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Windows® RT Gaming Across the Globe with Snapdragon™ S4 Processors
Microsoft’s Windows RT is such a new and exciting platform that most content, especially in the gaming area, is being greeted with open arms.
Qualcomm recognizes the importance of Windows RT and recently demonstrated how Microsoft has already taken advantage of some of the key technologies within our Snapdragon S4 processor. The task at hand: Multiplayer gaming across the globe with Windows RT. Qualcomm took part in two separate tradeshows occurring in the same week: E3 (Los Angeles) and Computex (Taiwan). The most exciting way that we could think of to link these two events was to demonstrate one of the first MMO games ported to Windows RT – Vendetta Online, by Guild Software. This fast-paced, space combat game was played in real-time across different parts of the globe, connected by the fastest 4G LTE connection.
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Academic journal article Victorian Poetry
The Sentimental Artistry of Barrett Browning's "The Cry of the Children"
By Henry, Peaches
Despite the fact that "The Cry of the Children" has been consistently recognized by Victorian and modern critics as one of the best verses in the two-volume Poems, 1844, which established Elizabeth Barrett Browning as a major Victorian poet, modern critical opinion has routinely dismissed it as too religious, sentimental, or socially conscious to be considered aesthetically worthy. (1) Alethea Hayter found the poem too religious for a modern audience while Angela Leighton described it as "a propagandistically tear-jerking poem." Similarly, Dorothy Mermin deemed its "meter awkward, the diction sentimental and false ..., the tears ... too profuse and damp, and the appeal to our feelings inartistically explicit"; bluntly put, Mermin found it "painful to read." (2) For these critics, there is too much of the sentimental in "The Cry of the Children" for it to be considered a poem of literary accomplishment. Working to restore Barrett Browning to the preeminence she enjoyed during her lifetime, Hayter, Leighton, and Mermin seem to be looking for an aesthetic experience which takes pleasure in subtle, ironic, indirect means of appeal and persuasion. Modern critical assessments of "good" literature tend to denigrate poetry which appeals to people's emotions or invokes religion as sentimental. From the modern critical perspective, being labeled sentimental is a pejorative judgment. Thus, such critics turn from the "The Cry of the Children" in confusion and even embarrassment. They are discomforted by the poem's pathos, piety, and passion--its "sentimentality"--and therefore judge it as "artistically weak or defective." (3) Unwilling to apply aesthetic evaluation to the poem's sentimentality, critics say such writing is beneath aesthetic consideration. By acceding to the twentieth-century bias against sentimentality, they perpetuate an uncritical and, in its own way, quite ideologically repressive view of aesthetic experience which ignores the artistic accomplishments of some of Barrett Browning's most enduring work, especially in Poems, 1844.
If as Joanne Dobson has asserted, "literary sentimentalism ... is premised on an emotional and philosophical ethos that celebrates human connection, both personal and communal," then it should come as no surprise that Barrett Browning's Poems, 1844 contains numerous verses written in the sentimental tradition# According to Simon Avery and Rebecca Stott, the publication of Poems, 1844 marked a progression in Barrett Browning's artistic and social development which embraced the notion that poetry had the power to affect change; from 1844 on her "engagement with contemporary debates" grew (p. 88). Further, Marjorie Stone notes that Barrett Browning aligned herself with the vates model of the poet; that is, she viewed herself as a poet-prophet "speaking at the centre of culture to an audience and seeking to influence that audience." (5) Indeed, as early as 1826, she claimed that "ethical poetry is the highest of all poetry forms" and that "poetry should be able to encompass argument and persuasion." (6) Not only did Barrett Browning think that poetry could be ethical, she also thought that it could and should be religious and did not hesitate to incorporate religiosity into her poetry. In the face of her desire to make her contemporaries think and act in response to the pressing problems of her day, Barrett Browning's use of passionate feeling, religion, and other aspects of sentimentality seems entirely appropriate. Indeed, as Fred Kaplan has informed us, "most Victorians believed that the human community was one of shared moral feelings, and that sentimentality was a desirable way of feeling and of expressing ourselves morally." (7) Many verses in Poems, 1844 and the reactions of Barrett Browning's first critics to them bear out Kaplan's contentions. Modern scholars like those quoted above, however, have chosen to ignore, dismiss, or denigrate this aspect of Barrett Browning's poetry. In doing so, scholars do her a disservice, because her deployment of sentimental strategies and devices often resulted in some of her most intellectually complex and aesthetically powerful poetry. …
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15 of the Master’s most bonkers Doctor Who plans
We're looking at the maddest schemes cooked up by the Doctor's nemesis
The Master has often been described as “the Moriarty to the Doctor’s Holmes”. But whereas Moriarty only faced off against Sherlock once (in the original stories, anyway – Conan Doyle thought it would discredit Holmes to keep having his nemesis escape), the Master has a habit of turning up in Doctor Who like a mad, bad penny.
In all the series The Master’s appeared in the face, and even the gender, have changed, but one thing has remained constant: he/she can always be relied on to have an utterly bonkers – and, let’s be honest, almost certainly doomed – plan up his or her voluminous sleeve.
Steven Moffat himself has acknowledged this, telling the Master: “You know what you do a lot? You lose. You’re always tremendously confident and then you’re humiliatingly defeated and you don’t remember that the next time you pop up with your ridiculous plan.”
But, like the rest of us, the Moff can’t help loving the old rascal anyway. So, to celebrate the Doctor’s eternal foe, we look back at 15 of the Master’s maddest, most elaborate, downright ludicrous plans for galactic domination. Heh-heh-heh-heh!
1. Terror of the Autons (1971)
Viewers first meet the Master when he comes to Earth with a cunning plan to steal a Nestene energy unit – the power source of the deadly Autons which, alarmingly, is on loan from UNIT to a museum, suggesting this top secret military organisation has a frankly hazardous educational outreach programme. Using the cunning alias Colonel Masters, he uses the energy unit to make contact with the Nestene Consciousness, and offers to help it establish itself on Earth using, among other things, homicidal dolls, inflatable plastic chairs and killer daffodils. Then the Doctor casually points out the Consciousness will almost certainly kill the Master too, at which point he metaphorically slaps his forehead, Homer Simpson-style, and realises he’d better switch sides pretty sharpish.
We can also get something of the measure of the man from the fact he decides to make his base of operations a circus – complete with TARDIS disguised as a horsebox – for no reason whatsoever. Maybe he just likes circuses.
2. The Mind of Evil (1971)
This one’s largely set in a prison, where the Master is using an alien parasite that feeds on fear to recruit hardened cons for his crackpot scheme to hi-jack a nuclear missile and fire it at a world peace conference, thus triggering World War Three and destroying the planet. (Or something. It’s not exactly clear where the whole parasite machine bit fits in, to be honest.) Despite spending an entire year posing as a professor and placing a Chinese conference delegate under his hypnotic influence, the Master’s lack of forward planning once again lets him down, as he’s failed to take into account that he’s currently trapped on the planet that’s about to be destroyed. Honestly, he’s his own worst enemy sometimes. And the Doctor’s, come to that.
3. Colony in Space (1971)
Despite their official policy of non-intervention, the Time Lords are not beyond using the Doctor for the occasional black ops mission when there’s a real crisis brewing – in this case, because the Master has stolen their file on something called the Doomsday Weapon. And when they say stolen their file, they mean stolen their file – he has literally walked away with one of the bits of paper that serves as a data-store for the universe’s most advanced civilisation and, to make things worse, it appears nobody had even bothered to make a photocopy. (The Master obviously does a lot of this sort of thing, if the filing cabinet in his TARDIS is anything to go by.) Once again, though, our criminal genius has forgotten to drop a courtesy email to his proposed new allies asking if they’d be happy to share their super-weapon with him, forcing yet another face-saving team-up with the Doctor. What a doofus.
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Technology gets children moving in the classroom
For many adults, the combination of technology and children conjures up images of sedentary couch potato kids staring blankly at screens. But educators and children in West Texas and eastern New Mexico are literally jumping for joy when it comes to technology in their classrooms.
That’s because Covenant Health has teamed up with Nashville, Tennessee-based GoNoodle to bring movement and mindfulness videos that are trusted by teachers and parents, and loved by elementary-age children into the classrooms in and around Lubbock, Texas and Hobbs, New Mexico.
With silly, catchy songs like Purple Stew, Roller Coaster and Pop See Ko, GoNoodle videos help teachers make learning active by giving kids “brain breaks” that allow them to run, jump, dance and stretch, as well as practice moments of mindfulness right next to their desks. It’s a method that’s proven to increase academic performance, behavior and childhood health.
“Our partnership with GoNoodle is another example of our vision and commitment to improve the health of Lubbock County children and families, and is inspired by our Christian faith tradition,” said Covenant Health Regional Chief Executive Richard Parks.
Tackling childhood obesity
Childhood obesity is a serious problem in the United States, affecting one in five children and adolescents and putting them at risk for poor health, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Even still, in schools across the country, physical education and health education programs continue to be underfunded, with little to no budgets.
More teachers are trying to find creative ways to incorporate some form of movement into the classroom—after all, research shows physical activity in school leads to better cognitive performance, fewer behavioral issues and reduced stress and anxiety.
GoNoodle entered the marketplace about five years ago, and it was a movement that Covenant Health got behind in 2017, committing a total community health investment of $360,000 through the 2020 academic year. This decision was a direct result of a Community Health Needs Assessment that Covenant Health conducted, which identified childhood obesity as an area of unmet need in the region.
During the 2017-18 academic year, Covenant Health used these funds to underwrite the cost to bring GoNoodle videos to 83 schools, 1,892 teachers and 34,500 students in Lubbock, Hale and Hockley counties in West Texas. As a result of this partnership:
In one year (2017-2018), all of the participants combined logged a total of more than 7,157,592 minutes of movement
94% of teachers are very or extremely satisfied with GoNoodle videos and games
97% of teachers have seen improvements in students’ amount of physical activity
86% of teachers agree their physical activity level has also increased
67% of teachers agree GoNoodle Plus is a valuable classroom resource
“Covenant Health’s strong commitment to wellness, prevention and the overall health improvement of children and families in West Texas and eastern New Mexico makes them an ideal partner for GoNoodle,” said KC Estenson, GoNoodle CEO. “At GoNoodle, we are on a mission to empower kids to be the best version of themselves. We do this by providing engaging content that helps them get much needed physical activity, while building the social/emotional skills necessary to make good decisions later in life. Through Covenant’s support and partnership, we are able to help put the promise of care into practice by touching the lives of more than 35,000 kids.”
Kayla Cole, a second-grade teacher at Waters Elementary School in Lubbock said, “GoNoodle has been a great asset for incorporating movement and fun into the classroom. Our kids love it! We appreciate Covenant Health's sponsorship to bring this resource to our students.”
Other teachers participating in the program also provided the following feedback:
“(GoNoodle) provides times to release energy and indoor recess time when we are unable to go outside … I also love it for times I need the students to settle down and focus. (The) videos help them to better transition from high energy to more focused activities” – Teresa, first-grade teacher at Wheelock Elementary, Lubbock Independent School District.
“I love using videos as (a) brain break, but I also use them to help the class focus again. I have seen my students use some of the breathing techniques taught on GoNoodle when they are stressed out.” – Chelsea, third-grade teacher, Highland Elementary, Plainview Independent School District
“I’ve seen improved listening skills (and) more organized movement. My students are able to stay focused longer.” – Candice, kindergarten teacher, Highland Elementary, Plainview Independent School District
“The students are engaged when we incorporate movement and songs into our learning. I hear them throughout the day singing educational songs from GoNoodle!” – Cassidy, kindergarten teacher, Ramirez Elementary, Lubbock Independent School District
“My students love to get up and move to the fun guided dance videos when they are feeling tired or wiggly. The breathing exercises are great for when we get done with something exciting and have trouble refocusing.” – Tiffany, second-grade teacher, Ervin Elementary, Lubbock Independent School District
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HOYA Group PENTAX Medical Cleared CE Mark for DISCOVERY(TM), an AI Assisted Polyp Detector
TOKYO, Dec. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- PENTAX Medical, a division of the HOYA Group, announced that it has cleared CE mark for DISCOVERY™, an innovative Artificial Intelligence (AI) assisted polyp detector designed to support endoscopists in finding potential polyps during a colorectal examination.
DISCOVERY™ is the outcome of a close cooperation between PENTAX Medical research center located in Augsburg, Germany, and expert clinical partners from six of the leading medical institutions across the world. For this next generation development, a total of more than 120,000 files from approximately 300 clinical cases were used for the software training. By this, DISCOVERY™ is able to assist with the detection of potential polyps in real time.
The system is built in a flat monitor to provide a high usability as it can be used with any of PENTAX Medical video endoscopy systems to highlight potential polyps. The menu is self-explaining and uses an intuitive touchscreen interface.
"The benefits for the customers are outstanding. Our vision was to bring Artificial Intelligence into the operating room in the most user-friendly way. We wanted to give doctors the possibility to use this exciting new technology to strive for a better clinical outcome and maximize the patient care", Mr. Wolfgang Mayer, Managing Director. R & D, PENTAX Medical Augsburg mentioned.
PENTAX Medical is committed to continuously exploit the use of Artificial Intelligence in additional medical fields. By gradually enhancing the product line up, PENTAX Medical has dedicated themselves to leverage AI for the further support of customers and patients.
Prof Timo Rath, Professor of Endoscopy and Molecular Imaging, University of Erlangen, Nuremberg, Germany mentioned, "As endoscopists one of our major tasks is to reduce the incidence of colorectal cancer. I'm very confident that the DISCOVERY™ will translate into increasing our own Adenoma Detection Rate and therewith will contribute to reduce colorectal cancer mortality".
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Through providing endoscopic imaging devices and solutions to the global medical community and with its headquartered in Japan, PENTAX Medical has a worldwide focus and a strong presence with R&D, regional sales, service, and in-country facilities in multiple regions around the globe.
PENTAX Medical's Triple Aim program strives to deliver on the commitment to support its customers and their healthcare organization's wider objectives through a transparent partnership and by providing the highest quality solutions to help them reach their goals. Enabling customers to improve patient outcomes by offering evidenced based solutions across the continuum of care, dedicated to their needs. From screening through to therapy with full scalabilities. Ensuring values by supporting the customers to improve their efficiency and minimize their healthcare costs. Enriching patient and provider's experience by empowering every member of the care team to achieve optimal outcomes through products, education and support.
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PHOTOS: New six-step Cariboo Cougars business model focuses on regional representation
Team working with Prince George WHL club to ensure equal opportunity for local talent
Aug 9, 2019 3:02 PM By: Kyle Balzer
1 / 1 Cariboo Cougars General Manager Trevor Sprague introduces the new six-step business model for the organization (via Kyle Balzer)
Young aspiring Prince George hockey players rise through the minor ranks every year getting to the highest level with the dream of turning pro.
In recognizing the game’s growth in the region and the recent success of its umbrella teams, the Cariboo Cougars, along with B.C. Hockey, have established a six-step development system ‘suitable for the north’ in helping athletes receive training and opportunities to compete on a big stage.
For scouts and coaches alike, the new business model is based on strong communication with players, preparing them for the next step at each transitional stage of their young careers, while getting the chance to represent their region.
General Manager Trevor Sprague is the brains of the operation and was recently welcomed back to the Prince George Cougars as their northern and B.C. Major Midget League (BCMML) scout.
He tells PrinceGeorgeMatters when developing a player and then looking at them as a scout, you don’t necessarily have to look far to find dedication and commitment.
“We look at skillsets, but size doesn’t matter,” he said. “How they think the game, which structure they have in their game, and what they’ve been taught is what we look for. Every level you go, it’s about how hard you’re willing to work and how smart you are. So, at some point in time, if you make the NHL based on that and the role you’re playing, then you’ll play in the NHL.”
By focusing the system on bringing in players ‘close to home,’ the Cariboo Cougars organization, which also includes the Female Midget AAA Northern Capitals, says parents will be able to witness their child’s development and understand how the process works inside and out.
Sprague is the winningest head coach in Cariboo Cougars’ history prior to taking his GM role.
Having seen a recent crop of players thrive in the major and minor systems, he believes for an athlete looking to move up in the ranks, they need to be accountable as a person off-ice to help gain the confidence to perform on-ice.
“Being accountable in school, then hockey. You’re getting team tactics, you’re getting skill development, and, you know, they’re on the ice six days a week for practice and then you got your games or a tournament on the weekend. We may not play all year round, but when we get around in November for a season, other teams in our leagues will start to dwindle, but January comes around and we’re still firing away.”
The Cariboo Cougars GM also uses the example of current NHLer Brandon Manning as a Prince George player who came a long way to get to the professional ranks of Philadelphia, Chicago, and Edmonton, albeit through a different development system in his time.
“[Manning] was unknown until Midget, but played rep hockey, played for Cariboo, played for the Spruce Kings, then the WHL, and now the NHL. Same thing with Turner Stephenson years ago. He got drafted by New Jersey, but when he was in minor hockey, his development was slower. He then got the opportunity to play in Seattle in the WHL, and boom, he’s in the NHL based on being a hard-working guy. It’s good to see the success stories for these young guys.”
From the Prince George Cougars’ perspective on the new system, General Manager and Head Coach Mark Lamb says everyone involved will be scratching each other’s backs moving forward, believing this can open a new door to give local players the chance to play in front of friends and family.
“We just don’t want this to benefit us,” said Lamb. “We want this to benefit every group, and its all about development. In order for us to do a good job, we need a lot of eyes, we need a lot of help. There’s a lot of good hockey minds, but I don’t think the Prince George Cougars have done a real good job at getting a lot of players from the north. We get a lot of players from all over, but there are still players we haven’t seen. With this relationship, we don’t want to leave any stone unturned.”
The Cariboo umbrella will continue to welcome players from B.C.’s north as well as Yukon and in the Northwest Territories in the six-step program.
The head coaches leading the six teams for the 2019-20 season and will be involved in communicating the development of players with each other, as well as the Prince George Cougars, are as follows:
Tyler Brough - Cariboo Major Midget Cougars
Mario Desjardins - Female Midget AAA Northern Capitals
Jason Garneau - North Central Midget AA Bobcats
Ryan Howse - Minor Midget Cougars
Mirsad Mujcin - Cariboo Major Bantam Cougars
Brent McIsaac - North Central Bantam AA Bobcats
The Cariboo Cougars and Cariboo Major Bantam Cougars are the defending B.C. Hockey provincial champions of their respective leagues.
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Distracted driving is known to cause crashes (BPD photo)
Motorists face significant fines for handheld device use
Roughly one-quarter of vehicle collisions in British Columbia are attributed to distracted driving
Members of the Summerland RCMP are reminding motorists to put down their phones or electronic devices or risk hefty fines.
“Unfortunately, we see it more than we’d like to,” said Sgt. Dave Preston of the Summerland RCMP detachment. “We always notice it.”
He said roughly one-quarter of vehicle collisions in British Columbia are attributed to distracted driving, and research shows telephone conversations are much more distracting than in-vehicle conversations.
“Any activity that prevents a driver’s ability to focus on the road – distractions from both inside and outside of the vehicle – can impact a driver’s full observation of the road,” Preston said, “and the Motor Vehicle Act forbids drivers from using smartphones and other electronic devices while driving. However, they can use the hands-free mode on their phone so long as it is mounted on a holder or dock.”
READ ALSO: What exactly counts as distracted driving in B.C.?
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New drivers with the N designation are not permitted to use electronic devices while driving — even in hands-free mode.
This includes holding the device, operating its functions, communicating through it or watching the screen.
The penalties are significant.
Drivers caught emailing, texting, or using an electronic device while driving face a first-time offence fine of $368 and four points ($210) in their ICBC penalty point premium. That’s a total of $578 in fines.
Even if a smartphone is mounted, a motorist can get a ticket just for touching the device to change the song.
Serious or repeated convictions for distracted driving will result in increased premiums after the first conviction.
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Species: Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata)
Other names: Snow monkey, Nihonzaru
Date of birth: 10/May/2001
At the shelter since: 18/Aug/2011
James and Nala are from a private animal park and arrived at the SPEA in 2011. Due to the fact that their old enclosure was not species appropriate, the animals developed behavioral disorders and became very aggressive towards each other. This caused us to separate them when they arrived because James had already inflicted severe injuries upon Nala. Not doing so would have resulted in her death. We gave our best attempt at caring for them intensively so they wouldn‘t suffer of loneliness. For this purpose the keepers play with them and entertain them by hiding their food or giving them challenging goodies such as nuts which have to be cracked first.
Since James calmed down a lot and Nala regained her self-consciousness we risked a reunion in July 2013. After James made sure that he was still the one in charge – with some short fights where he pulled out some of Nala’s hair – the two of them get along really well. James even regularly delouses Nala which is a gesture of affection and closeness.
Although very shy and timid at the beginning, Nala has gained back her self-confidence in the absence of James up to the point where she seeks body contact with her caregivers and enjoys being fed by hand. „Her“ keepers are so important to her that she gets upset easily when other animals command their attention. She is especially jealous of women, she might even demonstrate this fact with a bite.
In an intact group of Japanese macaques in the wild there are usually animals who have more to say than others. In such a group weaker apes try to help each other out by delousing each other, fetching food and cuddling. In a group of only two animals Nala was the only subordinate animal. That‘s why body contact with the keepers is especially important for her.
James grew up without any contact to humans and thus doesn‘t know how to play with them. He, too, has become calmer since arriving at Wallersdorf. Although he does not seek body contact he likes being near the keepers. This behavior is absolutely normal for a macaque since the keepers symbolize higher ranked apes for him. Despite showing them respect, „cuddling“ would be too intimate a gesture to share.
James and Nala are the undisputed and beloved favorites when kindergarden groups come visit SPEA, who get to learn a lot about their food habits from the two apes. We regularly receive food donations for the two apes. However, not only groceries such as fruit, vegetable, nuts, organic muesli, seeds or dried bread is on their menu: the two also enjoy a good bout of leaves or bark as much as anything. Watching children and macaques eat, there are a lot of similarities to be observed: They eat the “best” or tastiest things first and save the very healthy food until nothing else is left over. Children visiting us always have a lot of fun spotting these similarities between themselves and the animals. And if someone doesn’t quite believe how strong the apes are? Not a problem, James and Nala are more than happy to demonstrate how sharp their teeth are by cracking a walnut with just one bite.
Nala‘s mother, Shila, arrived together with the pair in 2011. Sadly enough, the mother ape died in 2012 of an apoplectic stroke at the age of 21. In the wild Japanese macaques can reach up to 20 years; in captivity they can even become up to 30 years old.
No primate – with the exception of humans – has managed to endure a more northern or colder climate than Japanese macaques. They live in groups that range between 10 to 160 members, although the average group consists of approximately 40 members per group. Within such a group-size the more subordinate primates can help each other out should one of their own be harassed by a higher-ranked macaque.
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When snow accumulation on a slope cannot be supported any longer, the snow support structure may break and fall creating an avalanche. The subsequent rush of unsupported snow can bury and move things in its path. The majority of avalanches do not cause any damage; occasionally however, people and property may fall in their paths.
According to the Montana Disaster and Emergency Services website, “If it is assumed that an accumulation of snow is possible anywhere in Montana, then we can evaluate the potential for hazard solely on the basis of terrain characteristics. The most important factor by far is terrain steepness. Wet snow avalanches can start on slopes of 20 degrees or less, but the optimum slope angle for avalanche starting zones is 25-45 degrees. Slopes steeper than 45 degrees will not normally retain enough snow to generate large avalanches, but they may produce small sluffs that trigger major avalanches on the slopes below. Therefore, all slopes of 20 degrees and greater should be considered as potential avalanche sites.”
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History in Gallatin County
The history of avalanches in Gallatin County is much more pronounced than that of landslides. Both, however, have occurred. The table below outlines the impacts of avalanches since 1995. Note that avalanches are a normal occurrence in Gallatin County and typically do not cause significant damages. The only concerns here are when people or property lie in the path. GNFAC Avalanche Reports
DATE LOCATION DETAILS
1/19/2016 Cedar Basin 1 skier caught, partially buried and killed
11/5/2015 Sacajawea Bowl 2 caught, not buried, 1 injured
4/11/2015 Beehive Peak 1 caught, not buried, killed
2/26/2014 Chippewa 1 caught
2/16/2014 Beehive Basin 3 skiers caught, 2 partially buried, 1 injured
1/1/2014 Onion Basin 2 caught, 1 fully buried and killed, 1 partially buried
2/19/2013 Bridger Peak 1 caught, partially buried, injured
2/9/2013 Alex Lowe Peak 1 caught
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Since 1995, 11 people have been killed or injured by avalanches in Gallatin County with numerous additional injuries and close calls. Montana’s rate in the previous graph is increasing due to heavier use of snowmobiles in the backcountry. Significant landslides have not been documented in Gallatin County, however, small ones are generally known to have occurred in numerous locations. Despite the numerous relatively minor incidents in Gallatin County from avalanches and landslides, none were declared state or federal disasters.
The Colorado Avalanche Information Center has compiled statistics on a statewide basis on avalanche fatalities. Montana ranks fifth in the nation with over 50 fatalities from 1950/51 to 2000/01. The top three activities being undertaken at the time of an avalanche were climbing, backcountry skiing, and snowmobiling. Ratings have not been compiled for counties within Montana, however, the historical databases show that Gallatin County is one of the more vulnerable counties in the state from avalanche, particularly in the West Yellowstone and Gallatin Canyon areas. The history of significant incidents noted in the table above demonstrates that the population is most vulnerable to avalanches during the months of December, January, February, and March.
Avalanche on Mt. Blackmore. Courtesy Ben Vandenbos.
Avalanche Path in Bridger Gully. Courtesy GNFAC.
Avalanche Debris on Mt. Blackmore. Courtesy Ben Vandenbos.
Crown of Avalanche. Courtesy GNFAC.
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Fit-again Demons a major boost for defence
Jordan Lewis - AAP
Melbourne are set to add some steel to their defence, with Jordan Lewis and Neville Jetta cleared to play against St Kilda.
The availability of the influential AFL defenders continues the brightening outlook for the Demons, who looked terribly out of sorts in three losses to start the season but took a step in the right direction with a breakthrough win over Sydney last week.
Lewis is poised to play his first game of the season against the Saints at the MCG on Saturday after overcoming a hamstring injury suffered just days before round one.
Jetta was a late withdrawal from the team that defeated the Swans at the SCG with knee soreness, but coach Simon Goodwin told reporters on Wednesday that both have proved their fitness.
At their worst, the Demons have looked disorganised in the back half and been easy to score against in a shaky start to the season, but Lewis's return will help stabilise a young back six.
"We saw in the first three weeks that we missed his leadership," Goodwin said.
"He understands the game so well. He's got that voice and communication behind the ball.
"I thought our back six started to get back to the way they know they can last week even with some inexperience back there, but it's going to be great to have Jordy available.
"... He had a really solid pre-season and he was ready to go then was a late withdrawal into round one.
"But he's done a really strong rehab and got some good loads back in."
Small forward Jay Lockhart (back) is also available after he was a late withdrawal against Sydney.
Goodwin is keen to continue his experiment with two ruckmen but Braydon Preuss must shake off a sore shoulder suffered in his first AFL game for the club, to be able to team up with Max Gawn again.
"He was a good inclusion for us, he performed really strongly," the coach said of Preuss.
"So he's someone who's got to get through training but we're pretty confident he will.
"It worked well for us so we'll keep having a look at it."
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Bangladesh: Communique of the 4th National Congress of PBSP
August 15, 2017 C. Kistler PBSP-CC
We are highly glad to inform all the party members, activists and guerillas, sympathizers, supporters of the party and all the revolution-loving people that, very recently, 4th National Congress of the Party has been successfully held and completed.
This Congress has done efficiently all its responsibilities bestowed upon it with vigilant armed guard of the party-guerillas and clandestine-tactics with the participation of delegates and observers from all the branches and divisions of the party.
The leaderships of the armed struggling regions (primary guerrilla zones) as representatives took part in the Congress, as well as the comrades who are working in the cities and mass front. With the representatives from the peasant regions, the representatives of the workers, intellectuals and student fronts participated here. Indigenous comrades from the plain and hilly areas took part side by side with the big Bangali Nationality leaders and activists. Some women comrades—among whom were veteran and the younger generation leaders and cadres, participated in the Congress. From the young aged leader-activists to the aged comrades made the Congress programme diversified with great enthusiasm.
The Congress started functioning with hoisting the red party flag painted with hammer and sickle. And the Congress was announced to an end with the party-flag down and the singing of Communist International song.
With the begginning of the Congress, the Presidium, which was elected by the delegates, was announced, the abolition of the former Central Committee was announced and the Presidium took over the responsibility of operating the Congress programmes.
First of all, one minute silence was observed in standing position in memory of the martyred and the deceased comrades.
Then the Congress proposed the “Obituary” in the memory of the martyrs and the late Maoist revolutionaries of the country and the world, and countless worker-peasant-masses and the struggling people all over the world killed by the oppression of the reactionaries. With some corrections and additions, the proposal was adopted.
Then the vital “Political Report”, which was submitted by the former Central Committee within the party for study-debate and opinion, was adoted with some ammendments.
Besides this, some ammendments to the party Constitution was also adopted by the Congress.
Congress also discussed the “brief Organisational Report”, submitted by the former Central Committee, and various comrades expressed their opinions on it.
Due to security reasons, decission was taken not to invite the international fraternal parties and the friendly organisations and personalities of the country in the Congress. As a secret revolutionary party, we have various limitations within the fascist repression of the state and enemies in arranging a huge event like Congress. For this cause, this decission was taken. The former Central Committee regretted for this. However, the Communist Party of Nepal, led by Comrade Biplob, knowing this through special channel, sent a massage. And knowing this at the last moment, India’s Maoist Party, CPI (Maoist), also greeted verbally. Nepal Party’s message was read out at the Congress.
A new Central Committee was elected in a closed session of the Congress in secret ballot. There was a combination of the three generations of leadership—veteran, middle-generation and young. It is hoped that, the newly elected Central Committee will hold its 1st plennary meeting soon, and will elect the secretary of the Central Committee and other central organs of the party. Untill then, Comrade Anwar Kabir, who has been elected to the Central Committee, will act as a Co-ordinator of the Central Committee. A resolution was also adopted by the Congress unanimously regarding this.
Soon the newly elected Central Committee will finalize and publish the documents adopted by the Congress.
Huge amount of money was needed to hold the Congress. This was accommodated by all the party-branches. Many cadres and sympathizers took part in it. They played an important role in the successful arrangement of the Congress by this important financial support with required secrecy. Congress and the Presidium thanked all concerned for this important contribution.
At the sametime, they thanked all the party-branches, leaders, cadres, guerillas and the people, who were associated with the management of the Congress. Their hard work and awareness made this Congress successful in the midst of repression of the state and the enemies.
“4th National Congress” will have widespread effects to reconstruct domestic and international communist movement and develop the revolution of Purbo Bangla—these were the views expressed by the comrades in their brief speech in closing session of the Congress.
Central Committee, Purbo Banglar Sharbohara Party (PBSP/Bangladesh)
Signed by Alamgir Hossain, spokesperson, PBSP-CC (Bangladesh)
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Service Robots Improve Defense Industry’s Safety Standards
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#Military #servicerobots are being leveraged to assess a chemical, biological, and radiological threat by scanning for chemical agents present.
#servicerobots keep soldiers safe by patrolling borders and alerting military personnel if a threat is detected. #defense
Service robots are ready and able to take on the dangerous and dirty work of the military. Since the military is never sure of what they’re going to encounter on a mission, service robots can be sent into dangerous situations to keep soldiers at a safe distance.
Military service robots are able to assess a chemical, biological, and radiological threat by scanning for chemical agents present. Remote-controlled machines make use of infrared vision, multiple cameras, floodlights, and mechanical arms to find threats.
Service Robots Take on Hazards
Robots are being used to safely navigate mine fields and trenches. Even long after hostile situations have ended, these hazards can pose danger to soldiers. Mobile, robotic arms travel into the field to locate, handle, and destroy hazardous objects.
A mine-clearing line charge is used to clear a path for an assault breacher vehicle (ABV) to fill in tank trenches. As it travels the field, it marks the path with stakes. The second ABV follows the path and uses a blade to fill in the tank trench behind the minefield. Once the ditch is filled, forces can move in as needed.
Service robots are often used for military transport. They can be used to move heavy equipment for military personnel in the field. Other service robots are used to patrol borders and alert military personnel if a threat is detected. They can also be used to search through debris and retrieve wounded soldiers.
Concealing Electronic Signatures
In situations where soldiers need to take cover or be hidden, a service robot can be used to deploy a smoke screen and create a visual barrier. However, a smoke screen isn’t enough to conceal the presence of the electronic signatures of the service robots.
So, soldiers try to hide the robots and other equipment by emitting a larger signature elsewhere via radio traffic and other signatures. This method wouldn’t work effectively if there was visual contact, but it’s effective for scanning equipment and sensors.
Service Robot Training and Operation
Soldiers can often become proficient with the service robots in less than a few days. Many of the controls systems can be adapted to work with standard video game console controllers. Currently, most service robots are not fully automated because of concerns with security.
The army is considering adding more autonomy to relieve the burden of manned crews. As encryption and transmission methods improve,steps are already being taken to figure out how to adapt the capabilities into a modernized force, whether it’s by upgrading the current military fleet or deploying new vehicles.
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One App to Rule Them All (A Horror Story)
by Robert Woo - September 22, 2016
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Let’s lay out some mobile app facts and see where they lead us:
1. Most people only use a few apps.
According to comScore’s 2016 US Mobile App Report, 49% of smartphone users downloaded no new apps in the last month. The data points to most people just using the same apps over and over again. Which apps? You can probably guess most of the top 25:
2. Bots are skyrocketing in popularity.
A recent report from Citigroup Inc. shows that the “bot economy” is growing faster than the app economy ever did. The general user barely even understands what bots are, or what they can really do, but they are booming. In 6 months of operating, we’re seeing significantly more bots than we did apps at their 6 month mark.
In a nutshell, bots are simple AI that usually plug into messaging app/platforms to help the user with tasks or transactions. Did you know you can hail an Uber via Facebook Messenger? That’s because of the Uber bot that plugs into the app.
Granted, bots need apps to thrive so it’s a bit skewed to compare growth rates, but the numbers indicate that bots might be the next big horizon of tech growth, especially if app growth has stagnated (as hinted at in our first point above). And users are getting more and more comfortable with these bots. Again, take Facebook Messenger. In it, you can:
get an Uber
send/receive money
buy real flowers
With functionality like this, why would you need to download any app other than Messenger? Well, that’s exactly the point.
3. Tech giants are trying to lock users into their apps.
Google, Apple, Facebook. These are the three tech giants that are leading the charge in siloing app users. Check out the top 25 apps again: the big three account for nearly half of those (especially near the top), and if you count Amazon, that’s the majority of the top 25 apps that, again, most people spend most of their time in.
TechCrunch identified this race to create the all-in-one-app, and though they focus their article on the OS war between Apple and Google, we think it goes beyond that classic battle. It’s really down to the app. More time spent in Google Now versus Facebook Messenger versus Apple Music means billions in revenue for the winner, and it’s not a stretch to imagine that there will actually be a winner. It’s already happening in China with WeChat, where a regular user returns to it 10+ times over the course of a day, to do anything from messaging to payments to getting a taxi.
The scary future of all-in-one-apps.
These three pieces of news point to a frightening future where mega-apps do everything, and only a few niche apps will exist to cater to niche groups. As app developers, this makes us squirm. But as users, this makes us worry about being locked-in to a single app from a single company. Sure, the market might be evolving to where bots will replace apps as the new frontier in individualistic tech, but remember, there are really only two choices for mobile OS (sorry Windows), and apps already have to funnel into these two silos. Now bots that silo into apps? How far does this rabbit hole descend?
This app-pocalypse won’t happen overnight, and there are plenty of companies with a vested interest in not letting 3 tech giants build a mega-app. But the warning signs are there. It will be interesting to see what happens if users unwittingly slip into all-in-one app complacency.
What do you think about all-in-one apps? Sound off in the comments below!
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SAVE Britain’s Heritage has just received permission from the Court of Appeal to press ahead with a major challenge against the demolition of more than 10 historic buildings on Lime Street in central Liverpool.
Lord Justice Lindblom QC granted the Order to Appeal yesterday, saying:
“I accept the appeal has a real prospect of success, and in any event that matters raised on the interpretation and application of the guidance … are important enough to afford a compelling reason for the appeal to be heard."
Planning permission for the demolition was approved by Liverpool City Council in 2015 and SAVE has challenged the decision on heritage grounds. Numerous objections have been raised against the £35m proposal for student flats, from Merseyside Civic Society, the Historic Cinema Theatres Association and the Victorian Society, as well as SAVE. A public petition to Save the Futurist Cinema gathered over 4,000 signatures. The appeal is now expected to go ahead as an urgent case before the end of May 2016.
Henrietta Billings, Director of SAVE Britain’s Heritage said: “This permission to proceed with the appeal is great news. We are looking forward to scrutinising and challenging the decision to destroy this important terrace of 18th and 19th century buildings, as well as the Futurist cinema, at the Court of Appeal”.
Marcus Binney, President of SAVE Britain’s Heritage said: “This is a key piece of Liverpool townscape first shown on a map in 1780 and reaching its glory moment in Edwardian times with the two handsome listed pubs at the ends of the block and the 1912 Futurist in the centre. It should have been made a Conservation Area 10 years ago as English Heritage suggested.
“Lime Street and Rensaw Street form one of the great thoroughfares of Liverpool linking the station and the cathedrals. Fine buildings and vistas survive, all worthy of Conservation Area status and revival. This is a classical battle over townscape, the kind of battle that has been won again and again in English cities over 40 years and must not be lost now. Now SAVE has been granted leave for a hearing in the Court of Appeal the importance of the issue is recognised.”
SAVE is continuing to appeal for funds to support the campaign. We need £10,000 to cover our legal costs and so far we have had over 80 separate donations and have raised nearly £4,000. Please help us reach our target by donating here: http://campaign.justgiving.com/charity/savebritainsheritage/limestreet
Permission to appeal comes on the back of the advice issued last week by an independent structural engineer stating that the façade of the Futurist – the historic 1912 cinema - can be saved.
In agreement with the city council, SAVE commissioned The Morton Partnership, independent structural engineers who specialise in historic buildings, to inspect the main elevation of the Futurist cinema.
Ed Morton, Director of The Morton Partnership sets out a clear strategy for propping up and retaining the façade which he says he hopes will be included in a new design for Lime Street.
No development works on the site in connection with the planning permission are permitted until the Court of Appeal case has been decided. We applied to the Court of Appeal in February 2016, and have been waiting for a decision on whether the case could be heard.
SAVE recognises the need to improve the area, but strongly condemns these plans to demolish rather than repair, and the deliberate neglect over many years of publicly owned heritage assets that should have been maintained under full repairing leases.
1. For more information please contact Henrietta Billings, Director at SAVE on 0207 253 3500 or office@savebritainsheritage.org
2. The appeal relates to Liverpool City Council (‘LCC’) and Neptune Developments’ proposals to demolish more than ten buildings on Liverpool Lime Street, which is located in the World Heritage Site Buffer Zone.
SAVE considers that insufficient consultation took place before the Council determined the future of Liverpool’s gateway street from which the famous railway station takes its name.
SAVE also considers that the issue of how LCC consults with the UK’s World Heritage Committee and DCMS is crucial in order to protect Liverpool’s World Heritage Site in the future. This also has wider importance for other World Heritage Sites in England and Wales. The current system of consultation is not clear and is not achieving the necessary level of protection.
3. To support SAVE’s campaign please donate here:http://campaign.justgiving.com/charity/savebritainsheritage/limestreet
4. SAVE Britain’s Heritage has been campaigning for historic buildings since its formation in 1975 by a group of architectural historians, writers, journalists and planners. It is a strong, independent voice in conservation, free to respond rapidly to emergencies and to speak out loud for the historic built environment.
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This scheme comprises a six storey over part basement office building with a set back top floor and generous internal circulation atrium. It is proposed that it be a naturally ventilated building and its design and configuration in general terms reflects this aspiration.
The choice of materials and aesthetic is derived from the particular constraints of the site coupled with the aspiration to provide a highly sustainable architectural solution. The site offers two street frontages from which to gain daylight; these are south and west facing. These need to be extensively glazed to maximise daylight penetration into work areas, but at the same time need to address issues of solar shading given the particular orientation.
To resolve this conflict, the building envelope will be fully glazed on both frontages with the addition of a further layer to the facade make up.. This is comprised of a fine filigree layer of bronze anodised expanded metal in a full height four storey screen supported 400mm from the glass face on a concealed bracket system. This will provide the necessary solar shading while also becoming a major component of the particular aesthetic and identity of the building.
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Are you looking for that special someone to spend holidays and cuddle on rainy days with? Let’s face it – the older we get, the desire of companionship grows, and the thought of dying alone can be daunting. After failed attempts at meeting people in bars and at parties, that guy in the office who was deemed absolutely repulsive is starting to look more like George Clooney. Snap out of it.
With the growing popularity of online dating, success stories from websites such as Match.com and OkCupid.com give you hope of finding love with a click of a button, and there have been many great relationships that have sprouted from them.
So you get home from a long day of work, pour yourself a glass of wine and decide to sign up on one of these Internet dating sites. You go through a series of questions that seem to be never-ending, but alas, you’ve reached the road to finding love, hopefully.
In 2011, online dating scams cost victims a reported $50 million. We at Scambook urge you to take extreme precaution when you do meet someone through one of these online dating sites. Scambook users have reported over $1 million in total reported damages from online dating sites.
There are tons of sites out there, so stick to the ones with nationally-known reputations, such as Match.com, eHarmony and Chemistry.com. But do remember that phonies are able to register on those sites, so don’t let your love goggles fog too much and impair your judgment.
Here’s a wrap-up of the tell-tale signs of an online dating fraud:
– Professes his/her love for you instantly.
– Sends you a picture that looks like it came from Google Images.
– Claims he/she is receiving a hefty inheritance “very soon.”
– Claims to be from the U.S., but is traveling or working overseas at the time.
– Makes promises to visit you, but “unexpected circumstances” arise
– Asks for money for reasons such as hospital bills, travel or health emergencies, or official documents such as a passport or visa.
Check out this Scambook user’s complaint, and we highlighted some of the warning signs for phony online daters:
I met Charlie on okcupid. we spoke for 2 weeks, never met, then he had to leave the country to take care of some stuff for his late dad. he was to inherit 260k. He told me that the bank said he need to pay some money. He said his son was sending him money. his son sent me the western union paper. Then western union wasnt working, so he asked me. I sent 4k to his attorney bank in Maylasia. Then he was still having issues getting the full 14k he needed. I was not going to send anymore money. I told him this was stressing me out and to not contact me until he got home back to the states. He finally came home, but was caught in customs and needed money again. Again I did not give in. I know he is a fraud. I started to catch him in lies. During this time I had also set up an account for him to send the money. He never did. He wanted my user password and name. I would not give him that information. He knows I know he is a fraud. Lucky I only lost 4k.
If this has happened to you or someone you know, make sure to spread the word and share your experience with others and submit a complaint here.
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Victoria Rickard January 4, 2013
Total sleeze bucket scam artist. Got me for $3,100.00 Anyone else run into this a-hole?
robert poll June 30, 2014
I am being asked by a malaysian girl living in lagos to give her money for a so called travel allowance to leave the country and fly to london ,i have sent her money before and had nothing back ,is this a scam?
Gabriele Altstoetter July 18, 2014
Obviously it is a scam – fingers off.
Barbara Gonzalez July 26, 2014
Definitely a scam. Do NOT fall for it.
bettydavis11 July 4, 2014
Yes It’s a SCAM…grab what money you have left and Run as Fast as You Can away from this person…Don’t ever contact her again no matter how much money you send SHE WILL NEVER BE THERE WITH YOU
Chance Gardner July 7, 2014
i too have been either given a runaround when attempting to cancel, been charged for service I did not order, beefn charged additional because I failed to uncheck a previously checked box on an obscure pager or line not easily noticed. Yes I read their disclaimer. All eighteen pages. So what. I had print copies of all my e-mails to them and went to the bank and had the charge reversed. And I pay by debit which you think would be harder. No company ever contested my reversal. I am not an attorney and this is not legal advice. It’s merely te way I handle despicable companies. Since then I have done the following. I opened a checking account,with zero overdraft protection, which use solely for Internet purchases. I keep a small amount in the account and when making a purchase I transfer the exact amount from my regular checking to my Internet checking. That way if the following month they attempt to charge you for an unwanted item there wont be enough funds to process the transaction. Make sure your bank won’t charge you an NSF fee. Mine doesn’t. It works for me.
Sly Pero July 9, 2014
I’m talking to supposedly a British woman who live in Ibadan, Nigeria.
She said she wants to get out of here but needs these health tests :
Hiv Test, tiphoid test, Ebola V test, Malaria test, tuberculosis test.
Because she’s been there for 2 years. Is it true that you need these tests to get out of the country if you’ve been there for 2 years, and that it can cost as much as 3-4000 UK pounds ????
Ronald Mason July 31, 2014
Dont be fooled by this person she is a scammer similar to what i met she is out for your money only.
I know what i am talking about because my story is on scambook
These scammers should be put in prison for what they do
Cut and run is the expression because any person aswking for money is untruthful
albert July 17, 2014
I met this girl from russia,she somehow got my email address and scammed me out of $2500.she said that she had a work visa and is coming to the USA and needed money for plain ticket and after emailing each other and talking of love and gaing my trust I gave it to her,said she was stuck in moscow and needed my help,when she got the money by western union,than she was gone,never heard from agian
B. Gonzalez July 26, 2014
This sounds so familiar to what happened to me. Only the con artist claimed to be from US going to Greece for work to put together the interior of a hotel. We communicated for 7 months. Said he believed in love at first sight; talked of true love & how much trust he had in me; said he loved me & that God sent me to him when he needed me. Proposed to me. Told me once his job was completed he would return to states so we could be married and start our life together. After job was completed he was unable to get back to states. Couldn’t cash his payment check because of what was happening in Greece with financial crisis. Asked me to send him money to pay his hotel bill; loan he had taken out & to buy flight ticket back home. Asked for $6K. I was not able to; however I did send him a total of $300 to help him buy food to eat being he was not able to return to the states (as I did not have money to bring him back). On several occasions told me he was tired of life and was going to kill himself because he no longer wanted to be in Greece. He kept begging me to send him money. I received an unusual public response from a woman he attempted to contact via Facebook. When her response to his message asked him who he was and why he was contacting her. I knew then that I had been taken advantage of. When I confronted him he denied everything. After that all communication stopped & I was out $300.00 & left with a broken heart.
Cloudia August 3, 2014
After what I experienced, I become more closed. I am a person who is always suspicious of people I’ve known. And I always prayed I’d found a massive true love. and hopefully I found it.
who knows Paul (Peder) Magnus? He has account on FB under paulpeder64, is listed in US dating-line “Wayn” with Paul Magnus and has
account at KissNoFrog with paul_magnus64. He’s obviously a romance scammer. He send me the typical mails, that he loves only me, want to stay with me for ever until death, want to marry me. His profile: male, 47 years, divorced, 1 son 8 y, is born in Sweden, speaks english and swedish, now lives in Texas (Texasville) and want to relocate to Sweden within this year. Now he’s in Belgium (?) for 2 -3 w for business and then wants to visit me. I don’t believe him anything anymore. His emails are in a quite good englisch, yesterday he phoned me and I hardly could understand him, what confirms to me, that he’s not the person he pretents to be, then he send me a mail and the english was like before – maybe 2 persons? Who knows this man – of course goodlooking.
Linda Smith August 7, 2014
I had a similar experience, said his name was Garry Davis James even sent me a picture of his son. Lives in Washington but when he gave me his number me being suspicious checked the area code and found that it was from NC, then did a reverse phone number check and found the phone was issues to a different name. Alarm Bells!!!! So when he called I was sure as the accent was not from Washington. There was a second attempt to contact me and this time from Peter Smith in the UK. Another alarm bell. SO I sent an email saying that I was not an idiot and had no money blocked him from facebook an email. Not even 5 minutes later I checked his facebook page and lo and behold it was no longer there. I was lucky so ladies please beware.
Isabelle September 3, 2014
Hi, I’m Isabelle from Luxembourg. This guy Paul Paul (on FB) is writing me right now 🙁 He said, he lives in Belgium, Europe! Belgium is close to Luxembourg, so I asked him to come to visit me!!! But he’s very busy…. His father is from Sweden, his mother from Greece; both are dead. He’s a son who lives with the mother in the US. I never trust this kind of men; he was in love with my picture, but he did not accept my friendship on FB! I told him, that I’m a police officer and I asked him, if he’s from the NIgerian Connection? He was very angry….
I think it’s the same guy!
My experience with the U.S. Army from Afghanistan
I was asked to apply for leave permission, then I get a reply that for the moment there are no permits are allowed to leave but only permanent leave. because I love the wrong people, I finally agreed to pay a sum of money in the procedure,. and I’ve paid for it but he did not appear. It’s a great lesson in my life. I hopefully will not experience it again.
David August 4, 2014
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Cloudia August 18, 2014
in http://www.asiandating.com many people who verify his or her ID. Whether the person is guaranteed the truth of their identity?
Loveless August 12, 2014
I want to put the name (Ikemefuna Temi Abasili) of the man who scammed me on the web. He caught me on Match.com. It started out, he was Rome born from the UK in the US on business (his alias). I got suspicious the 2nd night when he asked for a small donation for his daughter’s cause at UK boarding school. I confronted him, and he disappeared for a few days. When he resurfaced again he “came clean” that he was an African man (later he revealed from Nigeria). I should have discontinued all contact with him then, but didn’t…my humanity wouldn’t let me…big mistake (take warning). We talked and first I sent money for food; he said he hadn’t eaten for days. Sending money continued for this and that, to include money for treatment for an illness, till almost a year and a half later, when I could finally send no more…my credit was maxed & I was emotionally drained from caring too much, getting nothing in return. It will now take years to pay off the credit card debt I accumulated for caring. I just hope some one just met someone & will heed the warning these words contain. Walk away…don’t care…chances are you can’t afford it. In case he is still practicing this same scam the email address he used was [email protected] or [email protected] I also saw a cross_rizzo 51 & cross_rizzo61. He speaks English pretty well with an English/French/African accent. UK. He sounded sincere in his declarations of monogamy, care & love for me….but it was part of the scam…
bethharvey August 14, 2014
I was scammed by Eric Darkovich…does anyone heard of him?
