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__label__wiki	0.68484	0.68484	Wonkhe About Wonkhe Wonkhe Team Blog See all Wonkhe articles… Augar review Registrarism Access & WP Jobs posting & prices Wonkhe Plus Wonkhe Mondays Wonkhe Daily Wonkhe Briefing Wonkhe Students’ Unions SUs Home SUs Login Wonkhe Mondays View here Wonkhe Plus Wonkhe Daily icon-comments 5 Why is history in the UK so white? by Jonathan Saha wonkhe-jonathan-saha Jonathan Saha by David Kernohan Jonathan Saha is Co-Chair of the Royal Historical Society working group that produced the Race, Ethnicity and Equality report. He is an associate lecturer at the University of Leeds. Awards19 - Think UK higher education providers have a poor record on race. Studies have identified several interlocking problems. Black, Asian and ethnic minority (BAME) communities remain woefully underrepresented, particularly in senior roles. BAME academic staff often face impediments to career progression and workplace racism is a frequent concern. The BAME undergraduate attainment gap exacerbates these problems. BAME students are on average around 9% less likely to achieve a first-class degree than white undergraduates. By any measure, the overall picture is depressing. Yet even within this context, the discipline of history lags behind. Today the Royal Historical Society (RHS) publishes Race, Ethnicity & Equality in UK history: A Report and Resource for Change. This is not the first study to highlight the discipline’s lack of diversity; it was inspired by individuals and groups who have long worked to address these problems. Nevertheless, it represents the most comprehensive overview to date. It draws on Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) data, as well as an extensive RHS survey, completed by 737 UK academic historians. The picture that emerges should provoke discussion and action. An academic discipline is only as healthy as the body of scholars that animate it. History in the UK is damaged by the overwhelming ethnic homogeneity of its practitioners. Under-representation in history History is markedly less diverse than most UK academic disciplines. According to data from Advance HE’s Equality Challenge Unit for 2017-18, 93.7% of historians are white. For the sector as whole, 85% of academic staff are white. Almost all BAME groups are underrepresented, but the proportion of black academics is especially low. Across the sector, only 1.5% of academic staff are black. In history the proportion is 0.5%. These figures are significantly lower than the proportion of BAME students studying history and related subjects. At undergraduate level, BAME students represent 11% of students, which is nonetheless half the proportion across all disciplines (22.7%). The proportion of BAME taught postgraduate students is 9.3%, against an overall figure of 22%. This drops to 8.6% of research postgraduate students — again low for the sector as whole (16.8%). In the 2011 UK census, BAME people represent around 14% of the population. This proportion is understood to have grown since 2011 and be considerably higher for younger age groups. These figures magnify the extent to which white people are over-represented in history. The report traces these problems back to inequalities and choices at GCSE and A-level. But this is more than a pipeline issue. The gap of 8.6% between the proportions of white students (22.8%) and BAME students (14.2%) attaining first class undergraduate history degrees highlights barriers to attainment in the discipline that emerge once students arrive at university. Given the importance of a first class degree in a student’s progression to and funding of postgraduate study, attainment gaps have damaging knock-on effects. Furthermore, according to HESA’s 2017 data on academic staff, history was the fifth least racially diverse subject. This problem cannot simply be explained by patterns of student choice and achievement. Other subjects face the same obstacles to diversity and manage to do better than history. Discipline specific problems produce an over-representation of white historians. Workplace racism During 2017-18 there were several high-profile racist incidents against students across UK campuses. Some were serious enough for universities to expel students after disciplinary hearings. The findings of the survey found that racism is not confined to a minority of prejudiced students. It is part and parcel of university life for BAME staff. Nearly 19% of all the survey’s respondents reported witnessing racial abuse or discrimination; 29.8% of BAME respondents had directly experienced such discrimination or abuse. Abuse and discrimination were most commonly initiated by university staff, most often in the respondent’s own department. After staff, students and the public initiated most incidents: 20.5% and 14.5% respectively. The survey’s qualitative evidence revealed examples of abuse and discrimination. The more overt examples included cases of bullying and the use of racist language. UK history departments are not diverse, nor are they inclusive places to work or study. Challenging racist behaviours within universities relies upon staff who can mobilise relevant legislation and university policies. Many academic historians are ignorant of both. Over a third of respondents were unaware of the Equalities Act 2010 and of its provisions for persons with “protected characteristics”. Fewer than half of those aware of the Act had learnt of it through their higher education provider. Only 15.4% of respondents had received any training on race-based harassment or bullying. Three quarters of BAME respondents who had used university policies to address incidents of discrimination were dissatisfied by these procedures. History staff are currently ill-equipped to stamp out prejudicial cultures in their departments, either through lack of knowledge of regulatory resources, or through a lack of faith in local processes. Curriculum diversity Recent student movements asking “why is my curriculum white?” and demanding that higher education providers “decolonise” the curriculum have challenged the racial and cultural foundations of university teaching. These campaigns underline that the overrepresentation of white people in universities extends beyond staff and students. It is also manifest in reading lists and seminar topics. In focus groups that the RHS conducted with two groups of sixth-form students, this wider concern resonated with how these prospective undergraduates perceived university history programmes. They thought the subject was remote from contemporary issues and narrowly focused on the “island story” of Britain. Academic historians need to address both this perception and the actual breadth of the curriculum. Significant change is in fact happening in universities. 86.3% of survey respondents reported that their department had expanded teaching coverage beyond Britain and Europe in recent years. Curriculum reform is a standard part of universities’ quality assurance processes. The wider context of racial inequality in UK history means that this reform can also help make the discipline more inclusive. BAME attainment gap research has shown that a more inclusive curriculum can contribute to closing this disparity. This is not to accept the pernicious, but common, elision between the (assumed) heritage of individual BAME historians and their research interests. BAME respondents to the survey frequently noted that their white colleagues often expected BAME staff and students to study the cultures of “their” heritage. Such expectations are limiting and marginalising. Effecting change “Whig” history has long been debunked by critical historical scholarship. Things will not just get better with the passing of time. As historians, we know this. Concerted efforts are needed to address racial underrepresentation and discrimination in UK universities. The report offers recommendations for effecting change. These are intended for all staff, with particular advice for colleagues in positions of authority. BAME staff, already isolated in departments, cannot be expected to be the sole agents of reform. The burden of making departments more diverse and inclusive must be shared across the higher education community. The report’s recommendations are targeted and specific. They fall into four key areas. Meaningful, discipline-specific training to ensure dignity in the workplace is essential Improved, granular data on staff and student progression according to race and ethnicity must be identified and put to use Positive action (the lawful means through which employers can redress the underrepresentation of marginalised groups within their sector) needs to be better understood and used by higher education providers history curriculums in schools and universities need to challenge the racial foundations of the discipline so as to reflect the full diversity of human histories. The whiteness of the discipline represents a threat to its intellectual vitality and relevance. There is no easy solution. But failing to undertake change will further entrench an exclusionary scholarly culture that overlooks talented historians because of their race. plus ad plus ad by Mark Leach featured_message post list Latest articles HESA spring 2020: student numbers and characteristics wonkhe-changing-sheets-adulting Living in another world – more help for university transitions by Paul Greatrix Globalism and higher education ride the storm by Louise Nicol We need to give “special consideration” some special consideration by Felicity Mitchell PODCAST: Unconditionals, KEF, research culture, racism by Team Wonkhe The Knowledge Exchange Framework: year zero Policy Watch Great news for university business officers might not mean great news for students by Jim Dickinson Imagining a creative, inclusive, and honest research culture by Beth Thompson jobs Featured jobs SheffieldUni Faculty Director of Operations – Faculty of Science University of Sheffield Sheffield Competitive Salary plus benefits job_listing UCEALOGO_PMS285_SPOT UCEA - Universities and Colleges Employers Association London £70,000 to £75,000 per annum Coventry-Logo Policy Advisor University of Coventry Coventry £32,823 - £41,536 per annum 5 responses to “Why is history in the UK so white?” Bradbury Smith says: Oct 18 2018 at 12:13 pm Is the real question here whether History is entering a decline? The report demonstrates that ethnic minoritiy (BAME) students, for example, are much more likely to want to enter careers in business, medicine, dentistry, and law than non-BAME. Students’ GCSE, A-level, and degree choices reflect this. A-level entries for History peaked at 50,000 in 2015 and have since fallen. Over the decade 2010-20, about 300,000 young people will be added to the UK’s 18-19 year old demographic with the increase disproportionately being concentrated among ethnic minority young people whose share of the population will rise. While it is understandable that the Royal Historical Society wants to ensure that the subject is relevant and attractive to as many of these students as possible, it may in fact be inevitable that History will cede ground to other disciplines. After all, why should we expect that a changing population wants to study the in the same way as past populations? For sure, the curriculum of any subject needs to be refreshed. Likewise, incidents of harassment identified in the report ought to be taken very seriously. But the overall message is that History may have to accept that it is going to be relatively less significant than formerly because the times they are a changing. Jim Stockwell says: Oct 18 2018 at 2:00 pm Hmmm Anyone who has even glanced at a history curriculum at a modern university and concluded it is ‘too narrowly focused on Britain’s island history’ has a weird sense of perspective. Sure, there will usually be or two compulsory modules on British History. But the rest (and majority) of the curriculum usually includes compulsory modules on European/World history, plus a ton of optional modules in which British options are just a few possible areas of study out of many. As for reading lists, authors should purely be included on merit. And hopefully this will mean that if there is any racial bias in reading lists, this will be addressed. It is a rather patronising assumption that BME students need BME authors on the readin list in order to engage with the text. For me it’s a ‘chicken and egg’ question. The humanities are often disparaged as being less socially valuable, which has two outcomes – squeezed funding (with less spare for diversity initiatives), and less interest in their being representative (because their utility is undervalued). Hence widespread attention to representativeness by funders in STEM, and little resource or attention by humanities and social science funders. And yet the products of humanities scholarship are widely consumed and thus immensely powerful. Very good comment – the issues discussed in the original piece mostly reflect long term trends grounded in pre-University education. On point of the curriculum being refreshed, I would encourage you to actually take a look at any history curriculum at a modern university, and you’ll see it is already extremely diverse, and the campaigners for even more diversity are a minority among not only students as a whole but BME students as well. Completely unrepresentative and rely on straw men. Jess Moody says: Oct 19 2018 at 8:13 am Excellent report and article Jonathan, which I know is based on substantial qual and quant research from FE students, uni students, and academic staff across the discipline, and has listened to the voices and experiences of a range of historians. I hope other commentators will take further time to reflect, pause and listen. 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__label__wiki	0.802527	0.802527	AP Retracts False Claim Trump Contradicted Ambassador's Testimony Slate Still Going Crazy With Claims Trump Is Mentally Unfit For Office Media Ignores Damage Sondland Did To Democrats’ Impeachment Case Against Trump by Brian McNicoll on November 21, 2019 Gordon Sondland was the most damaging witness yet for President Donald Trump in the House impeachment inquiry, according to the mainstream media. The New York Times produced three pieces for its opinion sections saying so – “Donald Trump’s Gordon Problem – Republicans tried to throw Gordon Sondland under the bus. He took Trump with him,” by Michelle Goldberg; “Sondland Has Implicated the President and His Top Men,” an unsigned editorial; and “Gordon Sondland Leaves Us With No Other Option” by Noah Bookbinder. At Time, the headline on Brian Bennett’s news story read: “Gordon Sondland May Have Just Sealed President Trump’s Impeachment” and the lead: “Gordon Sondland’s public testimony on Nov. 20 may very well mark the moment President Donald Trump’s impeachment by the House reached an irreversible momentum.” At the Washington Post, “Sondland’s bombshell testimony leaves Trump’s Republican allies scrambling,” by Seung Min Kim, Josh Dawsey and Kayla Epstein, led its coverage of the hearing. CNN featured two stories on the topic – “The huge Gordon Sondland revelation almost everyone missed” and “Gordon Sondland just saved himself – and jeopardized Donald Trump’s presidency,” both by Chris Cillizza. But that doesn’t appear to be what happened. In fact, by the end of the day, Sondland appeared to be yet another witness in the impeachment drama who had only secondary knowledge of events and guessed at the motives, only to have been proven incorrect. Under questioning from Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Sondland said: “I finally called the president, I believe it was on the 9th of September. I can’t find records and [the State Department] won’t provide them to me, but I believe I just asked him an open-ended question, Mr. Chairman. “’What do you want from Ukraine? I keep hearing all these different ideas and theories and this and that. What do you want? It was a very short abrupt conversation – he was not in a good mood – and he just said, ‘I want nothing. I want nothing. I want no quid pro quo. Tell Zelensky to do the right thing,’ something to that effect.” This, Sondland went on to say, explains his note to Ambassador Bill Taylor that Taylor was misinterpreting events and a quid pro quo is not what the president wants. “My reason for telling him this was not to defend what the president was saying, not to opine on whether the president was being truthful or untruthful, but simply to relay I’ve gone as far as I can go. This is the final word that I heard from the president of the United States.” Later, under questioning from Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, Sondland admitted he was “presuming” Trump wanted to tie an aid package to the announcement of investigations. “So no one told you?” Turner asked. “Guiliani didn’t tell you. Mulvaney didn’t tell you. Pompeo didn’t tell you. Nobody else on this planet told you that Donald Trump was tying aid to these investigations … is that correct?” Sondland said, “I think I testified …” but Turner responded, “No, answer the question. Is it correct? No one on this planet told you that Donald Trump was tying aid to investigations, yes or no?” Sondland responded: “Yes.” But to the Post, the “bombshell testimony” was what Sondland provided before he was forced to admit his earlier claims had been based on presumptions. The White House’s defense – President Trump read his statement to reporters on the White House lawn before departing for Texas and declared the impeachment bid to be over – was of the caught-off-guard variety, the Post reported. “The White House and President Trump’s allies scrambled on Wednesday to contain the damage” from Sondland’s “new allegations,” it wrote. “The bombshell testimony … forced the White House, which was not aware of his testimony in advance, to quickly recalibrate its defense of the president’s actions.” Brian McNicoll Brian McNicoll is Editor of Accuracy in Media. He is a former newspaper editor, think tank writer and Capitol Hill staffer, is a conservative writer and editor in Reston, Va.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14790
__label__wiki	0.962269	0.962269	Air Force 100 Life in the RAAF - ACW Jenny Phan Speeches and transcripts Defence media releases Before joining the Air Force, Aircraftwoman (ACW) Jenny Phan visited a number of military trade career days but already knew that Air Force was where she wanted to be. “I am passionate about aircraft and was seeking a challenging and interesting career, so I did a lot of research, went to a lot of open days and attended Air Force’s Young Women’s Technical Camp at RAAF Base Wagga in 2016,” ACW Phan said. Exactly a year later, ACW Phan enlisted and achieved dux of her initial employment training course and then posted to 6SQN at RAAF Base Amberley as an aircraft technician. “I am 10 months into my first posting at 6SQN and am one of about 11 women in technical roles,” she said. “I remember walking down the flightline for the first time, knowing that my hard work had paid off. “My parents came to Australia as refugees, so to be the first in my family to join the ADF and be recognised for my achievements so early in my career is something I’m really proud of.” Earlier this year, ACW Phan accompanied ACG WOFF Rudolf Vitasz to the Australian International Airshow as a professional development opportunity. “WOFF Vitasz and I discussed Plan Jericho, the future of Air Force and how impressive it was to see ASTROSTEM and Jasper come to life,” ACW Phan “We shared the sentiments that Air Force is going through an exciting evolution with inclusivity and diversity at the forefront of our people capability. “It made me reflect on how incredible it is to continuously meet people who share your vision, not just for the future of your unit, but of your organisation as a whole.” Balancing hard work with her hobbies, ACW Phan shares more than just her professional aspirations with her peers, incorporating her Vietnamese heritage and love of food into the workplace. “Food was always such a huge deal for my family. I have taken up baking since coming to 6SQN and have started an initiative called ‘Morale Mondays’ where I bring in home-baked treats for my section,” she said. Bathurst Airport honours Hercules with Street Name 98th Birthday Celebrated at Air Force's birthplace	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14794
__label__cc	0.63482	0.36518	Rachael Heppenstall 1997, Middle Temple Scholarships and Prizes: Middle Temple Winston Churchill Prize 1997 Family Law Bar Association, Child Concern BSc (Hons) Law & German, University of Surrey Recorder (2015) Rachael completed a specialist family pupillage and practiced on the North Eastern Circuit until joining 9 St John Street in December 2000. A care and adoption specialist, she focuses on cases involving non-accidental injury and significant abuse. She acts for local authorities, parents/interveners (in particular vulnerable adults, including those with significant learning difficulties and mental health issues), children (including those who are able to give their instructions directly rather than via a children’s guardian), and the Official Solicitor. Rachael has appeared at all levels up to and including the Court of Appeal. She has considerable experience in cases involving serious non-accidental injury and complex medical evidence (including shaken baby), sexual assault, factitious illness disorder, and immigration/jurisdictional issues. In private law proceedings Rachael acts for local authorities, parents and special guardians in applications for special guardianship orders. She is also instructed on behalf of Police Authorities/Local Authorities and NHS Trusts in disclosure and public interest immunity applications in both the family and criminal jurisdictions. Rachael is regularly involved in advising in cases pre-proceedings and takes a hands-on approach to the conduct of cases throughout the life of the court proceedings. Rachael has been and continues to be involved in accredited training for Solicitors and Local Authorities. Greater Manchester Chief Constable v KI & Anor (Children) & Ors [2007] EWHC 1837 (Fam) Re K (Children: Care and Placement) [2015] EWFC B117 QUALIFICATIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS External Examiner - Bar Standards Board – 2013 Middle Temple Winston Churchill Scholarship 1996 BSc (Hons) Law and German - 1996 Family Law Bar Association For further information please contact the Civil & Family Clerk, Peadar McKinstry on 0161 955 5104. Family and Children Law: Leading Junior Band 3 "Provides clear advice to clients and presents a robust case in court." Family/Matrimonial (Northern Bar) Band 3 "She is an extremely competent barrister, and is a very calm and safe pair hands." "She is fantastic: very experienced, confident, flexible and calming around clients. She is also good at solving complex legal problems." Chambers and Partners 2020 Family and children law – ranked Tier 1 “Recommended for cases involving non-accidental injuries.” Family/Matrimonial – Northern (Bar): Leading Barrister (Band 3) "She has a very good way with clients." Chambers and Partners UK Bar 2019 "A very capable and knowledgeable advocate." 'Experienced in cases of non-accidental injury and serious abuse.' “Specialises in matters regarding childcare, and also has a solid reputation for her skill in handling claims of factitious illness and physical and sexual assault” ‘A specialist in care and adoption proceedings.’ "Has a solid reputation in all areas of public and private childcare work, with specific experience in adoption matters, factitious illness, serious injury and sexual abuse. Acts for interveners, local authorities, parents and children. 'She is approachable, formidable when necessary, realistic with the client's expectations and sensitive to their situation.' 'She has a good rapport with the clients.'" "She is thoroughly reliable and very sympathetic in care proceedings. Very down to earth." Chambers & Partners 2015 "A care specialist who is well regarded by local authorities and solicitors alike." "Excellent in cases involving children and vulnerable clients" Legal 500, 2010 & 2011 "Is hands on and very good with vulnerable clients" Rachael Heppenstall "Is a very experienced and respected children law practioner" Rachael Heppenstall "Has an excellent way with clients' and has developed her children practice well" Family CV [PDF] Add Rachael Heppenstall 's details to the 'Brochure Creator' Add Rachael Heppenstall to Brochure	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14799
__label__wiki	0.742297	0.742297	Business Video Roundup: Being a Great Manager, Engaging with Customers & Avoiding Money Mistakes Posted on 17.April.2017 by Mike Winters \| @amcomcap If you need a little inspiration and motivation to start your week, here are five videos that we hope will help. We’ve got Gary Vaynerchuk discussing what makes a great manager, Evan Carmichael laying out seven habits of successful people, and Ryan Meczyk of Norman Distribution on engaging with your customers and the importance of small wins. Plus, Patrick Bet-David goes over the 10 dumbest mistakes entrepreneurs make with money and two Stanford Graduate School of Business professors discuss the power of storytelling in building a successful brand. Gary Vaynerchuk: What Makes a Great Manager? “I think too many people believe that when they’re a manager, people are working for them. And when they’re a mentor they think they’re working for the other person,” Gary Vaynerchuk says. “I believe that all the best managers are actually mentors.” Evan Carmichael: Habits of Successful People Featuring interviews with the likes of Richard Branson, Elon Musk, and Tony Robbins, this 16-minute motivational video runs down a list of seven habits of highly successful people. You probably know many of these, but it can’t hurt to reinforce them once in a while. Ryan Meczyk: Engage with Your Customers In this short video from Entrepreneur magazine’s YouTube channel, Ryan Meczyk, president of wholesale food and beverage company Norman Distribution, discusses the importance of engaging with your customers. “We believe that’s the key to our success,” he says. Patrick Bet-David: The 10 Dumbest Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make with Money Which of these 10 mistakes are you making right now? Stanford Graduate School of Business: The Power of Signature Stories In this hour-long video, Stanford Graduate School of Business Professor Jennifer Aaker and her father, Haas Professor Emeritus David Aaker, talk about the power and importance of stories in building brands and successful businesses. A lot of great information and advice in this one.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14808
__label__wiki	0.987444	0.987444	The Story of Humans and Neanderthals in Europe Is Being Rewritten Ed Yong, Atlantic, July 10, 2019 In 1978, in a cave called Apidima at the southern end of Greece, a group of anthropologists found a pair of human-like skulls. One had a face, but was badly distorted; the other was just the left half of a braincase. {snip} The one with the face, known as Apidima 2, is a 170,000-year-old Neanderthal — no surprises there. But the other, Apidima 1, was one of us — a 210,000-year-old modern human. And if the team is right about that, the partial skull is the oldest specimen of Homo sapiens outside Africa, handily beating the previous record holder, a jawbone from Israel’s Misliya Cave that’s about 180,000 years old. “I couldn’t believe it at first,” Harvati says, “but all the analyses we conducted gave the same result.” Until now, most researchers have focused on the more complete (but less interesting) of the two skulls. “Apidima 1 has just been ignored,” says Harvati. But its antiquity matters for three reasons. First, it pushes back the known presence of modern humans outside Africa by some 30,000 years. Second, it’s considerably older than all other Homo sapiens fossils from Europe, all of which are 40,000 years old or younger. Third, it’s older than the Neanderthal skull next to it. Apidima 1 (left) is a modern human; Apidima 2 (right) is a Neanderthal. Collectively, these traits mess up the standard story of Neanderthal and modern-human evolution. According to that narrative, Neanderthals slowly evolved in Europe, largely isolated from other kinds of hominins. When modern humans expanded out of Africa, their movements into Europe might have been stalled by the presence of the already successful Neanderthals. That explains why Homo sapiens stuck to a more southerly route into Asia, and why they left no European fossils until about 40,000 years ago. “The idea of Europe as ‘fortress Neanderthal’ has been gaining ground,” says Rebecca Wragg Sykes, an archaeologist from the University of Bordeaux, but identifying a 210,000-year-old Homo sapiens skull from Europe “really undermines that.” “It suggests that early Homo sapiens groups got farther than we may have previously thought, occasionally occupying territories that later became that of Neanderthals,” adds Shara Bailey, an anthropologist at NYU. {snip} The identity of Apidima 1 could also cast doubt on other archaeological finds from Europe, such as stone tools with no accompanying fossils. Researchers had long assumed that within a certain time window, “any archaeology was all the work of Neanderthals,” says Wragg Sykes. But if modern humans also occupied this “safe range,” which species actually created those artifacts? How much information can scientists really glean from just the back of the skull, and just the left half at that? Actually, quite a lot, Harvati says: That region is very informative when telling different hominins apart. Apidima 1 lacks several traits that are distinctively Neanderthal, while its rounded shape “is considered to be a uniquely modern human feature that evolved relatively late,” Harvati says. But “it doesn’t look like classic Homo sapiens,” says Wragg Sykes, who wonders whether it represents a group of humans that had been interbreeding with Neanderthals or other ancient hominins. “Obviously everyone is going to want to see DNA out of that skull,” she adds. The Apidima skulls also suggest that the accepted story of Europe, in which modern humans eventually replaced the long-dominant Neanderthals, is too simple. Instead, Harvati thinks that modern humans were already in Greece about 200,000 years ago; they were then replaced by Neanderthals, who were themselves replaced by humans about 40,000 years ago. A similar cycle of competition, where Neanderthals and humans repeatedly replaced each other, seems to have happened in the Levant, the Middle Eastern region that includes Israel and Syria. {snip} Greece is a good place to start. “It’s at the crossroads of three major continents, and it’s a refuge where animals and humans could survive at the height of the ice ages,” Harvati says. “You’d predict population dispersals and range contractions in these areas, the possibility for contact [between different groups], and a more diverse human-fossil record than you’d find in distant parts of Europe. There aren’t many fossils in the region, but it hasn’t been much of a research priority.” Topics: Ancient History < Trump Moves to End Asylum Protections for Central Americans Army War College Surrenders >	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14822
__label__cc	0.596437	0.403563	Location and Service Times Babies, Kids and Teens The Nursery at New Hope Ripple Effect – Middle School Youth U-Turn – The Senior High Youth at New Hope “Grow Deeper” Christian Ed. Girlfriends Gone Wise & Godly All Items (Sidebar) Home > Meet Our Staff Deb Stafford Pastoral Care Coordinator and Office Manager Deb joined the staff in June of 1998 as church secretary, but her role has grown significantly over the years. Deb gives leadership to Stephen Ministry, coordinates many ways of caring for people, and oversees the kitchen, fellowship, and women’s ministries. Plus she runs the office! Deb and her husband Bob have four children between them and four granddaughters. Deb considers it a blessing to be part of “a growing, friendly, and purposeful body of believers.” Brenda Hartman Middle School Youth Director Brenda was among the core team of leaders that founded New Hope Church and has served as youth director from the beginning. With over 30 years experience in youth ministry, Brenda has counseled, encouraged, and supported generations of young adults. Besides enjoying her husband Ted, their dog Bailey, and 5 grandchildren, Brenda has become the ‘Pennsylvania Mom’ for Christian music artists DecembeRadio, John Waller, and several members of the band Fee. Jen Noll Elementary Children's Director Jen joined the staff in January 2008 to support the growing children’s ministry at New Hope. She and her husband Kevin have been part of New Hope since 1999, serving in various ministries including leadership team, youth and children’s ministries, and as small group leaders. Jen and Kevin have two children, Elijah and Rebecca. Jen earned her undergraduate degree from Eastern University in Elementary and Special Education and her Masters of Education from Penn State University. She was previously employed as a learning support teacher for Lower Dauphin SD and a reading specialist forDerry Township SD. Nancy Ritchie Pre-School Children's Director With a lifetime of professional experience in caring for children, “Miss Nancy” brings great wisdom, common sense, and a whole lot of humor to New Hope. Also part of the core group of leaders who founded New Hope Church, Nancy has served faithfully since its inception. She’s joined in ministry by her husband, David. They live near Annville, close to family…including her sister, Brenda, New Hope’s Youth Director. Kevin Gibson Worship and Discipleship Director E-mail Kevin Gibson Kevin has been a member of New Hope since 2000. During that time he has served in various capacities: praise band, media tech, Adult Christian Education instructor, Celebrate Recovery leader, small group leader, Leadership Team and Discipleship Team. Kevin was ordained a Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ at Calvary Chapel of Albany, NY in 1996. Kevin joined the staff of New Hope Church in 2018 as Worship and Discipleship Director. His desire has long been that believers hunger more and more for the Word of God each day. Sandy Evans Sandy puts together some of New Hope’s communications including Sunday’s bulletin, The Addition, and other printed materials in addition to answering phone calls and assorted questions. 584 Colonial Club Drive Copyright © 2020 New Hope Church. Powered by churchthemes.com.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14825
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Published quarterly and shipped worldwide! Click here for more information. With their distinctive patrol vehicles and motoring guides, the Automobile Association is a British institution dating back to the earliest days of motor cars in the UK. Early drivers faced many hazards – uncertain mechanical reliability, a lack of road signs, poorly built roads, and police eager to catch speeding drivers for the revenue it brought in to their town. Beginning … [Read more...] about Great British Icons: THE AA – Britain’s Automobile association Great Britons: William Waldorf Astor – The American Anglophile That Became a Lord December 5, 2019 By Jonathan Leave a Comment Inheriting the vast fortunes of the Astor family was just the beginning for William Waldorf Astor. Educated and raised in Europe, he found the rough-and-tumble of life in America too much, so he moved to England in 1893. 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__label__wiki	0.629484	0.629484	Country: Canada/Sweden Style: Speed Metal Sites: Facebook \| Metal Archives \| Official Website \| YouTube Disappointed by the new Lacuna Coil, I went looking for a palate cleanser of speed and found this album from an international band. I believe that four of the five musicians are Swedish, including the two whose material prompted the band to get together to begin with, Peter Svensson and David Stranderud, so it's probably fair to call the band Swedish. However, the lead vocalist is Jacques Bélanger, of Exciter fame; he's from Quebec in French Canada and I'm pretty sure he hasn't relocated to Scandinavia, so they're international in scope for now. They initially got together to release an album, Agents of Mystification, in 2016, which has a glorious steampunk/weird west cover. The process must have been a good one because they're back three years later for another album, an excellent one too. The opening track, Tempt Not (The Blade of the Assassin) is a sheer joy for speed metal freaks, very much in the sped up Judas Priest vein. Bélanger hits all those wild notes and the band behind him feel urgent and alive and passionate. This is for everyone in love with Painkiller and, well, the much earlier Exciter. You thought Bélanger's old band didn't take their name from the Priest song? Priest are the most obvious influence throughout, though almost always their faster material because Assassin's Blade are fundamentally speed metal with little intention to explore dynamics in the vein of, say, Victim of Changes. There are slower songs, The City That Waits chugging along for a while at a mid-pace, and there are slower breakdowns in faster songs to keep a variety, so they're not balls to the wall all the time. However, even when they slow down some, they're still most reminiscent of Priest. Check out the intro to Gods and try to think of another band! There are other influences in the mix here and there. There were points in Dream Savant where I thought I was listening to an old Iron Maiden song that I inexplicably didn't remember. Part of it is the guitar interplay but much of it comes, I think, from Bélanger singing at a certain pitch and reminding of Bruce Dickinson for a while more than Rob Halford. It's there a little in The City That Waits and The Ghost of Orion too. Those are two very different vibratos. I enjoyed this immensely, but I'm biased towards old school speed metal. The biggest problem with the genre is that the music soon outstripped production quality, so a lot of those old albums sound thin in 2019. Of course, studio technology has progressed by insane degrees in the last forty years, so when a new band releases a new album in that old style but with modern production done right, it not only tweaks the nostalgia zones in my brain but makes me happy generally that the genre is alive and represented so well. If there's a downside, it's that the songs, while enjoyable throughout, are not all as catchy as they could be. The riffs are solid throughout but there should be more killers. The hooks are strong throughout but, with the single exception of Tempt Not (The Blade of the Assassin), I'm not replaying them inside my skull after the album finishes. The solos are excellent throughout but, again, I'm experiencing most of them afresh each time through. The one exception there may be The Ghost of Orion, which is very tasty indeed. I like this band though and I'd love to see them live. This is a no nonsense speed metal album and I treasure those. Bélanger dances through the octaves and his clear enjoyment doing that extends outwards to the rest of the band. I'm eager to check out Agents of Mystification and especially to see what a couple more years might bring. Assassin's Blade have huge potential and their third album could well be a classic. Labels: 2019, Canada, speed metal, Sweden	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14830
__label__wiki	0.817135	0.817135	By Andy Sambidge Sat 10 Jan 2009 07:03 AM $90mn collected during TV Gaza fundraisers UPDATE 1: UAE, Bahrain donations pour in while thousands also protest. TV fundraising campaigns in the UAE and Bahrain have raised a total of $90 million to help the Palestinian people in Gaza strip. The nationwide fundraisers, aired through all TV and radio stations on Friday, saw $86 milllion raised in the UAE and $4 million in Bahrain, while solidarity marches also took place simultaneously in four of the emirates. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) and Head of the Office of Coordination of Foreign Aid, thanked UAE residents for their generosity, saying that the donations received had exceeded expectations, news agency WAM reported. Sheikh Hamdan said the RCA, in association with the humanitarian relief and charity organisations in the UAE, would coordinate with international aid organisations to ensure the aid bought by donations would be distributed as soon as possible. The rulers of Abu Dhabi and Dubai pledged to rebuild 1,200 homes in Gaza, while Sheikh Saif bin Zayed, the Minister of the Interior, pledged to rebuild 100 houses. The NMC Hospital also gave 1.4 million dirhams of medical equipment as part of the fundraising initiative. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed, Minister of Presidential Affairs, also pledged to build an extension to al Shafaa Hospital in Gaza while the Western Region donated 150,000 dirhams and 110 grammes of gold. In Bahrain, the main contributors were Bahrain National Committee for the Support of Palestinians in Gaza chairman Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa and leading businessman YBA Kanoo, who donated 100,000 dinars ($265,000) each. BBK donated $300,000 while NBB, Batelco, Alba and Bapco contributed 100,000 dinars each. Meanwhile, more than 10,000 men, woman and children turned out in four emirates to make sure the people of Palestine were not forgotten. In Sharjah, an estimated 5,000 gathered along Khaled Lagoon draped in Palestinian flags and wearing traditional black and white scarves, or kaffiyeh. In Abu Dhabi, about 4,000 demonstrated along the Corniche Road while in Dubai, supporters gathered in Creek Park, waving flags and placards. Hundreds donned the kaffiyeh in Ras al Khaimah to demonstrate outside Manar Mall. Andy Sambidge Palestinian 10 years ago On behalf of all Palestinians, I wish to thank UAE, its rulers, business men, citizens & residents from all nationalities who contributed to this campaign, this really make us feel proud of you brothers and sisters, you exceeded expectations, god be with us during this difficult time. I wish to thank Bahrainis, Saudis, Kuwaitis, Libyans, Algerians, Iraqis, Egyptians, Lebanese, Syrians and every Arabs nationals from all over the world, we rely on you all to support us knowing we all are one nation and we have a common issue, I hope we can do even better in the future to brothers in Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq, Somalia and every Arab land that is facing tyrannical acts and injustice wars. ABUSIDRA 10 years ago If money could have solved all problems there would not have been any troubles in Islamic countries as they are amongst the richest in the world. Money is the root cause of most evils. Wars are mainly fought over money, land and lady. However, the ones resisting oppression to save their religions are far better than the majority of the ones who are just donating as a normal routine (towards cleaning up their souls) without any concrete action, pain and planning. Without emphasising on security, brotherhood, education, infrastructure, making an army, taking a common stand, having a platform, having value, having voice, using oil as weapon, using sovereign wealth funds as carrot and stick etc. Again the enemy will destroy again we make, but where are the souls who lived in it earlier? Can we bring them back? Can we give the new homes the security, the peace, no blockades? ebrahim 10 years ago Whilst it is pleasing to see the people pledging support to the Plaestinian people,what i belive is required is the voice of the middle eastern countries and in particular the voices of its rulers to be heard throughout the world that what is happening is unacceptable and unless the west deals a fair and just hand to the Palestinians then economic boycott will take place.The West is in a credit crunch and needs the middle east to bail it out New Gaza ceasefire call as death toll nears 800 UAE marches, TV fundraiser plan for Gaza people Gulf economies set to rebound in 2010 Gulf region's 2009 growth forecasts slashed Oil at $30 'manageable' for GCC economies Lebanon launches probe into attacks on Israel	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14831
__label__wiki	0.939009	0.939009	IY2019: Atlas of Living Australia The project, which has already mapped 683 Indigenous names for plants and animals, is a collaboration between the ALA, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and CSIRO Land and Water. on Facebook Facebook on Twitter Twitter on Google Plus Google Plus To coincide with the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages, work is underway to map hundreds of plant and animal names for the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA). The first stage of the project involved extensive consultation with Kamilaroi nation community members, from north eastern NSW and south eastern Queensland. Language custodians Harry White, Rhonda Ashby, Bernadette Duncan and Ted Fields Jnr have assisted in mapping three Kamilaroi languages – Kamilaroi/Gamilaroi/Gamilarray, Yugaalaraay and Yugaal – to Latin species names. In another important biodiversity project, the ALA has developed an app to assist Indigenous rangers gather environmental data in their own language. Rangers enter details about animal tracks, scats, diggings and burrows into the Tracks App which provides a better understanding of local changes in biodiversity, population and the impact of feral species, among other things. The app is being used by 19 ranger groups and has so far tracked more than 40 species in English, Warlpiri and Warramungu, from the region around Alice Springs and Tennant Creek, in the Northern Territory. It’s hoped this will be expanded to include more Indigenous languages. The launch of the Tracks App, which recently won a CSIRO award, coincided with the Bilby Blitz to gather baseline data about the threatened native animal, which informed the first national threatened species plan developed with significant input from Aboriginal people. Photo credit Emu photo by Alan Melville See our 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages page Visit the Atlas of Living Australia website	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14834
__label__wiki	0.753647	0.753647	Contact Us Now: (512) 215.5225 Tap Here To Call Us Austin Immigration Lawyer Blog Published By Lyttle Law Firm, PLLC ICE Releases New Procedures for Immigrants with Criminal Convictions By Lyttle Law Firm, PLLC A great deal of attention has been paid to the ongoing immigration reform debate brewing in the United States. Several developments have cropped up over the past few weeks that further complicate the delicate state of affairs, including conflicting opinions that cluster around President Obama’s proposals for undocumented immigrants. The controversy surrounding the President’s proposed executive action may be acquiring a decent chunk of media attention but there are other immigration issues that pose considerable ramifications for a number of immigrants. One of the more notable occurrences that have garnered a measure of importance deals with the new procedures that have been implemented by the Department of Homeland Security for immigrants who have had a history of criminal convictions. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement arm of the DHS has recently rolled out a number of changes to the way that they handle release procedures for detained immigrants with a history of criminal convictions. All in all, there are a total of 5 changes that have been implemented. What’s interesting about these changes is that it reflects a sudden shift in the way that ICE officials deal with their policies for immigrants with criminal convictions. ICE officials have expressed that the changes should exponentially increase the level of safety that the American public currently enjoys as well as enhance the confidence that citizens have when it comes to the way that officials enforce immigration policies and regulations. The major changes that have been stipulated by the ICE officials largely deals with methods of release and detainment of immigrants with specific criminal convictions. Immigrants who are slated for a release should be backed by the approval of a supervisor if they have a criminal conviction. Immigrants who possess serious criminal records will remain in detention even if the detention facilities are grappling with resource limitations. For detained immigrants who have been convicted of violent crimes, ICE will form a panel of senior managers to discuss the possibility of discretionary release for these specific cases. After previously detained immigrants have been released, ICE will continue to monitor them through the use of methods like personal contact and phone reporting. ICE will also bolster its methods of reporting the release of immigrants with criminal convictions to various state law enforcement arms. Some people feel that these changes may be politically motivated. The timing of the changes that have been announced is suspect given the fact that ICE director Sarah Saldana was slated to testify before congress immediately after the changes were announced. Representatives of immigration rights organizations feel that this move is a way for the ICE director to kowtow to Congress members who don’t support immigrant concerns. If you or someone you know needs legal counsel regarding immigration issues, please contact the immigration attorneys at Lyttle Law Firm in Austin, Texas by visiting our website or calling us today at 512-215-5225. Posted in: Immigration in the News Tagged: Department of Homeland Security and immigration reform Hablamos Español / Falamos Português (512) 215.5225 Immigration in the News (621) Immigration Law (General) (151) Family-Based Immigration (52) Business Immigration (26) Immigration Relief for Victims of Crime (4) Texas Divorce Lawyer Blog Data Finds That Trump Administration Is Denying Legal Immigration Court Rules That Immediate Refugee Deportation Is Unconstitutional TPS Extended to 2020 for El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Sudan Ms. Lyttle’s Rank Austin Office 2222 Western Trails Blvd, San Marcos Office 1913 Dutton Dr, Copyright © 2014 – 2020, Lyttle Law Firm, PLLC	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14843
__label__cc	0.59361	0.40639	Back to all exhibitions Gallery Antiquaire Read the exhibition story Marco Tirelli From May 17 → September 01, 2018 Pictures of the exhibition To know more about the available artworks of this artist, please contact us at info@axelvervoordtgallery.com Story of the exhibition Axel Vervoordt Gallery Hong Kong is pleased to present an exhibition by Italian artist Marco Tirelli, featuring medium and small size paintings specifically created for the show. Tirelli’s artistic philosophy consists in geometrical figures, rectangular and square structures delicately suspended in a tension between light and darkness. His enigmatic forms reflect a number of Tirelli’s enduring preoccupations with time, space and what lies beyond. With their different architectural features and arresting contrasts of lights and shadows - nuances of modern- sfumato - the works evoke a fluctuation between appearance and disappearance which epitomize the artist’s vision - a search for the mystery of the visible and its concomitant inner reflection – and his aspiration to elicit active sensorial and mental participation from the viewer, – “I’m fascinated by surfaces and what is on the other side of them.“ says the artist. Tirelli’s dramatic technique is at the core of the spatial incongruities of vision and deviation of perspective that create the alienating space. Using low-pressure paint sprays and thin marten brushes, the chromatic buzzing of his dots provokes a continuous blurring and an apparent monochromatic effect. This remarkable application of pointillism, conceives a strong sensation of the flow of time, a passageway to meditation, a bridge between the possible and the impossible. Tirelli noted: The pointillist saw reality as something that was not objective, as if to say that we perceive the light of reality, but things in themselves remain far away from us, deaf and dumb; all we perceive is the reflection of light on their surfaces. The artist’s ambition to show what cannot be seen draws inspiration in a free and modern way from some of the fundamental characteristics of the Metaphysical Art of Giorgio De Chirico and Giorgio Morandi. His geometry has a lot in common with the three-dimensional forms that crowd the disappearing perspectives of De Chirico’s silent cities as well as Morandi’s still life of 1918 and 1919, where the geometrical elements entertain a contradictory interplay between illusion and reality. The artist talk Marco Tirelli: Exploring the sfumato takes place on May 16th, 2018. A body of large-scale canvases - some of which were exposed in Dipingere il possibile in Todi, Italy in 2017- is hosted in Axel Vervoordt Antwerp (9th June - 25th August 2018). Tirelli has exhibited extensively in Europe and Japan and was selected to take part in the Italian Pavilion at the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013. Axel Vervoordt Antwerp Kanaal Stokerijstraat 19 Axel Vervoordt Hong Kong 21F, Coda Designer Centre 62, Wong Chuk Hang Road Entrance via Yip Fat Street (next to Ovolo Hotel) Articles Careers Press Privacy policy Instagram	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14849
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FAIRS & EXHIBITS Cruises, Trains / Travel The Blue Train: A South African Gem Joins Pretoria To Cape Town By Jesús Rosado The Blue Train: A South… Considered one of the most luxurious in the world, The Blue Train is the brainchild of British politician Cecil Rhodes, who set out to create a railway joining Cairo to Cape Town. However, the entire project was never finished, limited to only the section between Pretoria and Cape Town, enough to attract those who want to know the wild beauty of the African continent and enjoy adventure travel.Served by a staff that is pure kindness and efficiency at all times, The Blue Train has shown that the most sophisticated comfort can also run on rails. Offering luxurious rooms and suites—each with a high-definition screen that reproduces the landscape—you can also get closer to the idyllic views from the large windows. And, even more, those who reserve the double suites, these boast spacious tubs, from where—drink in hand—guests cab be seduced by the untamed landscape on the other side of the glass. The 17 air-conditioned coaches of The Blue Train have nothing to envy a high-class hotel facility. The tour supports 74 passengers, who pay US $2,500 in high season and about $1.800 when demand decreases. The train consists of 37 rooms and three different kinds of suites—standard, luxury, and l—all exquisitely decorated with local details and warm accents. Dining at the restaurant entails a suit for men and dresses for women, and there are two fun-filled lounges for socializing. The first serves tea while the other lounge is the ideal place to contemplate the surroundings. The kitchen elevates South African cuisine to an art form, and the wine list is an expression of winemaking in the region. In each case, diners are served with impeccable taste, fine china, and exquisite cutlery. 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__label__cc	0.576022	0.423978	Home » How to accurately price bakery products How to accurately price bakery products By Bob Sims Bakers should be strategic about raising prices on certain items. “We as an industry have a horrible habit of undervaluing our product,” says Christian Merritt of Merritt’s Bakery in Tulsa, OK. “Listening to that little voice in your head that says, ‘Maybe nobody will buy it. If it’s that expensive, nobody will come in.’ we have to always fight against that.” Raising your prices can instill fear, it’s understandable, but the outcome of a price increase might surprise you and not raising your prices for the wrong reasons can prove detrimental to the bottom line. “It took us three years, from 2008 to October of 20ll, to raise our prices, and we suffered because of it,” says Paul Sapienza, owner of Sapienza Bake Shop in Elmont, NY. Don’t be scared The first thought that might enter a retail bakery owner’s mind when considering a price increase is that the business will lose customers, and while this might be true, it’s not always a bad thing. It only makes sense that the bottom line is the important thing. “If you’re losing unprofitable customers, it’s sad, but you’re in business to stay in business,” says Dennis Stanton, owner of Swedish Bakery, Chicago, IL. “Our head counts have declined significantly over the past 10 years, but our sales per customer have continuously increased.” Nobody likes to lose customers, but unprofitable customers are simply not good for business. With premium priced products, you’ll often generate higher profits with fewer customers. Premium pricing strategies Sometimes when a product doesn’t do well, a bakery needs to consider whether or not it’s time to drop the product. However, dropping something temporarily and then bringing it back for a special occasion, can get customers excited again, and pricing that product higher is a must. “That’s what we’ve done several times, is bring it out for a certain holiday. Maybe the anniversary of the bakery or a certain season and say, ‘Oh we’ve got these back for now!’” Merritt says. By changing the process in which it made cookies, Merritt's Bakery lowered production costs. Give the product enough time back to see the response from your customers. If customers receive the product well and buy it, it’s worth continuing it. “But always re-price it,” Merritt says, “and it will shock and amaze you. When you’ve re-priced it, you’ll think, ‘Oh I did not have the right price on that before.’” If your product sells and you feel that it’s priced right, but you still have trouble making a profit on it, there are alternative methods you can use. If you’d rather simply not charge more for an item, there are ways to raise your prices without raising the dollar amount the customer pays. “You can take a different formulation that’s cheaper, you can take a different method that’s cheaper,” Merritt says. By lowering your cost of production, you’re essentially raising your price. Merrit uses cookies as an example. “We used to make cookies in an old fashioned way by scooping them out and things like that, and that just wasn’t efficient enough. It was raising the labor cost higher and higher, to where we could not keep up with the lower- priced market,” Merritt says. “We were able to get a portioning machine to speed that up so that suddenly we could do the same thing with one man in an hour that used to take three hours to do with two men.” Numbers then market Pricing products correctly starts with your cost to make them. “You have to start with the numbers themselves, the initial cost,” Merritt says. Once you have this figured out, you can begin to set up your pricing structure. “If you can figure out the ingredients and the labor, I wouldn’t stray from 50% gross profit,” Sapienza says. However, every bakery, area and market differ from another. You must figure out your own market as well. Shop products from other bakeries in your area, literally, and bring them back to your shop for a side by side comparison. While some competitors offer better pricing and will most likely sell more, if your product is a higher quality, then it’s okay to charge more. Your customers will notice the difference. “Are you going to sell as many as they are? No,” Merritt says. “But if you price it so that you’re still making a profit, you’ll be okay on that product.” A unique business A retail bakery both manufacturers and sells its product. “Everybody else either buys a widget, a cake in a box, and sells it, or they make that widget and they sell it to some other guy that’s going to sell it,” Sapienza says. “But we have to do both. There is a whole extra set of things that can go wrong and extra costs associated with that.” Retail bakeries offer specialized and artistic products. Pricing needs to reflect this. It’s okay to lose a few bargain shoppers to higher pricing on your products because customers who understand the high quality and customer service of a retail bakery will pay for those things. How to create a successful sales forecast How to efficiently calculate food costs	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14853
