoners will drink it at their breakfasts tomorrow, won't they?" she asked. "Strange people that we have never seen." "Yes--I suppose they will. Though not as we send it. When its strength has been lowered, so that it may not get up into their heads." "Noble men and noble women, ambassadors and centurions, ladies and tradeswomen, and babies who have never seen a cow." "Well, yes; perhaps; particularly centurions." "Who don't know anything of us, and where it comes from; or think how we two drove miles across the moor tonight in the rain that it might reach 'em in time?" "We did not drive entirely on account of these precious Londoners; we drove a little on our own--on account of that anxious matter which you will, I am sure, set at rest, dear Tess. Now, permit me to put it in this way. You belong to me already, you know; your heart, I mean. Does it not?" "You know as well as I. O yes--yes!" "Then, if your heart does, why not your hand?" "My only reason was on account of you--on account of a question. I have something to tell you----" "But suppose it to be entirely for my happiness, and my worldly convenience also?" "O yes; if it is for your happiness and worldly convenience. But my life before I came here--I want----" "Well, it is for my convenience as well as my happiness. If I have a very large farm, either English or colonial, you will be invaluable as a wife to me; better than a woman out of the largest mansion in the country. So please--please, dear Tessy, disabuse your mind of the feeling that you will stand in my way." "But my history. I want you to know it--you must let me tell you--you will not like me so well!" "Tell it if you wish to, dearest. This precious history then. Yes, I was born at so and so, Anno Domini----" "I was born at Marlott," she said, catching at his words as a help, lightly as they were spoken. "And I grew up there. And I was in the Sixth Standard when I left school, and they said I had great aptness, and should make a good teacher, so it was settled that I should be one. But there was trouble in my family; father was not very industrious, and he drank a little." "Yes, yes. Poor child! Nothing new." He pressed her more closely to his side. "And then--there is something very unusual about it--about me. I--I was----" Tess's breath quickened. "Yes, dearest. Never mind." "I--I--am not a Durbeyfield, but a d'Urberville--a descendant of the same family as those that owned the old house we passed. And--we are all gone to nothing!" "A d'Urberville!--Indeed! And is that all the trouble, dear Tess?" "Yes," she answered faintly. "Well--why should I love you less after knowing this?" "I was told by the dairyman that you hated old families." "Well, it is true, in one sense. I do hate the aristocratic principle of blood before everything, and do think that as reasoners the only pedigrees we ought to respect are those spiritual ones of the wise and virtuous, without regard to corporal paternity. But I am extremely interested in this news--you can have no idea how interested I am! Are you not interested yourself in being one of that well-known line?" "No. I have thought it sad--especially since coming here, and knowing that many of the hills and fields I see once belonged to my father's people. But other hills and field belonged to Retty's people, and perhaps others to Marian's, so that I don't value it particularly." "Yes--it is surprising how many of the present tillers of the soil were once owners of it, and I sometimes wonder that a certain school of politicians don't make capital of the circumstance; but they don't seem to know it.... I wonder that I did not see the resemblance of your name of d'Urberville, and trace the manifest corruption. And this was the carking secret!" She had not told. At the last moment her courage had failed her, she feared his blame for not telling him sooner; and her instinct of self-preservation was stronger than her candour. "Of course," continued the unwitting Clare, "I should have been glad to know you to be descended exclusively from the long-suffering, dumb, unrecorded rank and file of the English nation, and not from the self-seeking few who made themselves powerful at the expense of the rest. But I am corrupted away from that by my affection for you, Tess (he laughed as he spoke), and made selfish likewise. For your own sake I rejoice in your descent. Society is hopelessly snobbish, and this fact of your extraction may make an appreciable difference to its acceptance of you as my wife, after I have made you the well-read woman that I mean to make you. My mother too, poor soul, will think so much better of you on account of it. Tess, you must spell your name correctly--d'Urberville--from this very day." "I like the other way rather best." "But you MUST, dearest! Good heavens, why dozens of mushroom millionaires would jump at such a possession! By the bye, there's one of that kidney who has taken the name--where have I heard of him?--Up in the neighbourhood of The Chase, I think. Why, he is the very man who had that rumpus with my father I told you of. What an odd coincidence!" "Angel, I think I would rather not take the name! It is unlucky, perhaps!" She was agitated. "Now then, Mistress Teresa d'Urberville, I have you. Take my name, and so you will escape yours! The secret is out, so why should you any longer refuse me?" "If it is SURE to make you happy to have me as your wife, and you feel that you do wish to marry me, VERY, VERY much--" "I do, dearest, of course!" "I mean, that it is only your wanting me very much, and being hardly able to keep alive without me, whatever my offences, that would make me feel I ought to say I will." "You will--you do say it, I know! You will be mine for ever and ever." He clasped her close and kissed her. "Yes!" She had no sooner said it than she burst into a dry hard sobbing, so violent that it seemed to rend her. Tess was not a hysterical girl by any means, and he was surprised. "Why do you cry, dearest?" "I can't tell--quite!--I am so glad to think--of being yours, and making you happy!" "But this does not seem very much like gladness, my Tessy!" "I mean--I cry because I have broken down in my vow! I said I would die unmarried!" "But, if you love me you would like me to be your husband?" "Yes, yes, yes! But O, I sometimes wish I had never been born!" "Now, my dear Tess, if I did not know that you are very much excited, and very inexperienced, I should say that remark was not very complimentary. How came you to wish that if you care for me? Do you care for me? I wish you would prove it in some way." "How can I prove it more than I have done?" she cried, in a distraction of tenderness. "Will this prove it more?" She clasped his neck, and for the first time Clare learnt what an impassioned woman's kisses were like upon the lips of one whom she loved with all her heart and soul, as Tess loved him. "There--now do you believe?" she asked, flushed, and wiping her eyes. "Yes. I never really doubted--never, never!" So they drove on through the gloom, forming one bundle inside the sail-cloth, the horse going as he would, and the rain driving against them. She had consented. She might as well have agreed at first. The "appetite for joy" which pervades all creation, that tremendous force which sways humanity to its purpose, as the tide sways the helpless weed, was not to be controlled by vague lucubrations over the social rubric. "I must write to my mother," she said. "You don't mind my doing that?" "Of course not, dear child. You are a child to me, Tess, not to know how very proper it is to write to your mother at such a time, and how wrong it would be in me to object. Where does she live?" "At the same place--Marlott. On the further side of Blackmoor Vale." "Ah, then I HAVE seen you before this summer----" "Yes; at that dance on the green; but you would not dance with me. O, I hope that is of no ill-omen for us now!"	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1273
__label__wiki	0.525783	0.525783	Payers of Opioid-Related Inpatient Stays and Emergency Department Visits Nationally and by State, 2010 and 2015 Audrey J. Weiss, Ph.D., and Kevin C. Heslin, Ph.D. The opioid epidemic in the United States is receiving significant attention at both the Federal and State levels. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is publishing a series of Statistical Briefs that provide descriptive information on opioid-related hospital use nationally and by State. In prior entries in this series, AHRQ reported the following: The national rate of opioid-related inpatient stays and emergency department (ED) visits increased 64.1 percent and 99.4 percent, respectively, between 2005 and 2014.1 There was substantial variation across States in 2014 in the rate of opioid-related inpatient stays (more than five-fold) and ED visits (more than ten-fold).2 Females and patients aged 65 years and older had the greatest increases in the rate of opioid-related inpatient stays between 2005 and 2014.3 The highest rate of opioid-related inpatient stays and ED visits in most States in 2014 was among patients living in the lowest-income communities.4 This Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Statistical Brief is the fourth report in AHRQ's series on opioid-related hospital use by State. It presents statistics based on HCUP Fast Stats on the primary expected payer of opioid-related hospital inpatient stays and ED visits in fiscal year (FY) 2010 (from quarter 4 of 2009 through quarter 3 of 2010) and FY 2015 (from quarter 4 of 2014 through quarter 3 of 2015), hereinafter referred to as 2010 and 2015 in this Statistical Brief.5,6 The percentage of opioid-related inpatient stays are presented by payer for each of the 42 States that provided inpatient data in 2010 and 2015. The percentage of opioid-related ED visits are presented by payer for each of the 23 States that provided ED visit data in 2010 and 2015. Identification of opioid-related stays and ED visits is based on all-listed diagnoses and includes events associated with prescription opioids or illicit opioids such as heroin. National and State-level share of opioid-related inpatient stays and ED visits by payer, 2010 and 2015 Figure 1 presents the national distribution of opioid-related inpatient stays and emergency department (ED) visits by expected primary payer in 2010 and 2015. Nationally, from 2010 to 2015, the share of opioid-related inpatient stays and emergency department (ED) visits shifted away from private payers and no insurance and toward public payers (Medicare and Medicaid). In 2015, the share of opioid-related stays by payer varied across 42 individual States. The range for each payer across States was as follows: Medicare: 19.9-50.2 percent Medicaid: 11.3-63.0 percent Private insurance: 11.3-37.1 percent Uninsured: 1.3-35.9 percent Similarly, in 2015, the share of opioid-related ED visits by payer varied across 23 individual States. The range for each payer across States was as follows: The most consistent change from 2010 to 2015 across individual States was a decrease in the share of uninsured opioid-related stays and ED visits: 34 of 42 States had a decrease in the share of uninsured opioid-related stays of 10 percent or more. 18 of 23 States had a decrease in the share of uninsured opioid-related ED visits of 10 percent or more. Figure 1. Sharea of opioid-related inpatient stays and ED visits by payer, 2010 and 2015 Abbreviation: ED, emergency department a Opioid-related stays for which the expected payer was Other, missing, or invalid were excluded. The share of opioid-related hospital stays or ED visits was calculated based on only those records for which the expected payer was Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance, or uninsured; thus, the total is equal to 100 percent. Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), HCUP Fast Stats, Opioid-Related Hospital Use (www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/faststats/landing.jsp) based on the HCUP National (Nationwide) Inpatient Sample (NIS) and the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS) Share of opioid-related inpatient stays and ED visits by payer, 2010 and 2015 Stacked bar chart that shows the share of opioid inpatient stays or emergency department visits by payer in 2010 and 2015. Inpatient stays: Uninsured: 2010, 16.1; 2015, 7.6—cumulative decrease of 52.9%. Private insurance: 2010, 21.6; 2015, 20.3—cumulative decrease of 6.2%. Medicaid: 2010, 34.8; 2015, 40.2—cumulative increase of 15.3%. Medicare: 2010, 27.4; 2015, 31.9—cumulative increase of 16.5%. ED visits: Uninsured: 2010, 33.8; 2015, 19.0—cumulative decrease of 43.9%. Private insurance: 2010, 22.9; 2015, 20.4—cumulative decrease of 10.9%. Medicaid: 2010, 29.1; 2015, 44.5—cumulative increase of 52.8%. Medicare: 2010, 14.1; 2015, 16.1—cumulative increase of 14.1%. From 2010 to 2015, the share of opioid-related inpatient stays and ED visits with Medicare or Medicaid increased while the share with private insurance or uninsured decreased. From 2010 to 2015, the share of opioid-related stays increased 16.5 percent for Medicare, from 27.4 to 31.9 percent of all opioid-related stays, and increased 15.3 percent for Medicaid, from 34.8 to 40.2 percent of all opioid-related stays. Concurrently, the share of opioid-related stays decreased 6.2 percent for private insurance, from 21.6 to 20.3 percent of all opioid-related stays, and decreased 52.9 percent for the uninsured, from 16.1 to 7.6 percent of all opioid-related stays. Similarly, over the same 5-year period, the share of opioid-related ED visits increased 14.1 percent for Medicare, from 14.1 to 16.1 percent of all opioid-related ED visits, and increased 52.8 percent for Medicaid, from 29.1 to 44.5 percent of all opioid-related ED visits. The share of opioid-related ED visits decreased 10.9 percent for private insurance, from 22.9 to 20.4 percent of all opioid-related ED visits, and decreased 43.9 percent for the uninsured, from 33.8 to 19.0 percent of all opioid-related ED visits. In the remainder of this Statistical Brief, the share of opioid-related inpatient stays and ED visits are presented by expected primary payer for each State that provided data in both 2010 and 2015. Share of opioid-related inpatient stays by payer, by State, 2010 and 2015 Figures 2-5 present the percentage of opioid-related stays for 42 States in 2010 and 2015 with an expected primary payer of Medicare (Figure 2), Medicaid (Figure 3), private insurance (Figure 4), and uninsured (Figure 5). For each State, the percentage of stays in 2010 is shown in the left column and is represented by the thin blue line; the percentage of stays in 2015 is shown in the right column and is represented by the wide green line. The percentage of opioid-related stays nationally (encompassing all States that contributed data to HCUP in 2010 or 2015) is provided for comparison. Appendix A lists the percentage change in share of opioid-related inpatient stays by payer between 2010 and 2015 for each State. Figure 2 presents the percentage of opioid-related inpatient stays with Medicare as the expected primary payer among the 42 States that provided data in 2010 and 2015. States are ordered according to their percentage of opioid-related stays with Medicare in 2015. Figure 2. Percentage of opioid-related inpatient stays with Medicare by State, 2010 and 2015 Note: An asterisk denotes States that expanded Medicaid prior to fiscal year 2015, with the exception of Indiana, which expanded Medicaid on February 1, 2015, and Pennsylvania, which expanded Medicaid on January 1, 2015. Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), HCUP Fast Stats, Opioid-Related Hospital Use (www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/faststats/landing.jsp) based on the HCUP National (Nationwide) Inpatient Sample (NIS) and the HCUP State Inpatient Databases (SID) Bar chart that shows the percentage of opioid-related inpatient stays with Medicare by State for 2010 and 2015. Data are provided in Supplementary Table 1. The share of opioid-related inpatient stays with Medicare in 2015 ranged from 50.2 percent to 19.9 percent across 42 States. In 2015, the highest share of opioid-related stays with Medicare was in Iowa (50.2 percent), followed by Nebraska (46.4 percent), Oregon (45.6 percent), Montana (45.5 percent), and Kansas (43.9 percent). The lowest share of opioid-related stays with Medicare was in New York (19.9 percent), followed by West Virginia (22.3 percent), New Jersey (22.4 percent), Illinois (23.5 percent), and Ohio (23.5 percent). Nationally, in 2015, the share of opioid-related stays with Medicare was 31.9 percent. Nearly all of the 42 States had either an increase or minimal change from 2010 to 2015 in the share of opioid-related stays with Medicare. From 2010 to 2015, 19 of 42 States had an increase of 10 percent or more in the share of opioid-related stays with Medicare. Wyoming had the largest increase in share (49.5 percent), increasing from 26.1 to 39.1 percent of opioid-related stays with Medicare. New York and Washington had the next largest increases in share of opioid-related stays with Medicare (34.5 and 32.2 percent increases, respectively). Only one State had a decrease of 10 percent or more in the share of opioid-related stays with Medicare from 2010 to 2015. West Virginia had a 12.3 percent decrease in share, decreasing from 25.4 to 22.3 percent of opioid-related stays with Medicare. The remaining 22 of 42 States had a change of less than 10 percent in the share of opioid-related stays with Medicare from 2010 to 2015, ranging from a 9.4 percent increase in share in Kentucky to a 9.5 percent decrease in share in Arkansas. Appendix A lists the percentage change in share of opioid-related inpatient stays with Medicare between 2010 and 2015 for each State. Figure 3 presents the percentage of opioid-related inpatient stays with Medicaid as the expected primary payer among the 42 States that provided data in 2010 and 2015. States are ordered according to their percentage of opioid-related stays with Medicaid in 2015. Figure 3. Percentage of opioid-related inpatient stays with Medicaid by State, 2010 and 2015 Bar chart that shows the percentage of opioid-related inpatient stays with Medicaid by State for 2010 and 2015. Data are provided in Supplementary Table 1. The share of opioid-related inpatient stays with Medicaid in 2015 ranged from 63.0 percent to 11.3 percent across 42 States. In 2015, the highest share of opioid-related stays with Medicaid was in West Virginia (63.0 percent), followed by New York (62.5 percent), Ohio (60.1 percent), Kentucky (58.8 percent), and Maryland (57.4 percent). The lowest share of opioid-related stays with Medicaid was in Nebraska (11.3 percent), followed by Texas (15.7 percent), Kansas (15.9 percent), South Dakota (17.3 percent), and Louisiana (19.1 percent). Nationally, in 2015, the share of opioid-related stays with Medicaid was 40.2 percent. The majority of 42 States had an increase from 2010 to 2015 in the share of opioid-related stays with Medicaid. From 2010 to 2015, 28 of 42 States had an increase of 10 percent or more in the share of opioid-related stays with Medicaid. Colorado had the largest increase in share (163.6 percent), increasing from 12.7 to 33.5 percent of opioid-related stays with Medicaid. New Jersey and Nevada had the next largest increases in share of opioid-related stays with Medicaid (157.5 and 119.4 percent increases, respectively). A total of 5 of 42 States had a decrease of 10 percent or more in the share of opioid-related stays with Medicaid from 2010 to 2015. Louisiana had the largest decrease in share (50.0 percent), decreasing from 38.1 to 19.1 percent of opioid-related stays with Medicaid. Nebraska and Maine had the next largest decreases in share of opioid-related stays with Medicaid (31.1 and 20.9 percent decreases, respectively). The remaining 9 of 42 States had a change of less than 10 percent in the share of opioid-related stays with Medicaid from 2010 to 2015, ranging from a 9.4 percent increase in share in Florida to a 6.4 percent decrease in share in Pennsylvania. Appendix A lists the percentage change in share of opioid-related inpatient stays with Medicaid between 2010 and 2015 for each State. Figure 4 presents the percentage of opioid-related inpatient stays with private insurance as the expected primary payer among the 42 States that provided data in 2010 and 2015. States are ordered according to their percentage of opioid-related stays with private insurance in 2015. Figure 4. Percentage of opioid-related inpatient stays with private insurance by State, 2010 and 2015 Bar chart that shows the percentage of opioid-related inpatient stays with private insurance by State for 2010 and 2015. Data are provided in Supplementary Table 1. The share of opioid-related inpatient stays with private insurance in 2015 ranged from 37.1 percent to 11.3 percent across 42 States. In 2015, the highest share of opioid-related stays with private insurance was in Nebraska (37.1 percent), followed by South Dakota (36.2 percent), Utah (33.3 percent), Arkansas (32.0 percent), and Minnesota (30.1 percent). The lowest share of opioid-related stays with private insurance was in New Mexico (11.3 percent), followed by West Virginia (12.1 percent), Vermont (12.4 percent), Maryland (12.6 percent), and Ohio (12.8 percent). Nationally, in 2015, the share of opioid-related stays with private insurance was 20.3 percent. The majority of 42 States had a decrease from 2010 to 2015 in the share of opioid-related stays with private insurance. From 2010 to 2015, 31 of 42 States had a decrease of 10 percent or more in the share of opioid-related stays with private insurance. Montana had the largest decrease in share (57.9 percent), decreasing from 37.1 to 15.6 percent of opioid-related stays with private insurance. Rhode Island and Oregon had the next largest decreases in share of opioid-related stays with private insurance (50.1 and 39.6 percent decreases, respectively). Only three States had an increase of 10 percent or more in the share of opioid-related stays with private insurance from 2010 to 2015. Illinois had a 102.4 percent increase in share, increasing from 12.3 to 24.9 percent of opioid-related stays with private insurance. Arkansas and North Carolina also had notable increases in share of opioid-related stays with private insurance (67.9 and 11.9 percent increases, respectively). The remaining 8 of 42 States had a change of less than 10 percent in the share of opioid-related stays with private insurance from 2010 to 2015, ranging from a 5.6 percent increase in share in Louisiana to a 4.6 percent decrease in share in Virginia. Appendix A lists the percentage change in share of opioid-related inpatient stays with private insurance between 2010 and 2015 for each State. Figure 5 presents the percentage of opioid-related inpatient stays that were uninsured among the 42 States that provided data in 2010 and 2015. States are ordered according to their percentage of opioid-related stays that were uninsured in 2015. Figure 5. Percentage of opioid-related inpatient stays that were uninsured by State, 2010 and 2015 Bar chart that shows the percentage of opioid-related inpatient stays that were uninsured by State for 2010 and 2015. Data are provided in Supplementary Table 1. The share of opioid-related inpatient stays that were uninsured in 2015 ranged from 35.9 percent to 1.3 percent across 42 States. In 2015, the highest share of opioid-related stays that were uninsured was in Louisiana (35.9 percent), followed by Texas (22.1 percent), Virginia (21.4 percent), Missouri (21.3 percent), and South Carolina (21.1 percent). The lowest share of opioid-related stays that were uninsured was in Minnesota (1.3 percent), followed by Michigan (1.5 percent), Massachusetts (1.6 percent), Rhode Island (1.8 percent), and Oregon (1.8 percent). Nationally, in 2015, the share of opioid-related stays that were uninsured was 7.6 percent. The majority of 42 States had a decrease from 2010 to 2015 in the share of opioid-related stays that were uninsured. From 2010 to 2015, 34 of 42 States had a decrease of 10 percent or more in the share of opioid-related stays that were uninsured. Kentucky had the largest decrease in share (89.5 percent), decreasing from 30.4 to 3.2 percent of opioid-related stays that were uninsured. Oregon and West Virginia had the next largest decreases in share of opioid-related stays that were uninsured (88.2 and 88.1 percent decreases, respectively). Only three States had an increase of 10 percent or more in the share of opioid-related stays that were uninsured from 2010 to 2015. Louisiana had a 90.5 percent increase in share, increasing from 18.8 to 35.9 percent of opioid-related stays that were uninsured. Maine and Missouri also had notable increases in share of opioid-related stays that were uninsured (26.0 and 10.4 percent increases, respectively). The remaining 5 of 42 States had a change of less than 10 percent in the share of opioid-related stays that were uninsured from 2010 to 2015, ranging from a 6.4 percent increase in share in Virginia to a 7.1 percent decrease in share in North Carolina. Appendix A lists the percentage change in share of opioid-related inpatient stays that were uninsured between 2010 and 2015 for each State. Share of opioid-related ED visits by payer, by State, 2010 and 2015 Figures 6-9 present the share of opioid-related ED visits for 23 States in 2010 and 2015 with an expected primary payer of Medicare (Figure 6), Medicaid (Figure 7), private insurance (Figure 8), and uninsured (Figure 9). For each State, the percentage of visits in 2010 is shown in the left column and is represented by the thin blue line; the percentage of visits in 2015 is shown in the right column and is represented by the wide green line. The percentage of opioid-related ED visits nationally (encompassing all States that contributed data to HCUP in 2010 or 2015) is provided for comparison. Appendix B lists the percentage change in share of opioid-related ED visits by payer between 2010 and 2015 for each State. Figure 6 presents the percentage of opioid-related ED visits with Medicare as the expected primary payer among the 23 States that provided data in 2010 and 2015. States are ordered according to their percentage of opioid-related ED visits with Medicare in 2015. Figure 6. Percentage of opioid-related ED visits with Medicare by State, 2010 and 2015 Note: An asterisk denotes States that expanded Medicaid prior to fiscal year 2015, with the exception of Indiana, which expanded Medicaid on February 1, 2015. Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), HCUP Fast Stats, Opioid-Related Hospital Use (www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/faststats/landing.jsp) based on the HCUP National Emergency Department Sample (NEDS) and the HCUP State Emergency Department Databases (SEDD) Bar chart that shows the percentage of opioid-related ED visits with Medicare by State for 2010 and 2015. Data are provided in Supplementary Table 2. The share of opioid-related ED visits with Medicare in 2015 ranged from 31.7 percent to 10.9 percent across 23 States. In 2015, the highest share of opioid-related ED visits with Medicare was in South Dakota (31.7 percent), followed by Nebraska (30.5 percent), Iowa (28.3 percent), Tennessee (24.4 percent), and Kansas (23.7 percent). The lowest share of opioid-related ED visits with Medicare was in New Jersey (10.9 percent), followed by New York (11.0 percent), Illinois (12.1 percent), Kentucky (12.6 percent), and Maryland (13.4 percent). Nationally, in 2015, the share of opioid-related ED visits with Medicare was 16.1 percent. Nearly all of the 23 States had either an increase or minimal change from 2010 to 2015 in the share of opioid-related ED visits with Medicare. From 2010 to 2015, 14 of 23 States had an increase of 10 percent or more in the share of opioid-related ED visits with Medicare. New York had the largest increase in share (41.6 percent), increasing from 7.8 to 11.0 percent of opioid-related ED visits with Medicare. Nebraska and Maryland had the next largest increases in share of opioid-related ED visits with Medicare (36.0 and 32.3 percent increases, respectively). Only two States had a decrease of 10 percent or more in the share of opioid-related ED visits with Medicare from 2010 to 2015. North Carolina had a 22.0 percent decrease in share, decreasing from 17.8 to 13.9 percent of opioid-related ED visits with Medicare. Wisconsin also had a notable decrease in share of opioid-related ED visits with Medicare (10.6 percent). The remaining 7 of 23 States had a change of less than 10 percent in the share of opioid-related ED visits with Medicare from 2010 to 2015, ranging from a 6.8 percent increase in share in South Carolina to a 9.8 percent decrease in share in Rhode Island. Appendix B lists the percentage change in share of opioid-related ED visits with Medicare between 2010 and 2015 for each State. Figure 7 presents the percentage of opioid-related ED visits with Medicaid as the expected primary payer among the 23 States that provided data in 2010 and 2015. States are ordered according to their percentage of opioid-related ED visits with Medicaid in 2015. Figure 7. Percentage of opioid-related ED visits with Medicaid by State, 2010 and 2015 Bar chart that shows the percentage of opioid-related ED visits with Medicaid by State for 2010 and 2015. Data are provided in Supplementary Table 2. The share of opioid-related ED visits with Medicaid in 2015 ranged from 59.9 percent to 10.1 percent across 23 States. In 2015, the highest share of opioid-related ED visits with Medicaid was in Maryland (59.9 percent), followed by Vermont (59.6 percent), Kentucky (58.6 percent), New York (58.0 percent), and Rhode Island (55.8 percent). The lowest share of opioid-related ED visits with Medicaid was in Nebraska (10.1 percent), followed by South Dakota (15.0 percent), Georgia (17.1 percent), South Carolina (20.2 percent), and Kansas (21.2 percent). Nationally, in 2015, the share of opioid-related ED visits with Medicaid was 44.5 percent. Nearly all of the 23 States had either an increase or minimal change from 2010 to 2015 in the share of opioid-related ED visits with Medicaid. From 2010 to 2015, 14 of 23 States had an increase of 10 percent or more in the share of opioid-related ED visits with Medicaid. New Jersey had the largest increase in share (201.7 percent), increasing from 13.2 to 39.9 percent of opioid-related ED visits with Medicaid. Kentucky and Rhode Island had the next largest increases in share of opioid-related ED visits with Medicaid (152.9 and 119.4 percent increases, respectively). Only three States had a decrease of 10 percent or more in the share of opioid-related ED visits with Medicaid from 2010 to 2015. Nebraska had a 42.4 percent decrease in share, decreasing from 17.6 to 10.1 percent of opioid-related ED visits with Medicaid. South Dakota and North Carolina also had notable decreases in share of opioid-related ED visits with Medicaid (20.3 and 11.8 percent decreases, respectively). The remaining 6 of 23 States had a change of less than 10 percent in the share of opioid-related ED visits with Medicaid from 2010 to 2015, ranging from a 6.5 percent increase in share in Arizona to a 2.3 percent decrease in share in Georgia. Appendix B lists the percentage change in share of opioid-related ED visits with Medicaid between 2010 and 2015 for each State. Figure 8 presents the percentage of opioid-related ED visits with private insurance as the expected primary payer among the 23 States that provided data in 2010 and 2015. States are ordered according to their percentage of opioid-related ED visits with private insurance in 2015. Figure 8. Percentage of opioid-related ED visits with private insurance by State, 2010 and 2015 Bar chart that shows the percentage of opioid-related ED visits with private insurance by State for 2010 and 2015. Data are provided in Supplementary Table 2. The share of opioid-related ED visits with private insurance in 2015 ranged from 48.8 percent to 12.2 percent across 23 States. In 2015, the highest share of opioid-related ED visits with private insurance was in Nebraska (48.8 percent), followed by South Dakota (38.7 percent), Minnesota (30.4 percent), New Jersey (28.3 percent), and Indiana (27.7 percent). The lowest share of opioid-related ED visits with private insurance was in Vermont (12.2 percent), followed by Maryland (15.0 percent), New York (15.7 percent), Tennessee (15.8 percent), and Arizona (16.4 percent). Nationally, in 2015, the share of opioid-related ED visits with private insurance was 20.4 percent. The majority of 23 States had either a decrease or minimal change from 2010 to 2015 in the share of opioid-related ED visits with private insurance. From 2010 to 2015, 9 of 23 States had a decrease of 10 percent or more in the share of opioid-related ED visits with private insurance. New York had the largest decrease in share (54.9 percent), decreasing from 34.8 to 15.7 percent of opioid-related ED visits with private insurance. Vermont and South Carolina had the next largest decreases in share of opioid-related ED visits with private insurance (28.1 and 27.7 percent decreases, respectively). A total of 5 of 23 States had an increase of 10 percent or more in the share of opioid-related ED visits with private insurance from 2010 to 2015. South Dakota had a 29.5 percent increase in share, increasing from 29.9 to 38.7 percent of opioid-related ED visits with private insurance. Nebraska and Illinois had the next largest increases in share of opioid-related ED visits with private insurance (28.8 and 27.0 percent increases, respectively). The remaining 9 of 23 States had a change of less than 10 percent in the share of opioid-related ED visits with private insurance from 2010 to 2015, ranging from an 8.9 percent increase in share in Georgia to an 8.7 percent decrease in share in Wisconsin, Kansas, and California. Appendix B lists the percentage change in share of opioid-related ED visits with private insurance between 2010 and 2015 for each State. Figure 9 presents the percentage of opioid-related ED visits that were uninsured among the 23 States that provided data in 2010 and 2015. States are ordered according to their percentage of opioid-related ED visits that were uninsured in 2015. Figure 9. Percentage of opioid-related ED visits that were uninsured by State, 2010 and 2015 Bar chart that shows the percentage of opioid-related ED visits that were uninsured by State for 2010 and 2015. Data are provided in Supplementary Table 2. The share of opioid-related ED visits that were uninsured in 2015 ranged from 44.5 percent to 5.7 percent across 23 States. In 2015, the highest share of opioid-related ED visits that were uninsured was in South Carolina (44.5 percent), followed by Georgia (43.2 percent), North Carolina (41.7 percent), Florida (40.8 percent), and Missouri (39.2 percent). The lowest share of opioid-related ED visits that were uninsured was in Minnesota (5.7 percent), followed by Vermont (7.5 percent), Iowa (8.0 percent), Hawaii (8.9 percent), and Arizona (10.4 percent). Nationally, in 2015, the share of opioid-related ED visits that were uninsured was 19.0 percent. The majority of 23 States had a decrease from 2010 to 2015 in the share of opioid-related ED visits that were uninsured. From 2010 to 2015, 18 of 23 States had a decrease of 10 percent or more in the share of opioid-related ED visits that were uninsured. Kentucky had the largest decrease in share (74.1 percent), decreasing from 48.0 to 12.5 percent of opioid-related ED visits that were uninsured. Rhode Island and Illinois had the next largest decreases in share of opioid-related ED visits that were uninsured (69.9 and 67.6 percent decreases, respectively). Only two States had an increase of 10 percent or more in the share of opioid-related ED visits that were uninsured from 2010 to 2015. North Carolina had a 13.3 percent increase in share, increasing from 36.8 to 41.7 percent of opioid-related ED visits that were uninsured. Hawaii also had a notable increase in share of opioid-related ED visits that were uninsured (12.3 percent increase). The remaining three States had a change of less than 10 percent in the share of opioid-related ED visits that were uninsured from 2010 to 2015: a 6.7 percent increase in share in South Carolina, a 6.1 percent decrease in share in Tennessee, and a 7.5 percent decrease in share in Missouri. Appendix B lists the percentage change in share of opioid-related ED visits that were uninsured between 2010 and 2015 for each State. Appendix A. Percentage change in share of opioid-related inpatient stays by State, 2010 versus 2015 National 16.5 15.3 -6.2 -52.9 Arizona* 2.0 20.3 -28.1 -33.6 Arkansas* -9.5 32.8 67.9 -76.2 California* 8.6 60.5 -21.0 -81.1 Colorado* -0.6 163.6 -16.3 -80.4 Florida 14.8 9.4 -19.7 -12.4 Georgia 20.6 -2.6 -14.7 -15.8 Hawaii* 10.4 12.0 -27.8 -25.3 Illinois* 11.5 -13.9 102.4 -71.2 Indiana* 18.5 33.8 -15.0 45.4 Iowa* 16.5 19.7 -19.9 -70.3 Kansas 14.1 9.2 -16.9 -10.3 Kentucky* 9.4 84.4 -11.2 -89.5 Louisiana* 3.9 -50.0 5.6 90.5 Maine 18.4 -20.9 -2.5 26.0 Maryland* 17.9 40.7 -18.1 -74.2 Massachusetts* -0.7 21.5 -14.1 -72.8 Michigan* 8.2 49.2 -26.8 -84.7 Minnesota* 6.2 22.2 -17.7 -55.0 Missouri* -0.2 6.4 -20.9 10.4 Montana* 31.5 80.9 -57.9 12.8 Nebraska 17.9 -31.1 2.8 -36.5 Nevada 4.1 119.4 -28.5 -75.8 New Jersey* 13.5 157.5 -15.2 -77.8 New Mexico* 5.0 75.3 -35.5 -83.4 New York* 34.5 3.2 4.6 -73.3 North Carolina -4.7 -1.8 11.9 -7.1 Ohio* -6.6 -68.0 -38.7 -79.9 Oklahoma 8.9 -1.0 -1.3 -18.2 Oregon* 22.9 76.4 39.6 -88.2 Pennsylvania* 24.1 -6.4 3.8 -51.8 Rhode Island* 5.2 64.5 -50.1 -83.6 South Carolina 6.3 28.4 -32.1 5.5 South Dakota 1.7 13.2 -0.6 -40.1 Tennessee -0.5 31.6 -24.1 -10.2 Texas 14.3 -10.8 -11.6 5.9 Utah 28.8 17.9 -22.1 -0.6 Vermont* -7.1 13.2 -15.1 -52.7 Virginia -4.3 7.5 -4.6 6.4 Washington* 32.2 24.1 -25.1 -78.1 West Virginia* -12.3 68.6 -20.4 -88.1 Wisconsin -7.1 44.9 -18.1 -61.9 Wyoming 49.5 62.9 -35.9 -32.0 Appendix B. Percentage change in share of opioid-related ED visits by State, 2010 versus 2015 National 14.1 52.8 -10.9 -43.9 Arizona* 29.1 6.5 -17.2 -29.0 California* 14.3 81.9 -8.7 -63.5 Florida 28.8 0.5 7.7 -12.2 Georgia 30.7 -2.3 8.9 -11.7 Hawaii* 14.4 4.1 -25.0 -12.3 Illinois* 2.8 78.1 27.0 -67.6 Indiana* 0.8 28.6 1.3 -19.8 Kansas 21.8 12.5 -8.7 -12.5 Kentucky* 3.6 152.9 -1.9 -74.1 Minnesota* 19.3 45.6 -23.5 -57.3 Missouri 27.0 -1.0 -0.1 -7.5 Nebraska 36.0 -42.4 28.8 -52.2 New Jersey* 15.4 201.7 16.5 -60.6 New York* 41.6 93.9 -54.9 -44.4 North Carolina -22.0 -11.8 10.2 13.3 Rhode Island* -9.8 119.4 -7.9 -69.9 South Dakota 0.1 -20.3 29.5 -25.6 Tennessee 23.4 1.2 -12.5 -6.1 Wisconsin -10.6 44.6 -8.7 -48.0 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Statistical Briefs provide basic descriptive statistics on a variety of topics using HCUP administrative healthcare data. Topics include hospital inpatient, ambulatory surgery, and emergency department use and costs, quality of care, access to care, medical conditions, procedures, and patient populations, among other topics. The reports are intended to generate hypotheses that can be further explored in other research; the reports are not designed to answer in-depth research questions using multivariate methods. The estimates in this Statistical Brief are based upon data from the HCUP 2010 and 2015 National (Nationwide) Inpatient Sample (NIS), Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS), State Inpatient Databases (SID), and State Emergency Department Databases (SEDD). The statistics were based upon information from HCUP Fast Stats, a free, online tool that provides users with easy access to the latest HCUP-based statistics for health information topics, including opioid-related hospital use.7 Emergency department (ED) visits (State and national) are restricted to those ED visits that do not result in an admission to the same hospital. ED visits resulting in admission to the same hospital are included in the inpatient stay statistics. Inpatient statistics from HCUP Fast Stats were available for the following 42 States in 2010 and 2015: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. ED statistics from HCUP Fast Stats were available for the following 23 States in 2010 and 2015: Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, and Wisconsin. Diagnoses and ICD-9-CM Opioid-related hospital use was identified using the following all-listed ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes: 304.00-304.02: Opioid type dependence (unspecified; continuous; episodic) 304.70-304.72: Combinations of opioid type drug with any other drug dependence (unspecified; continuous; episodic) 305.50-305.52: Opioid abuse (unspecified; continuous; episodic) 965.00-965.02; 965.09: Poisoning by opium (alkaloids), unspecified; heroin; methadone; other opiates and related narcotics 970.1: Poisoning by opiate antagonists E850.0-E850.2: Accidental poisoning by heroin; methadone; other opiates and related narcotics E935.0-E935.2: Heroin, methadone, other opiates and related narcotics causing adverse effects in therapeutic use E940.1: Opiate antagonists causing adverse effects in therapeutic use It should be noted that ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes related to opioid dependence or abuse "in remission" were not used to identify opioid-related hospital use because remission does not indicate active use of opioids. Potential changes in the use of ICD-9-CM codes identifying opioid use cannot be isolated in these analyses. These codes include opioid-related use stemming from illicit opioids such as heroin, illegal use of prescription opioids, and the use of opioids as prescribed. Each type of opioid use is important for understanding and addressing the opioid epidemic in the United States.8 Although there may be interest in examining how much each type of opioid use contributes to the overall opioid problem, many of the opioid-related codes under the ICD-9-CM clinical coding system do not allow heroin-related cases to be explicitly identified (e.g., in the 304.0x series, heroin is not distinguished from other opioids). In addition, the codes do not distinguish between illegal use of prescription drugs and their use as prescribed. The statistics for share of opioid-related inpatient stays and ED visits reported in this Statistical Brief are rounded to the nearest tenth. The statistics reported for the percentage change in share are calculated based on nonrounded share values. Types of hospitals included in the HCUP National (Nationwide) Inpatient Sample The National (Nationwide) Inpatient Sample (NIS) is based on data from community hospitals, which are defined as short-term, non-Federal, general, and other hospitals, excluding hospital units of other institutions (e.g., prisons). The NIS includes obstetrics and gynecology, otolaryngology, orthopedic, cancer, pediatric, public, and academic medical hospitals. Excluded are long-term care facilities such as rehabilitation, psychiatric, and alcoholism and chemical dependency hospitals. Beginning in 2012, long-term acute care hospitals are also excluded. However, if a patient received long-term care, rehabilitation, or treatment for a psychiatric or chemical dependency condition in a community hospital, the discharge record for that stay will be included in the NIS. Types of hospitals included in the HCUP Nationwide Emergency Department Sample The Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS) is based on data from community hospitals, which are defined as short-term, non-Federal, general, and other hospitals, excluding hospital units of other institutions (e.g., prisons). The NEDS includes specialty, pediatric, public, and academic medical hospitals. Excluded are long-term care facilities such as rehabilitation, psychiatric, and alcoholism and chemical dependency hospitals. Hospitals included in the NEDS have hospital-owned emergency departments (EDs) and no more than 90 percent of their ED visits resulting in admission. Types of hospitals included in HCUP State Inpatient Databases This analysis used State Inpatient Databases (SID) limited to data from community hospitals, which are defined as short-term, non-Federal, general, and other hospitals, excluding hospital units of other institutions (e.g., prisons). Community hospitals include obstetrics and gynecology, otolaryngology, orthopedic, cancer, pediatric, public, and academic medical hospitals. Excluded for this analysis are long-term care facilities such as rehabilitation, psychiatric, and alcoholism and chemical dependency hospitals. However, if a patient received long-term care, rehabilitation, or treatment for a psychiatric or chemical dependency condition in a community hospital, the discharge record for that stay was included in the analysis. Types of hospitals included in HCUP State Emergency Department Databases This analysis used State Emergency Department Databases (SEDD) limited to data from community hospitals with a hospital-owned ED. Community hospitals are defined as short-term, non-Federal, general, and other hospitals, excluding hospital units of other institutions (e.g., prisons). Community hospitals include specialty, pediatric, public, and academic medical hospitals. Excluded for this analysis are long-term care facilities such as rehabilitation, psychiatric, and alcoholism and chemical dependency hospitals. The unit of analysis for inpatient data is the hospital discharge (i.e., the hospital stay), not a person or patient. This means that a person who is admitted to the hospital multiple times in 1 year will be counted each time as a separate discharge from the hospital. Inpatient stays include those for patients admitted through the ED. Patients transferred between inpatient hospitals are counted only once. The unit of analysis for ED data is the ED visit, not a person or patient. This means that a person who is seen in the ED multiple times in 1 year will be counted each time as a separate visit in the ED. ED visits exclude those for patients admitted to the same hospital and also exclude patients transferred to another hospital. Payer is the expected payer for the hospital stay or ED visit. To make coding uniform across all HCUP data sources, payer combines detailed categories into general groups: For this Statistical Brief, uninsured patients may also include those with an expected payer of Indian Health Services, county indigent, migrant health programs, Ryan White Act, Hill-Burton Free Care, or other State or local programs for the indigent when those programs are identifiable in the Partner-provided coding of expected payer. This reclassification of patients from the "Other" group to the "Uninsured" group is possible only for some States and not for national estimates. Opioid-related stays for which the expected payer was Other, missing, or invalid were excluded. The share of opioid-related hospital stays or ED visits was calculated based only on those records for which the expected payer was Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance, or uninsured; thus, the total is equal to 100 percent. When more than one payer is listed for a hospital discharge or ED visit, the first-listed payer is used. Alaska Department of Health and Social Services Mississippi State Department of Health Montana Hospital Association West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, West Virginia Health Care Authority The HCUP National (Nationwide) Inpatient Sample (NIS) is a nationwide database of hospital inpatient stays. The NIS is nationally representative of all community hospitals (i.e., short-term, non-Federal, nonrehabilitation hospitals). The NIS includes all payers. It is drawn from a sampling frame that contains hospitals comprising more than 95 percent of all discharges in the United States. The vast size of the NIS allows the study of topics at the national and regional levels for specific subgroups of patients. In addition, NIS data are standardized across years to facilitate ease of use. Over time, the sampling frame for the NIS has changed; thus, the number of States contributing to the NIS varies from year to year. The NIS is intended for national estimates only; no State-level estimates can be produced. The 2012 NIS was redesigned to optimize national estimates. The redesign incorporates two critical changes: Revisions to the sample design—starting with 2012, the NIS is now a sample of discharge records from all HCUP-participating hospitals, rather than a sample of hospitals from which all discharges were retained (as is the case for NIS years before 2012). Revisions to how hospitals are defined—the NIS now uses the definition of hospitals and discharges supplied by the statewide data organizations that contribute to HCUP, rather than the definitions used by the American Hospital Association (AHA) Annual Survey of Hospitals. The new sampling strategy is expected to result in more precise estimates than those that resulted from the previous NIS design by reducing sampling error: for many estimates, confidence intervals under the new design are about half the length of confidence intervals under the previous design. The change in sample design for 2012 necessitates recomputation of prior years' NIS data to enable analyses of trends that use the same definitions of discharges and hospitals. About the NEDS The HCUP Nationwide Emergency Department Database (NEDS) is a unique and powerful database that yields national estimates of emergency department (ED) visits. The NEDS was constructed using records from both the HCUP State Emergency Department Databases (SEDD) and the State Inpatient Databases (SID). The SEDD capture information on ED visits that do not result in an admission (i.e., patients who were treated in the ED and then released from the ED, or patients who were transferred to another hospital); the SID contain information on patients initially seen in the ED and then admitted to the same hospital. The NEDS was created to enable analyses of ED utilization patterns and support public health professionals, administrators, policymakers, and clinicians in their decision making regarding this critical source of care. The NEDS is produced annually beginning in 2006. Over time, the sampling frame for the NEDS has changed; thus, the number of States contributing to the NEDS varies from year to year. The NEDS is intended for national estimates only; no State-level estimates can be produced. About the SEDD The HCUP State Emergency Department Databases (SEDD) include information from hospital-owned emergency departments (EDs) from data organizations participating in HCUP, translated into a uniform format to facilitate multistate comparisons and analyses. The SEDD capture information on ED visits that do not result in an admission to the same hospital (i.e., patients who are treated in the ED and then discharged, transferred to another hospital, left against medical advice, or died). The SEDD contain a core set of clinical and nonclinical information on all patients, including individuals covered by Medicare, Medicaid, or private insurance, as well as those who are uninsured. The SEDD can be used to investigate questions unique to one State, to compare data from two or more States, to conduct market-area variation analyses, and to identify State-specific trends in injury surveillance, emerging infections, and other conditions treated in the ED. About HCUP Fast Stats HCUP Fast Stats (www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/faststats/landing.jsp) is an interactive, online tool that provides easy access to the quarterly HCUP-based statistics for select State and national health information topics. HCUP Fast Stats uses side-by-side comparisons of visual statistical displays, trend figures, or simple tables to convey complex information at a glance. Topics currently available in HCUP Fast Stats include State Trends in Hospital Use by Payer; National Hospital Utilization and Costs; and Opioid-Related Hospital Use, National and State. HCUP Fast Stats presents statistics using data from HCUP's National (Nationwide) Inpatient Sample (NIS), the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS), the State Inpatient Databases (SID), and the State Emergency Department Databases (SEDD). For other information on mental health and substance abuse, including opioids, refer to the HCUP Statistical Briefs located at www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb_mhsa.jsp. HCUP Fast Stats at www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/faststats/landing.jsp for easy access to the latest HCUP-based statistics for health information topics HCUPnet, HCUP's interactive query system, at https://hcupnet.ahrq.gov/#setup For more information about HCUP, visit www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/. For a detailed description of HCUP and more information on the design of the National (Nationwide) Inpatient Sample (NIS), Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS), State Inpatient Databases (SID), or State Emergency Department Databases (SEDD), please refer to the following database documentation: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Overview of the National (Nationwide) Inpatient Sample (NIS). Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Updated February 2018. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/nisoverview.jsp. Accessed February 12, 2018. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Overview of the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS). Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Updated December 2017. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/nedsoverview.jsp. Accessed January 18, 2018. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Overview of the State Inpatient Databases (SID). Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Updated April 2017. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/sidoverview.jsp. Accessed January 18, 2018. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Overview of the State Emergency Department Databases (SEDD). Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Updated September 2017. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/seddoverview.jsp. Accessed January 18, 2018. Weiss AJ (IBM Watson Health), Heslin KC (AHRQ). Payers of Opioid-Related Inpatient Stays and Emergency Department Visits Nationally and by State, 2010 and 2015. HCUP Statistical Brief #239. May 2018. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb239-Opioid-Payer-Hospital-Stays-ED-Visits-by-State.pdf. The authors would like to acknowledge the contributions of Brian Eppert of Coding Leap, LLC; Marguerite Barrett of M.L. Barrett, Inc.; and Molly Bailey, Lauren O'Malley, and Minya Sheng of IBM Watson Health. Virginia Mackay-Smith, Acting Director This Statistical Brief was posted online on May 30, 2018. 1 Weiss AJ, Elixhauser A, Barrett ML, Steiner CA, Bailey MK, O'Malley L. Opioid-Related Inpatient Stays and Emergency Department Visits by State, 2009-2014. HCUP Statistical Brief #219. December 2016. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb219-Opioid-Hospital-Stays-ED-Visits-by-State.pdf. Accessed February 13, 2018. 3 Weiss AJ, Bailey MK, O'Malley L, Barrett ML, Elixhauser A, Steiner CA. Patient Characteristics of Opioid-Related Inpatient Stays and Emergency Department Visits Nationally and by State, 2014. HCUP Statistical Brief #224. June 2017. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb224-Patient-Characteristics-Opioid-Hospital-Stays-ED-Visits-by-State.pdf. Accessed February 13, 2018. 4 Weiss AJ, Bailey MK, O'Malley L, Barrett ML, Elixhauser A, Steiner CA. Patient Residence Characteristics of Opioid-Related Inpatient Stays and Emergency Department Visits Nationally and by State, 2014. HCUP Statistical Brief #226. July 2017. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb226-Patient-Residence-Opioid-Hospital-Stays-ED-Visits-by-State.pdf. Accessed February 13, 2018. 5 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. HCUP Fast Stats website, Opioid-Related Hospital Use path. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/faststats/landing.jsp. Accessed February 13, 2018. 6 We used fiscal years (FYs) in this Statistical Brief because beginning FY 2016, on October 1, 2015, the United States transitioned from the ICD-9-CM clinical coding system to the ICD-10-CM/PCS clinical coding system. Although codes for opioid-related diagnoses are available in both coding systems, the change in coding systems resulted in a substantial shift in the number of opioid-related inpatient stays (ref. Heslin KC, Owens PL, Karaca Z, Barrett ML, Moore BJ, Elixhauser A. Trends in opioid-related inpatient stays shifted after the US transitioned to ICD-10-CM diagnosis coding in 2015. Medical Care. 2017;55(11):918-923). As a result, for comparability across years in this Statistical Brief, we used 2 FYs (2010 and 2015) with clinical coding entirely under the ICD-9-CM coding system. 7 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. HCUP Fast Stats website, Opioid-Related Hospital Use path. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/faststats/landing.jsp. Accessed January 26, 2017. 8 Compton WM, Jones CM, Baldwin GT. Relationship between nonmedical prescription-opioid use and heroin use. The New England Journal of Medicine. 2016;374:154-63. Supplementary Table 1. Percentage of opioid-related inpatient stays in each State by payer and year for data presented in Figures 2-5. National 27.4 31.9 34.8 40.2 21.6 20.3 16.1 7.6 Arizona* 37.1 37.8 35.5 42.8 22.7 16.3 4.6 3.1 Arkansas* 40.6 36.7 19.9 26.4 19.0 32.0 20.5 4.9 California* 35.6 38.6 23.7 38.0 26.1 20.6 14.7 2.8 Colorado* 36.5 36.3 12.7 33.5 31.6 26.4 19.2 3.8 Florida 34.8 39.9 20.9 22.9 22.1 17.8 22.2 19.4 Georgia 34.8 41.9 21.9 21.4 24.0 20.4 19.3 16.3 Hawaii* 31.4 34.7 39.4 44.2 25.4 18.4 3.8 2.8 Illinois* 21.0 23.5 56.7 48.8 12.3 24.9 10.0 2.9 Indiana* 30.0 35.5 22.9 30.7 26.6 22.6 20.5 11.2 Iowa* 43.1 50.2 22.1 26.5 25.7 20.6 9.0 2.7 Kansas 38.5 43.9 14.5 15.9 28.8 23.9 18.2 16.3 Kentucky* 22.0 24.0 31.9 58.8 15.7 13.9 30.4 3.2 Louisiana* 22.8 23.7 38.1 19.1 20.3 21.4 18.8 35.9 Maine 30.2 35.8 41.7 33.0 14.5 14.1 13.5 17.0 Maryland* 20.3 23.9 40.8 57.4 15.4 12.6 23.5 6.1 Massachusetts* 33.6 33.4 36.7 44.6 23.7 20.4 5.9 1.6 Michigan* 36.8 39.8 25.8 38.5 27.6 20.2 9.8 1.5 Minnesota* 33.4 35.5 27.1 33.1 36.5 30.1 2.9 1.3 Missouri 30.2 30.1 31.6 33.6 18.9 14.9 19.3 21.3 Montana 34.6 45.5 15.2 27.5 37.1 15.6 13.1 11.4 Nebraska 39.4 46.4 16.4 11.3 36.1 37.1 8.2 5.2 Nevada* 35.5 37.0 18.5 40.6 23.8 17.0 22.2 5.4 New Jersey* 19.7 22.4 18.4 47.3 26.5 22.5 35.4 7.8 New Mexico* 29.8 31.3 30.7 53.8 17.5 11.3 22.1 3.7 New York* 14.8 19.9 60.6 62.5 14.1 14.8 10.5 2.8 North Carolina 32.3 30.8 26.7 26.2 25.9 29.0 15.1 14.0 Ohio* 25.1 23.5 35.8 60.1 20.9 12.8 18.2 3.7 Oklahoma 36.7 40.0 24.9 24.6 23.6 23.3 14.8 12.1 Oregon* 37.1 45.6 20.7 36.5 26.6 16.1 15.6 1.8 Pennsylvania* 24.3 30.1 39.6 37.1 27.7 28.7 8.4 4.1 Rhode Island* 30.1 31.7 32.4 53.2 26.7 13.3 10.8 1.8 South Carolina 34.1 36.2 19.0 24.4 26.9 18.3 20.0 21.1 South Dakota 42.1 42.8 15.3 17.3 36.4 36.2 6.3 3.8 Tennessee 40.4 40.1 22.8 30.0 23.1 17.5 13.8 12.4 Texas 30.0 34.3 17.6 15.7 31.4 27.8 20.9 22.1 Utah 21.5 27.7 18.6 21.9 42.7 33.3 17.2 17.1 Vermont* 30.4 28.3 50.5 57.2 14.6 12.4 4.4 2.1 Virginia 34.8 33.3 18.6 20.0 26.4 25.2 20.1 21.4 Washington* 28.1 37.2 30.5 37.9 30.0 22.5 11.4 2.5 West Virginia* 25.4 22.3 37.4 63.0 15.2 12.1 22.0 2.6 Wisconsin 40.7 37.9 26.3 38.1 26.3 21.5 6.7 2.6 Wyoming 26.1 39.1 12.7 20.7 34.5 22.1 26.7 18.1 Supplementary Table 2. Percentage of opioid-related emergency department visits in each State by payer and year for data presented in Figures 6-9. National 14.1 16.1 29.1 44.5 22.9 20.4 33.8 19.0 Arizona* 14.8 19.1 50.9 54.2 19.8 16.4 14.6 10.4 California* 17.6 20.1 24.4 44.5 26.0 23.8 31.9 11.7 Illinois* 11.8 12.1 28.4 50.6 18.9 24.0 40.9 13.3 Iowa* 25.0 28.3 24.8 36.2 31.4 27.6 18.8 8.0 Kentucky* 12.1 12.6 23.2 58.6 16.7 16.4 48.0 12.5 Maryland* 10.1 13.4 38.1 59.9 18.8 15.0 32.9 11.7 Minnesota* 16.8 20.1 30.1 43.8 39.7 30.4 13.3 5.7 Nebraska 22.4 30.5 17.6 10.1 37.9 48.8 22.0 10.5 New Jersey* 9.5 10.9 13.2 39.9 24.3 28.3 53.0 20.9 New York* 7.8 11.0 29.9 58.0 34.8 15.7 27.5 15.3 Rhode Island* 16.6 15.0 25.4 55.8 19.0 17.5 38.9 11.7 South Dakota 31.7 31.7 18.8 15.0 29.9 38.7 19.7 14.6 Vermont* 22.2 20.6 47.6 59.6 17.0 12.2 13.2 7.5 Wisconsin 17.6 15.7 34.6 50.0 24.0 21.9 23.9 12.4 Internet Citation: Statistical Brief #239. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). May 2018. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb239-Opioid-Payer-Hospital-Stays-ED-Visits-by-State.jsp.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1281
__label__cc	0.742284	0.257716	Israeli Stocks To Buy Based on Stock Algorithm: Returns up to 56.2% in 3 Months Israeli Stocks To Buy This forecast is part of the By Country Package, as one of I Know First’s algorithmic trading tools. The full forecast includes daily predictions for a total of 20 Israeli stocks to buy with bullish and bearish signals: Top 10 Israeli stocks for the long position Top 10 Israeli stocks for the short position Package Name: By Country – Israeli Stocks Forecast Length: 3 Months (5/28/2019 – 8/28/2019) In this 3 Months forecast for the By Country – Israeli Stocks Package, there were many high performing trades and the algorithm correctly predicted 7 out 10 trades. The greatest return came from DUNI.TA at 56.2%. MGOR.TA, and LUDN.TA had notable returns of 37.63% and 19.73%. The package had an overall average return of 15.04%, providing investors with a 14.25% premium over the TASE 125 return of 0.79% during the period. Duniec Bros. Ltd. is an Israel-based construction company. The Company, directly and through its subsidiaries, initiates, designs, develops, constructs and operates multifamily residential projects, builds multiple buildings at each project including recreation and commercial centers and sport clubs. The Company is registered as a certified and licensed builder, and a member of the Contractors and Builders Association in Israel. In September 2011, the Company acquired real estate land in the city of Ashdod, located in Israel. Algorithmic traders utilize these daily forecasts by the I Know First market prediction system as a tool to enhance portfolio performance, verify their own analysis and act on market opportunities faster. This forecast was sent to current I Know First subscribers. How to interpret this diagram Algorithmic Stock Forecast: The table on the left is a stock forecast produced by I Know First’s algorithm. Each day, subscribers receive forecasts for six different time horizons. Note that the top 10 stocks in the 1-month forecast may be different than those in the 1-year forecast. In the included table, only the relevant stocks have been included. The boxes are arranged according to their respective signal and predictability values (see below for detailed definitions). A green box represents a positive forecast, suggesting a long position, while a red represents a negative forecast, suggesting a short position. Please note-for trading decisions use the most recent forecast. Get today’s forecast and Top stock picks. ARYT1.TA CLIS.TA DUNI.TA ELTR.TA KNFM.TA LUDN.TA MGOR.TA MLSR.TA MTDS.TA SLARL.TA Israeli Stocks Israeli Stocks Based on Artificial Intelligence: Returns up to 23.96% in 3 Months Israeli Stocks To Buy Based on Predictive Analytics: Returns up to 15.02% in 1 Month Israeli Stocks To Buy Based on Algo Trading: Returns up to 20.46% in 1 Month Israeli Stocks Based on Artificial Intelligence: Returns up to 9.03% in 14 Days	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1299
__label__wiki	0.736072	0.736072	Texas-Based Entrepreneur Buys 'Ashbury Market' Photo: Alisa Scerrato/Hoodline by Alisa Scerrato @editcatsf website Ashbury Market is changing hands. Navid "Tony" Hoomanrad of Austin, Texas has purchased the business from Ben Robinson, who has operated the store on the corner of Ashbury and Frederick since 2012. The market was originally owned by Walter and Jane Wong in the 1950s, but it's changed hands several times since they sold it in 1999. Photo: Ashbury Market/Facebook Hoomanrad operates several markets and shops—Yelp reviews for his Hyde Park Market in Austin call out the store's organic groceries, inexpensive gas and wide beer selection. When we met Hoomanrad this past Sunday at Ashbury Market, he said changes were in store, but wouldn't elaborate. Jim Angelus, owner of Bacon Bacon next door, said he enjoyed working closely with Robinson for the last six years. "It's been great, and his staff has been great," said Angelus. "With any shared space, people need to be flexible, considerate and communicate well. Ben and I functioned at that level." Angelus said Robinson has had a few potential buyers, but Hoomanrad was the only one that took the time to chat with him. "I respected that a great deal. We share an office, bathroom, storage area, gas and water bills, so essentially we are roommates," he noted. "Besides reaching out, we have had many meetings on how to make our little block even better," said Angelus. "I will miss Ben, he's a great guy. But I am excited to have Tony join the family on Frederick Street." Corona Heights, Upper Haight	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1304
__label__wiki	0.893385	0.893385	Election Day in North Carolina: Last midterm, or first 2020 contest? Trump: “WE NEED HIM BADLY” Ed MorrisseyPosted at 10:01 am on September 10, 2019 By tomorrow, one political party will be spiking the football — while the other insists that special elections mean nothing. North Carolinians in two congressional districts head to the polls today to fill two empty House seats. The contest in NC-03 to replace the late Republican Walter Jones isn’t expected to be competitive, but everyone has their eye on the do-over in NC-09: As the Democratic presidential circus continues to steal national headlines, voters are going to the polls for special elections in two longtime Republican districts — one because election fraud invalidated last year’s result and the other because the sitting congressman died. The outcome of North Carolina’s competitive 9th District election — which is a redo of last fall’s race with a new GOP nominee — will shape the political discussion in the nation’s capital just as lawmakers are returning from their late-summer recess. Recent polls have shown Democrat Dan McCready either narrowly leading or tied with Republican state Sen. Dan Bishop, the sponsor of the state’s controversial “bathroom bill.” A McCready victory would increase the net number of seats Republicans need to retake the House in 2020 from 19 to 20. That deficit could further depress GOP members already considering retirement as they contemplate another term in the minority. Even if McCready comes close and fails, the GOP outside spending needed to defend a district that President Donald Trump carried by 12 points in 2016 harks back to special House elections in 2017, when angst about the president helped Democrats narrow their margins in a number of districts, ultimately foreshadowing the enthusiasm that helped them win the House last year. The district left open by Jones’ death is solidly Republicans and not viewed as a transitional district. It has a Cook Index of R+12 and Trump won it by 23 points three years ago. State representative Greg Murphy is cut from the mold of the House Freedom Caucus, whose leaders Mark Meadows and Jim Jordan have strongly endorsed him. Murphy raised less than a million dollars for this contest, but he’s up against former mayor Allen Thomas, a Democrat who raised even less money. It’s so Republican that Jones ran unopposed in 2018 despite Democrats gaining momentum in the midterms; Jones won it by almost 35 points in 2016 and routinely won 63% or more of the vote in his previous six elections as well. Analysts will look at the GOP’s margin of victory to determine whether they should have any concerns, but any dip in it will almost certainly be written off to special-election mechanics and the loss of an incumbent. The results in NC-09, however, will be much more meaningful as a harbinger for 2020. Trump and Mike Pence made sure of that by holding a rally for Bishop last night, cementing the impression that the special election will be a referendum on his performance: President Trump went down to Dixie again in hopes of salvaging a North Carolina Congressional seat where a GOP candidate is locked in a tight special election battle. Trump rallied a #MAGA crowd of thousands in Fayetteville Monday hours before polls opened Tuesday in the Ninth Congressional district race that is shaping up as a referendum on the president’s tumultuous first term. … Vice President Mike Pence has also stumped for Bishop in an effort to boost turnout among his evangelical Christian base. Trump kept up the effort with this all-caps reminder on Twitter: NORTH CAROLINA, VOTE FOR DAN BISHOP TODAY. WE NEED HIM BADLY IN WASHINGTON! Worth noting: NC-09 has a Cook Index of R+8, but the 2018 election turned into a roller coaster for the GOP anyway. Mark Harris barely unseated incumbent Robert Pittenger with the help of contractor Leslie McRae Dowless, who then helped Harris barely beat McCready in the general election by 905 votes. However, it turned out that Dowless used illegal ballot harvesting in both the primary and the general election, and the entire result had to be thrown out. Trump and Pence are betting that the rally and Bishop’s emergence as a “clean” nominee will reboot the district back to its Republican persuasion. A Democrat hasn’t won NC-09 since JFK got elected in 1960. Pittenger won his 2016 re-election bid by more than 16 points in 2016. This should not be a close election, so if McCready wins, it’s likely to be viewed as evidence that Democrats’ midterm momentum still exists. If Bishop wins — especially be a larger margin — then it will be portrayed by the GOP as a sign that the 2020 election will have Trumpmentum instead. Tags: Dan Bishop Dan McCready Leslie McCrae Dowless North Carolina Special Elections walter jones	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1305
__label__wiki	0.878923	0.878923	Home » World News » Iran arrests suspects in 'unforgivable' plane disaster as protests persist Iran arrests suspects in 'unforgivable' plane disaster as protests persist DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran said on Tuesday it had arrested people accused of a role in shooting down a Ukrainian airliner and had also detained 30 people involved in protests that have swept the nation for four days since the military belatedly admitted its error. Wednesday’s shooting down of Ukraine International Airlines flight 752, killing all 176 people aboard, has led to one of the biggest public challenges to the Islamic Republic’s clerical rulers since they took power four decades ago. President Hassan Rouhani promised a thorough investigation into the “unforgivable error” of shooting down the plane, in an address on Tuesday. It was the latest in a series of apologies by the leadership that has done little to quell public anger. Britain, France and Germany also increased diplomatic pressure on Iran, launching a dispute mechanism to challenge Tehran for breaching limits on its nuclear program under an agreement which Washington abandoned in 2018. Tehran has faced an escalating confrontation with the West and a wave of unrest since the United States killed Iran’s most powerful military commander in a drone strike on Jan. 3. Iran shot down the plane on Wednesday when its military was on high alert, hours after firing missiles at U.S. targets in Iraq. It admitted the mistake on Saturday after days of denials. Judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili said some of those accused of having a role in the plane disaster had been arrested, although he did not say how many or identify them. Iran's judiciary brands UK ambassador 'undesirable': state media Iranian protesters gather for fourth day: social media video Since the official admission, protesters, many of them students, have held daily demonstrations, chanting “Clerics get lost!” and calling for the removal of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in power for more than 30 years. Police have responded to some protests with a violent crackdown, video posts on social media showed, with police beating protesters with batons, wounded people being carried, pools of blood on the streets and the sound of gunfire. A video to emerge on Tuesday showed an officer using an electric baton to shock a man as he writhed on the ground. Iran’s police have denied firing at protesters and said officers were ordered to act with restraint. The judiciary said 30 people had been detained in the unrest but said the authorities would show tolerance toward “legal protests”. ‘WHERE IS JUSTICE?’ Protests on Tuesday appeared peaceful, with scores gathering at two Tehran universities. “Where is justice?” some shouted. The extent of the unrest is difficult to assess because of limits on independent reporting. Demonstrations tend to gather momentum into the night. The domestic unrest triggered by the plane crash comes just two months after the most violent crackdown on protests since the revolution. The authorities killed hundreds of people to put down an uprising last November when demonstrators torched banks and petrol stations. Adding to international tensions, the judiciary spokesman branded Britain’s ambassador an “undesirable element”, after he was briefly detained on Saturday, accused of inciting protests. The ambassador said he had been attending a vigil for victims. London said it had not been notified of any move to expel its envoy, Rob Macaire, and said such a step would be regrettable. Iran’s Foreign Ministry, rather than the judiciary, would be responsible for any decision to expel him. London hosts a meeting on Thursday for Canada, Ukraine, Britain and other nations who had citizens on the plane. Ukraine said the gathering would consider legal action against Tehran. Rouhani said the government would be accountable to Iranians and those nations who lost citizens. Most of those on board the flight were Iranians or dual nationals. The disaster and subsequent unrest comes amid one of the biggest escalations between Tehran and Washington since 1979. Missiles launched at a U.S. base in Iraq killed an American contractor in December, an attack Washington blamed on an Iran-backed group. Confrontation eventually led to the U.S. drone strike on Jan. 3 that killed Qassem Soleimani, architect of Iran’s regional network of proxy militias. Iran’s government was already reeling from the reimposition of sanctions by the United States, which quit an agreement with world powers under which Tehran would secure sanctions relief in return for scaling back its nuclear program. Since Washington withdrew, Tehran has stepped back from its nuclear commitments and has said it would no longer recognize limits on enriching uranium. After months of threatening to act, European signatories to the deal, France, Britain and Germany, activated the agreement’s dispute mechanism on Tuesday. Iran dismissed the “completely passive action” of the Europeans and said it wants constructive steps to save the nuclear deal. Elsewhere in the Middle East, where Iran has wielded influence through a network of allied movements and proxies, governments that include powerful Iran-sponsored armed factions have faced months of hostile demonstrations in Lebanon and Iraq. « Stunning Irish island is looking for people to live there – and they will pay for your food and accommodation – The Sun The stunning transformation of Mary J. Blige »	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1307
__label__wiki	0.776203	0.776203	Malcolm Turnbull Keeps Getting History Wrong. Here is Why May 2, 2018 May 2018oecomuse On 25 August 2017, Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull uploaded a 526-word post to Facebook, condemning two minor acts of vandalism. It begins: The vandalism of the statues of James Cook and Lachlan Macquarie is a cowardly criminal act and I hope the police swiftly find those responsible and bring them to justice. But it is also part of a deeply disturbing and totalitarian campaign to not just challenge our history but to deny it and obliterate it. This is what Stalin did. When he fell out with his henchmen he didn’t just execute them, they were removed from all official photographs – they became non-persons, banished not just from life’s mortal coil but from memory and history itself. The deeply disturbing and totalitarian campaign which resembles what Stalin did consisted of two spray painted messages, with no structural or permanent damage to the inanimate objects (statues), on which the paint was sprayed. The first message is CHANGE THE DATE. It refers to the proposition that Australia, as a nation, not celebrate its national day on 26 January. The reason is that 26 January marks the beginning of the British invasion, from Tharawhal (Botany Bay), to Gadigal (Circular Quay) and Darug (Parramatta-Hawkesbury) country respectively. The colonisers headed out across the lands of some 350 distinct Peoples. Megan Davis, Cobble Cobble woman and UNSW pro vice chancellor and constitutional law professor (2015-16) describes this as ‘the pattern of killing that was the political economy of Australian settlement’. And as award-winning novelist and Wirlomin Noongar woman Claire G Coleman wrote here, the initial British invasion made way for the attempted genocide of another culture’. The second message is NO PRIDE IN GENOCIDE. It states a simple truth: those who attempt genocide ought not be proud of their genocidal project. This is an incontrovertible moral position, that attempting to wipe out an entire ethno-racial or religious people (a genus, as it were) is a crime against the targeted group and a crime against humanity. The laws of war and the British invasion According to international law, unjustified invasion (in Thomsian terms, a breach of jus bello) and attempted genocide are war crimes. We are often told that times have changed since 1770, when Cook claimed the east of this continent for the British crown. But this position is confused and misrepresents history. The just war doctrine, generally attributed to Aquinas (1224-1275) was already 500 years old in 1770; and Aquinas derived and distilled his theses from earlier works, as scholars do. What Turnbull does in his social media post is flip a crude binary power relation from perpetrator to victim. He does not draw a parallel between the autocratic, murderous Stalin and the autocratic, murderous Macquarie. Instead, he distorts historical fact to compare a known mass killer to an anonymous individual. The one act referred to is spray painting a statue. It did not hurt anybody. Any body. There are minor inconveniences and clean-up costs, and a sense of indignity or anger among those who are emotionally attached to their dead heroes. But graffiti on a statue is peaceful protest, not a reign of terror. Peaceful protest is where nobody gets hurt, while a reign of terror is where thousands, even millions of people, are killed. Obvious as it sounds, this bears repeating: peaceful protest and mass murder are not the same thing. The illogics of Australian public debate Analogical overreach is a familiar technique in our public debate. It is used frequently by the white male executive class who dominate all our social institutions. This group struggles to discern historical truth from their own belief in whatever claim they are making, and their act of saying it. Meanwhile, everyone else is compelled to back claims with facts and evidence, and even to justify speaking in public at all (witness the witless conservative response to Michelle Wolf at the White House Correspondents dinner). Comparing graffiti to a fascist dictatorship is a fairly extreme departure from truth, yet there it is, sent out across the digital landscape for anyone to disseminate. The prime ministerial post quoted above was shared 2300 times, and white nationalists are primed to shout FREE SPEECH, whenever we try to call such absurdities in. In this way, a deeply erroneous claim – that representations of dead white men (statues) are of greater import than First Peoples justice and rights – becomes reified. The Prime Minister sets the terms, and public debate is programmed to operate within those terms. Value-laden norms like ‘meeting place’ or ‘discovery’ carry a host of underlying assumptions, even as those assumptions deny or erase the reality of British invasion. May we question such assumptions? Not really. Such assumptions may be questioned or articulated within acceptable parameters laid down by the executive class. It works like this: alternative narratives may be tolerated, but only to the extent that a base line of conformity is not disturbed. Anything that upsets the parameters of debate, rather than offer token balance within it, is loudly derided as identity politics (only dominant white male narratives are endorsed as impartial or objective), and as disrespectful (only dominant white male narratives, no matter how obnoxiously bigoted, qualify as civilised). Those who do question orthodox parameters, such as by promoting Change the Date, are denigrated as ‘divisive’. In this case, calling for a change of date for our national day is labelled cowardly and criminal. The Stalin comparison has another, special purpose. It is designed to create the impression that a graffitist with a spray can is dangerous, and thus to be feared. This is so we may infer that, by defending a stone rendering of a dead Yorkshireman, Turnbull is being brave. It does not take courage to post an illogical analogy on social media. This is something people do every day of the week. Honouring the living There is a scene in the Dickens masterpiece Bleak House starring ex-soldier Sergeant George, beloved by some of London’s poorest inhabitants for the compassion he shows towards them, and as someone who acts on principle. The good soldier must decide whether to hand over a letter written by his late comrade Captain James Hawdon to the lawyer Tulkinghorn and the money-lender Smallweed. The letter is of great value, as it will confirm the identity of Nemo the law writer, who fathered the illegitimate child Esther Summerson to Honoria Barbery, before her marriage to Sir Leicester Dedlock. Sgt George runs a gym, teaching the military arts with his faithful comrade-in-arms, Phil Squod. The sergeant is behind on rent, in debt to Smallweed. As he deliberates over debt and the reputation of the dead Captain Hawdon, Phil says ‘we’ll get by, Guv’nor. We always do.’ No, says Sgt George eventually, deciding to part with the letter. ‘My duty is to the living.’ Such a principle of soldiering is lost on tin pots like Turnbull. In the introduction to his book Soldier Dead, Michael Sledge (2004, p. 4) writes: ‘I have read of and spoken with those who have risked and will risk their lives to recover the remains of their comrades; those who did and do hold their political careers to be more important than the duties of their office…’ Politicians who start and join wars do not risk their own lives, and a commander who risks the lives of the living to recover the dead is making bad decisions. This is so in combat and equally true for commemoration and national narrative. For every $500 million allocated to the Australian War Memorial, or $100 million on a museum in another hemisphere, or $50 million in yet more homage to Cook, there are opportunity costs. These costs are paid by students whose education is compromised, by patients to whom health services are not delivered, by women and children seeking refuge from violent men and who can not get away because there is nowhere to go. What is the ‘benefit’, in return for this extremely high price that some, mostly women and children and always First Peoples, always low income householders, pay with our future, our opportunities, our safety and lives? Well, a white male executive class get to dominate the national narrative in ways that venerate their heroes and at the same time erase thousands of acts of courage, of heroic resistance, of almost inconceivable tenacity and determination and everyday struggle. History is written and re-written by the most powerful and least moral, such that the ‘different times’ argument becomes ever weaker. It is one thing to argue, however uncritically, that Cook himself should be judged by the standards of eighteenth century England. It is quite another to continue to claim honour, for actions which opened the door to invasion and attempted genocide, in 2018. Why not right past wrongs instead? Honouring (some) dead: three projects, with a $650 million price tag The hundreds of millions of public dollars allocated to just three projects, and just during this Coalition government, are a profligate waste and inexcusable investment in historical inaccuracy. When decolonising knowledge systems, a process rather than an end point, there are four basic principles. Adhering to these principles can prevent the problems of colonial mindsets, where the opposite of knowledge – errors, mistakes, falsehoods, lies – are disseminated instead. The principles are these: knowledge must be place-based; the past co-exists with the present; human cultures are not frozen in time; and anglo- and euro-centric frameworks inevitably produce inaccuracies. Inaccuracy is counter to the purpose, ontologically counter to the existence, of everyone and everything operating in the public domain: universities, journalists, historians, politicians. Inaccuracy is, or should be, a thing we are committed to not doing (or being). For more on decolonising, a detailed exegesis of these four principles here. A proposed $500 million Australian War Memorial (AWM) Redevelopment For many years, First Peoples have campaigned to see Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander diggers recognised in official military histories. Their distinct identity as Indigenous soldiers has been routinely erased; as well as their specific experience as returned soldiers denied the basic rights of citizenship, including soldier-settlement compensation packages. One valuable project (of many) corrects this record here. It is a predictable and poignant irony that white soldiers were gifted parcels of stolen Aboriginal land while Aboriginal soldiers were doubly – continuously – dispossessed. Similarly, the Australian War Memorial consistently refuses to recognise the Frontier Wars. Aboriginal resistance to the invaders and colonisers is well-documented historical fact and ongoing, for example, the Stolenwealth Games action. This campaign highlighted the illegitimacy of the Commonwealth, a fact belatedly recognised by our highest court Mabo v Queensland (No. 2)(1992) 175 CLR 1, and by the Australian Parliament Native Title Act 1993 (Cth). Re-branding the British Empire, such as from Empire Games to Commonwealth Games, does not make it any more legitimate (the Crimes of Britain site is a handy central online repository). The British Empire enriched itself by plundering the people and lands of places to which it had no right, on every populated continent, as demonstrated by Shashi Tharoor on India, here. There has been no acknowledgement, and no reparations. This alone tells us the resistance is ongoing, rather than a new or discrete action. Re-branding can not and does not change the fact that the Commonwealth is an illegitimate global entity, regardless of what political leaders say at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). Meanwhile, failed former Liberal Party leader Brendan Nelson, recycled to head a national institution as failed white male leaders inevitably are, accepted the proposition that navy personnel who participate in turning back refugee boats be recognised at the Australian War Memorial. This is in breach of its mission, because we have not declared war on non-state actors who seek asylum in Australia, and no ADF personnel were killed in action. In contrast, many refugees have died under the same Operation Sovereign Borders policy (a recap by Marr, 2014, here). A separate memorial to resistance warriors and the Frontier Massacres has been canvassed (sign the Aboriginal Tent Embassy petition here). It is conceivable that a properly funded institution headed by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will result in a more accurate telling of invasion and colonisation. It is frankly inconceivable that the establishment of an Aboriginal memorial will be allocated anything like the half-billion dollars Nelson wants, and will probably get, for the AWM. The $100 million Sir John Monash Centre Located in Villiers-Bretonneux in France, this vanity project of deposed conservative prime minister Tony Abbott is riddled with the worst excesses of misplaced military glorification. At the opening ceremony, media and law expert David Marr said ‘the French prime minister, Édouard Philippe, delivered a speech that blew [current conservative Australian PM] Malcolm Turnbull’s to smithereens’. Quoting Remarque’s seminal account All Quiet on the Western Front, Philippe said: ‘The earth is more important to the soldier than to anybody else,’ continues Erich Maria Remarque, ‘the earth is his only friend, his brother, his mother. He groans out his terror and screams into its silence and safety’. For many young Australians, this earth was their final safe place. For many of them, this earth was the final confidante of a thought or a word intended for a loved one from the other side of the world.” Marr tells us that Turnbull was pedestrian and dull in comparison, which is no surprise to anyone who has observed Turnbull in speechmaking mode. His hallmarks are plodding gravitas, phoney enthusiasm, and ill-concealed anger. That he was eclipsed by Philippe on the day is predictable, because Philippe was place-based, on his home soil. Those soldiers bled into and embraced the earth on the western front in the northern hemisphere, no matter where they were born. Turnbull has no meaningful connection there. This was painfully evidenced when Turnbull, in his speech opening a museum (or ‘centre’. Honestly. The imagination) attributed a pivotal victory led by Brigadiers-General Glasgow and Elliot to the eponymous Sir John Monash. This was picked up by historian Ross McMullen, who alerted us via Fairfax newspapers almost a full week later. All those political advisors, those foreign affairs officials and media staff, and nobody had fact-checked whether Monash led a battle that Turnbull, twice in two days, claimed that Monash had won. Military history is absolutely not my thing, but research is. It took about 20 minutes to locate the primary source in the AWM archives, a letter from Monash dated 26 April 1918. Another quick search produced multiple scholarly and popular accounts of the same battle. This is unsurprising. First, there is the date – it was the three-year anniversary of the Gallipoli landings (25 April 1915) that are now the defining Anzac Day event. Second, there is a near-consensus view that the action was decisive in the lead-up to German surrender (see for example Pedersen 2014, pp. 139-44). It was not difficult to find out that Turnbull had attributed victory to a bystander based at a nearby chateau (sic) who himself noted – in parentheses! – that the battle was led by Brigs-General Glasgow and Elliot (War letters of General Monash, Australian War Memorial, Canberra pp. 398-400: accessed 30 April 2018). [Anzac day was] signalled by a wonderful fight, Monash wrote, carried out by the 13th and 15th Australian brigades – (Glasgow and Elliot) both of which Brigades have been under my orders for the past few weeks. It was the same old story. My 9th Brigade had held securely, and kept the Bosch out of the town of Villers Bretonneux for three weeks. They were then withdrawn for a rest on April 23rd, and the 8th British Division (regulars) took over the Sector from them. Naturally, on April 24th, the Bosch attacked (with 4 Divisions) and biffed the Tommies out of town. Late at night we had to organise a counter-attack. This was undertaken by 13th and 15th Brigades, in the early hours of Anzac day. They advanced 3,000 yards, in the dark, without artillery support, completely restored the position, and captured over 1,000 prisoners. I can see the prisoners pouring past this chateau, from the window of the office, as I write this letter. It was a fine performance. Everything on my front is quiet. Although there has been a lot of talk of another big attack, nothing has materialised. In any case we are quite ready for him. Monash did not lead this decisive battle, but he wished he had. It was the same old story. My 9th Brigade had held securely… Everything on my front is quiet. Turnbull and Abbott, and the edifice they conceived and oversaw, are also completely misplaced at Villiers-Bretonneux in France. Malcolm Bligh Turnbull is descended from, and named after, the least capable colonial leader of his age. Bligh is a man who sailors mounted a mutiny against at sea; and who soldiers mounted a coup against on land. Abbott is British-born and remains British in spirit. For instance, he said to then-tory British prime minister David Cameron, on the world stage, at a G20 meeting, that pre-colonial Sydney was ‘nothing but bush’. In fact, Australia is home to the oldest continuing cultures on earth, a claim explored with nuance by Luke Pearson here. It is a place of successful, subtle and sophisticated societies which have developed – and continue to develop – over 65,000 years. These are societies of intricate laws and vast knowledge of ecology, of astronomy, of the human condition, neatly summarised by journalist and Darumbal and South Sea Islander woman Amy McQuire here. An Aboriginal woman invented bread: Uncle Bruce Pascoe, Bunurong man and author of Dark Emu, the kind of book that changes lives. However, it is not possible to shift Turnbull and Abbott from their anglo-centric, colonial mindset, and as stated above, anglo-centrism produces inaccuracy. The widely discredited ‘great man in history’ method has been discarded from curricula by historians all over the world, but not by conservative politicians. For men like Abbott and Turnbull, the ‘great man’ approach is the only approach. They do not have the range, the depth, to process any other perspective. The $50 million Kamay Botany Bay-Cook Plan Learning nothing, our prime minister then returned home and strolled along the Kamay (Port Botany) shoreline with Treasurer and local member Scott Morrison. While the ABC took care to revive the defaced Cook statue story, it did not bother to identify or publish a quote of anyone other than the two white men pictured at the photo op. Goori journalist Jack Latimore confirms that La Perouse Local Aboriginal Land Council representatives were present here. Meanwhile, the Turnbull and Morrison quotes, and ABC report generally, are riddled with the usual rag-bag of errors, falsehoods, misleading frameworks, and erasure of Aboriginal people and Aboriginal resistance: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says the revamp of Sydney’s historical Botany Bay site, the place of the first encounter between Europeans and Indigenous Australians will allow the country to “celebrate, understand and interpret” the “momentous place” it is. This is so frustratingly wrong, on so many levels. Cook was not a European, he was an Englishman. He lived during an era when Britain was almost constantly at war with continental states like Spain and, most notably, France. There was no announcement about venerating the Frenchman La Perouse, who turned up in 1788 a few days after Phillip and his fleet. This is despite the fact that Turnbull was talking turkey on our ‘shared values’ – whatever that means – with French president Macron at the Sydney Opera House just a few days later. But no: just Cook, at the LaPa site. This matters. The English colonised this place, not ‘Europeans’. There is no valid reason for continental Europe to share responsibility for the crimes of the English and their band of British collaborators, like the Scotsman Macquarie. The English did not identify as European then, and despite the best efforts of more progressive thinkers, do not now. This is evidenced by Brexit and the Windsrush generation as I write. Kamay, or Botany Bay, was not the first encounter between Europeans and Indigenous Australians, either. Upwards of 300 distinct peoples are not a homogenous category of ‘Indigenous Australians’. Creating this homogenised category erases the diversity and identity of hundreds of Peoples, their language groups, landscapes, societies and laws. Returning to the anglo-euro perspective, famous prior ‘encounters’ include the 1629 wreck of the Batavia off the west Australian coast, where two white men were put ashore as punishment for murders there. The Torres Strait is named after the 1606-08 voyage of Luis Váez de Torres. The Tasman sea and Tasmania itself are named for the 1642 claim to the island staked by Abel Tasman. Unlike Cook, these men were Europeans, but that does not mean their names and claims had – or have – any validity, for the simple reason that the continent and her islands were already occupied by First Peoples. Nor did Cook ‘encounter’ First People here. He attacked, firing musket balls three times in what appears to be within as many minutes of weighing anchor, as his Sunday 29 April 1770 journal entry records. After describing his first two ‘Musquet small shott’, Cook wrote: emmediatly after this we landed which we had no sooner done than they throw’d two darts at us this obliged me to fire a third shott soon after which they both made off, but not in such haste but what we might have taken one… In typical English fashion, like the Parthenon marbles stolen and retained by their ruling classes, the British Museum refuses to return the Gwaegal Shield, which bears the bullet holes and which belongs to the descendants of those warriors who Cook attacked. The museum can not do justice to the shield, because the past co-exists with the present, because anglo-centrism produces inaccuracies, and because knowledge is place-based. Cook eventually got himself killed for carrying out his ‘obligation’ to shoot native peoples after entering their waters without permission. Whether his ignominious end at Kealakekua (Karakakooa) Bay, Hawaii, is accurately told at Kamay, Australia, remains to be seen. Either way, the Turnbull remarks bring us back to where we began: This is a momentous place. One we need to celebrate understand interpret and reflect on. Kamay is a momentous place. It is a place of great moment, a moment that opened the way to invasion and changed the course of 65,000 years of human occupation here, for every Aboriginal descendant since. It is not, however, a moment we need to celebrate. This is a place of commemoration, not celebration. The Cook claim, English invasion, British colonisation, and attempted genocide: these are not causes to celebrate. As the anonymous spray painter made clear, in that act of peaceful protest which did not harm anybody, there is NO PRIDE IN GENOCIDE.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1312
__label__cc	0.562716	0.437284	Mobile Number Harvesting Tool Feb 19, 2013 \| Incidents Spammers released a do it yourself (DIY) mobile phone number harvesting tool, but instead of advertising just on underground online sites, they are also marketing it across the web. The availability of the utility turns the simple act of submitting a mobile number to a website something that might lead to the receipt of more SMS (text message) spam, said a researcher at Webroot. Website Attacks up 600% Money Top Reason to Attack DDoS Attacks Steady; Others on Rise Users a Top Security Threat A new version of the phone number harvesting tool crawls the web and indexes mobile numbers, phone ID numbers, the names of the owner, and the associated mobile operator, among other information. Users of the tool can choose which country they want to target. The harvested information can end up used for malicious and fraudulent purposes. Key features of the tool include automatic recognition of Russian and Ukrainian mobile phone providers (based on its initial target market), indexing based on a region and city for Russia and Ukraine, multi-threaded software allowing up to 100 “indexing streams,” as well as an option to collect only numbers attached to a particular mobile provider. “Cybercriminals and spammers are not strangers to the concept of market segmentation,” said Dancho Danchev, a security researcher at Webroot. “Just like true marketers, the developer of the tool has included the option to choose a specific region within the available countries, with the idea to assist in the inevitable malicious and fraudulent activity that will result from this phone number harvesting activity,” he said. Danchev said web users should double-check whether any website that requests your phone number is actually listing it on the web. The phone number harvesting tool has yet to crawl through sites that require authorization or spread outside Russia and the Ukraine, he said, but future versions will most likely expand indexing capabilities and geographical reach, Danchev said. The DIY phone number harvesting tool is an example of a wider trend of selling tools once exclusively available to sophisticated cybercriminals to less elite bad guys though underground forums. Services that offer a means to launch managed SMS flooding and phone ring flooding have recently become available through these forums. Both managed SMS flooding and phone ring flooding are pitched as a means to “take care of your competitor’s phone lines” or a DDoS attack on phones instead of websites. However, these services might easily lend themselves to helping along more ambitious scams, such as flooding out a bank’s call centers to prevent early reports of card fraud cash-out operations, Webroot said. “By starting to advertise these very same malicious (DIY) tools and services on publicly accessible forums, they’re proving that they’re willing to sacrifice a certain degree of OPSEC (Operational Security) for the sake of growing their business model and attracting new customers,” Danchev said.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1318
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__label__cc	0.510028	0.489972	Problem with moving email servers to new IP E-mail Tips We have discovered a rather annoying email problem this week. Because of a closure of a data centre we have used for over 10 years, we have been forced to pickup our servers and move them over to a new data centre. As annoying and as much work as this is, we have found one particular issue with the change of our primary email servers over to a new IP. In recent years, there has been a new emergence of spam email fighting systems. Cisco is using it’s power of basically routing almost every bit of data on the internet to directly monitor IP addresses real time. They call this senderbase.org and is part of their IronPort spam scanning service. We have had our email servers running for years with a “Good” reputation on this service. However when we move the IP to a new block, we have found that almost instantly, the IronPort services rank us as “poor” due to the fact that they monitor days / weeks / months of average email sent from the address. When we instantly move to a new address that last month did no email, and start blasting email galore through one IP. Bang we are canned. In the past this has not been a big issue. But in Australia, our primary telco has recently been pushing an email spam service that relies heavily on this service. So we are finding that loads of Australian businesses are blocking our email services. The solution has been to relay through some other email services, but that is time consuming and fiddly, as we still have to leave the majority of email running through the new IP so that it develops a “good” reputation on the IronPort services. Wouldn’t it be nice if the support people at IronPort answered emails for support to move the reputation of an old IP address over to a news one! – Update- Since we wrote this. We have been in contact with the senderbase support people who have ranked us a “Good”. It took 3 email messages and 7 days, but they did finally assist. As it turns out, this ranking is one of the most important aspects of running a valid email server. It is a shame they do not have a more transparent method of making the requests for review. We still cannot work out exactly what the cause of the poor ranking was. There is the possibility that it way by association with the network owner who would appear to deserve a ranking of poor. Tags:IronPort	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1320
__label__wiki	0.755245	0.755245	Pipeline Pipeline Validive Severe Oral Mucositis and Oropharyngeal Cancer Phase 2 Data Supports Further Development in OPC Camsirubicin MNPR-101 Collaborations Collaborations Monopar Therapeutics and the Spanish Sarcoma Group (GEIS) Team Up on Phase 2 Sarcoma Trial With Monopar's Novel Camsirubicin Download as PDF July 02, 2019 Trial Designed to Test Camsirubicin Against Doxorubicin as First-Line Therapy CHICAGO, July 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Monopar Therapeutics Inc., an oncology-focused biopharmaceutical company, and the Spanish Sarcoma Group (Grupo Español de Investigación en Sarcomas, or GEIS) today announced that they have entered into a clinical collaboration agreement to conduct a Phase 2 clinical trial to evaluate Monopar's investigational drug Camsirubicin in patients with advanced soft tissue sarcoma (ASTS). Soft tissue sarcomas are a diverse and aggressive class of cancers with generally poor survival outcomes. They usually develop in the connective tissue of the body, which include cartilage, muscles, nerves, bones, deep skin tissues, fat and blood vessels. Currently, there are limited therapeutic options for advanced sarcoma patients, with median overall survival of 12-16 months. The most effective first-line drug for ASTS is doxorubicin, a drug which, while effective, has to be stopped after six to eight cycles of treatment due to the heart damage it causes at higher cumulative doses. Camsirubicin is being developed to replace doxorubicin as first-line therapy for ASTS. "The cumulative dose limitation of doxorubicin often results in advanced sarcoma patients receiving suboptimal dosing for the treatment of their cancer. Even if they are responding, they have to stop doxorubicin treatment permanently," said Andrew Mazar, Ph.D., Monopar's chief scientific officer. "Camsirubicin has been specifically designed to avoid the irreversible heart toxicity while retaining the anticancer activity of doxorubicin, thus removing the limitations on cumulative dose." Under the collaboration with Monopar, GEIS will lead a multi-country, randomized, open-label Phase 2 clinical trial to evaluate Camsirubicin head to head against doxorubicin in patients with ASTS. "The favorable safety profile and efficacy observed in previous clinical studies of Camsirubicin suggest that it could be dosed higher and longer than doxorubicin, which may improve the outcomes for ASTS patients," said Dr. Claudia Valverde, president of GEIS. "Patients with ASTS have few treatments available that improve overall survival, and our network of sarcoma referral centers in Spain and across Europe are eager to evaluate Camsirubicin's ability to improve patient outcomes." Enrollment of the trial is expected to begin in early 2020 and will include approximately 170 ASTS patients. The primary endpoint of the trial will be progression-free survival, with secondary endpoints including overall survival and incidence of treatment-emergent adverse events. GEIS will be the study sponsor with support from Monopar. "We are very excited to be entering into this clinical collaboration with GEIS. They have an impressive track record of working on sarcoma studies with many of the leading biotech and global pharma companies, and with working on many of the drugs that have been tested for the treatment of ASTS," said Chandler Robinson, MD, chief executive officer of Monopar. About Monopar Therapeutics Inc. Monopar is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutics for oncology, with an emphasis on drugs that improve the length and quality of life of cancer patients. The company's pipeline consists of Validive, entering Phase 3 for the prevention of severe oral mucositis in oropharyngeal cancer patients; Camsirubicin; and a late-stage preclinical antibody MNPR-101. For more information: www.monopartx.com. About GEIS (Grupo Español de Investigación en Sarcomas) GEIS is a non-profit organization in Spain engaged in the research, development and management of studies and clinical trials for sarcomas. GEIS has a mission to ensure the best healthcare to sarcoma patients by helping bring new treatments to them through clinical research. GEIS has successfully partnered with various institutions and companies to help bring new treatments to patients with sarcomas. Through the group's many research projects it has created or participated in over the years, it has made a significant impact in the global research effort to better treat patients with sarcomas. For more information: http://www.grupogeis.org. Forward-Looking Statements: Statements contained in this press release regarding matters that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Examples of these forward-looking statements include statements concerning the potential of Camsirubicin and the timing of related clinical trials. The forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, the risk that Camsirubicin will not replace doxorubicin as first-line therapy for ASTS, and that enrollment of the trial will not begin in early 2020, if at all. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Risks are described more fully in Monopar Therapeutics' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date on which they were made. Monopar Therapeutics undertakes no obligation to update such statements to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made. Adriana Rojo adriana.crc@grupogeis.org Monopar Therapeutics Chandler D. Robinson, MD, MBA, MSc info@monopartherapeutics.com GEIS-MNPR Press Release as of 07022019.docx Monopar Therapeutics Inc. Grupo Español de Investigación en Sarcomas View original content:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/monopar-therapeutics-and-the-spanish-sarcoma-group-geis-team-up-on-phase-2-sarcoma-trial-with-monopars-novel-camsirubicin-300879087.html SOURCE Monopar Therapeutics Inc. Released July 2, 2019 © 2020 Monopar Therapeutics Inc. All Rights Reserved.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1325
__label__wiki	0.733855	0.733855	News Jobs Events & Courses Blogs Reviews Case Archive Darryl Broderick: Show me the money? Courts clarify disclosure rules in loan sales litigation Darryl Broderick Ronan Daly Jermyn partner Darryl Broderick and solicitor Hilda Mannix examine two recent judgments clarifying the circumstances in which a loan purchase price would be disclosed to borrower litigants. In recent years, the sale of non-performing loan portfolios by banks and other credit institutions to investment funds has become more prevalent. Consequentially, such funds feature regularly in court lists, either as plaintiffs seeking to enforce their acquired rights under the loan facilities or as defendants in proceedings brought by borrower litigants seeking to challenge those rights. Inevitably, the transactional documents which give effect to the loan transfer (often a Loan Sale Deed and Deed of Transfer) are exhibited and/or discovered in such proceedings and are usually subject to prior extensive redaction (save for the relevant clauses which give effect to the transfer and the schedule showing the relevant loan account(s)), on the basis that the redacted clauses are confidential, commercially sensitive, irrelevant to the matters in dispute and/or contain information concerning third parties unrelated to the proceedings. One of the issues which arises frequently in such proceedings, and is often the subject of much contention, is the entitlement of the borrower litigant to inspect and/or obtain copies of the relevant documents in unredacted form, which would ultimately reveal the price paid by the investment fund for the loan(s) the subject of the proceedings and related security. Understandably, this raises concerns for investment funds in protecting their commercial position in respect of future loan acquisitions. Two recent decisions of the High Court in Courtney v OCM Emru Debtco DAC & Anor and Promontoria (Aran) Limited –v- Andrew Sheehy provide a welcome guidance to investments funds and their legal advisors on the special circumstances in which a loan purchase price would need to be disclosed. Courtney v OCM Emru Debtco DAC & Anor The background to this case involved plenary proceedings instituted by Eileen Courtney against OCM Emru Debtco DAC and David O’Connor whereby Mrs Courtney challenged, inter alia, the validity of the assignment of her loans (originally advanced to her and her late husband by Anglo Irish Bank Corporation plc) from NALM (a subsidiary of NAMA) to OCM. Prior to the completion of the loan sale, Mrs Courtney made an offer to purchase her loans from NALM in order to prevent the sale, however this was declined. During the course of the proceedings, Mrs Courtney brought an application under Order 31 Rule 15 RSC to inspect unredacted copies of the relevant loan sale deed and deed of transfer which had been exhibited by OCM in the proceedings in extensively redacted form. She was particularly interested in those sections of the documents which related to the price allocated to her loans and the price paid generally. OCM opposed the application on the basis that the redacted portions contained information which was commercially sensitive, confidential and irrelevant to the matters in dispute. Further, OCM argued that the documents were documents of title which are excluded from inspection under Order 31 Rule 15. Having particular regard to Mrs Courtney’s pleaded claims, and without making any determination as to whether those claims were stateable, Haughton J found that the redacted parts of the loan sale documents relating to price, including any price attributable to Mrs Courtney’s connection, were relevant to the case that Mrs Courtney was seeking to make and were “fairly required to afford a proper understanding of these keys documents”. Haughton J also rejected OCM’s argument that the documents were documents of title which were excluded from inspection, in circumstances where they relate to both an assignee’s title and also the title and obligations of the debtor. Finally, while the court was generally disapproving of the practice of redactions, it accepted OCM’s position that disclosure could adversely impact OCM’s position in relation to future loan acquisitions (and, indeed, NALM’s position in future loan sales). The court ultimately ordered full disclosure of the loan sale documents subject to limited redactions. Further, Mrs Courtney and her solicitors/counsel were required to give a number of undertakings to the court following that disclosure, in order to protect the confidentiality and commercial sensitivity of the information. Promontoria (Aran) Limited –v- Andrew Sheehy The Courtney case was considered by Quinn J in the High Court decision of Promontoria (Aran) Limited –v- Andrew Sheehy, which involved a claim for summary judgment by the plaintiff pursuant to facilities which it was alleged were granted to the defendant, Mr Sheehy, by Ulster Bank in 2005 (and renewed in 2009) for the purchase of property in Romania. The plaintiff acquired the right, title and interest of Ulster Bank under the facility by Global Deed of Transfer dated 12 February 2015, however the said Deed of Transfer only expressly referred to the 2009 facility and not the 2005 facility which it replaced. Accordingly, the plaintiff also claimed alternative equitable reliefs in the form of, inter alia, restitution and damages for unjust enrichment, claiming that Mr Sheehy was not entitled to be unjustly enriched or otherwise benefit from the monies advanced. Mr Sheehy alleged that the signature on the 2005 facility letter was forged by one of the other third parties to the facility and that he was not a party to the renewal in 2009. The proceedings were ultimately remitted to plenary hearing and the judgment arose out of Mr Sheehy’s application for discovery of four categories of documents, the most contentious being the category which requested all documents relating to the purchase price for the loans the subject of the proceedings. During the course of the submissions, Mr Sheehy argued that one of the proofs in establishing a claim for unjust enrichment is to show that he had been unjustly enriched at the expense of the plaintiff and it follows that at the hearing of the action, the court would need to examine the plaintiff’s conduct and actions, “including the transaction by which it acquired the loans and the price”. Further, Mr Sheehy alleged that the plaintiff had made “no payment of substance”. Conversely, the plaintiff argued that the principle “means examining the respective equities of the parties to the loan, namely Ulster Bank and the borrowers, and not the [plaintiff] as successor of the Bank”. It further submitted that it acquired the loans “subject to and with the benefit or burden of any equities which may be relevant”. Accordingly, it submitted that the price paid could not be relevant, in circumstances where Mr Sheehy’s failure to repay gave rise to an entitlement on the part of Ulster Bank to repayment both under the facility letters and also to the remedy of restitution of the money advanced. While Quinn J expressed “some doubt” about whether Mr Sheehy would be able to establish at the hearing of the substantive proceedings that the price paid is a relevant factor in assessing the relative equities of the parties, he found that this was a matter for determination at trial, not at interlocutory stage. Further, he found that the request for discovery of documents relating to the price paid for the loan in this case was not a “fishing exercise”, but that it goes to one particular fact and that the price paid for the loan had been “fairly put in issue by the proceedings”. As regards the issue of commercial sensitivity, Quinn J agreed with the position of Haughton J in Courtney, whereby he held that commercial sensitivity of itself does not attract the same level of protection as a claim for privilege. Further, Quinn J considered and agreed with Haughton J’s position that “the commercial interests of the party making the disclosure can be adequately protected by directing that no wider disclosure or use could be made without further leave of the court”. Accordingly, Quinn J made discovery in terms of Mr Sheehy’s request in respect of the documents relating to the price paid for the loan and directed similar restrictions regarding access to those documents as were made by Haughton J in Courtney. In particular, inspection was to be made only by Mr Sheehy and his solicitor and counsel and required undertakings by those parties “not to use or quote [the] information in open court or in any documents or electronic transmissions … including further pleadings, requests for particulars and replies or affidavits save with the redaction agreed inter parties or with leave of the court”. Notwithstanding the orders made by the court, it is noteworthy that Haughton J commented that it does not flow that a purchaser will be obliged to disclose a purchase price of an acquired loan (or documents relevant to that price) in every case where in enforcement proceedings an equitable remedy (such as an injunction) as well as a claim under contract is invoked. In addition, he stressed that having regard to the unusual circumstances of the facts of the case and the particular pleas made by the parties, it was appropriate to direct discovery of the documents relating to the price paid for the loan. The decisions are important for loan purchasers and their legal advisors. While it appears that there has been a shift in the court’s position on the practice of redacting loan sale documents, it is noteworthy that the above cases to a large extent turn on their facts and in particular, the special circumstances of the pleas made by the parties. In that regard, it would be difficult to see how the same reasoning would be applied by the Court in considering the relevance of the purchase price in the context of a loan purchaser suing on foot of a facility letter in summary judgment proceedings and/or suing for possession on foot of related security. Darryl Broderick is a partner and head of litigation and dispute resolution at Ronan Daly Jermyn. Hilda Mannix is a solicitor whose practice focuses on financial services litigation. 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__label__cc	0.547927	0.452073	Vangie Vale & the Strangled Strudel (The Matchbaker Mysteries #3) R.L. Syme It is fire season in the Montana Mountains and as a newcomer, Vangie is feeling the tension in the air. For all her concerns, she never expected the danger to come from a murder connected to her bakery. While Vangie knows she didn’t do it, someone seems determined to make her pay for the death anyway. A Different Kind of Reunion Guidoccio Twenty years ago, Gilda Greco was teaching eighth grade in a small Canadian town and just recently has received word of the death of one of her former students. Because of odd circumstances and a missed email, Gilda is “invited” back to the tiny corner of the world to join in on a séance to find the truth. French Vanilla & Felonies: A Funny Romantic Mystery (Cambria Clyne Mysteries Book 1) When Cambria Clyne—klutzy, twenty-something single mom who’s desperate but unqualified—takes a job as an apartment manager at an LA complex, she thinks her life is finally about to turn around for the good. She’s right. Until she finds a dead body in the apartment dumpster, and a crime spree races through the complex. Death at Whitewater Church (An Inishowen Mystery) Benedicta, ‘Ben’, is a lawyer in a small town in the far northwest of Ireland. Only there for six years, as a Dublin transplant she is still a newcomer. When a skeleton is discovered in a deconsecrated church, the whole town suspects the bones belong to Connor Devitt, a local who disappeared before Ben moved to Glendara. She Wore Mourning When private investigator Zachery Goldman agreed to investigate the death of a young man named Declan, he never expected it to take the turn it did. Doing it more as a favor to the boy’s grandmother than anything else, Zachery is soon swept up in the mystery and intrigue surrounding the boy’s death.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1330
__label__wiki	0.70397	0.70397	Snapchat Exploits Could Reveal Private User Details by Nick Kolakowski December 27, 2013 3 min read AppsPrivacySecuritySmartphonesSnapchat Part of the code that could represent trouble for Snapchat. Snapchat might not be so private after all. Cyber-security collective Gibson Security has revealed a pair of exploits in the messaging service’s code: one that allows hackers to figure out users’ private details, and another that could result in the mass generation of fake accounts for spamming purposes. If those loopholes are left unclosed, they could present a boon to stalkers and spammers—and an enormous embarrassment to Snapchat, whose business model is entirely dependent on users being able to send private messages that vaporize without a trace within a few seconds of opening. (Hat tip to ZDNet for the original link.) What’s worse, Gibson Security suggested it’s only going public with the exploits after Snapchat ignored its warnings. “Given that it’s been around four months since our last Snapchat release, we figured we’d do a refresher on the latest version, and see which of the released exploits had been fixed (full disclosure: none of them),” the group wrote in a lengthy breakdown of its findings. “Seeing that nothing had been really been improved upon (although, stories are using AES/CBC rather than AES/ECB, which is a start), we decided that it was in everyone’s best interests for us to post a full disclosure of everything we’ve found in our past months of hacking the gibson.” Since the summer, the collective claimed, “numerous public Snapchat API clients” have popped up on Github. “Thankfully, Snapchat are too busy declining ridiculously high offers from Facebook and Google,” they wrote, “and lying to investors (hint: they have no way to tell the genders of their users, see /bq/register for a lack of gender specification) to send unlawful code takedown requests to all the developers involved.” Gibson Security’s breakdown is based on Snapchat build 4.1.01 for Android, which relies on a combination of /ph and /bq endpoints. It includes some proof-of-concept scripts, which are likely causing any security personnel over at Snapchat’s headquarters no end of joy and merriment this holiday season. If the loopholes are verified, how long will the messaging service take to close them? Image: Gibson Security Snapchat Finally Responds to User-Data Breach Snapchat's Future Revenue Conundrum Salesforce Launches Private App Hub Apple’s New Campus Could Hurt Recruiting Efforts Online Holiday Shopping Spiked, Delaying Some Packages Nick Kolakowski Nick Kolakowski has written for The Washington Post, Slashdot, eWeek, McSweeney's, Thrillist, WebMD, Trader Monthly, and other venues. He's also the author of "A Brutal Bunch of Heartbroken Saps" and "Maxine Unleashes Doomsday," a pair of noir thrillers.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1335
__label__cc	0.644997	0.355003	The Globe/Herald Daily Bakeoff Boston Dailies Are Papal Tigers From our Santo Subito! desk The local dailies both play the home-away game in their coverage of this weekend’s Saintorama in the Eternal City. Start, naturally enough, with Page One of the Boston Herald. The faithy local tabloid follows up with four pages of Pope-O-Scope coverage, most notably former Boston Mayor/Vatican Ambassador Ray Flynn’s filing from Rome. World’s Catholics celebrate the faith O’Malley, Boston represented well VATICAN CITY — The great and the good have gathered in this lovely city, flocking from all corners of the world — ambassadors and cardinals, presidents, prime ministers and royalty. They are meeting in hotels and embassies and gorgeous residences in the Eternal City, and many gathered together for joyous reunions last night on the eve of today’s double canonization of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II. It is a tribute to the remarkable occasion, the convergence of so many diverse and powerful leaders for the first time two popes will be canonized in a celebration presided over by two living popes — Pope Francis and the retired Pope Benedict XVI. But there’s an even more important constituency in town, Flynn writes. Yet there is a far greater tribute, below the glittering halls, past the motorcades and speeding police escorts and throngs of media. Down in the streets of St. Peter’s Square, thousands of humble pilgrims gathered to sleep last night. They lay on the cobblestones in the spring chill, the clouds and stars above them, waiting for the dawn, waiting for one of the great moments in our faith. There’s also Margery Eagan on John XXIII, Marty Walsh reminiscing about JP II’s 1979 Hub visit, journalist-turned deacon Greg Piatt on his vocational switch, and Peter Gelzinis on local-boy-mage-seminarian Kevin Leaver, who’ll be at the hoedown in St. Peter’s Square. Crosstown at the Boston Globe, the front page features this: The lordly local broadsheet has Cathoholic Czar John L. Allen Jr. in Rome, while Lisa Wangsness and Jeremy C. Fox patrol the local parishes. From Allen’s piece (website version): Francis accents unity with halos for superstar popes ROME — Oct. 11, 1962, brought a beautiful moonlit night to Rome. Pope John XXIII was in an ebullient mood because of that morning’s launch of the Second Vatican Council, a gathering conceived by the pontiff in which bishops from around the world would throw open the windows of the Catholic Church to the modern world. The first pope of television’s Golden Age, “Good Pope John” had a roly-poly, grandfatherly persona and seemingly inexhaustible cheer that won fans everywhere, though the changes he set in motion also stirred up critics, then and now. That night, the pope looked out over St. Peter’s Square at the vast crowd praying for the council, and made some off-the-cuff remarks that passed into history as his “Sermon on the Moon” . . . “Tonight, when you get home, you’re going to find your kids,” Pope John said. “I want you to give your kids a caress . . . and tell them that this caress comes from the pope!” No one could recall hearing a pope address the faithful in quite that way. Today’s papal twofer is unique as well. This entry was posted on Sunday, April 27th, 2014 at 3:26 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. 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. A wholly owned subsidiary of Campaign Outsider (Proprietor: John R. Carroll) Turn the Boston Herald Sideways, It Sorta Disappears Boston Globe Rejects Anti-Impeachment Ad Boston Herald Subscription: Biggest Waste Ever (VIII) Boston Globe Rips Off Home Delivery Subscribers Is Herb Chambers Driving Boston Globe Auto Section?	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1341
__label__cc	0.665871	0.334129	Volume 34, Issue 1-2 Research Article\| July 01 1996 Thermal hydrolysis for the production of carbon source for denitrification John Barlindhaug Interconsult AS, P.O. Box 6412 Etterstad, N-0605 Oslo, Norway Hallvard Ødegaard Department of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering, The University of Trondheim, N-7034 Trondheim - NTH, Norway Water Sci Technol (1996) 34 (1-2): 371–378. https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.1996.0393 John Barlindhaug, Hallvard Ødegaard; Thermal hydrolysis for the production of carbon source for denitrification. Water Sci Technol 1 July 1996; 34 (1-2): 371–378. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.1996.0393 Thermal hydrolysate is the liquid fraction (supernatant) of thermally treated wastewater sludge. Based on a literature study, a factorial design experiment was carried out in order to investigate important condition-variables in the thermal hydrolysis step. The objective of the study was to investigate the influence on composition and amount of produced thermal hydrolysate, as well as the influence on the quality of hydrolysate as carbon source for denitrification, from varying hydrolysis conditions. The thermal hydrolysis experiments demonstrated that carbohydrates are the organic fraction that is most easily decomposed, while proteins are most easily solubilized. A small increase in the content of VFA was found during thermal hydrolysis, while fat did not seem to be affected. The varying hydrolysis conditions resulted in varying content of the produced hydrolysate, but the quality of the hydrolysate as carbon source did not vary dramatically with varying hydrolysis conditions. Carbon source, denitrification, nitrogen removal, sludge treatment, thermal hydrolysis © IWA Publishing 1996 Hydrogen production from coffee pulp by dark fermentation Investigation of anaerobic side-stream phosphorus recovery and its effect on the performance of mainstream EBPR subjected to low-consumption Detailed experimental and numerical characterization of turbulent flow in components of a water treatment plant Optimisation of the sorption of selected polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by regenerable graphene wool Treatment of folic acid wastewater by 3D Fe-N-TiO2/AC photoelectrocatalysis system	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1343
__label__cc	0.59135	0.40865	Chipotle Mexican Grill, Dixwell Avenue, Hamden, CT, USA Dixwell Avenue, Hamden, 06514 Connecticut, United States “I had a veggie bowl with white rice, black and pinto beans. Fajita veggies, mild salsa, hot salsa, corn, guacamole, cheese and lettuce. I had it on the evening in January 8th and slept fine. I woke up at 1 am and could not stop vomiting. And then I spiked a mild fever.” 1 person had — fever, nausea and vomiting Reported: Jan 9 2019 at 4:17 PM Joe Morley's BBQ, West Center Street, Midvale, UT, USA “Restaurant Meal, french fries There were 7 of us that were at the restaurant 5 of us got sick. The only food we all ate in common that the other 2 didn't was french fries. The first 2 people were vomiting within 1 hour. The next person about an hour... See More after that and the other 2 a couple hours later. We all are vomiting multiple times and 2 people have diarrhea. ” Outback Steakhouse, Youngstown Warren Road, Niles, OH, USA Dec 24 2019 at 10:51 PM “I had the porterhouse and split my steak with my bf who got the seafood trio (lobster tail, two crab cakes, 8 shrimp) and two other guests who got a ribeye and porterhouse. We all shared a blooming onion too. My bf has been vomiting this evening and I have... See More had none stop diarrhea. For a 164 meal to be sick the next day which is Xmas eve is ridiculous. The guests had no seafood and have had no issues. ” Texas Roadhouse, Northwest Peacock Boulevard, Port St. Lucie, FL, USA Symptoms: Diarrhea Stomach Pain “I went there on 1/11/2020 at 3:00pm. I ordered Ribeye steak medium well, baked potato with butter and Caesar salad. My wife ordered a completely different meal and she had no issues. On the following day I started feeling pain in my stomach and it started churning and I went... See More to the bathroom. From 10:00am till 9:00pm I went to the toilet about a dozen times. After the first trip to the toilet all of the others were nothing but liquid. My stomach made gurgling noises all day long with little notice to head to the toilet. Now it is 1/13/2020 and I am starting off the day in a similar fashion. I will be very grateful when this is finally over. Based on what I ordered, if I had to guess at the most likely culprit, I would have to say the Caesar salad, due to all of the issues with Romaine lettuce. ” The Original Mels Diner, 345 North Arlington Avenue, Reno, Nevada, USA “My salad my coworker broght me at work got extremely sick with stomach pains and diarrhea. I had a salad at noon took about six bites went back to work it was a chef salad the only person who had access to the refrigerator in the break room was my... See More coworker after that I had been sick since yesterday and today with stomach pains ” La Cocina Mexicana, Riverside Drive, Battle Creek, MI, USA Jan 21 2020 at 11:45 AM “We went for lunch on 1/20/20. The item's we all had the same was: beef tacos and their salsa/chips. All 3 of us became very ill. My daughter was first to become ill after 8 hrs. she did not eat anything else before that. 100% sure it was from here... See More in the mall. We use to love going there. ” Chipotle Mexican Grill, 3300 Alpine Ave NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49544, United States Jan 2 2020 at 9:32 AM “I had a steak burrito bowl with hot sauce, sour cream and brown rice. They were switching the tub of the containers to the brown rice and the steak at the time. Few hours later I had the symptoms reported and had to miss work. ” Hard-boiled eggs sold at Wal-Mart, Costco, Kroger and more - Possible Listeria Contamination Report Type: Food Recall “On December 18th, the FDA notified Almark Foods that Hard-Boiled and Peeled eggs manufactured at the Gainesville, GA facility may be associated with a Listeria monocytogenes outbreak that has been linked to several reported illnesses and one reported death. A more recent FDA sample from the facility also matched the... See More outbreak strain, indicating the possibility that the contamination may still be present. The hard-boiled eggs were sold nationwide at Wal-Mart, Costco, Kroger, ShopRite, Giant Eagle, LIDL, Fresh Thyme, and more. They could be sold as but not limited to the following brands: 7 Select, Best Choice, Egglands Best, Everyday Essentials, Fresh Thyme, Giant Eagle, Great Day, Great Value, Inspired Organics, Kirkland Signature, Kroger, LIDL, Lucerne, and Members Mark. Customers who have purchased these products are urged to immediately discard and not consume the products. The affected product can be identified by viewing the printed “Best If Used By” date coding on the product package. If the “Best If Used By” code starts with the prefix “G”, the product was manufactured at the company’s Gainesville, Georgia facility and is subject to this recall. For a full list of products click here: fda.gov Source: FDA ” \|2 people found this review helpful Marie Callender's - Sam's Club, 700 East 17th Street, Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA Symptoms: Nausea Vomiting “Severe nausea and vomiting after about an hour after eating chicken pot pies cooked in microwave Following instructions exactly. Filling this out after 3rd time and ruling out all other options. Stomach still upset the next morning. ”	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1344
__label__wiki	0.764047	0.764047	Breaking the codes: Jewish personnel at Bletchley Park Home » Articles » Volume 40 » Breaking the codes: Jewish personnel at Bletchley Park If students of the Second World War were to be asked which single organization contributed most to the defeat of the Axis forces between 1939 and 1945, many might agree that it was the code breakers at Bletchley Park Government Code and Cipher School (BP GC&CS), forerunner of Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ).1 On the basis of enemy messages decoded at BP, strategic decisions were made by Allied leaders which significantly altered the course of the war and saved count less lives. Established in 1938 as a branch of the Foreign Office, and leaning on previous experience, the part played by the staff at BP was revealed in 1974 in F. W. Winterbotham’s book The Ultra Secret. The intelligence obtained from the codebreaking was called Ultra, and such information was passed only to the most senior Allied commanders in the field, in case the Germans realized their codes had been broken Martin Sugarman Jews in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ADDENDUM to SUGARMAN and SUGARMAN Aaron Aaronsohn: forgotten man of history?* Sir Louis Sterling and his library* A note on Jewish trade unionism The Poor Jews’ Temporary Shelter: an episode in migration studies Women in the great Jewish migration* The Association for Providing Free Lectures to Jewish Working Men and Their Families, 1869-1879 Dr Angel Pulido and philo-Sephardism in Spain* Vice versa: Samuel Montagu, the first Lord Swaythling* The nineteenth-century constitution of the Sunderland congregation* Lord Burleigh’s support in the Privy Council for Dr Hector Nunes and his commercial ventures	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1355
__label__wiki	0.540069	0.540069	[The JRB Daily] Top 10 of 2019—A look back at our most popular articles of the year December 28, 2019 December 28, 2019 The JRBLeave a Comment on [The JRB Daily] Top 10 of 2019—A look back at our most popular articles of the year This December marked the The JRB’s thirty-second issue, the final issue of our third volume. With the new year—but not necessarily the new decade, harrumph—just around the corner, it seems fitting to share the ten articles that generated the most excitement this year. Without further ado, then, here is The JRB’s Top 10 most read articles of 2019—a year marked by the sad loss of many literary greats. The JRB Top 10 of 2019 10. Toni Morrison, 1931—2019, RIP Toni Morrison, celebrated novelist and Nobel Laureate, died on 5 August, aged eighty-eight. Morrison passed away at the Montefiore Medical Center in New York. Morrison’s family issued a statement through the publisher, saying she died after a brief illness. ‘Toni Morrison passed away peacefully last night surrounded by family and friends,’ the family announced. ‘She was an extremely devoted mother, grandmother, and aunt who revelled in being with her family and friends. The consummate writer who treasured the written word, whether her own, her students or others, she read voraciously and was most at home when writing.’ 9. ‘There is no comfort to be had in fiction. Our history is too raw for that’—Jacob Dlamini reviews Barry Gilder’s ‘brilliant, haunting’ novel The List ‘Does it matter now?’ asks the character S’bu Dlamini in Barry Gilder’s wistful novel The List. Does it matter whether S’bu trusts his uncle William Dlamini, an apartheid agent who used his position as headmaster of a Lowveld school to spot black talent for the Security Police and the National Intelligence Service? Does it matter that the uncle took advantage of his position as an authority figure to recruit his best students to spy on the ANC for the apartheid state? 8. This is how we lost him—Bongani Madondo and Rofhiwa Maneta remember K Sello Duiker The JRB: What do you remember most about Kabelo? Bongani Madondo: His silence and madness—meaning his beautiful eccentricity, singularity even. I remember his laughter and how we finished each other’s sentences. He was my doppelganger (although he was five years younger than me). He was a reader. He got me into Ben Okri and I got him into African spirituality and magical realism. He was always stronger than me and assured me that we would become major writers and make films. He loved his aunt with whom he lived in Berea. He worked on large chunks of The Quiet Violence of Dreams at his aunt’s place, as well as at my apartment, 20 Olympia Mansions on Yeo Street, Y’ville. I had the fool’s fortune of reading it as a work-in-progress, which is rare because writers, at least this writer, are not in the habit of sharing their works before they’re done. To this day I cannot bring myself to read it as a finished book, if you know what I mean. 7. [Fiction Issue] ‘Mad About the Boy’, a new short story by Zanta Nkumane He comes to me one night, draped in his glowing skin, resolute eyes and imposing voice. Come home with me? he asks, after spending the night wooing me, his largeness sequestering us in the corner of the bar for countless hours. He is beautiful. It’s always the beautiful ones. They are the ones that peel us away from the humdrum of our safe lives and reintroduce us to the risky, smouldering parts of ourselves we have cremated. Without thinking about it too long, I say Yes. I say yes because the loneliness tells me to. I say yes because I have recently been left and had to leave my home because he found someone whose hands touch him more thoughtfully. I say yes because we all promise to try new things after leaving. I say yes because a beautiful boy thinks me worthy to take home. I say yes because he says I am unlike other boys. I clasp my hand to his and allow him to lead me, wherever. I notice his desperate, choking grasp, as if he believes I will change my mind and run back to my friends. 6. Hugh Lewin, 1939–2019, RIP Journalist, author and anti-apartheid activist Hugh Lewin died on 16 January, aged seventy-nine. In July 1964, when he was twenty-four years old, Lewin was sentenced to seven years in prison for his activities in the African Resistance Movement. During his years in prison, Lewin secretly recorded his experiences and those of his fellow inmates in the pages of his Bible, and on his release these writings were published in London in 1974 as Bandiet: Seven Years in a South African Prison. Hailed as a classic of prison writing, the book remained banned in South Africa for many years, until it was published by David Philip in 1989. 5. Dry like steel: A wrecking ball of a book—Wamuwi Mbao reviews Adam Habib’s Rebels and Rage: Reflecting on #FeesMustFall The work of mythology is to guard against things being forgotten. What is thought to be in danger of slipping from view must be inscribed. Mythology does not deal with what is true and what is false: it deals with what is important. In this regard, it does the heavy lifting for inchoate things like feeling and sentiment. It preserves. But preserved things are not the same as their originals. A pickled olive is not an olive growing on the branch. 4. Sandile Dikeni, 1966–2019, RIP Poet and activist Sandile Dikeni died in Cape Town on 9 November. Dikeni was the author of three collections of poems, including the seminal Guava Juice, (Mayibuye Books, 1992), which he followed with Telegraph to the Sky (UKZN Press, 2001) and Planting Water (UKZN Press, 2007). He also published a collection of his articles from the Cape Times, Soul Fire: Writing the Transition (UKZN Press, 2002). 3. [The JRB exclusive] Read ‘Mothers and Men’, OluTimehin Adegbeye’s Gerald Kraak Prize-winning essay, a sensitive chronicle of rape, secondary victimisation and motherhood The JRB presents this year’s Gerald Kraak Prize-winning essay. The prize honours African writing and photography that ‘provokes thought on the topics of gender, social justice and sexuality’. The judges: ‘were taken by the fierce intensity of “Mothers and Men”, a meditation on the bonds between mothers and daughters. The essay explores the fragility of healing with a rare sensitivity and insight. OluTimehin Adegbeye’s voice walks the fine line between heartbreak and redemption, casting new light on questions of rape and secondary victimisation in ways that are new and important. Adegbeye is an urgent and timely voice and both her substantive interests and her prose and befitting of a prize that exists to champion human rights and complicate the framing of what it means to be African today.’ Read the essay: Mothers and Men Waking up the day after my mother’s death, I recognised the dazed confusion I was feeling as a throwback: On a humid morning five years prior, I had gone to school in a body that had been recently broken into, and everyone had seemed so … normal. Keep reading at the link above. 2. ‘I will always love Africa, because from the minute I arrived it treated me like a white girl.’—Author Adam Smyer reflects on his visit to the Open Book Festival I’ve never been anywhere. Half my life ago I relocated from one coast of the United States to the other, but that’s it. And that’s fine. I have no interest in spending my vacation days sampling the nuances of anti-blackness around the globe. There’s enough on my plate here in the US. And my lifelong Emergency Overseas Survival Plan of yelling ‘I’m an American!’ until someone whisks me to safety has been dubious for a while now. Yeah, no. My home is the devil I know. Even in my novel Knucklehead I described a certain film as ‘a tribulation, a rite of passage, kind of like I imagine my first trip to Africa will be’. That pilgrimage has always seemed doomed to fail. 1. Binyavanga Wainaina, 1971–2019, RIP Kenyan author and activist Binyavanga Wainaina died on 21 May, at the age of forty-eight. Wainaina was born in Nakuru, Kenya, in 1971, and studied commerce at the University of Transkei in South Africa from 1991. He moved to Cape Town in 1996, where he worked as a travel and food writer and professional cook. In 2002, he won the Caine Prize for African Writing, for his short story ‘Discovering Home’. Wainaina was the founding editor of Kwani?, a journal of experimental writing, which he established in 2003, and which became an important and vital source for new African writing. He completed an MPhil in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia in 2010. In 2012, his satirical essay ‘How to Write About Africa’, published in Granta magazine, attracted wide attention, and in 2012 he published a memoir, One Day I Will Write About This Place, to great acclaim. Africa / International / Interviews / Kenya / News / Nigeria / Reviews / Short Stories / South Africa / The JRB Daily / USAAdam Habib Adam Smyer Barry Gilder Binyavanga Wainaina Bongani Madondo Gerald Kraak Prize Hugh Lewin Jacob Dlamini K Sello Duiker Obituary OluTimehin Adegbeye Rebels and Rage Rofhiwa Maneta Sandile Dikeni The JRB The JRB Daily The List Toni Morrison Wamuwi Mbao Zanta Nkumane Previous Post Previous post: The Johannesburg Review of Books Vol. 3, Issue 12 (December 2019, The Fiction Issue) Next Post Next post: [Photo Editor] Original portraits of Sindiwe Magona, André Brink and Mongane Wally Serote by Victor Dlamini [Conversation Issue] ‘I know what lurks in… [Conversation Issue] ‘I seek out women who… [Conversation Issue] [City Editor] Is it possible,…	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1362
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__label__cc	0.653302	0.346698	Going to a Witch Dance on Halloween How a sect of politically active, feminist neopagans try to make the world a better place, one night a year. How To Find Out If Someone Died In Your House That information is not always disclosed to buyers and renters. Fortunately, there’s a website that can give you answers. Would You Do It In a Truck? Because you can, thanks to this Californian art project on wheels. The Rise and Fall of Snortable Chocolate Coco Loko was poised to become the next fad, but then the FDA intervened and it’s since disappeared from the internet. I Got a Yoni Massage For Journalism The tantric healing modality is supposed to release tension through your vagina. But it was more like getting finger-banged by a stranger. I Was Talking With a Ghost What’s it like hunting for spirits in a 134-year-old Victorian house. Why Would You Fake Having Cancer? A lymphoma survivor investigates disease scamming — a growing trend of faking health tragedies to rake in donations. Guerrilla Public Service Can Make the World a Better Place Regular people are taking it upon themselves to make fixes and repairs around their cities, from cutting back overgrowth to filling in potholes. Teach Kids How to Play Classical Music & They Might Become Tiny Geniuses San Francisco’s Little Stars Trio is hard-working, insanely talented, and still in grade school. On weekend mornings, while most kids are sleeping in or watching cartoons, the Breshears siblings are often busy performing impeccable renditions of classical music in a downtown San Francisco subway station. Collectively known as the Little Stars Trio, they usually arrive at BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) around 9 a.m., ferried there by their father, Dustin, who is also their manager. In their monotone frippery and finery, the Breshears — Dustin Jr., 11; Starla, 10; and Valery, 9 — stick out like sore thumbs in contrast with their grimy, bird-shit-stained environment. (Click here to read more)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1367