I was scammed by Daniel Harry, US ARMY in kandahar afganistan. And I get another one that leads to a scammer named Fred Rich Moore from UK.
http://www.zorpia.com/mini#!FREDMOORE
http://www.zorpia.com/charlesnn41
about US ARMY in afganistan,
just beware with this person
[email protected] and [email protected]
Mark Lee August 15, 2014
I really found the hard way… Any one can be “he” or “she’, I felll for it
Her name was Ella Pierre did everything to convince me she wanted to Join me,$400 later I realized “it was a man” A scam artist from Nigeria.
They are the most agressive coniving scam artists…. Bastards…………
Don’t ever never send no money to no one under any conditions,,, Never..
I lost almost $ 6000 USD 😀
This lesson is very meaningful to me. and made me more careful. because the webcam was not able to guarantee the truth of one’s identity
Cathy Butler August 20, 2014
Beware of a man named Rodney Kelsey, he claims to be a 60 yr old widower, who tragically lost his wife and also lost his daughter to cancer. According to messages sent to me, he has a Phd degree in architecture and is a building design engineer. He has a grandson named Joel who attends college in the UK, he is 16 yrs old, when I asked him about his age and attending college already, he told me he had attended high school in Canada, and was a very bright young man. He seemed to be very intelligent, but I did notice several misspelled words, and his punctuation was a little whacky, especially the use of capital letters where they shouldn’t be used, I also noticed the use of words were a little strange as if someone who spoke a foreign language was attempting to speak in English. I did a search on this guy and found under an anti-scam website called SisterAct where he had reported to several women a very similar life story, but there were small details that were different, for instance he wrote to one woman that he had a son by the name of Joel, but in the message he sent to me he referred to Joel as his grandson. I have also found it to be interesting that these “suspicious” guys seem to have either no family, or very little familly and if they have family like cousins or aunts or uncles they are always not close or haven’t been in contact for years, there is always no one to turn to but you! I was taken for over 4000.00 usd by a previous scammer on a dating website, so I was a little more cautious this time. He eventually asked me for money because “his bank account had been suspended, and he needed 500.00 to send to his grandson in the UK, that morning. When I told him I could not send him money, he tried several times to convince me, I finally asked him if he was aware that his name was listed on an anti-scam website, he acted shocked and wanted to know where I had gotten my information. I told him and that was the end of him. I’m so thankful I did not get caught up in his scam. Ladies, I’m in my late 50’s and on the market again after being married for 26 yrs. I live in a small rural town, not much opportunity to meet men, the internet is a wonderful tool, and I know that many have found love via the internet, but please proceed with caution. I have learned much through this experience, I didn’t have 4000.00 to give, and I’m like the lady who wrote previously in that it will take me years to pay that amount of money back. It has not prevented my online search for love, but it has made me much more aware of men who seem so eager, and it has made me a lot more cautious, and I’ve decided I will never give money to anyone again!
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Instagram co-founders resign after alleged row with Zuckerberg in latest blow to Facebook
Instagram’s co-founders, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, have resigned. A report claims the pair left over disagreements with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Similar reports followed the resignations of WhatsApp's founders.
In a statement released late on Monday, Systrom said that he and Krieger were “ready for [their] next chapter,” and hinted that they would create something new. The photo-sharing company has grown from “13 people to over a thousand with offices around the world,” he noted, adding that the network had gathered “a community of over one billion.”
The reason behind Systrom’s and Krieger’s departure is unclear. Bloomberg cited unnamed sources who claimed that the founders of Instagram were “frustrated with an uptick in day-to-day involvement” by Facebook's chief Mark Zuckerberg.” The Facebook boss has become more reliant on the photo-sharing company in planning for Facebook’s future, according to the report.
In the meantime, reacting to the men’s resignation, Zuckerberg praised both men as “extraordinary product leaders”.“I wish them all the best and I'm looking forward to seeing what they build next,” he said.
The resignations come at a time when Facebook, which has 2 billion monthly users, lost several top executives at its biggest acquired platforms.
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WhatsApp co-founders Brian Acton and Jan Koum resigned in 2017 and 2018 respectively, with Acton later calling on people to delete Facebook. Both reportedly stepped down over disagreements with Zuckerberg.
Systrom and Krieger created the photo-based social network in 2010, Facebook bought it only two years later for a hefty sum of $1 billion.
While Facebook has been repeatedly slammed for not providing its users with enough information on how it stores and uses their personal data, Instagram has been relatively untouched by criticism. Facebook’s stock has taken a dramatic plunge in the wake of the scandal with Cambridge Analytica, which used an online quiz to harvest and collate Facebook users’ information online.
Back in August, Zuckerberg admitted his company didn’t do enough to prevent the social media platform “from being used for harm”.“We didn’t take a broad enough view of our responsibility, and that was a big mistake. It was my mistake,” he said at the time.
Earlier in September, the EU called Facebook to explain what it does with its users’ personal data and how it shares their information with third parties. EU Justice and Consumer Commissioner Vera Jourova warned the giant to comply with consumer rules by December 2018.
The recent decision by Facebook to team up with two US government-funded think tanks – the International Republican Institute (IRI) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) – has also raised eyebrows. Mark Weisbrot, a co-director at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, called Facebook’s decision “Orwellian” and said that they “specialize in overseas propaganda.”
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HONG KONG-H.K.- Sacred Heart University Rugby assistant coach Jennifer Salomon was recently selected to be a member of the Mexican National team competing at the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series Qualifier.
"This is an excellent opportunity for Jenn to play the game at the highest level," said Pioneers head coach Michelle Reed. "I am excited for her; professionally and personally. We are all cheering for her and wish her the best of luck."
The competition continues to go from strength to strength and this year Hong Kong will host 11 international sides in the tournament that draws teams from each World Rugby region. Nine of last year's competitors are returning, promising even more thrills than 2018's dramatic competition where China emerged victorious. With China on the Women's Series this year, the field is wide open.
The winner of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series Qualifier will be promoted to next season's HSBC World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, replacing the bottom-placed team at the completion of the current season.
Salomon has served as an assistant coach with the Pioneers since the program's elevation to Division I status. She was a four-year letter-winner at Quinnipiac, serving as a team captain.
May 8, 2019 Women's Rugby Adds Eight to Class of 2023
April 20, 2019 Women's Rugby Concludes Play at Polar Bear 7's
April 13, 2019 Women's Rugby Tallies Two Wins At Pioneer 7's
April 6, 2019 Women's Rugby Tallies Three Victories at Brown 7's
April 5, 2019 Salomon Selected to Play for Team Mexico At World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series Qualifier
March 30, 2019 Women's Rugby Completes Games at Crimson 7's
March 18, 2019 Four Pioneers Named to NIRA Tier 2 All American First-Team
March 8, 2019 Women's Rugby Chosen to Host USA Rugby 15s National Regional Training Sessions
November 10, 2018 Rugby Falls to Mount Saint Mary's 22-15 In Tier II Championships
November 5, 2018 Rugby Advances to Tier II Championships For First Time In Program History
October 27, 2018 Rugby Seals Successful 15's Regular Season With Win Over Molloy
October 21, 2018 Two Pioneers Score First Tries Of Their Careers While SHU Defeats Castleton 45-25
October 13, 2018 Women's Rugby Shows Impressive 50-5 Victory Over UNE On Senior Day
September 29, 2018 Pioneers Earn Second Win of The Season Over Colby-Sawyer 46-29
September 22, 2018 Pioneers Dominate Castleton as Brisbane and Cuddy lead team to 71-5 victory
September 14, 2018 SHU Scores Final Try of Game While Army Edges Pioneers 24-17
September 12, 2018 Women's Rugby match against LIU Post Cancelled and replaced with match against Army on Friday at 5:30 p.m.
September 8, 2018 Pioneers show strong performance against Brown but fall just short by a final score of 26-19
September 1, 2018 Rugby falls to Mount Saint Mary's on the Road in Season Opener
August 28, 2018 Women's Rugby adds seven new student-athletes to 2018-19 roster
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For North Norway and Salaks, the challenge with salmon louse is not as extensive as other areas along the coast. This is due to the low water temperatures. However, we do different measures to prevent and treat to get the number of louse equal to zero. At each location, the fish are checked for possible salmon louce in accordance with established routines from the Norwegian Food Safety Authority. If necessary, the fish is treated against louse.
Salmon breeders must pick the louse on a representative range of salmon from the entire fishing facility every week. The figures are reported and are available for public inspection.
Public inspection of salmon louse, treatment and fish diseases at fish farms
On June 22, 2016, the Norwegian Food Safety Authority, in collaboration with Barentswatch, launched a new map tool service that shows weekly overview of salmon louse, treatment and fish diseases at all breeding sites along the Norwegian coast. The service is available to all. Through an interactive map, you will receive a weekly overview of salmon louse, measures against salmon louse and diseases. In addition, you get information about the companies and the type of permission they have. The online service displays updated data as they come in daily, with the option to scroll backwards per week until 2012.
Map tools for fish health
Sonic Norway Ultrasound
Sonic Norway has been working for two years to develop a system based on ultrasound, which will break the early stages of salmon louse. The ultrasound system works in a way where high-frequency audio will keep away louse. There are four sensors standing on the salmon cage and transmitting high frequency sound waves that will break the smallest louse. The system has been tested at Sinkaberg Hansen, but Salaks is the first company to use it in full scale farming. The location Mohamn, located in Dyrøy, has launched ultrasonic equipment in all nine cages. Louse counts have been completed on a weekly basis and ultrasound equipment has been on a continuous basis. After completion of the agreed trial period, data is gathered and systematized for a descriptive analysis. This will describe how the development of louse has been during the trial period on this location. Louse development at this location is compared to neighborhood locations and will be looked at against infection pressures calculated against the individual site. Based on this test, indications can be given as to whether ultrasound can have an effect on the louse.
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Norwegian Weather Protection AS louse skirt
Salaks AS has also used louse skirt that are a preventive measure to avoid louse. The skirt is mounted in the upper water layer - 5 to 10m down, and directs the flow of water past the cage. The louse is in this height, and therefore the skirt will shut the louse out of the cage. The skirt can be mounted both on the outside and inside of the rings in the cage. In addition to a protection against salmon louse, the skirt also shields against other undesirable particles, and it gives less dirt / contamination inside the skirt. Salaks AS uses NWP louse skirts that is the strongest in the market - for longer life and better economy. The skirts are produced in Norway and have the EU REACH environmental standard.
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Christmas telethon longstanding holiday tradition in Eskasoni
Erin Pottie (erin.pottie@cbpost.com) Cape Breton Post
Published: Dec 06, 2019 at 2:26 p.m.
Destiny Sylliboy and Alexander Denny are shown performing as children with the help of the organizer of the Eskasoni Christmas Telethon organizer, Robert Stevens. - Contributed
ESKASONI, N.S. —
A Cape Breton tradition of gathering around the television to watch local performers sing songs of the holiday is upheld in the island’s largest Mi’kmaw community.
Eskasoni First Nation residents are not solely glued to a Maritimes’ broadcast, but instead their own community station where for more than 20 years a Christmas telethon has been staged.
Robert Stevens said back in 1997, he and fellow band members of The Relatives decided it was time for a telethon similar to others that were happening on the island.
The bass player and singer said their first broadcast was held on a community station known as Goly Vision and included pre-recorded entertainment, a live auction and televised numbers for phone-in donations.
What began as a one-time event has become an annual tradition that helps deliver toys, gifts and other items through Eskasoni’s welfare services leading up to Christmas.
Last year alone, the telethon raised nearly $19,600.
“The five of us actually decided that we should try because we have all the equipment that we need, the sound system and everything,” Stevens said.
“We all went around, me and the boys in the band, to places in Sydney to get some stuff for the auction — anything at all we were getting, really. We were stopping at any stores in town, not just in Sydney but in Eskasoni too and other reserves.”
Former host of the Eskasoni Christmas Telethon and storyteller and linguist Bernie Francis is shown singing and playing guitar.
Eskasoni Christmas Telethon
When: Sunday, starting at 1 p.m.
Where: Events happening at the Sarah Denny Cultural Denny; broadcast available on Eskasoni Television (ETV), Eskasoni’s Community Channel 14 and on the web
Program: Performances from various musical acts, live auction and phone-in donations
Benefactor: Supporting the community’s children and families in need
Among the early telethon performers were renowned Mi’kmaw fiddlers, the late Lee Cremo and the late Wilfred Prosper Sr.
The inaugural telethon also featured The Relatives which includes Stevens and his brother Darren (the group’s lead vocalist) and their cousin Tom Sylliboy, along with siblings Tom and Stan Johnson. The Johnsons’ cousin Derek Johnson joined the group a little while later.
Multiple award-winning fiddler Lee Cremo is shown during a performance at the Eskasoni Christmas Telethon in the late 1990s.
“We recorded bands and we had some fiddlers and karaoke too,” said Stevens. “We did about four or five years of recordings and then we stopped, and we’ve done it live ever since.”
Stevens said it was purely the success of the program led to its continuance.
“That’s how it started, and it’s been growing ever since,” he said.
“After that we had more people, more community members joining us and we had chiefs too. Our current chief, Leroy Denny, he was one who really started helping us out with more volunteers and all that stuff.”
This year’s telethon will be taking place the Sarah Denny Cultural Centre and will see the return of some pre-recorded performances along with an auction.
The programming begins Sunday at 1 p.m. and usually runs into the evening.
Stevens’ band has also inspired another musical group that performs in the telethon known as 2nd Generation. The band features Steven’s son, Allan, and two of Tom Sylliboy’s children. Liberal MP for Sydney-Victoria Jaime Battiste lends guitar and vocals to the group.
“They enjoy it,” said Stevens. “Everybody is looking forward to it. Everybody is glued to the TV. We have people calling in from like New Brunswick, Quebec and all parts of Nova Scotia.
“People come from other communities to show their support and do a little singing and all that stuff. Not just the native communities, but communities outside Eskasoni in general."
This year’s telethon begins Sunday at 1 p.m. with members of the public invited to stop by to see the broadcast in person. Chief Leroy Denny, along with his brothers, Dion and Walter, and Eskasoni community councillors will help host the program.
The fundraiser will air on ETV — Eskasoni’s television station (Channel 14) and is expected to be broadcast live through YouTube with a link available on the community’s Facebook page.
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Raise the Titanic
30/08/2012 General
The discovery of a cover from France to Washington, which was marked for transmission by the ill-fated RMS Titanic, has created an immense stir on both sides of the Atlantic. Intended for despatch on the original maiden voyage, which had been scheduled for 20 March 1912, it was sent across the Atlantic by another ship when the Titanic's maiden voyage was postponed until 10 April. It is only the third of these Titanic cacheted covers ever to come to light and one of these is in the Manitoba Titanic Museum, Canada.
Philatelic mementoes posted on board the Titanic are understandably also of the utmost rarity and consist of a handful of covers and cards which were dropped off at Cherbourg or Queenstown (now Cobh, Ireland), after the liner left Southampton but before she set out on her date with the iceberg.
Most of us therefore have to settle for the stamps and souvenir sheets that have appeared in recent years. Great Britain featured the Titanic on a 60p stamp honouring Guglielmo Marconi in 1995, with the distress signal SOS, which was first used at that time. In 1997 St Vincent produced a miniature sheet containing a strip of five stamps that showed the great liner sinking.
However this theme did not really take off until the following year when the release of the latest Hollywood blockbuster devoted to the subject won no fewer than 11 Oscars.
There have been stamps from Palau and Guyana showing the discovery of the wreck, 70 years after the event, and a six-country omnibus which portrayed the heroes and the villains of the epic as well as the glitz and the glamour of the world's most luxurious ship of her day. Ireland even produced a miniature sheet reproducing a sepia postcard of 1912 published at the time of her maiden voyage. Other stamps show some of the poignant relics salvaged from the wreck.
The most recent sheetlets show a view of the ship in photomosaics - thousands of tiny photographs which form an overall impression. Clearly this is a subject that is destined to run and run.
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Remediation Project for Hillside and Valley Field Nears Completion
Thursday, November 21, 2019TOPICS: Athletics, Faculty and Staff, Community Engagement
A remediation project for the hillside and Valley Field started in mid-September. Workers capped and plugged existing hillside steel pipes and water jetted existing Valley Field concrete pipes.
A remediation project for the hillside and Valley Field area commenced in mid-September when workers had to cap and plug existing hillside steel pipes and water jet the existing Valley Field concrete pipes.
The required work was due to the failure of the existing pipes, which caused silt and rock to plug 80 percent of all storm drain pipes along Alcala Park Way under the recreation and practice soccer field.
Trenches plugged and removed the steel pipes, which averaged 19 feet in depth, and clearing over 537 feet of concrete pipe required high pressure water jets and truck vacuums. Overall, 80 dump truck loads of silt and rock were removed. Some of the rocks weighed as much as 60 pounds.
The project’s risk, hurdles and goals, according to University Operations officials, were to 1) return the soccer field to athletics as quickly as possible, 2) making the last pipe connection before anticipated rains. Both were accomplished on October 23.
Ongoing work, such as replacing the sod at the north end of the soccer field, reshaping the hillside slope, installing irrigation and plants, patching roadway asphalt and removal of all construction signs and barriers is expected to be completed by the first week of December.
University of San Diego’s planning and construction for this project was done by Zachary Knipe, in coordination with civil engineers from Kettler Leweck Engineering and geotechnical services by NOVA Engineering. Field construction activities were managed by Andy Rogers of Rudolph and Sletten.
— USD News Center
Photos courtesy of University Operations
Although this particular project is not a part of USD’s Renaissance Plan, it’s important to keep the campus community informed about a variety of projects that can have an impact on their use and enjoyment. To learn more about current, future and past construction projects at USD, please visit the University Operations website.
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Staff photo/Heather Spaulding Addi at Skookum Dog Rehabilitation and Fitness.
Orcas veterinarian offers mobile services to the San Juans
Sun Oct 29th, 2017 7:00am
A desire to help the community, as well as a love of animals, drew Teri Dowdell to open her businesses, Sunbreak Roving Veterinary Services, located on Orcas, and Skookum Dog Rehabilitation and Fitness Center on San Juan.
“Many veterinary students are there because of their love of animals. For me it was a combination of my love of animals and wanting to do something helpful and positive for my community,” Dowdell said.
Dowdell’s trek into the veterinary world began studying marine biology in college. Her distaste for writing grant proposals gave her doubts about that direction.
“The thought of depending on grant money for the rest of my career seemed terrible and risky,” she said. Working as an assistant for Islands Veterinary Clinic during the 90s, motivated her to return to school.
Dowdell primarily treats cats and dogs but says she is open to other species.
Although Dowdell is located on Orcas, her roving services travel to other islands and nearby mainland areas. The service helps pet owners who don’t drive. It can also be a gentler option for pets who become anxious during car rides.
Dowdell’s practice focuses on services that complement care by primary veterinarians. Those treatments include acupuncture, therapeutic laser, and pulsed electromagnetic field treatments.
Therapeutic laser treatments can reduce swelling and pain, and have a biostimulation effect for increased tissue healing. These effects can be beneficial in both acute and chronic situations. Pulsed Electromagnetic Field therapy can benefit bone, joint, and tendon disorders, according to Dowell, and can have a positive effect on the production of growth factors. There have also been reports of humans with non-healing wounds helped by PEMF, she added.
Dowdell also can prescribe medications or modify existing medications, as well as provide hospice and euthanasia services. Hospice is essentially at-home care for a pet diagnosed with a terminal illness, under the supervision of a veterinarian.
“I feel strongly that hospice and home euthanasia are the nicest most gentle and caring offerings for our four-legged family members at that time of life,” Dowdell said, adding that a pet’s death often impacts the entire family in complex ways. Hospice or euthanasia at home enables the pet to be in a comfortable familiar place at the end. Grieving pet owners are given privacy, not having to walk past others as they leave a veterinarian office.
For geriatric or, the opposite, high energy pups, Dowdell has also taken over what was formerly Paws in the Water and now Skookum Dog Rehabilitation and Fitness Center, located at the San Juan Business Park at 82 Portage Place, unit D. Skookum is the first rehabilitation center on the island, and Dowdell has big ideas.
“Animal rehabilitation is the fastest growing area of veterinary medicine and is probably one of the least understood at this time,” Dowdell explained. She added that hydrotherapy can be an integral part of pain management, positively influence the clinical recovery after surgeries, and can aid in weight loss. The water is warm, allowing muscles to relax for easier movement.
“A study that came out in 2014 showed that dogs swimming twice a week had increased health of hips with osteoarthritis,” she said.
Each dog has solo time in the pool, and sessions last approximately 30 minutes, depending on the need.
Many of the dogs attend for rehabilitation or treatment, however some need or want supplemental exercise. One of those canines is Addi, a young pup who loves Skookum swimming so immensely, Dowdell heard her howling with anticipation from the parking lot.
“She barreled past all of us and dove straight into the pool before anyone could stop her,” Dowdell said.
Dowdell is holding a public open house at Skookum on Nov. 5 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
After 17 years of being away, Dowdell is happy returning to the community that started of her veterinarian journey and to be able to offer her services locally.
“It feels so good to be back,” she said.
For more information visit her website at sunbreak.vet or email her at teri@sunbreakvet.vet.
Staff photo/Heather Spaulding Terri Dowell and Addi at Skookum Dog Rehabilitation and Fitness.
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Posted November 6, 2018 & filed under Press Releases.
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North Vancouver, BC – Seaspan Shipyards (Seaspan) has awarded Jastram Engineering Ltd. (Jastram) of North Vancouver, British Columbia, a contract valued at more than $3.7M for work on Canada’s new Joint Support Ships (JSS). Jastram represents one of more than 390 BC-based suppliers that Seaspan is working with to meet its commitments under the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS) and the Industrial and Technological Benefits Policy.
Jastram is supplying a turn-key maneuvering system for JSS. This system includes a complete rudder assembly, steering system, and all interfaces required for a seamless integration. The company will also be supplying all the installation support and training, as well as the required maintenance and logistics documentation. Jastram has an established relationship with Seaspan thanks to its work under the NSS on the Offshore Fisheries Science Vessels (OFSV), the first of which was launched late last year. By building these ships for the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) and Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) in Canada, Seaspan is helping to re-establish a Canadian supply chain.
Thanks to its work under the NSS, Seaspan has developed nearly $650M in committed contracts with approximately 520 Canadian companies. As the company continues to make progress on its NSS commitments, this supply chain is expected to grow as more Canadian companies realize new opportunities with a revitalized shipbuilding industry. It is through its work on the NSS that Seaspan is directly and indirectly helping to employ thousands of Canadians from coast to coast to coast.
“The National Shipbuilding Strategy is forging long-term partnerships between shipyards and Canadian businesses, integrating world-class Canadian technologies on Canadian ships. Seaspan’s latest contract with Jastram is a good example of how the Strategy is supporting the growth of Canada’s marine industry, creating highly-skilled jobs and boosting our economy.”
– The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Industry, Science, and Economic Development
“This contract for a maneuvering system for Canada’s new Joint Support Ships is another example of a homegrown Canadian company benefitting from our government’s National Shipbuilding Strategy. This Strategy is helping the Royal Canadian Navy and the Canadian Coast Guard get the ships they need, while also providing strong economic benefits for Canada.”
– The Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibility
“Thanks to its work under the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS), Seaspan Shipyards is developing a Canadian supply chain that can respond to the needs of our domestic shipbuilding industry. With this supply chain development, the NSS is encouraging investment by Canadian companies, supporting the development of export opportunities, and creating highly-skilled, middle class jobs across Canada. Our continued relationship with Jastram Engineering is an important one and their involvement in the NSS demonstrates the local impact of Canada’s shipbuilding program.”
– Mark Lamarre, Chief Executive Officer, Seaspan Shipyards
“On behalf of Jastram Engineering I am pleased to announce that Seaspan has awarded our firm a contract to deliver the maneuvering system for the Royal Canadian Navy’s new JSS presently under construction at Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards. We value our ongoing relationship with Seaspan and see this as a further vote of confidence in Jastram’s ability to deliver critical equipment for the next phase of the NSS. As a 100% Canadian company with its design and production facilities located in North Vancouver, Jastram has been serving the local industry since its inception, and is a proud supplier of the Canadian Coast Guard and the Royal Canadian Navy.”
– Warwick Green, President, Jastram Engineering Ltd.
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Send2Press › Wire › Entertainment › Pop Culture › Real Life Urban Superhero DangerMan Will Tribute Comic Book Legend Stan Lee at Third Annual DangerMan Hero Awards
Real Life Urban Superhero DangerMan Will Tribute Comic Book Legend Stan Lee at Third Annual DangerMan Hero Awards
Source: DangerMan Education Foundation, Inc. | Tue, 27 Nov 2018, 05:30:01 EST
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Nov. 27, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — An evening of celebration will mark the 20th anniversary for DangerMan, America’s Real Life Urban Super Hero at the Third Annual 2018 DangerMan Hero Awards, taking place on Saturday, December 8 at the California African American Museum (CAAM). During the affair, DangerMan will pay homage to his friend and recently departed mentor, comic book legend, Stan Lee.
He will also invite attendees to tribute the twelve victims murdered at the Border Line Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, Calif. and the people who lost their lives and homes in the California wildfires, as well as the first responders, with a candlelight moment of silence.
Produced by actor, mentor and philanthropist Roger I. Tinsley, the founder of the DangerMan Urban Superhero brand and CEO/President of the DangerMan Education Foundation, Inc., a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, the gala will recognize eight community activists as “DangerMan Heroes” and present California State Senators Holly J. Mitchell and Steven Bradford with the DangerMan “Hero Award for Humanity.”
Red carpet and VIP reception will start at 6 p.m. CAAM is located at 600 State Drive in Los Angeles. Tickets are available at http://dangermanheroawards.com/tickets/ .
This year’s DangerMan Hero Awards host, Melvin Jackson Jr., returns for a third year. Jackson is an Emmy nominated actor/producer from “This Eddie Murphy Role, is Mine and Not Yours,” HBO’s “The Wire” and BET’s “The New Edition Story.” Jackson will be honored with the “2018 DangerMan Hero Award for Creative Arts.”
“Can one man make a difference?” asks Tinsley. “We believe one person can. That’s why in 2016 the DangerMan Hero Awards program was created. This unique show celebrates and honors the ordinary, everyday men, women and children who help make life better for others in the state of California. DangerMan fights for real issues that affect real people.”
DangerMan hero nominees were initially announced online with visitors encouraged to vote for the most compelling community accomplishments and vision. This year’s “super” heroes include Reggie Berry, former NFL Payer and founder/CEO Goals For Life; Juliano Jarquin, behaviorist counselor and founder of The Human Element-Life Passage; Denise Estelle, founder/president of Estelle 4 Humanity; Eddie Jones, Jr., president of the Los Angeles Civil Rights Association; Nason Buchanan, Mayor’s Office of Public Safety & Community Relations Specialist; “Coach” Ron Crockett, homeless advocate and founder of Fun Zone Kids Reading Club; Mia Torres, teen homeless advocate; and Troy Druppal, basketball coach, motivational speaker and founder of Flex Foundation.
All the recipients will receive special awards, cash and other gifts presented through the DangerMan Education Foundation, Inc. The top recipient is chosen as the DangerMan Hero of the Year and receives an additional cash prize to continue his/her work.
Roger Tinsley first introduced DangerMan to America in 1998 after being emotionally impacted by the death of a four-year-old. The toddler was tragically killed on her birthday by a stray bullet from gang-related gun fire. Tinsley felt compelled to create a real-life super hero who could serve as a role model for school age children in underserved communities while addressing issues that specifically affected them. Using his own money and resources he created DangerMan, the Urban Super Hero.
As a ‘real life’ urban superhero, DangerMan is an advocate for children’s rights promoting literacy, safety and good health. He wages against bullying and also fights human trafficking. DangerMan visits schools and community events encouraging his audience with a motto of “No gangs, guns, drugs, alcohol or tobacco.” He has traveled throughout America and Haiti, empowering children to live their best life. Tinsley credits Marvel comic book legend Stan Lee for a great portion of his inspiration and success. He achieved a career highlight when Lee met and personally congratulated DangerMan on his superhero feats of worldwide motivation.
This 20th anniversary of the DangerMan Superhero brand has been very productive, first with the release of DangerMan’s debut song and the production of DangerMan’s second action film “DangerMan Returns.”
For sponsorship and ticket information for the Third Annual 2018 DangerMan Hero Awards go to http://www.dangermanheroawards.com and to join DangerMan as he battles for all things good, go to http://www.thedangerman.com .
Friend DangerMan on Facebook at DangerMan Urban Superhero (https://www.facebook.com/DangerManUrbanSuperhero/ ) follow DangerMan on Instagram at @dangermanurban (https://www.instagram.com/dangermanurban/ )and join him on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/user/urbansuperhero.
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"Can one man make a difference? We believe one person can. That's why in 2016 the DangerMan Hero Awards program was created," says philanthropist Roger I. Tinsley.
More from DangerMan Education Foundation, Inc.
The 2019 DangerMan Hero Awards Show and Concert Celebrates TV’s First Black Superheroes Actors Carl Lumbly and Simone Missick
Urban Superhero DangerMan Culminates 20 Year Anniversary, Presents Amputee Cancer Survivor Troy Druppal with DangerMan Hero of the Year Award
Director Troy Rowland to Shoot ‘DangerMan Returns’ the Black Superhero Film Sequel
Real Life Urban Super Hero, DangerMan Honors Community Activists at 2nd Annual DangerMan Hero Awards
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DangerMan Education Foundation, Inc.
Roger Tinsley is the Real Life Urban Superhero, DangerMan, and CEO/President of the DangerMan Education Foundation, Inc, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. For more than eighteen years, DangerMan has empowered children to ‘live their best life’ by inspiring a passion for reading, establishing education as a key priority and encouraging them to live a healthy lifestyle: no gangs, guns, drugs, alcohol or tobacco. DangerMan’s mission is to promote a high quality of life for urban youth by delivering services of value to the community built upon the following three pillars: Protect. Promote. Provide.
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Bowling Green High School’s principal has been put on unpaid leave for not following protocol and not reporting an incident to the superintendent.
A Bowling Green parent has been charged with hosting a party and serving underage teens alcohol.
ROSSFORD — Council members expressed frustration with the lack of cooperation with the builders of the new Rossford school facilities for failing to fulfill obligations.
A Michigan man pleaded guilty on Friday for a robbery at the Kroger store in Bowling Green.
PORTAGE — Don’t let the chimpanzee masked gangsters running around town get you worried — that’s probably just the feature film “The Cran,” being shot in the Bowling Green area.
Elmwood’s softball program has not had a new face leading its team this century.
Seeing ‘Stranger Things’ around town being filmed? It’s ‘The Cran’
Filmmakers have arrived in Northwest Ohio to shoot a dark comedy film.
Updated: Drug sweep results in one citation at BG High School
One Bowling Green High School student was cited after law enforcement officers searched the school and the parking lot this morning. The school was in a lockdown.
Life over limb: BG man talks about amputation after helping at crash
Life over limb.
BGHS grad shares story of addiction and recovery
It’s hard to imagine the buff baseball player in his red and black Bobcat uniform being the same broken man lying in a hospital bed, hooked up to tubes and machines.
Beth Ann Motsinger
Beth Ann Motsinger, 55, of Bowling Green, Ohio passed away Thursday January 16, 2020 surrounded by her loving family.
Calvin E. Anderson
Calvin E. Anderson, 58, Kansas and formerly of Weston, died Jan. 9, 2020.
Scott Hamilton returns to BG for Sk8 to Elimin8 Cancer
The Bowling Green skating community is once again partnering up with Scott Hamilton’s Sk8 to Elimin8 Cancer team to host a peer-to-peer fundraising event and celebration.
BGHS students can miss exam with parent participation in drug presentation
Parents who attend next week’s “Hidden in Plain Sight” presentation can have a child excused from one second-semester exam in May.
'List' written by BG student poses no threat, says superintendent
A list of names was reportedly found at a Bowling Green High School student’s home after a police investigation was requested.
Elmwood also asks for EdChoice changes
JERRY CITY – Elmwood Local Schools, while not yet affected, is joining the growing discontent over the state’s EdChoice program.
BG man allegedly driving under the influence crashes
A Bowling Green man suffered possible injury Saturday after he drove off the road and hit a light pole.
Three men indicted on sex charges involving children
Three Lucas County men have been indicted on sexual offense charges involving children.
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Born of the merger of Bowling Green’s two daily newspapers, The Sentinel and the Tribune on Dec. 10, 1906, the Sentinel-Tribune has been owned by the Haswell family for more than 100 years. The Sentinel was founded as a weekly newspaper on Feb. 22, 1867 and became a daily newspaper in 1890. The Tribune was founded as a daily and a weekly in 1892. The merger was the result of a strike called in April 1906 by printers at the two newspapers and the economic hardships of competing for business in a small town. Sentinel Tribune was sold to AIM Media Midwest on April 1st, 2018 and is now part of a group that owns approximately 50 dailies and weekly newspapers nationwide. We are a multi-media partner with our Wood County community - Committed to giving our neighbors the information they need and helping businesses grow by delivering local coverage accessible to our customers anywhere, anytime.
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Emergency Contact Information The District's adminstrative office and customer service department are available Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. If you are experiencing an emergency and need to reach us after hours, please call 419.354.9001, and choose option 4 at the prompt. Mission Our goal is to be the premier water and wastewater provider in Northwestern Ohio. We are committed to sound financial management, responsible environmental stewardship, responsive public service, superior customer service, and responsible economic growth. We strive to field a skilled, respectful, and cooperative workforce dedicated to the highest professional and ethical standards; we support them with appropriate training and technology. Overview The Northwestern Water & Sewer District (NWWSD, also referred to as "the District") is a regional water and sewer district chartered under section 6119 of the Ohio Revised Code. Organized in 1994 to take over the water and sewer operations of the Wood County Sanitary Engineer, the District is specifically intended to meet the following goals within our service area: To establish a uniform water distribution and wastewater collection system To create uniform and equitable rates To provide uniform services To institute consistent regulatory authority for water and wastewater services By combining systems to share operation and maintenance costs, the District is able to provide professional management and experienced service personnel throughout our service area. Our membership currently includes 19 townships in Wood County, part of Scott Township in Sandusky County, and 12 municipalities. We also operate water or sewer systems in several additional non-member municipalities on a contract basis. Click here for a map showing our service area and membership. History NWWSD was formed in 1994, and was initiated by multiple townships and county entities. Please read our news article, A Brief History of the District, to learn more about the development of water and sewer services throughout Wood County and how the District came to be. We also have a brief YouTube video from one of our long-time trustees talking about the economic development concerns that helped to spur the creation of the District.
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Ghozer replied to smary's topic in Computer & Tech Chat
power shell is like the old command prompt, but with... well, more power... no, you dont need it, check the "Startup" folder for the user..... https://www.thewindowsclub.com/startup-folder-in-windows-8
Nasty Shock, Win 10!
Ghozer replied to RiffRaff's topic in Computer & Tech Chat
Sorry, but it really does sound accidental, or something like that.... if it was due to a virus, it would have been more serious files it moved, it would also have moved them back once you restorred them (or moved others) and who knows what else....
Malwarebytes isn't a virus scanner... Run a scan using windows defender... Also, it depends what the files were, they may have just been junk files, or even moved by mistake (left click and drag when moving mouse, without realising) - happened to me before, faulty left click, it let go of a drag prematurely, and dropped some files in some random place, luckily there's Undo to move things back, but that wouldn't have worked in your situation... I doubt it'd be a virus in all honesty...
Restart Duration On Win10.
Ghozer replied to Janus's topic in Computer & Tech Chat
This could be the problem, mechanical drives are slow any way, plus you said you put one from your old XP machine in also, that will be even older, and even slower.... get a nice new SSD in there, keep your current drive(s) for archive purposes etc, the system will be much better
Should Mobile Phones Be Used In Petrol Stations?
Ghozer replied to ivan edake's topic in General Discussions
This has / had a rational reason though the same as on planes.. the frequencies they used to use, could interfere with some electronics... like how they used to cause a buzzing/beeping through some speakers if they were too close to a radio, and someone called you...
Thursday at 23:44
Apple MacAir Spec Question
Ghozer replied to Grahamfff's topic in Computer & Tech Chat
You cannot really compare the two, as not only as the "core 2 duo" very old tech, it's not even the same range as the new Mac Air.. the "Core i5" (and i3 and i7" are the "Core i" series, and have been around for about 10 years now, the "Core 2" series pre-dated the "i" series, there were some "Core 2 Quad" (Quad cores) but they were still "core 2" (intel's 2nd major core-design change essentially) since the "Core i" first came out (around 2009/10) there has been at least 5 more "major core design changes" to the chips and as such you could say it's probably 6 or 7 generations out of date.... But performance wise, you likely couldn't compare them, you also have other things to take into account such as newer/faster RAM and hard drives (and SSD's also)
Really really obscure Sheffield bands
Ghozer replied to AKADOK's topic in Sheffield History & Expats
they didnt start LA Guns, they split, some joined LA Guns, and some joned Def Leoppard
They are as fast as each other for me, honestly.... Are you running on an SSD?
Which 4gb Stick Of Ram
Ghozer replied to alankearn's topic in Computer & Tech Chat
It doesn't matter which as a standard user, the only difference is the x8 or x16, which is a technical spec that's mostly a concern to the manufacturers, as it denotes the configuration of the module.. VERY simplified, if you buy a 4GB stick, that has 8 individual chips on it, it's likely that each chip is 512mb (512x8=4096) the 8 together are the total ram for that module... the x8 or x16 is just to do with this and the way the module is configured... it can make a small difference if overclocking the RAM but it's not something you would be likely to be doing. if the crucial checker says they are both compatible with your system, then either will work perfect for you and it will not matter which you buy
Windows Key And The Windows Menu
Ghozer replied to swarfendor437's topic in Computer & Tech Chat
It works on release.... all keys originally worked on release, but through time a 'repeat delay' was added to some, that if detected it has not yet been released, it will repeat the command, until released.... more and more keys have added 'repeat delay' and there's only a few that don't anymore, mostly functional keys such as the Windows key, and I think Insert also,....
Employer Penalising By Deducting Pay For Work Done And Holiday Pay
Ghozer replied to Marea78s's topic in Sheffield Business & Employment
When I 'mutually left' a job years ago, they sent me my final pay check and I owed them £12 - it was a similar situation... I never considered the legality of it at the time.. it was a while ago now so not something I could pursue now, but It interests me still
Sky Lit Up Orange North Of Sheffield
Ghozer replied to makapaka's topic in Sheffield News & Discussions
I often notice it, over approx the last year or so.... I also have pictures and such... there seems to be nothing 'regular' about it.. I have seen it on clearer nights, and not seen it on cloudy nights.. I have seen it on cloudy nights, and not seen it on clearer nights.. Have seen it during mist/fog/haze and not been able to pinpoint a ground-source for it during these times either... I have also seen it in the evening, and early in the morning, I have seen it at 11pm one night, and then it's not there a few hours later at 2am the same night!
Any Charity Shops That Still Accepts Pro Vhs Tapes?
Ghozer replied to Touchwood's topic in Sheffield News & Discussions
99% of them wont accept anymore, old tech, people don't want them, most have no way to play them anymore - they just end up in backlog stock and eventually landfill.. Much better taking to a recycling center or e-waste center to recycle.. I would ALWAYS check through originals though, if there's any rare/sought after though first
Upgrading Windows 7 To 10?
Ghozer replied to Waldo's topic in Computer & Tech Chat
Yes, this is correct... Windows 10 will be the last 'major' version of Windows, with only updates and 'Service packs' provided moving forward!
Landline Down But Internet Still Works.
Ghozer replied to pattricia's topic in Computer & Tech Chat
to put it simply, it won't be an issue with your cable (between house and box on the street) it will be an issue in the box itself.. When your cable gets to the box on the street, it's effectively split into two signals, one for the phone and one for the internet, if the fault is PAST this point, and only on the phone side, then your internet will still work while your phone won't.
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Determined and brazen thieves are using a combination of brute force andtechnological know how to steal from rural properties. But there are steps you can take to protect your family and property. Here's a selection of burglary prevention tips…
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studioEAST Chartered Architects, based in Perth, are proudly supporting the Falconry display at the 2019 Scottish Game Fair. As regular attendees of the event, country pursuits and support of the rural economy are an important part of the practice’s…
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James Withers, Chief Executive at Scotland Food and Drink; Lindsay Sinclair, Chief Executive at NFU Mutual; and Martin Malone, NFU Mutual Regional Manager, came together at The Royal Highland Show on Friday 22 June 2018 to support the Inspirational Young Person of the Year Award.
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Scotland's best banger by far...
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Buzz Titles: China & Hong Kong
By Liz Shackleton2015-11-02T06:00:00+00:00
SCREEN SUBSCRIBERS: High-rolling sequels, a Wong Kar Wai-produced rom-com and Johnnie To’s latest crime thriller: Liz Shackleton previews the top titles marching out of China and Hong Kong
Chronicles Of The Ghostly Tribe
Dir Lu Chuan
Marking City Of Life And Death director Lu Chuan’s first foray into the fantasy genre, Chronicles Of The Ghostly Tribe is based on Zhang Muye’s bestselling internet novel, Ghost Blows Out The Light. Mark Chao, Yao Chen and Rhydian Vaughan head the cast of this film about a young soldier working in China’s snowcapped mountains, who unearths the fossils of what appears to be a previously undiscovered civilisation. Produced by Le Vision Pictures, the film was released in China on September 30 and grossed more than $100m in 12 days.
Contact Rosemarie Xie, Le Vision Pictures xieman@letvpicture.com
Deadly Reclaim
Dir Benny Chan
Sean Lau Ching-wan, Louis Koo and Eddie Peng star in the latest epic action film from Benny Chan (The White Storm, Shaolin), which is in post-production for delivery in the second quarter of 2016. Set during the warlord era after the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the story revolves around a plucky group of villagers standing up to a cruel young general. Universe Entertainment is producing the $32m film, which has Sammo Hung on board as action choreographer.
Contact Alice Leung, Universe Films Distribution alice_leung@uih.com.hk
The Ferryman
Dir Zhang Jiajia
Wong Kar Wai’s Jet Tone Productions is producing this romantic comedy based on Zhang Jiajia’s bestselling 2014 novel, I Belonged To You. Zhang has also been brought on board to direct the film, which stars Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Angelababy and Eason Chan. The $25m film is one of the first projects to be backed by Alibaba’s new production arm, Alibaba Pictures. Mei Ah Entertainment is handling Hong Kong and several Southeast Asian territories.
Contact Sarah Law, Mei Ah Entertainment sara@meiah.com
From Vegas To Macau III
Dir Wong Jing
Chow Yun Fat, Nick Cheung and Carina Lau are reprising their roles in the third instalment of Wong Jing’s wildly popular From Vegas To Macau franchise, produced by Andrew Lau, which is in post-production. While the first instalment in the gambling caper grossed $85m in 2014, the second doubled that with box office of more than $160m this year. Both films were released over Chinese New Year, a traditional time for tales of high rollers, and the third instalment is expected to be a huge hit when it is released over the holiday in 2016.
Contact Angela Wong, Mega-Vision Project Workshop angelaolwong@mvphk.biz
Inside Or Outside
Dir Gary Wing-lun Mak
Scheduled for an early November release, this $10m mystery thriller stars Korea’s Jang Hyuk as a businessman who teams up with a detective (Simon
Yam) when he suspects his wife of having an affair. Wallace Huo plays the wife’s cunning hitman lover who then targets them both. Directed by Gary Wing-lun Mak, whose credits include comedy SDU: Sex Duties Unit, the film is produced and part-financed by start-up production and sales outfit Turbo Films. Release is tentatively scheduled for early December.
Contact Annie Fung, Turbo Films annie@turbofilmcorp.com
Dir Wilson Yip
Mike Tyson is taking on martial-arts star Donnie Yen in the third instalment of Pegasus Motion Pictures’ hit franchise about the life of Bruce Lee’s Wing Chun master. Initially scheduled for release in 2016, the 3D kung-fu biopic has been brought forward to December 2015. Directed by Wilson Yip from a script by Edmond Wong, the film also stars Lynn Hung, Max Zhang and Patrick Tam. Well Go USA has rights for North America and a slew of other territories.
Contact Kat Yeung, Pegasus Motion Pictures kathy.yeung@pegasusmovie.com
Kill Time
Dir Fruit Chan
Following his critical and commercial success with The Midnight After, Hong Kong maverick film-maker Fruit Chan has directed a thriller starring Angelababy and Ethan Juan for Emperor Motion Pictures. The story follows a girl who goes online to the ŒWitch’s Zone’ to find her late father’s favourite song and ends up unleashing a torrent of memories and clues to an unsolved murder. Produced by Li Rui, the film is in post-production.
Contact May Yip, Emperor Motion Pictures mayyip@emperorgroup.com
Lazy Hazy Crazy
Dir Luk Yee-sum
Produced by Pang Ho-chueng and Subi Liang’s Making Film Productions, Luk Yee-sum’s drama follows three teenage girls who are best friends at school but find their friendship tested when they enter the dubious world of compensated dating. The film has been selected for the Asian Future competition of Tokyo International Film Festival and will also play at Taiwan’s Golden Horse Film Festival. Luk previously worked with Pang as a writer on hits such as Love In The Buff, Vulgaria and Women Who Flirt.
Contact Ricky Tse, Bravos Pictures ricky.tse@bravospictures.com
Dir Xu Zheng
Released on September 25, the sequel to Xu Zheng’s 2012 hit Lost In Thailand has already out-scored the original and become the second highest-grossing local film of all time with box office of $252m after 24 days. Xu also stars as a man who takes his family to Hong Kong on holiday where he arranges a secret rendezvous with an old flame. The cast includes Vicky Zhao Wei, Bao Bei’er and Du Juan, along with cameos from veteran Hong Kong actors such as Sam Lee, Eric Kot and Lawrence Cheng, as the film tips its cap to the legacy of Hong Kong action cinema.
Contact Yamin Zhang, Enlight Pictures zhangyamin@ewang.com
Mojin - The Lost Legend
Dir Wu Er Shan
Also based on internet novel Ghost Blows Out The Light, this 3D fantasy adventure revolves around three grave robbers who come out of semi-retirement in New York to raid the treasures of China’s ancient tombs. Chen Kun, Huang Bo, Shu Qi and Angelababy head the cast of the film, which is co-produced by Wanda Pictures, Huayi Brothers and Enlight Media. Release has been scheduled for December 18 in both 3D and Imax versions. Wu Er Shan’s credits include Painted Skin: The Resurrection and The Butcher, The Chef And The Swordsman.
Contact Leslie Chen, IM Global leslie_chen@imglobalfilm.com
Dir Soi Cheang
Aaron Kwok, Gong Li and Feng Shaofeng star in the $70m sequel to Soi Cheang’s 3D fantasy epic The Monkey King (based on Chinese classic Journey To The West) which grossed more than $170m over Chinese New Year 2014. Kwok is replacing Donnie Yen, who starred in the original but couldn’t reprise the role due to a busy shooting schedule. Filmko Entertainment is again producing with mainland partners. The film is scheduled for release over Chinese New Year 2016.
Contact Jackie Poon, Filmko Entertainment jackie.cl.poon@gmail.com
Dir Raman Hui
Currently the highest-grossing film ever in China with a gross of $390m, Edko Films’ live action/CGI fantasy adventure has also sold widely to international territories including North America, where FilmRise is planning a release across all media in early 2016. Jing Boran, Bai Baihe and Tang Wei head the cast of the film about a baby monster king who attempts to bridge the world of monsters and humans. Director Raman Hui worked on the Shrek franchise and behind-the-scenes talent includes production designer Yohei Taneda (Kill Bill: Vol 1) and costume designer Yee Chung Man (Curse Of The Golden Flower).
Contact Julian Chiu, Edko Films chiujulian@edkofilms.com.hk
Mountain Cry
Dir Larry Yang
The feature debut of young mainland Chinese film-maker Larry Yang, Mountain Cry premiered to strong reviews as the closing film of this year’s Busan International Film Festival, where it was also sold to Japan’s Hark & Company. Based on Ge Shuiping’s novel set in a remote mountain village, the story follows a young mute widow and her relationship with the man charged with her care after he is involved in her husband’s death. Co-produced by Hairun Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures Asia, the film stars Lang Yueting and Wang Ziyi.
Contact Will Lin, Fortissimo Films will@fortissimo-hk.com
Mr Six
Dir Guan Hu
Guan Hu’s Venice Film Festival closing title stars film-maker Feng Xiaogang as an old-school gangster who is dragged back into battle to protect his wayward son. Produced by Huayi Brothers, the film smartly contrasts the values of ‘lao Beijing’ (the old Beijing of hutong alleyways) with today’s rich, brash youth. The cast also includes Zhang Hanyu, Xu Qing and younger actors Li Yifeng and Kris Wu. Guan Hu made his name with rural comedy dramas such as Design Of Death, before graduating to period action comedy The Chef, The Actor, The Scoundrel in 2013.
Dir Johnnie To
Johnnie To garnered rave reviews at Toronto International Film Festival for his 3D adaptation of Sylvia Chang’s musical Design For Living. Chang, who co-scripted with To’s long-time writing partner Wai Ka-fai, reprises her stage role as an aggressive boss steering a company towards an IPO. Also starring Chow Yun Fat, Tang Wei and Eason Chan, the film was produced by To’s Milkyway Image, Edko Films and Hairun Pictures.
Contact Julian Chiu, Edko Films chiujulian@edkofilm.com.hk
Operation Mekong
Dir Dante Lam
Following sports drama To The Fore, Dante Lam is returning to crime action drama with Operation Mekong, inspired by the true story of a merchant vessel operating in the Mekong River Delta that was attacked by bandits in 2011, leaving 13 people dead. Chinese authorities teamed up with police forces from Thailand, Laos and Burma to launch an investigation into the incident when a massive stash of drugs was found on board. In production for a late 2016 release, the film reunites Lam with Eddie Peng and also stars mainland actor Zhang Hanyu (The Taking Of Tiger Mountain).
Contact Virginia Leung, Distribution Workshop virginia@distributionworkshop.com
Dir He Ping
He Ping’s first contemporary drama explores China’s massive internal migration through the story of a dance instructor who returns to her home town after losing her fiancé in Beijing. Wang Jiajia, who starred in He’s 2009 film Wheat, heads the cast of the film, which also stars Zhang Yi (Dearest) and Wang Zhiwen (The Golden Era). Produced by Classics Media Co and Beijing Junfei Century Culture, the film was the only Asian entry in Toronto International Film Festival’s Platform section this year and was released in China on October 27. It was executive produced by former Sony China production chief Barbara Robinson, who worked with He on his 2003 period drama Warriors Of Heaven And Earth.