__label__cc	0.544725	0.455275	News update Telecoms and ICT in Africa - Issue no 975 – 10 May 2019 The vanishing point for African online use - Why mobile apps will have a tough time succeeding Africa There’s a great deal of news about the increase in the number of smartphones but not so much about the use of mobile apps in Africa. People talk a lot about how many times their mobile app has been downloaded but hardly at all about actual active users. Russell Southwood looks at the depressing stats behind trying to succeed with a mobile app in Sub-Saharan Africa. Between them, the two largest app stores globally had 3.9 million apps in Q1, 2019: the biggest Google Play has 2.1 million apps and the second largest, the Apple App Store has 1.8 million.… Mobile subscriber numbers in South Africa – MTN vs Vodacom MTN has published its quarterly trading update for the period ended 31 March 2019, outlining its subscriber number changes since the beginning of 2019. 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__label__wiki	0.813993	0.813993	Rich Dubroff Calling the Pen Rickard stops swinging bat, likely won’t return; Trumbo deals with back spasms By Dan Connolly Outfielder Joey Rickard (thumb) won’t be ready to come off the disabled list Monday – and most likely not at all this season — and that, combined with Steve Pearce’s elbow/forearm injury and Mark Trumbo’s recent bout with back spasms, could lead to the Orioles dipping into their extended camp in Sarasota, Fla., for an outfielder. Orioles manager Buck Showalter said Rickard, during his first attempt at live batting practice in Sarasota, took “one or two” swings and stopped Friday. “It did not go well. We’ll see how he feels later on. He took one or two swings and went in,” Showalter said. “We thought he might be with us Monday. Doesn’t look like that’s going to happen. With him, Steve Pearce and now Trum, we may have to go grab somebody.” Several outfielders are currently in the organization’s extended camp in Sarasota, staying sharp in case they are needed in the majors. Dariel Alvarez and Christian Walker are both on the 40-man roster; Julio Borbon and Chris Dickerson aren’t. Showalter said he believes moves could be made to create a 40-man roster spot if needed. One possibility would be moving Pearce to the 60-day disabled list if it is decided he can’t play for the rest of the year. Pearce won’t be doing baseball activities for at least another week after receiving an injection his elbow, so his chances of returning in the regular season are tenuous at best. Showalter said Trumbo’s situation isn’t considered particularly serious, and he could be back in the lineup soon, maybe even as a pinch-hitter Friday. “Trumbo came in with some back spasms (Friday afternoon). It’s something he has, he told me, a couple times a year and managed (them) pretty quickly,” Showalter said. “Hopefully, they’ll manage by game time and he’ll be available to us.” Trumbo will be treated by team doctors Friday and could be in the starting lineup Saturday, Showalter said. O’Day’s sim game goes well There was some good injury-related news for the Orioles on Friday. Reliever Darren O’Day (shoulder) threw 25 to 26 pitches in a simulated game at Camden Yards. Showalter said everything seemed to go well, and if the veteran right-hander feels OK on Saturday, he’ll likely be activated Sunday or Monday. He hasn’t pitched since Aug. 11. Miley to start Sunday Showalter confirmed Friday what he previously had suggested: Lefty Wade Miley will get the start Sunday against the Tampa Bay Rays and Jake Odorizzi. Miley, who is 1-5 with an 8.41 ERA in eight starts for the Orioles, is 4-2 with a 2.81 ERA in his career against Tampa Bay. Hart, Sisco to be honored [ INSTALL OUR FREE MOBILE APP HERE ] The Orioles named their 2016 minor league award winners Friday. Catcher Chance Sisco was named the Brooks Robinson Minor League Player of the Year after batting .320 in 112 games at Double-A Bowie. Reliever Donnie Hart was named the Jim Palmer Minor League Pitcher of the Year after going 3-1 with a 2.72 ERA at Bowie and then excelling once promoted to the majors. Bowie infielder Drew Dosch won the Elrod Hendricks Minor League Community Service Award, minor league medical coordinator Dave Walker was named the Cal Ripken Sr. Player Development Award and scout Thom Dreier will receive the Jim Russo Scout of the Year Award. All will be honored during an on-field ceremony Saturday Related Items:next You must be logged in to post a comment Login or Register Here Perhaps some good comes out of sign-stealing scandal Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred hopes that his actions against the Houston Astros... Answering your Orioles questions Thanks to everyone who submitted a question for this month’s mailbag. I’ll have another... Orioles’ catching competition; Valaika lost on waivers; Showalter interviews with Astros This week, the Orioles added veteran Bryan Holaday to their catching mix. Of all... Get the latest from BaltimoreBaseball.com delivered straight to your inbox each morning! Copyright © 2018 BaltimoreBaseball.com \| BaltimoreBaseball.com is an unofficial site that is not affiliated in any way with Major League Baseball or the Baltimore Orioles. Partner with USA Today Sports Digital Properties. FREE: O's News Delivered to Your Inbox	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14858
__label__cc	0.51014	0.48986	Margaret Reid John Buzzard Ashutosh Jain Electronic / Mobile Payments Fraud , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Is EMV Bad News to Small Businesses? NACS Attorney on How EMV Is Crippling C-Stores, Small Merchants Tracy Kitten (FraudBlogger) • October 9, 2015 10 Minutes Doug Kantor, National Association of Convenience Stores This week, the House of Representatives Small Business Committee held a hearing to discuss the EMV fraud liability shift, and how it is impacting small businesses. Doug Kantor, lead legal counsel for the National Association of Convenience Stores, says the hearing brought many EMV shortcomings to light, namely the poor job card brands have done at leveling the migration field for all merchants. In response to the hearing, NACS provided a statement to the committee pointing out that the average convenience-store operator will spend $26,000 per store to complete its EMV migration. That investment totals more than half the typical c-store's annual profit, Kantor says. "It's [the EMV migration] putting a major financial and operational burden on them," Kantor says in this interview with Information Security Media Group. "The cost of migrating to EMV, according to NACS studies, is about $26K per store, or $3.9 billion just for this industry alone. And the National Retail Federation says it's about $30 billion for merchants overall." Moreover, EMV is an investment that's not really going to benefit the merchant, he argues. "It's a huge, huge investment to switch to EMV. And if you don't do it, it's going to cost you money, because the card networks, Visa and MasterCard, are going to push more and more fraud liability onto you," Kantor says. "This industry already takes up the majority of fraud that happens at their stores." C-store operators and other small businesses know they will eventually have to make the switch to EMV, Kantor says. The big challenge now, he explains, is finding equipment and qualified inspectors who can certify their systems and EMV implementation. Even those small businesses that are ready to move forward are at the mercy of POS vendors and networks, Kantor adds. "You need not only to buy expensive hardware for your store to read the EMV card transaction, but, more importantly, you need that hardware to be programmed the right way," he says. "And because every business in the United States that takes cards is being pushed into this transition all at the same time, what happens? Everybody that can do that software programming is busy doing that for someone. Small businesses are at the end of some very long lists, trying to get that programming help they need. And then they're at the end of some very long lists trying to get the major card networks - Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover - to certify them. They all require that they come in and certify your system before you can get it up and running." Small businesses, which have the lowest transaction volume, get pushed to the bottom of the list, Kantor says, while larger merchants get the card brands' and POS vendors' attention first. During this interview (see audio link below photo), Kantor also discusses: Why Visa's and MasterCard's rollouts of EMV have favored the banks and big merchants; Why the House committee's hearing was a positive step for small business; Who should be taking the lead to ensure small businesses understand the impact the EMV fraud liability shift will have on their bottom lines. Kantor provides governmental advocacy, strategic advice and legal counseling services to a range of clients before the congressional and executive branch agencies. He advocates for clients in areas such as financial services, technology, energy, tax issues, the judiciary and appropriations. He also provides legal representation for clients facing investigations by state attorneys general and the Congress. Additionally, he has established and administered coalitions of companies and trade associations that share common legislative and regulatory objectives, like the Merchants Payments Coalition, which includes several merchant trade associations trying to reform the system of credit card interchange fees. Cloud Security: Job Opportunities Simplifying and Unifying Authentication Alarming Trend: More Ransomware Gangs Exfiltrating Data Senators Field Legislation to Build Huawei 5G Alternatives How Wireless Carriers Open the Door to SIM Swapping Attacks PSD2: The Compliance and Enforcement Update Taking Advantage of EMV 3DS https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/interviews/emv-bad-news-to-small-businesses-i-2946	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14859
__label__wiki	0.810283	0.810283	Jerry Jeschke Matthew Rosenquist Stephen R. Katz, CISSP Merrill Lynch and Citi Ken Meiser First Annual List of Organizations and Individuals with Maximum Impact Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • January 19, 2016 DataBreachToday announces its inaugural list of top influencers. See Also: Live Webinar \| Empowering Your Human Firewall: The Art and Science of Secure Behavior What makes an influencer? Our standard centers on having an impact on the data breach landscape, whether good or bad. Expertise also counts, especially when it comes to helping consumers, businesses and government agencies make sense of - and hopefully better tame - the worldwide, growing data breach epidemic. To assemble this list, we queried the DataBreachToday board of advisers and other leading information security experts to identify candidates, with our editors making the final decision on the 2016 lineup based on the impression they've left over the last year, as well as the impact we expect them to have in 2016 and beyond. Fortinet Refutes SSH 'Backdoor' Report Will FFIEC Revamp Cyber Assessment Tool? Mathew J. Schwartz Executive Editor, DataBreachToday & Europe Schwartz is an award-winning journalist with two decades of experience in magazines, newspapers and electronic media. He has covered the information security and privacy sector throughout his career. Before joining Information Security Media Group in 2014, where he now serves as the executive editor, DataBreachToday and for European news coverage, Schwartz was the information security beat reporter for InformationWeek and a frequent contributor to DarkReading, among other publications. He lives in Scotland. Election Hacking: What You Need to Know Webinar \| The Ripple Effect - An Examination of Multi-Party Security Incidents https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/top-10-data-breach-influencers-a-8798	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14860
__label__cc	0.708203	0.291797	Predictive Analytics Powers Basware’s Ability To Forecast Late Payments Customers Capitalize On New Capability to Improve Cash Flow ESPOO, Finland, July 11, 2017 - Basware, the leading provider of e-invoicing and Source-to-Pay (S2P) solutions, today announced the availability of predictive analytics capabilities in its cloud-based Source-to-Pay solution. The release incorporates an intelligent algorithm to show which invoices are at risk of being paid late. This helps organizations prevent late payments, capture early payment discounts and optimize cashflow. “The future is all about data – how companies capture it and how they use it. Predictive analytics show users the powerful knowledge that is in their data by analyzing patterns found in transactional information and predicting potential future outcomes. This enables more proactive decision-making that drives competitive advantage,” says Ilari Nurmi, SVP of Purchase to Pay Business Area, Basware. In addition to introducing the predictive analytics capabilities, the latest release of Basware Analytics also includes a completely new payments dashboard. This dashboard visually displays historical invoice data to highlight trends that customers can leverage to drive strategic outcomes. For instance, customers can follow the whole lifecycle of invoices starting from supplier sending through payment, enabling them to streamline invoice processing and maximize the days available for the approval process. “The introduction of predictive intelligence is an evolution in the journey towards delivering artificial intelligence-powered insights that give our customers a distinct advantage. With this level of insight, our customers reduce the cost of operations, spend smarter and build strong business relationships with suppliers. Our aim is to help customers harness the power of innovation like predictive and prescriptive analytics, and artificial intelligence, while providing them with a roadmap to success,” said Sami Peltonen, VP of Purchase to Pay Product Management, Basware. Basware deploys new releases to customers monthly to ensure they have the latest advancements in S2P technology at their fingertips. Visit the Basware blog to learn more about how advanced analytics enable organizations to be more strategic. More information: https://www.basware.com/en-us/blog/july-2017/5-ways-advanced-analytics-empower-strategic-ap Basware is the global leader in providing networked purchase-to-pay solutions, e-invoicing and innovative financing services. Basware’s commerce and financing network connects businesses in over 100 countries and territories around the globe. As the largest open business network in the world, Basware provides scale and reach for organizations of all sizes, enabling them to grow their business and unlock value across their operations by simplifying and streamlining financial processes. Small and large companies around the world achieve significant cost savings, more flexible payment terms, greater efficiencies and closer relationships with their suppliers. Find out more at www.basware.com. Follow Basware on Twitter: @Basware, join the discussion on the Basware LinkedIn, Basware Facebook and Basware Blog.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14864
__label__wiki	0.584673	0.584673	Man spits on officer, gets arrested Teen was not part of domestic assault case under investigation Man spits on officer, gets arrested Teen was not part of domestic assault case under investigation Check out this story on battlecreekenquirer.com: http://bcene.ws/1Mu0o0r Trace Christenson, Battle Creek Enquirer Published 10:14 a.m. ET July 15, 2015 Battle Creek Police Department patch A 17-year-old Battle Creek man was arrested Tuesday evening after Battle Creek police said he spit in the face of an officer during the investigation of a domestic assault. Two officers were sent to the 100 block of Academy Street at 4:54 p.m. after a woman, 32, said she was assaulted by her daughter. Officers interviewed the mother and were leaving the house about 5:25 p.m. to question the daughter, believed to be a few houses away. The girl was in the yard and officers approached and began to take her into custody. She was compliant but as officers were placing her in handcuffs a 17-year-old man approached them and began yelling, objecting to her arrest. The officers told the man he would be arrested if he interfered but the 350-pound man said he only would be arrested if the officer was man enough to place him in handcuffs. And he challenged the officer to do that. The officers said the man came within inches of one officer. He was again warned about being arrested for interfering with the investigation and the officer backed him away. But police said the man continued to yell and then spit in the officer's face. Police told him he was under arrest for an assault but he began to struggle and resist the officers. One of them then took the man to the ground and he was handcuffed and taken to the Calhoun County jail on a charge of assault on an officer. Read or Share this story: http://bcene.ws/1Mu0o0r Police & Fire: 5 domestic violence incidents reported Murder charges dropped in October killing Police & Fire: Car and driver in the Battle Creek River Jury will begin deliberations in 2019 homicide on Tuesday Witness to 2019 shooting can't identify the killer Investigators searching for cause of KFC fire	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14866
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__label__wiki	0.620561	0.620561	About Berghs Berghs Toolbox Hem / News and events / Page 7 News Events All If you had just one minute to convince the world about anything, what would you say? Experiments have shown that you can change someone’s mind in one minute, even about something as fundamental as someone’s political stance. And if it doesn’t take longer than a minute to change someone’s mind, what effect could you have on the world then? Can you start a revolution in one minute? “I can say with certainty that it’s been the best decision of my life” “Moving to Perth is a bit like going on a first date”. Those are the words of Isabelle Jaconelli, who 3 years ago started her Bachelor journey knowing that she wasn’t looking for an average Swedish university experience. Three years later, Isabelle is soon to be graduating from Edith Cowan University in Perth, Australia. Here’s Isabelle’s story. Students at Berghs make up 5 out of 7 nominees in Gulltaggen 2018 When the prestigious Nordic conference and award ceremony Gulltaggen announced their nominations ahead of the 2018 ceremony in Oslo, Norway, students from Berghs made up five out of seven nominees in the category “Nordic Student Award”. Here are the campaigns that won the hearts of the jury. Their internship application generated international buzz Students Noah Bramme and Andreas Karlsson set their sights set on an internship at agency Droga5 early in their education. Instead of sending a traditional application, the students created a remake of one of Droga5’s big campaigns and put it on Youtube. It became a viral success, and we sat down with them for a chat. Branding in a digital era: Berghs’ perspective In this conversation, Camilla Wallander (CEO) Marie Alani (Program Director) and Tobias Lundqvist (Director of Berghs Studio) reflect on the subject branding. Is branding an ever-changing industry? In what ways have branding evolved during the last decade? Students prepare for Future Lions 2018 Students are preparing for Future Lions 2018, AKQA’s global undergraduate competition that aims to discover a new generation of talent helping to positively change the way we view the world. Providing a platform to discover and inspire young artists, coders and writers, Future Lions entrants often solve a variety of problems with purpose-led thinking. ◀︎ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ▶︎ Subscribe to Berghs' Newsletter Berghs School of Communication Sveavägen 34, Box 1380 Tel: +46 8-587 550 00 info@berghs.se Berghs Integrity Policy	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14870
__label__cc	0.617374	0.382626	Berliner Lifestyle Berlin Journal in German Celebrating 500 years of the Protestant Reformation in Berlin and Germany Sarah - 15. April 2017 It’s been 500 years since the Martin Luther sparked the Protestant Reformation in Germany. Way back in 1517, Luther, a priest and professor of theolo... Ten Curious facts about the Berlin Wall — Part 2 Thus far we’ve learned a few interesting facts about the Berlin Wall in part 1: The Wall fell by mistake The Wall wasn’t constructed until 15 ... 5 Activities for English Speakers in Berlin Sarah - 31. March 2017 Just arrived in Berlin and haven’t had the chance to master your German yet? Only visiting for a weekend and want to do something besides the usual to... Berlin’s Techno Grandpa still partying hard You’ve heard of Berghain, Watergate, Tresor and Week End. But do you know Bernhard Enste? Probably not. Dubbed Berlin’s Techno Grandpa this 68 year ol... The Berlin Wall is one of the world’s most famous, well, walls … It stood for nearly 30 years, dividing East and West Berlin and remains an iconi... Exploring the best Berlin flea markets — Part 1 What’s better than getting a great deal on a super cool, unique item? Uhm, not much! Whether you’re looking for a work of art directly from the artist... It’s going to rain tequila at Berlin’s Urban Spree Sarah - 1. March 2017 A cloud filled with tequila? Where do we sign up? It’s raining tequila in Berlin In an effort to lure Germans to Mexico, the Mexican Tourist Board t... Visiting Berlin’s Museum Island Sarah - 28. February 2017 It’s one of Berlin’s most famous locations, granted a UNESCO National Heritage Site in 1999 and designed to be “a sanctuary of art and science”. We’re... Mindfulness: What is it and where to practice in Berlin? "Mindfulness". It’s a buzzword that’s making its way into mainstream media all throughout the world. And it’s not just for those tree-hugging earthy t... 10 Interesting facts about the GDR (Part 1) Sarah - 3. February 2017 It’s no secret that life in East Berlin was much different than the more liberal counterpart on the west. Although the Wall fell more than 25 years ag... Berlin Journal English Five lesser-known museums to check out in Berlin Three places to find epic street food in Berlin How green is Berlin REALLY? First Same-Sex Marriage Takes Place in Berlin Deutsche Bahn Tests New “Comfort Check-In” 3 Reasons Berlin needs to SERIOUSLY upgrade their cycling infrastructure Berlin places legal restrictions on short-term vacation rentals Public WiFi in Berlin in Germany is about to get a lot better Airbus debuts first aircraft using 3D printing Maren Ade is the big favourite in Cannes for Palm d’Or! A Sad Truth: Hitler sells Could Unter den Linden become car free? 7 Must-See Summer Music Festivals Near Berlin Pass the döner, hold the binding agent please.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14871
__label__cc	0.55443	0.44557	Dr. Jolie Sheffer with ACS MA student Josh Catalano The BGSU American Culture Studies M.A. and Ph.D graduate programs are small, selective interdisciplinary programs featuring intellectual rigor and an inclusive sense of community. We are a nationally ranked program that is among the top in the field in terms of supporting our students with meaningful assistantships, professional development funds, strong mentoring, efficient time to degree, and job placement in academia and beyond. We are a caring program that values all our students, faculty, and staff. ACS offers students the opportunity to critically explore the cultural and intellectual traditions that have historically shaped and defined American identity. The program challenges students to think of culture as a dynamic and contested domain, whose definition and deployment are negotiated in the context of complex power dynamics and struggles. It invites students to consider the role of mass media and mediated images of subjectivity in the formation of cultural identity. It also invites students to explore the ways in which American identity has been historically gendered and racialized in myths of nation-making, nationalism, and national identity. Additionally, we encourage students to consider these struggles over identity in their larger transnational and diasporic contexts. The American Culture Studies program is interdisciplinary and comparative in nature. It emphasizes the development of critical analytical and scholarly skills, and offers training to prepare students for academic and professional careers. Please email, or call us at 419-372-8886, so we can begin the conversation about whether ACS at BGSU is a good match for you. “I love working with ACS students because they bring such diverse experiences, interests, and knowledge to every conversation. The end result -- whether in a class discussion or a PhD dissertation -- is inevitably intersectional, multidisciplinary, and critically engaged. I always learn new things from our conversations, and feel challenged to make new connections in my own teaching and research.” --Dr. Jolie Sheffer American Culture Studies MA American Culture Studies PhD Public History Certificate dollarsign Dissertation /Thesis Titles BGSU Financial Aid Office Coverdell Peace Corps Program at BGSU MLK Day of Service: Jacqueline Adams, right “The American Culture Studies (ACS) doctoral program at BGSU encouraged me to consider various career options in academic spaces. I was granted diverse opportunities to engage with students while helping to organize two historic conferences (The Latino/a/x Issues Conference and The Black Issues Conference), coordinating education and training in Student Affairs at the LGBTQ Resource Center, and while teaching undergraduate classes in the ACS department. The variety of opportunities presented to me through ACS and the School of Cultural and Critical Studies allowed me to grow as a scholar. I found support in various departments and programs on campus outside of ACS and the SCCS as well. BGSU faculty and staff have a high regard for ACS Ph.D. students, and I often found support and opportunities to lead, community organize, and excel outside my department as well. My faculty in ACS and Ethnic Studies proved to be the most caring, impassioned, and brilliant scholars I have yet to meet in the academy. It was a privilege to learn from them!” -Jacqueline Adams, Ph.D student Cultural Studies Collaborations Certificate in Public History Completed Dissertation/Thesis Titles American Culture Studies Program Dr. Kim Coates, Director 101 East Hall acsprogram@bgsu.edu School of Cultural and Critical Studies Dr. Susana Peña, Director 228 Shatzel Hall susanap@bgsu.edu Upon completion of the graduate degree, students in American Culture Studies are expected to be able to: Communicate clearly orally and in writing interpretation of the American experience, informed by relevant cultural theory Evaluate and synthesize the scholarly conversations in Cultural and American Studies. Design and produce rigorous, interdisciplinary research informed by relevant theories in the fields of cultural and American Studies. Engage with profession through activities in professional societies, publication, and other scholarly and professional activities. Accreditation and/or Program/Cluster Review Bowling Green State University [BGSU] is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. BGSU has been accredited by the Higher Learning Commission since 01/01/1916. The most recent reaffirmation of accreditation was received in 2012 - 2013. Questions should be directed to the Office of Institutional Effectiveness. The American Culture Studies program is currently undergoing Program/Cluster Review. Professional Licensure (If applicable) Bowling Green State University programs leading to licensure, certification and/or endorsement, whether delivered online, face-to-face or in a blended format, satisfy the academic requirements for those credentials set forth by the State of Ohio. Requirements for licensure, certification and/or endorsement eligibility vary greatly from one profession to another and from state to state. The American Culture Studies program does not lead to professional licensure. 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__label__wiki	0.800355	0.800355	You are here: Home / Latest News Snowman Run Bhutan August 14, 2019 /in News /by btbstaff In preparation for the first SNOWMAN RUN (October 2020), a route calibration run is being held from 13 October 2019. Slated to be the most challenging race in the world, this ultramarathon will take runners across the breathtaking, pristine landscapes of Lunana– lakes, glaciers, majestic mountains, shrubs, isolated villages, and the highest places within the Himalayan mountain range. Somewhere between myth and mystery, the unforgiving terrain will be a true test of strength, resilience, and willpower for even the most daring and fittest athletes. The Snowman Run leads off from Gasa, the northernmost district of Bhutan, and challenges runners to cover over 300 kilometres in less than 5 days, taking them to altitudes of 5,320m, before ending in the magical valley of Bumthang. Inquire to create your own Snowman Run tour with us. Visit snowmanrun.org to know more about the run. https://www.bhutantravelbureau.com/wp-content/uploads/snowman.png 360 721 btbstaff https://www.bhutantravelbureau.com/wp-content/uploads/btb-logo-2x-v2.png btbstaff2019-08-14 04:07:302019-12-29 02:00:04Snowman Run Bhutan The Bhutan Festival of Literature, Art & Culture August 6, 2019 /in News /by btbstaff The tenth edition of the Mountain Echoes literary festival is being held from August 22-25, 2019 in Thimphu, Bhutan. It brings together writers, biographers, historians, environmentalists, scholars, photographers, poets, musicians, artists, film-makers to engage in cultural dialogue, share stories, create memories and spend three blissful days in the mountains. Mountain Echoes enjoys the patronage of Her Majesty the Royal Queen Mother Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck. https://www.bhutantravelbureau.com/wp-content/uploads/mountain-echoes.jpg 658 1232 btbstaff https://www.bhutantravelbureau.com/wp-content/uploads/btb-logo-2x-v2.png btbstaff2019-08-06 06:10:472019-08-15 04:10:13The Bhutan Festival of Literature, Art & Culture Punakha Tsechu 9 days July 11, 2019 /in News /by btbstaff Witness the celebration of traditional Bhutanese culture and faith and Punakha Festival (Tsechu), held in the grounds of the magnificent Punakha Dzong. https://www.bhutantravelbureau.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/festivals_punakha.jpg 360 721 btbstaff https://www.bhutantravelbureau.com/wp-content/uploads/btb-logo-2x-v2.png btbstaff2019-07-11 06:39:562019-07-27 06:06:33Punakha Tsechu 9 days Bhutan International Marathon Tour 8 days This tour provides the opportunity to participate in the Bhutan International Marathon, as well as gain an in-depth view into the ancient way of life and rich culture that still thrives in Bhutan. https://www.bhutantravelbureau.com/wp-content/uploads/bhutan-marathon.jpg 360 721 btbstaff https://www.bhutantravelbureau.com/wp-content/uploads/btb-logo-2x-v2.png btbstaff2019-07-11 06:36:232019-07-27 04:54:27Bhutan International Marathon Tour 8 days Jomolhari Trek 12 days Discover Bhutan’s diverse landscape and visit remote villages and monasteries set against an incredible backdrop of snow-capped mountains. https://www.bhutantravelbureau.com/wp-content/uploads/trek_jomolhari.jpg 360 721 btbstaff https://www.bhutantravelbureau.com/wp-content/uploads/btb-logo-2x-v2.png btbstaff2019-07-11 06:31:562019-07-11 06:31:56Jomolhari Trek 12 days Historic Central Bhutan 12 days Combine the cultural highlights of Bhutan’s beautiful Western valleys with the central valleys, Bhutan’s spiritual and historical heartland. https://www.bhutantravelbureau.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/cultural_central.jpg 360 721 btbstaff https://www.bhutantravelbureau.com/wp-content/uploads/btb-logo-2x-v2.png btbstaff2019-07-11 06:30:072019-07-11 06:30:07Historic Central Bhutan 12 days Living Culture of Bhutan 6 days Explore the heritage and traditions of Bhutan’s culturally rich-western valleys including Dzongs, temples, monasteries and villages. https://www.bhutantravelbureau.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/cultural_living.jpg 360 721 btbstaff https://www.bhutantravelbureau.com/wp-content/uploads/btb-logo-2x-v2.png btbstaff2019-07-11 06:21:322019-07-11 06:24:46Living Culture of Bhutan 6 days Royal Bhutan Helicopter Service launched December 27, 2015 /in News /by David Kneale Bhutan’s first rotary air support during emergency for public was officially launched in November. Apart from emergencies the helicopter will also be used to ferry government officials to oversee and monitor developmental activity. The helicopter can be hired for private uses like transporting passengers, scenic flights for tourists, and transportation of cargo. https://www.bhutantravelbureau.com/wp-content/uploads/heli.jpg 469 690 David Kneale https://www.bhutantravelbureau.com/wp-content/uploads/btb-logo-2x-v2.png David Kneale2015-12-27 23:51:082019-08-14 04:05:19Royal Bhutan Helicopter Service launched Son of the Dragon August 31, 2014 /in News /by David Kneale Born in November 1977, Sonam is the youngest of five siblings and comes from Kyichu village in Paro. The son of a village farmer, he spent his early childhood in Paro and went to school there. In 1999, he joined the Royal Body Guards and served for 3 years. The years from 2003 to 2005 were spent with his parents in Kyichu, where he helped his family by driving a family owned taxi. He joined his present job as driver at Aman Resorts in 2005. https://www.bhutantravelbureau.com/wp-content/uploads/sonam1.jpg 360 721 David Kneale https://www.bhutantravelbureau.com/wp-content/uploads/btb-logo-2x-v2.png David Kneale2014-08-31 06:18:042018-07-11 09:14:29Son of the Dragon 2014 Recommended Festival Itineraries October 29, 2013 /in News /by David Kneale Tsechus (festivals) are one of the best ways to experience the ancient living culture of Bhutan. A Tsechu is a Buddhist festival in honour of Buddhist Saint Padmasambhava, popularly known as ‘Guru Rimpoche’, the saint who was responsible for introducing Buddhism to Bhutan. The Tsechu draws hundreds of Bhutanese people in a spirit of reverence, blessing, festivity and celebration. The Tsechu comes to life with colour, music, dance and drama as villagers and townspeople gather to witness the masked dances, sword dances and other sacred rituals. https://www.bhutantravelbureau.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/tsechu1.jpg 545 1200 David Kneale https://www.bhutantravelbureau.com/wp-content/uploads/btb-logo-2x-v2.png David Kneale2013-10-29 23:38:492014-03-03 20:11:182014 Recommended Festival Itineraries About Bhutan Travel Bureau Bhutan Tours Highlights Why Travel Bhutan with BTB? Climate and When to Go	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14874
__label__wiki	0.640602	0.640602	Festive shop workers ‘filled with apprehension’ about Boxing Day sales Rude customers, long queues and panic buying can all cause stress for staff, according to a survey. While shoppers look forward to the Boxing Day sales, staff can harbour concerns, a survey indicates (PA) Rude customers and panic buyers are the chief causes of stress for UK shop staff during the festive sales rush, a survey has indicated. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/festive-shop-workers-filled-with-apprehension-about-boxing-day-sales-37656891.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/1614d/37656889.ece/AUTOCROP/h342/bpanews_0ed2500a-3996-4d35-86a8-48906868f11e_1 As shoppers look forward to hunting down traditional Boxing Day bargains, retail workers are filled with apprehension and worry, according to the poll gauging emotional responses. Only one in four say the post-Christmas sales put them in a good mood, the study found. The research was conducted by Adoreboard, an analytics firm based at Queen’s University, Belfast. It surveyed 1,460 people working in customer service roles in the UK. More than half of those who responded (52%) believed their mood and personal feelings impacted the customers they served. (L to r) Adoreboard CEO Chris Johnston with Dr Alex Genov from Zappos and Professor Paul Connolly from Queen’s University (PA/Adoreboard) Rude customers were the chief source of stress for shop staff, with 70% of respondents saying bad manners were most likely to put them in a foul mood. Long queues and panic shoppers were the two other main causes of concern. Chris Johnston, chief executive of Adoreboard, said: “The study shows that emotions not only play a role in the decisions that customers make but also how people treat customers. “Understanding the emotions of both employees and customers is key to unlocking how businesses can help people improve how they treat customers to achieve better results.” The survey coincided with the launch of CX Academy, an initiative launched by Adoreboard to examine and explore how customer experience can help businesses become more competitive. It is being backed by Queen’s University’s business forum – the Chief Executives Club – and is supported by business support organisation InterTradeIreland and Zappos, the online American shoe and fashion retailer owned by Amazon. Customer experiences is the new battleground for brands to compete Professor Paul Connolly, Queen's University Dr Alex Genov, Zappos head of customer research, said understanding how employees feel was hugely important. “Fundamentally, it’s hard to have unhappy employees and happy customers,” he said. “So understanding the emotions that drive how customers feel is vital to building a loyal customer base. “Culture is critical to providing the glue to connect these two elements.” Professor Paul Connolly, pro-vice-chancellor of research and enterprise at Queen’s University, said the project was an excellent example of how collaboration between research and business community could work. “Customer experiences is the new battleground for brands to compete,” he said. “Improving competitiveness will be determined by less what you sell, and more about how you make your customers feel. “To achieve this, you have to start by understanding your customers and employees as people.”	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14883
__label__wiki	0.917825	0.917825	Home Tags Posts tagged with "all england lawn tennis club" all england lawn tennis club Wimbledon 2019: Simona Halep Wins Her Second Grand Slam Title after Beating Serena Williams Former world No 1tennis player Simona Halep won her first Wimbledon title after beating another former No 1, Serena Williams. The Romanian crushed Serena Williams’ latest bid for a record-equaling 24th Grand Slam success with a devastating 56-minute display of athleticism. Simona Halep, 27, won 6-2,6-2, in front of an incredulous Centre Court, running after everything the American threw at her. “It was my best match,” she said after her second Grand Slam title following her 2018 French Open success. For Serena Williams, 37, it was a third major final defeat in 12 months. “She played out of her mind, it was a little bit deer in the headlights for me,” she said. Image source WTA Tennis French Open 2018: Simona Halep Wins Her First Grand Slam Title After Beating Sloane Stephens Indian Wells 2015: Simona Halep wins BNP Paribas Open final after beating Jelena Jankovic WTA Finals 2014: Simona Halep beats Serena Williams with 6-0, 6-2 Serena Williams, like in last year’s final defeat by Angelique Kerber, seemed weighed down by public and personal expectations as she quickly fell 4-0 behind in the opening set. Simona Halep had said beforehand that she had no pressure on her and that is exactly how she played. Defeat means Serena Williams’ wait for a first Grand Slam title since becoming a mum continues, as does her pursuit of an eighth Wimbledon singles title. Simona Halep had lost nine of her previous 10 meetings with Serena Williams. She has now won the past two Grand Slam finals she has appeared in, having been defeated in the three before that. Serena Williams has lost her past three. Although 56 minutes is a quick victory, it is some way off the fastest Grand Slam final win – Steffi Graf’s 34-minute French Open win of 1988. Simona Halep, who began the championships as world No 7, will rise to No 4 when the next rankings are published on Monday, July 15. VW Reports $4 Billion Operating Loss Amid Emissions Scandal VW has reported a €3.48 billion operating loss for Q3 of 2015, and a €2.52 billion pre-tax loss triggered by …Read More » Prince Harry makes his first public appearance since Vegas photos scandal at WellChild Awards Prince Harry has made his first public appearance since the Las Vegas scandal broke. Prince Harry, 27, attended the WellChild …Read More » Venezuela Closes Colombian Border to Combat Smuggling Gangs Venezuela has decided to close its border with Colombia for 72 hours in the latest measure to combat smuggling gangs. …Read More » Reeva Steenkamp was shot three times while on the toilet Oscar Pistorius has broken down in tears at court this morning as he begged for bail on the same day …Read More » Wimbledon 2017: Garbine Muguruza Wins Her First Title after Beating Venus Williams Garbine Muguruza won her first Wimbledon title after beating five-time champion Venus Williams. The 23-year-old Spanish player saved two set …Read More »	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14884
__label__wiki	0.717281	0.717281	Talib Kewli Issue 74 / February 2017 Words: Christopher Carr L100 Cypher Bam!Bam!Bam! @ 24 Kitchen Street 5/12/16 It’s safe to say that 24 Kitchen Street is Liverpool’s home for hip hop. The start of 2016 saw the likes of Loyle Carner and Saul Williams grace its stage and, throughout the year, we’ve seen The Mouse Outfit and Pharoahe Monch pull crowds into its bowels. It’s the place to be for B-boys and girls. Now, as we stride into the final month of what has been in many ways a brutal year, the venue continues its winning streak by playing host to a true legend of the genre. But before we get to that, the heady vibrations created by basslines and beats serve to warm the cold air on this December night whilst the venue is filling up fast. Pretty soon it becomes a case of deciding where to stand and sticking to it; it’s plain to see how much people want this. There’s a legitimate crew in to start the proceedings tonight. They go by the name L100 CYPHER. If there’s one thing that’s plain to see from the outset with this bunch it’s that they clearly adore what they do. There is, however, a part of their act that comes across as being inauthentic. While some of their performers spit honest raps that are lyrically sophisticated and deeply human, there are some who come across as though they’re trying to fit an image of a typical commercial, or ‘gangster’, rapper. They are a talented crew who certainly make their mark on those gathered here tonight, although, with any group of performers, some stand out far more than others. After Cypher have left the stage the crowd are given about forty minutes of audible treats straight from the mad talents of No Fakin’ DJs. Everything gets a spin, from A Tribe Called Quest to The Roots and Common. It’s a lovely mix and the vibes reach every corner of the room. And finally, here we are. The DJs have switched their equipment and the touring DJ has given a show of scratching skills and shout outs to hype the crowd. Not that any hype is needed; the crowd explodes into a roar as soon as TALIB KWELI steps up on stage. He starts the show with a heavy display of true MC craft; there is no false pretence here as this DJ/MC gives Liverpool a taste of pure, distilled hip hop from the source; Brooklyn. In between some of the songs in the set Kweli doesn’t hold back on offering his opinions on the state of hip hop as a culture, misogyny in hip hop and a whole host of other discussion points. This set is drenched in meaning and discourse. He also pays touching tribute to hip hop legends who have passed on: Sean Price, J Dilla and, of course, Tribe’s Phife Dawg all receive deserving tributes. This set fuses the best of what’s old and new. There are tracks from Kweli’s legendary Reflection Eternal album as well as some of his most recent, including Fuck The Money, the title track from the rapper’s 2015 album. It’s a deserving set for an adoring crowd. Talib Kweli came from the home of hip hop and brought the best with him. 24 Kitchen Street couldn’t have done any better. 24 Kitchen Street, Bam!Bam!Bam!, Chris Carr, L100 Cypher, KYAMI	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14887
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__label__wiki	0.761286	0.761286	Screenadvertisingqueer Personal ShopperAn Acute Study of Boredom and Grief by Li Sian Goh Published on April 25, 2017 at 1:06pm Still from Personal Shopper On its surface, Personal Shopper is a flawed film—Maureen, played by Kristen Stewart, features as the eponymous holder of what author David Graeber would term a “bullshit job.” Cue scenes of Stewart slumping around luxury stores in London and Paris, picking out overpriced clothes she covets for a jet-setting boss who will wear them once. Beyond that, Maureen has another clear reason for her anomie: She’s grieving for her dead twin brother, and when she begins to receive a series of anonymous text messages—intriguing and menacing by turns—she begins to suspect it’s her brother communicating from the great beyond. Cue scenes of Stewart hunched over her phone, jawline twitching anxiously. Within this disenchanted indie—and let’s face it, Kristen Stewart is nowhere so great as when she’s being the queen of disenchanted indies—director Olivier Assayas tackles the weighty themes of boredom and grief, alienation and violence, though he doesn’t always blend these themes seamlessly. It is difficult to make a film centered on emotions that are inherently boring to those who experience them as well as those who witness them. The fact that Assayas has created a film bristling with jagged undertones that don’t always quite fit together makes Personal Shopper an interesting accomplishment. First things first: You can’t make a film starring Kristen Stewart without acknowledging her ur-hero presence as the current Queen of Queer. That is not to say that Stewart exemplifies what queerness is or must be for all time, or even for a single generation, but that you can’t look at a single movie or TV show she works in without acknowledging the frisson, nay, the geyser, of queerness she brings to the screen. It’s in the jawline, the twitch, the allergy to smiling for heteropatriarchy. That’s so even when the storyline doesn’t have Kristen Stewart kissing a girl. Here in Personal Shopper, she’s too sad, too jaded, too desperately self-contained to kiss anyone, though. (There’s a long-distance boyfriend in the mix, but Maureen’s disinterest in him represents—as Assayas intends—her disinterest in life in general. It also represents—my interpretation—her disinterest in men as an institution or social construct in general.) In one scene, Kristen Stewart goes topless in the most desexualized of contexts—for a medical examination to ascertain that Maureen is not at risk of dying as suddenly as her brother did. We are shown her breasts, briefly, and then made to think about death. She is so, so tired, and sad, and tired of being sad. Mostly she seems blank. That’s Kristen Stewart delivering a fantastic performance. Her jaw—her face allergic to smiling—belies multitudes. Since smiling is off the table, she does so much else with her face. In a way, Stewart was made for this role. It’s hard, now, to think about how any other actor could have played Kristen Stewart as well as Kristen Stewart plays Kristen Stewart in this film. Kristen Stewart is bored with herself, her grief and her alienation, which is nothing more and nothing less than the alienation of the very young when co-opted into the vapid dregs of late capitalism. Stewart conveys the obscenity of incredible wealth and fame and the boredom inherent in Maureen’s role as a consigliere to a vapid socialite. Maureen’s creative energy and artistic edge are exchanged for a living wage, her artistic talent only co-opted into perpetuating the fantasy of what Anne Helen Peterson termed, in a less-good movie, “capitalist seduction.” There’s a good mix of envy in there, too, as Stewart’s character eventually gives in and dresses up in her employer’s clothes in the employer’s glitzy apartment. She stares at herself in the mirror, jerks off. She is her own voyeur. Look at me, looking at me. Stewart’s acting is intelligent, understated, cerebral—the reason she would have drawn plaudits had she been a male actor is exactly the same reason she drew flak for her portrayal of a disinterested Bella in Twilight. Here, Stewart settles comfortably into disenchanted indie, or as comfortably as an actor for whom bristling discomfort seems to serve as a dominant mode of inquiry can. There’s vulnerability, also, although it isn’t immediately obvious, never vocalised. Maureen’s craving for the presence of her twin isn’t just a manifestation of her grief for a close and beloved sibling, but also a need to know what lies beyond. They had a pact before he died, she says. To let the other know what there was after death, if there was anything. She wants so desperately to believe that something’s there that when contact is established, she never once questions the commands or suggestions she’s given, the menacing threats from seemingly beyond the grave. After all, if the dead frighten, well, that’s exactly what ghosts are meant to do. Maureen’s failure to interrogate the intimidation inherent in this haunting raises, for the viewer, unsettling questions about how much violence she’s willing to receive in return for familial contact. This seems at once a reflection of the violence of the disgust she directs at herself and the external world, as well as an allegory of how women internalize male violence. It’s no coincidence that Maureen’s twin was male. The radicalism of Personal Shopper lies in the fact that the unhappiness of its female protagonist is not taken as only a narrative starting point. In many other stories, female unhappiness is a problem to be solved, culminating either in a happy ending (triumph over external circumstances—no longer unhappy!) or a tragedy (female protagonist was too much—and wanted too much!). With respect to the latter, I can think of two examples from classic Western literature off the top of my head: Madame Bovary and Anna Karenina. The former tendency is precisely what cultural theorist Sara Ahmed criticizes in her reading of Bend it Like Beckham. Ahmed considers the 2002 film, in which a second-generation Indian British girl plays football (soccer to Americans) against the wishes of her conservative family members: What concerns me is how much this turn to happiness actually depends on the very distinction between good and bad feelings that presume bad feelings are backward and conservative and good feelings are forward and progressive. Bad feelings are seen as orientated [sic] towards the past; as a kind of stubbornness that ‘stops’ the subject from embracing the future. Good feelings are associated here with moving up, and getting out. I would argue that it is the very assumption that good feelings are open and bad feelings are closed that allows historical forms of injustice to disappear. The demand for happiness is what makes those histories disappear or projects them onto others, by seeing them as a form of melancholia (you hold onto something that is already gone) or even as a paranoid fantasy. These histories have not gone: we would be letting go of that which persists in the present. To let go would be to keep those histories present. Of course, Bend It Like Beckham and Personal Shopper are two very different films set in two different contexts. Ahmed’s interpretation of Beckham, which has been disputed by many who have watched and loved the film (see Fariha Róisín’s recent beautiful essay), however, is particularly pertinent to Personal Shopper. Portrayals of happiness—including cinematic representations of such—are complicated. In Personal Shopper, it is not so much a question of happiness as unhappiness. Stewart’s allergy to smiling (as I insist—for heteropatriarchy!) becomes its own entity, the flawless semicolon of a thesis that asserts unhappiness is compelling, worth bearing witness to, and fully brought to bear by the right actor. By the end of the film, the world of Personal Shopper hasn’t changed much, and so Maureen is there refusing to change along with it, mulishly countercultural in a world that tells young women: You’ll eat shit, and like it, too. Personal Shopper is a documentation of the period right after everything falls apart and before you can begin to put it back together. It is an exquisite portrait of complicated unhappiness around which the narrative hangs, albeit not flawlessly. In a world where happiness continues to be mandated from young women, that’s enough to make it a fascinating film, with a thesis still revolutionary. Li Sian is a grad student and writer from Singapore living in Philadelphia. You can find her on Twitter at @extemporalli. Relevant: The Super Bowl Commercials—It's Not Such a Small World After All by Juanita Mantz This current administration forces us to question everything around us, even the commercials we watch.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14895
