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__label__cc	0.523566	0.476434	Presidential Election:11/3/20- On to Iowa 2/3 & New Hampshire 2/11 By Rdskns2000, August 25, 2017 in The Tailgate The Franchise Player 48 minutes ago, bearrock said: @Renegade7 I think the obamacare thread is as good a place as any to discuss the substantive merits of the competing proposals. I just want to say this from the context of the 2020 election, which I think belongs here. From the beginning, my point was that many voters don't trust the government to not screw up something this big. A big part of that is the sudden and abrupt change MFA calls for. Which is why Buttigieg and Klobuchar says they want MFA in the long term, but advocates for a more gradual approach. The question that I and a lot of voters are asking is not whether MFA is better than the current system. It is whether it is better than the other competing proposals by people like Buttigieg and Klobuchar. Warren and Sanders, to my knowledge, have not addressed it and the longer they go on without addressing it, more and more questions it will raise in the minds of the voters. Warren is already getting some heat on the clarity of her positions regarding healthcare (not totally fair, but it's a perception issue). It's only going to increase going forward. I responded to you in the healthcare thread, I don't think your point can be dissected without it being a policy disucussion. If you want to say Warren and Sanders haven't defended the 4 year timeline well enough, I'd argue Buttigieg and Klobuchar haven't given enough details to why MFA shouldn't be a diffinitive goal. Because their plans don't call for a phased in approach over a longer period of time, their plans are wait and see and let someone else push for it, if necessary, that's not the same thing. Pete is arguing for competing models and it will work itself out and Klobuchar is all but saying she won't be the one to push for MFA during her presidency. I'm actually getting tired of the MFA term getting thrown around because Medicare for all who want it is not Medicare for All, its just making this whole conversation more confusing then it needs to be. And actually, it bothers me even attaching MFA name to their plans that aren't MFA because it comes across like they want the attention of the name that sounds good then come behind and say its not that. They know how popular this item is and trying to piggyback off of it while ripping it apart at the same time, it destroyed Harris campaign, she fell off tight rope on that one. That's not helping the conversation at all, but we should keep that in the healthcare thread, that's another issue I have with their policies, and how they present it will come back to their policies so we shouldn't discuss it here. Fair? Edited September 28, 2019 by Renegade7 bearrock The Special Teams Ace 29 minutes ago, Renegade7 said: Yup. Let's take it there Dan T. BTW, kudos on the thread title change. I’m adding “Impeacho Cheeto” to my long list of Trump nicknames. hail2skins The Heavy Hitter 6 hours ago, Momma There Goes That Man said: honestly we aren’t even out of the woods yet. Who knows what happens with impeachment and if trump wins in 2020. That’s still very much on the table. Trump getting re-elected is the most probable outcome at this point, IMO. mistertim 20 minutes ago, hail2skins said: How? His approval numbers are in the gutter, and polls show him losing handily to every likely Dem nominee IIRC. Not to mention we have no clue how damaging to his overall approval some of the stuff that will likely come out during an impeachment inquiry will be. He won three of the states he had to have to win in 2016 by less than 80,000 votes combined and his support among blocs that helped him there (especially white suburban women) has basically gone down the tubes as evidenced by multiple polls as well as the analysis of voting done in 2018. He made 2018 a referendum on himself and got absolutely clobbered. And if the economy takes a downturn, which seems quite likely, it will make things even worse for him. I'm not saying it's impossible that he'll get reelected, but where is this "most probable outcome" stuff coming from? Rufus T Firefly The Run Stopper 8 hours ago, Rdskns2000 said: The next Dem debate, with 12 candidates, is one night only. Tom Steyer and Tulsi Gabbard join this one. Really, really idiotic decision by the DNC. Everyone hates 10 person debates, so let's make it much worse? Dumb. Rdskns2000 3 hours ago, Dan T. said: How long will that name last though? 6 minutes ago, Rufus T Firefly said: CNN: October Democratic debate to take place on one night Edited September 28, 2019 by Rdskns2000 1 hour ago, mistertim said: We all know the Senate will not vote to remove Trump. Hell, I'm pretty sure Turtle will pull another Garland and not even allow a vote, if he can. All Trump's pending impeachment will do is excite the partisans on both sides. Trump's voters will be energized. Many Dem voters will be more energized. Biden if he gets the nomination, will be worse than Hillary. He'll won't motivate the younger set. He also, can't go toe to toe with Trump and the stuff with his son, while maybe alright; still appears a little shady. Warren's policies will scare away some older voters and it's not a guarantee the young vote will make up the difference. Trump get reelected, even with him being impeached; is still a 50-50. I'm not saying it's impossible that he'll get reelected, but where is this "most probable outcome" stuff coming The fact that he's an incumbent President with a good economy? Granted, Trump is unique in many ways (all of them undesirable). But when was the last time the US didn't reelect the incumbent with the good economy? I sure don't think it's happened in my lifetime. 1 hour ago, Rdskns2000 said: I don't think McConnell can legally simply ignore an impeachment that has gone to the Senate for trial. What he can do, however, is basically set the rules and procedures for the whole trial in the senate (since the Constitution doesn't actually lay it out so it falls on the Majority leader mostly). Meaning he'll likely make it super short, hardly allow any witnesses, not permit much evidence to be presented, and curtail it in any other way possible. IMO McConnell in some ways an even more sinister character than Trump is. As far as exciting partisans on both sides, that's likely true. However, as hard as it is to believe, I think there are still independent voters who are still on the fence (possibly because of a good current economy). If the evidence against Trump is as bad as most of us think it likely will be, I think it could push them away from him. And yes, while Trump's most ardent and die-hard supporters will be more energized than ever to vote for him, some of the people who aren't quite as nuts, who voted for him before, and who still sort of support him might not like the Dem but will be turned off by most of Trump's behavior and elect to simply stay home and not vote. I think a Trump victory would likely hinge on several things happening together, many of them implausible (some more than others). 1) Trump somehow manages to win back the voting blocs that help drive him to rust belt victories by the slimmest of margins in 2016. I say win back because polling and 2018 voting breakdown results show he's lost them...especially white suburban women. How exactly is he going to do that, by telling them they're dumb ****s if they don't vote for him again (which I wouldn't put it past him doing)? I think they're gone for good. Who exactly is he going to replace them with? He's lost most independents and there are only so many non-college educated white male voters. And his current strategy is simply to appeal purely to his most ardent supporters. 2) There's a Dem candidate as disliked as Hillary. Neither Biden or Warren are nearly as disliked....there's just no evidence for it. Hillary had high disapproval ratings from the moment she started her campaign (actually way before that. And compared to Trump's disapproval ratings, neither Biden nor Warren would be close. 3) The economy remains strong. It's possible, but most indicators are pointing to a downturn soon. 4) Trump getting incredibly lucky. Despite what some people (especially his supporters) say, Trump's win was the equivalent of successfully hitting a gut shot straight draw on the river. Or even getting dealt a straight flush. A bunch of things had to happen in concert, and they all happened. 5) The anti-Trump people losing their energy and becoming apathetic. I have no clue how it's possible for that to even happen. The Dems could nominate a cardboard box with a face drawn on it and they would still come out to vote in force. I'm not saying it's not possible for Trump to win. And @Larryis correct as far as him being an incumbent with a (currently) strong economy. But Trump is unlike any other POTUS and candidate in American history. He's never been above 50% approval, and his negative ratings are historically bad, especially for a guy with a good economy. Also, most polling I've seen doesn't show that most people actually give him credit for the economy, so that could potentially be something of a non-starter when it comes to a positive for him. Especially if the Dems can hammer home how Trump's economy is only benefiting the few and the rest of the population is getting screwed over. Edited September 29, 2019 by mistertim Cooked Crack The Benchwarmer Missed this yesterday. Contwarian There is still time for Hillary to jump in as Biden falters. Sacks 'n' Stuff The Gadget Play 1 hour ago, Renegade7 said: Pfft... those losers are way behind. TWA made pretending you didn’t vote for Trump cool starting on the day of the election. 1 hour ago, Sacks 'n' Stuff said: In the future, this time period will be known as the 21st Century version of "the Civil War was about state rights" 2 hours ago, twa said: The nomination is going to Warren. Hillary got in, she would be crushed. Warren / Clinton 2020 baby!! 14 hours ago, Rdskns2000 said: Yes, and I said I thought that was a dumb decision. I don't get the point of your reply. 47 minutes ago, Rufus T Firefly said: Just posting the link to an article that stated that. gbear The Deep Threat Biden is not a fan of history if he thinks telling networks they shouldnt have Rudy on tv will keep networks from booking him. How wal did it work for the Catholic church to come up with a banned list of books and movies? Same thing with Satanic Verses. So one of two things happens. Either people don't view him as an authority, or they book him just to see why he cares. On niether case does Biden come across as presidential. Edited September 29, 2019 by gbear On 9/29/2019 at 5:00 PM, gbear said: So, I don't think its a really good look, the way Biden did that. And I'm not a Biden fan by any means. But, to compare a citizen saying the media should stop giving air time to a guy who's blatantly lying to the church banning books? Bunch of grifters. TryTheBeal! These are exciting times for all us of that vigorously oppose Trump and the current GOP. But don’t lose sight of this absolute fact... Right now, the Sanders campaign is prepping and stashing some extra-fringey, unpleasant and self defeating memes/social media campaigns about Biden and Warren and other reasonable candidates. At their worst, it will be indistinguishable from that of the alt-right. Just sayin’... Beloved Tailgate News Anchor LadySkinsFan The Role Player 2 hours ago, TryTheBeal! said: This trashing of Democrat opponents is why I don't like Sanders, either for 2016 or now. He's a mean little man who thinks he's entitled, even though he's not a Democrat. Go To Topic Listing The Tailgate	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1237
__label__wiki	0.946851	0.946851	In April 2014, Elzra™ ran a successful Kickstarter campaign for Catacombs Third Edition featuring more content, updated rules, new mechanics and illustrations by then unknown game illustrator Kwanchai Moriya. The campaign updated the Cavern of Soloth expansion to the new artwork style and introduced a new Kickstarter exclusive expansion Crypt of Shaurath™. When the base Catacombs Third Edition game was released to retail in 2015, it sold out at wholesale within days. Catacombs Third Edition received the Dice Tower Seal of Excellence and the “Reference Pear” award from Shut Up & Sit Down. Schwerkraft-Verlag released a German language edition of the game. In January 2016, the company announced the Kickstarter campaign for their next title in the expanding world of Catacombs: Catacombs & Castles™. This campaign successfully finished at the end of June 2016 and was fulfilled in 2017. The second printings of Catacombs Third Edition and the Cavern of Soloth expansion were produced during this time as were two additional expansions: Siege Defender™ and Keystones & Keeps™. Due to popular demand, Kickstarter content from the first campaign were printed in the form of three Resurrection Packs. Catacombs & Castles received the Dice Tower Seal of Excellence and was selected as one of three “critical hits” by the Cardboard Herald for 2017. The game demonstrated strong retail sales and is sold out pending a reprint. Again, Schwerkraft-Verlag released a German language edition of the Catacombs & Castles game. Also in 2017, a new expansion for both Catacombs Third Edition and Catacombs & Castles was released called Wyverns of Wylemuir which enabled players to ride dragons (wyverns) in both games. This expansion was well appreciated by fans of the Catacombs series and also received a Dice Tower Seal of Excellence. In July 2017, the company launched the Kickstarter campaign for Catacombs Conquest™, a card game with dexterity mechanics. The game serves as an introduction to Elzra’s Dexterity Game System which is used in all of its dexterity based titles. The campaign was successfully funded and fulfilled in April 2018. A companion neoprene playmat (or Deximat™ as the company calls them) Lenore’s Cave was released to retail in July 2018. The second printing of Catacombs Third Edition sold out at retail in 2018 and another reprint is in production. By this time, the Catacombs line of games has grown to encompass a global audience with players from North America, Europe, the Middle East, South America and Asia. The company has several titles in development including Catacombs Cubes™ from new game designer Ken Valles and illustrated by Denis Martynets. Also in development is Catacombs Monster Pit™ and a new title in collaboration with Catacombs first/second edition game designer Ryan Amos. Creative Director - Aron West Graphic Design Lead - Jordan Silvestri Operations - Hiba Yokhana Warehouse and Logistics - Hank Raab The company attends / exhibits at the following conventions Origins, Breakout Con, Dice Tower Con, Gen Con, Spiel, SHUX, BGG Con, and PAX Unplugged Elzra is a member studio of the Indie Game Alliance (IGA). Elzra's product line is carried by the following distributors: Alliance Distribution (USA) ACD Distribution (USA) Golden Distribution (USA) Universal (Canada) Brave New World (Germany / Europe) VR Distribution (Australia) Elzra Corp 272-1063 King St W L8S 4S3 4-1367 OSPREY DR Ancaster, Ontario L9G 4V5 This is a low volume mailing list. Your email address will be kept confidential and will not be rented or sold.