Saving Mr Wu
Dir Ding Sheng
The latest crime thriller from Ding Sheng (Police Story 2013, Little Big
Soldier) stars four award-winning actors - Andy Lau, Liu Ye, Wang Qianyuan and Wu Ruofu - in a story based on a true incident about the kidnapping of a Hong Kong star in Beijing. The film is the first production of Ding’s Beijing Going Zoom Media Co and is co-financed by Shanghai New Culture Media Group and Beijing Skywheel Entertainment. Released over China’s recent National Day holidays, the film has grossed more than $30m.
Contact Clarence Tang, Golden Network Asia clarence@goldnetasia.com
Scandal Makers
Dir Ahn Byeong-ki
Ahn Byeong-ki, producer of original Korean blockbuster Scandal Makers, is directing this Chinese-language remake starring Michelle Chen (You Are The Apple Of My Eye) and Tong Dawei (American Dreams In China). Produced by Gosh Pictures Entertainment, the film follows a radio DJ in his 30s who learns that he may be a grandfather when a young girl blackmails him into sheltering her and her baby son. Ahn Byeong-ki’s directing credits also include the Bunshinsaba horror series. Scandal Makers is in post-production.
Dir Barbara Wong Chun-chun
Leon Lai and Wang Luodan star in this supernatural romance from Hong Kong film-maker Barbara Wong Chun-chun (The Allure Of Tears, Perfect Wedding), who is known for sassy comedy dramas that often delve into issues of female sexuality and gender identity. When a man’s dead wife comes back to life, he realises he must never let her know she is a spirit or she will disappear forever. Taiwan-based actor JJ Lin and actress Sandrine Pinna also star in the Mandarin-language production, which is screening in the market at AFM.
Contact Fred Tsui, Media Asia frederick_tsui@mediaasia.com
Produced by Media Asia Films and Milkyway Image, the latest crime thriller from Johnnie To revolves around a showdown in a hospital involving a criminal with a bullet in his head, a policeman about to turn rogue and a surgeon from mainland China. Vicky Zhao Wei, Louis Koo and Wallace Chung head the cast of the film, which is in post-production.
To The Fore
Lam’s first sports action drama grossed $23m in China this summer and has been selected as Hong Kong’s entry for the best foreign-language film category of the Academy Awards. Produced by Emperor Motion Pictures, the film revolves around two cycling support riders, played by Eddie Peng and Shawn Dou, who become disillusioned after helping a champion sprinter, Korea’s Choi Siwon, to win his race. They leave the sport but years later are inspired to form an amateur cycling team.
The Vanished Murderer
Dir Lo Chi Leung
A continuation of Lo Chi Leung’s The Bullet Vanishes, The Vanished Murderer tells the story of a police inspector who follows an escaped female convict to a city struggling with corruption and an apparent wave of suicides. Sean Lau Ching-wan reprises his role as the police inspector; Gordon Lam, Li Xiaolu and Jiang Yiyan also star. Produced by Derek Yee and Mandy Law for Beijing-based Le Vision Pictures, the film is scheduled for release in mid-November.
Contact Virginia Leung, Distribution Workshop virginia@distributionworkshop.com ns
Territory Focus
First details of Clio Barnard’s ‘Ali & Ava’ revealed
Claire Rushbrook and Adeel Akhtar star in British director’s fourth feature.
Huayi Brothers to distribute sci-fi 'Moonfall' in China
Casting underway ahead of spring production start.
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Creativist 2019 in San Fransisco
Stephanie Semaan Nov 6, 2019 11:38:14 AM
Earlier this fall, we hosted the second ever Creativist event in San Fransisco together with Facebook, Vidmob, Shutterstock, Pixability, and Shuttlerock.
Creativist brings women together to discuss creativity and diversity and how those can be the driving forces for the changes we want to see in business as well as in society.
I was humbled to be surrounded by so many strong women who are breaking boundaries, making changes happen, and inspiring the next generation.
The event was a great reminder that if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more. When was the last time you took a risk?
The Creativists 2019
The Creativists this year were four inspiring CEOs who shared their experiences and journeys to the c-suite: Villy Wang (Baycat), Caroline Duell (All Good), Amanda de Cadenet (Girl Gaze), and Shane Murphy Goldsmith (Liberty Hill). The leaders wanted to see changes in societies and in workplaces, and although the c-suite wasn't always the end goal, it was necessary in making these changes happen.
Villy Wang is the Founder and CEO of BAYCAT and a TED Speaker. BAYCAT believes that every person's story matters. They fight racism and sexism through storytelling and they educate and help low-income youth and minorities find jobs in the creative fields in the Bay Area.
Caroline Duell is the CEO and Founder of All Good, an organic, sustainable skincare brand and partner of 1% for the Planet. Caroline had the vision to create a product that would use nature's power to heal, and so she created the healing balm in 1997 and after the positive response, she expanded to other products. All Good is based in Morro Bay, California. Their HQ includes an organic farm where they grow food and calendula for All Good products.
Amanda de Cadenet is the Founder and CEO of Girl Gaze - a technology company and creative agency that connects brands with a global community of female creatives. Girl Gaze is bringing the female perspective to the content we consume. Amanda is also a photographer, the host of The Conversation, and the author of two best-selling books, It’s Messy and Girl Gaze: How Girls See the World.
Shane Murphy Goldsmith is the President and CEO of Liberty Hill Foundation, The Los Angeles based foundation has changed national policies, launched massive social movements and helped fight for the rights of the LGBTQ community, homeless people, underserved youth and our planet.
At Smartly.io, we love bringing people together to share experiences and learn from each other. We also believe in the power creativity when solving any challenge and we are looking forward to future events and to all the changes we can achieve together.
Stephanie Semaan
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[2017-12-08] Healthcare
What is the nerdiest possible thing you could name your child?:
[quote="Justabystander"]Umm this meandering debate about whether forcing people to buy insurance is proper and good is imo ridiculous. Of course it is both. You are a human being, you are alive. Thus you have a liability. You might at any point keel over sick, and start dying. Now, society, with streets and buildings - don't want dead people littering the place, nor do they want dying people littering the place. You have a liability, since you are alive. You have to cover this liability - and society have a Right(tm) to demand you cover it. it is, after all, towards society you have it. Now, some societies in the world take this at minimum value, they locate your ruin of a body, pick it up and dump it someplace outside of town. Minimal expence, but an expence nonetheless. Should be covered by payments you did, while alive. These societies are usually not organized enough to actually manage those claims, but in theory. More successful societies have increased the effort spent on people - they take them to ER's and try to patch them together. Still more successful societies have dug further into the root causes and found that total utility lost would be less if people went to the doctor some time before they keeled over in the street - so they claim your liability should start there. Bold claim, it can and is argued against - but still in tune with previous argumentation. And thus, the claim is lawful, but one might argue about the size of the liability. Some societies (the most successful ones, with extremely few exceptions (the single exception being the US of A - in the top list of places peope are happy existing in) - they say oh fak it, handling this through liability and insurance just becomes a pyramid scheme for lawyers and consultants, lets just pay for it all and accept the consequences of that - a very expensive state operated enterprise that is only adequate at handling peoples illnesses but at least we don't have to keep making laws to close loopholes in a pyramid scheme. Now, statistics alone make it very hard to argue against that having a single payer system is the solution with highest utility. Look at the gini list and compare against how many have single payer system. Sure, correlation and causuality is a matter to discuss - but I would find it hard, were I to try to wring out a proof for the counter-hypothesis - having a single payer system decreases the utility of that society, when data looks like it does.[/quote]
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by Justabystander » Thu Jan 10, 2019 3:03 pm
*braino (a typo with the brain) above: I said gini list, but I meant world happiness report.
Umm this meandering debate about whether forcing people to buy insurance is proper and good is imo ridiculous. Of course it is both.
You are a human being, you are alive. Thus you have a liability. You might at any point keel over sick, and start dying. Now, society, with streets and buildings - don't want dead people littering the place, nor do they want dying people littering the place. You have a liability, since you are alive. You have to cover this liability - and society have a Right(tm) to demand you cover it. it is, after all, towards society you have it.
Now, some societies in the world take this at minimum value, they locate your ruin of a body, pick it up and dump it someplace outside of town. Minimal expence, but an expence nonetheless. Should be covered by payments you did, while alive. These societies are usually not organized enough to actually manage those claims, but in theory. More successful societies have increased the effort spent on people - they take them to ER's and try to patch them together. Still more successful societies have dug further into the root causes and found that total utility lost would be less if people went to the doctor some time before they keeled over in the street - so they claim your liability should start there. Bold claim, it can and is argued against - but still in tune with previous argumentation. And thus, the claim is lawful, but one might argue about the size of the liability.
Some societies (the most successful ones, with extremely few exceptions (the single exception being the US of A - in the top list of places peope are happy existing in) - they say oh fak it, handling this through liability and insurance just becomes a pyramid scheme for lawyers and consultants, lets just pay for it all and accept the consequences of that - a very expensive state operated enterprise that is only adequate at handling peoples illnesses but at least we don't have to keep making laws to close loopholes in a pyramid scheme.
Now, statistics alone make it very hard to argue against that having a single payer system is the solution with highest utility. Look at the gini list and compare against how many have single payer system. Sure, correlation and causuality is a matter to discuss - but I would find it hard, were I to try to wring out a proof for the counter-hypothesis - having a single payer system decreases the utility of that society, when data looks like it does.
by Guest » Sat Nov 03, 2018 11:25 am
Fudge. I have to figure out this multi-quote thing you did now, you did it great, I just haven't used forums in a couple of years, opting for social media instead, so this is gonna be new to me again.
JosieQ wrote: I believe that the more you allow people to keep what they earn, and the better off they are, the more charitable they become. I seem to recall a study I read in college where it pointed out that when taxes were lowest in United States history, charitable contributions were higher. People like to give when they are given the choice. People obviously do not like to give when forced, because of course that is not giving it is theft.
That's the thing about people who think communism is good. In admitting that, they're also admitting that they think people are garbage who need to be FORCED into caring about other human beings. And if that's the case, if humanity will only help one another at the point of a gun, then we are doomed anyway. If you're gonna force a lion at gunpoint to be a vegetarian, it is against his nature and you will fail, and he will either die or beat you and start eating meat again. You're not going to win that fight by force, you're not going to forcibly change the nature of man.
I don't believe we are inherently monsters though.
I've been poor most of my life and had things taken from me, but rarely ever given. As such, I don't give to charity or panhandlers, because I can't afford to and also I am in a constant state of bitterness from having been constantly stolen from. In the very few times where I've suddenly had some kind of windfall and gained a bit of money so that I actually have some breathing space, I immediately become more giving, and will hand a dollar to a guy on the street with a sign that very day. And it's not even sensible, because I should be saving it, because next week there's a catastrophe and I'm poor again and I really need that dollar.
But I believe human nature is to want to help each other, when we don't feel constantly taken advantage of.
I think that study makes sense. I've never heard that tidbit myself, opting to spend my research project time in college on gay rights and the argument for gay marriage instead. But it makes sense to me now. The more I read and the more I talk to various people in person and on the internet, from all those anecdotal experiences combined I have been mulling about the idea that it would be best to advise people to focus on prospering themselves more, because by having more yourself, and taking care of yourself first, then you can be generous to others. And because you have set yourself up with all the tools, resources, and knowledge to continue to prosper the amount of generosity you can give is multiplied.
I have always believed that giving charity is a virtuous thing, but I've expanded that thinking to add that it doesn't mean spending money on other things is necessarily always a bad thing. When we give to a non-profit organization or a charity organization, most of the time a certain percentage of that is going to the organization worker's paychecks anyway. When we spend money on goods or services, that money goes into the paychecks of the people who who worked on those goods or services. That exchange may not be as virtuous as charity, but it is one that is fair to both parties.
I don't have much either, but I am comfortable, and I don't feel the pressure of being as poor as I was before. Things are getting better. I've noticed that it is a lot harder for those that are on their own, living alone, or they have family but are choosing not to rely on them and being independent. My advice is do find some sense of community to help, whether it is family, friends, social media, a church, a charity organization. If your car breaks down try a rideshare app or carpooling. Find a roommate to split the cost on rent. Or if you really do want to do it alone you're going to have to pull the extra hours at work and budget to save up money to fix the car/ lease a new car.
As for the globalism/agenda 21/agenda 2030 thing yeah I've heard. i think that recent events have shown that they are not very competent or scary people though, just scared wealthy people who have too much distance between us and them to really face the reality of what they are trying to accomplish, or face the death and destruction that they have done so far. I think someday one of them are going to look into the eyes of someone they've condemned to death and see the image of their own child or grandchild and realize, my god, what am i really doing...
They are really more afraid of us than we are of them. Or not of you or me specifically, we're just peaceful civilians. There are probably various groups out there just waiting for them to go too far, so that they, in turn, can go a step further. I don't want that to happen either in our contemporary times, and leave for history yet another slew of war and death. It's just so dumb they are even flirting with that though. People will never submit to the absolute amount of enslavement they propose. Even if they kill all of us off and our ideas, and brainwash the next generation, that next generation is going to look around them and rebel on a massive scale. If they want to suicide, leave the rest of us out of it. Life can be pretty great, pleasurable, fun, and enjoyable when we are not suffering from poverty, and most of us don't even want a vast amount of luxury. There is plenty of extra funds to grab from the scams they already have running, so there is plenty left for them to just peacefully exist upon. But they just won't do that. They didn't even come up with most of it originally. It was a tradition passed down to them from people who aren't even alive today anymore, and they chose to carry on that tradition. I wish that they would in turn rebel against that. Try something new that is not so obviously destructive. They don't have to think of it themselves, with money they could hire the best minds in the world and thinktank it. If they don't rebel, the satisfaction is that in their minds they are not really free. By passing down the plan, their forefathers have enslaved them. They have most of the money in the world, but not as an individual. As a collective group of families that are on edge about each other and keeping each other in check. It's a shame that they can't be truly free, can't be good, and can't be happy. If I could imagine an individual or individuals with all of that money there could be so many creative, fun, and beneficial things they could do with it. Instead they are cogs in a machine their ancestors built for them, forced to turn in one direction forever, because it is the only direction they know.
JosieQ wrote: Great point. It's always funny to me how my country has always lauded capitalism (until recent years, where it's sliding into socialism on the way to communism), how people en masse will brag that in the US you can be anything, you can do anything, you can work and be rich if you try hard enough! But then they casually and automatically hate anyone with money, and people on news will say facts about something like a person's income in a tone that it's an indicator that being rich means he's somehow a piece of garbage. Always hated that contradiction. XD
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same. -Ronald Reagan"
I get the impression that it's constantly sliding. I'm in the US too, grew up here, but I was originally from China. I see so many of my fellow Chinese here coming here for freedom, and educational opportunities for their children. Communists in other countries like to criticize China as a bad example of capitalism, but the truth is they ruined what should have been the world's number one superpower, given their population and high average IQ with communism, and then slid some incentives up towards capitalism while retaining as few freedoms as possible. They dialed back the one child policy as recently as 2016, and still retain the right to execute people just for being gay.
The US has a sweet spot of freedom we've been constantly adjusting for the last 200 years and I think it's something really special that the whole world should not want to lose, as an indicator for where to adjust their own freedoms in the future.
JosieQ wrote: I did not know this and I find it very interesting. I watched a lot of "Star Trek TNG" as a kid, so there's a utopian society as I envision it. How do we get there though? Well, it's my contention that technology is being artificially held back, in addition to capitalism being artificially tanked, and people being artificially forced into poverty, so basically I think the solution is just to stand back and get out of the goddamn way. We need to overthrow our evil overlords, whose admitted purpose is to reduce the population and widen the gap between rich and poor, with a wealthy elite and a giant, poor underclass. Get rid of them and I think humanity by itself will find its way. How to do that though hmm...
Marx was just a poor person in the industrial era once, not too much different from you and me, just a bit of an idealistic writer and a bit lazy on the work ethic, so he found a way to justify and condense that into his philosophy. What really changed the world for the worse is when Lenin read his book. Lenin, and later Stalin, wanted power. So yeah, even without that tidbit it's pretty open knowledge how precarious communism is, the one effective tool that they've had is the way they teach their students that outsiders to communism just do not understand communism, and therefore their followers stay loyal and don't question it much or invent new thought often to at least progress the theory. How many decades has it been since communism has had a new evolution?
Eh who knows. Maybe it's like that scene from Futurama, where the city builds up into skyscrapers, gets zapped back into the stone age by aliens, builds back up, gets zapped again. We're on computers, tablets, and smartphones while somewhere in the world someone is living and thinking like it's the middle ages. I think a utopian society is a fine ideal to dream of but to get there we have to do it step by step, generation by generation, and it's going to take hard work, labor, and thinking that we are not going to get to any time soon simply because all the conveniences we have today make us want the quick fix rather than the slow and surer path, and that quick fix is going to be the end of us.
We don't lack brilliant people, scientists, inventors, the world is actually swarming with them but big businesses react to them like giant sharks ready to eat them. Some of it might be from shadowy people trying to hold back progress for one motive or another, the rest of it is just the natural jungle of things.
As for getting rid of evil overlords, I'm at a loss there. War, violence, and destruction are not my thing. I'd rather think about them, negotiate with them, offer them deals. Try to get the supervillian to compromise with the superhero instead of having an all-out battle where a lot of innocent people are going to die. After all, if a lot of people die it's what they would have wanted in the first place, and we can't give them the satisfaction of that. I would rather people multiply, reach for the stars, and spread out. Let the new world order die in ineffectiveness against a sea of humanity pulling in endless directions. If things aren't exactly a perfect utopia that's okay. Utopia is a dream we will never truly reach. It doesn't make the dream wrong. Reality is just a messy thing. There can be beauty in that, as well.
JosieQ wrote: Valid point, and I can be very rational when arguing. But I don't see the point of it when someone's passive-aggressively insulting me, or insulting me outright. I can easily keep my temper when someone with wildly different worldviews doesn't agree with me, if they're civil about it. Because I'm not losing my temper so much as escalating by choice when someone's trying to be a dick as I don't agree with pandering to douchebags. I see people stay calm, and get insulted, and stay calm and debate, and get insulted, and stay calm, and it's just sad. It's like watching someone get slapped repeatedly and pretend its not happening. I'd rather, if you slap me, punch you in the face. To bystanders I look like a crazy, enraged psycho, like omg that reaction didn't fit the circumstances!! But it did. It's infinitely more honest. The hypocrite wanted a fight so why shouldn't I give it to them?
(Except that they don't want the fight I give them, really they didn't want to fight at all but just wanted to cowardly say shitty things to people and get away with it, meh I don't like playing that game.)
By all means do what you like and what will satisfy you then I didn't think of it like that. To me it seemed like some arguments are just not worth the energy to get upset about. Energy is better spent thinking of a good move, like in a chess match, so that one can make a move that's a better argument. But some people enjoy a good fight, too. When it's nonlethal fight and fair, I have nothing against it.
JosieQ wrote:
That's still me and ohhh I actually DID! ...
(Etc. a bit long so I cut it, I addressed the rest of what you said here in replies above out of order from remembering this part)
Obamacare really only helps people who are either unemployed or working only part-time, or a few specific single mothers who qualify in one way or the other. It puts an undue burden on the rest of the poor who are actually working 2-3 jobs to try to make ends meet and actually makes them unqualified for working too much. It's like... whaaat? What about all of those families Obama himself showcased, they don't even qualify based on the income they bring in. I believe you, and give you the benefit of the doubt that yeah you did things right and that system still screwed you over. I think it was meant to collapse so to cause unrest so that people would theoretically look towards universal healthcare.
The Trump administration wasn't able to dismantle it, but they did pull a few screws loose. Something about forming groups to shop across state. I would take a second look at the marketplace and see if you can't get a better deal around now, just in case. Don't have to commit to anything, just look around.
This is a fantastic, fantastic thing you've just said. It seems like it should be obvious to people but it isn't. I constantly talk about this hypocrisy, how our society is all about "The children, the children, help the children! Oh what you're 18 today, fuck you got nothin' for you go die now." But when I try to express this, simpletons just take away "Oh so you hate kids." DX
Good post, Guest. Good read. I kinda didn't mean to say so much but you got me babbling. [o~o]
I like to talk so I cause other people to talk when they're in the mood for it.
That's the one thing I thought Obama got but apparently it was just lip service for politics, according to the results, and exploitation of young adults for votes. Extended health coverage for parent's health insurance for their kids up to age 26. Doesn't work out too great for kids without parents or parents without those plans. Worse, when the premiums go up to an unaffordable rate for everyone anyway.
Free, or affordable education for young people. Just that it's going to turn some of them into mindless communist zombies, tantruming babies that need safe spaces, or jaded drinking party animals. Oh, and some of them are going to be taught to literally hate their own parents. I came off it with a mild case of feminist literature, but I've heard horror stories. What I've seen from my peers is no better. I'm becoming increasingly worried for them, how, just how, are all those gender studies going to help them in the real world?
I was really, really, gung-ho about gay marriage. I'm happy now that it's won. I have nothing against the trans, gender fluid, gender neutral, etc. Everyone of all ages is learning a lot about that.
But young people, even those over the age of 18, are supposed to be taught more critical thinking skills, practical job skills, and the tools on how to obtain knowledge so that they can come back from college able to achieve. Instead so many of them are saddled with student loans and working dead end jobs. So many of their classroom hours were spent on lectures about social justice agendas. That means a percentage of what they are paying is towards a cynical political scam. There are exceptions, some schools don't touch on those subjects at all, but some schools or specific teachers are making it a significant portion of their lesson plan when they should be teaching other important subjects.
Whether you are young or old, keep learning, and working, but prioritize your health first. Take care of yourself. Pull those extra hours if you think you could if you are going solo but I would recommend finding some help from some form of community given your health condition instead. I know some successful people pulled themselves out of poverty and became self-sufficient from doing a lot of studying and working many many overtime hours, and that's fine, it was their choice. You can also be smart about it and a little selfish too, rely on some people for some help and hopefully pay them back later or pay it forward when you are in a better situation.
Because the better off you are, the more you'll be able to be generous later. And in that way the world can get just a little bit better.
[quote="JosieQ"]
I believe that the more you allow people to keep what they earn, and the better off they are, the more charitable they become. I seem to recall a study I read in college where it pointed out that when taxes were lowest in United States history, charitable contributions were higher. People [i]like[/i] to give when they are given the choice. People obviously do [i]not[/i] like to give when forced, because of course that is not giving it is theft.
But I believe human nature is to want to help each other, when we don't feel constantly taken advantage of.[/quote]
Great point. It's always funny to me how my country has always lauded capitalism (until recent years, where it's sliding into socialism on the way to communism), how people en masse will brag that in the US you can be anything, you can do anything, you can work and be rich if you try hard enough! But then they casually and automatically hate anyone with money, and people on news will say facts about something like a person's income in a tone that it's an indicator that being rich means he's somehow a piece of garbage. Always hated that contradiction. XD[/quote]
I did not know this and I find it very interesting. :shock: I watched a lot of "Star Trek TNG" as a kid, so there's a utopian society as I envision it. How do we get there though? Well, it's my contention that technology is being artificially held back, in addition to capitalism being artificially tanked, and people being artificially forced into poverty, so basically I think the solution is just to stand back and get out of the goddamn way. We need to overthrow our evil overlords, whose admitted purpose is to reduce the population and widen the gap between rich and poor, with a wealthy elite and a giant, poor underclass. Get rid of them and I think humanity by itself will find its way. How to do that though hmm...[/quote]
Valid point, and I can be very rational when arguing. But I don't see the point of it when someone's passive-aggressively insulting me, or insulting me outright. I can easily keep my temper when someone with wildly different worldviews doesn't agree with me, if they're civil about it. Because I'm not losing my temper so much as escalating by choice when someone's trying to be a dick as I don't agree with pandering to douchebags. I see people stay calm, and get insulted, and stay calm and debate, and get insulted, and stay calm, and it's just sad. It's like watching someone get slapped repeatedly and pretend its not happening. I'd rather, if you slap me, punch you in the face. To bystanders I look like a crazy, enraged psycho, like omg that reaction didn't fit the circumstances!! But it did. It's infinitely more honest. The hypocrite wanted a fight so why shouldn't I give it to them?
(Except that they don't want the fight I give them, really they didn't want to fight at all but just wanted to cowardly say shitty things to people and get away with it, meh I don't like playing that game.)[/quote]
By all means do what you like and what will satisfy you then :P I didn't think of it like that. To me it seemed like some arguments are just not worth the energy to get upset about. Energy is better spent thinking of a good move, like in a chess match, so that one can make a move that's a better argument. But some people enjoy a good fight, too. When it's nonlethal fight and fair, I have nothing against it.
Good post, Guest. Good read. I kinda didn't mean to say so much but you got me babbling. [o~o][/quote]
by Guest » Sat Nov 03, 2018 5:49 am
Astrogirl wrote:
Astrogirl wrote: Potentially. Depends on how much you contributed to the tomatoes. The current real world where you keep 7.999 tomatoes and give the other guy 0.001 tomatoes is theft.
That's not capitalism.
Is not? What is it then? I'm reasonably certain that is exactly what capitalism is.
Capitalism is more like, you grow the 8 tomatoes and they're all yours except, the goal is really to try to sell those 8 tomatoes to the local pizza shop, and you're competing fairly with your neighbors for who has the lowest priced and best tomatoes that the pizza shop wants to buy. Whoever wins this competition is going to grow (potentially) from a tomato garden into a full-scale tomato farm. Other factors apply such as how in demand the pizza is (and therefore your tomatoes). The benefit is that you've voluntarily upscaled your tomato thing going from a gardener to a massive farmer, in which case the general area now has a whole lot of tomatoes. At which point you can't grow all those tomatoes yourself anymore, so you have to hire workers.
They voluntarily agree with you to each do the work to grow the 8 tomatoes (in reality, more) you sell them to the pizza shop, and you give a portion of the money that you both agree upon to the workers. That can mean anything from 0 tomatoes (unpaid internships lol) to actually more than 8 tomatoes (this can be for various reasons, such as you've found someone smart enough to turn tomato growth up to 11 somehow) If either of you stop agreeing upon that amount you can renegotiate, or you fire them or they quit.
Communism (and socialism) to a degree come along all after that, from people who theorize that the whole capitalism thing is unfair. They come along and instead of letting the farmer/workers/pizza shop do these things themselves naturally, the communist state decides:
Communist: Farmer, you're working in the pizza shop now.
Farmer: "But i was happy being the farmer"
Communist: Shut up Farmer. And I'm taking your farm and giving it to all your workers. They can grow however many tomatoes they want and we'll split them evenly.
Somehow this almost always fails. At the end of the season 2 tomatoes per person is grown instead of 8. The Farmer is unhappy cleaning dishes at the pizza shop and she runs away starting a new tomato garden (and eventually farm) somewhere else. The remaining workers can't survive on 2 tomatoes and most of them run off too, joining the Farmer. The communist is ashamed so he lies and blames it all on the farmer, and the remaining workers are told they have to grow 8 tomatoes now, every season, without choice. This is the only farm left in the area now, so Instead of getting a choice the workers are pretty much enslaved and gaslighted by lies that the Communist's farm is great, when in reality it was stolen from that other farmer, the tomato production rate is declining as more workers get upset, and more of them start starving...
I appreciate the attempt at innovation, at wanting to change things and make things better. What I despise is the repeated failure of result, the starvation, the genocide, the enslavement, theft, and sheer massive scale of human suffering caused whenever supposed communists grab at power. Sure, capitalism isn't perfect. But the reality is as a species we've multiplied into the billions under the system of capitalism and we've died in the millions due to communism. I'm never ever going to succeed in convincing everyone in the world to stop believing in it, but I do hope that less people die, starve, and suffer from it. To me the most infamous communist leaders commit the worst crime a leader can do, directly or indirectly causing the deaths of millions of their own people, in famines caused not by the weather or natural causes, but their own mismanagement. None of us on the forum will ever be those leaders, so we don't have to worry about that, but we can decide with what little power we have, choosing with our votes, and attention, and money and effort to not put any more faith into those leaders in the future and teaching the next generation to do the same.
If we want to get better and move towards more of a post-scarcity society, to virtually remove world hunger and poverty, yeah, we can, but realistically, one step at a time. Communism's quick-fix solution is nothing but a scam perpetuated by people who have a lot of money in order to grab power, and it's been disproven time and time again. It appalls me that someone still puts so much faith into it, but it doesn't surprise me.
[quote="Astrogirl"][quote="JosieQ"][quote="Astrogirl"]Potentially. Depends on how much you contributed to the tomatoes. The current real world where you keep 7.999 tomatoes and give the other guy 0.001 tomatoes is theft.[/quote]
That's not capitalism.[/quote]
Is not? What is it then? I'm reasonably certain that is exactly what capitalism is.[/quote]
Guest wrote: Astrogirl, what country did you grow up in? You've dropped hints, I'm guessing it was somewhere around eastern europe? Just curious.
East Germany.
It's been a really long time since I learned about East Germany in World History class but I remember something about the Berlin Wall... here it is : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_at ... man_border
My family came from a communist country, it was in China however, and the stories I heard anecdotally about communism were not positive ones. I had family members nearly starve to death. I live in a capitalist country now, the USA. Those same family members, yeah their lives aren't perfect but they do notice the abundance of food here.
So yeah when you said you were from a communist country where no children starved I am understandably skeptical, I hope you'll understand, from that kind of family history and background. It sounds contradictory to say a country or system of state was so wonderful that no one starved, yet 4~ million or so people migrated out of it, and then they had to build a wall, to keep people from leaving upon pain of death.
I suspect that you were propagandized about communism, and taught during your formulative years about Marxism-Leninism. That, combined with childhood naivete and nostalgia about your early life in communist east germany gave you a positive outlook on communism. Then during your adolescence and adulthood following that, you learned more about the harsh realities of the world, and to you, it was all capitalism's fault. When in reality, there were harsh realities going on around you even in your childhood, you were just not as aware of them then as you were as you grew older.
[quote="Astrogirl"][quote="Guest"]Astrogirl, what country did you grow up in? You've dropped hints, I'm guessing it was somewhere around eastern europe? Just curious.[/quote]
East Germany.[/quote]
It's been a really long time since I learned about East Germany in World History class but I remember something about the Berlin Wall... here it is : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_attempts_and_victims_of_the_inner_German_border
Quote JosieQ
by JosieQ » Sat Oct 13, 2018 10:59 pm
Must feel bad to be so wrong all the time.
Astrogirl wrote: You may want to run that through Google translate again, telling someone they are Wahnsinn is actually quite a high compliment. Yeah, idioms are weird.
Actually, looks like Google translate gives you "verrückt". I chose "wahnsinn" because I like the word, from my own experience, from majoring in German (among other things) in college. I'll admit though that your English is much better than my German, however it's still not good enough for you to be having this argument and making your points understood, and understanding the points of others. Which you're doing poorly.
Astrogirl wrote: I'm still curious what you needed the country for. In the case of East Germany you reacted with calling me crazy (well, trying to call me crazy). And in the case of some other socialist/communist country you ... would have reacted differently? Which country would that have been and what would the reaction have been?
I already called it an "obvious trap," remember? Because the obvious trap is, communism always fails. And you blundered right into obvious trap and are from EAST GERMANY, of all places. The most obvious and provable example of how communism is garbage, as the West side provably advanced while the East side provably stagnated? Haha. Hahahahaha. Hahahahahaholyfuckingshitseriously.
JosieQ wrote: Cool story, but irrelevant as fuuuuuck.
You don't seem to have a firm grasp on what is relevant or not. This is 100% apropos.
Astrogirl wrote: Anyway, forcing people to buy health insurance is right and good, and it should be around 7% of one's income and be required to cover insulin.
Oh do please tell me, scumbag, more about how your kind thieving from me and literally killing me are doing me good? If only they did it right, I guess, it wouldn't still be morally wrong and everyone would be happy! Except all the fit healthy people pissed about how they have to pay in for the more expensive healthcare of the unfit fat people, which leads to legislation telling you you're legally not allowed to smoke or drink anymore, or have cookies, or even a too-large soda. Yeah great plan, divide people even more in your idiotic effort to make them care about each other.
You can't do it right. I know you don't care about freedom, because you're a creepy master-worshiping slave and freedom is worthless to you, but it is inarguable that: Freedom is THE most important thing a person can have. Not your "free" healthcare, not your "free" food or rent, but freedom itself. You enslaving people for their own good doesn't give you the moral high-ground. It gives you no ground. The choice you are giving people is "Be a slave or kill yourself." This puts you so far below anyone else that it's laughable to see you sit down there in your own filth and try to pretend you have any kind of honor, dignity, or compassion. Your refusing to understand that a person has a RIGHT to not be forced to look after strangers, or I daresay even themselves, doesn't make you clever, it makes you stupid. You're a thief and a slaver. Acting like it's for their own good when you decide things on behalf of strangers makes you soulless as well as stupid.
[quote="Astrogirl"]You may want to run that through Google translate again, telling someone they are Wahnsinn is actually quite a high compliment. Yeah, idioms are weird.[/quote]
[quote="Astrogirl"]I'm still curious what you needed the country for. In the case of East Germany you reacted with calling me crazy (well, trying to call me crazy). And in the case of some other socialist/communist country you ... would have reacted differently? Which country would that have been and what would the reaction have been?[/quote]
[quote="Astrogirl"][quote="JosieQ"]Cool story, but irrelevant as fuuuuuck.[/quote]
You don't seem to have a firm grasp on what is relevant or not. This is 100% apropos.[/quote]
[quote="Astrogirl"]Anyway, forcing people to buy health insurance is right and good, and it should be around 7% of one's income and be required to cover insulin.[/quote]
You [i]can't[/i] do it right. I know you don't care about freedom, because you're a creepy master-worshiping slave and freedom is worthless to you, but it is inarguable that: Freedom is THE most important thing a person can have. Not your "free" healthcare, not your "free" food or rent, but freedom itself. You enslaving people for their own good doesn't give you the moral high-ground. It gives you no ground. The choice you are giving people is "Be a slave or kill yourself." This puts you so far below anyone else that it's laughable to see you sit down there in your own filth and try to pretend you have any kind of honor, dignity, or compassion. Your refusing to understand that a person has a RIGHT to not be forced to look after strangers, or I daresay even themselves, doesn't make you clever, it makes you stupid. You're a thief and a slaver. Acting like it's for their own good when you decide things on behalf of strangers makes you soulless as well as stupid.
Quote Astrogirl
by Astrogirl » Sat Oct 13, 2018 4:54 pm
JosieQ wrote: Um so, "I know you are but what am I?" is your defense?
I have no idea what that means.
Does anyone else know what she meant?
JosieQ wrote: But since you've given me the date... (1st of July, 1990) And since you seriously, frighteningly seem to be saying your country was better off before, then all I can say to you is du bist mehr batshit wahnsinn than I originally hat gedacht.
You may want to run that through Google translate again, telling someone they are Wahnsinn is actually quite a high compliment. Yeah, idioms are weird.
But kudos for finding that out just from this date, that's actually quite impressive considering there doesn't seem to be a Wikipedia page "list of dates countries switched from planned economy to free market economy" or similar.
I'm still curious what you needed the country for. In the case of East Germany you reacted with calling me crazy (well, trying to call me crazy). And in the case of some other socialist/communist country you ... would have reacted differently? Which country would that have been and what would the reaction have been?
Your comment on that is only relevant if your grandparents' literal business and income came from growing tomatoes and selling them, along with chicken's eggs and pork, and your communist government didn't take any of that.
Depends on your definition of business. They both ate the stuff themselves and traded it with other people for hard-to-obtain things (mostly the eggs, tomatoes were not so high in demand to be useful for barter). My grandparents were also teachers, not sure my greatgrandmother had another job.
But people also were farmers who owned their farms and sold their stuff for money and the government didn't take the things they produced away nor their means of production. There was a lot of social pressure to join a co-op (once a month someone came by and talked to you about how nice it is in the co-op, that you work only 40 hours and get 25 days of vacation and you don't have to worry when there is a bad harvest or your animals get a disease), but it was not legally required.
Cool story, but irrelevant as fuuuuuck.
JosieQ wrote: I'm actually starting to feel really sorry for you
That's nice, thank you.
JosieQ wrote: if we can go back to my now decades-old desire to agree to disagree and stop talking, that'd be suuuuper.
I have a hint for you: If you want to drop a conversation, just drop it. Don't go in replying with more incendiary stuff and in particular don't add replies to stuff that was not towards you but towards someone else in the thread.
Anyway, forcing people to buy health insurance is right and good, and it should be around 7% of one's income and be required to cover insulin.
[quote="Astrogirl"][quote="JosieQ"]Um so, "I know you are but what am I?" is your defense?[/quote]
I have no idea what that means.[/quote]
[quote="JosieQ"][quote="Astrogirl"]Potentially. Depends on how much you contributed to the tomatoes. The current real world where you keep 7.999 tomatoes and give the other guy 0.001 tomatoes is theft.[/quote]
[quote="JosieQ"]But since you've given me the date... (1st of July, 1990) And since you seriously, frighteningly seem to be saying your country was better off before, then all I can say to you is du bist mehr batshit wahnsinn than I originally hat gedacht.[/quote]
[quote="JosieQ"][quote="Astrogirl"][quote]Your comment on that is only relevant if your grandparents' [i]literal business[/i] and income came from growing tomatoes and selling them, along with chicken's eggs and pork, and your communist government didn't take any of that.[/quote]
But people also were farmers who owned their farms and sold their stuff for money and the government didn't take the things they produced away nor their means of production. There was a lot of social pressure to join a co-op (once a month someone came by and talked to you about how nice it is in the co-op, that you work only 40 hours and get 25 days of vacation and you don't have to worry when there is a bad harvest or your animals get a disease), but it was not legally required.[/quote]
Cool story, but irrelevant as fuuuuuck.[/quote]
[quote="JosieQ"]I'm actually starting to feel really sorry for you[/quote]
[quote="JosieQ"]if we can go back to my now decades-old desire to agree to disagree and stop talking, that'd be suuuuper.[/quote]
[quote="Guest"]Astrogirl, what country did you grow up in? You've dropped hints, I'm guessing it was somewhere around eastern europe? Just curious.[/quote]
by JosieQ » Sat Oct 13, 2018 12:06 am
Guest wrote: Contrast with the USA's great depression. People went poor, broke, homeless, and some starved, but they did not starve in the millions and the whole country did not starve in such great extremes. Part of that was from charity, people lose money but some of them were willing to lose more to keep people from starving to death, times were hard but many people in the US made it through. Another part of that was from human kindness, which I think we all feel to some degree on this forum no matter which side we are on in the debate.
I believe that the more you allow people to keep what they earn, and the better off they are, the more charitable they become. I seem to recall a study I read in college where it pointed out that when taxes were lowest in United States history, charitable contributions were higher. People like to give when they are given the choice. People obviously do not like to give when forced, because of course that is not giving it is theft.
Guest wrote: After reading Ayn Rand's books I don't think she would let the ten children starve. Her deal is more to do with promoting exceptionalism and the individual, as a means to benefit society more than the concept of collectivism and the group, which in her philosophy actually drags a society down by smearing the most productive and talented people out of a sense of collective jealousy. Think about how many people you've heard talk shit about a public figure, celebrity, or role model you admire and you'll understand where she's coming from.
Great point. It's always funny to me how my country has always lauded capitalism (until recent years, where it's sliding into socialism on the way to communism), how people en masse will brag that in the US you can be anything, you can do anything, you can work and be rich if you try hard enough! But then they casually and automatically hate anyone with money, and people on news will say facts about something like a person's income in a tone that it's an indicator that being rich means he's somehow a piece of garbage. Always hated that contradiction. XD
Guest wrote: There are issues and benefits to each system, and none of them are perfect. Well-read Freemasons know that Karl Marx admitted as much in his pamphlets he wrote that socialism is supposed to lead to communism, and communism was not meant to sustain a nation, but to destroy it, and from all the chaos and upheaval birth a fourth, new kind of system, in order to achieve utopia. He died before he specified what that utopia system would be like, and many equate communism to the utopia by mistake.
I did not know this and I find it very interesting. I watched a lot of "Star Trek TNG" as a kid, so there's a utopian society as I envision it. How do we get there though? Well, it's my contention that technology is being artificially held back, in addition to capitalism being artificially tanked, and people being artificially forced into poverty, so basically I think the solution is just to stand back and get out of the goddamn way. We need to overthrow our evil overlords, whose admitted purpose is to reduce the population and widen the gap between rich and poor, with a wealthy elite and a giant, poor underclass. Get rid of them and I think humanity by itself will find its way. How to do that though hmm...
Guest wrote: Be civil, rational, and make an effort to be unemotional when debating this topic. The lives of billions of people worldwide ride on where we go with this, many people's own personal lives are at stake. It is easy to get heated in an argument, to get overly emotional, and to insult people. It is very hard to try to think of things from different people's points of views, to think critically, and to be fair to the opposing argument. But if we keep a degree of civility and rationality, while still leveling well-deserved critiques at serious issues, which do involve the lives of many many people, we will be able to reach new ideas and compromises sooner rather than later. Perhaps from those debates and the spread of information thereafter, someday someone will build reasonable solutions to our problems.
Guest wrote: As for the poorer person from a few pages back, I'm really concerned for you. Have you thought about starting a crowdfunding page to fix your car? I've seen people start those for all sorts of things like dental work and recovery from assault. I don't think it's too much of a stretch to do that in comparison. If you happen to be in the United States, you should be able to shop around for lower rates soon. Medicare enrollment is on oct 15th. Involuntary healthcare was supposed to pay for people like you for you to get back on your feet, not cause you such financial and emotional hardship.
That's still me and ohhh I actually DID! What was it... "You Caring" I think? But the problem there is that I don't get do Facebook and Twitter and whatever else, so I don't really have a way to spread the "help me out link" so it didn't really get visits or go anywhere. Not sure how to overcome being as reclusive and hermit-like as I am, and still get help from people. Probably is no way. You gotta buy into society, and I don't. :\
Oh the involuntary heath-care has been so super helpful. I have to get the cheapest option through work because it's all I can afford (Obamacare actually cost MORE and was super unaffordable to me haha seriously), so because it's the cheapest it doesn't actually cover the insulin I need each month. It covered maybe about a third of it, when I was still going that route. (If I wasn't forced to have the insurance, I could pay for all the insulin myself, irony! XD)
For years I was suffering with this until I finally found out you can get insulin from Walmart without a prescription, $25 a bottle. My doctor never told me in all that time, even though she knew I struggled to pay for those goddamn $100+ bottles she had me on, and I was constantly in the hospital with complications from trying to ration it so it wouldn't run out too soon, and she would regularly hold my life hostage forcing me into visits that I neither wanted nor could afford before agreeing to refill my prescriptions at all. (Meanwhile my sister's been on Xanax for like 10 years, hasn't seen her doctor in like 7, just calls her up and says "I need more pills" and the woman says "Okay sure I'll call it in." They love having you on THOSE drugs, but not the drugs you need to live whyyy.)
Anyway since finding the Walmart loophole, I have happily dumped my garbage doctor. And now I pay out of pocket for my insulin, because the insurance doesn't cover it, and I pay for that insurance in addition as it sits there and does nothing. Will it do anything if I face a new crisis, like a broken bone or cancer? Who knows. Hope I don't ever have to find out that it doesn't, because I'm pretty sure it's virtually useless.
But these well-off people who don't seem to know what actual struggle is say it's good for me and others like me, forcing me and us to pay for insurance, and they must know better right? I guess I'm just imagining my problems, because really they've apparently fixed them for me and I'm too stupid to know my troubles have all been seen to by their charity at the point of a gun. @.@
Ugh I hate giving enemies so much personal information, going to regret this post when they come back in force and try to tell me what I'm doing wrong and how I can do better without knowing any of the actual details. <.<
Guest wrote: I really do not understand how the same people who claim to care about poor, starving children, could then laugh in your face and say such biting words to you. Children are valued because of their innocence. People forget they grow into adults, too, and lose empathy for their fellow adults.
[quote="Guest"]Contrast with the USA's great depression. People went poor, broke, homeless, and some starved, but they did not starve in the millions and the whole country did not starve in such great extremes. Part of that was from charity, people lose money but some of them were willing to lose more to keep people from starving to death, times were hard but many people in the US made it through. Another part of that was from human kindness, which I think we all feel to some degree on this forum no matter which side we are on in the debate. [/quote]
[quote="Guest"]After reading Ayn Rand's books I don't think she would let the ten children starve. Her deal is more to do with promoting exceptionalism and the individual, as a means to benefit society more than the concept of collectivism and the group, which in her philosophy actually drags a society down by smearing the most productive and talented people out of a sense of collective jealousy. Think about how many people you've heard talk shit about a public figure, celebrity, or role model you admire and you'll understand where she's coming from. [/quote]
[quote="Guest"]There are issues and benefits to each system, and none of them are perfect. Well-read Freemasons know that Karl Marx admitted as much in his pamphlets he wrote that socialism is supposed to lead to communism, and communism was not meant to sustain a nation, but to destroy it, and from all the chaos and upheaval birth a fourth, new kind of system, in order to achieve utopia. He died before he specified what that utopia system would be like, and many equate communism to the utopia by mistake. [/quote]
I did not know this and I find it very interesting. :shock: I watched a lot of "Star Trek TNG" as a kid, so there's a utopian society as I envision it. How do we get there though? Well, it's my contention that technology is being artificially held back, in addition to capitalism being artificially tanked, and people being artificially forced into poverty, so basically I think the solution is just to stand back and get out of the goddamn way. We need to overthrow our evil overlords, whose admitted purpose is to reduce the population and widen the gap between rich and poor, with a wealthy elite and a giant, poor underclass. Get rid of them and I think humanity by itself will find its way. How to do that though hmm...
[quote="Guest"]Be civil, rational, and make an effort to be unemotional when debating this topic. The lives of billions of people worldwide ride on where we go with this, many people's own personal lives are at stake. It is easy to get heated in an argument, to get overly emotional, and to insult people. It is very hard to try to think of things from different people's points of views, to think critically, and to be fair to the opposing argument. But if we keep a degree of civility and rationality, while still leveling well-deserved critiques at serious issues, which do involve the lives of many many people, we will be able to reach new ideas and compromises sooner rather than later. Perhaps from those debates and the spread of information thereafter, someday someone will build reasonable solutions to our problems. [/quote]
[quote="Guest"]As for the poorer person from a few pages back, I'm really concerned for you. Have you thought about starting a crowdfunding page to fix your car? I've seen people start those for all sorts of things like dental work and recovery from assault. I don't think it's too much of a stretch to do that in comparison. If you happen to be in the United States, you should be able to shop around for lower rates soon. Medicare enrollment is on oct 15th. Involuntary healthcare was supposed to pay for people like you for you to get back on your feet, not cause you such financial and emotional hardship. [/quote]
But these well-off people who don't seem to know what [i]actual[/i] struggle is say it's good for me and others like me, forcing me and us to pay for insurance, and they must know better right? I guess I'm just imagining my problems, because really they've apparently fixed them for me and I'm too stupid to know my troubles have all been seen to by their charity at the point of a gun. @.@
[quote="Guest"] I really do not understand how the same people who claim to care about poor, starving children, could then laugh in your face and say such biting words to you. Children are valued because of their innocence. People forget they grow into adults, too, and lose empathy for their fellow adults.[/quote]
by Guest » Fri Oct 12, 2018 2:28 pm
Nicci is right about the concept of charity, it should be given when somebody has plenty, but often in reality that scene would have ended with the father saying "No, and that's final" and trying to justify it by saying "I do need a wagon loader, not a man with a bad back. If I hired every man with starving children I would not be able to pay for you, my daughter, to have food to eat and clothes to wear. If those children need to eat they can come to my workhouse and they can work extra hours to sustain their invalid father."
He would be wrong, he would be quite wealthy already, and able to do a bit of charity, but he would not. That is what happens over and over again in real life, and that is something that happens in any society.
But in Nicci's example, the daughter imploring her father worked. Sometimes prosperous capitalists do engage in an act of philanthropy.
In the USSR and in China during their 20th century socialist and communist era, famines occurred and the people there starved to death by the millions. I think another inherent problem in communism and socialism is that the concept of charity is replaced by the concept of taking from all to give to all, and when everyone has less and things are in desperation they forget to be charitable and rely too much on government rationing and bread lines, which only go so far.
Contrast with the USA's great depression. People went poor, broke, homeless, and some starved, but they did not starve in the millions and the whole country did not starve in such great extremes. Part of that was from charity, people lose money but some of them were willing to lose more to keep people from starving to death, times were hard but many people in the US made it through. Another part of that was from human kindness, which I think we all feel to some degree on this forum no matter which side we are on in the debate.
After reading Ayn Rand's books I don't think she would let the ten children starve. Her deal is more to do with promoting exceptionalism and the individual, as a means to benefit society more than the concept of collectivism and the group, which in her philosophy actually drags a society down by smearing the most productive and talented people out of a sense of collective jealousy. Think about how many people you've heard talk shit about a public figure, celebrity, or role model you admire and you'll understand where she's coming from.
She uses fictional characters like the capitalist steel company owner, the talented architect, the musician, and the inventor. She makes them the heroes in her stories, and to her those people figure out how to produce a lot of goods and services, make art beautiful, make music wonderful, and advance technology to the next stage. A post-scarcity society would be impossible if we dragged down those people, and by listening to mob rule and the voices of the many, there would in reality be many many voices that slander those people out of jealousy, out of hate, and all while self-righteously proclaiming that they are good people. She calls them the mediocre. She stepped on a lot of people's toes by saying these things.
As for capitalism/socialism/communism stealing or being evil, those types of society all need to reach a margin of revenue in order to be sustainable. For example, in a business. A capitalist, socialist, or communist has to come along first and decide it is worth it to build a business, hire workers, buy materials, and put in a significant amount of their own money for nothing at first.
A worker has to be paid their wages.
The capitalist underpays them quite a bit compared to their productivity. He can't go too low only on the minimum wage allowed by law and the rates of his competitors. He may decide to pay his best worker a higher amount so that they don't quit and join another company. The margin left he uses to keep the business running, buying materials, fixing machines, paying the rent on land if he doesn't own it. His customers expect cheap, quality, goods and services, and he lowers the prices to compete. But sometimes he pulls a sneaky trick and convinces the customers to pay more for his product. The rest of the profit he pockets as a return to his investment and to make even more money, he may be motivated by a lot of things, wealth, fame, a big house, a beautiful wife, the respect of his peers. If the business fails, he loses his investment, and depending on how much money he has left he may fail on the rest of those as well by going completely broke.