__label__cc	0.596085	0.403915	GBT Fiction Intrigue & Thriller By Carsen Taite Senator Meredith Mitchell has been groomed from young adulthood for a future run for president, and as scion of a political dynasty, every public and private move she makes is carefully calculated. But Meredith’s focus on the right causes, the right people, and the right timing evaporates when she meets Stevie Palmer, a dashing public defender with a hard knock past. A firebrand like Stevie is the last person she should be associating with, especially when Meredith's political future turns into right now, and her party urges her to enter the presidential race. Attorney Stevie Palmer refuses to be limited by the low expectations of others or by taking the politically safe route. Cautious, media-perfect presidential candidate Meredith Mitchell is the last woman she expected to fall for, but Stevie has never hesitated to pursue her passions. When her client reveals a Mitchell family scandal that could derail Meredith's career, everything Meredith and Stevie value hangs in the balance, including Meredith's shot at the presidency and their chance at love. Cover Artist: Tammy Sedick Tags Friends & Community , Political Thriller , Lawyers , Big City Release Date December 1, 2018 Words 75,000 ISBN-13 978-1-63555-043-6 File Formats epub, mobi, pdf eBook Paperback Audiobook Out of Practice A Legal Affairs Romance \| Book 2 Attorney Abby Keane’s vacation is perfect, especially her steamy interlude with a beautiful stranger. But her newfound zen crumbles when her biggest client, a chain of bridal stores, leaves hundreds of brides without dresses. As if reentry isn’t bad enough, a new wedding blogger is doing her best to stoke the anger of the already unhappy brides, and has chosen Abby as the villain. Roxanne Daly’s blog has finally hit the sweet spot, and her popularity is soaring. With a regular TV spot on the line, she’ll do whatever it takes to impress the network producers. Running point for a horde of angry brides against a hotshot lawyer seems like the perfect plan until her crusade collides with Abby, the woman she hasn’t been able to stop thinking about since she left her in a tropical paradise. Legal Affairs: one law firm, three best friends, three chances to fall in love. $9.99 PRE ORDER Leading the Witness Enemies to Lovers Romance Catherine Landauer spends her days grilling prosecution witnesses in zealous defense of the accused criminals she represents, but no one knows she was once the victim of a headline-grabbing crime. When the man who kidnapped her resurfaces, Catherine goes from attorney to witness, reluctant to trust anyone, especially the alluring prosecutor assigned to the case. Veteran prosecutor Starr Rio has a reputation of doing whatever it takes to win, even if she has to skirt the edge of the law in the pursuit of justice. Now she’s working the case of a lifetime, saddled with an uncooperative witness who is sexy as hell and who thinks she knows more about criminal law than the entire task force assigned to the case. But when Starr and Catherine give in to desire, their hearts, careers, and even their lives are on the line. Friends & Community Meet law school friends Campbell, Abby, and Grace, law partners at Austin’s premier boutique legal firm for young, hip entrepreneurs. Or, it will be as soon as they score a victory for their first big client. Campbell Clark wins the big pitch, and lands the client, or so she thinks, until the internet start-up insists her firm work with the legal counsel Campbell thought they’d be replacing. Wynne Garrity has never been second best, and she’s not going to let anyone screw up her chance of making partner, but to do so she needs to hang onto her client and prove to everyone her firm isn’t stuck in the stone age. Reluctant team players, Campbell and Wynne would risk everything by giving in to the attraction that flares between them. In the boardroom and the courtroom, only one can win, but the price of victory could mean losing at love. Love's Verdict Workplace Romance Attorneys Landon Holt and Carly Pachett want the exact same thing: the only open partnership spot at their prestigious criminal defense firm. When Landon and Carly are forced to collaborate on the defense of one of the firm’s A-list celebrity clients in a high-profile murder case, there’s no question the assignment is a test to see which one of them will get the promotion. Fierce determination to stand out fuels the already heated rivalry between them, but all those late nights working on legal strategy also fan the flames of attraction. When it comes to the verdict, will they compromise their careers for love? Outside the Law Lone Star Law Romance Federal Agents Reunion Romance Second Chance at Love When law school sweethearts Tanner Cohen and Sydney Braswell witness their perfect plans for career and family fall apart, they vow never to look back. Now, years later, they’re both assigned to the same federal task force—Tanner as an FBI agent and Sydney as a special prosecutor—and they must work together if they want justice to be served. The obstacles that forced them apart still exist, but their strong connection cannot be denied. Will they embrace their second chance to be soul mates, or will their dedication to duty deny them happiness forever? In this final installment of the Lone Star Law Series, the federal task force encounters their biggest challenges yet as they confront enemies on both sides of the law. Women in Uniform When Major Zoey Granger exposed corruption in the ranks, she became an unwitting media darling and shot to a position reporting to top brass at the Pentagon. Now Zoey finds herself in the unwanted spotlight once again, this time at the heart of a scandal that threatens to devastate the military. Her efforts to contain the fallout are thwarted when the White House assigns a notorious DC fixer to oversee her every move. Political insider Rook Daniels can fix any problem, no matter how illicit or indictable, but she has two rules: she picks her cases and she’s in charge. When she makes an exception for an old friend at the White House, she gets tangled up with a sexy but stubborn officer who has her own ideas about authority. Rook and Zoey must decide whether a chance at love is worth risking loss of reputation in a town where appearances rule. Newest Most Positive Most Critical Sort High-powered romance By Netgalley.com on Dec 20, 2018 12:12 In this high-powered romance, defense attorney Stevie Palmer meets Senator Meredith Mitchell as the latter is considering a presidential bid. While the pair experience immediate mutual attraction, each is forced to decide whether it's worth pursuing a relationship in the face of her busy professional life. Pursuit of Happiness provided a welcome dose of political wish fulfillment featuring 'will they or won't they' romantic tension between two career-driven women. It's my first Carsen Taite novel, and her legal expertise shines in the sections told from Stevie's point of view. Although this is billed as a love story, the political plot takes center stage. I appreciated that Stevie and Meredith were portrayed as adults who were willing to spend time considering the potential ramifications of entering a relationship rather than diving in immediately... ...most of the dialogue between the main characters is the rapid-fire result of two strong personalities learning how to fit together... ...This was a quick, straightforward read with an ending that was happy within the bounds of realism; I'd recommend it to anyone who wants political and/or legal drama with plenty of lesbian characters in main and supporting roles. Reviewed by Sarah Wright I really love Carsen Taite and I really love romances that include politics. To me, both main characters are like-able and I could feel the chemistry between them. I liked the premise of the book...it's hard for me to not love a presidential romance. Also enjoyable is seeing characters from the author's past books... ...I... highly recommend reading this. Reviewed by Heather Geisler I loved the book Meredith is a Senator and Stevie is an Attorney. When both of them meet for the first time, there is instant attraction & chemistry between the two of them. Meredith is a sweetheart. She is about the only honest politician I know of. She is kind and tries to help people the best way that she can. Stevie is also a sweetheart. I would say she wears her heart on her sleeve. She is a public defense attorney for the federal government. She has worked hard her whole life, as she has no help or support from her family. I enjoyed the story line even though I am not into politics of any kind. The author has wrote it in a way that draws you in. My only disappointment was that I had finished it before I knew it... Overall, I loved the book. Reviewed by Jane Guilfoyle Another great read from Carsen Taite Another great read from Carsen Taite. Loved the characters and enjoyed the storyline. The romance is always a plus but her writing and stories is why I keep coming back for more. I enjoy reading from this author because I like to escape from the realities of our crazy world. I can always count on Carsen for an escape. If you're looking for a book that will keep you interested and turning pages, this is it. I highly recommend. Reviewed by Kris Johnson An enjoyable read Pursuit of Happiness was an enjoyable read. Senator Meredith Mitchell meets attorney Stevie Palmer during a testimony on Capital Hill. The two begin seeing each other, but because of both of their busy schedule they really can’t get a relationship going. During the course of the book, one of Stevie’s client may have some information on The Mitchell family that could end Meredith’s run for President. So what worked? I love the political aspect of this book. I haven’t read a lot of romances involving politics. It was fresh and new for me. Just different from the other books out there. What also worked is the attraction between Meredith and Stevie. It was instant attraction. They are able to go out several times before becoming intimate. The book moves quickly, but the author balances the pace of the book with enough details. Reviewed by Karen Nell The Bold Strokes Team Publish with ©Copyright 2020 by Bold Strokes Books. All Rights Reserved.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14902
__label__wiki	0.85335	0.85335	Skilled men’s soccer non-conference offenses visit Stevenson Field Bruno’s backline will have hands full, taking on two prolific offenses this weekend By Alex Wainger David Deckey / Herald Co-captain Daniel Taylor ’15 gears up for a throw-in. Taylor anchors a midfield that will need to produce on both ends of the field this weekend. Following its upset win over No. 23 Boston University (2-2-0), the men’s soccer team will return home to Stevenson Field for a pair of contests against Providence College and Lehigh University this weekend. Both PC and Lehigh boast high-octane offenses that will thoroughly test the Bears’ (1-1-0) backline. The Friars’ (3-1-0) strength lies in their stellar trio of strikers up top. Fabio Machado, Markus Naglestad and Mac Steeves have collectively produced seven goals and four assists in just four games so far this season. Naglestad has contributed four of the seven tallies, while Steeves has scored the other three. The two goal-scorers will likely push higher up the field and work the ball into dangerous areas. Machado has generated three of the trio’s four assists, suggesting he will tuck in behind Naglestad and Steeves and look to play dangerous passes in Bruno’s defensive third. Lehigh (2-1-0) also plays a three-striker formation, but its most dangerous player is Jaime Luchini, a central midfielder. Luchini will drop below the strikers and wreak havoc in the center of the field. He has scored two of the Mountain Hawks’ four goals this season. He also leads the team in shots with 13 and shots on goal with nine. Both offenses have vastly outpaced their opponents in a number of categories. Lehigh outshot its early competition 50-29 and created 17 more corner kicks over the course of just three games. PC has a goal differential of plus-six and has fired off 24 more shots than its opposition. Despite the plethora of offensive talent that PC and Lehigh possess, the Bears will not employ any special defensive strategies to handle the likes of Machado or Luchini. “We’re just going to keep doing what we’ve been doing,” said Tariq Akeel ’16. “We think we are just the better team. Our game plan is going to be the same — it doesn’t matter who their strikers are.” Co-captain and starting midfielder Daniel Taylor ’15 stressed the need for the backline to “stay in constant contact with each other” in order to succeed against two powerhouse offenses. “We need a lot of communication,” Taylor said. “We have to talk to each other and track their strikers’ runs, but as long as we are prepared, we should be pretty well suited to stop PC and Lehigh.” In addition to being prepared to defend three-striker sets, the Bears will also face a variety of formations that neither Siena nor BU employed. The Friars have experimented with a few different formations this season, toying with three, four and sometimes five defenders on the backline and between two and four midfielders in the center of the field. In contrast, the Mountain Hawks have trotted out a 4-3-3 formation and virtually the same selection of players in each of their three games this season. “Maybe we’ll have numbers in the midfield, maybe we’ll be even, but we’ve dealt with all of these situations before,” Taylor said. “It’s all about understanding the situation and being prepared. As long as we have enough guys behind the ball, we should have good opportunities to go forward as well as defend.” Having three strikers on the field may give PC and Lehigh an offensive advantage, but it can also leave gaps in the midfield. Bruno tends to play a traditional four-man diamond in the midfield, with central attacking and defending midfielders flanked by wingers on either side. As the Bears employ just two strikers up top, they should enjoy an extra man in the midfield. A strong midfield presence will be important for the Bears. If Akeel, Taylor and Jack Gorab ’16 can win balls in the midfield, they will be able to push forward on the counterattack and might win free kicks in the attacking third, opportunities Taylor cited as two of Bruno’s biggest strengths on offense. “We have to make sure our forwards stay involved,” Akeel said. “(Nate Pomeroy ’17) and (Ben Maurey ’15.5) are such a dynamic pair up top. The midfielders just need to get them the ball in dangerous positions and we should keep our scoring streak going.” The Bears will face the Friars Friday at 7 p.m. and then will hold a scouting practice Saturday, in which they will run through how they want to handle Lehigh. The team squares off against the Mountain Hawks on Sunday, but Bruno is not looking past its first task of the weekend. “PC is a tough game every year,” Taylor said. “We’re trying not to look ahead to Lehigh yet, because playing a Friday-Sunday is never easy. But if we stay focused on Friday and then take Sunday as a separate opportunity, I think we have a good chance of getting two wins this weekend.” Faculty, staff describe experiences as PPSD parents amid state takeover UFB forum on student group funding stirs discussion on its policies India McNulty says: Look at that headline. Brown University writing requirement?	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14909
__label__cc	0.558663	0.441337	UK team wins most innovative outreach project award at Africa Healthcare 2018 The team developed keyhole surgery via a visual link that was broadcasted in real-time Africa Healthcare 2018 Award Winners Colin Dobbyne of Big Blue Solutions Ltd and the teams from Hexham General Hospital and the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC) have received a prestigious award for Most Innovative Outreach Project at the recent Africa Healthcare Week 2018 Awards. The award was given in recognition of the work done by the Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust to train surgeons in Tanzania in laparoscopic surgery via a televisual link developed and set up by Colin Dobbyne. Colin says of his experience in Tanzania: “Imagine a people shoring up a primitive healthcare service, patients waiting days to be seen, no ambulances, friends and neighbours collecting the injured and dead from road traffic accidents in their trucks; many operative procedures, standard in the west, being simply unavailable. The Northumbria Healthcare Trust has worked tirelessly with A&E, the burns unit, obstetrics, eye clinics, etc for nearly 20 years. We went there to specifically help them develop keyhole surgery, and the benefits are now well documented. My wobbly video link to Newcastle provided the reassuring hand on Dr Kondo’s shoulder until he was self-sufficient, and now the service is in full flight.” The Path from Hexham to Kilimanjaro Implementing the visual link that would allow the telementoring to take place was a massive technical challenge. To allow the operation to be broadcast in real time from Tanzania to Hexham, Colin had to develop a system that would work with the extremely limited bandwidth and unstable IT infrastructure available in the area at that time. He succeeded, despite having very limited resources. At the allotted hour, the BBC captured the transmission as it hopped across the Masai Steps via overland cable from town to town until it reached Dar es Salem, where it was bounced off a satellite 22,000 miles high to Israel, then picked up by a fibre cable running under the entire length of the Mediterranean, up the Atlantic coast of Spain and Portugal, into the English Channel and North Sea, and finally along the Thames Estuary to London. Africa Healthcare Week 2018 Due to significant economic and population growth, the African healthcare market is expected to experience unprecedented levels of growth. The Africa Healthcare Summit brings hundreds of distributors, healthcare providers and government officials together from across Africa to discuss business and investment opportunities and meet world-leading technology providers. Hexham General Hospital How laparoscopic surgery was introduced to Tanzania The laparoscopic link - An adventure in Africa from the inside out Life, lions and laparoscopic surgery Merck announces Diabetes Award 2016 winners	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14911
__label__wiki	0.552237	0.552237	Fine dining taken to new heights It’s said we eat with our eyes. These spectacular mountain restaurants take that adage off the plate and extend it into the landscape around them John O'Ceallaigh \| 19.10.2019 The 10 most Instagrammable places in Barcelona When it comes to dinner dates to remember forever, little matches the majesty of a meal in the mountains. From the Serengeti to the Sacred Valley, here are seven special restaurants that will leave you on a high. RitzCoffier and Spices, Buergenstock Resort, Switzerland When it comes to no-expense-spared retreats, Switzerland’s Buergenstock Resort is next level. Reopened in 2017 following a nine-year, £440m renovation, its amenities extend from a 10,000 square metre spa to Audrey Hepburn’s wedding chapel. And yet, after gliding across Lake Lucerne by catamaran and then ascending via funicular railway to check in, most guests would agree the resort’s standout feature is in fact its peerless position high atop a 500-metre cliff. Staggering panoramas are on offer at most of the resort’s nine restaurants and bars, but it’s worth reserving in two venues in particular. Facing away from the lake, fine-dining restaurant RitzCoffier serves exceptionally sophisticated (and properly delicious) Michelin-starred French cuisine against a backdrop of rolling meadowland and snow-capped Alps. Taking inspiration from Japan to India, the pan-Asian menu at Spices is too far-reaching to scale the same culinary heights, but the vista is even more dramatic. Cantilevered over the cliff face, above the water, it’s an address to make jaws drop and questions pop – particularly when the room is bathed in the golden glow of another awe-inspiring Alpine sunset. Etxebarri, Spain Currently ranked sixth in the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list, critics and chefs alike rave about Etxebarri. Its high placement is all the more remarkable given its remote location – in the foothills of Mt Anboto in Spain’s Basque Country – and humble origins: the restaurant’s founder and head chef Victor Arguinzoniz was raised nearby, is self-taught and has worked here for years. It’s Arguinzoniz’s idiosyncratic approach that makes meals here so wonderfully different. Everything is cooked over the grill – if you’re averse to smoky, woody flavours this isn’t one for you – and freshness is always assured. The menu is determined according to the best of the locally sourced produce available that day, but flawlessly cooked meats and vegetables are of course staples. Wrapping everything up is service that, like everything else, carries just the right amount of warmth. That welcome lack of pretention feels all the more impressive given Etxebarri’s lofty reputation. ADVERTISEMENT. CONTINUE READING BELOW Val de where? Bukhari, COMO Uma Paro, Bhutan Located high in the Eastern Himalayas, Bhutan is awash with magnificent mountainous landscapes but nearly every tourist visits the region of Paro – home to the country’s most famous landmark, the Tiger’s Nest Monastery. Nearby, COMO Uma Paro resort is a sublime base from which to explore the region and its restaurant, Bukhari, so exemplary it’s regularly frequented by members of Bhutan’s royal family. With that kind of endorsement, it’s unsurprising that the Bhutanese dishes on offer are as good as can be. Distinctive and unadulterated ingredients (most of which are locally sourced and organic) are combined to create memorable, nourishing dishes, such as riverweed and egg drop soup or fern tips with chilli and cheese curry, perhaps with clove ice cream and garden-mint sorbet with wildflower honey for afters. A further sense of homeliness is provided by the crackling wood fire that forms the restaurant’s centrepiece and the canopy of pine treetops visible just beyond its windows. Singita Sasakwa Lodge, Tanzania Set in a 350,000-acre private concession, Singita Sasakwa safari lodge stands atop a 1,400 metre ridge overlooking the Serengeti. Views of the plains below are endlessly fascinating at any time, but become almost transcendental during the Great Migration, when millions of wildebeest, zebra, gazelles and more wander these plains in search of fresh pastures. That unmatched backdrop means meal times are always occasions to remember, with indulgent get-togethers encouraged. Guests are hosted on a full-board basis and can opt to dine in the privacy of their cottages or in the grand dining room that anchors the colonial-style manor house. Best of all, however, is to take dinner on the lawn, where tables are laid simply and tastefully with antique cutlery and fine bone-white china under night skies that are staggeringly clear. The straightforward international dishes, such as poached lobster with pak choi and chicken confit with herb risotto, are of impressively high quality, while the wine list – encompassing over 200 labels and 20,000 bottles – will wow oenophiles. Mil, Peru There’s one special at Mil that’s best avoided: if your waiter suggests you take a shot from their oxygen tank it’ll be because you haven’t fully acclimatised to the restaurant’s Sacred Valley setting amid the clouds, some 3,500 metres above sea level. Potential altitude sickness aside, dining here promises to be memorable for all the right reasons. Devised by Virgilio Martínez, Peru’s most celebrated chef, the restaurant draws on long-standing partnerships with dozens of neighbouring Andean farming communities to showcase the finest indigenous Peruvian produce and agricultural practices. Visitors are invited to learn more about these collaborations and this unusual elevated ecosystem at the restaurant’s on-site laboratory and research centre – or they can simply order a cocktail (an infusion of Andean passionfruit, lime and a corn-based spirit, say) and get started on a set menu that might feature alpaca with lake blue-green algae, cabuya nectar with lamb and grains, or oca tuber with cacao. Three Ravens Restaurant & Wine Bar, Canada Ringed by the Canadian Rockies and proud home to the country’s first national park, Banff makes a beautiful space for skiers in winter and serves as a gateway to the unblemished Alberta wilderness come summertime. But whenever you visit, Three Ravens Restaurant & Wine Bar provides a remarkable setting from which to take it all in, with diners enveloped by the surrounding peaks. For foreign guests, dinner itself is often as much of a revelation as the view, with the fine-dining menu making commendable effort to showcase distinctive local produce and Canadian dishes. This might extend to seared bison tenderloin with dauphine potatoes and charred tomatoes, or roasted elk rack with farrow risotto. (Seafood, when it’s served, is limited strictly to options that are certified as sustainable.) There’s also an extensive array of Canadian wines – who knew? – and good reason to splash out on another bottle with proceeds from food and drinks sales going to support local artists. Sense on the Edge, Six Senses Zighy Bay, Oman About two hours’ drive from Dubai but feeling as if it’s a world away, Six Senses Zighy Bay stands on Oman’s northern Musandam Peninsula, fringed by the Hajar mountains. To get a sense of this austere and dramatic landscapes guests can paraglide into the resort from Zighy mountain – or simply book dinner at the resort’s Sense on the Edge restaurant for a significantly less terrifying way to approximate the experience. Set into the mountainside some 293 metres up, with spectacular views over the sea, the location feels especially romantic and remote on sultry evenings as the sun is about to set. Hardly surprising, then, that guests are often here to celebrate special occasions. Dishes are drawn from the Arabian Gulf and beyond – the likes of scallop with apple and basil, a stack of short ribs with wasabi, or a tart dessert of passionfruit with raspberry and basil – all paired thoughtfully with a full range of international wines. 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__label__wiki	0.744139	0.744139	Home Business Why the Plank Road Master Plan matters for Baton Rouge Why the Plank Road Master Plan matters for Baton Rouge Stephanie Riegel RECLAIMING PLANK: One component of the Plank Road Master Plan is a food hub, near the Mohican Street intersection. Build Baton Rouge already owns a majority of the property for the proposed mixed-use project. (Rendering courtesy of Build Baton Rouge) You have 1 more FREE article this month. Sign up for ALL-ACCESS We're glad you are enjoying Business Report. To continue reading, sign up for ALL-ACCESS Despite skepticism, executing the Plank Road Master Plan, say supporters, is critical to lifting an underserved part of Baton Rouge. We are glad you enjoy reading Business Report. Continue reading this story and get ACCESS to all our content from any device with a subscription now. Click to become an INSIDER for about $1 a week Get access to more than a decade of story archives. Get access to our searchable data center of TOP LISTS. Get exclusive content only available to INSIDERS. There was skepticism, if not downright hostility—at least in some segments of the community—to the master plan for revitalizing Plank Road unveiled earlier this month by Build Baton Rouge, the city-parish redevelopment authority. “Nothing will happen there until you clean up the crime.” “It’s a waste of tax money.” Build Baton Rouge President and CEO Chris Tyson has heard it all, and while he would argue there are many reasons for fixing up Plank Road, he believes there’s also a simple economic argument to be made: “There is a connection between our inability to land big corporate deals and Plank Road,” Tyson says. “You can’t just bomb it and kick everybody out. You have to roll up your sleeves and dig in and do things that people in other progressive, growing communities are doing. That’s how you attract employers.” Tyson has spent more than a year focusing on the 4.3-mile stretch of the blighted, neglected corridor that runs through north Baton Rouge and is unabashedly passionate about the new plan for the corridor. A key component of that plan is the development of a new bus rapid transit line that will run down Plank Road and eventually connect to Nicholson Drive near LSU. Just days after unveiling the plan, the city-parish announced it had been awarded $15 million in federal funds for the express route, which, when added to $17 million already committed locally, will enable the project to move forward. It’s the kind of mass transit Baton Rouge needs, say proponents—especially in its underserved communities—and suggests this master plan will be more than mere shelf art. But there’s another reason to be enthusiastic about the plan: It’s built around a bunch of blighted properties—85 adjudicated parcels, to be specific—that the Metro Council transferred to Build Baton Rouge in 2018. Since then, the agency has been quietly clearing title to those and other adjacent properties. It also, and this is significant, secured an $860,000 line of credit from the Capital Area Finance Authority to begin redeveloping the properties. The investment by CAFA, under the leadership of Mark Drennan, is no small thing. Drennan was commissioner of administration under Gov. Mike Foster, when he spearheaded efforts to redevelop downtown by relocating state government to several new office buildings the state constructed. Drennan has experience revitalizing an area, and he and the CAFA board have put their faith in Tyson and Build Baton Rouge, which, for the first time in its existence, is assembling sizable parcels that it controls. This is a key piece of the redevelopment puzzle that has been missing in underserved neighborhoods until now. Already, the agency has plans for one parcel it has put together. On it, will be a two-story, mixed-use building that will be anchored by a YWCA child care center and will house new offices for Build Baton Rouge. Another parcel, it is hoped, will eventually be anchored by a badly needed grocery store. “Because I have the property, now, I can go talk to grocers or housing developers about coming here,” Tyson says. As for the crime, Tyson is not so naïve as to think that redeveloping a couple of blighted corners will cure systemic problems. But it’s a start, he says, that’s long overdue. “You’re not going to put up a brand new building and eliminate crime overnight,” he says. “What you can do is make smart investments and, bit by bit, have an impact. This is how economic development happens. We did this downtown. We know how to do it. Now, we have the strategy in place.” 3 things to know: Kodi Guillory Leadership expert Jon Gordon sees lessons in LSU football’s success Small business tax tips for 2020 Two finalists to compete for LSU lakes project management contract What if East Baton Rouge and its $32.8B GDP were in another state? JR Ball: The Baton Rouge year in all its lunacy preview 2020 Riegel: The hypocrisy of a Donald Trump holiday message Publisher: 2020 will be a long year for Louisiana politics The St. George saga will continue Mayor’s race will be main election event, but it may not be a fight	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14919
__label__wiki	0.968419	0.968419	Gloves off as UN climate-rescue talks reach showdown Thu, Dec 10, 2015 - 6:40 AM A United Nations logo is pictured at the Grand Palais during the Solutions COP21 in Paris, France. [MARIËTTE LE ROUX LE BOURGET, France] Rich and poor nations launched a flurry of well-drilled diplomatic punches on Wednesday in a final Paris showdown aimed at securing an elusive accord to save mankind from disastrous global warming. More than two decades of bruising international diplomacy have failed to produce such a deal, which would require the world's energy system to cut back on the use of coal, oil and gas that releases planet-warming gases. The 195-nation UN talks in the French capital have been billed as the last chance to avert the worst consequences of climate change: increasingly severe drought, floods and storms, as well as island-engulfing rising seas. After nine days of tense negotiations, French Foreign Minister and conference host Laurent Fabius released a draft of the final accord on Wednesday to be used as the basis for a frenetic final 48 hours of talks. "I am convinced we can reach a deal but to do so we must unite our forces and set our compass on the need for compromise," Mr Fabius told the delegates, mostly environment and foreign ministers. Rain hits Australian fires, but blazes still rage Deep divisions - primarily between developing and developed nations - over how to pay for the costly shift to renewable forms of energy, such as solar and wind, have bedevilled the UN climate process. The streamlined text released by Mr Fabius eliminated hundreds of relatively minor points of dispute, and reflected a sense of co-operation from all sides in Paris rarely seen in the UN climate negotiating halls. After its release, delegates and longtime observers said they were cautiously optimistic an accord could be reached by Friday's deadline at a sprawling conference venue in Le Bourget on the northern outskirts of Paris. But all of the biggest arguments had yet to be resolved. "This is the decisive moment," French President Francois Hollande said in Paris. "We are not there yet. We are on the track. I hope the good track, but we know there is resistance, questions coming from (various) countries." Immediately after the start of an expected all-night session on Wednesday night to debate the draft accord, a host of nations stepped up to voice entrenched positions they warned could derail the effort. "Many options cross our red lines," Luxembourg negotiator Carole Dieschbourg, representing the European Union, told the other delegates. One of the key battle lines is what target of global warming to enshrine in the accord, which would take effect in 2020. Many nations most vulnerable to climate change want to set a goal of below 1.5 deg C compared with pre-Industrial Revolution levels. However many big polluters, such as the United States, China and India, would prefer a cap of less than 2 deg C, which would allow them to burn more fossil fuels for longer. Barbados's Environment Minister, Denis Lowe, representing a bloc of Caribbean nations that are among the most vulnerable to rising sea levels, said 1.5C was non-negotiable. "We will not sign off on an agreement that represents the certain extinction of our people," Mr Lowe said. Many other ministers echoed their nations' long-held positions. Still, most also said the draft was an acceptable blueprint to work from, and they were prepared to continue negotiating. One of the biggest potential deal-busters remains money. Rich countries promised six years ago in Copenhagen to muster US$100 billion a year from 2020 to help developing nations make the costly shift to clean energy, and to cope with the impact of global warming. But how the pledged funds will be raised still remains unclear - and developing countries are pushing for a promise that the amount will be ramped up in future. Meanwhile, rich nations are insisting that developing giants work harder to tackle their greenhouse gases, noting that much of the world's emissions come from their fast-growing economies. Most nations submitted to the UN before Paris their voluntary plans to curb greenhouse gas emissions from 2020, a process that was widely hailed as an important platform for success. But scientists say that even if the cuts were fulfilled, they would still put Earth on track for warming of at least 2.7 deg C. One of the remaining battle fronts in Paris is a debate over when and how often to review those national plans, so that they could be "scaled up" with pledges for deeper emissions cuts. But some developing nations insist they should not be pressured into deeper cuts. Despite the hurdles, long-time observers said a deal could be reached in Paris. "Our sense is that almost everything we need for an ambitious, equitable agreement is still in play," Jennifer Morgan, global director of the climate programme at the World Resources Institute, told reporters. "But there is clearly an immense amount of work to be done in the coming hours." UN climate talks	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14920
__label__wiki	0.614161	0.614161	The New Sultan Who Will Write Turkey's New Constitution? Soner Cagaptay, Hale Arifagaoglu Hurriyet Daily News In anticipation of its victory in the June 12 general parliamentary elections, the AKP has promised to draft a new constitution for the country. On June 12, Turkey faces general parliamentary elections. Opinion polls show that the ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, will win the polls for the third consecutive time since 2002. In anticipation of its victory, the AKP has promised to draft a new constitution for the country. The governing party needs to receive 367 seats in the 550 member Turkish parliament, i.e. 2/3 supermajority, to single handedly write a new constitution without first seeking consensus. Turkey is indeed in need of a new constitution to replace its outdated and illiberal 1982 text; the jury is out on whether the AKP, a coalition of Islamists and conservatives, will adopt a liberal constitution. First, however, the following question must be answered: can the governing party obtain the supermajority required to allow it to unilaterally write Turkey's new Magna Carta? The answer largely depends on Turkey's uniquely high 10 percent electoral threshold. Parties receiving less than 10 percent of the vote are barred from achieving representation in the legislature, instead allocating most of their seats to the winning party. Realistically, four parties are currently vying for the legislature: the AKP, the main opposition social democrat Republican People's Party, or CHP, the rightist Nationalist Movement Party, or MHP, and the Kurdish nationalist Peace and Democracy Party, or BDP. Polls show that the AKP and CHP will have no problem surpassing the threshold. The BDP, which is running independent candidates to avoid the threshold as independents do not have to qualify the national threshold but must simply gain enough support in their respective provinces to enter the parliament, will enter the legislature. The prospects for the MHP to surpass the threshold, however, are much more dubious. Whether the AKP gets the legislative supermajority depends as much on how many parties join the parliament as the performance of the AKP itself. Since a few early polls showed the MHP failing the 10 percent threshold, the crucial question, not just for MHP, but for the prospect of an AKP supermajority, is whether the MHP will achieve representation in the parliament, or cede its representation to AKP. Varying, and often politicized, polls show the AKP vote hovering around a 43-55 percent range of the popular vote. The CHP has about 23-32 percent support, and MHP has around 9-15 percent. BDP seems to be on pace to receive 5-8 percent. Our research, based on poll figures and election scenarios that we ran on bilinclioy.com run by the ARI Foundation, a Turkish nongovernmental organization, shows that the AKP has a chance of winning 2/3 (367 seat) legislative supermajority with less than half of the popular vote depending on how the MHP and the CHP perform. A few possible scenarios are listed below: AKP over 52 percent, CHP under 23 percent, MHP under 12 percent; AKP supermajority guaranteed even in a four party legislature: If the governing party gets an overwhelming 53-55 percent of popular support, with the opposition performing at the lower end of expectations (CHP getting 21-23 percent, and MHP obtaining 10-12 percent), then the AKP would receive 362 to 377 legislative seats. The CHP would obtain 109-115 representatives, with the MHP getting 38-43 seats. BDP support ranging from 5-8 percent would give that party 26-30 members. The AKP would then have the supermajority to adopt a constitution of its liking, without the need to build consensus. It should be noted, however, that in this scenario, if CHP votes were to surpass 22 percent, an AKP supermajority would be unlikely even if the governing party received 55 percent of the vote. AKP under 47 percent in a four party parliament, yielding no AKP supermajority: assuming a four party parliament with CHP, MHP and BDP getting 23-27 percent, 10-15 percent and 6-8 percent of the vote respectively, and with the AKP performing at the lower end of expectations (getting 43-47 percent), this would give the governing party 314-335 seats in the legislature. The CHP would get 142-140 representatives, and the MHP 45-63 members, with 30-31 seats going to the BDP. This scenario would produce no AKP supermajority, yielding a new constitution based on consensus. MHP fails the threshold and AKP crosses 48 percent, AKP supermajority guaranteed: This would yield a three-party parliament, with MHP failing the threshold. In this case, the AKP would win the supermajority with 48 percent of the votes even if the CHP were to get 25-28 percent and BDP were to garner 6-8 percent, securing 151-152 seats and 27-30 seats, respectively. MHP fails the threshold, but CHP crosses 27 percent, requiring AKP to reach 52 percent or more to secure a supermajority: The only way the AKP will not win a supermajority in a three-party parliament is if support for the CHP were to surpass 27 percent and if AKP votes are below 52 percent, with the BDP getting 6-8 percent. This scenario would give AKP 366-359, CHP 162-164 BDP 29-30 seats, respectively. The AKP has officially embraced Turkey's Western vocation and democracy, yet in practice, the AKP has promoted its vision of a new Turkey, one that is not instinctively Western, and has also implemented a majoritarian and illiberal take on democracy. If the AKP were to win the supermajority on June 12, it would likely write a constitution without seeking consensus with the rest of the society, making its vision for Turkey a key part of the country's constitution, the AKP leadership has already suggested they are planning to create a presidential system that would consolidate all powers in one office. Whichever scenario is carried out will ultimately decide who writes Turkey's new constitution. Will the MHP enter the parliament? If it does not, will support for the CHP fall under 27 percent? And if the MHP enters the legislature, will the CHP receive more than 22 percent, preventing an AKP supermajority? The answers to these three questions will determine who will write Turkey's next constitution, and with it, Turkey's future. Soner Cagaptay is director of the Turkish Research Program at The Washington Institute, where Hale Arifagaoglu serves as a research assistant.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14922
__label__cc	0.682025	0.317975	Myths about Mayweather-Canelo Chris Acosta - September 8, 2013 1. Floyd will KO Canelo. Did I miss something or did Money May suddenly become Mike Tyson? The idea is hinged upon Alvarez’ apparent lack of stamina and that Mayweather will pound out a late stoppage. Knockouts aren’t always the result of physical force but of intention to use that force. Floyd is a master technician and that fighting mindset doesn’t allow him to take unnecessary chances, especially at a higher weight where there has yet to be evidence that he is capable of stopping a bigger man. Mayweather can certainly punch; he would have never achieved such heights is he couldn’t. But don’t expect him to suddenly pull power out of his bag of tricks because that’s one element of his game that has rarely been considered special. 2. Canelo needs to pressure Floyd to win. For a long time I wondered what could be the benefits of the Mayweather style of mitt work: that rhythmic slapping that looks pretty but wouldn’t appear to be of much use in a real fight. It wasn’t until I saw Andre Berto and David Haye working the mitts that I figured it out. Berto and Haye absolutely explode on the mitts so the first impression is, “Wow! Who’s going to be able to cope with that?” But following these bursts of world-class physicality there are long stretches of dead space (sounds like Canelo doesn’t it?) that carry over to how they fight in the ring. Floyd’s constant motion in training isn’t just about stamina; it’s about creating one, long stream of consciousness (sorry to get all Buddha on you- Namaste). In Floyd’s world there are no rounds or minute breaks; it’s a beginning and an end and the in –between is an unbreakable, meditative state of being. If Canelo is going to pull this off it’s not going to be a bull rush that gets it done. It’s going to be a mixture of things that interrupt Money’s trance. Floyd has seen it all but never all at once. If Alvarez is as special as many think he then it’s going to be a combination of combinations that will get him the victory. Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury 2 LA press conference quotes 3. Alvarez has questionable stamina. True, but not for the typical reasons. Canelo does become winded faster than you’d expect from such a young fighter. This has led many to believe that the Mexican star either does not train to full capacity or that he is simply not “blessed” with great stamina. Wrong. Canelo takes breaks within rounds because he has the unusual distinction of being both comfortable and tense in the ring. His body struggles to keep pace with his mind and the dichotomy produces a muscular tension that prematurely drains his energy. It’s like a tightly wound spring that has to be compressed before it is fully reloaded. As a personal trainer I see this all the time with athletes that haven’t found that middle ground between effort and relaxation. For boxers this can be a damaging flaw unless they learn something from it. (See #5) 4. Canelo is slow. What? I just don’t understand this one. All over internet blogs and You Tube channels, fans point out this erroneous assumption. Sure, Alvarez isn’t a speed demon the way we normally think of one but like the great Kostya Tszyu, Canelo’s measured approach belies just how sharp and fast he really is. Speed in itself is great but it’s useless without an intelligent navigator to transport its payload. Alvarez knows when and where to use the amount of speed he has and that makes it an unexpected weapon. 5. Floyd will pot-shot Canelo silly. With Mayweather, this is always a possibility because he’s, well; Floyd Mayweather. But let’s look at this way: his last few opponents: Robert Guerrero, Miguel Cotto and Victor Ortiz were never known for their defense and thus Floyd didn’t really need to make any of the adjustments he is noted for. Alvarez, as I pointed out, isn’t fluid with his feet nor does he move his head a whole lot (the two things we often associate with brilliant defenders) but as Floyd has shown there are other ways to prevent opponents from landing cleanly (his famed shoulder roll, for instance). Canelo keeps his hands high and has quick reflexes which many of his past foes and sparring partners have pointed out. He doesn’t give you much to shoot at. Ironically, his tendency to fight in spots has by default, forced him to develop a rather sophisticated defense (say what you want about his opposition but we should have seen him hit more by now). When he stops to take a breather he doesn’t take an alarming amount of punishment (Berto) or move unnecessarily around the ring while he thinks about his next move (Haye). He keeps his opponent negatively engaged by letting them expend ineffective energy and luring them into counterpunches. The typical Mayweather strategy of one-punch-at -a time offense isn’t going to get it done. He’ll have to figure out a way to score without the cooperation of his usual string of aggressive opponents- and Alvarez is smart enough to know that. I’m with the majority on this one: I believe that Floyd will find a way to win. But unlike the majority I don’t think it’s going to be easy. I’d go as far as to say that this will be the hardest test Floyd has ever faced. Saul Alvarez is a complete boxer who’s on the upswing and he’s the naturally bigger man. He has a ring I.Q. that belies his years and brings attributes to the table that aren’t going to be as easily dismissed as many fans think. Whatever the outcome, this is a fight that boxing needs to help raise what has already been a great year for the sport. May the best man win. WATCH LIVE: Wilder vs Fury II Press Conference Live Stream Previous boxing news: The Nightmare Arreola Takes Shape – 38-year-old Rafael Marquez can’t do it anymore Next boxing news: Left-Hook Lounge Mailbag: Mayweather & Canelo’s Star Power, Pacquiao vs Canelo, & Arreola’s Future! You are here: Home / Boxing News / Myths about Mayweather-Canelo Clarissa Shields Calls For Female Super-Fight With Laila Ali	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14924
__label__wiki	0.544393	0.544393	Ezra Klein on the Nixonian Romney Campaign Jack Hitt Watches the Republican Convention Mitt Romney: Four Abortion Positions No More Mister Nice Blog: [W]e know that when Romney was running for office in Massachusetts, he was pro-choice. That was position #1. Since then, he's had three others. In this campaign cycle, at one point when he was asked by Mike Huckabee on Fox News whether he would have supported "a constitutional amendment that would have established the definition of life at conception" -- which, by definition would make all abortions murder -- Romney said, Absolutely." That's #2. His official position on abortion (#3) has been one of opposition except in cases of rape and incest, and to protect the life of the mother -- but not her health. So what Romney said to Scott Pelley of CBS appears to be his third abortion position of the campaign, and his fourth since he entered public life. A shift on the health exception is not trivial… Ryan said a health exception to a bill banning "partial-birth" abortion would be "a loophole wide enough to drive a mack truck through. The health exception would render this ban virtually meaningless." Anti-abortion absolutists hate the health exemption. As one anti-abortion site puts it: Pro-abortion doctors have for years considered a "troubled mind" an "impairment of a major bodily function." That is why pro-abortionists pretend to accept "moderate" measures, as long as they include a "health" exception; they know that the exception can be used to allow any abortion at all. So which of Mitt Romney's three recent positions on abortion should we really believe he holds? Which should religious right voters believe he holds? In the interview airing tonight, Romney also says this: "Recognize this is the decision that will be made by the Supreme Court," he said. "The Democrats try and make this a political issue every four years, but this is a matter in the courts. It's been settled for some time in the courts." Except that he wrote in 2011 that Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided and contrary to the Constitution. He vowed to appoint only judges who'd uphold the Constitution (as he reads it). So won't the Supreme Court after a few years of a Romney presidency conclude that Roe is unconstitutional and overturn it? On the other hand, if I were anti-abortion, right now I'd be saying: So, Mitt, you really believe Roe is settled law? And you want my vote? Seriously? Posted on August 28, 2012 at 15:25 in #politics \| Permalink \| Comments (6)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14925
__label__wiki	0.669167	0.669167	News Education Sports Obits Events Contests Classifieds Autos Jobs Search Gov. Parson appears at Cattlemen's dinner There was a special guest at the Moniteau County Cattlemen's Association Dinner and Scholarship Night — Gov. by Austin Hornbostel Nov. 20 2019 @ 12:05am Democrat photo/Austin HornbostelGov. Mike Parson greeted the majority of guests Nov. 12 at the Moniteau County Cattlemen’s Association Dinner and Scholarship Night. There was a special guest at the Moniteau County Cattlemen's Association Dinner and Scholarship Night — Gov. Mike Parson. Parson attended the Nov. 12 event, where Moniteau County native Kenny Jones was honored with the Outstanding Cattlemen's Award. Parson and Jones are old friends, having previously served as sheriffs together. Parson addressed the crowd gathered for the event, praising Missouri's farmers, especially those who were present for the evening on the Moniteau County Fairgrounds. "I just truly believe these small towns, and our farmers across the state, are the heart and soul of what this state is," Parson said. Jones, upon accepting his award, said he was honored to be present for the evening among friends. He said the way farmers work together is what helps him to do what he does. "It's what we do here, we serve each other and we help each other," Jones said. The evening played host to a steak dinner, a brief meeting to elect a pair of new officers for the upcoming year and a scholarship auction. Following the dinner, attendees participated in an auction featuring items donated by individuals and businesses from across the county. A total of $18,606.50 was raised to fund scholarships that will be awarded to students at schools located within Moniteau County in California, Tipton, Jamestown, Russellville and Eldon. The amount raised was around $1,000 more than last year's event. School closings and weather-related announcements for Friday, Jan.... Winter weather forecast Friday in Mid-Missouri Hickory Hills subdivision receives new wastewater treatment system MRED kicks off 2020 LaunchU course Historical Society hosts show & tell VanLoo selected as Board of Education VP University of Missouri Extension Council election running this... Contact UsCopyright, Privacy Policy, Terms & ConditionsAdvertise With Us Copyright ©2019, Central Missouri Newspapers Inc. All rights reserved. This document may not be reprinted without the express written permission of Central Missouri Newspapers Inc.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14932
__label__cc	0.579746	0.420254	Value by Design Cantor Colburn News Why Cantor Colburn? Patent Agents and Technical Advisors Design Patents Practice Foreign & PCT Patent Filing Invalidity Opinions IP Transactional Non-infringement Opinions Patent Landscaping and Risk Analysis Patentability Opinions Product Clearance Right to Practice Opinions Strategic IP Portfolio Development and Management Utility, Design, and Plant Patent Filing with the USPTO Electrical Engineering & Electronics Metallurgy & Ceramics Semiconductor Devices & Processing Methods Polymer & Materials Science Pratt & Whitney: Two Eagle Awards Yardney Technical Products: NASA Space Act Award; SBA Tibbetts Award U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2004 State of Connecticut, 2008 University of Connecticut School of Law, J.D., with honors, 2008 The University of Nantes, Visiting Scientist, 1994-1995 Cornell University, Ph.D., Chemistry, 1995 Cornell University, M.S., Inorganic Chemistry, 1991 Grinnell College, B.A., Chemistry, 1989 Grant M. Ehrlich, Ph.D. Grant Ehrlich, Ph.D. supports technology-based companies in the development and implementation of effective intellectual property (IP) strategies. He has drafted and prosecuted patents and has prepared non-infringement, invalidity, and freedom-to-operate opinions in fields spanning batteries, fuel cells, thermoelectrics, displays, sensors, medical devices, metallurgy, magnetic and magnetocaloric materials, ceramics, water treatment, heating systems, lubricants, detergents, coatings, and phosphors. Grant has contributed to multiple IPR petitions directed to lithium-ion battery technology. In addition, Grant has significant licensing experience and has prepared and negotiated domestic and international patent license agreements, technology transfer agreements, and material transfer agreements. Grant's counsel is informed by his engineering experience at Pratt & Whitney in the Systems Design and Component Integration (SD&CI) Group, at UTC Fuel Cells where he led an electrode development team, his scientific experience at Yardney Technical Products where he led a lithium-ion battery technology development effort, and his Ph.D. in chemistry. He also has litigation experience as an expert in batteries, electrochemistry, and materials characterization. Partner, Cantor Colburn LLP, 2017-present Counsel, Cantor Colburn LLP, 2016 Associate, Cantor Colburn LLP, 2008-2015 Patent Agent, Cantor Colburn LLP, 2007-2008 Program Manager, Pratt & Whitney, 2004-2007 Project Leader, UTC Fuel Cells, 2000 – 2004 Research Scientist, Yardney Technical Products, Engineering, 1995-2000 Lithium-Ion Batteries, Linden's Handbook of Batteries, T. Reddy and D. Linden J. Dahn and G.M. Ehrlich J. Dahn and G. M. Ehrlich Ambient Pressure Fuel Cells for Vehicle Applications, in Proceedings of the Second International Automotive Battery Conference Metallic Negative Electrode Materials for Rechargeable Non-aqueous Batteries 147 J. Electrochem. Soc. 886, 2000 G. M. Ehrlich, C. Durand, X. Chen, T. A. Hugener, F. Spiess and S. L. Suib The Synthesis and Structures of N-ligated W6S8L6 Cluster Complexes 34 Inorg. Chem., 4454-9, 1995 Grant M. Ehrlich, Christopher J. Warren, Deborah A. Vennos, Douglas M. Ho, Robert C. Haushalter and Francis J. DiSalvo New Cerium Nitrides Ce6Cl12N2 and CeNCl 206 J. Alloys and Compounds, 95-101 G.M. Ehrlich, M.E. Badding, N.E. Brese, S.S. Trail and F.J. DiSalvo Ruthenium Compounds Containing Pyridyltriazines with Low-Lying * Orbitals 29 Inorg. Chem. 998-993 R. Hage, J.H. van Diemen, G. Ehrlich, J.G. Haasnoot, D.J. Stufkens, T.L. Snoeck, J.G. Vos and J. Reedijk Team Cantor Colburn at the 2019 New England Parkinson's Ride Cantor Colburn is proud to be a returning Silver Sponsor of the New England Parkinson’s Ride, held on September 7, 2019, in Old Orchard Beach, Maine. This year more than 1,300 riders raised more than one million dollars. Team Cantor Colburn included Grant Ehrlich, Jim Wimpe, Jared Howenstine, Sandra Shaner, Nancy Folsom, and Candace Buswell. Cantor Colburn Partner Grant Ehrlich Co-Authors Chapter in Linden’s Handbook of Batteries Cantor Colburn partner Grant M. Ehrlich, Ph.D., Esq. is the co-author of a chapter in the 5th edition of Linden’s Handbook of Batteries, published on May 10, 2019. This is the third edition of the Handbook that Dr. Ehrlich has contributed to, having compiled the works of thousands of scientific studies to write an up-to-date chapter on lithium-ion batteries. New England Parkinson's Ride 2018 Cantor Colburn is proud to be a Silver Sponsor of the New England Parkinson’s Ride on September 8, 2018, in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, at which cyclists ride up to 100 miles to raise awareness and funds for Parkinson's research. This is Cantor Colburn's third consecutive year sending a team of cyclists and sponsoring the event. Cantor Colburn Recognized as a 2018 Leading Firm for Patent Prosecution, IPRs Legal 500 USA 2018 Cantor Colburn LLP has been recommended as a Leading Firm by the Legal 500 United States 2018 in Intellectual Property for Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings). This is the ninth consecutive year that Cantor Colburn has been recognized for this highly selective honor. Cantor Colburn sponsored Team Cantor Colburn at the New England Parkinson’s Ride on September 9, 2017, in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, at which cyclists ride up to 100 miles to raise awareness and funds for Parkinson's research. Team Cantor Colburn raised more than $13,000. Cantor Colburn Attorneys Elected to Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association Leadership Cantor Colburn partner Grant M. Ehrlich, Ph.D. has been elected the 72nd president of the Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association (CIPLA). Joining him on the executive committee as the 2017-2018 program chair is fellow partner Leslie-Anne Maxwell, Ph.D. Law360 Names Attys Who Moved Up The Firm Ranks In Q1 On April 28, 2017, new partners Grant Ehrlich, Ph.D. and Thomas Mango were cited in the article, "Law360 Names Attys Who Moved Up The Firm Ranks In Q1." Cantor Colburn Announces New Partners for 2017 Cantor Colburn LLP welcomes 2017 with the elevation of Grant Ehrlich, Ph.D. and Thomas Mango to its partnership. Cantor Colburn Announces 2016 Promotions Cantor Colburn welcomes the new year with the promotion of six attorneys. Amy Bizon-Copp, Grant Ehrlich, Ph.D., Nicholas Geiger, Jenae Gureff and James Wimpe have been promoted from associate to counsel. International Battery Seminar & Exhibit Grant Ehrlich, Ph.D., Esq.,will attend International Battery Seminar in Orlando, March 30-April 2, 2020. Ehrlich, a partner in the Hartford office, is an expert on lithium-ion batteries. Last year, he co-authored the content on Lithium-Ion Batteries in Linden's Handbook of Batteries, 2019 Edition. Breakfast with the Honorable Andrei Iancu Grant Ehrlich attended a presentation by Director Iancu, hosted by the Boston Patent Law Association, on May 20, 2019 at the UMass Club in Boston. The International Battery Seminar & Exhibit 2019 Partner Grant Ehrlich, Ph.D., will attend the 2019 International Battery Seminar & Exhibit, which takes place in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, March 25-28, 2018. Grant is an expert on lithium-ion batteries, and has authored chapters in several battery reference books, in addition to many other articles on the subject. International Coalition for Energy Storage and Innovation and Pacific Power Source Symposium Joint Meeting The 2019 International Coalition for Energy Storage and Innovation (ICESI) and Pacific Power Source Symposium (PPSS) joint meeting will be held in Hawaii January 5-10, 2019. Partner Grant Ehrlich will moderate a panel discussion on Grid Energy Storage Systems with panelists Shirley Meng of UC San Diego, Andreas Jossen of TUM, Tobias Placke of Uni Muenster and Vincent L. Sprenkle of PNNL. 233rd Meeting of the Electrochemical Society Partner Grant E. Ehrlich, Ph.D., will attend the 233 Electrochemical Society Meeting on May 13-17, 2018 in Seattle, WA. The ECS biannual meetings are a forum for sharing the latest scientific and technical developments in electrochemistry and solid state science and technology. 