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1242
__label__cc	0.640346	0.359654	Emerging Medievalisms Questioning method, engaging media, and privileging manuscripts to find our emergent capacities within medieval studies. Material Medieval Memory Project The Cotton Nero A.x. Project Emergence as Method and Theme for SoTL Research Media & Public Engagement Pluriverse: Teaching Medieval Literature in an Immersion Studio — two students’ perspectives: guest posts by Samantha Purchase and Tia Christoffersen LONDON, BRITISH LIBRARY YATES THOMPSON 31 f. 66 Pluriverse: Teaching Medieval Literature in an Immersion Studio Kenna L. Olsen As the Fall semester wanes, it’s time to consider how and what I’ve been learning about teaching. This term, I was fortunate to be able to truly experiment with my pedagogy, via MRU’s Immersion Studio. I was granted the opportunity to teach my fourth year seminar, “Select Topics in Medieval Literature,” in the Riddell Library and Learning Centre’s Immersion Studio — a 360 degree “grey box” that allows for digital immersion. The course I developed, “Pluriverse: Medieval Immersive Spaces — Textual Minds, Lexis of Landscapes,” reads a variety of Old and Middle English literatures against digital surrogates of geographical and temporal environments. The seminar proposes a ”pluriverse” that intends to promote medieval literary understanding and inspire understanding of historical difference. I have much to say about this course – I’ve learned a lot about myself as a teacher, and about the challenges of temporal and geographical distance that exists for students and scholars of medieval studies. But more significantly, students have offered some important reflections and reactions to their learning in the Immersion Studio, and so it’s pressing to share these first. Here, individual (yes, double!) guest posts by Tia Christoffersen and Samantha Purchase (I’m fortunate enough to count Tia and Samantha as my RAs and Honours students) articulate how digital immersion has impacted and shaped their learning. Samantha’s blog post intriguingly articulates how the Immersion Studio alleviates some accessibility issues inherent for some learners, and she argues that studying medieval literatures in the Immersion Studio might support sustainability of the discipline. Tia’s blog post is a thoughtful explication of reading Early English poetry while experiencing digital immersion. Here are Tia’s and Samantha’s contributions. I’m very happy indeed to include them amongst the Emerging Medievalisms blog: A Student’s Reflection on Immersion Studio Learning by Samantha Purchase When Mount Royal University opened the doors to their new and improved library, the Riddell Library and Learning Centre, in 2017, I was in my third year of university and had gotten quite used to ‘the way things are.’ ‘The ways things are’ is one argument I have become accustomed to hearing throughout my academic career; it is often the justification for following the status quo, having students do the same kind of assignments and keeping the same learning objectives year after year. As someone who has struggled with ADD for most of my life, I was used to reigning in my abstract thinking and remoulding it to fit contemporary methods of education. I was used to making my learning adapt to the teacher, institution and discipline I was studying. This was my educational experience for most of my life. Although I have taken seven courses with Dr. Kenna Olsen, and I knew her to be an exciting and engaging scholar whose enthusiasm was infectious enough to change lives (I mean, I call myself a medievalist thanks to her), I had to admit my skepticism when she first told me of the Immersion Studio. A black box room, capable of projecting anything on its walls, for a fully immersive experience. It sounds cool, I’ll give it that. I could see its relevance for a plethora of other programs: nursing, aviation, geology, archelogy, etc. It seemed like a stretch for English studies though. Part of what I like about reading is the time spent in my own mind; imaging, inventing and discovering the text through my point of view. I didn’t really see how someone else’s images projected on the walls of a room could improve my own experience with a text. Needless to say, I was deeply wrong. Not only has the Immersion Studio changed my relationship to literature, it has changed my relationship to learning. Technology is often considered a bit of a hindrance on education, but when confronted with the real value technology like this can have in sustaining the relevancy of the humanities, it is my hope that more teachers will utilize Immersion spaces in their syllabus. My first experience in the room was a demonstration done with the librarian technician, Matt Laidlow, who showed us what it could do. I was so impressed with the capability, the choices that we had with medium—the lights, pictures, sounds and videos could all do whatever you wanted them to. We could have on image stretched across all four walls, effectively utilizing a 360 effect; we can mirror images on alternating walls; we can play videos on all four walls, etc. When Dr. Olsen asked me to participate in a research project exploring the Immersion Studio for the performance of texts, I agreed immediately. I spent a few months with a small team finding images that depicted or evoked certain themes and moods from the texts Dr. Olsen chose. If I wanted to query loneliness, like the speaker in The Wanderer feels, I could put some images of desolate landscapes, juxtaposed with images of a crowded bus. These are two very different images, but capable of provoking strong emotion. I could find images of real-world inspirations for texts we read, like images of the Wirral found in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight or Hadrian’s Wall for The Ruin. I could pair these images with evocative soundscapes: birds chirping, wilderness sounds, people talking in whispers, screams—it was all there. The only limit is my own imagination. When I finally was able to see a classroom interact with texts in the Immersion Studio I realized how far reaching the implication of a space like the Immersion Studio can be on scholarship and the very sustainability of English and the humanities. When reading a text, there is a level of distance; a teacher can gesture to certain issues in the text, and a class can discuss their own perceptions and interpretations. In a room like the Immersion Studio however, one can prompt discussion through the environment itself. With medieval literature, many students (like myself) have never had a chance to visit the locations where these stories take place, and this can be a disadvantage for textual comprehension and analysis when picturing a text. When reading The Ruin for instance, I have always felt a strong pull to the narrator’s description of a wall “smashed by fate” and although Dr. Olsen always mentions that the narrator could be speaking about a place like Hadrian’s Wall in northern England, I had never been there so I could never visualize it clearly. Seeing a picture on my computer provides some context, sure. But having the image projected life-sized and 360-degree capability truly engrosses me in a way I’ve never experienced. As someone who is as prone to distraction as myself, I have never lost focus in the Immersion Studio. My level of concentration is sustained precisely because I am absorbed in the material with more than one sense. This fall, I am enrolled in a class with Dr. Olsen that takes place entirely in the Immersion Studio. I have been lucky enough to work with Tia Christoffersen on finding the images and soundscapes to support analysis of several medieval texts in this class. So far we have played with historical depictions of Judith in art, poignant ocean scenes for The Seafarer, and used battle stills from Game of Thrones to evoke The Battle of Maldon. The feedback from the class has been positive, and witnessing the provocation of my peers when confronted with these varying wraps has been one of the highlights of my scholarly career. It has been instrumental in helping me solidify my own research for my honours thesis, which is a critique of medievalisms present in Game of Thrones. After exploring wraps with my class, and presenting my general outline of my project, the feedback and conversation the Studio generated helped me discover new interests that will propel my project to bigger and brighter places. It is my hope that as the humanities continues to grow that we find new and innovative ways to explore literature. Spaces like the Immersion Studio are beneficial to students and faculty in their endless capabilities and functionality. The future of English is sustainable if we engage with the emerging technologies available in our universities and allow for new interpretations of critical analysis—while also supporting those of us who need the extra resources and supports. Reading in Immersion: A Reflection on Immersive Experiences and Early English Poetry by Tia Christoffersen Does your immediate environment affect the way you read any given text? Does it make a difference if you read William Wordsworth while reclining on a riverbank versus inside your living room in the middle of a Calgarian winter? Do your surroundings affect what you’re reading if the material doesn’t have such a direct environmental association? These are questions I hadn’t given much thought prior to my experience of reading medieval literature with immersive technology. I am currently in the final semester of my undergraduate English degree, so I have done my fair share of reading. Whether it was Flannery O’Connor or a journal article on Beowulf, I probably read material in the quietest, calmest space I could find. Oftentimes this space was my bedroom with the light of a single lamp, but it also ended up being various bustling pockets across campus between classes. Most students would likely agree that you need to concentrate when reading medieval literature. So, choosing where to read usually just means finding a place that won’t distract you from trying to remember what ‘eek’ means. A silent space might be the best environment for focusing, but not the most stimulating. What if you could transport yourself to any place you could imagine, both visually and aurally, when reading? Would you feel more connected to the text? Along with Samantha Purchase, I had the pleasure of working with Dr. Olsen to prepare files for her English 4410 Pluriverse: Medieval Immersive Spaces – Textual Minds, Lexis of Landscapes course in the Riddell Library and Learning Centre’s Immersion Studio. The studio utilizes innovative technology to offer an immersive, 360° experience. For this course, we were tasked with choosing sound files and images to be turned into immersive “wraps” by the RLLC’s media designer. The class I wish to address in this post focused on the Early English poems The Ruin and The Seafarer and was thematically concerned with medieval and post-medieval worlds, as well as world-building. Wraps for The Ruin were fairly straightforward; we used a series of images of ruins. We began with pictures of Hadrian’s Wall accompanied by sounds of howling winds, then transitioned to a photo of the Roman Baths with 21stcentury tourists milling about, phones in hand, paired with sounds of waterfalls. Finally, we ended with images of less recognizable but more damaged looking ruins with sounds of battle: shouting men and clashing swords. The goal was to visually and sonically depict themes that emerged chronologically in The Ruin: quiet rumination, a yearning for and imagining of pleasure, and the lamentation of war and destruction. As well, both Hadrian’s Wall and the Roman Baths have been suggested to be the actual subjects of the poem, so they were intriguing visuals from an “authenticity” perspective. We were all struck by the evocative power of this series of wraps and how the speaker’s emotions seemed more palpable in the immersive environment. Nostalgia emerged as a key theme among the students, particularly emphasized by the images of Hadrian’s Wall and the Roman Baths. This notion of sentimental reflection was sharply juxtaposed by the sounds of battle and their distinctly mournful connotations. However, both of these emotional motifs can be categorized within a contemplation of the past being performed by the speaker of The Ruin. In class, we were performing this same contemplation of the past, and so were the tourists in the image of the Baths. Being immersed in these various environments solidified how our engagement with this poem perpetuates a temporal plurality. Reading early medieval literature is just one of many ways we engage with the past and breach the borders of periodization. The Seafarer wraps consisted of images of the sea, of course, but we were able to be creative with their colouring, lighting, and tones. We began with a bright, sunny picture of the coast against a clear blue sky, then moved to a grey, cloudy image of a flock of birds flying above violent waves crashing against a rocky seaside. Next came a sunless, foggy beach packed with a crowd of silhouetted figures and an oddly placed surfboard in the foreground, followed by a dark image in the middle of the ocean, lit only by the full moon. The presence of life in these wraps was another point of intrigue, as living creatures only appeared in ominous ways. These immersive atmospheres successfully evoked the themes of isolation that are so ubiquitous in The Seafarer. Students reacted most strongly to the eerie beach and the lonely ocean, with the class divided in opinion about which environment felt more isolating. Some said that the beach felt more sinister, as it looked like they were surrounded by people yet felt entirely alone. Others stated that the ocean wrap made them feel as though they were really in the frigid water, without another soul in sight. These emotional responses were discernible to me through somatic responses—facial expressions and gestures—to the wraps in conjunction with Dr. Olsen’s reading of the poem. When someone felt a particular wrap didn’t coordinate with a section of the poem that was being read to them, their mannerisms reflected discomfort and tension. Other times, when someone felt the wrap resonated with the poem, they reflected thoughtfulness and understanding. After class, I was fascinated by the collective and individual responses to being immersed in various environments while hearing Early English poetry. I turned to the course’s Twitter hashtag to ask: “When we read the Early English poems The Ruin and The Seafarer in the Immersion Studio, did the wraps make you feel more connected to the speakers and themes than when reading the poems without the immersive experience?” The response was a resounding “heck yes!” which led me to wonder, why? Why did sensory provocation lead to a deeper textual understanding? At first, I thought that students were responding to a distinction between what appeared as “medieval” environments versus “modern” ones. Perhaps the wrap with the phone-wielding tourists was especially evocative because it appeared to juxtapose time periods. Maybe some people resonated more with the moonlit ocean wrap because it was completely removed from time and lacked any clues to contemporary life, as opposed to the ominous 21st century beach. However, upon further reflection, it became clear that the responses were not just about what made sense visually for the time period we were studying. Reactions stemmed from being immersed in environments that were thematically in sync with the group’s thoughts and feelings about the texts. This immersive approach to engaging with Early English poetry further cemented in me the idea that human experience transcends spaciotemporal boundaries. Emerging Medievalisms: Twitter as Medieval Media. Twitter in the Classroom: a student’s perspective – a guest post by Tia Christoffersen LONDON, BRITISH LIBRARY YATES THOMPSON 10 f. 33v Emerging Medievalisms: Twitter as Medieval Media It is that time of year – we’ve started a new semester at my institution. Faculty have met their classes, students have organized their schedules, and all have stood in a plethora of queues required for coffee and books. It’s a thoughtful time of year, as several faculty wish each other and students “Happy New Year,” all the while imagining how this time, absolutely this term, their course syllabi will be smooth, streamlined, and delightfully encouraging of learning. As I’ve written about before, this website, Emerging Medievalisms: Method, Media, Manuscript, enables me to play with the concept of emergence in the classroom and for medieval studies. What this means, is that I’ve spent much of the last couple of years thinking about pedagogy and different teaching methodologies. The first blog post focussed on sound, within Medieval English texts, such