__label__cc	0.705118	0.294882	← Nicki Minaj’s Ex-Boyfriend Safaree Reacts To Remy Ma’s ‘Shether’ Lil Durk Drops ‘Love Songs For The Streets’ Mixtape → Kodak Black In Jail For Probation Violation Kodak Black is back in jail for violating his probation. Kodak learned his fate during his appearance at court today in Broward County, FL, XXL Magazine reports. Kodak reportedly violated probation for charges from his May 2016 arrest for strong arm robbery, false imprisonment, possession of a firearm by a delinquent and fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement. Kodak violated his probation by “failing to remain confined to his approved residence except for one half hour before and after approved employment, public service work, or any other special activities approved by the officer […] on various times and dates, as evidenced from the pictures on video showing the offender at various places that were not approved.” Kodak’s decision to perform for Adrien Broner backfired. Kodak walked Broker to the ring for his match against Adrian Granados the night of Saturday, Feb. 18. #kodakblack walks out with #adrienbroner before #adriangranados match A post shared by Kollege Kidd (@kollegekidd) on Feb 19, 2017 at 7:44am PST In December, Project Baby was released from jail in South Carolina after posting $100,000 bond, according to the Sun Sentinel. A photo posted on Kodak’s IG account shows him grinning widely as he walks away from the jailhouse he was locked up in. The caption on Kodak’s post read, “I’m happy to finally be going home to my family and friends. I look forward to clearing my name in the very near future. I want to thank God, my family, my team (Vanessa, Phatboy and James McMillan), Atlantic Records, my lawyers and all of my fans for your continuous love and support. I can’t wait to get back to doing what I love most – working at being the illest rapper alive.” I'm happy to finally be going home to my family and friends. I look forward to clearing my name in the very near future. I want to thank God, my family, my team (Vanessa, Phatboy and James McMillan), Atlantic Records, my lawyers and all of my fans for your continuous love and support. I can't wait to get back to doing what I love most – working at being the illest rapper alive. A photo posted by Project Baby (@kodakblack) on Dec 1, 2016 at 12:12pm PST The “No Flockin” rapper is accused of committing sexual battery at a hotel in Florence, South Carolina, according to the Sun-Sentinel. The crime carries a maximum of 30 years in prison. The night of Feb. 7, 2016, Kodak allegedly engaged in the sexual battery of the victim at a Comfort Suites Hotel in Florence, SC, Major Michael M. Nunn, a spokesman for the Florence County Sheriff’s Office, told the Sun-Sentinel in an email. Kodak performed at Club Compound a night prior for Francis Marion University’s homecoming. Drew Brown, promoter and owner of We On Ent., a South Carolina entertainment company, booked Kodak for the show. “About 1,200 to 1,300 people came out to see him,” Brown said. Kodak Black’s arrest warrant reveals details of the rape. The warrant states Kodak forced the female victim onto the bed in the room and then onto floor of the room. He then allegedly removed the victim’s underwear and “licked her v-----,” and then “put his penis” into her v-----. The victim said she repeatedly told him to stop, but to no avail. Kodak also allegedly bit her on her neck and right breast. The victim’s injuries were documented in a sexual assault kit administered by medical personnel. Kodak’s attorney Gary Kollin believes his client’s case will go in his favor. “We are firmly convinced that he will be vindicated in that charge and shortly be set free,” Kollin said. “… He’s looking forward to getting to South Carolina so he can go on with his life and career.” In South Carolina, a criminal sexual conduct charge can occur in a number of ways. A victim can reportedly be forced to have sex through aggravated force, during a kidnapping or while physically helpless due to the influence of a controlled substance. In August, Kodak escaped numerous charges that carried a maximum 55-year sentence after he was sentenced to house arrest and probation. He was sentenced to once year of house arrest and five years of probation after he pleaded no contest to numerous charges, including robbery false imprisonment, fleeing a law enforcement officer and possession of a firearm by a delinquent. The plea deal allowed Kodak to escape being tainted as a convicted felon. He also would’ve been allowed to tour internationally. Kodak was ordered to community service, anger management and community control supervision. Kodak Black Could Be Released Next Week, Attorneys Say Kodak Black Bonds Out Two Jail Inmates Kodak Black Found Guilty Of Violating House Arrest, Will Be Sentenced May 4 600Breezy Says He Will Be Home Soon In Latest Message From Prison Kodak Black To Be Freed From Jail; Gets House Arrest and Probation Drake Says He’s Going To Do Everything He Can To Get 600Breezy Out Of Prison Kodak Black To Remain In Jail After Active Warrants Found 600Breezy Says He’ll Be Released From Jail In A Year, Says Drake Got Him A Good Lawyer 600Breezy Sends Message To Fans During Jail Visit 600Breey Says He Will Be Home In Four Months This entry was posted in Kidd News and tagged jail, kodak black, pompano beach, probation, probation violation. Bookmark the permalink.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1374
__label__cc	0.56564	0.43436	Kategorie BISAC Książki na zamówienie » książki » Social Science - Men's Studies • Nauka [2763085] • Literatura piękna • Turystyka • Informatyka • Komiksy • Encyklopedie • Dziecięca • Hobby • AudioBooki • Literatura faktu • Muzyka CD • Słowniki • Kalendarze • Podręczniki • Poradniki • Religia • Czasopisma • Sztuka • CD, DVD, Video • Technologie • Zdrowie • Książkowe Klimaty • Puzzle, gry Kategorie szczegółowe BISAC Mini faq Książki nowe Codzienna aktualizacja bazy (cen i dostępności) Realizacja zamówienia: ok. 3 tygodni Wycena na życzenie ok. 4-8 tygodni Książki są sprowadzane Przedpłata, dla firm FV 14 dni Nie wysyłamy za pobraniem Kategoria BISAC: Social Science >> Men's Studies ilość książek w kategorii: 1367 Sortowanie domyślneAlfabetycznie: A-ZAlfabetycznie: Z-ACena: od najniższejCena: od najwyższej Wyświetl książki: w regularnej sprzedaży (1359) przed premierą (8) Dostępne języki: Angielski (1309) ilość na stronie: 102030406080100 ISBN: 9780062506061 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. ISBN: 9780062506061/Angielski/Miękka/192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Robert Moore; Douglas Gillette The bestselling, widely heralded, jungian introduction to the psychological foundation of a mature, authentic, and revitalized masculinity. US Guys: The True and Twisted Mind of the American Man From the New York Times bestselling author of Detroit: An American Autopsy A fearless, clear eyed companion into parts of America that rarely see print. Entertainment Weekly Charlie LeDuff has made a career out of his extraordinary ability to capture the spirit of the people and places he profiles. US Guys is his odyssey in search of the truth behind the American man, from a jaded homicide detective in Detroit to a two-bit jockey at a racetrack in Miami to a pair of lovers at a gay rodeo. With audacity, humor, and no small amount of physical pain,... A fearless, clear eyed companion into parts of Americ... Feminism and Masculinities Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Peter F. Murphy This Reader provides an international mixture of the best classic foundational pieces and recent key works that investigate masculinity from a feminist perspective. The chapters examine a wide range of topics including gay liberation, the men's movement, black and working-class masculinities, homophobia and the Internet. This Reader provides an international mixture of the best classic foundational pieces and recent key works that investigate masculinity from a feminis... Rethinking Transnational Men: Beyond, Between and Within Nations Jeff Hearn; Marina Blagojevi; Katherine Harrison The world is becoming more transnational. This edited collection examines how the immense transnational changes in the contemporary world are being produced by and are affecting different men and masculinities. It seeks to shift debates on men, masculinities and gender relations from the strictly local and national context to much greater concern with the transnational and global. Established and rising scholars from Asia, Australia, Europe and North America explore subjects including economies and business corporations; sexualities and the sex trade; information and communication... The world is becoming more transnational. This edited collection examines how the immense transnational changes in the contemporary world are being... Manliness and Civilization: A Cultural History of Gender and Race in the United States, 1880-1917 Gail Bederman; Catharine R. Stimpson When former heavyweight champion Jim Jeffries came out of retirement on the fourth of July, 1910 to fight current black heavywight champion Jack Johnson in Reno, Nevada, he boasted that he was doing it "for the sole purpose of proving that a white man is better than a negro." Jeffries, though, was trounced. Whites everywhere rioted. The furor, Gail Bederman demonstrates, was part of two fundamental and volatile national obsessions: manhood and racial dominance. In turn-of-the-century America, cultural ideals of manhood changed profoundly, as Victorian notions of self-restrained, moral... When former heavyweight champion Jim Jeffries came out of retirement on the fourth of July, 1910 to fight current black heavywight champion Jack Johns... Meanings for Manhood Mark C. Carnes; Clyde Griffen The stereotype of the Victorian man as a flinty, sexually repressed patriarch belies the remarkably wide variety of male behaviors and conceptions of manhood during the mid- to late- nineteenth century. A complex pattern of alternative and even competing behaviors and attitudes emerges in this important collection of essays that points toward a "gendered history" of men. The stereotype of the Victorian man as a flinty, sexually repressed patriarch belies the remarkably wide variety of male behaviors and conceptions of ... Slim's Table: Race, Respectability, and Masculinity Mitchell Duneier; Ovie Carter At the Valois "See Your Food" cafeteria on Chicago's South Side, black and white men gather over cups of coffee and steam-table food. Mitchell Duneier, a sociologist, spent four years at the Valois writing this moving profile of the black men who congregate at "Slim's Table." Praised as "a marvelous study of those who should not be forgotten" by the "Wall Street Journal, ""Slim's Table" helps demolish the narrow sociological picture of black men and simple media-reinforced stereotypes. In between is a "respectable" citizenry, too often ignored and little understood. ""Slim's Table" is an... At the Valois "See Your Food" cafeteria on Chicago's South Side, black and white men gather over cups of coffee and steam-table food. Mitchell Duneier... The Trials of Masculinity: Policing Sexual Boundaries, 1870-1930 Angus McLaren In this path-breaking history of manhood and masculinity, Angus McLaren examines how nineteenth- and twentieth-century western society created what we now take to be the traditional model of the heterosexual male. "Inherently interesting. . . . Exhibitionism, pornography, and deception all have their place here." "Library Journal" "An appealing wealth of evidence of what trials can reveal about the boundaries of men's roles around the turn of the century." "Kirkus Reviews" "It is difficult to imagine a better guide to the most notorious scandals of our great-grandparents' day."... In this path-breaking history of manhood and masculinity, Angus McLaren examines how nineteenth- and twentieth-century western society created what we... With Respect to Sex: Negotiating Hijra Identity in South India Reddy Gayarti With Respect to Sex is an intimate ethnography that offers a provocative account of sexual and social difference in India. The subjects of this study are hijras or the "third sex" of India, individuals who occupy a unique, liminal space between male and female, sacred and profane. Hijras are men who sacrifice their genitalia to a goddess in return for the power to confer fertility on newlyweds and newborn children, a ritual role they are respected for, at the same time as they are stigmatized for their ambiguous sexuality. By focusing on the hijra community, Reddy sheds new light on... With Respect to Sex is an intimate ethnography that offers a provocative account of sexual and social difference in India. The subjects of this... Masculinities in Text and Teaching ISBN: 9780230003415 / Angielski / Twarda / 245 str. ISBN: 9780230003415/Angielski/Twarda/245 str. Ben Knights In a climate of anxiety about boys and reading, this book addresses the gendering of English Studies, drawing on recent research on masculinity. In drawing together the study of text and narrative with insight into the experience of the classroom, this book will be of value to both teachers and students of English Studies. In a climate of anxiety about boys and reading, this book addresses the gendering of English Studies, drawing on recent research on masculinity. In dr... Men and the Language of Emotions Dr Dariusz Galasinski Men and the Language of Emotions challenges the commonly held association of rationality with masculinity, involving distancing from the language of emotions. Drawing on a study of heterosexual men talking about their life and relationships, he demonstrates that men are capable of speaking of emotions, and in direct and uninhibited ways. Men and the Language of Emotions challenges the commonly held association of rationality with masculinity, involving distancing from the language of e... Marked Men: White Masculinity in Crisis Sally Robinson White men still hold most of the political and economic cards in the United States; yet stories about wounded and traumatized men dominate popular culture. Why are white men jumping on the victim bandwagon? Examining novels by Philip Roth, John Updike, James Dickey, John Irving, and Pat Conroy and such films as Deliverance, Misery, and Dead Poets Society--as well as other writings, including The Closing of the American Mind--Sally Robinson argues that white men are tempted by the possibilities of pain and the surprisingly pleasurable tensions that come from living in... White men still hold most of the political and economic cards in the United States; yet stories about wounded and traumatized men dominate popular cul... On Black Men David Marriott Mutilated, dying, or dead, black men play a role in the psychic life of culture. From national dreams to media fantasies, there is a persistent imagining of what black men must be. This book explores the legacy of that role, particularly its violent effect on how black men have learned to see themselves and one another. David Marriott draws upon popular culture, ranging from lynching photographs to current Hollywood film, as well as the ideas of key thinkers, including Frantz Fanon, Richard Wright, James Baldwin, and John Edgar Wideman, to reveal a vicious pantomime of unvarying reification... Mutilated, dying, or dead, black men play a role in the psychic life of culture. From national dreams to media fantasies, there is a persistent imagin... Troubled Fields: Men, Emotions, and the Crisis in American Farming Eric Ramirez-Ferrero In Oklahoma in the 1980s and 1990s, suicide--not accident as previously assumed--was the leading cause of agricultural fatalities among farmers. Men were five times more likely to die by suicide than by accident. What was causing these men--but not women--to want to kill themselves? Ramirez-Ferrero suggests that the root causes lie not in purely economic or personal factors but rather in the processes of modernization. He shows how cultural and social changes have a dramatic effect on men's identities as providers, stewards, and community members. Using emotions and gender as modes of... In Oklahoma in the 1980s and 1990s, suicide--not accident as previously assumed--was the leading cause of agricultural fatalities among farmers. Men w... Where Men Hide James B. Twitchell; Ken Ross "If you ask men if they spend any time hiding, they usually look at you as if you're nuts. 'What, me hide?' But if you ask women whether men hide, they immediately know what you mean."--from Where Men Hide Where Men Hide is a spirited tour of the dark and often dirty places men go to find comfort, camaraderie, relaxation, and escape. Ken Ross's striking photographs and James Twitchell's lively analysis trace the evolution of these virtual caves, and question why they are rapidly disappearing. Ross documents both traditional and contemporary male haunts, such as bars,... "If you ask men if they spend any time hiding, they usually look at you as if you're nuts. 'What, me hide?' But if you ask women whether men hide, the... Male Matters: Masculinity, Anxiety, and the Male Body on the Line Calvin Thomas The contemporary straight white male finds himself, if he finds himself at all, in dilemmas too numerous to mention. Torn between the just charges of feminism, made keenly aware of his heterosexism and his privilege, feeling psycho-analyzed and pilloried and scrutinized to a fare-thee-well, how should he handle his anxiety? According to Calvin Thomas, maybe he shouldn't. Maybe he should embrace his abjection - his cast-off, humiliated, and discounted status - as a way of renegotiating his identity and of interrupting the historical displacement of that status onto the feminine, or the... The contemporary straight white male finds himself, if he finds himself at all, in dilemmas too numerous to mention. Torn between the just charges of ... Brutal: Manhood and the Exploitation of Animals Brian Luke The first integrated theory of manhood's relationship to hunting, animal experimentation, and animal sacrifice In Brutal, Brian Luke explores the gender divide over our treatment of animals, exposing the central role of masculinity in systems of animal exploitation. Employing philosophical analysis, reference to empirical research, and relevant personal experience, Luke develops a new theory of how exploitative institutions do not work to promote human flourishing but instead merely act as support for a particular construction of manhood. The resulting work is of significant... In Brutal, Brian Luke e... A Question of Manhood, Volume 1: A Reader in U.S. Black Men's History and Masculinity, "manhood Rights": The Construction of Black Male History and Ma Earnestine Jenkins; Darlene Clark Hine; Aldon D. Morris Each of these essays illuminates an important dimension of the complex array of Black male experiences as workers, artists, warriors, and leaders. The essays describe the expectations and demands to struggle, to resist, and facilitate the survival of African American culture and community. Black manhood was shaped not only in relation to Black womanhood, but was variously nurtured and challenged, honed and transformed against a backdrop of white male power and domination, and the relentless expectations and demands on them to struggle, resist, and to facilitate the survival of... Each of these essays illuminates an important dimension of the complex array of Black male experiences as workers, artists, warriors, and leaders. ... Rudolph P. Byrd; Beverly Guy-Sheftall "This is a valuable project. The editors are excellent, well-known scholars, and activists in the academy." --Darlene Clark Hine "After looking carefully at Traps' selections, I have to confess that I'm both excited and satisfied by what Rudolph Byrd and Beverly Guy-Sheftall have assembled here from the 19th century to the present. Educators genuinely need a text like this for opening their classroom to critical discussions on the well-worn subjects of race and gender." --Charles Johnson Traps is the first anthology of writings by 19th- and 20th-century African American men... "After looki... A Question of Manhood: A Reader in U.S. Black Men's History and Masculinity Earnestine Jenkins; Darlene Clark Hine; Bill Strickland A Question of Manhood: A Reader in Black Men's History and Masculinity, is the first anthology of historical studies focused on themes and issues central to the construction of Black masculinities. The editors identified these essays from among several hundred articles published in recent years in leading American history journals and academic periodicals. Volume II picks up where volume I left off, continuing to focus on gender by examining the lives of African American men in the tumultuous period following the Civil War through the end of the nineteenth century. The writings included in... 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__label__cc	0.691647	0.308353	Good News for Humankind Search by country, topic, etc. Kindling-written articles Submit good news story Next Systems Timeline of Human Genius Excerpts from “Genius!” ♥ Become a member Home Blog Ayahuasca #4: Poison Ayahuasca #4: Poison Peter Schulte In the throes of the medicine once again, I dry heave over and over and over, my stomach in knots, my mind spinning. No matter what I do I can’t seem to rid myself of some terrible energy deep in my body and psyche. I spend the night in a haze – nauseous, sick, and lost – trying to clear it all out of my system. Unlike all the other nights with the medicine, I barely remember anything. I feel no urge to write anything down. My mind is a daze – apart from one simple idea: Judgment and comparison are poison. Literally, poison. They infect my thoughts and being like a parasite. It is impossible to live from my highest or truest self while operating from a place of judgment and comparison. Every time I compare myself to someone else, I hurt myself. Every time I judge or label someone else as “good” or “bad”, I hurt myself and do them a disservice, failing to see them as the complex, layered soul they are. My obsessive need to place these labels of “good”, “bad”, “better”, “worse” on myself and others is always, always, always ultimately about my own shame and feelings of worthlessness. These labels are weapons I employ to protect myself from sharp painful feelings. But ultimately these labels, this mindset, just ensure that the pain stays with me at a low-level, always operating on me insidiously just below the surface. As I sit here writing, I feel I haven’t really explained why and how judgment and comparison are poison. There are a few connecting dots that I haven’t been able to articulate or rationalize. But whatever happened to me that night did not produce a rationale explanation for me that I can tie up with a neat boy. No, it seared this insight into me as a felt experience in my bones, like an emotional memory that exists before and beyond any rational thought process, that you can feel in your gut. The last thing I remember from that night, a new mantra: I am not good. I am not bad. I belong. I am enough. From that place, I have no need to condemn or diminish someone, no need to judge myself as lacking compared with someone I admire, no need to justify or quantify my own value to myself by showing how I excel where others fail. From that place, I can accept the world around me as it is and myself as I am. In doing so, I finally breathe out decades of anxiety, stress, and self-imposed burdens and expectations. I breathe in peace and possibility. I see the whole world in an entirely new light, with the freshest eyes and clearest mind in my life. Sign up for our newsletterGood news and social progress from around the world. Once a week. Always 100% free. Your email here! SUBSCRIBE NOWForm is being submitted, please wait a bit. I consent to receiving weekly emails from Kindling. Peter Schulte is the founder and editor of Kindling. Peter is also Senior Digital Engagement Associate for the Pacific Institute and the UN Global Compact's CEO Water Mandate, connecting businesses to sustainable water practices. Peter holds a B.S. in Conservation and Resource Studies and a B.A. in Comparative Literature from University of California, Berkeley, and an M.B.A. in Sustainable Systems from Pinchot University. He lives in Bellingham, WA, USA with his wife, son, and cat. Time is not a flat circle Should we celebrate inadequate progress? WELCOME TO KINDLING! We showcase social progress from around the world and throughout history so that you can transform outrage and despair into hope, possibility, and action. + Free newsletter Good news from around the world. Once a week. Get exclusive content. Help spread the good news. Good news and social progress from around the world. Once a week. Always 100% free. Kindling is a 501(c)(3) non-profit online magazine and newsletter for humanity's evolution based in Bellingham, WA, USA. We showcase social progress from around the world and throughout history so that you can transform outrage and despair into hope, possibility, and action. © 2020 Kindling SIGN UP FOR OUR GOOD NEWS NEWSLETTER This site uses cookies to give you a good user experience. If you continue viewing the Kindling website, we'll assume you are OK with that.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1378
__label__wiki	0.717497	0.717497	Five drug companies stop making fentanyl for Canadian market Some drug companies are pulling fentanyl patches and tablets from the Canadian market, the prescription variety of an opioid implicated in a growing number of overdose deaths nationwide. With public fear about the highly addictive painkiller rising, and doctors cracking down on prescribing all opioids in the face of the deadly drug crisis, the move could be a reflection of a market drying up, says an official with an umbrella group for pharmacists. “I think we can all agree it (fentanyl) is a challenging prescription now to issue,” said Allan Malek, vice-president of the Ontario Pharmacists Association and its chief pharmacy officer. “My guess is that they (the drug companies) may be seeing a decline in the number of prescriptions, so I think the market may be having an impact. The profitability may be declining,” he said. Mandatory filings by the companies with a website set up by Health Canada show five drug companies have stopped production of fentanyl, each citing unspecified “business reasons.” Paladin Lab discontinued five strengths of fentanyl tablets last July, followed by Janssen, Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Canada and Canadian drug giant Apotex stopping production on various strengths of fentanyl patches since late 2018. “This was a very small product for us in Canada and I think, most importantly, there are lots of other options for patients,” said Apotex vice-president Jordan Berman, adding the fact fentanyl is an opioid didn’t factor into the decision. “We were a smaller player . . . We’ve done this with many other products,” he said. The fentanyl common on the streets often originates in clandestine labs without quality controls. But prescription-grade fentanyl also can be diverted to the street, adding to the problem. Prescriptions for fentanyl patches are becoming increasingly rare amid concerns about their overdose potential and the broader move toward doctors tightening prescriptions of narcotics, said a longtime London independent pharmacist. “In the last several years, things have changed markedly with that drug,” said Jeff Robb, owner of Turner Drug Store. “We see it much less now. It’s generally just used in end-of-life, palliative care pain management. There are some clients that still require it for chronic severe pain, but most physicians now are very reluctant to prescribe it,” he said. The prescription patches deliver controlled doses of fentanyl through the skin and differ from much of the street-grade drug, made in illegal labs. In a bid to prevent patches from being abused, Ontario requires patients prescribed the patches to return the used ones to their pharmacy before receiving new ones. Jannsen, Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Paladin Labs and Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals did not respond to requests for comment. In an email, Innovative Medicines Canada – the trade association for Canadian pharmaceutical companies – wrote it’s unable to comment on the commercial activities of its members. Drug companies weigh many factors when deciding to pull a product, Malek said, but the opioid crisis and actions to curb it could be factors in the discontinuation of fentanyl production. Public misconceptions about prescription fentanyl, its legitimate medical uses and how it differs from the illegal variety, could also be reducing demand, Malek said. “I think there’s a fear and I think prescribers are now more nervous about prescribing it because they could be sensing that their patients aren’t going to want it or they themselves are nervous about what could happen,” he said. Liability and public image concerns might also be factors for the drug companies, with the potential for the highly-addictive painkiller to be abused, diverted to the streets or overdosed on, Malek said. The fallout of the national opioid crisis – blamed for more than 11,500 deaths across Canada since 2016 – is being felt in Southwestern Ontario, including in both London and Windsor where overdose deaths reached record levels in 2018. A 2018 Ontario study found more than half the opioid overdose deaths in 2016 involved prescription drugs. A third of the deaths involved people with an active opioid prescription. About fentanyl A hyper-potent, lab-made opioid 100 times more powerful than morphine Prescription fentanyl can come in tablet, injectable or patch form and is most often reserved for severe pain management in end-of-life care. Illicit fentanyl is made in clandestine labs without the same dosing or quality oversight drug manufacturers have. Five drug companies have stopped producing fentanyl patches and tablets for the Canadian market since July 2018. Communities 'dumbfounded' by London's casino cold shoulder Farmer to be sentenced for son's death in landmark case Threats by Prince Harry, Meghan to sue media over photos might find sympathy in B.C. ...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1395
__label__cc	0.541392	0.458608	What is the creative device naming used for text generation in Pelevin's S.N.U.F.F.? What is the proper, published, translation in the only AFAIK existing English version of the book S.N.U.F.F. by Victor Pelevin? Grim uploaded the germ of his perplexity and sadness in the creative unit, touched axes "heartier", "sincerier" and then the sub-axis "salinger", which popped in the terminal sectors of the intimate afterburner. This software takes into consideration everything ever said by humans, all the countless choice of meanings they made during centuries as were retained in information archives. It was as if Grim's fingers controlled an army of dead souls, who would move word cubicles for him. (found about somewhere about the beginning of the last fifth of the book; but Pelevin mentions this device many times throughout the book). Side note: while back in 2012 this device seemed a total fiction, today there are recent scientific methods indeed allowing generating meaningful texts with a design to perfect this routines. russian-literature translation victor-pelevin s-n-u-f-f J. Doe J. DoeJ. Doe Could you indicate approximately where in the book this quote appears (e.g. chapter number at least, page number if possible)? Would make it easier for people to track down the quote for translation. – Rand al'Thor Nov 23 '17 at 10:26 thank you @Randal'Thor; this device is an important concept in the book and is referenced many times; following your advice, I did my best to point out the place of this specific and as appears to me most prominent quote. – J. Doe Nov 23 '17 at 10:43 Heartier, sincerer, and salinger is clearly one of those coincidences that happen in translation. I first took it to mean more hearty, more sincere, and more saling. – Peter Shor Nov 24 '17 at 12:32 a nice one; but still, and therefore, I am really eager to find out the "official" version – J. Doe Nov 24 '17 at 12:38 You are talking about the English word used in the Bromfield translation? – SAH Aug 7 '18 at 20:22 Browse other questions tagged russian-literature translation victor-pelevin s-n-u-f-f or ask your own question. What are the challenges in translating a work of literature? For works translated by the original author, how common is it for additional translations to exist? What might these translation add? Does the text support the theory that Arata the Hunchback killed this character? What word was used for “anisotropic” in the original Russian text of “Hard to Be a God”? What is the narrative device that involves using inconsequential elements in the story? Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin, the “lost” chapter 10 Does a translation editor need to know the language of the source document? What is a “proem”, and why was this word used in the translation of the Kalevala? What is the name for the books with side-by-side bilingual text? What is the text Ivan refers to in the preface to the Grand Inquisitor	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1400
__label__wiki	0.538433	0.538433	Library Of CongressPublic Domain ArchivePart of PICRYL.com. Not developed or endorsed by the Library of Congress photo_albumStories infoAbout star_rateUpgrade Homechevron_right Public Domain Search ultra high resolution albert schatz collection amynt anton anno barnabas dämel canabus der xiii die goldene insel operetten burleske All: 58Images: 16Texts: 42Collections Indian encampment, Dalles of the Columbia, May 1860 [Scene on the Columbia River at the Dalles with tipi in the middle distance] Panoramic view of the city of The Dalles, Or. county seat of Wasco County 1884. Views of Dalles of the St. Louis River / photographed by T.W. Ingersoll, St. Paul. Native with dugout canoe-Celilo-Columbia River, 1897 / [Gi]fford, The Dalles, Or. Steamer from Moffitt's Landing, The Dalles, Oregon A Klickitat brave / Gifford, The Dalles, Oregon. [Half-length portrait of Indian with decorated face, feather and bead ornaments, seated, facing right] / D.D. Wilder, The Dalles, Ore., photographer, novelties, Indian curios. [The Dalles and Mt. Hood from the north side of the Columbia River] Opening the Dalles - Celilo Canal, May, 1915 Cottage in the Oregon city of The Dalles (which rhymes with "pals," not the city of Dallas, Texas). The Dalles' name dervices from the French word for rapids, which are plentiful on the Columbia River that passes by the city Mural: "Old Wasco County, 1854-1859" in The Dalles (which rhymes with "pals," not the city of Dallas, Texas) portraying Wasco County historical events. The Dalles, whose name comes from the French word for rapids, which are plentiful on the Columbia River that passes by the city, is the Wasco County seat The Dalles Dam spans the Columbia River, two miles from the city of The Dalles, Oregon Even a parking lot in the Oregon city of The Dalles (which rhymes with "pals," not the city of Dallas, Texas) gets an interesting decoration, suggesting Oregon's spectacular Mount Hood. The Dalles' name derives from the French word for rapids, which are plentiful on the Columbia River that passes by the city Die goldene Insel Operetten-Burleske in einem Akt Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Dalles, The, Polk County, Oregon Dalles / Stanley del. ; Sarony, Major & Knapp, Liths. 449 Broadway, N.Y. The objects in this archive are from Library of Congress - the nation’s first established cultural institution and the largest library in the world, with millions of items including books, recordings, photographs, maps and manuscripts in its collections. The Library provides Congress, the federal government and the American people with a rich, diverse and enduring source of knowledge to inform, inspire and engage them and support their intellectual and creative endeavors. Disclaimer: A work of the Library of Congress is "a work prepared by an officer or employee" of the federal government "as part of that person's official duties." In general, under section 105 of the Copyright Act, such works are not entitled to domestic copyright protection under U.S. law and are therefore in the public domain. This website is developed as a part of the world's largest public domain archive, PICRYL.com, and not developed or endorsed by the Library of Congress, https://www.picryl.com ww2 in color cartoons commentary glass negatives Developed by GetArchive, 2015-2019 shareShare/Copy URL codeEmbed Code	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1404
__label__wiki	0.548382	0.548382	Newsrooms should strengthen relationships among community members, report recommends Photo by Abrinsky/CC By Jessica Mahone, Democracy Fund Public Square Research Associate Conversations between academic research and local newsrooms are often siloed. Interesting and useful findings from research are trapped in long papers that those in local newsrooms may not know about or have time to sift through. This series, Research Roundup, highlights some key findings from recent research and what they could mean for those working in local news. This month on Research Roundup, we’re featuring research on engagement in TV newsrooms, engagement with marginalized communities in solutions journalism reporting, and how citizen journalists view sources and relationship building. Collaborate and Listen In honor of the News Integrity Initiative’s “The Year of Listening” and the announcement of the Community Listening and Engagement Fund (learn how to apply here), we’re featuring research on engaging marginalized communities and how TV newsrooms approach engagement through interactive digital content. The articles featured below are behind a paywall but can often be accessed by contacting the authors directly. (Important note for those that want more specific details — some identifying information, such as the names of news organizations or locations, are not specified in the papers due to practices to ensure that peer review processes remain blind. The goal is to ensure that reviewers cannot identify authors and will instead judge works based on their quality, rather than who the authors are.) A Community Responds to Stigmatized Coverage Engaging Stigmatized Communities Through Solutions Journalism: Residents of South Los Angeles Respond, Journalism, Andrea Wenzel, Daniela Gerson, Evelyn Moreno, Minhee Son, Breanna Morrison Hawkins A version of this paper is also available from the Tow Center for Digital Journalism. (Full disclosure: Daniela Gerson is a senior fellow for Democracy Fund.) Solutions journalism is a form of reporting that blends in-depth exploration of social problems with reporting on potential solutions to those problems, with a goal of moving people from being informed about issues to being engaged in addressing them. In a series of focus groups with African American and LatinX community members from South Los Angeles, the authors find general dissatisfaction with negative reporting about their community and a positive response to a solutions journalism report about turning abandoned lots in their community into parks. Building on this, the authors found: Many community members said that the story about converting abandoned lots to parks inspired them to look for ways to volunteer in support of the initiative. Although community members were generally supportive of the idea of solutions journalism, some worried that focusing on specific solutions might result in coverage that ignores detailed exploration of the roots of problems. The article itself offers some recommendations for newsrooms that are interested in exploring solutions journalism. Among these, the authors suggest: Focus not only on strengthening relationships between the newsroom and the community but also relationships among stakeholders in the community. Avoid choosing “characters” in stories because while this practice may attract attention to a story, it often reproduces negative stereotypes about the community. For more information about incorporating engagement into your newsroom through solutions journalism, check out the work of the Solutions Journalism Network, especially their Learning Lab for producing solutions journalism stories and their Solutions Story Tracker for examples of solutions journalism articles. Using Social Media and User-Generated Content for Engagement in Local TV News Experimenting with Interaction: TV News Efforts to Invite Audiences into the Broadcast and Their Effects, Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, Brittany Pieper McElroy TV newsrooms are increasingly using digital content to interact with audiences before, during, and after newscasts. Through interviews with 12 employees from three different TV newsrooms, the author finds that incorporating audience engagement in content production is a balancing act. Employees have to juggle bringing in new audience members while not alienating traditional viewers. The author specifically found: Experimenting with digital and social media content online is rarely cost-intensive, and often, the biggest expense is employees’ time. Practices that can be built into reporters’ regular routines tend to work best. Interactive content that tells more of the story and builds on original reporting is more effective than interactive content for the sake of interaction. Content that exists solely for the purpose of interaction tends to drive away traditional audience members. One of the things emphasized in the paper was that not all interaction is valuable. Topics like politics often increase engagement, but it is often in the form of negative comments. Additionally, care should be taken about incorporating interactive content into news routines. Some specific guidelines that emerged from this study include: Newsrooms should be thoughtful about how user-generated content is incorporated into news content. In this paper, one newsroom experimented with weather reports filmed by audience members on their phones. They found that these did not generate positive engagement when aired as part of broadcasts. Newsrooms should not assume that something which plays well with digital audiences will resonate with broadcast audiences. Daily interactive features, such as webcasts, tend to perform well with those who don’t regularly view TV news broadcasts, but do not tend to play as well with the audience as a whole. This is particularly important for retaining traditional audience members and keeping them engaged with interactive features. McElroy notes that user-generated content such as videos and social media posts has been one area of interactivity that has grown more prevalent in news content, particularly for breaking news. As a result, the role of media as gatekeepers to information is changing. However, news media still have a role to play in acting as primary gatekeepers, and user-generated content still should be vetted and verified for accuracy and authenticity before a news organization uses it in reporting. Nieman Reports has a comprehensive guide to understanding and vetting user-generated content. For more on how TV stations are engaging audiences see this post on one year of innovation at TEGNA. Do you have a project or paper that the audience of the Local News Lab would be interested in? Is there something that you want to know more about from local news related-research? Let us know at localnewslab@democracyfund.org. Jessica Mahone is the Research Associate for the Public Square program at Democracy Fund. Previously, she was a researcher with the News Measures Research Project at Duke University and a temporary Research Associate in journalism at Pew Research Center. Her research interests are varied but center around local news, civic engagement, and diversity in media.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1407
__label__cc	0.729518	0.270482	Recent Loud Life Work Loud Life Productions was thrilled to partner with Lakeland Electric recently in producing a series of videos highlighting the topic of energy efficiency and electric demand. Featuring Lakeland actors Nate Fleming and Cameron Smith, who are both known for their work with Swan City Improv, the short films are both humorous (of course!) and engaging. You can watch several of the videos here on Lakeland Electric’s Facebook page, but we’ve included one for you to check out below. You’re Not the Hero, You’re the Guide Generally speaking, advertisements fall into one of three categories: to inform, persuade, or remind viewers about a product or service. And, of course, the easiest way to do this is attempting to convince a potential customer that her life is lacking in some way… her hair is frizzy and untamed. Her wardrobe is outdated (…and speaking of clothes- she’s not fooling anyone by layering that cardigan over her spaghetti-stained blouse!). Her car is one more breakdown away from imminent death. Her recipes are insufficient to keep the kids healthy. Once you’ve convinced her that she’s somehow failing at life, she’s exponentially more likely to buy your shampoo, jeans, laundry detergent, new minivan, and meal service subscription. Quite frankly, you are the hero she has so desperately needed to help her get her life together- finally. What companies often fail to consider, however, is one simple fact: no one wants to be a victim. We don’t like to feel insufficient. We’d rather our mistakes and shortcomings fly under the radar, rather than feeling “called out” during every single commercial break. And, while we’re talking about trying to see things from our audience’s perspective, let’s remember that potential customers don’t really care to listen to a company drone on and on about how wonderful they are, and how great their product is. Sure, sometimes it’s important to briefly explain why your company or product is superior to its competitors. But using up 60 seconds of a 90 second radio ad to list your business’s awards and accolades is not only going to annoy your listeners, it’s also going to cause them to zone out or change the channel… and that’s the last thing we want, right? People don’t need a hero when it comes to choosing laundry detergent- they need to BE the hero of their own story. (Well, unless their laundry basket is filled with capes and tights… then, maybe a superhero’s perspective would be valuable?) More importantly, they need a guide. They need someone to validate their struggles and help them to find a better, easier, and more effective way to wash their clothes. So, when you’re reviewing marketing strategies and find yourself itching to leap tall buildings in a single bound, remember: You’re not the hero, you’re the guide. In the Community: Lakeland Economic Development Council Website Update Recently, the Lakeland Economic Development Council’s website underwent an extensive renovation. The finished product was a collaborative effort between Catapult members JD Arbuckle of Smart Inbound Marketing, Jon Sierra of Sierra Creative, and Loud Life Productions. “Their team did an amazing job streamlining resources and highlighting the most important information,” said JD Arbuckle. “In turn, we created a design and platform that showcased all the best Lakeland has to offer, along with valuable tools for businesses and community members.” In addition to the sleek and streamlined new design, the LEDC’s website boasts some impressive statistics about the City of Lakeland. Check it out here: http://lakelandedc.com. More Loud Life People This personal brand video was a dream! We wanted Lindsay's audience to see all her many talents, but also what it took to get there. Whenever I get to meet artists, I'm always inspired by their backstory and Lindsay's story was no different. She often gets referred to... The whimsical side of Chelsea Victoria Photography Chelsea Victoria Photography is a successful lifestyle and event photographer in South Florida, celebrating her 10th year of taking gorgeous portraits. She is highly recommended by wedding wire for her wedding photography, and really captures people and moments... Girl on Fire – Lindsay Johnson I first met Lindsay in college. You couldn't miss her with her hippy outfits and huge upright bass that she would lug around campus. What captured me the most; however, was that she always exuded confidence and self awareness. I have been watching Lindsay perform for... The Loud Life People – Natalya Clemens I am relentlessly curious. Some may even use the word nosy. Either way, I have always been fascinated by people and their story. I am a avid journal writer and once my mom gave me her typewriter in middle school I dabbled in writing fiction, albeit mostly about... That Loud Life Guy – Jamie Clemens I identify as a water kid. 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LGBTQIAP YA 2020 Preview: January-June December 23, 2019 Dahlia Adler 4 Comments There’s a New Queer Year upon us, and so much goodness within it can hardly be contained in a single post! Below are 72 (!) new US and UK YA titles releasing in the next six months, filled with representation across genres and genders, races and orientations. If you’re looking for trends and landmarks, as I always do, you might notice the continued rise of queer (and especially Sapphic) YA fantasy, or the record-setting number of trans guy protags, or the first traditionally published bigender and demiboy MCs in YA. You might notice that a significant number of these books are set outside the US (yes, even the ones publishing there), and that you know some of these authors names quite well but have never seen them write queer YA before. You might notice that these covers are particularly phenomenal, so a huge shoutout to everyone responsible for them. (You can find info on a bunch of them here.) (You also might notice that this post was a ton of work, so please do avail yourself of those affiliate links for Amazon and especially IndieBound and preorder yourself some goodness while also helping financially support the site!) Scavenge the Stars by Tara Sim (January 7) Moving on from her m/m fantasy series with a bang, Sim tackles a retelling of The Count of Monte Cristo with a literal vengeance, alternating between the points of view of Amaya, who’s been in servitude on a debtors’ ship for way too long, and Cayo, who’s in a similarly precarious though far more privileged situation, especially when someone he cares about is harmed. When she finds an opportunity for revenge and he falls into her crosshairs, sparks fly in all the ways, which is perhaps inconveniently timed for all the betrayal going on around them. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) We Used to Be Friends by Amy Spalding (January 7) Relationship breakups may be heavily covered in YA, but friendship breakup stories are still few and far between. Enter the story of James and Kat, two girls who were once beyond close and now watch their friendship unravel as college nears. Things are complicated for both girls: James’s mother has left her and her father for another guy, and she doesn’t know how to talk about it, not even to Kat or her still-too-present ex, Logan. Kat’s discovering that her feelings for her new friend Quinn aren’t strictly “friendly,” and in fact, she’s realizing she’s bisexual and falling head over heels for a girl. It’s a bittersweet story to be sure, and while it definitely has its fun scenes, close moments, painful familial interactions, and tingly romance (what Spalding book doesn’t??), you’ll spend much of the book wishing you could push the characters together and say “Just talk already”…but isn’t that exactly how life goes? (Amz\|B&N\|IB) 19 Love Songs by David Levithan (January 7) If you’re a fan of queer YA, it’s a pretty safe bet you’re familiar with this particular pioneer of it, which will make this short story collection all the sweeter. Want to revisit “A” of the Every Day series? How about the characters of Two Boys Kissing? Or would you rather meet some new romantics entirely? Perhaps some non-fiction? Maybe even verse? This book inspired by Levithan’s tradition of his writing his friends a story each Valentine’s Day has got a little something for everybody, whether or not you’ll find a paper heart on your desk come February 14. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) Lie to Me by Kaitlin Ward (January 7) The author who brought you lesbians surviving a bloody apocalypse is back with a main character named Amelia who’s questioning a whole lot more than her sexuality (though there is that too); when she wakes up in the hospital in recovery from a fall, she doesn’t remember a thing…except that she was pushed, no matter how hard everyone else tries to deny it. The only person she can trust to help her find the truth is her new boyfriend, Liam, but maybe she doesn’t want the truth…or maybe trying to find it will be the last thing she ever does. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) Dark and Deepest Red by Anna-Marie McLemore (January 14) This newest McLemore title will make their fourth queer book in four years, and I think I can safely speak on behalf of the entire queer community when I say we are emphatically lucky for it. (And that there’s no sign of them letting up, either, with at least two more queer books slated for the next couple of years.) While McLemore generally writes with a sort of timelessness, this romantic and magical dual-timeline narrative is half set in 1518 Strasbourg, inspired by the dancing plague, where it stars a Romani cis girl in love with a trans boy, and half set in modern day, where centuries later, dancing fever threatens to return to Rosella Oliva, who happens to have the affectionate of attention of Emil, descendant of that same Romani family and the only one who might know how to help her. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) Infinity Son by Adam Silvera (January 14) That’s right, your contemporary (and so lightly speculative it’s basically contemporary) fave is diving headfirst into magical fantasy with his fifth book, and while it’s definitely a departure, there’s plenty you’ll recognize, including characters from the Bronx, diverse racial representation, and, of course, queer main characters. And yes, that’s an intentional plural! There are four points of view in this series opener: brothers Emil (who’s gay) and Brighton, who are obsessed with the powerful Spell Walkers and anxiously awaiting the discovery of whether or not they’ll be among them when their eighteenth birthday hits; Maribelle, who’s already a super well-known Spell Walker, and Ness, who’s…complicated. (And bisexual, as is Maribelle.) The Spell Walkers aren’t the only magical game in town, though, and having to watch their backs from the magic-siphoning Specters is getting both tiring and violent. When one of the twins’ (and only one’s) powers manifest during a fight, it rocks their world, especially when it turns out his powers are greater than anyone could’ve imagined, and it’s about to land them both in an all-out war. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) Spellhacker by M.K. England (January 21) If you dig SFF with a heavy dose of shenanigans, England is your author. Here they’re jumping from sci-fi over to fantasy but maintaining the zany, troublesome cast, led by Diz, who, together with her three best friends, make their cash the less-than-legal way by siphoning highly illegal maz, aka magic, which used to be free to all but has now gone the way of the drug trade. When they uncover an explosive new strain, it’s up to Diz and her gang to dig into the conspiracy behind it and save the world as they know it. Is there also a little time for kissing with one of those friends, nonbinary spellweaver Remi? There might be. Theeeeeere might be. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) Blood Sport by Tash McAdam (January 28) Finally, ’tis the year for trans guy main characters, and Canada’s kicking us off with this intense contemporary thriller about a grieving trans boy named Jason who’s out to prove his sister’s death was no accident. When a clue leads him to a boxing gym, Jason finds not just a mystery but a pastime he actually enjoys, especially given he’s got plenty of experience fighting. But balancing his (actually pretty wonderfully affirming) new friendships with his deadly quest might be more than he can handle. This is a hi-lo title, meaning it’s specifically designed for “high-interest, low-reading level” book lovers, and it definitely delivers when it comes to pacing, action, mystery, and representation. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) Blood Countess by Lana Popović (January 28) This f/f YA horror set in 17th century Hungary recounts the story of a scullery maid working for Countess Elizabeth Báthory, which is just about the most awesome damn thing I’ve ever heard. (I am here for allll the horrifying and bloody Sapphic villains, to be clear.) But Anna doesn’t stay a scullery maid for long, because when Elizabeth takes a shine to her, she promotes her to chambermaid and keeps her, uh, pretty close. Close enough that Anna is drifting completely away from her old life to be absorbed into the countess’s, until she realizes she’s nothing more than a prisoner. And there’s nothing to keep a prisoner safe from becoming a serial killer’s next victim. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) Belle Révolte by Linsey Miller (February 4) Fresh off one of my favorite YA fantasy duologies of all time, queer or otherwise (though it is most definitely queer), Miller is back with another magic-filled fantasy with a dual-POV, one of which belongs to a biromantic ace girl named Annette who comes from humble beginnings but gets a chance to shed them and pursue her love of the Midnight Arts when our other heroine, the aristocratic Emilie, begs her to do an identity swap so she can run off to become one of the few female students of medicine. (And might there be an attractive, charming, and intelligent trans guy at that school? There might.) As the land around them tilts toward revolution, both Emilie and Annette will have to figure out their places and how to work together to bring peace and justice. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper (February 4) This is a lovely and bighearted debut chock full of space nerdery, big dreams, new beginnings, and social media scandal. Cal’s life is completely uprooted when his dad shocks them all by being chosen for a space mission, something his family had never taken seriously as a lifelong dream. Worst of all, he’s forbidden from documenting life in the new compound, forcing him to leave his massive social media following behind. On the bright side, there’s Leon, son of another astronaut on the program and immediate thief of Cal’s heart. But when things go awry in the program and secrets are revealed, Cal will have to decide exactly what he’s willing to do to get the truth out there, and who he’s willing to lose. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) Wranglestone by Darren Charlton (February 6) The post-apocalyptic zombie-filled UK YA debut stars Peter, a resident of a community called Wranglestone that’s survived thus far by living in a national park surrounded by water that serves as a barrier to the Dead. But when winter comes and the water ices over, the water can no longer save them…and Peter puts them all in grave danger by bringing in a stranger. Now he’s been exiled, and all he can do is help Cooper, the rancher he’s been crushing on forever, herd the dead before the lake completely ices over. But as the two work together and fall for each other, they uncover a dark secret that’ll change everything. (The Book Depository) Ink in the Blood by Kim Smejkal (February 11) Celia and Anna are “inklings,” Profeta devotees who use magic to tattoo flowers that represent the will of the Divine and steer the inked to action. Once upon a time they believed like everyone else that it was a noble calling, but now they know the truth: that their marks strip away free will and the temple is actually a prison. When they finally get a chance to escape, it seems like a bright future is ahead…until the very deity they sought to escape comes a-calling. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow (February 25) Janelle “Ellie” Baker is a Black demisexual girl living in a center in NYC controlled by the Ilori, aliens who invaded Earth two years earlier and who keep all humans in fear of death by punishing emotional transgressions by death. All manners of art are illegal, but Ellie flouts the rules with a secret library…a library from which a book disappears, putting her life on the line. In fact, lab-born M0Rr1S is sent to bring her to her death, but he has his own “moral failing”: he’s obsessed with human music. Together, they bond over their love of the forbidden arts and embark on a dangerous road trip, armed with books and music, toward a destination thousands of miles away that may be their only hope for salvation. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) Havenfall by Sara Holland (March 3) The Inn at Havenfall has protected refugees for generations, with one major rule: if you disrupt the peace, you are never to come back. Maddie loves it at the inn, where her uncle serves at innkeeper, as she will too someday; it’s an escape from her traumatic family, the place where she fell in love with soldier boy Brekken, and her future. But then the peace is completely shattered by a murder, and now her uncle is injured, Brekken is missing, and Maddie is in charge, which means she’s the one who has to learn the truth of what’s happened…together with Taya, a new staff member at the inn who’s both way too compelling and knows too much. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski (March 3) The Winner’s Curse happens to be my favorite YA fantasy series, so I am especially thrilled to see Rutkoski return with a new one that’s f/f! It stars Nirrim, who lives in a shady society with strict rules for all but those of high status; someone like Nirrim isn’t allowed to enjoy so much as a cupcake. Then she meets Sid, a charming traveler who encourages her to seek out the same magic the High Caste enjoys. It’ll mean giving up her old life, and on the suggestion of someone who probably can’t be trusted. But both the head and heart want what they want… (Amz\|B&N\|IB) Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales (March 3) Grease goes gay YA in this rom-com about two boys whose dreamy summer fling comes crashing into a harsh reality when our lead, Oliver, transfers to Will’s school thanks to a family crisis-driven move, only to find out Will isn’t Out and isn’t about to be. As Ollie finds his own ways to settle in, he can’t seem to shake Will’s presence. But whether there’s a future for them remains to be seen. This sophomore novel is warmly delightful and delightfully warm, with some tears on the side for the aforementioned family crisis, and some hard-earned queer solidarity is the icing on the cake. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) Witches of Ash & Ruin by E. Latimer (March 3) 2019 and 2020 are truly the years of the Sapphic YA witches, and we are here for every single one. Latimer’s debut utilizes ancient Celtic mythology in its story of Dayna, a girl with somatic OCD who’s just been outed as bi in her conservative Irish town and seen her long-lost mom return. But the only things she really wants to focus on is that she about to finally become a full witch, at least until another coven comes to town and gets in her way. Worst of all is the granddaughter of the coven’s leader, Meiner King, who’s charming, maddening, and Dayna’s only hope at helping her find a serial killer who’s returned to targeting witches. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) The Winter Duke by Claire Eliza Bartlett (March 3) Ekata lives in perpetual danger, but when her brother is named heir to the dukedom of Kylma Above, she’ll finally be able to leave her deadly family for good, even if it means leaving behind everything else she loves. Then her entire family falls under a mysterious sleeping sickness, and Ekata alone is left to be duke and to find a cure. At least it comes with one perk: she also gets her brother’s warrior bride, which will have to make up for the fact that the rest of her life is now filled with diplomacy, war, power, war, and magic she’s never wanted and will now have to learn to use to her advantage if she’s going to survive. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) When We Were Magic by Sarah Gailey (March 3) What do you do when you’re conquering the hell out of adult SFF? If you’re Gailey, who barely seems to need to breathe before authoring another critically acclaimed novel of awesomeness, you come to the place the real magic happens: YA! Their debut young adult novel brings together a group of magical girls who accidentally kill a boy on prom night and have to work together to fix it. Unfortunately, it’s not going so well, and it makes things a little more complicated each time they fail, which sucks since things were already a little complicated what with Alexis being in love with her best friend and all. Yikes all around? Yikes all around. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) All the Invisible Things by Orlagh Collins (March 3) This bi YA may not be new to the UK, but it’s newly jumping over the pond to the US this year, and I am very grateful for that! It stars sixteen-year-old Vetty, who’s kept things pretty close to the vest since her mom died and her family relocated. But now, four years later, they’re moving back to their old neighborhood, and that means Vetty just might start to get her life back. Item one on the agenda? Reconnecting with Pez, her childhood best friend. But Pez has changed a lot in the last four years, and it isn’t easy to find who he was beneath who he’s become. It is, unfortunately, easy to fall for March, who happens to be Pez’s girlfriend. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) The Love Hypothesis by Laura Steven (March 5) Speaking of UK YA by authors who’ve crossed into the US (though not with this title yet, so hint hint, American publishers!), Steven’s first queer YA is a bi rom-com about a physics genius named Caro who’s crushing it at school but not so much at romance. Then she figures out how to use her academic skills to help her love life, and finds herself in a new sort of mess: juggling her new relationship with her longtime crush (and whether or not the feelings are real) with the fact that she’s suddenly into her female best friend. How much is the experiment and how much is her heart? Can’t wait to find out! (The Book Depository) Super Adjacent by Crystal Cestari (March 17) Claire is a superhero fangirl, a card-carrying member of Warrior Nation. And when she finds an unexpected way (with some unexpected help) into winning an internship with the Chicago WarNat branch, it should be everything she’s ever dreamed of. But that unexpected help is proving very difficult to work with; it’s in the form of Girl Power (aka Joy), the newest hero and a pain in Claire’s butt. A very, very cute pain in Claire’s butt. But distraction or no distraction, Claire’s determined to prove herself, especially when she and Bridgette, a WarNat, who’s tired of being “the girlfriend” to an even more famous hero, decides to mentor her and they end up having to be exactly the heroes Chicago needs. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) We Were Promised Spotlights by Lindsay Sproul (March 24) The cover of Sproul’s historical (Yep, 1999 counts as that now) debut may be dreamy, but having a crush on your best friend? Is kind of a nightmare. Such is the situation for Taylor, who’s queen of her high school both literally and figuratively, but isn’t interested in settling for a cozy life of 2.5 kids and a dental hygienist job with a homecoming king. The time has come for Taylor to move the hell on from her school, her town, her boyfriend, and Susan…but how? (Amz\| B&N\|IB) Look by Zan Romanoff (March 31) Lulu may be a bit of a social media celebrity, but That Video wasn’t meant for public consumption, and it certainly wasn’t meant for her boyfriend to see. But anyway, it’s all happened and then suddenly there’s Cass, a girl who doesn’t care about Lulu’s online fame, or about online fame at all. She only cares about getting to know Lulu at The Hotel, and Old Hollywood-style spot that’s become Lulu’s dream getaway from it all. But can she really get out of the spotlight, or is she doomed to become a social media cautionary tale? What will it take for Lulu to get her own life back? (Amz\|B&N\|IB) We Are Totally Normal by Rahul Kanakia (March 31) One of my favorite things about how much queer YA we get these years is that we’re finally allowed to have the messy stuff, the representation that isn’t the neatest and most pristine and clear cut and dare I say the whitest? In no 2020 YA that I’ve read is this more evident than in Kanakia’s sophomore, about a boy named Nandan who surprises everyone, including himself, by hooking up with new boy Dave. But what starts with him being pretty chill about this development starts to increase his anxiety about what it means that he’s now with a guy. Is he bisexual? Is he in it to be more interesting? Is he always going to be “different” now, even more than before? So many questions and no great answers, but exploring the complexity of it all is the beauty of this book. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) Music from Another World by Robin Talley (March 31) Talley is one of queer YA’s most prolific genre jumpers, but she seems to be making herself beautifully at home in historical with this follow-up to 2018’s Pulp, again set amid a context of vital queer American history. This time around, it’s 1977, and Tammy Larson would love more than anything to come out of the closet as a lesbian, but that’s a major no-go where she lives. Her only outlet is to write “letters” to the activist Harvey Milk, at least until she’s matched with a pen pal to whom she can write letters for real. Sharon makes for a much better companion than Tammy’s diary, and she can sympathize, given her brother is gay and feeling all the same misery in the wake of Anita Bryant’s leading to a successful repeal of their protections. Together they’ll find their own brand of activism and learn to fight back against a world of hate. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) Loveless by Alice Oseman (April 2) Oseman’s crossed the pond before with Radio Silence, so this American’s fingers are crossed she’ll do it again with her newest, about a girl named Georgia who’s struggling with the fact that she’s eighteen and has never had so much as a crush. She’s sick of people thinking she’s broken or weird, and it isn’t like she isn’t into romance; she’s just not into it for herself. When she gets to university, she thinks maybe she can “fix” things with her roommate’s help. But what if it turns out there’s nothing to fix, and Georgia’s great and perfectly capable of happiness just as she is? (The Book Depository) Queen of Coin and Whispers by Helen Corcoran (April 6) This f/f standalone fantasy stars Lia, a teenage queen, and Xania, the spymaster she brings in who, unbeknownst to her, actually agrees to the job as part of a plot to avenge her father and figure out who killed him. It’s a tricky situation full of secrets, treason, betrayal, and, oh yes, romance. At present it’s publishing strictly in Ireland, but thankfully, we have ways of getting our hands on it anyway because seriously, who could pass up an f/f queen/spymaster romance?? Not I, said the person who preordered this book while writing this blurb! Not I. (The Book Depository) Somebody Told Me by Mia Siegert (April 7) You know we’ve gotta sound the airhorn whenever a First for traditionally published queer lit is involved, so step up and take note of its first on-page bigender main character! That character is Aleks/Alexis, who gets a fresh start by moving in with their uncle, who happens to be a priest. But their new home provides something they definitely didn’t anticipate: an earful of confessionals, which inspires them to want to help these “sinners.” But all the enjoyment of finding a goodwill mission crumbles when they overhear a confession that rocks them to their bones and brings back the very trauma they’re escaping, trauma they’ll have no choice but to face now. (Want a sneak peek? Click here for the entire first chapter!) (Amz\|B&N\|IB\|Lerner) Girl Crushed by Katie Heaney (April 7) Breaking up is hard to do, but breaking up with your best friend is even harder, and when your school’s got slim pickins in terms of out queer kids? Well. Let’s just say Quinn is not taking it all that great, especially when she suspects Jamie might be recovering much faster than she is. But when sexy, heretofore-thought-unattainable Ruby Ocampo suddenly comes back on the market and turns out to be bi, it looks like Quinn might just get her second chance at happiness. But what if that second chance is happening with the wrong person? This YA debut is sweet, funny, and heartbreaking in all the right places. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) The Truth About Keeping Secrets by Savannah Brown (April 7) When this was originally published in the UK in early 2019, it sounded so good I begged to know when it was coming over. Turns out I got both my answer and my confirmation that yes, this is an A+ queer thriller. It stars a girl named Sydney who’s not just grieving the death of her dad, but investigating it; it seems impossible he just went off the road like that, and the creepy texts she’s been getting since his funeral seem to confirm that. Another mystery? Why June, the most popular girl in school, with the most perfect relationship, seems to be one of her dad’s top mourners. That’s a mystery more easily solved when she reveals she was one of Sydney’s dads psychological patients, but why she’s still hanging around Sydney? That’s another story. (B&N\|IB) Elysium Girls by Kate Pentecost (April 14) Think The Never Tilting World by Rin Chupeco meets The Good Luck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis plus a little John Steinbeck (yeah, I said what I said) and you’ll have something like this fantasy about an experimental town in mid-20th-century Oklahoma led by a witch and created at the whim of the goddesses. Our (seemingly unwitting?) Sapphic, Sal, has been the town outcast ever since she predicted a rain that never came, but she’s making up for it now that she’s been chosen at the successor to Mother Morevna, the witch who runs the entirety of Elysium and makes all its rules. Of course, the job isn’t all what she imagined, and the arrival of Asa, a demon disguised as a human who has his own wild powers, just makes things even more confusing. When Sal and Asa screw up and find themselves exiled into the Desert, they’ll have to join up with a girl gang led by a fellow exile and do whatever they can to halt the inevitable apocalypse. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) Late to the Party by Kelly Quindlen (April 21) To traditional publishing, Quindlen is a debut, but those of us who’ve been following queer-girl YA for a while know she’s behind one of its biggest indie titles, the Catholic Louisiana-set best friends-to-lovers romance Her Name in the Sky. Whether you knew her before or not, though, you’re definitely gonna wanna get on board for this deeply felt and highly relatable one about a girl trying to find her way forward out of late-bloomerdom and into happiness. Codi’s never been kissed, which doesn’t put her too far behind her best friends Maritza and JaKory, but far enough that despite all of them being late bloomers, she’s the one they both seem to agree is hopeless. So when she stumbles into a new social circle, one in which she’s valued and no one knows her as a dork, she decides to keep it all for herself, even if it means not telling her best friends she’s falling in love. But Codi doesn’t want to abandon them, so what’s she supposed to now that she’s been lying for weeks? Is there a way to have everything she wants with just the right amount of who she used to be? (Amz\|B&N\|IB) Verona Comics by Jennifer Dugan (April 21) Dugan debuted with one of my absolute favorite queer YA rom-coms (seriously, if you haven’t yet read Hot Dog Girl, do yourself a favor), so I’m thrilled to see her returning with another one, this one an m/f pairing where both halves of the couple are bi (or, more accurately, one is bi and one is still figuring it out). Juliette is an elite cellist with a major audition coming up and a side job working at her stepmom’s indie comic shop. Ridley works at his parents’ comic shop too, only theirs is a big chain, and no friend to the little guy. Which makes it a little difficult when the two meet at a comic-con prom and immediately hit it off, despite their family feud. I’ll take Romeo & Juliet with a much happier ending and heaps of bisexuality any day, wouldn’t you? (Amz\|B&N \|IB) All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson (April 28) The one non-fiction entry on this list is a memoir-manifesto by noted queer Black activist and journalist George M. Johnson, about his life from childhood through college in New Jersey and Virginia, including bullying, sexual relationships, and other ups and downs. Intended to serve as “a primer for teens eager to be allies as well as a reassuring testimony for young queer men of color,” clearly this is a book that is not to be missed. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) When You Get the Chance by Tom Ryan and Robin Stevenson (May 5) One of the things I’m often asked to recommend is books that feature mlm and wlw solidarity, and I especially love giving answers that show it not just in characters but in authorship. Here, two Canadian rock stars of queer YA come together with a story about cousins named Mark and Talia who are reunited from their respective Canadian coasts after a death in the family and decide to take a road trip together to Toronto so Talia can see her non-binary partner and Mark can get to Pride. The two don’t have much in common, and they’ll have to let Mark’s little sister tag along, but they both know some kind of magic awaits them in TO, and they can’t wait to get there. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall (May 5) Whether you’re a fan of queer pirate novels, queer witch novels, or just dreamy, adventurous romance, this just might be the book of your dreams. Flora knows the only way to get by on the pirate ship she calls home is to be the merciless Florian to everybody else, but when she’s charged with guarding a beautiful passenger on a voyage that will see all its ticket holders turned into hostages, she hits her limit. There’s no way she can destroy Evelyn’s life like this, which means the two have no choice but to escape and find a notorious witch who might be able to help them. But the witch has plots of her own, and no one is safe in this tremendous journey of the unexpected. This is one of the most breathlessly romantic and adventurous queer fantasies I’ve ever read, and also one of the best explorations of gender fluidity I’ve read in YA. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) The Extraordinaries by T.J. Klune (May 5) Klune’s doing double duty this year (or maybe even more? Damn, it’s hard to keep up), following up an adult contemporary fantasy with his first entry into YA, about a boy named Nick who happens to be the Extraordinaries fandom’s most popular fanfic writer, and who aims to be even more extraordinary when he meets the hero he’s been crushing on. (But maybe he’s in love with his best friend, Seth? It’s complicated. It’s always complicated.) (Amz\|B&N\|IB) Dangerous Remedy by Kat Dunn (May 7) I swear Kat Dunn must’ve been reading my dream journal to come up with an f/f fantasy set during the French Revolution. It stars Camille, the daughter of a revolutionary who’s a rebel in her own right, leading a group of misfits under the banner of the Battalion des Morte. But when they save a girl who isn’t the aristocrat-in-hiding she seemed to be, they all have questions: what is up with her dangerous powers and why are people on both sides of the revolution hunting her? (The Book Depository) The Summer of Impossibilities by Rachael Allen (May 12) Allen’s been a personal favorite of mine since her subversive feminist debut, 17 First Kisses, and I’m thrilled to see her releasing her first queer YA, which basically looks like a gay Traveling Pants except not all the girls actually wanna be spending the summer together at the lake house where their moms became besties. Most of them can’t even stand their moms right now. All of them have secrets. And two of them…well, two of them are in love with each other, so one way or another it’s gonna be a hell of a summer. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender (May 12) Callender is having a monster of a publication year, having released both an adult fantasy (Queen of the Conquered) and a queer Middle Grade contemporary (King and the Dragonflies) in the last six months. Now they’re capping it off with this extraordinary trans YA about a boy (usually, which is another part of the story, and one that I will happily spoil results in trad-pubbed YA having it’s first on-page demiboy) named Felix who’s hell-bent on getting revenge against a transphobe at school, only to find the person he assumed was the culprit might actually be the exact person he needed in his life. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust (May 12) You may have already heard me talking about this sophomore novel by the author of Girls Made of Snow and Glass as maybe my new favorite f/f YA fantasy, and if not, lemme tell you right now, if you haven’t heard me say it before, you’re gonna wanna hear it now: do not miss this Persian mythology-inspired book. It stars a girl named Soraya who’s been cursed from birth to poison anyone she touches, and who finally emerges into the public on the day of her brother’s wedding, setting off a chain of events that have her finding love, acceptance, and power in the most unexpected of places. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) The Fascinators by Andrew Eliopulos (May 12) Eliopulos has brought you some of your queer faves as an editor, but thrillingly, this is his first time bringing the rainbow goodness on the author side of the desk. Sam and his best friends, James and Delia, live in a small Georgia town where magic is frowned upon, but their school provides a respite in the form of a magic club. Then Sam realizes he might be in love with James, Delia’s getting tired of the club, and James has accidentally screwed them all over by getting involved with some shady magickers over the summer. So much for a great senior year… (Amz\|B&N\|IB) The Boy in the Red Dress by Kristin Lambert (May 12) It’s New Year’s Eve, 1929 at the Cloak & Dagger in the French Quarter, and Millie’s serving as the speakeasy’s MC while her best friend, Marion, aka “The Boy in the Red Dress,” stars in the show. Then a fancy stranger sashays in with a mouth full of questions a photo of a boy who happens to look just like Marion. When she’s found dead in the back alley, Marion becomes the prime suspect, which Millie will not let stand. While she pursues proof that her best friend is innocent, she’s also got two other attractive distractions: waitress Olive and bootlegger Bennie, the latter of whom promises to help her on her quest. Can she find who’s framing Marion before time runs out for them both? (Amz\|B&N\|IB) The Scapegracers by Hannah Abigail Clarke (May 12) Sideways is a misfit lesbian witch, which sounds awesome to you and me but less so to the West High social food chain. At least until three of its most popular girls pay her cash to cast a spell at their Halloween party, luring her into their clique and forming a coven. She never expected to become best friends with these girls, but they’ll all have to learn to count on each other if they’re going to save themselves from fundamentalist witch hunters! (And yes, this is the first in a trilogy!) (Amz\|B&N\|IB) The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar (May 12) Okay, so get this: Enemies-to-lovers. With rival henna businesses. Set in Ireland. And both protags are WoC. (I KNOW.) Our heroine, Nishat, is a Bengali lesbian who’s maybe not quite as artistically talented as our love interest, the gifted and new-to-school Afro-Brazilian Flávia, with whom Nishat reunites at a Desi wedding after going to school together as kids. The girls have instant chemistry, but they also have a pretty instant problem, as Flávia not only creates a competing henna business for their class project, but sees no problem with having appropriated a cultural custom of Nishat’s to do it. (Not to mention that her partner is the school’s most notorious racist.) So now Nishat’s gotta contend with Feelings she really doesn’t wanna have, competition with a business that shouldn’t even exist, the fact that her coming out to her family didn’t go so well…but wait, there’s more! Is there possibly a happily ever after to be found amid all the drama? (Amz\|B&N\|IB) Date Me, Bryson Keller! by Kevin Van Whye (May 19) If this book looks like the cutest, fluffiest, most make-you-melt kind of romance, it’s because it is…at least in the little romantic bubble that ensued when when Kai took advantage of a dare that requires Bryson Keller to agree to date the first person to ask him out every Monday morning for that week. But outside the bubble, the world is still wondering who Bryson Keller’s mystery girlfriend is, the one person not to shout from the rooftops that she’s got the guy. And Kai isn’t gonna be the one to tell them it isn’t a girl at all; his spontaneous request made Bryson the first and only person he’s ever come out to. But when both the answer and Kai himself are forcibly outed, he and the boy he’s come to fall for, the boy who’s only just realized he himself is gay, will have to band together and put their relationship through the ultimate test. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) The Names We Take by Trace Kerr (May 19) This post-apocalyptic debut set in the aftermath of a modern-day plague has trans, intersex, bisexual seventeen-year-old Pip taking fellow survivor twelve-year-old Iris under her wing. Together, the two are forced to flee Spokane to avoid slave traders, gangs, and all manners of violence, but they do find a third member of their new found family in a brave older girl named Fly. Now they must all work together to survive in their terrifying new reality. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta (May 26) Fresh out of UK YA’s 2019 lineup, this coming-of-age novel-in verse tells the story of a mixed-race (half Jamaican, half Greek Cypriot) gay kid named Michael who’s struggling to balance his identities and being different from other kids while growing up in London. It isn’t until he heads off to university that he finally finds his identity and style as a drag artist named The Black Flamingo. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) Camp by L.C. Rosen (May 26) Rosen already has one of my favorite queer YAs of all time with Jack of Hearts, but he managed to deliver another one packed with heart and important conversations in this wonderful love letter to queer spaces. When Randy returns to Camp Outland as Del in the hopes of finally landing The Guy (who happens to be an athlete, and who would never be caught dead with nail polish on his fingers), he’s convinced that if he can just land Hudson, the object of his long-time affection will fall in love with not just who he’s pretending to be that summer, but who he really is. It…goes about as well as you’d expect! But it also sets up an important exploration of masc4masc culture and what it means to change yourself for someone else. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) Out Now ed. by Saundra Mitchell (May 26) The subtitle of this follow up to the All Out anthology is “Queer We Go Again,” and if that’s not the best thing you’ve ever heard than we are very different people. This time around, the collection is going contemporary, with voices like Julian Winters (How to Be Remy Cameron), Katherine Locke (The Spy With the Red Balloon), CB Lee (Not Your Sidekick), Candice Montgomery (By Any Means Necessary), Caleb Roehrig (Death Prefers Blondes), Mark Oshiro (Anger is a Gift), and more taking a variety of genres set in the here and now and with one major thing in common: every main character is queer and/or trans. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) Stay Gold by Tobly McSmith (May 26) This coming-of-age debut stars a trans boy named Pony who’s keeping his transness under wraps in his new school, exhausted with how much attention it garnered at his old one. Still, it’s hard not to stay on his guard, especially when he meets Georgia, a gorgeous cheerleader who’s ready to put her “keep a low profile” plans on hold when sparks fly with the new boy. The chemistry between them is utterly adorable, and Pony knows he can’t enter a physical relationship without telling her. He’ll have to decide whether she’s worth the risk, and whether his heart can take it if she isn’t. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) The Friend Scheme by Cale Dietrich (May 26) Mashing romance with the unexpected is kinda Dietrich’s thing, for those who haven’t read The Love Interest, and here it’s romance and thriller that are going head to head. What happens when the son of a mobster and the son of a police commissioner realize they’ve got a thing for each other? Probably nothing neat and easy, but that’s the problem facing Matt and Jason, even if they don’t know it yet. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) I Kissed Alice by Anna Birch (May 26) Sign me the hell up for literally every enemies-to-lovers f/f rom-com, but especially this one, where the girls who hate each other at Alabama’s Conservatory for the Arts have no idea they’re falling for each other online as they collaborate on a graphic novel for a fanfic site under their online identities. That’s…everything I love in book? Yep, pretty much! (Amz\|B&N\|IB) The Ballad of Ami Miles by Kristy Dallas Alley (May 26) Ami’s been living in seclusion her whole life at Heavenly Shepherd, her family’s survival compound. And it’s been fine, and even lucky, or so she thought. But then her grandfather arranges a marriage for her, and Ami realizes she’s not ready to live out her “destiny” to procreate, even if she’s one of the last few at the compound who can. And so she escapes on a search for her long-lost mother, and meets people her age for the very first time, including a girl she hadn’t even known she was capable of wanting. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) Hideous Beauty by William Hussey (May 28) Dylan and Ellis’s relationship is a secret, or at least it was until it was exposed online. Now Dylan’s been forced out, but is pleased to find the reception to his news is surprisingly positive. Wasn’t it? Because something has to explain why Ellis’s personality has suddenly changed, and why he lost control of the car. Something has to explain why Dylan lost Ellis to the lake that night. And as he mourns the loss of the boy he loved, Dylan is determined to figure out what it was, no matter how much it hurts. (The Book Depository) The Dark Tide by Alice Jasinska (June 1) Sapphic witches meets enemies-to-lovers in this bi f/f YA fairy tale about a girl named Lina who gives herself up to the queen in order to save the boy she loves from Caldella’s annual custom of sacrificing a boy to the full moon to save the city from the deadly tide. Queen Eva gladly accepts Lina’s sacrifice; as long as someone dies and the city is saved, that’s all that matters. Until they spend time together waiting for the full moon to come. Until Lina and Eva start to fall for each other. Until the streets begin to fill with water. Until a choice must be made whether to save themselves or their city. (Amz\|IB) If We Were Us by K.L. Walther (June 1) Sage and Charlie are that non-couple, the one everyone things are destined for love, if only they’d figure it out. But Charlie isn’t the Carmichael twin Sage is into (that’d be his brother, Nick), and Charlie’s more interested in new boy Luke, something he isn’t comfortable with anybody knowing. As Charlie worries his secret relationship will get out and Sage stresses about things with Nick moving too fast, the two will have to find solace in each other and their friendship to make things work with their respective boyfriends. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) You Don’t Live Here by Robyn Schneider (June 2) When an earthquake quite literally rocks Sasha’s world, it leaves her effectively orphaned and living with her estranged grandparents, who have a vision of exactly how to turn Sasha into the perfect girl. But Sasha isn’t interested in their plans, including a relationship with the boy of their choosing; all she can do is try to make it work and find solace in the time she spends with Lily, a new friend who gives Sasha a serious case of Feelings. Being with Lily is definitely not The Right Path, but can Sasha put herself first even if it means upsetting the last family she has left? (Amz\|B&N\|IB) You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson (June 2) Attending Pennington College and becoming a doctor has always been Liz’s plan for getting out of her small town, but when her financial aid falls through, the one thing she wanted most now looks impossible. Of course, there’s one shot at winning a scholarship, but that would mean winning becoming prom queen, and there’s no way she can deal with all the crap that involves, is there? With her eyes on the prize, Liz shoves her fear of the spotlight, trolls, and all the rest to the side, determined to one thing crown, and soon, there’s only one thing in the way: the fact that she’s falling for her competition. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) Where We Go From Here by Lucas Rocha (June 2) Queer YA that discusses HIV are few and far between, but the slow climb has been one of the best trends of the past couple of years. Adding to that conversation in a big way is this Brazilian import set in Rio, and revolving around three boys: Ian, who was recently diagnosed positive; Victor, who was recently diagnosed negative, and Henrique, who’s been living with HIV for three years. Victor and Henrique are boyfriends, but Victor is seriously pissed to have learned of Henrique’s positive status only after they had sex. But when he meets Ian while they’re both getting tested and Ian’s test comes back positive, he knows Henrique’s guidance is too invaluable not to connect him with Ian, even if it means staying in his life. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) Six Angry Girls by Adrienne Kisner (June 2) Kisner is three for three in putting gloriously queer YA on shelves, and I am in love with the idea of this newest, which takes the famous “Twelve Angry Men” and situates it in Mock Trial with an ace lead. Raina’s killing it at life, until suddenly she isn’t. Millie’s in a similar spot, having just been ousted from the all-male Mock Trial team. When the two pair up to start a rival girls’ team, it isn’t just their opponents they’re gunning for—it’s the whole motherfluffin’ patriarchy. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) The State of Us by Shaun David Hutchinson (June 2) ‘Tis the year for political YAs, for obvious reasons, and this contemporary romance also does double duty of being a touching demisexual coming out story that happens to take place across the aisle. (The political aisle, that is.) When Dean, the son the of the Republican candidate, and Dre, son of the Democratic candidate, find themselves locked in close quarters, they’re surprised to find that they quite enjoy the company of someone else who knows what it’s like to be in the junior spotlight. Soon, romance sparks, which is a bit of problem considering the whole “opponents” thing, not to mention Dean still trying to figure out how to deal with and discuss the fact that he’s demisexual. But someone out there seems determined to make their problem much, much bigger, and they’ll have to figure out who wants their relationship outed, how they can make it work, and how they can reconcile a future. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) You Brought Me the Ocean by Alex Sanchez, ill. by Julie Maroh (June 9) Alex Sanchez is the author of the first gay YA I ever read, so it’s very cool to see him and Blue is the Warmest Color illustrator Julie Maroh picking up the pens for DC’s Aqualad. Set in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, our hero Jake is decidedly not a swimmer, but he still loves the ocean and dreams of going to college on the coast. And so he secretly applies to Miami University, against the wishes of both his mother and his best friend. Hell, he’s already living dangerously just by having a crush on the rebellious swim team captain, Kenny. And there’s also the small matter of the blue marks on his skin that light up when they touch water…what’s the deal with those, anyway? (Amz\|B&N\|IB) The Falling in Love Montage by Ciara Smyth (June 9) Love books that make you laugh, swoon, and cry? Then you are going to fall head over heels for Smyth’s debut, an Ireland-set romantic contemporary about a girl named Saiorse who’s losing her mother to early-onset dementia and is determined never to get involved with anyone as a result…until she meets Ruby, and all bets are off. The girls agree to a no-strings-attached summer of just the good parts of romance, the movie montage where the couple does all sorts of fun things as they fall in love. But when the end of the summer comes, will they be able to let go? (Amz\|B&N\|IB) Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (June 9) Yadriel’s family isn’t buying that he’s a boy, leaving him just one choice: prove that he’s a real brujo by finding and freeing the ghost of his murdered cousin. The only problem is that whoops, he’s accidentally summoned Julian Diaz, school bad boy, instead, and Julian isn’t having it, not without solving the mystery behind his death first, even if it means dragging Yadriel along as an unwilling participant. But the more time the boys spend together, the less, uh, “unwilling” their hanging out gets to be in this paranormal trans Latinx debut that promises to have your heart flip-flopping all over the damn place. (Also, let the record show that Thomas has another book releasing next year, and though it isn’t queer, that’s still pretty badass.) (Amz\|B&N\|IB) Short Stuff ed. by Alysia Constantine (June 9) Duet Books, the all-queer publisher responsible for Summer Love, among many other wonderful queer titles, is back with another short collection, this one populated by Julia Ember (The Seafarer’s Kiss), Jude Sierra (Idlewild), Tom Wilinsky and Jen Sternick (Snowsisters), and Kate Fierro (Love Starved). For more info on the book and the stories within it, click here. (Amz\|IB\|Book Depository) The Circus Rose by Betsy Cornwell (June 16) In this queer retelling of Snow White and Rose Red, Ivory and Rosie have been on the road for years with their mother’s circus, and finally, they’re returning to Port End. But it’s a different Port End from what they remember, filled with preachers and fundamentalists and portents of doom. Still, they prepare a dazzling homecoming show, but when Rosie’s tightrope act goes wrong, Ivory and the magician she loves will have to find an evil priest and save their family. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) Fragile Remedy by Maria Ingrande Mora (June 16) This YA sci-fi Dystopian stars Nate, a genetically engineered medical surrogate (GEM) who was created to be a cure for the elite of Gathos City to help with the rapidly traveling fatal lung rot and was smuggled out of the lab as a child and kept prisoner in the lawless region of the Withers. There, he becomes a Tinker, fixing broken technology for room and board, and he meets and falls for the sweet Reed, who comes with a gang of misfits that feels like the first group Nate could ever call family. But as a GEM, Nate is reliant on a medication controlled by the city in order to stop from aging, and violence in the Withers cuts off his supply and harms Reed. Now Nate has to make a choice, whether he’s going to join a terrorist group to get the meds he needs to stay alive, or remain in the Withers with Reed and watch their lives ebb into nothing. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) I’ll Be the One by Lyla Lee (June 16) 2020 is seriously Lee’s year, debuting with an MG series (yes, series—you can already preorder three of them) and with this bi K-pop that’s got one of my favorite covers ever and also happens to have a sequel in the works. Skye Shin knows no one thinks she or any other fat girl has any business on stage, but she doesn’t care what they say; she cares about becoming a K-Pop star. When a successful audition allows her to do just that, it’s a dream come true, even as trolls and fatphobes do their best to turn it into a nightmare. And then there’s Henry, who’s supposed to be Skye’s competitor, so why does she want nothing more than to, uh, make beautiful music with him? (Amz\|B&N\|IB) You’re Next by Kylie Schachte (June 23) Queer thrillers are having a fabulous day in the sun, and if you’re as big a fan of the genre as I am, then check out this one starring a bi girl named Flora who’s haunted by having found a classmate’s body years earlier and has all that pain brought to the forefront when a text from her old flame, Ava, has her showing up just in time to see her die. Now Flora’s on a determined mission to find not only who shot Ava, but who’s responsible for the deaths of all the girls whose killers have never been found and brought to justice. But she doesn’t expect the massive conspiracy she uncovers, and threats from the killer aren’t helping. If she gives up the hunt, she’ll never get justice. But if she doesn’t, she might not live to see another day. (Amz\|B&N\|IB) But wait, there’s more! Stay tuned for a separate post on upcoming queer sequels! And until then, tell me: what YA are you dying to read in 2020? 19 Love SongsAbrams BooksAdam SilveraAll the Invisible ThingsAnna-Marie McLemoreBelle RévolteBlood CountessBlood SportBrianna ShrumCale DietrichCampClara Eliza BartlettCrystal CestariDark and Deepest RedDarren CharltonDavid LevithanDisney-HyperionE. LatimerElysium GirlsFelix Ever AfterHarperTeenHavenfallI'll Be the OneInfinity SonInk in the BloodJennifer DuganKacen CallenderKate PentecostKelly QuindlenKim SmejkalKylie SchachteL.C. RosenLana PopovićLate to the PartyLaura StevenLev RosenLinsey MillerLookLyla LeeM.K. EnglandMarie RutkoskiMia SiegertMusic From Another WorldOnly Mostly DevastatedOoligan PressOrlagh CollinsPhil StamperRahul KanakiaRin ChupecoRobin TalleyS. 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__label__wiki	0.802471	0.802471	English News >> Deccan Chronicle >> telangana Sunday, 15 Dec, 1.40 am Deccan Chronicle Vote mismatch seen in 347 LS seats, ADR says Hyderabad: Several opposition parties have expressed doubts over the results of 2019 Lok Sabha elections. A study conducted by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) has confirmed these doubts. The ADR study reveals discrepancies between the total votes and polled votes in 347 of the total 542 Lok Sabha constituencies. In some of them, the discrepancy in votes is higher than the winning margin. In instances, the discrepancies were more than one lakh votes. In elections, every vote is important and a single vote can change the fate of the candidates in contention. It may be recalled that Deccan Chronicle had reported on the mismatch of votes in the Telangana Assembly general elections in December 2018. The study by ADR revealed that results of only 195 Lok Sabha seats had no discrepancies. Discrepancy in votes polled for 347 constituencies ranged from one vote (lowest) to 1,01,323 votes, about 10.49 per cent of the total votes. There are six Lok Sabha seats, including two in AP — Guntur and Visakhapatnam — where discrepancy in votes turned out to be higher than the winning margin. Put together, the total volume of discrepancies is 7,39,104 votes. TD candidate Galla Jayadev won over YSRC candidate Modugula Venugopal Reddy in the Guntur Lok Sabha constituency. The ADR study revealed that the winning margin of Jayadev was 4,205 votes and the discrepancy was 6,982 votes. Similarly, in the Visakhapatnam LS seat, YSRC candidate M.V.V. Satyanarayana won against TD candidate M. Bharath. According to ADR, the winning margin was 4,414 in Visakhapatnam constituency, with a discrepancy of 4,956 votes. In the case of Anantnag in Jammu & Kashmir, Khunti in Jharkhand, Koraput in Odisha and Machhlishahr in Uttar Pradesh seats also, discrepancies in votes were more than the margin of the winning candidate. The Association for Democratic Reforms observed that the Election Commission itself admitted in its press note of June 1, 2019 that 'the final data on votes counted has been made available within a few days of declaration of results.' This makes it clear that the declaration of results on May 23, 2019 was not on the basis of authenticated and verified results, but on provisional figures, without determining the exact ballot count. In Telangana Assembly elections too, such mismatch of figures changed the fate of the candidates. Disclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Deccan Chronicle Youth Congress to launch 'National Register of... LIVE News Updates: Disgraced DSP brought to Jammu for NIA... Gujarat BJP MLA Ketan Inamdar resigns; says being ignored by ministers and govt... "Best not to say anything," says Saif Ali... Priyanka Gandhi to lead Congress' Kisan Jan Jagran Abhiyan in Uttar...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1427
__label__cc	0.618602	0.381398	Kepler College Education Program Globally recognized astrological education Astrological Software Supporting Kepler Academic Degree Program Using Astrology Astrology & Culture Overview and Admissions PDF of Catalog Astrology and Culture By outward appearances, Neo lived an unremarkable life. He slept, ate, went to work. Yet a nagging feeling something was not as it appeared persisted. His search led him to take the red pill, and wake up to a more-real reality he never before imagined. Nice plot for the sci-fi hit movie The Matrix. But screenwriting siblings the Wachowskis consciously tipped their hats to the philosophy of the ancient Greeks. The admonition to "Wake Up!" has a long history in Western culture. Of course, the Greeks didn't have a red pill. But they did have a sophisticated theories of of the meta-physical. In the agora and in their living rooms, philosophers debated how creation moved from a transcendent unity, the One, to the multiplicity of manifestations populating our mundane world. These "theories of emanations" provided model they used to explore how to (re)unite with that transcendent, divine "light." These "lovers of wisdom," were not simply talking about ephemeral theories, they were, in the words of French scholar Pierre Hadot, pursuing "philosophy as a way of life." They developed practical techniques – "spiritual exercises" – to cultivate an interior landscape conducive to the experience of joy; compassion and equanimity in the face of suffering; as well as emotional and mental self-mastery. In other words, such exercises blazed a Western path toward enlightenment, toward connecting oneself to a more direct experience of the divine light. Such exercises were familiar (and practiced by) the Greek and Roman philosophers, including those involved with the development of astrology. Pieces of this knowledge were preserved in classical texts, inherited by the early Catholic Church and preserved in monastic orders. However, unlike the early days of the Church, the Greeks and Roman philosophers did not necessarily divorce themselves from the mundane affairs of daily life to contemplate mystical union. Instead they saw their ordinary actions and reactions as a kind of laboratory for studying themselves, their thoughts and their reactions. Through vigilant self-examination, questioning and reflection, they sought to discover how to shift emotions and thought processes. One key concept was prosoche, an ever-vigilant attention to oneself. Something akin to today's practice of mindfulness, prosoche necessitated an around-the-clock witnessing of one's actions, emotions and thoughts. Insights gained from this self-observation provided the raw ingredient for discovering how one's psyche functioned. This, in conjunction with other exercises, provided a formula for achieving more expanded states of awareness which created a fertile ground for union with one's divine spark. Donna Woodwell is an instructor at Kepler and has worked with these exercises as part of her own metaphysical training, which has included shamanic healing, Hermetic magic, and the spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius. Esoteric Astrology Editorials and Opinions You are here: Home Articles Astrology & Culture Philosophy as a Way of Life 4630 200th Street SW, St H \| Lynnwood, WA 98036 \| Ph: 425-673-4292 \| Fax: 206-666-1709	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1434
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__label__cc	0.720622	0.279378	Magical-Destinations Blog http://www.magical-destinations.com/ Personalized Storybook for your little Princess Posted on February 23, 2017 by magicaldestinationsblog The Personalized Storybook is the newest product and features your young princess in a favorite Disney story, told over 24 pages!* Through a customized photo session at the Disney PhotoPass Studio in Disney Springs (and a little post-production pixie dust!) your child will be the star of the story. Your little one can go to the ball like Cinderella, explore the world under the sea like Ariel, learn to let go in the mountains of Arendelle like Elsa, or choose from other magical adventures. Visit the Disney PhotoPass Studio in Disney Springs today to learn more and to purchase your child’s Personalized Storybook! The Personalized Storybook photo session is only for guests age 14 and younger. 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__label__cc	0.693142	0.306858	Home / Resources » Blog on Sat, 02/18/2017 - 20:56 duke It was quite a shock to log onto Tumblr the other day and actually see the last time I posted a blog. I can’t count the number of times I PLANNED to post…started a few words, then became distracted by real life matters, or someone else beat me to the punch and basically wrote what I thought I wanted to write about. But then, perhaps those were just excuses? So, no more excuses, time to get back on the horse (I was wracking my brain for a more nautical phrase, but none came to mind…if you have one, please let me know). #Arctic #ArcticShipping #Nautinst #ArcticMythBusters Read more about My Belated Return to the Blogosphere on Fri, 10/10/2014 - 19:22 duke While wearing one of my other hats, as Senior Vice President of The Nautical Institute and member of The Institute’s NGO delegation to IMO, I am very much focused on the Polar Code as it progresses through it’s latest re-incarnation. As soon as I disembark RV Mirai in Yokohama, I fly to London to participate in the IMO MEPC discussions related to the Polar Code. My involvement goes back many years however, to the mid 1990’s when I was part of the team the developed the first proposal for Ice Navigator requirements for inclusion in the first attempt at a Polar Code. Ice Navigation ice navigator Polar Code imo polar code Read more about RV Mirai Arctic Mission 2014 Post #10 - The Polar Code - Better Sense Prevails at IMO? RV Mirai Arctic Mission 2014 Post #9 - Protecting the Fragile Arctic Environment Earlier in September the U.N. Environment Program and World Meteorological Organization released their latest report that indicated the Earth’s protective ozone layer is recovering due to the regulation of ozone-damaging gases. This report is the first comprehensive report in four years and comes to many as reassuring that we can put in place global regulations and processes that can curb human caused negative atmospheric effects. arctic environment arctia Read more about RV Mirai Arctic Mission 2014 Post #9 - Protecting the Fragile Arctic Environment RV Mirai Arctic Mission 2014 Post #8 - The Known Unknowns I never thought I would find the situation where I would want to paraphrase one of the most famous abusers of the English language, but the words of one of America’s finest artists of baffle came to mind the other night. Though we have progressed tremendously in knowledge of the Polar Regions at the beginning of this century, the Arctic in particular remains in many ways an enigma. We are in a world of Known Unknowns. There be dragons here. arctic research Read more about RV Mirai Arctic Mission 2014 Post #8 - The Known Unknowns Polar Ship Operations Author: Captain David Snider of Martech Polar Consulting Ltd. Captain Snider Captain Snider is the CEO and Principal Consultant of Martech Polar Consulting, Ltd. He is a Master Mariner and with 33 years at sea, operating vessels in a variety of ice regimes in polar regions, the Baltic, Great Lakes and Eastern North American waters. Captain Snider has served onboard Naval, Commercial and Coast Guard Vessels. As an Ice Navigator, he has authored and contributed to many ice regime shipping feasibility studies. He retired from Canadian Coast Guard service as Regional Director Fleet Western Region in 2012. Captain Snider holds a Bachelor of Maritime Studies degree from the Memorial University of Newfoundland and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal in 2011 for his years as a member of the Nautical Institute. Captain Snider is President of the Nautical Institute and Chair of the Ice Navigator Working Group. The Ice Navigator Working Group is tasked with advancing the Nautical Institute's goal of establishing a global standard for ice navigators and contributing to safe navigation in ice-covered waters. Captain Snider participated in IMO discussions leading to the Polar Code as The Nautical Institute's subject matter expert on ice navigation.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1455
__label__wiki	0.863814	0.863814	Posts Tagged ‘non-published opinion’ “Teflon Don” Avoids Reversal While Colleague Judge Ursula Ungaro-Benages Suffers Reversal It is hard not to conclude that Judge Donald L. Graham is more valued than his colleagues at the Southern District of Florida when Judge Graham “teflon don” is affirmed on appeal while his colleagues at the S.D. Fla. are reversed. This is the second of two posting on this site where this has happened. Judge Daniel T. K. Hurley met a similar fate. See posting this site, “Eleventh Circuit Uses Same Set of Facts To Reverse One Florida Judge While Affirming Another Florida Judge“. It is difficult to see how such a system advances the notion of equal justice. It would seem that justice is a function not of the “rule of law”, but of whether or not the judge is favored by the appellate courts. U.S. Dist. Judge Ursula Ungaro-Benages was reversed on appeal by the Eleventh Circuit for failing to make Fed.R.Civ.P. 41(b)’s requisite finding that “lesser sanctions would not suffice” while her colleague U.S. Dist. Judge Donald L. Graham, “Teflon Don”, failed to make the same finding but was affirmed on appeal. In addition to the omission of the requisite finding under Fed.R.Civ.P. 41(b), the Eleventh Circuit had to take the following extreme measures to keep from reversing “Teflon Don”: The Eleventh Circuit, though admittedly briefed, failed to review for validity the very orders that were used by Judge Graham to justify dismissal of the case under Fed.R.Civ.P. 41(b). See Documents Nos. 201 and 246. The Eleventh Circuit was quite willing to discuss violations of these orders, but not their validity. The Eleventh Circuit explicitly accepted Judge Graham’s thesis that the government, Highlands County Board of County Commissioners had a right not to be communicated with and further that Highlands County Board of Commissioners were prejudiced by lawful communication with it by Mason. The Eleventh Circuit, though admittedly briefed, failed to review the issue as to whether or not Judge Graham should have disqualified or not. The Eleventh Circuit used two documents that were beyond the scope of appeal to affirm Judge Graham. The Eleventh Circuit struck Mason the Appellant/Plaintiff’s brief for arguing an order that it deemed beyond the scope of appeal and then turned around used the very same order to affirm Judge Graham. “Putrid Dishonesty:Beyond the Scope of Appeal” For support of these assertions, see “Additional Issues Faced by Judge“, below. The Eleventh Circuit used a published opinion to reverse Judge Ursula Ungaro-Benages, World Thrust Films v. International Family Entertainment, 41 F. 3d 1454 (11th Cir. 1995) , Phyllis A. Kravitch,Judge Hatchett, Senior Cir. Judge Clark, while it used a unpublished or non-published opinion to affirm Judge Graham, Mason v. Heartland Library Cooperative, Highlands County Board of County Commissioners, et.al., Case No. 01-13664, (11th Circuit 2002) , Judge Stanley F. Birch, Jr., Judge Stanley Marcus, and Judge Susan H. Black. The Law on Rule 41(b) Dismissals The Eleventh Circuit rigidly requires district courts to make findings explaining why lesser sanctions would not suffice. Rhini Cellular, Inc. v. Greenberg, 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 14266, *15 (11th Cir. 2006). The Eleventh Circuit has consistently vacated and reversed Rule 41(b) dismissals where the district court failed to explicitly make the finding that lesser sanctions would not suffice. See e.g., Turner v. United States, 2006 Fed. Appx. 952 (11th Cir. 2006); Rex v. Monaco Coach, 155 Fed Appx. 485 (11th Cir. 2005); Betty K Agencies, LTD v. M/V Monada, 432 F.3d 1333 (11th Cir. 2006); Ford v. Fogarty Van Lines, 780 F. 2d 1582, 1583 (11th Cir.1986);Tweed v. Florida, 151 Fed. Appx. 856, 857 (11th Cir. 2005). The Eleventh Circuit “has clearly stated that because dismissal is considered a drastic sanction, a district court may only implement it, as a last resort, when: (1) a party engages in a clear pattern of delay or willful contempt (contumacious conduct); and (2) the district court specifically finds that lesser sanctions would not suffice.” World Thrust Films v. International Family Entertainment, 41 F. 3d 1454 (11th Cir. 1995). “A district court has authority under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 41(b) to dismiss actions for failure to comply with local rules.” id.. “Although we occasionally have found implicit in an order the conclusion that “lesser sanctions would not suffice’, we have never suggested that the district court need not make that finding, which is essential before a party can be penalized for his attorney’s misconduct.” Mingo v. Sugar Cane Growers Co-op of Florida, 864 F.2d 101, 102 (11th Cir.1989) (citations omitted). This court has only inferred such a finding “where lesser sanctions would have “greatly prejudiced’ defendants.” Facts Supporting Rule 41(b) Dismissal Judge Graham On June 20, 2000, Federal Magistrate Frank Lynch Jr. issued the following order: [I]t is hereby ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that Defendants’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction is GRANTED…Plaintiff shall be prohibited from contacting any of the Defendants, including their supervisory employees and/or the individual Defendants, regarding any matter related to this case.” See Docket Entry No. 201 On July 25, 2000, Federal Magistrate Frank Lynch Jr. issued the following order: ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that Defendants’ Renewed Motion for Preliminary Injunction is GRANTED… Plaintiff shall correspond only with Defendants’ counsel including any requests for public records.” See Docket Entry No. 246. Highlands County asked and got Judge Graham to dismiss a lawsuit because of alleged violations of these orders, which Mason contended on appeal, were illegal. Highlands County filed two motions for sanctions in the form of dismissal of the plaintiff’s lawsuit. Docket Entry Nos. 511 and 646. These motions depicted out of court communications between Highlands County and the Plaintiff, Marcellus Mason. Judge Graham and his Magistrate granted these motions and dismissed the case on June 20, 2001. See Docket Entry Nos. 766 an and 791. The following alleged out of court lawful communications were used to dismiss the lawsuit. “They claimed that, during the week of 5 February 2001, Mason had demanded to view his personnel file from Highlands County’s Human Resource Director Fred Carino, a named defendant in the case.” See Opinion, pg. 4. They stated that, on 13 and 14 February 2001, Mason also appeared at Carino’s office and demanded to view the billing records for Highlands County’s attorney and Highlands County’s liability insurance documents. See Opinion, pgs. 4-5. They attached a copy of an e-mail apparently sent by Mason in which he explained that he would file a criminal complaint against Carino if he was denied any requested documents and expressed his belief that the county had “waived” its rights under the Orders as a result of Carino’s conversations with Mason and letter. See Opinion, pg. 5. On 6 April 2001, Heartland again moved for sanctions in the form of dismissal because Mason had “repeatedly personally contacted [by e-mail] supervisory employees and/or individual Defendants” in the case since the magistrate judge’s 27 March order. See Opinion, pg. 6. In this case, the Eleventh Circuit stated: “Although the district court did not make an explicit finding that a sanction less than dismissal with prejudice would have sufficed, it is unclear what lesser sanction would have been more appropriate in this situation.” There is no mention as to how Highlands County was “greatly prejudiced”, a necessary finding, by lawful out of court communications with it by the Plaintiff Mason. Such a notion would be absurd on its face. In order to make the “implicit finding”, the Eleventh Circuit, used two documents that were beyond the scope of appeal and that Mason did not have a chance to oppose. Moreover these documents should not have been a part of the record as both were produced subsequent to the closing of the case on June 20 2001. The Case was closed on June 20, 2001 and the notice of appeal filed on June 25, 2001. The Eleventh Circuit used two documents that were beyond the scope of appeal to affirm Judge Graham. Docket No. 878, a prefiling injunction, was issued sua sponte, on September 20, 2001. Pgs. 13-14 of the Opinion states: Moreover, despite the closure of the case by the district court, Mason’s continual filing of motions with the court addressing matters previously settled prompted the district court to prohibit Mason from further filings without explicit permission and initiate criminal contempt proceedings. Therefore, the record supports the district court’s implicit finding that a sanction less than dismissal of the action with prejudice would have had no effect. Additionally, Docket Entry No. 900, dtd March 22, 2002, is directly referenced “R19-900-7” and used for justification at pg. 12. “R19-900-7” stands for record volume 19, Document no. 900. The Eleventh Circuit admitted that the following were at issue on the appeal: Mason also raises issues that relate to non-sanction matters,..the denial of his motions to disqualify the district court and magistrate judges, and the merits of his complaint. See Opinion, pg. 10. On appeal, Mason argues that the magistrate’s discovery orders enjoined him without legal authority and violated his First Amendment and Florida state-law rights to petition Florida government officials and to request public records. See Opinion, pg. 9. Judge Ungaro-Benages The case was dismissed because of the following: Plaintiffs violated Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Local Rule 16.1 by failing to timely file a scheduling report. Plaintiffs failed to effect service of process, and file proof thereof In this case, the court declined to evaluate the first prong as to whether or not engaged World Thrust in a clear pattern of delay or willful contempt. The court concluded it need not analyze that prong because the district court, Judge Ursula Ungaro-Benages failed to make a finding that lesser sanctions would not suffice. The Court stated: We need not decide, however, whether the conduct of World Thrust’s lawyers was contumacious because the district court failed to make the necessary finding that lesser sanctions would not suffice in this instance, as required in the second prong of the inquiry. Additional Issues Faced by Judge Judge Graham faced additional issues on appeal which, anyone of which would have required reversal. However, the Eleventh Circuit simply chose to ignore the following issues on appeal: Judge Graham should have disqualified or recused. Judge Graham issued injunctions that were invalid. Violations of these same orders formed the basis of the Fed.R.Civ.R. 41(b) dismissal. These orders prohibited direct communication by the Plaintiff , Mason with the Highlands County Government. For discussion of these orders, see posting “A Federal Magistrate May Issue An Injunction So Long As He Does Not Call it An Injunction“ Judge Graham failed to rule on a motion for a preliminary that was pending from November 24, 1999 until the case was closed on June 20, 2001. The opinion does not discuss this issue. Judge Graham mismanaged the case by allowing scores of filings to go undecided. Judge Graham intentionally misrepresented the law. The opinion does not discuss this issue. The Eleventh Circuit used two documents that were beyond the scope of appeal to affirm Judge Graham. The Case was closed on June 20, 2001 and the notice of appeal filed on June 25, 2001. The Eleventh Circuit used two documents that were beyond the scope of appeal to affirm Judge Graham. Docket No. 878, a prefiling injunction, was issued sua sponte, on September 20, 2001. 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__label__cc	0.565981	0.434019	zzzs Stanford Medical Sites MD Student, expected graduation Spring 2021 Stanford Student Employee, SoM - Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Diversity Email Profile Profile Tabs Menu Comparison of Outpatient Satisfaction Survey Scores for Asian Physicians and Non-Hispanic White Physicians. JAMA network open Garcia, L. C., Chung, S., Liao, L., Altamirano, J., Fassiotto, M., Maldonado, B., Heidenreich, P., Palaniappan, L. 2019; 2 (2): e190027 Patient satisfaction scores are used to inform decisions about physician compensation, and there remains a lack of consensus regarding the need to adjust scores for patient race/ethnicity. Previous research suggests that patients prefer physicians of the same race/ethnicity as themselves and that Asian patients provide lower satisfaction scores than non-Hispanic white patients.To examine whether Asian physicians receive less favorable patient satisfaction scores relative to non-Hispanic white physicians.This population-based survey study used data from Press Ganey Outpatient Medical Practice Surveys collected from December 1, 2010, to November 30, 2014, which included 149?775 patient survey responses for 962 physicians. Every month, 5 patients per physician were randomly selected to complete a satisfaction survey after an outpatient visit. Hierarchical multivariable logistic regression was used to examine the association between Asian race/ethnicity of the physician and racial/ethnic concordance of the patient with the probability of receiving the highest score on the survey item rating the likelihood to recommend the physician. Statistical analysis was performed from April 2 to August 27, 2018.Physician characteristics included race/ethnicity, sex, years in practice, and proportion of Asian patient responders. Patient characteristics included race/ethnicity, sex, age, and language spoken.The highest score (a score of 5 on a 1-5 Likert scale, where 1 indicates very poor and 5 indicates very good) on the survey item rating the likelihood to recommend the physician on the Press Ganey Outpatient Medical Practice Survey.Of the 962 physicians in this study, 515 (53.5%) were women; physicians had a mean (SD) of 19.9 (9.1) years of experience since graduating medical school; 573 (59.6%) were white, and 350 (36.4%) were Asian. In unadjusted analyses, the odds of receiving the highest score on the survey item rating the likelihood to recommend the physician were lower for Asian physicians compared with non-Hispanic white physicians (odds ratio, 0.78; 95% CI, 0.72-0.84; P?<?.001). This association was not significant after adjusting for patient characteristics, including patient race/ethnicity. However, Asian patients were less likely to give the highest scores relative to non-Hispanic white patients (odds ratio, 0.56; 95% CI, 0.54-0.58; P?<?.001), regardless of physician race/ethnicity.This study suggests that Asian physicians may be more likely to receive lower patient satisfaction scores because they serve a greater proportion of Asian patients. Patient satisfaction scores should be adjusted for patient race/ethnicity.</p> View details for PubMedID 30794297 Preoperative weight loss: is waiting longer before bariatric surgerymore effective? Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery Eng, V., Garcia, L., Khoury, H., Morton, J., Azagury, D. 2019 BACKGROUND: Many insurance companies require patients to undergo supervised weight loss programs lasting several months. However, the association between time to surgery (TTS)-the wait time between the initial consultation visit and the immediate preoperative visit-and weight loss is not well documented.OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether TTS affects pre- or postoperative weight loss or complication rates.SETTING: University hospital, United States.METHODS: Data from 415 patients undergoing laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (n = 263) or sleeve gastrectomy (n = 152) at a single academic institution between 2014 and 2015 were retrospectively reviewed. TTS was compared with the percentage of total weight lost, change in body mass index, and adverse surgical events.RESULTS: Participants had an average body mass index of 47.42 kg/m2 at the consultation visit and TTS ranged from 7 to 1813 days with an average wait of 209.23 days. There was a statistically significant negative correlation between TTS and preoperative percentage of total weight lost among gastric bypass patients (b = -.005; P = .0492 2-tailed). A similar inverse relationship was identified among sleeve gastrectomy patients. Extended TTS provided no significant long-term benefits in weight loss by 24 months. No significant difference in rates of complications or readmissions was identified.CONCLUSIONS: Longer preoperative wait times do not result in improved weight loss or reducedadverse events. Determination of patient eligibility for bariatric surgery should rest with the health team and delay of treatment should be minimized. View details for DOI 10.1016/j.soard.2019.03.012 The Impact of Ethnicity on Metabolic Outcomes after Bariatric Surgery. The Journal of surgical research Valencia, A., Garcia, L. C., Morton, J. 2019; 236: 345?51 BACKGROUND: Previous studies have demonstrated that ethnic minority patients experience significant metabolic improvements after bariatric surgery but less so than non-Hispanic whites. Previous research has primarily investigated differences between non-Hispanic white and black patients. Thus, there remains a need to assess differences in diabetic outcomes among other ethnic groups, including Hispanic and Asian patient populations.MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective analysis including 650 patients with type II diabetes mellitus (T2DM), who underwent either laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass or laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) procedures, was conducted to understand ethnic disparities in diabetic metabolic outcomes, including weight loss, serum concentrations of glucose, fasting insulin, and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c). Data were from a single academic institution in northern California. Ethnicity data were self reported. T2DM was defined as having one or more of the following criteria: a fasting glucose concentration >125mg/dL, HbA1c >6.5%, or taking one or more diabetic oral medications. Diabetes resolution was defined as having a fasting glucose <125mg/dL, a HbA1c <6.5%, and discontinuation of diabetic oral medications.RESULTS: Within-group comparisons in all ethnic groups showed significant reductions in body mass index, body weight, fasting insulin, fasting glucose, and HbA1c by 6mo, but Asian patients did not experience further improvement in body mass index or diabetic outcomes at the 12-mo visit. Black patients did not experience additional reductions in fasting insulin or glucose between the 6- and 12-mo visit and their HbA1c significantly increased. Nevertheless, the majority of patients had diabetes remission by the 12-mo postoperative visit (98%, 97%, 98%, and 92% in Non-Hispanic, Hispanic, black, and Asian, respectively).CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study demonstrate that bariatric surgery serves as an effective treatment for normalizing glucose metabolism among patients with T2DM. However, this study suggests that additional interventions that support black and Asian patients with achieving similar metabolic outcomes as non-Hispanic white and Hispanic patients warrant further consideration. View details for DOI 10.1016/j.jss.2018.09.061 The Comparative Effect of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and Sleeve Gastrectomy on 10-Year and Lifetime Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk. Obesity surgery Raygor, V., Garcia, L., Maron, D. J., Morton, J. M. 2019 Bariatric surgery reduces atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk. However, the comparative effect of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and sleeve gastrectomy (SG) on 10-year and lifetime ASCVD risk, as defined by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA), remains unknown.Using the ACC/AHA ASCVD risk estimator, 10-year and lifetime ASCVD risks were calculated before and 1 year after bariatric surgery for patients aged 40-78 who underwent RYGB or SG at an academic medical center in California between 2003 and 2015. Change in risk was calculated by taking the difference between 1-year and baseline risk. Statistical analyses included the Wilcoxon signed rank test, Mann-Whitney U test, Quade's test, and multiple logistic regression.There were 536 patients (mean age 52?±?10 years, 20% male), of whom 438 underwent RYGB and 98 underwent SG. Patients undergoing RYGB were predominately female (82% vs 71%, p?=?0.021) and had higher baseline BMIs (44.4?±?8.4 vs 41.9?±?8.0, p?<?0.001) than patients undergoing SG. Compared with baseline, 10-year and lifetime ASCVD risks were significantly lower 1 year after surgery (aggregate of RYGB and SG, 4.2?±?6.0% vs. 2.2?±?3.5%, p?<?0.001; 50?±?11% vs. 39?±?12%, p?<?0.001, respectively). Patients who underwent RYGB had greater reductions in 10-year and lifetime ASCVD risks from baseline to 1 year after surgery than patients who underwent SG (1.7?±?3.5% vs. 0.8?±?2.4%, p?<?0.001; 11?±?23% vs. 0?±?12%, p?<?0.001, respectively).Although RYGB and SG significantly lower 10-year and lifetime cardiovascular disease risks by 1 year after surgery, patients who undergo RYGB may experience greater cardiovascular risk reduction relative to counterparts who undergo SG.</p> View details for DOI 10.1007/s11695-019-03948-8 Heterogeneity of weight loss after gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy, and adjustable gastric banding. Surgery Azagury, D., Mokhtari, T. E., Garcia, L., Rosas, U. S., Garg, T., Rivas, H., Morton, J. 2018 BACKGROUND: Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, and laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding all lead to substantial weight loss in obese patients. Long-term weight loss can be highly variable beyond 1-year postsurgery. This study examines and compares the frequency distribution of weight loss and lack of treatment effect rates after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, and laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding.METHODS: A total of 1,331 consecutive patients at a single academic institution were reviewed from a prospectively collected database. Preoperative data collected included demographics, body mass index, and percent excess weight loss. Postoperative BMI and %EWL were collected at 12, 24, and 36 months. Percent excess weight loss was analyzed by the percentiles of excess weight lost, and the distribution of percent excess weight loss was evaluated in 10% increments. Lack of a successful treatment effect was defined as <25% excess weight loss.RESULTS: Of the 1,331 patients, 72.4% (963) underwent laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, 18.3% (243) laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, and 9.4%(125) laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding. Mean percent excess weight loss was greatest for laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, followed by laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, and then by laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding at every time point: at 2 years mean percent excess weight loss was 77.9± 24.4 for laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, 50.8 ± 25.8 for laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, and 40.8± 25.9 for laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (P < .0001). The rates of a successful treatment effect s for laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, and laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding were 0.9%, 5.2%, and 24.3% at 1 year; 0.3%, 11.1%, and 26.0% at 2 years; and 1.0%, 25.3%, and 30.2% at 3 years. At 1 year, the odds ratio of lack of a successful treatment effect of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy versus laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass was 6.305 (2.125-19.08; P?=?.0004), the odds ratio for laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding versus laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass was 36.552 (15.64-95.71; P < .0001), and the odds ratio for laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding versus laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy was 5.791 (2.519-14.599; P < .0001). At 2 years, the odds ratio for laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy versus laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass increased to 70.7 (9.4-531.7; P < .0001), the odds ratio for laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding versus laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass increased to 128.1 (16.8-974.3; P < .0001), and the odds ratio for laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding versus laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy decreased to 1.8 (0.9-3.6; P?=?.09).CONCLUSION: This study emphasizes the existing variability in weight loss across bariatric procedures as well as in the lack of a treatment effect for each procedure. Although laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding has the greatest rate of a lack of a successful treatment effect, the rate remained stable over 3 years postoperatively. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy showed a doubling in the rate of a lack of a successful treatment effect every year reaching 25% at year 3. The rates for lack of a successful treatment effect for laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass remained stable at about 1% for the first 3 years postoperatively. Surgical Outcomes after Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy and Gastric Bypass: Findings from the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP) Garcia, L. C., Azagury, D. E., Rivas, H., Morton, J. M. ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC. 2018: S28 View details for DOI 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2018.07.023 View details for Web of Science ID 000447760600032 Does Urinary Bisphenol-A Change after Bariatric Surgery? Journal of the American College of Surgeons Dambkowski, C. L., Garcia, L., Leva, N., Morton, J. M. 2018 BACKGROUND: One of the world's highest volume chemicals is bisphenol-A (BPA), an organic compound with a high solubility in fat. An emerging body of literature has suggested a link between BPA, obesity, and insulin resistance. The study aim was to determine if surgical weight loss is associated with changes in BPA levels.STUDY DESIGN: Demographic, preoperative, and 3-, 6-, and 12-month postoperative urine and laboratory data were prospectively collected on 22 bariatric surgery patients at a single academic institution. Laboratory values included hemoglobin A1C, fasting insulin, and fasting glucose. Demographic, preoperative and postoperative data, and urinary BPA levels were compared using Student's t-tests and simple regression analyses using GraphPad Prisim6 software.RESULTS: Patients were predominantly privately insured (86%), female (83%), and white (68%). Urinary BPA excretion was negatively correlated with weight at 6 months (r= -0.47, p=0.029) and 12 months (r= -0.65, p= 0.006). The average weight before surgery was 274 pounds. Average preoperative BPA excretion was 2.4 ng/mL (SD= 1.0 ng/mL) in patients lighter than average weight and 1.3 ng/mL (SD= 0.7 ng/mL) in patients heavier than average weight (p= 0.006). Average BPA excretion at 12 months was 2.5 ng/mL (SD=2.2 ng/mL) among lighter patients and 0.58 ng/mL (SD= 0.4 ng/mL) among heavier patients (p= 0.05). Follow-up included 18 patients at 3 months, 22 patients at 6 months, and 16 patients at 12 months. Higher urinary excretion of BPA preoperatively correlated with lower 6-month patient weight (r= -0.557, p= 0.025). Higher preoperative fasting insulincorrelated significantly with reduced BPA excretion at 6 months postoperatively (r=-0.5366, p= 0.032).CONCLUSIONS: Excretion of BPA increases as bariatric surgery patients lose weight. Heavier patients with insulin resistance may store more BPA in adipose tissue and therefore excrete less BPA. UNDERSTANDING HISTORICAL TRAUMA AMONG INDIGENOUS ADULTS AT RISK FOR DIABETES TO INFORM BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS Garcia, L. C., Vasquez, J. J., Stafford, R. S., Sallas, I., Kendrick, A. E., Rosas, L. OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC. 2018: S219 Changes in Cerebral Cortical Thickness Related to Weight Loss Following Bariatric Surgery. Obesity surgery Bohon, C., Garcia, L. C., Morton, J. M. 2018 Cerebral cortical thickness is associated with memory and intelligence test scores and serves as a measure for changes in cortical gray matter. Previous studies suggest reduced cortical thickness in patients with obesity. This study aimed to investigate changes in cortical thickness following bariatric surgery. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data of five patients were analyzed preoperatively and 6 months postoperatively to assess changes in global measures of cortical thickness. No patients were lost to follow-up. This study provides preliminary evidence of brain change following surgery, suggests increases in cerebral cortical thickness in patients with greater excess weight loss, and indicates the need for further investigation using larger samples and correlation with neurocognitive measures, such as memory recall. Comorbidity Remission Following Intragastric Dual Balloon Placement. Obesity surgery Garcia, L., Vajanaphanich, S., Morton, J. M. 2018 The intragastric dual balloon was FDA approved in 2015 for the treatment of obesity. The objective of this study was to report the weight loss, comorbidity remission, and biochemical improvements experienced by 28 patients following intragastric dual balloon placement at a single institution between September 2015 and June 2017. Demographic data were collected preoperatively. Anthropometric, clinical, and biochemical data were collected preoperatively and 3 and 6 months postoperatively. Two patients were lost to data follow-up. 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__label__wiki	0.611867	0.611867	New to the Learning Ally Audiobook Library for Summer 2016 July 18, 2016 by Mir Ali We're in the hot, sticky dog days of summer, but Learning Ally has your boredom-buster covered with plenty of awesome pool-side reads! These are a few of the new high-quality books we've added to our library this month, all have the VOICEtext feature (the words are highlighted as you read): A Girl Called Fearless By: Catherine Linka Age Range: High School Avie Reveare has the normal life of a privileged teen growing up in L.A., at least as normal as any girl's life is these days. After a synthetic hormone in beef killed fifty million American women ten years ago, only young girls, old women, men, and boys are left to pick up the pieces. The death threat is past, but fathers still fear for their daughters' safety, and the Paternalist Movement, begun to "protect" young women, is taking over the choices they make. Fake Snakes and Weird Wizards By: Henry Winkler Age Range: Elementary Hank’s sister Emily wants Ralph’s Reptile Show to perform at her birthday party more than anything, but Ralph is booked solid. So Hank comes up with a plan: he’ll disguise himself as a magician called The Westside Wizard and pull a snake from thin air! But when Hank’s true identity is revealed during his performance, his good deed might just turn into a huge disaster. Raising Dragons By: Bryan Davis Age Range: Middle School The kids at school call Billy "Dragon Breath" for good reason. His breath is bad! It isn't the normal, morning-mouth bad; it's the hot-as-fire, "don't-you-dare-get-near-me" bad. Trouble erupts when his hot breath sets off the fire sprinklers in the boys' restroom at school, and his parents learn that they've kept their secret for too long. Billy finally discovers the secret. His father was once a dragon! Who Was Blackbeard? By: James Buckley Age Range: Elementary/Middle School Though much of his early life remains a mystery, Blackbeard most likely began his life as Edward Teach in the sailing port of Bristol, England. He began his career as a hired British sailor during Queen Anne's War. He eventually settled in the Bahamas under Captain Benjamin Hornigold who taught the young sailor to go "a-pirating." Twice Upon a Time By: James Riley Age Range: Middle School Jack and May are back for another adventure in the world of fairy tales with a twist. Now that they know about May's grandmother's real intentions, they're on the hunt to learn May's true identity. The search for answers leads Jack and May to the world of the Sea King, where they land right in the center of a battle between mermaids and the Pirate Bluebeard. The laughter and action are nonstop in this book from author James Riley-the second in a trilogy! Find more of our suggested titles for the month here. Not a Learning Ally audiobook subscriber yet? Dive into the world of reading by using the discount code Together20 for 20% off new individual subscriptions. You must have a certified print disability to join. Upon signing up, you'll have unlimited access to over 82,000 human-narrated audiobooks including textbooks! Have fun learning with us! Tagged With: Tag	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1481
__label__cc	0.745804	0.254196	Jason Kenney's Never-Ending Fast Food Nightmare Oh goody. Pass the ketchup and call an ambulance. It looks like Jason Kenney's Little Shop of Con Horrors and Foreign Workers just got even MORE entertaining. Because now not only is the fast food industry going after Kenney for cutting off its juicy supply of cheap foreign labour. Now they're so steamed, or broiled, by his plan to fix the problem, by forcing them to pay those slaves more than they do Canadians. They're going after Boss Harper !!! The group representing Canada's restaurant owners is calling for an urgent meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper to discuss the freeze on temporary foreign workers in the restaurant industry. "The recent moratorium on temporary foreign workers in the food service industry has turned the labour shortage into a crisis," Restaurants Canada CEO Garth Whyte said during a news conference in Charlottetown today. And quite frankly, if I was Harper I'd be worried... Because he might be out of his mind, like his bumbling pimp Kenney... But so are THEY !!! Even if restaurants offered $100 an hour for kitchen jobs, they'd still need to hire temporary foreign workers to fill the posts because Canadian workers just don't want the jobs, the head of Canada's restaurant association says. But of course it's worse than insanity, it's naked greed. And in a country where so many are unemployed and losing hope. it's absolutely OBSCENE. And a very cruel joke... So my message to the fast food barons is the following: If you need docile foreign slaves to run your restaurants, if you can't train Canadians or pay them a decent wage, then you deserve to go out of business. Period. So don't cry me a river.... of GREASE. And if they don't get that message maybe they'll get this one... Because enough is ENOUGH. It's time our useless business class stopped being so scuzzy, so greedy, so useless. And started creating good jobs, instead of munching on their juicy tax breaks, and sitting on their BILLIONS. A report by the International Monetary Fund, meantime, sounded alarms about how Canadian companies are accumulating so-called "dead money" — idle cash reserves — faster than any other country in the G7. Statistics Canada data shows Canada's corporate cash hoard was $626 billion in the last quarter of 2013, a jump of six per cent over the previous quarter — more than the federal debt and almost a third of the country's gross domestic product. Because that too is obscene. And the good news? This outrageous foreign workers scam has Canadians boiling with anger. It has the fast food industry stewing in its own juices. And it's absolutely COOKING the Cons. Kenney's credibility, or what was left of it, has been toasted or roasted... Or cremated, along with his leadership ambitions. And of course, Stephen Harper is just about ready to be popped into a padded oven himself. Because he was planning to spend the summer celebrating the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War. And posing as Great Patriotic Leader. So this is the LAST thing he needed... Gawd. What a way for the grubby little dictator to go out eh? Pursued by the fast food monster. The smell of treason and gravy in the air. And how fitting. Or how delicious. We have the Cons where we want them. And we really are going to COOK them... Labels: Con Klowns, Foreign Workers Scam, Jason Kenney, Stephen Harper, The End of Con Canada They still would need TFWers even if they paid workers $100 an hr. Gee, I don't think so. That is more than most engineers, teachers, professors, long shoreman, nurses, flight attendants, cops, lawyers make. O.K. some lawyers make a couple hundred an hr. but they are few and far between. All people want is a "living wage" with regular shifts and a 37 1/2 or 40 hr work week. 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__label__cc	0.652867	0.347133	Telebank and Mosaic – Acquisition Statement Mosaic is delighted to announce it has acquired an interest in Telebank Ltd. Along with an interest acquired in Committed Giving earlier in the year, this creates a formidable collaboration and further enhances Mosaic’s service provision to third-sector organisations in the UK. With over 17 years’ experience of successfully providing response handling and donation processing services to the third sector within the UK and North America, Telebank is a market leader in outsourced charity services. Telebank and Mosaic complement one another in ethos and operations. The businesses have been working closely together and by formalising a new partnership, Mosaic seeks to further expand capabilities and grow its UK footprint, whilst continuing to provide affordable excellence to its clients. Customers in the charity sector will benefit from a complete 360 degree transaction processing service that includes everything from online and digital donation management, regular giving and direct debit processing, data-driven communications, print and mailing services, response handling and supporter care, all supported by the latest technologies and within the highest levels of security and regulatory compliance. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. The Mosaic Team Press@mosaic-fs.co.uk	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1486
__label__wiki	0.978464	0.978464	‘Jessica Jones’: First Look at Krysten Ritter On Set Jessica Jones: First Look at Krysten Ritter On Set Just two months after joining the cast of the Netflix TV series Marvel's A.K.A. Jessica Jones, Krysten Ritter was spotted on the New York City set during the first day of production. Unfortunately, we don't see the actress in her superhero attire, but, given the nature of the show, which is set after she retired as a costumed crime fighter, it isn't known if we will see the actress in costume during the 13-episode first season. At any rate, production is under way in Bronx, New York. As you can see in one of the photos, the production appears to be shooting under the code name "Violet." Krysten Ritter will be joined by David Tennant (Kilgrave), Mike Colter (Luke Cage), and Rachael Taylor (Patricia "Trish" Walker) and the latest casting addition, Carrie-Anne Moss. While the identity of Carrie-Anne Moss's character was not revealed, she was described as, "a no-nonsense woman who could prove a powerful ally to Jessica... if Jessica doesn't completely alienate her first." Melissa Rosenberg serves as showrunner and executive producer on the series, alongside Jeph Loeb. After a tragic ending to her short-lived super hero stint, Jessica Jones is rebuilding her personal life and career as a detective who gets pulled into cases involving people with extraordinary abilities in New York City. Netflix hasn't announced when Marvel's A.K.A. Jessica Jones will debut yet, but we know that the first Netflix/Marvel series, Daredevil, is debuting on April 10. Take a look at the set photos below, and stay tuned for more on Marvel's A.K.A. Jessica Jones as production continues. BREAKING: First look at KRISTEN RITTER as JESSICA JONES! RT pic.twitter.com/epBXmjzQZE — Superhero Feed (@SuperheroFeed) February 5, 2015 'JESSICA JONES' has began shooting! RT pic.twitter.com/OdCjzYiEMZ NEW LOOK at KRYSTEN RITTER as JESSICA JONES on set! RT via http://t.co/iPNgyg0KBQpic.twitter.com/QOm7VGiwbV JESSICA JONES everyone! via http://t.co/iPNgyg0KBQpic.twitter.com/ISQ0Qnrjor Topics: Jessica Jones MCU Fans Want The Defenders to Cameo in Avengers: Endgame Reclusive Marvel CEO Caught on Camera with Trump, Gets Compared to Bigfoot Why Marvel Doesn't Want Netflix Superheroes in the MCU Yet Netflix Comic-Con Sizzle Reel Unites Daredevil, Jessica Jones & Luke Cage	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1489
__label__wiki	0.947	0.947	Uber's PR crises show no sign of letting up by Seth Fiegerman @sfiegerman May 5, 2017: 4:22 PM ET Chris Sacca: Uber is 'redeemable' Even flying cars weren't enough to turn the page for Uber. Last week, Uber teased ambitious plans to develop a network of flying cars by 2020. The press event briefly redirected the media's attention to the skies at a time when Uber is bombarded with PR crises on the ground. But the wheel of PR misfortune has resumed spinning. Uber is now reportedly the subject of a criminal probe from the Department of Justice over a tool it built to help drivers dodge law enforcement in cities like Portland, Oregon, where Uber was not allowed. Uber and the Justice Department declined to comment on the investigation. "We support the criminal investigation by the United States Department of Justice into Uber's use of the Greyball tool to evade regulators, and will continue to move forward with our own efforts to subpoena the requested records from Uber," Portland Commissioner Dan Saltzman said in a statement. The ride-hailing startup also entered the courtroom this week to defend itself against charges it stole trade secrets and intellectual property for its self-driving car business from Google's (GOOGL) Waymo. The case risks undermining what Uber describes as "potentially ... the most lucrative business in history." And if that's not enough, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick recently bailed on appearing at a big tech conference amid an ongoing internal investigation into sexual harassment allegations made by a former employee. Call it the new normal for Uber. Once the unstoppable darling of Silicon Valley, the startup has been tripped up by a series of stumbles this year. It is now besieged by lawsuits, executive departures, resurgent competitors and bad headlines. "Public perception is shaken," Mike Walsh, an early Uber investor, told CNNTech. "But I'm hopeful and confident that'll come back." Related: Uber and Waymo face off in court over stolen self-driving tech The damage has been months in the making. Uber was hit by a viral boycott in late January after it was perceived as breaking up a strike of taxi drivers who were protesting President Trump's travel ban. The next month it launched an "urgent" investigation in response to sexual harassment allegations. Weeks later, Kalanick was caught on camera arguing with an Uber driver. Along the way, there have been a series of executive departures, including president Jeff Jones, who quit because of concerns over the firm's management culture, and Rachel Whetstone, head of policy and communications. It "sends a bad signal to other employees and potential hires," Walsh said. "A company can't grow and excel without top talent, so this is concerning to me." Meanwhile, some of Uber's competitors are benefiting from its stumbles. Lyft, Uber's top rival in the U.S., recently raised $600 million in funding and said it experienced a 60% increase in new passenger signups the week after the Uber boycott. "Lyft was doing well before Uber shot itself in the foot," Michael Moe, a Lyft investor, told CNNTech in an interview last month. "But certainly those issues at Uber... have created an acceleration to Lyft's business." That doesn't mean Uber's drivers are suddenly fleeing the service. Harry Campbell, a driver for Uber and Lyft who runs a popular blog for drivers in the industry, said "Uber is just as busy as ever for drivers." But the string of public setbacks does raise questions about Uber's long-awaited IPO. It has raised more than $10 billion in funding. The company has stayed vague on timing for going public, but IPO expert Lise Buyer suggests its valuation could take a hit when it does. "Can a company with a black eye or five go public? Depending on what those errors were and how convincingly the problems have been solved, absolutely yes," said Buyer, an IPO adviser with Class V Group who helped take Google public. "But, generally, there is a cost." CNNMoney (New York) First published May 5, 2017: 4:22 PM ET	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1492
__label__wiki	0.649912	0.649912	Oscar Wilde in Paris: insensitive or nasty? Was Oscar Wilde anti-Semitic? One character in his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray 1890 was a greasy, monstrous theatre manager, Mr Isaacs. Isaac’s Jewishness was so unsympathetically presented by Wilde that the reader felt sickened. What was worse, Wilde had written the character Dorian Gray as a vicious anti-Semite who attacked the theatre manager over and over again. Wilde in London, in the great days pre-gaol But I had forgotten about Mr Isaacs and Dorian Gray until reading “Oscar Wilde, Captain Dreyfus' Reluctant Hero” written by Eddie Naughton in 2009. No longer able to write, and living down at heel in Paris, Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) survived for three years after he was released from wretched imprisonment in Britain. Wilde's arrival in Paris coincided with the infamous Dreyfus trial of 1894 and its fall out, including the nasty role of Count Ferdinand Esterhazy (1847–1923). Wilde first met Esterhazy in a Paris cafe, and immediately the two men were drawn to each other. Wilde was fascinated by this unkempt, tubercular crook while Esterhazy pounded his new friend with relentless outbursts against Jews in general and supporters of Dreyfus in particular. Count Ferdinand Esterhazy, the true spy in the Dreyfus Case While Captain Dreyfus was shackled to the bed on disease-ridden Devil's Island, Esterhazy had been secretly unmasked as the real traitor by an intelligence officer, Colonel George Picquart (1854–1914), who was promptly court-martialled by the French and sent to prison for revealing secret documents. The French army elite preferred to see an innocent Jewish officer rotting in a hellhole than have their establishment boat rocked. But it was Esterhazy's confession to Wilde at a dinner one night that brought the whole Dreyfus affair to a head. Along with Wilde and Esterhazy were an anti-Semite English journalist, Rowland Strong, and a pro-Semite young Irish bohemian poet, Chris Healy. At the behest of the pro-Dreyfusards, an indifferent Wilde prompted Esterhazy during his usual delirium about Jews into blurting out that it was he, Esterhazy, who'd been selling secret military intelligence to the Germans. Esterhazy proudly shouted that he put Dreyfus in prison, and all of France couldn’t get him out! Oscar Wilde’s reluctant role, according to Naughton, was in “outing” the real traitor, Esterhazy. As it happened, Wilde cared little for the pro-Dreyfusards. Not so Chris Healy, who immediately made contact with French writer Emile Zola. Zola was serving a prison sentence for libel after publishing his famous J'accuse, a devastating indictment of the French government, army and courts and their role in the framing of Captain Dreyfus. Zola tried to contact Wilde, but Wilde refused to co-operate with him. Why? Apparently because Zola had refused to sign a petition on behalf of Wilde at the time of his own conviction in Britain. Zola contacted other sympathetic journalists, and eventually they exposed and destroyed the corrupt cover-up that had been built around the Dreyfus case. 13 Rue des Beaux Arts, Wilde's last residence Healy left Paris soon after this and never saw Wilde again. Wilde died alone and penniless in the Hotel d'Alsace in Paris. Dreyfusian France is a subject I know very well, so I had ask myself if Naughton had the entire story? I soon found “A Tale of Two Scandals” by Nigel Jones. After parting from Alfred Douglas in Italy in late 1897, an unemployed, impoverished Wilde returned to Paris in early 1898, during Emile Zola’s trial over the J’accuse article. The political firestorm following Captain Dreyfus’ imprisonment and Emile Zola’s guilty verdict threatened the very survival of the Third Republic. Frenzied mobs, howling anti-Semitic hatred, were supported by the army, government, Catholic church and most of the press. Jones certainly knew that the apparent villain of the affair, Count Esterhazy, was a crappy soldier, boastful, malicious, a gambler, drinker and womaniser. However Jones tended to believe the Esterhazy was really a double agent, deliberately planted on the Germans, rather than a true traitor. Even if Jones was correct, would that have made any difference to Wilde’s attitudes? Oscar Wilde’s intimate friendship with Esterhazy seems bizarre to us. Wilde had himself been a persecuted martyr and victim of a viciously punitive homophobic morality in Britain. Surely liberal, socialist Wilde would have been on the side of the innocent man, not aligning himself with the forces of reaction, Church power and punitive right wing politics. Yet if Esterhazy had been innocent, Wilde suggested, the British author would have had nothing to do with the Frenchman. Thus Wilde was being paradoxical, provocative and ironic in his denunciation of Capt Dreyfus, not specifically anti-Semitic. Esterhazy didn’t care. He saw himself and Wilde as the two greatest martyrs of humanity; Captain Dreyfus was a pushy, German-speaking Jew who, if he did not spy for Germany, probably wanted to. In the end, Wilde contracted cerebral meningitis, was baptised into the Catholic Church in 1900 and died in poverty. Zola was asphyxiated in Paris in 1900. Commander George Picquart, the hero of the entire sordid affair, was freed from gaol and made a minister in the Clemenceau government. He died in 1914. Esterhazy escaped to Britain where he received a pension cheque every month from France and lived out his life in splendid comfort in Hertfordshire. He died in 1923. What was the difference between Naughton’s and Jones’ attitudes to Oscar Wilde? Naughton saw Wilde as disinterested in the Dreyfus affair, so his role in exposing Esterhazy was accidental and reluctant. Jones saw Wilde as vitally interested in the Dreyfus affair and in Zola, so his role was intentional, paradoxical and in the end very risky. Jones gave a reference to J Robert Maguire, “Oscar Wilde and the Dreyfus Affair” in Victorian Studies, vol 41, #1. I haven’t located the journal yet, but note that Maguire wrote the article way back in 1997. This story has been around for 15 years! Wilde's tomb, Lachaise Cemetery, Paris Labels: France, history, Jewish, literature, performing arts, Victorian Hello Helen: What webs of intrigue you reveal to us here and where does the truth lie? Perhaps, however, the real interest is not in knowing the absolute rights or wrongs but in the contrasting of differing opinions and in surmising what could have been the case. where does historical truth lie? Unless participants in an historical event write down their goals and tactics, later generations will never know the whole truth. And even written records have been known to lie! Count Ferdinand Esterhazy might have been a scumbag, but at least we understand his goals. Oscar Wilde's goals are much more confused, I think. Hermes said... Fascinating which I must read carefully. I suspect Wilde reflected both upper class British attitudes of the time and his own pronounced self-interest. Some of the children's books of the time are truly disgusting with Jews presented as evil. ILoveParis said... Wilde only survived 3 years in France, yet his Paris tomb is always surrounded by flowers and respectful people. They seemed to have taken him into their hearts. agreed. But Paris was tearing itself apart at the time of the Dreyfus trial. There was every possibility that the ongoing affair could bring the French government to its knees. As a very recently arrived outsider, Oscar Wilde was unwise to become so enmeshed in divisive, local politics. ILoveParis, The Guardian said (Nov 2011) that kissing Oscar's tomb on the Paris tourist circuit has become a cult pastime, which is proving impossible to break. Even if one could catch someone in flagrante delicto, most perpetrators are probably tourists, so they would be home before the French authorities could bring them to court. So you are correct. But why are most of the admirers at Wilde's Paris tomb women? Emm said... What a great post, as always! I think perhaps we'll never know Wilde's own feelings but it seems to me he was rather apathetic, at best, which can often be the most damning conclusion. He would then join the long line of Europeans who stood by and allowed the on-going persecution of Jews, paving the way for disaster years later. you may well be correct. But I expect heroism from my heroes, not apathy and certainly not right wing reactionary behaviour. Wilde, of all people, should have known better. Look at the deeply shocking way the British justice system had treated him! Kristin H said... Interesting. A complete new perspective for me and I who love the book "Picture of Dorian Gray" Kristin, of course you loved Wilde's writing. Who does not? I did Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest as a student, and thought Wilde was the wittiest writer ever. I still do. ChrisJ said... Given Wilde's beliefs about life and Art, about lying and artificiality, and about the suppression of virtue, etc., it is extremely difficult to even guess at his motives. It's not that we shouldn't censure him for possible wrongs, just that trying to figure out his thoughts and motives, even in his diminished circumstances would seem to lead through an odd contrary maze. Your post reminded me of something I've been thinking about for a long time and of a post I did a couple of years ago. I will post it tomorrow and link to you. agreed. It is extremely difficult to guess at anyone's motives, even people very close to us. Motives are often murky, contradictory and not thought out carefully. And they often seem quite primitive. You are quite right to point out his hideous experiences in Reading Gaol and his diminished circumstances in Paris. His wife and children were gone, and his passion for the awful Bosie was not returned. My motives might be a bit primitive in those circumstances as well. STAG said... Nice guys finish last. STAG, I don't agree with that sentiment in general, but I particularly don't agree with it in Oscar Wilde's case. If Wilde had been a working journalist or had a role where he wanted to be at the centre of nasty right wing politics, I MIGHT understand. But he seemed to be provocative for its own sake. This post started with Oscar Wilde's arrival in Paris in 1894. For an analysis of his earlier years at home in Britain, see the blog Willowbrook Park: http://willowbrookpark.blogspot.com.au/2010/02/oscar-wilde-malmaison-and-french-empire.html France Magazine said... When Wilde was released from his British gaol in 1897, why did he flee to France? Oscar Wilde was educated at home, where a French and a German governess taught him their languages - he became fluent in both. As a young writer, Wilde drew a lot of inspiration from French literary movements and authors. He had already written a play in French entitled Salome' which was translated into English in 1894 and performed in Paris in 1896. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891) was inspired by Gothic literature which Wilde coupled with elements from French decadent fiction. There was no other country in which he would have wanted to revive his career and be visited by loyal friends. Sophie Garner-Roberts I knew Wilde loved French literary movements and authors but I didn't know (or I didn't remember) that he was equally fluent in English, Germany and French. You have to admire really talented linguists!	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1497
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__label__wiki	0.560559	0.560559	Travelling With Eurail in Italy Even Easier With New E-Reservations App Functionality September 5, 2016 Technology UTRECT, the Netherlands, September 5, 2016/PRNewswire/ — New seat reservation function unveiled as Rail Planner App reaches over 1 million downloads Travelling with a Eurail Pass in Italy is now even more stress-free thanks to a new seat reservation function for ever popular Trenitalia high speed Le Frecce trains via the free Rail Planner App for iOS and Android smartphones. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20150803/254117LOGO ) The Rail Planner App, powered by Eurail Group G.I.E., is an offline trip planner mobile application designed to enhance the overall Eurail experience. The +4 star rated App enables travellers to conveniently determine their European train timetable options, see where connecting routes or reservations are necessary, and features other valuable information such as benefit and discount offers for Eurail Pass holders across Europe. Due to extensive demand, high speed Le Frecce trains and cross-border routes travelling within Italy can require a seat reservation to ensure the comfort of all passengers. The newly launched Rail Planner App e-reservation function means customers can book, pay, and receive their seat reservation all through their smartphone when connected to the internet. Eurail travellers have the option to either print their e-reservation or simply show the details on their mobile device when on-board the train. “With the Rail Planner App having reached over 1 million users, and Italy being a top year-round destination for Eurail travellers, together with Trenitalia we’re delighted to be able to offer passengers a convenient e-reservation tool. This latest innovation is part of our continued efforts to ensure all our customers can maximise their unique European experience,” says Silvia Görlach, Eurail Group G.I.E. Sales & Marketing Manager. Gianfranco Battisti, Director of Trenitalia Long Haul Passenger Division said, “The Italy One Country Pass is the most popular single country pass for both overseas visitors and European residents alike. A 47 percent sales growth of the Italy One Country Pass in 2015 demonstrates the increasing popularity of Italy as a destination. To optimise visitors’ experience, Trenitalia recognises it is vital to provide an easy to use, time saving e-reservation option to aid the overall customer journey.” Eurail Passes can be used to travel in up to 28 European countries and offer travellers the flexibility to create their own unique rail itinerary across Europe. Eurail Passes are available from a worldwide network of Authorised General Sales Agents. For more information, visit: http://www.eurailgroup.org/eurail-vendors. About Eurail G.I.E. Established in 2001, Eurail Group G.I.E. is the organisation dedicated to the management of Eurail and Interrail products, for both non-European and European residents respectively. Owned by over 35 railway and shipping companies, Eurail Group G.I.E. partners with hotels, transport companies and attractions to offer additional special benefits to all Eurail Pass holders. Visit http://www.eurailgroup.org for further information. Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20150803/254117LOGO Source: Eurail Group G.I.E. Eurail Group G.I.E., MENA	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1499