35th Annual International Battery Seminar & Exhibit Partner Grant Ehrlich, Ph.D., will attend the 2018 International Battery Seminar & Exhibit, which takes place in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, March 26-29, 2018. Ehrlich is an expert on lithium-ion batteries, and has authored chapters in several battery reference books, in addition to many other articles on the subject. How IP Motivates Investors and Helps Price Drugs The Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association (CIPLA) presents the workshop, “How IP Motivates Investors and Helps Price Drugs” on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at the Graduate Club in New Haven, which includes a pre-event workshop for investors, entrepreneurs and attorneys. The Lithium Battery Materials & Chemistries 2017 Conference Partner Grant Ehrlich, Ph.D., will speak at the Lithium Battery Materials & Chemistries 2017 Conference, which takes place in Arlington, Virginia, October 31- November 2, 2017. Ehrlich is an expert on lithium-ion batteries, and has authored chapters in several battery reference books, in addition to many other articles on the subject. Cantor Colburn Sponsors CIPLA Judge's Dinner Cantor Colburn is pleased to sponsor the Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association's Judge's Dinner on May 11, 2017. International Battery Seminar Grant Ehrlich, Ph.D., Esq., attended International Battery Seminar in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in March 2017. Ehrlich, a partner in the Hartford office, is an expert on lithium-ion batteries, and has authored chapters in several battery reference books, in addition to many other articles on the subject. Women of Innovation Awards Gala The Women of Innovation® awards gala on April 6, 2016, recognizes women accomplished in science, technology, engineering, math and those who are involved in their community. It is presented by the Connecticut Technology Council, which Cantor Colburn has supported for many years. Representing the Startup Venture in Connecticut The Connecticut Bar Association Young Lawyers' Section presents, "Representing the Startup Venture in Connecticut," on March 29, a two-hour presentation with CLE credit available. Counsel Grant Ehrlich, Ph.D., JD and other panelists will discuss what attorneys need to know when representing a start up company in Connecticut, including the important aspects in business formation and IP that are different from traditional businesses, as startup companies are often in technological fields and involve outside investors. Connecticut Innovation Summit 2015 Cantor Colburn is proud to sponsor the Innovation Summit, presented by the Connecticut Technology Council. Licensing Executives Society (LES) 2015 Annual Meeting The Licensing Executives Society (LES) Annual Meeting is on October 25-28, 2015 in New York City. 3rd Advanced Battery Outlook Grant Ehrlich, Ph.D., Esq., will attend 3rd Advanced Battery Outlook in Long Beach, California in July 2015. Ehrlich, an associate in the Hartford office, is an expert on lithium-ion batteries, and has authored chapters in several battery reference books, in addition to many other articles on the subject. Connecticut Innovation Summit Cantor Colburn is the founding sponsor of the Connecticut Innovation Summit, the state's largest tech networking event, where innovative, emerging, and disruptive companies, premier service providers, and elite technology leaders meet and celebrate innovation. 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__label__wiki	0.693462	0.693462	Manitoba cannabis rules include $2,542 fine for growing your own The Manitoba government has set out fines of up to $2,542 for people who break the rules regulating cannabis consumption. Supplying pot to a minor or selling without a licence will also cost you, Manitoba government says The Canadian Press · Posted: Sep 10, 2018 1:01 PM CT \| Last Updated: September 10, 2018 Selling marijuana without a licence, supplying it to a minor or growing your own will carry a hefty fine under regulations planned by the Manitoba government. (Travis Golby/CBC) People who break Manitoba's rules on cannabis consumption will face fines of up to $2,542 under new regulations approved by the Progressive Conservative cabinet. The government has published a list of fines for specific offences just weeks ahead of Oct. 17, when the federal government will legalize recreational cannabis use. Smoking pot in a provincial park or campsite will garner a fine of $672, including court costs and other surcharges. The same fine will apply to people under 19 who are caught with cannabis. Growing cannabis plants at home, supplying cannabis to an underage person or selling cannabis without a licence will bring fines of $2,542. Dos and don'ts of cannabis: Manitoba government launches public education campaign Province announces multiple taxes on legal pot The federal government has pushed to have homegrown pot allowed, but Manitoba and Quebec have fought the move and insisted the provinces have the right to restrict it. The Manitoba government has said the restriction is a good way to ensure children don't have access to the drug. Opposition NDP justice critic Nahanni Fontaine said the fines seem aimed more at filling the government's coffers than at public safety. "I would say that it is highly motivated by the amount of dollars that this current government is going to be able to get from the process of legalized cannabis," Fontaine said Monday. "The (Brian) Pallister government has attached all kinds of fines to what is considered legal." Public consumption rules don't apply to edibles While the government has restricted smoking cannabis in virtually all public places, including beaches, campgrounds and sidewalks, there is no ban on edible cannabis products other than in vehicles, boats and schools. The province's rules are specific for the most part to smoking or vaping cannabis, not other forms of consumption. Pallister said in June it would be tough to enforce a ban on edibles — police would be hard pressed to check people eating cookies in a park, for example. The federal government is not allowing the sale of edible cannabis products as of October, but has said there is nothing to prevent people from making their own at home using pot purchased legally. Manitoba won't charge sales tax on recreational marijuana Manitoba aims to boost number of cannabis stores in province	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14945
__label__cc	0.547568	0.452432	Captive Insurance News Corporate Regulation and Governance in Captives A FREE 24-page special survey report from Captive.com Delve into captive insurance governance matters including board attributes, board structure, and board accountability. With 30 years of insurance experience from the auditing, regulatory, and management side, Derick White, managing director of corporate governance and regulation for Strategic Risk Solutions, offers key insights into captive board governance. Show Me My Free Survey Report BDA Appoints New CEO: Roland Burrows The Bermuda Business Development Agency (BDA) Board of Directors has appointed Roland (Andy) Burrows as its next chief executive officer. He will take up the position effective December 1. Former BDA CEO Ross Webber stepped down from the position effective May 17. Sean Moran, the agency's head of business development, acted as interim CEO during the transition period. Mr. Burrows most recently served as chief investment officer at the Bermuda Tourism Authority (BTA). "Andy is a successful strategic leader with a strong track record of financial services and investment experience, in-depth knowledge of the Bermuda global business market, and deep understanding of the island's public and private spheres—all of which are critical for the leadership of the agency. He will be a passionate advocate for Bermuda's international business sector, and we look forward to welcoming him," said BDA Chair Paul Scope, adding the BTA's investment concierge service, designed to facilitate hotel development in Bermuda, would also move to the BDA. During nearly 4 1/2 years as head of the BTA's Investment Division, Mr. Burrows was responsible for identifying and developing investment across the local tourism industry in the form of hotel development and other infrastructure. He worked to stimulate capital investment; facilitate immigration, permits, and tax issues; and helped create investor-friendly legislation to increase Bermuda's competitiveness to attract inward hospitality investment. Prior to joining the BTA, Mr. Burrows spent 25 years in the financial services industry, including a decade at HSBC Bermuda, where he served as head of commercial banking. He has also been a director on numerous boards, including HSBC Cayman Islands, and currently serves as a director of Bermuda Chamber of Commerce, Raleigh Bermuda, and Pathways Bermuda. BTA CEO Kevin Dallas said, "With Andy at the helm, we look forward to building on our common links with the BDA as we both look to attract investors and other high-net-worth individuals to Bermuda for business and leisure." Mr. Burrows said, "I look forward to bringing the results-driven strategies of the past 4 years at the BTA with me to the BDA, where I trust I can add value to the fantastic work already underway to strengthen Bermuda's economy and enhance the island's standing in the global business community." (Newly appointed CEO of the Bermuda Business Development Agency (BDA), Roland (Andy) Burrows, is pictured above. Photo is courtesy of the BDA.) Scroll Back To Top 📄More News BDA CEO Ross Webber Steps Down KBRA: Bermuda Business Environment Fosters (Re)Insurance Innovation BMA Hires FinTech Supervisor To Guide Digital Asset Business Innovation Bermuda Committed to Blockchain and Digital Assets Bermuda Single-Parent Captive Formations Tripled in 2017 Fitch: Tax Reforms Reduce Advantage of Reinsuring US Risks to Bermuda Subscribe to the captive wire	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14947
__label__wiki	0.732974	0.732974	Senior Living in West Chester, PA There are 148 Senior Living options in the West Chester area, with 23 in West Chester and 125 nearby. The average cost of senior living in West Chester is $4,893 per month. Cheaper nearby regions include Exton with an average starting cost of $3,886. To help you with your search, browse the 689 reviews below for senior living in West Chester. On average, consumers rate senior living in West Chester 4.0 out of 5 stars. Better rated regions include Downingtown with an average rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars. Caring.com has helped 10 families in West Chester find high-quality senior care. To speak with one of our Family Advisors about senior living options and costs in West Chester, call (855) 863-8283. 23 Senior Living Options in West Chester, PA Bellingham Retirement Community 1615 East Boot Road, West Chester, PA 19380 "Bellingham was a great place. The staff member was very helpful, knowledgeable, and patient. She answered all the questions I had. The dining area was nice, but I did not try the food. They had a..." More Sunrise of Westtown 1045 Wilmington Pike , West Chester, PA 19382 "Sunrise of Westtown is an excellent facility with superb services. My ex-husband's room is very neat, almost like a five-star hotel. The dining area is sufficient and large enough for everybody to..." More For the month of January we are offering a promotion of 10% off room rates! Ends in 12 days Find Local Costs for West Chester, PA By clicking "<title>Senior Living in West Chester, PA \| Caring.com</title>", you agree to our Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy, and our Agreement to be Contacted by Telephone. You also consent that we, or our partner providers, may reach out to you using a system that can auto-dial; however, you do not need to consent to this to use our service. Wellington at Hershey's Mill Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living, and Nursing Homes 1361 Boot Road, West Chester, PA 19380 "Wellington was a very fine facility. It just cost too much. Everything was great. It was a very nice place if they could afford it. They had small apartments, and they had everything there that she..." More Arbor Terrace Willistown 1713 West Chester Pike, West Chester, PA 19382 "This would have been the one we selected for Dad. It's the best fit for us. The rooms were all pretty standard, nice, and very apartment-like but homey. Donna was very nice and made the place seem..." More Aventura at Pembrooke "We have been blessed that our family member was admitted to this home, the care was great, the ownership takes personal pride and is very dedicated to the individual residents needs, this helped..." More Mary Taylor House 326 North Walnut Street, West Chester, PA 19380 "THey gave me all pertenant information in a timely manner. A tour was gven of the rooms & facility. Employees were personable and answered all of my questions. My only complainant was the..." More Arbour Square at West Chester 1205 Ward Avenue, West Chester, PA 19380 "Arbour Square at West Chester was very nice, but we thought it was a little too fancy and more expensive. The interior was very nice. The rooms were very nice. There were apartments and studios...." More Barclay Friends Provides: Assisted Living, Nursing Homes, and Continuing Care Communities 700 NORTH FRANKLIN, West Chester, PA 19380 "I visited the Barclay Friends. It was a very nice, small, intimate, and high-end facility. The staff was very pleasant and welcoming. " More The Hickman "My mother-in-law stayed at the assisted living in The Hickman before rehab. The rooms were clean and adequate, and the place was clean. My mother-in-law was getting very settled in and happy there...." More Park Lane at Bellingham "Park Lane at Bellingham was very nice, friendly, and much bigger than other facilities, but the rooms were smaller. It's a medical model so I would have lived with people who need more assisted..." More "My 76 year old father was in a very bad car accident in which he broke both his legs and had a total hip replacement. After his stay in the hospital, he could not go home as he was unable to bear..." More Pocopson Home 1695 LENAPE ROAD, West Chester, PA 19382 "The place is nice, however it is a little run down (Pocopson). The food is alright; I have eaten there before with my Grandfather. The staff are very nice people and are friendly with the..." More 800 West Miner Street, West Chester, PA 19382 "My aunt Lena was here some time ago and I found the staff caring and trying their best to accommodate any and all request. Thank you" More 125 Senior Living options near West Chester, PA Foulk Manor North Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living, Nursing Homes, and Memory Care 1212 Foulk Road, Wilmington, DE 19803 "Foulk Manor North was not affordable, but it was nice. The staff was very friendly and very knowledgeable. It's a nice and well-equipped community. The rooms were clean and sufficient, and the menu..." More Freedom Village at Brandywine Provides: Assisted Living, Nursing Homes, Continuing Care Communities, and Memory Care 15 Freedom Blvd., Coatesville, PA 19320 "We are moving in at Freedom Village at Brandywine. The staff were very nice. They have lovely, spacious rooms. The apartments all have sun rooms. They have five dining rooms. There are a lot of..." More Sunrise of Granite Run 247 North Middletown Road, Media, PA 19063 "We visited Sunrise of Granite Run. I loved it. The residents were very engaged and happy. The staff looked very passionate and happy to work there. For us, it was very convenient. Their rooms were..." More Sunrise of Wilmington 2215 Shipley Street, Wilmington, DE 19803 "Sunrise of Wilmington was well set up and bright. I like the people that we've dealt with. There isn't anything that I don't like about it. They had Bingo, movie nights, and outings to a restaurant..." More The Residence at Glen Riddle 263 Glen Riddle Road, Media, PA 19063 "My mother had PSP. This is a rare brain disease that only very recently is being treated differently than Parkinson's. I say this because the people at Glen Riddle listened to our family's concerns..." More Sunrise of Newtown Square 333 South Newtown Square Road, Newtown Square, ... "Sunrise of Newtown Square provides excellent resident care with a personal touch. My mother enjoyed her beautiful spacious room, activities and interaction with other residents in the warm clean..." More Sunrise of Paoli 324 West Lancaster Avenue, Malvern, PA 19355 "The staff at Sunrise treated my mother as they would their own mother. They were accessible when we called or visited, which was a lot! Mom lived independently for 92 years so our family was..." More Woodbridge Place 1191 Rapps Dam Road, Phoenixville, PA 19442 "My mother-in-law is in Woodbridge Place. There's always people available and they're treating her very well. There's a wide variety of activities and there's something to do every day. They're not..." More St. Martha Villa 490 Manor Avenue, Downingtown, PA 19335 "St. Martha Villa was very nice. They have independent and assisted. My aunt was in there and liked the food. I knew she got very good care. One of the girls that I had for therapy when I was in..." More Ivy Gables 2210 Swiss Lane, Wilmington, DE 19810 "The rooms were small in Ivy Gables. However, it was decorated beautifully and clean. I didn’t see a lot of interactions; I only saw six people, and they looked like they had memory issues. They..." More Friends Home in Kennett 147 West State Street, Kennett Square, PA 19348 "I have visited Friends Home in Kennett several times, and every time I leave, I feel absolutely wonderful. The staff and residents are wonderful. It is different from some others because it is an..." More Sunrise of Exton 200 Sunrise Boulevard, Exton, PA 19341 "Sunrise of Exton was very nice, very ligh,t and bright and airy. The staff was very friendly. They had a nice dining room, nice sitting areas, and places where the residents could play games and..." More Wesley Enhanced Living Main Line 100 Halcyon Drive, Media, PA 19063 "Everything was very good at Wesley Enhanced Living. The staff was also very good, but it was just a larger community than what they were looking for. The residents look happy and engaged...." More Highgate at Paoli Pointe 600 Paoli Pointe Drive, Paoli, PA 19301 "The place at Highgate has nice rooms. They take good care of the people. They are dedicated in taking care of my wife, but they are very expensive. It is a nice facility although not sustainable..." More 10% Veterans Discount off the Room Rate for any Veteran or Spouse of Veteran Ends in 137 days The Summit at Glen Mills 52 Baltimore Pike, Glen Mills, PA 19342 "Hard to get to; very confusing directions from staff. Finally found the place. Parking is limited and the so close to the road. The traffic noise is loud to enjoy the outdoor roof top deck. ..." More Active Day of Kennett Square 500 Old Forge Lane, Kennett Square, PA 19348 "With more than 90 locations across the country, Active Day is the premier provider of adult day health services and in-home personal care. Our adult day health centers are a preferred alternative..." More Active Day of Exton 201 Sharp Lane, Exton, PA 19341 HarborChase of Wilmington 2004 Shipley Rd, Wilmington, DE 19977 "Welcome to HarborChase of Wilmington! Our community offers a fresh, nutritious and constantly evolving menu featuring seasonal ingredients and regional flavors. Our residents enjoy a diverse and..." More Eagleview Landing 650 Stockton Drive, Exton, PA 19341 "Opening Early 2020 Introducing Eagleview Landing, the newest senior living community in Exton, PA. The location just outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is close to perfect. THE ULTIMATE IN..." More Rose Tree Place 500 Sandy Bank Road, Media, PA 19063 "My family and I moved Mom into Rose Tree Place in March 2019 and have been extremely satisfied with every aspect of this facility. Mike was exceptional in overseeing the whole process, Steve is..." More Maris Grove Provides: Assisted Living, Independent Living, and Continuing Care Communities 200 Maris Grove Way, Glen Mills, PA 19342 "We're about to move into Maris Grove. I've heard a lot of positive things about it. The facility is extremely well-cared for, the staff and residents are very friendly, and we have about 500..." More Forwood Manor 1912 Marsh Road, Wilmington, DE 19810 "I liked Forwood Manor a lot, and I'm very positive about it. The rooms were a good size, pretty new, and looked nice. The staff seemed good. They had a library." More Exton Senior Living 600 North Pottstown Pike, Exton, PA 19341 "I visited and talked to the marketing guy at Exton Senior Living. I saw the dining area, it was clean, and I heard the food was prepared by a special chef. They had a tea party when I was there...." More Ashbridge Manor 971 E Lancaster Ave, Downingtown, PA 19335 "Ashbridge Manor wouldn't be a good place for mom because she's not independent anymore, but it's very elegant. The apartment was very spacious, very clean, and very nice. The staff during the tour..." More Brandywine Living at Longwood 301 Victoria Gardens Drive, Kennett Square, PA ... "When a family member needs to make the decision to move a loved one from their home, there is no tougher decision. But Brandywine Senior Living at Kennett Square helped this difficult decision. ..." More St. Martha Center for Rehabilitation ... 470 Manor Ave, Downingtown, PA 19335 "I went to provide a manicure for one of the residents. I thought everyone was very helpful and kind . The staff said hello to the resident I was with by name and seemed to be a caring environment...." More Dunwoody Village Care Center Assisted... 3500 West Chester Pike, Newtown Square, PA 19073 "My grandmother was a patient here for her medical needs. The staff was attentive, patient, friendly and assisted our family. Not only were we kept informed, we could see the changes in my..." More Spring Mill Senior Living Provides: Assisted Living, Nursing Homes, and Memory Care 3000 Balfour Cir, Phoenixville, PA 19460 "Offering skilled nursing, medical and rehabilitative care for patients and residents. Whether for a short stay or for an extended period, our Clinical Care Teams are focused on implementing..." More Riddle Village Provides: Assisted Living and Continuing Care Communities 1048 West Baltimore Pike, Media, PA 19063 "Riddle Village LifeCare Retirement Community was a very clean and a very appealing place for someone to live. They had a lot of activities. They had a card room and a pool room, and they had travel..." More Foulk Manor South 407 Foulk Road, Wilmington, DE 19803 "The rooms at Foulk Manor South were clean and adequate. They had arts and crafts, a lot of outings, music, and entertainment. The staff was very pleasant and greeted and introduced themselves...." More Stonegates Provides: Independent Living, Nursing Homes, and Continuing Care Communities 4031 Kennett Pike, Greenville, DE 19807 Harrison House Chester County 300 Strode Avenue, Coatesville, PA 19320 "I liked Harrison House Chester County very much. I checked it because I have a cousin and neighbor there. They're very happy and I knew the care. One is in independent living and one is in assisted..." More Arden Courts of Wilmington 700 1/2 Foulk Rd, Wilmington, DE 19803 "We looked at a number of places and felt that Arden Courts would be the best. It was a good value with everything included in the price. For an institution, the food had good variety and was..." More Lima Estates "Lima Estate is nice. It’s four or five miles from where I currently live, and they have many scheduled activities. The fee includes one meal a day, then, the days you do not use are added on to the..." More Rockland Place 1519 Rockland Road, Wilmington, DE 19803 "Rockland Place was very nice and had therapists who came in from Bayada. The entire place was clean, had an activity calendar, and seemed to be efficiently run. The dining room was set up nicely..." More Granite Farms Estates "Refund Plans: 50% of Entrance Fee; Declining Balance- 1% per mo. of Entrance Fee (Price: 68% avg. of Entrance Fee, Monthly Fees lower) on move out only...." More Park View - Naaman's Creek 808 Conchester Highway, Boothwyn, PA 19061 "Park View was right on the street were my mom lived and probably one of the first ones we went to. It was very nice, but all it really had were apartments. They didn't really offer much at all, but..." More SarahCare of Malvern 425 Technology Dr., Malvern, PA 19355 "The Adult Daycare provided a safe ,fun place for my Mom. There were field trips with a relative or friend who could come along, feedback, parties. I wish she could still attend. She did so much..." More 600 S Broad St, Kennett Square, PA 19348 "The environment at Genesis Regional Office Central is very good. The people are very friendly and attentive. The social worker would call to give me updates on the status of my grandmother. One..." More Traditions at Longwood 222 Begonia Cir, Kennett Square, PA 19348 "I am staying at Traditions. It is an independent living home. It is a fine facility, but they don't do maintenance except outside and we are responsible for house maintenance. The house is spacious..." More Ivy Creek Gracious Retirement 300 Franklin Drive, Glen Mills, PA 19342 "I love Ivy Creek Gracious Retirement Living. Everyone seems happy. The staff is very friendly and very nice. The layout is open, the rooms are large, the dining area is large, and the food is good...." More White Horse Village 535 GRADYVILLE ROAD, Newtown Square, PA 19073 "White Horse Village is nice but overpriced. It's very expensive, and we couldn't afford it. It's very clean and had nice facilities. I only met a couple of the staff who seemed nice. The grounds..." More Daylesford Crossing 1450 East Lancaster Avenue, Paoli, PA 19301 "Daylesford Crossing seemed new and clean. The rooms were nice. They had an activity room and a library. The dining area was very nice and looked like a restaurant. I did not have a meal, but they..." More Broomall Rehabilitation and Nursing C... 50 N Malin Road, Broomall, PA 19008 "I have a friend that is in rehab (1 month so far) and will stay long term in their dementia unit. This nursing home is very clean and the staff is very good. They constantly give me updates and..." More Kendal-Crosslands Communities P.O. Box 100, Kennett Square, PA 19348 "I went to Kendall at Longwood. It’s a nice community, but the rooms were a little bit small. They have very nice staff that look after you. The dining room is nice and spacious. People were having..." More The Devon Senior Living 445 North Valley Forge Road, Devon, PA 19333 "I chose Devon Senior living, and I was helped by Judy of Caring; she was excellent, and she helped me find something in my price range. Ken, the senior manager there, helped me meet my monthly..." More Glen Mills Senior Living 242 Baltimore Pike, Glen Mills, PA 19342 "Laura, the person who took me on the tour at Glen Mills, was great. They had beautiful, lovely, and clean living quarters. The place was pretty nice and good, and has a lot of different thing for..." More 5% discount given on our monthly rent for Veterans and spouses of Veterans. Discount never expir... (more) Ends in 2174 days Fair Acres Geriatric Center 340 N. Middletown Road, Lima, PA 19037 "We are choosing Fair Acres Geriatric Center for my father because of the location and the people who work there. We liked the activities and the friendly staff. " More Simpson Meadows 101 Plaza Drive, Downingtown, PA 19335 Methodist Country House 4830 Kennett Pike, Wilmington, DE 19807 Manorcare Health Services - Wilmington "I visited someone at Manorcare at one time, and I thought her room was very small. The fact that she was with somebody who never put the lights out was quite distracting for somebody who is trying..." More Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital 414 Paoli Pike,, Malvern, PA 19355 "Her experience in Bryn Mawr Rehab was nice. My mother was released there after 5 days after having a stroke. The staff and the therapist were good. It is a very well respected rehab hospital. " More Shipley Manor 2723 Shipley Road, Wilmington, DE 19803 "The physical and occupational therapy department of Shipley Manor was wonderful and very caring. That's really why my friend stayed even after her 100 days of support from the insurance company was..." More Chester Valley Rehab And Nursing Center 283 East Lancaster Avenue, Malvern, PA 19355 "I had a friends mom enter this rehab and nursing center. The facility is clean, the staff is friendly and caring, food is very good and her mom recovered fully and would definitely recommend this..." More Golden Living Community - Phoenixville 833-A S Main St., Phoenixville, PA 19460 "My grandmother had been discharged from other nursing facility with only two days notice. Not to mention she is 94 years old and not well. Most Nursing Facilitys have a waiting list and no ..." More Naamans Creek Country Manor 1194 NAAMANS CREEK ROAD, Boothwyn, PA 19060 "My sister is in Naamans Creek Country Manor. For a nursing home, it is not bad. My sister has Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, so she has mobility problems and cannot be left alone. She would get..." More 15 Leopard Rd, Berwyn, PA 19312 "The location and price of Trinity House were perfect. It was close to our home. The people looked happy and they had everything you need. However, the units were a bit worn out. " More Devon Manor 235 W Lancaster Ave, Devon, PA 19333 "We looked at Devon Manor first, and it was nice. It was very acceptable, and we were very impressed. I think we would have taken this place if they had an opening, but they didn't. It was small and..." More Sterling Health Care and Rehab Center 318 SOUTH ORANGE STREET, Media, PA 19063 "Completely happy with the care my mom receives. It's a very hard job these people have. " More Monticello House 1048 W BALTIMORE AVENUE, Media, PA 19063 "I am surprised at some of these reviews. I had a bad fall, broke my hip and damaged my leg. I was in two other facilities for physical therapy, but neither of them lived up to the wonderful..." More Brinton Manor "I visited this facility very recently. The receptionist admissions director, and an occupational therapist were wonderful and made me feel welcomed. The outside of the facility was aesthetically..." More Colonial Woods 1710 Creek Road, Glenmoore, PA 19343 Kendal Crosslands 1660 EAST STREET ROAD, Kennett Square, PA 19348 PO BOX 100 RT 926, Kennett Square, PA 19348 Devereux Pennsylvania Adult Services 139 Leopard Road, Berwyn, PA 19312 Media Campus Provides: Assisted Living and Adult Day Care 111 Elwyn Road, Elwyn, PA 19063 Glencrest Manor 115 GLENCREST ROAD, Coatesville, PA 19320 Inn at Freedom Village,the 35 FREEDOM BOULEVARD, West Brandywine, PA 19320 Loving Hands Elder Care 245 East Lincoln Highway, Coatesville, PA 19320 Lynch Homes - Chester County Older Ad... 2593 Yellow Springs Road, Malvern, PA 19355 Madanat Personal Care Home Inc 571 73 E CHESTNUT ST, Coatesville, PA 19320 Makemie at Whiteland Provides: Continuing Care Communities 855 Springdale Drive Suite 110, Exton, PA 19341 "Makemie at Whiteland is the newest senior living option in the Delaware Valley. Makemie features spacious new apartment and villa homes, as well as assisted living and nursing care all on the..." More Riddle Memorial Hosp HB SNF 1068 W Baltimore Pike, Media, PA 19063 Rosehill School - Main 320 Llewelyn Road P.O. Box 298, Chester Heights... Willowbrooke Court-lima Estate Genesis Rehab Services 101 E State St, Kennett Square, PA 19348 Wayne Center 30 West Avenue, Wayne, PA 19087 Golden LivingCenter - Phoenixville 833 S. Main St., Phoenixville, PA 19460 "At Golden LivingCenter - Phoenixville, located in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, we’re dedicated to providing quality care in an environment that maximizes individuality. In addition to providing..." More Coldstream Crossing 2000 Balfour Circle, Phoenixville, PA 19460 Renaissance Gardens at Maris Grove Cadia Rehabilitation Silverside 3322 Silverside Road, Wilmington, DE 19810 Senior Living near West Chester, PA Other Options in West Chester, PA Recent Reviews of Senior Living in West Chester Review of Aventura at Pembrooke We have been blessed that our family member was admitted to this home, the care was great, the ownership takes personal pride and is very dedicated to the individual residents needs, this helped ir... Read more becky low The staff answered all of my questions promptly and professionally - and is always available . My father has had several short term stays in the area in the past year. My main concern was clinical... Read more familyfirst0101 It's really amazing how wonderful this facility is now! New owners, new management, new staff and so many new upgrades. It's so happy and friendly now and the staff is so caring. 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__label__wiki	0.908628	0.908628	Niall Currie calling for Carrick Rangers cutting edge as Kris Lindsay targets Dungannon Swifts boost Carrick Rangers boss Niall Currie. Patrick Van Dort Niall Currie spent his playing career as a goalkeeper searching for a striker’s flaws, with large parts of his Irish League managerial career now spent devoted to searching for a striker’s value. Aware of the importance of an individual’s ability to score goals to help a team’s ability to achieve goals, history shows promotion can hang on defensive strength not to lose but relegation often comes down to a decisive goal threat guiding the way to safety. Dungannon Swifts boss Kris Lindsay. Pic by INPHO. Guillaume Keke’s summer arrival served to increase newly-promoted Rangers’ attacking threat for life at the top table and he celebrated his first Premiership goal for the club in the weekend loss at Glentoran. It provided a personal reward for a player who, overall, offered hope of an enhanced end product. “Keke’s been fantastic from we put him into the team,” said Carrick Rangers boss Currie. “He’s strong, he’s a handful and deservedly got his goal against Glentoran. “We need goals from other areas too, I’ve challenged the attacking midfielders to weigh in with eight to 10 this season. “The partnership with Stewart Nixon and Keke was exciting at the Oval, plus Michael Smith came on and done well. “We’ve another player in Sachem Wilson hopefully available soon, he’s been in the Netherlands but is signed and he will give us another option.” Dungannon Swifts boss Kris Lindsay may view the gap between the top-flight’s top teams and the rest as on the rise - but he is refusing to accept a drop in standards as a result. Four of the Swifts’ five Danske Bank Premiership defeats have arrived to the table’s leading four sides, with the exception a shock loss to bottom-based Warrenpoint Town from a 2-0 winning position. Now the Swifts visit a Carrick Rangers side promoted into the senior standings and predicted to share the second half of the final table alongside Dungannon. Losing to clubs with superior resources fails to take the sting out of defeat for Lindsay and he is determined to delete the errors he cites as central to any disappointments. “We need to make it much harder for opponents to score against us, no matter the standard,” said Lindsay. “It is true that the gulf between the top teams and rest is getting bigger and bigger but against any side you get punished for mistakes. TERRACE TALK: Irish League fans’ weekend video review Niall Currie reflects on thin line between pain and gain for Carrick Rangers at top table “It is not about feeling sorry for any setbacks, it is about picking out the positives then finding ways to improve and progress. “We also must prove more clinical in front of goal.” Funeral details announced for Carrickfergus murder victim Glenn Quinn Funeral service for popular radio star Stephen Clements will be open to the public	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14952
__label__wiki	0.742969	0.742969	Home / Car News / 2013 Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse Lang Lang version 2013 Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse Lang Lang version The Molsheim based car manufacturer Bugatti has developed a piano-inspired Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse for Lang Lang pianist. The model was specially designed for the concert held in Molsheim by the renowned pianist. On the outside, the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse was inspired by a concert grand piano and by the Bugatti Type 57 Atlante. The body work has a black carbon fiber and Blanc Atlante paint designed to imitate the piano keys. The same theme was applied by the Molsheim car manufacturer inside the cabin. On the doors we see white leather with black contrasting stitches which recalls the note lines on the music sheet. On the steering wheel we saw the same piano-black theme with some gold accents. Under the hood of the one-off model is the same quad turbo 8.0 liter W16 unit that delivers 1.200 horsepower and 1.500 Nm peek of torque. The engine resources are put to the ground via a seven speed dual clutch gear box. In these conditions, the Molsheim-based model can sprint from stand still to 100 km/h in 2.6 seconds, while the top speed is clocked at 408.84 km/h. Source: WCF PREVIOUS 03 Oct 2013 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO sold for 52 million USD NEXT 03 Oct 2013 2013 Skoda Yeti UK prices	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14954
__label__cc	0.7117	0.2883	Sobre o Cedefop Only part of our content is available in the language you selected. See what content is available in Português. Recovering 70m low-skilled adults a top VET priority At a high level meeting on the future of vocational education and training (VET) in Turin on 23 June, Undersecretary of Labour Luigi Bobba said that Italy has embarked on a process to bring the world of education closer to that of employment by promoting work-based learning and closer cooperation between school systems and labour market needs and economic growth. The conference brought together employers, trade unions, teachers and policy-makers from education and the labour market, experts in VET, ISFOL officers as well as high political figures from the regions of Piedmont, Puglia and Lombardy and the national scene. Fondazione della Scuola and Associazione TREELLLE jointly support a roadmap for a reform system in initial VET at national and regional levels based on quality assurance, qualifications based on learning outcomes, work-based learning and labour market needs, recognised certification across the national territory and more structured social partner participation in the design and execution of educational programmes. In his speech, Cedefop Director James Calleja said that European VET's key challenge is to recover 70 million low-skilled adults who may have abandoned education and therefore lifelong learning as a result of one-size-fits all systems of education. Mr Calleja spoke about four overarching questions: problems facing Member States in VET, the issues at stake, the preferred solutions and the expected benefits if solutions are applied to VET reform. VET's image across EU Member States continues to suffer. But European initiatives that started with the Copenhagen process should lead to attractiveness of systems of education and training based on quality, transparency and relevance to employment. There are increasing targeted objectives through the Riga Conclusions and the New skills agenda for Europe initiative which Commissioner Thyssen launched earlier this month. Both provide platform for VET reform, upskilling and reskilling of the workforce and a more focused service to European citizens to plan their education and training and achieve better guidance to preferred careers. Facts and figures illustrated unemployment’s state-of-play, VET unattractiveness and the need for more work-based learning as a tool to recover young people from unemployment and provide skills for jobs and for life. The need to bring education and employment closer together was stressed throughout the conference generating debates in a culture where practical learning is still gaining ground. Mr Calleja said that ‘it is time to walk the talk; reform VET systems to attract learners to lifelong learning, ensure transparency and quality in qualifications, obtain stronger social partners’ participation and aim at employability, a certified workforce and that no one is left behind.’ President of Associazione TREELLLE Attilio Oliva, a former entrepreneur, and VET quality assurance expert at European level Giorgio Allulli presented the new roadmap for a VET system in Italy that diversifies education and training by engaging social partners and setting up nationally agreed quality assurance systems across Italy. In his concluding remarks, former Minister of Education Francesco Profumo said that in planning VET today we will reap the fruit in 2030. There should be a sense of urgency and not complacency to reform VET systems and give a better future to young people. Level of qualification / unskilled worker Reform of education and training Finanças e Orçamento Acesso público a documentos	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14963
__label__cc	0.528256	0.471744	The positive ripple effect of NILS Rod is 50 years old and currently on a disability support pension. Rod urgently needed a new washing machine and dryer as his appliances were no longer working and was referred to Centacare NILS by Uniting. Rod was anxious about coming in for his loan interview as he didn’t feel comfortable talking to people he didn’t know. However as soon as Rod came into Centacare the Reception staff made him feel welcome and this helped calm his nervousness. Rod describes his appointment with the NILS team. “The Support Worker was excellent. She was very friendly, had a bubbly personality and immediately made me feel at ease. The loan process was explained in detail and after discussions with the NILS Support Worker I decided to add a small chest freezer to my loan application”. Rod’s loan was approved and he is now a few months into the repayments. Rod has learned to save money and he is even looking after his health a lot better, eating healthier and is looking forward to buying some fitness equipment. When asked about Centacare Rod replied “they are extremely helpful, treated me with respect, and were always friendly”. “I would absolutely recommend NILS to others. There is a little bit of work to get all the paperwork that is needed but it is definitely worth it. Having the loan has certainly made life a lot easier” Rod said. The positive ripple effect of NILS2018-08-032018-08-03https://www.centacareballarat.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/centacare-logo-white-bigger-1.pngCentacare Ballarathttps://www.centacareballarat.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/man-and-baby-photo.png200px200px Positive Influence – Integrated Family ServicesNews Centacare gets creativeNews	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14966
__label__cc	0.540452	0.459548	Christmas 'Jars' New album gently rattles the seasonal genre. Interview by Mark MoringDecember 4, 2007 This article is from the December 2007 issue. Subscribers can read all of CT's digital archives. Founded in 1994, the Christian rock band Jars of Clay has sold millions of albums to both Christian and secular fans. After visiting Africa in 2002, lead singer-songwriter Dan Haseltine founded Blood:Water Mission to dig wells and raise money to combat poverty and aids. The band has just released its first full-length Christmas album, Christmas Songs, which offers a different take on the genre. CT's Mark Moring spoke with Haseltine. For a Christmas album, your new record has an unusual variety of songs. How were they chosen? A lot of it was centered on two things. One, we wanted our Christmas record to be a little more lighthearted than a traditional Jars of Clay record. But then we started talking about Christmas and what it means. We have all these things we say about Christmas—peace and goodwill toward men—that in our current cultural [moment], don't seem to hold much weight because we're in the midst of war and great conflict. So how do we say these things and mean it? How do lighthearted and serious issues, like the ones you mention, go together? We wanted to make a Christmas record that had room for both nostalgia and cultural critique. To simply focus on the warmth of friends and family, and the mystery of Santa Claus, and the health rebellion of eggnog, would be an incomplete telling of the Christmas story. But simply to focus on the reality of perpetual war and human violence would make for a dark and sobering listening experience. We knew a balance had to be created. You have been involved in helping Africa for years through Blood:Water Mission. Does your involvement inform the album? Just in terms of making sure we were making a thoughtful Christmas album. Do They Know It's Christmas? [Band Aid's No. 1-selling ... To continue reading, subscribe now. Subscribers have full digital access. Already a CT subscriber? Log in for full digital access. Our digital archives are a work in progress. Let us know if corrections need to be made. Reply on Twitter Advent \| Christmas \| Holidays \| Jars of Clay \| Music December 2007, Vol. 51, No. 12, Pg 65 Interview by Mark Moring Subscribe to Christianity Today and get access to this article plus 60+ years of archives. Home delivery of CT magazine Complete access to articles on ChristianityToday.com Over 120 years of magazine archives plus full access to all of CT’s online archives Trump Should Be Removed from Office It’s time to say what we said 20 years ago when a president’s character was revealed for what it was. Declining fertility rates and environmental crisis challenge our understandings of family, stewardship, and being a good neighbor. Liuan Huska Magi, Wise Men, or Kings? It’s Complicated. Christian tradition finds meaning in each of these mysterious monikers. Chad Ashby I Was a Theological Drifter, Then a Reform Jew, Then an Orthodox Jew, Then... How I finally crossed the road to Christ. Dikkon Eberhart Member-Only Access This article is from the December 2007 print issue. Subscribe to continue reading. Already a subscriber? Log in to continue reading. Christianity Today: CT Korea Sign up for our free Christianity Today Weekly newsletter: CTWeekly delivers the best content from ChristianityToday.com to your inbox each week. Unlock This Article for a Friend To unlock this article for your friends, use any of the social share buttons on our site, or simply copy the link below. Share This Article with a Friend To share this article with your friends, use any of the social share buttons on our site, or simply copy the link below.