as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, within the classroom, in forms of dialogue and silence, and without the classroom, especially in the form of podcasts. This blog post focuses on social media for undergraduate learning — specifically Twitter, and Medieval English literary studies. I recently began thinking about the sustainability of medieval studies, and wondering about how various forms of media might encourage sustainability for the discipline, but also in the classroom more generally. During this time, I introduced Twitter to my senior-level seminar students. My thinking was that students, if introduced to “Academic Twitter,” specifically #medievaltwitter, students might be encouraged by the often dynamic conversations amongst and between various medievalists across the world. I’m sensitive to the fact that I am the only medievalist in my department, and only one of a small handful at my institution. By introducing students to #medievaltwitter, I felt I might expose them to medievalists of different training, background, interests, research methodologies, and more. I also felt that Twitter in the classroom might be a way to bolster accessibility for my classroom — what if some students, who might usually feel reticent to discuss their thoughts in the classroom, felt comfortable engaging via the medium of Twitter? This experiment was an enormous success. We decided on a class hashtag (#ecomru), and some students would post during class, and others outside of class. Often the posts were specific to course material and discussions, and other times they were relaxed, comical, or even confusing. But what became clear was that the class community grew beyond the specific walls and times of the class itself. Students also tagged internationally recognized scholars, and received feedback on their term projects, building those conversations into their own learning. I swore I’d never go back. Since then, I’ve continued to invite students to use Twitter in my classes, and I’ve even insisted that they use it for specific projects. I’ve had courses with fun hashtags: #meadhall_MRU, and #medievalschoolbus. This term’s classes have chosen #meadlounge_MRU and #mrusondryfolk. In #meadhall_MRU, students, all of us inspired by Elaine Treharne’s Beowulf in 100 Tweets, were invited to Tweet the entirety of King Horn. What several students produced — in general, they were asked to reduce 25 lines of poetry to a 240 character Tweet — was sophisticated explication and thoughtful analysis that my more “traditional” close reading assignments didn’t always generate. I haven’t yet had a student ask me to stop with the Twitter — I’ve only heard positive, encouraging feedback. Because we are at the beginning of term, and many of us are thinking about teaching and learning, our pedagogies and methodologies, I asked a student, Tia Christoffersen, incredible BA Honours English student (and an ace person, generally!), to reflect on Twitter in the medieval classroom and to offer her perspective on its use in the undergraduate classroom. Here is Tia’s contribution. I’m absolutely delighted to include it amongst the Emerging Medievalisms blog: Twitter in the Classroom: A Student’s Perspective The benefits and detriments of social media are hotly debated. As our society continues to shift into a more digital landscape, a sort of stigma has surrounded the likes of Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. These platforms are often blamed for the “detachment” of younger generations. Most of us acknowledge that social media doesn’t just exist to circulate videos of dogs, pictures of food, and memes (although I am a steadfast supporter of all those things) because it also maintains connections with people who live in other countries, keeps people up to date with current events, and promotes businesses. However, one little-mentioned use of social media is for education, which I wasn’t aware of until I was a student of Dr. Kenna Olsen. In my experience at Mount Royal University, most professors are quick to admonish cell phone use in the classroom, meaning social media as part of the course would be out of the question. As a book-obsessed English major, I’ll admit I was skeptical of how using Twitter could enhance my understanding of medieval literature, but I was quickly converted. In three of the classes I took with Dr. Olsen, she instructed us to use Twitter as an additional source of engagement with the course readings and themes. Both during and outside of class time, my classmates and I shared our ideas about lectures, group presentations, and scholarly articles. The platform also afforded us the opportunity to add levity to the course with clever uses of gifs and the creation of memes with medieval imagery. All of these unique forms of interaction increased the levels of student engagement. Our conversations were filtered through a hashtag made up by the class (my favourite was #medievalschoolbus) to help keep track of one another’s tweets. This type of discussion encouraged me to express my thoughts and respond to my classmates’ ideas to a further extent than solely classroom-based discussions. I have been in classes where professors try to foster this type of continued discussion through the use of online message boards, but I found Twitter to be much more dynamic. Not only is the platform inherently social, but it also allowed us to incorporate videos, images, and links to articles. We were also introduced to the possibility of engaging with academics via Twitter; some of my classmates even reached out to a scholar whose work we studied and received a response. Using Twitter in this way was exciting and connective, deepened my relationships with my classmates, and enhanced our in-class discussions. In Early Medieval Literature, Dr. Olsen assigned the same sort of Twitter-based exercise, but we were given another assignment in addition. As a class, we were going to translate King Horn, an early Middle English romance, to modern English entirely through tweets. I was both excited and daunted by the task at hand; using social media for such an ambitious project felt so new to me and logistically, it seemed impossible to capture a 1546-line Middle English text on Twitter. With only two 240-character tweets to capture the essence of fifty lines, this assignment proved to be a real craft. After studying my assigned lines and determining whether my tweet would be written in poetry or prose (I think I landed somewhere in the proem vicinity), I had to closely re-read the passage to decide which features were most pertinent to include in my translation and what I thought most deserved emphasis. Writing the tweet and staying within the character limit was a unique challenge; while I managed to whittle down the descriptions and dialogue, I had to use emojis as stand-ins for some words that couldn’t fit. For instance, I used a crown emoji to mean ‘king.’ I also used a gif to provide visual emphasis for an aspect of my tweet I thought seemed too subtle. While the flourishes of social media, like emojis and gifs, aren’t necessary for translating a text, they helped to capture the nuances in King Horn in an entertaining way. Who wouldn’t want to make a connection between Dwight from The Office and the central character of a thirteenth century romance? By the end of the semester, #kinghornmru had nearly 60 tweets, which we then read chronologically (and you can too!). Collectively re-telling King Horn via Twitter was one of the most invigorating projects I have ever completed in my time as an undergraduate student. I was encouraged to interact with a text in a manner that I have never before encountered. I relished the opportunity to take a creative approach to an English literature course, and to see how my classmates and Dr. Olsen each used different techniques for their tweets. This assignment was engaging, challenging, and fun, and I hope more professors across a variety of disciplines embrace the instructional possibilities of social media in their classes. Emerging Medievalisms, Sound Pedagogies. An Undergrad’s Take on Teachable Podcasts – a guest post by Chelsea Fritz Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 753, f. 32r Emerging Medievalisms, Sound Pedagogies I launched this website, Emerging Medievalisms: Method, Media, Manuscript, nearly a year ago last Spring. At the time, I had been granted a “Teaching and Learning Enhancement Grant” (TLEG) from my institution, Mount Royal University (MRU), and this website’s genesis (along with many of the resources you’ll find on it) is a result of the energy and time I was able to discover as a result of the TLEG.[1] As medievalists know very well, Spring “priketh” the mind to many places and projects, and the advent of Spring has certainly fulfilled this promise for me. As the Winter semester wanes, I’m reflecting on all sorts of teaching moments from the past year. I’m a lucky teacher – I’m inspired and encouraged by my students regularly, and my work on emergence in the classroom (“Emergence as Method and Theme for SoTL Research, see “Research,” with Dr. Ada Jaarsma, Philsophy, MRU) has, in part, allowed me to work with the concept of emergence in the classroom and for medieval studies. What this focus on emergence has meant, is that I’ve spent much of the last few years really and sincerely thinking about pedagogy and different teaching methodologies. And more, over the last year especially, I’ve been busy trying new ideas, projects, and approaches in my classes, which tend to focus on medieval studies, especially medieval English literature and History of the English language (see “Teaching“). This Emerging Medievalisms blog, then, is – for the next little while – going to play host for some reflection and some emergence of teaching and learning practice. This post’s focus: sound. What does medieval English literature sound like? For some audio-visual clips of me reading Old and Middle English, you can visit the “multimedia resources” section of my website, but the question I’m really curious about here is how the medieval literary mind wrote and conceived of sound. I’ve become a bit charged by this question, actually. Chaucer’s “House of Fame,” a poem I’ve recently become reinvigorated by, seems to respond to this interest in a variety of ways. And, as my students will know, I’m impressed by how the Gawain-poet writes violent sound throughout his works, perhaps most obviously in the hunt scenes of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, but also beautifully and in latent fashion through the tête à tête moments between Gawain and Mrs. Bertilak. But if we turn our focus to a different question of sound, one that “questions method and engages media” (see the Emerging Medievalims landing page), what does successful teaching sound like? Good teaching? Perhaps uninspired teaching has a particular aural quality? My friend and colleague (and SoTL co-investigator) Dr. Ada Jaarsma thinks about this question in her The Learning Gene project. And I’ve wondered, too. I’ve recently had some students create podcasts as part of their coursework, and I’ve been bolstered by the constructive creativity many students have engaged in the process of podcasting. I asked a student, Chelsea Fritz, BA Honours English student extraordinaire and my critically talented Research Assistant (alas, now former) to engage with questions Ada and I were (still are!) employing. We wonder(ed) how we can turn teaching into a sustained and interesting object of inquiry. How might podcasts engage with “teaching” in ways that foreground the specificity, relationships, embodiment, and emergence, that are part of teaching and practice? I asked Chelsea to find some podcasts that are about the undergraduate classroom, but in unexpected or surprising ways. Here’s Chelsea Fritz’s response. I’m very pleased to include it as the first post of the Emerging Medievalisms blog: An Undergrad’s Take on Teachable Podcasts by Chelsea Fritz I was given a snippet of advice from my older brother prior to entering post-secondary, “do the readings, and you’ll be fine.” This same advice, I have passed on to freshmen in my faculty, but now, as I traverse through the black and white print of Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Conan Doyle, I find myself wondering whether simply reading the assigned pages allows for full engagement with the work. I know firsthand that making it through the allotted readings per semester is a challenge, and as the undergrad years progress, the busier the students are. Excuses start piling up, procrastination kicks in, and the fifty pages of daily reading are sent to the back burner. In many of my classes, the choices of listening to a novel’s audio book or watching its film adaptation are available (if you’re ever reading Wordsworth and find it dry, search for MC Nutz on YouTube, and enjoy) but for programs outside of English, those options are not widely available. When it comes to the Humanities, in general, students find themselves reading essays more than anything else. The old school notion of read, memorize, regurgitate might have value, but in our technologically dependent society, perhaps its value is depreciating. The SoTL (Scholarship of Teaching and Learning) project I was invited to work on focuses on emergence in the post-secondary classroom; this loosely refers to new, emerging formats of teaching and learning. My supervisor, Dr. Kenna L. Olsen, has a particular interest in audio learning, especially in regard to her specialty, the medieval. With the notion of audio learning at the forefront, the SoTL project assigned me a task: cast a wide net and find podcasts I deem worthy to teach in a classroom setting. Simple enough? Maybe not. I’ve had the idea that I am a visual learner crammed down my throat since childhood, and my experience with podcasts was very limited, so at first, paying attention to a voice coming out of my phone – no face, no video stream – was a challenge. The adjustment time was, however, very short, and the challenge of listening turned into enjoyment. Hearing the intonation of a voice or the laughter of a podcast host kept me present. In time, I was able to multitask while listening to my favourite podcasts; I could do the dishes, fold laundry, play it in my car while driving – all while absorbing the information presented to me. The process of picking and choosing which podcasts to listen to wasn’t easy, for there are a few doozies out there and some that entertain but don’t exactly teach. And, as per advice given to me by Dr. Olsen, I found that many of the podcasts advertising themselves as “educational” were often bland and did the opposite of educate. My podcast net was cast wide, but as an Indigenous feminist millennial and self-proclaimed geek in her final year of undergrad, my preferences veered towards those whose episodes cover my interests. I made a habit of listening to each podcast’s inaugural episode, followed by some of the newer ones, and popping in a few from the middle, all in an effort to see the journey each podcast makes and how their methods of teaching potentially change. After two months of steady podcast listening, I can attest to the convenience, enjoyment, and plethora of knowledge available right from my iPhone. As an English major, I feel compelled to add that my support for audio essays shouldn’t be mistaken as a hatred for the printed word; quite the contrary. I always have a paperback in my purse and a novel downloaded on my tablet. But overall, the value of listening to a well produced podcast with a focused message is equally as worthy as a printed essay, and I wager many of my undergrad colleagues will prefer the audio over print. Below, I have curated a list of my five favourite podcasts. With these are episodes of each that I find especially teachable. Cited is produced at UBC and hosted by Sam Fenn and Gordon Katic. Each episode discusses one recently published academic article that aligns with the episode’s theme. There are fantastic interviews with members of Canadian and American academia, and they always include a well cited bibliography for