A socialist pays their employee a fairer wage compared to their productivity, and undercuts it only on a paper thin margin. By rule of law she may or may not be allowed to go much lower, but she can still go a bit higher if a certain worker is doing well. She has enough to pay her workers, pay the bills, the electricity, and the computers and machines keep running, even though they are getting kind of old. Something needs to change for her to afford to replace them, maybe if she listens to her new engineer her product will do well and disrupt the market. Her customers save up for her product because they need it, and it is quite costly to them. When she goes home she has a pretty nice apartment, a small family, enough to get by. Most of what she makes goes to taxes. She works a hard, 60+ hour work week, a lot of mental work goes into running her business. If she fails she may lose her investment as well, or the government might bail her out if her business is too important to the nation. But she won't go poor, she is a talented, skillful, a survivor. She'll just have to squeeze into a smaller apartment, and hopefully find another job.
A communist pays their employee the wage required by law. He can go no lower or much higher, and his workers have virtually no choice but to stay at his company for a certain amount of hours each day. Sometimes he doesn't have much work for the white collar workers to do so he lets them wander around town while counting them on the clock. But the laborers are needed on the clock, and sometimes much, much, longer. They look tired, they are falling asleep on their lunch breaks, and he is feeling sorry for them, but the quota has to be met or the government will be hanging him out to dry. His customers spend a majority of their whole months' wages to pay for his goods and services, but they have no choice because they need it. When he goes home he has a big house already, lots of food, and lots of perks provided to him. His father was a party leader after all, and they expect a lot from him. If he fails and loses his business a lot of people will be disappointed in him.
There are issues and benefits to each system, and none of them are perfect. Well-read Freemasons know that Karl Marx admitted as much in his pamphlets he wrote that socialism is supposed to lead to communism, and communism was not meant to sustain a nation, but to destroy it, and from all the chaos and upheaval birth a fourth, new kind of system, in order to achieve utopia. He died before he specified what that utopia system would be like, and many equate communism to the utopia by mistake.
Be civil, rational, and make an effort to be unemotional when debating this topic. The lives of billions of people worldwide ride on where we go with this, many people's own personal lives are at stake. It is easy to get heated in an argument, to get overly emotional, and to insult people. It is very hard to try to think of things from different people's points of views, to think critically, and to be fair to the opposing argument. But if we keep a degree of civility and rationality, while still leveling well-deserved critiques at serious issues, which do involve the lives of many many people, we will be able to reach new ideas and compromises sooner rather than later. Perhaps from those debates and the spread of information thereafter, someday someone will build reasonable solutions to our problems.
As for the poorer person from a few pages back, I'm really concerned for you. Have you thought about starting a crowdfunding page to fix your car? I've seen people start those for all sorts of things like dental work and recovery from assault. I don't think it's too much of a stretch to do that in comparison. If you happen to be in the United States, you should be able to shop around for lower rates soon. Medicare enrollment is on oct 15th. Involuntary healthcare was supposed to pay for people like you for you to get back on your feet, not cause you such financial and emotional hardship. I really do not understand how the same people who claim to care about poor, starving children, could then laugh in your face and say such biting words to you. Children are valued because of their innocence. People forget they grow into adults, too, and lose empathy for their fellow adults.
by JosieQ » Fri Oct 12, 2018 10:19 am
Nino wrote:
How does Snodgrass saying communism is garbage make him a socialist? Not getting it. Your quote doesn't seem relevant.
I was not referring to Snodgrass perception that communist is garbage, I was referring to his example of redistribution of products of labor (i.e. the tomato example) and I gave a quote of a famous socialist principle that states that fruits of the labour should stay with those who produced the labour. Idea that said fruits (and tomato is a fruit) should go to somebody who didnt put any labour in is very contradictory to that principle, or others of that kind .
It's contradictory to capitalism also. So you choosing to say he's "in tune" with socialism when he's clearly a capitalist, he quite clearly lauds capitalism over and over and over, and you knowing that but saying what you said comes off as snarky. Your posts are very unclear, your point is unclear, you're unclear. Still don't know what your goal here is. Unless it's to say something absolutely pointless and trivial, like that socialism and capitalism share traits? Is that the point? Because if so no duh.
Oh wait sorry you're not talking to me, let me just finish this up real quick omg don't wanna waste your time.
Nino wrote: You are in a public place so spewing obscenities is not unlike shitting in the middle of a street. If you dont understand it insulting to passer bys then really there is no point trying to tell you something is there? So for future referense *please* assume Im talking to Snodgrass and not you, ok?
And here you are wasting MY time with repeated smugness! Do stop trying to inform me that I'm being insulting when I was trying to be insulting.
But you're right, I should completely let people who want to steal from others and then call the people they steal from immoral garbage get away with it. They shouldn't be called out for being evil, dangerous hypocrites. Thank you so much for that lesson. You are ever so wise. Turn the other cheek I guess, is that right?
Since we're still giving each other friendly advice, let me advise you that you have a problem with making sense, and also apostrophes. You're welcome.
[quote="Nino"][quote]How does Snodgrass saying communism is garbage make him a socialist? Not getting it. Your quote doesn't seem relevant.[/quote]
I was not referring to Snodgrass perception that communist is garbage, I was referring to his example of redistribution of products of labor (i.e. the tomato example) and I gave a quote of a famous socialist principle that states that fruits of the labour should stay with those who produced the labour. Idea that said fruits (and tomato is a fruit) should go to somebody who didnt put any labour in is very contradictory to that principle, or others of that kind .[/quote]
[quote="Nino"]You are in a public place so spewing obscenities is not unlike shitting in the middle of a street. If you dont understand it insulting to passer bys then really there is no point trying to tell you something is there? So for future referense *please* assume Im talking to Snodgrass and not you, ok?[/quote]
Quote Nino
by Nino » Fri Oct 12, 2018 9:30 am
Or take for example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_who_do ... all_he_eat
He who does not work, neither shall he eat is a New Testament aphorism originally by Paul the Apostle, later cited by John Smith in Jamestown, Virginia, and by Lenin during the Russian Revolution.
As I said before communism is not unlike other religions - you can cherry pick it to support almost any view and at the extreme end there are always some atrocities.
Uncivil as I am, I would never dream of correcting someone like their parent in that fashion, even if I knew the person personally.
You are in a public place so spewing obscenities is not unlike shitting in the middle of a street. If you dont understand it insulting to passer bys then really there is no point trying to tell you something is there? So for future referense *please* assume Im talking to Snodgrass and not you, ok?
[quote]How does Snodgrass saying communism is garbage make him a socialist? Not getting it. Your quote doesn't seem relevant.[/quote]
Or take for example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_who_does_not_work,_neither_shall_he_eat
[quote]He who does not work, neither shall he eat is a New Testament aphorism originally by Paul the Apostle, later cited by John Smith in Jamestown, Virginia, and by Lenin during the Russian Revolution. [/quote]
[quote]Uncivil as I am, I would never dream of correcting someone like their parent in that fashion, even if I knew the person personally.[/quote] You are in a public place so spewing obscenities is not unlike shitting in the middle of a street. If you dont understand it insulting to passer bys then really there is no point trying to tell you something is there? So for future referense *please* assume Im talking to Snodgrass and not you, ok?
by JosieQ » Fri Oct 12, 2018 7:22 am
Nino wrote: I gave you a quote of a socialist slogan and a link to wikipedia. Were you just not bothered to go there and read
Stalin's most famous use of the concept is in his 1936 Soviet Constitution. He writes that "The principle applied in the U.S.S.R. is that of socialism: From each according to his ability, to each according to his work."
Or do you think that taking away 80% of ones labour is and giving it to freeloaders reflects "according to his work" fairly?
Yes I read it. Still don't understand what you're saying. I'm trying, but this makes absolutely no sense to me. How does Snodgrass saying communism is garbage make him a socialist? Not getting it. Your quote doesn't seem relevant.
Nino wrote: be more considered and use a more civil language.
Don't tell a stranger how to behave to another stranger. Since we are giving out unsolicited advice. It's absolutely smug and insultingly audacious. Uncivil as I am, I would never dream of correcting someone like their parent in that fashion, even if I knew the person personally.
[quote="Nino"]I gave you a quote of a socialist slogan and a link to wikipedia. Were you just not bothered to go there and read
[quote]Stalin's most famous use of the concept is in his 1936 Soviet Constitution. He writes that "The principle applied in the U.S.S.R. is that of socialism: From each according to his ability, to each according to his work."[/quote] Or do you think that taking away 80% of ones labour is and giving it to freeloaders reflects "according to his work" fairly?[/quote]
[quote="Nino"]be more considered and use a more civil language.[/quote]
Don't tell a stranger how to behave to another stranger. Since we are giving out unsolicited advice. It's absolutely smug and insultingly audacious. Uncivil as I am, I would never [i]dream[/i] of correcting someone like their parent in that fashion, even if I knew the person personally.
I gave you a quote of a socialist slogan and a link to wikipedia. Were you just not bothered to go there and read
Im not sure what point Astrogirl was making but imho
1)A lot of people are brainwashed about communism and socialism - you are conditioned to see red so to say while actually using quite a bit of it in daily life
2)communism (like other religions) is a fine thing in theory - problem is they assumed they can build a post-scarcity society in beginning of 20-th century over a couple of decades (did not go well). And the way post-scarcity society might turn out from capital side - e.g. robots taking over production and making non-robot-owning humans redundant is not gona be 100% happy either.
3)Often communism begins as populism (redistribution of goods not being the actual goal but a means to incite masses to rebellion) and ends up as a dictatorship
4)there *are* a lot of ugly things about capitalism. If Astrogirl is from somewhere in soviet block she (I assume) might have noticed that the people who became capitalists after communists were outsted are.... communists. Believe me , most of the current "oligarchs" are former party members - it isnt about the political agenda it is about power grabbing. So there are *a lot* of people who lost *a lot* during the 90-th so regarding
Ayn Rand WAS a starving child under the communist dictator that took her father's business, you fucking psychopath.
be more considered and use a more civil language.
[quote]Stalin's most famous use of the concept is in his 1936 Soviet Constitution. He writes that "The principle applied in the U.S.S.R. is that of socialism: From each according to his ability, to each according to his work."[/quote] Or do you think that taking away 80% of ones labour is and giving it to freeloaders reflects "according to his work" fairly?
4)there *are* a lot of ugly things about capitalism. If Astrogirl is from somewhere in soviet block she (I assume) might have noticed that the people who became capitalists after communists were outsted are.... communists. Believe me , most of the current "oligarchs" are former party members - it isnt about the political agenda it is about power grabbing. So there are *a lot* of people who lost *a lot* during the 90-th so regarding [quote]Ayn Rand WAS a starving child under the communist dictator that took her father's business, you fucking psychopath.[/quote] be more considered and use a more civil language.
by JosieQ » Thu Oct 11, 2018 10:27 pm
Explain your statement is what the question mark means. Explain how Snodgrass's setup showing communism is evil shows he's a socialist.
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Physical Exercise & Fitness
Evolution & Importance of Every Day Activity for Physical & Mental Health. Fun Tips, Body / Mind, Modern Life
Ideas to consider:
We evolved as hunter gatherers - walking and physical exercise would be an integral part of everyday life. In many western countries, we now live more sedentary lives. Driving to work, sitting at a desk or computer, watching tv at night etc. This lack of daily physical exercise must contribute to many malaises of modern society - obesity, depression, preventable disease and health problems.
Make exercise worthwhile and fun - e.g. grow your own vegetable garden, play sport with your kids, go fishing and catch dinner.
Importance of Sport - stirs up all sorts of tribal behaviour, competition and instincts. Self esteem, feel good factor. Addicted to good things - yoga, surfing!
Rather than start a fad diet or taking up a new sport, make healthy living a lifestyle! Avoid extremes, path of every day moderation.
Benefits of exercise outside rather than gym - sunshine, fresh air!
Exercise & Evolution
'As a species human work (exercise) capabilities and limitations are a result of our species specific anatomical and physiological characteristics, which are in turn defined by our genetic constitution. Similar to all other organisms, the human genome was shaped by environmental selective pressures over eons of evolutionary experience.
..Examination of both the hominid fossil record and structural and functional differences between modern humans and primates provides insight into the evolutionary changes which occurred in human anatomy and physiology which directly influenced the exercise capabilities of contemporary men and women.
Further, by studying modern hunter gatherer societies, it is possible to not only develop models of optimal exercise patterns for fitness, but to evaluate how the discordance between the activity patterns of modern sedentary societies and hunter gatherer societies is implicated in a wide variety of chronic degenerative diseases which plague contemporary humans.'
https://www.thepaleodiet.com/articles/Exercise%20&%20Evolution.pdf
Every Day Exercise
'We all know regular exercise is a must for good health. The National Institute of Medicine recommends at least 30 minutes to an hour of daily exercise, including swimming, brisk walking, and bicycling.
These 10 tips can help you work in a workout almost anytime and anyplace, either for free or dirt cheap, so the whole world is your health club.
1. Don't neglect that old standby, walking.
2. Housework counts!
3. Climb stairs.
4. Find some hills near home or work, and power up them.
5. Get out of the house, and go bowling! go to the park etc.
6. Stretch out.
7. If you're the outdoorsy type, go for a bike ride.
8. Get in the garden, and weed, weed, weed.
9. Pick up a jump rope or a slideboard.
10. Be a pal (volunteer to help a friend move house etc.)'
https://www.ahealthyme.com/topic/everydayex
ABC of Sports Medicine: Benefits of exercise in health and disease
'The claim that individual participation in adequate amounts of regular physical activity can improve health and prevent disease is fully justified. The scientific evidence is based on many studies - epidemiological, clinical, and physiological. A working party of the Royal College of Physicians, convened in 1989, examined this evidence, recognised its importance, and based a series of recommendations on it.
Coronary heart disease and stroke are identified as key priorities in the white paper, Health of the Nation. In these two conditions individual risk is dramatically reduced by a change in lifestyle and an increase in physical activity. Other important benefits fall into four categories: enhancing function, maintaining reserve capacities, preventing disease, and ameliorating the effects of age and chronic disease.'
Fentem BMJ.1994; 308: 1291-1295
https://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/extract/308/6939/1291
Tai Chi Chuan: Gentle, Beneficial Exercise
Tai chi chuan (TCC) is a Chinese conditioning exercise and is well known for its slow and graceful movements. Recent investigations have found that TCC is beneficial to cardiorespiratory function, strength, balance, flexibility, microcirculation and psychological profile. The long-term practice of TCC can attenuate the age decline in physical function, and consequently it is a suitable exercise for the middle-aged and elderly individuals. TCC can be prescribed as an alternative exercise programme for selected patients with cardiovascular, orthopaedic, or neurological diseases, and can reduce the risk of falls in elderly individuals. The exercise intensity of TCC depends on training style, posture and duration. Participants can choose to perform a complete set of TCC or selected movements according to their needs.
By Lan, Ching; Lai, Jin-Shin; Chen, Ssu-Yuan
Sports Medicine:Volume 32(4)2002pp 217-224
https://www.sportsmedicine.adisonline.com/pt/re/spo/abstract.00007256-200232040
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https://www.spaceandmotion.com/health/physical-exercise.htm
Physical Exercise: Fun Fitness Tips for Every Day Activity for Human Health, Evolution, Information, Sedentary Lifestyle
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Meet the Doers: How Nate Plamondon Helps Prevent Fraud and Attacks at ASU
By Jason Hupka December 06, 2019
In the next installment of our Meet the Doers series, we highlight Nate Plamondon.
Nate Plamondon is helping protect Arizona State University from fraud, cyberattacks and other threats on a daily basis as a Splunk architect. The Arizona native was first introduced to Splunk about four years ago while working as a systems administrator at Arizona State University, and was intrigued by its potential. When ASU had an opening for a Splunk administrator, Nate decided to give it a shot. Now as ASU’s Splunk architect, he is on the front line of IT security, and is imparting his wisdom to a new generation of student Splunk admins.
I recently sat down with him to discuss how Splunk is protecting the university from fraud and cyberattacks.
What are the business challenges you face as a Splunk architect at ASU?
It runs the gamut from security to using our data in the big-picture sense, like looking for academic integrity violations. Things like someone badging in at the rec center, but they’re also taking a test from Mumbai. We have an eye on VPN connections and we can see when you connect from two different places. So those are big red flags for our security team.
Do you have any specific metrics that you could share with some of your achievements?
We were the victims of payroll fraud for a very long time — basically a targeted phishing attack. These people would get into our system, crack someone's password, and log in just enough to make sure they could get to the person's payroll account right before pay period. Then they’d get all of their money, so that the employee didn’t get paid. ASU is self-insured, so we would just have to cut them another check and eat that loss.
We were losing around $60,000 dollars a month in payroll fraud. So we developed this dashboard and a corresponding report that goes out to HR before payroll runs, and it basically breaks down all direct deposit changes by “out of country,” “out of state,” and “in-region,” based on whether you're an employee or a student worker. It got to the point where we were no longer being hit by this group because we kept stopping them and they just gave up. Now HR will actually not run payroll without it. So when people tell me that Splunk is expensive, I tell them that I'm saving $60,000 dollars a month with it, and it's not expensive.
Are there any stories you can think of where you literally saved the day using Splunk?
We're a frequent target of DDoS attacks. So my security network teams use it fairly often to figure out a way to block those. Without some sort of monitoring tool like Splunk, we would just have "your network is slow." So they use Splunk to discover the sources and block them at the border.
What advice would you give your students or others who are new to Splunk?
Read the docs. And get in touch with the community and just become a part of it. I've never seen a community like this — it’s one of the things that endeared me to this product and company. We have an enormous amount of knowledge built up, and someone will have an idea of how to help you, or know where to point to if they don't.
What makes this community so different?
It's people who are passionate about the product. It's people who care about helping others run it well, and wanting to just learn everything about it. What I've seen in a lot of closed source product communities is a lot of competition. The Splunk Community is, "Oh yeah, I totally know how to do that. Here's how." The lack of competitiveness and the desire to help everyone do the best they can with the product is what really makes it.
Looking ahead, Nate said he’d bet his career on Splunk. In five years, he sees himself continuing to do what he’s doing now but on a grander scale, expanding Splunk’s use outside of IT into numerous other academic departments, where he will continue to explore its countless uses in different parts of the university. “This is not a small product, it's not something that I see dying on the vine anytime soon,” he says. “And there is definitely still going to be a role for a Splunk architect here.”
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You are here: Home / Sports Memorabilia News / Beast on the Brink: 1931 Portrait of Jimmie Foxx at Auction
Beast on the Brink: 1931 Portrait of Jimmie Foxx at Auction
October 20, 2015 By Rich Mueller
Jimmie Foxx already had three full and three part-time seasons under his belt when he arrived at the Philadelphia Athletics’ spring training camp in Florida in the late winter of 1931.
He was still only 24 years old.
The RMY Auctions Photo of the Day is an original 5×7 Acme News photo of the future Hall of Famer, who was approaching the zenith of his lengthy career. Still carrying the original caption and date stamps on the back, the photo is among 600 historic photos, many culled from decades-old newspaper archives, up for bid through Sunday night.
Well-liked by teammates and fans, Foxx hit 30 homers and drove in 120 runs in 1931, but that turned out to be just a warmup.
He would hit an eye-popping 106 homers and drive in 332 runs over the next two seasons, winning back-to-back American League MVP awards.
Foxx was one of several stars on Connie Mack’s squad that would make a third straight trip to the World Series after winning two straight. Al Simmons, Mickey Cochrane, Lefty Grove and George Earnshaw were also among the Athletics’ top performers but they would fall to the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games.
Bidding for the Foxx photo and hundreds of other historic images, continues through Sunday at RMYAuctions.com.
Original 1905 Rube Waddell Studio Photo at Auction Photo of the Day: Jimmie Foxx as a Cub Rare Chief Bender Photo Emerges Photo of the Day: Preparing for the World Series That Wasn’t Photo of the Day: Carl Horner Photo of Jim Delahanty at Auction Photo of the Day: Sandy Koufax Meets the World Rare Image of Joe Jackson in Action Kicks off Auction Photo of the Day: Thurman Munson at Kent State Photo of the Day: Jackie Robinson, Gridiron Star Photo of the Day: Packers vs Bears 1939
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Max Verstappen calls Lewis Hamilton jabs disrespectful
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain and Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands jostling for position during the Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix. (Luca Bruno/AP)
AUSTIN, Texas — Max Verstappen is happy to take all the space Lewis Hamilton will give him — in his head.
Verstappen fired back Thursday at the Mercedes driver’s verbal jabs after the Mexican Grand Prix. He said Hamilton’s suggestion to give the Red Bull driver as much space as possible to avoid getting hit on the race track were "disrespectful." Hamilton and Verstappen clashed when their cars bumped early in the opening lap in Mexico City last weekend. The contact caused Verstappen to drop from fourth to eighth and his chance of winning was ruined three laps later with a punctured tire when he touched Valtteri Bottas’ car.
Hamilton went on to win and Verstappen finished sixth. After the race, Hamilton said smart drivers give Verstappen plenty of room because he’s a "magnet" for contact. Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, who has had his own clashes with Verstappen, agreed.
"From my side, it was a bit of a silly comment to make," Verstappen said ahead of the U.S. Grand Prix. "I think I’m always a hard racer, but fair. I think it’s just not correct. But it’s easy to have a dig at someone. I don’t need to dig into other people in a press conference. I think it’s a bit disrespectful, and I prefer to fight on track, which I love to do.
"From my side, it’s fine," Verstappen said. "It’s always positive when they talk about you because that means you’re in their head."
Hamilton said he wasn’t trying to disrespect Verstappen.
"I was explaining the (race) scenario. No disrespect," Hamilton said.
Hamilton, 34, is chasing his sixth career F1 championship and can secure the title if he finishes no lower than eighth Sunday. Verstappen, who has eight career victories at age 22, including two this year, is fifth in the driver standings. Verstappen finished second at the U.S. Grand Prix last year.
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ERL T-Shirts
Born out of L.A.’s creative energy, ERL is a collaborative project involving designer Eli Russell Linnetz, artist Jordan Wolfson, and Nike. Prior to launching ERL, Linnetz was primarily known for his photography—having shot the likes of the Kardashians and Lady Gaga. However, it was at the University of Southern California that Linnetz learned how to sew; although the designer-cum-photographer had studied screenwriting, he paid his tuition by making costumes for the opera department. With the creation of ERL, Linnetz, who grew up on Venice Beach, envisioned a unisex label that reflected the heart and soul of L.A.’s youth. Like his photography, ERL exudes an air of nostalgia, with inspiration stemming from 90’s Pixar films, Venice Beach skaters, and the Santa Monica swim team. The menswear collection features t-shirts, hoodies, button-ups, shorts, and accessories in an array of vibrant colors and interesting textiles. Artfully emblazoned with logos and Wolfson’s graphics, each piece is defined by its straightforward and laid-back approach to design. Pulsating with sentimental energy, ERL promises a return to more innocent and simpler times.
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STRaND-1: Launched 2013
Space researchers at the University of Surrey's Surrey Space Centre and SSTL engineers developed STRaND-1, a 3U CubeSat weighing 3.5kg containing a smartphone payload that was launched into orbit in 2013. STRaND-1 was built in engineer's free time using advanced commercial off-the-shelf components.
At the heart of the satellite was a Google Nexus One smartphone with an Android operating system which the STRaND team hoped to use for some of the satellite's in-orbit operations thereby testing the capabilities of a number of standard smartphone components for a space environment.
STRaND-1 also flew innovative new technologies such as a WARP DRiVE (Water Alcohol Resistojet Propulsion Deorbit Re-entry Velocity Experiment), and electric Pulsed Plasma Thrusters (PPTs); both firsts to fly on a nanosatellite. It is also flying a 3D printed part - believed to be the first to fly in space!
Due to issues with the antenna, communications with STRaND-1 have been patchy and it has not been possible to switch on the smartphone onboard the satellite for long enough to use it for satellite operations.
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How can we make learning more accessible? How can we really bring it home? In 2005, we asked ourselves this question and with stars in our eyes began to think of a thousand different ways to answer it. Most of our answers led to the same place – learning works best through relationships. And so in 2006, we launched Teach Me 2, with our focus on relational learning. Today we manage over a thousand of South Africa’s most talented tutors, backed up by our experienced support staff. In addition to servicing private individuals, we’ve been approached by businesses, schools, education trusts and even film companies, to manage tutoring programmes for all sorts of purposes.
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Discovery Channel: LIFE debut on Seven Channels
Discovery Channel is taking over the screens of seven of its major networks for two hours on March 21st.
In addition to Discovery Channel, LIFE will debut simultaneously on TLC, Animal Planet, Science Channel, Investigation Discovery, Planet Green and Discovery Health Channel from 8-10PM ET. After that, with that taste hopefully getting viewers hungry for more, the series will continue with 10 more episodes solo on Discovery Channel.
“PLANET EARTH captivated the world unlike any other natural history series before or since…until now,” said Clark Bunting, president and general manager, Discovery Channel and president, Science Channel. “LIFE embodies Discovery’s 25-year mission to satisfy viewers’ curiosity about the world and its inhabitants. We want to give as many viewers as possible the opportunity to experience LIFE in its premiere telecast; we are confident they will be astounded.” Source Ecorazzi
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Vistage Peer Advisory Board - Maine
In addition to his consultancy business, Stockbridge Associates Principal George Casey also serves as the Chair of a Vistage private peer advisory group for chief executive officers in the Southern Maine.
Vistage is a leading business advisory and executive coaching organization that has been helping CEOs, business owners and executives transform and improve their businesses for more than 60 years.
As Vistage Chair for Southern Maine, George leverages his 40+ years of experience in executive leadership and consultancy to guide local business leaders through growth and change periods that affect their own personal lives and those of their employees, companies and communities. George meets with the group of executives (peer advisory board) that he is mentoring each month, gathering them together for confidential, candid roundtable discussions of their most urgent business issues. George guides the discussions, identifies resources and offers counsel and support throughout.
In addition to facilitating monthly group meetings for the peer advisory board, George meets individually with each executive in the group. The one-on-one meetings with George each month allow board members to dig deep into the challenges and opportunities they currently face. Drawing on his many years of experience, George guides each executive through critical decision-making and business transformations, while developing a personal rapport with each board member that often reaps rewards for years to come.
How Vistage Impacts Business Owners
With 23,000 members in 20 countries, Vistage brings together business leaders who value excellence over ego. Vistage provides members with the resources, relevant research, and insight and perspective needed to make wise and fruitful decisions. Vistage helps executives become better leaders, make better decisions and earn better results.
Through its peer advisory board membership model, Vistage members can access the valuable, real-world advice and perspective of their Chair, who acts as business coach, advisor and mentor. The Chair ensures that members remain accountable and committed to the goals they wish to reach, ultimately offering the insight and knowledge executives need to improve and transform their businesses and lives.
Some of the benefits of Vistage membership include:
Increased profitability and upward trends
Access to a real-world education and development program built on experience
Increased decision making and crisis management skills
Knowledge of industry best practices
Strategic planning and operational guidance
Structured accountability
Broadening of critical thinking abilities and business management expertise
Access to Vistage’s Research Center
What Vistage Members say ....
George is a very skilled leader with great analytical skills. He is a big believer in communicating to all parties what have "an oar in the water".
George is very knowledgeable and insightful in all aspects of production homebuilding and has consistently demonstrated the ability to translate his analytical skills into process oriented results.
He very effectively communicates goals and objectives that his reports can translate into actionable business plans. George is also very approachable as well as a true "players" coach.
Bob Zweier, President, Saussy Burbank
It is with great pride that I recommend George Casey. George continues to be a mentor to me and I regularly conclude my days with questions of reflection, and challenges for tomorrow, that I know George would ask of me.
George’s leadership style makes him extremely accessible to all levels of the organization. His approach to real estate is creative and visionary. He was able to utilize his experiences to formulate strategies that helped our organization emerge from reorganization.
John Evans, President, Pulte Group
George Casey has become my guiding light.
His wisdom, candor and ability to simplify complex situations is uncanny. He inspires me to be a better person both personally and professionally and to apply solid principles and values to my business and my everyday life.
I look forward to his ongoing support for years to come.
Bob Smith, Sebasco Resorts, Phippsburg
Vistage create an environment where I could learn and grow as a leader and reinforced for me the strengths I bring to my company. It has given me insights on my leadership style and has pushed me to be more effective and more focused.
Through my monthly meetings with the Vistage group and with my Chair (George Casey), my business acumen and strategic focus has accelerated significantly.The investment of time and resources is small compared to the ROI.
George (Casey) has given me the skills and knowledge to me a much better CEO and leader. He taught me how to balance my work schedule to become more productive. He is a mentor, a tough-love coach, and a business genius. He builds on your strengths and asks the tough questions. He truly shapes you into becoming the most effective leader you can be.
June Koegel, CEO, Volunteers of America-Northern New England
We have known George for over 20 years, after searching him out to collaborate with our company, IBACOS, due to his unmatched industry experience, expertise and passion for housing. Over the years, he has advised both both of us and our executive leadership team from strategic and financial performance perspectives.
His positive attitude, brilliant mind, ego-less stance, and straightforward desire to create business value for his clients is unmatched!
Mark Tilley, Co-Founder and CEO, IBACOS
George was invaluable in helping to establish BuildIQ as a new company in the digital knowledge space within the U.S. homebuilding industry. He provided tremendous strategic insight from a production homebuilder executive’s point of view, which helped us define and develop our offering. He guided the new company’s evolution – and coached me in my CEO role – as an active member of BuildIQ’s Board of Directors.
Michael Dickens, CEO, BuildIQ Inc.
Vistage brings together a diverse group of owners and CEOs with similar challenges and opportunities for growing and managing their businesses in today’s corporate culture.
I have found both our meetings with the entire group and personal 121’s with George always relevant and pertinent to my business situation. Vistage provides in-depth issues processing combined with proven strategic planning advice.
George is an excellent facilitator and keenly identifies areas for improvement and helps keep us all on task.
Rick Conant, RLC Engineering
George came in to Thrive to help me lead our people and our company to higher levels of performance. While we will always strive for improvement his impact on our company has led to dramatic improvements. George is now a Thriver, he is one of us.
If you are trying to take your company to a higher level, George will help you get there. Thrive is a much better company today than when he first started working with us. I consider him a trusted advisor and a friend who is willing to tell you what you NEED to hear.
Gene Myers, President, Thrive
George and his company have been a tremendous asset to us at Princeton Communities, LLC. The knowledge he has been able to provide through real life experiences and examples not only provided us with a wealth of information, but allowed us to think about investing and planning in new and exciting ways.
George helped us streamline our operations by drilling down on important issues while quickly moving from concept to conclusion of our projects, the effects of which we see directly in our bottom line. Many of his suggestions for improvement have been implemented in our day to day operations, with truly amazing results. I will not hesitate to continue to rely on the George and his team at Stockbridge Associates in the future as Princeton Communities continues to grow with their expert guidance and assistance.
Jeff Cernuto, President of Princeton Communities in Mooresville, NC.
A Community Like No Other ....
Vistage brings together executive leaders and business owners who are focused on and committed to identifying opportunities for growth and improvement, both professionally and personally. The honest feedback and support that comes out of monthly meetings allows members to feel confident as they make crucial decisions and formulate strategies for the future.
Vistage members are people who want to give back to their professions, communities and fellow business leaders. They possess valuable insight and perspective that can help fellow business leaders navigate complex issues, better understand industry best practices and ultimately become better leaders.
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To learn more about George Casey, Vistage executive coaching and how we can help increase your business’ profitability, call us at 207-869-5491 or email info@stockbridgeassoc.com.
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Donors’ Corner
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Storycatchers Theatre could not deliver its award-winning programs to court-involved young people without the support of many individual and institutional donors. Right now, the company is poised to make an extraordinary evolutionary leap because of the generosity and vision of Chicago Beyond, a philanthropic venture capital fund that seeks to create opportunity and access that the young people of Chicago deserve in school, career and life.
In August of 2016, Chicago Beyond honored the Storycatchers post-release employment program, Changing Voices, with one of its first-ever GO Innovate Awards. The GO Innovate challenge sought early-stage ideas that offer innovative programming in two topic areas: Supporting College Matriculation and Graduation; and Reengaging Youth in Work and School.
Changing Voices employs recently released young people ages 16-24 in a process that Storycatchers designs to increase successful rates of reentry, and to help these formerly detained or incarcerated youth develop the capacity to become peer mentors and agents of positive social change in their own communities.
The innovation investment from Chicago Beyond includes a two-year, non-renewable investment to expand Changing Voices from one cohort to three by 2018; and a research partnership with the University of Chicago’s Urban Labs to evaluate the impact of the investment. Storycatchers has worked closely with Chicago Beyond and Urban Labs to identify key outcomes that will help Chicago Beyond better understand what works, for whom, and why, in order to impact a greater number of young Chicagoans and increase the field of knowledge in these topic areas.
“Having this research partnership is an incredible opportunity,” notes Storycatchers’ new Executive Director Priya Shah. “The recognition by Chicago Beyond, paired with Urban Labs’ expertise, will help us to assess and scale our program model for effective replication.” The company’s Founder and Artistic Director, Meade Palidofsky, adds, “the financial and evaluation support we are receiving from Chicago Beyond is moving us closer to our long-term goal for Changing Voices – first a statewide network, and then a national model. We envision program alumni working alongside Storycatchers’ professional teaching artists as critically needed models of post-release success for their peers.”
“Throughout our first innovation challenge, it became incredibly clear that Storycatchers is a leading innovator working to improve life outcomes for our city’s most vulnerable population,” said Liz Dozier, Managing Director of Chicago Beyond. “Knowing that 60% of young Chicagoans recidivate following incarceration, our investment partnership will provide the broader field and Storycatchers with gold-standard evidence about what makes a measurable difference in the lives of their participants. We are thrilled to work alongside Storycatchers and amplify the impact of their work here in Chicago and beyond.”
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By Tim Siglin Contributing Editor
The State of Enterprise Video 2012
(This article appears in the February/March 2012 issue of Streaming Media magazine, our annual Streaming Media Industry Sourcebook.)
It's often said that the enterprise is both the backbone and the Achilles' heel of streaming media deployment sales. It's the backbone because the number of encoding, transcoding, or rich media capture units sold to small businesses and Fortune 500 companies alike can far exceed the number sold to entertainment companies. It's the Achilles' heel because, once a sale is made, enterprise customers tend to use the solutions for years beyond the typical replacement date when a media company would upgrade its streaming technologies and platforms.
In the world of enterprise computing, there have only been two instances where consumer devices have led enterprise devices in terms of early adoption: in the mid-1990s as desktop computing and discrete graphics card growth was led by gamers, and again in recent years as smartphones based on Android and iOS operating systems edged out media-limited BlackBerry devices favored by corporations.
Both of these instances centered on media consumption, so it should come as no surprise that the smartphone wave is one of the key challenges facing enterprise IT administrators today. The challenge has three distinct areas: sandboxing, unified communications, and enterprise content delivery network (ECDN) platforms. Let's briefly examine all three in light of media consumption within the enterprise.
Sandboxing
A term that had previously been the domain of IT administrators, sandboxing has risen to top of mind because of one simple acronym: BYOD (bring your own device). As enterprise IT budgets are curtailed, the idea of providing access to corporate networks
via an employee's own device is both appealing and frightening to IT managers.
Many companies have been led along the BYOD path by employees who received iPhones or iPads for home use, but found them more effective than their company-issued laptops for corporate use. Media consumption and presentations top the list of benefits advocated for tablet or smartphone device use within the enterprise.
To accommodate employee—especially executive—interest in tablets and smartphones, IT managers have begun using sandboxing techniques to cordon off access to various parts of the corporate network based on the device's level of popularity, as well as its potential for secure communications within the corporate network.
One way to approach sandboxing is through geolocation-based filtering, in much the same way that digital rights management (DRM) solutions have used location-aware filtering for a number of years. Yet the typical multinational corporation has an unusually high number of employees who travel between countries, so geolocation alone can't be the sole criteria for blocking content in the simplistic way that media and entertainment companies implement regional streaming blockages.
To that end, companies such as Mobile Active Defense (M.A.D. Partners, LLC) and Zenprise concoct a complex amalgam of business rules that take into account whether an employee is in a particular location, whether he or she is inside or outside the firewall, and whether the profile access allows him or her to view particular content. In essence, this allows multiple firewalls on a per-device, per-location basis.
Interestingly, none of the solutions on the market in early 2011, when Mobile Active Defense and Zenprise exhibited their offerings at the RSA Conference, really addresses video rights management and the potential to remotely disable playback of video content. A few weeks later, though, Adobe Systems, Inc. introduced Flash Access as a potential solution for Android devices.
Adobe already has a foothold in the enterprise, since Flash Player technology is used by many enterprise customers—including those who have Windows Media solutions inside the firewall—to reach external customers, both existing and potential.
As of the time of this writing, Flash Access hasn't really picked up steam in the enterprise as much as it has in the media and entertainment world, and Microsoft is well-positioned to offer its PlayReady DRM solution for sandboxing within the context of its massive footprint in the enterprise, so we'll be watching sandboxing and BYOD closely in 2012.
This term once exclusively meant the integration of mobile, home, and work phones, where the same call would ring to all phones. Fortunately, those days are long gone. The unified communications term is now used in enterprise settings to denote an integration of desktop presentation or collaboration tools, a backend server, asset management, and the integration of real-time and archived voice communications. Examples of desktop presentation or collaboration tools might include Adobe Connect; Cisco Systems, Inc.'s WebEx; or Microsoft SharePoint.
In the past year, a number of companies began probing the integration of video communications into unified communications platforms. Each approached it from a slightly different angle.
Companies such as Adobe and Microsoft already had video communications tools in their product portfolios, so their focus was on tweaking features or aligning video services more closely with other tools. Microsoft also augmented its offerings with the late 2011 purchase of VideoSurf, Inc., a video indexing company, but current plans are to focus its facial recognition and metadata features on consumer entertainment before integrating VideoSurf into enterprise offerings.
Polycom, Inc., an independent maker of audioconferencing and videoconferencing solutions, also sought to augment its HD videoconferencing and streaming tools with rich media capture, archiving, and asset management. Shortly before Polycom announced its intent to acquire Accordent Technologies, Inc., the Accordent team won a Best of Show award at ITEXPO East 2011 for the Accordent Enterprise Video Management platform as the Best Large Enterprise Solution on display at the expo. Show sponsors noted the Accordent platform's ability "to streamline the video creation, delivery and management challenge for large organizations, and particularly to do so while leveraging their underlying Microsoft infrastructure investments."
Analytics, scale, quality, and artificial intelligence are top trends in enterprise video. And live streaming is catching on in a variety of new areas.
Enterprise video platforms set themselves apart from their media and entertainment counterparts, and vendors learn it takes significant reengineering to serve the business market.
In an exciting period of revival, new features and new formats stemming from last year's entertainment solutions bring significant changes to the enterprise. Here are seven areas to watch.
Balancing the need for security with employees' desire to use their own devices at work, enterprise video delivery platforms are more than just a pale imitation of consumer platforms.
Vimeo Members Hit by Phishing Email Scam
A high-level phishing attack targeted members of the video sharing site Vimeo, and purported to come from Washington Post reporters.
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Pancreatic Cancer Trial Data Will Be Released Soon
A biotech company that has begun clinical testing of human antibodies to treat cancers is in discussion with potential partners.
MabVax Therapeutics Holdings Inc. (MBVX:NASDAQ), an antibody discovery and development company geared to meet unmet medical needs for treating cancer, recently provided an update on its business strategy.
The San Diego-based company, working with advisor Greenhill & Co., is in "advanced discussions with a variety of interested parties for potential multiple transaction proposals as well as continuing to identify new opportunities." Greenhill was brought on to assist in "exploring and evaluating strategic options with the goal of maximizing stockholder value."
"It is known that Big Pharma are starting to take an interest in the company." � Clive Maund
David Hansen, the president and CEO of MabVax, stated, "Our engagement with Greenhill, whose sole mandate has been to provide MabVax with opportunities in exploring and evaluating strategic options, is progressing extremely well. We are now in advanced discussions with several third parties regarding potential partnering of certain antibody assets for defined fields of use. At the end of this process, MabVax expects to retain rights to key aspects of our antibody development program to build value for our shareholders by advancing on our own some of these assets. We are very optimistic that we will successfully conclude this process early this year."
At the same time, MabVax is advancing its Phase 1 clinical programs, including the "MVT-1075 radioimmunotherapy clinical trial for the treatment of pancreatic, colon and lung cancers, and the MVT-5873 clinical trial in combination with a standard of care chemotherapy as a first line therapy for patients newly diagnosed with pancreatic cancer."
In December, the company announced the completion of enrollment and dosing in the initial cohort of the MVT-1075 trial. According to the news release, the "primary objective is to determine the maximum tolerated dose and safety profile in patients with recurring disease who have failed prior therapies. Secondary endpoints are to evaluate tumor response rate and duration of response by RECIST 1.1, and to determine dosimetry and pharmacokinetics." Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City and Honor Health in Scottsdale, Arizona, are among the investigative sites.
The company plans to enroll additional cohorts of patients in the trial and notes that it "remains on track to report results in the first quarter of 2018."
The Phase 1 clinical trials for MVT-5873 are also ongoing. The product is being evaluated in "combination with gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel in first line therapy for the treatment of newly diagnosed patients with pancreatic cancer."
"MabVax remains on track to report results in the first quarter of 2018 for Phase 1 trials of MVT-1075."
At the AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference in October, MabVax provided an update, noting "encouraging preliminary tumor response data when MVT-5873 was given in combination with nab-paclitaxel and gemcitabine in newly diagnosed patients with CA19-9 positive pancreatic cancer." The company highlighted that "two of three subjects receiving 0.125 mg/kg MVT-5873 in combination with gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel had a partial response."
MabVac plans to release interim safety results for MVT-5873 by the end of this quarter.
The basis for MabVac's treatment is the HuMab-5B1 antibody. According to the company, it was discovered from the "immune response of cancer patients vaccinated with an antigen-specific vaccine during a Phase 1 trial at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK). The HuMab-5B1 antibody has excellent tumor targeting capabilities, as well as being internalized by pancreatic cancer cells. These important attributes have allowed us to use the HuMab-5B1 antibody as a tumor-targeting platform."
Technical analyst Clive Maund has been following the company at CliveMaund.com for several months. On Sept. 19, he noted that "it is known that Big Pharma are starting to take an interest in the company as several of its drug projects approach successful completion."
On Jan. 11, Maund wrote, "we can see signs in recent days that the price is limbering up to break out of the base, specifically, it yesterday tried to break out above the resistance at the upper boundary of it, and while it didn't quite make it, this attempt was on the strongest volume since October, a sign that it won't be long before it does succeed in breaking out."
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The S-Curve Reveals It Is Early Days in the Marijuana Growth Cycle
Ron Struthers of Struthers Resource Stock Report discusses recent trends in cannabis investing and profiles a handful of cannabis companies.
Oncology Biotech with Precision Medicine Focus Added to Analyst's 2018 Top-Pick List
A small-cap biotech focused on developing customized treatments for cancer patients has earned inclusion on the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index, as well as caught the eye of analyst Michael King of JMP Securities.
Immuno-oncology Pure Play 'Ideally Positioned to Capture Value'
Maxim Group analyst Jason McCarthy explained why investors should focus on this emerging technology and one developer that is well-positioned to capture value in the space.
Coverage Initiated on Developer of Potential Breast Cancer Therapy Competitor
Jason Kolbert, an analyst with Maxim Group, explained the drivers behind adding this drug and drug delivery developer to his coverage universe.
Preliminary Phase 2 Clinical Data Provides 'First Spark to Game-Changing Thesis'
H.C. Wainwright & Co. reported on the significance of preliminary data for treatments for head and neck cancer, as well as for cervical cancer.
Coverage Resumed on Developer of 'Drug Candidate with Blockbuster Potential'
Andr� Uddin, an analyst with Mackie Research Capital Corp., shared his thesis for investing in this biotech.
Regenerative Medicine Company's China Deal is 'Dramatically Transformational'
Echelon Wealth Partners detailed the terms and impact of this cell therapy developer's recent alliance in Asia.
Several Milestones on Horizon for 'Top Pick' Immunotherapy Firm
Douglas Loe, an analyst with Echelon Partners, outlined the reasons this biotech deserves Top Pick status.
Test for Personalized Approach to Hodgkin's Lymphoma Treatment Entering Final Stages Before Commercialization
One analyst believes 2018 could mark a 'dramatic turnaround' for this biotech company, which is at the forefront of using three-dimensional telomere analysis to personalize medical treatment.
2018 Biotech Watchlist: 'No One Space Is Going to Dominate'
Michael King of JMP Securities provides a comprehensive round-up of companies he has selected for the 2018 Biotech Watchlist�companies in immuno-oncology, gene editing, and other indications that he believes offer promising opportunities for patients and investors.
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And now PETA's protesting the Assassin's Creed 4 videogame (but why?)
Tag: peta
Tag: Assassin's Creed
PETA's not pleased with Ubisoft's latest chapter in the Assassin's Creed franchise.
Now that the veil has begun to be pulled back on Sony's PlayStation 4, we're getting a a glimpse at a number of exciting new games. Included on that list is the latest Assassin's Creed game. Its lush graphics have everyone excited -- except for PETA. In one screenshot, it was revealed that whaling would play some kind of role in the story. Yes, that means that players will take part in some whaling themselves.
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PETA tells the director of Toy Story 4 that Bo Peep's cruel crook is a crock
PETA purrs for The Last Jedi, Jumanji and more with pro-animal ‘Oscats’ awards
And that is the reason for PETA's frustration.
Whaling—that is, shooting whales with harpoons and leaving them to struggle for an hour or more before they die or are hacked apart while they are still alive—may seem like something out of the history books, but this bloody industry still goes on today in the face of international condemnation, and it’s disgraceful for any game to glorify it. PETA encourages video game companies to create games that celebrate animals—not games that promote hurting and killing them.
This is certainly not the first time PETA has been up in arms over a videogame. Last time it was over Super Mario skinning some poor tanooki. That situation, like this one, raises the same ethical query -- does violence against animals in videogames license violence toward animals in the real world? Not a question with a simple answer, considering how it links in with the accusations that videogames are a cause for violence across the board.
Ubisoft has yet to make a statement. To remove an entire element of a game would probably be quite a lot of work, but is it worth it? What do you think?
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2 Loyalty Drive, Somerset, Bermuda MA 01
©2016 by Team Hurricane Basketball Academy. Proudly created with Wix.com
TEAM HURRICANE BASKETBALL ACADEMY
We Go Hard!
Team Hurricane Basketball Academy is registered Bermuda charity that uses the sport of basketball as a vehicle for positive change for youth of Bermuda and the world beyond.
Team Hurricane Basketball Academy is Bermuda's first and original ELITE youth basketball academy. Our program features the top youth basketball players in the country. We build high character student-athletes who bring a commitment and joy to the game, as well as being distinguished for the integrity and class that they bring to the sport, their families and their community. Team Hurricane Basketball Academy provides a platform in which student-athletes can train, develop and reach their academic and athletic potential. We provide the best competitive basketball experience for student-athletes who want to pursue a college education. Our programs include training, mentoring, academic tutoring and assisting student-athletes in navigating the college recruiting process.
TEAM HURRICANE DIVISIONS
Youth & Prep
Get your game on at Team Hurricane Basketball Academy and join one of our teams. We offer two divisions - Youth Division for ages 7 thru 13 and a Prep Division for ages 14 - 21.v We train all year round and the program is FREE!!!
Contact us for more information or to register.
TEAM HURRICANE
PREP DIVISION
Train with the Best
DOUG REED
Founder/Head Coach
Douglas Reed, who is first and foremost an educator, leads Team Hurricane Basketball Academy. He has nearly fourteen year’s experience as an educator in the Bermuda and New York City Public School Systems. Coach Reed graduated from Syracuse University and the Samuel I. Newhouse School of Public Communications with a degree in Communications Management. Doug Reed also received a Master of Science Degree in Primary Education from Lehman College (Bronx, NY).
With over 22 years of basketball coaching experience, Coach Reed founded Team Hurricane Basketball Academy in April 2013. Prior to the start of Team Hurricane, he served as Head Coach for Bermuda’s U19 Select Basketball team, and as well, Head Coach for the Emmanuel Baptist Church AAU Basketball Program (Brooklyn, NY), and Holcomb L. Rucker High School Varsity Boys Basketball (Bronx, NY). Coach Reed also served as Assistant Coach for the Boys Varsity Basketball Team at Manhattan Village Academy (New York, NY).
KENT TACKLYN
Associate Head Coach
Coach Kent Tacklyn attended Morris Brown College in Atlanta Georgia, on an academic scholarship where while playing intramural basketball was invited by the basketball team captains to try out for the basketball team. In his second year on the team he was named the SIAC’s defensive player of the year and was third in the conference in rebounding. Coach Tacklyn has a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Electrical Engineering. Coach Tacklyn was an assistant coach for the Bermuda U19 Select Boys basketball for 3 years (2011-2013). Coach Tacklyn played for the Bermuda Men’s National Team in 2009 where the team won a gold medal in the Small Island Games.
Team Hurricane has a number of current players studying and playing abroad in the U.S. and U.K.
Jalen Currin - 5' 10" point guard, Class of 2018, Forman School (CT).
Kumari Tannock, 5' 10" point guard, Class of 2018 , IMG Academy (FL).
Sean Tucker, 5' 11" point guard, Class of 2018, Ardingly College (U.K.)
Yontz Sutton - 6' 2" combo guard, Class of 2018, Washington Academy (ME)
Rye Ahronson - 6' 4" shooting guard, Class of 2019, Valley forge Military Academy (PA)
TEAM HURRICANE TRAINING FACILITIES
Team Hurricane Basketball Academy trains at the modern facilities of Warwick Academy and Bermuda College.
WARWICK ACADEMY
Saturdays 2pm-4pm
Saturdays 2pm-4pm, Tuesdays 5pm-7pm
BERMUDA COLLEGE
Tuesdays 5pm-7pm
TEAM HURRICANE PROGRAMS
Team Hurricane-Global Squad Invitational Camp @ Warwick ACademy
Team Hurricane at Global Squad International Showcase 2015
TEAM HURRICANE INVITATIONAL CAMP
Every spring, the Team Hurricane Basketball Academy hosts the Team Hurricane-Global Squad Invitational Skills Camp - a triumph for Bermuda youth basketball. Team Hurricane Founder and President, Doug Reed, hands the reins to coaches of Alexander Basketball Academy, a well-regarded basketball institution experienced in bringing international players to U.S. college coaches. The camp is designed to scout and recruit, invited NCAA level talent from here in Bermuda.