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14971
__label__wiki	0.931995	0.931995	Covington Catholic: Longer video shows start of the incident at Indigenous Peoples March People across social media have responded to the video saying that it shows that the students were provoked and that the man put himself in that position. Covington Catholic: Longer video shows start of the incident at Indigenous Peoples March People across social media have responded to the video saying that it shows that the students were provoked and that the man put himself in that position. Check out this story on cincinnati.com: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2019/01/20/covington-catholic-incident-indigenous-peoples-march-longer-video/2630930002/ Sarah Brookbank, Cincinnati Enquirer Published 10:39 a.m. ET Jan. 20, 2019 \| Updated 12:59 p.m. ET Jan. 23, 2019 Correction: An earlier version of this story said Nathan Phillips was a Vietnam veteran. He served in the U.S. Marines but was not deployed to Vietnam. After short clips of an incident between students from Covington Catholic High School and a man at the Indigenous Peoples March in Washington D.C. went viral Saturday, people are now sharing full-length clips of the incident. People across social media have responded to the video saying it shows the students were provoked and that the man put himself in that position. One video is almost two hours long. The indigenous man, Nathan Phillips, said he stepped in to diffuse the crowd of students who were interacting with a group he identified as the Black Hebrew Israelites. Phillips is a veteran and Native American elder of the Omaha tribe. In this Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, image made from video provided by the Survival Media Agency, Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann stands in front of an elderly Native American singing and playing a drum in Washington. (Photo: Survival Media Agency via AP) The short video shows a faceoff between Covington Catholic student Nick Sandmann, wearing a "Make American Great Again" hat, and Phillips as a larger group of students jump and clap to the beat of Phillips' drum. Sandmann appears to have a smirk on his face. He and Phillips are nearly touching in the video. Sandmann released a lengthy statement Sunday night in which he said: "I believed that by remaining motionless and calm, I was helping to diffuse the situation. I realized everyone had cameras and that perhaps a group of adults was trying to provoke a group of teenagers into a larger conflict. I said a silent prayer that the situation would not get out of hand. "... I did smile at one point because I wanted him to know that I was not going to become angry, intimidated or be provoked into a larger confrontation." More: Covington Catholic student from incident at the Indigenous Peoples March issues statement with his side of the story More: Where were the chaperones? The question lingers amid outrage at CovCath students More: Analysis: What the video at the Indigenous Peoples March tells us about what happened In an interview with the Detroit Free Press, Phillips said the incident started as the Covington Catholic students were observing a group of Black Hebrew Israelites talk, and started to get upset at their speeches. Phillips said some of the members of the Black Hebrew Israelites group were also acting up, "saying some harsh things" and that one member spit in the direction of the Catholic students. "So I put myself in between that, between a rock and hard place," Phillips said. The Enquirer has not verified the identity of the person who took and posted the video. One video seems to be posted by a member of the Black Hebrew Israelites. In one video, a man talks to the students, who are gathered on the stairs outside the Lincoln Memorial. At one point, a student walks down the stairs, takes off his jacket and shirt, which causes the students to yell. They start a small chant, similar to what would be heard at a pep rally. After that, the student puts his shirt back on and goes back into the crowd. Shortly after that, Phillips can be seen walking past the Black Hebrew Israelites and toward the students, who have sat down on the stairs. The students then gather around Phillips, after roughly five minutes, the crowd begins to disperse. More: Covington Catholic students at the Indigenous Peoples March: What we know More: NKY Catholic school faces backlash after video of incident at Indigenous Peoples March surfaces In another video, one of the men apparently addresses a student in the crowd, saying there is one black student. The man proceeds to make references to "Get Out," a horror movie about a black man who learns a disturbing secret when he meets his white girlfriend's family. The man in the video says "get out" and uses a racial slur, to which the crowd of students responds with surprise. One student yells, "Why are you being mean?" On social media some Covington Catholic backers posted messages of support for the students in the video, saying nobody should be expelled because they were not provoking Phillips and had in turn, been provoked themselves. Others continued to express disappointment in the students' actions, including a petition on Change.org, which called for a number of changes to the school and its involvement in the March for Life. Short videos go viral The school and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington issued a joint statement Saturday afternoon after millions viewed videos of the incident. The school has traditionally sent students to D.C. for the annual March for Life, which took place at the same time as the Indigenous Peoples March. "We condemn the actions of the Covington Catholic High School students towards Nathan Phillips specifically, and Native Americans in general ... We extend our deepest apologies to Mr. Phillips. This behavior is opposed to the Church’s teachings on the dignity and respect of the human person." "The matter is being investigated and we will take appropriate action, up to and including expulsion," the Diocese said. The Enquirer reached out to Diocese on Sunday afternoon but did not receive a response. Several messages left with school administrators and parents of students were not returned since the incident went viral Saturday morning. Chase Iron Eyes, a spokesman for the Indigenous Peoples March and an attorney for the Lakota People's Law Project, told The Enquirer that the inaugural march was intended in part to condemn the ongoing federal government shutdown. Watch the videos below: Disclaimer: The videos contain strong and racially-charged language that may offend some viewers. Post by bill.gerdes.12. Read or Share this story: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2019/01/20/covington-catholic-incident-indigenous-peoples-march-longer-video/2630930002/ A Blue Ash doctor created a viral video urging vaccination. Then things got 'frightening.' Jeff Ruby's names dish for Joe Burrow Woman arrested in connection with Avondale killing In dramatic meeting, Democrats rebuke incumbent Sheriff Jim Neil, endorse primary challenger High-ranking Cincinnati cop sues city, charges bias Report: Family was trying to track person killed in Blue Ash car fire	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14972
__label__cc	0.669522	0.330478	Collin CountyCurrently selected Open Records Tips File an Open Records Request Collin County on Facebook Collin County on Twitter Commissioners Court Agenda FeaturesCurrently selected The Public Information Act Collin County > Public Information Office > Features > Building a major roadway, green field to main lanes Building a major roadway, green field to main lanes What does it take to get a "green field" road built by the county? A major roadway -- from scratch. Our Special Projects staff put together a general outline to show what is involved and the amount of time it takes for a road project like Collin County's Outer Loop from start to finish. Planning for the Outer Loop – a 52-mile arc across the eastern and northern portions of the county – began in 2002 and takes up five main segments. These run north up the eastern side of the county, wrap to the west just past Blue Ridge, and head to Celina and the county line. The development of all of the project's stages, of course, are contingent on available funds, and the Outer Loop is an off-system road, so no money will be coming our way from the State. An off-system roadway is one that is not designated on the State Highway System and not maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation. Other examples would be a city street or a county road. It's a long-term project to help keep the long-term growth of the county churning along. For this example, we used the 15 or so miles the project's Segment 3, from U.S. 75 west to the Collin-Denton county lines. Building this section to completion -- service roads and main lanes all at one time -- with money being no object, the entire project could be completed in as little as 20 years. Planning: 2-3 years to work through alignment options and settle on a general alignment. This involves public meetings and environmental assessments. Planning/Preliminary Design: 2-3 years to develop a final alignment; involves gathering of detailed survey data for design and preparation of right-of-way documents for each parcel. Design/Row Acquisition: 3-4 years to develop design plans for one of the two service roads. Right-of-way acquisition would be performed during this period as well. The eminent domain process on this size of a project would take 4-5 years to complete. The design is essentially completed ahead of the right-of-way acquisition process. Construction of first service road: While the service road would be completed in phases with sections opened in as little as 12-18 months, it could take 5 years to complete all 15 miles of this phase. Design/Construction of second service road: The next step in the process would most likely be construction of the other service road. It is difficult to estimate when traffic flow would call for that construction but if we assumes 10 years from the time the first service road is completed, another 3-4 years for design and another 5 years for construction of the second service road would follow. Roughly, it could be 30-35 years before both service roads are constructed. Design/Construction of main lanes: These are much more involved from a design construction standpoint than the service roads. Again, while it is difficult to estimate when traffic will necessitate their construction, we used 10 years from completion of both service roads. The design process would take at least 4-5 years, as there would be numerous bridges, overpasses and interchanges in play. Construction could be finished in phases but, best guess, 7-10 years would be needed to complete the entire 15-mile section of main lanes. So, this segment would wrap up about 20-25 years after both service roads are completed. Bottom line to see the entire system laid down? 50-60 years, from start to finish. Planning for tomorrow's transportation today County traffic counts heating up in some key intersections Transportation: Getting us from Point A to B Home building, housing market continues at a steady pace County keeps growing … and growing … and growing Perryman Group Study: Economic Impact of Freeways in Collin County	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14980
__label__wiki	0.991967	0.991967	Eastern Reporter Perth-Bayswater Rugby Union Club looking for more female players April 19th, 2018, 10:30AM Written by Kristie Lim Eastern Reporter Stock image. PERTH-Bayswater Rugby Union Club are scouting for more female players to join its under-16s and rugby sevens teams ahead of the upcoming season. The club currently has 75 female players but is looking to have more to join its training sessions on Tuesday and Thursday nights from 5.30pm to 6.30pm at Pat O’Hara Reserve. The games start after the school holidays. President Bob Meade said the club needed seven on-field players and five interchange players for the rugby sevens and five players for the under-16s. “Women’s rugby is making a push to become a mainstream option for athletic girls looking to play a winter team sport other than netball or hockey,” he said. “Girls have the opportunity to represent their country in a truly international team sport, both in the Commonwealth and Olympic games. “Our Australian women’s rugby sevens team competes all over the world in international tournaments.” For more information, visit http://perthrugby.com.au/ MORE: Mounted police and their horses bring calm to streets of Perth MORE: Masked robber threatens woman at service station MORE: Three people charged over car crash into house in Beechboro	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14983
__label__wiki	0.897048	0.897048	Fremantle Gazette Beaconsfield artist donates piece to Art for Epilepsy online auction April 26th, 2018, 10:00AM Written by Leah Roberts Fremantle Gazette Artist David Spencer. Picture: Jon Hewson www.communitypix.com.au d481788 GIVING back to the community is what Beaconsfield artist David Spencer aims to do. This year he is donating a piece for Art for Epilepsy’s online art auction, which has been running for three years and raises funds to support people living with epilepsy. The bidding is available from May 1 and runs for the entire month. Spencer said he felt like he had been an artist his whole life. “It’s one of those things your parents notice when you are a kid and it developed in primary school,” he said. “I went to Applecross and did fine arts for five years, then I went to Tafe for three years then I travelled the world to get a story. “In my late teens and early twenties I was painting bit by bit but then in 2004 I started doing my own solo pieces.” The abstract artists said he constantly changed his style of artwork. “My abstractions are based on emotions, responses to feeling which happens when I paint,” he said. “The main objective of painting is to keep trying different things, not stopping. “I don’t want to get set into one particular image that people might recognise me for, I want to keep challenging it.” A couple of months ago Spencer said Art for Epilepsy approached him to ask whether he would like to donate a piece of work. “Every year I donate a piece to a charity, I try and do a different charity every year,” he said. “Last year I donated a piece to Camp Quality for youth cancer, I also do fundraisers for school and stuff like that. “I just want to give back, I really enjoy it. “I was given free reign on my piece with preference to have the colour purple.” His artwork is called Kelly watched the stars inspired by the Air song, Kelly Watch the Stars. Art for Epilepsy includes artists from around Australia including nine West Australian artists. Over the past two years the online auction has raised more than $80,000. MORE: Rapper Kendrick Lamar to play Perth gig on July 10 MORE: Mother fined for striking 11-year-old daughter after argument about junk food MORE: 25-year-old motorcyclist killed in Mundaring crash WIN a double pass to A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14984
__label__wiki	0.68023	0.68023	Follow @CompleatGolfer Course of the month SA Open The Presidents Cup Brandon Stone Van Rooyen, Burmester reap rewards Swinging his way up the rankings Published on August 26, 2019 \| Leave a response The South African assault on the Scandinavian Invitation was lucrative in many ways as Erik van Rooyen took his season earnings over the €1-million mark and Dean Burmester climbed 37 places in the latest world rankings. Van Rooyen was obviously the talk of the town after grabbing his maiden win after a near-perfect final round of 64. His 72nd-hole birdie edged him past Matt Fiztpatrick, who started the week as the No 1-ranked player in the field. The victory moves the South African up to ninth in the Race to Dubai, one behind Louis Oosthuizen, as he took away the €250,000 cheque (R4,245,118) for first prize at Hills Golf and Sports Club. Van Rooyen’s earnings on the European Tour now stand at €1,230,885 while there was also a big rankings boost. The 150th European Tour moved past Branden Grace as the country’s third-best player. The win helped Van Rooyen climb 26 notches to sit in 61st place, a massive achievement when you consider his starting position for 2019 was outside the top 140. Grace dropped two places to 75th, down from his entry position of 49 at the turn of the year. A third-place finish in Gothenburg was enough for Burmester to bring home €84,450 (R1,434,001) as he moved up to 179th in the world. It’s been a lean season by his lofty standards with his weekend work ensuring his first top five since the Dimension Data Pro-Am on home soil. Both Van Rooyen and Burmester must be excited at the prospect of cashing in further with the Omega European Masters, Porsche European Open, KLM Open all to play before the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. Following that Rolex Series event is the Dunhill Links at the end of September. Louis Oosthuizen maintained his place as the country’s No 1 and his world ranking which remained at 22 following his week at the Tour Championship. He finished T21 alongside Patrick Cantlay and his newest Presidents Cup teammate Abraham Ancer. – By Wade Pretorius Article written by Wade Get the Compleatgolfer newsletter delivered to your Inbox! ').insertAfter('.entry-content p:nth-child(4) ');	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14986
__label__wiki	0.883456	0.883456	Published: January 13, 2020, 11:40 am Updated: January 13, 2020, 2:47 pm Tags: Detroit, Wayne County, Madison Heights, Oakland County, Local, Green Ooze, Gary Sayers, Crime New video shows officials removing samples of potentially hazardous liquid from Detroit building Gary Sayers owns both properties in Madison Heights, Detroit DETROIT – Local 4 has new video of investigators removing what appear to be samples of potentially hazardous liquid from a Detroit building connected to the leak in Madison Heights. Officials discovered suspicious liquids resembling the green ooze that leaked onto I-696 in Madison Heights in pits at a Detroit building owned by the same person, according to authorities. NEW: Michigan House Appropriations Committee schedules 'green ooze’ hearing Officials with the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy investigated chemicals at a building in the 5900 block of Commonwealth Street. The building is owned by Gary Sayers, who also owns the Electro-Plating Services building that leaked green ooze onto eastbound I-696, officials said. A cooler and several containers were loaded into an environmental service truck, Local 4′s Hank Winchester reports. Detroit firefighters and city inspectors were also at the scene. he said. Sayers was recently imprisoned for violations of environmental laws in connection with the Madison Heights incident, police said. Detroit firefighters said they found suspicious liquids in several pits at the Commonwealth Street location during a Friday search. Some pits were empty, but others were partially filled with liquid, authorities said. Some of that liquid resembled the green ooze from Sayers’ Madison Heights facility, according to officials. EGLE officials expect to test the liquids from the pits Monday to identify them and determine how to dispose of them safely. Authorities said they’re not aware of any wells that could have been contaminated. The site is several miles from municipal intakes in the Detroit River, according to authorities. Officials said they will determine whether the pits leaked into the environment once they’re emptied. The right lane of eastbound I-696 reopened Sunday at the Couzens Avenue exit after crews closed it to work on the contamination site. The shoulder, exit ramp and service drive will be closed indefinitely, officials announced. Authorities also recovered more than 4,000 gallons of contaminated groundwater at the Madison Heights facility during rainstorms over the weekend, officials said. Since sump pumps were installed by the Environmental Protection Agency around Christmas, more than 20,000 gallons of contaminated liquid have been recovered. A glycol heater and and insulated pipes were added to the Madison Heights operation to protect it from freezing temperatures, police said. Soil and groundwater samples taken from locations near Madison Heights will be evaluated in the coming weeks, according to authorities. Samples from storm sewers and Bear Creek, where the sewer water emerges and becomes surface water, were taken by EGLE officials last week, officials said. Results are expected this week. Derick is a Senior Web Producer for ClickOnDetroit and has been with Local 4 News since April 2013. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in communications and a focus in journalism. Derick specializes in breaking news, crime and local sports.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14990
__label__wiki	0.741972	0.741972	Home Companies ArcherDX ArcherDX to Launch CDx, Develop Cancer Monitoring Platform with $55M in Series... ArcherDX ArcherDX to Launch CDx, Develop Cancer Monitoring Platform with $55M in Series C Financing ArcherDX said it will use proceeds from its just-completed $55 million Series C financing round to support the registration and launch of its STRATAFIDE pan-solid tumor companion diagnostic, as well as support development of its Personalized Cancer Monitoring (PCM) platform. [ArcherDX] ArcherDX has completed a $55 million Series C financing round, resulting in just over one-third of the $150 million in total capital raised by the cancer diagnostics developer since it was founded in 2013. ArcherDX said it will use proceeds from the financing to expand its global commercial footprint, as well as support the registration and launch of its STRATAFIDE pan-solid tumor companion diagnostic (CDx). The company also plans to use its Series C capital to support development of its Personalized Cancer Monitoring (PCM) platform, in tandem with ongoing collaborations it has established with several biopharmas. Upon approval, ArcherDX said, STRATAFIDE would be the first multi-gene, pan-solid tumor companion diagnostic designed to accept both tissue and blood samples. According to the company, ArcherDX will enable faster turnaround times by allowing samples to be analyzed at any local lab with a sequencer, unlike diagnostics that rely on centralized testing labs. STRATAFIDE has been developed to identify actionable genomic alterations in tissue or blood, including alterations targeted by emerging therapies undergoing clinical trials, therapies already recommended in clinical guidelines such as those of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), and therapies approved by the FDA. STRATAFIDE received the FDA’s Breakthrough Device Designation in January 2019, and has been used by investigators in studies reported in more than 150 peer-reviewed publications. The PCM platform is intended to apply ArcherDX technology in order to improve detection of minimal residual disease (MRD) and address needs associated with early-stage solid tumors, such as recurrence surveillance and therapy monitoring and evolution. “We believe millions of cancer patients could benefit from a more accurate, personalized means of detecting relapse, when the cancer burden is low and more treatable. We remain driven to enable personalized molecular diagnostics that are accurate, actionable and local,” ArcherDX Co-Founder and CEO Jason Myers, Ph.D., said in a statement. Perceptive Advisors led the Series C financing round, joined by new investors that included Redmile Group, Soleus Capital, Driehaus Capital Management and ArrowMark Partners—as well as existing investors Sands Capital, Longwood Fund, PBM Capital and its affiliates, Boulder Ventures, and other investors which were not disclosed. “We expect the Company’s flagship products to enable tailored therapeutic selection for cancer patients by providing actionable insights,” stated Mike Altman, Managing Director, Perceptive Advisors. “Moreover, ArcherDX’s AMP technology enables decentralized testing, which we believe uniquely positions the Company to broadly impact the molecular cancer testing market.” ArcherDx and Illumina to Partner, Co-Market In Vitro Diagnostics	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14993
__label__wiki	0.8568	0.8568	CLIR Issues 127 Home / 2019 / February / CLIR Issues 127 Kathlin Smith CLIR Issues, News Number 127 January/February 2019 ISSN 1944-7639 (online version) CLIR is Moving! Report Explores Academic Library’s Role in Supporting 3D/VR for Research and Teaching CLIR Appoints Carol A. Mandel Distinguished Presidential Fellow DLF Director Bethany Nowviskie Leaves CLIR Envisioning a Truly Global Library “Five Years of Listening” Staff Changes CLIR Issues is produced in electronic format only. To receive the newsletter, please sign up at https://www.clir.org/pubs/issues/signup. Content is not copyrighted and can be freely distributed. Follow us on Twitter @CLIRNews, @CLIRHC, @CLIRRaR @CLIRDLF Like us on Facebook @CLIRNews In March, CLIR will leave Washington, DC—its home for 62 years—and move across the Potomac to Virginia. Please update your records with our new address: 2221 South Clark Street, Arlington, VA 22202. A new CLIR report, 3D/VR in the Academic Library: Emerging Practices and Trends, examines the use of three-dimensional (3D) and virtual reality (VR) technologies in research and teaching, and the library’s vital role in supporting this work. 3D modeling, 3D capture techniques, and VR enable faculty and students to engage with highly detailed 3D data—from cultural heritage artifacts to scientific simulations—in new ways. A professor can take students on an immersive field trip to Stonehenge, changing the lighting to simulate various phases of solar events. A biochemistry researcher may explore complex protein structures with students, or a chemical engineer may simulate the movement of fluids in various porous rock materials. “As 3D and VR projects scale up and move outside of the specialist disciplines where they have existed for decades, questions arise concerning skills development, interdisciplinary collaboration, publication, sustainability, preservation, and reuse,” notes the report. Many academic libraries are taking the lead in supporting these projects because they are already centers for collaboration, instruction, research, and collection preservation. Libraries are providing training opportunities, hiring staff to provide services in support of research projects, and working to create a community-wide framework for preservation. Supporting these technologies furthers the library’s mission to provide constituencies access to scholarly information in all forms and formats. The volume grew out of an interdisciplinary conference, 3D/VR Creation and Curation in Higher Education: A Colloquium to Explore Standards and Best Practices, held in March 2018 at the University of Oklahoma. Organized by the volume’s editors Jennifer Grayburn, Zack Lischer-Katz, Kristina Golubiewski-Davis, and Veronica Ikeshoji-Orlati—then CLIR postdoctoral fellows working in academic libraries—the colloquium aimed to “identify points of tension and gaps in existing practices and knowledge to foster common understanding for the librarians and digital curators tasked with supporting and managing these new data types.” The conference and publication were funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation through a CLIR microgrant, with institutional support from the University of Oklahoma Libraries, Temple University Libraries, and University of California Santa Cruz University Library. The volume seeks to prompt greater awareness for library professionals as they develop programs that use 3D and VR technologies and work to integrate changing scholarly demands and conventions with existing library services and policies. Eight chapters contributed by experts in a variety of fields cover 3D content creation, VR visualization and analysis, 3D/VR-based educational deployment, and 3D/VR data curation, providing a snapshot of professional objectives and workflows that have developed around 3D/VR. Together, the chapters highlight three critical approaches for librarians and digital curators to consider as they use 3D/VR to support their communities: (1) treat the academic outputs that use 3D/VR as scholarly products; (2) build a 3D/VR scholarly community to support knowledge exchange across a range of stakeholder groups; and (3) develop technical tools, training, and infrastructure to support a 3D/VR research ecosystem. The report is available at https://www.clir.org/pubs-reports-pub176/. CLIR has appointed Carol A. Mandel Distinguished Presidential Fellow. Mandel is dean emerita of New York University (NYU) Libraries and currently serves on the CLIR Board. Mandel will systematically consider the societal and institutional frameworks that can expand scalable, sustainable approaches to preserving various types of digital content. Building on extensive work already done in the preservation community, she will frame and articulate issues and facilitate structured conversations to map potential sources of initiative and resources in different sectors. “As we confront the challenges of cultural heritage preservation in our digital age, the societal and institutional frameworks we have been operating under to capture and preserve documentary evidence for the future no longer match the nature and scale of the task,” said Mandel. “We have an outstanding digital preservation community continually expanding their work and expertise. My goal is to find ways to leverage that work to preserve the most content possible.” “CLIR has a distinguished history in promoting the preservation of our cultural heritage across many media,” said CLIR president Charles Henry. “Carol Mandel’s research, focusing on preserving digital content, will provide insight and acumen integral to help guide and manage our collective response to this uniquely complex and urgent challenge.” As dean of the NYU Division of Libraries from 1999 to 2018, Mandel oversaw the university’s libraries in New York, Abu Dhabi, and Shanghai; along with Campus Media Services and the NYU Press. Her work has focused on the reconceptualization and redesign of infrastructures, services, and partnerships to achieve the research library’s core mission in a digital multimedia age. Throughout her career, she has held leadership positions in organizations shaping new modes of collaboration and services, including serving as president of the Association of Research Libraries and chair of the boards of DLF and ArchivesSpace. Mandel was a member of the landmark 1996 Task Force on Digital Archiving convened by CLIR and RLG and of LC’s NDIIPP Advisory Board and has continued to work toward expanding digital preservation capacities. At NYU, she led the formation of a strong digital preservation program, which has included early and continuing work on web archiving, repository development, and ground-breaking work in audiovisual media preservation. Digital Library Federation (DLF) Director Bethany Nowviskie is leaving CLIR to serve as Dean of Libraries at James Madison University starting July 1, 2019. She will also join the tenured faculty of JMU’s Department of English. Over the coming months, Nowviskie will serve as senior advisor to DLF to ensure a smooth transition of her responsibilities, and has additionally been appointed a CLIR Distinguished Presidential Fellow. “It has been a great honor to serve DLF’s passionate and dedicated community over the past four years,” Nowviskie said, “and to guide a period in which we expanded both our mission and the vital perspectives present in our membership.” Under the auspices of its board of directors, CLIR will initiate a review of DLF to plan for the next iteration of the Federation, building on its strengths and assuring its continuity into the next decade. The review will involve the DLF advisory committee, CLIR Board, staff, and members of the DLF community. “As DLF approaches its 25th anniversary, we want to be sure that its programs and projects remain strong and strategically vital,” said CLIR Board Chairman Christopher Celenza. Joanne Kossuth, founding director of 1Mountain Road consultancy, will lead the review that will conclude in early 2020. “1MountainRoad is excited to embark on this journey to the future with the DLF and CLIR communities,” said Kossuth. “The committed membership provides many opportunities for collaboration, expanded communities of practice, and innovation.” Over the next few months, meetings will be held with DLF working groups and advisory boards to understand current activities, identify areas for growth, and explore ideas for future innovation. Meetings with staff and engagement in new planning activities for the Forum will focus on strengthening DLF as a CLIR program and as an international forum for collaboration and innovation. Working with CLIR leadership, strategic partnerships and participation will be reviewed, including the potential for a senior advisory committee on the review. At the conclusion of these meetings the feedback will be incorporated into planning for the next organizational steps and the 2020 Forum. Since Nowviskie’s appointment to DLF in 2015, she has worked energetically to expand, diversify, and engage the DLF community, fostering connections to liberal arts colleges, museums, archives, historically black colleges and universities, and civic data groups. “The contributions of DLF will continue to be integral to its communities of practice and to the evolution of digital technologies as a public good,” said CLIR President Charles Henry. “As CLIR’s mission and responsibilities expand to a global scale, DLF’s portfolio will similarly broaden, seeking new opportunities attendant on an increasingly complex and interdependent world digital environment.” More details of the review and its findings and recommendations will be published in the coming months. On February 27, CLIR president Charles Henry spoke with Radio New Zealand on the interaction of culture and technology, and “a future where texts, images, videos, and audio are all translated into multiple languages: a future of worldwide, online, open source library access.” Henry is in New Zealand to help celebrate the centenary of Wellington’s Alexander Turnbull Library. “Currently around the world, there are probably about 20 or 25 large digital library projects,” says Henry. “Advances in digital architecture and building platforms will allow these projects to interconnect … inexpensively and efficiently, and it is possible that within the next 10 years we will see a global digital library.” Conversations with staff at several of these large digital library projects indicate a will to work together. The idea will be further explored at three summit meetings to be held over the next several months. Listen to the full interview here. A new blog series, “Five Years of Listening,” focuses on the evolution of CLIR’s Digitizing Hidden Collections program and what we have learned. Five posts by CLIR director of global strategic initiatives and former senior program officer Nicole Kang Ferraiolo focus on topics such as the importance of listening to the community, promoting openness, and encouraging more equitable partnerships. Forthcoming posts will discuss inclusive grantmaking and next steps for the program. “Grant guidelines often appear static and immutable, but if you zoom out and look across funding cycles, they become living documents that evolve in response to the changing needs of the communities they serve,” said Ferraiolo. “With this series, I wanted to document the most important changes we’ve made to CLIR’s Digitizing Hidden Collections program over its first five cycles, reflect on how we got there, and consider the larger implications of ethics, community, and the responsibilities of grantmakers.” Nicole Kang Ferraiolo has been promoted to director of global strategic initiatives. She will help CLIR identify strategic opportunities and develop implementation plans, focusing on information resources in relation to climate change, human rights, and other global challenges. She previously led CLIR’s grantmaking programs, including Digitizing Hidden Collections and Recordings at Risk, and will continue to serve these initiatives in an advisory capacity; she will also continue her involvement with CLIR’s Mellon Dissertation Fellowships. In her new role, she will draw on her experience at CLIR, as well as her earlier work in the International Office of French Guiana’s Ministry of Education, and her work at Columbia University, where she managed programs on international history and global strategy. DLF assistant director Katherine Kim has left CLIR to pursue a writing residency in Barcelona, Spain. Kim, who joined the staff in 2016, had been primarily responsible for assisting the DLF director in budgeting, strategic planning, development and management of staffing and events, and in representing DLF to working groups, CLIR/DLF affiliates, and the wider community. &media=">	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14995
__label__cc	0.609635	0.390365	Home > Shows > Liberation of the Planet Liberation of the Planet Date Tuesday - January 8, 2013 Host John B. Wells Guests Cobra -, Robert Potter, Katherine Albrecht Filling in for George, John B. Wells welcomed the man code-named Cobra, who for 35 years has been in contact with an underground movement, resisting the dark forces attempting to control humanity. UFO contactee Rob Potter also joined the discussion about the nature of the dark forces, the havoc they have wreaked on Earth, and how the resistance movement is on the brink of a major breakthrough. Potter spoke about a recent trip to Egypt that he and Cobra led, and how they conducted meditations and "activations" at sites such as the Sphinx, and captured some unusual photographs of orbs, and other objects. They lit the Queen's Chamber at the Great Pyramid with a rose quartz crystal and Cobra started speaking in Pleiadian, he reported. Joining the show for about an hour, Cobra chose to speak with his voice masked by electronic modulation due to safety concerns. He described his contacts with an advanced underground civilization, the "Agartha Network," who are connected with the Pleiadians and other ET races. This network is helping to stabilize the situation on Earth, and has prevented WWIII and nuclear attacks from occurring, he explained. Cobra, who also claims to be in communication with beings from Planet X that are assisting in the resistance movement, said we are nearing the time when a galactic prophecy will unfold-- "a galactic network of light will be completed, and darkness will be no more." Potter filled in details on the identity of some of the dark forces. There are free floating Reptilian forms in the astral plane that have the ability to attach themselves to human auras and create negative, emotional conflicts, he said, as well as 'Archons,' beings mostly from the Orion system that have incarnated as humans and infiltrated positions of power. Potter and Cobra believe that Pleiadian technologies developed by the late Fred Bell, such as pyramid crystals and lasers can help the heal the planet. RFID School Ruling First hour guest, privacy advocate Katherine Albrecht reported that a court decision had been announced in the San Antonio school chipping case. High school student Andrea Hernandez lost her bid challenging her suspension, which she received for refusing to wear an RFID card around her neck. She'd claimed that the RFID card was the "Mark of the Beast" and objected to wearing it on religious grounds. Albrecht commented that the RFID technology, which is used to track students' whereabouts at all times, creates a police state mentality, and won't eliminate the threat of gun violence when it comes from students themselves. She also suggested that wearing an RFID lanyard, which contains an active electronic transmitter, is a health risk, particularly to developing children and teens. 2012portal.blogspot.com thepromiserevealed.com tachyonis.org babarobgod.blogspot.com katherinealbrecht.com spychips.com Spychips Bumper music from Tuesday January 08, 2013 Pentatonik Finally Moving Second Sky Ventilator Blues Plentitude Part 2 Soft Wave Let The Sky Fall I'm Out to Get You Money Laundering/ Natural Remedies Geopolitics & War Trends	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14998
__label__wiki	0.912812	0.912812	Microsoft dumps upgrade pricing for Office 2010 Retail pricing will increase costs for many users who already own older Office suites By Gregg Keizer Senior Reporter, Computerworld \| Microsoft today disclosed retail prices for Office 2010, and said it has no plans to offer "upgrade" editions -- the discounted versions for users who already have an earlier edition on their PCs. The move will effectively raise the price for many users who want to migrate from older editions of the popular suite. Microsoft also spelled out prices for its new "key cards," single-license codes that will be sold at up to 30% off boxed copy prices, for upgrading the Office Starter 2010 mini-suite that many computer makers are expected to preinstall on new PCs. Microsoft's trimmed the number of retail editions of Office 2010 for the general public to three, down from Office 2007's five. [ Become a Microsoft Office 365 administrator in record time with this quick start course from PluralSight. ] The boxed version of Office 2010 Home and Student, which includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote, comes with a price tag of $149, and lets a family install the suite on as many of three household PCs. A single-license key card will cost $119, 20% less than the boxed copy. Office 2010 Home and Business, which adds the Outlook e-mail client to the four applications available in Home and Student, runs $249 and can be installed on up to two of the buyer's PCs. A one-license key card will be priced at $199, a 20% savings. Adding Publisher and Access, the latter Microsoft's desktop database software, Office 2010 Professional will be priced at $499 and can be installed on a pair of PCs. The single-license key card, however, will run $349, a discount of 30%. The SKU Microsoft added to the retail line today is Professional Academic, an edition available to K-12 and college students, staff and faculty. The edition contains the same application mix as Office 2010 Professional, can be installed on up to two PCs and will cost $99. No key card option will be available for the academic edition. [ Related: Get to know the Chocolatey package manager for Windows ] Microsoft is making changes to more than the suite's editions, however. A company spokeswoman confirmed today that Microsoft does not plan to offer separate upgrade editions for Office 2010. That's a major departure from the past; Microsoft has traditionally sold upgrades at prices significantly less than the so-called "full" editions, which are designed for installing the suite on a PC sans Office. In the Office 2007 line, the Standard edition -- which contains the same applications as Office 2010 Home and Business -- costs $399.95 for the full version but only $239.95 for the upgrade, a savings of 40%. Office 2010 Home and Business, meanwhile, will cost $249 in the boxed version, effectively raising the price of the suite by $10 for people wanting to upgrade. The key card price of $199 for Office 2010 Home and Business is $40 less than the upgrade price of Office 2007 Standard, but it's a one-license deal; the boxed copy lets customers install the suite on two PCs. Office 2010 Professional will cost even more than the corresponding Office 2007 edition with the elimination of upgrade pricing. Microsoft sells the Office 2007 Professional upgrade for $329.95, but the boxed copy of the same edition of Office 2010 costs $499, a 51% increase. And Office 2010 Professional's single-license key card price of $349 is $20 higher than Office 2007 Professional's upgrade. New with Office 2010, Microsoft's product key card -- a small credit card-sized piece of plastic that includes a single license activation key -- is aimed at customers who have purchased a new PC with Office Starter 2010 preinstalled. Starter, which replaces the decades-old Microsoft Works suite, includes reduced functionality versions of Word and Excel, but lacks the PowerPoint and OneNote applications available on Home and Student. All the code for Home and Student, Home and Business, and Professional are installed on new PCs that offer Officer Starter; the key simply "unlocks" the appropriate version, eliminating the need to download additional software. Office Starter will include on-screen advertisements in the lower-right-hand corner of the Word and Excel windows; those ads, of course, vanish when a key card and its product activation key are used to upgrade to one of the paying editions. Microsoft will also offer two other SKUs to its volume license corporate customers: Office 2010 Standard, which includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote and Publisher; and Office Professional Plus, which adds Access, InfoPath, Communicator and SharePoint Workspace to the Standard mix. Those two editions will not be sold at retail. All versions of Office 2010 also come with Office Web Apps, the bare-bones online Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote applications that consumers can use for free via Windows Live and enterprise workers can access if their companies have an Office Software Assurance Plan. Office 2010 is scheduled to debut in June. The Microsoft spokeswoman said that the company would offer a promotion at some point before its release that will give buyers of Office 2007 a free or heavily-discounted copy of the new Office 2010 when it launches. Gregg Keizer covers Microsoft, security issues, Apple, Web browsers and general technology breaking news for Computerworld. Follow Gregg on Twitter @gkeizer, send e-mail at gkeizer@ix.netcom.com or subscribe to Gregg's RSS feed . Senior Reporter Gregg Keizer covers Windows, Office, Apple/enterprise, web browsers and web apps for Computerworld.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line14999
__label__wiki	0.669428	0.669428	Update: Google may pull out of China because of cyberattacks Google attack part of widespread spying effort Google may pull out of China after cyberattacks Google threatens to leave China after massive cyberattacks Google cyberattack probe includes employees But the company is being tight-lipped By Agam Shah U.S. Correspondent, IDG News Service \| Google's investigation of a cyberattack that rocked the company's infrastructure in mid-December includes a probe of its staff in China, a source familiar with the investigation said on Monday. The U.S. search giant last week said it had uncovered a "highly sophisticated and targeted attack" coming from China on its infrastructure that resulted in some of its intellectual property being stolen, Google said in a blog post. The attack on Google's servers in December targeted the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists. Google said it had decided to stop censoring search results in China, which could lead to the shutting down of the search engine and operations there. [ Prepare to become a Certified Information Security Systems Professional with this comprehensive online course from PluralSight. Now offering a 10-day free trial! ] Google is considering possible employee involvement in attacks as part of a thorough investigation, the source said. However, Google does not consider the attack an inside job, as 20 other companies were affected by similar intrusions originating from China, the source said. Companies including Adobe and Juniper have said they were targets. Google has a couple hundred employees in China. Employees there got an optional day off on Tuesday last week as the network was scanned and tested for inconsistencies. The network has been running and active for the last few days. Google officials declined comment on the topic.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line15000
__label__wiki	0.617987	0.617987	Digital data generated by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies is managed according to the data management guidelines, policies and procedures of James Cook University, the University of Queensland, Australian National University and the University of Western Australia. Our four node universities provide members of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies with training in the development and use of databases, catalogues and metadata to ensure that digital research data are retained in a durable, indexed and retrievable form. Digital data and metadata generated by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies is shared via multiple platforms. These platforms include external online repositories and databases (e.g. GenBank, eAtlas, Dryad), data journals (e.g. Scientific Data) and the JCU, UQ, ANU and UWA online data repositories: Tropical Data Hub James Cook University UQ eSpace University of Queensland ANU Data Commons Australian National University UWA Research Repository University of Western Australia The online data repositories of JCU, UQ, ANU and UWA are syndicated with the Australian Research Data Commons, and the associated metadata is made available via Research Data Australia to ensure that data is Managed, Connected, Discoverable and Reusable. Data loaded to the node’s online data repositories are provided with a DOI. Use the frame below or click on this link to explore ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies data via Research Data Australia. Members of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies must comply with the Centre’s Digital Data Management Policy and the research codes of conduct and data management policies and procedures of their institution. The focus of the Centre’s policy is on digital research data, but much of the information can also be applied to non-digital data. Make sure to include “ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies” as a subject key word when loading your data to the JCU, UQ, ANU or UWA online data repositories. This will enable your data to appear in the Centre’s Research Data Australia (RDA) interface. Contact your university data librarian if you wish to expose data held in external repositories (e.g. GenBank, Dryad) via the Centre’s RDA interface. There are many great resources available online on data management policy, procedure and practice. Check these out: How and why you should manage your research data: a guide for researchers \| Jisc (UK) Research Data Management \| Australian Research Council Guides and Resources \| Australian National Data Service (ANDS) Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research \| NHMRC	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line15004
__label__cc	0.691867	0.308133	This website uses cookies to improve your online experience. By using this site, you agree to this use. See our Cookies Policy for more information. More from Saga at www.saga.co.uk Share price: 46.90GBp -0.21p Saga plc Advisers and analysts Saga Shareholder Services Shareholder fraud Saga people are core to our brand. We recognise that their energy, passion and customer advocacy drives Saga’s success, and we’re incredible proud of their ability and creativity. This year we’ve continued to invest heavily in our people, and focused key activities to embed The Saga Way further. It encourages our people to be brave and challenge, strive to deliver exceptional service to our customers, whilst creating a purpose and belonging to what we call The Saga Family. Diversity and having an employee base that brings different perspectives, backgrounds and ways of thinking is very important to our business. Our policy is that full and fair consideration is given to applications for employment by all applicants, including those with disabilities, and for continuing the employment of employees who become disabled during employment. We are committed to treating all employees fairly and offering equal opportunities in all aspects of employment and advancement. We’re proud to give something back. Saga is a major employer in Thanet, Folkestone, Hastings and Redhill. We recognise our responsibilities to the communities from which we draw potential recruits and also aim to be a good neighbour to local residents. After seeking the opinion of many Saga customers and employees, we are proud that The Silver Line is Saga’s first ever national charity partner. This is a great fit with our ethos as, like The Silver Line, making the lives of people better is at the heart of what we are here to do. Saga conducts business in an ethical and transparent way. Policies to support recognised human rights principles include those on non-discrimination, health and safety and environmental issues. Saga has a zero tolerance approach to bribery and corruption. Saga is committed to protecting the health, safety and welfare of employees, customers and anyone affected by our operations. We have a positive health and safety culture and seek to improve continuously health and safety performance. Greenhouse emissions We quantify and report our organisational GHG emissions in alignment with the GHG Protocol, which includes alignment with the Scope 2 Guidance (reporting Scope 2 purchased electricity using both the location-based and the market-based methodology). These relationships are fundamental to our business model. We work very closely with our suppliers to deliver the products and services to the standard our customers expect. Gender Pay Review © Saga 2017	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line15006
__label__wiki	0.585608	0.585608	Home > Health & Fitness > Body Health > Rachael Farrokh, 20kg Anorexic Woman, Is on Her Way to Recovery Rachael Farrokh, 20kg Anorexic Woman, Is on Her Way to Recovery She’s an advocate for ED awareness. Earlier this year, Rachael Farrokh was almost on the verge of death, weighing just 20kg after anorexia left her frail and sick. But after she put out a desperate call for help on GoFundMe, she raised nearly R274 000 – and has made a tremendous recovery. Related: The Myths and Realities of Eating Disorders At first, she was treated at home, then taken to a nearby hospital where she underwent physical and mental therapy. In recent months, she has been admitted to a treatment centre in Portugal. Though she’s still frail and has a hard time standing and walking on her own, she has gained weight and looks very different than she did a few months ago. ‘I’m excited about life, because what was a glimmer of hope three months ago has turned into a certainty to live,’ she wrote on Facebook. ‘I regained the clarity and strength of my mind.’ Related: WATCH: A Woman’s Terrifying Battle with Eating Disorders She has been walking several times a day, for 15 minutes at a time, in hopes that her leg muscles will strengthen and help her balance. According to her doctor, who posted on Farrokh’s Facebook page with her permission, her mental recovery has been quick and she feels hopeful rather than despondent. She has a ‘rescue cat’ who keeps her company during treatment, and is even thinking of gardening on her terrace. ‘I was finally treated with respect,’ Farrokh told NBC Southern California. ‘I didn’t know that I deserved it.’ NBC Southern California With the blessing of her medical team, Farrokh has travelled to Washington for the second annual March Against ED, fighting for eating disorder awareness. The group is lobbying law-makers about the Anna Westin Act, a comprehensive eating disorders bill that would train health professionals and teachers, clarify mental health laws, and ask the Federal Trade Commission to investigate digitally altered ads’ effect on eating disorders. Related: Portia de Rossi’s Eating Disorder Shame Rachael Farrokh and her husband, Rod Edmondson, at the March Against ED rally in Washington. NBC Southern California ‘I have so many people backing me now and I have a platform to actually create this awareness, so to sit on the sidelines is impossible for me,’ Farrokh told NBC Southern California. This article was originally published on Cosmopolitan.com Read more body health Read more mind health Read more celeb news More from Body Health Ashley Graham gets real about having sex while pregnant The best exercises for toned arms you can do while watching series 4 exercise moves to get your best butt that aren’t just basic squats Apparently the ultimate cure for insomnia involves actually getting out of bed by Andie Reeves	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line15007
__label__cc	0.621772	0.378228	Home > Politics > What you need to know about South Africa’s new revenge porn laws What you need to know about South Africa’s new revenge porn laws Leaking nudes and sex tapes is a crime with actual jail time 😊 South Africa’s ‘revenge porn’ laws are here to put the leakers of nudes and sex tapes behind bars. So if your psycho ex-partner is making threats or worse, here’s what you need to know to put them in jail for being trash. Related: Rob Kardashian is Posting Revenge Porn About Blac Chyna and It’s Effed Up What is revenge porn? Essentially, it refers to leaked nudes or sex tapes, usually posted by an ex. And it’s happened to many people, including Blac Chyna. Revenge porn is a violation and it’s now illegal in South Africa. Sharing nudes or explicit videos of someone without their permission is fcked up. There is no consent in revenge porn. You may have agreed for your partner to see the private image (at that time), but not consented for him/her/them to share it. Yet, it’s done anyway – often out of spite or after a break-up to get back at an ex. The point of revenge porn is often to shame or humiliate the victim. Revenge porn is typically leaked on social media, but can also be uploaded onto porn sites (who profit from revenge porn, but that’s a whole other conversation). Related: Are You Watching Consensual Pornography? Here’s How to Know You’re Watching Ethical Porn Leaking nudes is now a crime When someone makes (or even threatens to make) your private life public, it can be terrifying for the victim. You may feel like there’s nothing you can do. But this is changing. President Ramaphosa amended the Films and Publications Bill to include this modern crime, The South African reports. The law now prohibits the distribution of revenge porn. So, leaking nudes is now a crime. The law finally caught up with the Internet. And as a criminal offence, the law takes these acts seriously. Offenders can be jailed. In the US, Blac Chyna was granted a restraining order against Rob Kardashian after he posted revenge porn. But in South Africa, the punishment is a little more severe… Related: Blac Chyna Granted Restraining Order Against Rob Kardashian Following Revenge Porn Incident You can be thrown in jail for the following: Knowingly sharing private nudes or sex tapes without the prior consent of any individual featured. Sharing this kind of content with the intention of causing harm or distress. Uploading nudes in which the victim can be clearly identified. Related: Taylor Swift Just Liked the Shadiest Post Calling Kanye West Out for “Revenge Porn” How long is the jail time? Offenders will face both jail sentences and fines if found guilty of posting revenge porn. There’s a maximum jail sentence of two years for basic offences and a fine of up to R150 000. But it gets way worse if the offender posts a film/pic in which the victim can be identified. If the victim can be recognised, the prison time for the offender doubles to four years. PLUS, a double financial penalty of R300 000. It sounds like justice to me. This would include, for example, nudes that include a face. Try not to send these, BTW – rather crop out your face when sexting. Related: Why Gigaba’s Leaked Sex Tape Reminds Us to Stay Safe When Sexting More often than not, this happens to young women and girls. So, share the knowledge and let’s give victims and potential victims a chance at justice here. It’s common for victims to feel totally helpless in these situations. Let’s start taking the power back. The next time you hear of someone trying this vile tactic, just know that the law is on your side to get the a*hole thrown in jail. Read more Politics Akon is creating Akon City in Senegal with his own cyptocurrency Akoin Here’s what Donald Trump’s impeachment actually means So President Donald Trump’s birth chart, um, explains a lot	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line15008
__label__wiki	0.585922	0.585922	Louisville basketball makes top eight for 2019 recruit Rocket Watts Rocket Watts had an impressive first weekend in the July evaluation period, and Louisville basketball had coaches at each game. Louisville basketball makes top eight for 2019 recruit Rocket Watts Rocket Watts had an impressive first weekend in the July evaluation period, and Louisville basketball had coaches at each game. Check out this story on courier-journal.com: http://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/college/louisville/2018/07/15/louisville-basketball-2019-guard-rocket-mark-watts/785579002/ Jeff Greer, Louisville Courier Journal Published 7:19 p.m. ET July 15, 2018 \| Updated 10:10 p.m. ET July 15, 2018 Mark "Rocket" Watts, a Michigan guard, was one of the standout performers at the Peach Jam Invitational in July.