each podcast. Really, any of Cited’s episodes could be deemed teachable. It’s very well produced and covers a wide range of topics from the Sixties Scoop to Climate Change. Especially Teachable Episodes: Ep. 3 “Who Killed Canadian History” Taking inspiration from the Heritage Minutes/Drake mash-up (if you haven’t seen this, it’s 1:20 of your life you won’t regret), this episode begins by discussing Heritage Minutes, a collection of commercials from the early 2000’s that show Canadian history. For me, this part of the episode is more nostalgic than anything else. Further on, the episode contemplates the teaching of Canadian history in both post-secondary and to our youth in schools. It questions what we teach, why we teach those particular topics and not others, and the perspectives being taught. Ep. 61 “The Ongoing Cultural Genocide of Indigenous Canadians” This episode focuses on child welfare, especially highlighting the Sixties Scoop. The podcast asks the question of why social workers believe removing children from their homes is in the child’s best interests. From 6:30 to about 31:30 of the episode, the hosts interview Chief Wayne Christian, a Sixties Scoop survivor, and he tells his story, from struggling in foster care to his triumphs as an Indigenous leader in his community. SMNTY is hilarious, contemporary, fearless, informative, and oh yeah… it’s hosted by all women. The podcast has been running since 2009 and is produced by The Stuff Media Network. The current hosts, Bridget Todd and Anney Reese, are fierce feminists, and the podcast is even more appealing because of them. The topics of episodes range greatly – which makes sense since the show is almost ten years old – and you can find anything from discussions on Me Too, Donald Trump, Cosplay, or HIV. “Policing Women’s Speech” from July 7, 2017 How women speak and act is not only up for criticism in the workplace, but also in the classroom. The hosts discuss their experience of being told to speak differently as undergrads, simply because there is a negative connotation associated with sounding “girly.” I can wholeheartedly relate to this episode, and I find its commentary on gender biased treatment in the classroom to be especially relevant. “The Secret History of International Women’s Day” from March 8, 2017 I am guilty of posting #internationalwomensday pics on Instagram this year, but until I heard this podcast episode, I had literally no idea what inspired the day. I assumed the suffragette movement – I was wrong. No spoilers, for I honestly recommend you all go and take a listen to this episode. In my opinion, hearing the story of some strong women kicking ass and taking names more than a century ago pulls at my old heartstrings. Excuse me while I geek out in this segment, but Imaginary Worlds is a superb podcast that covers fantasy and sci-fi movies and films, and most episodes are less than twenty minutes. On the surface, it might not seem like the most educational of podcasts, but with episodes regarding gender roles in superhero films or othering in the fantasy genre, I deem Imaginary Worlds worthy to be heard in academia. Fresh out of a fantasy literature course, I know that some of these episodes could have come in handy for better understanding and fuller engagement with the topics and texts we read. Host Eric Molinsky is informative and has a voice that sounds like butter. Episode 23: “Heroines” Molinsky interviews female film critics regarding the trope of “strong female characters” in action/sci-fi films. They argue the flat female characters we see on the big screen are anything but strong. With The Avenger’s Black Widow and Mad Max’s Furiosa in the forefront, the episode discusses audience expectations on female action leads that echo western society’s views on “strong females.” Women are expected to be strong, but still physically attractive; independent, but not aloof; and sexual promiscuity is still an awkward topic for women to discuss. Episodes 52, 53, & 53: The Harry Potter trilogy of episodes All three of these episodes, whether taken alone or in the set, are worth listening to. My favourite aspect is the discussion of the phenomenon of the Harry Potter franchise and mention of a study that correlates reading the books as a youngster with higher tolerance for diversity. Lexicon Valley There’s no way I could make it through this list without adding a podcast that is all about words. Lexicon Valley is the perfect fit for English majors, lovers of the intricacies of language, or people like me who read the dictionary in their pastime. The podcast is hosted by John H. McWhorter, a Linguistics professor at Columbia University. I have no idea what McWhorter looks like, but as I listen to his episodes, I can picture him standing in front of a classroom in an argyle sweater vest as he teaches the ins and outs of the English language. Episode 128 “Words, for Her” McWhorter gives a history lesson on words such as woman, girl, aunt, and daughter. The soundtrack to this episode is phenomenal, and that kept me present while listening. Episode 115 “New Life for Dying Languages” This episode focuses on how quickly languages can die, especially if they are not taught to children; skipping one generation can be fatal for the spoken word. McWhorter focuses on Indigenous languages, their complexities and diversity, and interviews the CEO of The Language Conservancy, an organization that aims to keep these endangered languages in usage. Sickboy Canadian made, utterly hilarious, and dispels the stigma around physical and mental illness. What more could I ask for from a podcast? Hosted by Jeremie Saunders, a lifelong sufferer of Cystic Fibrosis, and his two friends, Brian and Taylor, each episode interviews a person living with a disease. They discuss everything from cancer to endometriosis, and with humour as their number one tool, each episode’s difficult matter is easier to digest. ***Warning, the language in this podcast is rated R. I find it funny and relatable; others may not. Episode 1: “Cystic Fibrosis” Sickboy’s inaugural episode has stuck with me since the beginning of my podcast research. Jeremie, Taylor, and Brian are all candid and bloody funny in their awkward attempt to send out the message that living with a disease does not make someone less of a person. Jeremie wants it known that his disease is invisible, but it’s always there, constantly affecting his quality of life. From the outside, no one could guess that he’s living with a disease that could have killed him many times in his life. Episode 136: “The Sad Doctor – Depression” The guys interview a working psychiatrist who, herself, has been diagnosed with depression. The doctor openly discusses the double standard in her profession, since the public has a misconception that doctors never get sick. Her situation is compared to teachers and how students tend to forget that their teachers are human beings as well, all of us equally susceptible to the negative side effects of life. [1] The credit for the beautiful design of this site goes to Khethwen Woo, Graphic Designer, Web Developer, and all around amazing digital design person, of the Academic Development Centre at Mount Royal University. I’m also extremely grateful for the help and guidance of other ADC superheroes: Pattie Mascaro, Dr. Erika Smith, and Bree Smith. 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__label__wiki	0.802462	0.802462	EnergyAsia Energy News From Asia ASIA: Canada must seize opportunity to export oil and gas to emerging markets, says former Cabinet minister Prentice Posted on February 27, 2013 by EnergyAsia (EnergyAsia, February 27 2013, Wednesday) — Canada must capitalise on its numerous advantages to develop an industry exporting oil and gas to the fast-growing markets of Asia and reduce its traditional dependence on the US, said former Cabinet minister Jim Prentice. In making this call yet again at a liquefied natural gas (LNG) conference in Vancouver on Monday, Mr Prentice, an ally of Prime Minister Stephen Harper who left government to become vice chairman of Canadian bank CIBC, has emerged as one of the strongest proponents for Canada to pursue closer energy ties with Asia. In his speech at British Columbia’s first LNG conference, he said Canada has the advantages of having one of the shortest supply routes to Asia, a substantial resource base, supportive governments at the provincial and federal level, and a business-friendly environment that has attracted investments from many global companies. The province is well positioned to develop a strong LNG industry that will create jobs and an export-focused competitive energy industry with long-term economic benefits for itself and Canada, said Mr Prentice. “Everything is happening. Progress is being made on essential regulatory issues. Pipeline routes in from the gas fields are taking shape. Competition is mounting. Opportunity is emerging,” he said. But as its oil industry, Canada must tap into new markets because gas production has declined significantly over the last several years and it should not be dependent on selling to the US. “We’ve entered a critical period. We face the imperative to match up Canada’s resources with the needs of the Asian marketplace. We must access new and growing markets if we want to reinvigorate this important industry,” he said. For Canada to build up a successful LNG industry, Mr Prentice said it must have a clear royalty regime, supply of skilled labour, strong environmental, health and safety management, security of electricity supply and understanding of the competitive challenge posed by the emerging gas industry in the US. “Getting into liquefied natural gas represents a big financial bet,” said Mr Prentice. “The stakes are high and the challenges are formidable. We need to be confident and aggressive – but we must also ensure that we resolve and bring across the finish line a number of key outstanding issues.” Earlier this month, Mr Prentice was plain critical of what he calls Canada’s “complacent” attitude in managing its resource wealth. Lulled by its long dependence on the US markets, he said Canada has failed to play the global energy game with skill, foresight or cohesiveness. This entry was posted in Public Stories and tagged featured. Bookmark the permalink. © 2018 EnergyAsia. All Rights Reserved.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1249
__label__wiki	0.565321	0.565321	Canton of Geneva Infobox Canton\|short_name=Geneva local_names=Genève\|coord= coord\|46\|12\|N\|6\|7\|E\|region:CH-GE_type:adm1st\|display=title flag_img_path=Flag of Canton of Geneva.svg coa_img_path= Coat of Arms of Geneva.svg locatormap_img_path=Swiss_Canton_Map_GE.pngcantonalmap_img_path=Karte Kanton Genf.pngcapital=Geneva area=282\|area_rank=21st\|area_scale=8 population=447,584\|population_rank=6th\|population_asof=2007 population_density=1587 since=1815 abbr=GE languages=French executive=Conseil d'Etat\|executive_members=7 legislative=Grand Conseil\|parliament_members=100 highest=Les Arales\|highest_m=516\|lowest=Rhone at Chancy\|lowest_m=332 municipalities_number=45 districts_designation=n.a.\|districts_number=\|The Canton of Geneva is the westernmost canton or state of Switzerland, surrounded on almost all sides by France and centered around the city of Geneva. The official name of this canton in French is "République et Canton de Genève". Like some other Swiss cantons (Ticino, Neuchâtel, Jura) this canton calls itself a republic, as part of the Swiss confederation. The canton of Geneva is located in the southwestern corner of Switzerland and is considered one of the most cosmopolitan areas of the country. As a center of the Calvinist Reformation, the city of Geneva had a great influence on the canton, which essentially consists of Geneva and its hinterlands. Since the city of Geneva is the predominant community within the Canton, much information relevant to the Canton can be found in the article about the city. La Barillette] The area of the canton of Geneva is convert\|282\|km2\|sqmi\|1\|sp=us. The canton is practically isolated from other cantons of Switzerland. The canton is bordered only by Vaud. The adjoining French _fr. "departements" are Ain (to the North) and Haute-Savoie (to the South). The current boundaries of the canton were established in 1815. As of 2007 the population of the canton is 447,584. As home of Calvin's Reformation the canton of Geneva has traditionally been a Protestant Christian stronghold. However, over the latter part of the 20th century the proportion of Catholics rose, in large part due to immigration from Southern Europe, and now they outnumber Protestants in the canton. However, the canton is still officially considered Protestant. The surrounding regions of France are mostly Roman Catholic. The city of Geneva dominates the economy of the canton. It is a center of commerce, trade and finance. A great number of Swiss banks are located in Geneva, particularly in the area of private banking. The service industry is most significant in Geneva where there are headquarters of a number of international corporations and organizations, such as the United Nations and the International Labor Organization. The city of Geneva is of international significance also as a financial center. Agriculture is commonplace in the hinterlands of Geneva, particularly wheat and wine. Precision machinery and instruments are other branches where the economy of the canton of Geneva is strong. This is also reflected in the tradition of watchmaking in Geneva. * International Red Cross, since 1864 * League of Nations, 1919 * International Labour Organization, 1919 * European headquarters of the United Nations, 1945 * European Organization for Nuclear Research CERN, 1954 * International Telecommunication Union ITU, 1865 * World Trade Organization WTO, 1995 * International Organization for Migration, or IOM * IATA The main educational institution is the University of Geneva, founded in 1559 by Calvin. It was originally called "Schola Genevensis". The original buildings are not used by the University anymore, but by Collège Calvin. Most of the main roads in the canton of Geneva radiate from the capital city of Geneva. Of these main roads, a great number lead into France rather than any Swiss canton. The canton is served by an international airport at Cointrin (Geneva International Airport) which has one terminal only. There are good rail links to cities in France and Switzerland. Since 1984 the French high-speed trains (TGV) come to Geneva. In 1964 the canton of Geneva was connected to the Swiss highway system, in 1970 to that of France. The constitution of the canton was established in 1847 and since then amended several times. The cantonal government ("Council of State") has seven members who are elected for four years. The legislative ("Great Council") has 100 seats, with deputies elected for four years at a time. In a similar way to what happens at the Federal level, any change to the Constitution is subject to compulsory referendum. In addition, any law can be subject to a referendum if it is demanded by 7000 persons entitled to vote, and 10,000 persons may also propose a new law. The canton is divided into municipalities ("communes", see below) which have their own assemblies and a mayor. Geneva was an independent republic until 1798, but had been an "everlasting ally" of the Swiss Confederation since 1584. During the Napoleonic wars, Geneva was occupied and annexed to France. After its liberation in 1813, Geneva joined the Swiss Confederation in 1815 as the 22nd canton, having been enlarged by French and Savoyard territories at the Vienna Congress. On 9 October 2005, the elections to the Great Council gave an increased majority to the right. On 13 November 2005, a new Council of State was elected, with a left-wing majority for the first time since 1936. Jeûne genevois is a public holiday specific to Geneva, celebrated on the Thursday following the first Sunday of September. * Berthelier * John Calvin * Henry Dunant * Jean-Étienne Liotard * Jean-Jacques Rousseau * Ferdinand de Saussure * Voltaire Geneva does not have any administrative districts. There are 45 municipalities in the canton: * [http://www.ge.ch Official page] fr icon * [http://www.statistik.admin.ch/stat_ch/ber00/ekan_ge.htm Official statistics] * [http://etat.geneve.ch/topoweb4/Main.aspx Interactive map of the Canton] fr icon * [http://www.lesvinsdegeneve.ch Wine in Geneva] * [http://www.egeneve.ch/images.htm Non-profit project of photography of the senior citizens of canton of Geneva] Volturnalia Timeline of Albanian history from 1994 Municipalities of the canton of Geneva — Municipalities in the canton of Geneva The following are the 45 municipalities of the canton of Geneva, as of 2009.