Held over the course of three days at Bermuda College and Warwick Academy, players are challenged to push past their physical and mental limits. Our student-athletes learn fundamental training techniques including proper footwork, speed, agility, ball-handling, and shooting. By camp’s end, Team Hurricane players have the tools necessary to train at a high level.
Participation in our invitational camp can lead to summer opportunities that include:
1) Enrollment in the Alexander Basketball Academy's Global Squad Summer Intensive Training Program. The Global Squad Experience provides international student- athletes with an opportunity to get recruited by U.S. colleges and universities, by putting them in front of college coaches, while providing elite training required to play at the next level. The Global Squad has an excellent recipe for success when it comes to helping international basketball players get recruited to play in the United States. In four years they have helped nearly 40 players get recruited by colleges, universities, junior colleges and top prep schools.
Once on The Hill School campus, a coaching staff that consists of professional players, current and former NCAA basketball players train the young men. Global Squad also has several NCAA college coaches and strength training experts on staff. Such a diverse staff makes for a unique environment for Bermuda student-athletes to learn the game and improve.
2) The Global Squad International Showcase. Held the first week in July at the renowned preparatory academy, The Hill School, in Pottstown, PA. The Global Squad International Showcase enables Team Hurricane players to play in front of college coaches looking for student-athletes for their schools.
This past summer International Showcase had over 40 coaches in attendance, including those from Division 1 institutions like: Arizona State, Marquette, South Carolina,George Mason, VCU, Seton Hall, George Washington, Drexel, Quinnipiac, Dayton, San Diego, Fairfield, UNC Greensboro, Longwood, Towson, NJIT, Mt. St. Mary's, U of Milwaukee, and James Madison.
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Students First!
STUDENTS FIRST EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
Team Hurricane’s Students First Educational Program is organized and overseen by Registered Psychologist, Dr. Mellisa Gibbons Tankard of HARTT Services and former Project Director of Higher Achievers Afterschool Program in Washington DC.
Consistent with established programs that focus on developing the scholar athlete, Students First provides direct academic assistance for students in the form of academic screening, individualized tutoring (based on perceived needs) and guidance towards other professionals that can assist with their long term career goals on and off the basketball court. This program has merit and potential and can assist Team Hurricane coaches with providing updated information as to the overall potential of the student when recruiters express interest in a player.
Joshua & Kai with S.U. mascot, Otto.
Team Hurricane Year 1 trip to Syracuse University
Team Hurricane @ Syracuse University 2016
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL CAMP
For the third year in a row, Team Hurricane Basketball Academy returned to Syracuse University & the Jim Boeheim Basketball Camp (August 1 – August 5, 2016). This experience once again enabled the Team Hurricane Basketball Academy to promote the college experience to its young people while also providing Team Hurricane players the opportunity to learn the game the same way the renowned Syracuse University Orange squad is coached and, in the process, helped the sport of basketball grow in Bermuda. This year, 11 student-athletes attended, which included for the first time ever 3 student-athletes from our youth division (ages 7 thru 13). Colby Mapp (NBA Division) was named Most Improved Player, while Colby and camp teammate Sean Tucker vied played in the championship game on the camp’s final day, as did Joshua Dears (NCAA Division). Jalen Currin came away as 3-on-3 Champion (NBA Division).
As one can see, we provide many life-enriching opportunities for our student-athletes. To keep up to date with our programs and news, please don't hesitate to contact us to be included on the mailing list for the Team Hurricane Review Newsletter.
HURRICANES IN THE NEWS!
JOREL SMITH AND DIGICEL NBA JUMPSTART EXPERIENCE
3 HURRICANES INVITED TO GLOBAL SQUAD
TEAM HURRICANE GLOBAL SKILLS CAMP TRIUMPH
HURRICANE HIGHLIGHTS
BRYCE GONSALVES - GLOBAL SQUAD SUMMER EXPERIENCE
JOREL SMITH - GLOBAL SQUAD SUMMER EXPERIENCE
RYE AHRONSON - GLOBAL SQUAD SUMMER EXPERIENCE
TEAM HURRICANE GLOBAL ELITE TRAINING
Our first program under this new initiative will be the Donnie Arey Basketball Advanced Training Camp. The camp will be held September 15 – September 18 at Warwick Academy, the Donnie Arey Basketball Advanced Training Camp will target advanced level performance basketball training done at a High School, University and Pro level. The focus is on drills that prepare players for the fitness and skill levels needed to compete well at their current and future basketball opportunities. This session will be made to challenge while also having fun during this great basketball skills workout.
Since our charity's founding in April 2013, Team Hurricane Basketball Academy sponsors have played a tremendous role in our success. These generous organizations are pillars of our community and deserve our gratitude. Their generosity supports much of the activity that goes on at Team Hurricane Basketball Academy, and so we thank them for their contributions.
OUR SPONSORS (CONTINUED)
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Mercury Browser
Last updated by site.editor on 25. March 2017 - 05:58
A web browser with a big amount of settings and options you can think of, plus Ad Blocker and Download manager.
Get It: Android | iOS
Website: https://mercury-browser.com/
Review & Alternatives: Best Free Web Browser for iOS
Categories: Browsing, Lightweight Browser
Tags: web-browser, mobile-browser, mobile-web-browser
Pros & Cons:
Fast, vast amount of options and features.
Not all features worked, unstable at times.
Our Review:
Main features accroding to manufacture:
Mercury is the most advanced and elegant web browser for mobile devices.
The rich feature set includes: Themes; Download; Full-screen Browsing; File Sharing; Adblock; Tabs; Multi Touch Gestures; User Agent Switcher; Private Browsing; Passcode Lock; Save Page; Facebook/Twitter integration and a lot more.
Mercury web browser is a very interesting option. Mercury’s theory is to make a web browser for iOS that is more like a full desktop browser rather than a cut down version.
Mercury browser installs quickly and opens as quickly as any other browser I have reviewed. There is no tutorial to get the user started, which would have been a good idea because of the vast amount of features available. The first thing that struck me was that it’s very cluttered and not well designed for mobile devices. However, Mercury has thought of this and has a full screen option that hides all buttons and allows the browser to use most of the display.
Web pages load very quickly and are rendered perfectly. Mercury has an option called Readability that reloads a web page and makes it more comfortable to read. This works very well on web pages that contain mostly text, such as Wikipedia. However, Readability didn’t work on some websites I tested it with. It would also occasionally crash and close the browser for no apparent reason.
The big plus side to the Mercury browser is the amount of settings available. Just about any options you can think of are available. For example: Gestures; Brightness; Passcode; Scroll Bar; Set Home Page; to name but a few. There are quite a few full desktop browsers that don’t have the amount of settings Mercury has. OK, the average user will probably not use most of these options, but I would rather have them than not.
My favorite feature of Mercury browser is the Ad Blocker setting. When this is enabled it will block all adverts on a web page. This is a fantastic feature because there is nothing more annoying than having loads of ads filling a website on a mobile device.
Mercury also comes with a Downloads manager. Anyone who has used a desktop web browser will know how useful this is. Mercury also has very good integration with Dropbox, Facebook and Twitter.
There is no other browser that has the vast amount of features as Mercury. Although I found some features didn’t work correctly and the browser felt quite unstable at times, these problems will hopefully get fixed and this will result in very good alternative browser.
Mercury Browser was reviewed by Gizmos Freeware on 2017-03-25 based on version 8.7.2.
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Andrew Garfield Faces Backlash For Saying He's Living Like a Gay Man
Sexual Health + Identity
Not OK.
By Brittney McNamara
Andrew Garfield is currently starring in a play called Angels in America, about the AIDS crisis in the 1980s. In the film, Andrew — a self-identified straight man — plays a gay man battling AIDS. Given that LGBTQ people don't get proper representation in media, Andrew's portrayal of a gay man itself is problematic, but he landed in even more hot water when he said he feels like a gay man, just without the sexual contact with other men.
According to People, Andrew said during a discussion on Monday that he's been living like a gay man to prepare for the role, just not having sex with other men. Living like a gay man, Andrew joked, entails watching RuPaul's Drag Race.
“My only time off during rehearsals — every Sunday — I would have eight friends over and we would just watch Ru,” Andrew said. “This is my life outside of this play. I am a gay man right now just without the physical act — that’s all.”
But watching Drag Race does not a gay man make. By saying he's living like a gay man, just without the physical act, Andrew is basically saying he's enjoying certain parts of gay culture without risking the persecution gay men really face. It's not watching a television show that puts queer people at an increased risk of violence, it's the idea that their sexual preference is wrong or perverted that makes them at risk of abuse. So if Andrew is saying he's a gay man "without the physical act," he's essentially saying he's co-opting a lifestyle without any of the risk.
An audio file published by the Daily Beast makes it sound like Andrew made the comment jokingly, using a very tongue-in-cheek tone, but this joke is still clearly in poor taste. Even in jest, Andrew's statement offended some people, and LGBTQ people were quick to point out exactly why.
"The straight white privilege of Andrew Garfield. Must be nice to be able to be gay without any of the hardships," comedian and writer H. Alan Scott wrote on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/HAlanScott/status/882667001545498624
Others said things to a similar effect, calling Andrew out for his privilege.
https://twitter.com/Nico_Lang/status/882645787137761280
https://twitter.com/thescottevans/status/882756348487712768
While Andrew likely didn't intend to offend a group of people he's attempting to be an ally to, he seems to have missed the mark with this comment. We hope Andrew takes this as a learning experience.
This post has been updated to include the audio file of Andrew's remarks.
Related: Watch Lady Gaga Give an Inspirational Speech to RuPaul's Drag Race Contestants
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Transportation Overtakes Electricity As Top Polluting Sector
The change comes from ”the cleanup of America’s electric grid.”
Sonia Smith
https://www.texasmonthly.com/energy/transportation-overtakes-electricity-top-polluting-sector/
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Transportation edged out electricity as the biggest source of carbon emissions last year in the United States, the first time this has happened since 1978, Bloomberg reported this week, citing data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
This led Bloomberg to declare the transportation sector—which includes cars, trucks, trains, planes, and boats—”America’s New Pollution King.” And this trend is continuing in 2017, as U.S. Energy Information Administration data for the first eight months of the year for the transportation and electricity sectors shows.
It is worth noting that in Texas, this switch actually happened a year earlier: in 2015, the state’s transportation sector emitted 216.9 million metric tons of carbon dioxide while the electric power sector emitted 213.6 million metric tons, according to state-level data from the U.S. EIA.
As Bloomberg‘s Tom Randall writes, “The big reversal didn’t happen because transportation emissions have been increasing. In fact, since 2000 the U.S. has experienced the flattest stretch of transportation-related pollution in modern record keeping. . . The big change has come from the cleanup of America’s electric grid.” It’s not that we’re using less electricity these days, we’re just increasingly getting it from cleaner sources, like natural gas and renewables, and retiring coal plants, so the carbon footprint of the sector is dropping off.
Emissions from transportation will trend downward in coming years and decades as electric and hybrid vehicles gain a larger foothold. “Investments in electric cars may soon begin to do to the transportation sector what wind and solar have done to the power sector: turn the pollution curve upside down,” Randall continues. And as electricity sources get greener, so does the overall carbon footprint of these EVs and hybrids.
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Romeo Santos and Usher Video – Promise (English and Spanish)
El Video Oficial De Romeo Santos y Usher “Promise” AQUI! Se estreno Oct 3 en los canales MTV, MTVHITS, MTV3, MTVU.
Seems like for the next month my website is just going to be about Usher and Romeo and their new single “Promise”…
But what can I do? I am only giving the fans what they want, and Romeo Santos sure knows how to keep the interest of his followers as every move he is making seems to top the last one. And I imagine with all the success he is having his own expectations on what to deliver to the fans will always continue to grow.
As the buzz has all been for the last couple of days since Alex Sensation debuted the song “promise” on la Mega 97.9 FM in New York.
The bootlegging of the song (even with Alex’s voice on it) has been rampant! And while we don’t like to brag or get in trouble we were one of the first to get banned by YouTube due to having the song up earlier than the release date, it’s just a little token of love we give to our fans here so they know who got the hot stuff first, no disrespect Romeo. So what else could you expect but a video from Usher and Romeo for the second single for his debut album Formula Vol 1. The song was written and co-produced by Rico Love, who got the two artists (Usher and Romeo) together for the collab.
For your enjoyment, check out some exclusive photos of said shoot, along with a behind the scenes look (footage) of the recording only here (video below).
The official video for the song “Promise” was released October 3rd MTV, MTVHITS, MTV3, MTVU.
We also got exclusive behind the Scenes video of Romeo and Usher Romeo And Usher Behind The Scenes / Grabando El Video Con Romeo Y Usher
Bootleggers beware! No te copies papi Que van a ser segundos! AY!
Usher complimented Romeo and his music during the interview and talks about how they got introduced. “We got introduced by Rico Love and also my management, but being able to not only see him perform, but also hear his music and how incredible he is as a performer, I said to myself ‘This is what people are going to remember’” – Said Usher
He continued: “that’s how it started, and that’s what we are doing here today… Making history”
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Gor Mahia coach feted with October coach of the month
Polack is best
Oluoch will battle for the starting berth with Tanzanian David Mapigano when they play Ulinzi Stars this weekend.
• Polack who was yesterday feted with the October Sports Journalist Association of Kenya (SJAK) /Fidelity coach of the month award said the players had exuded professional discipline despite going for almost four months without pay.
•The Briton edged former Gor assistant coach Zedekiah ‘Zico’ Otieno who currently serves as KCB head coach to the award thanks to the nine points gathered within the month
Gor mahia coach Steven Polack receives the coach of the month award from Fidelity insurance marketing manager Nicholas Malesi at Camp Toyoyo on November 28,2019
Image: ERICK BARASA
Gor Mahia coach Steven Polack has hailed his playing unit for putting behind their financial woes to open a six-point gap at the top of the Kenyan Premier League.
Polack who was yesterday feted with the October Sports Journalist Association of Kenya (SJAK)/Fidelity coach of the month award, said the players had exuded professional discipline despite going for almost four months without pay.
The defending champions seem almost a sure bet to claim their 19th league crown as they have garnered 24 points to sit comfortably at the apex and the gap could widen to 12 points should they win their two matches in hand.
Polack, who became the second coach to win the award this season after Western Stima’s Salim Babu, showered his players with praises for their exemplary performance during the month where Gor had a one hundred per cent record.
The Briton edged former Gor assistant coach Zedekiah ‘Zico’ Otieno who currently serves as KCB head coach to the award, thanks to the nine points gathered within the month.
Zico guided the bankers to collect seven points while duo of Posta Rangers coach Sammy ‘Pamzo’ Omolo and Kakamega Homeboyz’s Nicholas Muyoti came in third and fourth respectively on six points each.
“I am impressed with the character and discipline of my player who have maintained a winning culture despite the prevailing financial challenges. They have gone without pay for long but I laud their hard work in training and on match days. Without their efforts and that of the rest of the technical bench, I would not have won the award,” he said
During the month, Gor beat Nzoia Sugar 2-0 before humbling the duo of Zoo Kericho and Kariobangi Sharks with a similar 1-0 scoreline.
Meanwhile, with the Cecafa Senior Challenge beckoning, Polack is not afraid of losing his senior players, who are expected to join the national team. The regional showpiece is expected to get underway on December 7 to 19 in Uganda, where Gor are set to release players to both the Kenyan and Tanzanian national teams.
“We have around 25 players who are equal to the challenge. If a handful of players will be summoned for the tournament, I have no worries at all even though I would have wanted to have a full house,” he added.
At the same time, the former Asante Kotoko tactician said the recent resurgence by former Stars first-choice goalkeeper Boniface Oluoch is all what he wanted to revamp the goalkeeping department which has been on the receiving end.
Oluoch made superb saves during their last weekend's 2-0 win over Bandari and Polack admitted his performance has prompted selection headache in the department.
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Google ARCore 1.0 Now Available, Google Lens-Enabled Google Photos App Coming Soon
By Kevin Carbotte 2018-02-23T23:00:00Z
Google revealed that its augmented reality developer kit, ARCore, is no longer in beta. The company released ARCore 1.0, and it opened the door for developers to submit AR apps to the Google Play Store. The company also revealed that it would be bringing machine learning technology to our daily lives in “the coming weeks” by embedding Google Lens technology into Google Photos.
Last summer, Google revealed ARCore, which offered high-fidelity AR experiences on high-end Android smartphones. The ARCore platform enables Tango-like spatial tracking on handheld devices without the need for multiple cameras to infer depth.
In August, when Google released the first iteration of ARCore, the company said the platform was strictly experimental, which meant that software authored with the ARCore developer kit would not be eligible for distribution through the Google Play Store. Further, you would have needed a Google Pixel, Google Pixel XL, or Samsung S8 to take advantage of ARCore’s features.
In the months following the original ARCore release, Google doubled down on the platform. In December, the company announced that it would be shutting down Project Tango to put all its attention on ARCore. In December, hardware support for Google’s ARCore remained limited to Google’s Pixel phones (now with Pixel 2 support) and Samsung’s Galaxy S8 lineup. However, the company said that soon more than 100 million smartphones would have access to ARCore. With today’s release of ARCore 1.0, Google made good on that promise.
ARCore 1.0 supports 13 different Android models, including LG’s V30 and V30+, the Asus Zenfone AR, and OnePlus’s OnePlus 5. The new version also now supports Samsung’s older Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge smartphones. Google also said that ARCore would support future flagship phones from all the usual suspects.
Google launched ARCore with a two-pronged approach. In addition to expanding the list of compatible hardware, the company is also trying to make it easier for developers to build content for the platform. Google said that it improved ARCore’s environmental understanding, which makes placing virtual assets easier and more reliable than in previous builds. Google also added ARCore support to the Android Studio Beta Emulator, which enables developers to test their AR creations in a test environment.
When Google released ARCore, developers could experiment with creating AR experiences, but they could not distribute them. Now that ARCore 1.0 is available, Google has opened the doors for AR app submissions to the Google Play Store.
Google is even looking at ways to offer the ARCore platform to developers in China who wouldn’t normally have access to Google’s infrastructure. The company said that it’s working with Huawei, Xiaomi, and Samsung to help them distribute AR apps on the platforms available in China.
Google Photos With Lens
Somewhat lost in this large announcement is the fact that the new version of Google Photos incorporates Google Lens machine learning technology. With Lens in Google Photos, your smartphone will be able to infer information from the photos you take, such as identifying animal breeds and classifying text that’s been photographed.
Google said that it would push the Google Photos update to all English-speaking users on Android and iOS “in the coming weeks.” The company also announced that compatible flagship devices would also receive a Lens-enhanced Google Assistant app.
bit_user 25 February 2018 03:57
The lack of ARCore support is a pretty big slap in the face to Lenovo (not to mention those of us who bought one), who was the first independent device maker to have a Tango phone on the market.
The Phab 2 Pro is not a particularly good phone, overall. It's main selling point was Tango support. So, only a year later, it's kind useless to most people who bought one. Thanks Google.
swinswan 26 February 2018 04:57
ARCore is OEM dependant because in order for it to work correctly the OEM needs to capture some calibration information. Stuff like the position of the camera relative to the position of the gyro on the phone. They also need to run tests on each individual device to get device specific calibration and store it on the device. All of this means that OEMs have to setup specific tests during manufacturing of the phones.
You can also use Torngat to customize your iPhone/iPad.
20742520 said:
I figured, but you'd think enough of that was required for Tango phones. I was actually hoping ARCore would even use the additional sensors on Tango phones.
I'm guessing it's more the fact that Phab 2 Pro used Snapdragon 652, and maybe that doesn't have enough CPU or GPU horespower.
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Judge: Qualcomm ‘Strangled Competition' With Patent Licensing Practices
(Image credit: Qualcomm)
Judge Lucy Koh of Federal District Court in San Jose, Califfornia, found that Qualcomm has "strangled competition" and violated antitrust law through its abusive patent-licensing schemes. The judge ordered the company to strike new fairer deals with its partners under Federal Trade Commission (FTC) supervision.
Qualcomm’s Anticompetitive Actions
According to Judge Koh, Qualcomm abused its position in order to harm competition and charge smartphone makers excessive licensing fees. The judge said that these patent-licensing practices violate U.S. antitrust law.
Judge Koh then ordered Qualcomm to remake all of its deals with licensees without anymore onerous fees. In case you’re wondering whether or not Qualcomm will actually follow-up on this order, the judge also ordered the company to submit to seven years of monitoring by the FTC to ensure that it will comply with the antitrust law.
Qualcomm Has No FRANDs
In 2017, the FTC sued Qualcomm over anti-competitive practices. Apple, Samsung, Intel, and other companies have given testimony against Qualcomm. Apple, in particular, has argued that Qualcomm was charging excessive royalty fees that were not proportionate to the modem company’s inventions.
Qualcomm’s royalty rate seems to have been of 5% of the phones’ retail price (capped at $400), which means a company making a $400+ phone would have to pay Qualcomm $20 in royalties alone (about 10-100x what companies pay for a video codec, for instance).
The modem itself would cost extra, of course. The strange part is that Qualcomm was demanding that smartphone makers had to pay this royalty even if they weren’t using the company’s modem chips. That’s because Qualcomm claims many of the patents around 4G (and now 5G) technology.
However, those patents are supposed to be fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) patents, because otherwise Qualcomm’s 4G modem technology may have never been accepted by the industry as a standard.
If the industry knew ahead of time that Qualcomm was going to charge them excessive fees for the simple use of Qualcomm’s version of “4G technology,” it may have gone with some other next-generation wireless technology that would now be called "4G" (or say 4G Ultra), and Qualcomm’s own technology could have have been passed over. Qualcomm seems to have essentially “baited and switched” the smartphone makers who agreed to use 4G technology based on Qualcomm’s inventions. And when it was too late to give up on it, Qualcomm started charging companies excessive fees.
Furthermore, judge Koh accused Qualcomm of not even allowing some companies to purchase its modems unless they also agreed to pay the high royalty fees the company was asking. Regardless of the patent situation, Qualcomm has consistently had the best modems in the market for years, so many of its customers were forced to pay the royalties if they wanted those modems.
Apple and Tim Cook Bit The Bullet Too Early
Tim Cook’s Apple is no longer Steve Job’s "thermonuclear war” Apple, at least as far as patents fights go. The old Apple used to be much more aggressive in its patent fights, for better or worse.
The new Apple seems to have agreed to pay Qualcomm all of the royalties Qualcomm said it owned from the past couple of years and renewed its exclusive partnership with Qualcomm for another six years -- a mere month before judge Koh ruled that Apple was in the right all along.
However, it’s also possible Apple didn’t care about whether or not it would pay Qualcomm an extra billion dollars or two, as long as it got to use working 5G modems in its 2021 iPhones. Intel’s modems may have been in such a dire state, that Apple was willing to pay almost anything to use Qualcomm’s modems again, even though, as judge Koh ruled, it shouldn’t have to do that.
Regardless of Apple’s actions, judge Koh’s ruling should be most welcome to other industry players, who seem to keep getting avenged in antitrust lawsuits against Qualcomm. In the past few years Qualcomm has been fined multiple-billions in total by the Korean, Chinese, Taiwan, and the European Union antitrust government bodies.
The FTC will likely come up with a fine of its own against Qualcomm, although the company has promised to appeal judge Koh’s ruling at the Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
velocityg4 22 May 2019 22:49
It's California not Califfornia.
It sounds like a good ruling. I do wonder how many more years of appeals will occur before they are actually forced to make changes.
mihen 23 May 2019 01:25
I doubt it would hold if they appeal. Judge is region biased. Same one who ruled on Apple vs. Samsung. If the trial is not held south of Los Angeles then Qualcomm may have to appeal again.
As a major player in the wireless headset technology, Qualcomm is well within its authority on how it deals with patents it creates. Obviously I don't think they should still have patents from more than 7 years ago, but the patents they have currently brought to the market is what makes the entire cellphone industry work. They don't need to license out their patents. They can be like Apple and say no soup for you. Instead they allow others to use their patents and create competition.
My issue with Qualcomm would be that they charge the fee's even if they use their Modem, shouldn't all that licensed technology be part of the Modem cost? Unless there are other capabilities not in the modem that are used.
AllanGH 23 May 2019 11:58
FRAND was the chopping block upon which both SCO and microsoft lost their heads on such issues.
It's a solid ruling. Qualcomm can appeal, but they are not likely to prevail.
JamesSneed 23 May 2019 14:33
AllanGH said:
Agree. Qualcomm has done great work and has some wonderful patents but that does not mean they get to violate FRAND. The FRAND requirement facilitates widespread use of the standard and ensures that each owner benefits from use of the patent without gaining an unfair bargaining advantage.
Patent law was crafted during a slower age, and the revisions to patent and copyright law have not taken into account the breakneck pace at which technological advances, and creative expression, now occur. The government could greatly benefit society if they prohibited the acquisition of patents by non-originators (patent trolls), eliminated software patents altogether, pulled back patent terms to 5 years, and re-jinked copyright law to benefit the individual creators, instead of favoring corporate entities.
mlee 2500 23 May 2019 19:36
If you're going to call these fees excessive then you better have a solid grasp of the costs involved in developing these technologies (and their utility to the applications that leverage them). I have my doubts that is the case here.
mlee 2500 said:
If you're going to call these fees excessive then you better have a solid grasp of the costs involved...
LOL....the fees are excessive, at least in this case.
In other cases? That's really a case by case evaluation, and price-gouging is usually fairly obvious.
King_V 23 May 2019 20:00
This sort of reminds me a little of something RAMBUS tried to pull - been a while, but didn't they contribute something to standards that then became part of, was it DDR, maybe - then later tried to claim royalties on it?
That does sound familiar. I need to look that up, because I'm curious as to whether I'm remembering it properly.
And there have been a few notable cases where code was contributed to OSS projects, and the contributing organization tried to come back and charge licensing fees for the Open-Sourced code. (SCO was a prominent player in that game, way-back when.)
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Ten Facts About KFC You Won’t Believe Are Real
Ah, the Colonel’s chicken at its best, yep, its Kentucky Fried Chicken (or KFC to friends) and here are ten amazing facts about it! From its birth date and idea conception to some of the craziest and most amazing facts and stats you simply won’t believe are real…
FACT 1: Colonel Sanders Hated KFC!
No seriously, he did! While he loved the brand and of course was the brand ambassador for most of his later life he later told reporters that he hated what KFC had become and didn’t like the taste of the chicken! (even though they really haven’t changed the original recipe in any way).
FACT 2: China Eats The Most KFC
While it is, of course, a pretty big franchise in America where is started it is China that consumes the most KFC and it is now a Christmas Eve tradition in the country to dine out with the family on KFC and on that day it is pre-booked tables in all KFC resultants only!
FACT 3: It is Owned by The Same Chain Who Owns Pizza Hut and Taco Bell!
It is called the ‘Yum! Brands’ (a rather convenient name) and they own the worldwide franchise. This is also a testament to KFC’s success in China as it was snapped up quickly by the firm with almost zero negotiating.
FACT 4: The First KFC Was Originally a Gas Station!
In fact, it was still a gas station for several years while sales of the fried chicken tool off. It was Colonel Harland Sanders wish to fill peoples bellies on the cheap during the great depression in the country but ended up taking over the small gas station and many other places all around the world.
FACT 5: Colonel Sanders Is Not a Real Colonel!
Most people think this might have been his military rank as he did sign up to join the army in 1906, but alas it is just a title of honour not rank.
FACT 6: For The Last 20 Years of His Life Colonel Sanders Was the KFC Figure!
We all know that trademark white suit and bleached moustache and goatee, but the man himself was never, ever seen in public wearing anything else and looking no other way for the last 20 years he was alive! He wore a heavy wool suit in the winter and a light cotton suit in the summer.
FACT 7: The Colonel Hated KFC so Much He Opened a Competitive Brand!
It wasn’t just the chicken Colonel Sanders hated, it was the new (and current) owners. He hated what they had done to the brand (presumably because it had grown to massive levels) so opened up a new brand called “Claudia Sanders Chicken” (or CSC). While it didn’t last long mostly because he got sued the original CSC is still open today and is called “Claudia Sanders Dinner House”. You’ll never guess what they specialise in! …yep! Fried Chicken!
FACT 8: The First KFC Opened Almost 100 Years Ago!
That might sound like something from the dark ages, but it was just March 20, 1930 when the very first KFC chicken was sold at the Colonel’s small garage.
FACT 9: The Double Down April Fools Joke Backfired!
You might not believe this now, but the notorious “Double Down” sandwich was supposed to be a marketing stunt as it was supposed to be an April fools burger, thus a joke aimed at McDonald’s and sold on April Fools Day (April 1st), but that soon backfired as it is reported all restaurants selling it sold out before the midday rush! While they once thought no-one would take it seriously it is now one of the brands most popular menu items.
FACT 10: It Took 15 Years For The First Bucket to be Sold!
When it was first opened in March 20, 1930 it was just to a few local people and there really wasn’t any need to sell the tasty fried goodness in large quantities. But then just 15 years late you could get an official KFC bucket with 14 pieces of original recipe chicken, 5 bread rolls to eat them with and a whole pint of homemade gravy to dip them in! Personally, I prefer to eat them on their own.
Do you know of any other KFC facts? If you do why not leave a comment below and let others share in your knowledge.
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Home Life 5 Bollywood Celebs who lost their COOL in public!
5 Bollywood Celebs who lost their COOL in public!
Lalita Balasubmanian
If you are a fan of any Bollywood celebs, you would certainly say ‘any publicity is a good publicity.’ Some of them love controversies about them more than anything, Umm, guess they’ve taken the phrase to heart. Are you already thinking about KRK? Oh, PLEASE! It’s not just him, no offense! However, there are more people to join the list (but the only difference is they’re far sensible than him!)
Let’s take a look at a list of celebrities who lost their ‘COOL’ when they’re in public. Gross!
The Queen of tantrums – She is known for her outbursts and often secured her place in the news. The Jagga Jasoos heroine once created quite a scene in a plane when an air hostess tapped her to wake her from her sleep. Guess why? To ask her to fasten the seat belt! Do you think she thanked that hostess for this? Nah! Instead of thanking her she just yelled at her for touching her. She also made sure the air hostess apologized to her! This is not the only incident.
When the actress was shooting for the movie Bang Bang where she refused to be photographed on set and by the photographer and demanded her favorite photographer. This, in turn, turned out to be a huge expense for the production team who were already having a tough time managing her demands! No idea how people call it – irritating or funny, nor does she talk to her crew members directly although if they’re standing next to her. She just gives orders to her manager who again conveys the same demands to the crew. Perhaps, she really needs a peaceful sleep to calm herself, and what else would be a right choice other than Centuary Mattresses!
The Sultan actor, who is well known for a generous heart, often loses his cool. A couple of years back, the actor had got furious apparently when a fan was taking his pictures. He purportedly grabbed the fan’s mobile. Sadly, the fan was hurt and even he did tell that he was just taking the actor’s pictures when the actor opened his car window. However, our furious Dabaang actor snatched his phone and threw it off! In fact, the Bajrangi Bhaijaan actor had also slapped a fan once. Ouch!!!
Most of you might be wondering how did he even get a place on this list? Unfortunately, it’s true! The Bajirao Mastani actor threw tantrum when he was flying to Kolkata. Do you think the flights have something to do with celebrity moods? Just a guess! So, back to the spot, the air-hostess asked Ranveer if he wanted to have non-vegetarian or vegetarian food, to which, he was unsure and asked for some time to choose his meal.
Later, when the Ram Leela actor asked for the non-vegetarian toll, the air hostess apologized saying that it was over and in fact, she politely offered him vegetarian food. That is when the charismatic actor lost his cool and said that he wouldn’t even agree to accept water from the hostess! Can you even think that long to decide what do you want? Come on, it’s food!
What? Did he? No, wait! You gotta listen to this before you judge this appealing actor! This incident happened during an inauguration on a Sunday of Euro Gold Jewellery showroom & Asmi Diamond showroom at Kankanady. A girl in Mangalore was so overwhelmed by his presence and she tried grabbing his arm and bite him when he walked past her! John was shocked reacted by slapping her. Grrrr! Can you really blame him? He was obviously in shock!
Unfortunately, not all the wealth in the world can buy a brain-to-mouth filter. The queen of controversies as well as the Queen actress is rumored to give a tough time to crew during flights. Uhh, AGAIN flights! She travels with her assistant always who sits in the economy class, while the actress sits in the first class. And whenever it comes to eating on the plane, she makes the air hostess run back and forth by asking them to check with her assistant for every prerequisite of hers.
The list is neverending! So, what do you think about these celebs? Do share the not-so-pleasant moments of your most/least favorite actors below!
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"Drum Tao 2019 Rhythm of Tribe 时空旅行记"
MES Theatre
1 Stars Ave, Singapore 138507
Entertainments, Concerts, and Shows Event Theatre
01 - 03 Mar 2019, 3:00PM
World renowned Japanese martial arts and drum extraordinaire, Drum Tao, will be back for a spectacular brand new production in March 2019! Fans can look forward to a whole new experience in Drum Tao - Rhythm of Tribe which aims to deliver a blockbuster grandeur in this latest production.
With Japanese drums as the center of attraction, Drum Tao will bring you on a time-travel journey to a new dimension. Be captivated by spellbinding projections, new music elements (other than traditional music instruments) and beautiful costumes! Don’t miss the highly-anticipated new stunts and dances that combine physical and creative elements to showcase their large-scale drumming!
You don’t have to be a fan of drumming to enjoy the amazing and inspiring performance of Drum Tao!
This performance, further evolves Japanese traditional art of entertainment, expresses the theme of a samurai's journey in search of soul in the past, to the present and into the future.
Seen by more than 8 million spectators over 26 countries and 500 cities, Drum Tao has wowed the audience with their innovative and exhilarating Taiko drumming performances, since its debut in 2004 at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Franco Dorao, president and producer and artistic director of TAO Entertainment. He formed TAO in 1993 after working a foreign trading company and a major distribution company.
He takes overall command of stage and music production.
Top concept producer, Naoki Tachikwa, who has vast experience in wide range of genres such as music, movies, arts and theatres, came up with an original “script” for the production. Instead of verbal narration of the script, the story is delivered through the performance of the members, challenging a new daring approach in this latest production.
Japanese video creative group ZERO-TEN who has worked on the video projections for Drum Tao’s last successful show BUKYO, is in charge of the overall video works for Rhythm of Tribe. Be mesmerize by the striking visuals and 3D effects.
Internationally acclaimed designer Junko Koshino has designed many eye-catching and futuristic samurai-inspired costumes for the male members while the female members’ flowing robes show off their physical strength and beauty. The outfit that won the best national costume award of Miss International Beauty Pageant in 2017 will also be presented on stage.
For more information, please visit www.vizpro.sg or http://www.drum-tao.com/main/english .
Rating / Age Limit
All patron requires a ticket for admission
Free admission for kids below 2 years old but sits on their parent's lap.
Admission is subject to tickets produced at the entrance.
Photography / Video Recording Rules
No Photography, Video recording and Audio recording are permitted for this event .
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Agonising about the place of media studies is a recurring theme of 2019. Only a few weeks ago, this esteemed publication consulted a number of scholars about the role of the subject, under a headline that asked if “media studies is about to go viral”. The author of this book was one of the respondents to that survey. Meanwhile, the other half of his title is occupying bookshelves at a galloping pace. One can barely count the number of volumes this past year devoted to the dilemmas and horrors posed by fake news, analysed from multiple perspectives. Readers might wonder if there is room for yet one more and what new insights it will have to offer on the topic, and particularly on ways of building resilience against the virus.
The angle taken here is that the teaching of media studies provides a vital component in alerting young people to the danger of fake news. The case for the defence of media studies is a well-worn battleground with esteemed scholars such as the media/communications department at Goldsmiths, University of London on one side lined up against the “Mickey Mouse” brigade on the other. The disparaging of media studies is endorsed by voices such as John Humphrys and the Daily Mail. Nevertheless, media studies has slowly reached a position where it is widely accepted on the curriculum as a subject that merits study at secondary level. Julian McDougall is arguing that, now that it has gained respectability, we should insist that media studies becomes compulsory. (Generations ago, interestingly, English was regarded as a lightweight subject that had to fight its way on to the curriculum; now it is without controversy accepted as part of a core curriculum.)
Earlier this year, a similar argument was developed in The Media Education Manifesto by another media scholar, David Buckingham. That was a rather more tightly focused argument for the value of teaching media studies to all children, distinguishing between “media literacy” as a set of tools and media education as an in-depth opportunity to systematically analyse media power and influence. Julian McDougall, on the other hand, has taken a rather rambling approach: he has travelled the world from event to event (courtesy of the US Embassy among others) discussing media and misinformation. Along the way, he has interviewed a variety of seminar/conference participants – some of them well known and including practitioners and academics alike. The transcripts of those interviews form the core of this book. In addition to their views on topics such as misinformation or digital literacy, we are also offered a number of “toolkits” as resources and innovative strategies to support media educators.
There are some interesting explanations, and many of the insights offered by interviewees such as a Buzzfeed journalist are genuinely illuminating. Yet overall, I found the book too diffuse and fragmented, reading sometimes like musings in a travel journal. It makes an interesting companion for a media studies teacher looking for resources, but it is overshadowed in a crowded field by many other excellent and well-crafted books that seek to describe our perilous contemporary media ecology.
Suzanne Franks is a professor of journalism at City, University of London and the author of Women and Journalism (2013).
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As Wednesday night deadline looms, Netanyahu expected to request immunity
PM reportedly seeking low profile for move to avoid trial on graft charges, out of concern it could impact election campaign, be rejected by Knesset or overturned by High Court
By TOI staff 1 January 2020, 9:23 am 2 Edit
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at an event marking the 8th night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, on December 29, (Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was expected Wednesday to ask the Knesset to grant him immunity from prosecution in the three corruption cases against him, as the clock counted down toward a midnight deadline for him to seek the protection.
Netanyahu has described his right to immunity as “a cornerstone of democracy.”
However, rather than make a public announcement at a press conference, as is Netanyahu’s preferred style for key developments, and was apparently his intention at the beginning of the week, he is seeking to keep a low profile and will likely reveal his request in a social media post, Channel 12 news reported.
Netanyahu and his aides are eager to remove the topic from the public agenda as quickly as possible, the report said.
The prime minister has told close associates he is concerned that making the request for immunity, which must be formally delivered to Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein, could impact his campaign for the coming March 2 elections, the Kan public broadcaster reported Tuesday. In addition, Netanyahu is worried that the Knesset may vote against granting him immunity or that, even if lawmakers approve it, the High Court of Justice could intervene and overturn it.
Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein during a vote on a bill to dissolve the Knesset, in Jerusalem on December 11, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
A request from the Knesset for immunity is seen as unpopular among voters, even among many of the prime minister’s supporters. A poll published Sunday evening by Channel 12 news found that 51 percent of Israelis oppose such a move, while only 33% support it.
Netanyahu must announce whether he wants to seek immunity by midnight or automatically forfeit his right to do so. Though the premier is far from guaranteed to get a Knesset majority to support an immunity bid, merely asking for it will likely delay any potential trial by months.
Channel 13 television news reported Monday that Netanyahu has already formulated his request and informed Edelstein of his intention to submit it.
The unsourced television report said that Netanyahu wrote in the letter that he would be willing to face criminal prosecution, but only after he left political life.
He reportedly argued that trying him now would compromise the will of the electorate and harm the Knesset, since many of the witnesses in the trial are current lawmakers; that it would discriminate against him, since indictments haven’t been filed against other politicians; and that the charges were announced in “bad faith,” since Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit made his decision too soon after the pre-indictment hearing, and the process was marred by numerous leaks to the press.
Edelstein’s office immediately rejected the report, with a spokesperson telling The Times of Israel: “No request has been made.”
On Monday, Netanyahu’s staff invited the media to a live statement to the press for 8 p.m., only to cancel it just half an hour later. Netanyahu was believed to have planned to formally announce he would be seeking immunity.
It was not immediately clear why Netanyahu canceled the announcement, which came shortly before hundreds of his supporters gathered Monday evening at Habima Square in Tel Aviv to protest against the criminal cases and support his immunity bid.
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit at a press conference at the Justice Ministry in Jerusalem announcing his decision to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for bribery, fraud and breach of trust, November 21, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
Netanyahu has long evaded questions on whether he will seek to avoid criminal charges through immunity. But in a Channel 12 interview days before the April elections, he clearly stated he would not make any move to shield himself from prosecution if charges were announced.
His request must by weighed by the Knesset House Committee before it can be voted upon by the plenum, but due to the lack of a functioning legislature amid an ongoing political deadlock, and with new elections set, the Knesset will likely only be able to review and decide on his request after a coalition is formed — if it is formed — following the March 2 vote.
Mandelblit in November announced his intention to indict the prime minister in three corruption cases. Netanyahu is charged with fraud and breach of trust in all three cases, as well as bribery in one of them. He denies wrongdoing and has accused police and state prosecutors of an “attempted coup” against him. Mandelblit formally presented the charges to Speaker Edelstein 30 days ago, starting a one month-countdown for Netanyahu to request immunity.
In a related development, the High Court of Justice on Tuesday morning held a preliminary hearing on whether a lawmaker facing criminal indictment can be tapped to form a coalition. Ruling against the possibility of tasking an indicted lawmaker with forming a government would further complicate Netanyahu’s position. The court indicated its wariness on making such a fateful ruling during the election period and after concluding the session said that a decision would be handed down at a later date.
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RPA and plant pathogens
TwistAmp® exo RT is being harnessed by researchers in the UK to develop a rapid, field-based diagnostic tool that will help farmers in West Africa to ensure that yam, one of the region’s most important staple food crops, can be propagated free from the most economically important viral disease, Yam mosaic virus (YMV).
With funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Gonçalo Silva, Susan Seal and colleagues at the University of Greenwich’s Natural Resources Institute (NRI) have developed a prototype RT-exoRPA assay for YMV, which has been evaluated to detect YMV in both total RNA extracted from yams and in crude yam sap1.
Carried out at an optimal temperature of 37˚C, the RT-exo RPA assay was found to be as sensitive as RT-PCR, with a detection limit of 14 pg/microliter (purified RNA), and provided results in just 30 minutes. In contrast, it took more than 150 minutes for the RT-PCR assay to reach the same detection sensitivity. “The RT exo RPA assay was also more sensitive than antibody-based tests, which typically require a high level of infection,” comments Dr. Silva. “The closed system that we have designed using the TwistAmp exo kit negates contamination issues, and the fluorescence-based results are viewed in real time. In addition, the 37˚C working temperature is lower than that required by other isothermal methods, such as LAMP (loop-mediated isothermal amplification). Encouragingly, the RPA-based plant pathogen assay worked well, albeit slower and with slightly lower sensitivity, at a temperature of 30˚C, which is a fairly typical ambient temperature in West Africa, so the test could feasibly be carried out without any requirement for heating.”
The NRI team is now working to transfer the RPA-based methodology into a field format that could be used by farmers, propagation sites and certification laboratories to verify that vegetatively propagated seed yam stocks are not infected with YMV. In its published paper, the researchers envisage using battery-operated portable devices for heating the reaction and reading the RPA fluorescence results at the optimum working temperature of 37˚C. “We are now evaluating the fluorescence-based test in microfluidic devices, along with lateral flow-based formats,” Professor Seal states. “The RPA technology is key to our development of a rapid, sensitive and easy-to-use assay that will require minimal equipment and operator steps, and which could help increase yields of this critical food and income crop in West Africa.”
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1.Rapid and specific detection of Yam mosaic virus by reverse-transcription recombinase polymerase amplification - Silva G, Bömer M, Nkere C, Kumar PL, Seal SE
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Android TV Bags Major Partners At CES 2015
By Adnan Farooqui on 01/06/2015 09:44 PST
For the past couple of years Google has been trying very hard to establish its foothold in the living room. When Google TV failed to take off the company went back to the drawing board. Last year it announced Android TV, a completely new platform that focuses on apps and services as well as gaming. Nexus Player is the first device powered by this platform and at the Consumer Electronics Show 2015 some big names announced that their upcoming smart TVs will be powered by Android TV.
This is great for Google as these partners have a strong presence in the global TV market. Their upcoming models, which will be powered by Android TV, would give the platform great exposure and hopefully establish it as a major player in the smart TV space.
Google has confirmed that new smart TVs from the likes of Sony, Sharp and TP Vision (Philips) will run on Android TV when they’re launched later this year. Sony and Sharp will also use the platform on their 4K models while all of Philip’s TVs will be powered by Android TV.
The list doesn’t end here. Huawei is currently working on an Android TV media player which will be launched a few months later. The Forge TV from Razer will get Android TV next month.
Despite the fact that these major companies have agreed to take a chance on Android TV many, like LG and Samsung, have decided to look the other way. LG uses webOS while Samsung has switched all future models to Tizen. Would these companies change their stance in the future? Only time will tell.
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Henderson and Shogun put on a five round classic the last time they faced each other in 2011, but now almost three years later, how much has changed, if anything, and will this second fight possibly live up to the bar set by the first one?
In addition to Henderson and Shogun, former Ultimate Fighter Brazil winner Cezar “Mutante” Ferreira faces off against another reality show alum in CB Dollaway, while two more international winners from the show throw down when Leonardo Santos takes on Norman Parke
It's a stacked card from Brazil, but who has the edge and which fighters could be on the verge of an upset to score the most points possible in the UFC Fantasy Game? Read ahead to find out.
MAURICIO "SHOGUN" RUA (-215 FAVORITE) VS. DAN HENDERSON (+165 UNDERDOG)
It's nearly impossible to duplicate the kind of greatness we all experienced during the first fight between Shogun and Henderson so it's safe to assume the second fight could be epic, but it's hard to imagine it will be the same as the first.
Since their last fight, Shogun and Henderson have both fallen on harder times, experiencing several losses between the two of them, but there's still a recipe for an excellent fight with two competitors both hoping to spark a run in the ever-widening UFC light heavyweight division. Henderson returns from his first career knockout loss when he was finished by Vitor Belfort, while Shogun recently bounced back with a huge finish over James Te Huna in one of the nastiest finishes of the last six months.
While it seems crazy to think the first fight will be carbon copied in this fight, there are still some interesting statistics that could tell the story this second time around. Despite Henderson's dominant near finish through the first three rounds, Shogun still battled back to win the final two rounds and ended up outstriking his opponent 96 to 77 in significant strikes and 191 to 113 in overall strikes. Shogun's output was incredible, especially given the trouble he got into as soon as the fight started. On the ground, Shogun was also very effective, passing Henderson's guard, which he did eight times during the fight while stuffing all but one of his opponent's takedowns. Rua countered with five takedowns of his own, and that's no easy feat given Henderson's wrestling pedigree.
There's also the mindset going into this fight that makes a big difference. Henderson is off three losses in a row while just being finished by knockout for the first time in his career and Shogun returns following a career resurgent win over James Te Huna with a vicious knockout of his own.
Expect Rua's toughness to be the same in this fight as it was the first time around, but as long as he can avoid Henderson's massive right hand, the result should be much different. Rua can mix things up with his attacks before wearing Henderson down, round after round, and finally seize his opportunity to take over late in the fight. Shogun has a deceptive ground attack, as witnessed in his first fight with Henderson, and there's just no give up in his heart. Henderson will undoubtedly make a strong showing for himself, and he has the 'H-bomb' to end the fight with one punch, but unless he lands that early, Shogun sticks around and drowns him in deep waters late to get the win and even up the series at one a piece.
And really who could complain about these two fighters possibly fighting for a third time to settle it once and for all?
CEZAR FERREIRA VS. CB DOLLAWAY
The last time CB Dollaway was in Brazil he picked up a win over Daniel Sarafian while also getting Fight of the Night honors. The win, which isn't easy to come by for foreigners traveling to the South American country, was the big thing for “The Doberman,” and in this fight, Dollaway will face the winner of the first Ultimate Fighter Brazil, Vitor Belfort disciple Cezar “Mutante” Ferreira.
This matchup could really be decided on Dollaway's use and effectiveness of his wrestling. The former Arizona State standout averages nearly four takedown attempts per fight, and given Ferreira's takedown defense, which currently stands at a perfect 100-percent, this is going to be a war for who gets the fight to where they want it. Ferreira is no slouch with his own wrestling and jiu-jitsu, but it's likely that if this fight ends up on the ground, it will be Dollaway who takes it there.
The former Ultimate Fighter finalist showed new confidence in his striking during his last bout against Tim Boetsch, but his biggest strength remains his wrestling and ability to grind an opponent down to a nub over three rounds. Ferreira's wild striking, where he only lands with 36.8 percent accuracy, could leave him susceptible to the takedown regardless of his defense, because to this point in his UFC career, he's never faced a wrestler as good as Dollaway.
Expect Dollaway to keep the pressure on for all three rounds and never let Ferreira gain confidence in his hands by getting into big exchanges. If Dollaway can resist the urge to stand and trade with Ferreira, he's got a great chance of going home with his second win in Brazil by decision. The flipside is a bad alternative, because if Dollaway chooses to stand up with Ferreira, he may survive all three rounds, but he likely won't come away victorious in that scenario.
LEONARDO SANTOS VS. NORMAN PARKE
Two winners from the international versions of The Ultimate Fighter face off, with Brazil's Leonardo Santos taking on TUF Smashes’ Norman Parke. Much like Dollaway vs. Ferreira, this is another fight that all comes down to positions and who controls where this fight lands.
The term world-class gets tossed around a lot in MMA, but Leonardo Santos really is one of the best in the UFC when it comes to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He's competed in the prestigious Abu Dhabi grappling championships in previous years and holds a win on the mats over former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre. It wasn't MMA of course, but it's still no small feat to beat St-Pierre in anything considering the grappling pedigree he exudes in his fights and training.
Parke, however, is anti-grappling and that's where this fight could separate in terms of the outcome. Park is tremendously fast and primarily a boxer, which means he won't throw a ton of kicks that could catch him in a trip or a takedown from Santos. Parke has showcased great takedown defense thus far in his UFC career, with an 83 percent average overall, and with his fast hands and feet it could spell disaster for Santos over three rounds.
Parke has knockout power without a doubt, but he will likely want to stick and move to stay away from Santos' takedowns. As the rounds move forward and it gets tougher and tougher for Santos to actually grab hold of Parke for a takedown attempt, much less getting a submission, the shift in momentum will drift dramatically towards the Irishman. By the end of the third round, Parke should be in control and walk away from Brazil with a victory.
FABIO MALDONADO VS. GIAN VILLANTE
This battle between two light heavyweight sluggers will certainly be an early pick to contend with Shogun and Henderson for Fight of the Night. Fabio Maldonado and Gian Villante both have huge power in their hands, and the willingness to stand and trade bombs that should make this a very fun fight to watch.