(Photo: Jon Lopez, Nike) One of the top guards in the Class of 2019 on Sunday night trimmed the list of schools he is considering, and Louisville made the cut. Mark Watts, who goes by his nickname "Rocket," included the Cardinals in the group of eight programs still in the hunt for him. The 6-foot-2 guard also named Connecticut, Florida State, Michigan, Michigan State, Missouri, Oregon and Xavier among his leaders. ‼️🙏🏾 pic.twitter.com/104MjYN4Fg — Rocket X Watts X jr (@RocketWatts) July 15, 2018 The announcement on Twitter came after an impressive showing at Nike's Peach Jam Invitational the past few days in South Carolina. Watts scored 43 points in a game on Saturday with Louisville coach Chris Mack in the stands. He also totaled 29 points in a game on Thursday. ► Louisville pledge Josh Nickelberry recruiting teammates for Cards ► Louisville basketball target Jaelyn Withers strives for more attention ► Matt Hanna's time with Louisville is already over, Chris Mack says Ranked between Nos. 31-50 in the country by the three major recruiting services, Watts is a consensus four-star guard. He is the top player in Michigan, where he plays for Old Redford Academy. The Detroit native was an all-state selection this past season after averaging 25.4 points, 5.9 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game. Watts played for Team USA's Under-18 squad last month, too, helping the Americans win gold at the FIBA Americas. Louisville has been tracking Watts the past few months, and Mack and his staff at Xavier were recruiting him before they switched to the Cards in March. Louisville had a coach at each of Watts's games in South Carolina, an indication of serious interest from the Cards. Watts visited Louisville's campus in June. He has also visited Michigan, Michigan State and Missouri in recent months. David Johnson leads Louisville basketball to massive win at Duke Calipari ejection sparks UK to win at Arkansas UK basketball target appreciates John Calipari keeping it 'real' with him Cawood Ledford gets his due, long overdue Louisville boxer Carlos Dixon rolling with the punches B.J. Boston ready for the bright lights of playing for Kentucky	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line15011
__label__wiki	0.893838	0.893838	Main page » A-Z Artists » F » Froese, Jerome The son of Edgar Froese, was a Tangerine Dream member for years. Brücken + Froese - Beginn Artist: Jerome Froese & Claudia Brücken When two icons of electronic music team up for a collaborative project, the result is destined to become something extraordinary. New album “Beginn” is a deft fusion of the talents of Claudia Brücken – famously the lead vocalist of revered German avant-pop 80s group Propaganda – and Jerome Froese – who, as son of electronic music pioneer and Tangerine Dream founder Edgar Froese, was himself a driving force and member of Tangerine Dream during one of their most successful and creative phases. Tangerine Dream, the German band widely credited as being the founding fathers of the whole ‘ambient’ genre. Brücken’s unmistakable voice covers an astounding bandwidth from ethereally fragile to experienced diva. Her unique vocals blend into fascinating electronic song structures that mix Froese’s trademark Guitartronica with synth-led gems that range from the loungecore to the experimental. Some tracks resonate as if an electronic re-imagining of the intricacies of the celebrated shoe-gaze sound of the Cocteau Twins. Other tracks pay equal homage to the fascinating electro-cool of the early 80s New Wave; whereas throughout, the underpinning of dextrous breakbeat attacks are, also, often in evidence. ‘Beginn’ is a hybrid maelstrom of electronic sounds and sonic dreamscapes. It demonstrates the influence of both Froese’s and Brücken’s acclaimed output to date: Froese’s solo work and the Tangerine Dream albums he partook in and Brücken’s long and varied career as an icon of electronic pop in Propaganda, Act, OneTwo and as a distinguished solo artist. Suzanne Freytag, Brücken’s co-vocalist in Propaganda, also collaborates on the song ‘Sweet Sense [of] Liberation’, the album’s lead single. ‘Beginn’ – a work of electronic art that evokes a compelling and fascinating aesthetic at the same time as having mesmerisingly catchy pop moments. Jerome Froese + Ulrich Schnauss - Unpleasant Poems Artist: Jerome Froese & Ulrich Schnauss Ground Liftaz re-released the tracks of all three vinyl 12" singles by TDJ Rome on one CD, together with two additional tracks by Ethereal 77 (aka Ulrich Schnauss). Unpleasant Poems is filled with Drum n' Bass and Breakbeat tunes which were created by both artists in their spare time. Definately worth a listen! Jerome Froese - #! (Shebang) Artist: Jerome Froese LTD: 500 #! (Shebang) EP: The first solo release by Jerome Froese since 2012 contains two completely new tracks which are more electronic than on the previous EP's + his famous guitartronica experiments. Third one is an all new version of the 2005 track "At Marianas Trench" from his debut album "Neptunes". Jerome Froese - C8 H10 N4 O2 Special limited edition, numbered single. Composed, arranged, produced and performed by: Jerome Froese, Berlin, Germany, July 2004. Guitars & guitar FX: Jerome Froese A unique track. Very catchy and rhythmic. Jerome Froese - Einzelkind First part of the “Moonloop” series, announced some time ago. Every issue of this product will contain a specific motto and two titles of music. On this EP you'll find two tracks loaded with energy and Jerome's trademark guitartronica sound. Most sounds on the second track were taken fom old video and handheld consoles. Don't miss this one, it's limited to 500 copies. Jerome Froese - Far Side of the Face New tracks, one together with Johannes Schmölling. Weight: 0,105 kg per piece Jerome Froese - Nightshade Family (live album) After quite a lot of requests for a live album by Jerome Froese we'll bring you "Nightshade Family" an album from one of Jerome's few concerts in the past, containing the whole set without overdubs. Enjoy some outstanding "Guitartronica" sounds from this seven time grammy nominated artist. Here the last copy! Jerome Froese - Preventive Medicine LTD 500 After a short non-commercial break, it's time now to come back to life. First aid will come in terms of the "Preventive Medicine" EP which is meant to be a follow up to the 2007 release "Precooked Munchies". In contrast to last time, "Preventive Medicine" will be a factory manufactured release (no CD-R!) limited to 500 copies. It contains four new tracks incl. one from Jerome's next studio album. Jerome Froese - Radio Pluto LTD: 1000 An official preview release for Jerome's upcoming full length album "Neptunes". The EP with two album cuts and one unreleased track. Jerome Froese - Shiver Me Timbers After two years of work and a few delays, the second solo album by Jerome Froese is finally available. Like on "Neptunes" everything you hear is mainly based on guitars but in some places it sounds quite different to its predecessor. You'll find spheric guitar walls and arppegios as well as distorted and disturbing moments. "Shiver Me Timbers" opens another chapter which is definitely linked to Jerome's handwriting. Jerome Froese - Speed of Snow ... Jerome is quite impressive and the music he releases is sure to be a classic. Three great exclusive tracks! The tracks sound like TD, Jerome and Ulrich Schnauss. Gentle, rhythmic and sets the highlight on the melodies. Loom - Scored Artist: Loom This is the live recording of their concert in 2011 in Eindhoven NL. Best recording quality on a double CD. The musicians play tracks by Schmölling and by TD from the time when Schmölling was still a member of the group. Loom - The Tree Hates The Forest The first studio CD by Loom. Produced by the three musicians with the best melodies and best sound we could expect. What else does a real EM-Fan need? Loom - Years in Music Recorded live at the UFA Fabrik on March 5th 2016 - Berlin All tracks performed and mixed by Loom (Jerome Froese, Johannes Schmoelling & Rob Waters) The musicians play tracks by Loom,Schmölling and by TD. Tangerine Dream - Axiat Artist: Tangerine Dream AXIAT is a new compilation arranged by the former longtime TD member Jerome Froese. A mixture of his finest compositions within Tangerine Dream. Enjoy some smooth and many energetic tracks! Tangerine Dream - Melrose (Private Version) Jerome Froese joins Edgar Froese and Paul Haslinger for another intense foray into the world of electronic music. Up-tempo tracks such as "Melrose", "Yucatan" and "Rolling Down Cahuenga" predominate, fiery, percussive and minor in tone with structures that build and stirring percussive beats that drive ever-forward. The interspersed slower tracks are a nice compliment to all of this, gentle and really very pretty (especially the wistful closing selection, "Cool at Heart"). Saxophonist Hubert Waldner, who also played on the group's previous release, "Lily on the Beach", joins the core trio here as well, wailing away to great effect on the opening track. What I like about Tangerine Dream's work is that it is unapologetically electronic, making full use of synthesizers by playing to their strengths--variety, volume and modernity--rather than trying to use the keyboards to emulate the sound of, say, string orchestras or folk instruments (which they really can't match ...yet...). By taking this approach, Tangerine Dream creates vibrant, new music--richly textured, intelligently structured, and all their own. Klaus Schulze - Audentity Biosphere - Senja Recordings	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line15013
__label__wiki	0.981016	0.981016	World No 1 Serena Williams in battle to be fit for US Open after suffering horror injury By Sportsmail Reporter Updated: 02:39 EST, 20 July 2010 World number one Serena Williams will miss three tournaments ahead of the US Open after cutting her foot on broken glass in a restaurant last week. The 28-year-old underwent an operation after suffering the injury and has been ruled out of the hardcourt events in Istanbul, Cincinnati and Montreal. Cut above: Serena Williams will miss three tournaments The last of those events, the Rogers Cup in Montreal, begins on August 16 with the US Open commencing at Flushing Meadows a fortnight later. 'I'm so upset I won't be able to play in the upcoming events because of this foot surgery,' Williams told the WTA Tour website, www.wtatour.com. 'Thank you for all of your support. I can't wait to get back on the courts.' Williams has not played on the WTA Tour since winning her 13th grand slam title at Wimbledon, when she beat Vera Zvonareva in straight sets earlier this month. Mike Dickson's World of Tennis: Better from Britain but don't get carried away Oliver Golding bids for Great Britain gold at Junior Olympics in Singapore EXCLUSIVE: Brit Bloomfield's match with Rochus in £1m betting probe Serena Williams to miss US Open build-up after broken glass horror injury Get the Tennis RSS feed 'My intention was to get the ball and I got it wrong. I'm sorry': Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang apologises for red-card tackle on Crystal Palace midfielder Max Meyer as Arsenal striker begins three-game suspension	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line15018
__label__wiki	0.972153	0.972153	Drew Barrymore steals the scene as she films new TV show Knife Fight... despite being behind the camera as producer By J J Anisiobi She was not supposed to be the centre of attention, but her natural flare for the spotlight was unstoppable. Drew Barrymore was seen making a spectacle of herself on the set of her new television show Knife Fight, in Los Angeles, on Wednesday. The 38-year-old is the executive producer of the new culinary programme that is described as 'a celebration of food'. Lights, camera, action: Drew Barrymore was seen making a scene as she filmed new television programme Knife Fight on Wednesday However, her behind the scenes role couldn't stop her from taking centre stage as she showed her natural flare for being in front of the camera. After sitting down and enjoying a freshly prepared meal Drew was seen jumping up onto her chair in true theatrical style. The E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial actress appeared to be very animated about something as she threw her hands up and shouted across the room. Get stuck in: Drew is executive producer of the new cooking competition show Top draw: Drew's behind the scenes role couldn't stop her from taking centre stage as she showed her natural flare for being in front of the camera Barrymore may be a big fan of food but she clearly hasn't been overdoing it with large meal portions. The star looked in great shape as she wore a loose fitting black and white top and a pair of slim fitting jeans. Knife Fight is a brand new cooking competition series that will air on the Esquire Network and stars Top Chef winner Ilan Hall. A big deal: The Hollywood superstar has made some television shows in the past that were not very successful Good direction: Barrymore may be a fan of food but she clearly hasn't been overdoing it with large meal portions The venture into television show production is not Barrymore's first after her dismal outing with Charlie's Angels. ABC, who originally commissioned the programme, cancelled the revival of the 1970s classic show after just four episodes. Although the series ran for a total of eight episodes it never broke the expected ten million viewers barrier. Silver fox: The cooking competition will star chef Raphael Lunetta All white: Chef Lunetta and Neal Fraser were seen discussing their work after serving up some food	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line15019
__label__wiki	0.970713	0.970713	Premier League team of the week: Liverpool, Man City and Chelsea stars feature PREMIER LEAGUE TEAM OF THE WEEK: Starsport bring you our best XI from the weekend of Premier League action. Sign up to FREE daily email alerts from Daily Star - Football There was plenty of entertainment over the weekend in England’s top flight. Chelsea edged out Arsenal 3-2 in a thrilling London derby, while Brighton deservedly put Manchester United to the sword by the same scoreline. Manchester City stormed to the top of the table by hammering Huddersfield 6-1, while Tottenham, Liverpool, Bournemouth and Watford also maintained 100% starts to the season. But which individual players stood out across the weekend? GK: Neil Etheridge (Cardiff) The first Filipino to play in the Premier League has adapted to top flight life with ease, saving penalties in both games so far. His injury-time spot-kick save from Kenedy against Newcastle on Saturday secured a point that could prove crucial come the end of the season. Kept a clean sheet despite the Magpies mustering six shots on target. RB: Kieran Trippier (Tottenham) Rested for the opening day win at Newcastle, England’s World Cup hero returned to the Spurs line-up in the same wing-back role he excelled at in Russia. Bombed up and down the right flank all day long as Spurs put Fulham to the sword at Wembley, and his belting free-kick restored the lead after the Cottagers had equalised. Looks set to keep Serge Aurier out of the team now. Benjamin Mendy (Image: GETTY) (Image: GETTY) CB: Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) Continued his brilliant first few months as a Reds player with a commanding display at the heart of defence. A Palace frontline containing Wilfried Zaha and Christian Benteke was reduced to just two shots on target as the Dutchman dominated. Jurgen Klopp said: "I don't know a lot of centre-backs in the world who can deal with Christian Benteke like Van Dijk did.” CB: Shane Duffy (Brighton) A first Premier League goal for the Ireland international was well deserved as part of a brilliant display against Manchester United. With centre-back Lewis Dunk, who played the whole of last season alongside Duffy, off injured early on, Leon Balogun slotted in next to him, and the duo kept the Red Devils quiet. After the game he said: "It was a great moment. I'm happy it has come early in the season so it doesn't play in my head a little bit.” LB: Benjamin Mendy (Manchester City) You’d have been forgiven for thinking City could not get any better than they were last season, but with the left-back now back from injury, maybe they could. His cavalier approach down the flank and unbelievable crossing ability played a role in several of the goals as Pep Guardiola’s men trounced Huddersfield 6-1. Kevin De Bruyne was out injured, and Raheem Sterling, Leroy Sane and Riyad Mahrez were all left on the bench, but the France star provided more than enough creativity from a wing-back role. RM: Richarlison (Everton) The Brazilian ace continued his lively start to life at Everton with a third goal in two matches. A thumping header scored from a Theo Walcott cross was impressive and the youngster showed off some fantastic touches throughout. Looks a different player to the one who toiled in the second half of last season at Watford. CM: Jorginho (Chelsea) The Italy international appears to have already revolutionised the Chelsea midfield. Freeing up N’Golo Kante to get forward more and making Ross Barkley rediscover his mojo, Jorginho is the middle man of an exciting midfield three. Starts deep but with a licence to push on, the former Napoli man made 99 passes against Arsenal - more than anybody else - as the Blues won 3-2. CM: James Maddison (Leicester) After showing flashes of class in the defeat to Manchester United on opening day, the summer signing from Norwich proved he has what it takes in the Premier League with a man-of-the-match display against Wolves. In truth, Leicester were a bit lucky - with their first strike an own goal and Maddison’s effort noticeably deflected. But the playmaker was at the heart of all their best moves, and looks to be well on his way to filling the Riyad Mahrez void. LM: Solly March (Brighton) Several Brighton players could have made it into this XI after a great team performance against United, but the winger was one of the most lively - particularly in the first half where all three goals were scored. His cross for Glenn Murray’s opener was top drawer, and he could have scored himself when he pounced on an Eric Bailly mistake. Showed a winning mentality after the game when he said: “I was happy with the assist but I still feel I can do more attacking.” CF: Sergio Aguero (Manchester City) The best striker in Premier League history? There is certainly a case for it, and a brilliant ninth hat-trick in England’s top flight underlined that. The Argentinian is one of the smartest finishers around, and the way he made a mug of Huddersfield’s Ben Hamer with a brilliant lob for the first goal summed up his genius. Overtook Robin van Persie in the all-time Premier League goalscoring charts and pulled level with Teddy Sheringham in 10th with 146 - Les Ferdinand and Michael Owen are firmly in his sights. CF: Callum Wilson (Bournemouth) There’s something about the Bournemouth striker that makes him excel at the start of every season, when he’s not injured. Three years on from his hat-trick against West Ham at Upton Park, the 26-year-old scored a memorable solo effort where he dribbled half the field, beat multiple defenders and made a mug of Lukasz Fabianski. Could have scored more if it wasn’t for the Pole - but the forward is off to a great start with two goals from two. Conor McgregorDonald Cerrone taken to hospital with broken nose after Conor McGregor UFC 246 defeatDonald 'Cowboy' Cerrone was destroyed by a rampant Conor McGregor in a 46-second blitz at UFC 245 in their Las Vegas showdown Premier LeagueLiverpool vs Man Utd ‘could be off’ says Lee Dixon in Twitter postArsenal legend Lee Dixon shared a snap of foggy surroundings while driving to Merseyside for the Premier League clash Marcus RashfordMarcus Rashford hint dropped by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as he gives Liverpool updateManchester United are sweating on Marcus Rashford's availability as he is suffering from a back injury but may still play vs Liverpool at Anfield in the Premier League today Premier LeagueTransfer news LIVE: Man Utd face Bruno Fernandes battle, Liverpool and Arsenal updatesManchester United are threatening to walk away from Bruno Fernandes talks, while Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea all look to strengthen this month NflTitans tipped to beat Chiefs as Ryan Tannehill backed to 'go Tom Brady' on playoffsThe Tennessee Titans travel to Kansas City on Sunday to take on the Chiefs in the AFC Championship game, with the winner booking their spot at Super Bowl LIV.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line15021
__label__wiki	0.758577	0.758577	Nation Politics 22 Oct 2019 Mamata Banerjee does ... Nation, Politics Mamata Banerjee doesn't follow Constitution: BJP leader Vijayvargiya The meeting was scheduled to be held at the Zilla Parishad Guest House in Dhamakhali of North 24 Parganas district on Tuesday. BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Tuesday accused the Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal of not following the Indian Constitution. (Photo: File) New Delhi: BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Tuesday accused the Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal of not following the Indian Constitution. He made the comments after the District Magistrate (DM) of North 24 Parganas Chaitali Chakrabarti asked West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar to seek permission from the state government in order to hold a meeting with district officials. "The West Bengal government is Mamata Banerjee's government. It does not follow the Constitution. If the Governor of the state has to take permission it implies that Mamata Ji's law works in West Bengal and not the country's law," Vijayvargiya told ANI. Asked on Banerjee's stand on the NRC, Vijayvargiya said that it is the decision of the central government whether or not to implement the exercise in West Bengal. "Mamata Banerjee is the Chief Minister of West Bengal and not the Prime Minister. It's a central government's decision whether to implement the NRC or not, why is she so worried? If the Centre decides to implement NRC, she will not be able to do anything about it as it will be the central government's decision," he remarked. His remarks came after Banerjee on Monday reiterated that the NRC will not be implemented in West Bengal as it will "destroy peace" and asserted that every person residing in the state is a citizen of India. The TMC supremo has been a vocal opponent of the NRC exercise which was recently implemented in Assam. Catch the latest news, live coverage and in-depth analyses from India and World. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Tags: kailash vijayvargiya, west bengal, mamata banerjee Location: India, Delhi, New Delhi Mumbai Marathon: 64-year-old runner dies of heart attack Kerala takes war against CAA to Supreme Court Deepika Padukone should hire me: Ramdev Nirbhaya case: SC dismisses curative pleas filed by 2 death row convicts 3 soldiers killed, 1 missing as Avalanche strikes Army post in J&K Delhi HC asks cops to seize WhatsApp group members' phone linked to JNU attack	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line15022
__label__wiki	0.983392	0.983392	Another Vermont inmate dies in Pennsylvania prison Herbert Rodgers, convicted of burning his ex-wife with lye, dies of a 'medical issue' in Pennsylvania facility. Another Vermont inmate dies in Pennsylvania prison Herbert Rodgers, convicted of burning his ex-wife with lye, dies of a 'medical issue' in Pennsylvania facility. Check out this story on delawareonline.com: http://bfpne.ws/2AVQ3em Elizabeth Murray, Free Press Staff Writer Published 6:24 p.m. ET Dec. 18, 2017 In this undated photo released by Vermont State Police, Herbert Rodgers, 52, is seen. The White River Junction man has been arrested on several domestic assault charges after he allegedly poured some type of acid on a woman, critically burning her over 80 percent of her body. Rodgers was being held Sunday, June 10, 2007, by Lebanon, N.H., police on aggravated first degree domestic assault, domestic assault, unlawful restraint and maiming. (AP Photo/Vermont State Police)(Photo: AP) A man convicted of pouring lye on his ex-wife and burning her beyond recognition has died in Pennsylvania's Camp Hill prison facility. The death was the third of a Vermont prisoner in three months. Herbert Rodgers, 62, was pronounced dead at about 11 a.m. Monday at Harrisburg Hospital in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the Vermont Department of Corrections said in a statement. "It appears the death was related to a medical issue," the department said. Deputy Commissioner Mike Touchette wrote in an email that he could not answer additional questions about Rodgers' medical care, citing medical privacy laws. He said the cause of death would remain unknown until the release of a death certificate. Rodgers had been serving a 30-to-70-year sentence for maiming following the lye attack in Thetford in 2007 and his conviction several years later, according to Burlington Free Press archives. The Vermont Corrections Department said Rodgers' maximum release date was July 26, 2077. More: Diary: Inmate got over-the-counter drugs before cancer death The Corrections Department has opened an investigation into Rodgers' death, according to the statement. An autopsy will be performed. Shown is the the front sign at the State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, where a newly cleared wing is set to house inmates from other prisons that could close, Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, in Camp Hill, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy) (Photo: Marc Levy, AP) Rodgers' ex-wife, Carmen Tarleton, received a face transplant in Boston after the lye attack, in which she was burned over more than 80 percent of her body. Rodgers was among more than 200 Vermont inmates being housed at the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections facility since June. He also had been jailed at the previous out-of-state facility in Michigan. Vermont contracts with facilities outside the state to ease prison overcrowding. More: Second Vermont inmate dies in less than one month Rodgers was the second Vermont inmate to die in Pennsylvania during the six months Vermonters have been housed there. A third inmate also died last month within several weeks of his return from the out-of-state facility. In November, Timothy Adams, 59, died after returning to Vermont "so that he could be closer to family as he managed a medical matter," Touchette wrote in an email at the time. Adams was serving a sentence of 16-35 years for convictions in Franklin County for sexual assault, aggravated domestic assault and kidnapping. Carmen Tarleton, a Thetford woman who received a face transplant six months ago to replace the one her husband burned beyond recognition in 2007, turned to writing and music as a way to heal emotional wounds during a painful and slow physical recovery. (Photo: MADDIE MCGARVEY/FREE PRESS, MADDIE MCGARVEY/FREE PRESS) In October, Roger Brown, 68, died at the SCI Camp Hill facility in Pennsylvania. The Vermont Department of Corrections also said authorities believed his death was related to a medical issue. More: Vermont inmate dies in Pennsylvania facility, officials say Vermont Defender General Matt Valerio said last month his office is investigating Adams' and Brown's deaths. He said both men suffered from cancer. An attempt to reach Valerio on Monday regarding Rodgers' death was unsuccessful. Contact Elizabeth Murray at 651-4835 or emurray@freepressmedia.com. Follow her on Twitter at @LizMurrayBFP. Read or Share this story: http://bfpne.ws/2AVQ3em	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line15024
__label__wiki	0.888372	0.888372	Congress MPs stage walkout from LS in protest against Unnao incident New Delhi [India], Dec 6 (ANI): Congress MPs on Friday staged a walkout from Lok Sabha protesting against the Unnao incident where a rape survivor was set ablaze. Speaking in the Lok Sabha earlier today, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said: "The Unnao victim has 95 per cent burns, what is going on in the country? On one hand there is a Lord Ram temple being built and on the other Sita Maiya (Goddess Sita) is being set ablaze. How are criminals feeling so emboldened?"The rape survivor, who is battling for life in New Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital, had filed a case in March this year which is under trial at a local court in Unnao. According to the police, on Thursday five men identified as Shubham, Shivam, Harishankar, Umesh and Ram Kishore, had allegedly thrown kerosene on the woman and set her ablaze when she was on her way to the court for a hearing in the rape case. On Thursday, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had taken cognisance of the incident and said that the treatment of the victim will be carried out on the government's expense and strict action will be taken against the accused. The 23-year-old survivor was airlifted from Lucknow's SMC government hospital to Safdarjung Hospital last night. (ANI)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line15025
__label__cc	0.559263	0.440737	The latest news from DEME DEME completes Elia’s Modular Offshore Grid subsea export cable installation well ahead of schedule DEME successfully completed the installation of 85 km of subsea export cable for Elia’s Modular Offshore Grid, deploying the state-of-the-art cable installation vessel ‘Living Stone’. The cable connects Elia’s Offshore Switch Yard to the shore station Stevin at Zeebrugge, as well as the Rentel wind farm Offshore Substation. ‘Living Stone’ collected the cable at the manufacturer Hellenic Cable in Greece , transported it to the site in Belgium and performed a flawless cable installation, offshore jointing and four pull-ins. With the innovative cable installation system on board of ‘Living Stone’, works have been completed in record time and well ahead of schedule. The unique dual-lane cable installation system, consisting of two cable highways - can install one cable while the next cable can be simultaneously prepared on deck, including the installation of the cable protection system (CPS). “This is again a very successful job executed by the ‘Living Stone’. It was great to see all plans worked out without any set back,” says Marco Kanaar, Project Director at DEME Offshore. “Usually with a new, complex vessel such as the ‘Living Stone’ you might expect some teething problems, however it was great to see that our crew had already ironed out any potential issues beforehand. Definitely the great team spirit between our marine crew and project team and certainly the constructive approach from our client Elia have been instrumental to the success.” “The MOG plays an essential role in the transition towards more renewable energy. We are especially proud that Elia can act as a pioneer in this regard,” says Tom Pietercil, Project Director at Elia. “The project has been completed in record time: the first agreements were made with the authorities in March 2016, and the MOG will be operational this September. This is the result of good cooperation between all partners in the project.” “It is a great pleasure to confirm the safe and fast completion of another project ahead of schedule,” says Hugo Bouvy, Managing Director of DEME Offshore. "The offshore crew of the ‘Living Stone’ as well as our dedicated project team have provided high quality services and workmanship. This significant achievement once again demonstrates DEME Offshore’s expertise in engineering and execution of cable lay projects. It definitely marks our continued growth in what DEME Offshore recognises as a crucial market for the world’s future energy needs." The Belgian Modular Offshore Grid submarine power cable project was awarded in August 2017. DEME also deployed the newest trailing suction hopper dredger ‘Bonny River’ on the project to backfill 45 km of trenches. About DEME DEME is a world leader in the highly specialised fields of dredging, marine engineering and environmental remediation. The company can build on more than 140 years of know-how and experience and has fostered a pioneering approach throughout its history, being a front runner in innovation and new technologies. DEME’s vision is to work towards a sustainable future by offering solutions for global challenges: a rising sea level, a growing population, reduction of CO2 emissions, polluted rivers and soils and the scarcity of natural resources. Although DEME’s activities originated with the core dredging business, the portfolio diversified substantially over the decades, including dredging and land reclamation, solutions for the offshore energy market, infra marine solutions and environmental solutions. While the company’s roots are in Belgium, DEME has built a strong presence in all of the world’s seas and continents, operating in more than 90 countries worldwide. DEME can rely on 5,200 highly skilled professionals across the globe. With a versatile and modern fleet of over 100 vessels, backed by a broad range of auxiliary equipment, the company can provide solutions for even the most complex projects. DEME achieved a turnover of 2.65 billion euros in 2018. www.deme-group.com Vicky Cosemans, Head of Communications DEME Group cosemans.vicky@deme-group.com M: +32 496 588 645 - T: +32 3 250 59 22 Do you have a question about this subject?	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line15026
__label__wiki	0.610006	0.610006	tel: 01622 686441 \| e-mail: enquiries@dendyneville.co.uk Paul Gittins - Director - Tax Paul joined Dendy Neville in the summer of 2010 as a tax manager, and became a director in October 2013. His client base includes large corporate clients and groups. He also brings his previous ‘Big 4’ experience to advisory projects, resolving HMRC enquiries and dealing with international tax matters. After university, Paul obtained his qualification as a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales at a small accountancy firm in Shropshire. He then spent around 10 years working at KPMG in London, where he became a qualified member of the Chartered Institute of taxation, specialising in corporation tax, international tax and Mergers & Acquisitions for a variety of clients from small family companies up to FTSE 100 businesses. Outside of work Paul dedicates most of his time to his wife and young daughters. Any spare time is devoted to playing his guitars and kidding himself that he’s ‘still got it’! Danielle Parsons - Audit & Accounts David Hill - Director Andrew Perkins - Director Paul Gittins - Director - Tax Joanne Martin - Payroll David Felton - Tax Kelly Owen - Audit & Accounts Mark Graymead - Tax Steven Mallion - Audit & Accounts Rebecca Crook - Payroll Rita Jones - Payroll Ryan Ewens - Audit & Accounts John Sumner - Admin “On behalf of us all a very big thank you to you and everyone at Dendy Neville for your support in helping us grow the business over the last 20 years. You have been a key partner to us and a pleasure to work with.” “May we take this opportunity of thanking you all for all your hard work on the accounts. Everything seems to have gone very smoothly which is splendid for us. It’s a great relief to know that we have such excellent people looking after us.” “I really can’t recommend them highly enough for all aspects of their work” “Thank you very much for your work and your cooperation this year. You and your team are a great help dealing with all our matters that can’t just be done by us from Germany.” “Thank you very much for your excellent work.” “Thank you very much for the work you and your staff have undertaken for me this year. This has been very much appreciated.” “Your input has been essential and of great assistance with regard to the detail.” “You are officially wonderful. Many thanks.” “I wanted to say a very big thank you to you all for your help and hard work on this which is very much appreciated.” “I would like to thank you both for your efficient and ever cheerful assistance in processing our payroll over the past years.” “On a personal note whilst I realize you are doing your job I feel you have gone that extra mile for me and my company and will always be very grateful to you personally.” “Just wanted to thank you for your as always very thorough and above and beyond attention to detail. And of course your fast replies even crack of dawn, evenings and weekends. It was vital having you in my corner!” Home \| Contact us \| Privacy Policy \| Disclaimer \| Help \| Site map \| Accessibility \| © 2020 Dendy Neville Limited. All rights reserved. Dendy Neville Limited, 3 - 4 Bower Terrace, Tonbridge Road, Maidstone, Kent ME16 8RY Registered with The Chartered Institute of Taxation as a firm of Chartered Tax Advisers. Registered to carry on audit work in the UK and regulated for a range of investment business activities by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. dendy neville is a trading name of Dendy Neville Limited, a company registered in England and Wales, company number 6219954.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line15027
__label__wiki	0.912468	0.912468	UFC's Cub Swanson tears ACL, meniscus; timetable for return to the Octagon is unclear Swanson, who beat Kron Gracie on Oct. 12 in Tampa, had planned to enjoy the holiday season and return to the Octagon in early 2020 UFC's Cub Swanson tears ACL, meniscus; timetable for return to the Octagon is unclear Swanson, who beat Kron Gracie on Oct. 12 in Tampa, had planned to enjoy the holiday season and return to the Octagon in early 2020 Check out this story on desertsun.com: https://www.desertsun.com/story/sports/2019/12/16/ufcs-cub-swanson-tears-acl-meniscus-timetable-return-unclear/2670481001/ Andrew L. John, Palm Springs Desert Sun Published 5:32 p.m. PT Dec. 16, 2019 \| Updated 5:40 p.m. PT Dec. 16, 2019 Cub Swanson had planned to resume his UFC career in early 2020, but after a complete tear of his left ACL and a partial tear of the meniscus in the same knee, it’s now unclear when the UFC featherweight and Coachella Valley native will resume his fight career. Swanson, who won UFC’s 2016 Fight of the Year, beat Kron Gracie for some redemption on Oct. 12 in Tampa to end a four-bout losing streak. He had planned to take a couple months off, enjoy the holiday season with his family and return to the Octagon in January or February. “That was the plan until I got hurt,” Swanson said by phone from Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa in Las Vegas. But a unique opportunity presented itself. He was invited to be one of four representing Team WEC (World Extreme Cagefighting) in the Quintet Ultra grappling event on Dec. 12 in Las Vegas. Part of the risk, however, was that Swanson would be facing opponents bigger than him for the first time in his career. “The limit was (950) pounds per team of four,” said Swanson, who fights in a division with a weight limit of 145 pounds. “I think I was maybe the second smallest guy there.” In a match versus Team Strikeforce, Swanson was pitted against Jake Shields, who last fought in the UFC’s 170-pound welterweight division. More: Bernard Hopkins already has a theme for his Boxing Hall of Fame induction speech More: Vergil Ortiz wins again; Mikey Garcia, Brandon Rios say he's ready for title shot On the mat, Shields locked his legs with Swanson’s and tried to use his weight advantage to flip Swanson over. It was immediately evident that the Cathedral City native was badly hurt in the exchange. “I knew it was pretty bad,” Swanson said. Shields took to Instagram to wish Swanson well. “Had a rough match with cub Swanson (sic) last night despite the weight differences. Unfortunately going for a sweep leg lock I felt some bad knee pops ending the match. Hopefully cub (sic) is healthy and can fight again soon.” Swanson, 36, said he has an appointment with a specialist in Los Angeles this week and will know more soon about surgery and a timetable for rehabilitation and an eventual return to UFC. “It’s unfortunate, but nothing I can do about it now,” Swanson said. “Just hope for the best and get on the road to recovery.” American Express golf tourney: Parking, tickets, schedule and more Athlete of the Week: Beau Mantanona Top 10 storylines for American Express golf event Pete Dye was a huge figure in Coachella Valley golf Field is better for American Express golf this year Want to talk like a runner? Here are 10 words to know	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line15032
__label__wiki	0.8422	0.8422	Abby Dallas "Destined" EP Available Pre-Order, "I am so excited to share this with my fans and I also hope to entice music lovers" One Jam recording artiste Abby Dallas recently revealed the cover graphic art and track listing for her upcoming debut "Destined" EP. The sexy siren who received modest success with her hit single "He's Just NOT Into You", also gained positive feedback with the supported video shot in New York and directed by Frank Blenman and Oxxygen. The same duo also directed the video for Abby’s highly regarded reggae ballad From My Heart, also featured on the EP. "I am so excited to share this with my fans and I also hope to entice music lovers. To share my work with the world is very humbling. I can only hope that my music stirs something within them and leaves a lasting impression" offered Abby. Produced by Andre "Drezion" Bailey for One Jam Music, the EP features 6 singles all displaying Abby's musical influences. "Nuh House Mouse, He's Just NOT Into You, Destined for Love, From My Heart, 12 Months of Summer" and "Bruk Out" run the musical gamut of soca, dancehall, reggae, pop and r&b influences. "Destined" EP is now available pre-order on iTunes, and is set to be released on Friday September 4th on all digital platforms through Zojak. DESTINED EP Nuh House Mouse He's Just NOT Into You 12 Months of Summer Bruk Out "Destined" is set to be released on Friday September 4th on all digital platforms through Zojak Join in and write your own page! It's easy to do. How? Simply click here to return to Best Reggae albums & EPs.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line15033
__label__cc	0.697463	0.302537	40 Offers Available Cash Offers (31) Cash and Finance (9) Current 2020 Ford F-150 Truck Special offers Manufacturer Offers10 Program #13660: Eligible vehicles will receive [BENEFIT] "Select Inventory" Retail Customer Cash. Vehicle supply is limited. Take new retail delivery from dealer stock by 03/31/2020. See dealer for complete details. Program #13656: $750.00 Ford Credit Bonus cash requires Ford Credit financing. Not all buyers will qualify. Take new retail delivery from dealer stock by 03/31/2020. See dealer for complete details. $1,500 cash back and 1.9% APR for 36 months on select Ford F-150 models Bonus Customer Cash(13658) (13656) Program #13656: $750.00 Ford Credit Bonus cash requires Ford Credit financing. Not all buyers will qualify. Take new retail delivery from dealer stock by 03/31/2020. See dealer for complete details. (13658) Program #13658: Take new retail delivery from dealer stock by 03/31/2020. See dealer for complete details. Truth in Lending Act Disclosure: Down payment will vary with APR and credit. For example, 1.9% APR with $2,500 down payment provides for 36 monthly payments of $28.6 per $1000 financed for qualified buyers. 2.9% APR for a term of 48 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $22.09 per $1000 financed. 3.9% APR for a term of 60 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $18.37 per $1000 financed. 5.9% APR for a term of 72 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $16.53 per $1000 financed. 6.9% APR for a term of 75 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $16.45 per $1000 financed. The rates described are for estimation purposes only; you may not be able to finance at this rate. $750 cash back and 1.9% APR for 36 months on select Ford F-150 models (13656) Program #13656: $750.00 Ford Credit Bonus cash requires Ford Credit financing. Not all buyers will qualify. Take new retail delivery from dealer stock by 03/31/2020. See dealer for complete details. Truth in Lending Act Disclosure: Down payment will vary with APR and credit. For example, 1.9% APR with $2,500 down payment provides for 36 monthly payments of $28.6 per $1000 financed for qualified buyers. 2.9% APR for a term of 48 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $22.09 per $1000 financed. 3.9% APR for a term of 60 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $18.37 per $1000 financed. 5.9% APR for a term of 72 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $16.53 per $1000 financed. 6.9% APR for a term of 75 months corresponds to a monthly cost of $16.45 per $1000 financed. The rates described are for estimation purposes only; you may not be able to finance at this rate.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line15035
__label__wiki	0.583872	0.583872	Expand your Cruise Horizons Blount Small Ship Adventures Haimark Line Ponant Yacht Cruises & Expeditions Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection Adventure / Expedition Cruises Adventure Canada National Geographic Cruises Expand yo... Scanning the panoramic views of Tallinn Bay from an ancient stone tower in Estonia to sailing slowly up the stunning Saguenay Fjord in Quebec and daring to enter the prison cells on Devil’s Island, just off the coast of French Guiana are just a few of the remarkable experiences that many of even the most-traveled cruisers haven’t explored yet. With more ships than ever in their fleets, cruise lines are offering wider alternatives in itineraries and entire seasons of sailing to Atlantic Canada and the Baltic Sea that were once limited to a few cruises a year. And South America is proving ever more popular with a wide array of itineraries to allow you to immerse yourself on board and on land in the colors and cultures of a beautiful region – dance the tango in Buenos Aires or indulge in Peruvian ceviche. These itineraries and destination opportunities are only expanding, go beyond your expectations and feel inspired by one of these unique cruise destinations. The Baltic and beyond Venture deep into the land where Vikings ruled the Baltic Sea more than 1,000 years ago. Northern Europe is alive with beautiful and well-preserved medieval attractions and architecture which await your discovery in Stockholm, Klaipeda and Copenhagen. Complete your dazzling Baltic cruise with two or three days in magical St Petersburg and stand in awe of the opulent palaces of the tsars or enjoy a breathtaking evening at the ballet. You won’t even need a Russian visa as long as you’re on cruise shore excursions. Among the cruise lines offering Baltic seasons in 2018 is Celebrity Cruises whose itineraries include numerous full days in St. Petersburg where you can visit their gold topped domes of St. Isaac’s Cathedral and a day in Estonia’s cultural hub, Tallinn, which is one of Europe’s best-kept secrets. Silversea Cruises offers itineraries include unique stops in ports such as Mariehamn, an autonomous territory under Finnish sovereignty, and Gdansk in Poland where you can explore the colorful Long Market which was reconstructed following World War II. If your dream cruise vacation includes both the Mediterranean and the Baltic, Viking Ocean Cruises offers an unforgettable combination with iconic world-class cultural capitals of Barcelona, Lisbon and Paris. For 22 days the cruise from Barcelona sails through beautiful ports of Spain and Portugal before going through the Kiel Canal for a grand tour of the Baltic that includes Berlin, Copenhagen, Tallinn and St. Petersburg before ending with two days in Stockholm. Go south, way south The Caribbean has always been a tried and true destination when looking for sun-soaked, tropical destinations, however, there are more options than ever to go beyond the Caribbean to South America. The mix of climate going around the horn from hot and steamy Buenos Aires to the glaciers of Chile means you will find expanding opportunities to wander the beaches of Brazil, visit the penguins in Patagonia or sample wines in Chile. For a deep sense of South America and Antarctica, Seabourn Quest will take you on a unique 25-night sailing from Buenos Aires to Santiago and includes never-to-be-forgotten glaciers of Antarctica. Silversea Cruises’ newest luxury ship Silver Muse will also take you among the dramatic extremes of the continent while also offering intensive itineraries that include as many as 11 different ports in Brazil. If you still love the Caribbean and would love to combine new discoveries of South America with the trusted beauty of The Caribbean then Oceania’s Sirena would be the ideal cruise. Sailing from Rio de Janeiro that includes Recife, a round trip up the Amazon and a day on the famed Devil’s Island before heading to the sparkling waters and white, sandy beach islands of the Caribbean before ending in the bustling city of Miami. Or sail away on a Brazilian adventure with Princess Cruises on their Island Princess and explore the transcendent islands of St. Vincent and Grenada before venturing to the exotic cities of Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires. Fall in love with Eastern Canada Whether you are drawn to charming seaside towns or Mother Nature at her finest, the East Coast of Canada will only exceed your expectations. Explore the quaint Victorian part of Charlottetown in Prince Edward Island, marvel at the magnificence of Montreal’s Old Town or venture through the farmhouse which was the setting of L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables. Experiencing the east coast ports of Canada and the United States with their pristine maritime heritage has never been more attainable with new itineraries added with Holland America Line, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian Cruise Line and many more. Holland America Line is visiting Canada and the U.S. eastern seaboard from Spring right through to the Fall. Their classic Veendam is sailing up to 14 nights beginning in May that include Halifax and Sydney, Bar Harbor and Boston, with some including Bermuda. Azamara Cruises’ Insignia is offering’ cruises from Montreal to New York that include days in the ancient glacial valley of Saguenay Fjord and exploring the unique coastal environment of the Bay of Fundy where you will find the rarest whales in the world, dinosaur fossils and spectacular Cape Split. Nordic newcomer Viking Sea is offering a unique Atlantic crossing from Bergen around Iceland and Greenland to L’Anse aux Meadows then to Montreal where the ship begins a series of 10-day fall itineraries that include Prince Edward Island, Boston and New York. Elegance and luxury onboard is growing in attainability and value. Indulge in five-star luxury while sailing with Crystal Cruises on their beautiful ship Crystal Symphony which is sailing an almost all-Canadian itinerary including the seldom-visited ports of St. Pierre et Miquelon, Corner Brook and Trois Rivieres. Extended itineraries of Regent Seven Seas Cruises Navigator is something to consider, including an elegant transatlantic 42-night summer sailing departing from New York and combining eastern Canada and the north Atlantic. As you enjoy a several sea days, you can take a class, listen to lectures, rejuvenate in the spa and indulge in gourmet meals before you ease into the life of a tourist exploring historic castles, rugged coastline and bustling cities of the British Isles before experiencing Scandinavian culture and the coastal Baltic cities. No matter where you visit there are always more sights, cultures and flavors to experience and there has never been a better time to reach all corners of the earth and finally explore regions of the world you have always dreamed of seeing and these are just some of the endless possibilities. Written by: Wallace Immen, originally published in Dream Voyages, Spring 2018 issue Photo Credit:Viking Cruises - Viking Sky; Sergii Figurnyi/AdobeStock - Stockholm; Silversea Cruises - Ballet, Silver Muse; Posteriori - Iceberg; Royal Caribbean - Anthem of the Seas; S. Greg Panosian/iStock - Quebec City Making a Splash at Sea Celebrity Cruises Explores North America Like Never Before in 2020 Watch MIGHTY SHIPS on the Discovery Channel Blissing out on Norwegian Creating Next-Level Adventures: Royal Caribbean Delivers Firsts and Favourites on Navigator of the Seas Video: Royal Caribbean's Adventure Ocean Program Makes Cruising Fun for Kids of All Ages Top 5 Souvenirs from Newfoundland, Canada Cruise with Oprah on Holland America Line Video: Is this the 'Most Luxurious Ship at Sea'? Juno Beach: The Ultimate Canadian Pilgrimage Top 10 Reasons to Travel to Croatia Pre/Post + Shore Experiences	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line15041
__label__wiki	0.88988	0.88988	TSA looks to expedite screening for air cargo on US-bound passenger planes Screening for all air cargo shipped to the US via commercial passenger planes must be in place by the end of 2011, under a TSA proposal. The Yemen bomb plot led TSA to accelerate its timetable. Zuma press/Newscom A Boeing 747-400 cargo plane parked on the tarmac at Yantai Airport, east China's Shandong Province, on Dec. 29, 2010. The TSA is moving ahead, on a faster-than-expected timetable, to close a gap in security screening of international air cargo carried aboard US-bound passenger flights. By Mark Clayton Staff writer The Transportation Security Administration is moving ahead, on a faster-than-expected timetable, to close a gap in security screening of international air cargo carried aboard US-bound passenger flights. Air freight forwarders and members of the global shipping industry learned Friday that TSA appears poised to require them to screen, by year's end, 100 percent of such cargo bound for the United States. That would be two years sooner than expected. Just last year, the TSA told Congress that screening 100 percent of international in-bound air cargo would be delayed until at least 2013. But TSA is looking to accelerate that timetable after the terrorist bombing attempt in late October, in which explosives were secreted inside printer cartridges sent from Yemen to Chicago – and were intended to blow up in cargo holds of passenger jets while they were in the air. [Editor's note: The last two paragraphs were changed post-publication to make clear that the requirement is not yet final.] Carriers now have 45 days to comment on the proposed mandate, with TSA reviewing industry comments before it makes the rule final. A push to screen all cargo was a response to "the latest threats and the considerable progress made by industry in screening international inbound cargo," James Fotenos, a TSA spokesman, wrote in an e-mail. "TSA’s mission is to ensure the safety of the traveling public.... After the thwarted attempt by terrorists to ship explosives aboard aircraft headed to this country last October, TSA immediately took a number of steps to enhance security by tightening existing air cargo." Among those steps for US-bound international flights, TSA ordered a ban on any cargo designated as "high risk." Other safeguards, meanwhile, heavily restricted small packages sent by mail, which often travel in the cargo holds of passenger aircraft. The policies, combined with bad weather, meant that some people in the US waited weeks to get their packages, especially over Christmas when there was a big jump in the amount of intercontinental mail. In some cases, the US Postal Service was forced to reroute US-bound mail, putting it on air-cargo-only flights and even ships. "I had a batch of items sent to the US on the 26th November that took ages," wrote Chocolatecatgirl, an eBay seller in Britain who sells items in the US. "One customer got snotty after 2 weeks and I had to refund." Delays have lessened as mail volume has dropped – and as postal systems abroad have become familiar with US requirements, say US Postal Service and air cargo experts. But will new air freight requirements cause the same kind of disruption with air cargo that occurred with small mailed packages in December? "TSA continues to work with the air cargo industry to implement the robust security measures with the least amount of impact on the flow of air cargo and mail inbound to the US," Mr. Fotenos wrote. Freight forwarders, who use the cargo holds of passenger aircraft to move thousands of tons of freight each day, have long resisted a requirement of 100 percent screening, arguing that it would throw a monkey wrench into the finely tuned global supply chain. "International aviation authorities ... suggest that screening all international cargo may not improve security and would likely cause economic damage to our slowly recovering economy," Brandon Fried, executive director of the Airforwarders Association, wrote in an e-mail. "TSA is aware of the challenges and criticisms of the Congressionally-mandated screening regime, and we are hopeful they will thoughtfully address these during the comment period.” [Editor's note: The original paragraph has been changed to make clear who suggests that comprehensive cargo screening may not improve security.] Freight forwarders, he said, prefer "risk-based freight assessments," in which air cargo is evaluated for higher-risk items that are then screened, rather than requiring screening of all items. In November, Mr. Fried urged Congress to "reject additional calls for 100 percent screening of inbound cargo." After 9/11, Congress approved the Aviation and Transportation Security Act of 2001. It required screening of "all passengers and property transported on passenger planes," including air cargo aboard those planes – about 7,500 tons per day. By mid-2007, TSA had improved passenger screening but still wasn't doing the job with air cargo, the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General said in a report titled "Transportation Security Administration’s Oversight of Passenger Aircraft Cargo Security Faces Significant Challenges." TSA oversight "does not provide assurance that air carriers are meeting congressionally-mandated goals," the report found. "Consequently, the process increases the opportunities for the carriage of explosives, incendiaries, and other dangerous devices on passenger aircraft." To fix such problems, the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 mandated that the Department of Homeland Security (TSA is an arm of DHS) physically screen at least 50 percent of passenger aircraft cargo on both domestic and incoming foreign passenger flights to the US by February 2009. All such cargo was to be screened by August 2010. Now the 100 percent target for international incoming cargo is Dec. 31, 2011. Of course, TSA could simply refuse admittance to flights that are not inspected to its standards. But that could also produce acute economic hardship for passengers who would have to pay more to fly to the US without the economic bonus of cargo in the hold beneath their feet. [Editor's note: The original version of the headline and subhead was changed to reflect the fact that TSA's action is a proposal.] Holiday season prompts stepped-up security against terrorist attack Terrorism & Security Cargo plane bomb would have detonated over Canada, not the US, say new reports Yemen packages: Air cargo was a target before. Why is it still vulnerable?	