[1] Aire la Ville … Wikipedia Municipalities of the Canton of Geneva — This is a list of municipalities of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. See also: Municipalities of SwitzerlandSource: [http://www.geneve.ch/statistique/statistiques/communes/welcome.asp Communes genevoises : profil statistique] … Wikipedia Geneva (disambiguation) — Geneva is a city in Switzerland.Geneva may also refer to:* The Geneva Conventions, a set of international treaties chiefly concerning the treatment of non combatants and prisoners of war * Canton of Geneva in Switzerland, of which the city of… … Wikipedia Geneva Citizens' Movement — Mouvement citoyens genevois Leader Éric Stauffer Founded 2005 Headquarters Rue des Grand Portes 1, Onex … Wikipedia Geneva — For other uses, see Geneva (disambiguation). Geneva Top left: Palace of Nations, Middle left: CERN Laboratory, Right: Jet d Eau, Bottom: View over … Wikipedia Geneva — /jeuh nee veuh/, n. 1. a city in and the capital of the canton of Geneva, in SW Switzerland, on the Lake of Geneva: seat of the League of Nations 1920 46. 155,800. 2. a canton in SW Switzerland. 335,800; 109 sq. mi. (282 sq. km). 3. Lake of. Also … Universalium Geneva seal — The Geneva Seal (E.), Poinçon de Genève (F.), or Genfer Siegel (G.) is the official seal of the City and Canton of Geneva. When a variation of the official seal is applied to wrist watch movements, the Geneva Seal is the quality seal of the… … Wikipedia Geneva, New York — Infobox Settlement official name = Geneva, New York settlement type = City nickname = motto = imagesize = \|pushpin pushpin label position = pushpin map caption =Location within the state of New York pushpin mapsize = mapsize = map caption =… … Wikipedia Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces — Logo Director Ambassador Theodor H. 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__label__cc	0.556388	0.443612	tag: Studies - Page 1 Simon Says: More Beautiful Studies 12/9/2019 – Studies are once again in focus this week with GM Simon Williams. Solving and analysis. Watch live for free (or on-demand for a limited time) starting at the usual hour: 17:00 UTC (18:00 CET / 12 Noon EST). Simon Says: Beautiful Studies 12/2/2019 – Studies are on the menu this week with GM Simon Williams. Solving and analysis. Watch live for free (or on-demand for a limited time) starting at the usual hour: 17:00 UTC (18:00 CET / 12 Noon EST). USA opportunities for chess kids 7/2/2019 – The latest news from the Kasparov Chess Foundation includes and update on their Young Stars program and, from New York, the Harlem Children's Zone. The most recent camp for US stars took place in June in Saint Louis, while the global camp has just wrapped up in Zagreb, Croatia, alongside the Grand Chess Tour. Try your hand at a few of the studies that Garry Kasparov himself poses for the students! \| Pictured: Saint Louis celebrates the Blues hockey team with a parade, as IM Christopher Yoo analyses a position Depth and Beauty in Pervakov’s Endgame Studies 5/6/2019 – Last time our columnist wrote on the life and career of Oleg Pervakov. This week he offers a glimpse of the eminent composer’s work from a recently published collection of endgame studies. He also sets a challenge for readers to solve three of them. Your move! \| Photo: ChessPro.ru Simon Says — Study Hour 4/22/2019 – Studies are a great way to improve your chess, they are also a great form of beauty. In this Simon Says we do just that, study some beautiful problems and try to improve our vision. Can you play along and solve the problems? Live today at the usual time: 16:00 UTC (18:00 CEST / 12 Noon EDT). Inspirational studies for tournament players 4/6/2019 – Recently a new book on endgame studies was published, written by IM Yochanan Afek. He belongs to that very rare breed of composition grandmasters, with more studies to his name than we have seen elsewhere. His book is a treasure trove that provides insights into how, on occasion, the games Afek or others have played gave him the ideas for his study compositions. Review by Frederic Friedel. The Life and Times of Mark Liburkin 2/23/2019 – Composer Mark Liburkin is the focus of "Study of the Month" author SIEGFRIED HORNECKER. Little is known of this study composer born in 1910, but his "chameleon echo" is sure to delight and we fill in the biographical gaps as best we can. And, as usual, don't miss the instructive studies! Check Czech Chess IV: Oldřich Duras 1/26/2019 – "Study of the Month" author SIEGFRIED HORNECKER returns to his deep dive into Czech chess composers with a fascinating column on Oldřich Duras. The fourth column in this mini-series builds upon his research from the second half of 2018. See also: Part 1: Prokop’s poetry, Part 2: Prokeš from Prague and Part 3: Miroslav Havel. Of course, don't miss the instructive studies! Problem chess with Noam Elkies 1/2/2019 – On Christmas day we published an article by Frederic Friedel, describing the process of composing a chess problem. It was based on his own effort to generate a proper helpmate back in 2002. A number of readers followed his invitation and send in amateur compositions themselves. We also received feedback from a remarkable personality: Noam Elkies is a professor of mathematics, a musician and music composer, chess master and problemist. He explained how to use an online problem database to assist in such tasks. We share his instructions with our readers. A White Christmas 12/29/2018 – The final "Study of the Month" examines the legacy of American composer Alain C. White. Our study guide and expert SIEGFRIED HORNECKER explains how White "was far ahead of his time — half a century or more". In fact, Hornecker is already looking ahead to 2022 when many of White's works are slated to enter the public domain, much to the benefit of chess study fans (and future Study of the Month columns) everywhere. Blindfold challenge with Vidit Gujrathi 12/18/2018 – Vidit Gujrathi, the youngest Indian to breach the 2700 Elo mark, is known for his thorough opening preparation and solid style of play. But while his bent is more towards positional niceties, his vivid imagination and almost impeccable calculation let him transcend styles on demand. The following video shows Vidit’s mind in action as he solves four studies and a real-game puzzle, while also explaining how he found his way through the woods of variations. Hornecker on Heuäcker 11/24/2018 – It is said it is better to lose a friend than a good joke — or in this case a pun. Today our study expert SIEGFRIED HORNECKER presents a talented composer born in Hamburg on December 16th, 1899, but who lived for many years in Vienna. "The soul of an artist had its price with Heuäcker valuing beautiful, aesthetic chess more than practical necessities". \| Photo: GFHund CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Watch the Super-Grandmaster think! 11/20/2018 – Rarely do we get to see the thought process of a player of the very highest caliber. How does a 2765 rated player actually think? When Wesley So, whose highest rating was 2822, was in India for the Tata Steel Chess India 2018, IM Sagar Shah gave him three studies to solve. The catch? Wesley had to work everything out in his mind, without a board. Sagar had a camera rolling while he did this! The video discussion gives us a unique insight into the mind of a world class grandmaster. We invite you to perform a similar experiment on yourself. Check Czech chess III: Miroslav Havel 10/27/2018 – 2012 was a strange year. Amid World Championships and Olympiads a Bohemian master was awarded the GM title for chess composition. Our study expert SIEGFRIED HORNECKER delves into the life and work of “Miroslav Havel” (a pseudonym). His speciality was "model mates" — problems with three or more checkmate variations where all white pieces (except possibly the king) participate in the checkmate. Check Czech chess II: Prokeš from Prague 9/29/2018 – Our study expert SIEGFRIED HORNECKER continues his look at the legacy of Czech master František Josef Prokop (pictured). Part 1 presented story and studies from the first half of the 20th century for you to enjoy at your leisure. This month he explains the "Prokeš manoeuvre", and presents a whopping eight annotated studies for your edification. Check Czech chess I: Prokop’s poetry 8/25/2018 – A new mini-series is kicked off this month by our study expert SIEGFRIED HORNECKER, who tackles the legacy of Czech master František Josef Prokop (pictured). Story and studies from the first half of the 20th century for you to enjoy at your leisure. 7/29/2018 – Some lightweight fare for this month's study column as SIEGFRIED HORNECKER brings you tales from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Raymond Smullyan, perfect for a hot summer Sunday. Study of the Month: May, 2018 5/26/2018 – As the column is always changing, reader feedback was received that April’s historical examination was too long and the column should concentrate on studies more, which of course has been the heart of this column. Therefore the next issue will be more condensed again. In May and probably July SIEGFRIED HORNECKER concentrates on selected non-fiction (May) and fiction (July) literature about chess. This month focuses on Josef Kling and Bernhard Horwitz.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1260
__label__cc	0.645421	0.354579	Bridge to Terabithia (2007 film) 2007 film based on children's book by Katherine Paterson Bridge to Terabithia is a 2007 film directed by Gabor Csupo and based on the Katherine Paterson novel. The film tells the story of Jesse Aarons and Leslie Burke, 12-year-old neighbors who create a fantasy world called Terabithia and spend their free time together in an abandoned tree house. Discover a place that will never leave you, and a friendship that will change you forever. 1 Jesse Aarons 2 Leslie Burke Jesse AaronsEdit I have four sisters. And I'd trade them all in for a good dog. What's so great about being serious all the time anyway? [Leslie has died and Jesse's sitter tries to comfort Jesse] Is it like The Bible says? Is she going to Hell? Leslie BurkeEdit [seeing Jesse smiling at Ms. Edmonds, bends down] Take a picture. Lasts longer. Just close your eyes and keep your mind wide open. We rule Terabithia, and nothing crushes us! You are who you are, not your parents. [Jesse tries to hand Leslie the fake letter to Janice Avery] You have to write. Boy’s handwriting sucks. No offense. [on the ride back from church, about Christianity] You have to believe it, and you hate it. I don't have to believe it, and I think it's beautiful. I check my air... I dont have as much time as i need to see everything, but that what makes it so special. Mrs. Myers: If any of you try to download this essay, you will be downloaded into detention. Mrs. Myers: Jesse Aarons! I got it from your sisters. I certainly do not need it from you! Leslie Burke, May Belle Aarons, Little Kids: [chanting] Free the pee! Free the pee! Free the pee! Bill Burke: She loved you, you know. Bill Burke: Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing - Teddy Roosevelt said that, not me. Jack Aarons: She brought you something special when she came here, didn't she? That's what you hold on to. That's how you keep her alive. May Belle Aarons: [To Leslie] If you don't believe in the bible, God'll damn you to hell when you die! [Leslie has ketchup all over her face] Jesse Aarons: What happened to you? Leslie Burke: Janice Avery is a very talented person. She can shoot ketchup packets over four rows of seats. Jesse Aarons: [snickers] Jeez. Jesse: That's what Leslie Burke says, she told me to keep my mind wide open. Ms. Edmonds: Leslie Burke is right. With a mind like yours wide open, you could create a whole new world. Scott Hoager: So I guess you're the fastest kid in school now, huh? [Jesse makes a fist at him] Scott Hoager: It's a joke, dude! [punches him hard into a wall] Scott Hoager: Are you nuts?! Leslie: I don't think God goes around damning people to hell. Jesse: Why not? Leslie: Because He's too busy running all this! Leslie: My dad says that TV kills your brain cells. Scott Hoager: Your dad doesn't know anything. We watch TV, like every day! Leslie: I rest my case. Jesse: It's just that you're a good builder... for a girl. Leslie: Yeah, well you're pretty good at art... for a boy! Jesse: [crying] Is it like bible says? Is she going to hell? Jack Aarons: [shakes head] I don’t know everything about God. But I do know he’s not gonna sent that little girl to hell. Jesse: [sobs] Then I'm going to hell because it's all my fault! Jesse: Hey, guys. May Belle: See? I told you. Mary: Oh, my God, Jess. [hugs him] [sobs] Jack: Where in God's name have you been? Mary: Where have you been? Jesse: Mom... I asked you. It wasn't like-- Brenda: We thought you were dead. Jack: Brenda, hush. Jesse: Dead? What's going on? Jack: Your friend Leslie's dead. She drowned in a creek this morning. Apparently, she tried to swing across on a rope, but it broke. They think she hit her head. Jesse: No. No, it... it's... It's not that kind of rope. It... It... It couldn't break. It wouldn't have. Jack: But it did. [gets up from the chair and tries to comfort him] I'm sorry, son. Jesse: [backs away] No, you're lying. She's not even dead! You're lying! [throws the book to the floor and runs out of the house to find Leslie, only to find the police at her place, believing she's really dead] Mary: Jess! [sobs] Bridge to Terabithia quotes at the Internet Movie Database Retrieved from "https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Bridge_to_Terabithia_(2007_film)&oldid=2677573"	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1262
__label__wiki	0.792803	0.792803	Beau (guitarist) British singer-songwriter and twelve-string guitar player Live in Lichfield (2012) Christopher John Trevor Midgley Beau, John Trevor (1946-05-00)May 1946 Folk, psychedelic folk, electronica Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter Vocals, 12-string guitar, guitar, keyboards Dandelion, See For Miles, Cherry Red, Angel Air, Airmail Archive (Japan), Fruits de Mer, Ritual Echo, Salvation Records, Grapefruit, Local Underground, Sommor (Spain), Cathedral Transmissions, TM Studios The Raiders, Tractor, Simfonica [1], [2] Beau, born Christopher John Trevor Midgley, is a British singer-songwriter and twelve-string guitar player, who first became known in the late 1960s through his recordings for John Peel's Dandelion Records label. He released two albums on Dandelion – Beau (1969)[1] and Creation (1971)[2] (which featured Jim Milne and Steve Clayton from Tractor as backing musicians on some tracks), plus the single "1917 Revolution" which had greater success abroad than it did in the United Kingdom. "1917 Revolution" is said to have been the inspiration for America's "A Horse with No Name". His best known song however is probably "The Roses of Eyam" (written under the name of John Trevor) which folk singer Roy Bailey took around the world and which he recorded on his Hard Times LP in 1985. This version was subsequently re-released on Bailey's Past Masters CD in 1998. Beau himself released the song officially for the first time as a bonus track on the 2007 British reissue of the original Beau disc (Cherry Red), and on the 2008 Japanese release of the same album (Airmail Recordings). A CD of eighteen previously unissued songs – Edge of the Dark – was issued on the Angel Air label in 2009, followed in 2011 by the Cherry Red download albums The Way It Was and Creation Recreated. The latter was a remastered, partially remixed and much expanded version of 1971's Creation. Beau also contributed a previously unreleased song – In The Court of Conscience – to vinyl specialist Fruits de Mer Records' 2012 Annual, and a 180gram vinyl version of The Way It Was was issued by Ritual Echo Records in 2012. A download album – Fables & Façades – was also released in 2012 on the Cherry Red label. An unusual departure, this was made up of eighteen mostly full-band arrangements recorded between 1978 and 2000. Beau has produced several hundred songs - newly recorded albums continue to be released by Cherry Red for both download and streaming - and he has also recorded under the names of John Trevor, Trevor Midgley and Simfonica. Though mostly known as a "folk" performer, his writing has also been strongly influenced by blues and rock. He co-wrote "WARHOL – The Musical" with Steve Clayton of the band Tractor. 