Maldonado is an extremely busy striker, landing 5.72 significant strikes per minute, and he lands with just a shade under 61 percent accuracy, which is nearly 20 percent higher than the UFC average. Where Maldonado excels is with his body punching, which may be some of the best in the UFC. He digs into the gut with his strikes and that takes a toll on a fighter over three rounds. Villante probably possesses more power and athleticism, but there's no discounting heart and an iron chin, and Maldonado has both.
If Maldonado fights his normal style of fight, he will weather a storm at some point from Villante, but assuming his zombie-like ability to absorb strikes holds up, he will eventually begin to take over in the clinch, which is where he works best. Maldonado lives to push an opponent against the cage and start digging into them with punches to the midsection. Over the course of the fight that kind of damage starts to add up, and by the third round, Maldonado is still punching and Villante will either crumble to the mat or get to a decision with bruised ribs and a punctured ego.
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Voca Al-Kindi Student Choir (PSM) Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta (UMS) succeeded in bringing home two gold medals at the 5th Karangturi International Choir Competition. This prestigious competition was organized by the Karangturi National School, Semarang, Central Java on Tuesday - Saturday (12-16 / 11/2019). The competition was held at Liem Liang Peng Theater Semarang.
Chief of PSM Voca AL-Kindi, Windi Aprilia Putri Wibowo, said that PSM Voca Al-Kindi sent one group to join two categories of competition. The first category is Folklore Category and the second is Mixed Category. Fortunately, the result of both categories was quite satisfying. PSM Voca Al-Kindi succeed to bring two gold medals back home. "We sent one group of the competition team, to join 2 categories of competition, Mixed and Folklore," said Windi.
Windi also added that, to take part in this competition, her team had to prepare everything for six months. PSM Voca AL-Kindi have to arrange 6 songs at once. Each category consists of 3 songs, in Folklore Category, Voca Al-Kindi present (1) Paris Barantai- H. Anang Ardiansyah this song arranged by Ken Steven, (2) Lelo Ledhung - Headquarters this song arranged by A Dika Adhyatma and (3) Segalariak - Josu Elberdin. While, in the Mixed category, they present (1) Io Mi Son Giovinetta - Claudio Monteverdi, (2) Autumn Leaves - Joseph Kosma arranged by. Andrew Carter and (3) Zikr - A.R.Rahman arranged by Ethan Sperry.
Chief of Voca Al-Kindi then continued that she was so pleased to realize that all of their hard work paid by satisfying results. A lot of time and energy are given in the preparation process towards the 2019 5th KICC, they believe that the results will not betray the process. She suggests for all Students Organization (UKM & Ormawa) of UMS to continue their effort for the sake of our beloved campus, UMS.
"Yet we’re pleased with the result but the journey isn’t over, we found that out there, there are many extraordinary choirs that make us even more excited to learn more," she added.
Finally, Windi, as the general chief at the end of the 2019 period, advised PSM Voca Alkindi to continue their practice and take part in other prestigious competitions nationally and internationally. Last, she hoped that the next chief can realize this plan.
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Rivers AC & the Prayer warriors for Yar'Adua
Source: Mr. Chinenye Nwulu
Following the news making the rounds in the newspapers that the Rivers State Action Congress (RSAC), has called for its members to pray for President Musa Yar'Adua as he undergoes a medical checkup in Saudi-Arabia as reported by Eze Chukwuemeka Eze who claims to be the party's Publicity Secratary, the Rivers State Action Congress confirms that while the Party under the office of the State Chairman, Suage Badey and members of Action Congress Rivers State wishes the President quick recovery and Prayers from all Nigerians at this time, we however call on the general public to discountenance the said publication which at some point touched on the health of the President in an embarrassing manner. We all have health problems from time to time and the President being a human is no exception.
Speaking on the same issue, Chief Gift Okocha, the chairman of the RSAC forum of chairman said, “It is very unfortunate, indeed, that while the Nigerian nation is applying lead, hook and sinker in making sure that the nation is re-branded from the hold of 'military' mentality, the likes of Eze Chukwuemeka Eze wouldn't want to be re-branded, in short, he doesn't like the word, Re-branding. How could Eze Chukwuemeka Eze love this re-branding programme by our own Prof. Dora Akunyili when he can not heed to a simple suspension the enlarged exco of the Rivers State Action Congress (RSAC) passed on him on the 20th Nov. 2009, to cease from becoming the party's Publicity Secretary and replaced him with Mr. Chinenye Nwulu? How could he have loved the re-branding!
Eze was a man the members of the party loved so much for his resilience to duty, but we didn't know that his ebullient spirit to work was aimed at disintegrating the party. He had been making some nefarious press statements that the leadership of the party never ratified, and he is still impersonating.
However, our advise to Eze is for him to turn a new leaf because no one becomes “King Kong” in a large party like the AC. His expulsion should teach other people a great lesson of good conduct anywhere they find themselves, not only in the political arena. Good exemplary lifestyle is what takes one to the next level. It still baffles the Party that a conduct which should elicit a resignation should have been the most honorable step taken but Eze still shamelessly parades himself as publicity secretary even with a suspension in place.
In a nutshell, Eze should know that the end of ones job is not the end of his life, except he has a contrary opinion. But even if he proves otherwise, the leadership of the RSAC still loves him but not to reverse a decision taken by the enlarged exco of the party.
Mr. Chinenye Nwulu is Acting Publicity Secretary, Rivers State Action Congress. Email: [email protected]
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The White House Fired a Speechwriter After Learning He Attended a White Nationalist Event and I'm Confused
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I’m not sure what universe I’m living in anymore, but I thought that the White House and Donald Trump’s whole thing is that they act as white nationalists parading as the GOP, which is kind of like a version of “white nationalists light.”
In fact, the GOP has for a long time been the vegan version of white men first so it’s been a bit refreshing to have full-on white nationalists in office, if for nothing else then to watch Republicans squirm at the ideology coming from the White House.
If for nothing else it’s forcing Republicans who have been closeted white nationalists to come out and fully align with Trump or to publicly denounce the racist doctrine coming from the White House.
So I was completely confused to learn that the White House fired a speech writer, Darren Beattie, after learning that he had appeared at a conference with white nationalists when ... isn’t this who they are? Didn’t Trump run on a white nationalist platform? Didn’t he surround himself with prominent figures in the white nationalist movement? Isn’t Steve Bannon the official dog whistler of white nationalism and a former Trump staffer? Isn’t White House senior policy advisor Stephen Miller a white nationalist?
Call Stephen Miller a White Nationalist
As we fall into this hellish loop of debating whether or not it’s okay to make White House…
I’m confused. After reporters questioned the White House about Beattie participating on a panel with British white nationalist Peter Brimelow at the 2016 Mencken Club conference, he got the boot according to CNN. For those unaware of Brimelow’s leanings, he “warns against the polluting of America by non-whites, Catholics, and Spanish-speaking immigrants” and that’s taken directly from the Southern Poverty Law Center’s website. In short, he’s racist trash.
Beattie, however argues that he’s no racist! He wants everyone to know that he “merely presented his academic points at the conference” and then he was fired, according to HuffPost.
Maybe that’s it. Maybe Beattie was fired for not being racist enough. Maybe the White House let him go because he didn’t own his white nationalist leanings. Maybe because he refused to stand proudly with his White House brethren in his white nationalist yearnings.
This has to be it, right?
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Canadian start-up seeks French testing ground for hyperloop train
NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV - MAY 11: A recovery vehicle moves a test sled down a track after the first test of the propulsion system at the Hyperloop One Test and Safety site on May 11, 2016 in North Las Vegas, Nevada. The company plans to create a fully operational hyperloop system by 2020. David Becker/Getty Images,/AFP (Photo by David Becker / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
A Canadian company hoping to build what it bills as the future of public transportation will seek permits this week to set up a testing centre in central France for developing super-fast “hyperloop” trains.
Transpod co-founder Sebastien Gendron said that his company would file its application Aug 10 with officials in the Haute-Vienne region for a three-kilometre (1.9-mile) track, which it claims would be the longest in the world.
It is one of several groups developing the technology, which aims to transport people in train-like “pods” through low-pressure tubes that would reduce atmospheric friction, allowing travel at nearly the speed of sound.
High-profile investors including Elon Musk, the head of electric car pioneer Tesla, and Virgin’s Richard Branson have also put their financial muscle behind hyperloop projects.
Transpod, which has raised nearly €50mil (RM236mil) from North American and Italian investors, aims to build its first commercial line running at 1,000 km/h (620 mph) by 2030, Gendron said.
The technology “will make humans and freight travel on earth as fast as a plane, while feeling like you’re in the metro,” Gendron said.
It chose the town of Droux – population 400 – north of the central city of Limoges for the €21mil (RM99.22mil) project after intense lobbying by enthusiastic local officials.
”The state needs to act as a facilitator in this case because, whether or not its the future of transportation, the possibility of a research facility on this scale can only benefit the region’s reputation and its university,” said Raphael Le Mehaute, the government’s representative in the Haute-Vienne department.
Transpod said it would unveil French and international partners for the project this autumn – the national train operator SNCF has already invested in Virgin Hyperloop One, which announced this week plans to build a US$500mil (RM2.04bil) research site in Spain.
France is already home to a research site for Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, an American company which is operating in Toulouse, southwest France. — AFP
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Halifax Guest Editor
Kelsey Lane: Safe places to bike in Halifax also provide integrity and belonging
By Kelsey LaneSpecial To Star Halifax
Fri., Sept. 13, 2019timer4 min. read
I could have changed my leaky tire at home. I didn’t want to.
Instead, I rolled up to Bike Again, a community repair space in Halifax’s north end. The workshop was buzzing with energy on this hot summer’s day.
A mom and her child were there. They show up every week to rebuild an old tricycle.
A retired engineer was also there. He was busy fixing bicycles being re-gifted to new Canadians.
There was even a gentleman fixing his shopping cart wheel inside the large garage space where dozens of bicycles hang from the ceiling.
When you look around the volunteer co-op, you won’t see a lot of people wearing spandex or carbon fibre that many associate with cyclists. These are everyday people who happen to ride bikes.
When I think about why investing in bicycle infrastructure is important, I could talk about how approximately 60 per cent of Haligonians would bike more if they had safe bike lanes. I could list facts about how cycling relates to our goals on the environment, our health and our local economy. I could emphasize that if we do not change our priorities from moving cars to moving people, we will be shouldering future generations with burdens they have no reason to inherit.
But you’ve heard all of that before. And depending on your frame of mind upon hearing of the $25 million that will be dedicated to building cycling and active transportation infrastructure, you still may not be convinced that this is the right approach for tackling some of these complex challenges.
So instead of talking about what our community can do for bicycle infrastructure, let’s shift to talking about what bike infrastructure can do for our community, including those people at Bike Again.
Safe places for people who bike are important, because they allow people who don’t drive to live in our city with integrity.
People feel unwanted in a community when every day, our built environment signals, “you don’t belong here.” This includes impossibly long intersections, ice-covered paths, getting squeezed between a curb and an SUV, getting yelled at to get on the sidewalk or “get a car, loser!”
We all need to get around, but when people are not provided with spaces that are safe, riding a bicycle in Halifax can feel incredibly isolating.
And let’s not kid ourselves, a “share the road symbol” is no help. When you are told to “share the road” with a car 100 times your weight, you are being asked to fight an unfair battle. It’s not up to the person cycling to share the road — we don’t have a choice.
If our governments continue to build streets with only cars in mind, we are telling people who bike, walk, use crutches, use a wheelchair, push a walker or take the bus: you don’t belong here. Youth, seniors, people who use a mobility device and new Canadians need other transportation options. And when we do not provide certain people with safe spaces to get around, we make it crystal clear that we don’t value their safety as much as we do the people who can drive.
When we build streets to move people (and not just cars) around the city, we begin to recognize the humanity of everyone who uses our public space. We begin to build a city that is empathetic to the fact that, for reasons which are really nobody’s business, sometimes driving a vehicle is not an option.
Changes to our streets that make getting around possible for a few also enhance the experience for everyone. It’s not just about giving people more options to get around, it’s about respecting people who perhaps don’t have another choice.
For example, if you are a woman, you might not be willing to stop your bike at the intersection at night if there are no street lights. If you are person who is using your bike as a mobility aid, the mandatory “walk your bike” may not be a viable option. If you are biking with your kids on a busy street where there are no physically protected lanes, it’s not worth the risk.
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People experience our streets differently, and our infrastructure needs to reflect that. Part of building streets to accommodate diverse modes of transportation involves listening and ensuring community voices are at the forefront of the design process. When talking about bicycle lanes, we also have to be open to what else may come up in the discussion. In communities that have experienced historical disinvestment for instance, bicycle lanes may not be the only priority. If, for two decades, the community has been asking for a crosswalk to be installed next to a school or lower speed limits, we should be fixing those things first.
The $25 million investment for building bike lanes in HRM isn’t just about bike lanes, nor is it just about people who bike. It’s about creating a community that enables everyone to live their best lives. Halifax can be a livable city — a city that takes care of the people who live here now, and is desirable and welcoming to others, no matter how they get around.
When I think back to what this network of bicycle lanes can do for Halifax communities, I think back to the people in the Bike Again shop. Safe places to bike allow more people to live in our city with integrity, and make us feel like we all belong.
Kelsey Lane is Sustainable Transportation Coordinator for the Ecology Action Centre in Halifax. She is also the former executive director of the Halifax Cycling Coalition, and has worked for NGOs around the world on business development, education and public outreach.
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Shunning, sinners and excommunication in JW congregations
Srecko Sostar
Should JW's punish, disfellowship, or shun members who disagree with certain teachings?
By Albert Michelson
What is the good news?
The Bible is clear that even if someone had been clearly selected by god if they deviate from the truth they are to be rejected.
Galatians 1:8-9 However, even if we or an angel out of heaven were to declare to YOU as good news something beyond what we declared to YOU as good news, let him be accursed. 9 As we have said above, I also now say again, Whoever it is that is declaring to YOU as good news something beyond what YOU accepted, let him be accursed.
This holds even more weight for ones like the GB who are not clearly selected and who's claim to authority rests solely on a demonstrably false interpretation of scripture.
The organization claims that the 1914 teaching is necessary for salvation and even goes as far as to claim that the 1914 teaching is the good news spoken of in the Bible.
*** w67 12/15 pp. 753-754 pars. 3-4 What Now Distinguishes the Good News to Be Preached ***
"What a joy-inspiring addition or enlargement to the good news now to be preached! Now has come the victorious kingdom of our God together with the authority of his Christ, his Messiah! As for Satan the Devil and his demons, they have only a short period of time until they are bound and imprisoned in the abyss after the “war of the great day of God the Almighty” at Armageddon. All this additional wonderful information has been true since the end of the “appointed times of the nations” in 1914, and particularly since World War I closed in the year 1918. Not before the “appointed times of the nations” ended in the fall of 1914 could the good news be preached of the newborn, established heavenly kingdom of God and of his Messiah. This, then, must be the good news that Jesus Christ in his prophecy said had to be preached first in all the nations. (Mark 13:10) This generation of human society that has seen and experienced the world events since the Gentile Times closed in 1914—this is the “generation” that will not pass away until all the things foretold have happened, including the preaching of the good news first in all nations.
4 Jesus’ prophecy in Mark 13:10, “Also, in all the nations the good news has to be preached first,” has not been undergoing fulfillment during the past nineteen centuries. It is only since the second decade of our twentieth century that this prophecy has been undergoing fulfillment. This began to be realized by the International Bible Students Association and the Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society since the end of the second decade of our century. In the magazine issue of July 1, 1920, of The Watch Tower and Herald of Christ’s Presence the article was published entitled “Gospel of the Kingdom” and based on the theme text, “‘And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.’—Matthew 24:14.”
It is for this reason that the organization is chained to the 1914 teaching. As the scripture I quoted above demonstrates the Bible says that one who teaches a good news that is false is cursed. If the organization admits that the 1914 and 1919 teachings are false they will have to admit that not only were they not selected as gods channel but that they have been teaching a false good news for the majority of their existence. It is for that reason that they disfellowship and shun people who cannot conscientiously remain in the faith. It's easier to just eliminate the opposition then to actually address the real issues with your theology.
*** w86 4/1 pp. 30-31 Questions From Readers ***
Why have Jehovah’s Witnesses disfellowshipped (excommunicated) for apostasy some who still profess belief in God, the Bible, and Jesus Christ?
"Approved association with Jehovah’s Witnesses requires accepting the entire range of the true teachings of the Bible, including those Scriptural beliefs that are unique to Jehovah’s Witnesses. What do such beliefs include?
That the great issue before humankind is the rightfulness of Jehovah’s sovereignty, which is why he has allowed wickedness so long. (Ezekiel 25:17) That Jesus Christ had a prehuman existence and is subordinate to his heavenly Father. (John 14:28) That there is a “faithful and discreet slave” upon earth today ‘entrusted with all of Jesus’ earthly interests,’ which slave is associated with the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses. (Matthew 24:45-47) That 1914 marked the end of the Gentile Times and the establishment of the Kingdom of God in the heavens, as well as the time for Christ’s foretold presence. (Luke 21:7-24; Revelation 11:15–12:10) That only 144,000 Christians will receive the heavenly reward. (Revelation 14:1, 3) That Armageddon, referring to the battle of the great day of God the Almighty, is near. (Revelation 16:14, 16; 19:11-21) That it will be followed by Christ’s Millennial Reign, which will restore an earth-wide paradise. That the first to enjoy it will be the present “great crowd” of Jesus’ “other sheep.”—John 10:16; Revelation 7:9-17; 21:3, 4."
This is supposedly a list of the fundamental doctrines of Jehovah's Witnesses that all are required to believe. You will in most cases be disfellowshiped for not believing in one or more of them. Unfortunately the truth is most of them are false.
To all JW Parents: Take Heed.
By Jack Ryan
If the love you have for your children is predicated on their beliefs, you don't love your children you love YOUR beliefs
JW Lawyer on Disfellowshipping and Shunning
Jehovah's Witness Organization Redefines Shunning to Falsely.mp4
Every JW visiting this page should MORALLY comment below and publicly state that this JW Lawyer is LYING through his teeth to the Canadian Supreme Court.
If you don't, YOU participate in this gross sin. Because you ALL KNOW this is a false statement.
Remember as well that this JW Lawyer is also an Officer of the Court.
What the courts do not know is that JW's consider outright lying in court a part of "theocratic warfare" just like Muslims do. So it is a virtue to them.
Can you spell P-E-R-J-U-R-Y?
Today's 'examining the scriptures daily' : "what if someone close to you has to be disfellowshipped? Would you take decisive action by ceasing to associate with that person?"
"Sunday, December 30
Asa’s heart was complete with Jehovah all his life.—1 Ki. 15:14.
Each of us can examine his heart to see if it is fully devoted to God. Ask yourself, ‘Am I determined to please Jehovah, to defend true worship, and to protect his people from any corrupting influence?’ For example, what if someone close to you has to be disfellowshipped? Would you take decisive action by ceasing to associate with that person? What would your heart move you to do? Like Asa, you can show that you have a complete heart by fully relying on God when you are faced with opposition, even some that may seem insurmountable. You may be teased or ridiculed at school for taking a stand as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Or colleagues at work may taunt you for taking days off for spiritual activities or for not often working overtime. In such situations, pray to God, just as Asa did. (2 Chron. 14:11) Remain firm for what you know is right and wise. Remember that God strengthened and helped Asa, and He will strengthen you.
w17.03 3:6-8 "
https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/dt/r1/lp-e/2018/12/30
1987 Disfellowshipping Case - Paul v. Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York Inc
This was a case where in June 1987, the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit upheld the Witnesses' right to shun those who fail to live by the group's standards and doctrines, upholding the ruling of a lower court.
http://openjurist.org/819/f2d/875
Has there been any cases after this, where DF cases went to court? Have there been cases in other countries were DF decisions were challenged and reversed?
DID ANYONE SEE THE A&E SPECIAL "AFTERMATH: JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES" ON CABLE TV ?
By James Thomas Rook Jr.
Here in the United States we have Cable TV with such things as "History Channel", "Discovery Channel", "Scifi Channel", and "A&E" the "Arts and Entertainment Channel". Apparently around November 13 of this year they had a famous (?) TV star, Leah Remini, who had been a Scientologist since she was eight years old turn Apostate, and she has done at least two TV seasons exposing the ills of the Church of Scientology", do an Expose' of Jehovah's Witnesses.
I do not watch TV as a rule, and missed it, and I spent a few days looking for it and trying to download a copy. It was not on YouTube, but I did find it under "Aftermath Jehovah's Witnesses" on the Russian equivalent of YouTube, "Rutube.ru". It would not download with my usual download software, so I had to find a free screen capture software, which took about four hours to get the settings just right, and I was able to download the two hour program from my monitor, as it was playing.
Therefore, I watched the TV program three times, as I experimented with the settings to get a good screen copy to my hard drive..
I could see both sides of the program viewpoints presented, and did not find us to be misrepresented in any way whatsoever ... but if there was EVER a clear example of the Law of Unintended Consequences, the horror the Governing Body has caused in disfellowshipping the way that it is currently done ... by ripping families apart, and creating irreparable damage that can never be corrected with reinstatement, was chilling, and puts us in the same class as Scientologists ... which completely disregarding the horror and hardsip, and cruelty without any mercy whatsoever it creates locally, shames Jehovah's Name and Reputation over the whole planet.
I don't believe there is anything a local Jehovah's Witness could do ... rob a bank ... have a harem ... have sex with horses ... etc., ad nauseum ... that would besmirch Jehovah's name and reputation globally as much as our current blatantly cruel public policies of destroying whole families for the sins of one person.
I am very glad to have the education I have to know that the TRUTH is still the truth .... even though the 85% drivel has rotted and fermented into rotten sewage.
Most JWs do NOT have this educational advantage ... so their lives are permanently destroyed.
I don't expect much from people, and almost NOTHING from groups of people .... so for me, like getting one of those great salads at the Olive Garden Restaurant, and finding a big chunk of solid sewage in it ... I hold my nose, and eat around it.
This TV Special is global news .... what could I possibly say to the average person that would clear the Name of God, that the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses, NOT THE TELEVISION PROGRAM, has corrupted by its Pharisaic policies that have real world consequences?
The exact same thing happened in ancient Israel, and a system that God blessed and supported for a thousand years and more was abandoned by God.
My mom asked to see my kids, says she misses them very much. I asked if she was still shunning me...
via cpjay
Loyally Uphold Jehovah’s Judgments
from 2016 the year that they started the return to Jehovah brochure.
Jehovah’s Witnesses applaud 10 year old girl for shunning her sister
a heartbreaking video has emerged online showing how far reaching and deeply ingrained this shunning policy is; a video showing JehovahÂ’s Witnesses clapping in applause as a little girl announces she is shunning her own sister.
Little Melody, and the sister she doesnÂ’t have.
The incident appears to take place at one of this years Watchtower conventions. The video was posted on youtube by the girls parents, apprently eager to share with the world how they had trained one of their children to pretend her sister didnÂ’t exist purely on the basis of religious dogma.
The video was comment-protected once viewers began expressing concern and displeasure at what they saw, but at the time of writing the video itself is still live and can be viewed below on the family’s youtube page. (EDIT 11/09/2017 – The video has been removed, but we have linked to an alternate site which has a copy)
t shows a little girl called Melody. She is ten years old, and was apparently baptised when she was 9. This means that Melody is now committed to the religion for life, and will be shunned if she ever leaves, or “unrepentantly” breaks any of its vast array of detailed rules.
During the interview, Melody explains that she has a sister who was “disfellowshipped,” which is the Witness term for one who is excommunicated; someone who was thrown out of the faith rather than leaving of their own accord. We are not told the reason for the disfellowshipping, but one can be subjected to it for a wide range of reasons such as pre-marital sex, celebrating Christmas or birthdays, voting, taking a blood transfusion, joining the military, or simply questioning any of the doctrines of the Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Melody states that her sister was trying to contact her, and asking her to stay in contact despite Watchtower decreeing that she be shunned. Remember, MelodyÂ’s sister has probably lost all her family and friends at this point; everyone she ever knew and loved.
Melody admits that she misses and loves her sister, but states that she was afraid that if she didnÂ’t cut her sister off completely, she might be tempted to keep some form of relationship going. Thus, she has decided to shun her completely, as Watchtower demands. She claims that this was to protect her relationship with Jehovah.
The audience of JehovahÂ’s Witnesses watching this announcement applaud.
Sam Herd Compares Shunning your own Children to Casting out Demons.
This comes from the final talk at the Birmingham, AL Convention. Herd talks kind of low and there is some background noise, so here is a transcript starting at about 1:25.
I thought this was interesting because it doesn't appear to be in the talk outline. Admittedly, I just skimmed through the outline quickly, so it might be in there. Either way, there is something twisted about comparing the shunning of children to casting out demons from heaven.
Edit: For those wondering, this talk is from August 5. The part before when the transcript starts is Herd talking about King Asa removing his grandmother from her position.
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JW Triple murder-suicide shatters quiet of Keego Harbor
Mike MartindaleUpdated 6:11 p.m. ET Feb. 16, 2018 Keego Harbor — A quiet residential street became a horrific crime scene Friday with news that four people — a couple and their adult children — died in what police are describing as a triple murder-suicide.
By late afternoon, some yellow police crime scene tape remained around the two-story wood frame bungalow in the 2300 block of Cass Lake Road where police were sent about 8:10 a.m. on a welfare check after a relative became worried about the family, Keego Harbor Police Chief John Fitzgerald said.
One of four bodies is removed from the home of the 2300 block of Cass Lake Road. (Photo: Clarence Tabb Jr., The Detroit News)
“A relative had concerns and asked us to look into it,” said Fitzgerald. “It’s tragic and our thoughts and prayers are with the family.”
Inside the house officers found four bodies who neighbors identified as Daniel Stuart, 47, his wife, Lauren, 45, and their children, Bethany, 24, and Steven, 27.
Fitzgerald said the “perpetrator” was among the dead but would not provide details other than to stress “we think we know what happened here and there is no danger to neighbors.”
Fitzgerald said police have recovered what is believed to be the murder weapon but would not elaborate. He said all the deaths remain under investigation.
Keego Harbor Police Chief John Fitzgerald briefs the media on the murder-suicide. (Photo: Clarence Tabb Jr., The Detroit News)
Neighbors John and Jackie Tristani said they awoke Friday to learn police were outside the victimsÂ’ home.
“My son said police were repeatedly calling out ‘Lauren, come outside,’ " said John Tristani. “When she didn’t respond they (police) went inside. A few minutes later, they came back outside, shaking their heads.”
Tristani said he had been watching television late Thursday night and never heard anything from the Stuarts' home.
Sources close to the investigation said the family pet, a dog, was also slain by the killer. Investigators also found a note which may help explain what led up to the deaths. They would not discuss its contents.
The deaths puzzle the Tristanis, who knew Lauren Stuart as a “hard-working” neighbor who could often be seen working in her yard and remodeled the house largely on her own.
“She would often come over and borrow tools – a saw, a pickaxe – whatever,” said Tristani. “She was always doing something.”
The Tristanis said in one of their first meetings with Lauren Stuart a few years ago she attempted to “recruit” them into the Jehovah’s Witnesses.
“I said we were Catholics and weren’t interested,” he said. “She accepted the answer and it was the end of that.”
Lauren Stuart worked at an area gym, he said, and her husband was involved in some form of medical business in the Ann Arbor area.
Darlene and Dennis Buck, who live a block away on Cass Lake Road, said they were enroute home from a trip to northern Michigan when they learned of the murder-suicide.
“We have lived here since ’74 and nothing like this has ever happened in our neighborhood — not even close,” said Darlene Buck.
Jackie Tristani said she found it all “scary” – not just the deaths but that something might have been going on in a neighbor’s home without her knowledge. She had tried to get Bethany a job at her workplace and her son knew both Bethany and Steven. There was never any mention or indication of trouble inside the home, she said.
“I would hope that if there was a problem inside there someone would have reached out, we would have tried to help,” she said, her voice quaking. “Maybe we could have done something.
“But you never really know everything there is about your neighbors, do you?”
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2018/02/16/4-dead-keego-harbor-murder-suicide/345756002/
Ex-Jehovah's Witnesses break silence on shunning: 'My mother treats me like I'm dead'
By Witness
“JehovahÂ’s Witness kids grow up knowing that if they ever mess up, their parents will leave them — and thatÂ’s scary,” Sawyer, now 38, said in a recent interview from her home in Pascagoula, Miss. “The shunning is supposed to make us miss them so much that weÂ’ll come back. Â… It didnÂ’t work.”
Sawyer and many others like her are now denouncing the church's shunning practices in the wake of a recent murder-suicide in Keego Harbor that killed a family of four ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses who were ostracized after leaving the faith. The deaths sparked outrage among scores of ex-JWs nationwide who took to Facebook, online forums, blogs and YouTube, arguing the tragedy highlights a pervasive yet rarely-publicized problem within the church: Shunning is pushing the most vulnerable people over the edge, they say, and tearing families apart.
In the Michigan case, a distraught mother shot and killed her husband, her two grown children and herself in their Keego Harbor home, shocking the small and quiet Oakland County community.
The shooter was Lauren Stuart, a part-time model and personal trainer who struggled with depression and spent much of her time working on her house, her friends say. She and her husband, Daniel Stuart, 47, left the JW faith more than a decade ago over doctrinal and social issues. Among them was their desire to send their kids to college, which many ex-JWs say is frowned upon by the church and viewed as spiritually dangerous.
“University and college campuses are notorious for bad behavior — drug and alcohol abuse, immorality, cheating, hazing, and the list goes on,” a 2005 article in the Watchtower, the church's official publication, stated.
But the Stuarts sent both their kids to college: Steven, 27, excelled in computers, just like his father, who was a data solutions architect for the University of Michigan Medical School. Bethany, 24, thrived in art and graphic design.  After the parents left the faith, the Stuarts were ostracized by the Kingdom Hall — the churches where Jehovah's Witnesses worship — community in Union Lake and their families, friends said.
Lauren Stuart, whose mother died of cancer when she was 12, struggled with mental illness that went untreated; isolation and fears that the end was near, said friends and officials familiar with the case. One friend who requested anonymity said she believes the killing was the result of depression, not religion.
"This is a tragedy that has to do with a disease. Depression is so prevalent, and when it goes untreated this is what happens," the friend said. "She needed medical help."
Longtime family friend Joyce Taylor believes depression, shunning and religion-based doomsday fears all played a role. She said that about six weeks before the killings, Lauren started getting religiously preoccupied and telling her "'It's the end times, I know it is.'"
Weeks later, Taylor saw her friend again. Lauren had a vacant look in her eyes. She was emotionally distressed.
A week later, with her home decorated for Valentine's Day, Lauren Stuart killed her family. She left behind a suicide note.
"She said in the suicide note that she felt that by killing them it was the only way to save them," recalled Taylor, who said police let her read the letter. "She said she's sorry that she has to do this, but it was the only way to save them all."Â
Taylor, a former Jehovah's Witness herself who left the faith in 1986, explained: "Jehovah's Witnesses believe that if you die on this side of Armageddon, you'll be resurrected in paradise."
In Lauren Stuart's case, Taylor believes her friend never deprogrammed after leaving the church — a state she describes as  "physically out, but mentally in." She believes that Lauren's indoctrinated doomsday fears never left her, and that the shunning helped push her over the edge.
Had she not been excommunicated by her tight-knit community that was once her entire support system — left with no one to share her fears with — Lauren Stuart may not have done what she did, Taylor believes.
"People do things when they are desperate," Taylor said. "And that was an extreme, desperate act."
Shunning "can lead to great trauma among people because the Jehovah's Witnesses are a very tight-knit community," said Mathew Schmalz, a religious studies associate professor at the College of Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass.
"If you're separated out, you're really left to your own devices in ways that are very challenging and very painful," Schmalz said. "Once you leave a group that's been your whole life — letting that go is a kind of death."
Police have not yet disclosed details about the death of the Stuart family besides calling it a murder-suicide.
The tragedy has emboldened many once-quiet ex-JWs to speak up. Many say they suffered quietly on their own for years until they discovered an online community full of isolated, ostracized people like themselves — people who had lost someone to suicide or attempted suicide themselves because their families, friends and church community had written them off for making mistakes, for being human.Â
The church calls it being "disfellowshipped." Members can return if they repent, change the behavior and prove themselves worthy of being reinstated. But unless or until that happens, members are encouraged to avoid the sinners, especially those who leave the faith.
Mothers go years, even decades, without talking to their children. Siblings write off siblings. Friends shun friends.
An estimated 70,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses are disfellowshipped every year — roughly 1% of the church’s total population, according to data published by the Watchtower. Their names are published at local Kingdom Halls. Of those, two-thirds never return.
Within a faith representing 8.4 million people worldwide, however, many members believe the religion is pure, good and loving. Those who are speaking against it, current members argue, are disgruntled and angry people who have an ax to grind because they were disfellowshipped. Or, they are lost souls who have misinterpreted the meaning and love behind the faith. Members say they believe the shunning accusations are exaggerated and that the suicides are often more about mental illness than ostracism.
The departed disagree. Â
In the world of ex-JehovahÂ’s Witnesses, they maintain, the shunned are considered dead to their families, just like the suicide victims.Â
These are their stories:
‘A dangerous cult’
It was a difficult conversation to wrap her 8-year-old brain around.
“‘You know your sister was being bad, right?’“ Sawyer recalled her mother telling her after her sister's suicide.
“ ‘And what she did was stupid, right?’ … To take your own life is very wrong,' " the mother continued.
“I didn’t understand what was going on … and I said, ‘Oh. OK,,’ “ recalled Sawyer. “In my 8-year-old brain I was thinking, ‘When I mess up, my mom’s going to hate me.’ "
And so began her painful journey with the JehovahÂ’s Witness faith, the religion she was born into and grew up in in Pascagoula, Miss., where her fears of abandonment took hold at the age of 8.Â
Sawyer believes the shunning drove her sister to suicide. After the church disfellowshipped her for getting engaged to a non-JW, the fiancé left her sister, who was thrown into depression. Her sister tried turning to her mother for consolation, but her mom would read scripture and tell her, "until you start acting right, you’re going to have these bad things happen to you.“
Bad things happened to Sawyer, too. At 30, she sought a divorce from her husband because he was abusive and cheating on her, she said. But the church elders and family pressured her to save her marriage.
“I showed them the holes in my walls,” Sawyer said, referring to the damage her ex-husband did to the home during fights. “They told me to pray more … and sent me back home to him.”
Sawyer took up smoking to handle the stress, which got her disfellowshipped because smoking is not allowed. She also went through with the divorce. She ended up losing her home to foreclosure and turned to her mother for help as she had two children to raise.
 Her mother took her in temporarily, but when the church elders found out, they threatened to disfellowship SawyerÂ’s mother — who let the grandkids stay, but not the daughter.Â
Sawyer ended up homeless for six months, living out of her car in a community college parking lot. She landed on her feet with the help of a student loan. She got an apartment, a job as a hospice nurse and her children — now 10 and 18 — back. She found herself, but lost her family along the way.
Her mother doesnÂ’t speak to her; she said she canÂ’t recall the last time they spoke.
Her sister in Alabama hasnÂ’t spoken to her since Sawyer got divorced in 2010.
“She was on my porch, with my parents … My sister looked at me and said, ‘You’re abandoning me just like Donna did’ And left. And that's the last thing she ever said to me."
Sawyer has kept silent about her pain for decades.
“This is a dangerous cult,” she said of her former religion. “ItÂ’s important for people to realize —  this is serious.”Â
Read the rest of the story here:
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/03/18/jehovahs-witnesses-murder-suicide-keego-harbor/409695002/
How Common is Shunning?
By Kurt
Is Shunning a Violation of Human Rights?
There is a quote routinely parroted by apostates accusing our organization of "violating" human rights when former members are shunned. Here is the quote they use from Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
"Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance." - Emphasis Ours.
Basically, they claim that somehow shunning violates their freedom of conscience, thought, and religion. Let us briefly examine why shunning in the way Jehovah's Witnesses practice it does not violate human rights, or Article 18.
Understanding Article 18
To understand if shunning is a violation of Article 18, ask yourself these questions if your association with Jehovah's Witnesses has ended:
"How is shunning preventing me from exercising my freedom of thought and conscience?"
"How is shunning preventing me from joining another religion?"
"How is shunning preventing me from expressing or manifesting my beliefs, religious or otherwise, in public or in private"?
Answering these questions honestly should lead you to the proper conclusion.
Diversionary Propaganda
The only time shunning runs afoul of human rights is when a group uses it to have an effect outside of its own membership. For example, if a group uses it to inflict financial harm or harassment through isolation, calling their employer, blacklisting them with businesses, spreading false rumors, threatening lawsuits or calling the police on them with anonymous phone calls, then it can conflict with human rights. However, former Witnesses have the same freedoms and powers as non-members of civil society. They can join another religion, freely express their opposing views with the public at large, and retain or acquire employment. In fact, once they leave, we have no interest in or concern with them whatsoever. (Heb 6:4-6)
Another factor to consider is that if a person makes it officially known verbally or in writing that he or she no longer wants to be one of Jehovah's Witnesses, they are shunning us, rather than us shunning them. We are obligated to honor this official declaration. Since we did not initiate such action, we cannot be accused of violating their human rights.
But opposers never present that side. Instead, they focus on the possible effects of shunning in an attempt to distract you from the facts and manipulate how others perceive us. They use emotive, non-neutral language such as: "it breaks up families", "separates children from parents", and "causes emotional torture". While that may happen on the rare, extreme end, those are unintended consequences. How does shunning one member break up an entire family? It does not unless that member is permitted to poison other members against each other.
Thus if they stick to shunning, it actually prevents family break-ups, as only an apostate's divisiveness and disregard of the shunning arrangement can cause friction in a family. How does it separate children from parents? Former members try to make it look like we kick under-aged children out of our homes, but that is a lie. Since the 1950's, we have made it clear that parents must take care of their children until they are adults by the law of the land, regardless of shunning. (De 6:6, 7; Pr 19:18; 22:6 ;Eph 6:4) Thus only adults are shunned by their parents. Inversely, children of disfellowshipped parents are expected to remain in subjection to their parents until they come of legal age to leave, so long as they are not asked to violate God's word or endanger their lives or their salvation. (Acts 5;29; Col 3:20)
How does it cause emotional torture? It does not. "Torture" implies intent. The only intent to torture emotionally is by the shunned individual when they keep trying to contact their families, knowing the pain they are causing, not only to their families. but to themselves. If they left their families alone, there would be no torture.
Our beliefs and practices are shared with all members before they join. And just because one finds an experience traumatic, that is not necessarily a violation of human rights. For example, to some people, being kicked off a sports team is traumatic, but that does not mean their human rights have been violated. The team's coach has a right to choose who gets to be part of the team.
If you breach company policy and are fired from your job as a result, and you are no longer allowed onto the property, is that a violation of your human rights? Are you somehow being tortured? Just because it is painful does not make it torture.
A person can file a restraining order against a family member, does that mean the person is torturing the family member? Of course not. Just think about why the person needed to file the restraining order in the first place. It is because the family member was either physically dangerous or was harrassing them. We shun in order to keep ones from posing a spiritual danger and because those who leave often try to harass those who stay. It takes only a single internet search to verify this in the thousands of pages posted by our apostates.
The Courts Have Spoken
Though there is no clear violation of human rights, this did not stop Janice Paul from trying to sue us in the United States over the issue of shunning. In 1987, the US Court of Appeals for the 9th District upheld the Witnesses right to shun those who fail to live by the organization's standards and doctrines, upholding the ruling of the lower court. The court concluded:
"Shunning is a practice engaged in by Jehovah's Witnesses pursuant to their interpretation of canonical text, and we are not free to reinterpret that text. . . . We find the practice of shunning not to constitute a sufficient threat to the peace, safety, or morality of the community as to warrant state intervention. . . . the defendants are entitled to the free exercise of their religious beliefs. . . Although we recognize that the harms suffered by Janice Paul are real and not insubstantial, permitting her to recover for intangible or emotional injuries would unconstitutionally restrict the Jehovah's Witnesses free exercise of religion" - Emphasis Ours.
We do not take the difficulties related to shunning lightly, and that is why we offer Witnesses who may be thinking of leaving, or those who break Bible principles, every opportunity to remain in the fold and offer them assistance in dealing with whatever issue they have. But at the end of the day, it is up to them to accept it.
As to the general accusation that Witnesses "break up families", the ECHR (European Court of Human Rights) stated:
. . . that non-Witness family members often cause conflict by refusing “to accept and to respect their religious relative’s freedom to manifest and practise his or her religion.” - Emphasis ours.
Shunning is a free practice of our religious beliefs as well. As the ECHR stated, it is not so much about the belief itself, its more about respecting our rights to practice them, whether you agree with them or not.
Accept the Consequences
What this really amounts to is the disfellowshipped person's refusal to accept the consequences of their actions. Since they cannot openly dissent against the leadership and live their lives apart from Bible principles while maintaining active membership, they claim that removing them to protect the congregation from their influence is violating their conscience and freedom. However, before becoming a Witness, they agreed to live by the tenets of our beliefs and they agreed to accept the consequences of not doing so. We have the right to decide who can or cannot remain members. Neither the public at large nor former members have the right to tell us who can be members or whether we must communicate with them. That is our choice, not theirs.
Melody's Interview at 2017 "Don't Give Up" Regional Convention".
Last year my wife and I attended an Assembly in Orangeburg, SC, where a brother in an interview on stage was proud that he had not said a single word to his disfellowshipped father in over 20 years. We were sitting up close and could see his face in person, and on the large monitors. His declaration of cruelty was followed by intense applause from the audience.
We were stunned and horrified.
This video was originally posted on YOUTUBE by the mother of Melody, at a Regional 2017 Convention where she is proud of having shunned her sister, who is disfellowshipped, but many adverse comments on YOUTUBE made her ashamed ..... and she took the posting down.
I got this video copy from the Russian equivalent of YOUTUBE web site, RUTUBE.COM.
After she details her cruelty to her sister, the audience reaction is vigorous applause.
THIS IS WHY the Russian government and most of the people HATE Jehovah's Witnesses.
Oblivious, clueless, extreme cruelty, in the name of righteousness.
Melody's interview @ the Regional Convention 2017 _Don't Give Up_.mp4
The ex-Jehovah's Witnesses shunned by their families (BBC report)
By Outta Here
Even the highly regarded BBC cannot resist the temptation to indulge in gutter-press standard reporting when it comes to Jehovah's Witnesses.
This report on the Jehovah's Witnesses disfellowshipping process is rather misleading. It associates the disfellowshipping action with totally unrelated experiences and leaves the impression that this action is taken:
1. when a person leaves an abusive relationship
2: when a person does not attend the annual memorial celebration of Christ's death.
Nothing could be further from the truth. Even the most inexperienced researcher could easily find out the circumstances leading to this serious and scriptural measure by looking at https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/shunning/.
It is unlikely that the interviewees would reveal the real reason for their disfellowshipping which would probably cause personal embarrassment, and there is no way that the official organisation would comment or reveal the details of an individual case.
Did Christians in the 1st century disfellowship / shun wrongdoers?
By Guest Nicole
What were Jesus’ instructions regarding shunning wrongdoers (disfellowshipping)?
Shunning the Disassociated
"Why is it necessary, when someone feels that they can no longer abide the organisation and has to disassociate - why is it necessary to shun them? Why can't they keep having social contact
with those people who happen to remain in the organisation?"
- Australian Royal Commission to Jehovah's Witnesses
Do Jehovahs Witnesses shun Child Victims of Sexual Abuse
By INTREPID TRAVELLER
On the 10th of this month, the Australia Royal Commission held Case 54 which was a review of the responses of Jehovah’s Witnesses to the Commission’s findings. The representatives from the Australia branch swore on the Bible “to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth”. Did they comply with this solemn oath before God? You be the judge after watching this video:
Sometimes Your Best Option is to Hit the Reset Button
By TrueTomHarley
There are quite a few of them out there – some shunned, some not. Some go online. They’re not necessarily wrong as they relate their experiences and viewpoints. Some have had run-ins with Tom Pearlsnswine, who never met a fly he didn’t counsel. Some caught the consumer mentality of religion and could “no more imagine a church disciplining them than they could a store that sells goods disciplining them. It is not the place of the seller to discipline the consumer.” Others lost their balance as standards of child-rearing veered more sharply than ever before. ‘If you kids don’t stop crying, I’ll give you something to cry about!’ my non-Witness Dad would holler, a phrase that was no idle threat – every child knew that phrase, as they did “I’ll kill you for that!” It was a commonplace ‘threat’ bestowed almost lovingly on a mischievous child – I can’t tell you how many times my mother said it to me - but the deed itself was rare. Today the deed is commonplace but you’ll have to explain your words before the judge. Lightning-like shifts in morals and mores caught youngsters and parents alike flatfooted. Besides – let’s face it – a lot of Jehovah’s Witnesses are nuts. Probably in no greater proportion than the world in general and certainly without the baggage of violence that can so easily attach itself to non-Witness nuts, but that doesn’t mean they’re not nuts. Sometimes your best option is to hit the reset button.
From: 'Tom Irregardless and Me'
Shun your inactive family members and report them if you suspect they are sinning
By The Librarian
Why such blatant hypocrisy?
I was reading this week's study article on remaining loyal to Jah. Found an interesting contradiction on shunning. They cite two experiences. In one a JW shuns her mom and her example is posted as a positive one of someone doing the right thing. The second example however of a JW being shunned by his non-JW family is labeled as an injustice. Here's first one:
So, the example above demonstrates the supposed loyal faith of a daughter that refused to talk to the woman that gave birth to her, raised her and surely sacrificed so much for her. This, the Watchtower claims, is an example of love and loyalty. Now let's see the second example cited in the same article in a latter paragraph:
In this example, the non-JW family members were cruel, because they "opposed his association" and "forbid him to visit them for years". Yet, isn't this exactly what the JW daughter from the first experience was doing to her mother? only in reverse?
- Sanchy
Disfellowshipping (Shunning) - Soon to be discontinued?
- jw.org
When I compare that official quote with the following official headline:
http://www.jw-archive.org/post/117601618528/disfellowshipping-arrangement-has-changed
I get the idea that JW.org will soon stop the practice of shunning former believers into compliance.
How much time until this new light comes out..... I'm not sure.
Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't: Religious Shunning and the free exercise clause
The following link is to a PDF file found on the Penn Law Legal Scholarship Repository website.
" The Penn Law Legal Scholarship Repository is the institutional repository of the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Its purpose is to collect and preserve the scholarly output of Penn Law. "
http://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/
Please share any thoughts you have on the reasoning used in this document.
If you don't trust my link, which would be fair enough, simply Google the following search term as I write it:
'religious shunning tax exempt'
It should be the very first page that comes up.
REINSTATEMENT No3
By Γιαννης Διαμαντιδης
Because my question became argument for out of topic subjects I would like to refine this question: why someone who disfellowshipped for a reason that no longer exist must come back to the congregation ask for forgiveness and wait some time to be reinstated? I will give you the reason of the offense, because I am sure you will not understand me otherwise. There is this brother called Kotsos a Greek brother (and later immigrant in Germany because he lost his job here) who needed kidney transplant around 1975 and in 1978 had been disfellowshiped for making the kidney transplant. Around 1985 he came back to the congregation and the elders did not accept him without some kind of punishment ( by punishment I mean to come for some time in the congregation nobody to talk to him so he will show remorse for his action). There are also other examples too. In the Greek Watchtower of 1970 page 766 we read about a homosexual brother who disfellowshipped for 3 years in advance. So in that 3 years he had no right to repent !!!
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Have you ever wondered why barns are painted red?.
By TheWorldNewsOrg
Physics is fun!.
They cry, they smile, they sing, they dance: #NorthKorean army band’s performance for Kim...
Drone video makes ice skating performances very compelling…Credit: On Ice Perspectives...
Next level of engineering.
Extreme Tailgating.
By James Thomas Rook Jr. · Posted 48 minutes ago
Can you give two solid, scriptural based examples ... and two modern day contemporary examples of how one might blaspheme against, or speak against the holy spirit? I understand what that scripture says, but I cannot visualize any examples, with that specific label, which is NOT in my common experience as relatable vocabulary. To make sense ... it needs explanation and examples to provide context. It is a meaningless phrase without context and examples. Grok?
By ... · Posted 7 hours ago
31 “For this reason I say to you, every sort of sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the spirit will not be forgiven. 32 For example, whoever speaks a word against the Son of man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the holy spirit, it will not be forgiven him, no, not in this system of things nor in that to come. (Mt 12:31, 32) The fire has been lit, you need to figure out which fire, 1 or 2: #1 “I came to start a fire on the earth, and what more is there for me to wish if it has already been lit? 50 Indeed, I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and how I am distressed until it is finished! 51 Do you think I came to give peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. 52 For from now on there will be five in one house divided, three against two and two against three. 53 They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.” (Lu 12:49-53) #2 “The tongue is also a fire. The tongue represents a world of unrighteousness among our body members, for it defiles all the body and sets the whole course of life on fire, and it is set on fire by Ge·henʹna. (Jas 3:5, 6)
By James Thomas Rook Jr. · Posted 10 hours ago
To get my young children interested in physics, I used the old "generate static electricity with a balloon", experiment. I explained what static electricity was and rubbed the balloon in my hair ( I had hair ... then), until the hair stood up on end. and went over to a wall with the balloon, and had my head stick to the wall.
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Revelation: Babylon the Great, etc.
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Ministry of Defence written question – answered on 31st October 2019.
All Written Answers on 31 Oct 2019
Steven Baker Conservative, Wycombe
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to ensure that UK defence priorities are not subordinate to EU capability development priorities.
Hansard source (Citation: HC Deb, 31 October 2019, cW)
Mark Lancaster The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence
The UK continues to conduct its defence policy according to its own priorities and to assess EU capability development initiatives on that basis. For example, the UK decided not to join Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO). The Government has said that it may wish to participate in some EU capability development projects as part of the future partnership, on a voluntary and case-by-case basis where of clear benefit to the UK. The Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration provide such options to cooperate.
No0 people think not
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Spotlight listing of upcoming events
Published 4:31 pm EDT, Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Free screening ‘The Anonymous People’ — Westport Family Counseling and Newport Academy will be hosting a free screening, followed by a panel discussion from 6:30-9 p.m., at Christ & Holy Trinity Church in Westport. The Anonymous People is a feature documentary film about the 23.5 million Americans living in long-term recovery from alcohol and other drug addiction. The moving story of will be told through the faces and voices of the leaders, volunteers, corporate executives, and celebrities who are laying it all on the line to save the lives of others just like them. There will be refreshments provided. To register, contact tahern@newportacademy.com.