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line15043
__label__wiki	0.518105	0.518105	Dck Joke Of The Day High art... from a low place A laugh a day. It's not hard. The Joke of the Day! Every Frickin' Joke Dick Store Send Dick A Joke - Archives By Category - Just Plain Funny That's when the fight started Search Jokes By Any Word After Begging on All Fours Like a Dog, Man Arrested for Looking Up Skirts Category: WTF?! #WTF?! Pretending to beg on all fours like a dog and then looking up the skirts of women walking by is the bizarre behavior that Nashville police report got a man arrested. This all took place outside a bar, so let's add drunk to the story and now it all makes sense. According to Fox 17, officers arrested Mark Lutz, 55, after they were called about a strange man “bothering people and attempting to look up ladies skirts” outside a local Tin Roof tavern. Security personnel at the bar said they warned Lutz that his behavior outside the establishment was a disruption and they chased him away several times for being physically offensive to female patrons and passersby. The management of the bar eventually called police when the disruptive behavior persisted. The suspect had run off ahead of the arrival of police but officers later found Lutz several blocks away after calls about a man “exhibiting strange behavior” were made. In a police report, officers said they encountered Lutz at the intersection of 4th Avenue and Broadway, “on his knees begging like a dog crawling around and attempting to look up ladies skirts.” The man was arrested and charged with Disorderly Conduct and Public Intoxication. There is no word if illegal drugs played a part in Lutz’s behavior, but it isn’t the first time someone has gotten his canine on in public. Not long ago, a Texan named Terrence Loyd, 32, was arrested in Mansfield, Louisiana, for acting like a dog while high. The suspect later pleaded guilty to possession of illegal drugs and went to jail. Without alcohol or drugs, Pittsburgh resident Gary Matthews insists that he is really a dog named “Boomer” and insists he wants to be accepted for his doggy lifestyle. Which bathroom “Boomer” would use at Target is not known. (Source: Breitbart) Don't Miss These Jokes! All I Need Is A Little LSD A guy asks his grandma, "Have you seen some pills around here? They are labeled LSD?" His grandma replies, "Fuck your pills, there's a dragon in the kitchen!" Can You Tell The Difference? Susie is 16. She comes home at 2 in the morning, with her mom waiting up mad as hell. She says "Mom, I was with Johnny, I love him." Her mother says, "It's not love, it's infatuation." Susie says, "But I blew him and then he fucked me in the ass." Her mother says, "That's infatuation. When he fucks you in the ass and then you blow him... that's love." Right Idea Wrong Place You ever been by a place and thought "Man, if I went in there, I know I'd get laid." I get that feeling all the time - I live near a prison. There's more to life than jokes... © 2020 Dck Joke Of The Day	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line15048
__label__wiki	0.964785	0.964785	Let’s Make Dallas Even Better READY TO RIDE: Adam Smith, photographed outside his home, bought Bedford's Texas Harley-Davidson from his father in 2011. How Bedford Got High on the Hog The Mid Cities will soon become home to one of the world’s largest Harley-Davidson stores. By Matt Goodman Published in D CEO October 2014 Adam Smith doesn’t like the idea that he’s a salesman, even though his Bedford Harley-Davidson shop moves more hogs than about 98 percent of the other licensed dealerships in the country. The word “sell” makes him recoil. “If you help someone to buy, they will never feel sold,” he says. “So take ‘selling’ out of your mind. I’m not trying to sell you anything. You want what I have, whether it’s a bicycle, whether it’s a motorcycle, whether it’s anything. My job is to help you facilitate getting what you want.” And thus begins the relationship between Adam Smith’s Texas Harley-Davidson and the customer. A fan of two-wheel rides since getting his first bicycle at the age of 4, Smith wants to provide an all-inclusive experience for those who are interested in what he has to offer. Sure, there are motorcycles and vests and helmets and gloves. But Smith, who bought the Harley dealership from his father in 2011, also provides riding lessons. He organizes group rides to Colorado. He hosts events with nearby businesses. Smith wants his dealership to be a social place where his customers feel comfortable visiting, even in those years when they don’t upgrade their bikes. That way, when the Texas Department of Transportation decides to rip apart neighboring State Highway 183, he doesn’t have to worry about declining sales. “If you give your riders enough reasons to fight through the construction, they will,” Smith says. For anyone who has driven that stretch of the Mid Cities in the past two years or so, it’s natural to be skeptical of that statement. However, Smith says his is in the top 10 Harley dealerships in terms of service, finance, and sales volume in the United States. There are 696 total stores, according to Harley, which declined to offer any specific data or rankings regarding sales volume of its licensed locations. Soon, Smith will be one step closer to his dream of owning one of the world’s largest Harley shops. He has snapped up six acres next door, where he plans to consolidate his current operation—a three-building, 40,000-square-foot setup that houses sales, service, and administrative offices—into a new structure that’s nearly double in size. It’s scheduled to open in late 2015, and Smith says he hopes Harley corporate execs would feel comfortable describing it with a word like “flagship.” “When they point to spots that they’re proud of and say, ‘They do it right over there,’ when they point at Dallas-Fort Worth,” Smith says, briefly pausing, cracking a smirk, “that is doing it right.” A Trip to Puerto Vallarta With Dallas Real Estate Attorney Suzan Kedron By Brandon J. Call Groundbreaking Implicit Bias Project Takes Shape in Dallas County Civil Courts By Kathy Wise A West Village Renaissance By Caitlin Clark The Real Estate Trends to Watch For In 2020 By Will Maddox, Bianca R. Montes, and Christine Perez The Professor and the Love Slave By Glenna Whitley Keep me up to date on the latest happenings and all that D Magazine has to offer. Browse all newsletters here. D Magazine Partners 750 North St.Paul St. Suite 2100 Dallas, Texas 75201 CONTACT US NEWSLETTERS FrontBurner D Home D CEO Renew D Magazine Copyright © 2020, D Magazine Partners, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line15049
__label__wiki	0.668112	0.668112	Sign In / Member Area Sign In Database RESEARCH GRANT CALLS DIPI CALL 2016 DIPI 2016 RESEARCH CALL ANNOUNCEMENT DOWNLOAD DIPI GRANT MANUAL JOINT CALL DIPI – JFS SEA-EU 2nd Call DIPI – MRC DIPI – RCUK ON ASTRONOMY DIPI – RCUK ON POLLUTION, TROPICAL PEATLANDS and MANGROVES SCIENCE STEERING BOARD DIPI LAUNCHING DIPI 2016 Panel Meeting Road Show 2016 SEA -Europe Joint Funding Scheme Secretariat UK-Indonesia Joint Call (MRC) Home > UK-Indonesia Joint Call (MRC) UK-Indonesia Joint Health Research Call on Infectious Diseases The UK Medical Research Council (MRC) and the Dana Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia (DIPI) are pleased to invite basic research proposals to the UK-Indonesia: Joint Health Research Call on infectious diseases through the Newton Fund. This initiative will provide funding for high quality 2 year collaborative research projects focusing on infectious diseases of relevance to Indonesia. In total, up to £3m will be made available for this initiative: up to £2m from the MRC and up to approximately £1m (20bn Rupiah) from DIPI. Expression of Interest submission date Researchers planning to submit to this scheme are asked to submit a short expression of interest to international@headoffice.mrc.ac.uk by 15 June 2016 (DOCX, 94KB). The funders wish to support basic biomedical research in health areas of importance to the Indonesian population, which will lead to future health benefits in Indonesia, particularly for the poorest and most vulnerable in society. This call for collaborative proposals will require applicants based in Indonesia and the UK to work together in partnership on research projects. This initiative will provide funding for high quality 2 year collaborative research projects focused on addressing infectious diseases of relevance to Indonesia. DIPI and MRC welcome proposals across the spectrum of infectious diseases and have highlighted the following areas of interest as particular priorities: Dengue, dengue-like illness and other vector-borne diseases The funders welcome hypothesis driven research proposals including, but not limited to, the following: Basic, aetiological and exploratory research relevant to disease pathogens Molecular epidemiology, aetiology, biomarker research Vector biology relevant to human disease Host pathogen response, development of protective immune responses Understanding behaviour, social and/or economic determinants of infectious diseases. Research questions addressing non-communicable diseases caused by infectious diseases are welcome; however the infectious disease component must be the primary area of focus. Although not a requirement of the call, the funders welcome applications that incorporate elements of capacity building into research projects. Applications outside of the scope of this call include, but are not limited to: Standalone surveillance activities Standalone public health surveys Downstream drug development For queries relating to the scope of this call, please contact: dipi-mrc@dipi.id and/or international@headoffice.mrc.ac.uk Communicable diseases continue to be the major cause of morbidity and mortality in Indonesia. Nearly 300 people die of tuberculosis (TB) every day, with over half a million new cases estimated to occur every year (WHO report 2006: Global tuberculosis control – surveillance, planning and financing). Malaria remains a major vector-borne disease in many parts of Indonesia and large-scale outbreaks of dengue and dengue haemorrhagic fever are reported every year. Although leprosy has been eliminated at national level, Indonesia ranks third in terms of the global burden. It has overtaken Viet Nam in the number of deaths from avian influenza, with a case fatality rate in 2006 nearing 75%. The potential for origination of a pandemic is real. The re-introduction and spread of poliomyelitis in several provinces, after a period of 10 years, has pointed to weaknesses in the routine expanded programme of immunization (EPI). Thus the burden of communicable diseases — and the possibility of emerging diseases with epidemic or pandemic potential — are a major concern. Responding effectively to these complex disease patterns and potential threats to health is likely to remain a major set of challenges for the country during the coming years. The HIV epidemic directly affects the most productive members of the society: the young people and wage-earners. At the end of 2014, an estimated 660,000 Indonesians were living with HIV-AIDS (UNAIDS 2014). Basic research to better understand the mechanisms of diseases, novel detection and diagnosis, development of novel preventatives (vaccines) and therapeutics as well as behavioural, social and/or economic determinants of diseases are required to effectively tackle infectious diseases This call will fund partnerships between UK and Indonesia based researchers working in the area of Infectious Diseases of relevance to Indonesia. For support under this call, applicants must be eligible to apply for funding from their respective country’s funding agency: For the UK participants, standard RCUK eligibility criteria as described on the RUCK website will apply. Research Organisations that are eligible to apply to the MRC, for example MRC Units and Institutes may apply to this call. Applicants must be Indonesian citizens and hold a permanent or fixed-term contract in an eligible university or research institute in Indonesia. Contact between the Indonesian PI and UK PI prior to the application is essential. This contact should lead to a clearly defined and mutually beneficial research project proposal. Please note that DIPI & MRC will not be able to assist in locating an Indonesian or UK collaborator. Applications cannot be accepted from Principal Investigators in commercial organisations. Applicants must be competent in oral and written English. The Indonesian applicant’s employing organisation must be willing to agree to administer the grant. Further eligibility details can be found in the scheme specific guidance document. Principal Investigators may only submit one application to this scheme as Principal Investigator, but may be involved in more applications if listed as a Co-Investigator. The funders are not seeking to fund partners outside of the UK and Indonesia through this initiative. Please contact international@headoffice.mrc.ac.uk if you are planning to involve a partner from a third country in your proposal. Funding available In total, up to £3m of funding will be made available for this initiative: up to £2m of MRC funding; and up to approximately £1m (20bn Rupiah) from DIPI. The funding agencies intend to provide support for approximately five projects subject to quality. The size of the grants will vary according to the needs of the research project. However, we would expect each project to cost approximately £600k (up to approximately £400k to be requested from the MRC and up to approximately £200k from DIPI. MRC will provide funding for the UK-based applicants under standard arrangements and at 80% FEC. DIPI will provide funding for the Indonesian applicants according to the DIPI funding guidelines. The DIPI contribution will be made available to fund the Indonesian component of the research projects. The size of the grants will vary according to the needs of each research project. UK and Indonesian applicants do not need to request equal amounts from both sides. The difference in values should reflect the difference in costs covered and local prices. The agencies also expect the costs on each side to accurately reflect the research effort to be carried out. It is expected, however, that the research effort on both sides should be comparable. The MRC and DIPI will not cover UK PhD studentships (doctoral programmes) or requests for capital items. For further information, please read the scheme specific Guidance for Applicants (PDF, 312KB). Assessment Process and decision making process To be funded, proposals must be internationally competitive and at a standard equivalent to that normally expected to be supported by each funding organisation. Key assessment criteria for the submissions will be: Significance and Impact of the research Scientific Rationale: novelty, importance and timeliness of the research Design and Feasibility of the Project Plan Partnership: including strength and clarity of collaborations and opportunities provided, quality of the project management structure proposed; the added value of the UK-Indonesia collaboration Quality and suitability of the research environment and of the facilities Value for money for Indonesia and UK science Ethical considerations and governance arrangements. In addition, applicants must describe how the proposed UK funded work is ODA compliant [approximately 150 words]. This section will be made publicly available. For further information on ODA, please visit: All applications will be externally peer reviewed, and all applicants will be offered the opportunity to provide a written response to these reviews. Following this process, applications will be assessed by a joint MRC-DIPI Review Panel in November 2016. Funding decisions will be made through a joint process. Closing date for Investigators to indicate their intention to submit a proposal Deadline for Investigators to submit proposal 14 July 2016 (4pm UK time) Panel Meeting Grants Begin Early December In order to identify peer reviewers and convene assessment panels in advance, it is important that researchers indicate their intention to submit by completing an expression of interest form. Please email international@headoffice.mrc.ac.uk and expression of interest as outlined below by 15 June 2016 (Expression of interest form can be download below together with others forms) Email address and Mobile phone number Principal Investigator (UK) Principal Investigator (Indonesia) List of all Co-Investigators (stating whether UK or Indonesia based) Summary of proposed project (maximum 200 words). Please note this will be used when approaching potential reviewers) Describe how the proposed UK funded work is ODA compliant (approximately 150 words) Human/Animal Research Will the proposed research involve the use of humans or vertebrae animals/ other organisms covered by the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act? If yes, please provide details. If your research involves animals, please specify the species involved Full applications must be submitted by UK PI’s on behalf of both UK and Indonesian PIs to MRC via the Je-S application system by 4pm BST Thursday, 14 July. There is no requirement to submit an application to DIPI as well. The Newton Fund The Newton Fund through science and innovation partnerships promotes economic development and social welfare of partner countries. It is a £735 million Fund, now extended to 2021, which has matched resources from the 15 partner countries: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey and Vietnam. By collaboratively working together on bi-lateral and multi-lateral programmes with a science and innovation focus, the UK will build strong, sustainable, systemic relationships with partner countries. It is managed by UK Department of Business, Skills and Innovation (BIS) and delivered through 15 UK delivery partners: Research Councils, National Academies, British Council, Innovate UK and Met Office, working closely with partner countries’ funders. Activities are in three broad areas: People: increasing capacity for science and innovation in partner countries. Research: research collaborations on development topics. Translation: creating collaborative solutions to development challenges and strengthening innovation systems. For more information visit the Newton Fund homepage and follow via Twitter: @NewtonFund Contacts and guidance Please read the scheme specific Guidance for Applicants, MRC Guidance for Applicants and Award Holders and DIPI funding guidelines For further information, UK applicants should contact: international@headoffice.mrc.ac.uk For further information, Indonesian applicants should contact: dipi-mrc@dipi.id Please include “DIPI-MRC joint call” in the subject field Please fill in below information, we will send a download link of all related documents to your email. These documents are (1) UK-Indonesia Expression of Interest form (DOCX, 94KB); (2) UK-Indonesia guidance for applicants (PDF, 312KB); (3) DIPI funding guidelines (PDF, 3,56MB); (4) UK-Indonesia Funding Summary – comment (DOCX, 88KB); (5) DIPI Costs pro forma (DOCX, 57KB); (6) MRC Guidance for Applicants (PDF, 843KB). Institution (required) Mobile Number (required) Field of Study / Research Interest How do you know about these documents? (required) EmailWebsiteFacebookTwitterMass MediaFriendsOther Please input code below (required) What are the focus areas of this program? Research questions addressing non-communicable diseases caused by infectious diseases are welcome; however the infectious disease component must be the primary area of focus. How do I apply for funding in DIPI-MRC Joint Health Research Call? Researchers need to submit an expression of interest to international@headoffice.mrc.ac.uk by 15 June 2016. What is the duration of DIPI-MRC Joint Health Research Call funding? This initiative will provide funding for high quality 2 year collaborative research projects focused on addressing infectious diseases of relevance to Indonesia. Who are eligible to apply for funding? Do I have to be an Indonesian citizen to apply for funding? Yes, applicants for DIPI funding must be Indonesian citizens and hold a permanent or fixed-term contract in an eligible university or research institute in Indonesia. Do I need to have UK collaborator to submit a proposal? Yes, contact between the Indonesian PI and UK PI prior to the application is essential. This contact should lead to a clearly defined and mutually beneficial research project proposal. Due to administrative reasons, the proposal must be submitted by Co-PI from UK. Will I get assistance in finding Indonesian or UK collaborator? No, DIPI & MRC will not be able to assist in locating an Indonesian or UK collaborator. Am I eligible to apply for funding if I am affiliated with commercial organizations? No, application cannot be accepted from Principal Investigators in commercial organisations. In what language should the proposal be written? Does the call cover UK studentships (doctoral programmes) or request for capital items? The MRC-DIPI will not cover UK studentships (doctoral programmes) or request for capital items. For further informationplease read the scheme specific Guidance for applicants (PDF, 312KB). What are the key assessment criteria for the submissions? How much fund will be allocated for each proposal? AIPI Foundant DIPI Headquarter DIPI Office Gedung Perpustakaan Nasional Republik Indonesia Lantai 17 Jalan Medan Merdeka Selatan No.11 info at dipi.id © Copyright 2016 Indonesian Science Fund	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line15055
__label__wiki	0.58005	0.58005	Public Relations Schools In Greenville, Illinois Public Relations faculty can choose to work at only one public relations school in Greenville. The trends in Greenville's public relations academic community can be evaluated by looking at the statistics and graphs below, which includes public relations training at the public relations bachelors degree level. Greenville Vs. Illinois Public Relations Employment Greenville 440 Illinois 2,660 Of the 2,660 public relations professionals employed in Illinois, 440 work in Greenville. The number of public relations professionals in Greenville has shrunk by 4% from 2006 to 2010. As the employment for public relations professionals in Greenville has decreased, overall employment in Greenville has increased. Greenville Vs. Illinois Public Relations employment growth Grey: Illinois Dark Yellow: Greenville Public Relations VS. All professions salaries in Greenville Light Blue: Public Relations in Greenville Dark Yellow: All Professions in Greenville As the number of public relations professionals in Greenville has shrunk, salaries for public relations professionals have increased. In 2010 Greenville public relations professionals earned an average yearly salary of $95,970. Four years earlier in 2006, public relations professionals in Greenville made an average salary of $93,660 per year. The growth in the salary of public relations professionals in Greenville is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city. Salary percentiles for Public relations professionals in Greenville Public relations professionals in Greenville make a median yearly salary of $86,230. The difference in pay between the public relations professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 232%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $47,460 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $157,590 per year. Average Salaries for Public relations professionals and related professions in Greenville Communications $47,852 Political Science $60,870 Fashion Marketing $71,750 Advertising $74,820 Business Administration $92,680 Public Relations $95,970 Marketing $100,107 Greenville public relations professionals have earnings that are higher than the salaries earned by others in related fields, on average. Public Relations schools in Greenville There is only one accredited public relations school in the city. Many of Greenville's public relations professionals are graduates of this school. Public Relations Programs Offered In Greenville Greenville's public relations school offers one public relations degree and certificate program. Student Completed Public Relations Degrees In Greenville In 2010 approximately 10 students graduated from public relations courses. Public Relations Faculty Salaries in Greenville, Illinois Currently we are in the process of collecting data for the number of public relations faculty in Greenville, growth in the field of public relations academia and faculty salaries in Greenville. If you are involved in teaching public relations courses to students at the bachelors degree in public relations level, please anonymously submit your information in the field below. By doing so, you will be helping us build a valuable database resource for the benefit of current and future public relations faculty in Greenville. A summary of the data collected thus far will be available to you once you have submitted your information. Advertising Schools in Greenville Business Administration Schools in Greenville Communications Schools in Greenville Marketing Schools in Greenville	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line15058
__label__cc	0.528266	0.471734	You are here:People Jordan Nodarse: a mission for sustainable denim 18 March 2019 By Emily Sutherland Equally passionate about denim and sustainability, Jordan Nodarse is on a mission to bring his vintage-inspired green jeans to retailers and shoppers around the world. Californian designer Jordan Nodarse is something of a denim expert, having previously started US etailer Revolve’s denim line Girlfriend in 2015, and became director of denim at sustainable womenswear brand Reformation in 2017. He launched his sustainable premium denim brand, Boyish Jeans, in 2018 and is now bringing the range to the UK this spring. Designed in Los Angeles, the range uses recycled fabrics, cuts down on water used in the dyeing process, and prides itself on using ethical factories. UK stockists will include independent Black White Denim in Cheshire and concept store Twiin in the Coal Drops Yard development in London’s King’s Cross. Retail prices for jeans range from £165 to £195. What is the first thing you do when you get up in the morning? Sadly, I answer emails. Then I get up and take a shower. What is your coffee order? I usually just have an espresso, but I try to wait until after lunch before I have a coffee. I make tea in the morning because I’m always driving and in LA, you’re always stuck in traffic. Sipping tea is relaxing. Describe your brand in one sentence A sustainable and environmentally conscious, vintage-inspired, women’s denim brand. What is different about Boyish Jeans? The Boyish concept is based around women wearing men’s jeans and making them look really sexy and chic – it’s nothing to do with the boyfriend fit or being a tomboy. Girls have 20 pairs of skinny jeans in their wardrobes but, increasingly, they want something that fits like vintage Levi’s. We focus on fit, quality and authentic denim, and we understand rigid denim. Rigid denim should do what a bra does – that’s the difference about my jeans and fits. Why is sustainability so important? There was no one moment where I woke up and realised the importance of sustainability – it has been a gradual process. I come from California and I’ve always had a love of the land. Plus, a lot of the waste in the fashion industry is due to stupidity. A lot of working sustainably is common sense. Sustainability means efficiency, so when you talk about sustainable manufacturing, you’re talking about efficient manufacturing. That’s something you should be doing already to make your business more profitable. Emails or phone calls? I prefer emails. Phone calls are tough because someone’s always calling me when I’m busy, as I’m always doing something. If it is late at night, I like to have a glass of wine or a whiskey and answer my emails. What is your ideal office or meeting space? Lots of light and lots of plants and lots of white. I really like the contrast of white against greenery. At my house, I probably have 80 plants inside and another 100 outside. Last fashion purchase It was a Japanese surplus military jacket from [LA vintage market] Rose Bowl. It’s wax coated and looks like it was made around World War II. It’s really cool. Plus, it was raining when I bought it and I needed a jacket! What would we find you doing at the weekend? Working. The brand is global, so I get emails up until Saturday at around noon and then start receiving them again at Sunday around 5pm. There’s a little window of free time when I go surfing – I’ve been going since I was eight – and I like to exercise and go for a run. Who do you admire in the fashion industry? Yvon Chouinard, the founder of [sustainable outdoorwear label] Patagonia. He also started 1% For The Planet, and organisation that inspires people to support environmental causes. We give 1% of our annual profits to organisations that share our values of sustainability and equality. Who do you turn to when you need advice? I’ve been lucky to have people I can go to and ask questions. One of them is Adriano Goldschmied, whose nickname is the godfather of denim. My other mentor is Angie Furlong, who was one of the first designers at Guess, J Brand and True Religion. She’s been like a second mom. My mom and my dad are also always on hand to leave an embarrassing Instagram comment about how proud they are of me. New angles for dependable denim 19 March 2019Emily Sutherland To keep up in the competitive denim market, brands must keep up with trends, and make sustainability part of their agenda. The high street's denim bestsellers 19 March 2019Graeme Moran Drapers speaks to some of the UK’s biggest high street and online retailers to reveal the consumer trends, key pieces and new directions driving denim sales. 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__label__wiki	0.888578	0.888578	The Razor's Edge Fox Studio Classics 1946 / B&W / 1:37 flat full frame / 146 min. / Street Date May 24, 2005 / 14.98 Starring Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, John Payne, Anne Baxter, Clifton Webb, Herbert Marshall, Lucile Watson Cinematography Arthur Miller Art Direction Richard Day, Nathan Juran Film Editor J. Watson Webb Jr. Original Music Alfred Newman Written by Lamar Trotti from a novel by W. Somerset Maugham Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck Directed by Edmund Goulding Fox's Studio Classics Line has hit upon one of Darryl Zanuck's prestige pictures, a 1946 release that discriminating audiences felt obligated to see. Top draw Tyrone Power's first appearance back from the war makes him the hero of W. Somerset Maugham's best seller about finding happiness in the modern age. With a huge cast of extras and the longest shooting schedule yet for a Fox picture, Zanuck hoped to bring home a blockbuster. The Razor's Edge is well directed and features some appealing actors but it has some serious problems, starting with a suffocating attitude of self-importance. Returning to Chicago from duty in WW1, Larry Darrell (Tyrone Power) dodges a future as a stockbroker and instead goes to Paris to seek enlightenment, frustrating his fiancée Isabel Bradley (Gene Tierney). Although her snobbish uncle Elliott Templeton (Clifton Webb) would rather she forget Larry, Isabel follows him to Paris to force a decision. Not much later she marries another faithful beau, Gray Maturin (John Payne), while Larry seeks his destiny first in a French coal mine and later from the teachings of an Eastern Holy Man (Cecil Humphreys) on an Indian mountaintop. Eventually returning to Paris, Larry finds that Isabel and Gray have been wiped out by the 1929 Wall Street crash. Isabel is eager to rekindle their relationship but the now spiritually elevated Larry desires instead to help Sophie (Anne Baxter). Having lost her husband and child in a car wreck, she has become a fallen woman. The Razor's Edge spans fifteen years or so but because nobody ever seems to get any older, requires constant updates from the characters to let us know that time has passed. It's arranged as a series of short scenes that can't help but feel like a Cliff's Notes of a larger tale. The main character arcs are nicely drawn for all but the main figure of Tyrone Power's Larry Darrell. He's one of those characters that doesn't make much sense outside of the pages of a book, where his mystery can be observed in poetic prose. Author W. Somerset Maugham appears as a character (played by Herbert Marshall) using his own name. He's a fly on the wall with little to do but admire Larry Darrell from afar and say great things about him. Darrell is the recurring hero of the modern novel, the free soul who responds to his inner emptiness by going out into the world to find those unspoken verities that give life meaning. You don't have to be Herman Hesse to see Larry Darrell as a quester-figure just as thin as later counterculture souls who feel the need to drop out of society to "see what it's all about, man." Cary Grant in George Cukor's Holiday was a watered-down version of this kind of seeker, a "safe" character because he's already earned the right to be a bum by making a killing in the stock market ... i.e., reaping profits from the labors of others. Maugham's Larry Darrell wants to stay away from artificial structures like stock markets. He's already had his fill of Evil at the front in WW1. He's out the door, Ma, and not even the bourgeois enticements of to-die-for Gene Tierney are going to change his mind. He's a regular proto- Jack Kerouac, conveniently supported by a stipend inheritance. The Razor's Edge handles its dramatic curve well enough but the Larry Darrell character does little beyond make embarrassingly weak speeches about his quest for enlightenment. It's not the kind of thing that movies do well. Even David Lean couldn't show the soul of a poet and had to resort to trite shots of his Yuri Zhivago in a writing frenzy while flowers grow and icycles form. Lamar Trotti invents creakily insubstantial scenes like the old coal miner telling Darrell that he too once searched for The Truth (crash of thunder on the soundtrack) and failed. Darrell then embarks on a voyage of spiritual enlightenment that consists of three disjointed scenes in the Indian Himalayas. He talks to a guru on arrival, talks to him again while encamped in a lonely cabin, and talks to him a third time before returning to civilization. It's all woefully inadequate to express what a transcendant experience might be like; comic strips about "wise men atop lonely mountains" are just as convincing. Equally silly is Darrell's "new" persona upon returning to Paris. He was always a determined fellow and now seems a self-composed determined fellow. He quietly spreads goodness-by-example among his friends and doesn't judge their often terrible shortcomings of character, especially the shallow and destructive Isabel. Of course, he was just as nice before he went on his journey, so the only difference we really notice is that he can apparently cure the depressive Gray Maturin by force of will and hypnotic suggestion, like Mandrake the Magician. The real benefit of a sojourn with Eastern gurus is the ability to dazzle one's friends with really impressive party tricks. Now if he could levitate people, that would be something. The result of all of Darrell's searching is that he will return to the States and go back into some capitalistic trade anyway, so what's the big deal? Another cue to read the book. The rest of The Razor's Edge follows the more compelling group of characters as they struggle with appearances and issues that eventually amount to nothing. It's an unusually lumpy and awkward narrative; deeply satisfying material alternates with cartoonish melodrama and scenes of the rich enjoying their entitlements. The celebrated role is Anne Baxter's Sophie, who falls victim to the jealousy and thoughtlessness of her more wealthy friends, but The Razor's Edge spends just as much time on tiresome tangents. After putting up with Clifton Webb's annoying abuse of just about everyone in the picture, we linger for a good fifteen minutes at the side of his deathbed. Larry literally jumps through windows to secure an invitation for a party the sick Webb cannot attend, just so he'll be able to die reassured that he's a social success. When I reach my spiritual Nirvana, I know I'll be motivated to perform petty mercy missions for undeserving rich people. The film ends with Larry Darrell gracefully ascending to a higher moral plane than the vain and corrupt Isabel (not that steep of a climb) while the admiring Maugham looks on. Our only logical reaction is to think, "I better go read the book." Actor-watchers will certainly enjoy Elsa Lanchester's rather unnecessary bit as a private secretary. The very keen will recognize that the Polish miner who sends Larry off to India is Fritz Kortner, who played the newspaper millionaire shot by Louise Brooks in Pabst's classic silent Pandora's Box. His attempt at a Hollywood career (Sorry, Wrong Number) fizzled, and he went back to Germany. The song Mam'selle from this picture made an even more poignant comeback on Thelma Ritter's phonograph in key scenes from Sam Fuller's Pickup on South Street. Fox's Studio Classics DVD of The Razor's Edge is a fine encoding of this glossy B&W blockbuster. Besides some Movietone news bits (Anne Baxter walked away with an Oscar), the extra of appeal is a commentary track shared by authors and film historians Anthony Slide and Robert S. Birchard. They communicate the relevant facts about the picture and its actors and have the literary overview necessary to place it in context with the book source and its colorful author. We only discover that the film doesn't have the highest reputation when they finally get around to relating the reactions of critics like Pauline Kael, who found it a laugh riot of incompetence. Mr. Slide worries a lot about whether the Darrell character is or isn't a virgin - even though the character is supposed to be fresh from the WW1 flying corps in France, where we might rashly assume virginity would be fairly rare. Slide also has a lot to say about Maugham's homosexuality. This gives the movie a different twist as the character is forever admiring Larry Darrell and extolling his superiority as a human being in the vaguest of terms. Mr. Birchard tends to downplay this Hollywood Babylon angle with succinct facts: He caps Slide's eager description of director Edmund Goulding's Hollywood sex and drug orgies with a simple observation, "Don't forget the alcohol." It's an amusing track. The commentators do pick up on the best thing in the picture, the incomparably suave Herbert Marshall. His Maugham corners an irate Isabel and soothes her with flattery and poetic admiration. She's completely melted by his old-smoothie gush in about twenty seconds - she ends up kissing his hands like a purring cat. Besides being a testament to classic seduction techniques, the great scene expresses Isabel's all-consuming vanity better than her soap-opera denials and confessions. On a scale of Excellent, Good, Fair, and Poor, The Razor's Edge rates: Movie: Good Sound: Excellent English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono) Supplements: Commentary by Anthony Slide and Robert S. 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__label__cc	0.686711	0.313289	handguns, mass shooting, Neil deGrasse Tyson, numeracy, risk, terrorism Neil deGrasse Tyson is Correct about the Numbers Numeracy Matters Yesterday, science writer Neil deGrasse Tyson tweeted: In the past 48 hrs, the USA horrifically lost 34 people to mass shootings. On average, across any 48 hrs, we also lose… 500 to Medical errors 300 to the Flu 250 to Suicide 200 to Car Accidents 40 to Homicide via Handgun Often our emotions respond more to spectacle than to data. His numbers are roughly correct. Moreover, his bottom line is important. The kinds of deaths that gets attention are not always those with the largest numbers of fatalities. All of the causes he lists above have more. Handguns are close but even those are for any 48 hour period and it’s unlikely that we will have El Paso/Dayton-style mass shootings every 48 hours. It’s precisely the fact that such mass shootings are rare (although, of course, not nearly rare enough) that leads to the publicity they get. Various people have expressed their upset at Tyson, but when they go beyond upset to actually argue, they typically fail. For example, one responder wrote: You can learn from errors You can heal from flu You can love life You can drive safe[ly] But even if you choose to live a safe healthy life you can do nothing against an American terrorist. You can’t even make a choice because a stupid white virgin boy has decided that you must die. Yes, you can learn from errors, but that doesn’t mean they didn’t die. You can heal from flu, but many people, despite often good medical attention, don’t. You can love life, but it’s not the life lovers who are typically at risk of suicide. And you can drive safely, but that doesn’t mean you won’t get T-boned in an intersection by some bozo who runs a red. So just as you often can do nothing against an American, or even a foreign, terrorist, you often, despite your best efforts, might get killed by medical error, flu, and unsafe drivers. Tyson’s most important point is his last sentence, and many of the people who are upset at him are proving his point. Loquitur Veritatem Aug 5 2019 at 6:32pm You and Tyson are correct about the emotional response to mass murder. Though I am far from being an advocate of “gun control” (whatever that means to the people who mouth it reflexively), I have to say that mass murder (including mass murder by terrorists) is in a different category than medical errors, flu, and many other “natural” causes of death. Mass murder is an additional risk. So the “responder” whom you quote is correct about the substance of the matter, despite the emotionalism of his comment. All those other things are additional risks too. And, as I responded to the responder, they are often very hard to avoid. It seems it’s the unexpectedness of the event. You should be pretty safe in a WalMart, and the even makes you feel powerless because you are unprepared for it. Old people especially die from the flu, and we all know there’s a chance we’ll get into a car accident, no matter how slight, so we are at least a bit prepared. Pedantic as it may be to point out, the eagerness of some people (and unfortunately even some journalists) to jump to racist stereotyping is rather irksome, especially since white males probably commit fewer homicides than would be proportional to the their fraction of the population. https://www.ncjrs.gov/ovc_archives/ncvrw/2017/images/en_artwork/Fact_Sheets/2017NCVRW_Homicide_508.pdf But making mass murders less massive by making it more difficult for just anybody to get their hands on weapons that fire large number of rounds in few seconds would be pretty easy unlike preventing flu, car accidents and suicides. I think it’s the uber-senselessness of murders with weapons almost no one should own that drives the special newsworthiness of these incidents. That is n emotional response as well. I associate with enough gun owners to know that eliminating tens of millions of a particular type of guns would be quite difficult. On a par with eliminating drug use by making them illegal. You don’t think stringently licensing the sale and transfer of certain kinds of weapons and add on’s that increase the rate or silence of fire would not lead to a significant reduction in the rate of acquisition of such weapons? Thomas Sewell I’m not sure you’re considering the number of those objects you want to restrict which already exist. It would take decades for enough of them to wear out in order to create any significant reduction in their availability. They’re aslo very easy for anyone with access to some basic machine tools to produce. All you’re really saying is that they should skip the licensed dealer part where a background check gets done. If you want to reduce violent death using firearms, one obvious place to do so (where the pro-self-defense crowd is even going to support you!) is to spend resources on preventing/controlling inner-city gang violence. That’s the source of 10-25% (depending on whose numbers you look at) of firearms homicides. 50% of firearms homicides occur in 2% of counties, all urban. The recent decades of reduced firearms violence rates are primarily part of an overall reduction in crime. Over 50% of counties don’t have a single murder each year. Those counties are all rural. Rural America has a gun homicide rate comparable to most European countries. A large part of the issue is that rural Americans have lots of guns and minimal gun homicides, while inner cities have banned/restricted guns and lots of gun homicides, with suburbs and small cities in-between on the measures. So it makes no sense to rural Americans to adopt the non-working policies of the cities, while the city-folk don’t understand why rural-folk don’t see as much of a major issue. And then the rare mass shootings get twisted by the media and politicians to fit their preferred narratives, which they usually don’t actually fit. There’s so much proposed idiocy around the issue, all I can do is be thankful we have Constitutional safeguards preventing most of it. Jack Wiesner As with measuring the success of any policy, we must consider the tradeoffs, the benefits against the costs, the expected cost of individual liberty sacrificed vs the expected benefit of collective safety from mass shootings. One must consider the data on the likelihood of such an event happening before and after a policy that restricts individual liberties and inherent rights has been legislated. Any other method of analysis would be unscientific and would include a certain degree of uncertainty in achieving its policy objective while the cost in rights being sacrificed is without doubt certain. Aug 8 2019 at 11:33am But making mass murders less massive by making it more difficult for just anybody to get their hands on weapons that fire large number of rounds in few seconds would be pretty easy unlike preventing flu, car accidents and suicides. I think you would have to ban all high caliber revolvers and shotguns. I do not think it is unreasonable idea to ban certain guns, but just so we count both sides, what do you think the cost, if any, would be in young men going to prison or getting killed for distributing illegal weapons? I see no good estimates of those costs. Martin Gibbins In 1966 automobile deaths in America per 100,000 were just above 25. Most Americans were still eager to drive. By 2017 they were down to below 12 due to courageous politicians who passed auto safety laws (air bags; mandatory seatbelt laws) against a fair amount of resistance from industry and civil libertarians, and that is the rate we now view as the current normal and acceptable level of background risk. If we found the rate jumped back up to 25 in 2019, our hair would be on fire. A consideration of flu deaths would produce a similar conclusion. Most of our traditional allies have virtually eliminated the threat of dying by gunshot through “gun controls”. In America, we have de facto decided that a level of gun violence is just part of the cost of enjoying our other freedoms. If we began taking steps such as outlawing high-capacity magazines, and we reached a lower rate of death by mass shooting, we would incorporate that into our expectation of background risk. Perhaps second graders would not need to practice shelter in place drills. Since 1934, increasingly restrictive laws on fully automatic guns ownership has made them nearly impossible to acquire except by wealthy collectors. Sensible restrictions on features of assault-style guns will be accepted by most citizens including most gun owners. Now all we need are courageous politicians. Tyson’s perspective is correct, of course, but I think mass shootings are in a risk class different than the others. Ben Bursae Aug 7 2019 at 12:51pm “… I think mass shootings are in a risk class different than the others.” This thought is the problem that Tyson and Prof. Henderson are addressing (correctly) with the idea that numeracy matters, especially in leading to non-emotional reactions to spectacle. All of these things cause death (and one could further clarify that they cause “unexpected” or “premature” death or however you want to characterize the unforeseen nature of the causes). What other “risk class” matters? And the fact is that mass shootings cause less death than the other causes listed. Trying to shoehorn mass shootings into some special “risk class” is an example of the emotional response to spectacle that is being rightfully derided. I agree with this post. However, it is also very unlikely I will die in a foreign terrorist attack. Some people accept the boogeyman interpretation of foreign terrorism but reject the boogeymen domestic version.. There is nothing wrong with an emotional response to mass murder. There is a good reason why people react so emotionally, it undermines their sense of safety in public places. Plus, many previous mass shootings were in schools. I get emotional when I see one child getting mistreated, should I react differently when dozens of children get murdered senselessly? I am more concerned about people who do not react emotionally and insist on convoluted arguments why nothing can be done about ownership of weapons the sole purpose of which is to kill in bulk. You’re right that there’s nothing wrong with an emotional response to mass murder. The problem comes when you go from emotion to solution without thinking through consequences, including unintended consequences. Aug 6 2019 at 2:47am What could be the unintended consequence of outlawing private ownership of assault rifles? The same as when we prohibit people carrying hand grenades in their pockets? Hand grenades are regulated under the National Firearms Act (“NFA”), a federal law first passed in 1934 and amended by the Crime Control Act of 1968. The 1968 amendments made it illegal to possess “destructive devices,” which includes grenades. (26 U.S.C. § 5801.) Paul in NJ “What could be the unintended consequence of outlawing private ownership of assault rifles?” It’s difficult to tell whether you’re serious, or trolling. For starters, “assault rifle” is an emotional term having no meaning in practical terms. It cannot be defined by characteristics, as changing even one of those will negate the law. “I know it when I see it” won’t stand up in court. But that’s almost beside the point. Second, such a law would be patently unConstitutional. You’d know this from even a cursory reading of recent SCOTUS decisions. Do that, and become better educated. And primarily, the “unintended” consequence would be massive disobedience by law-abiding owners and a huge outcry from those who believe in the Second Amendment. What would you do then? Would you send the Army door to door to confiscate them? That would spark massive disobedience — and quite possibly a civil war. Alan Goldhammer Perhaps you should take your own advice. Reasonable gun regulations were not ruled out by the Supreme Court. The longstanding ban against machine guns is still in effect since 1934 and newer legislation continued that ban. There is nothing in existing law or court precedence that would prohibit new legislation from placing controls on certain weapons and/or high capacity magazines. From a sport and home safety perspective, there is no rational need for any firearm that can discharge more than 10 rounds. If one is such a poor shot that they cannot bring down a dangerous intruder without firing more than three shots they should not be in possession of a firearm. If one is such a poor shot that they cannot bring down a dangerous intruder without firing more than three shots they should not be in possession of a firearm. I don’t necessarily disagree with the idea, but can we apply it to the professionals first? https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-anaheim-police-dramatic-video-investigation-shooting-driving-20190508-story.html https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2018/may/25/shannon-watts/do-more-7-10-police-bullets-miss-their-mark-gun-co/ Jeff G. Don’t forget the ever-present opportunity costs. Even if we all agree that there is potential piece of legislation that would prevent future mass shootings, you have to decide if you want to spend your time and political capital on that rather than something else that could save many, many more lives. It’s easy to say “why can’t we do both,” but in practice that’s not likely to happen. Joe Cobb It is the opponents of mine who rely on emotion primarily, and trust that their moral claims will affect events – due to enthusiasm, I suppose. Over the weekend, a podcast interviewed Francis Fukuyama who has some new book about how people change their minds. He recommends responding to some absurd claim, or policy, with the simple question: “Yes, and how would that work?” (you sincerely want to know, don’t fake it). In my college days, we referred to those opponents as “economically illiterate” since any aspect of practical human behavior was beyond the “moral horizon” for all the leftists. I don’t see where “emotion” comes into this. Mass murder with rapid fire weapons provoke a response not (I think) because people over-estimate their chances or dying is such an incident relative to dying from flu or medical mistakes or automobile accidents. Rather it is a reminder (to many people) of an implicit judgement that we are not in a equilibrium of costs of prevention v benefits of prevention. They think that there are many measures they consider of such low cost (restricting sale and transfer of certain kinds of weapons) as to be worth even a small reduction in the average number of victims in mass murder events. Good post, David! If I may quote myself, I would add one point derived from FBI statistics on the 50 mass shootings events in the period 2016-2017: Thus, an armed citizen put an end to a mass shooting in four cases or 8% of the shootings. Economist John Lott argues that the FBI missed some of the shootings, and that the real percentage over the past few years is around 15%. In any event, a significant percentage of mass shootings were stopped by armed citizens and many lives were presumably saved. The link above provides more details and links. Of course, it is more difficult to stop a mass killing when the killer is armed with a powerful semi-automatic rifle, you only have a handgun, and everything is played in a few minutes. But the cops did it, and nothing (but the state in certain parts of the United States) prevents an ordinary citizen from getting as much training (although not as much practice) as a cop. And again, 8% is not nothing. The numbers might look different if you looked at expected years of life lost. My guess would be that flu and medical errors are mostly taking old people. Doesn’t seem wrong that people may abhor the taking younger lives or more innocent lives (did less to put them selves in danger). I don’t actually like the media reporting on these events but this numerology still seems crass and smug. Phil H The point about the numbers is right, but there are a couple of important responses. Firstly, as Thaomas notes above, it feels like mass shootings are preventable in some important way that those other things are not. Deaths from disease and suicide… they’re never going to stop. But there are countries in the world in which angry young men never go on murderous shooting sprees. By equating mass killings with the naturally occurring flu, NDT seems to be suggesting that mass shootings are a natural inevitability. To many people, that’s a revolting suggestion. Secondly, it’s a funny thing, but (some) libertarians seem quite keen on “culture” – in particular, using culture as an explanation for different economic outcomes. However, they are less willing to accept the natural converse conclusion, which is that culture can be used to change society. How do you change culture? By acting on it! By banning guns; by encouraging innovation; by penalizing divorce; etc. etc. When right wing/libertarian commentators seem very interested in some of these cultural interventions but not others, this suggests that their arguments have ulterior motivation. (NB. I’m aware that the true libertarian has an anti-state intervention argument to make here; it’s just that true libertarians are vanishingly rare in the wild, and most folks on Twitter are dealing with average rightwing/rightish commentators.) The American gun control argument is a very weird place on both sides. Still, I like NDT’s evidence-driven kind of argument. I am reminded of the great work done by Paul Slovic and his colleagues over the years on risk perception. His research was flowering at the same time as Tversky and Kahneman but he is often overlooked. His landmark 1987 paper in Science requires a subscription to access but this more recent one covers the issues and is free at SSRN. The key issue that Slovic identified was people react much more to very rare incidents that have a high dread factor (classic example is the aversion to the use of nuclear power but the acceptance of medical X-rays). Jon Murphy Good post. As someone who is something of a control freak, I totally understand the fear of dying due to an event beyond your control and utterly unpredictable. Numeracy helps overcome that fear. You make peace with risk. If one really stops to think of all the ways one could die that’s not his fault, it gets overwhelming. But you can’t let it shut you down. I get a flu vaccine every year, even though it is often ineffective (I got the flu anyway this winter). I have a concealed carry permit. Hopefully I never have to use it, and it might be just as ineffective as the flu vaccine, but that is still effective enough. Anyone know of a medical error vaccine? Replying to myself, herd immunity applies to firearms carrying too. Enough people carry and incidents get stopped before they can spread. I oppose mandatory vaccinations and mandatory carry, but I encourage both. “…herd immunity applies to firearms carrying too. Enough people carry and incidents get stopped before they can spread.” It is no coincidence that mass shootings take place in carefully chosen “gun-free” zones, or in situations where there is little chance of encountering armed citizens. I am not aware of any mass shootings in police stations, or on military bases… or at gun shows. I am not aware of any mass shootings in police stations, or on military bases… or at gun shows. Google Military Base Shooting Fort Hood!!!! The Fort Hood example makes Paul’s point. He probably assumed that military personnel are allowed to carry arms on the base. They’re not. I dealt with this when I was an employee at