1 List of work 1.1 Discography 1.2 Compilations and other recordings List of work[edit] Discography[edit] 1917 Revolution [single] (Dandelion, 1969) Beau (Dandelion, 1969) 1917 Revolution [single] (Dandelion (Netherlands), 1970) Creation (Dandelion, 1971) Creation/Beau (See For Miles, 1995) Beau (Cherry Red, 2007) Beau (Air Mail Archive (Japan), 2008) Creation (Air Mail Archive (Japan), 2008) Edge of the Dark (Angel Air, 2009) The Way It Was (Cherry Red, 2011) Creation Recreated (Cherry Red, 2011) The Was It Was [vinyl] (Ritual Echo, 2012) Fables & Façades (Cherry Red, 2012) Twelve Strings to the Beau [vinyl] (Salvation Records, 2013) Fly the Bluebird (Cherry Red, 2014) Recorded @ Rocker’s – The Dandelion Radio Sessions… (Local Underground, 2014) Creation [vinyl] (Sommor (Spain), 2015) Shoeless In The Desert (Cherry Red, 2015) An Original Thought (Cherry Red, 2016) Song Of The Volcanoes [as Simfonica] (Cathedral Transmissions, 2016) When Butterflies Scream (Cherry Red, 2017) Letters In Time [DVD] [as Simfonica] (TM Studios, 2017) Rattle The Asylum Bars (Cherry Red, 2018) Body Mass [as Simfonica] (TM Studios, 2018) Damascus Road (Cherry Red, 2019) Compilations and other recordings[edit] There Is Some Fun Going Forward [Compilation] (Dandelion, 1972) There Is Some Fun Going Forward… plus (See For Miles, 1995) The Dandelion Sampler (See For Miles, 1996) Life Too, Has Surface Noise – The Complete Dandelion Records Singles Collection 1969–1972 (Cherry Red, 2006) Plain Sailing: An Acoustic Alternative (Cherry Red, 2008) All For Tomorrow (Cherry Red, 2009) Favourites From John Peel's Record Collection (Cherry Red, 2011) 2012 Annual (Fruits de Mer Records, 2011) Summer Folk Festival (Cherry Red, 2012) Indie Xmas (Cherry Red, 2012) The Crabs Sell Out / The Crabs Freak Out (Fruits de Mer Records, 2012) My Acoustic Valentine (Cherry Red, 2013) strange fish 5 (Fruits de Mer Records, 2013) Vintage Folk Festival Favourites (Cherry Red, 2013) A Vintage Summer Holiday (Cherry Red, 2013) Fruits de Mer Annual 2014 [with The Raiders] (Fruits de Mer Records, 2013) Love, Poetry and Revolution (Grapefruit, 2013) An Alternative Guide to Singer Songwriters (Cherry Red, 2014) Classic John Peel Collection (Cherry Red, 2014) Memories of a Folk Festival (Cherry Red, 2014) Dust On The Nettles (Grapefruit, 2015) The 13th Dream of Dr. Sardonicus Festival CD 1 (Fruits de Mer Records, 2015) The 13th Dream of Dr. Sardonicus Festival CD 3 [as Simfonica] (Fruits de Mer Records, 2015) The 14th Dream of Dr. Sardonicus - Day Two [as Simfonica] (Fruits de Mer Records, 2016) Ascending Scales [with The Honey Pot] (Fruits de Mer Records, 2017) Strangers In The Room: A Journey Through British Folk-Rock (1967-1973) (Grapefruit, 2019) ^ "Dandelion Album Discography". Both Sides Now Publications. Archived from the original on 13 November 2008. Retrieved 27 November 2008. Beau’s website Beau’s Recordings blog Billboard Russia interview Strange Brew Podcast interview The Rocktologist interview Ritual Echo Records biography 45cat biography It's Psychedelic Baby interview "In Beau Regard" interview Fruits de Mer Records interview MusicBrainz: 65d9b172-c9f6-4067-9763-77d37ce0cfb9 Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beau_(guitarist)&oldid=929242424" English folk guitarists English male guitarists English songwriters Folk music discographies Dandelion Records artists Use dmy dates from August 2014	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1263
__label__cc	0.603508	0.396492	North America > United States of America > Midwest > Wisconsin > Northeast Wisconsin > Door County 7.1 Kayaking 7.2 Biking 7.3 Parasailing 7.4 Music The channel light guides watercraft from Lake Michigan into the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal. Door County is a scenic peninsula in the state of Wisconsin on a peninsula in Lake Michigan. Map of Door County 45.065-87.1241666666671 Baileys Harbor 45.1564-87.17112 Ephraim A small dry village on the Bay. 45.127777777778-87.2469444444443 Fish Creek 44.8323-87.37214 Sturgeon Bay County seat Kangaroo Lake - Located almost in the center of the peninsula, between the two shores, close to Baileys Harbor. A resting gull is reflected in the waters of a calm inlet in Door County. Considered the Cape Cod of the Midwest, Door County is situated on a peninsula on Lake Michigan and is a very popular destination for vacations. The peninsula offers a unique mix of leisure, recreation, and natural beauty. The culture has a rich history of the arts, with more than 80 cultural establishments within the county, including galleries, museums, and theatres. Many offer courses to enjoy while vacationing there. For the nature lovers, Door County offers five state parks, over 300 miles of shoreline, and more than a dozen conservation areas. The ten lighthouses on the peninsula are popular attractions to history and nautical buffs. Door County Visitor Bureau, 1015 Green Bay Rd, Sturgeon Bay, toll-free: +1-800-52-RELAX (73529). Door County's visitor information centers offer maps, brochures and other information for tourists. The Visitor Center Lobby is open 24 Hours a day, 7 Days a week. The Visitor Center is staffed weekdays from 8:30 to 5:00 and week-ends from 10:00 to 4:00. Winter office hours: M-F 8:30 to 4:30. Austin Straubel International Airport (GRB IATA) in Green Bay. Cherryland Airport, SUE. Washington Island Landing Strip, 2P2. Gibraltar Airport (Landing Strip), 3D2, Ephraim. Car is probably the only real practical way of getting around, but biking is great in the state parks and on Washington Island Lake Michigan has carved small coves in the rock at Cave Point County Park. Peninsula State Park The state's third largest state park, Peninsula, like Door County, is itself on a small peninsula jutting into Green Bay. It offers much, including numerous campgrounds, an observation tower, beaches, steep bluffs, an amphitheater, and a golf course. The observation tower has knockout park views. Main entrance is through Fish Creek Sea kayakers paddle in Lake Michigan. Washington Island is a must-do adventure! Get on the ferry at Northport Pier at the tip of the Door County Peninsula. It's $10 per person, and $24 for a car round trip. It is not necessary to take a car; once on the island, walk just a short distance to Annie's Rentals to rent a moped (get there early before they sell out). They're $90/day, and well worth the splurge! Very easy to ride, even for someone who's never driven a motorcycle - if you can ride a bike, you can ride these. Spending the whole day riding around the island is a very romantic and fun adventure. Kayaking[edit] Kayak Door County. Seeing Cave Point with a kayak is a real adventure! Door County Kayak Tours +1 920 868-1400 at 8442 Hwy 42 Fish Creek, WI 54212 to go on a Tour of Caves, Lighthouses, and Shipwrecks. Kayak the Nature Conservancy owned Mink River Estuary in Rowley's Bay. Gravity Trails +1 920 854-9292 Cave Point Paddle and Pedal explores Cave Point County Park with guided eco-tours using zodiacs, kayaks and paddle boards. Biking[edit] Cave Point Paddle and Pedal offer surrey bike rentals Parasailing[edit] Stiletto Sailing Fred and Fuzzy's in Sister Bay on Tuesday nights hosts "The Nicks"Nick Steingart Project...Don't miss it, great dancing with the sunset. Marina at Sturgeon Bay. Al Johnson's Restaurant, Sister Bay, Wisconsin. A Swedish restaurant and a connected gift shop. Tempting are the Swedish pancakes served with lingonberries, waffles piled high with strawberries and whipped cream, Swedish meatballs and Swedish fruit soup. As an added attraction, the restaurant is housed in a building with a Scandinavian-style sod roof. Goats are on the roof from mid morning to late afternoon every day, "cutting the grass" and provide great photo opportunities. moderate. Wilson's Diner. A Door County tradition for over a century. A 50s style restaurant and soda fountain. Shipwrecked Brewpub. Door County's only microbrewery. It also had a restaurant and inn. (It burned down in 2017, with plans to reopen - but possibly not until Summer '19). Door County Confectionery. Another Door County Favorite. Sample some fudge, or purchase from a variety of candies. Several locations, but the original is in Ephraim. Drink Coffee, Sister Bay. 7AM. Coffee shop and cafe with homemade bakery and awesome cookies! Organic coffee and teas and wi-fi. It's definitely a place to catch up with the world while vacationing or watch it drift by sitting outside with a book. 44.609321-87.4355191 von Stiehl Winery (von stiehl winery), 115 Navarino St, Algoma, WI 54201 (From Green Bay: Take Hwy 54 east to Algoma. Continue straight on 54 until you reach the lake. Turn left at the stop sign (Intersection of Hwy 42 & 54) and drive about a block. Follow the Y intersection (Co S) to the right and continue on it until you reach Navarino Street. Turn right just before the bridge (on Navarino), the winery is on the left.), toll-free: +1-800-955-5208. 9AM to 5PM. Take a tour of the winery. Tours and tastings are offered May through October. The winery store is open year-round, seven days a week. Tour: $3.75. This retired Chicago fireboat offers one of the many guided water tours available on the Door Peninsula. Rowleys Bay Resort, 1041 County Rd, Ellison Bay, ☏ +1 920 854-2385. Affordable Lake Michigan waterfront destination resort with Rowleys Bay Restaurant, Grandma's Swedish Bakery, Rowley's Pub, pool, marina, and more. Boating, fishing, 100 acres of private hiking, cross-country skiing trails, Segway tours, zip-lining and kayaking tours. Only all you can eat fish boil buffet in Door County. Alpine Resort, ☏ +1 920 868-3000. Scenic Route G, Egg Harbor. Open since 1921, this resort is on the shoreline and has its own golf course. Both an inn and private cottages are available. Beachfront Inn at Bailey's Harbor, toll-free: +1-866-251-0750, ✉ stay@beachfrontinn.net. Hwy 57 P.O. Box 398, Baileys Harbor, WI 54202. Offers great rooms with views on Lake Michigan. Amenities include heated indoor pool, cable, high speed wireless internet. Pet friendly. High Point Inn, 10386 Water Street, ☏ +1 920 854-9773, fax: +1 920 854-9738. High Point Inn offers 1, 2 and 3 bedroom resort suites at discount prices. Nordic Lodge, 2721 Hwy 42, Sister Bay, toll-free: +1-866-854-5432, fax: +1 920 854-5974. Nordic Lodge has 33 rooms and one deluxe suite, all non-smoking. Amenities include free wireless internet, complimentary breakfast, indoor pool/whirlpool. Westwood Shores Waterfront Resort, 4303 Bayshore Dr, toll-free: +1-800-440-4057, fax: +1 920 746-9890. Beautiful lodging in Sturgeon Bay. Door County offers campers a choice of 5 state parks. Rock Island State Park Newport State Park Potawatomi State Park Whitefish Bay Dunes State Park Ahnapee State Trail Bike off of the Highway on the inner roads of the peninsula. The city of Green Bay has numerous sightseeing options, like the National Railway Museum and Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame This region travel guide to Door County is an outline and may need more content. It has a template, but there is not enough information present. If there are Cities and Other destinations listed, they may not all be at usable status or there may not be a valid regional structure and a "Get in" section describing all of the typical ways to get here. Please plunge forward and help it grow! Retrieved from "https://en.wikivoyage.org/w/index.php?title=Door_County&oldid=3751178" Northeast Wisconsin This travel guide page was last edited at 01:11, on 27 March 2019 by Wikivoyage user Pacezg. Based on work by Wikivoyage users Traveler100bot, Alistair1978, Zcarstvnz, Wrh2Bot, Griffindd, AndreCarrotflower, Andree.sk and AndreeBot, Wikivoyage anonymous user 2605:E000:CD4E:1400:F991:68E4:F389:12D7 and others.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1264
__label__wiki	0.901688	0.901688	The Next Biometric Authentication Method for DISA? Your Gait The Defense Information Systems Agency explores expanding biometric validation technologies beyond the usual suspects. Phil Goldstein Phil Goldstein is a web editor for FedTech and StateTech. Besides keeping up with the latest in technology trends, he is also an avid lover of the New York Yankees, poetry, photography, traveling and escaping humidity. Iris recognition is so archaic. The Defense Information Systems Agency is exploring new ways to validate users' identities through biometrics that go beyond the normal methods of authentication. That includes a user's gait, or manner of walking. The goal is to make authentication via biometrics easier for soldiers in the field. Identity management is becoming more critical as war fighters become more mobile. DISA, which provides IT and secure communications services across the Defense Department and military service branches, needs to provide ways for officers and DOD officials to access classified and sensitive data on the go. DISA is working to develop a suite of seven multifactor authentication tools that would include a user's gait, outgoing DISA Director Lt. Gen. Alan Lynn said on Jan. 11 at an AFCEA luncheon in Washington, D.C., according to FCW. SIGN UP: Get more news from the FedTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks! DISA Seeks to Expand Multifactor Authentication DISA wants to make authentication easier for soldiers, Lynn explained, and fingerprint and facial recognition authentication methods can prove difficult for war fighters in the field. "Fingerprints and facial recognition are problematic for a war fighter," Lynn said, according to FCW. For example, gloves, dirty hands, goggles or face masks could make it difficult for a soldier to authenticate their identity using traditional biometric methods. However, he said "you're going to always have … your walk," he said. "That's as individual as a fingerprint," Lynn added, according to FedScoop. It's not surprising that DISA would explore biometrics that include gait. In August, SIGNAL, AFCEA's magazine, reported that DISA was exploring new authentication methods. As FCW reports, in a video DISA posted in December, the seven factors include GPS location, voice recognition, facial recognition, device orientation, trusted peripherals and trusted networks, as well as gait. Taken together, Lynn said, those authentication factors are "better than just your credentials — it's who you are." DISA is evaluating a proposal to deliver gait-based authentication, and Lynn said, "that's the first one that's coming out," according to FCW. Lynn announced at the event that he will retire from his director position and active duty on Feb. 2, FedScoop reports. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has nominated Rear Adm. Nancy Norton to be the next head of DISA. Authentication Must Sync with Mobile Warfighters With a growing number of soldiers and Pentagon officials accessing information on mobile devices, DISA must ensure that authentication methods can work on those devices as well, Lynn said. Lynn noted that DISA already allows senior officers to view classified data on commercial mobile devices "that we've modified slightly," FCW reports. For example, a commander with decision-making authority can view drone footage so that a strike can be authorized in real time. DISA has worked with industry stakeholders on the new authentication methods. Lynn said. "What we are building is something that I think could easily transition to the commercial side," he said, according to FedScoop. "Because your identity is out there. You see all of these commercial guys perform with pieces or parts of it. If we could pull it all together so it's kind of a platform and it's informed by all the work we do with highly classified folks to really harden it, it's kind of a win-win." SergeyNivens/Getty Images Why Feds Need to Take Ransomware Seriously	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1268
__label__wiki	0.935812	0.935812	Filimoni Vosarogo Eyed As Next Party Leader? It is understood that the deputy leader post would be a stepping stone to becoming the party’s leader. Fiji National Rugby League board chairman Filimoni Vosarogo 45-Year-Old Man Charged With 25 Counts Of Sexual Assault Related Offences Rate Payment Amnesty Over For Suva And Lami ‘Beaten Up’ Dogs Now Safe Our Troops Safe In Iraq Amid Tension Between Iran And USA Suva lawyer Filimoni Vosarogo is being tipped as the next SODELPA leader. Although Mr Vosarogo said last night he had not been approached, he was aware of talks to create a deputy party leader position. “If that occurs, I may look at the criteria and consider a future in it,” he said. But it is understood that the deputy leader post would be a stepping stone to becoming the party’s leader. What was not clear last night was whether Opposition leader Sitiveni Rabuka had stepped down in accordance with the party constitution after SODELPA lost the 2018 General Election. MP Adi Litia Qionibaravi, the party general secretary, said: “I don’t know anything about it. Where did you get this information from, because I am hearing it for the first time.” Mr Rabuka was in Vanua Levu yesterday and could not be reached to comment. If he continues as party leader, it is unconstitutional. A constitutional amendment is needed to allow him to carry on as leader. The party also has provision that allows president and MP Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu to act as leader while the process of electing a new leader is conducted. Mr Vosarogo was Mr Rabuka’s lawyer in the declaration of assets and liabilities case which was discontinued by the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC) last year. It is understood that Mr Vosarogo is being groomed to become party leader. This has not gone down well with those who had their own ambitions within the party. Other likely candidates whose names had been floated around included Opposition Whip Lynda Tabuya, Adi Litia, MP Aseri Radrodro, Ratu Naiqama’s son MP Doctor Antonio Lalabalavu, MP Viliame Gavoka, MP Anare Jale, MP Ro Filipe Tuisawau and MP Salote Radrodro. But they are all sitting MPs. It is proposed a party leader should not be an MP because he or she will have more time on his or her hands. It is understood that a move to hold the party’s annual general meeting in Savusavu will limit the number of people from Viti Levu attending because of the cost. It will give the Vanua Levu bloc, which is backing Mr Vosarogo, a distinct advantage. Edited by Jonathan Bryce Filimoni VosarogoOpposition Leader Sitiveni RabukaRatu Naiqama LalabalavuSalote RadrodroSODELPA leader.Vanua Levu $1OOk In Losses, Visitors Stranded	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1272
__label__cc	0.681776	0.318224	Tehran, Kiev to Bolster Energy Ties Iran and Ukraine can expand their cooperation not only in renovating aging power plants but also in implementing power grid voltage enhancement projects, Iran's energy minister said. After holding talks with Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister Zubko Hennadii and Ukraine's Minister of Energy and Coal Industry Vladimir Demchishin, Hamid Chitchian added that increasing Iran's electricity network voltage from 400 to 765 kilovolts, constructing power plant steam units and repairing dilapidated power plants top the list of priorities in bilateral collaboration, ISNA reported on Tuesday. According to the energy minister, there are good opportunities for Ukrainian enterprises to manufacture power transformers in cooperation with Iranian experts and purchase the transformers from Iran with a high quality and at a reasonable price. "Iran's electricity firms are ready to meet Ukrainian power plants' needs in terms of equipment and state-of-the-art knowhow," he said. The energy minister believes that the two sides can focus their collaboration on different sectors, the most important of which are financing joint venture projects, converting gas power plants to combined-cycle ones, modernizing and constructing new power plants, as well as enhancing power grid voltage. Chitchian invited Demchishin to visit the Iranian group MAPNA and get familiar with its abilities in producing huge gas turbines and single crystal turbine blades. "MAPNA plans to acquire the knowhow to manufacture Siemens gas turbines in Iran, so Ukraine can count on MAPNA to provide it with its cutting-edge power plant equipment," he said. Demchishin hoped that the ongoing negotiations will result in signing contracts and developing cooperation between the two sides. Noting that energy ties were cut between the two sides12 years ago, he said, "We are here to start again and compensate for our long absence." Attaching great importance to importing engineering services from Iran, Zubko called for expansion of economic relations in a wide range of sectors, including oil, gas and energy infrastructures. Oil Trade Negotiations Kiev is discussing the possibility of importing oil from Tehran and refining oil in Ukrainian plants. “We are interested in diversification of oil products’ supply to Ukraine. In addition, Iran shows interest in diversifying the export of its oil and oil products,” said Zubko on "112 Ukraine" TV. “Therefore, the possibility of refining Iranian oil in Ukraine, storing crude oil in the country and then diversification of supplies to the European Union is also on the agenda,” he added. Ukraine's deputy prime minister noted that although the supply of Iranian oil to the EU is a strategic issue, both sides are interested in it. According to Bijan Namdar Zanganeh, the Iranian oil minister, $180 billion worth of oil projects are ready to be funded and Ukrainian enterprises should take advantage of the opportunity. Stressing on expanding bilateral ties between Tehran and Kiev in producing state-of-the-art oil equipment, he noted that the two states can also embark on implementing joint ventures in other sectors. Asked about the Oil Ministry's plan to attract foreign investment, the oil minister said, "Several schemes have been devised, some of which pertain to the petrochemical sector. For instance, Iran plans to invest $50 billion in the petrochemical industry and a part of the investment must be made by foreign companies." Zanganeh believes that as long as Ukrainian enterprises do not embark on financing oil projects through their banking system, their range of operations will be limited. Ukraine Interested in Iran Energy Transit to Europe Ukrainian Firms Urged to Finance Oil Projects Iran, Ukraine Discuss Cooperation in Gas Sector Iran's MAPNA Unveils Improved, Best-in-Class Gas Turbine Domestic Firms to Meet Oil Machinery Needs MAPNA, HOA Joint Venture to Transfer Technology You can also read ... January 20,2020 18:37 Oil Jumps to Highest in Over a Week After Libyan Shutdowns	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1274
__label__cc	0.517085	0.482915	Robert Doyle fonds, 627 results 627 Dalhousie University Photograph Collection, 3 results 3 Castle Photographic, 3 results 3 Andrews, Alan Richard, 1935-, 2 results 2 Barnard, Elissa, 1 results 1 Dalhousie University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Department of Theatre., 632 results 632 Doyle, Robert, 14 results 14 The Dalhousie Review, 1 results 1 Dalhousie Faculty Association, 1 results 1 Dalhousie University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Department of English., 1 results 1 North America, 614 results 614 Halifax Regional Municipality (N.S.), 614 results 614 Nova Scotia, 614 results 614 Halifax (N.S.), 614 results 614 Costume design, 612 results 612 Theater programs--Canada, 610 results 610 Design, Theatrical, 40 results 40 Government - Provincial, 1 results 1 Producers and directors, 1 results 1 Drama, 1 results 1 Dalhousie University--People, 1 results 1 Search the Archives Catalogue Dalhousie University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Department of Theatre. MS-3-18, Box 6, Folder 12, Item 33 Part of Robert Doyle fonds Item is a cast list for Dalhousie Theatre's production of The Good Woman of Setzuan. The item has a list of characters from the production with penciled-in notes about who played which character. Costume desgin for Mr. and Mrs. Beetle MS-3-18, Box 1, Folder 1, Item 7 Item is a coloured pencil sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's production of The Insect Comedy. The costumes are for characters named Mr. and Mrs. Beetle. The sketch shows a male figure and a female figure wearing the costumes. Costume design : an Apothecary MS-3-18, Box 3, Folder 33, Item 1 Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1987 production of Romeo and Juliet. The sketch shows an unidentified person who is wearing a cloak and holding a bright light. The sketch's caption says "An A... Costume design for 2 and 4 "Muscovites" Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1996 production of Love's Labour's Lost. The costumes are for two Muscovites and the sketch shows two figures wearing the costumes. There are fabric swatches t... Costume design for Abdullin the shopkeeper Item is a pencil sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1981 production of The Government Inspector. The costume is for a character named Abdullin the shopkeeper. The sketch shows a male figure wearing the costume. There are fabri... Costume design for Abram Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1987 production of Romeo and Juliet. The costume is for Abram, a servant to Montague. The sketch shows a male figure wearing the costume. The sketch is mounted on a dark... Costume design for Albertine and Charlotte Item is a pencil sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1986 production of Bonjour, La, Bonjour. The costumes are for two characters named Albertine and Charlotte. The sketch shows two female figures wearing the costumes and looki... Costume design for Allison Item is a watercolour and gouache sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1982 production of the Canterbury Tales. The costume is for Allison from "The Miller's Tale." The sketch shows one female figure wearing the c... Costume design for Althybiades Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1992 production of The Trojan Women. The costume is for Althybiades and the sketch shows one male figure wearing the costume and holding a scroll. Costume design for Andromache and son Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1992 production of The Trojan Women. The costumes are for Andromache and her son and the sketch shows one female figure and one young male figure wearing the costumes. Costume design for Angelica Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1989 production of Love for Love. The costume is for a character named Angelica. The sketch shows one female figure wearing the costume. The sketch is cut out and mounte... Costume design for Anna : Act I, scene I Item is a pencil sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1981 production of The Government Inspector. The costume is for a character named Anna in Act I, scene I, played by Paulina Sillis. The sketch shows a female figure wearing t... Costume design for Anna : Act II, scene II Item is a pencil sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1981 production of The Government Inspector. The costume is for a character named Anna in Act II, scene II, played by Paulina Sillis. The sketch shows a female figure wearing... Costume design for Anne Item is a pencil sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's production of Mary Stuart. The costume is for Anne and the sketch shows one female figure wearing the costume. The sketch has been torn from a spiral bound notebook. Costume design for Antonio MS-3-18, Box 1, Folder 2, Item 13 Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's production of Twelfth Night. The costume is for a character named Antonio. The sketch shows a figure wearing the costume. Item is a pastel and pencil sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1991 production of The Tempest. The costume is for Antonio and the sketch shows one male figure wearing the costume. The sketch is drawn on dark blue heavyweight p... Costume design for Ariel Item is a pastel and pencil sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1991 production of The Tempest. The costume is for Ariel and the sketch shows one figure wearing the costume and swimming. The sketch is drawn on dark blue heavywe... Costume design for Arkadina Item is a sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1979 production of The Sea Gull. The sketch is executed in watercolour and gouache. The costume is for a character named Arkadina. The sketch shows a female figure wearing the costume. Costume design for Arkadina : Act II Item is a sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1979 production of The Sea Gull. The sketch is executed in watercolour and gouache. The costume is for a character named Arkadina to wear in the second act. The sketch shows a femal... Costume design for Armande : second costume Item is a watercolour and gouache sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's production of Moliere. The costume is the second costume for a character named Armande. The sketch shows a female figure wearing the costume. Costume design for Audrey Item is a pencil sketch of a costume design from Dalhousie Theatre's 1990 production of Shakespeare's Women. The costume is for Audrey from As You Like It. The sketch shows one figure wearing the costume. Costume design for Baby Face : Act I Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1989 production of Happy End. The costume is for a character named Baby Face and the sketch shows one male figure wearing the costume and holding brass knuckles. The ske... Costume design for Balthazar Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1987 production of Romeo and Juliet. The costume is for Balthazar and the sketch shows a male figure wearing the costume. The sketch is mounted on a dark red matboard. Costume design for Barbara Allan Item is a pencil sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1988 production of Dark of the Moon. The costume is for a character named Barbara Allan and the sketch shows one female figure wearing the costume. Costume design for Baylor Item is a coloured pencil sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1991 production of A Lie of the Mind. The costume is for a character named Baylor. The sketch shows one male figure wearing the costume. Costume design for Bearjest Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1994 production of The Lucky Chance. The costume is for a fop named Bearjest. The sketch shows one male figure wearing the costume. There are fabric swatches attached to... Costume design for Beatrice Item is a pencil sketch of a costume design from Dalhousie Theatre's 1990 production of Shakespeare's Women. The costume is for Beatrice from Much Ado About Nothing. The sketch shows one figure wearing the costume. Costume design for Ben Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1989 production of Love for Love. The costume is for a character named Ben. The sketch shows one male figure with a beard wearing the costume and leaning on a ledge. The... Costume design for Benedick, Hamlet, Romeo, Orsino Item is a pencil sketch of a costume design from Dalhousie Theatre's 1990 production of Shakespeare's Women. The sketch shows two costumes for an actor named John