Dog wash fund-raiser — Trumbull Agriscience Center’s Dog Wash will be held at Trumbull High School’s Agriscience and Biotechnology Center from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. The Agriscience students are sponsoring this fund-raising event. Fee is $10 per dog. The Agriscience Center is located at 536 Daniels Farm Road in Trumbull. For more information, call 203-452-4200.
Shop local — Handmade Happening Craft Fair will be held at Long Hill Methodist Church, and hosted by it’s Children’s Center at 6358 Main St., from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Every shopper receives a free raffle ticket. Shop local. Support the small local businesses that will be there with their handmade items; adjustable necklaces, flavored oils, dog biscuits, coats for dogs, natural personal products, honey candles, sugar scrubs, pillows, in-laid wood cutting boards, sea glass jewelry, bottle openers, wood pallet creations, wire bangle bracelets, natural soaps, knit designs, stoneware, hand sewn accessories, glass bottles made into cheese trays, spoon rests and bowls, baby diaper cakes, and personalized children’s items.
Teen Night — Due to the snow last Thursday, the Middle School 7th and 8th grade students are invited to Teen Night from 6-9 p.m., at the Teen Center, Indian Ledge Park, 375 Indian Ledge Park Road. Supervised by Recreation and the Park Ranger's. Pre-registration is required and space is limited. Call 203-452-5003.
Mohegan Sun bus trip — Sponsored by St. Theresa Senior Club. Cost is $30. Bus leaves parking lot behind St. Theresa Church, 5301 Main St., Trumbull, at 10 a.m., leaving Casino at 4:30 pm. Reservations, call Rosemarie 203-268-6992.
Ellis Island presentation — Maefair Health Care Center, 21 Maefair Court, announces a presentation by Arthur N. Gottlieb, LCSW, CSA, on Ellis Island. A photo tour will be held from 1-2 p.m. RSVP to reserve your seat by Tuesday, March 24 at 203-459-5152. Light refreshments will be served.
Town Hall Art Gallery — Christian Heritage School will be showing 25 impressionist and post-impressionist paintings created by their high school art students at the Trumbull Town Hall Art Gallery. The art works were created under the tutelage of art teacher Dorothy Schultz. For more information, call the Arts office at 203-452-5065.
Tidy Up Trumbull — Tidy Up Trumbull, the annual event that gives town residents the chance to beautify parks, trails, roadsides and parking areas, will be held this year, from 9 a.m.-noon, followed immediately by a lunch for volunteers at Twin Brooks Park. Anyone wishing to participate or have questions answered can email Liz Thomas at lizthomas413@sbcglobal.net or call her at 203-261-2644.
By Saturday, April 25
Scholarship — Trumbull Community Women will award a $2,500 scholarship to a graduating high school senior who is a resident of Trumbull, chosen based on their dedication, the exceptional time and effort expended in volunteering activities, and the subject content of an essay not to exceed 500 words. The completed application, with all required attachments, must be postmarked by April 25, and mailed to TCW Scholarship Committee, 26 Dale Road, Trumbull, CT 06611.
To obtain an application form, candidates should contact their school guidance department or log onto trumbullcommunitywomen.org.
Citi-Field bus trip — The CT Fallen Heroes Foundation will be sponsoring a bus trip to Citi-Field to see the Mets take on the Washington Nationals. The game starts at 7:05 p.m., and bus leaves exit 35 commuter lot off I-95 in Milford at 3:30 p.m. Tickets, driver gratuity and AC Coach are $80 per person. Section 330, rows 5 thru 9. Contact Mark Mihalick at 203-907-5741 for more information and tickets.
Great Minds art collection on display — The Great Minds Collection: 35 Portraits of Transformational Figures, will be exhibited throughout the Trumbull Library, 33 Quality St., a collaborative project of contemporary American artist Robin Morris and Trumbull residents Dick and Jane Resnick. Great Minds’ inclusion criteria where someone who has altered the human landscape, who has changed the way humans think, or what we think, or even how we think, and who has remained relevant today. Mark Twain, Buddha, Albert Einstein, Nelson Mandela, Thomas Jefferson, and the rest are portrayed in startling images that draw viewers into their amazing lives. For more information, call the Trumbull Library at 203-452-5197 or visit trumbullct-library.org.
Literary competition — Writers from elementary to adult are invited to submit previously unpublished works in the categories of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Once received, the entries are sorted and distributed to the panel of judges with the names of the authors removed for anonymity. All winning entries will be published in the 2015 edition of Penworks, the literary magazine of the Trumbull Arts Festival. Every year the winning writers have the pleasure of becoming published authors. The winners of the 2015 competition will be honored during the awards ceremony to be held in the Community Room of the Trumbull Library on the day of the Arts Festival, Sunday Sept. 13 at 10 a.m. Applications can be downloaded at trumbull-ct.gov, Arts Commission page. For more information, call the Arts office at 203-452-5065.
TOPS meetings — TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) Trumbull Chapter meetings are held every Tuesday, 10 a.m., at the Trinity Episcopal Church, 1734 Huntington Tpke., next door to Fairchild Nichols Memorial Library. Call Jo-Ann Minishi 203-268-6282 for more information or just show. Annual membership fee is $32 and weekly dues are $2.
Pilates classes — Regular pilates class runs Wednesdays, 9 a.m.; Pre-natal pilates class, Wednesdays, 10 a.m., at the NIA Starkweather House, 1773 Huntington Turnpike, Trumbull; $10/class NIA members; $12/class non-members. To register, email pilatesft@gmail.com.
Trumbull MS support group — Meets at the Trumbull Library, 33 Quality St., from 6:30-8 p.m., on the third Tuesday of each month. For more information, call Amy at the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Connecticut Chapter at 800-FIGHTMS or visit ctfightsMS.org.
Seeking gardens — The Nichols Garden Club is still searching for a few more gardens to add to its tour which takes place the second week in July, 2015, from 4 p.m.-dusk. If you have a lovely or interesting garden, consider being on the tour. It is for a worthy cause, a scholarship for a Trumbull High School senior. Your garden need not be large and look for a variety of styles, including vegetable gardens, organic gardens, perennial gardens, Japanese style gardens or any garden with pretty features, such as a pond, a fountain, a pool , a pergola or outdoor kitchen, etc. If you have such a garden, or you know someone who does, contact Carole Hans at 203-372-4105.
Alzheimer’s Support Group — Support group for caregivers and families led by Harbor care Director, David Fife. Third Thursday of each month at 5:30 p.m. Hosted at Middebrook Farms of Trumbull, 2750 Reservoir Ave., Trumbull. Call 203-268-2400 for more information or e-mail dfife@benchmarkquality.com.
‘Rails to Trails’ — Trumbull Historian/Author, Sue DelBianco’s video on the history of The Trumbull Valley when train was king, promoting industry and linking the communities. The video contains captivating historical images of the railroad, trains, ice houses, mills, and Trumbull’s very own amusement park called Parlor Rock. E-mail Sue DelBianco at delbiancosue@yahoo.com or call 203-260-5394.
Widowed men — Widowed Persons Service (WPS)/A New Way of Life, will sponsor breakfast at Old Towne Restaurant, 60 Quality St., the second and fourth Saturday every month at 9 a.m. Just show up or call Peter at 203-882-8662 for more information. All are welcome.
Learn about the Bible — ‘The Story’ book group at Grace Church, 5958 Main St., in Trumbull. For those wondering where to begin in learning more about the Bible and what’s in it each week in one of two group meetings; Sunday at 11 a.m., or Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. The Rev. Elsa Worth will also focus on the themes of the week’s chapter during the sermon each Sunday in the 9:30 a.m. service. No experience with the bible necessary. For more information or for details on how to get your own books, visit gracetrumbull.org.
Donations needed for animal shelter — Trumbull Animal Shelter, 324 Church Hill Road is in need of the following: Clay litter, rawhide chews, canned cat or canned dog food (any kind) and dog toys for strong chewers (for example, Kongs). Although it is appreciated, soft toys with squeakers and stuffing are discouraged, since the animals can tear them out and get sick. For other items, call the shelter at 203-452-5088 or visit Trumbull Animal Group (TAG) on Amazon.com. Click on Wish List and search for Trumbull Animal Group.
Monday night bingo — Monday nights, Congregation B’nai Torah, 5700 Main St., Trumbull; 6:30 p.m.; Special games available, as well as progressive jackpot and door prizes. Public welcome. For more information, call 203-268-6940.
Wednesday night bingo — American Legion Post 141 hosts bingo. Doors open at 5, games begin at 6:30, corner of Whitney Avenue and Teller Road. 20 games including winner take all, 50/50 and progressive jackpot, up to $1,600. Families welcome; George Areson, 203-261-6874; Peter Pappas, 203-268-7904.
Damsels in Divorce — Support group for women in all phases of divorce; from contemplation to completion, take place on the second and fourth Friday nights of every month from 7-8:30 p.m., at Grace Church, 5958 Main St., Trumbull. Look for the signs to see in which space the meeting will be held in when you arrive. Any questions, contact Jennifer at DamselsInDivorce@aol.com.
Cell phone recycling — B’nai Torah Nursery School, 5700 Main St., is continuing its collection of used/broken/unwanted cell phones, batteries and chargers from locations throughout the Trumbull area for refurbishing and distribution to women in crisis to call 911 in case of emergency. Collection boxes in Trumbull locations: B’nai Torah Nursery School, Trumbull Police Station, Old Towne Restaurant, Trumbull Library, Fairchild Library, CVS on White Plains Road, Minuteman Cleaners, Home Veterinary Services, and Guacamole Grill.
Donations sought — Donate your old but still usable clothing, shoes, sneakers, belts, linens, pillow cases, blankets, curtains or stuffed animals. Grace Episcopal Church, 5958 Main St., now hosts a St. Pauly’s used clothing drop-off shed. Easily accessible, and located in the rear parking lot behind the church. Receipts are available at the shed for your charitable donation. Place donations in plastic bags and tie them up to keep clean and dry. Do no put any rags, fabric scraps, pillows, toys, household goods or electronics in the shed. More information at gracetrumbull.org.
Al-Anon meetings — Al-Anon is a resource for family members and friends affected by alcoholism. Al-Anon meets Monday at 7:30 a.m., and Thursday at 11:30 a.m., at Grace Episcopal Church, 5958 Main St. Thursday at 8 p.m., at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1734 Huntington Tpke. Alateen helps teens age 12-20 and also meets Thursday at 8 p.m., at Trinity Episcopal Church. There are no dues or fees to participate. For information, call 1-888-825-2666. Visit ct-al-anon.org. A free publication is available at Al-AnonFamilyGroups.org.
Bridgeport Art League — The Bridgeport Art League is seeking members. Monthly meetings are in held Shelton, featuring local artists and demonstrations. Members come from Milford, Orange, Stratford, Trumbull, Fairfield, Shelton, Easton and Monroe.
For more information, e-mail Diane Napolitano at napolitanj@comcast.net for information.
Caregiver’s support group — Maefair Health Care Center, 21 Maefair Court, Trumbull, monthly caregiver’s meeting is held the second Tuesday of each month from 2:30-3:30 p.m. For more information, call 203-459-5152 or e-mail outreach@maefairhcc.com. There is no cost to attend and light refreshments will be provided.
Knitters and crocheters — Meet at Panera Bread in the Trumbull Westfield Mall on Wednesdays from 10-11:30 a.m. Enjoy sharing your craft with others. All levels are welcome.
Men’s Club — Tashua Knolls Senior Men’s Club welcomes new members; open to all men age 60 or older, no residency requirements. Club conducts weekly golf competitions, sponsors two bowling leagues during fall and winter months; 261-2069.
Recreation classes — For caregivers and children ages 1-4. Toddler classes run Monday and Wednesday mornings. Art classes for preschooler ages 3 and 4, Thursday mornings. Call Trumbull Recreation for more information, 203-452-5060; or register in person at the Rec. office at 5892 Main St.
Exercise program — class combines cardiovascular fitness, strength training, agility, balance and coordination for all ability levels, Mondays and Wednesdays, 6 p.m., Teen Center, Indian Ledge Park; 203-253-3179; bootcamp-ct.com. Presented by Chris Terenzio of In-Home Health & Fitness.
Dog first aid/CPR — Certification through the Red Cross in dog first aid and CPR, 100 Corporate Drive; led by Dawn Lowery, certified Red Cross instructor and dog trainer. Contact Pet Degree Dog Training Center, 203-268-BARK (2275) for class times and information; petdegree@aol.com.
Dog obedience — Classes in all levels of dog training and obedience are offered by Trap Falls Kennel Club in Shelton. For more information, registration and class schedules, call 203-450-9485; e-mail tfkctraining@gmail.com, or visit trapfalls.org/Dog_Training.html.
Trumbull Business Network — Meets every Wednesday, 7:30 a.m., Helen Plumb Building, 6254 Main St.; trumbullbn.com/; shildneck@snet.net; 203-380-0453.
Furniture donations — The nonprofit Greater Bridgeport Furniture Warehouse Collaborative seeks donations of gently used furniture for low income, homeless and/or disabled individuals and families. Pick up may be arranged; donations tax deductible; 203-335-2725; warehouse hours are Tuesday-Friday, 9-2.
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Razer slaps $25,000 bounty on Project Valerie laptops nicked at CES
Chris Smith | January 11, 2017 9:35 am GMT
Razer’s triple-screened gaming laptop prototypes wowed many CES 2017 visitors last week, including at least one incredibly light fingered attendee.
The firm says two of the unique Project Valerie machines were lifted from its press room last Saturday and is now offering a sizable reward for information that leads to their recovery.
Related: 10 barmy gadgets from CES 2017
The gaming company’s CEO Min-Liang Tan has placed a $25,000 bounty on the laptops, which feature three 17.3-inch 4K screens that slide out of the main display to offer gamers a command centre-like immersive experience.
“At Razer, we play hard and we play fair,” he wrote on Facebook.
“Our teams worked months on end to conceptualize and develop these units and we pride ourselves in pushing the envelope to deliver the latest and greatest.
“We treat theft/larceny, and if relevant to this case, industrial espionage, very seriously – it is cheating, and cheating doesn’t sit well with us. Penalties for such crimes are grievous and anyone who would do this clearly isn’t very smart.”
The theft from the press room is interesting, given this was away from the hustle and bustle of the show floor, where it would be easier to evade the attentions of security.
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During the show, Razer promised Project Valerie had “the greatest amount of screen real estate ever assembled in a single computer,” and revealed the presence of an Nvidia GTX1080 GPU and Intel’s 7th-gen Core i processors.
Min-Liang Tan added: “The complexities of a traditional multi-monitor setup are a thing of the past with Project Valerie,” thanks to the custom-built automatic deployment mechanism.
“Equally important, the power of a desktop computer and graphics capabilities of three top-end monitors are included in the system. There is no shortcoming in the way of performance in the face of its amazing portability and features.”
The laptop is currently a working prototype, but there’s no news yet on whether and when Razer will pursue a consumer launch.
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Zinedine Zidane set to offload Real Madrid Courtois but won’t seek De Gea move
8 months ago 6876 views by Rahaman Abiola
- Zinedine Zidane is reportedly set to offload goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois this summer
- Keylor Navas is expected to return as Los Blancos No 1 after winning three consecutive Champions Leagues under Zidane
- Courtois has conceded 42 goals in 32 matches since joining from Premier League side Chelsea
Zinedine Zidane is set to send Belgium shot-stopper Thibaut Courtois packing from the Santiago Bernabeu at the end of the current campaign.
According to UK Sun citing Mundo Deportivo, the Los Blancos boss, who is eager to rebuild the squad in the summer is not a fan of Courtois despite arriving from Chelsea for £35m last summer.
At the last count, the 26-year-old has conceded 42 goals in 32 matches so far.
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The report further revealed that Zidane will also not be bidding for Manchester United star David De Gea as he wants to keep faith with Keylor Navas.
Already, under Zidane’s tutelage, the 32-year-old goalkeeper has won three consecutive Champions Leagues winners’ medal and the La Liga title in 2017.
Interestingly, with Navas now set to be handed the No 1 shirt at the Santiago Bernabeu, Zidane’s 20-year-old son Luca, will be the club’s back-up goalkeeper.
But Courtois is now left with a difficult decision about his future, with Chelsea sticking with Kepa Arrizabalaga as former suitors Paris Saint-Germain have also extended Gianluigi Buffon’s stay.
Meanwhile, Tuko.co.ke previously reported that Premier League giants, Arsenal, are closing in a deal to sign Brazilian forward Gabriel Martinelli.
Arsenal have been monitoring the progress of the Ituano striker as the club's scouts have been providing constant updates for months now.
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Regulatory and Standards
The NAB 2018 Agenda Series
All Digital Editions
CES Shows Resilience
Tech highlights include mobile DTV, 3D, OLED
Gary Arlen
Novartis, the Swiss pharmaceutical maker, may be a big winner from the U.S. digital TV transition—whenever it happens. At a Consumer Electronics Show panel about "The End of Analog," panelists were asked whether they would be drinking martinis or Maalox (which Novartis manufactures) on Feb. 18, the morning after the scheduled analog cutoff.
Every panelist, and many audience members, expect to be sipping (or chugging) the chalky heartburn medication. President Barack Obama's proposal (which surfaced on CES' opening day) to postpone the analog TV cutoff triggered unanticipated consternation at the annual electronics extravaganza—especially now that broadcasting, cable TV, Hollywood and so many other industries are part of the conversation. The best that some panelists could do was to shrug off the possible postponement, noting that more than 90 percent of Americans will be unaffected by the transition, whenever it occurs.
The DTV transition brouhaha brought an unexpected urgency to an otherwise impressive but rather mellow CES. With a preliminary tally of about 110,000 attendees, the crowd was at least 20 percent smaller than last year.
Among the standout developments:
Mobile DTV found a bright spotlight, with prototypes of handheld receivers for local broadcasts and a promise of initial rollout late this year.
The frenzy of recent years about digital monitor size shifted dimension. Instead of brandishing bigger, wider screens, TV makers are now emphasizing thinner monitors—less than a halfinch in some cases. More Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) screens appeared, but they are still very small, as well as thin—and flexible.
And the march of integrated Internet-enabled TV sets continues, with program suppliers on hand to cut deals that will feed their content via the Web directly into living room TV monitors. Among the most notable developments in this category was the revival of the General Electric brand on TV sets—accompanied by Internet video feeds from NBC Universal (and its Hulu.com offshoot), which is owned by GE.
Elsewhere around the sprawling CES exhibit floor and in secluded demonstration suites, there were abundant updates on 3D TV, digital video recording and a variety of wireless home network systems (see "Home Networking HDTV," p. 12). There were fewer conceptual exhibits, attributing to exhibitors focusing on here-and-now products for the economic climate that will be tough on digital retailing.
Gary Shapiro, president of the Consumer Electronics Association, which produces CES, acknowledged that overall industry sales will drop by about 0.6 percent this year, compared to 2008 levels; last year's industrywide sales climbed 5.4 percent above 2007. Shapiro attributed this year's revenue decline to falling prices, which will offset a small growth in unit sales.
"Our industry is resilient," Shapiro said in his keynote remarks, calling the industry a "bright light" which is not seeking government relief. He cited 20,000 new products debuting at the show.
Broadcast industry representatives gathered at CES to announce mobile DTV progress. OMVC PUSHES MOBILE AGENDA
The Open Mobile Video Coalition, an organization of broadcasters targeting mobile DTV, announced that 63 TV stations in 22 markets will introduce MDTV services, with some launching transmissions by autumn. Collectively the stations reach about 35 percent of U.S. homes.
About 95 percent of the technical capabilities of the ATSC Candidate Standard, adopted about a week before CES, were on display during the show.
Brandon Burgess, OMVC president and ION Media Networks CEO/Chairman, said that "free-to-air" transmissions are "a good starting point," but acknowledged that stations are exploring subscription models and other business plans for MDTV transmissions of video and data. OMVC stations are talking to Nielsen about ratings for mobile viewing; Nielsen has set up a unit in its San Francisco office to measure MDTV, although no details are yet available.
Burgess admitted that "lots more work" must be done to develop relationships with mobile phone carriers and big box retailers that also touch the consumers whom MDTV broadcasters are seeking to reach. He indicated that it will take 6-10 months to develop strategies for such connections. Mark Aitken, director of Advanced Technology, Sinclair Broadcast Group, emphasized that the process is a "chicken/egg" situation, and the "Broadcasters are saying that we'll be the ones" to initiate the MDTV launch.
Responding to a question about MDTV competition with other emerging mobile video formats and services, Glenn Reitmeier, vice president of Technology Standards, Policy & Strategy at NBC Universal, focused on the "ease of integration with streaming" mobile video, which "opens the doors" for mobile broadcasting.
More OLED monitors were exhibited on the CES show floor including these screens from Sony. Accompanying the MDTV line-up of broadcasters were equipment makers, including LG Electronics, Samsung, Harris Corp. and Kenwood USA. They demonstrated prototype receivers—including phone handsets, laptops and other devices—that are being equipped to receive the MDTV signals. John Godfrey, vice president at Samsung Electronics, called MDTV technology "completely complementary" with DTV. Mark Richer of the Advanced TV Systems Committee, which coordinated the MDTV Candidate Standard, added, "If you do it correctly, consumers won't know where [the signal] comes from."
Harris said that its ATSC Mobile DTV technology platform—with 100 percent of its features—will be available by early March, and presumably on display at the NAB convention here in April. Visteon, which makes automotive entertainment systems, demonstrated in-vehicle receivers, including ones that offer premium content with conditional access.
Stations in most major markets will take part in the MDTV rollout later this year. The OMVC city-by-city roster of participating stations does not include any broadcasters in Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston, Phoenix or Minneapolis (among top 15 markets), even though OMVC member companies such as NBC, Fox, ION, PBS and Belo own stations in those markets.
3D, OLED & CONNECTED
Three-dimensional TV, which has floated through CES for years, appeared closer to market, thanks to products from Sony, Panasonic, LG and other major brands.
"3D is not a gimmick. In the future, people will use 3D in everything," said Oscar-winning director James Cameron in a recorded testimonial as Panasonic unveiled its HDTV sets with three dimensional features. Sony CEO Howard Stringer included a similar pitch for 3D in his expansive remarks about the next features in TV sets. Several videogame makers and monitor suppliers also showed off 3D products, most of which required use of polarized eyeglasses.
The looming availability of 3D home sets continued the debate about whether 3D will catch on in homes, or whether it is still primarily a digital cinema option. Cameron is producing a 3D "Avatar" movie, due in theaters at year-end.
Elsewhere on the display scene, Sony expanded its attention to OLED technology, showing a "bendable" small screen, suited for mobile devices and electronic books. It did not update its 25-inch OLED prototype shown last year. Samsung also showed OLED technology, and the OLED Association, issued a roster of "OLED Myths and Misunderstandings."
Meanwhile, "thin is in" was the mantra throughout CES, as dozens of companies offered LED and plasma monitors in the half-inch to threequarters inch depth.
The connected home—especially wireless links to video devices and Internet-connected TV sets—was on display throughout CES. Panasonic is building its VieraCast feature—with an Ethernet connection—into all its large-format plasma sets. Samsung unveiled LED HDTV sets with Web widgets from Yahoo!, intended to bring a "cinematic Internet" to consumers.
Toshiba introduced its "Cell TV technology" that uses IBM's high-powered Cell processor to enable recording and display of multiple HDTV programs. The company also says it will introduce its first Widget-enabled IPTV products by yearend.
SlingMedia, owned by Dish Network, showcased its new "SlingLoaded "HD DuoDVR," which it called the first high definition digital video recorder that can handle placeshifting. The VIP 922 model lets viewers watch and control TV shows from anywhere in the world via a broadband connection.
Anne Sweeney, president of the Disney-ABC Television Group, underscored the continuing integration of TV/video and Internet services.
"There are… many unanswered questions about how this will work, what kind of legal issues are involved and what it could ultimately mean to my business," said Sweeney after describing a new alliance with Intel and Yahoo to put Web-style widgets on TV sets.
She extolled the opportunity to "make TV viewing more functional and more fun" via the real-time overlays, interactive and social-network features that will be offered through the new relationship. Sweeney described how the widgets could enhance the final episode of "Lost," giving fans "insights into the show." And she also noted that the technology creates the potential for new advertising revenue.
In saying that, Sweeney refrained a theme of this year's CES: Seek ways to integrate and deploy technology that has been around a while to find new financial sources.
Screening CES 2010
3D, mobile DTV, Web video, green tech top draws
CES: TV Goes 'Any ’Ware'
3D, Mobile, IPTV proliferate
2011 CES Touts Connected Video
'Net TVs, Mobile DTV, Tablets in the spotlight
CES Converges Net with TV
Spectrum squabble erupts
CES: What's New Is OLED
Consumer OLED, interfaces, connected TVs and cross-platform delivery pervade big show
CES Emphasizes Multiscreen Choices
Tablets, spectrum, connected TV to highlight annual confab
From CES: Tablets, Connected TVs, Mobile and Content Security Dominate
iPad competitors bowed
2013 CES Promises 'Sensory Overload'
With the launch of “Ultra High Definition TV” (also known as “4K”), the relaunch of the UltraViolet cloud distribution technology, countless demonstrations of multiscreen video systems and intense dialogues about spectrum allocation, the 2013 International CES will, even more than usual, guarantee sensory overload for the 150,000 expected at the Jan. 8-11 electronics extravaganza at the Las Vegas Convention Center
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The DS 3 Crossback is a small SUV/crossover, which was launched in late 2018 and went on sale in the UK in early 2019. It effectively takes the place of the previous DS 3 supermini hatchback in the DS Automobiles range.
Currently available with petrol or diesel engines, an electric model called the E-Tense will be added to the range later in early 2020. It is available to order now.
The DS 3 Crossback has received generally average to good scores from the UK motoring media in the few months since it was launched, with an overall Expert Rating that currently places it in the midfield of the small crossover sector. A number of the initial reviews were recorded at the international launch before the car arrived in the UK, so we will keep updating this page as more local reviews are published.
The DS 3 Crossback has received praise for its distinctive design and good equipment levels. However, it has been criticised for prioritising style over substance, with material quality and practicality not matching the best of its rivals.
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Body style: Medium SUV/crossover
Engines: petrol, diesel, electric
Launched: Spring 2019
Last updated: –
Model reviewed: 1.2-litre petrol (130hp) automatic Ultra Prestige
“It’s hard not to admire DS Automobiles for what it’s attempted with the DS 3 Crossback, but it ultimately doesn’t quite deliver the premium edge it promises.”
Model reviewed: Range review
“The DS 3 Crossback is a left-field choice in the small premium SUV segment, one that’s been developed with comfort in mind.”
Model reviewed: 1.2-litre petrol automatic Performance Line PureTech 155
“The DS 3 Crossback sits in a hugely competitive class, and it manages to acquit itself fairly well. The cool interior design, generous kit levels and the impressive ride and handling offer a genuine reason to consider one against an Audi Q2.”
“By and large, this seems a car capable of sparking intrigue but only really sustaining it on a superficial level, failing to convincingly back up its design with the luxury, dynamic sophistication or day-to-day convenience necessary to make it a contender in its class.”
Model reviewed: BlueHDi 100 Prestige
“Although the 3 Crossback offers no class-leading attributes in terms of its driving experience, it does at least provide something distinctive and appealing in a segment where style has a big influence on purchasing – or leasing – decisions.”
Model reviewed: 130 automatic Performance Line
“It has its own identity – there are sufficient design differences inside that it does feel removed from Peugeot/Citroën norms despite shared components. And while some of the ergonomics are iffy and plastics shiny, some are quite classy.”
Model reviewed: 1.2-litre petrol automatic PureTech 130 Ultra Prestige
“The DS 3 Crossback’s ace in the pack is its visual appeal. It also handles well enough for most customers, though with plenty of body roll. But like its premium SUV peers from Mini and Audi, it’s a costly way to make a statement.”
“The DS 3 Crossback is a funky small SUV available with petrol, diesel or electric power. It’s good to drive, but could do with a bit more interior space.”
“A replacement for the old DS 3 hatchback and a rival to the Volkswagen T-Roc.”
Model reviewed: 1.2 PureTech 130
“From a purely aesthetic point of view, the DS 3 Crossback certainly has the wow factor.”
“A new direction for the successful small car”
Model reviewed: 1.2-litre petrol automatic PureTech 155
“It’s highly stylish, it just doesn’t always make total sense.”
Model reviewed: Prestige PureTech 130 Automatic
“The 8-speed automatic gearbox is quick-witted and always finds the right gear, with the option to shift cogs manually via paddles behind the wheel should you wish.”
Model reviewed: 1.2-litre petrol automatic PureTech 100 Prestige
“The DS 3 Crossback makes much more sense in this form than the top-of-the-range version we’ve already tested. But with space at a premium, switchgear that places style over substance, and a price that’s on the high side, it isn’t quite accomplished enough to challenge its best rivals.”
Model reviewed: 1.2-litre petrol automatic PureTech 155 Le Premiere
“It’s hard to fault the enthusiasm of the DS brand to make something of itself, but the DS3 Crossback is too similar to its non-premium PSA-produced sisters and not quite good enough in the things you touch and see to be a serious premium contender.”
“Drives decently and feels nice inside, but suffers from a couple of ergonomic issues. Different from its competitors – softer to drive and wilder to look at. Whether that’s a good thing or not, we’ll leave up to you.”
“Concentrates on what matters in a small SUV – looking and feeling different to a hatch.”
“Exclusive, comfortable and striking, but the DS 3 Crossback is expensive and trails its rivals for practicality.”
Note on safety rating
All DS 3 Crossback models sold in the UK qualify for a five-star Euro NCAP rating, although additional safety equipment is available at extra cost. In some other European markets, the DS 3 Crossback only has a four-star rating as standard due to lower levels of safety equipment.
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Health Rankings Report Shows Progress for Seniors
Last updated 7/18/2015 at 4:42pm | View PDF
Vermont is the healthiest state for seniors, rising from fourth place last year, according to the third edition of United Health Foundation's America's Health Rankings Senior Report: A Call to Action for Individuals and Their Communities.
New Hampshire ranks second, improving one spot from last year. Minnesota fell to third after being ranked first for two years in a row, while Hawaii (4) and Utah (5) round out the top five states. Louisiana ranks 50th as the least healthy state for older adults, followed by Mississippi (49), Kentucky (48), Arkansas (47) and Oklahoma (46). California ranks 29th.
Vermont's strengths as the healthiest state for seniors include low intensive care unit use and ready availability of home-delivered meals. The top-ranked state also has high Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program enrollment, demonstrating that seniors are aware of and using the program. Like all states, Vermont also has areas where it can improve: its challenges include high prevalence of chronic drinking, low hospice care use and high prevalence of falls.
"It is heartening to see seniors' health is improving, but our societal challenge remains finding ways to encourage more seniors to be more active," said Rhonda Randall, D.O., senior adviser to United Health Foundation, and chief medical officer and executive vice president of UnitedHealthcare Retiree Solutions. "Strong community support is an essential part of promoting positive health among seniors. We must work together – across states, communities and our own families – to encourage all seniors to find ways to be as active as they're able to be."
The report shows positive trends nationwide for senior health, especially for measures that look at whether seniors are getting the right care in a setting of their choice. Key findings include:
• Preventable hospitalizations dropped 8.6%, from 64.9% of discharges for Medicare beneficiaries last year to 59.3% of discharges in 2015. The decrease marks an 11% decline in preventable hospitalizations since the 2013 edition.
• More seniors are spending their last days in the setting they prefer. Hospice care – which can be delivered in a home setting – increased from 47.5% to 50.6% of decedents aged 65 and older, while hospital deaths decreased from 25% to 22.8% of decedents. Hospice care rose 38% since the report's inception in 2013.
• The number of home health care workers increased 9.3% compared to last year, which may indicate that home care is an increasingly accessible option for today's seniors.
• More seniors received the flu vaccine compared to last year, rising from 60.1% of seniors in 2014 to 62.8% this year. Seniors are particularly susceptible to flu and flu-related complications, making it vital that they receive the vaccine each year.
• Seniors are reporting feeling better. The findings showed a 4.8% increase in self-reported high health status to 41.8% this year, contributing to a 9% increase over the past two years.
"Progress in key metrics such as preventable hospitalizations and hospice care shows that more seniors are aging comfortably and receiving preferred types of support – a trend that reflects seniors' well-being at each step of the aging process and benefits our health care system," said Reed Tuckson, M.D., senior medical adviser to United Health Foundation. "We are excited to be making progress toward strong, personalized care for all seniors and look forward to seeing continued momentum in this area."
Meanwhile Physical - Inactivity Worsens
After showing promising improvements in last year's edition, physical inactivity rates increased in 2015; one-third of seniors (33.1%) did not engage in any physical activity or exercise outside of work, marking a 15.3% increase from the previous year (28.7%).
Seniors are exhibiting other unhealthy behaviors and chronic conditions – some preventable – that could compromise their wellbeing and quality of life:
• 37.6% of seniors have four or more chronic conditions;
• 26.7% of seniors are obese;
• 8.7% of seniors smoke; and
• 16.1% of seniors have had all of their teeth removed due to tooth decay or gum disease.
Despite promising gains in end-of-life care metrics, community support spending per capita for seniors – support that helps older adults stay in their homes – has declined by 23.9% the past two years.
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Lowlying areas in the city were inundated and many people stuck in their homes in the city because of continuous rain and gales from Sunday, due to...
Rajamahendravaram: Low-lying areas in the city were inundated and many people stuck in their homes in the city because of continuous rain and gales from Sunday, due to Phethai cyclone.
All business establishments, private and government schools were closed. Meanwhile, central bus station, Kotipalli bus station and Gokavaram bus stations wore a deserted look as all RTC buses were cancelled.
Many people who came to the city from surrounding areas suffered to return to their destinations as the RTC services were suspended and they were forced to go by auto rickshaws by paying double charges.
Gold and silver traders also kept ideal due to lack of business. The officials imposed ban on the movement of boats in river Godavari because of heavy gales as a precautionary measure.
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1hr Congress in Madhya Pradesh may get full-time head soon
Railways moot suburban corridor, automatic signalling
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, August 01, 2013 13:19 IST
A suburban corridor and automatic signalling have been mooted by the Railways to introduce more trains and Mainline Electric Multiple Units (MEMU) to end hardship faced by commuters, especially short-distance commuters.
Participating at a meet-the-press of the Press Club here on Wednesday, Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) Rajesh Agrawal said the Railways had submitted a proposal to the government on automatic signalling, which could be justified only for such corridors.
Thiruvananthapuram is an ideal location for setting up a suburban corridor and the first one could be Thiruvananthapuram–Kayamkulam. Taking into account the special situation in the State and the overdependence on trains, the DRM said special passenger trains and air-conditioned MEMU services would have to be operated for short-distance commuters.
In reply to a question on the fate of the coaching depot at Nemom, the DRM said the proposal was still under consideration. “The division will move ahead with the proposal,” he added.
On the crackdown on season ticket travellers in reserved coaches of long-distance mail and express trains, Mr. Agrawal said complaints from reserved travellers had compelled Railways to take strict action. He said travellers should reserve tickets or travel in de-reserved coaches.
To a query on the shortage of travelling ticket examiners and stationmasters, Mr. Agrawal said accountability-levels had increased and hence the stationmasters were required to do additional jobs and take up additional responsibilities. “There will be opposition and some levels of discomfort, but everything has been done objectively. But if need be, additional staff will be provided,” he added.
Detailing on the upgrade of facilities at the Kochuveli and Kazhakuttam railway stations, the DRM said Kochuveli had been upgraded from level D to B category.
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Indian retail looks beyond big cities, a boon for regional malls
Retail India
Retailers in India are increasingly pushing outside the country’s capital cities in a hunt for new consumers.
Real estate investors have noticed.
Over the last three years, malls in India’s second-tier cities have attracted 58 percent of total retail investment. Jaipur, Lucknow, Kochi, Bhubaneswar, Nagpur have been among the biggest winners.
The uptick in investment has followed a similar move from retailers, which are spreading their operations further afield from cities like Dehli and Mumbai, where they have traditionally focused their attention.
“From garment sellers to home furnishing brands to leading grocery stores, all kinds of retailers are actively looking at the future potential offered in smaller cities as they seek to tap into more remote populations,” said Pankaj Renjhen, Managing Director for Retail in India at JLL.
Examples of companies with plans to expand from the country’s major capitals to secondary markets include ethnic garment maker Fab India, and bridal wear brand Meena Bazaar.
Still, not all malls are faring well. A recent report by JLL India shows that investment has been predominantly focused on superior quality malls in secondary cities that enjoy strong transport links, infrastructure and rising levels of disposable income, all of which are serving to attract interest from both foreign and domestic developers.
Online vs offline
To stay ahead of the curve, India’s malls will have to adapt to the changing consumer landscape.
A growing presence of online shopping platforms and aggregators have allowed vast parts of the country to access goods that might otherwise have been unavailable.
As a result, successful malls in the country’s secondary cities must adapt, says Renjhen. “Consumers still like to physically see a product before they buy it, which gives smart malls developers the chance to carve a potentially lucrative niche.” Done right, it improves the customer experience, and ultimately footfall.
India is not alone in its belief in the sector. Late last year, Europe’s biggest listed property firm, Unibail-Rodamco, acquired Australia’s Westfield Corp. for US$16 billion, creating one of the biggest mall operators in the world.
Both of the groups’ malls are designed as leisure destinations, set to maximize the consumer’s experience with everything from sophisticated technology to a broad range of dining options and entertainment.
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Abdul Razak Ali Artan’s name added to student group’s list of people of color killed by police
Elizabeth Suarez
Set up on the Oval on Dec. 7, Students hold up a list of names of people of color killed by police. Credit: Elizabeth Suarez | Multimedia Editor
About 25 people gathered on the Oval in front of Thompson Library Wednesday afternoon to discuss last week’s attack on OSU’s campus and read the names of people of color who have been killed by police officers in the past two months. They added Abdul Razak Ali Artan, the third-year in logistics management whose attack on campus with a car and a knife resulted in his death and about a dozen people being sent to the hospital on Nov. 28.
OSU Coalition for Black Liberation, the organization that planned the event, has been reading from the list of names since October and has added names each week. On Wednesday, it wanted to address last week’s events specifically, and the fallout it had on minority communities.
“We broadened the scope of what today was supposed to be, to talk about the aftermath of what happened on the 28th — to talk about what it meant for that attack to happen and also for Ohio State to be a focal point for a lot of right-wing pundits, Islamophobia and xenophobia,” said Maryam Abidi, a fourth-year in women’s, gender and sexuality studies.
The event began with the reading of a eulogy for all those who are on the list, a reading of the individuals’ names, ages and the location of their death, followed by a moment of silence.
“In some cases, the deceased may have committed acts of violence against others before they were killed. Perhaps they were domestic abusers, perhaps they threatened or killed others. This possibility is not something to shy away from. The protest against police brutality extends to the innocent and the guilty alike, because we know that no matter the crime, justice and due process don’t come from a cop’s bullet,” Abidi said while reading the eulogy.
Among the names on the list was Artan. Those in attendance said they did not condone his actions, but some said they have compassion for the attacker, who expressed feelings of anxiety related to how he was perceived as a Muslim.
“You can understand where an act of violence comes from without condoning that act of violence,” said Pranav Jani, an associate professor of English.
Jani also addressed a Facebook status allegedly posted by Stephanie Clemons Thompson, assistant director of residence in the Office of Student Life University Housing at OSU.
“Even compassion has been politicized, as we saw with the diversity officer who’s being attacked for daring to say let’s show compassion towards a fellow Buckeye who made tragic, tragic mistakes,” Jani said.
Some found Clemons Thompson’s post to be over the line. It read:
“Abudl Razak Ali Artan was a BUCKEYE, a member of our family. If you think it is ok to celebrate his death and/or share pictures of his dead body and I see it in my timeline, I will unfriend you. I pray you find compassion for his life, as troubled as it clearly was. Think of the pain he must have been in to feel that his actions were the only solution. We must come together in this time of tragedy. #BuckeyeStrong #BlackLivesMatter #SayHisName”
The group also addressed president-elect Donald Trump’s scheduled visit to campus on Thursday afternoon, in which he plans to speak with the victims of last week’s attack, as well as police and paramedics who were first on the scene.
“It’s not us politicizing it. We’d rather him not come, and have some peace on this campus, but we’re standing up because we’re not going to let him just trample in and use this moment of tragedy as PR,” Jani said.
At the close of the event, those in attendance were also encouraged to attend a rally against Trump during his scheduled visit to the Schottenstein Center, as he holds the private meetings. The rally is organized by the International Socialist Organization.
deeptoot December 8, 2016
"If you think it is ok to celebrate his death and/or share pictures of his dead body and I see it in my timeline, I will unfriend you."
"We must come together in this time of tragedy."
Joe December 8, 2016
“If you think it is ok to celebrate his death and/or share pictures of his dead body and I see it in my timeline, I will unfriend you.”
BTW, the writer of that line works at OSU and she has more sympathy for an Islamic Terrorist than any of the students or staff injured in the attack.
Oh, the best part is your student loans pay for this stupidity.
Trump is not your enemy. Your enemy are your fellow students and staff at OSU. They don't care if you're injured or killed by terrorists.
Bill December 11, 2016
This article is 100% leftist dreck. Thank God for the ascension of Donald Trump!
Brice Freed December 9, 2016
You are ignorant and should be fired. It is tiring and foolish to teach American kids socialism, which is a failed government system. Let me rephrase this, when you praise a terrorist, you need to be fired and blackballed from ever working within any educational system. You are a disgusting individual. Do you even under stand what terrorism is. Have you even visited or talked to the people he injured?
Red December 12, 2016
thank you , omg, such insanity going on, WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE KIDS! GOOD GOD!
eastariel December 9, 2016
The Quran 23:96 (Surah al-Mu'minun) "Repel evil with that which is better."
~ LOVE IS POWER ~
When your sky seems torn asunder from your views turned upside down,
sit in the grass. Look at the sky. The truth is all around.
Allah, He loves all-ah-us. The Lord God loves us all.
Creator One of many names will catch us when we fall.
Heaven has no ceiling. Hades has no floor.
Darkness has no hiding place. Light has room for more.
anon December 13, 2016
"“Fight those who do not believe in Allah or in the Last Day and who do not consider unlawful what Allah and His Messenger have made unlawful and who do not adopt the religion of truth from those who were given the Scripture – [fight] until they give the jizyah willingly while they are humbled. – Qur’an 9:29"
yeah, no thanks.
Calvin December 17, 2016
I believe in Allah, he did exist to brainwash millions to be wife bashing pedophiles like himself. Allah was one of the biggest pieces of trash in the history of this earth.
... and what exactly does "come together" mean?
To me, it means to bring our honesty into a community, sharing some of our views and listening to others. To me, it doesn't mean trying to force people to feel what they don't feel.
I feel grateful to the police officer who did a great job defending the victims and future victims of the stabber.
I don't hate the stabber who got shot. I don't hate anyone.
Love always wins.
W. Holmes Marshall December 11, 2016
About 61% of the contents of the Koran are found to speak illof the unbelievers or call for their violent conquest; at best only 2.6% of the verses of the Quran are noted to show goodwill toward humanity. About 75% of Muhammad's biography (Sira) consists of jihad waged on unbelievers.
- Dr. Moorthy Muthuswamy
gary fouse December 11, 2016
Yes, and all those nice verses in the Koran are abrogated by later verses that tell Muslims to kill the unbelievers.
test post, wonder if this will work.
Yes I celebrate his death you loser. Let a terrorist kill someone in your family and see what tune you sing then.
Frank December 12, 2016
The HERO Cop should have offered the TERRORIST a Coloring Book with a side of Play-Dough. IDIOTS !!
RSDAN December 14, 2016
deeptoot - The world will be better when people like you have no friends. Then you may possible get a CLUE!
HolderOfTruth December 17, 2016
To be fair let's see the list of non-color deaths by police. We're waiting…
There's a lesson here: Don't f*ck with people who carry guns (seen or unseen) and who have the constitutional right to apply deadly force. This isn't a game folks.
Get a clue! December 8, 2016
These kids are morons. There is no way to sugar coat it.
TomC December 9, 2016
Bingo! The idiot engineered his own death.
Given to drudgereport . com Hopefully this goes national. You folks are seriously screwed up.
Layla December 8, 2016
It's nice to see Ohio State students keeping a level head in times of violence and fear.
Which students are "keeping a level head"? There is but one student referenced in the article and she seems to disdain right-wing pundits and police officers... but deeply connects with violent felons. domestic abusers and of course - islamic terrorists.
Of course, she has to keep up with the associate professor who does not want the President-elect to visit the campus. What school would not want a visit from the highest elected official in the land? Also,sees the genius Clemons Thompson as "compassionate" and thinks that the terrorist just made a "tragic, tragic mistake".
You couldn't make this up!
calimani December 9, 2016
You pathetic, self-absorbed, self-important, victim-peddling, PC dingbat. Does it make your fragile, hormonal, insecure ego feel better to go around posing as some sappy, petty, prog, know-it-all? Or did one of your bitter, socially-retarded professors push this self-stroking narrative on you while you were curled up in your safe space with your coloring books and puppies? I know, why don't you go cry for more entitlements and breastmilk. I'm sure you contribute little to nothing to society, nor your fellow man. Pathetic, useless, brat, freak.
Go Layla December 9, 2016
Lol very mature response. What exactly is contributing to society these days?
Chuck Hardin December 9, 2016
Stop being human garbage.
Heywood Jablome December 9, 2016
How would you respond if you were hit with car, or stabbed?
Probably not so peaceful.
Poor you.
Go live in Iran or Aleppo and forget your headwear one day.
doug December 9, 2016
Level head? This is some of the most incredibly stupid thinking I have ever come across. Exactly how many people need to be stabbed or killed before the police subdue the attacker in a nonviolent manner in order to bring him into court? Are you willing to tell the parent of a student that sorry, we could not stop the killer because that would be wrong. Sorry he stabbed your son/daughter to death.
thank you Doug, exactly what should be said and pounded into anyones head who thinks this would be assisan /terriorist should be mourned!! let him burn in hell, sorry, no V there!
LEVEL HEAD????????????/ who got stabbed????? OBVIOUSLY NOT THEM, they are INSANE and if you think sticking up or mourning a terriorist is LEVEL HEADED , then you need HELP
d c December 15, 2016
You, sweetie, are a moron
Robin K December 8, 2016
I saw these kids outside of Thompson yesterday. I guess showing compassion towards criminals and terrorists is more important than studying for finals.
Turbo Diesel December 8, 2016
"…because we know that no matter the crime, justice and due process don’t come from a cop’s bullet.”
Actually, they do.
Every time a cop fires his weapon, an investigation follows. That is, DUE to the seriousness of a policeman firing his weapon, there’s a PROCESS to determine if lethal force was JUST.
Of course, I’m not at all surprised to see this distorted world view from the OSU Coalition for Black Liberation; or a student in Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies.
RonF December 9, 2016
I believe that the officer in this case was quite justified in shooting that young man, and as far as I can tell it was also necessary. But here in Chicago at any rate it has been proven that the process you refer to is incredibly corrupt.
Solar Power December 9, 2016
You realize that even in the rare chance that a cop is actually determined to be guilty when he is guilty that the person he killed will still be dead right?
John December 9, 2016
Which the criminal has no one to blame except himself.
LIFE December 9, 2016
"I can't wait for all you weak-kneed, spineless dufuses to graduate and leave college!! I'm going to kick you square in the mouth."
~LIFE~
Frank black December 9, 2016
You only have the luxury of compassion for this guy because a cop killed him before he could get to you. This evil person had no compassion for you or his fellow buckeye students. So the person who attacks and kills students deserves compassion, but Trump does not deserve compassion? It is frightening that you have compassion for a killer and memorializing him, but he is not protest worthy, only the president elect is? Liberalism is a mental disease.
A Buckeye in GA December 9, 2016
This gathering/demonstration/protest was an embarrassment to our great university. Just makes me shake my head in total disgust.
Poor kids! Why have sympathy for the terrorist? Maybe they think the attack was not part of a coordinated campaign against America and the west by radical islam?
Maybe from comments from a trusted leader such as -http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/06/according-to-obama-foreign-terrorists-have-not-successfully-planned-and-executed-attack-on-us-soil-during-his-tenure/
Orlando, Boston, San Bernardino, Fort Hood, Chattanooga, Columbus etc
Fake news? Who is doing the lying?
Jon December 9, 2016
Why doesn't someone organize a rally to celebrate the brave cop who neutralized the terrorist and saved moree students from horrific injuries at the hands of a rabid Islamist??
Celebrating this cop's heroism would contravene so many Left narratives; think about it...
- The cop was a white male.
- The suspect was black.
- The suspect was Muslim.
- The suspect was a refugee.
- The suspect clearly warranted deadly force.
- A firearm was used legitimately.
The Left hates white males and firearms; in contrast to their adoration of Islam, Black Lives Matter, and Muslim "refugees" (a.k.a. welfare migrants).
AreYouSerious December 9, 2016
The perpetrator was/is not a suspect. He was witnessed driving the car in traffic cams, he was witnessed driving his car into a group of people. He was witnessed slashing people with a knife. While our CJ system says he is not guilty until proven so, you waive those rights when you are in the midst of a killing spree. At that point the cops have every right to become judge, jury and executioner. Dont like it? Change the laws or move to a country where cops dont kill people.....oh thats right, there isn't one.
He deserves as much compassion as he showed for the innocent victims he tried to kill and maim.
SGT Ted December 9, 2016
The ugly reveal here is that to these BLM "activists", skin color is the only thing that matters. It's merely hipster racism tarted up with victimology lipstick.
freddy-frog December 9, 2016
I wonder what this non-xenophobic International Socialist Organizations stance on anti-Semitism is.
Ben Ratliffe December 9, 2016
We oppose anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry and oppression. We take every opportunity to point out when it is used by anti-Islamic fools as a shield for their own bigotry.
We? Who is we? Would you be against US soldiers in WW2 for being anti-nazi?
Sometimes, a group of people when a group of people is trying to exterminate you.., you have to fight back.
gary fouse December 9, 2016
Does that include Islamic fools who want to kill non-Muslims? Think about it. You just honored one.
Steve Bensen (@RecklessProcess) December 15, 2016
We? But you are dead set against "White Lives Matter" and "Blue Live Matter" but you are not bigots? Is English a second language for you?