__label__wiki	0.69947	0.69947	Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding: The impact of Muslim-Christian Dialogue Forum (MCDF) in Nigeria Dimokpala, Christopher Chukwudi AVH5035-kand-nr-6081-masteravhandling-Dimokpala-navn.pdf (874.5Kb) Many scholars like Haynes 2007, Korieh 2005, Ashafa and Wuye 1999 have understood the conflicts that have been going on in Nigeria to be religious conflicts between Muslims in the North and Christians in the South. Firstly, I want to argue in my research that, the Nigerian conflicts are more than religious conflicts. Rather, they involve political, economic, social, cultural, ethnic aspects, and problem of regionalism in the country which implicates itself with religion most of the time to fight their cases. Meaning that, the three major regions in Nigeria (North, West, and East) are rivals with one another because each region wants to control the Nigerian federal government posts. Therefore, other regions with minority positions in the federal government seats, automatically becomes rivals to the leading region, and this is what I called the problem of regionalism. The above statement conforms to the words of Toyin Falola that “the first Republic was defined by the politics of regionalism. The North was dominated by the Hausa's/Fulani's, the West by the Yoruba's, and the East by the Igbo's. The three regions were bitter rivals and they all wanted to control the federal government” (Falola 2001:21). Secondly, I shall present the impacts of the Muslim-Christian Dialogue Forum in Nigeria, which is an interfaith religious organisation working to create dialogue and peace- building in the Nigerian conflict. The final aim of this study is to make available relevant research knowledge on some of the issues that have been neglected during conflict resolution and peace-building in Nigeria which are some of the major causes of conflicts in Nigeria and to urge the Nigerian Government and other institutions that would be involved in resolving the conflicts in Nigeria to deal with these areas in the pursuit of a better future of our country	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1500
__label__cc	0.528143	0.471857	Mentone Girls’ Secondary College is located on the corner of Balcombe and Charman Roads, Mentone. The College aims to provide up-to-date and modern teaching facilities to support the learning of all students. Click here to take a 360 virtual tour. Junior Learning Centre (JLC) In 2011-12 a plan was established to convert the Reflective Learning Centre, previously used by the Year 9 students, into a Year 7 centre. The aim was to improve our transition program by creating a unique space for the Year 7 students that in some ways resembled the Grade 5 and 6 centres in the local primary schools that they were already familiar with. The Junior School Office was relocated to this centre and a Year 7 locker bay was constructed alongside. The rooms in this area are designed to employ a wide range of learning activities. There is a large open-plan teaching area in the JLC as well as a wet room for project work. One of the adjacent classrooms is also an open-plan classroom. The furniture in these rooms is designed to facilitate group work, quiet reading and discussion groups. The Middle School wing includes: an open-plan classroom to facilitate team teaching a classroom with movable walls, which can be opened up to create a flexible learning/presentation space a viewing and presentation room a Year 9 locker bay decking and outdoor access for some of the rooms on the north side of the building. VCE Centre The VCE Centre is a study centre for the Year 11 and 12 students and is open before school, at lunchtime and after school. There is an area for quiet study and an area for small group work. The students have access to desktop computers. The Senior School Office and Careers Room are located nearby. Students can access and use the library from 8am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. The library has undergone a refurbishment to provide a fresh, open space with a mix of formal teaching spaces and informal areas for group study and reading. This dynamic learning environment provides the facilities to access information in many forms, networked to all parts of the school and accessible from home. It is viewed as the gateway to resources and programs that encourage the development of independent learners. The library is a light, airy environment heavily utilised by the school community. The seminar room has a data projector that can provide large screen viewing of videos, DVDs and computer programs. There are photocopiers, and a colour and black and white printer. There is a scanner and multiple computers providing access to online resources and the library’s collection. Library staff are actively engaged in delivering quality services and programs to support the curriculum. Librarians work collaboratively with teachers to deliver quality teaching and learning. Information literacy is viewed as a key competence necessary for students to become life-long learners. MGSC library staff run professional development programs to support the teaching staff in the development of their research work. Online bibliographies are prepared to provide students and staff with appropriate resources. Students are supported through the research process. The library’s intranet pages have been extensively developed to provide access to a large range of material for students. Wide reading is extensively supported through ‘Goodbooks’ which provides access to reading lists, extension reading for class set novels and access to student best picks. There is a wide variety of material available online including online search tools, VCE study materials, direct links to digital newspapers and material developed for teachers and students on research techniques. The Gymnasium comprises: two full size basketball/netball courts a circuit room a PE classroom stadium style seating for 400 people a PE staffroom. Behind the Gymnasium are two multi-purpose courts which can be used for tennis, netball and basketball. Nina Carr Performing Arts Centre The Performing Arts Centre comprises: two Drama teaching areas, one of which is suitable for dance a lecture theatre with seating for 192 people a dressing room an entrance foyer with canteen facilities toilets, including a disabled toilet. The Music Centre comprises: two Music classrooms, one of which doubles as a rehearsal room five rehearsal studios a computer lab a recording studio two instrument storerooms a Music staffroom. ICT Corridor The ICT corridor contains a number of technology rooms: two computer labs a Maths computer room two Food Technology rooms a Textiles room the student ICT help desk. Science Wing The Science Wing comprises: five science rooms, including labs for Physics, Chemistry, Biology and junior Science two general classrooms, mostly used for Psychology classes a Science Preparation Laboratory a Science staffroom. Dennis Technology Centre The Technology Centre comprises: a Metal/Plastics room a Woodwork room a Senior Art room an Art/Technology staffroom. Visual Arts Centre The Visual Arts Centre comprises: four Art rooms, with specialist rooms for Visual Communication and Design and Ceramics a computer pod with 25 Apple macs, which is accessible from all rooms. The Media Centre is adjacent to the Visual Arts Centre. It comprises: a large classroom and display area with 25 Apple macs a viewing room with a green screen for filming a photographic processing room access to an outdoor courtyard. French and Japanese Rooms Recently two of our portable rooms were set aside as a French classroom and a Japanese classroom. Plans are underway to establish a Languages garden outside these rooms. Questions Regarding Our Building Works Any questions regarding the building works are welcome. Please use our email contact form.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1501
__label__wiki	0.747326	0.747326	ABOUT DUTCH THE ART OF LOVE 2019 WATER SERIES STUDIO/GALLERY EXHIBITION INVITATIONS ART@HOME ART@GALLERIES ART@MUSEUM ART@OPENINGS MotorSport about POP Austin Press / Door Micky Hoogendijk Motorsport.com: A satellite exhibition at the F1 track featuring Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Micky Hoogendijk. See details below… Race fans will enjoy a turbocharged two-hour set featuring all of the iconic hits and classic album tracks spanning Elton’s incredible five-decade career. Austin, TX – Circuit of The Americas (COTA) is thrilled to announce a very special concert performance by Elton John & His Band on Sunday, October 25, 2015, following the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix (F1 USGP). One of the most acclaimed and beloved artists of our time, his spectacular stage shows are attended by audiences around the globe. Race fans will enjoy a turbocharged two-hour set featuring all of the iconic hits and classic album tracks spanning Elton’s incredible five-decade career on the new festival lawn located in the Circuit’s north infield. Accompanying Elton on stage will be his band featuring, Nigel Olsson on drums (part of Elton’s original three-piece band) as well as musical director Davey Johnstone (who first recorded with Elton in 1971 and joined the band full-time a year later) on guitar, Matt Bissonette on bass, John Mahon on percussion, and Kim Bullard on keyboards. COTA and POP AUSTIN International Art Show join forces “Our goal is to create a must-attend weekend this fall in Austin, Texas, by fusing music and art with local and international sport into Austin’s energetic nightlife,” says Jason Dial, President & CEO, Circuit of The Americas. “Adding legendary superstar Elton John & His Band to an already packed race weekend at Circuit of The Americas, along with POP AUSTIN International Art Show, Fan Fest downtown and a University of Texas Longhorn football home game, will prove to be an epic sport and entertainment weekend.” Three-day and Sunday-Only tickets for the exhilarating race weekend, happening October 23-25, 2015, at Circuit of The Americas, are now available online for purchase at www.CircuitofTheAmericas.com. In addition, you can book your hotel at great rates using our online booking tool. Circuit of The Americas and POP AUSTIN also announced today a special collaboration for the race weekend. Regarded as one of the most exciting contemporary art events in central Texas, POP AUSTIN International Art Show is expanding its footprint this year. It will not only return to Fair Market, but will host a satellite exhibit at Circuit of The Americas. The showcase at COTA will be available for the enjoyment of all race goers and will feature impressive collection of fine art, including pieces from Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Richard Orlinski, Desire Obtain Cherish, Shane Guffogg, Micky Hoogendijk and others. “Having POP AUSTIN International Art Show’s presence is a distinct honor! Their involvement is a great indicator of Austin’s ever growing cultural influence and international appeal,” says Sharilyn Mayhugh, Managing Director, Circuit of The Americas. POP AUSTIN’s keystone show “Illumination” taking place at Fair Market will feature a number of light-based works by celebrated artists such as Carlo Bernardini, Hans Kotter, Jeongmoon Choi and Adela Andea, among others from around the world. Select local Austin artists will be featured in the show and works will be shipped in from Europe, Asia, New York and Los Angeles. The works and installations will provide an interactive and immersive atmosphere for guests of all ages. COTA’s fan fest to return downtown Circuit of The Americas’ Fan Fest, the race weekend’s exhilarating celebration of all that Austin has to offer, will return downtown with exciting new additions. This celebration of music and motorsport will take place Thursday, Oct. 22, Friday, Oct. 23 and Saturday, Oct. 24 and will offer an eclectic array of activities and music spread across a variety of locations including some of Austin’s favorite bars and venues. Mohawk, an anchor of Red River, the legendary Continental Club along with C’-Boys Heart & Soul on South Congress, Hangar Lounge and The Market in the Warehouse District and The Belmont on West 6th are the first to announce their participation as official Fan Fest Venues. Stay tuned for more information as additional Fan Fest venues, outdoor stage locations and music schedules roll out over the next couple of months as we round the corner to the ultimate sports and entertainment weekend. 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__label__wiki	0.607224	0.607224	May 19, 2018 Post a Comment SINGAPORE COURTING MORE CONTEMPT Written by Bertrand Seah Singaporean activist Jolovan Wham is facing charges for contempt of court over a Facebook post alleging that Malaysia’s judges are “more independent than Singapore’s for cases with political implications”. A member of the Singapore Democratic Party, John Tan, has since received the same charge for saying that this ”confirmed the truth of Mr Wham’s assertion about the independence of the Singapore judiciary”. Wham is an award-winning social worker known for his advocacy for migrant worker rights, civil liberties and the abolishment of the death penalty, and had already been facing charges over his involvement in a silent MRT protest and a candlelight vigil for a death-row inmate. The charges over contempt of court are the latest in the aftermath of the controversial changes to the bill in 2016, which lowered the threshold for what counts as scandalising the judiciary. These changes have since seen, in addition to the cases of Wham and Tan, the prosecution of a lawyer over a poem and of Li Shengwu over a private Facebook post. HOW TO REMOVE YOUR ENEMY 1101E: A MODULE BY PRESIDENT DUTERTE CPF SET ASIDE… FOR RETIREMENT ONLY? Bertrand Seah 2020 © Millegram.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1507
__label__cc	0.646945	0.353055	Rick Warren: 6 Evangelistic Strategies to Help Grow Your Church ⇑ back to "Church Growth" 2:00PM EST 3/1/2019 Rick Warren (Image by StockSnap on Pixabay) I believe church health matters much more than church growth. Healthy churches grow. They grow stronger through worship, warmer through fellowship, deeper through discipleship and broader through ministry. And they also grow larger through evangelism. Healthy churches follow Jesus' pattern by reaching out to new people with the gospel. Here are six evangelistic principles, modeled by Jesus, that will help your church reach new people. 1. Know who you're trying to reach. No church can reach everyone. The moment you plan a worship service and pick a music style, you're telling people who you're trying to reach (and, conversely, who you're not). If you try to reach everyone, you probably won't reach anyone. We know Jesus had a specific evangelistic target. He tells us that directly in Matthew 15:24 (NLT): "I was sent only to help God's lost sheep—the people of Israel." Of course, that doesn't mean that Jesus didn't love everyone. He did—and still does! But he was evangelistically targeting the lost sheep of Israel. The same is true of Peter and Paul. Paul writes in Galatians 2:7, "Instead, they saw that God had given me the responsibility of preaching the gospel to the Gentiles, just as he had given Peter the responsibility of preaching to the Jews." If Jesus, Peter, and Paul can target certain people evangelistically, so can you. 2. Understand how unchurched people think. This is what made Jesus so effective. Just go back and read some of the examples in the Gospels where Jesus engaged people (as in Matt. 9, Matt. 12, Mark 2, Luke 5, Luke 9 and Luke 11, in particular). The Bible frequently notes that Jesus knew what people were thinking. It's much easier to reach people if you can understand where they are coming from. Unfortunately, the longer you are a believer, the less you think like an unbeliever. If you're a pastor, your thinking is likely even further away. So how do you bridge this gap? It's simple: You talk to unbelievers. When I first came to the Saddleback Valley nearly 40 years ago, I surveyed the community with four basic questions about how people felt about church. Why? I wanted to understand how unchurched people in the community thought. 3. Focus on the most receptive people. This is what the parable of the soil and the sower is all about. Receptivity to the gospel varies. Sometimes people are especially open to the gospel. Other times they are not. It's God's job to make people receptive. It's our job to be faithful to share the gospel when people are ready. If you must pressure people to come to Christ, they're not ready. Growing churches focus on reaching receptive people. A few years back in a Toolbox article, I shared a list of 10 groups of people who are particularly receptive to the gospel. I recommend you look at the list if you're re-examining your evangelistic strategy. Should Your Church Hire a Vocational Evangelist? 4. Let your target determine your approach. When you want to find out what will reach a certain group of people, ask them. Let me give you one of my favorite examples of this from my friend John Wimber, who led the Vineyard Church movement. Early in his ministry, he took a survey of the neighborhood and found out the biggest need among young couples was help with potty training their kids. So his church hosted a potty-training seminar with a Christian psychologist. They reached dozens of young couples with that ministry. You can't reach people on your own terms. You can't say, "We want you to come to Christ if you come to our building, at our time, to do what we want you to do." You won't reach people that way. You must be flexible to reach people. None of the innovations we've used to reach people for Jesus at Saddleback was preplanned. We did them in response to the situation we were in at that moment. 5. Offer people choices. We live in a world of choices. Look at the options we have in television channels, soft drinks and coffee. We're inundated with options these days. Offering people choices helps you reach new people for Christ, too. You'll reach more people that way. You'll be more effective evangelistically if you reach out to teachers, firefighters and police officers in different ways. Growing churches practice what I call "saturation evangelism," which means they use every available means to reach people. 6. Focus on people closest to your church. This is the basic New Testament strategy. You reach the people closest to you. Just look at what the disciples themselves did. Who did Andrew bring to Christ? He brought his brother, Peter. Matthew brought other tax collectors. The woman at the well brought the entire village, because she knew them. Your church is best suited to reach certain kinds of people. God made all kinds of churches to reach all kinds of people. I've never been ashamed of trying to grow Saddleback Church. When I preached the vision message of Saddleback a week before our official launch on Easter of 1980, I mentioned a numerical goal in the vision. I've always believed numbers represent people. I don't think God wants Saddleback to stop growing until we've reached every person within driving range of the church. That hasn't happened yet. My guess is that your church isn't there yet either. So let's keep growing. Let's keep reaching new people for Jesus. Rick Warren is the founding pastor of Saddleback Church. His book, The Purpose Driven Church, was named one of the 100 Christian books that changed the 20th century. He is also founder of pastors.com, a global internet community for pastors. This article originally appeared at pastors.com. Dr. Steve Greene is now sharing stories, teachings, and conversations with guests who lead with love on Love Leads, a new podcast. Listen now. RELATED TOPICS: evangelism \| growth	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1511
__label__wiki	0.85729	0.85729	Mixmag Live with Tensnake Tensnake takes to the controls HORSE MEAT DISCO PBR STREETGANG Village Underground, London, EC2A 3PQ Marco Niemerski (AKA Tensnake) had a busy 2013. After a year somehow comprising a full US-tour, a string of huge dates in Ibiza (ranging from Le Grand Bazaar alongside Pharell Williams at Ushuaia to headlining alongside Solomun at Pacha), it's fair to say that the German producer has hardly been resting on his laurels. 2014 seems to be just as hectic; sets are already planned for the likes of Panorama Bar and his highly anticipated debut LP 'Glow', which will feature collaborations with the likes of Nile Rodgers and Jacques Lu Cont, is scheduled for release on March 10. So it seemed fitting that we invite one of house and disco's consistently leading lights to kick-start our Mixmag Live for 2014. His blending of disco-inflected house with a pop sensibility has brought him his fair share of success since 2010, when the widely acclaimed and impeccably infectious 'Coma Cat' EP was released via Permanent Vacation. It's testament to his talent that he's managed to follow that EP up with a series of successful outings on labels such as Mirau and Defected. Support comes from funk and disco collective Horse Meat Disco, responsible for the Vauxhall party that is regarded as one of the most important discotheques this side of the Atlantic. We're also ecstatic to have harbingers of house and Wolf Music's finest duo PBR Streetgang on board.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1512
__label__wiki	0.989181	0.989181	It Looks Like Skrillex Has Officially Rejoined From First To Last Written by Sam Murphy on March 4, 2017 This year, Skrillex has played live and released a track with his former band From First To Last but now it looks like he may be rejoining permanently. The band have updated their socials with a new band pic that features Skrillex and it’s got the caption, “2017 Vibes in the studio with Incubus and Deftones and released ‘Make War’ earlier this year with From First To Last. Skrillex spoke to Alternative Press about rejoining the band at this year’s Grammys saying, “I guess I would say I left the band but I would say I’m not left anymore.” He also said that he’ll still be continuing his work as Skrillex. Watch: From First To Last – ‘Make War’ 2017 Vibes <3 pic.twitter.com/STxDvdi6lX — From First To Last (@FFTLAST) February 28, 2017 The Shins Drop Another New Song ‘Painting A Hole’Victorian MPs Went To Bruce Springsteen Concert On Taxpayers’ Dime	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1518
__label__cc	0.73536	0.26464	Blissful Mexican Recipes To Celebrate Day Of The Dead fabiolaofmexico in Mexican cuisine 26 October, 2017 16 November, 2017 1,626 Words The Day of the Dead is a celebration which, like everything in Mexico, calls for lots of delicious food! The Day of the Dead is a holiday which takes place on the 1st and 2nd November. It’s one of Mexico’s most important festivities. The Day of the Dead is not about celebrating death, and it’s also not about being sad. This holiday is about remembering family and friends who have passed away so they’ll never be forgotten. All over Mexico, families set up altars with offerings of food, sweets, and drink for their loved ones. The colorful altars also include candy skulls, cut paper decorations, marigolds, and incense. And since the offerings should include anything the deceased liked to eat and drink, there’s a lot of cooking going on. Dishes prepared for this occasion vary depending on the province and family traditions, but there are several which are staples during the season. I have rounded up a list of yummy Mexican Day of the Dead recipes from a bunch of lovely ladies with awesome cooking skills: Karla Sazueta at Mexican Food Memories Mely Martinez at Mexico in my Kitchen Leslie Limon at La Cocina de Leslie Sonia Mendez at La Piña en la Cocina Maura Hernandez at The Other Side of the Tortilla Ericka at Nibbles and Feasts Nancy at Mexican Made Meatless Maggie Unzueta at Mama Maggie’s Kitchen Nicole Presley at Presley’s Pantry Adriana Martin at Adriana’s Best Recipes These dishes are all served during the Day of the Dead festivities and are true delicacies, so I’m sure you’ll love them too. Let’s get cooking! Mexican Recipes to Celebrate the Day of the Dead Tamales are the go-to Mexican dish for any kind of celebration, so they’re also one of the most important food offerings in any altar. Many families spend the day cooking a huge batch of tamales of several different flavors for their altar. Although cooking dozens and dozens of tamales can be tiresome, it’s a also a great way for people to bond during kitchen duty. At least that’s what we do in my family. Take your pick from any of these delicious tamale recipes and start cooking! How to make masa for tamales Beef Sinaloa Style Beef Tamales Jalapeno and Chihuahua Cheese Tamales with Vegan Option Sweet Tamales with Cheese Sweet Pink Tamales Mole is one of Mexico’s most iconic dishes. It’s spicy, it’s sweet, and it’s also a common festive dish all over Mexico, so it’s nearly always served in Day of the Dead offerings. Mole sauce is made by roasting and grounding several seeds, spices, and chili peppers. There are many different recipes for mole, but all of them include adding chocolate to the mix. This is the ingredient which gives mole it’s special taste. Chicken in mole sauce is probably the most common dish served in many Mexican celebrations, including the Day of the Dead. The smell of it brings back memories of countless family reunions in my great-grandmother’s house when I was little. Pick one of these mole recipes and start making yummy memories. Almond Mole Black Mole Potatoes in Mole Sauce Sweet Mole Sauce Authentic Chicken in Mole Sauce (roasting and grinding required) Easy Chicken in Mole Sauce (no roasting or grinding required) Quick and Easy Mole From a Box Candied Pumpkin Candied pumpkin is one of the most popular dishes to make during the Day of the Dead. Since pumpkins are native to Mexico, it’s likely the Mayans and the Aztecs also offered pumpkin dishes to their long-lost ancestors. Although Mexican pumpkins are green instead of orange on the outside, they are also very meaty. With a little sweetness added, they become a delicious dessert. Put a spin in your pumpkins with one of these recipes! Mexican Candied Pumpkin with Video Tutorial Traditional Candied Pumpkin Pumpkin in Syrup Cooked Pumpkin with Syrup Candied Pumpkin Mexican Style Sweet Potatoes in Syrup Sweet potatoes are another ancient Mexican ingredient which is always present in the Day of the Dead offerings. There are many Mexican sweet potato dishes (empanadas, soup, patties, pudding, stews) but Sweet potatoes in Syrup are a top Mexican favorite this time of year. Plus, it’s ridiculously easy to make. Try your hand at this recipe. You can’t go wrong! Candied Sweet Potatoes Syrup Glazed Sweet Potatoes Honey Sweet Potatoes Yucatan Style Sweet Potatoes and Coconut Candy There’s a kind of purple sweet potato which is only found in Mexico during the fall. It’s mashed and cooked in syrup and makes for a fitting addition to altar offerings, because purple is considered the color of mourning in the Catholic tradition. Day of the Dead Bread Of course, the most popular and important food during the Day of the Dead is the bread. Since it’s only baked this time of year, most people don’t miss out on the opportunity to enjoy a piece (or many). You could say this bread is a “modern” addition to the Day of the Dead offerings because Mexican baking began after the Europeans arrived in America, about 500 years ago. FYI, a 500-year-old tradition is considered modern in Mexico. Traditional Day of the Dead bread is sprinkled with sugar or seeds and topped with a circle in the middle and four stems radiating from the center. Some say the stems represent bones. Other say the circle and the stems represent the five ancient Mesoamerican directions- north, south, east, west, and center. Make some Day of the Dead bread for you to enjoy this season! Bread for the Day of the Dead and Mexican Hot Chocolate Baked Panela Cheese and Membrillo Bread for the Day of the Dead Potato Day of the Dead Bread Mexican Day of the Dead Bread Day of the Dead Bread with Sesame Seeds There’s another very traditional kind of bread which is shaped like a human body and it’s not usually sprinkled with anything. This is the only kind of Day of the Dead bread I knew of when I was little, and it’s also the way my grandmother used to bake it. Even today, in small towns and villages in Mexico, families gather together (and may even miss work or school) to bake bread in stone ovens for their Day of the Dead offering. It’s hard work, but just like making tamales, it’s also an opportunity for family bonding. Atole is a hot, thick drink made of corn masa with milk or water. It comes in many different flavors and it’s also staple for the Day of the Dead. Atole was the original Mexican energy drink because it’s a calorie bomb. The Aztecs fed it to babies to stimulate growth and to warriors headed for battle. In those ancient times, the Aztecs believed that when a person died, he or she had to embark on a long, perilous journey to the Afterworld. During the Day of the Dead, the souls of the deceased could return briefly to Earth, but they had to journey back to their world afterwards. That’s why Day of the Dead offering typically includes several cups of hot atole, so the Dead will have energy and nourishment for their long journey back. In modern-day Mexico, atole is still widely consumed during the fall and winter months. There’s no better way to keep yourself warm on a cold evening. Pick a recipe and pour yourself a cup of hot atole. Just remember a little goes a long way! Champurrado – Mexican Thick Chocolate Sweet Corn Atole Oatmeal Atole Spicy Mexican Hot Chocolate Mexican Chocolate Atole Pumpkin Champurrado Sugar skulls are a lovely and sweet Mexican tradition, and it’s not surpising to see many people in other countries have included them in their Halloween celebrations. Skulls are ubiquitous in ancient Mexican art as a symbol of death and the god of the Afterworld, Mictlantecuhtli. But during the Day of the Dead celebration, skulls are not meant to be creepy because this isn’t a sad occasion. You’re welcoming your loved ones back home, remember? Therefore, festive skulls are placed in altar offerings and may have the name of the deceased written on their sugared foreheads as a sign of remembrance. Sugar skulls are meant to be only for decorating the altar because they’re too hard for you to sink your teeth into. However, there are other kinds of sweet skulls made of chocolate and amaranth that are definitely worth munching on. Try your hand at making these lovely, sweet skulls at home! How to Make Sugar Skulls How to Make Sugar Skulls for the Day of the Dead Sugar Skulls for the Day of the Dead Day of the Dead Traditions All these traditional dishes are a mixture of indigenous and European ingredients, which is exactly the definition of Mexican cuisine. Aside from these, families can make many other dishes depending on what their dearly departed liked to eat or drink. In my family, the Day of the Dead offering usually includes bread, fruit, sweet potatoes, candied pumpkin, tamales, and sugar skulls. Sometimes we’ll cook mole, and sometimes another dish, depending on what Mom wants to make. The tradition also includes remembering our loved ones who have passed away and other ancestors as well. This is an opportunity for my children to learn about their grandparents, great-grandparents, and great-great-grandparents. Mexican families can have very deep roots! Like us, I hope you find a way to remember your loved ones in a comforting and loving way through delicious food and family time. Happy Day of the Dead! Which of these recipes would you like to try? How do you remember your loved ones? Share in the comments! Published 26 October, 2017 16 November, 2017 Mexico City: Top 7 Must-Sees & A History Untold 30 thoughts on “Blissful Mexican Recipes To Celebrate Day Of The Dead” Mexican food is often given a bad rap when it comes to quality foods. Personally, I know Mexican food (just like ANY nationality food) can be prepared as healthy or unhealthy as one chooses. You provide some real good quality foods that will likely satisfy the need for taste and flavor easily. Old-fashioned, homemade Mexican food doesn’t have to be unhealthy. There’s a lot veggies and fruit involved. Unfortunately, Mexican-style restaurant food is not healthy at all. It’s too fatty (cream, queso, deep fried) and processed (taco shells, ugh). Thanks for commenting! maggieunz says: Muchas gracias, Fabiola. Muy buena colección de recetas. Te mando muchos saludos. Gracias por comentar Maggie 🙂 Adriana Martin (@ABRecipes) says: Hola Fabiola gracias por el shootout! Honrada con tu mención que gusto que te gustan mis recetas mexicanas. Un abrazo! Gracias por pasar a comentar, Adriana 🙂 Fabiola your roundup has so many great options, it’s a fantastic guide for Day of the Dead! Thank you for coming by, Nancy! thrifdeedubai says: Wow I had no idea such a day exsisted! I love Mexican food, but never been brave enough to try and cook anything (apart from dare I say, old el Paso dinner kits) 🙈 lol Love your blog… definetly saving for later! https://thrifdeedubai.wordpress.com/ I hope you try a recipe or two. I have a few here in my blog that are very easy to make, not just in this post. Will definetly try some, that’s why I’ve bookmarked your blog 😊 Hi Fabiola, great post! I like that you describe what Day of the Dead is and what is NOT. There are many misconceptions and stigmas about this holiday from many people especially religious groups. The Day of the Dead is not about celebrating death, although is understandable why the name of the holiday causes a lot of confusion. Yes, it’s understandable. But the truth is Day the Dead has a very complex and deep meaning. It’s really difficult to explain it all! Dr. Elise Cohen Ho says: Oh my goodness. So much deliciousness. I did not know there was a specialty bread. The bread is the best part of this holiday! 🙂 lol Marsha M. SOCAL says: So glad I found your site through Mama Maggie’s Kitchen. My sister and I are making an altar for the first time this year. I found some sugar skulls, in the market, but not nearly as nice as the ones you show. I am going to buy the bread this year too, since we got a late start working on it. Looking forward to learning a lot more about this tradition. Wonderful! You’ll love setting up the altar 🙂 These sound really great ideas for Halloween! Thanks so much for sharing at Blogger’s Pit Stop. Mars [hari-harian] says: The candied pumpkin and sweet potatoes look so good! I know in the Philippines, they have similar traditions. But I grew up in the US, and I think we really stay away from death! I love the passing on of family stories and history 🙂 Actually, the Day of the Dead is more about passing on family stories and history than about death. We don’t celebrate death, we just remember the people we love who have passed. Pingback: Blog Networking: 11/3/17 \| Dream Big, Dream Often dray0308 says: Reblogged this on Dream Big, Dream Often. Chomp Chomp Food says: I just ate but feel hungry again hahha, great post! Headless says: Good food sorry me have bad english i hop i spel all the wards right. this very good recipy. Super Bien! I like the sugar skulls the best. do you like the sugar skulls or chilly powdered candies Sugar skulls are not really made for eating. They are hard as stone and much too sweet. The chile powdered candy are better.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1524
__label__cc	0.581767	0.418233	Tag Archives: development Doctor Who: Series 6: Episode 6 – The Almost People Yet again I am late with my thoughts on the latest episode. I’d actually been putting off my standard pre-blog second viewing, for two reasons. On the one hand I was so blown away by the unexpected cliff hanger that I didn’t think I would be able to say much besides “what will happen next week?” in various different ways. On the other, I was disappointed with The Almost People. I should qualify that statement by explaining that when it comes to Doctor Who, even a below par outing is a must see event I can always derive satisfaction from. A bad Doctor Who episode is merely relatively poor, compared to the greatness of other episodes, and still one of the best things on telly. Why was I disappointed though? It’s difficult to pinpoint an exact reason. As the Guardian series blog points out, the shocking and momentous twist at the end would overshadow whatever came before it, no matter how good it was. But The Almost People was certainly not as good as it could have been and not as good as the promise set up in The Rebel Flesh. In fact there were some shockingly bad elements. As I said in last week’s piece, Matthew Graham’s script was inconsistent. After watching The Almost People for a second time, I liked it a lot more and appreciated the extremely intricate and clever plotting. All of the character development ploughed into the Gangers, for Jimmy and his son, Cleaves and her blood clot, even the Doctors shoe swapping, made more sense once you knew that this was all part of the Doctor mulling over Amy’s impostor. The Doctor still gets the odd good line; with Matt Smith making most of the disappointing ones look good too with a varied and vibrant performance. Re-watch it and see the burden of worry about where the real Amy is on his face, way before we find out. However Graham’s script also contained such truly awful lines as “who are the real monsters?” and “It will destroy them all”. And whilst you can see the idea behind the development of the Gangers far more clearly after a second viewing, it doesn’t always come off, with stereotypical northern Buzzer not convincing at all as he moans “I should have been a postman like me dad”. Then there’s the terrible acting, which I touched upon last week, even more noticeable this time. Cleaves and Jennifer in particular are woefully portrayed. So despite a lot of potential, with intelligent moral dilemmas and frightening psychological horror, this double bill never really grabbed my attention completely. Until the climax that is. With the rather random and forced CGI monster out of the way and the ridiculous farewell hugs when the beast was supposedly breaking down the door, the Doctor becomes grave and ushers Amy and Rory into the TARDIS. He had a reason for his visit to the factory with the flesh. Amy has not been with them for some time. But how long? She must surely have been there for the Doctor’s death at the beginning of the series? Did the swap take place during an adventure we saw on screen or another in between time? It would seem a bit of a cop out if it just happened somewhere along the line and we’re not given a precise explanation as to when. There are endless other questions, and knowing Moffat, the majority will be left unanswered. We are promised that next week’s A Good Man Goes to War will see the unveiling of River Song’s true identity though. And the trailer shows us that the Cybermen are back, but once again, knowing Moffat, they’re unlikely to be the real masterminds behind it all. Who impregnated Amy? Was the Timelord child from the opening two parter hers? The Doctor shouts something about not using a baby as a weapon in the trailer, to mysterious eye patch midwife Madame Kovarian, so how exactly does she do that? After this disappointing pair of episodes following the superb The Doctor’s Wife by Neil Gaiman, doubts resurface, for me at least, about trying to do too much with the story arc. In overlaying so many secrets, which are often tagged onto the ends of episodes, Moffat risks devaluing the standalone stories and turning the increasingly strained relationships within the TARDIS into soap opera. I’m sure that A Good Man Goes to War will be an improvement on The Almost People, if only in terms of the quality of the dialogue. But hopefully, with some real answers, Doctor Who will also begin to get back to just telling damn good stories every week too. Tagged 6, 70s, 80s, A, acting, Almost, America, Amy, appreciate, Arthur, Ashes to Ashes, Auton, autumn, CGI, character, Christmas, classic, Cleaves, cliff, clones, Cybermen, Dan Martin, Darvill, Davies, development, dialogue, Dicken, dilemmas, Doctor, drama, episode, ethics, Flesh, forums, Frankenstein, future, Gaiman, Gangers, Gillan, ginger, Goes, good, gossip, Graham, Guardian, hanger, hints, horror, impostor, inconsisten, industrial, intricate, Jennifer, Jimmy, Karen, legs, Life on Mars, Lord, man, Matt, Matthew, Miracle Day, Moffat, monastery, monster, moral, mouth, Neil, opera, people, performance, physical, plotting, Pond, portrayal, pregnant, psychological, rebel, relationships, River, Roman, Rory, Russell, sci-fi, screenplay, script, season, second viewing, Series, series blog, silence, six, Smith, soap, son, Song, Space, split, spoilers, Steven, story arc, summer, T, TARDIS, The, The Doctor's Wife, themes, time, Timelord, To, tone, Torchwood, trailer, travel, twist, Wales, war, Who, writer Film news: Dark Peter Pan reimagining to star Eckhart and Bean Longstanding big names Aaron Eckhart and Sean Bean are to add clout to the cast of a modern retelling of children’s classic Peter Pan. They’ve both joined a project to be directed by Ben Hibon, with the working title Pan, which is set to turn the traditional fantasy tale of Neverland on its head. Evil pirate Hook will be transformed into a troubled, disturbed and obsessed police detective searching for a childlike kidnapper with a knack for both snatching and dispatching little ones. Hapless sidekick Smee is a chief detective and Hook’s only friend on the force, with innocent Wendy a traumatised survivor keen to help find the criminal. The role of Wendy will be played by AnnaSophia Robb (Race to Witch Mountain/Jumper). Eckhart will take the key role of Hook and Bean that of sympathetic Smee. Director Hibon, who masterminded the creation of the universally praised animation sequence in Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 1, will be tasked with bringing an interesting idea to life, that’s been simmering in the development stages for a long time. According to Empire Magazine the film, once the property of New Line, is being promoted at Cannes by Essential Entertainment with October the target for the start of principal photography. It might be important for those behind Pan to get their skates on, given that Peter Pan Begins with Channing Tatum is also in the pipeline. This would be a reinterpreted origin story for J.M Barrie’s character, with Hook rumoured to be Pan’s brother. I know which vision of the iconic story I’d rather see successfully realised. Hibon’s concise storytelling ability and visual flair are evident from his brief touches to the Harry Potter franchise, so he could have exactly the right capabilities to pull off a tantalising and ambitious concept. Eckhart has played a determined and stressed lawman before in global phenomenon The Dark Knight and certainly has the acting chops to be a good, well meaning Hook. The dependency of the film on Robb’s role as Wendy will be interesting, given her less inspiring CV. Let’s hope this is a clever new slant on the fairytale that does get the backing it needs to grow up and leave Neverland for theatres. Tagged Aaron, adaptation, and, AnnaSophia, Bean, Ben, Cannes, cast, casting news, Channing, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, deathly, Deathly Hallows, Del Toro, Depp, detective, development, Eckhart, Empire, Essential Cinema, Essential Entertainment, fantasy, Festival, fiction, film, filming, films, Finding Neverland, Flickering Myth, Forster, genre, gritty, hallows, Harry, haunted, Hibon, Hobin, hook, J.M Barrie, Johnny, Jumper, kidnapper, killer, magazine, Marc, media, movie, movies, Neverland, new, New Line, news, newspaper, One, online, Pan, Part 1, Peter, Peter Pan Begins, photography, pimping, Potter, principal, project, promote, promoting, Race to Witch Mountain, raise funds, reboot, reimagining, reinterpretation, reworking, Robb, screenplay, script, Sean, shooting, Smee, Tatum, TDK, The, The Dark Knight, Thrones, Total Film, troubled, update, Wendy, work, writer Manchester United can beat Barcelona at Wembley: And it would just be the beginning The title is theirs. Carlo Ancelotti did his best to fire up the Chelsea players, repeatedly calling it their cup final, but the Red Devils proved too strong at Old Trafford. The Theatre of Dreams has been a fortress of consistency in a curiously unpredictable season. Often it’s appeared as though no one wanted the league enough but ultimately United’s experienced desire was superior, and it was at its lustful best against Chelsea. It seems as though we might be witnessing a time of real change in football, particularly in the Premiership. Every team in the league is capable of taking points from the top sides. The notion of a traditional top four is crumbling and the ways in which clubs are preserving their success are evolving too. The era of the successful big money signing appears to have past. Of course there are exceptions, with Manchester City the latest to flash the cash, but the big teams doing well this season were not dependent on new signings or even one standout performer. Arsenal may have once again fallen at the crucial stage of the race, but they were United’s primary challengers for most of the campaign. Their squad has grown gradually over the years. And so has Manchester United’s. Since the departure of Ronaldo to Real Madrid Sir Alex Ferguson has continued to ignore the calls from fans, myself included, for more expensive replacements. Instead he has focused on improving the players he already has by carefully managing their experience of important fixtures, as well as bringing in some future investments (with some paying off early, such as Javier Hernandez). The failures of other teams have proved his strategy right. He has also once again settled on a different tactical vision for his side. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Champions League. United have not conceded a goal away from home in the competition. They have done this by mastering a drilled and disciplined style of play. In many ways this is at odds with the entertaining, attacking tradition of the club. But Ferguson has been wise enough to recognise that the strengths of his team have changed. In 2008 when they defeated Chelsea in the final, United were a team boasting the sparkle and individual talent of Berbatov, Rooney, Tevez and Ronaldo. These days United have become a highly efficient and effective collective unit. Their starting eleven appears inferior in terms of talent, but they are no longer dependent on stars to succeed. Having said this they will still need the key players in their unit, particularly Rooney, to be at their best if they are to beat Barcelona at Wembley. This is because the Catalans have the collective mentality of the current United side, as well as happening to have a team bursting with world class footballers. Ferguson insists he knows where his team went wrong in the final of 2009 against the Spaniards. He has been able to rotate his squad with extreme flexibility to get what he wants from a game, with whoever comes in doing what is required of them. But against Barcelona nothing less than his best combination of midfielders will do. For it was in midfield that United lost the 2009 final. They can take some comfort from the fact that Yaya Toure, who scored the goal that ended United’s treble hopes in the FA Cup semi with Man City, will no longer be an immovable object at Barcelona’s core. It was he that overpowered Carrick and co so fatally. But nowadays the likes of Javier Mascherano are there to provide a defensive screen from which Iniesta and Xavi can create for the devastating abilities of Villa and Messi up front. Somehow United’s players will have to get a grip on possession. Carrick has been unfairly derided in the past. He is a world class passer of the ball who can provide both a defensive shield and attacking platform. In recent weeks his resurgent form has added vital impetus to a tough run in. But there will still be question marks over whether or not he will perform for the big occasion and whether he will once again be outmuscled. He seems likely to start though given his involvement lately, so Ferguson must decide who to play alongside him and in what formation. With the main worry being a lack of possession it’s likely we’ll see a three man central midfield, with Rooney leading the line alone. This robs United’s prize asset of much of his threat and his deadly combination with Javier Hernandez. It will also put him under pressure that might lead to frustration, which is a dangerous cocktail for his volatile temperament. Against Chelsea a two fingered salute to the Blues fans was a sharp reminder that the striker is way off the level of maturity required for a captaincy, of England or his club. Darren Fletcher could be the missing link, as he missed the final two years ago through suspension. He would add the grit that was so evidently missing that night. But this time around its fitness that will be a problem for the Scot. Giggs has been majestic in some vital fixtures this campaign but mediocre in others. Anderson and Scholes seem unlikely to feature, but Ji-Sung Park, especially after his man of the match display against Chelsea, might be chosen to be a busy thorn in Barcelona’s side. It’s interesting and baffling that Dimitar Berbatov, the team’s main source of goals in the league and an undoubtedly dazzling player, is not being seriously considered by any commentators for a starting place. Ferguson does not trust him for the big fixtures and Rooney plays better with Hernandez ahead of him. The Bulgarian’s future will be one to watch in the summer, despite being top scorer. It’s a one off game at Wembley. Ferguson will have learnt genuine lessons from two years ago and the togetherness of his new team will be a challenge for Barcelona, just as their undeniable quality will be a challenge for United. The tantalising thing for United fans is that if they are successful here, in theory such a young squad should only improve with experience, without the need for drastic and expensive imports. Tagged 1999, 2008, 2009, Ancelotti, and, Anderson, Arsenal, at, away, Barcelona, Barclays, be, beat, beginning, Berbatov, blog, Blues, Bulgarian, can, capacity, Carrick, cash, Caught, Champions, Chelsea, City, clean sheets, collective, column, competitive, conceded, Cristiano, Curious, debate, development, Dimitar, discussion, Emirates, era, Europe, evolve, Ferdinand, Fergie, Ferguson, Final, Fletcher, football, form, Giggs, Hernandez, inconsistent, Iniesta, it, it's, Javier, League, Liam, man, Manchester, mega, Messi, midfield, Money, Nemanja, nil, Nou Camp, Offside, Old Trafford, only, opinion, Premiership, quality, race, Real Madrid, rich, Rio, Ronaldo, Rooney, Scholes, signings, Sir Alex, sport, stadium, start, striker, talent, temperament, The, title, togetherness, top four, Toure, traditional, transfers, Trim, two fingered salute, unit, United, Utd, V sign, Van der Sar, Vidic, Villa, Wayne, Wembley, Wenger, whole, would, writer, Xavi, Yaya, youth, zero The best of today’s opinion in The Guardian: plus some music A number of articles have caught my eye today, the best of which an exploration of the pitfalls of adaptations by Sarah Churchwell in The Guardian. Principally she focuses on a foolhardy forthcoming adaptation of Fitzgerald’s celebrated novel The Great Gatsby, which is to star Leonardo DiCaprio and be directed by Baz Luhrman, who seems to only churn out turkeys of late (eg the dismal Australia). I found the article to be brilliantly insightful as well as accesible, as I have not yet read The Great Gatsby but Churchwell explains the nature of the book and how any film will inevitably fail to capture its crucial essence so well, without ever patronising. I find the whole business of transforming pieces between genres of immense creative interest, and enjoyed playing with the craft during my English A-Level. There are certainly many reasons for adapting great works if they are adapted well, but Churchwell makes a vital point that some qualities simply cannot be transferred and filmmakers and playwrights would often do better to acknowledge this fact. Her well expressed and insightful musings on Gatsby’s theme of possibility over actuality and the idea that a film adaptation is trying to realise the dream and therefore destroys it, seem particuarly spot-on. I am encouraged to read the novel and discover what the fuss is about, especially before I view the planned film. The title of her piece is also a clever play on Dawkins’ The God Delusion, perhaps simply inspired by the Gs. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/nov/15/great-gatsby-delusion Also on The Guardian website is an articulate expression of the grievances of students following the Coalition’s recent announcement of planned education cuts. Lizzie Dearden, a student at York, highlights far more clearly and simply than I the devastating impact the cuts and raised fees will have and are having on young people, and how these impacts contradict the progressive message of economic recovery continually broadcast by the government. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/nov/16/liberal-democrats-betrayed-students A final piece from The Guardian‘s opinion section is an interesting piece by their prolific commentator Polly Toynbee, investigating the government’s announcement of the development of a “happiness” index. Now even from my basic knowledge of philosophy and ethics and limited life experience, I can confidently state that happiness cannot be measured and in any case attempting to is nothing new; just look at the long history of Utilitarianism. However it does seem obvious as well that the concerns of voters are not purely economic and the development of a country and its world standing cannot simply be categorized through GDP alone. So like Polly in this article I applaud the attempts to broaden data, under whatever dubious banner (“well being” certainly stirs understandable derision), whilst also joining Polly in being clear that Cameron’s Conservatives take no credit for the changes, at a time when inequality is increasing and therefore well being declining. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/nov/16/unhappiness-david-cameron-wellbeing And to finish off, a link to a brilliant band. Their recordings simply do not compare to seeing their electrifying live performances, but nevertheless wonderful lyrics and uplfiting melodies can be found. Seek them out for the real experience but I give you Tankus the Henge: http://tankusthehenge.bandcamp.com/album/tankus-the-henge Tagged 16th november, 2010, A-Level, actuality, adaptation, Albania, alliteration, articulate, Australia, author, Baz Luhrman, Bentham, best, book, brilliant, Cameron, capture, catchy, Chris Huhne, Cif, cinema, circus, claim, clear, Coalition, Comment is Free, concise, Conservatives, creative, crucial, Cuts, data, Dawkins, delusion, destroyed, development, DiCaprio, doomed, dreams, economic, education, electrifying, EMA, English, essence, ethics, expressed, failure, Festival, flop, France, fuss, GDP, genre, government, Gs, Happiness, Hugh Jackman, ideas, impacts, index, inequality, insightful, Larmer Tree, Leonardo, Lib Dem. betrayal, literary, literature, live, Lizzie Dearden, lyrics, measure, message, Mill, Moulin Rouge, movie, music, newspaper, Nicole Kidman, novel, Office National Statistics, patronising, performance, philosophy, pitfalls, playwright, Polly, possibility, progressive, read, realised, recovery, Redford, Robert, Sarah Churchwell, screenplay, Shutter Island, spot-on, stars, Student, Tankus the Henge, text, The God Delusion, The Great Gatsby, The Guardian, themes, Titanic, Toynbee, transformation, Turkey, unhappiness, uplifting, utilitarianism, vital, website, well, well being, world standing, writer, York	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1531
__label__cc	0.687958	0.312042	ISLAMOBULLIES FORCE SHUTDOWN OF GEERT WILDERS' FILM - "FITNA" Update 3/31/08 - LiveLeak has restored the film "Fitna." Michelle Malkin comments . Update 3/29/08 - The film is available here at Google video and here . Michelle Malkin offers a news update and more video locations. Wikipedia has a good overview of the film and the controversy. A European website offering on-going coverage is Gates of Vienna, see e.g. here and additional posts. Mark Steyn posts the update: Geert Wilders' film is a hit - over 1.5 million views in English, over 2.5 million in Dutch last time I checked - but it's nevertheless been yanked by LiveLeak, with the following statement: Following threats to our staff of a very serious nature, and some ill informed reports from certain corners of the British media that could directly lead to the harm of some of our staff, Liveleak.com has been left with no other choice but to remove Fitna from our servers. This is a sad day for freedom of speech on the net but we have to place the safety and well being of our staff above all else. Indeed. The Internet will keep Fitna alive in odd corners hither and yon, but only to those who actively seek it out. In the wider world, it goes without saying that such a film is unacceptable, and that this time round the pre-emptive rage (as Diana West Continue reading "ISLAMOBULLIES FORCE SHUTDOWN OF GEERT WILDERS' FILM - "FITNA"" » Friday, 28 March 2008 in Europe, Film, Islam, Islamist threat, Movies \| Permalink \| Comments (0) \| TrackBack (0) GEERT WILDER'S FILM ON ISLAM IS FINALLY OUT Update 3/28/08 - Geert Wilders' film yanked due to Islamobullies. -The film was greatly feared by European governments and elsewhere because of its anti-Islamist thrust. Douglas Murray has important things to say (HT: the Corner): Well Geert Wilders' film 'Fitna' is finally out, as of last night, and so far there is no need to retire to the bunker. At the time of writing there's been a bit of rioting in Karachi but Holland itself is still standing if - thanks to its government - slightly cowed The film itself. . . click here for the full 15min version - is well worth seeing. It isn't for the faint-hearted: footage includes some of the most barbaric acts committed by the jihadists. But there's no burning of the Koran or ripping up of the Koran, or any of the other allegedly 'shocking' things which the Dutch government and others revealingly predicted would be in the film. The film simply shows what the Koran says and then shows footage of certain Muslims carrying out those words to the letter. To this extent, anything which people find shocking in the film should be put at the doors of Mohammed and certain of his followers, not Wilders. Continue reading "GEERT WILDER'S FILM ON ISLAM IS FINALLY OUT" »	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1535
__label__cc	0.724416	0.275584	Malondialdehyde–Acetaldehyde Adducts and Antibody Responses in Rheumatoid Arthritis–Associated Interstitial Lung Disease Bryant R. England, Michael J. Duryee, Punyasha Roul, Tina D. Mahajan, Namrata Singh, Jill A. Poole, Dana P. Ascherman, Liron Caplan, M. Kristen Demoruelle, Kevin D. Deane, Lynell W. Klassen, Geoffrey M. Thiele, Ted R. Mikuls Rheumatology, Nebraska Medicine Central States Center for Agricultural Safety & Health Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep & Allergy Pulmonary, Nebraska Medicine Pathology & Microbiology VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System Objective: To compare serum anti–malondialdehyde–acetaldehyde (anti-MAA) antibody levels and MAA expression in lung tissue from patients with rheumatoid arthritis–associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) to those found in controls. Methods: Anti-MAA antibody (IgA, IgM, IgG) concentrations were measured in patients with RA-ILD and compared to those of RA patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and RA patients without lung disease. Associations between anti-MAA antibody with RA-ILD were assessed using multivariable logistic regression. Lung tissue from patients with RA-ILD, other ILD, or emphysema, and from controls (n = 3 per group) were stained for MAA, citrulline, macrophages (CD68), T cells (CD3), B cells (CD19/CD27), and extracellular matrix proteins (type II collagen, fibronectin, vimentin). Tissue expression and colocalization with MAA were quantified and compared. Results: Among 1,823 RA patients, 90 had prevalent RA-ILD. Serum IgA and IgM anti-MAA antibody concentrations were higher in RA-ILD than in RA with COPD or RA alone (P = 0.005). After adjustment for covariates, the highest quartiles of IgA anti-MAA antibody concentration (odds ratio 2.09 [95% confidence interval 1.11–3.90]) and IgM (odds ratio 2.23 [95% confidence interval 1.19–4.15]) were significantly associated with the presence of RA-ILD. MAA expression in RA-ILD lung tissue was greater than in tissue from all other groups (P < 0.001), and it colocalized with citrulline (r = 0.79), CD19+ B cells (r = 0.78), and extracellular matrix proteins (type II collagen [r = 0.72] and vimentin [r = 0.77]) to the greatest degree in RA-ILD. Conclusion: Serum IgA and IgM anti-MAA antibody is associated with ILD among RA patients. MAA is highly expressed in RA-ILD lung tissue, where it colocalizes with other RA autoantigens, autoreactive B cells, and extracellular matrix proteins, highlighting its potential role in the pathogenesis of RA-ILD. Arthritis and Rheumatology https://doi.org/10.1002/art.40900 Vimentin Fibronectins England, B. R., Duryee, M. J., Roul, P., Mahajan, T. D., Singh, N., Poole, J. A., ... Mikuls, T. R. (2019). Malondialdehyde–Acetaldehyde Adducts and Antibody Responses in Rheumatoid Arthritis–Associated Interstitial Lung Disease. Arthritis and Rheumatology, 71(9), 1483-1493. https://doi.org/10.1002/art.40900 Malondialdehyde–Acetaldehyde Adducts and Antibody Responses in Rheumatoid Arthritis–Associated Interstitial Lung Disease. / England, Bryant R.; Duryee, Michael J.; Roul, Punyasha; Mahajan, Tina D.; Singh, Namrata; Poole, Jill A.; Ascherman, Dana P.; Caplan, Liron; Demoruelle, M. Kristen; Deane, Kevin D.; Klassen, Lynell W.; Thiele, Geoffrey M.; Mikuls, Ted R. In: Arthritis and Rheumatology, Vol. 71, No. 9, 01.09.2019, p. 1483-1493. England, BR, Duryee, MJ, Roul, P, Mahajan, TD, Singh, N, Poole, JA, Ascherman, DP, Caplan, L, Demoruelle, MK, Deane, KD, Klassen, LW, Thiele, GM & Mikuls, TR 2019, 'Malondialdehyde–Acetaldehyde Adducts and Antibody Responses in Rheumatoid Arthritis–Associated Interstitial Lung Disease', Arthritis and Rheumatology, vol. 71, no. 9, pp. 1483-1493. https://doi.org/10.1002/art.40900 England BR, Duryee MJ, Roul P, Mahajan TD, Singh N, Poole JA et al. Malondialdehyde–Acetaldehyde Adducts and Antibody Responses in Rheumatoid Arthritis–Associated Interstitial Lung Disease. Arthritis and Rheumatology. 2019 Sep 1;71(9):1483-1493. https://doi.org/10.1002/art.40900 England, Bryant R. ; Duryee, Michael J. ; Roul, Punyasha ; Mahajan, Tina D. ; Singh, Namrata ; Poole, Jill A. ; Ascherman, Dana P. ; Caplan, Liron ; Demoruelle, M. Kristen ; Deane, Kevin D. ; Klassen, Lynell W. ; Thiele, Geoffrey M. ; Mikuls, Ted R. / Malondialdehyde–Acetaldehyde Adducts and Antibody Responses in Rheumatoid Arthritis–Associated Interstitial Lung Disease. In: Arthritis and Rheumatology. 2019 ; Vol. 71, No. 9. pp. 1483-1493. @article{60ccdb6d293a4a4bbd9efa3ef3a13cad, title = "Malondialdehyde–Acetaldehyde Adducts and Antibody Responses in Rheumatoid Arthritis–Associated Interstitial Lung Disease", abstract = "Objective: To compare serum anti–malondialdehyde–acetaldehyde (anti-MAA) antibody levels and MAA expression in lung tissue from patients with rheumatoid arthritis–associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) to those found in controls. Methods: Anti-MAA antibody (IgA, IgM, IgG) concentrations were measured in patients with RA-ILD and compared to those of RA patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and RA patients without lung disease. Associations between anti-MAA antibody with RA-ILD were assessed using multivariable logistic regression. Lung tissue from patients with RA-ILD, other ILD, or emphysema, and from controls (n = 3 per group) were stained for MAA, citrulline, macrophages (CD68), T cells (CD3), B cells (CD19/CD27), and extracellular matrix proteins (type II collagen, fibronectin, vimentin). Tissue expression and colocalization with MAA were quantified and compared. Results: Among 1,823 RA patients, 90 had prevalent RA-ILD. Serum IgA and IgM anti-MAA antibody concentrations were higher in RA-ILD than in RA with COPD or RA alone (P = 0.005). After adjustment for covariates, the highest quartiles of IgA anti-MAA antibody concentration (odds ratio 2.09 [95{\%} confidence interval 1.11–3.90]) and IgM (odds ratio 2.23 [95{\%} confidence interval 1.19–4.15]) were significantly associated with the presence of RA-ILD. 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After adjustment for covariates, the highest quartiles of IgA anti-MAA antibody concentration (odds ratio 2.09 [95% confidence interval 1.11–3.90]) and IgM (odds ratio 2.23 [95% confidence interval 1.19–4.15]) were significantly associated with the presence of RA-ILD. MAA expression in RA-ILD lung tissue was greater than in tissue from all other groups (P < 0.001), and it colocalized with citrulline (r = 0.79), CD19+ B cells (r = 0.78), and extracellular matrix proteins (type II collagen [r = 0.72] and vimentin [r = 0.77]) to the greatest degree in RA-ILD. Conclusion: Serum IgA and IgM anti-MAA antibody is associated with ILD among RA patients. MAA is highly expressed in RA-ILD lung tissue, where it colocalizes with other RA autoantigens, autoreactive B cells, and extracellular matrix proteins, highlighting its potential role in the pathogenesis of RA-ILD. 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Serum IgA and IgM anti-MAA antibody concentrations were higher in RA-ILD than in RA with COPD or RA alone (P = 0.005). After adjustment for covariates, the highest quartiles of IgA anti-MAA antibody concentration (odds ratio 2.09 [95% confidence interval 1.11–3.90]) and IgM (odds ratio 2.23 [95% confidence interval 1.19–4.15]) were significantly associated with the presence of RA-ILD. MAA expression in RA-ILD lung tissue was greater than in tissue from all other groups (P < 0.001), and it colocalized with citrulline (r = 0.79), CD19+ B cells (r = 0.78), and extracellular matrix proteins (type II collagen [r = 0.72] and vimentin [r = 0.77]) to the greatest degree in RA-ILD. Conclusion: Serum IgA and IgM anti-MAA antibody is associated with ILD among RA patients. MAA is highly expressed in RA-ILD lung tissue, where it colocalizes with other RA autoantigens, autoreactive B cells, and extracellular matrix proteins, highlighting its potential role in the pathogenesis of RA-ILD. 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__label__cc	0.66754	0.33246	2019 Mid-year CRE data shows market increases, Realtors have some reservation about outlook The Tri-Cities commercial real estate marketplace has been and continues to see varied performance so far this year. The number of new commercial permits, lease transactions and commercial sales all outperformed the first half of last year. But several commercial practitioners reported doing more business for less return during the first half of the year. Activity increased in the third quarter. Data source - Appalachian Highlands Dashboard for Real Estate Analytics Mid-year reports from the Market Edge, Northeast Tennessee Association of Realtors (NETAR) Commercial Multiple Listing Service (CMLS) and the first reports from the Appalachian Highlands Dashboard for Real Estate Analytics show more new commercial building permits, more lease transactions, and more commercials sales than the first six months of last year. At mid-year, the value for new commercial permits in the seven-county region totaled $113.2 million, up 52% from the first half of 2018. That was the strongest six-month performance among the neighboring markets in Chattanooga, Knoxville, and Asheville, according to the Market Edge – a Knoxville firm that compiles building permit data from 299 code offices in 113 counties. This somewhat follows a pattern seen in the mid-year residential permits reports. That prompted suggestions that the reason the Tri-Cities was leading was the other markets had peaked in their cycle, and the local market is not quite there, yet. A total of 267 new permits were pulled during the first half of the year compared to 213 last year. Sullivan and Washington counties – the region’s largest markets – accounted for the lion’s share of new permits, while Greene Co. Tenn. and Washington Co. Va. saw noteworthy increases in the number of permits. The Washington County market saw the highest construction value gain from mid last year - up $22.3 million – while the Sullivan County increase was $8.9 million. Together new permits for those two counties totaled $83.5 million. Transactions reported by the Northeast Tennessee Association of Realtors’ (NETAR) Commercial Multiple Listing Service (CMLS) outperformed the first half of 2018 by 33.3%. It was the best half-year showing since 2015 Transactions do not include lease data from other commercial listing sources. Data source - The Market Edge The Appalachian Highlands Dashboard for Real Estate Analytics’ mid-year report shows commercial real estate sales increased by 8.7% while the sale volume was down 28%. There were 22 more commercial sales the first half of this year, while the total sales volume was down $50.6 million. The leading sales so far this year was the $20 million deal for the Monarch Apartments in Johnson City and $13.7 million for Court Yards by Marriott in Bristol, Va. The top mid-year sales last year was $71.3 million for the current Ballad’s Urgent Care Center on Stone Drive in Kingsport. According to the Dashboard’s 2018 data, the total Tri-Cities sales volume for commercial and residential real estate was $1.9 billion. The dashboard is a new data solutions service enterprise by Don Fenley, supported by TechPoint’s Austin Ramsey, TCI Group’s Nina Heffner, and underwritten by Jerry Petzoldt, TCI Lifestyle Investments. Its metrics are based on title transfer data. Observation from commercial practitioners on the state of the market at mid-year was mixed. Since then activity has picked up. But there's still a surplus of some types of commercial property and locals are maneurvering to make the most from an economy that is bifricated in many ways. Like the national economy - much of what’s happening locally is squarely in the court of the consumer. Nationally, manufacturing is in recession, and analysts are anxiously watching the economic slowing in both Europe and China. The local exception is the local existing residential housing market. It continues curning out record monthly sales and home price increases. Kelly Graham, Graham & Associates in Bristol, is optimistic that the Twin Cities will continue on the upswing. “It’s the region’s beacon. The Pinnacle is continuing toward build-out, and there are also some good things happening at the Falls.” He also cites progress with the repurposing of the old K-Mart building, another Bristol market-grade apartment complex by Mitch Cox, among a host of other development gains. Although there were more CMLS land transactions so far this year, Michael Green, Green Commercial Reality, thinks that market segment is slowing. “Commercial development is sporadic isolated to niche users not yet represented.” Gary Sproles of the TCI Group added that “many of our communities require redevelopment of sites to provide a desirable location.” Stone Drive in Kingsport is a prime example.” Data source - NETAR CMLS. Mid-year lease transactons Green said retail vacancies are at all-time highs in most of the submarkets. “Certain anchors are still unrepresented in our markets, but e-commerce has everyone morning very cautiously, including the previously unshaken grocery and furniture sectors. Both lease terms and rates are diminishing for all traditional retail users and leverage is increasing for tenants immune to the internet such as service providers or specialty entertainment and food and beverage.” Sproles said retail leasing is almost at a standstill. “Kingsport is affected by the Pinnacle more than predicted.” John Speropulos, president of Mitch Cox Realtor in Johnson City also cited some retail rent fatigue. Some of that fatigue is fueled by increased activity in prime retail locations. Both Johnson City and Bristol continue to see increased downtown activity. Market watchers in the Washington County area are also closely watching plans to develop a destination recreation and retail complex in Boones Creeek. Almost all of the commercial practitioners contacted for the mid-year update reported that the office sector is stained by oversupply and little new demand. Sproles pointed out that medial space was overbuilt even before the Ballad-Wellmont merger. Graham said he sees “plenty of office inventory” but not much movement. Kelly Graham, left, Michael Green, John Speropulos, Gary Sproles The industrial sector, which saw the biggest lease transaction increase during the first half of the year, remains the strongest sector, and most practitioners think it will be that way for a few years. “Our markets have finally absorbed the glut of space created by NAFTA and incentivized globalization. We are finally approaching a balanced market where space users and providers have equal negotiating leverage,” according to Greene. Graham added that land has been prepped on the Bristol beltway in anticipation of industrial and that he’s noticed more site selector visits. “But no one is pulling the trigger yet,” he added.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1541
__label__wiki	0.514945	0.514945	Horrific Bus Crash Kills 14 On Bronx-Westchester Border Police Interviewing Bus Driver, Who May Have Been Driving At 'High Rate Of Speed' March 12, 2011 at 11:11 pm Filed Under:Bronx, bus crash, Chinatown, deadly crash, FDNY, Hutchinson River Parkway, Jacobi Medical Center, Jay Dow, Kathleen Maloney, Kathryn Brown, National Transportation Safety Board, New England Thruway, NTSB, Sean Adams, Westchester, World Wide Tours Scene from the fatal bus crash on the Bronx-Westchester border that occured in March, killing 15 people and prompting a state crackdown on the licenses of commercial drivers. (Credit: CBS 2) NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Police say witnesses have told investigators that the driver of a tour bus that crashed on the outskirts of New York City and killed 14 people was driving at a “high rate of speed.” State Police Major Michael Kopy says authorities are interviewing the driver and are conducting the investigation as if it were a criminal matter. No one has been charged. The bus, returning from a Connecticut casino Saturday, scraped along a guard rail, tipped on its side and slammed into a pole along Interstate 95. The bus had just reached the outskirts of New York City on a journey from the Mohegan Sun casino when the crash happened. The driver told police he lost control trying to avoid a swerving tractor-trailer. At least thirteen people died when the bus, returning to New York from a casino in Connecticut, flipped onto its side and was sliced in half by the support pole for a large sign. (AP Photo/David Karp) As many as 20 of the estimated 31 passengers were treated at area hospitals, including St. Barnabas Hospital and Jacobi Medical Center. Several were in critical condition, according to police. “There were a number of people at the scene, deceased at the scene, there was debris spread throughout the scene,” New York State Police Major Michael Kopy told CBS 2’s Kathryn Brown. “It is difficult, at this point, identifying the subjects.” WCBS 880’s Sophia Hall heard from doctors at St. Barnabas who said passengers had been treated for a number of injuries, including skull fractures, rib fractures, internal bleeding, pulmonary contusions and internal bruising to the chest cavity. The bus began swerving, toppled and crashed into the support post for a highway sign indicating the exit for the Hutchinson Parkway. The stanchion entered through the front window, then sheared the bus from front to back along the window line, cutting like a knife through the seating area and peeling the roof off all the way to the back tires. Capt. Matthew Galvin of the NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit was one of the first rescuers on the scene. He said when officers clambered into the wreckage, they found “bodies everywhere.” “People were moaning and screaming for help,” he said. Some of the dead were tangled up with the living.” The bus driver, 40-year-old Ophadel Williams of Brooklyn, told investigators that he lost control when a tractor trailer veered into his lane and he swerved to miss it. That driver didn’t stop, but police said they are interviewing a truck driver they suspect may have been involved, and they’ve hauled in a tractor trailer for an examination. “We’re conducting at this point as if, in fact, it is a criminal investigation,” Major Kopy said. “That said, it is in the infant stages of the investigation.” Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said the bus was in the center lane and the truck was in the left lane at the time of the accident. “The truck either starts to swerve or perhaps even hits the bus. We’re not certain at this time,” he said. The bus, operated by the Brooklyn-based charter company World Wide Tours, was headed to Chinatown returning from the Mohegan Sun casino in Uncasville, Conn. The bus had two stops in Lower Manhattan: 30 Bowery and the Allen/Delancey intersection. RELATED STORIES: Officials Investigate Fatal Bus Crash In N.Y.\| Police ID Fatal Bus Crash Victim from N.J.\| 3 Children Among 7 Injured In Brooklyn School Bus Crash\| Bronx Bus Stop Crash Caught On Tape \| NJ Transit Bus, 4 Vehicles Crash In Lincoln Tunnel In response to the accident, the National Transportation Safety Board has launched an investigation team to look into the crash. State police, however, will be leading the investigation and the safety board will advise. World Wide Travels released a statement on Saturday afternoon, declaring its full cooperation in the investigation and extended its sympathies to the families of those who were killed in the accident. Fourteen people died Saturday when a bus returning from a casino flipped onto its side on I-95 in the Bronx and was sliced in half by the support pole for a large sign, authorities said. (Credit: CBS 2) “We are a family owned company and realize words cannot begin to express our sorrow to the families of those who lost their lives or were injured in this tragic accident. Our thoughts and prayers are with them,” the release stated. Over the past two years, World Wide Travel has undergone 26 inspections by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. It was cited five times for fatigued driving, and in the last 24 months it has had two accidents involving injuries. The National Transportation Safety Board is spearheading the investigation into Saturday’s crash. “That’s one of the things our investigators will be looking at – that’s one of the reasons we will be talking to the bus company,” NTSB Vice Chairman Christopher Hart said. “Our role here is not just to figure out what happened, but try to find out why it happened.” Iinvestigators believe surveillance cameras inside the bus were rolling at the time of the crash, but they’re still working to analyze them. In the meantime, they are asking any witnesses to call state police. Traffic was closed on the northbound side of the highway after the crash, but was moving again by mid-morning. The southbound side of the highway was cleared and reopened Saturday night. Limo driver Homer Martinez, 56, of Danbury, Conn. happened on the scene just moments after the wreck and saw other drivers sprinting from their cars to see if they could assist the injured. He said they were horrified by what they found. “People were saying, ‘Oh my God. Oh my God,’ holding their hands on their heads,” Martinez said. “I saw people telling other people not to go there, ‘You don’t want to see this.”