the Naval Postgraduate School. I wanted to carry a loaded pistol in my trunk. But that would have meant that every time I went on campus, which was multiple times a week, I would have been committing a felony. The only people who are armed on campus are the military and civilian police. I’m betting a Walmart in Texas is one of the least gun-free places in the US… but that is just a guess. And we don’t really see that many mass shootings (or shootings for that matter) in other developed countries that severely restrict gun ownership. And the overall literature on gun ownership and homicide doesn’t really support your contention that more guns decrease violence (I believe Lott is just about the only researcher who finds the opposite (this is an exaggeration)). A simple model of gun violence (which I imagine you don’t buy but is relatively reasonable) is that guns make violence less expensive. It’s easier to shoot someone than to stab someone or choke them to death, and so long as the shooter has a slight surprise advantage (i.e. not everyone has their gun in their hand the entire time), the body count is certain to be higher where guns are more easily obtained (just use google scholar to search “guns and homicide literature review). And it seems that if the shooter doesn’t care about living or dying (as most of these mass shooters appear not to care), they can get the jump on lots of people before a single gun is pulled. Regarding Tyson’s point about suicide: gun ownership is a huge predictor of suicide. If you reduce the number of guns/gun owners, you reduce the number of suicides (there seems to be a pretty large elasticity between suicides and guns, so it is not the case that people just substitute methods of suicide). Justin Fox had a piece on this phenomenon a couple of years back on why it is reasonable to fear terrorism more than the everyday occurrences that are statistically likely on average to cause more deaths. As some one who was firmly in the “terrorism fears and the associated response is irrational” camp, I found his argument at least partially persuasive. I’d argue that mass shootings are close enough to terrorist attacks, even if they don’t share a common political motive, that “normal” people’s responses are justified. I think it is magnified over terrorism in left leaning people, because the “solution” to the problem seems relatively easy and straightforward, and that it is just political will that is stopping us from doing something about it. For people on the right, my feeling is that the positions are reversed, where terrorism is particularly scary, and seems like it should be easy to solve through things like tougher border security. (Note, it doesn’t matter that I think both sides are wrong, and that it would require huge curtailing of individual liberty to make more than a dent in either problem, it is their perception that matters) One other thing occurred to me when I was writing this. Lots has been written about how terrorism is more likely to hit big cities, and yet the residents of those cities are less fearful and less willing to give up liberties to try to protect against terrorist acts. There’s a parallel that I haven’t seen as often, in that mass shootings seem at least more randomly distributed than terrorist acts, and seem as likely to happen in rural or suburban areas as urban ones, yet in this case we typically have urban liberals as the ones that are reacting out of line with the actual level of risk. This is in response to two separate comments from Paul in NJ. For starters, “assault rifle” is an emotional term having no meaning in practical terms. It cannot be defined by characteristics, as changing even one of those will negate the law. Then how did we manage to outlaw hand grenades as “destructive devices”? Notice how mass killings in this country are always committed with assault rifles, not grenades. It is no coincidence that mass shootings take place in carefully chosen “gun-free” zones … From one of many articles: Because of open-carry gun laws in Texas, Walmart shoppers at the store in El Paso and other stores around the state are allowed to carry firearms openly. … Walmart remains the largest gun seller in the nation, … zeke5123 The problem isn’t the average but the tails. It is really hard to double the number of deaths from medical accidents, car accidents, handgun homicide, etc. The same is not quite true with mass-shootings. While mass-shooting may not be extreme fat tails, they aren’t extreme thin tails either. And that is where Prof. Tyson may be being innumerate — he isn’t focusing on what kind of statistical distribution he is in. Averages ONLY matter in thin tail environments. Take an example: The average deaths from atomic war since they have been invented is quite small. But if we got into a live nuclear war tomorrow, the death-toll could easily be in the billions. Point is that when the extreme event completely swamps out the average, the only thing that matters is the extreme event. Indeed, since the extreme event hasn’t occurred, then saying the risk is low because the average is low is just not understanding how tail risk works. I do concede that mass-shootings are not like nuclear war; they are much more thin tailed compared to fat tailed. But if you think of mass-shootings as a kind of terrorism (which Prof. Henderson references), then you start to see more of a fat tailed environment (though the nature of the terrorists, i.e., state sponsored or lone wolf, likely determines whether they are more thin tailed or fat tailed). And that is what worries me about Prof. Tyson’s (and Prof. Henderson’s) argument — it treats average as the only important point without addressing whether the averages they are comparing are similar kinds of distributions (i.e., thin tailed or fat tailed). This is one of those lies, damned lies, and statistics. I thought I posted, but I guess not. I think the problem is that average only matters in thin-tailed environments. Where extreme events can radically change the average, the only thing that matters is the extreme event. Indeed, the nature of high-impact, low-occurrence, you often won’t find the event in the average. So, I think Prof. Tyson is being innumerate by comparing arguably terrorism (potential for fat tail) with other incidents that are thin tailed. David Seltzer Chicago…Chirac…1517 shot YTD. 216 per month or 7.2 per day. 293 homicides, YTD. 42 per month, in gun controlled chicago. Mostly under 25 Black on Black killings. How do these weapons arrive? Go across the Illinois-Indiana state line where criminals purchase guns in NW Indiana. Just some numbers with no vitriol or emotion. Finally, last weekend, Aug 5th,7 were killed and 46 wounded in Chicago. A local hospital stopped accepting patients as it was filled to capacity as a result of the shootings. Crime brings poverty simply because no business would dare go there and people leave as soon as they are able. Brandon Berg It’s worth noting that the vast majority of deaths from flu and medical errors kill those who are very old and in failing health, so the number of quality-adjusted life years lost per death might be only 10% or less of what’s lost from a typical homicide or car accident death. What would you say to the Talebian point that these are Fat-Tailed phenomena that we gravitate to on the news. Therefore, the emotional response, or paranoia, is rational as a way to mitigate large unforeseen tail events. For example, the 35,000 or so deaths from car accidents a year will fluctuate very little in any given year. But if we ask ourselves about a worst case scenario for a terrorist attack, the number could be over 100,000 in a single explosion. Given this fat-tailed distribution, the typical paranoia and emotion is rational. Christophe Biocca Let’s take that 100,000 at face value and assume this happens next year. 100,000 people dying would move the average US deaths from terrorism from 80 deaths/year over the last half-century to about 2080 deaths/year, or about 1/8 th of our average annual homicide rate, and still way below suicide/kidney disease/car accidents. Fat-tail is a reasonable argument that the risk is higher than one would get by naively averaging, but the gap is so big that invoking fat-tail risk can’t bridge it on its own. I was about to write an answer to Ethan, but I think that Christophe Biocca answered it better than I had planned. On the other issue, though, it actually is hard to imagine a single explosion that could cause the number of deaths to be anywhere close to 100,000. Think of what we first heard when the Twin Towers were hit. IIRC, we first heard that it could be 20,000 and then within hours it was down to 7,000 and then 5,000 and then, after a few days, 3,000. But think back to the 20,000. That was the high end because presumably that was almost equal to the number of people in those buildings at the time of the attack. There are easy ways to imagine (though hopefully harder to execute): a single powerful nuclear bomb in midtown Manhattan could cause well over a million of casualties and untold trillions in loss of value. No one is saying these are likely but possible. The precise point mass shooters do what they do is to provoke an emotional response… While there was one good comment that pointed out that it is the fact one person in such a short amount of time can kill however many people that separates it from the statistical aspect of mortality tables from events. It is literally quantitative versus qualitative. As far as shooters go… It is because of the fundamental violation and betrayal of societal trust, brutality, callousness, and the perception that it could happen to anyone, anywhere, at anytime to provoke mass fear. They want to do they worst thing the can imagine. They gave up on life, choose a horrible death spiral of murder, and hoping to end their life by committing suicide-by-cop. If they were trying to kill mass amounts of people, they would turn to explosives, chemical weapons, or potentially mass poisoning. However, terrorism is violence for a political aim, or more simply, a political statement. Possibly trying make their opinions and fears seem more valid than they are by displaying their desperation…I can’t think of any good way to deter them other than numbers. As the number of CCW holders increase above 2-3 within an immediate area, a inexperienced single shooter very quickly looses an advantage, as he is in the open and cannot focus on everyone all at once. The Las Vegas and D.C Sniper examples present the worst case scenarios where armed citizens cannot make a difference. These two examples also show how optics are one aspect that hasn’t fully proliferated among mass shooters due to cost. Good Optics cost more than most of the guns used. In terms of gun laws/banning, I just cannot see it working, so long as second and third world nations continue to produce firearms, they will show up in America, even with full unconstitutional house by house search and seizures, just like drugs. Never mind the fact guns and ammo can be built, manufactured, machined at home by those with enough skill, or 3D printed parts can be designed to fill the gaps needed. The Mental Health Aspect is an easy talking point, however, getting psychiatrist, psychologist, and other clinical social workers on board creates a humongous cost as these professionals earn a lot of money, and there are not enough, and will likely not want the liability. Placing the burden of cost onto a gun purchaser could alleviate that, however it also has legal and constitutional issues. Early identification of an extremist turning into a mass shooter seems to be the only way to effectively minimize more shootings, but just how to do that is challenging, and would require friends, family, or others within a social group to have the strength of conviction to act. However, many shooters may be somewhat socially isolated, and only leave a trail of signs online with little to be caught in advance and instead only seen after. Some of the things most have in common are: 1. They have a divided home or are fatherless 2. Are single, possibly isolated (leading to #3) 3. Have no children 4. They are young males who have not yet lived long enough to become experienced or successful Michael Rulle So many otherwise intelligent people cannot help but turn a horrible action into rage against something else they believe is the cause. Having said, that, I could easily support laws limiting the size of “magazines”—–the Dayton shooter had something like a “75-100” bullet magazine and was killed within a minute. Supposedly, he shot 41 bullets within 30 seconds. However, fully automatics can can fire about ten times more–and are outlawed. If that is a “semi-automatic”-it seems pretty unusual and dangerous to me as well. That, of course, is simply my opinion—but in Heller, Scalia did provide for various restrictions that States do undertake, including prohibiting ownership of weapons deemed to be “unusual and dangerous”. However, I do not believe the public outcry was really about this at all. There was true anger aimed at both the NRA and the President. While the public generally suffers from innumeracy, it is unlikely that was a consideration here. It is easy to understand the numbers Professor Tyson puts forth, but they are also hard to create a simple narrative around—nor to demonstrate they are appropriate targets of outrage. I believe the normal human reaction to these mass shooting events is generally shock and empathy. But it is also, apparently, in our nature to use them for our gain. David L. Dawson Poor analysis, Dr. Tyson: During the given 48 hour time period: It took hundreds of doctors or nurses to kill via 500 errors; It took 300 individuals to die of the Flu; It took 250 people to commit the 250 suicides; It took tens perhaps hundreds of people to kill 200 in car accidents; And it probably took multiples of tens of people to kill 40 others with handguns. But it took ONLY TWO individuals to kill a total of 31 people via semi-automatic weapons. Moreover, the death toll probably would have been higher than 31, perhaps even hundreds had not the police swiftly responded. Indeed, our emotions often respond more to spectacle than to data. But our minds often respond more to sophistry than wisdom. Walter Boggs It seems that those two individuals ought to be the focus of our outrage – not their weapons, which did not fire themselves, and not the many millions of gun owners who have never shot anyone and never will. I’m not a gun owner, but I’m guessing that’s how a lot of them would see it. RELATED CONTENT By Aaron Wildavsky and Adam Wildavsky Since the late 1950s, the regulation of risks to health and safety has taken on ever-greater importance in public policy debates—and actions. 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__label__wiki	0.609548	0.609548	Kazakhstan’s Daddy-Daughter Dictator Show Written by Anna Nemtsova Nursultan Nazarbayev, the longtime leader of Kazakhstan, Central Asia’s richest country, has always had a rather particular sense of humor. Back in 1998 he moved the country’s capital from the cozy, sunny city of Almaty to a place called Akmola on the windswept northern steppe. Kazakhstan: What is Nazarbayev's transition plan about? Written by Arkady Dubnov And can it be a model for other countries in the region to follow, namely Russia? Dariga Nazarbayeva: Kazakhstan’s understudy president Written by Nastassia Astrasheuskaya The Moscow-educated opera singer is primed to be the country’s first female leader This week, his prophecy began to take shape. Mr Nazarbayev, 78, unexpectedly announced he would resign from office after almost three decades in charge, and appointed his eldest daughter Dariga Nazarbayeva as Speaker of the country’s Senate, a role that occupies second place in the line of succession. Kremlin Wonders If Putin Will Follow in Kazakh Leader’s Footsteps Written by Henry Meyer , Ilya Arkhipov , and Stepan Kravchenko An aging leader steps down as president but keeps a firm grip on the reins of power. For many in the Kremlin, the choreographed events unfolding in neighboring Kazakhstan are a model for Russian President Vladimir Putin to consider. Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev to step down after nearly 30 years in power Written by Anton Troianovski is The Washington Post's Moscow bureau chief. Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said Tuesday that he was stepping down, touching off a potentially perilous period of transition in one of the world’s most geopolitically fragile regions. Nazarbayev has ruled Kazakhstan, Central Asia’s largest country, since it became an independent state with the collapse of the Soviet Union. On Tuesday, he said in a nationally televised address that after nearly 30 years in power, it was time to leave the presidency. Kazakhstan Draws Closer to Presidential Succession Written by George Voloshin Kazakhstani President Nursultan Nazarbayev will turn 79 in July, and talk of an impending succession has significantly intensified since the end of last year. Numerous local experts noted the harsh criticism that the president leveled at domestic utilities companies during a November 2018 session of the Security Council. Kazakhstan: Court clears woman charged of incitement to revolt Written by Almaz Kumenov Akberdi’s husband was jailed for three years on similar charges. Will An Ascendant Uzbekistan Challenge Kazakhstan’s Leadership In Central Asia? – Analysis Written by Wilder Alejandro Sanchez President Donald Trump met with President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan on 16 May, an important breakthrough after the isolationism of the Karimov regime. The unsavoury alliance between oligarchs and London’s top lawyers Written by Nick Cohen It’s a grubby business but these companies have no qualms about picking up the fat Geopolitics And Conflict Potential In Central Asia And South Caucasus – Analysis Written by Rahim Rahimov Two post-Soviet Caspian Sea sub-regions – Central Asia and the South Caucasus – have experienced different conflict scenarios.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line15088
__label__cc	0.605142	0.394858	Essex's best walks: From Little Tey to Broad Green Houchins farm A stroll from the village of Little Tey to Broad Green allows walkers to explore some of the county's stunning countryside using mostly public rights of way \| Words and photos: Laurie Page Public Rights of Way Team at Essex County Council 1) From the church, walk back along the lane towards the main road. About halfway down, look out for the footpath on the right. Take this, going through a metal gate, into a meadow of long grass. At the end of the field, go through another gate and over a footbridge, where you turn left along the field boundary. Where the hedge ends, by the way-marker post, turn right going across the field past the odd way-marker on a wheel, to cross a footbridge. Continue across the next field following the telegraph poles, then alongside a line of trees. Proceed to the lane. Little Tey Church 2) Turn right along the lane and soon after take the next footpath on the left. Go along the field edge then bear right, following the way-marker. When you reach the next path junction, bear slightly left following the way-marker, across a crop field, heading for the wide gap in the hedge on the other side. At the gap turn left along the field boundary with the hedge to your left. At the end of the field, go to the left of the bridge along the edge of the next field with a hedge now to your right on a wide grass path. This joins a dusty track leading to the lane. 3) Turn right along the lane. At Houchings Farm, go straight on along a bridleway. Follow a wide grass path alongside a hedge, then (slightly left) between crop fields. At the end of the field cross a ditch and then turn right, onto a wide grass path with the ditch to your right. Upper Hall Farm A huge crop field is to your left. At the end of the field, just after the path bends left, turn right through the next gap in the hedge going across a crop field. Head towards the post at the end of the hedge on the other side. When you reach the post, turn right along a wide grass path which is a bridleway. Continue along the grass path into the next field. At the path junction just before the next hedge turn left, with a hedge, then Cuckoos Farm to the right. The path bends right to the lane. 4) Turn right along the lane. Proceed along the lane for some distance, passing East Gores Farm then houses. Where the lane bends sharp right, continue straight ahead onto a concrete footpath. Continue to Upper Hall Farm. Little Tey walk The path veers left at the farmhouse then S bends between the farm buildings and goes out onto a grass track along the field edge with trees to the right. Go into the next field, but on the right-hand side of the hedge. At the end, cross a ditch via a footbridge where you connect to a byway and turn right. This takes you directly back to Little Tey Church. Ordnance Survey maps are available from all good booksellers and outdoor stores or visit the online shop www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/al Distance: 3.9 miles (6.3km) Starting point: Little Tey Church, Church Lane, Little Tey CO6 1HX. If the church car park is closed then there are a couple of parking places in front of the church. How to get there: From the A120 between Marks Tey and Coggeshall, turn north into Church Lane (a cul-de-sac) which takes you to the church. Map: OS Explorer 183 Chelmsford Refreshments: The Kings Arms pub, Broad Green on the A120 (Sat Nav CO6 1RU). Places of interest nearby: Two miles west along the A120 (Roman Stane Street) is the historic town of Coggeshall. It has a Tudor mansion open to the public (Paycockes House), and a Medieval Grange Barn, both run by the National Trust. There is also the remains of an old abbey, a little museum in the town centre and a grand church, as well as many listed timber-framed buildings. 10 of the prettiest places to live in Essex 9 beautiful walks in Essex with pubs along the way Who’s the top 50 richest in Essex? 10 of the best cosy pubs in Essex Where to see snowdrops in Essex: 10 stunning places Latest from the Essex Life 10 historical pubs in Essex perfect for a pint What to see and do in delightful Dedham We chat to Walthamstow’s dance icon Sir Matthew Bourne 5 things to do in Essex this weekend	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line15091
__label__wiki	0.566642	0.566642	Joshua L. Colburn \| Professionals \| Faegre Baker Daniels http://www.faegrebd.com/-/media/images/professionals/c/joshuacolburn.jpg Joshua L. Colburn joshua.colburn@FaegreBD.com D +1 612 766 8946 Joshua Colburn applies a collaborative approach to represent business entities and market participants of all sizes, primarily in matters of corporate governance, capital-raising transactions, executive compensation and securities compliance. He also has experience in a variety of other transactional matters, including joint ventures, international expansions and restructurings, and mergers and acquisitions. Joshua supports a number of public company clients in understanding and complying with legal and regulatory requirements, including listing standards, routine reporting and other interactions with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and state securities authorities, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the Nasdaq and NYSE markets, and the over-the-counter markets. Joshua regularly counsels private and public company clients and their boards on oversight responsibilities, board and committee structures, fiduciary duties, and stakeholder engagement. Joshua works with issuers and underwriters in connection with public and private debt and equity securities offerings, including shelf registrations and: Initial public offerings (IPOs) and other methods of “going public” Various underwritten offering structures Registered direct offerings Private placements in public equity Acquisition financing Restructuring transactions Law Faculty Position Joshua has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota Law School since the 2009 founding of its experiential learning course, “Law in Practice.” He continues to instruct a section of the course each spring semester. The course has become a part of the base curriculum for all first-year J.D. students and focuses on client service, including interviewing and counseling, interactions among parties and witnesses, settlements, mediations and negotiation skills. Services & Industries Business & Transactions Capital Markets & Securities Mergers & Acquisitions Public Companies & Governance Venture Capital Financial Services Health & Life Sciences Technology Investment Banking Medical Devices & Products Software Companies Privacy & Cybersecurity J.D. Dean's List, Minnesota Law Review (lead managing editor) (2007) B.S. in Computer Science, Dean's List (2004) February 2018 1 min read Buffalo Wild Wings Sells to Arby’s Restaurant Group Hospitality & Restaurants Food & Agribusiness Business & Transactions Mergers & Acquisitions October 2016 1 min read Hutchinson Technology Completes Sale to Tokyo-Based TDK Technology Business & Transactions International Transactions Mergers & Acquisitions November 2014 1 min read Bluestem Brands, Inc. Merges with Capmark Financial Group, Inc. Banking & Finance Financial Services Business & Transactions Mergers & Acquisitions Capital Markets & Securities May 2009 1 min read Target Defends Proxy Contest Public Companies & Governance See more of Joshua's Experience Event Recap January 07, 2020 CLE Navigating the 2020 Annual Report and Proxy Season Event Recap January 08, 2019 CLE CPE Navigating the 2019 Annual Report and Proxy Season - Minneapolis - Minneapolis, MN Updates November 2009 Loose Lips Sink Careers: Lessons on the Risks of Disclosing Material Nonpublic Information Event Recap January 09, 2018 Navigating the 2018 Annual Report and Proxy Season - Minneapolis, MN See more of Joshua's Events Leadership & Community Hennepin County Bar Association Society for Corporate Governance University of Minnesota Law School — Adjunct Associate Professor Minnesota Law Review Volume 91 Board Writing Award Three-time recipient of the Presidential Student Leadership and Service Award Paul A. Cartwright Award for Outstanding Public Service and Scholarship University of Minnesota Law School Public Service Program Honoree Legal Notice & Disclaimer Copyright © 2000-2019 Faegre Baker Daniels LLP. All Rights Reserved. The Faegre Baker Daniels website uses cookies to make your browsing experience as useful as possible. In order to have the full site experience, keep cookies enabled on your web browser. By browsing our site with cookies enabled, you are agreeing to their use. Review Faegre Baker Daniels' cookies information for more details. Not Agree	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line15097
__label__cc	0.626281	0.373719	→→Former Department of Linguistics→Past Research & Resources→Typological Surveys→The linguistic typology of templates Project Member Jeff Good The notion of a template has been used in a number of linguistic domains to refer to grammatical patterns where the form of some linguistic constituent appears to be well conceptualized as consisting of a fixed linear structure, whether in terms of the arrangement of its subconstituents or its overall length. The heterogenous patterns to which the term has been applied—e.g., prosodically-defined length restrictions as well complex, slot-filler morphology—make it difficult to typologize such constructions in order to determine the range of attested templatic variation and even whether the “templates” represent a coherent class of phenomena. This project, begun at the Department of Linguistics at MPI EVA and completed at the University at Buffalo, developed new typological methods for categorizing and comparing templatic constructions, using a convenience sample of around twenty templates as foundational case studies. The study’s use of a graph-based database allowed logical dependencies among templatic properties to be effectively encoded and algorithms for comparing graphs developed in the context of work in fields outside of linguistics (e.g., bioinformatics and computer science) were adapted for linguistic typological investigation. Good, Jeff. 2015. The Linguistic Typology of Templates. Cambridge University Press	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line15101
__label__wiki	0.860533	0.860533	ERROR: type should be string, got "https://www.farmprogress.com/sites/all/themes/penton_subtheme_americanagriculturist/images/logos/footer.png\nServing: East\nHard Red Wheat\nSoft Red Wheat\nGasoline RBOB\nNatural Gas (E)\nCrop report\nWhen transitioning to robots, expect the unexpected\nTake time to open your heart and listen\nGet ahead of soybean cyst nematode with soil testing\nIndustrial Hemp Conference schedules keynote speaker\nAPHIS clarifies authority to maintain fund balance\nConsider these 7 options to secure early spring forage\nKind acts can go a long way\nLook ahead to 2020 dairy prices with optimism\nHome>Markets & Quotes>Marketing>Crop Report\nWINDING DOWN: With rainy weather on the horizon, the very last acres of shelled corn were harvested on this farm outside of Richland, Pa. Corn and soybeans are on target for very good yields this year, according to the most recent USDA Crop Progress Report.\nNew York harvest picks up while Pennsylvania chugs along\nThe late-summer dry spell damaged soybean quality in Delaware and Maryland.\nChris Torres \| Nov 04, 2019\nAbout half of Pennsylvania’s corn grain crop has been harvested while Maryland and Delaware farmers are just about finished.\nCorn is 53% harvested in the Keystone State, on target with the five-year average of 52%, according to the most recent Crop Progress Report from the National Agricultural Statistics Service.\nA solid growing season with timely rains and warm temperatures have led to great yields with some farmers and Extension educators calling it record-breaking.\n“A very good corn crop, very likely our best ever. Soybeans were about average,” says crops reporter James C. Brubaker of Union County, Pa.\n“Corn and soybean harvest is going strong with the yields being above average. Emerged winter crops have emerged and are looking good,” says crops reporter William C. Shaeffer of Juniata County, Pa.\nSoybeans are 67% harvested, ahead of the five-year average of 60%.\nApples are 93% harvested, ahead of the five-year average of 90%. Bruce Hollabaugh, production manager of Hollabaugh Bros. Inc. in Biglerville, Pa., says this year has been a “180” in comparison to last year’s rains, which left a lot of damaged apples.\n“The weather, overall, has been kind, both as a growing season and for harvest. Fruit size has been great and flavor has been stellar, of all crops,” he says. “We’ve noticed an uptick in the ‘common’ diseases, most notably scab, we believe due to the intense pressure from last year’s growing season.\n“Believe it or not, having enough containers to put our crop in has probably been one of our largest challenges this year. Although we’ve had nearly the perfect amount of harvest help, this year we struggle to find reliable equipment operators,” he says. “Prices have been good for good fruit. But because the national crop is large, it’s been important to maintain the highest quality possible to compete at process that we’d like to see. Overall, although not perfect, this is the kind of season we needed after last year.”\nWinter wheat is 87% planted, just ahead of the average 83%.\nDry weather damages soybeans\nThis fall was a dry one in Maryland and Delaware, which greatly affected soybean quality.\nMuch of Maryland, southeast Pennsylvania, northern Delaware, southern New Jersey and southern West Virginia were placed in moderate drought status by the U.S. Drought Monitor.\nSoybeans are particular bad in Delaware where 67% of soybeans were reported in poor condition and 9% in very poor condition. In Maryland, 33% of soybeans were reported in fair condition, 26% poor and 14% very poor.\nThe corn crop is 95% harvested in Delaware, which is right about average. Soybeans are ahead of schedule, 61% harvested, well-ahead of the five-year average of 26%. Winter wheat is 53% planted, which is right about average.\nThe corn crop in Maryland is 95% harvested, ahead of the average 80% for this time of year. Soybeans are 54% harvested, slightly ahead of the average 46%.\nApples are 92% harvested, which is right about average. Winter wheat is 73% planted, ahead of the 58% average.\nLots to harvest in New York\nBy the numbers, it looks like New York farmers are starting to catch up from what’s been a late growing season.\nStill, the damage has already likely been done with a lot of corn still left in the ground, whether it’s for grain or silage.\n“Yields vary depending on ground, but in general are down compared to previous years. More ground has been planted to wheat due to spring prevented planting,” says Ellen deMey, a crops reporter in Oswego County, N.Y.\nJanice Degni, a crops reporter covering four counties in central New York, says late-planted corn maturity is at a standstill as cold and rainy conditions have taken over.\nOnly 65% of the corn crop has reached maturity, behind the five-year average of 84%.\nCorn silage is 62% harvested, behind the average 89%. Corn for grain is 22% harvested, behind the average 30%.\nApples are 80% harvested, behind the average 88%. New York is the nation’s second-largest apple producer.\nSoybeans are 37% harvested, behind the average 56%. Winter wheat is 86% planted, right about average.\nCranberry harvest down\nNew England growers are just about done with apples, with 88% of the crop harvested.\nCorn silage is 93% complete, which is right around average.\nPotatoes in Maine are 96% harvested, which is well-ahead of last year’s pace of 80%.\nCranberries, the big crop in Massachusetts, are 49% harvested, behind the five-year pace of 67%.\nPeter Jeranyama, a crops reporter on Cape Cod, says that 707,000 barrels of cranberries were reported delivered by one of the region’s largest cranberry handlers. Average yield is 170 barrels an acre, 18 barrels an acre less than last year. Average berry color, which is key to how growers are paid, is 20% higher than the five-year average.\nSuggested Event\nFarm Futures Business Summit - Ag Finance Boot Camp"	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line15105
__label__cc	0.575169	0.424831	Ikea wants to 3D print your butt Because sometimes, ultimate comfort comes at the ultimate price. [Image: Ikea] By Mark Wilson 1 minute Read What would you do for the perfect chair? Would you head to your local Ikea, drop trou, and scan your derrière? (And just as importantly, would you opt to eat the meatballs before or after the scan?) [Photo: Ikea] This future will be coming within the next two years, thanks to a new collaboration between educational e-sports group Area Academy, 3D-printing medical company Unyq, and Ikea. Together, the three organizations have developed a highly customized prototype chair “to develop ergonomic equipment for a better gaming experience for the 2 billion gamers around the world,” according to Ikea. According to 2016 data, the average gamer spends about six hours a week playing games, and that figure is growing on a clear trend line. Given that gaming, be it on PCs or iPhones, is primarily a seated experience, that means gaming time is time we’re spending in chairs. At first glance, Ikea’s invention is a fairly typical hydraulic stool, but on top sits a two-panel mesh platform that’s been 3D-printed to conform perfectly to the contours of one person’s bottom. Your butt. Your 1-in-7-billion cellulite snowflake. Your posterior paunch pillow. Again, your butt. Exactly how the experience would work in a store hasn’t been developed yet, but it would require both a 3D scan and a 3D print. Ikea has stated that as futuristic as this sounds, it does intend to commercialize this concept by 2020. So why does Ikea suddenly care so much about gaming? Video games themselves are a $137 billion global industry today, and e-sports alone are projected to grow to become a $2.3 billion industry by 2022. Fueled by titles like Overwatch, DOTA2, and Fortnight, we’re even seeing the rise of dedicated stadiums specifically built to allow thousands of people to watch pros play video games. Ikea, in its quest to evolve and diversify its offerings, clearly sees an untapped market in creating custom furniture for gamers, which is a particularly synergistic strategy when you’re developing a 3D printed custom chair, because hardcore gamers are traditionally early adopters of new technology. But(t) of course, any ergonomic technologies that are first designed for a high-end gaming chair could easily make their way into other Ikea furniture, too. In other words, eyes up here, folks. Ikea might be playing in gaming, but it’s always thinking world domination. Mark Wilson is a senior writer at Fast Company who has written about design, technology, and culture for almost 15 years. His work has appeared at Gizmodo, Kotaku, PopMech, PopSci, Esquire, American Photo and Lucky Peach	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line15107
__label__cc	0.689597	0.310403	Book Notes: ‘Watching You’ is a satisfying whodunit Rae Padilla Francoeur More Content Now Mar 19, 2019 at 12:48 PM Mar 19, 2019 at 12:49 PM “Watching You” by Lisa Jewell. Atria Books, 2019. 336 pages. Lisa Jewell’s newest thriller, “Watching You,” opens in a kitchen, one of 27 such kitchens in an elite Victorian enclave in Bristol, England. DC Rose Pelham is bent over a body pierced by more than 20 knife wounds. From the pool of blood she extracts a small red tassel. “It’s probably nothing, she muses.” But she knows better. “Nothing was often everything in forensics.” And so we begin, dutifully noting every clue as if it were the key that unlocks the vicious killer’s identity. Readers must pay attention. There’s no such thing as “nothing” in a Lisa Jewell thriller. Jewell is a master of the genre. We are in good hands, which means we can happily gear up for a twisty ride we can trust to deliver us to a satisfying, unpredictable end. There’s nary a false note in “Watching You,” where almost everyone in this smart novel watches everyone else. The many red herrings eddy, roiling the waters and confounding the mystery of who done it and to whom. Jewell doesn’t reveal the victim’s identity and the killer till the last pages of the book. Meanwhile, we eye the suspects circling in their uniquely neurotic ways. It’s like a Venn Diagram of malicious intents. A headmaster preys on virginal teenage girls, the dangerously paranoid lurk, mothers disengage from their responsibilities leaving their children to founder, unhappily married spouses seek relief outside the marriage, husbands and wives fail to stop at name-calling and long-held grudges power up over time. One of the likable narrators is Joey, a beautiful young woman actively seeking adulthood. To that end she marries a handsome, well-meaning young man also seeking more from his life. Joey and Alfie move into Melville Heights, the Victorian enclave, to live with Joey’s brother Jack and his pregnant wife Rebecca. Jack is a heart surgeon and Rebecca is a systems analyst who works from home. She has a bird’s-eye-view of the quirky neighborhood from her office. Among their neighbors are the Fitzwilliam family - Tom, the handsome headmaster, his depressed wife Nicola and their bright teenage son Freddie. Freddie speaks seven languages using 20 accents. He is socially challenged and spends a lot of time looking out the window with his digital binoculars. He documents what he sees in “The Melville Papers” and his digital photography. Freddie’s father is the focal point in “Watching You.” The mother of a teenage girl who committed suicide confronts him in front of Freddie and his mother Nicola. The family can’t hear what’s being said but that confrontation is key. Tom Fitzwilliam is a relentless letch made dangerous by his good looks, charm and success at turning around troubled schools. He was 35 when he married 19-year-old Nicola, a former student of a school he oversaw. Nicola bends over backwards to appease her ingrate husband whose indiscretions are many. Young Freddie is hardly the only watcher in this novel. Frances Ann Tripp is a disturbed mom who spies on her neighbors, collecting evidence of sinister plots. Like Freddie, she photographs what she sees. Her daughter, Jenna, is best friends with Bess. These two high school girls have a close, at times fraught, relationship that becomes one of the most affecting stories in the thriller. We aren’t just reading for whodunit. We want to know what becomes of the people we grow to care about in “Watching You,” especially Bess and Jenna, Freddie, and Joey and her brother Jack. The novel starts with the dead body in a pool of blood, but backs up a month. Jewell tracks all the key suspects’ movements and motivations leading up to the murder. Everyone in her story is suspicious. “Watching You” is a tidy but reality-based thriller having something in common with the cozy mystery. Jewell delivers a small pool of plausible and fascinating suspects confined geographically. When the roiling subsides and the killer surfaces, we are surprised and pleased. Well-written, intelligent thrillers without a disingenuous word are rare. Many thrillers are best-sellers, but few satisfy like a Jewell thriller. Rae Padilla Francoeur can be reached at rae@raefrancoeur.com.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line15110
__label__cc	0.521699	0.478301	HomeReal madrid newsReal Madrid News \| Eden Hazard to return soon from an ankle injury Real Madrid News \| Eden Hazard to return soon from an ankle injury Feel the Sports January 10, 2020 Real Madrid news\| Eden hazard to return soon from injury. Real Madrid news regarding Eden Hazard-The Real Madrid sensation has been out of action after a horrible tackle by his international teammate and PSG star defender Thomas Meunier during their champions league clash at the Santiago Bernabeu. Regardless of Madrid's poor start to this season, the La Liga giant has been performing well without hazard's presence as of late. But with half of the season still to go, hazard's return to the pitch will, of course, be a huge boost for Zinedine Zidane's team. The Belgium international was heavily criticized by fans and football pundits for his poor start to his Real Madrid career. However, it's safe to say that since his transfer from Chelsea FC to the Spanish capital he has been unlucky with lots of injuries. He has only played eight games in La Liga this season. And with fans all over the world waiting for his comeback from injury, his club manager Zidane has urged fans all over the world to be patient with him, cause, he can't rush him to play as he has already been injured multiple times this season. Real Madrid News\|Zidane on his recent press conference stated: "at the moment, he's in a normal process of recovery. I hope that just after a few training, bit by bit, we could see him with us again." "Everyone knows what he can do with the ball, we have to be patient with his injury because he is a very important player for us, and we want him to be fully fit". " But I also have to say that I've got a very good squad with a lot of top players, and I'm going to use what I have, some players might play more some may not, it's completely a tactical decision I should say". "All the players, apart from those two or three, are available. That's good for me. "I'd prefer to have everybody available. I have injured players, but the season is long and I'm going to need every player". Good news for Real Madrid fans One of our close sources has reported that Eden will be back in training in three or four days, he could be match fit by a week or so. It's certainly a piece of great news for Real Madrid fans all over the world, as they have been patiently waiting to see the real Eden hazard that they saw in the premier league. Zidane's ambition to win the league title would be eased should hazard stay fit for the rest of the season. Please share this post and subscribe for more Real Madrid news. eden hazard Football real madrid fc Real madrid news Posted by: Feel the Sports Hey, I'm Emmanuel Thapa, the founder of Feelthesports.com. I started this blog back in 2018 with one simple objective: To connect with the football fans all over the world. So if you like our blog please subscribe, also, don't forget to follow us on social media, cheers. chelsea transfer news\| oliver giroud to goodbye chelsea Moves that could bring back Manchester united to its old self	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line15111
__label__wiki	0.940129	0.940129	Antonio de la Torre in First Trailer for Spanish Drama 'The Candidate' "Do you really consider yourself a normal citizen?" Signature Ent. has debuted an official UK trailer for a political drama titled The Candidate, originally titled The Realm or also El Reino. This Spanish dramatic thriller is about a politician whose high-class lifestyle is based on nefarious and illegal business threatens to break his entire party after a newspaper exposes the truth to the public. Antonio de la Torre stars as an influential regional vice-secretary "who had everything in his favor to take the leap into national politics", until he gets caught up in a scandal that changes everything. Also starring Mónica López, José María Pou, Bárbara Lennie, Nacho Fresneda, Ana Wagener, Luis Zahera, Francisco Reyes, and María de Nati. This premiered at the Toronto & San Sebastian Film Festivals last year, and is getting a UK release this summer but nothing in the US yet. Looks damn good. Perhaps a story real-life politicians should heed. Here's the official UK trailer (+ original poster) for Rodrigo Sorogoyen's The Candidate, from YouTube: The Candidate is an award-winning, highly tense thriller about a corrupt politician from the producers of The Secret in their Eyes and Dogman. Manuel (Antonio de la Torre), an influential regional vice-secretary who had everything in his favour to take the leap into national politics, becomes trapped in a struggle for survival after a leak involves him in a corruption scandal. The Candidate, also known as The Realm or El Reino in Spanish, is directed by Spanish filmmaker Rodrigo Sorogoyen, of the films 8 Dates, Stockholm, and May God Save Us previously. The screenplay is written by Isabel Peña and Rodrigo Sorogoyen. This premiered at the Toronto Film Festival last year, and already opened in Spain last September. Signature Ent. will release The Candidate in UK cinemas starting August 2nd, but there is still no US release set yet. Find more posts: Foreign Film, To Watch, Trailer	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line15113
__label__wiki	0.891529	0.891529	Home » F.D.A. approves soy leghemoglobin as color additive F.D.A. approves soy leghemoglobin as color additive Photo: Impossible Foods By Keith Nunes WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration is amending its color additive regulations to allow for the use of soy leghemoglobin. The approval is in response to a petition filed by Impossible Foods, Redwood City, Calif. Soy leghemoglobin is an ingredient that gives Impossible Foods’ plant-based burger, the Impossible Burger, its juicy, bleeding attribute. Impossible Foods previously marketed soy leghemoglobin to optimize flavor in ground beef analogs intended to be sold to consumers in its cooked form, for example, in restaurants, according to the F.D.A. Impossible Foods submitted a color additive petition in 2018 because the company planned to sell uncooked, red-colored ground beef analogs containing soy leghemoglobin directly to consumers. The F.D.A. said it determined that the direct-to-consumer use of soy leghemoglobin required pre-market approval as a color additive because the reddish-brown coloring is important to the appearance and marketability of the food as ground beef analog. “We are in the midst of a revolution in food technology that in the next 10 years will likely lead to more innovations in food and ingredient production than there have been in the past half century,” said Dennis Keefe, director of the Office of Food Additive Safety in the F.D.A.’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. “As these new products and ingredient sources come to the market, the F.D.A. has a responsibility to provide the appropriate regulatory oversight to protect public health by ensuring that these new foods and food ingredients are safe. “As part of these efforts, today the F.D.A. has approved Impossible Foods’ color additive petition for the use of soy leghemoglobin in alternative, non-animal protein sources, like vegetable burgers. After a thorough review of available scientific information, the F.D.A. has concluded that this use is safe. This action will allow the use of soy leghemoglobin in uncooked beef analog products sold directly to consumers, such as in food retail settings.” Leghemoglobin is a protein found in plants that carries heme, an iron-containing molecule. In July 2018, the F.D.A. sent a no-questions letter to Impossible Foods giving soy leghemoglobin Generally Recognized As Safe status. Regulatory Colors F.D.A. approves natural source as blue color in candy, gum F.D.A.’s fiber ruling approves eight additional carbohydrates F.D.A. approves GNT’s spirulina color petition F.D.A. removes seven flavoring substances from food additives list F.D.A. to provide additional menu labeling guidance Insights into consumer perception of freshness—from ingredients to eating experience	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line15118
__label__cc	0.696519	0.303481	The Scotsman Food and Drink Awards 2018 The Scotsman Food and Drink Awards 2018 – Foodie Explorers joins the Finalists The Scotsman Food and Drink Awards 2018 will take place on 4th… Feast of Fife – where to stay, what to see and … Feast of Fife – Day Two of the Fife adventure View day one of my Feast of Fife here. On day two, this was the… North East Scotland Food and Drink Awards 2018 Finalists announced for the North East Scotland Food & Drink Awards 2018 36 businesses across the North East are celebrating after reaching the finals of… McCaskie’s of Wemyss Bay get a Royal visit HRH The Princess Royal Opens New McCaskie’s Butchery Facility Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal officially opened a new, state-of-the-art butchery production premises at McCaskie’s… Celebrate Scottish Meat and Beer Meat loves beer A new #Meat4Beer initiative is encouraging people to celebrate all things Scottish by pairing Scotland’s top quality beef, lamb and pork with… Hutchesons, Glasgow teams up with Glenfarclas Whisky The beautiful Hutchesons bar and restaurant have teamed up with Glenfarclas to open a private dining room with an exclusive range of 45 Glenfarclas Family… THE UK’S TOP 5 FISH AND CHIP RESTAURANTS ANNOUNCED The UK’s top five fish and chip restaurants were announced today (13 November) as they compete to be crowned winner of the Independent Fish and…	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line15119
__label__wiki	0.908591	0.908591	Why The YouTube Community Never Rallied Behind The 'Videogames' Channel Fruzsina Eordogh Contributor ANAHEIM, CA - JULY 25: (L-R) Actors Benjamin 'Lil P-Nut' Flores Jr., Cree Cicchino, Madisyn Shipman,... [+] and Thomas Kuc, from the cast of Nickelodeon’s Game Shakers, YouTube sensation GloZell, and Viner superstar Josh Peck take a selfie with fans at VidCon on July 25, 2015 in Anaheim, California. New live-action comedy series set to premiere Saturday, Sept. 12 at 8:30pm (ET/PT) (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images for Nickelodeon) If there’s one thing the YouTube community hates, it’s "the man" trying to undermine their space -- be it with shady or unfavorable contract deals or false copyright strikes. The big money moving into the ecosystem has put a lot of people on edge. You’d think then, that when the owners of the four year old community channel “videogames” were sued for 20 million dollars, the community would band together and come to the aid of the channel owners. The community barely lifted a finger, in part because one of the owners, a 33-year-old Brian Martin, might as well be YouTube’s first supervillain -- AKA he is a serial ToS (Terms of Service) abuser in the worst, most complete sense. When Ethan and Hila Klein announced the lawsuit against them the last week of May, they received so much unsolicited financial support from the YouTube community in less than 24 hours they ended up starting a fund to help other YouTubers deal with false copyright strikes. In contrast, Martin’s pleas for funds from the community -- and outrage that no one was helping him -- were met with crickets and derision. No large or even moderately popular YouTuber spoke in support of him -- it was the opposite. For many in the community, the lawsuit felt like karmic justice. I’ve been covering the YouTube space since 2012, and in that time, Martin’s name has come up again and again in numerous hacking and botting incidents on YouTube. For years, I have personally heard stories from sources (and seen screenshots) of him sending them death threats, of him releasing sensitive personal information about people he doesn’t like, and his favorite, threatening legal action (that never manifests). He has threatened to sue me, personally, three times now. The first was in 2012, after I covered his involvement in various botting scandals on YouTube. The second time was after Keemstar (the Perez Hilton of YouTube gaming gossip) mentioned my work on Twitter in 2014. The third time was today, after I published a post about the lawsuit he lost. Martin has also bullied and threatened many people in the video game community with bodily harm, false strikes against their YouTube channels and/or hacks if they happen to interact with Keemstar in any positive way. Two such video game streamers include Nati "Zombi Unicorn" Casanova and Emmahdorable, who both gave me permission to print their screen names. In a private DM Emmahdorable wrote Martin threatened to hack her and release nude photos of her. He “blackmailed me because I ‘disrespected him’ and if I didn't ‘get a grip’ he would find someone to post them for him,” wrote Emmahdorable. Keemstar, who has been harassed by Martin on an almost daily basis since 2014, thought about getting a restraining order against Martin, but in a Skype interview said he decided against it because “I think that would make it worse.” It might comfort Keemstar to know if he did file a restraining order against Martin, he wouldn’t be the first. Keemstar’s six-year-old daughter has also been threatened. Most of the people I spoke with about Martin asked to not be named, because they fear further harassment from him online. This includes former business partners (possibly all, besides Marko Princip!?) One former business partner in the “videogames” channel, who asked to remain anonymous, was threatened with physical harm and numerous hacks after he asked for his investment back. A search on YouTube reveals dozens of detailed videos describing similar interactions with Martin. YouTuber Mr Repzion, for example, alleges Martin leaked his sensitive private information, as well as his family’s, in 2009 because he would not remove a video of his Martin didn’t like. According to Mr Repzion, Martin found pictures of his family members including his one-year-old nephew and put them on a webpage with explicit threats about raping the infant. A longer video by gamer HAM tK, who used to contribute to the “videogames” YouTube channel, relates a similarly disturbing story. In the video, he says he tells Martin what he wants to hear because he is trying to prevent Martin from "snatching my daughter up from school." He ends his video by saying he hopes his story will serve as a warning to the community about what a menace Martin actually is, and describes Martin as a "very, very big threat to a lot of people's safety." Martin has effectively terrorized the YouTube community for years now but there also doesn’t seem to be any sort of end in sight -- Martin’s various YouTube channels have been systemically banned but he makes a new alias and returns to the platform with YouTube proper apparently none the wiser. The majority of the YouTube community however, knows now to ignore him. If they can't, they attempt to placate him, because should they get on his bad side, he will make their online lives miserable for months -- if not years. And who wants to financially support a man like that? UPDATE: Within an hour of posting this story, a newly created Twitter account has threatened to "take me out," among other things. The Twitter egg denies he is Martin. Twitter threat from newly created account that insists he is not Martin UPDATE 2: Martin has sent me multiple rambling emails since the publication of this post. These emails are filled with insults and threats to sue me and proclamations of his innocence. He insisted everyone I've interviewed over the last 4 years regarding his various activities are notorious liars (same with the vloggers included in this story), and that he only threatened people if they threatened him first. He did admit to botting, but claimed he quit in 2010. Fruzsina Eordogh I am a freelance technology and digital culture reporter who got her start covering student finances and local news back in 2008. Nowadays I cover web phenomenon, new me...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0087.json.gz/line15122

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