Tim December 9, 2016
I applaud these students for bringing a nuanced perspective to this extremely difficult and tragic circumstances. At a time when our president-elect, aided by corporate media, continue to peddle Islamophobic and xenophobic nonsense, these students have the courage to both express their empathy with the victims of the attack while also attempt to understand the circumstances behind the attacks. We need more thoughtful leaders like these students.
They are not nuanced. You are not nuanced.
You are unable to state the truth because it does not fit into your narrative. It is not islamophobic to understand that islamists want to kill us. Sadly, the attacks on the west are non-stop. Paris, Brussels, Boston, Orlando etc. Nobody is peddling islanophobia. The islamists are making us distrust them.
You would be an idiot to trust them. Meanwhile... you think you are nuanced. But, you are an ....
I applaud this cop for his "nuanced" use of deadly force to kill a jihadist.
Oh, these students want to be thoughtful? Then they should offer the same "nuanced perspective" and "understanding" to the President-elect that they offer to a domestic terrorist.
They're not leaders; they're Marxist ideologues.
Tim YOU need your head examined, please done EVER RUN FOR POLITICAL OFFICE, you will be the DEATH OF AMERICA!
mindy1 December 16, 2016
Nice, you hit all of the uber progressive talking points. Just because someone is killed by a cop, does not mean they deserve my sympathy. Guy tries to hurt someone, cop stops them.
Shame on them. Who will they honor next, Usama bin Laden? There is nothing nuanced or thoughtful about it. This is why universities are held in such low repute.
Unfriend that.
It is especially shameful that these know-nothings set up their display on December 7, when they could have been honoring the over 2,000 Americans killed at Pearl Harbor. Or did they not know that?
Stanley Y. December 9, 2016
"Even compassion has been politicized" - from the article above.
Reading these comments speaks volumes. If you are a believer, shouldn't you grief all losses of life? If you are a person, shouldn't this whole story be sad? And our compassion should not stop short of anyone, including people who committed crimes. You all don't seem willing to love the sinner. Instead "compassion has been politicized."
Stanley Y.,
The article was about a political rally, not a compassion rally. This group, by having a list of people of color killed by police officers and adding a evil person's name on a list, made it a political rally. The fact that his name would not have been added to the list if he was white makes it a political rally. You cannot have a political rally and when you see in the comments section that your morally superior attitude is not only called into question, but that you might be the bad guy, does not allow you to shift what happened from a political rally to a compassion rally.
Coletta Hughes December 9, 2016
As a person who's part of the Transgender LGBT I'm trying really hard not to be islamophobic. But I'm having a lot of difficulty with trust when I hearing so many muslims in the U.S. and around the world calling us "infidels" and then vowing to ("kill a billion infidels" to save a single Muslim) as this guy did. Like I said I'm part of the LGBT, but I'm also very grateful the cop no matter what gender or color their skin took this hateful extremist monster out before he had the chance to murder people. Putting his name on that list is an insult to the people of color who've lost their lives due to bigoted policing and government overreach. This is just one more reason why after this election I've become much more progressive and now think very carefully about what liberal really means to me. I feel as a nation we need to look really closely at all the violence, not just cops violence. But rather look closely at all violence by each group according to the percentage of their numbers in comparison to the level of violence they create in comparison to other groups. But not for a reason to break out the tar and feathers. Rather look for the root of the problem, not blame everyone else for the symptoms of the problem. Blaming everyone else is the reason Hillary lost and a bigot like Trump is now going to hurt so many people. Anyone who actually looks at real statistical numbers will quickly realize there a huge violence crisis in the black community of America that's crushing them in every way as a people. I don't know what to do to fix that problem, But just because I'm white doesn't make it my fault or anyone else who isn't a person of colors fault either. Blacks are murdering each other at higher rates than any other group of people in the U.S. If my transgender brothers and sister were killing each other at these rates I want to get to the root of the problem and do something to stop us from killing each other.
Hating me for speaking the truth is far better than you loving me for living a lie.
Very well said. Your point about including this terrorist on a list of victims is an insult to any innocent black person who has died at the hands of police. Including this monster trivializes true cases of injustice.
And, by the way, the islamists as a group have zero tolerance for people of the lgbt community. They would sooner throw you off of a building than tolerate you.
hey Coletta, speak from facts, TRUMP will not harm you in any way shape or form, YOU MIGHT WANT TO STOP being racist yourself,,,,,,,TRUMP SUPPORTS GAYS. Can you be grown up enough to look into this before you slander a good man who wants nothing more than to pull America together! btw, stick to the article at hand
Steve in Tulsa December 15, 2016
Trump and Trump supporters are not xenophobic, homophobic, misogynist or misandrist. Those are all lies for bigots like you pinheads who believe any lie as long as it is told by a democrat progressive totalitarian oligarch.
Ol Possum December 10, 2016
Do they not see they hypocrisy in this statement?
“'It’s not us politicizing it. We’d rather him not come, and have some peace on this campus, but we’re standing up because we’re not going to let him just trample in and use this moment of tragedy as PR,' Jani said."
"At the close of the event, those in attendance were also encouraged to attend a rally against Trump during his scheduled visit to the Schottenstein Center, as he holds the private meetings. The rally is organized by the International Socialist Organization."
So basically, we don't want you to politicize it when we can. :-/
white guy December 11, 2016
I am a married white Christian middle class heterosexual who has held a job for over 40 yrs, raised 4 children who are working productive citizens of this country. One served for 10 yrs in the military.
Gosh, I guess someone should put a bullet in my brain for being such a radical.
Ohio9 December 12, 2016
The message from the rally is clear: If you go on a jihadist stabbing rampage, you will be honored, not just by Islamic groups like ISIS, but also by your own intended victims.
Nota Cuckroach December 12, 2016
Terrell Walker Ran Over And Opened Fire On an Ambulance Crew For Helping His Shooting Victim.
George Bush III was the guy who ambushed and shot a St. Louis police officer and was subsequently killed in a shoot out with the police, so at least Abdul is in appropriate company.
Dontrell Carter was a high speed chase and shootout with cops. Is anyone on that list not the instigator of the violence?
Samson Fleurant approached police officers with a machete and was shot after a taser failed to stop him.
Erickson Brito was shot after hitting two police officers over the head with a baton that he took from one of them.
Cloethe Mitchell was in the process of shooting two people (one fatally) when the police shot him.
Sven December 12, 2016
Makes me think this must be a list of 20 people who badly needed killing..
Mamby-Pamby snowflakes that have no concept of right and wrong. Your contributions to society are misguided ignorance and self-destruction. That includes the "writer" of this POS article.
Jacob Masterson December 14, 2016
Yup, black lolwives are celebrating dead black criminals and spweing on the cops, This is just like Dindu Mike Brown who was running away, had his hands up and said "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" before Crakkka Wilson shot him for absiolutely no reason except he was black. Remember, at his funeral, his so called reverend said the dead punk was doing god's work the day he bought it.
Hillary December 14, 2016
Nation of total limp wrist fags, this is what happens when people eat too much Soy
TruthTeller December 14, 2016
If you champion this man by promoting the narrative that he was "gunned down" unfairly... then you support his attempted butchery of human beings. If that's the case... then it should be YOUR family that's out there being butchered by being hacked to death. Pony on up my little social justice warriors. But we all know, like most cowards, y'all are all talk and no action (unless the action is throwing a temper tantrum). I doubt one of you would have the courage to stand up to a spider... let alone someone who's trying to murder you and yours.
Some of y'all are a disgrace to this country and shouldn't be here.
JoeDoe December 14, 2016
It's becoming abundantly clear that a civil war is needed and people like this need to be removed from society for their own sake, and ours.
Dafuq December 14, 2016
The American Left has gone absolutely insane. Period. They're eulogizing this sick bastard, and showing more disdain for anyone rightly enraged by his actions than they are for a man who TOOK A KNIFE AND A TRUCK AND TRIED TO KILL PEOPLE.
Bottom line, if this man were white, they'd consider him the Devil. But the fact that he was a black man means he gets a pass, even for terrorism. It's amazing. Bullsh*t like this is why I turned my back on American Liberalism and have not looked back. Pure madness.
Jess December 15, 2016
Compassion for a terrorist... and disdain for a president-elect. These poor kids are getting abused by their Marxist professor, for shame.
James Hargreaves December 15, 2016
“... we’re not going to let him [Trump] just trample in and use this moment of tragedy as PR,” Jani said - while using this moment of tragedy to promote what they do ...
Sam December 15, 2016
You know the left is dying when it starts glorifying terrorists and murderers.
Miguel December 15, 2016
"'You can understand where an act of violence comes from without condoning that act of violence,' said Pranav Jani, an associate professor of English."
Unless the person is wearing a police uniform and confronting someone who is violently attacking others.
Pranav Jani, an "associate professor of English.”
Postcolonial Theory and Literature (South Asia focus)
Postcolonial Women's Writing
Marxism, Nationalism, and Insurgency
South Asian American Literature, Film, and Culture
Cosmopolitanism and Internationalism
Imperialism and Culture
I had an English teacher at another state university for a World Literature" course. She described herself as a "Marxist Feminist Leninist." She crammed her agenda down our throat in her selection of reading material. I imagine he does much the same.
Rate My Professor review for him from 2014: "So...I was really excited to take this class. Now it's becoming clear that the entire semester is going to be a monologue on socialism and why we shouldn't celebrate veterans..."
2013: "Pranav Jani considers himself a militant socialist. He is a bully to students who disagree with him."
raynebc December 16, 2016
The use of lethal force is COMPLETELY justified to stop a murderer on a rampage. Only snowflakes who don't understand the real world would say otherwise.
Chet December 16, 2016
When do they read the list of 'white' people killed by 'persons of color'. Probably not enough time to read all those names.
Sign petition December 16, 2016
If you think that Ohio State University students and OH tax payers will be better served by another director please sign petition to terminate Stephanie Clemons Thompson https://www.change.org/p/the-ohio-state-university-termination-of-stephanie-clemons-thompson-from-her-position-at-the-ohio-state-university
OSU needs to take a stand on terror and unfriend her
Elke Sundermann December 17, 2016
While they were reading these people's names, ages and locations of their deaths, did they by chance also ready WHY they were killed? I looked up the first 4 and each one of them attacked the police first. I rarely say this, but I'm disappointed in OSU for allowing these students to treat these criminals like they were heroes. Where is the memorial for all the officers injured in the line of duty because of them??????
Albert Einstein December 19, 2016
How do people this stupid pass an entrance exam or get hired to teach? The ones grading and hiring must be from the local mental facility.
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Movies starring Kimberly Williams-Paisley
94 mins Adventure , Animation, Fantasy
Movies I like are those which make me lose track of time and that is what "Porco Rosso" does which considering we are talking Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki it shouldn't be a surprise. In fact "Porco Rosso" turned out as mo...
Follow the Stars Home (2001)
103 mins Drama, Romance, TV Movie
"Follow the Stars Home" stars with what is becoming a pet hate of mine, a scene towards the end of the movie before then taking us to the start. In this case we see Dianne involved in an accident which puts her in hospital an...
The Christmas Shoes (2002)
100 mins Drama, TV Movie
Have you ever seen a movie which always seems to in the bargain bucket? I have and every time I went shopping and browsed the rack for DVDs I would see "The Christmas Shoes" being sold for just a £1. Now for some reason I nev...
Lucky 7 (2003)
95 mins Comedy, Romance, TV Movie
Movie Review - Lucky 7 (2003) Kimberly Williams-Paisley stars as Amy who has been following her late mum's plan for her life, which means settling down with boyfriend #7. But she finds herself torn when it comes #7 as she end...
Identity Theft (2004)
90 mins Crime, Drama, TV Movie
Identity Theft (2004) Kimberly Williams-Paisley stars as Michelle Brown, a bubbly school teacher whose life is turned upside down when her identity is stolen...
Amish Grace (2010)
88 mins Drama, TV Movie
Movie Review - Amish Grace (2010) Kimberly Williams-Paisley stars as Ida Graber, a mother in an Amish community who struggles to forgive when a gunman kills several children in the community's school...
Darrow & Darrow (2017)
88 mins Drama, Family, TV Movie
Movie Review - Darrow & Darrow (2017) Kimberly Williams-Paisley stars as Claire Darrow, a lawyer who whilst defending a friend has to deal with her mum wanting a job, her smart daughter struggling to fit in at school and also...
The Christmas Train (2017)
94 mins Drama, Romance, TV Movie
Movie Review - The Christmas Train (2017) Dermot Mulroney stars as Tom, a journalist who is heading to Los Angeles for Christmas on a train and meets a variety of people all with stories to tell. But he also runs in to Eleano...
* This is purely a list of reviews on The Movie Scene featuring the name Kimberly Williams-Paisley as one of the principle cast members.
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Simple list of Kimberly Williams-Paisley movies
Terry (2005)
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This Vertical Farm Wants to Pioneer 'Post-Organic' Food
Words by Jan Lee
Dec 16, 49133
Once upon a time, every farmer on earth practiced something called organic agriculture, although they never bothered to coin the phrase.
The cultivators of this amazing pre-industrial concept spent their days diligently tending and harvesting their crops without the aid of manufactured products. They protected their plants with things no longer in abundance: worms, snails, ladybugs, and a full arsenal of homeopathic concoctions passed down from hundreds of years of ancestral heritage. And it was, for sure, a tough row to hoe.
Today’s natural agriculture is still organic by definition, but the mechanics to raising that chemical-free produce are a world away from what your parents might have tried in their backyard.
Most states have regulations and long lists that define organic agriculture and what can, by law, be used during large-scale organic farming. And while today's organic farms may skillfully manage to avoid the use of controversial chemical sprays with complicated names like permethrin and thiamethoxam (which have both been suspected of contributing to the decline in bee colonies), they typically rely on concentrated non-chemical fungicides and pesticides for large-scale production.
An entrepreneur in Kearny, New Jersey, thinks he’s found the next evolution for agriculture: post-organic. If that doesn’t sound like a very inventive name for a process, the system itself makes up for it.
Irving Fain’s concept of farming does away with the swaths of green space we normally associate with wholesome agriculture. He traded acreage for an urban warehouse, a carefully-managed environment and a proprietary technology that produces food 100 times faster than conventional farming. And all of that without pesticides, soil stimulants or other additives, Fain and his company claim.
Warehouse-based vertical farming isn’t entirely new. Farmers have been dabbling in various versions of indoor farming for centuries, finding new ways to capitalize on its water-saving techniques and, in so doing, finding faster ways to ensure quality production.
But Fain's company, Bowery Farming, uses its own self-automated technology to respond to and manipulate the environmental factors upon which plants rely.
And unlike most full-scale indoor farming operations, Bowery’s system can “sense” when it’s time to pluck the crops – something that is usually done by sight and schedule in conventional farms. That means less wasted product and more predictable harvesting seasons. It also means a more predictable bottom line.
The company shared this glimpse inside its vertical farm on Instagram:
Are your greens looking a little SAD this winter? Not on our ⌚️. We keep our plants happy all year round #happyproduce #bowerygreens #alwaysinseason #wintergreens
A post shared by Bowery (@boweryfarming) on Feb 18, 2017 at 8:24am PST
So far the company's 'post-organic' greens are available in two Manhattan restaurants, a pair of Whole Foods Market stores in New Jersey, and Foragers Market in New York's Chelsea neighborhood.
Word is out! We're so excited to start showing you more of what we're growing 🌱 Learn more on our website (link in bio) and stay tuned for lots more #pureproduce #bowerygreens #saladgoals
With increasing concerns about drought and climate change, vertical farms that can operate in limited space with less water and virtually no natural sun may become the next stage in agriculture.
Whether the 'post-organic' concept will eventually be able to overtake the organic market’s sizable revenues ($43 billion yearly), remains to be seen. But in there’s something to be said for an industry that uses 95 percent less water than conventional farming and won’t wither with climate change.
Jan Lee is a former news editor and award-winning editorial writer whose non-fiction and fiction have been published in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, the U.K. and Australia. Her articles and posts can be found on TriplePundit, JustMeans, and her blog, The Multicultural Jew, as well as other publications. She currently splits her residence between the city of Vancouver, British Columbia and the rural farmlands of Idaho.
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“Are you sitting down?” Not really the words you want to hear from your son on the other end of the phone line, late at night after he’s just spent several hours on the road driving back to college. But with Tim we were somewhat used to the unexpected. His tone belied his jovial demeanor though and we sensed a touch of tension in his voice when he intoned, “Don’t worry.” Don’t worry! How do you not do that as a parent? Isn’t that part of the job description? And it’s just what we’re going to do when you tell us not to. Anyway, don’t worry about what? Those thoughts raced through our minds in the split-second before he continued. His next words only magnified our anxiety: “I’m okay BUT.” Oh, that dreaded conjunction that negates everything that is said before it…No, he is NOT okay…what happened? A myriad of tragedies swept through our minds as we tried to focus on his words. Our senses were on heightened alert despite the late night hour. His next words struck deep and tore at our very souls… “I’m at the hospital and they just found a lemon-sized lump in my brain.” Silence, deep breath, exhale slowly…what do you say without being able to put real arms around our son? He is 230 miles away on the other side of the state – a real stretch for loving arms. Worry sets in, but Tim told us not to worry and so did God. Tim IS in His loving arms. “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:6-7). We hastily made travel plans for the following day and breathed a prayer of thanks to God for Tim’s safety. Just think, he had driven four hours on the interstate and the seizure that numbed the entire left side of his body occurred just minutes AFTER he left the interstate. He arrived early at his apartment for the new semester and so did his roommate, who insisted on taking him to the emergency room – even though Tim didn’t think he needed to go. God is good all the time and all the time, God is good.
Over the course of the next several weeks we discovered that “lump” was a very aggressive cancerous tumor that was lodged perilously close to the speech-center of Tim’s brain. Because of the nature of Tim’s case, he was transferred to the care of the neurosurgery department at the University of Wisconsin (UW) hospital in Madison where the best in the business would perform a delicate surgery to remove most of the tumor. They used a brain-mapping procedure in which they actually woke Tim up during surgery to ask him questions while probing the tumor to determine what they could excise and what they had to leave alone to avoid removing Tim’s ability to speak. God certainly designed an amazing brain. During the grueling six hours of surgery, several friends and our pastor kept a constant vigil of prayer with us in the waiting room while literally hundreds of family and friends around the world interceded for Tim before our Father in Heaven as well. When the head of surgery appeared in the doorway with a smile on his face, anxious hours melted into thankful tears as the doctor delivered the joyous news that he successfully removed the majority of the tumor. It would still be several hours before we could see our son but the relief was overwhelming. Six weeks of radiation followed surgery and soon Tim’s hair was a distant memory; “It builds character”, he said with his ever present smile. A friend bought him an outlandish shaggy blond wig, and Tim, never on the shy side, wore it proudly to many events.
Tim worked hard and made a remarkable recovery returning to the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse for the spring semester. He required a few accommodations because he still had some speech and memory problems to overcome, but considering he was only four months from major brain surgery, it was a blessing from God that he was even in school. Each and every time he faced a new challenge and someone would ask him about it, Tim would come back with his patented phrase, “It builds character”. Tim had always been an adventurous sort and to celebrate his graduation in June 2004 (1½ years after returning to class), he went to India on a trek through the Himalayan mountains – a dream he’d had for some time (we all thought it was over because of the tumor). It wasn’t always easy but, as Tim always said, “It builds character.” When he returned from India, Tim wanted to use his degree in outdoor recreation management and I mentioned applying to the Armed Forces Recreation Center in Europe. Soon, he was winging his way to Garmisch, Germany to work at the Edelweiss Resort as a Lead Security Officer.
We had always wanted to return to Germany since being stationed at Ramstein AB back in the mid-80s and what better time to visit than when your kid is living there. So mom and dad along with daughter, Jenny, and son-in-law, Carl, packed our bags for Deutschland in the summer of 2005. What a wonderful family time of rest and relaxation – truly a gift from God! We revisited many of the places we had seen when we were stationed there and our time went all too quickly. Soon, we were back in the US of A and Tim was back at work seeing to the needs of our soldiers, sailors and airmen – he thoroughly enjoyed his “job”. We looked forward to Tim’s eventual return to the States…but it did not happen the way we expected.
Because of an inner-ear issue I have, quick awakenings from sleep can cause vertigo problems; the whole room can start spinning around me. I usually sleep very soundly so I was quite puzzled when at 0210 hrs on Jan 30, 2006, I inexplicably woke up – I was wide awake and alert too. I sat up and stared at the bedside phone, expecting it to ring…and it did. Reflecting on the incident, God was my alarm clock in that early morning hour preparing me for the heart-wrenching news that Tim was about to deliver from Germany – his cancer was back. My wife was quickly on the extension and we talked to Tim for quite a while knowing that God is good even when we don’t understand His ways; “It builds character”. Less than a week later, God came calling again with another early morning wake up call. As I sat up in the early morning hours of Feb 5, again waiting for the phone to ring, the chaplain of the base chapel where Tim attended called to let us know that Tim had just experienced a grand mal seizure and was in a German hospital undergoing some tests. We made some early morning calls of our own and shortly thereafter received a call from Tim; he was “fine” but would be in the hospital for a little while. With his accrued vacation time, Tim was just four days short of completing his 18-month contract with the AFRC-Europe in Garmisch so he was able to make arrangements to come home shortly after he was released from the hospital. Unfortunately, he had to cancel his planned trips to Egypt and the Turin Winter Olympic Games but God was so gracious in not allowing Tim’s seizures to occur while he was travelling. “It builds character.”
We met Tim’s flight into Milwaukee on February 10, 2006 and he looked really good. A friend had cancelled his plans to attend the opening ceremonies at the Turin Winter Olympics to accompany Tim home – the doctors didn’t want him flying alone. My wife and I were planning to fly over to pick him up but Tim insisted that he was okay and that a friend was going to stay with him all the way (it was still hard not to pull parental rank and go anyway). Several doctors’ appointments immediately followed his return and they confirmed the return of multiple tumors. Surgery was not an option. Chemotherapy seemed to be the best course of action and proved extremely effective in the initial stages. By April the tumors had virtually disappeared from the scans. Tim had good days and not-so-good days and some down-right bad days but…“It builds character,” and he never took his eyes off Christ, his strength and Redeemer.
Gradually Tim’s strength returned and he was able to help with the Summer Leadership School for my Air Force Junior ROTC program which we held annually at Fort McCoy and Devil’s Lake State Park.
Tim’s favorite part was instructing rock climbing and rappelling at the state park and he was in 7th heaven to be able to do it once again. As always, my students followed Tim around like little puppy dogs (especially the young ladies). He was just a delight to be around and they peppered him with questions about his adventures and his tumor. Tim didn’t shy away from talking about anything and everything and he was very easy to talk with.
When we returned from Summer Leadership School, Tim and I buckled down in our training for the Spirit of Racine half ironman triathlon that we were scheduled to compete in – just over a month away. Swimming, biking and running were on the agenda most days. Throughout this time, Tim continued on his chemotherapy and anti-seizure drug regimen; “It (definitely) builds character.”
Tim also loved photography and was an accomplished amateur photographer. The Downtown Racine Group hosted a lakefront arts and craft show for local artisans and Tim took a spot to showcase his photography. We built some display stands and hauled his framed photos down to the show. On the 2nd day of the show, I hung around a little longer than I had planned to talk with some friends who had stopped by to see Tim’s work, and just as I was getting ready to leave…my heart sank. I could tell Tim was struggling…a seizure was starting. I called my wife and she immediately contacted Tim’s doctors. On their advice, she rushed an increased dose of his seizure medication to us at the lakefront. The seizure began to subside after what seemed an eternity but in reality was a matter of minutes. Although Tim relaxed, this seizure was obviously not a good sign. We took him to the local emergency room and, after the doctors consulted with his neurosurgery team in Madison, Tim got a sweet ride with Flight for Life to the University of Wisconsin Hospital – he always liked to do things big. We were on the road to Madison as well but we had to drive. Lord, things were looking so positive; what happened?
The tumors were back and they seemed to be very aggressive. Pulsed low-dose radiation therapy seemed to be the best option for Tim but the doctor’s words trailed off and gave little hope. The rollercoaster ride continued. We know the Great Physician and He can work miracles – where there’s life, there’s hope. Tim took the news in stride – “It builds character”. After he was released from the hospital, many return trips to Madison followed as Tim endured more and more radiation. At times it took a toll on him, especially when he had to cancel his participation in the triathlon. Even then he looked for ways to bring a smile to the faces of those around him. One day he went to his radiation treatment wearing his neon yellow, glow-in-the-dark mountaineering boots so he could enter a contest about “My Koflach boots are so comfortable, I wear them to ____.” We made quite a show of setting up and taking pics with everyone available.
The next few months provided several peaks and valleys but we could see a gradual, steady decline in Tim’s overall health. Despite his physical deterioration, his ever present smile never left his face and his tenacious faith in the goodness of God never wavered. In October, Tim experienced some severe pain which required an emergency trip back to Madison. This time some blood clots were the culprit instead of Tim’s brain cancer. The medication for the clots, we were told, could have a therapeutic effect on his cancer. Was this a new sign that things were going to turn around? We were back on the rollercoaster. This “good” news was short-lived and it was soon apparent that the medication would not positively affect Tim’s cancer. Later in October Tim was placed under the care of a wonderful hospice team in our home. However, you only go into Hospice care when you run out of curative options – “It builds character”.
God gave us a wonderful month with Tim as he slowly edged toward eternity. Our daughter came out from Colorado to spend this time with us and her husband was able to hop back-and forth several times. As the tumor gradually took over various parts of Tim’s brain, he lost the ability to do things that we take for granted – walk, talk, eat. Through it all, he let God’s love shine through Him to all who came in contact with him. I remember when our pastor looked him in the eye and said, “This isn’t what you signed up for, is it brother?” Tim, who had lost the ability to speak by this time, looked at him and shook his head “no,” but he was at peace and knew that he was going to a far better place where his suffering would soon be over. On November 22, 2006, Tim lost his battle with brain cancer and went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. His death tore a mile-wide hole in our hearts that won’t be repaired until we’re reunited one day in Heaven – yes, Heaven is for real! John 14:1-6 tells us, “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God;believe also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. And you know the way to where I am going.’ Thomas said to him, ‘Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?’ Jesus said to him, ’I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” That’s what I love about Scripture – it tells the truth, the good, the bad and the ugly. God doesn’t hold anything back. He tells us that we blew it and that we’re separated from Him and therefore we’re under judgment…BUT, He also tells us what we can do about it.
My last assignment in the Air Force was in the Current Operations section of Air Mobility Command as their Airspace Manager. As a team, we put together many contingency plans to respond to crises around the world – peaceful and hostile. Our training at the Air Force Academy was geared to that; planning ahead, to meet any challenge, to oppose provocation (hmmmm, sounds familiar—that’s our Class Motto). I can’t count the number of contingency plans that crossed my desk during my tenure in Current Ops but they all pale in comparison to the ultimate contingency plan – what happens when we die? It happens to everyone, so it’s best to be prepared just as our son and so many of our classmates were.
When I planned air routes into and out of combat zones, there were certain procedures a pilot had to follow if he went comm out. If he didn’t follow them, he would be identified as an unfriendly, targeted and shot down. The pilot couldn’t make up his own rules and enter friendly territory his own way – it didn’t work like that. That’s the way it works in eternity as well. Proverbs 14:12 tells us “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.” That isn’t very good contingency planning. Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” Friends, the only way to plan for eternity is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sin. Romans 3:23 tells us that “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” Romans 6:23 follows that with “the wages of sin is death.” Fortunately, Romans 6:23 doesn’t end there; there is the divine conjunction “BUT” that follows the word death: “BUT the free gift of God is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord.” Have you gotten your ultimate contingency plan in order? Tim was only 27 when he turned the last page on his ultimate contingency plan. God had been building character into his life for all those years and when it came time to turn those last few pages, he was ready because he had put his faith and trust in the shed blood of Jesus Christ for salvation and was at peace with God. Are you?
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A Heads Up To Anyone Using Access With A SQL Server Back End
Posted by GroverParkGeorge - Jan-16-20 - 9 replies
A new Access bug, apparently related to the recent update for version 1912 of Office (out since January 8th, 2020) can result in Access failing to recognize Identity Insert on AutoNumber fields , rendering them as Long Integer Numbers (not AutoNumber) in Linked Tables in Access. Details are emerging. However, if you experience problems with linking/relinking tables correctly, or using Recordset.Bookmark to retrieve a newly inserted Primary Key in VBA, please share your experiences so we can more fully update the Microsoft Access team.
Update: Microsoft posts an official notice: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/ac...f1-7e043812d60d
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UtterAccess In The 2020 Decade
Posted by jleach - Jan-6-20 - 6 replies
It's hard to believe that UtterAccess is in it's 18th year now. Created in 2002 (April 27th, to be exact, when Gord launched it), UA has been a home to myself and many others for a long, long time. The origins of UA go back even further... Simon Wolf and A3 (Access All Areas) preceded UA, and A3 was born somewhere between January 1999 (the furthest public record of the site we can find), and January 2000 when it became "official." Going back just a bit further, Simon once spoke of how even A3 came to be: his decision to host his own website around March of 1997, which included Access-based content that began to collect a following of interested people that drove the evolution to UA today. That's 23 years...
Twenty. Three. Years. For a free, public, community-driven website.
It's almost as impressive as the tenure of Access itself.
Therefore, it is immensely gratifying to be able to write this to announce that we're nowhere near done.
We have a number of plans for UA in the year 2020 and forward. Some of this is already heavily underway in the background, while some things are tentative and still in vague idea stages, but in either case we're excited to announce a number of upcoming changes.
New Forum Software
Most notably, UA will be undergoing a software change. The current software was implemented for specific reasons at the time, yet comes with some difficulties in providing updates to the software. Now, years later, we've moved on from those specific reasons and are more interested in the ability to improve UA moving forward.
In mid-2019, we started taking a hard look at what to do with UA's software situation. Continue with the current implementation? Find something off the shelf? Write something from scratch? The answers of course depend on where we want to be in the future, and what kind of path we want to take to get there.
We don't feel that continuing with the current software is a wise long-term forward path. While it's served its purpose quite well, it is difficult to manage and based on what's considered antiquated technology in modern day web applications. We looked at other 3rd party software as well, though there's really only one (discourse.org) that is any "better" or "more modern" than what UA already is. While it likely would have been easier to adopt discourse as a new platform for UA, it wouldn't help us in terms of having our own flexible software to ride the future with.
Ultimately, we decided that a new custom developed software fits the needs well and offers the easiest forward path for many of the future plans for UA. As such, a new version of UA has been in development since September of 2019, and we expect the following timeline for it's major public milestones:
- End of First Quarter 2020: public beta release of the new "UAv4" web application
- End of Second Quarter 2020: final move to the new UAv4 software and retirement of the current software
- All existing content to be retained
- All existing memberships to be retained
- All existing messages, avatars, uploads and such to be retained
- The greater majority of current forum software features to be retained
- A number of new features, many of which will be related to ease of posting and searching
- UA "Areas" (discussed in more detail below)
We've been working with the UA VIPs on feature suggestions/discussion and have collected a number of requests from the public suggestion forums and included these in our considerations for feature priorities in the new software. While we can't promise that every suggestion/request will be implemented, we think the UA membership on the whole will be pleased with the new software, and we have plans to set up a more formal feedback/feature request mechanism for future requests.
UtterAccess Areas
A significant factor in our decision to undertake the UAv4 custom software project is that we want to be able to expand UA beyond only forums. We feel that there's a great number of ways that UA can serve the Access community, and that forum discussion is one of many ways to do so. Over the years, we've supported some of these things through the existing forum interface, but we believe that there's better ways of doing so.
As such, with the UAv4 software, we've allowed for varying "Areas" that can be added to UA. An Area can be thought of as a major chunk of functionality, or perhaps as a sub-site or differing feature set. The forum itself will be one (the main) Area, and members can participle/visit only that Area if they prefer not to be involved in others.
While the timeline above for the UAv4 software only covers the core Forum Area, here are some examples of things we may (or may not...) implement as separate Areas in the future:
- A dedicated Area for articles/documentation (like the wiki)
- An Area for the Code Archive (this can include discussion, but can be presented differently, not in forum-first mode as it currently is)
- An Area for job postings (potentially: we could, but haven't decided yet if we will)
- Potentially Areas for other development platforms (.NET, BI, AI/ML, etc)
- Tool and product catalog/search/comparisons
These are examples of things that could be done, and the key takeaway is that each Area can essentially be a separate web application custom-built to support the content, rather than trying to fit that content into a forum software's box.
As part of the UAv4 software, we've specifically designed the overall system architecture to support any number of future Areas that we may want to implement.
Wiki, Code Archive, FAQs and Knowledgebase(s)
While the initial release of the UAv4 software will have only the core Forum Area, we have concrete plans to move certain types of content currently within the forums to a new Area for articles/documentation/faqs and such.
Also, there's a question of what happens with the UA Wiki.
The Wiki was a large undertaking (and is the reason for the current software: integration between forum and wiki), and while initially there was a lot of content added and the articles still get a number of views to date, it has been mostly inactive in terms of contributions in recent years. Rather than trying to continue running the wiki in conjunction with the UAv4 software (the two are on completely different development platforms), we will be "freezing" the wiki as read-only, retaining the content, and eventually migrating it to the future planned Articles Area.
Along with the wiki being moved to a new Articles Area, there's a number of various FAQs and knowledgebase-type topics/boards currently in UA that we feel can be better utilized in a dedicated Articles area. We will begin moving this content to the new Area when ready.
While the UAv4's UI/UX will offer some improvement for smaller form-factors (e.g., a bit more tablet friendly), it's pretty much a hard fact that the UA site is mostly a desktop experience and should stay that way.
With that said, we do have plans for an initial basic mobile app to be released by the end of 2020 for Apple and Android devices. The initial release of this will cover basic forum interactions in a feature-light manner.
We'd like to take this opportunity to offer some thanks to everyone who has been a part of the UtterAccess community and Access community at large. Specifically, our founding fathers Simon Wolf and Gord Hubbell, as well as a number of the "original team" core administration (Jerry Dennison, Ricky Hicks), and many of the long-time administration members since the early days of UA (Glen Kruger especially, Mark Davis, DougY, George Hepworth, and a host of others who I won't list out completely).
Looking forward to the next 20 years
Reminder: Access User Voice
Posted by GroverParkGeorge - Dec-21-19 - 8 replies
One of the most important tools available to Microsoft Access developers is the Access User Voice forum. In addition to a link to Current Fixes and Workarounds for Recent Issues in Access, User Voice provides a way for us to submit requests for enhancements to our favorite Relational Database Development Tool directly to Microsoft.
We suggest you visit User Voice regularly and either submit your own ideas, or give your support to existing requests.
Note: this is not a place to make complaints or criticisms, or to ask about specific problems in your own Access Relational Database Applications.
One recent example of an idea that makes a lot of sense for us these days is the request to support Large Address Awareness for 32 bit Access. Many of us have experienced problems with memory and resource limitations when working with more complex Access Relational Database Applications. Each new version seems to be more susceptible to the problem. Making LAA the default for Access would be a big help.
You can find this, and many other great ideas, at Access User Voice. Please take time to review what is there and participate in the discussion.
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35% of children in our community entering fourth grade are not reading on grade level — and are four times less likely to graduate on time. United Way provides these children a safe place to learn, after-school activities, mentors, books and summer programs to keep them on track to graduate and have a successful life.
Midlands Reading Consortium
United Way believes a strong foundation of reading greatly impacts a child’s success in school and beyond. The Midlands Reading Consortium (MRC) is a library of services including one-to-one tutoring, book donations, book nooks, at-home libraries through Be a Book Bunny, parent engagement events, guest reading opportunities for individuals and companies, and summer reading camps. Last year, United Way supporters helped 600 elementary students improve their reading skills through the MRC.
Summer slide is a term used in education that refers to learning loss that takes place during the summer months. If a child falls behind in reading during the school year, summer can make it worse. Studies suggest that students without access to books and learning can fall behind by as much as 2 months over the course of the summer. Over the years that adds up. In partnership with local school districts in the Midlands, United Way supports Summer Reading Camps for students who are not reading proficiently at the end of third grade, a critical grade for literacy.
United Way of the Midlands fights to make sure children enter kindergarten ready to learn, read on grade level by third grade, and are on track to graduate high school on time. Through United Way-funded programs, students and families are engaged to ensure children’s success.
512 children were tutored through the Midlands Reading Consortium (MRC) and the number of children who improved reading skills generally doubled between fall and spring
1,415 elementary students completed summer reading camps that mitigated the impact of summer learning loss and helped students start the next year on track
2,800 students participated in quality programs during and after school
3,645 parents demonstrated increased knowledge about their children’s development through school readiness and parent engagement programs
More than 90% of students demonstrated progress on one or more of the following indicators: grades, improved reading skills or attitude, progressing (on time) to the next grade
USC PARENT ENGAGEMENT STUDY
In order to build on the efforts of the Midlands Reading Consortium (MRC), a landscape survey of family engagement practices to support youth academic success at the level of school districts (4) and schools (12) was completed. Both qualitative and quantitative survey methods were used to establish a picture of current family engagement practices that can be used to guide future programmatic and investment strategies.
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Helping children at the local level
Local organizations are often in the best position to make a positive impact on a community, quickly. Last year, United Way of the Midlands distributed almost a million dollars in grants to local organizations who are fighting to equalize educational opportunities for all our children.
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Daisy Power Literacy Project
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Family homelessness is a temporary problem, not a chronic condition. However, federal funding has evaporated for many family programs as HUD’s focus, and that of many local funders, has turned to chronically homeless men and women. As a result, families have fallen through the cracks. We can change this. By helping parents and children achieve lasting independence, our organization seeks to eradicate family homelessness.
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$10,000 to Orangeburg County First Steps
$50,000 to Reach Out and Read Midlands, SC
Reach Out and Read is a nonprofit organization that gives young children a foundation for success by incorporating books into pediatric care and encouraging families to read aloud together.
The best opportunity to influence a child's future is in the first five years, a critical window of rapid brain development that does not occur at any other time. Children who hear fewer words during early childhood start school developmentally behind their peers and may never catch up.
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Funding summer programs for kids throughout the Midlands to reduce summer slide and provide opportunities for growth.
$310,000 to Vital Connections of the Midlands
VCM is a non-profit organization that developed from United Way’s work in early childhood more than 10 years ago. VCM manages three nationally-accredited child care centers: Arthurtown, Tender Years and Children's Garden. Highly-qualified teachers and staff care for and educate more than 100 low-income and homeless children from birth through age three in Richland County. Both Tender Years and Arthurtown are Early Head Start sites and provide comprehensive services for both children and families including mental health screenings, health care and parenting support.
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Whether you're headed to the lake or work, the family-friendly Tahoe is packed with a plethora of top-notch features, which have been praised in several 2017 Chevy Tahoe reviews. On top of that, the SUV is spacious, powerful and meticulously designed to help you make the most out of your time on the road.
This year, the best-selling Chevy SUV gets a variety of new technologies for enhanced safety, such as an in-cabin reminder that notifies occupants to check the vehicle's backseat for children when exiting the vehicle. Plus, the LTZ trim has been replaced with the new name, Premier, and ventilated seats have been added to help maximize comfort. In the entertainment department, the automaker has also enhanced the rear entertainment system in every 2017 Chevy Tahoe in Kansas City.
Numerous Creature Comforts
The full-size Tahoe offers seating for 8-9 passengers, depending on which trim you choose. Standards on the base LS include 18-inch alloys, active grille shutters, heated mirrors, automatic wipers, cruise control, remote keyless entry, remote ignition, rear parking sensors, roof rails and much more.
Climb inside the 2017 Chevy Tahoe in Kansas City and you'll find a suite of high-end entertainment gear, such as turn-by-turn navigation, an 8-inch touchscreen, Bluetooth phone and streaming audio, five USB ports, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.
The two upper trims, LT and Premier, can both be outfitted with a sunroof, extended satellite radio and traffic service and a rear-seat DVD entertainment system. For the most amenity, 2017 Chevy Tahoe reviews recommend choosing the top-ranging Premier, which adds adaptive cruise control, power-retractable side steps and a heads-up display.
A Powerful V8
Every new Tahoe is powered by a 355-horsepower 5.3-liter V8 engine that offers up to 383 pound-feet of torque. Power is sent to the vehicle's rear wheels through its six-speed automatic transmission. All-wheel drive is offered but for an additional price. The standard drivetrain can tow up to 8,600 pounds when properly equipped, while the four-wheel-drive configuration maxes out at 8,400 pounds.
If you have teenage drivers in the home, you're sure to fall in love with the Tahoe's new Teen Driver technology. It lets parents set specific driving parameters on things like vehicle speed, audio volume and much more. On top of this big benefit, there are rear parking sensors and a rearview camera, as well as OnStar, which includes automatic crash notification, on-demand roadside assistance, remote door unlocking and stolen vehicle assistance.
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Calligraphy Club
Meghana Nayak, Contributing writer
Calligraphy club is adding much more to the VHS community than just people with better penmanship.
Sophomore Leigh Olsen created the calligraphy club this September after practicing calligraphy for a few years. She decided to make it after her friends expressed interest in a calligraphy club..
“A lot of times people don’t get what they want out of a club,” Olsen said. “We have an art club, but that wasn’t really focused on calligraphy. A lot of people were really interested in calligraphy, so I made the club.”
Club members can expect to learn calligraphy, but the club extends beyond calligraphy as well. They use their skills in service projects, like writing thank you notes for the staff. However, their biggest service project was in December when they collaborated with the choir.
“We [made] Christmas cards for Dell’s Children’s Hospital,” calligraphy club and choir member Maile Youmans said. “The choir sang at the hospital and we brought the cards.”
Members have had lessons about colors, different calligraphy styles, and lots of practice mastering what they’ve learned. In addition to the community service they do, members write letters to their friends and create cards. Olsen’s club has inspired others to consider creating their own club.
“I would want to start my own club too,” Youmans said. “I see Leigh creating something based on her passions, and I [know I] can do the same and find people with similar interests. We can all use our gifts and talents to help the community.”
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Mojo Master™, the first virtual fantasy game of seduction
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Developed for AXE by WildTangent, Mojo Master unlocks the mysteries of virtual girls using humorous and outrageous, over-the-top moves.
Chicago, I.L. -- Mojo Master™ is the first virtual fantasy game of seduction presented by AXE Unlimited™, the ultimate new product line that is for guys who are at the top of their game. The game launches online today and is now available to play at mojomastergame.com, FREE for guys ages 17 and older.
Today is the first chance for players to begin honing their mojo skills and test them against dozens of gorgeous virtual girls, all set in a rich 3-D game world where guys use the ultimate Playbook of moves to approach women in ways they might never dream of in real life.
For players who want to experience all the cool surprises in the game, this July, players will gain access to all 28 seductive venues and encounter all 100 unique girls, for a chance to become a true Mojo Master. In August, return once again, and players will be able to put their mojo moves to the ultimate test against other competitors in “Playa versus Playa” mode.”
Development of the game began when Conductor, a content developer based in Santa Monica, was hired in the fall of 2004 by Unilever’s AXE brand team to help launch AXE Unlimited – the newest fragrance in the AXE portfolio, slated for release summer of 2005. Conductor engaged WildTangent, the industry leader and publisher of online games, to co-develop a natural evolution of AXE’s brand promise into the ultimate virtual game of seduction.
“Mojo Master is a deep, feature-rich, console-quality downloadable game that introduces the best cross-breed of two hit genres, simulation and role-playing, all for free,” said Alex St. John, chief executive officer and founder of WildTangent. “Mojo Master is the most ambitious development of branded entertainment that any marketer has ever undertaken and we’re delighted to finally unleash it for gamers to play.”
Mojo Master offers an over-the-top, humorous look at how guys and girls play the game of seduction. As the game progresses, girls get a lot tougher to attract and guys have to work all their mojo magic if they plan to win over all 100 girls, including übergirl Tiffany Fallon -- 2005 Playboy Playmate of the Year.
During the game, players travel the country deploying hundreds of moves in 7 cities and 28 venues. When guys in the game meet a new girl, the guys rely on the game's Seduction Compass to choose the right move for the right situation.
The Seduction Compass describes girls using five elements - Light, Fire, Earth, Ice, and Shadow—that represent the different physical and mental types exhibited by the game’s 100 brazenly gorgeous 3D-rendered girls. When a player is successful with the move he selects, he collects the phone number of the girl and adds it to his personal mobile phone book. Talented players eventually will face their final challenge with the ultimate girl. If they pass this final test, the player will truly be a Mojo Master.
“AXE is all about seduction and the Mojo Master game creates the ultimate fantasy playground about the seduction world, which nobody has attempted before,” says Kevin George, marketing director, Unilever-deodorants. “It's a real and virtual manifestation of the AXE lifestyle and brand promise, and delivers an entertaining experience for the AXE guy.”
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AXE, the maker of guys grooming products, leaves guys smelling great so they can concentrate on more important things – like how to get the girl. While AXE is best known for its deodorant bodyspray, it’s also available in anti-perspirant, deodorant and, new in 2005, shower gel. Nine scents make up the AXE fragrance family, including Unlimited, Touch, Essence, Phoenix, Tsunami, Kilo, Orion, Apollo and Voodoo. AXE products are available at food, drug and mass outlets at a suggested retail price of between $3.99 and $4.99.
WildTangent, based in Redmond, Wash., is the leading online game publisher. Founded in 1998, the company's Web Driver platform leverages DirectX technology to enable the development of high-quality games that can be delivered and played over the Internet. With more than 100 million downloads, Web Driver is the most ubiquitous online gaming platform on the market today. WildTangent can be found online at http://www.wildtangent.com/.
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The Week in Reviews, Op. 219: Giora Schmidt; Gil Shaham; Noah Bendix-Balgley
February 26, 2018, 10:06 AM · In an effort to promote the coverage of live violin performance, Violinist.com each week presents links to reviews of notable concerts and recitals around the world.
Giora Schmidt performed Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2 with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra.
Isthmus: "Schmidt played it brilliantly, with perfect precision and verve.... In all, it was a wonderfully absorbing performance by a superb musician."
Giora Schmidt. Photo by Dave Getzschman.
Gil Shaham performed Bartók's Violin Concerto No. 2 with the New World Symphony.
South Florida Classical Review: "Through most of his performance...Shaham played with the clean style and preternatural bow control for which he is known. But he knew when to bring a touch of Hungarian mountain fiddler to his playing, when he dug in to produce a grinding buzz when the concerto’s rapid passagework reached the violin’s lowest string."
Noah Bendix-Balgley performed the Beethoven with the Alabama Symphony.
Arts BHAM: "Most striking...was the ease with which he allowed this work to unfold. Each arpeggio, octave leap and legato scale was effortlessly imparted. A dainty solo accompanied by pizzicato strings in the Larghetto was especially sublime. Cadenzas in all three movements were composed by the violinist, each brimming with double- and triple-stop passages that tied closely with Beethoven’s themes."
Jennifer Koh performed works by Bach, Ravel and Janácek in recital with pianist Reiko Uchida.
Palm Beach Daily News: "It was an eloquent performance (of the Bach Partita No. 2 in D minor) that gave full value to lyric elements in the music but never inclined toward lushness or sentimentality."
Veronika Eberle performed the Schumann with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.
New Zealand Herald: "This concerto has its admirers....Here, it simply seemed stolid with too many stentorian blasts of full orchestral tutti, the only emotional engagement coming when soloist and orchestra shared its gentler second theme."
William Hagen performed the Brahms with the Fort Worth Symphony.
The Dallas Morning News: "The Brahms certainly displayed Hagen's gleaming tone and well-honed technique, but it felt like a young man's account of a piece with depths yet to be plumbed."
Gil Shaham performed works by Kreisler, Bach, Franck, Wheeler and Dorman in recital with pianist Akira Eguchi.
Arts ATL: "Their performance (of the Franck Sonata) was fittingly full-bodied, masculine in temperament, without being overdone in its most emotionally intensive moments."
A Walk With Mr. Heifetz, a play written by James Inverne and directed by Andrew Leynse, opened in New York.
New York Times: "Inspired by real people and events in the decades leading up to the foundation of Israel, Mr. Inverne wants to make a point about the vital role of music in establishing a culture and knitting together a new nation....this play is an awkward amalgam of hastily sketched history, which will read clearly only to those who already know it."
How Giora Schmidt found his modern violin
Violinist.com interview with Gil Shaham: Bach Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin
Berlin Concertmaster Noah Bendix-Balgley Returns to Pittsburgh to Premiere his Klezmer Concerto
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Putin engineers shakeup that could keep him in power longer
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MOSCOW (AP) - President Vladimir Putin has engineered a surprise shakeup of Russia’s leadership and proposed changes to the constitution that could keep him in power well past the end of his term in 2024.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is shaking things up in Moscow. (Source: Russia 24/CNN)
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev resigned his post after Putin announced the proposed constitutional amendments.
Putin kept his longtime ally in the Kremlin’s leadership structure, appointing him to the newly created post of deputy head of the presidential Security Council.
The proposed amendments could herald Putin’s intention to carve out a political position that would let him stay at Russia’s helm after his current term as president ends.
Putin suggested amending the constitution to allow lawmakers to name prime ministers and Cabinet members.
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Duo's Happy Hour Remains a Highland Neighborhood Favorite
Fractured Prune Now Serving Doughnuts on Colorado Boulevard
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Mark Antonation | March 25, 2015 | 12:57pm
If you think doughnut madness is getting a little out of hand in Denver, keep in mind that we don't even crack the top dozen cities in the country when it comes to doughnut shops per capita. Top honors go to East Coast cities like Providence, Rhode Island; Portland, Maine; Boston; and Buffalo. So it's no surprise that the newest doughnut haven in town is an import from Maryland. Fractured Prune opened yesterday at Colorado Boulevard and Mississippi Avenue, serving cake doughnuts glazed and topped to order from a list of fifteen house combos, twelve glazes and fifteen toppings.
While the name doesn't exactly inspire an appetite for doughnuts, the company claims that it is rooted in Ocean City history, where local legend Prunella Shreik became known as Fractured Prunella for the many injuries she sustained while competing in men's sports (hence the bandages on the company's logo).
Whether rooted in history or the stuff of tall tales, Fractured Prune brings something new to the Denver doughnut game: Cake doughnuts — sorry, no yeast-risen doughnuts here — are fried in small batches and are only topped when you place your order. With so many glazes and toppings, with everything from blueberry glaze to bacon crumbles, Fractured Prune says there may be as many as 155,648 possible combinations. And because of the service model, doughnuts are always served warm.
Fractured Prune is open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily and offers coffee and juices in addition to doughnuts.
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