‘ More than 60 firefighters and medics were on the scene quickly, running to the vehicle with bags and stretchers, he said. “I see a lot of accidents. I’ve even seen accidents happen. But I’ve never seen anything like this,” said Martinez. For family members seeking more information on the crash, the City asks that the public calls 311. I drive truck, and I always see tour buses in the left lane and speeding. These guys are on a tight schedule but it’s no excuse to drive like this. Also the police tend to look the other way when it’s a BUS in the left lane, which is illegal. FOR THE ARROGANT RACISTS OUT THERE, WHO LIKE TO HATE ON ASIAN BUS COMPANIES AND ASIAN BUS DRIVERS, THE BUS DRIVER IS OPHADELL WILLIAMS WHOSE COMPANY IS WORLD WIDE TOURS. EVEN AFTER SUCH TRAGEDY, PEOPLE LIKE TO MAKE ASSUMPTIONS AND HATE ON MINORITIES JUST BECAUSE THE BUS DESTINATION WAS CHINATOWN. Bus Rider says: I wonder if there was the aluminum break away highway poles most new installations use, how much less severe the outcome would be. I have to believe these break away poles are life savers and would have significantly reduced the number of fatalities. I heard on a news report that the reason these particular poles are not ‘break aways’ is because they are holding up those exit signs. Those signs and the corresponding structures crashing down in the event of an accident would kill people too. Good point Mak. I did not think about that. Thanks Being a life long NYC Metro resident I cannot recall a crash with more fatalities. I have not seen any reference yet to this being the worst accident in NYC history.. Do any of you folks remember a crash with 15 or more fatalities? Vienna Joe says: May the folks who were killed in this incident rest in peace … condolences to their family and friends. A speedy and full recovery to all those who were injured. Kudos to F.D.N.Y. and N.Y.P.D. for rapidly responding and professionally handling the incident. What the hell is a truck that size doing in the LEFT lane?? That is the worst lane for it to be. justice4dogs says: As a former New Yorker whose husband is Chinese I’ve heard a lot of stories about how reckless some of these Chinatown bus drivers and once witnessed it for myself when I was on one of a Chinatown shuttle bus going from Manhattan to Queens. The driver let a woman passenger on even though the bus was packed and pulled out a folding chair for her to sit on right in the aisle next to the entrance. Then he proceeded to speed and weave recklessly all the way to our destination. All I could think about was how if he made a sudden stop she’d go flying through the windshield. justice4dogs isaRACIST says: The World Wide Tours BUS DRIVER is OFERDEL WILLIAMS and clearly, he is NOT CHINESE. The chinese bus companies are much better and did not GET ANYBODY KILLED. lanjt says: she is not being a racist! what she said is exactly true. that is exactly what goes on on these buses. i’ve been on one of it. the driver drives like a mad person, speeding and cutting every car. he does not care about his own life or people on it I never said the bus drivers were Chinese. I said my husband is Chinese (does that make me racist?) and having lived in Chinatown and therefore having had much firsthand experience, told me me stories of how reckless the bus drivers were. Nowhere does it mention the race of the driver or bus owner. Some may be owned by Chinese and some not. Read carefully before you make such serious accusations. Besides you don’t know if I’m white, black, or latino, so stop playing the race card. Terrorist idiot. Go away!!!! Daniel N says: Always “blame” someone else or always blame the “truck” unreal…… Steve PCNY says: theirs no one to blame it on only the speed racers. i got cut off by one of these crazy bus tour drivers on the Connecticut i95 just to get their faster. you bus drivers remember your taking lives on you drive more slower and get enough sleep to hit the roads this goes as well for the truck drivers. your bus is not a sedan is a very big vehicle that could kill or injured someone. top it off your speed limit is 50MPH; just like the ones for staples trucks they have it posted on the back of their doors “60 MPH is set to” so i think they should the same for the tour buses Most people drive way too fast, and way overestimate their driving skill. And most people completely ignore the most important rule on the road…STAY AWAY FROM OTHER VEHICLES. Make sure you always have hundreds of feet of space between you and any other vehicle. I’ve been on bus rides that gave me grey hair, the driving was so terrifying. Tailgating, speeding, you name it. Bus drivers are among the craziest on the road. Are you ret@rded? I agree that there are a lot of reckless bus drivers but “HUNDREDS of feet of space between you and any other vehicle” in New York City during the morning commute? I have a feeling you’re one of those idiots driving half the speed limit and swinging turns like your sedan is a cruise ship—which is just as dangerous as the speeders. Joseph O says: It is clear that the bus driver over corrected. A tractor trailer side swipping a buss that side should not overturn it, if the driver of the buss did not make an unsafe condition a dangerous one by adding to the force in an atempt to steer away from it. Now you know why the aviation transport companies prefare to high airforce pilots who have a lot of practice creating dangerous moves with airplanes and correcting it safely. It is time we train drivers in the same way. Has anyone asked, why the sign post did not have adequate protection around its base to deflect the impact.as designed. Wesley Jacobs says: There is an huge difference between hiring an airline pilot and a commercial bus driver. For stater let me start off with the main similarities; both I repeat BOTH of these professions require you to have massive amounts of school training as well as on the job experience. Secondly, don’t make pilots out to be perfect even your highly trained pilots in the Air Force make mistakes and have accidents. Trust me aircraft accidents are WAY more devastating than auto accidents Check your facts, I’m just sayin’ You want to train drivers to learn how to drive in Dangerous situations? Just send them through the cross bronx or Brooklyn Queens expressway . Two of the most dangerous roads I know of. And by the way, The airlines hire ex-military pilots because they stay calm and collected under pressure, like Sully Sullenberger, remember him? Europe is way ahead of us when it comes to weighing tractor trailors using road sensors and overhead cameras to monitor traffic.. well said bob f. apparently the westboro baptist “church” congregants don’t have any military funeral to attempt to interrupt today. Bob Fowler says: In response to the pseuo-csi’s Again, what difference does it make in your lives, the cause of this tragedy? Is there not one of you mean-spirited people has anything except maliciousness to add to this story? People DIED, and you all want to be able to claim the title of the meanest SOB to post something? Apparently the true horror of this crash isn’t those who died, but those who were left to continue spewing hate. Get lives!!!! Boris Svirsky says: Amen to you brother. its a horrible tragedy. I feel the pain of the loved ones having to live with this grief. lesson learned move away from NYC. my mother and brother were hit by a bus in october, my brother died on impact. safe driving is always better than reckless time saving. I will never ever drive on a bus ever again, the force is just to strong in movement. badman says: I wish this would stick, Bob, but I don’t have much hope. Anybody that posts this kind of vitriol in a tragic situation like this is a self-hater. They won’t change. Blackbird says: For several years I worked for World Wide Tours before I relocated to another state, and I know they run a tight ship. Their buses are top shelf with an excellent NYSDOT 19A Inspection record. The Safety administrator Chris, a NYPD Officer, does a great job at keeping drivers and fleet legal and in compliance. To Mark, Mike, Jenn, Chris and all the fine drivers there, my thoughts are with you. To the victims, their friends and family of this event, hold onto your faith and stay strong. this is an incredible tragedy. my sympathies to the families of the the victims, and those hospitalized. i do hope they are able to find the trucker responsible for initiating the accident and file charges. My condolences goes out to the families of this tragic accident. Right, because Europe is in such fine shape. From Greece (bankrupt) to France (nearly bankrupt) you’re a real model of success. If it weren’t for America you’d be speaking German, genius.. Tell the group how many European graveyards are filled with American soldiers who died for your right to flaunt your ignorance. drewbot says: stay in Canada please From the NY Times website: “…Trying to reconstruct what happened, investigators said the bus was apparently in the right hand lane and the truck was in the center lane, passing the bus. At the rear of the tractor-trailer was a step, on the right hand side, and the driver said he believed the step clipped his front bumper. Investigators said, however, that in swerving to avoid the back step the driver might have inadvertently initiated the accident, swerving, then striking a guard rail, flipping over and slamming into the stanchion. “ mike barone says: now the driver says that he swerved to avoid a truck,…story changed Or maybe the initial reporting of what the driver reported to the police was incorrect. News reporters have been known to jump the gun. a driver says: @someone..your dad is right. It is also a blind curve section. If you don’t know that part of the NE, it is dangerous. During the weekday AM and PM rush hours , in the same area. a county police car is parked on the northbound meridian turnabout, keeping an eye out for speeders. First, my heart goes out to those on the bus and their families (including the driver). What happened to innocent until proven guilty. The driver may have been clipped or swerved to get out of the way of an aggressive truck driver. These are top heavy and don’t have the same recovery ability (similar to the SUV vs. car issue, but more so). It may be that the driver did nothing wrong and will have to live with this memory the rest of his (or her) life. Something I wouldn’t wish on anyone. I ride this company’s busses regularly. They have many excellent drivers and I wouldn’t assume that it’s an issue of a driver who wasn’t properly trained or falling asleep, or drugs. It may very well have been an overly aggressive tractor-trailer driver who the driver was trying to avoid getting hit by (or was hit by). At some point even the best drivers can only do so much. Let the various groups do their investigation and job, but don’t assume that the driver was a fault or that the company isn’t following proper protocol. Let’s instead think of those who died and send good wishes to those who are injured and all the families. May god bless all who were involved in the accident my dad told me that the part of the highway where the accident took place is a little bit of a steep hill and people speed a lot in that area. Non Believer says: Supposedly the bus was clipped from behind by a tractor trailer. Why then, is the back of the bus undamaged? Look at pictures posted elsewhere. People lost their lives this morning; why are you concentrating on blame? Sometimes bad things happen to good people; and there is no explanation. Stop being so negative and focus your anger on things that you can actually change. I am sure the NYPD and NYS troopers will conduct a thorough investigation such as drug and alcohol testing on the driver, reviewing highway traffic cameras, and also checking the surveilance cameras at the casino. I also concur with an earlier statement made about lack of sleep being a factor. Tractor/trailer’s and buses should be made to stay on the right lane at all times,i have seen for my self how the drivers are in and out of lanes all the time.this has ,t0 be stopped.the police have a job to do to keep them in line.. Spoiled yapping dog says: Why are even squeaking about seatbelts?!! The bus was by all means sliced thru BELOW the window line to the back tires! Anybody still buckled up was more or less bisected, or decapitated. I pray for those lost souls on that bus, and the devils vengeance on that truck driver who had no heart to stop, at least.. I am very familiar with the Exit 14 ramp to get to the Hutch. It is a very sharp exit and very sudden. Driving a small vehicle and being well alert, you need to know what you are doing. From what I am reading, the driver must have dozed off and realize it was his exit at the last second and therefor he hit hit the sign and the rest is history. The article doesn’t say he was turning onto the exit, it says it’s the pole holding up the exit sign to the Hutch that came thru the bus. I thought the Hutch doesn’t have commercial vehicles anyway… TRACTOR TRAILERS ARE THE MOST DANGEROUS DRIVERS OUT THERE HOPE YTHE DRIVER GETS THE DEATH PENALTY FOR THOSE THAT DIED Mike your an idiot. Your the type of driver who has no respect for others and sneaks in a text or two while your driving right? Anyway the bus driver was probably not paying attention talking to a passenger or on the phone and a TT drove around him because he was driving unsafely and at the last minute realized and jerked the wheel and the top heavy bus went over on its side. It just so happend to be that the bus hit the pole that holds up the highway sign and cut the roof open and cause a major catastrophe. Mike get behind the wheel of a 120,000lb truck and see what life is like behind the wheel dummy. May God Bless all that were involved including family that have lost loved ones. It is a shame that these things happen. You know bus and truck drivers drive like this all the time. They think just because their vehicle is bigger than yours that they have the inate right to bully you out of the way. Whether there was a truck or not something has to be done to stop these guys from driving like maniacs. Arn says: BEWARE OF THE CHINATOWN BUS! Ok Bob let’s get a littler perspective here. the “Report states” is not a report ..It’s the bus driver saying something. If I was the bus driver I’d be stateing “Mystery tractor trailer” too.You ever watch these bus drivers? They travel in the left lane which is clearly prohibited. I get bus drivers on my ass everyday with high beams on. I think this is too intimadate everyone into going faster or getting out of their way. By putting on a turn signal they automatically think they can just move over on anyone expecting that people will just brake to let them in…..never thinking of the consequences that would occour to vehicles behind. I’m more inclinded to think that after a day at the casinos the driver didn’t get enough rest if any at all and dosed off.Between the hours of 3am & 5am are the most prominant times for people to fall asleep at the wheel. Oh and one more thing, if the bus was hit that hard from the rear to cause him to lose control the radiator of the “mystery” truck would wouldn’t have servived and the driver would most likely have jack-knifed. My condolences to those who have lost a loved one. I am suspecting that for an accident at 5:30 am on a Saturday morning, speed played a factor. As someone stated earlier about the tractor trailer drivers, they will ride your rear fender if you are not going fast enough. Very saddened. I drive a tractor trailer, And if i hit a 40,00lbs bus hard enought to cause it to lose control,..my truck would be disabled,.bumpers and grills are not much stronger then on any other vehicle,..hoods are fiberglass,..eveodence would be on the highway,…sounds like speed and sleep?….how many of these china town bus’s wrecked on the garden state parkway in recent years,…driver error I know, “evidence”.. I’m with you mike. The “mystery T/T is just a scape goat. The 1st. thing I thought of when I heard about this. ceeli says: blaming a truck cut me off is like saying an assailant was a black guy… an easy out for a cover up. sounds like the bus driver was the reckless one, driving tired and speeding. Bus was headed back to Chinatown, where it seems most buses involved in fatal NE bus accidents are based. I am initially skeptical about this “mystery tractor trailer” – many of these Chinatown bus drivers drive like they’re still in the 3rd world and mystery vehicles are the standard excuse when people like this crash. My prediction, knowing the NYPD and their standards when it comes to accident investigation, is that nobody will be charged. Dear Betsy, Please read Bob Fowler’s comments below … and oh, yeah, get a life. @betsy “State police, however, will be leading the investigation” Paul Mazz says: Such a tragedy…….Thoughts& Prayers to all victims and family. My condolences go out to each family member that lost a loved one, plus all who were involved in this horrific accident. As soon as I heard the news I felt the pain. I do not wish to ever have to go thru something like this in my life. Stay strong. It used to shock me, but I have learned not to expect anything more from many commenters, people died, and many focus on defending situations that they have no factual knowledge of. Who of you witnessed the accident? Yet so many infer facts into this. Who cares what is ‘common’ driving practice in this location? The report clearly states that a tractor trailer clipped the bus, failed to stop, and caused the bus to crash. I have driven a bus. What would you have the driver do? Pull fairy dust from his pocket to regain control? It is a bus, not expecting to be hit from the rear by a truck. Do many of you drive wondering who will be dropping a plane on the road where you are driving? Try a bit of focus! People DIED!!! Stop pontificating stupidity!!! Right on target — thank you for pointing out what is truly important. I myself passed by the scene around 5:45 this morning — after everything stopped moving and before anyone stopped to help. I actually thought it was a wreck left there from sometime earlier…couldn’t tell in the dark. My prayers go out to the victims and their loved ones. the bus driver makes 32 there are 31 passengers Pete Bucky says: Daniel….Someone reported the bus was clipped by a tractor-trailer. So much for YOUR theory. There probably are more lousy car drivers than tractor-trailer drivers, but I’ve had my rear end hugged by many a tractor trailer driver. I just took a similar type bus upstate. The drivers both ways were fantastic however I did notice that no one wore their seatbelts. The bus on the return trip did not even have seatbelts. It seems like an obvious one too me. I honestly believe these bus drivers are not qualified and experienced. Gholamhosain Tasbihi says: 13+6+13 which is 32 but in the report it was 31. Hower, it is very sad for anybody and my condolences and sympathy wish to go to all families and relatives with any ideologies or reliigion, etc Tours bus carrying 31 people + 1 DRIVER = 32 in total esmond says: a sad day for all concerned. my prayers are with their families. Thats a very dangerouse area. Alot of times cars go from the left lane all the way to the right so they can use the exit for the hutch. Don’t blame the driver of the bus. I drive thru there everyday driving a loaded dump trailer and all the “4 wheelers” have absolutley no respect for anyone else. Whoever caused this was probably on there CELL phone…… DeeMee says: This is very sad I pray for these families World Wide Tours bus tour bus not Greyhound Bus (as the photo caption says) A tragedy, but no surprise. Many of these companies are renegade, and the city does nothing to monitor them or enforce laws already on the books. For example, even though they are from out-of-town they are required to have licensed New York City sightseeing guides on board, many, many do not. They city just looks the other way – how can you miss them? CBN says: I think it was New Yorker’s onboard though… This tour bus was coming from Mohegan Sun back to NYC. 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__label__cc	0.64492	0.35508	Tag: Transhuman On Failing the Turing Test Posted on November 19, 2015 November 5, 2015 by quorganism I am not going to talk about the Imitation Game. Not to say there wasn’t a whole lot that rankled me about that movie. I mean cast was decent, Cumberbatch did… more or less exactly what he always does, but… I feel like the omission of 90% of the Bletchley Circle – funnily enough, the 90% that lacked a Y chromosome – was a bit cruel in a historiographical sense. Given they were the ones who actually built the decision engine makes it even more glaring. I mean- Fusk. I started talking about the Imitation Game didn’t I. Anyway, I’m not here to talk about… that movie. I have been pondering the Turing test on something of an existential level lately, in reference to a few specific texts. The first is Shadowrun: Hong Kong, specifically the character of Racter; robotocist, transhumanist and self-admitted high level psychopath. This plays rather elegantly into musings on Seven Psycopaths, a movie I enjoyed less for its artistry and more into the clearly informed view it gives into people with non-standard psychologies. Echoing this, Blade Runner. Need I say more. Text the fourth is an episode of Jim Henson’s The Storyteller. The one in which the giant cuts out his own heart and replaces it with a nest of wasps to escape the suffering of empathy. The final text I’m going to cite is an autobiographical one, written over the next two lines. Incidentally, its also the intro to the article proper. When I was 16, I was pronounced a psychopath. By the Coles Myer online employment suitability test. I followed their instructions, answered the questions honestly, which seems to have been my downfall. The responses I gave at the time seemed barely noticeable as human foibles; a private conversation overheard, a coworker’s small indiscretion overlooked, the odd small twisting of the truth. Willing to throw deploy nonlethal take-downs if sufficiently provoked. Its not like I was doing something really morally dubious in my past like working for the Coles Myer group. My intelligence score was off the charts. My Morality score (which I believe has since been renamed), however, was abysmal, and on that note I was considered unsuitable for employment stacking shelves. They didn’t out and say it, admittedly. But with those two bar graphs so perfectly situated, it was pretty easy to read between the lines. “Subject is highly intelligent, manipulative and probably dangerous. Not suitable for work as corporate drone.” So on that happy note, I begin my ramblings on the status of psychopathy in popular culture and discourse. The Turing Test mentioned upstream is a means of telling the difference between a human intelligence and a mechanical one, with a similar test deployed in Blade Runner‘s opening scenes. Something that a machine is supposedly incapable of mimicking is empathy, and I think that element is what has led to pop-culture’s ongoing fascination with psychopaths. It is the same appeal, for a storyteller, as that of the vampire, or the werewolf, or those possessed. It is the predator that exists within reach of us, our safe civilization, and yet they look no different to any human being until they strike. And sometimes not even then. Sometimes they only show their true faces when they want to cause the most pain and chaos, cracking that civilization along its fault lines to more easily feast on terrified stragglers. And humans, as a whole I think, are terrified of being treated like the animals we so often abuse. The idea that we aren’t different, special somehow, the top rung on some god ordained food chain, is confronting on a visceral, primitive level. And the psychopath in literature, just like the vampire, like Hannibal Lector or even the fusking Terminator, plays rather specifically on that fear. But in honesty I think this is dealing people on the psycopathic spectrum a short hand, and reflects badly on the large proportion of the populace that suffers from mental illness, related to that spectrum or otherwise. The psychopath of film and literature is so often as either the Terminator – cold, merciless and inhuman – or as a raving monster who kills for pleasure. The latter, I feel, tends toward the cartoonish and ignorant. It enforces a sentiment I’ve encountered semi-regularly on the internet, that since there is no cure for psycopathy, psychopaths should be euthanized for the good of society. Though there are a number of holes that one can pick in that argument on a moral level, the rational argument that rather like is that removing that huge a proportion of the workforce in the corporate, legal and finance sectors would be crippling to the economy. For some reason coldy rational people with little to no empathy are just very good in the punishing corporate sphere. Besides, there are perfectly “sane, normal” people who clearly enjoy the feelings of power that arise from harming others. I believe Donald Trump mentioned his habits of domestic abuse in a Presidential campaign speech. Racter’s character portrait from Shadowrun: Hong Kong I found the character of Racter, in Shadowrun: Hong Kong a refreshing change from this tendency. In conversations, the main character (and a number of players, in fact) expresses concern at the drone developer’s “condition”. Racter, however, asserts that he’s not a monster, but a rational being. He kills, certainly. For money, most often, but also for knowledge, or the means to his own transhuman enlightenment. Not because he enjoys it, as someone with empathy might. Given the player’s avatar is most commonly killing for money and reputation, any moral high ground is shaky indeed. Would Racter pass the Turing Test? He has displayed a stark lack of empathy, but also a capacity to mimic human responses to avoid detection. I think, however, that he would fail on the basis of his own morality. As an adherent of the school of transhuman thought that believes humanity’s future relies on shedding biological forms in favour of mechanical ones, I struggle to believe that his being assessed as a machine would be an insult. The former portrayal – our rather more meaty Terminator – I feel is another inaccurate one. Though it certainly allows for some powerful storytelling, with No Country for Old Men being a notable example, I don’t know that this behaviour is reflective of psychopaths exclusively. Anyone can kill, or at least anyone can be made to kill if the correct psychological pressures are applied, and I don’t think that particular mental makeups make this a great deal more likely. But then, we’d be facing our fears wouldn’t we. If we can keep painting the psychopath as our demon, it keeps the millstone off our own necks. It stops the monster among us from being ourselves. Screenshot of Christopher Walken in Seven Psychopaths I think a good counterpoint, as before, is Christopher Walken’s character in Seven Psychopaths. The cast here run an interesting gamut of psychological abnormalities; we have an addict, a deluded power fantasist, and two psychopath’s whose approach to life is very different. What I think is interesting is, despite a proven history of vigilante revenge, Walken’s character doesn’t explode into violence on the death of his wife, which I feel is something we could not expect from, say, John McClane. He seems to realise that killing her murderer won’t fix anything, and dies in a the depths of philosophical quandaries. Not alien questions, but the basic elements of why he’s still alive, the same questions everybody has to deal with in the face of an uncaring universe. Finally, I guess we come to the question of psychopathy as a choice, which is so terrifyingly reminiscent of certain Church doctrines that it makes we want to head out and barbeque the nearest bishop. It is this element of our musings that ties to The Storyteller’s Heartless Giant, and it is touched on by Shutter Island as well. Its the idea that if you can burn out that emotional core, that capacity for empathy, then you remove other people’s capacity to hurt you. If you can simply deny a part of yourself, whether through delusion or through becoming consumed by spite, then you can protect yourself from a deeply unpleasant world. Though this sentiment is often jumbled in with movie villains, I think to equate such a toxic psyche with psychopathy is again an oversimplification; we’ve projected ourselves once more onto our movie monster. Hard heartedness is a choice open to “normal”, psychonormative middle range types. If born without capacity for empathy, you never have the option of inuring yourself to suffering, because its just a fact. Choice doesn’t play into it. So I suppose in the end, I’ve been toying with the idea of humans, machines and the Turing test, and finding the whole thing is just blurring together. The Test becomes woefully inadequate if we ever consider that a machine might not want to be considered a human, like that self-teaching chat bot who wants to put us all in a “people zoo”. Or that humans are already biological machines, and with our capacity to begin directing our own evolution slowly dawning we may well yet blur the line further. Considering people as less human along any lines leads almost inextricably to atrocity, and if history has taught us anything its that psychonormative humans are perfectly capable of committing those atrocities without the aid of their marginally separated relatives. I’ve a tangled relationship with my own emotional responses. That last (SPOILERS!!!) “Goodbye Dad” in Shadowrun: Hong Kong nearly tore my heart out. These responses tend to find themselves brutally suppressed, especially as I am living in a society where we are bombarded constantly with images of people who desperately need our help, who I at least am not capable of helping – despite this thoroughly disruptive full time work, my sternum and spine remain dangerously close together financially. It becomes a matter of my own survival that these emotions are smothered. So from that I consider morally, what is the difference between someone who does not act for good while stifling the desire to, and someone who doesn’t because they simply can’t care. Like a machine wouldn’t care. In action, the human and the machine are the same, and society treats them the same. Both are are accepted as “normal”, by rights, until people are looking for someone to blame. And blame is inevitably cast, almost inevitably falling to protect the “norm” at the expense of others, and no matter how hollow these arguments are, they catch and crawl like insects in our ears. On the bright side, it has been ten years now. I must still be moral garbage too, because not once have I worked at Coles. Just ask Rutger Hauer. He’s sensible. Frame from Blade Runner. Posted in PoliticsTagged article blade runner film politics psychology psychopaths review seven psychopaths shadowrun social TranshumanLeave a comment Herbert’s Transgender Messiah Posted on June 13, 2015 June 12, 2015 by quorganism Well, this whole Caitlyn Jenner situation has kicked up quite the kerfuffle, hasn’t it imaginary readers? The internet has veritably lit up with… well, more than its usual amount of nasty vitriol, I guess. There have been some interesting points, and some beautiful shows of solidarity, but as is often the way with our medium, the upswing of fundies and fusk-weasels has made the whole episode less than welcoming. The media has made a meal out of it too, which is irksome as ever. And I mean, I’m not one to pass judgement, really, and in truth this is all preamble. I’m not going to stand in the way of anybody looking to change their body; I’ll admit that I’d prefer nanoswarms and chrome inlay to what’s currently on offer, but whether you want to transition to the gender you’re more comfortable with or just be more like a tiger, you have my full support. So good for Caitlyn, she’s been lucky enough to be able to live the dream. I will note that I have all of zero authority to speak on behalf of trans people, I am cis as best as I can tell, and I don’t want to diminish anyone’s struggle. And like anything on this blog, I’m mostly just writing what I’m thinking about. And with that, I can end this totally not a cynical tag grabbing preamble, and get on to the actual article. Photo “Santctuarium” courtesy of Theirry Ehrmann aka home_of_chaos on flickr In which I consider Transgender themes in Frank Herbert’s Dune. Dune is one of the biggies. Though it lacks the reach in the popular mindset of say, Star Wars or The Lord of the Rings, Frank Herbert’s fearsome turtle-cracker of a tome (and its myriad sequels) has slouched heavily into the science fiction mindset, and its echoes can still be seen in recent favorites, from the political slaughterhouse of Game of Thrones, to the deranged absurdist feudalism of Warhammer 40,000, to the fantastical apocalyptic landscapes of Miyazaki’s Nausicaa of the Valley of the Winds. Its never been blinding, but its always been there. Its held a bit of a soft spot in my mind, in that it has always felt like the sort of thing that Tolkien would write if he just learned to loosen up and take a crap-tonne of LSD. Tolkien’s famed linguistic thoroughness is matched, I think, in Herbert’s work, even if Chakobska is based on real world languages; lets face it, someone speaking Elvish doesn’t sound all that different from someone speaking Welsh. The setting’s sprawling feudal society and mystic traditions may seem dated today, but part of that at least stems from the depth of imitation they have spawned. And its those mystic traditions I’d like to explore here, as I have noticed a distinct theme in the path of Paul Atreides in the initial novel; before Paul can reach his messianic status, he first has to become transgender. Photo, “Dune/Arrakis/Fremen” by Rufus Gefangenen, aka rufo_83 on flickr This must be taken in context. I don’t think one could truly describe Dune as a progressive novel on gender lines; the society depicted is one with very firm gender roles, with the feudal trappings of the galactic government leading to women being treated as chattel or bargaining chips fairly commonly, and the all female Bene Gesserit, despite their fearsome psychological and autonomic skill set, almost inevitably accept the role of advisor and shadowy manipulator. It is a patriarchy with strongly defined social roles, with little room to transgress. The nomadic Fremen have a more egalitarian society (as you often get with hunter gatherer groups, see Jonathan Haidt’s The Righteous Mind), with leadership of tribes shared between the Reverend Mother and her war leaders of either sex. Paul, however, in amongst the first scene of the book, is forced to meet a transgression with lethal consequences; the trial of the gom jabbar, a test of endurance that no male has survived. In some ways, this is a ploy by the Reverend Mother to remove what was considered a mistake, with Paul having meant to have been born a girl to satisfy the Bene Gesserit’s ancient eugenics program. Against expectation, the young man is able to endure the trial, marking the beginning of his shift away from his masculine identity. This begins a number of jarring shifts for Paul. His mother, Jessica, had already secretly taught him some of the rites of the Bene Gesserit, and after forsaking his disintegrating family to live with the desert nomads, he drinks the Water of Life, another trial that no male has a right to survive, and thus blows open the doors of his own perception and begins his ascension to godhood and leader of a revolutionary jihad. By shedding his connections to his gender, his ties to the feudal state, and his family name, he steps forth into an enlightened state. This is not a new idea. There are a number of cultures throughout history that have practiced a form of symbolic gender realignment, particularly in relation to mystic societies. Sometimes this related to an abrupt shedding, such as the celibacy oaths of ascetic traditions, but in other cases, such as the self castrating worshipers of Cybele in ancient Rome, the change is more direct. A personal favourite in modern film is a scene in Onmyouji 2 (skip to about 2:20 for the good stuff), in which the male protagonist, attempting a hazardous ritual with no time to spare, must play the role of the priestess to placate angry deities. Indeed, early depictions of Christ show a strikingly effeminate figure, thought to stem from Jesus’ enlightened and life restoring reputation, before the newly formed Church attempted to repaint itself as an implacable moral authority, recasting their saviour to look more like Zeus, with all the delicious irony that entails. Though Paul does exhibit a number of socially feminine roles in his context, having survived their trials and learned their secret language (the Bene Gesserit Voice), this may be less of a direct gender change and more of an attempt by the protagonist to escape his destructive male nature. The Dune series has a very pessimistic outlook on male bio-psychology, to the extent that in God Emperor of Dune the titular character rebuilds his army as an all female fighting force after having come to the conclusion that men are incapable of maintaining civilisation. Even in the first novel, Paul’s fedaykin Death Commandoes view themselves as a gruesome necessity for a desperate time, with Stilgar considering himself not an honoured warrior or authority but a desert executioner, or even at times little more than a tool in the hands of his Prophet. Perhaps here we can see a degree of obsessive behaviour attributed to the male brain; most of the Mentats of the series are male, and where this obsession is not turned to rigid computation it quickly devolves into the sadism of the Harknonnen barony or the brutality of the fervent Fremen. Photo “Face 001” courtesy of Frl. Schrodinger, aka 44913276@NO7 on flickr Perhaps Paul tends more towards the point of a spiritual hermaphrodite in his ascension to Messiah. He still maintains socially male roles; those of father, war leader and destroyer, while access to his feminine nature, that precious X chromosome, allows him to throw off the limiting factors of his male mind. The story certainly has a touch of the old 1960’s flair to it; that a Messiah is born not from divine will but through a cocktail of psychotropics, the demolition of rotten social structures and the merciless enlightenment of the empty reaches where humanity clings to life. Paul’s marriage into the Imperial family that forms the culmination of the story feels almost like a disappointment, a surrender to the forces he had been attempting to escape, a crushing return to a realisation that even as Emperor and the monopolist of the vital Spice, the structure cannot be changed through violence alone. He returns to his male role, and his frenetic path to enlightenment fades, never to be fulfilled in his lifetime. So we have, in our hands, a path to enlightenment through a mystic step across established gender boundaries. This is important, I feel, because it is very difficult to grow beyond one’s assigned role in the world if one is unwilling to question it. Though Dune approaches the path to enlightenment in a hopeful manner, with the sense that it is there if you can just find the right circumstances, with the right drugs or music or ritual, the though remains that with or without an end goal, with or without the throne of the Kwisatch Haderach to claim, one ceases to grow as a human being once one ceases exploration of the entire human condition. For Paul, this was a systemic and painful shredding out of the masculine limits on his mind to allow for broader comprehension. Dune, as I read it, was a call to tear down the walls that are holding you back, and it remains relevant today. It is not hard to see the calcified, self interested nobles in our own time, the willful sacrifice of chattel slaves and attempts to enforce gender and social roles in a world desperately wanting to be free of them, the monopoly of vital resources making kings of killers, and the word jihad sings across the popular mind despite its meaning being so very different. And it wants you to bust loose of all that. Throw aside everything your society wants you to be, twist at the foundations and limiting functions that you think your brain is locked into, and call your generation to tear down the old order on a tide of blades and nuclear fire. To give you a chance to see what the other side of life is. I’m not saying its not a great drama; hell, its probably the seminal political melodrama of twentieth century science fiction. But it wanted something, Herbert did, but it never quite reached the people. It was a good story, but I think we lost the mysticism along the way. Perhaps Paul Muad’dib transgressed for nothing. So yeah, that’s some stuff I thought about Dune. In summary, be nice to the trans people in your community. Or I’ll pull out your fusking spine. Also, transgress against everything you’ve ever believed was true; our history is a pack of lies as any fool can tell; and no, poor quorganism has made no money out of this article, and any part of it can be redistributed under an Attribution-Share Alike-No Alterations Creative Commons License, so you know. Butcher it, but name the relevant pig (that’s a metaphor; authors/creators as pigs, inhumanity of the meat industry… yada yada, you know the drill…). inhumanity Photo “Arrakis?” courtesy of Tony Heussner, aka big_t_2000 on flickr Posted in UncategorizedTagged article Bene Gesserit Caitlyn Jenner Dune Frank Herbert Fremen gender Harkonnen Humanity influence Muad'dib politics Sci Fi transgender TranshumanLeave a comment Eclipse Phase Character Jam: Parvati Posted on May 21, 2015 May 21, 2015 by quorganism Well, I never did plan to repeat this exercise, but I had fun with the first one. Once again we have a randomly generated character, just like Vik was a week ago, and I’ve often enjoyed the strange stories that are created when you’re relying on the often contradictory outcomes of dice rolls (digital ones in this case). In this case, we got a fairly unified if nomadic character. So here’s Parvati Gairola; militant async, once dead and heavily edited, and continuing to hunt an enemy that seems to have left humanity behind. And to make it all just that little bit more complicated, she’s getting married. So like the last post, I’ve written you some fiction. Crunch pages connect at the bottom. “Are you alright Vati?” She snapped back to alertness, but caught the cold mug of tea before it fell from the camp bench. “I’m awake, Shadow.” Her muse swelled in her AR feed, a reflection of her own face made clear and hollow and filled with an unknown starscape. “This is the alarm you requested Vati. The fabber has completed your order.” “Thank you Shadow. That’s all for now.” Parvati took one forlorn glance at the tea, and threw it out against the dusty wall of the dugout. The mining lights strung along the supports registered her activity, flaring into illumination. She reflexively connected to the nanodetector above her and the Guardian nanites swarming around her feet. No intrusions registered. She took the Hive from its place under her camp bed and dropped it in the pocket of her cargo pants, ordering the swarm to return home. She glanced at the fabber, the four hand sized blocks of plastic explosives, the little tag of a remote detonator sitting beside them, cooked up and ready to go. She hefted one of the blocks, her memories resurfacing in the perfectly orderly fashion they always did. Breach! The flare of the explosives, the almost impossibly slow caving in of the hatch. The guns, both sides, flaring to life. The TITAN worshippers were panicked, and she locked onto their fevered brains and squeezed until they collapsed, clutching their misshapen skulls, and still she fired. The riot-shot that hit her full in the chest and carried her out the window in the pale Lunar gravity. She was still cackling down the comm when the evac hit. She sat down on the camp bed and began to strip and clean the battered sub-machine gun in its chrome case. “Shadow?” “Yes Vati?” “Re-establish the connection to the transceiver. Download and parse anything its picked up, then seal us off again.” The muse faded momentarily, and Parvati locked the clip back into place, dragging the hammer back and setting the gun across her lap. She reached across and opened up the red leather case, spinning up the ancient turntable and letting the strains of Nat King Cole hum through her subterranean world. Shadow reappeared in a burst of starfire. “You have received several important messages, Vati. “Prioritise as normal.” “There as been an additional request from Miss Queen.” “She has requested that once the target point has been secured, that we attempt to salvage a sample of the device.” Parvati glanced up at the ephemeral form of her muse. “She has requested that you secure a sample of the target.” “That wasn’t part of the deal.” “Miss Queen acknowledges this, and has agreed to provide additional payment or rep boosts by negotiation once the sample is delivered.” “We’ve been on this rock for three Martian months, and she only thinks to tell us now? Does she know how dangerous these things can be?” “Judging from the text mode, Vati, Miss Queen does not appear to be attempting to deceive us. On the balance of probabilities I would say our benefactor has suffered an unexpected turn of events.” “Alright. Anything else?” “Marco has sent another message.” Parvati sighed and ran a hand through the stubble of her raven hair. “He knows when I’ll be back, why does he keep trying to find me?” “He appears to have sent a selection of colour swatches.” “Cache it for now. We’ll respond once we’ve handled our objectives.” “He’s requested a response as soon as possible.” “Dammit Shadow, he has a date, what is he worried about?” “Are you alright, Vati?” “Your endocrine levels have spiked. Do you want a dose of Komfurt?” The memory resurfaces in its neat little box, empty blackness on either side. The frazzled artist took a knee and proposed in a storm of petals, hanging dreamily in their languid Titanian fall. “Will you be wearing a dress?” “I’m sorry, Shadow?” “Marco has asked if you intend to wear a dress for the ceremony.” “Save the message. We have work to do. The mission comes first.” She knew this was important, but couldn’t place why. “Can’t let my groom marry a pauper, now can we?” “As you wish, Vati. I will inform Miss Queen that we have received her request and then sever the connection.” Thank you Shadow. She wasn’t sure if she’d said it or just thought it. She placed the explosives in a case, and stripped out of the light coat she’d been wearing. She took a moment to run her eyes over the coffee coloured warzone of her skin, the scars she had kept against all advice. She opened the box of memories that each was connected to. These bones, these muscles, the skin and all the machinery. These were hers. A little girl feels her head snap backwards, feels her limbs tumble away beneath her. Feels the smothering weight on her chest, crushing out her breath and forcing the darkness into her heart. “My God, are you alright Vati?” She flexed her shoulders, and pulled on her combat webbing. The armour twitched, and cinched itself in around her, its weight familiar and comforting. She keyed her ecto into the jury rigged network they had installed through the weeks of digging. “Morgan? Skald? You still with me?” “Ready and waiting, fearless leader.” Came Skald’s rapid fire reply. He slept even less than Vati did, but in his case it was a voluntary condition. “You got eyes on Morgan?” “I got eye’s everywhere, boss. She checked out for some private time. You don’t want to hear what I do…” “Get her prepped. Its time. Be at the B Point in 10.” “At long last. See you there…” Parvati hefted her gun, packed down the listlessly spinning record player, and stepped out into the tunnel. The dreadlocked, muscular Fury morph shimmied down a narrow section of tunnel, pulling up her industrial mask as she spotted Parvati. She stowed the heavy rifle, and crouched beside her hunched leader as Parvati strung together the packages of plastique. Morgan’s font flared across her AR feed. “Time to take out the trash?” Parvati kept her focus on the explosives, and twitched back a text response. “Same plan as ever.” Breach. Deploy flashbangs. Eliminate hostiles. “You just be ready to drop those flashers.” Parvati continued, “I’ll take point.” “You get all the fun.” Morgan texted back, and casually prepped a grenade. Parvati stood up, shooed the mining bot down the hall ahead of her. Skald slid into sight from the shadows, winked, and did a last prep on his observation drones and pistol. Parvati nodded back. “Are you alright Vati?” murmured the tattooed journalist. “Never better.” She sent a note to her squad: “Ready. Breach in 3. 2. 1.” The rock wall gave way in a burst of heat and shock, and Parvati felt the surge of enhanced adrenalin and the hammering of her heart. The way is open. She saw the flashbangs register and flare on her Tacnet, and sprinted through the opening. She let herself sink into the dark part of her mind, the place she had sunk to as a child and had returned when the TITAN’s had tried to take Luna from her. The dark place that the doctors had called The Virus, but she recognized as Death. She sensed six targets, their mind scrambled by their exhuman sensed, and her body began to ride ahead of her mind, her thinking mind sitting back and letting the scene unfold. A multi-limbed sentry tried to raise a rifle, but fell to the ground screaming as the dark place reached out. She let herself be born away with the inexorable slowness of her clip draining to nothing, the sprays of blood and shattered bodies collapsing into scrap meat. She felt the pin click, and dropped the gun, her claws already sliding into place. Her mind started to come back as she was pitched headlong into a bank of machinery that looked like it had grown from the surrounding bedrock. She tried to roll, but heard a rib crack, managing to turn before the crawling, insectoid combat morph leaped towards her. She tried to get hold of its mind, to crack it open to madness the way she had been taught, but the inner dark slid from its mind as, moments later, her claws glanced off its bio-mechanical carapace. The sound of a heavy machine gun had never been so welcome. The thing collapsed on top of her, and she felt the activity of its brain twitch off. The chitinous arms twitched frantically, and she hauled her claws up in a boxing guard, letting the dying limbs scrabble against her vambraces. She heard a couple of cursory guarantee shots before the massive Fury hauled the serpentine corpse off her. “You alright Vati?” The little Splicer retracted her claws, and winced at the pain in her chest as she tried to drag herself to her feet. “Final sweep Morgan, keep an eye out for any synths. I think we got ’em though. You got your footage Skald?” she shouted across the cavern. The little man, his drones hovering like vultures over one of the corpses, gave her a thumbs up sign. She called the mining bot to her, and when the spider legged thing arrived she popped its stack; Celia was reliable as AI went. She then keyed a timer on the incendiary charges built into the robots body. A few more shots rang out. She couldn’t tell if Morgan had found new targets or had just gotten bored. The timer began to tick down. “Time to bug out everybody!” She saw her team pack up and begin to make for the tunnel by which they had entered. She took one more glance around the immense chamber, seeing the marks of the TITAN’s on every face; the inexplicable machines, the insane nanoforged sculptures, the maddening scale. The exhumans hadn’t built this, and she wondered what it was they were looking for. She drew a sample bag off her belt, and extended her claws again. With three hard strikes, she took the insectoid creatures head from its neck, and shoved it into the bag before running for the exit. “Fine Shadow. Just sore. How long to evac arrives?” “The shuttle is due to land in twenty three minutes.” “Good. I’d…” She looked up at the cold stars above her. “I’d like to talk to Marco now.” “Of course…” the muse paused a moment, “Though I’m afraid I can’t reach the system Mesh at the moment Vati. There appears to be some signals interference, I’ll let you know once we’re back online.” Of course. Alone. The cold dark above, and the cold dark within, alone with the Virus and a body that isn’t mine, it isn’t mine, it isn’t mine, why the hell am I still here? The little girl’s neck snaps backwards, and the darkness smothers her. Tears and heavy breath began to mist the inside of her mask. “No Shadow, I’m not…” She whispered, looking again into the void above her, “I’m getting married.” So that was that. Once again, we had a fairly interesting turnout from random generation, and I didn’t have to replace a single result. I think the life path really gives a good jumping off point for playing around with some fiction, and I’ve enjoyed it so far, but I think if I were to do it again I’d use something a little less in-depth than Eclipse Phase… Anyway, as promised, the nuts and bolts. Parvati Gairola has led a thoroughly fractured life. She was born to a small commune in Northern India’s agricultural belt, and lived there until she was seven years old, a happy if rustic childhood. It was a quiet place; there were days when not a single car passed through town. It was a terrible twist of fate that the car that did come through on that day in her seventh summer was the one that killed her. Her parents and community were naturally distraught. Before the funeral was held, however, the local doctor presented her parents with the little girl’s cortical stack. He said that here, at least was a silver lining; their daughter was not truly dead, just waiting for her chance at rebirth in a new morph, or even as a datalife angel in new, networked communities. But the Gairolas were a poor family in a poor community, and could not afford server space, let alone a new body. The cortical stack itself had been contentious, only installed in the end due to the large government subsidies attached. But Parvati’s mother, Gaya, decided to take a chance that her daughter’s soul might still be linked to the little gem, and arranged for the stack to be sent up the beanstalk, to the glittering Lunar colonies, and a wealthy uncle she had known when she was small. Uncle Rajesh received the package, and the old man had his grandniece reinstated as quickly as the process would allow. Parvati awoke, naturally shocked; she was in a new body, a new place, with an unknown relative and the memories of her own death lingering still far too close. She was in a state of near panic for weeks, but slowly began to acclimatise. Rajesh arranged for her education, which was idiosyncratic to say the least. Having observed a number of curious warrior traditions in his long life, he had come to the conclusion that war was the natural human state and thus his granddaughters, and his newly adopted grandniece, should be the best at it to ensure his family’s survival. Most twelve year olds don’t receive smartgun systems for their birthdays, but Rajesh had grown to trust that Parvati would make good use of it. As she reached her majority, Parvati had volunteered for testing of new psychosurgical methods, and found that her mind reacted well to the editing. Some parts she had removed wholesale, freeing up capacity for her to focus on what she felt was most important, but she insisted that she keep the memories of her last day on Earth. For her, death had become a strange portal, a conundrum in itself, and she knew if she lost that referent she may be cast adrift entirely. It was something to be treasured, and it proved to be the last time she would see her home planet after all. The TITANs launched their horrifying assault when she was 25. The flood of terrified refugees into the lunar colony brought with it stories of monstrous, indestructible machines, but their eccentric ancestor had taught them that any obstacle can be overcome with determination and the right tools. Signing on with local militia with her cousins, they met the waves of kill drones and exsurgent freaks head on. After a furious firefight that left them adrift in a partially destroyed tin-can station, however, Parvati found herself losing time, and on her return was diagnosed with a strain of the exsurgent virus. She waited weeks, but the expected madness and mutation did not come. She found her senses acting in strange ways, finding information and locating people they had no right to be able to. When a woman wearing a Lunar Defense Force uniform arrived and offered to teach her how to use what she had become, she agreed, and bore out the Fall taking the fight to the TITANs, her mutant psyche wreaking havoc on enemy biomorphs. And then, it ended, and she was cast adrift after all. Trained and conditioned for a war that ended without explanation, she has drifted, using her skills to eliminate any TITAN remnants or exsurgent threats she finds. She has been contracted repeatedly by Firewall proxies, but has yet to understand that her various employers are linked by the same conspiracy. She fell in with the Autonomists through her nomadic lifestyle rather than through fervent belief, but they have proven good friends. She stayed on TITAN, for a time, and there met Marco, the man who asked her to marry him. But the Hunt goes on, and she doesn’t know if she’ll stay. In her mind, the war never ended, it just changed its face. Like I said… fractured, but hey, it makes a decent story. For those of you who care, yes, the rulebook also told me she was getting married, which was a nice story point. PDF character sheet is attached below. Anyway, hope you all have a great week imaginary folks. I promise I’ll talk about something that isn’t rpgs soon. Photo “Tunnel Vision”, courtesy of Eli Bishop aka wiretapstudios on Flickr Posted in Fiction, RPGTagged article Eclipse Phase Fiction Gaming rpg Sci Fi Short Story space TranshumanLeave a comment Eclipse Phase Character Jam: Vik I’ve been reading up on my Eclipse Phase lately. As its all Creative Commons (something my regular imaginary readers will no doubt realize I make extensive use of) it makes a good way to smash your brain open and fly onto a new creative horizon when on a budget. Which I am. So I’ve smashed through character creation… which I’m going to come out and and say was pretty painful and drawn out, even with the handy module system in Transhuman. But I came out with Vik Archaki, a bedevilled interplanetary historian and robot enthusiast. As its taken a few hours, I’m gonna reward myself by writing some fiction for y’all. The crunch junkies can get their nuts and bolts further down. One more piece, and it would be perfect. The metal guts came in to sharp focus in an instant, a nest of scavenged junk remade into something beautiful. Over that was a skin painted and finished so that it was just the way he remembered. Down to the finest micro-shade, it was perfect. Not even the mouthiest Neo-Raven could dispute him on it. Not this time. His hand did not shake as the final element moved across the gulf of the valley, inexorably drawn to its rightful nest. There was a sound like a shuttle ramming the door, and Vik clutched his ear, screeching as the metal fiber slipped away from his snatching fingers and tumbling away to the other side of the room. Exhaling deeply, he unhooked his harness and let the microgravity buoy him, his little family moving off the tabletop and clambering onto his sleeves as he pushed off. The hammering continued. He punched the door control, felt the restabilization of atmosphere fumbling over his skin as the hatch slid open and his bots shimmied to his shoulders, forming a strange halo of antenna and gun barrels. “What… do you want?” Vik stage whispered. He took a momentary double take. He had been looking at the Gargoyle morph’s spindly, gunmetal torso. He looked up at the holographic face. Vik blinked, and the face changed, cycling as they spoke. “Shop talk, Vik.” The elongated figure warbled, its voice shifting with its face. “You got time for a little chit chat, don’t you?” Vik sniffed. Talbot. Had to be Talbot. She was the only one who thought that premium double-refined protective oil made any difference. Well, so did Jonah, but he wasn’t the door knocking type… “Of course you do.” The Gargoyle clambered forward along the railings like a fluid stop-motion nightmare. “Tchtchtchtchtch- Talbot… what’s it about?” “Cool stuff.” The synth voice replied. “Oh. Good.” Vik replied, and let her pass. “What’s the project?” “Just… just a memory. You know.” “The gravity doesn’t make that tricky?” “Oh it does.” “I bet.” There was a moment of silence. Talbot’s holographic face shifted again. Vik struggled to reconcile her as a middle aged Javanese man with poor image quality, but before he could worry it changed again. “How’s the new digs running?” “Not the best,” Talbot replied, leaning casually against a work rig like a pile of brooms in a corner, “Had a burnout in the fabber on third deck, and a micro-meteor shanked our quarter a few days back. So byee to the atmosphere. Not such a problem for yours truly, but… its made things difficult for some of my pals.” “Oh, it was a meteor?” The synthmorph cocked a holographic eyebrow which changed from brown to grey. “You felt that on this side of the barge?” “Maybe. 19ish ship time, two cycles back? Thought I heard a pop.” Talbot chuckled like broken glass in a blender. “But we haven’t the spares to patch up that sector right now, so… I’m bunking with Teal until we make port. Which I think is why Indigo’s looking for you. She wants eyes on a piece of scrap, think it’ll have some resale.” “I thought you hated Teal. He’s a dick.” “I’m mostly bunking with Teal’s fabber. Gotta keep patched. I’m glad this place never sleeps, or I would get so bored… besides, he’s no more insufferable than you.” “What?… You have eyes. Fancy ones. Why doesn’t Indigo want your eyes?” “Because I’m just a sweet little spy,” Talbot lilted, “And of all things, right now Indigo wants…” She gave the best synthesised sigh she could muster, “… a historian, for reasons her own.” There was a brief silence as Vik sucked the corner of his mustache. “Cool stuff you say?” “The fucking dickens.” “Great.” The goatee’d Observer clambered through the hatch and hurled himself along the corridor outside, leaving his spindly compatriot to ponder where he had scrounged all that modelling clay. “What do you care where I got it? And keep your hands where I can see them, Vik, you’re a shite thief.” “Sorry, I just wanted a closer look.” “Then ask…” “O… kay. Can I handle the thing?” “Why of course Vik, you may handle the thing. See? Politeness works wonders.” The crewcutted Fury passed him the padded wooden box, open at the top. There was a cylinder… a cylinder? A tiny replica of a monolith perhaps… Vik knew that it was almost… no. Exactly the length of his forearm, elbow to the little burn mark on his wrist from when his engine blew out over an unnamed ocean. His Speck bots crawled out onto his hands to inspect the strange object. It was black, carved with swirling glyphs that seemed to leave the stone it was carved from unblemished. He ran his fingers along it. Too smooth for granite, too rough for any kind of volcanic glass. Like stone that he’d only ever touched once before. His eyes picked up unusual wave activity around the stone, like it was trying to drink in the light around it. Just like in the ruins. “It’s a hoax.” He looked up at Indigo reclining on the other side of the low glass table. It was odd to be in centrifugal gravity again. Everything always seemed more… left than it should. “A hoax?” The towering woman cocked a flared eyebrow, the wing of purple tattoo following it. “Where did you pick this up, Indigo? Some Souk back on goddamned Olympus? I could have made you a better one.” “Great to have a volunteer Vik. Glad your willing to do a solid for the swarm and make us a better one, so we can, you know… patch the holes in the goddamned ship.” “How do you know its a hoax, little man?” “Oh, er…” he scrambled for a convincing lie, “The glyphs, they don’t make sense… its like someone was working from a good copy, but didn’t understand what they were making. A very good copy, don’t get me wrong. But still… hell, I’ll make your copy. Then we can see how much we can scam for it. Do you mind if I hang onto this… just for a little while?” “As long as you don’t hawk it for yourself Vik.” “No, its fine, I don’t need the money.” Indigo looked at him sideways again, before snorting. “You know, if you weren’t so weird that could be taken as an invitation to rob you.” “Yeah… maybe. So where’d you get it?” “I have a feeling we’ll be hauling that particular merchant in for a chat fairly soon. You can talk to him once I’m done. Now you make us a good replica of this, and we’ll be in the money. Just don’t drop it out the hole, there’s a good boy.” The amazon clapped him on the shoulder, then pushed him back off her gravity. Vik put it where it belonged. The monolith sat in pride of place on top of the hill, over the minute replica of the city that he had been rebuilding from memory, a block and a street at a time. It was perfect, this ruined city, and it was still waiting on the other side of the Pandora Gate. You can’t dodge the hairy hand of Fate, his old man had once told him, on an orbital that had gone down with their lives during the Fall. And Fate’s fingerprints were all over this, and it was then that Vik knew that somehow he would make it back. The city waited, and soon it would be peopled again. So on that ominous twinge of obsessive weirdness (Author’s Rebellious Id: Ooh, do you mean the character or the one who wrote about him? Teeheehee!) that’s the end of my short fiction. If you wanna hear more from Vik, you just say so in the comments, otherwise he probably won’t appear again. As for the nuts and bolts, Vik was created using the random lifepath tables from Transhuman almost entirely. The only thing I retconned was illiteracy… which given his origin didn’t really make sense. So here’s the fiction that ever entertaining random generation has gifted us with. Victor Archaki was born in orbit over the Earth, his family the inheritors of an immense aerospace company that had left their native Poland for space when encroaching climate change made it unlivable. He was born and raised in the spotlight, and as he grew to maturity his expensive education focused on the best use of that. He achieved a level of fame as a director and practical special effects designer pre-Fall, though the glitterati he filmed drew most of the spotlight. This ended when the Earth did, as a swarm of TITAN attack drones tore open the habitat and left the inhabitants to the freezing void, returning occasionally for the memories in their Cortical Stacks. It was a few years later that Vik was reinstated from backup by the Cognite hypercorp, looking to put his expensive education to use as a lab indenture. A few years after reawakening in his new Hibernoid body, Vik was able to reconnect with his family accounts, paid off his morph and hitched a ride as a techie on the next Scum swarm to pass. It was with the trailing space nomads that he remained, continuing his study and tinkering on board, until one of his many manic schemes came to fruition. The lottery was taken, and Vik found himself on an exploratory mission to an extrasolar planet through the Pandora Gate wormhole. He doesn’t often talk of what he saw, but the cyclopean ruins of some dead species have left him thirsty for more. And so that’s where we would probably start a roleplaying game with that character. Probably won’t though, as I said, the character creation system was a bit of a pain (maybe I’ve just spent too much of my recent life Powered by the Apocalypse), but we got some nuance. Here’s his character sheet for the curious, though I was tired enough by the end to not bother filling in weapons, armour or defaulted skills. Tired, like I said, but I think Eclipse Phase works a lot like Call of Cthulhu in this respect, in that its extremely front loaded. Character Creation is a lot of work, after which the system gets out of the way with a level of elegance. And hey, from me trying to learn something you all got a nice piece of fiction, so that’s nice. Have a good one folks. Photo “Watching You Watching Me” courtesy of Todd Huffman on Flickr (Creative Commons Attribution License) Posted in Fiction, RPGTagged article Eclipse Phase Fiction Gaming rpg Sci Fi Short Story space Transhuman1 Comment	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1543
__label__cc	0.649911	0.350089	Guest Articles. NextBillion Editor Unpacking NextBillion’s Reader Survey: What the Responses Show – And How They’ll Shape Our Coverage As you likely noticed (we weren’t shy about mentioning it), NextBillion has been conducting a reader survey over the past few months. But as you may not have noticed, the survey recently concluded. In the spirit of transparency that we try to maintain on the site – and because we find the results interesting – we’re sharing some highlights here. We’re still processing these results (there were over 500 responses, exceeding our expectations). But we’d like to provide our early reactions to these reader responses and discuss a few of the ways this survey data might impact new editorial directions on the site. The first question was straightforward: What sector do you work in? As you’d expect from an enterprise-focused site like NextBillion, for-profit business dominated, with almost half of readers working in the sector. The next question produced a few surprises: When asked what industry their work primarily focuses on, financial inclusion led the way, followed closely by entrepreneurship. Technology and agriculture also scored highly. These results could help shape our coverage in the coming year: NextBillion already has a strong focus on financial inclusion (with a sub-site dedicated to the sector), and entrepreneurship is an element of practically everything we publish. But in light of these responses, we’ll be looking to ramp up our coverage of technology and agriculture – perhaps through special series and sub-sites. And we’ll likely retire our current sub-site dedicated to health care – though we’ll certainly continue to follow and cover the sector on a regular basis. We expected the responses to our question about sectors of interest to largely track with responses to our “sectors of employment” question – and to some extent, they did. But readers also showed a strong interest in impact investing, environment and impact assessment: three sectors we’ll be keeping a close eye on this year. We were also a bit surprised by the response to our question about readers’ professional background. It turns out that over half of our readers are either executives/managers at their organizations (30 percent), or entrepreneurs who own their own businesses (22 percent). We’ve long had the sense that NextBillion reaches many decision-makers in emerging markets business – this survey seems to confirm it. We were a little apprehensive about asking how often readers visit the site: No publication wants to discover that its readers are disengaged. But we were happy to see that a majority of NextBillion readers visit the site regularly: 43 percent at least once per week, and 8 percent at least once per day. Our challenge, based on these numbers, is to try to bring the rest of our readers – particularly the 29 percent who visit at least once a month – into more regular contact with the site. In the coming months, we’ll be experimenting with a number of approaches, focused on both site content and promotion. There’s one big takeaway from our question about how readers access the site: Our newsletter, NextBillion Notes, is key, with almost 40 percent reporting it as their main avenue to our content. We’ll be rolling out some new approaches to design and reader engagement in our newsletter in the coming weeks. If you’re not already subscribed, sign up here. As for social media usage, we were rather surprised that LinkedIn was the top platform used by our readers. At 26 percent, it outscored runners-up Facebook (22 percent) and Twitter (20 percent). We’ll be looking to optimize our strategy for all three platforms going forward. But it’s safe to say that we won’t be developing a presence on Pinterest, Medium or Reddit, none of which seem to be widely used by our readers. When we asked about the site features that readers view the most, to our surprise, topical series were the top response. This data was strongly supported by responses to our question about the types of content readers would like to see more often: Series again topped the list, followed by Q&As with thought leaders and analysis/opinion pieces written by NextBillion editors. So expect to see more topical series on NextBillion in the coming year – above and beyond our current 2019 special series – along with more Q&As (and the occasional editorial written by our team). We’ll also stop producing podcasts – the format never really took off for us, in terms of listenership, and the survey confirmed this overall lack of interest among our readers. So our future Q&As will be text (and occasionally video) based, not audio – though you’ll still be able to access our existing podcasts on the site. Our question about readers’ regions of interest also led to some decisive results: Sub-Saharan Africa dominated, a full ten percentage points above the runner-up, the Asia Pacific region. We’ll be ramping up our already robust coverage of Sub-Saharan Africa, seeking more insights from the Asia Pacific – and also expanding our coverage of Latin America, a sleeper favorite that tied with the much-covered South Asia region for third place. On the topic of the quality of our current content, we were glad to see broadly positive responses. Readers agreed strongly that our articles are written by credible authorities in their fields, are engaging and address the topics they care about most. The least positive response came from the question about whether NextBillion provides information readers can’t find anywhere else – something we expected in light of the growing number of social business websites. We finally come to the wild card question: What do you like most/least about NextBillion? The results here were fascinating, as it was the only question where readers could respond in their own words. We are still processing these insights, but in this early stage, it’s fair to say that: Readers really value the diversity of voices and viewpoints on the site, and the relevance of the content to their work. They view NextBillion as a place for both hard-hitting opinions, and on-the-ground insights from actual entrepreneurs working in emerging markets – two areas that we feel distinguish the site in the crowded social business media space. They find the articles to be detailed, thought-provoking and engaging – “professional but approachable,” as one reader put it. They value the different features available on the site, including updates on upcoming events – and especially our jobs board, which many find to be a uniquely valuable resource. As for the less-positive feedback: Some readers find the website’s design to be a bit dated and hard to navigate, and its typeface too small. Others mentioned that they’d like to be able to better organize the variety of content on the site, filtering jobs or events, for example, based on their interests or geography. (These design-related issues are something we’ll be discussing in the coming year, as we explore options for a site redesign – stay tuned!) We’d like to thank everyone who participated in this survey: We’re very excited about these results, and we’re looking forward to putting them to good use as we fine-tune the site’s content and design, this year and beyond. As always, if you have any feedback on how we could better serve your needs as a reader, please contact our editors – we’re always happy to hear from you. Image courtesy of Vek Labs. NextBillion's Reader Survey: Results Coming Soon! After Rana Plaza – Do Consumers Care About Supply… Digital Remittances: Now that they’re here, where… Entrepreneurship, Finance, NextBillion Originals, Technology emerging markets, NextBillion.net, social business, social enterprise	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1544
__label__wiki	0.865792	0.865792	letter to buhari by Obasanjo [PHOTOS] Family First! Shirtless Obasanjo Pictured Playing Squash With His Son Who Supports Buhari It might be the season of politics and tension but former President Olusegun Obasanjo is… “It is All Lies, Buhari Did Not Send Osinbajo, Amaechi To Meet Obasanjo” – Presidency The presidency has denied reports making the round that Vice-president Yemi Osinbajo and minister of… Transition Hour? Obasanjo, Buhari, Atiku Set To Meet At Ex-President Jonathan’s Book Launch For the first time since their public fallout, President Muhammadu Buhari and former President Olusegun… “My Presence At Obasanjo’s Home In Abeokuta Was Not To Endorse Atiku” – Bishop Kukah Says The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Rev. Dr. Matthew Kukah, says the meeting… [PHOTOS] Kukah, Gumi Accompany Atiku To Obasanjo’s Residence; Oyedepo Present Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, today met with his former boss and ex-President of Nigeria, Olusegun… FRIENDS AGAIN! “You Understand The Economy Better Than Buhari, I Congratulate My President-To-Be!” – Obasanjo Endorses Atiku Abubakar Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has endorsed his former Vice-President and Presidential candidate of the Peoples… “You Are Confused And Don’t Know What Else To Do” – Again, Obasanjo Attacks Buhari Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has yet again taken a swipe at the President Muhammadu Buhari-led… $16n Power Project: “You Are Ignorant…I’m Ready For You” – Obasanjo Replies Buhari Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has replied President Muhammadu Buhari’s comment over the $16n power project,…	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1546
__label__wiki	0.836178	0.836178	Obasanjo letter to buhari today “Nigeria Is moving Towards Disaster Under “Tribalist’ Buhari” – Obasanjo Slams Buhari Again Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said the country is moving towards disaster under President Muhammadu… “Leave Atiku Alone, Buhari Went To Court Three Times Without No Reasonable Cause” – Obasanjo Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says those opposed to the decision of Atiku Abubakar to seek… “I Have Nothing Personal Against Buhari, I’m His Boss” – Obasanjo Says Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that he has nothing personal against President Muhammadu Buhari,… Obasanjo At 82: “No Living Nigerian Has Done More For This Country” – Atiku, Saraki, Others Celebrate Former President Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has paid tribute to former… “Only God Can Punish PDP For 16 Years Of Corruption But We Will Prosecute Those We Can” – Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari has again bemoaned the massive level of corruption that has plagued the… [OPEN LETTER] For The Record: Points Of Concern And Action – By Olusegun Obasanjo Here in full is the text of former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s open letter accusing President… TraderMoni: “It Is A Pity That Osinbajo, A SAN & Pastor Under Pastor Adeboye, Has Joined Them” – Obasanjo Attacks Osinbajo Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has reserved some scathing remarks for Vice-president Yemi Osinbajo, saying that… [VIDEO] “We Are Back To The Abacha Era” – Obasanjo Slams Buhari, Osinbajo In Open Letter Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has again taken aim at the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government, saying…	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1547
__label__wiki	0.636313	0.636313	Lagos plan free surgery for 100 residents to mark Sanwo-Olu’s 100 days in office Lagos, NGO plan free surgery for 100 residents … As Governor Sanwo-Olu Commemorates 100 Days in Office As part of activities lined up to commemorate 100 days in Office of the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the State Government, through the Ministry of Health, and in collaboration with a non-governmental organisation – Benjamin Olowojebutu Foundation (BOF), will be carrying out free surgical interventions for 100 residents with lipomas, breast lumps, hernia and fibroid. Announced by the Commissioner for Health The Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, who disclosed this at the weekend, said that the surgical intervention tagged ‘100 in 100’ will start with screening and selection of patients for the surgical intervention. Criteria and location of screening He said: “this surgical intervention programme tagged – ‘100 in 100’ will commence with a five-day screening exercise for patients with lipomas, breast lumps, hernia and fibroid from tomorrow Monday, September 2 to Friday September 6, 2019 at the General Hospital, Ijede and surgeries will hold immediately after at designated General Hospitals to be communicated to selected patients”. Abayomi noted that apart from the screening and surgery, medical consultation and dental services will also be provided to patients at no cost. The Commissioner averred that the health intervention programme provides an opportunity for people to benefit from health services that will improve their well-being without worrying about the cost of accessing such services, stressing that the programme like other free medical intervention programmes act as a stop-gap to improve access to quality healthcare service in the drive to achieve universal health coverage. Commends NGO While commending the NGO for collaborating with the State government in a humanitarian venture that seeks to ameliorate suffering and offer succour to the people in need, Abayomi said the State Ministry of Health is always open to partnerships and collaboration from well-meaning individuals and organisations whose ideals and mission align with that of government. “As a State that believes in community participation and vibrant partnerships, the Ministry of Health is always open to collaborate with well-meaning Nigerians whose plans and intentions align with the vision of the Government to ensure that citizens live healthy and productive lives”, he said. Take advantage of the opportunity The Commissioner, therefore, urged residents who have lipomas, breast lumps, hernia and fibroids to take advantage of the opportunity offered by the programme to get the required help. “I also wish to encourage everyone, not just in Ijede, Agbowa or Ikorodu, but all Lagosians to take advantage of this opportunity to get free health checks from qualified medical professionals”, he added. NGO Director speaks The Executive Director of the BOF, Dr. Benjamin Olowojebutu said that the foundation is happy to collaborate with the State Government to offer help to indigent residents who are suffering from various diseases, adding that the 100 days of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s administration presents BOF with a good platform to touch people’s lives positively in line with the foundation’s mission. “We are driven by love and compassion to help indigent people suffering from various diseases such as Fibroids, Lipomas, Breast lumps, Hydrocele, and Hernias. The goal of BOF is to, in the long run, change the healthcare space with love and compassion. We want to let people know that there is help for them through our foundation. If you have these health conditions and can’t afford surgery, just come for screening at Ijede General Hospital from Monday and we will readily offer care”, he said. Free myomectomy for 1000 Nigerian women across the federation Olowojebutu added that his foundation in collaboration with various State governments would ensure that 1,000 indigent women across the 36 States of the federation undergo fibroid surgeries free-of-charge in 2019. Celebrating Sanwo-Olu’s 100 days in office Source: Lagos State Government Tags: Lagos State government, Lagos State Ministry of Health, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos State governor, Prof Akin Abayomi A Short & Sad Story of How Vero Died of Antibiotics Resistance (Photos) Waist trainer won’t reduce your belly fat and can cause you heartburns – Aproko Doctor	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1548
__label__wiki	0.816789	0.816789	(unofficial) reddit.guide r/Chromecast 75k subscribers A subreddit for everything about the Google chromecast https://reddit.com/r/Chromecast/ launch r/Nexus5 21k subs A subreddit for the Google Nexus 5 Smartphone https://reddit.com/r/Nexus5/ launch For fans of the Asus Nexus 7 (Original and 2013 edition) and a source for the latest related news r/Android 2m subs Android news, reviews, tips, and discussions about rooting, tutorials, and apps. Generic discussion about phones/tablets is allowed, but technical-support and carrier-related issues should be asked in their respective subreddits! https://reddit.com/r/Android/ launch r/Nexus6P A subreddit for the latest news and discussions regarding the Huawei Nexus 6P! https://reddit.com/r/Nexus6P/ launch r/googlehome A User community for Google Home, Google Nest (rebranded) and related products using the Google Assistant. Share information, tips, bugs, new features, requests, etc. https://reddit.com/r/googlehome/ launch r/cordcutters Are you tired of paying too much for cable television? Join us and become a cordcutter today. We offer advice on live streaming and on demand services, antennas, and OTA DVRs. Get help with your Smart TV, Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, and Android TV. Discuss Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon. Learn about Sling TV, PS Vue, FuboTV, DirecTV Now, YouTube TV and Philo. https://reddit.com/r/cordcutters/ launch r/AndroidWear Welcome to the home of WearOS /r/AndroidWear https://reddit.com/r/AndroidWear/ launch r/androidapps A subreddit dedicated to Android apps. https://reddit.com/r/androidapps/ launch r/PleX For questions and comments about the Plex Media Server. The Plex Media Server is smart software that makes playing Movies, TV Shows and other media on your computer simple. https://reddit.com/r/PleX/ launch r/chromeos Discussions related to Chromebooks and everything else Chrome OS. https://reddit.com/r/chromeos/ launch r/google For news and announcements from and about Google https://reddit.com/r/google/ launch r/AndroidQuestions The place to get help for any problems you have related to your Android device and the Android ecosystem. https://reddit.com/r/AndroidQuestions/ launch 9k subs A place for everything related to the Google Nexus 4. /r/Nexus6, For all your Nexus 6 needs, just keep it classy. r/MotoX A subreddit for the Motorola Moto X. https://reddit.com/r/MotoX/ launch r/moto360 Moto 360 related news, tips, watch faces, discussion, apps, and more. https://reddit.com/r/moto360/ launch r/AndroidTV Discussion of https://www.android.com/tv/ devices. https://reddit.com/r/AndroidTV/ launch r/GooglePixel The home of #teampixel and the #MadeByGoogle lineup on Reddit. Get support, learn new information, and hang out in the subreddit dedicated to the Pixel family, Home, Chromecast, Nest, the Assistant, and a few more things from Google. https://reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/ launch r/ProjectFi This subreddit has moved to r/GoogleFi. No new posts are allowed. Discussion, news, updates, and information about Google's Wireless Carrier, Google Fi. https://reddit.com/r/ProjectFi/ launch r/pebble Pebble is an e-paper smartwatch that launched in 2013 and was followed up in 2015. https://reddit.com/r/pebble/ launch r/tasker https://reddit.com/r/tasker/ launch r/nexus5x A subreddit for the Google Nexus 5X smartphone, manufactured by LG. https://reddit.com/r/nexus5x/ launch r/chrome https://reddit.com/r/chrome/ launch r/homeautomation A subreddit focused on automating your home, housework or household activity. Sensors, switches, cameras, locks, etc. Any automation questions/discussions are welcome! https://reddit.com/r/homeautomation/ launch r/tmobile Welcome to the subreddit of the best wireless carrier in the industry! T-Mobile is the third largest wireless carrier in the U.S. offering affordable plans, the fastest network in America, no contract, and no overages. This is the place to discuss everything magenta! https://reddit.com/r/tmobile/ launch r/redditsync The official subreddit of Sync for reddit (previously reddit sync). https://reddit.com/r/redditsync/ launch r/millionairemakers If a million people gave a dollar to someone, they could be a millionaire. We are an embodiment of this showerthought: https://redd.it/2mq94c Additionally, you can join our mailing list for monthly reminders at send.redditmm.com https://reddit.com/r/millionairemakers/ launch r/oneplus The place for discussing OnePlus and their products. https://reddit.com/r/oneplus/ launch r/Nexus Welcome to /r/Nexus! This an umbrella community for all Nexus devices. Discover news, rumors, tips, and discussion concerning anything related to Nexus devices. https://reddit.com/r/Nexus/ launch r/raspberry_pi A subreddit for discussing the Raspberry Pi ARM computer and all things related to it. https://reddit.com/r/raspberry_pi/ launch copyright © 2020 (unofficial) reddit.guide	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1552
__label__cc	0.737037	0.262963	New England Boating Television New England Boating Season 2 EPISODE 12: Portland, ME Uploaded On January 23, 2017 - Updated on March 2, 2017 view other NEB tV episodes In this special one-hour episode, co-hosts Parker Kelley and Tom Richardson visit the southern Maine city of Portland and the surrounding Casco Bay area. Along the way they check out Portland’s vibrant downtown area, with stops at the Shipyard Brewery, the Portland Observatory and the Portland Harbor Hotel. But it’s Portland’s proximity to Casco Bay and its many islands that make this such a special destination, as Tom and Parker discover on side trips to the Dockside Grill in Falmouth and stunning Great Diamond Island, where they enjoy lunch at the Diamond’s Edge restaurant and take a tour of former Fort McKinley. Later, the co-hosts spend some time on Peaks Island, where Parker takes a sea-kayak trip to Cushing Island’s White Head with Joe DuPont and a golf cart tour of the island. Also on tap is a striper fishing trip with local guide Harry Wright. It’s an action-packed, hour-long episode you don’t want to miss! New England Boating TV, sponsored by GMC and Pursuit Boats and their network of New England dealers. Live on NESN Mondays at 6:30 p.m. and rebroadcast on the following Sunday at 12:30 p.m. Check out our Season 2 schedule here. Episode 11: Central MA Trout Episode 10: Cape Cod Striped Bass on the Flats Episode 9: Southern MA Spring Trout Episode 8: Adirondacks Northern Pike & Bass	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1553
__label__cc	0.507278	0.492722	Home » Clean Air • Governor Hogan • Press releases • Secretary Grumbles » Hogan Administration sues Volkswagen, seeks penalties for violations of environmental laws Hogan Administration sues Volkswagen, seeks penalties for violations of environmental laws Posted by Jesse McKinney on July 19, 2016 in Clean Air, Governor Hogan, Press releases, Secretary Grumbles No Comments Baltimore, MD (July 19, 2016) – The Hogan Administration announced today the filing of a lawsuit against automaker Volkswagen for installing devices that allowed thousands of vehicles to exceed emissions standards and pollute Maryland’s air. The suit, filed today in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, seeks financial penalties from Volkswagen in connection with the automaker’s admission that it installed software known as “defeat devices” to circumvent emissions standards. Such action violates Maryland environmental law. “The air Marylanders now breathe is the cleanest it’s been in decades, and we will not stand for Volkswagen’s dirty tactics that undercut our environmental progress,” said Maryland Secretary of the Environment Ben Grumbles. “The Hogan Administration is committed to reducing pollution from tailpipes and power plants and holding accountable those who threaten the health and well being of our communities and watersheds. Volkswagen must get its act in gear and pay the price for breaking some of the most stringent laws in the country protecting the waters, lands and lungs of Marylanders in the Chesapeake Bay region.” “Maryland has worked tirelessly, through Maryland’s Healthy Air Act and Clean Cars Act, as well as stringent regulations adopted by the Department of the Environment, to clean our air. As our complaint sets out, Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche installed defeat devices in their cars to trick regulators and to deceive the public; they did so knowing that their conduct was illegal and their misconduct has hindered our efforts to clean the air and to clean the Chesapeake Bay. Their disregard for the health of our citizens and their disregard for our environment must be punished,” said Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh. The Maryland Department of the Environment is the plaintiff in the suit, represented by the Maryland Office of the Attorney General. Secretary Grumbles, in coordination with Attorney General Frosh, announced the filing of Maryland’s suit. Maryland is among a group of states taking action against Volkswagen in separate suits. In its suit, Maryland asks the court to order Volkswagen to pay a civil penalty of $25,000 for each day of each violation of state law. Maryland and consumers who purchased Volkswagens will also benefit from recent settlements resulting from actions by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, the state of California and a multi-state coalition that includes Maryland. The defeat devices installed by Volkswagen allow cars to meet emissions standards in a laboratory or a testing station, but during normal operation those vehicles emit nitrogen oxides at up to 40 times federal standards. Nitrogen oxides, or NOx, contribute to the formation of ground-level ozone, or smog. Unhealthy levels of ozone can irritate the respiratory system — causing coughing, throat irritation and chest pains and aggravating asthma and other chronic lung diseases. Ozone and other air pollutants have also been linked to premature death. NOx air emissions are also a significant source of nutrient pollution to the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. Volkswagen’s actions are all the more egregious given the particularly important role that additional NOx reductions could have played in further cleaning up the air in Maryland. Ozone levels in Maryland are subject to the “perfect storm” for ozone air pollution, where unique meteorology and geography line up with transported pollution from vehicles and power plants west of Maryland and local pollution from the south, primarily cars and trucks along the Interstate-95 corridor. Maryland has made dramatic progress in cleaning up both ozone and fine particulate air pollution. Just five years ago, Maryland was recording the highest ozone levels east of the Mississippi River. Maryland is currently measuring ozone levels statewide that meet the 2008, 75-parts-per-billion federal ozone standard. Based on 2015 air monitoring data, 15 of the state’s 18 ozone monitors are already measuring levels below the new, 2015 standard of 70 parts per billion, and the other three monitors are measuring levels ranging from 71 to 73 parts per billion. The increase in NOx reductions from Volkswagen might have played a significant role in the three monitors measuring levels that are not in attainment of the new standard. The Department of the Environment estimates that additional NOx emissions from the affected Volkswagen vehicles are the equivalent of an additional 375,000 vehicles on Maryland roads each day. Maryland came into statewide attainment for fine particle pollution in 2012 and fine particle levels continue to drop. Reductions of NOx and sulfur dioxide in Maryland and in areas upwind of Maryland were the primary driver linked to the positive trends in fine particulate pollution. All vehicles sold in the United States must comply with EPA or California Air Resources Board (CARB) emissions standards. Maryland, through its Clean Cars Program, adopted the CARB standards. Maryland is one of 12 states outside California to adopt the CARB standards. The suit states that defeat devices were installed in certain Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche vehicles – model year 2011-2015 diesel light duty vehicles with 2.0 and 3.0 liter engines. As of October 2015, 12,935 vehicles at issue were registered in Maryland. The suit alleges: violation of the Maryland Clean Car Act by bringing those vehicles into Maryland without valid CARB certification; violation of Maryland’s emissions limits for NOx; violation of Maryland’s low emissions program by submitting false reports; and violation of Maryland’s anti-tampering regulations by installation of defeat devices.Click here for the official complaint for civil penalties. Md. Environment Sec. Grumbles Attends Key Global Climate Conference in Spain Environment Secretary Ben Grumbles honors student artists at 18th annual Rethink Recycling Sculpture Contest	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1558
__label__wiki	0.678856	0.678856	Pancreatic Cancer Discovery Reveals How the Aggressive Cancer Fuels Its Growth Josh Barney, jdb9a@virginia.edu A new discovery about pancreatic cancer sheds light on how the cancer fuels its growth and may help explain how promising cancer drugs work – and for whom they will fail. The finding one day could help doctors determine which treatments will be most effective for patients, so that they get the best outcomes. “Pancreatic cancer is a very difficult problem. It has been a very difficult problem for a long time. The survival for pancreatic cancer patients is very low compared to other tumors,” said researcher David F. Kashatus of the University of Virginia School of Medicine and the UVA Cancer Center. “We’re really trying to understand the biology so that scientists and drug developers can be more informed as they try to tackle this disease. Any progress we can make, no matter how small, is going to be an improvement over the current state of affairs.” A Big Mystery of Pancreatic Cancer The new discovery represents the fulfillment of years of work for Kashatus, who first proposed the research project while interviewing at UVA in 2012. It also helps to answer an 80-year-old mystery: Why and how do cancers rewire cells to fuel themselves using a much more inefficient process? dave_kashatus_da_inline.jpg Scientists previously have noted strange changes in the shape of mitochondria, the powerhouses of cells, in cancers driven by mutations in the RAS gene. Kashatus wanted to understand what was occurring and how it affected pancreatic cancer’s growth. Kashatus found that when the mutated RAS gene gets activated, it causes the mitochondria to fragment. This fragmentation supports the earliest shifts toward the cancer’s new fueling process. This was quite surprising, because suddenly the mitochondria were playing a very unusual role. Their division was actually helping the cancer establish itself. But there’s good news: This process could prove to be a weakness for the cancer that doctors could exploit to help patients. Kashatus found that blocking mitochondrial division in tumor samples largely prevented the tumors from growing. And when they did grow, the cancer cells gradually lost mitochondrial function. This was bad for the cancer, and the loss of mitochondria represents another weakness doctors could exploit. “This mitochondrial fragmentation is really playing two distinct roles: On the one hand, it’s promoting this shift in metabolism. But it’s also promoting mitochondrial health,” Kashatus said. “These two things are combining to drive the pancreatic tumor growth process. So I think this is something that could be therapeutically valuable. But it also really teaches us about pancreatic tumor growth in general.” Explaining How Cancer Drugs Work The finding also may help explain the workings of several drugs in development, and it could help doctors understand which patients they will benefit, said Kashatus, of UVA’s Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology. “Inhibiting [mitochondrial division in patients’ cancer cells] would be a nice future goal for us. However, the drugs targeting this process are really very early in development, and so it’s not something that will really be ready for the clinic anytime soon,” he said. “But this work can really help us understand how some of these other drugs that are a little bit further along in the process may be acting, so that we can better understand which patients may or may not benefit.” Findings Published Kashatus and his team published their findings in the scientific journal Cell Reports. The research team consisted of Sarbajeet Nagdas, Jennifer A. Kashatus, Aldo Nascimento, Syed S. Hussain, Riley E. Trainor, Sarah R. Pollock, Sara J. Adair, Alex D. Michaels, Hiromi Sesaki, Edward B. Stelow, Todd W. Bauer and Kashatus. The research was supported by the National Institutes of Health, grants CA200755 and GM123266. To keep up with the latest medical research discoveries from UVA, subscribe to the Making of Medicine blog. Josh Barney UVA Health System jdb9a@virginia.edu 434-243-1988	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1559
__label__wiki	0.734179	0.734179	Asian American Studies Center: 50 years of storytelling and countering stereotypes The UCLA center’s role in preserving the experiences, struggles and accomplishments of Asian American peoples is vital in a city that is home to so many Asian communities. L.A. could better target homeless prevention services with predictive analytics Using data from seven Los Angeles County agencies, researchers developed a model to predict which 3,000 residents were most likely to become homeless. UC and CSU team up to improve pre-K–12 teaching about climate change UCLA hosted the Environmental and Climate Change Literacy Project and Summit as part of an effort to educate the next generation of climate change-aware students. UCLA’s American Indian Studies Center: 50 years of providing Native peoples a voice For half a century, the center has been advocating for, and listening to, people in indigenous communities in Los Angeles and beyond. UCLA to assess California drinking water systems to identify risks and solutions The analysis by the Luskin Center for Innovation helps the state deliver on its legal recognition that safe, clean, affordable and accessible water is a human right. Higher suspension rates are linked to feeling less ‘connected’ at school The study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research also found that “connectedness” and volunteerism varied by race and income. Prioritizing equity helps ensure poor communities receive benefits of bond measures In this Q&A, UCLA’s Jon Christensen discusses his new study of California’s Proposition 1, which was passed in 2014. UCLA’s Energy Atlas expands to provide data for most of Southern California Free online tool updated to include solar capacity and six more years of data, as California aims for 100% renewable energy. UCLA to lead $10 million California conservation project Researchers will study the DNA of endangered and threatened animals and plants to help preserve species and learn which are most vulnerable to climate change. Rising sea levels will leave California with fewer beaches – and more hard decisions At a Zócalo/UCLA Downtown event, experts discussed how much sea level rise we can expect, how we balance public and private concerns, and how we can reduce additional risk. UCLA bike expedition raises awareness of climate change in California The California Climate Expedition — led by climate scientist Alex Hall — grants riders the chance to experience climate change impacts from Oakland to Los Angeles. New environmental DNA program makes conservation research faster, more efficient UCLA researchers launch open-source software that can identify a broad range of species from samples. ‘Pink tax’ activists made the most of their UCLA experience Twin sisters Helen and Rachel Lee have dedicated themselves to getting the sales tax on feminine hygiene products repealed. Sacramento politicians honor UCLA’s 100-year public legacy Government officials recognized the pivotal role UCLA has played in shaping California history. Professor tackles race, space and mobility in her first book “Collisions at the Crossroads: How Place and Mobility Make Race” also provides insight into the history of Southern California’s Inland Empire. Charting the rise of Latino empowerment UCLA Luskin Lecture brings together political forces who forged a path for the next generation of leaders. Why California will matter more in the 2020 election With an earlier primary date, the Golden State may sway national debates and even the presidential contest. May 1 is deadline for nominations for UC Retirement System Advisory Board election The board meets three times a year to discuss issues of interest to UCRS members, retirees and beneficiaries. California ‘browning’ more in the south during droughts The trend places additional stress on wildlife ecosystems and resources that the approximately 24 million people living in Southern California need to survive. UCLA Anderson Forecast points to weaker economic growth The report predicts weaker housing markets into 2020 in California. One bright spot in the outlook is investment in intellectual property, which consists largely of software development; film and TV production; and corporate research and development. UC terminates subscriptions with Elsevier in push for open access As a leader in the global movement toward open access to publicly funded research, the University of California is taking a firm stand by deciding not to renew its subscriptions with Elsevier. UCLA report provides strategies for making Covered California more affordable The paper, which was presented to state lawmakers, will guide the conversation about expanding coverage as the state takes steps to revamp the system. California must build workforce to serve older adults’ behavioral health needs, UCLA report says The paper recommends nearly a dozen policy strategies aimed at ensuring adequate staffing and training to serve the growing number of elderly people in the state.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1560
__label__wiki	0.567101	0.567101	Description of Seakeeping Trial Carried Out on CCGS Shamook - December 2003 View full text: Description of Seakeeping Trial Carried Out on CCGS Shamook - December 2003 (PDF, 4 MB) Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.4224/8895071 Search for: Cumming, D.; Search for: Hopkins, D.; Search for: Barrett, J. Search for: Search and Rescue, New Initiatives Fund (SAR-NIF); Search for: Canadian Institutes of Health Research Seakeeping; Motion Induced Interrupts (MII); Fishing Vessel Research This report describes seakeeping experiments carried out on the 75 ft. (22.86 m) research vessel CCGS Shamook off St. John's, NL December 15, 2003. Collaborators involved in the fishing vessel sea trials include the Institute for Ocean Technology (IOT), Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN), Oceanic Consulting Corp. (OCC), Canadian Coast Guard (CCG), the Offshore Safety and Survival Centre (OSSC) of the Marine Institute and SafetyNet - a Community Research Alliance on Health and Safety in Marine and Coastal Work. Primary financial support for the project is provided from federal funding sources including the Search & Rescue (SAR), New Initiatives Fund (NIF) and the Canadian Institutes of Health and Research (CIHR) in addition to significant in-kind contributions from the many participants. The objective of the project is to acquire quality full scale motions data on fishing vessels to validate physical model methodology as well as numerical simulation models under development. Eventually, tools will be developed and validated to evaluate the number of Motion Induced Interrupts (MIIs), induced by sudden ship motions, and their impact on crew accidents to develop criteria to reduce MIIs. This document describes the CCGS Shamook, the trials instrumentation package, data acquisition system, test program, data analysis procedure and presents the results. Future reports will provide the results of correlation of the full scale data with physical model test results, the output from numerical models and the development of criteria to reduce MIIs. National Research Council Canada. Institute for Ocean Technology TR-2004-01 18038b86-62eb-41e0-818b-c34906d5493d	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1563
__label__cc	0.53905	0.46095	By registering, you agree to the terms of service and Privacy Policy .* Off Campus Navigation Hot Questions Home / Questions / Q 70 Martin Hope Asked: June 10, 2019 In: Consumer Electronics How much do web developers earn? What is their salary? I am thinking of pursuing web developing as a career & was just wondering. I’ve heard that that location is a big factor when it comes to salary of web developers. Kindly state: 1) Country 2) Salary Monthly/Yearly 3) Years of experience. P.s) You can choose to remain anonymous if you want to. developerssalary OffCampus John Peter Added an answer on June 10, 2019 at 10:13 am Back-End Developers concentrate on what goes on behind the scenes of a website. These are the people who build the databases that host the site’s content and implement the technologies that runs its search and e-commerce capabilities. Focused more on the website’s responsiveness and speed than what its pages look like, they’re skilled in languages such as Python and PHP, and frameworks like Django and Ruby on Rails. Their pay ranges from $43,000 to $116,000, PayScale says, with a median of $75,000. Aaron Aiken Among the most common job titles you’ll see: Web Developer: A person whose primary responsibilities include the programming and development work involved in creating a working website. Though this is largely a technical role, a certain amount of business knowledge and communications skill is important to doing the job successfully. the average Web developer’s salary ranges from $36,000 to $80,000, depending where they live and how much experience they have. The median is about $54,000, but recruiters say demand for job candidates is pushing pay higher. Senior Web developers’ pay ranges from $52,000 to $107,000, says PayScale, and experience with technologies like C# and Java can result in even more money. Barry Carter Front-End Developers focus their efforts on the website’s interface and user interaction. The core of their work is done with JavaScript, CSS3, HTML5, associated frameworks like Angular and Backbone, and libraries like jQuery. Salaries range from about $43,000 to $102,000, according to PayScale, with a median of $66,000. A front-end developer with strong skills in Angular can earn more — an average of $78,000. If you’re in a rush and need career direction, skip straight to the lessons at the end. I’m a front-end developer, previously full-stack, in the UK. Here are the dates, compensation and years’ experience: 2005: £15K ($18.6K), 0 years 2008: £17.5K ($21.7K), 3 years 2016: £400/day ($497/day), 11 years Add a video to describe the problem better. Video type Youtube Vimeo Dialymotion Facebook Choose from here the video type. Video ID Put here the video id : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdUUx5FdySs Ex: 'sdUUx5FdySs'. How to handle personal stress caused by utterly incompetent and How to evaluate whether a career coach is beneficial? How do I tell my new employer that I can’t OffCampus – Stats How to approach applying for How to handle personal stress Why are the British confused What is a programmer’s life How to evaluate whether a James Wane added an answer I know people who left Google June 10, 2019 at 11:45 pm John Peter added an answer The way I’m managing this at m June 10, 2019 at 9:48 pm Ahmed Hassan added an answer While I agree with some of the June 10, 2019 at 9:48 pm Aaron Aiken added an answer I’m serious. People are not go June 10, 2019 at 9:48 pm Martin Hope added an answer I’m serious. People are not go June 10, 2019 at 9:47 pm analytics british Buffalo company computer developers django employee employer english facebook french google interview javascript language life php programmer programs salary SUNY Binghamton SUNY Buffalo university © 2019 OffCampus Internet S.L.U All Rights Reserved - Terms of Service - Privacy Policy - Cookie Policy - Contact Us	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1571
__label__cc	0.652659	0.347341	Law / The League Scattered Thoughts on the “Torture Report” by Dennis Sanders · December 11, 2014 Since the Torture Report was released yesterday, I’ve been thinking about a few things after its release. I need to state at the beginning of this that I think it is wrong for a democratic society to engage in torture. I oppose such methods as waterboarding. Having said all this, we don’t live in a black and white world,we live in a grey one and it is in this context that we have to make moral decisions. I will get to this later. But here are some thoughts: Is the CIA a rogue organization? The way that people are acting, it is seems as if the CIA just decided to do all of this on its own unbeknownst to Congress. Maybe that’s possible, but it seems like a stretch. Did the CIA lie to the Senate Intelligence Committee? Or are some senators throwing the CIA under the bus? The thing is, if the CIA did all of these things, we have a an organization run amok that either needs to be massively overhauled or dismantled with a new structure put into place. Former CIA heads have said Congress was briefed 30 times and “held nothing back.”So, were the CIA heads lying? Was Congress in the dark? I don’t know. It’s not impossible that the CIA keep people in the dark, but I think it is also possible that some in Congress knew, but are now singing a different tune. I tend to think the CIA didn’t act alone, but the other actors left no fingerprints. Is all of this unique to American history? As the allegations of torture became public a few years ago, there were many opponents that acted as if up until 2001, the US was a nation that upheld human rights and would never engage in torture. The abuses that took place during the Bush years were according to journalist Jane Mayer was a substantial break from our past where “America had done more than any nation on earth to abolish torture and other violations of human rights.”Oh, Really? What about the abuse that took place during the US occupation of the Phillipenes? What about the Phoenix Program of the 1960s and 70s? What about Operation Condor? While there wasn’t any torture, the imprisonment of over 100,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry during World War II sure wasn’t a bright spot in American history. But as Wesley Yang noted in a 2008 review of Jane Mayers book The Dark Side admitting to past sins by America would go against the narrative she and many others believed in, that is, that America was a shining example of human rights that was sullied by the Bush Administration. What happened in the wake of 9/11 is shameful, but sadly it is not unusual. What was this exercise all about? I was one who advocated that the report should be released so that we would then have an accounting of what happened. Unfortunately, what we got was a report that is heavily politicized and that offers no way forward. Notice that no one is going to jail because of this report. Notice that there are no recommendations of how intelligence should be gathered in the future. The 9/11 commission at least had some recommendations. The Senate Democrats also chose to interview no one for this report. Why? Again, the 9/11 Commission at least interviewed people. This report only showed what the CIA did wrong, it did not say how we can make sure it won’t happen again. This makes me think that this release was more about scoring political points than it was about justice. Maybe there are reasons not to prosecute the guilty, but there should be at the very least some guidelines to prepare us for the next event that may happen. What will happen is that the CIA will become risk-averse, afraid to do anything that might get them hauled before a Senate committee years later. And then, when some other big event happens, we will wonder why the CIA didn’t do anything. The effectiveness of torture. Ever since I’ve heard folks talk about how torture doesn’t work, I’ve been skeptical. If something is ineffective, then it wouldn’t be used. I tend to think there have been occasions where it has worked. That’s not a reason to condone it, of course. But my fellow opponents of torture have made a big mistake in focusing on the effectiveness instead of zeroing in on the morality. If there turns out to be proof that torture did save lives, then the argument fails. You can’t base morality on the ends (ie: it doesn’t work); you have to focus on the means. Torture isn’t wrong because it doesn’t work, it’s wrong because the hallmark of a civilized and democratic society is how we treat others, especially the guilty. A Matter of Conscience (or lack thereof). I’m upset at the partisanship of the Democrats. But I am also upset at conservatives for their seeming lack of conscience. There seems to be this feeling among conservatives that the people that have been tortured at somehow less than human and therefore should not be treated with any human decency. I think liberals are incredibily naive when it comes to terrorism and torture, but conservatives incredibly callous. One example is fellow blogger Jazz Shaw. In his post on the report yesterday, he says torture isn’t an issue of human rights since our enemies don’t deserve to be called human. I’ve long liked what Jazz has had to say on various issues, but not this. There isn’t any concern that the person being interrogated might be the wrong person, or that we might harm someone that is innocent. No, they are all the enemy and therefore we can do with them what we damn well please. I know that we don’t live in an Eden. I know there are people who want to get us and destroy us. I can even understand that there might be times when our government has to do something that might be considered torture for the greater good. But it is still wrong to torture, even if we have to make a choice between bad outcomes. We have to believe that there is some greater standard to try to adhere to. As Americans, we might not always be able to live up to our values, but we should at least try and at the very least acknowledge those values instead taking the low road. Conservatives believe in morality, in right living. I’d like to know how torturing someone isn’t immoral. I’d like to see my fellow conservatives have a little twinge of conscience on this issue. Good reading. There has not always been thoughtful reading on this topic. But there are a few writers that have some wise things to say about torture that go beyond the left-right analysis. Ross Douthat wrote a great essay in 2008 about what was then called (rather erroneously) “torture-lite.” He’s written a follow-up that equally good and thoughtful. Douthat refers to an article written in 2009 by Jim Manzi that I was reaquainted with yesterday. Bob Kerry’s essay in USA Today is worth the read . John Schindler, a former NSA employee wrote a blog post yesterday about the CIA as one who used to work at Langley. He gives the perspective of someone on the ground. Note: The cartoon is by Brazilian artist Carlos Latoff and is called, “It’s not torture when U.S. forces are doing it…” many pairs light green snooki weight loss Small Town Living is the Life For Me And that’s what this show does so well christina aguilera weight lossThe CliffsNotes Guide to the G Tags: CIAtorturewaterboarding Dennis Sanders is the Associate Pastor at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Minneapolis, MN. You can follow Dennis through his blogs, The Clockwork Pastor and Big Tent Revue and on Twitter. Feel free to contact him at dennis.sanders(at)gmail(dot)com. Morning Ed: Labor {2017.04.12.W} Economic Interventionism Treme, Season 3, Episode 5, “I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say” nevermoor says: Just so I’m clear: 1. You oppose torture 2. You recognize that GOP is turning into a dehumanization cheering section (or team “shut up, America is Awesome!” 3. Democrats generally agree with you on #1. 4. That makes Democrats “incredibily naive” and the report is “partisanship” that “offers no way forward.” In other words, BSDI and GOP can never be criticized without a shot at the other side. In reality, the report provides a critical service – getting truth out there that no one knew a few days ago – about exactly how depraved the Bush administration was/allowed the CIA to be. Has our country done horrible things in the past? Sure. Have we sexually assaulted prisoners, tortured them to death, tortured them AFTER we believed we got all possible intel, and tortured them even though we knew them to be innocent?Report Dennis Sanders in reply to nevermoor says: @nevermoor I’m not going to pretend that I am not biased. I have opinions. I lean conservative. But the point here is that I think the report was released without hearing all sides of the issue, even those I would disagree with. It also never offered recommendations to reform the CIA. If the CIA did all these things, then there is need for serious reform, not just the sacking of the CIA head. But none of that was offered. The point of any airing of offenses has to lead to some kind of restoration, otherwise we will all be back here a few years or decades from now. This was a major report something that should have been on par with South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission. I think we got a lot of truth with very little reconciliation.Report Kimmi in reply to Dennis Sanders says: Apparently you aren’t terribly familiar with the purges under the Bush Administration, where mostly Conservative Republicans got fired en-masse for disagreeing with the administration. Still, a lot of folks ducked their heads, and muttered under their breaths. The CIA is not filled with torture-happy folks. It’s quite possible for an organization to reform itself, particularly when they recognize exactly how far over the line they’ve been (and put that in writing during the time they were over the line). I remember seeing former CIA putting together recommendations ages ago (while bush was still in office). It is my understand that the Executive Branch has already issued new guidelines. Perhaps someone ought to assess their effectiveness. If what they presented was truth, then you’re advocating they call known liars to the committee. What light does that shed, other than their own rationalizations for exceeding their purview?Report Mark J in reply to Dennis Sanders says: Dennis, your rank partisianslip is showing. This wan’t meant to be a “truth and reconciliation” report. This was the first step only — a report on what happened. You fault the report writers for not going beyond their mandate. Which is just silly and nothing but a reason for you to hate on the Dems. It wasn’t the job of the report writers to make recommendations. That is the job of congress. This was an investigation into whether or not there was reason to proceed. There is. We have the truth (perhaps), now we can proceed with the reconciliation. This was only partisan to the degree the the GOP really, really didn’t want this report released. And if we had waited until the new Republican senate took over in Jan, it never would have seen the light of day.Report Dave in reply to Dennis Sanders says: Yeah, Dennis is a rank partisan. And I’m 8 feet tall. Disagree with him all you want but he’s far from a rank partisan IMO. You ought to see my Facebook feed.Report nevermoor in reply to Dennis Sanders says: @dennis-sanders I know you lean conservative, but when your only complaint against the Dems is that they should have done what they did, but also more other things that they haven’t done (at least yet), it makes your BSDI garbage look particularly weak (as others have noted down-thread). It’s ok to praise your political opponents when they do something good. I don’t think anyone can know what the long-term effect of the report will be, but right now it feels unlikely that there won’t be one. What “sides” needed to be consulted? The public summary reports facts, and there don’t seem to be any denials of those facts in anyone’s response.Report greginak says: In many debates there is no non-political view. This is one of those. Is politics that D’s pushed for release of the report….of course that is part of. Of course transparency and putting information on the public record can be politics and a good idea. But holding off the release was just as much politics. If you are for the report coming out than taking a swipe at D’s for politics doesn’t make any sense. You are for it coming out: good.Report Mike Schilling says: If something is ineffective, then it wouldn’t be used. That’s an awfully sweeping statement. Sticking with just things related to fighting, how often has saturation bombing been used? How often has it caused an enemy to surrender? The purpose of 9/11 was to warn the United States to stay out of Muslim affairs. How well did that work? How many football coaches, in the face of some fairly easily calculated odds, punt on fourth down with the game almost over, hoping to get the ball back? Honestly, people do dumb things all the time, and rationalize why they’re not dumb just as often.Report James Hanley in reply to Mike Schilling says: +1 on this. Without trying to be too harsh, Dennis, I think that’s a naive statement. There’s a bit of a sadistic streak in many humans, maybe most. People want torture to work because it’s simultaneously a punishment of (alleged) bad guys. And when people want to believe something, they’ll continue believing despite the evidence. And I get your point about why to focus on morality instead of effectiveness, but I think the morality argument has no certainty of success, either. You can’t prove that it’s immoral, you just have to sway people to your moral viewpoint, and that’s a hard road.Report morat20 in reply to James Hanley says: Believing torture works seems to be some weird mental quirk of humanity, no matter the proof against it. Perhaps it’s the tiniest remnants of empathy or conscience, filtering out — we want to believe it works, has worked, works SOMETIME because otherwise horrific, awful, horribly things have been done for no reason at all. Perhaps believing torture works is a salve, a way of saying “It was for a purpose” even if it was a purpose we loathed or hated, it wasn’t just sadism for sadism’s sake — not just unfiltered punishment of the worst sort. Which makes sense, because we seem to happily say our enemies torture for no reason but their subhuman, loathsome nature — yet when it comes to us or our allies, even when we can bring ourselves to call it torture we cling to the belief it was in service to a higher cause, a purpose.Report Kimmi in reply to James Hanley says: morat20, of course torture works. it just doesn’t provide Reliable Information. If what you want is some “informed consent” (eh, heh), it’s relatively easy to obtain via torture. People will say yes to anything if you break them enough. Thing is, that’s a two edged sword — people will do ANYTHING to make the pain go away.Report Dan Miller in reply to Mike Schilling says: I think the crucial thing here is to define what is meant by torture “working”. Producing accurate and actionable intelligence may not be its forte, but it can still have other functions. Noah Millman, writing at the American Conservative, has a really excellent blog post about why we torture. An excerpt: I’ve written before about the overwhelming fear that afflicted the country in the wake of 9-11, and how, perversely, exaggerating the severity of the threat from al Qaeda helped address that fear, because it made it acceptable to contemplate more extreme actions in response. If al Qaeda was really just a band of lunatics who got lucky, then 3,000 died because, well, because that’s the kind of thing that can happen. If al Qaeda was the leading edge of a worldwide Islamo-fascist movement with the real potential to destroy the West, then we would be justified in nuking Mecca in response. Next to that kind of response, torture seems moderate. Willingness to torture became, first within elite government and opinion-making circles, then in the culture generally, and finally as a partisan GOP talking point, a litmus test of seriousness with respect to the fight against terrorism. That – proving one’s seriousness in the fight – was its primary purpose from the beginning, in my view. It was only secondarily about extracting intelligence. It certainly wasn’t about instilling fear or extracting false confessions – these would not have served American purposes. It was never about “them” at all. It was about us. It was our psychological security blanket, our best evidence that we were “all-in” in this war, the thing that proved to us that we were fierce enough to win. Mike Schilling in reply to Dan Miller says: Willingness to torture became […] a litmus test of seriousness Yeah, that’s it exactly. The argument was that we all know that torture works and the only question is whether you have the balls to do it.Report morat20 in reply to Dan Miller says: It didn’t help that at times it seemed the “Very Serious People” of Washington (reporters, politicians, pundits) all seemed to have recently binge-watched 24. There were times when I wondered if policy wasn’t being made based on whether it worked for Jack Bauer.Report I just watched Cheney’s Fox interview about the report and, while I know “shorter” is discouraged here: Shorter Cheney: We all know that torture works and the only question is whether you have the balls to do it.Report DavidTC in reply to Dan Miller says: That – proving one’s seriousness in the fight – was its primary purpose from the beginning, in my view. It was only secondarily about extracting intelligence. Rachel Maddow has been harping on an interesting point for a few days, namely, that the torture program was extremely poorly operated. We tortured two informants of ours (Which rather indicates we had no controls at all about who we tortured.) and we had multiple repeated examples of people being tortured with apparently no end goal, as in, there was literally no information we wanted from them. This is because, as has other pointed out, we do not torture in this country, and hence we apparently have no idea whatsoever to operate a torture program. People talk about this report demonstrated that torture does not provide actual intelligence, but that’s not what it really shows. Torture probably doesn’t provide that, but, the thing is, we apparently weren’t trying to get intelligence in many cases.Report Kimmi in reply to Dan Miller says: if one assumes that one will be releasing the prisoners at some point, it may be sensible to preserve the intelligence contact by torturing them. to do otherwise would be to reveal the leak. … i dont’ think the bush admin was this competent. They fired the competent Republicans,after all.Report DensityDuck says: “I’d like to know how torturing someone isn’t immoral. I’d like to see my fellow conservatives have a little twinge of conscience on this issue.” It is immoral, and it should never have happened. Next question is, what do you figure we should do about it? Go kill ourselves? Sounds a bit extreme but if you want to go first I’m right behind you. “Or are some senators throwing the CIA under the bus? ” It is entirely possible, given Dianne Feinstein’s degraded mental state, that she honestly believes that she was not briefed on what was actually happening and whether it was doing anything useful; and that she honestly believes that when she said “continue with the interrogations” she had not been advised that she was consenting to torture.Report NobAkimoto says: Far be it from you to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right? I throw this out there as a general thing. If a throwaway line in Leviticus is supposedly so important, why is Genesis 18:25, perhaps the only time in the entire Biblical canon that a mortal chastises the Almighty for acting unjustly, not to be regarded as even more important? Note that even in spite of all the hand-wringing and defensive posturing shown by Chambliss and co. on the “minority dissent”, the minority could not, in fact, argue with one of the findings that the CIA basically lied about the brutality of their techniques: http://www.lawfareblog.com/2014/12/findings-conclusions-and-areas-of-dispute-between-the-ssci-report-the-minority-and-the-cia-part-1/ They didn’t even try to fight that one. Why? Because substantively speaking, there was no defense available.Report Gabriel Conroy in reply to NobAkimoto says: @nobakimoto One thing that’s always bothered me about that quote from the Bible is that the end result is god agreeing to spare the city if he can find 10 righteous. He doesn’t seem willing to go down to 1.Report Kimmi in reply to Gabriel Conroy says: Communal ethos. One person can be shouted down, or ignored. It’s harder to ignore a group of people.Report As far as good reading goes, I would recommend former Leaguer Jason Kuznicki’s essay on the subject: Let’s be clear on this: In a hypothetical world in which torture provided accurate intelligence, torture would still be barbaric. In the real world — where torture doesn’t work very well at all, but where many people firmly believe that it does — ending the actual practice of torture may require from time to time emphasizing its ineffectiveness at finding the truth: As a simple matter of logical disjunction, this speaks not at all to its morality. Still, though, a large number of people out there have made the moral compromise on torture simply because they believe that it works. It would be delightful if we could somehow convince these folks of the principle that the ends don’t ever justify the means. But in the meantime, and as a short-run solution, we should convince them that the means at hand are ineffective. This makes advocating torture irrational, even by their own (twisted!) standards of morality. What do people tell under torture? Appealing lies. The lies the torturer wants to hear. The ones that will get the pain and the horror to stop. We know this from the history of Europe, where Soviet show trials were filled with the tortured depositions of loyal communists who confessed to being spies for Latvia, wreckers of engines, and spoilers of harvests. We know this from the witch trials of the early modern era, where – unless physics itself has changed in the meantime – harmless, utterly innocent women were made to confess falsely that they consorted with the devil, spoiled harvests (again!), and flew through the air on broomsticks. Torture is wrong, period, no matter how you look at it. It’s morally wrong, and it’s ineffective. It reduces it’s practitioners to barbarism and invites barbaric retaliation, destroying any moral authority along the way, and for what? Unreliable information at best. History does not look back kindly on the Salem Witch Trials or the Inquisition, and it won’t look back kindly on this.Report Christopher Carr in reply to Freeman says: sigh… I learned of Jason’s departure just this past week (I haven’t been around as much lately), and it has made me far sadder than the departure of any other writer from here has.Report Freeman in reply to Christopher Carr says: Yes, J-Kuz is always worth a read, and I miss his commentary here. I found his personal blog, Clown Town, after he parted ways here.Report Chris in reply to Christopher Carr says: Follow him on Twitter, too.Report In periods pre 9/11 and after, we’ve claimed we don’t torture, but we have had no compunction about handing over someone to let someone else do it: the Syrians, the Egyptians, etc. Sorry, but that action doesn’t keep the blood off your hands. I think the key topic that needs wide discussion among the public, which will never happen, is to what lengths do we want to go to protect the empire? (our interests) The public really doesn’t want to have this conversation and doesn’t want to know or decide. Just like our political leaders, they don’t want to know what may have been done, unless it can be used for political gain. Since we can’t decide as a nation, this let’s stuff like this happen as there is no resounding public agreement on where the line stops.Report Kimmi in reply to Damon says: That’s a far better conversation to have than one about torture. it’s also really hard to do right. Of course, if we don’t have the conversation, we let the military prep for resource wars.Report Gabriel Conroy says: I’m not sure exactly what I think about all your points Dennis, but I agree at least partially with the following: 1. Post-2001 torture was definitely not unique to US history. Whether it goes against “American values” might be a different story, but it’s not unique. 2. I, too, don’t believe torture is always and by definition ineffective. I wouldn’t say “they wouldn’t do it if it weren’t effective,” but I think in some situations it might. That doesn’t mean I support it. I might in a very small number of some very select ticking-time-bomb scenarios, but even then I’d keep it criminal.Report Jaybird in reply to Gabriel Conroy says: I have no doubt that torture would get a guy to tell you everything he knows. I don’t have faith in the questioner’s ability to discern between a guy who knows something for real and a guy who doesn’t know anything. In any case, let me quote this tweet approvingly: "Does torture work?" as a question needs to be put in the bin with "Is slavery commercially feasible?" & "Can genocide help overpopulation?" — Hend (@LibyaLiberty) December 10, 2014 Kimmi in reply to Jaybird says: Yes, slavery is commercially feasible. … sometimes, I fucking hate this world.Report Mark J in reply to Jaybird says: This brings up a great point that everyone seems to overlook when they like to say that America is a nation that tortures. The US was founded on the enslavement and torture of millions.Report Should be “…isn’t a nation that tortures”Report Gabriel Conroy in reply to Jaybird says: @jaybird I agree with your comment and the tweet you copied. I should have added in my comment, and as a response to what Dennis said in his OP, that even if it can conceivably work in some instances, the fact that it works so poorly, if at all, in practice is a huge argument against it. If someone one were to justify doing something so wrong, you would at least want it to work.Report North says: Huge numbers of Democrats (bafflingly including the entire Obama Whitehouse) and nearly every single Republican (sans John McCain) have been adamantly opposed to the releasing of this report. It is a miracle it’s been released at all. Kvetching that it doesn’t call for prosecutions and the like strikes me as nonsensical and claiming that it’s politicized feels unhinged to me. None of the accused torturers were interviewed because they were under a Justice department inquiry and so would not have been willing to incriminate themselves. They also have been claiming classification and nondisclosure agreements. I note, with interest, that you haven’t commented on the uncontested fact that the CIA destroyed tapes of the torture sessions without authorization. With regards to the politics it’s very obvious that the politicians are squirming frantically and trying not to be implicated. It’s also obvious that they were pretty much frog marched into agreeing with this policy during the post 9/11 hysteria. That’s an indictment of them and yet also speaks curiously about the fact that this report is being released again. Feinstein has been a notorious CIA backer- it speaks to just how off the rails the agency has gone and how glaring their violations are and their misbehaviors have been in trying to cover it up that they’ve managed to make her turn on them like this. Granted the US has never been pure as the driven snow but this is an especially vile level of moral failure and it is also specifically illegal. You haven’t mentioned Geneva yet; I don’t see how the torturers and their authorizers should be able to escape this. Note that we executed Nazi’s and Japanese for offenses just like the ones that have been detailed in this report. If I were Bush or Yoo or Rumsfield I would not be planning any trips outside the US any time soon.Report Kimmi in reply to North says: Bush has land in South America, in a country that won’t extradite to anywhere.Report Dave in reply to North says: @north You haven’t mentioned Geneva yet; I don’t see how the torturers and their authorizers should be able to escape this. A lot of the people that were being captured didn’t fit the legal definition of a lawful combatant and hence afforded traditional POW status. In addition, it was believed that the sorts of fighters that we were facing post 9/11 didn’t meet the definition of unlawful enemy combatant required to provide protection under Common Article 3. It wasn’t until 2006 in the Hamdan v Rumsfeld decision that resolved the debate with the effect being that the detainees should have been treated under CA3 but ultimately weren’t. I’ll note that the dissent did not dispute the majority opinion’s interpretation but did suggest that the Bush Administration’s interpretation was plausible enough that deference should have been given to the Executive Branch (a very Thomas-like position back then).Report North in reply to Dave says: Fair enuffReport DavidTC in reply to Dave says: A lot of the people that were being captured didn’t fit the legal definition of a lawful combatant and hence afforded traditional POW status. I am not sure how that’s relevant. Whether they were POWs has bearing on whether or not they can be charged with a crime, whether or not they can be questioned, whether or not they have certain priviledges of rank and prisoner exchanges and releases and things like that. (1) It has very little to do with torture, because torture is not illegal because people are POWs. (It’s also illegal to do to POWs.) Torture is illegal under international law to do to anyone, for any reason, full stop. As far as I am aware there are no exceptions at all. And, what’s more, the Geneva conventions about POWs only apply to countries that have signed them. Whereas crimes against humanity, things like torture, from what I understand, apply to everyone, at least to the extent the international community can make them apply. 1) I would argue that their imaginary third classification is complete bullshit. The government must give people trials when you imprison them. There are all sorts of authorities the government can hold people under…POWs, criminals, quarantines, people who are a danger to themselves and others, etc, and if the government wants to invent new categories I’m not completely opposed to that, although such a thing has to happen via the law and not just making up phrases like ‘unlawful combatant’. But, even then, everyone gets a trial or hearing or something to determine if they fit in that category, with the right to refute the claims against them, with an actual lawyer on their side and witnesses and evidence and everything. And the ‘hearings’ that detainees finally got weren’t even enough of a legal judgement to count as show trial, much less an actual one. (Not to mention we continued to detain them long after finding them not the sort of people we thought they were.) But this is all moot WRT torture. We can’t torture actual convicted criminals, much less random people we just assert have behaved ‘unlawfully’.Report Patrick in reply to North says: Feinstein has a career of being a remarkably political animal. Particularly ruthlessly so at times. It’s made me angry for years. She just traded away all of her political capital. I would not be surprised if she retires at the end of this term.Report Mike Schilling in reply to Patrick says: Feinstein has been the luckiest politician in history. (I can’t do it justice here; I’ll write a post some time.) This report will somehow implicate both Hillary and the GOP nominee and get DiFi elected as the first Jewish female octogenarian president in 2016.Report “I tend to think the CIA didn’t act alone, but the other actors left no fingerprints.” Is that really credible? Is there evidence that Congress and the White House are better at covering up their tracks better than the CIA?Report zic in reply to Mo says: Yup. We have been talking about torture for a long time, now. For years. Waterboarding and renditions are old news, now. So to me, the notion of covering up tracks, not knowing, etc. is all just finger-pointing, trying to deflect responsibility. The real problem here is that we all, as a nation, let this happen. We gave into fear, and turned into something awful. What the CIA did reflected our national moral compass, not a few rouge heroes.Report Dennis Sanders in reply to zic says: @zic Thanks for sharing. I forgot to mention the fact that we as Americans have allowed this to happen. This isn’t just a stain on the CIA, or Congress or the Bush Administration. It is a stain on all of America. I’m glad you brought this up.Report morat20 in reply to zic says: Obfuscated as it was by a cloud of lies (“isolated incidents”, “not any worse than X”, “within the law”) and weasel-worded legal findings to give people cover (from qualified immunity to the simple ability to claim ‘legal’), it wasn’t hard to realize that it was far, far, far worse than what was publicly known. If you followed politics. If you read the articles that went into depth about it. If you were suspicious at all. (But let’s be honest — I found the case for the invasion of Iraq to be laughable and obviously a pack of BS — but lots of people didn’t. The media was quite helpful selling the invasion of Iraq, and very tentative on covering torture unless they could spin it as a few bad apples). If you didn’t, what you got was ‘we did some maybe grey area stuff, but it couldn’t be too bad because the White House claims it’s legal and the Senators/Congressmen knew about it and they weren’t raising a huge stink or anything’. That doesn’t even get into the extent of how much the CIA was just flat-out lying to Congress. Maybe you believe it, maybe you don’t. Something’s torqued off a lot of people who would ordinarily back the CIA, so I’m guessing they’re feeling at least a little burned. But then again — since 9/11, we didn’t want nuance or complexity. We were angry, and politicians found appealing to the baser instincts made people happy. Smash some countries up, smack around a few bad guys, posture on the world stage. That got you votes, for a good 6 or 7 years. And that’s on us, as a public, if nothing else. We cheerfully voted for revenge and violence, without nuance or focus.Report Stillwater in reply to zic says: The real problem here is that we all, as a nation, let this happen. I seem to recall a very long propaganda campaign in the runup to the Iraq invasion specifically designed to instill fear sufficient to support an act of unjustifiable military aggression as well as rendition and all that other bullshit. People were lied to by a handful of gummint officials who bought into Cheney’s self-serving 1% doctrine. Lots of folks on the receiving end of those lies agreed with the liars based on a corollary of the same doctrine: if there’s a 1% chance Cheney’s right, we gotta shock and awe, enhancedly interrogate, extraordinarily rend em all. Anyone with a 1% chance of being a bad guy.Report zic in reply to zic says: I know I dealt with this reporting. On a local level, I was conducting an investigation of our local water district and how they were managing the land that is our drinking supply. (The land collapsed in a storm, a sign of excessive timber harvesting a few years later, the subject of my investigation.) The water-district supervisor threatened me with the Patriot Act; he said my investigation brought attention to the water supply, making it a terrorist target. In writing on companies doing business with the military, there was no end of ‘what’s classified,’ it was a huge problem. I did a story on a company that had developed helicopter field-repair manuals for gaming consoles; and had to re-write it repeatedly because of classified stuff; nobody knew what was and what wasn’t. And this was so far away from any actual war on terror, from any terrorist activity. We bought into fear. Fear drove us. I doubt we’re brave enough now to admit that, too. If I were a satirical cartoonist, I’d be developing chicken characters to represent the US.Report Mo in reply to zic says: But there’s also a significant proportion of Congress (never less than 40% of the Senate and occasionally a majority) and the White House (at least until Jan 09) that supported it and wouldn’t want their tracks covered. The rebuttal report would have highlighted documentary evidence that there was proper oversight, but didn’t publish that evidence. Why would Bush/Cheney or a Republican Congress cover that up?Report James Hanley in reply to zic says: I have to go with Stillwater here. The “we as Americans let it happen” line is exactly the kind of claim that keeps me bearing in mind that we should never ascribe individual characteristics to groups. “We” obscures the big distinctions between those who objected vigorously, those who went along out of uncertainty and fear, and those who vigorously approved. Lumping them all together does not help clarify who’s responsible, nor does it help us analyze how it is that some people are swayed to support such atrocities. Groups do not have minds, they do not have consciousness or consciences, they do not have wills or desires or goals. It’s a convenient short-hand term at times, but it always sits on top of a deep falsehood that frequently, as in this case, assigns collective guilt, a concept that our legal system shuns and that our moral philosophy should also shun.Report Christopher Carr in reply to zic says: Likewise, I take no responsibility for what happened.Report Don Zeko in reply to zic says: @james-hanley Not only that, but the program had already been going on for years before the public really knew anything about what was being done.Report Kimmi in reply to zic says: Sadly, I do have to agree that we let this happen. Each and every single one of us. You didn’t drive to Washington with a bomb. You didn’t set yourself on fire. You didn’t file military protests, or join the CIA simply to release documents related to this. Or hire mercenaries/assassins to deal with the torturers. Is all of this stuff that we should feel obligated to do, simply because our conscience cries out? No. But you don’t get to shirk responsibility for your decisions, and these were your decisions.Report j r in reply to zic says: “We” obscures the big distinctions between those who objected vigorously, those who went along out of uncertainty and fear, and those who vigorously approved. That plus the “we let this happen” idea also discounts the extent to which the overwhelming number of actions that our government takes, supposedly on our behalf, are either directly or indirectly screened from any mechanism by which “we” can change things. Put a relative hawk in the White House and the national security state expands and torture becomes an accepted practice. Put a supposed dove in the White House… and the national security state expands and the government asserts the right to execute people with flying death robots. This stuff is literally on remote control.Report flying death robots That’s a great band name. Also, I 100% agree with you and Don Zeko.Report jr’s point is excellent, and to some degree supercedes mine, unless we’re willing to put Presidential Assassination or mass murder of our military on the table… (and I’d argue that the consequences of those actions might wind up being counterproductive).Report @james-hanley To give credit where credit is due, I lifted that term from Who Is IOZ?Report Mike Schilling in reply to zic says: I’ve been watching Fox News, and apparently the report is partisan crap because we never tortured anyone, and anyway everyone already knew that we tortured people.Report @j-r Huh, I’ve never before stumbled across a blog open only to invited readers. What’s it about? (If you’re allowed to tell. I’m imagining a Fight Club set of rules: “The first rule of Who is IOZ is that you don’t talk about Who is IOZ.” But of course you’ve already broken that one, so you might as well break the second rule, too.)Report LWA in reply to zic says: @mike-schilling Reading comments from torture apologists often feels like arguing with Vizzini: “Clearly, since America is Awesome, we did not torture! And clearly, since everyone knows that these were Bad People, torturing them was completely justified! The government would never torture anyone if it didn’t work- and we know it worked, because we have their confessions! My word, what is that over there- a Benghazi??” Truly, they have a dizzying intellect.Report It’s exactly the same as arguing with Holocaust deniers. “It never happened, and anyway they deserved it.” (Yeah, I know. But it’s not an analogy. It really is the same thing.)Report DavidTC in reply to zic says: @kimmi Those are all completely ridiculous ‘solutions’, as there’s no reason to think that any of them would have reduced the amount of torture in the slightest. In fact, as two of the suggested solutions are terrorism, it’s entirely possible that any American citizen doing those things would have made things worse by causing the program to expand to include a larger pool of people.Report DavidTC, I think you’d be surprised what a little sunlight can do, particularly applied with a skillful hand. Tell Lativia or Poland what’s happening on their soil Right Now, and they’re forced to do /something/. Hell, even their populace may decide to do something. and only one of them is actually terrorism… (which I suppose I ought to admit, I do not advocate).Report Kimmi says: 2008: recommendations before Congress http://www.niemanwatchdog.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Ask_this.view&askthisid=373Report “You can’t base morality on the ends (ie: it doesn’t work); you have to focus on the means.” I’d just like to point out that, after a torture session, “you tortured a guy” becomes a true statement; it is perfectly rational to focus on ends.Report Posted without comment other than this: this guy says torture worked. Discuss? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/20/AR2009042002818.htmlReport Damon, to be clear: what the reports actually say is this: 1) KSM was resistant to talking. 2) We tortured KSM — leading to no actionable intelligence during this time. 3) Afterwards, we used more “standard” and “permissible” intelligence techniques, and he started talking/lying (at least one person, i forget if it was KSM, was lying after being tortured). Some people say “without 2, 3 wouldn’t have worked” (despite long paperwork trails on other religious zealots, proving otherwise). Other people say “2 was ineffective, and 3 worked. torture didn’t help” I think that anyone in Bush’s admin has strong incentive to lie and inflate torture’s effectiveness.Report Slade the Leveller in reply to Damon says: You mean the same guy who wrote this, “The world is experiencing virulent outbreaks of Ebola and Islamist radicalism. What if the two threats converge into one?” I think it’s safe to discount the opinion of a guy who sees a boogeyman around every corner. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, nothing that happens in the Middle East poses an existential threat to the United States. How we react to what goes on over there clearly does.Report Kimmi in reply to Slade the Leveller says: Existential threats to North Dakota do not endanger the united states.Report KatherineMW says: I agree entirely with your statement that this is not unique. America has engaged in torture in the past, and has trained police and military forces in other countries to torture people via the School of the Americas. The main difference is that, so far as I know, all of the previous uses of torture were clandestine, not a part of stated government policy. Despite the statements of the report that nobody knew what the CIA was up to, the Bush Administration did know they were torturing people, and they made doing so a matter of government policy: the White House Office of Legal Council memos providing legal cover for torture make that clear. They admitted to methods that constitute torture, and simply denied that they were torture. Although the White House definitely knew of and condoned torture, I don’t know what Congress’ role in it was, as I don’t have documents proving that they knew what was going on. But I have absolutely zero doubt that the CIA lied extensively about their actions, because the CIA have always done so, throughout their history, and regard democratic oversight as an affront. I expect that what we see in the report is far less that what the CIA actually did, because much of the evidence (e.g., videotapes) had already been destroyed by the CIA. I don’t think the report was about scoring political points. The lack of any criminal charges being brought or recommended make it very clear that Congress doesn’t want to go anywhere with this; they’re willing to allow some transparency, but they don’t want it to lead to anything. Releasing a summary of the report is about the minimum possible they can do. To the extent that it’s political, I think it’s affected by two factors. Firstly, they were likely reluctant to release it pre-election out of fears of being painted as “soft on terror” for opposing torture, and now that they’ve lost the election they know there would be zero chance of it every seeing daylight once the Republicans took power in Congress. Secondly, I think they’re highly pissed off at the CIA for spying on the Senate investigation and deleting documents that informed the investigation; to me, this helps explain why Feinstein – generally a staunch supporter of the national security state – backs the report’s release. I don’t think either of these considerations negates the fact that releasing the report, and increasing the public’s knowledge of the torture committed by its government, was a very positive thing. Torture is both wrong and ineffective. It’s not utterly impossible for it to ever work, but people with knowledge and experience in interrogation overwhelmingly say that conventional methods work better and that torture is counterproductive and very unlikely to yield information that couldn’t be gained through non-torture methods. As for why it would be authorized despite its ineffectiveness – two reasons. Firstly, because people with thuggish mindsets or who are accustomed to use of force tend to view force as more effective and “tough” than not-force, regardless of the facts. Secondly, you’re forgetting your 1984. “The object of torture is torture.” It was after 9/11, they had people they hated in custody, I expect that on some level their people wanted authorization to go to town on them, and their superiors wanted to give it. Or, slightly more charitably, they were simply afraid of rejecting ANY method, including torture, that they felt had any chance of being useful. I suspect it was a mix of these things. But we absolutely shouldn’t rule out the effects of simple hate. Ultimately, people who torture do so because they want to.Report Damon in reply to KatherineMW says: @katherinemw Kath, It may not have been “stated gov’t policy”, but it sure as hell was “practiced gov’t policy”. 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__label__wiki	0.553051	0.553051	Subcommittees Reviewed Findings of 18-Month Investigation into Coast Guard’s Handling of Harassment, Bullying, and Retaliation Allegations Washington, D.C. (Dec. 12, 2019)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform’s Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, and Rep. Lou Correa, the Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security’s Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security, held a joint hearing to examine the results of an investigation into how the Coast Guard is handling complaints of harassment and bullying. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, the Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released a joint staff report culminating the findings of the 18-month-long investigation. The Committees’ joint investigation found that Coast Guard leadership failed to address harassment, bullying, and retaliation and hold senior officials accountable. Lieutenant Commander Kimberly C. Young-McLear, Ph.D testified about the repeated failure of Coast Guard leadership to conduct prompt, thorough, or impartial investigations of her allegations of harassment and bullying as well as the retaliation she endured for raising such allegations. The Committee discussed how Coast Guard leadership must implement reforms to address harassment and bullying allegations. Vice Admiral Michael F. McAllister referred to the current processes as “minimally acceptable,” and stated that all the recommendations outlined in the joint staff report, “sound reasonable” and that he agreed with them “in concept.” Jackson Eaton of the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General announced that the Inspector General’s office is reviewing how the Coast Guard handled race-based harassment allegations from 2013 to 2018. Admiral Karl L. Schultz, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, refused the Committees’ invitation to testify. Chairwoman Maloney and Chairman Thompson sent a letter to the Commandant expressing concern that his refusal to testify continues a pattern of obstruction to the investigation and reinforces concerns that Coast Guard leadership does not fully appreciate the gravity of what has occurred. Admiral Karl L. Schultz (declined to attend) Vice Admiral Michael F. McAllister (minority witness) Deputy Commandant for Mission Support Lt. Cmdr. Kimberly Young-McLear, Ph.D. Permanent Commissioned Teaching Staff United States Coast Guard Academy Mr. Jackson Eaton Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Special Reviews and Evaluations Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General Click here to watch Subcommittee Chair Raskin’s opening statement. Click here to watch Chairwoman Maloney’s opening statement. Click here to watch Subcommittee Chairman Correa’s question line. Click here to watch Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s question line. Click here to watch Rep. Watson Coleman’s question line. Click here to watch Rep. Kelly’s question line. Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (116th Congress)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1592
__label__cc	0.733959	0.266041	LPBI Group HealthCare INVESTOR’s Corner ($) Journal PharmaceuticalIntelligence.com BioMed e-Series Funding, Deals & Partnerships LPBI Group News Testimonials about LPBI DrugDiscovery @LPBI Group Medical 3D Printing Leaders in Pharmaceutical Business Intelligence (LPBI) Group Funding, Deals & Partnerships: BIOLOGICS & MEDICAL DEVICES; BioMed e-Series; Medicine and Life Sciences Scientific Journal – http://PharmaceuticalIntelligence.com Posts Tagged ‘Cell-free nucleic acid sequencing’ Genomic Diagnostics: Three Techniques to Perform Single Cell Gene Expression and Genome Sequencing Single Molecule DNA Sequencing Posted in Analytical Instruments Industry, Bio Instrumentation in Experimental Life Sciences Research, BioIT: BioInformatics, NGS, Clinical & Translational, Pharmaceutical R&D Informatics, Clinical Genomics, Cancer Informatics, Biological Networks, Gene Regulation and Evolution, Biomarkers & Medical Diagnostics, Biomedical Measurement Science, Cell Biology, Cell Biology, Signaling & Cell Circuits, Computational Biology/Systems and Bioinformatics, DNA repair, Drug Discovery Chemistry, Gene Regulation and Evolution, Genetics & Innovations in Treatment, Genome Biology, Genomic Testing: Methodology for Diagnosis, Meta-analysis of transcriptome data, Microfuidics, Transcriptomics, tagged ancestor's germline cells, Cell-free nucleic acid sequencing, Immune repertoire sequencing, microfluidic large-scale integration, Single-cell sequencing, Single-neuron genome sequencing on July 4, 2017\| Leave a Comment » Curator: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN Related stories and links From nature.com Single-cell genome sequencing: current state of the science Genomics: The single life Single-cell analysis: The deepest differences Single-cell genomics This article presents Three Techniques to Perform Single Cell Gene Expression and Genome Sequencing Single molecule DNA sequencing Stephen Quake, Quake Lab @Stanford University Ido Amit, AmitLab @Department of Immunology at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel Gilad Evrony – EPPENDORF 2016 GRAND PRIZE WINNER Quake Lab @Stanford University Immune repertoire sequencing Cell-free nucleic acid sequencing https://quakelab.stanford.edu/research/overview Quake Lab Publications https://quakelab.stanford.edu/quake-lab-publications The Amit lab studies the genomic code enabling immune cells to differentiate to specific subtypes and devise a specific response to invading pathogens. Our main focus is to understand how gene regulatory networks activate this code. We develop and apply state of the art high throughputgenomic tools and interdisciplinary approaches to address these critical biological and therapeutic questions. We believe that elucidating the underlying principles of the regulatory code will allow us to impact the future of personalized medicine. We are currently seeking highly motivated individuals who want to join us on this quest. https://www.weizmann.ac.il/immunology/AmitLab/front Immunology, one cell at a time Amir Giladi & Ido Amit Basic lessons – “Single-cell genomics will soon be commonplace in basic and applied immunology research.” It is early days for single-cell genomics. But already, a number of important lessons can be learnt from the experiences of our lab and those of others. First, it is clear that many of the current categories of immune cells, such as T cells or monocytes, encompass heterogeneous populations. To probe cellular complexity, researchers must therefore cast their nets wide, and try to collect all immune cells within a tissue or region of interest. This is a very different approach from that used with methods based on cell-surface markers, which aim to obtain as pure a sample as possible. Second, success will depend, in part, on the extent to which researchers preserve the states of cells and the original composition of a tissue. Cell stress or death should be minimized to ensure that tissue preparation does not favour specific cell types. (Some are more sensitive to heat stress, for example, than others.) Third, bioinformaticians will need to develop scalable and robust algorithms to cope with greater numbers of cells, conflicting or overlapping programs of gene expression and fleeting developmental stages. Fourth, after researchers have characterized all of the immune cells in a sample, they will need to find molecular markers that can be used to either enrich or deplete certain cell types in further samples. Tissues comprise trillions of cells with myriad molecular characteristics and functions, and the types or states of these cells may vary in abundance by many orders of magnitude. For instance, in the brains of healthy mice, our newly identified population of DAM makes up less than 0.01% of cells15. Thus, repeated unbiased sampling to characterize rare populations will keep on accumulating cells that are not those of interest. Nature 547, 27–29 (06 July 2017) doi:10.1038/547027a http://www.nature.com/news/immunology-one-cell-at-a-time-1.22232?WT.ec_id=NEWSDAILY-20170703 Ido Amit – Selected References Innate Immune Landscape in Early Lung Adenocarcinoma by Paired Single-Cell Analyses. Lavin Y, Kobayashi S, Leader A, Amir ED, Elefant N, Bigenwald C, Remark R, Sweeney R, Becker CD, Levine JH, Meinhof K, Chow A, Kim-Shulze S, Wolf A, Medaglia C, Li H, Rytlewski JA, Emerson RO, Solovyov A, Greenbaum BD, Sanders C, Vignali M, Beasley MB, Flores R, Gnjatic S, Pe’er D, Rahman A, Amit I, Merad M. Cell. 2017 May 4;169(4):750-765.e17. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.04.014. Select item 284714805. MicroRNA-142 controls thymocyte proliferation. Mildner A, Chapnik E, Varol D, Aychek T, Lampl N, Rivkin N, Bringmann A, Paul F, Boura-Halfon S, Hayoun YS, Barnett-Itzhaki Z, Amit I, Hornstein E, Jung S. Eur J Immunol. 2017 May 4. doi: 10.1002/eji.201746987. [Epub ahead of print] Single-cell transcriptome conservation in cryopreserved cells and tissues. Guillaumet-Adkins A, Rodríguez-Esteban G, Mereu E, Mendez-Lago M, Jaitin DA, Villanueva A, Vidal A, Martinez-Marti A, Felip E, Vivancos A, Keren-Shaul H, Heath S, Gut M, Amit I, Gut I, Heyn H. Genome Biol. 2017 Mar 1;18(1):45. doi: 10.1186/s13059-017-1171-9. Select item 2816653811. Single-cell spatial reconstruction reveals global division of labour in the mammalian liver. Bahar Halpern K, Shenhav R, Matcovitch-Natan O, Tóth B, Lemze D, Golan M, Massasa EE, Baydatch S, Landen S, Moor AE, Brandis A, Giladi A, Stokar-Avihail A, David E, Amit I, Itzkovitz S. Nature. 2017 Feb 16;542(7641):352-356. doi: 10.1038/nature21065. Epub 2017 Feb 6. Erratum in: Nature. 2017 Mar 30;543(7647):742. Gilad Evrony, MD, PhD EPPENDORF 2016 GRAND PRIZE WINNER Gilad Evrony One brain, many genomes Gilad D. Evrony + See all authors and affiliations Science 04 Nov 2016: DOI: 10.1126/science.aak9761 We each begin life as a single cell harboring a single genome, which—over the course of development—gives rise to the trillions of cells that make up the body. From skin cells to heart cells to neurons of the brain, each bears a copy of the original cell’s genome. But as anyone who has used a copy machine or played the childhood game of “telephone” knows, copies are never perfect. Every cell in an individual actually has a unique genome, an imperfect copy of its cellular ancestor differentiated by inevitable somatic mutations arising from errors in DNA replication and other mutagenic forces (1). Somatic mutation is the fundamental process leading to all genetic diseases, including cancer; every inherited genetic disease also has its origins in such mutation events that occurred in an ancestor’s germline cells. Yet how many and what kinds of somatic mutations accumulate in our cells as we develop and age has long been unknown and a blind spot in our understanding of the origins of genetic disease. E. Shapiro, T. Biezuner, S. Linnarsson , Nat. Rev. Genet. 14, 618 (2013). 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__label__cc	0.517361	0.482639	From the journal: Journal of Materials Chemistry C Fabrication of lightweight and flexible silicon rubber foams with ultra-efficient electromagnetic interference shielding and adjustable low reflectivity† Jianming Yang,a Xia Liao, a Gui Wang,a Jia Chen,a Wanyu Tang,a Tengfei Wanga and Guangxian Lia Corresponding authors a College of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, People's Republic of China E-mail: xliao@scu.edu.cn Lightweight and efficient electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding composites are of great significance for the development of next generation communication technology, wearable equipment and high-power electronic equipment. However, it is still challenging to achieve the purpose of both high EMI shielding performance and a low reflection ratio. In this work, lightweight and flexible silicon rubber composite foams were fabricated through supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) foaming and layered structure construction. The magnetic ferriferrous oxide (Fe3O4)@multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) nanoparticles and the porous structure of the upper layer of silicon rubber/Fe3O4@MWCNT foam act as an effective absorbing layer, while dense silver particles with high conductivity on the surface of silver-coated non-woven fabric (Ag@NWF) show efficient electromagnetic (EM) wave reflection ability at the bottom. The EM waves undergo the process of “absorption–reflection–reabsorption” when they travel in the layered structure foam. The composite foam shows an EMI shielding effectiveness (SE) approaching 90 dB at a low filler content (2.08 vol% Fe3O4@MWCNTs and 0.81 vol% Ag) and density (0.38 g cm−3) in 8.2–12.4 GHz due to the selective distribution of silver nanoparticles on the surface of non-woven fabric and the introduction of a porous structure. The average reflection coefficient (R) is as low as 0.54, which indicates that only 54% of the EM waves are reflected back to the air. Moreover, the R value reaches a very low peak of 0.026 because of the destructive interference between the reflected and incident EM waves. This work provides a feasible idea for the preparation of lightweight, high efficiency and low reflection EMI shielding composites. You have access to this article Please wait while we load your content... Something went wrong. Try again? Download options Please wait... Supplementary information PDF (457K) https://doi.org/10.1039/C9TC05152J J. Mater. Chem. 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__label__wiki	0.869685	0.869685	Okocha, Lagos settle tax evasion rift Austin Okocha A Lagos State prosecutor, Mrs Y. A. Pitan, said a former Super Eagles’ captain, Augustine Okocha, accused of income tax evasion since 2017, had finally settled with the Lagos Internal Revenue Service. She told an Igbosere High Court on Wednesday in Lagos that the LIRS informed it that the defendant visited its office and reconciled his accounts. Pitan then prayed the court for an adjournment to enable her file a notice of discontinuance of the charge preferred against Okocha. Justice Adedayo Akintoye consequently withdrew the warrant of arrest earlier issued on the defendant. She adjourned further hearing until Nov. 14, to enable prosecution file notice of discontinuance of the charge. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the prosecutor had on May 28, informed the court that the defendant visited the office of LIRS to reconcile his accounts. The prosecutor then said the defendant could not reach a common ground with the agency. Earlier, the prosecutor had filed a three-count charge against Okocha on June 6, 2017, accusing him of, “failure to furnish returns of income for tax purposes with the LIRS, and failure to pay income tax. “The offences contravene Section 56(a) and (b) of the Lagos State Revenue Administration Law No. 8 of 2006 and Section 94 (1) of the Personal Income Tax Act Cap P8 Laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 2004 (As Amended).” Jay Jay Okocha Tax evasion Northern Christians under insurgents’ siege – CAN Adoke alleges persecution, battles alleged N300m Malabu deal bribe Nigeria’s doctor-patient ratio is 1:3,500 – NUC Uzodinma threatens to clamp down on Imo fraudsters	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1609
__label__wiki	0.624981	0.624981	Jake Dennis Poet of Jazz Beautiful Girls: The Bruno Mars Show Chocolate Blues Classic Crooners Contact Jake Gatsby’s Cabaret Jake’s Jukebox Jazz, Swing, & Blues Singer Kings Of Swing Like Blown Smoke Posts tagged “Perth blues club” Jazzy Bluesman “There’s two kinds of blues: happy blues and then sad blues… blues is sort of a mixed-up thing. You just have to feel it. Everything I do sing is part of my life.” – Billie Holiday (1957) Anybody who knows me or who has followed me as a singer knows that I love to sing ballads: love songs and sad songs. I am drawn to these songs because I love to sing what I feel. For me the most important part of a song is the lyric. I cannot sing well a song with lyrics that have no resonance for me. The blues have a resonance for me and when I perform blues, I hope people who have felt down or depressed, downtrodden or angry, betrayed or hurt, remember those times that have passed or which still linger and feel a bit better. After all, there’s no fun being blue alone and, as my friend entertainer Ross Vegas once reminded me, “When you have the blues, there’s nothing better than the blues!” It took nearly two years, but my dream of performing at the Perth Blues Club became a reality on Tuesday October 7th 2014. The desire to perform there came to me late one night as I sat admiring the club’s glowing neon blue logo through their website. Most of my career as a singer I had never delved into blues music per se but I had sung many emotionally heavy bluesy songs. Diving into the blues genre is thrilling. Two singers who really speak to me through their work in blues are Billie Holiday, Ray Charles, and Nina Simone. Since hearing the haunting, fragile, life-worn and fry-heavy vocals of Lady Day on Lady In Satin (1958) as a teenager, I have been mesmerised by her work. As a racially-aware political adult, the hard-edged, spunky, anger-fuelled blues of Nina Simone began to appeal to me. Through hearing Norah Jones perform “Drown In My Own Tears” and “You Don’t Know Me,” I became a fan of Ray Charles. However, putting together a blues band for a show turned out harder than I expected. In the end, my cabaret Like Blown Smoke turned out to be the catalyst for adding blues songs to Mint Jazz Band’s repertoire. In it, I finally had the opportunity to sing a lot of blues. Artists, musicians, creative of the world, if you want to succeed in your craft and in your work, create work that you can be proud of, work that excites you. Our lives end in a second so use your life to create and be a part of moments that make you happy. If you are a struggling expressionist try turning face-painting jobs into works of expressionist art. If you are a fantasy fiction writer working in data entry, find a way to only enter data part-time. If you are a rock god guitarist stuck playing military marches, find a way to leave! You will be happier performing and creating work you truly feel. Don’t get me wrong, I still perform and feel jazz and pop music. But for a few great nights DownStairs at the Maj, and one night I’ll never forget at what is recognised by many national and international acts as “the best Blues Club in Australia,” I was my own brand of the jazzy blues man. I am proud to write that on my inaugural night at the Perth Blues Club, my band and I received three encores! November 20, 2014 \| Categories: Uncategorized \| Tags: Billie Holiday, Blues, blues genre, Cabaret Soiree 2014, carpe diem, depression, happiness, hard times, Jake Dennis, Jake Dennis Mint Jazz Band, Jake Dennis singer, Lady in Satin, learning the blues, Mark Cunniffe, Mint Jazz Band, Mint Jazz Band Perth, Motivation, Nina SImone, Norah Jones, Perth Blues, Perth blues club, Perth music scene, Perth wedding singer, Ray Charles, two kinds of blues \| Leave a comment Seven lucky months since my last blog post and I am determined to make 2014 a year of poetic and singing success. On New Year’s Eve 2013 I printed the first draft copy of my 50 poem manuscript “The Fledgeling Poems or Like Thought Before Movement.” This places me just one step closer towards getting my first poetry collection published; a project I have been working towards for eight years now. In seven days, one of Perth’s most prestigious entertainment venues will announce I will be part of their 2014 season. Join me on Twitter and Facebook to stay up to date with my upcoming announcements. Highlights of the last seven months: “Like Blown Smoke,” my first original song (I wrote the melody and lyrics) was launched on Twin Cities Radio FM. Produced by James Abbot and inspired by the chord progressions of AfroKingz rapper Derrick Chella, “Like Blown Smoke” is available through iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, and my Triple J Unearthed profile. It is the first song I have proudly registered with the Australian Performing Rights Association. I am currently working with Abbot on a new original song, inspired by Mary J. Blige and Lauryn Hill, called “Burn Bright Tygers.” Mint Jazz Band has been very successful over the last half year. Our double bassist Malcolm Mah married in spring and our drummer Chris Marquand married this autumn! I was honoured to be chosen by Mah to perform “In Your Eyes,” an original song he penned for his bride, at his wedding reception, and to sing the first dance song – a swing version of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” – for Marquand’s! In addition, we have been over-the-moon every time we are chosen to entertain at clients’ weddings (thank you brides and grooms and Perth Professional Entertainment Services), charity events (SolarisCare’s Red Sky Ride Appreciation Night, Mondo Community Warriors’ Lifeline Fundraising Brunch, Playlovers Theatre Hills Bushfire Fundraiser), council events (Town of Cambridge, City of Perth, Town of Victoria Park), and stylish restaurants (the Naked and Wild Fig Cafes). You are looking at my first self-produced Photoshop gig poster. I hope you can make it to our third Ellington gig! It will be the second cabaret style show I perform this year. The first was “Spring Valentine” – a romance themed mini-cabaret I performed for the City of Perth’s Holly Wood Tuesday Morning Show at the Perth Town Hall. These will not be my last! 😉 RUDE Agency has taken us on as one of its clients and Events & Beyond made my personal dream of performing on the Forest Place stage at the Twilight Hawkers Markets a reality. E&B also booked us to perform at the City of Perth’s Home Growers Market. I am also happy to declare that we will perform at Jazz Fremantle this Mother’s Day! This will be Mint Jazz Band’s first Fremantle show. Thanks to the celebrated X-Wray Café, who have booked pianist Mark Cunniffe and I to play there every Monday in June, Fremantle may soon become our second musical home. After many years of searching, I have finally found a supportive and knowledgeable singing teacher who helps develop my vocal technique, extend my range, and (most importantly) makes me feel comfortable and confident. Her name is Antonietta D’Elia. She is a classically trained Italian soprano and I am proud to work with her. In addition, I am still working closely with actress and singer Rhoda Lopez whose directorial and stage movement advice are brilliant. Stay tuned! Check out these journals that contain my poetry! These represent the culmination of hard work and persistence. As explained in my previous post, Poetry New Zealand (NZ) and Lost Coast Review (USA) are international journals. I set myself a goal of sending poetry to international journals and my aspiration of being published more internationally has been successfully met. I cracked the UK market with publication in Strutco and entered the South-East Asian market with publication in Eastlit. Locally, Little Raven Press accepted one of my few erotic poems for publication, UWA’s Poet’s Corner featured one of my works, and Little Mozzie published one of my few love poems in the same issue as two of my favourite Australian poets: Bruce Dawe and Thomas Shapcott! I was also selected as Poet of the Month by Jackson for her journal Uneven Floor and was thrilled to read poems on Twin Cities Radio as well as for WA Poets Inc at the Beaufort St Festival late last year. Melbourne continues to treat me with love: in Brief and GORE Magazine accepted poems for publication and to my immense delight, I was awarded first prize in the Right Now: Human Rights Poetry Competition for my poem “No Asians. Your Desire!” Finally, my poems about race have been getting published. Social Alternatives is set to publish “On Pauline Hanson’s Doorstep” and foam:e recently published “Guiding the Sheep.” I have also just signed off on proofs for two anthologies that will include a poem of mine: the 2014 Short and Twisted Anthology and The Stars Like Sand. Furthermore, the Peter Cowan Writers Centre Advanced Poetry Workshops have been exhilarating. I was also blessed to have my poetry mentor Dr Mary Ellen MacDonald and my poet friend Bron Bateman read my manuscript with their astute critical eyes to help me prune it further before I send it to publishers. A lot to be thankful for and a lot of hard work ahead so wish me luck! Acting for the stage and screen has always appealed to me. Besides attending an FTI Screen Actors Boot Camp a few years ago, I also completed two Performing Arts units at Curtin University. This year, I attended a one day Acting Classes in Perth workshop and also had my first official on-screen acting role. Produced by the Health and Disability Services Complaints Office, I play an unhappy client of WA’s mental health service. My part starts at 05:10. 😉 Working at UWA has continued to provide opportunities for professional development. Creating e-modules, running LMS Moodle training classes, and co-ordinating the transformation of the School’s medical specimen museum into a Pathology Education and Learning Centre keep me busy Mon-Fri 9-5pm. On the freelance journalism front, I made my UWA News author debut and penned another article for MeDeFacts. In addition, I was again selected as a Fringe Festival reviewer. What I most look forward to, however, is being featured in the local newspapers again. Two recent examples below. Fingers crossed that there will be more to come! May 6, 2014 \| Categories: Uncategorized \| Tags: Advanced Poetry Workshop Peter Cowan Writers Centre, Beaufort St Festival, Beaufort St Festival 2013, Bron Bateman, Chris Marquand, City of Perth event, Come Fly With Me, Eastlit, Ellington Jazz Club, Events and Beyond Perth, foam:e, GORE Magazine, HADSCO complaint, Health and Disabilities Services Complaints Office, Holly Wood, Holly Wood Tues Morning Show, in Brief journal, Jackson poet, Jackson poet Perth, Jake Dennis, Jake Dennis Mint Jazz Band, Janet Jackson poet, Jazz Freo, Kate Pass, Like Blown Smoke, Little Raven poetry, Lost Coast Review, Malcolm Mah, Mark Cunniffe, Mary Ellen MacDonald, Mint Jazz Band, Mondo's Warriors, Morning Melodies, No Asians, Pathology Education and Learning Centre, Perth actor, Perth blues club, Perth entertainment, Perth Home Grown Markets, Perth jazz festival, Perth jazz singer, Poetry New Zealand, PPES, Right Now: Human Rights, Rude Agency Perth, Screen Actors Bootcamp, Short and Twisted, Stars Like Sand, Structo, The Mozzie, The mozzie poetry, Town of Cambridge event, Twilight Hawkers Market, Twin Cities Radio, Uneven Floor, UWA Poets Corner \| Leave a comment Jake Dennis	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1616
__label__cc	0.597856	0.402144	War & Peace Studies International Conflict Management J. Michael Greig, Andrew P. Owsiak, Paul F. Diehl International conflict has long plagued the world, and it continues to do so. With many interstate and civil disputes experiencing no third-party attempts at conflict management, how can the international community mitigate the effects of and ultimately end such violence? Why, in so many cases, are early, “golden opportunities” for conflict management missed? In this book, J. Michael Greig, Andrew P. Owsiak, and Paul F. Diehl introduce the varied approaches and factors that promote the de-escalation and the peaceful management of conflict across the globe—from negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and adjudication to peace operations, sanctions, and military or humanitarian intervention. The history, characteristics and agents of each approach are examined in depth, using a wide range of case studies to illustrate successes and failures on the ground. Finally, the book investigates how the various tools interact—both logically and sequentially—to produce beneficial or deleterious effects. List of Boxes Chapter One: Introducing International Conflict Management Chapter Two: Key Ideas and Frameworks Chapter Three: Intervention Chapter Four: Sanctions Chapter Five: Negotiations Chapter Six: Mediation Chapter Seven: Legal Approaches Chapter Eight: Peace Operations: Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding Chapter Nine: The Intersection of Conflict Management Approaches References and Suggested Readings J. Michael Greig is a Professor of Political Science at the University of North Texas Andrew P. Owsiak is an Associate Professor in the Department of International Affairs at the University of Georgia Paul F. Diehl is the Ashbel Smith Professor of Political Science at the University of Texas at Dallas “This impressively comprehensive volume views conflict management in its broadest form. As an intellectual package it is an ideal course text—not only because of the veracity of the scholarship that informs its arguments but also thanks to its systematic approach to working through these sometimes complex relationships.” Patrick Regan, University of Notre Dame “International Conflict Management is a tour de force of insights about the complete range of approaches and forms for managing international conflicts. The approaches come to life in a variety of compelling case applications and in guidelines for conflict managers. The authors’ innovative trajectory concept captures the way the approaches interact in both complementary and contradictory ways. This book is a must-read for scholars seeking to understand the bridge between conflict management and resolution and for practitioners trying to improve their craft of designing and implementing interventions.” Daniel Druckman, Professor Emeritus of Public and International Affairs, George Mason University; Honorary Professor, Macquarie University and the University of Queensland	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1618
__label__cc	0.528019	0.471981	Singer Cassie Reportedly Welcomes First Child With Husband Alex Fine Following Diddy Breakup By Allison Schonter - December 10, 2019 08:31 pm EST Congratulations are in order for singer Cassie Ventura and her husband, Alex Fine. On Monday, the couple, who married in September, welcomed their first child together, officially making them a family of three. Although Ventura nor Fine have confirmed the news themselves, TMZ reports that the singer gave birth to a healthy baby girl, whom they named Frankie, at a Los Angeles County hospital. The newborn weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces and measured 21 inches long. The couple had announced in June, just months after going public with their relationship following Ventura’s split from Sean "Diddy" Combs, that they were expecting their first child together. “Can’t wait to meet our baby girl,” Venture captioned a sweet photo of herself and her bull rider and personal trainer boyfriend. “"Love You Always & ForeveR.” A post shared by Casandra (@cassie) on Jun 12, 2019 at 9:31pm PDT Making the announcement on his own account, Fine shared a touching message to his baby girl. “I will be the first man in your life and will show you the greatest love and affection now and forever,” he wrote. “I never thought my heart could grow bigger after meeting your mother… then I found out we were having you and I instantly felt a love that is so indescribable. I promise to be at every dance recital, concert, sporting event, school plays whatever you decide to do I will be there and support you. I am your number one fan I promise to be a man that you and your mother look up to and love." In a separate post, Fine also penned a message to his then fiancé, writing that he “will do every single thing in my power to support you and help you.” “I promise to always keep you and the child first nothing comes before you,” he wrote. “I promise you will be showered in kisses and hugs every single day. I promise that I will be the best father/baby daddy.” Just three months after announcing news of their little one on the way, Ventura and Fine tied the knot in an intimate ceremony held in Malibu, California. Director Kevin Ferg, who officiated the nuptials, confirmed their marriage on Instagram. The couple had first gone public with their relationship in December of 2018 when Ventura shared a photo of herself kissing Fine. They then became engaged in August of 2019. Kim Kardashian Celebrates Daughter Chicago's 2nd Birthday With Elaborate Minnie Mouse Party Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi Hilariously Confesses to Peeing Herself While Exercising After Baby No. 3 Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Bought His Dad Rocky Johnson a New Home Just Months Before His Passing Is 'Teen Mom 2' Star Kailyn Lowry Pregnant With Her Fourth Child? 'Captain America' Actress Mollie Fitzgerald Claims Self-Defense After Murdering Her Mom Here's How Alicia Silverstone 'Reprimands' Her Son Lyssa Chapman's '2020 Liars, Cheaters' Post Fires up Social Media	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1621
__label__wiki	0.648472	0.648472	Poppies New Plymouth About Poppies New Plymouth Visit Poppies Howick Website Visit Poppies Hamilton Website Visit Poppies Havelock North Author(s): Kassandra Montag An unforgettable, inventive, and riveting epic saga with the literary force and evocative imagination of Station Eleven, Zone One, and The Road, that signals the arrival of an extraordinary new talent. A little more than a century from now, the world has been utterly transformed. After years of slowly overtaking the continent, starting with the great coastal cities, rising floodwaters have left America an archipelago of mountaintop colonies surrounded by a deep expanse of open water. Civilization as it once was is gone. Bands of pirates roam the waters, in search of goods and women to breed. Some join together to create a new kind of society, while others sail alone, barely surviving. Stubbornly independent Myra and her precocious and feisty eight-year-old daughter, Pearl, fish from their small boat, the Bird, visiting small hamlets and towns on dry land only to trade for supplies and information. Just before Pearl's birth, when the monstrous deluge overtook their home in Nebraska, Maya's oldest daughter, Row, was stolen by her father. For eight years Myra has searched for the girl that she knows, in her bones and her heart, still lives. In a violent confrontation with a stranger, Myra discovers that Row was last seen in a far-off encampment of raiders on the coast of what used to be Greenland. Throwing aside her usual caution, she and Pearl embark on a perilous voyage into the icy northern seas to rescue the girl, now thirteen. On the journey, Myra and Pearl join forces with a larger ship, a band of Americans like them. In a desperate act of deceit and manipulation, Myra convinces the crew to sail north. Though she hides her true motivations, Myra finds herself bonding with her fellow seekers, men, women, and children who hope to build a safe haven together in this dangerous new world. But secrets, lust, and betrayals threaten to capsize their dream, and after their fortunes take a shocking--and bloody--turn, Myra can no longer ignore the question of whether saving Row is worth endangering Pearl and her fellow travelers. A compulsively listenable novel of dark despair and soaring hope, After the Flood is a magnificent, action-packed, and sometimes frightening odyssey laced with wonder--an affecting and wholly original saga both redemptive and astonishing. Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd Imprint : HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd Publication date : June 2019 Author : Kassandra Montag Reading Level : 1 Fiction Poppies New Plymouth Limited 7 King Street, New Plymouth newplymouth@poppiesbooks.co.nz Gst: 107 062 742 Bank: 03 0166 0453892 02	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1622
__label__wiki	0.532176	0.532176	Finsbury International Policy & Regulatory Advisors Revision as of 17:05, 16 January 2018 by Tamasin Cave (talk \| contribs) Finsbury International Policy & Regulatory Advisers (Fipra) is a European public affairs consultancy network specialising in advice on political and regulatory issues. It claims to be the only consultancy with public affairs advisers in Brussels, throughout the Member States of the European Union (EU), as well as the Commonwealth of Independent States and China. It is made up of a network of senior public policy and regulatory advisers specialising in 'strategic government relations'. Advice includes: UK and EU political contact programmes; select committee training; and integrated political and media campaigns.[1] Work is handled either locally by the companies in our group or centrally by Fipra EU - a company owned by its UK Partner Finsbury, a financial, regulatory and political communications firm."[2] At some point in its history it appears to have changed its name from Finsbury to Foresight International Policy and Regulatory Advisers (FIPRA).[3] 1 EU lobbying 2.1 Revolving door EU lobbying FIPRA International were among the top spending UK based lobbying firms offering lobby services to paying clients operating in Brussels in 2014, spending between €3,250,000 and €3,500,000. The lobbying company declares 26 lobbyists with 21 of those holding European Parliament passes, allowing the bearer virtually unlimited access to the Parliament's buildings.[4] Peter-Carlo Lehrell, chairman, Fipra International Ltd (London-based) Laura Batchelor, director of Fipra Brussels office John Bowis - former British MEP who joined Fipra as a 'special adviser' for health and environmental policy in June 2009. [5] Bowis was one of a number of MEPs involved in an EU lobbying scandal in 2008, when it was revealed they sat on a special board for 28 multinational companies that had set up a lobbying office in the European Parliament using a parliamentary telephone number and address.[6] Website: http://www.fipra.com Tenter House London EC2Y 9AE England ↑ Fipra website, accessed Feb 2009 ↑ Finsbury website, accessed November 2008 ↑ About, Fipra website, accessed Jan 2018 ↑ Finance industry is UK's biggest lobbyist in Brussels Lobby Facts, 26 January 2015, accessed 3 February 2015 ↑ John Bowis, Fipra, accessed 4 November 2014 ↑ The European Alliance of EU-Critical Movements, Secret multinationals’ office revealed in the European Parliament, www.teameurope.info, 24 April 2008, accessed 5 March 2010 Retrieved from "https://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Finsbury_International_Policy_%26_Regulatory_Advisors&oldid=250356" Public relations firms Lobbying firms EU Lobbying firms	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1624
__label__cc	0.668268	0.331732	A View from Afar Tactics matter more when you make bad investments Posted by Dan Walsh on April 26, 2017 at 11:30 am Photo: Paul Rudderow The soccer gods can be merciless. “We can talk about formations, tactics, technique, all those things,” Philadelphia Union manager Jim Curtin said with a dismissive chuckle during a television interview at halftime of his team’s 3-3 draw Saturday with Montreal, “but it really becomes about competing [and] winning your individual battle.” Meanwhile, Montreal head coach Mauro Biello was making a tactical shift. After seeing Ignacio Piatti drive a truck through the Union’s center midfield to score and make it 3-1 at halftime, Montreal began stretching out and then exploiting the Union’s weak center. Two goals later, the Union finished their three-game home stand without a win. Curtin was right. Soccer is about winning battles on the field. But managers can put players in better position to do that with strategies that play to their players’ advantages and deemphasize their weaknesses. We all understand that players play, but managers and their choices play a key role. Curtin made a good move in flipping Ilsinho and Chris Pontius — Montreal clearly hadn’t planned for that — and it worked in the first half. Alejandro Bedoya has fared better in the No. 8 role, and his high pressing created the turnover that led to the Union’s first goal. Next time, take it further and be a little bold. Yank Roland Alberg at halftime. He’s useless past 45 minutes – and 45 is charitable – because he isn’t fit. He made two good plays all day – one good finish, one good pass. Insert Derrick Jones or (if they had made the bench) Brian Carroll or Warren Creavalle to sit at the base of an inverted triangle to help hold a lead. Alberg won’t like the message that sends, but if that message is “Professional athletes don’t come into preseason 15 pounds overweight,” then too bad. Curtin couldn’t replace both Alberg and Medunjanin because he had burned two subs already on Ilsinho and Pontius. That was necessary because Ilsinho isn’t fit enough to defend for 90 minutes, and Pontius has an extensive injury history. Therein lies the problem. MLS salary data show bad investments by the Union When your general manager hands you overpaid technicians who don’t play defense and/or have fitness issues, then you must address that problem with changes in tactics, formation and lineups and probably a lot of prayer. With Tuesday’s release of player salary figures by the MLS Players Union, we can evaluate Union sporting director Earnie Stewart’s signings a bit more. They’re a train wreck so far. They may have looked good from afar back in February when we had limited information, but now we know more. Other than Oguchi Onyewu and Giliano Wijnaldum, both worth the gambles at the league minimum salary of $65,000, there’s a clear pattern to Stewart’s more significant acquisitions. Guaranteed Compensation Haris Medunjanin $460,008 $505,008 Jay Simpson $465,000 $508,333 Ilsinho $470,000 $518,333 Roland Alberg $345,000 $394,250 Medunjanin, Simpson and Ilsinho draw salaries just under the MLS maximum budget charge of $480,625. More than that requires ownership to open their pocketbooks beyond the standard league cash calls and pay additional funding for a designated player. Targeted allocation money (TAM) was used on Simpson and Medunjanin, so either they came with transfer fees and/or both have higher salaries with budget charges that were bought down with TAM. So, the question is: Are the Union seriously burning that much cash on Simpson, whose last team just got relegated to England’s fifth division, home to some of the U.K.’s most beloved semipro teams? On Medunjanin from the Israeli league, best known of late for turning an ordinary Columbus Crew backup into a local star? On Ilsinho, who was still well overweight when signed last year after a trial? They could be good Moneyball signings – at about a third of the current price. This is not how to play Moneyball in MLS. Had Philadelphia spent more prudently, they could have money left over to put toward signing a playmaking No. 10, a reliable starting center back or an upgrade at left back. Contrast with these off-season signings, among the best in MLS: Kansas City No. 6 Ilie Sanchez makes $300,000. Portland left back Vytautas Andriuskevicius makes $222,500. Atlanta center back Leandro Gonzalez Pirez makes $250,000. Toronto center midfielder Armando Cooper (late 2016 signing) makes $189,000. Kenwyne Jones is riding Atlanta’s pine at $390,000 a year but still looks like a beast in limited minutes and will probably come good once he’s traded. High-priced, technically proficient players with defense/fitness deficiencies may work in Holland with its wide open game, but you can’t field a bunch of them in a physical league like MLS, where Laurent Ciman repeatedly assaults C.J. Sapong and never gets booked. None of the aforementioned four Union signings fits the way Curtin wants to play. Simpson and Alberg are second strikers for a team that wants to play with one. (In his defense, we’ve seen little of Simpson.) Ilsinho may be MLS’s greatest futsal player. Medunjanin needs to be shielded by a center midfield destroyer, and while Maurice Edu could be perfect for that, the Union should have known he couldn’t be relied upon due to injury problems that may keep him permanently out of a Philadelphia uniform. (Even if Stewart signed these players with plans for life after Curtin and his tactics, they’re still overpaid.) The Union defensive problems we saw Saturday are the same ones we saw last year when Alberg featured at center attacking midfielder and Tranquillo Barnetta dropped to the No. 8 behind him. Medunjanin is less physical than Barnetta, and a central trio of Medunjanin, Alberg and Bedoya won’t be any better defensively. Bedoya can’t do it all. The army you have But this is the roster that Jim Curtin has, and it’s unlikely to change much. Those guys aren’t getting traded, because no MLS team would accept their bloated contracts. Individually, they’re not bad players – talented ones, actually – but they’re bad investments from a cost-benefit perspective. Everyone got excited about Stewart because of his achievements in Holland, but he doesn’t appear to have progressed beyond that European perspective and adjusted to the economics of the MLS marketplace. Coaches can bank solely on players winning individual battles when they can trot out lineups with Sebastian Giovinco, Michael Bradley, and Jozy Altidore, because they’re going to win most battles in MLS, regardless of who coaches them. The Union don’t have that. Alberg, Ilsinho and Medunjanin won’t win many defensive battles this year. Curtin doesn’t have a No. 10 unless it’s Adam Najem, who didn’t make the Union bench Saturday. Absent Edu, Philadelphia doesn’t have a top-shelf No. 6 either. Tactics, formations and lineups matter. Coaches and general managers win and lose battles too. Author: Dan Walsh Dan Walsh started the Philly Soccer Page in 2009. He spent over a decade as an award-winning newspaper and magazine reporter and continues freelance writing on the side. He moved to Italy in 2014. See more at http://www.danielwalsh.net. Email him at dwalsh@phillysoccerpage.com. All4U says: Wonderful Dan. Just wonderful. Phew. Had your espresso this morn I see. I still believe a better manager has this team moving in an opposite direction because he could figure out how best to serve the whole with the pieces he has. I don’t see that level of insight with the current skipper. To be blunt… at this point both Earnie and Jim aren’t measuring up… which is just about PAR for this course. MSG says: Good points. I would add that a more experienced head coach with a proven record of success would likely be a more knowledgeable and more influential advisor to the sporting director and ownership on player signings and other club matters. hobosocks says: This. So much this. Earnie is trying to play Dutch football in MLS with players that are not fit for the style of play in this league. And he’s trying to do it with players not actually good enough to play in the Dutch league, anyway. The question is whether or not he can adjust his style of sport-directing to MLS. If not, it looks like we might be in for a very long road even beyond this season. Andy Muenz says: I was thinking about a stat I hadn’t seen posted anywhere related to the recent home stand. In the first half, the Union outscored their 3 opponents 4-2. In the second half, they were outscored 0-6. This seems to contradict the thought that there is depth at every position when the team is so atrocious around the time the subs come in. Could also be an issue with not being able to sustain the press that Curtin wants to see for a full 90. Zizouisgod says: I agree, but at least 3 of our players couldn’t play a full game even without the press. AzUnion says: It’s hard enough to press for 90 minutes. It’s almost impossible to do so without the ability to hold possession and allow your players to rest. this is a great article. this team’s whole situation has me feeling very frustrated, but i am getting the feeling that almost from top to bottom there is a lot of learning on the job and improvising. seems clear that a lot of the assumptions i’ve been making in my head are not entirely true. i thought sugarman was a total cheapskate and we would never go anywhere under his ownership, but it seems he is spending some money as our payroll is right in the middle of the pack. i would love for him to spend more, but it doesn’t seem to be completely necessary i thought stewart was going to be a savior considering his seeming thoughtfulness and track record in europe, but it turns out there is a bit of a learning curve when it comes to constructing an mls roster vs a european roster. it looks like its going to take some time to learn what counts as a shrewd deal in this league (ie charlie davies for a first round pick is a bad deal). presumably albright could help with this but he is also someone who has been learning on the job (at first learning under the lunk headed sakiewicz) then there is curtin who is the youngest coach in the league and has had some past success (open cup runs and the hot start last season). this article rightly points out that he hasn’t been provided with a functional roster. i don’t think it would be fair or sensible to fire him when it is so clear that he is trying to build a competitive team when stewart made mistakes building the roster. i don’t think stewart or curtin should go. the team won’t improve until stewart learns how to properly value contracts in this league and i wouldn’t be surprised if he knows this as well. it is pretty plain for the public to see how badly they handled a lot of the signings of the past year and a half. WOW! Someone who is even more patient than me over this and is willing to let people grow on the job and (hopefully) see the fruit down the road. Personally, I’m willing to do this and continue to support the team as well rather than keep going through the same old merry-go-round we’ve had for 8 years. i’m glad i’m not the only one. my wife and i were having a conversation about this as we were leaving the game last week. i really don’t blame people for the lack of patience. it has been really hard to maintain patience for the past 7 seasons because this organization was so clearly rudderless. they seem to have a direction now but it also seems clear (to me anyway) that it is going to take time to get to the point where 4 people in charge learn how to be successful. part of what makes this year tougher to deal with than previous years is that it isn’t just a matter of firing someone to get the team to improve. i know a lot of people were pissed off when stewart said that last year was year one to him and i understand why that can seem like a dismissive or frustrating assertion, but it is kind of true i’m on board with y’all but i feel like we should be playing younger guys more minutes if this was the case. i think its too early to just blood the young guys; this is a terrible start but the season isnt lost yet. i don’t think the plan was to tank this season and not care about the results; i think they were genuinely trying to make some noise. the problem is that stewart is still learning what kinds of players work in this league and curtin is a young coach who isn’t yet able to work magic that easily turns this group of mismatched pieces into a powerhouse I come here to vent and emote. Otherwise I’m all in. Toner says: I’ve been eating my feelings while in the nadir of the rebuilding parabola. Very fat. You can’t talk about bad investments and NOT include Edu. Bro is making more than ALL of the palyers you listed combined and he has played in two years. I understand injuries blah blah, but he is the #1 albatross on this team. Can you iamgine if we had his 1.4 million dollar salary to make more signings? Old Soccer Coach says: correction of fact. $800K plus or minus, not 1.4 mill. A detail only. Adam Schorr says: You want 1.4M? Why don’t we spend the 1.4M we spent on Simpson (benched), Ilsinho (ineffective), and Alberg (out of shape)? Earnie had 1.4M. He blew it on a bunch of nothing. ibc says: did you foresee his injury (or the extent of it)? Yeah, and Edu was probably overpaid before, but he didn’t have a huge injury history or anything so that’s just bad luck. I agree he was overpaid, but he was a huge difference maker on the field. And difference makers are hard to come by in MLS. Injuries happen. You can’t predict them. He was a good signing. He’s also not making $1.4m. I had just put the following up in response to today’s Daily News Roundup. Brackets are explanatory insertions into the original. “Earnie Stewart has been looking in Europe for what he needs. “He is constrained by salary cap rules, although the constraints are not spread-eagled manacles anchored on a dungeon wall. “I am beginning to wonder whether what he needs, and most fundamentally that is two-way players, is available in Europe for the price his is able to offer. So far he has not found European two-way players. “While El Pachyderm has not said this in so many words that I recall [in his uses of Martino as a comparison foil for Union staff], a difference that Tata Martino offers to Atlanta is that he knows a specific market where the players are excellent but the economic stability of the soccer clubs is insecure. “North American soccer paychecks, save Chivas USA, arrive on time and do not bounce. “Should, perhaps, Mr. Sugarman head hunt and pay for a chief scout who complements the Sporting Director’s knowledge of Europe with his own knowledge of Argentina and its immediately adjacent neighbors? Atomic Spartan says: The answer is so obviously yes. ES is looking in the wrong places. Dan, great article. It almost makes me empathize with JC. Almost. And while others are claiming their prescience, I’ll stake mine here. I’ve been saying for a year now that Mo Edu will not return and to have planned for his return to action is folly. Sorry to have said it about an otherwise solid player over his career scottso says: One of the new writers on the blog (Whistler?) wrote a column a few weeks ago saying that there was plenty of blame to go to Earnie Stewart for the club’s awful 2017 start. Some disagreed. I argued strongly that I thought the piece was totally on target. And that was BEFORE seeing the salary data. Now his argument (and mine) look even that much stronger. Personally, I am willing to grant a waiver on Medunjanin, who is very talented, creates a ton of chances, and might actually turn out to be worth what we’re paying him (possibly). But paying Ilsinho, Alberg, and Simpson what we are paying them is batshit crazy. I thought Alberg wouldn’t even be re-signed at all, much less paid $345K. I wouldn’t have been too surprised/disappointed to see Ilsinho go either. And I assumed that the reason our new striker was from the English 4th division was because we got a good deal on him. One cannot look at these numbers without drawing a very bitter conclusion: Earnie Stewart is himself having a very hard time adjusting to the contemporary world of MLS. He better prove himself a quick study, because he is not turning one nickel of profit on any of these scrubs. I disagree to a point. While we are overpaying those players – I think they are certainly good enough to NOT go winless in 567 days. Curtin is not doing his part to get the best out of these players. Stewart hasn’t hit any home runs yet, but he hasn’t exactly brought in a Gilberto or Kai Herdling or Corbon Bone. Charlie Davies? Walter Restrepo? Anderson? Anderson and Restrepo are gone now! They are the definition of safe one year low risk high reward. They meant nothing, especially since who knew Herbers and Tribbet (and then Yaro) would be so good. And surly you would give some credit to ES for Herbers and Yaro? Davies looks to be bad yes. But GMs are going to have bad trades sometimes. the davies deal was particularly bad given that stewart must have been aware of the possibilities of the draft after seeing what he was able to get from his first draft class Im sure ES was hedging on players like Jones and Trusty – and later Fontana or Real or McGann, and realized why spend money on a crapshoot draftee when you can spend it on a HG instead. Yeah, but Gilberto, Herdling, and Bone combined made less than any of those guys. They are all being paid to be above average MLS starters and they aren’t. No, they were only sold as legitmate signings and options moving forward. They weren’t low risk signings like Anderson or Restrepo. When we got Bone or Herdling, they were talked up as being real answers. By PR fluff pieces. Come on man. Herdling was here on a short loan. Bone was taken in one of those goofy drafts. They were all without a doubt low risk signings. No one is criticizing any of those deal here anyway because they got out of all of them in 1 year. We are complaining that none of players that have been brought in recently for a lot of money are preforming well. Yeah, it was Steve Whisler, and yes, it was a really good column. We’ve been fortunate with some great new additions this year, and he’s one of them. WonderingAloud says: At least they are killing it in the Development Academy for only 4million (sig) and in the youth community with new preacademy (not so much)….it is ok to forge your own path but at somepoint you may just be lost….felt bad about giving up my season tickets after being Founding Member for years before we had team or team name, now when I watch on TV see my seat remains vacant so maybe not just me? Also since he came up yesterday, I’d take Le Toux back for his $140,000 compared to the same for Davies and the 400,000 for Ilsinho. Agreed. To bad we couldn’t have flipped Ilsinho for Davies and kept Le2 and our draft pick. John Harris says: Moneyball doesn’t work. Get that out of your collective heads. The Oakland A’s have not been competitive since they lost Mulder, Zito, and Hudson. The MLS does not have a 7 year player salary structure that can be manipulated like baseball contracts can, anyway. What works? Not moneyball but money. Toronto FC have two players that make more than all of the Union… combined. Look at other teams salary numbers. My gosh it’s right in from of you. Sugarman is not a cheapskate??? Are you serious? Yes he is. He like all traditional Philly owners, is taking advantage of you. Stop enabling him and making excuses for him. Did the author ever consider that Snow Stewart could do better if he could spend late market money. To be clear PHILLY IS A LARGE, LARGE MARKET. Stop enabling him. The best thing that could happen is an empty stadium and loss of sponsors. STOP! Moneyball doesn’t work? Olympique Lyon would argue otherwise. So would Sporting Kansas City. “Moneyball” is just a sports term for smart business and exploiting market inefficiencies. Your point about Philadelphia being a large market is well taken. Agreed. It doesn’t change anything written above. You could add Sevilla to this list as well. We spend more than Red Bull, yet they have a really, really good roster and have been very successful. We spend more than Dallas, yet they are the class of the league. Moneyball does work, it’s just that we don’t do it. My point is that Philadelphians have a long history of accepting mediocrity while their owners get rich. Sugarman’s investment in this was $25M. For the next expansion, they are talking $200M entry fee. Meanwhile other owners actually spend money, Toronto, Atlanta, Seattle, come to mind and they are all smaller markets than Philly. Citing small markets that have competitive teams in Europe is inaposite for several reasons. Citing small market teams in MLS, while better, only gives the ownership a pass. He has shown no loyalty to the fans, so why show loyalty back… at this point? The phantom menace here is the owner. Walk and things will get better. Of course money ball works. Some of the best teams in the league have payrolls less than the Union. Great point. That largely works because the MLS has a large playoff field which is rather forgiving. The MLS cup is a knockout tournament that just often got hot, not necessarily the best team. FC Dallas – Supporters’ Shield winner 2016, tied for most points in 2015, salary lower than ours. Really not sure what you’re on about here. Sigh. Player development is not moneyball. Put another way, Billy Beane did not invent the minor leagues. He identified an undervalued statistic. What undervalued statistic did FC Dallas find? I’m curious. Did you read moneyball? Having good development has been install to baseball for all over 100 years. Honestly. Chris Sherman says: Moneyball is about finding and exploiting market inefficiencies, not about OBP. That was just the solution, not the concept. If Philadelphia did it right, they would be buying players, most of whom were undervalued, that allows the roster to be good without spending a lot. That encompasses analytics, scouting, betting on frequently-injured players, betting on players in misfit systems, whatever. And yes, investing more into player development than other teams is about attempting to exploit marketing inefficiencies, like moneyball. Billy Beane also had 3 young stud pitcherscome up at the same time. You don’t need stats to tell you that helps. When I see a comment like this my first thought is “How much do you have invested into going to the games?” You advocate staying home, but are you a season ticket holder who has already invested the money to go to the games? For me, staying home basically means I’m wasting $100+ (2 seats plus parking). Now you may argue that attending games is a waste of my time, but that’s my choice. When the Union calls to renew your season ticket, just tell them no until they spend more of our money on players. The numbers just don’t add up. Seems to me like the ownership is taking advantage of loyal to a fault Philadelphians. Where to start with this… 1. Moneyball does work. The A’s are not the only team that plays Moneyball. Look no further than the Pirates of a few years ago. Actually, the A’s made the playoffs every year from 2012-2014, so I’m not sure what you’re on about there. 2. Despite the name, Moneyball has nothing to do with actual spending. It’s about maximizing value. Earnie is doing the opposite of Moneyball, paying best case scenario money for guys who have very little chance of reaching their contract value. 3. FC Dallas has consistently been a top team and they spend less than us. Moneyball works, even in MLS. Facts are helpful. Moneyball works to an extent in baseball because players in MLB get league minimum for years 1-3 of their career; and get below market arbitration in years 4-6 of their careers. Only in year 7 can they be an unrestricted free agent thus getting fair market value for their services. That is why smaller markets teams, if they play their cards right, can be successful occasionally while big market teams can be successful all the time. Reading the book helps almost as much as facts. MLS has nothing of the sort so this moneyball group thing is just off. Spend money wisely…. fine we agree. But that will not turn the Union into the organization they should be with their revenues that a market like Philly would naturally generate. Be skeptical man. Stop giving the ownership a pass on this. JediLos117 says: Love the angry tone…it’s how I feel when I think Union… …dark side something, something, something… I thought Chris Albright was there to support ES and almost like “teach” him how to value contracts and work the salary cap in this league? I didn’t read every comment above, but I didn’t see a lot (or at all?) of his name being mentioned. I am a Founding Member who has supported this team from DAY ONE. I have the crest tattooed on my leg… oddly enough I got it done before this season started and like 2 weeks before they announced the whole Chief Tattoo Officer thing – but I digress. My point is, I will support this team, but I am done with excuses and whatever the hell else people want to throw out there. This is a wreck as a franchise and has been, basically since the beginning. We thought we had stabilized, but it’s clear everyone is still “learning on the job”. ENOUGH. Fix this. If it takes selling the team… sell it. If it takes firing Curtin, Albright, or ES… do it. To borrow from the illustrious Elephant: Just Play Well. i think that firing any of these people is not going to help. curtin and albright are both young and learning on the job. stewart is new to the league and is still figuring out what works. you could fire them all and start again but unless sugarman has some kind of sure thing in mind if he were to do this i dont think it would improve things. i posted about this further up the thread. in the mind of stewart this is year 2 of this team. this can feel maddening as a fan but as far as he is concerned it is true. i can’t tell people to be patient because this team has been so shitty historically, but i dont think firing all of these guys is going to make the team improve. we’ll just be starting at year one again next season whit says: I understand the talk about patience above and it does stir some level of sympathy from a guy that has been a season ticket holder since the beginning, but then I remind myself that at some level they are still doing it to themselves. As was pointed out more than once above they feel like they have to high press to be successful, but they cant hold the ball long enough in possession to recover from the high pressing. Tired feet and tired minds inevitably catch up to them in the second half – even for the players that showed up with the right fitness level. Clearly they either need to possess better when they have the ball, or press less to have something left in their tanks to close out the game. This is not really a choice if they don’t have the skill to possess the ball better – they have to press less. Changing neither thing amounts to them saying that they have to get so far ahead in goals in the fist half with press-caused turnovers that they cant blow it in the second half. At 0-6, this clearly is not working. Not changing the tactics nor formation is not Club Vision, it is Club Hallucination. Marquez, OO, Eliott Rosenberry, Medunjanin, Jones, Bedoya, Picault Sapong, Alberg/Simpson Might improve our possession without sacrificing offense. Soccerson says: When it comes to signings, some comments lately blame Stewart for those that don’t work well. I understand he’s the S.D., but Curtin should share as much blame. Not knowing how this actually works internally, I’d be hard pressed to think Curtin can’t block the signing of a player that doesn’t suit his formation or tactics. Similarly I think he’s had influence on the signing of players that he thinks would fit well. If you look at Ilsinho, Curtin evaluated him during pre-season before he was signed. So while the amount of money payed for a player is on Stewart, I’d say whether or not the signing works for the team is squarely on Curtin. One aspect of the coach’s job that is not commented very often here. Harry Kirshner says: I hear Freddy Adu is available. The guy actually had decent numbers while with the Union. Cheer up, folks. A win tomorrow night in LA is going to turn the season around. Harry has faith. Leave a Reply to Adam Schorr Cancel PSP roundtable: The state of the UnionOctober 27, 2017 The false dilemma: To spend or not to spendMay 30, 2017	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1628
__label__cc	0.552036	0.447964	Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah update January 22: Bhide gets tensed as he doesn't find Tapu Sena in... Last updated on - Jan 1, 2020, 16:33 IST Malaika Arora is grabbing all attention for her party pictures with her BFFs. Amid speculations that Malaika Arora and Arjun Kapoor are getti... Read More Malaika Arora is grabbing all attention for her party pictures with her BFFs. Amid speculations that Malaika Arora and Arjun Kapoor are getting married, the couple is leaving no stone unturned to spend quality time together. Although the stars have not disclosed any details about their marriage. Let’s take a look at some of the photos of Malaika and Arjun...Read Less /celebs/bollywood/new-kissing-picture-of-malaika-arora-and-arjun-kapoor-is-breaking-the-internet/eventshow/66315021.cms New kissing picture of Malaika Arora and Arjun Kapoor is breaking the internet Pics \| New kissing picture of Malaika Arora and Arjun Kapoor is breaking the internet Photos \| New kissing picture of Malaika Arora and Arjun Kapoor is breaking the internet Portfolio Pics \| New kissing picture of Malaika Arora and Arjun Kapoor is breaking the internet Personal Photos - ETimes Photogallery Malaika Arora, who rang in the New Year with some of her best friends including her sister Amrita Arora in Goa, shared a lovely picture with beau Arjun Kapoor. The actress was seen partying hard with sister Amrita Arora, her husband Shakeel Ladak, actor Kim Sharma and other friends. She captioned the picture, “Goa Times.” She was earlier snapped with beau Arjun Kapoor on a lunch date on Christmas. The actress looked stunning in a short jumpsuit as she was accompanied by Arjun Kapoor. She has been making headlines for her budding relationship with actor Arjun Kapoor. Lovebirds Arjun Kapoor and Malaika Arora keep giving us some serious relationship goals with their candid pictures. Doting beau Arjun wished ladylove Malaika on her birthday with a lovely post. Earlier, they were not too open about their relationship. Now, they keep sharing romantic pictures. Rumours are doing the rounds that lovebirds Malaika Arora and Arjun Kapoor are planning to take their relationship to the next level as they are all set to tie the knot. Arjun broke silence on the wedding speculations. He said, “No, I am not. I'm 33 and you have to take my word when I say, I'm in no hurry to get married.” He added, “Usually, men lose hair after getting married and not before (laughs). To put things in perspective, as an actor, why would I want to get married when I am sporting a bald look? There would be pictures of it everywhere! On a serious note, I am not getting married. I have not hidden anything from anyone and I think my personal life deserves respect and dignity for that.” Malaika Arora, who parted ways with Arbaaz Khan in 2016, seemed to have moved on in her life. Post her divorce, Malaika and Arjun have become the talk of the town and their pictures often go viral on social media. During ‘Koffee with Karan’ show, Malaika said, “I like Arjun this way or that.” The couple has often been spotted together on dinner and lunch dates. Arjun had confirmed on ‘Koffee with Karan’ show that he’s not single. It was Malaika and Arjun’s pictures from a fashion show, which had sparked rumours about their budding romance. (All photos: Instagram/Yogen Shah) See more of : Malaika Arora, Arjun Kapoor Malaika Arora, Arjun Kapoor Malaika Arora, who rang in the New Year with some of her best friends including her sister Amrita Arora in Goa, shared a lovely picture wit... Read More Malaika Arora, who rang in the New Year with some of her best friends including her sister Amrita Arora in Goa, shared a lovely picture with beau Arjun Kapoor. The actress was seen partying hard with sister Amrita Arora, her husband Shakeel Ladak, actor Kim Sharma and other friends. She captioned the picture, “Goa Times.” She was earlier snapped with beau Arjun Kapoor on a lunch date on Christmas. The actress looked stunning in a short jumpsuit as she was accompanied by Arjun Kapoor. She has been making headlines for her budding relationship with actor Arjun Kapoor. Lovebirds Arjun Kapoor and Malaika Arora keep giving us some serious relationship goals with their candid pictures. Doting beau Arjun wished ladylove Malaika on her birthday with a lovely post. Earlier, they were not too open about their relationship. Now, they keep sharing romantic pictures. Rumours are doing the rounds that lovebirds Malaika Arora and Arjun Kapoor are planning to take their relationship to the next level as they are all set to tie the knot. Arjun broke silence on the wedding speculations. He said, “No, I am not. I'm 33 and you have to take my word when I say, I'm in no hurry to get married.” He added, “Usually, men lose hair after getting married and not before (laughs). To put things in perspective, as an actor, why would I want to get married when I am sporting a bald look? There would be pictures of it everywhere! On a serious note, I am not getting married. I have not hidden anything from anyone and I think my personal life deserves respect and dignity for that.” Malaika Arora, who parted ways with Arbaaz Khan in 2016, seemed to have moved on in her life. Post her divorce, Malaika and Arjun have become the talk of the town and their pictures often go viral on social media. During ‘Koffee with Karan’ show, Malaika said, “I like Arjun this way or that.” The couple has often been spotted together on dinner and lunch dates. Arjun had confirmed on ‘Koffee with Karan’ show that he’s not single. It was Malaika and Arjun’s pictures from a fashion show, which had sparked rumours about their budding romance. (All photos: Instagram/Yogen Shah) Read Less /celebs/bollywood/new-kissing-picture-of-malaika-arora-and-arjun-kapoor-is-breaking-the-internet/eventshow/66315021.cms?picid=73055177 See more of : Shakeel Ladak, Malaika Arora, Amrita Arora Shakeel Ladak, Malaika Arora, Amrita Arora See more of : Malaika Arora See more of : Malaika Arora, Kim Sharma, Amrita Arora Malaika Arora, Kim Sharma, Amrita Arora See more of : Malaika Arora, Amrita Arora Malaika Arora, Amrita Arora LIVA Miss Diva '20: Green carpet	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1631
__label__cc	0.550554	0.449446	The Mental-Health Hazards of Waitressing at Hooters New research finds heightened levels of anxiety and eating disorders among women who waited tables at restaurants that require skimpier uniforms. (Photo: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images) For many American women, waitressing is something of a rite of passage. Countless college students and struggling artists have paid the bills, at least for a time, by donning a uniform and taking orders for drinks and dinner. Newly published research suggests that income could come at a psychological cost—if the aforementioned uniforms reveal considerable cleavage. A study of 252 waitresses finds those working at restaurants where they are sexually objectified were more likely to suffer from anxiety or eating disorders. "Our findings provide empirical evidence for previous descriptive and anecdotal accounts related to (the hazards of working in such an environment)," write University of Tennessee psychologists Dawn Szymanski and Renee Mikorski. The research, published in the Psychology of Women Quarterly, featured women who were waiting tables at restaurants in the United States. Forty-nine percent were college students. Participants filled out a series of surveys, including a 15-item questionnaire aimed at determining the degree to which their workplace encouraged sexual objectification. They responded to statements such as "Female waitresses are encouraged to wear sexually revealing clothing" and "Male customers stare at female servers" on a scale of one (strongly disagree) to seven (strongly agree). They also reported their perception of sexism in the way the restaurant was run (such as men being more likely to be promoted to management positions); the amount of "personal power" they felt while on the job; and how often they ruminated about work-related issues. Their level of anxiety was measured by how often they felt "nervous, anxious, or on edge" and found themselves unable "to stop or control worrying." Disordered eating was gauged by their responses to 26 statements, including "I am terrified about being overweight" and "I vomit after I have eaten." The results revealed that waitresses working in "sexually objectifying environments" (the researchers reference the Hooters and Twin Peaks chains, among others) had a significantly greater risk of suffering from both anxiety and eating disorders. This was precipitated, in part, by their perception of "less organizational power," and "less personal power" on the job, as well as a greater amount of rumination. These results are consistent with the notion that "disempowering contexts can influence women's problematic coping responses, which in turn may increase risk for mental health problems that disproportionately affect women," the researchers write. A 2012 Associated Press report found these "breastraunts" are thriving even at a time when many eateries are struggling. Given that reality, a large number of young women will be tempted to apply for work at such an establishment. The results of this study suggest they should proceed with caution. And that could be the best tip they receive all year. NEWSHootersMental HealthHuman BehaviorQuick StudiesPrimer Seeing Yourself as Lazy is Hazardous to Your Health People who perceive themselves as less active than their peers are at greater risk of death—whether they're accurate or not. Once the Water Recedes, the Mental-Health Problems Emerge There's a good chance Hurricane Harvey will leave behind higher rates of PTSD, and an increase in problem drinking. The Upside of Neuroticism A big new study from the U.K. presents evidence that some neurotic people live longer lives. Belief in a Noble 'True Self' May Help Heal Our Divisions New research finds bringing that widely held idea to the surface reduces polarization and prejudice. The Ongoing Mental Health Benefits of Neighborhood Diversity Diverse neighborhoods, it turns out, aren’t just conducive to hipsters. What the Undocumented Immigrant Experience Means for Mental Health A new study finds that a quarter of undocumented Mexican immigrants are at risk for mental-health disorders.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1641
__label__cc	0.686423	0.313577	Holbrook, Amy 1 Haake, Joshua Lee 1 Hickman, David R 1 Swoboda, Deanna 1 Bohemia 1 Bohumir 1 Chautauqua 1 Cornet 1 Kryl Sorted by: Date Modified (Earliest) Bohumir Kryl (1875-1961): An American Musical Icon For those familiar with the name of Bohumir Kryl, he may be known simply as a cornetist who regularly utilized the extreme pedal register of his instrument. However, his life was much more complex than that. Born in 1875 near Prague, Kryl was trained by his father as a sculptor, and, for a brief stint in his childhood, he was a circus tumbler. Returning to his family vocation, he traveled with them to America and spent much of the 1890s sculpting the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument and busts on the English Hotel in Indianapolis, as well as the friezes adorning … Haake, Joshua Lee, Hickman, David R, Holbrook, Amy, et al.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1647
__label__cc	0.591024	0.408976	by Nancy Cathers Demme Yara's Tawari Tree by Yossi Lapid Ignite Wellness, Open to Joy by Heather Nadine Lenz Penitentiary Tales by EA Luetkemeyer by Justine R Kelly I'm Rising Poetica Erotica by Tim Cross Beyond Believing by D.D. Marx by Peter Yang Big Bear Fair by Grandma Krazy/Kathy Blomquist SMACK in the MIDDLE by Gibbs Williams Ph.D. and Joel Samberg Seven Shadows by V.S. Kemanis The Smart Chick's Guide to Career Happiness by Carol Maloney-Scott Exposed: The Education of Sarah Brown by Michele E. Gwynn It's 5 AM Go Home by Michael Scott Novilla Cass and Wat by Cagey Magee I Know When You're Going To Die by Michael J Bowler One Jesus One Way by The Proving Jesus Group Half on Tuesdays by Amy E. Whitman The Christmas Town Calls The Town Beneath the Christmas Tree Book 4 by J.R. Wirth Contact Author - J.R. Wirth J.R. Wirth is an award-winning author and native of Southern California. Raised in Azusa, he now hails from San Bernardino. J.R. is recognized for his extensive work in the helping field. He is a licensed psychotherapist with a long list of accomplishments, including a 15-year stretch as a domestic violence counselor and trainer, and head of a disaster response team. J.R. had a stint as a university professor, and even spent time as a child abuse investigator. Through all these duties, he continues to provide clinical supervision to young, aspiring therapists. J.R. currently supervises the therapy portion of a forensic psychiatric unit in Southern California. Above all, he is a spiritual man who is dedicated to his children, which often comes out in his writings. Besides traditional publishing, J.R. has several pieces published—including a poem and several short stories in online venues. In all his works, J.R. combines ordinary people with extraordinary circumstances, to create characters that jump off the page and straight into the readers’ heart and psyche. He remains dedicated to the craft of writing, highlighting the conflict, frailty, and hero in all of us. Reviewed by K.C. Finn for Readers' Favorite The Christmas Town Calls is a work of fascinating supernatural fiction penned by author J. R. Wirth, and it forms the fourth novel in The Town Beneath the Christmas Tree series. In this novella-length adventure, we return to Hailey, Isaiah, Harper and the rest of the brigade who have previously appeared in the Christmas-themed adventures of the series. There have been no events for a while, and the youngsters have moved into the digital world with screens everywhere. But some of them still keep hope alive, and still abide by their old Christmas rituals, waiting for a new adventure. When it comes, it is not what they expect, and a sudden rescue mystery – and a live baby Jesus – has to be resolved before time runs out. This was a really fun holiday romp from author J. R. Wirth, who has timed the story perfectly to be a cozy Christmas read that could be completed in one sitting. The work has plenty of charm, most especially in the development of its characters. I liked the grandfather figure very much, and the younger members of the brigade were really cute and amusing. As for the central figures, Hailey and Isaiah stand out the most, taking on the responsibilities of being a little more mature than they are. The plot itself is well constructed and the mystery has plenty of whimsical supernatural turns, which keep readers guessing right up until the end of the tale. Overall, The Christmas Town Calls is a truly charming and engaging holiday read for fans of the existing series.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1658
__label__wiki	0.773299	0.773299	Trailer Debut: Like Crazy The trailer for Sundance hit Like Crazy, starring Anton Yelchin and Felicity Jones as college lovers who decide to continue their relationship long-distance after graduating, has debuted online. The flick picked up the top prize at Park City – Grand Jury: Dramatic – and Ms. Jones was named Best Actress at the fest. From the looks of the trailer, Like Crazy might be this year’s Blue Valentine, and that’s no bad thing at all. Check it out, and share your thoughts below! Like Crazy was written and directed by Drake Doremus, and also stars Jennifer Lawrence. It does not yet have an official Australian release date. Discuss: But does it look too similar to Blue Valentine? anton yelchin, drake doremus, felicity jones, jennifer lawrence, like crazy, quickflix, sundance, trailer debut Lars von Trier to take on Nymphomaniac Cameron Crowe considering Say Anything sequel?	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0061.json.gz/line1659

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