Beale who played Benedick, Hamlet, Romeo, and Orsino. The sketch shows two... Costume design for Benvolio Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1987 production of Romeo and Juliet. The costume is for Benvolio and the sketch shows a male figure wearing the costume. The sketch is mounted on a dark red matboard. Costume design for Beth : Act I, scene II Item is a coloured pencil sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1991 production of A Lie of the Mind. The costume is for Beth to wear in Act I, scene II. The sketch shows one female figure wearing the costume. Costume design for Beth : Act III Item is a coloured pencil sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1991 production of A Lie of the Mind. The sketch shows two costumes for Beth to wear in Act III. The sketch shows two female figures wearing the costumes. Costume design for Beth in a vision : Act II Item is a coloured pencil sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1991 production of A Lie of the Mind. The costume is for Beth in a vision in act II. The sketch shows one female figure wearing the costume. Costume design for Betty Item is a pencil sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1989 production of Cloud Nine. The costume is for a character named Betty. The sketch shows one figure wearing the costume and holding a parasol. Costume design for Betty : Act II Item is a pencil sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1989 production of Cloud Nine. The costume is for a character named Betty in Act II. The sketch shows one figure wearing the costume. The sketch was torn from a spiral bound ... Costume design for Bianca Item is a pencil sketch of a costume design from Dalhousie Theatre's 1990 production of Shakespeare's Women. The costume is for Bianca from the Taming of the Shrew. The sketch shows one figure wearing the costume. Costume design for Bigod Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1995 production of Red Noses. The costume is for a character named Bigod. The sketch shows one figure wearing the costume. Costume design for Bill Cracker Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1989 production of Happy End. The costume is for a character named Bill Cracker and the sketch shows one male figure wearing the costume and holding a hat. The sketch is... Costume design for Bo'sun Item is a pastel and pencil sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1991 production of The Tempest. The costume is for a character called the Bo'sun and the sketch shows one male figure wearing the costume and standing on a sh... Costume design for Bob Acres : first costume Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1982 production of The Rivals. The costume is the first costume for a character named Bob Acres. The sketch shows one male figure wearing the costume. There are fabric s... Costume design for Bob Acres in a new suit Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1982 production of The Rivals. The costume is for a character named Bob Acres wearing a new suit. The sketch shows one male figure wearing the costume. Costume design for Bonville and Madame Bonville Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1995 production of Red Noses. The costume is for two characters named Bonville and Madame Bonville. The sketch shows one male figure and one female figure wearing the co... Costume design for Bottom Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1983 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. The costume is for Bottom, played by Andrew Cox. The sketch shows one male figure wearing the costume. Costume design for Boutros Brother #1 Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1995 production of Red Noses. The costume is for one of the Boutros Brothers, who is missing his left leg. The sketch shows one figure wearing the costume and leaning on... Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1995 production of Red Noses. The costume is for one of the Boutros Brothers, who is missing his right leg. The sketch shows one figure wearing the costume and leaning o... Costume design for Boyet Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1996 production of Love's Labour's Lost. The costume is for Boyet and the sketch shows one figure wearing the costume. There are fabric swatches taped to the s... Costume design for Brother Ben Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1989 production of Happy End. The costume is for a character named Brother Ben and the sketch shows one male figure wearing the costume and holding a book. The sketch is... Costume design for Buckram Item is a watercolour sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1989 production of Love for Love. The costume is for a character named Buckram. The sketch shows one male figure wearing the costume and holding a book. The sketch is cu... Costume design for Caliban Item is a pastel and pencil sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's 1991 production of The Tempest. The costume is for Caliban and the sketch shows one male figure wearing the costume. The sketch is drawn on dark blue heavyweight p... Costume design for Callimaco Item is a pencil sketch of a costume design for Dalhousie Theatre's production of Mandragola. The costume is for a character named Callimaco. The sketch shows a large close-up of the mask and a small figure wearing the entire costume.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1277
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Get insights from experienced experts about how policy developments will likely play out and impact you Join a company that values fierce curiosity and radical innovation. Contact our support teams or find self-help materials. Resource · Case Study How the National Corn Growers Association Got 38,000+ Nonmember Advocates to Take Action National Corn Growers Association This organization convinced almost as many non-members as they have members, to comment for them on Regulations.gov. In one and a half weeks! A whopping 38,404 nonmember advocates nationwide took action in a single advocacy campaign. And a huge number of those people were not necessarily sympathetic to, politically aligned with, or even aware of the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) and their ongoing issues. Here’s how they achieved such a spectacular outcome: A big, diverse chorus of voices that not only included NCGA’s traditional base but also extended well beyond it, took an action of public support on an important issue. Talk about moving the needle… Who Are the National Corn Growers Association? NCGA has more than 40,000 dues-paying corn farmers nationwide, and 48 affiliated state organizations. Their mission is to create and increase opportunities for corn growers and their members who farm throughout what is often referred to as the American heartland. Like You, NCGA Needs Advocates “NCGA members produce field corn. Not the corn you eat, but the sort of corn the things you eat, eat,” explains Steve Uram, Marketing Manager for NCGA. That includes corn for animal feed, ethanol and other food products. Schedule a consultation. Our team will discuss your organization's needs and find the best solutions. Pain Points Form into a Strategy “First, we identified ways to reach out to our members through all the usual grassroots channels,” says Uram. “Because we had several issues requiring member grassroots around the same time, we decided we’d do that with a big direct mail campaign, social media, and email outreach.” But Uram knew that to get the EPA’s attention on the RFS, they’d need a far bigger outreach tactic. Not just the farming families of the Midwest, but finding new supporters who weren’t farmers at all. “It’s great that EPA hears from our same members, on the same issue, for the third year in a row, but we thought if someone there [at EPA] is paying attention, wouldn’t it be great if they heard from people in California, Nevada, Massachusetts, or Florida? People outside the corn belt. To get letters that don’t all begin with ‘As a corn farmer from the Midwest …’ might have a greater impact.” So NCGA decided to run two concurrent campaigns. One, a direct mail campaign that would only go to their members and ask them to take action on several issues NCGA was fighting. The second, a cost-per-advocate model would be aimed at nonmembers, and would seek to make a connection beyond their normal audience on issues that concerned those potential advocates. For the cost-per-advocate (CPA) model, the NCGA chose FiscalNote's advocate acquisition service. Plus, this would mark the first time NCGA had undertaken a CPA campaign using digital ads. Collaborating Internally on the Right Approach While Uram and the grassroots and membership programs team at NCGA knew the policy side of matters, they also knew other parts of their organization would have good intel into how ethanol was perceived in the wider world that they needed to target. “If you’re a corn grower you might wake up thinking about ethanol every morning, but if you’re not, as most people aren’t, ethanol probably doesn’t cross your mind most days. Maybe once a year, if we’re lucky,” says Uram. The team knew they had to find a way of making it personal to the people who had barely, if ever, thought about ethanol. So their first stop was the communications group at NCGA to see what they were hearing on the ground. “It was definitely a team effort here,” says Uram. “Not just government relations and grassroots in a corner. We knew we had smart people in the association, so we said, let’s pick their brains. We’re all aligned with the same issues, but we come from different perspectives.” “People generally like farmers, and think they’re honest and hardworking people, but when they see the words corn and ethanol, it might not have the most positive association,” says Uram. “We wanted to figure out what were the best words to use for people to see us a little bit differently, and to expand the pool.” The Message Is Everything. At this point NCGA had a 45-day turnaround period prior to the commenting deadline on July 11. “From a grassroots point of view, you’re trying to turn the Titanic, and that takes a while,” says Uram. NCGA knew the direct mail campaign would take longer to yield results, so they worked on that first, getting it out the door to members before the July 4 holiday. Then they set to work on their digital CPA campaign. Based on their internal collaboration, NCGA identified three messages that could potentially resonate with nonmembers: Lower gas prices Rather than place an all-or-nothing bet on one of them, they used FiscalNote's advocate acquisition service to run, and test, all three. A good CPA model, like the one NCGA used, allows you to micro-target geographically as well as pinpoint demographics such as age, gender, political persuasion and so forth. Initially, NCGA came up with a small list of states they wanted to reach outside their traditional membership. “But then we decided to go big or go home,” says Uram, and they opened the campaign up nationwide. They guessed their three messages would appeal to three different demographics. “We knew energy security and the standpoint of the Middle East versus homegrown biofuels would probably lean more conservative, or be more military focused,” says Uram. “We thought the people who paid attention to the clean air message would likely lean a little more to the left, or maybe [to people who] have small kids or fit a soccer mom profile. For the savings at the pump message, we thought the appeal would be more of a hybrid. If you can save a few bucks at the pump, that’s good for everyone.” With the messages defined, and the digital ads in place, it was time to launch the campaign. Setting the “Go Big or Go Home” Goal Because the campaign would run nationwide, NCGA set a huge target to reach. “Our goal was 31,000 comments in two weeks,” says Uram. How the Digital Ad Campaign Worked Potential new supporters were shown an ad online while browsing and reading sites that were already part of their daily routines. The specific ad each saw – Clean air, Cost at the pump, Energy security – was mapped to each person’s demographic profile. Once they clicked on the ad, they were brought to a landing page where they saw a letter that NCGA had crafted to comment on the EPA. Also on the page was a form to fill out their name, address and email, so that NCGA had the contact information they needed to do outreach in a future campaign. The Whopping Results “We saw a couple of thousand roll in the first day,” says Uram. “But we were told it would be day three or four before we’d see the bigger numbers. That’s exactly what happened.” Ten days in, NCGA had captured 38,404 nonmember advocates – almost as many as their entire membership. Notably, the message that resonated with most advocates was the cleaner air one. The ability to run multiple messages was critical in achieving the result. What’s more, the comments had all been gathered a week ahead of the commenting period deadline of July 11. That’s going from a dead start to 38,000+ comments in 10 days. Incidentally, the result of their direct mail campaign to members also yielded a very healthy 10% response rate. A Big Head Start On Your Next Campaign As all the comments had been collected a week before the deadline, NCGA immediately proceeded to put them into their database, broken down by what ad each advocate had clicked on. “So we knew what their interest was, and whether they were members or nonmembers,” says Uram. Although (by design) most of the advocates are not corn growers, NCGA can reach out to them for future advocacy campaigns on ethanol-related issues, based on what ad resonated with them. “The Thursday before the deadline, we took all those email addresses and sent everyone a message from NCGA to say ‘thank you,’” says Uram. “We explained again what they’d done, citing the ad they’d clicked on, so they’d know who this was coming from.” At the end of the ‘thank you’ email they added a final call to action asking advocates to share the link with a friend they thought might be interested. “We didn’t necessarily think that would yield a whole lot of links, but when you’re saying thank you, it’s an easy final ask to forward to a friend.” When Thinking Outside the Box Pays Off, Big Time For NCGA, expanding their outreach efforts to find and engage new advocates beyond their membership resulted in a huge response on a key issue. Knowing that they have a group of non-member advocates will pay dividends in future campaigns. “If you think of this as a “game” where you’re trying to get as many comments as you can, you have to figure out, what are the messages that work and who could be potential advocates?” says Uram. For NCGA, he says, sitting down with our communications team to work that out was key. The results speak for themselves. Need to ramp up your supporters and advocates in a hurry? 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__label__cc	0.518928	0.481072	Home > 2017 > 06/08 > Nation Network 2017 Prospect Profile: #20 – Jason Robertson Nation Network 2017 Prospect Profile: #20 – Jason Robertson June 8, 2017, 8:00 PM \| Jeremy Davis Jason Robertson is another statistical standout whose numbers blast off the page. Whether it’s standard stats, on-ice data, adjusted scoring or cohort data, Robertson shows extremely well. Unfortunately, he’s been limited in the scouting rankings by a couple of potential red flags. Whether or not he can overcome those may be the difference between Robertson becoming a first line winger, or struggling to stick in the NHL at all. The upside is just so tantalizing though, that we can’t help but be intrigued. Jason Robertson sits at number 20 on our top 100 list. Age: 17 – July 22nd, 1999 Birthplace: Northville, MI, USA Position: Left Wing Handedness: Left Draft Year Team: Kingston Frontenacs Accomplishments/Awards: Robertson’s adjusted scoring numbers were pretty phenomenal, seeing a 0.21 increase over his standard points per game rate. His relatively late birthday helped him in this regard, but in large part the boost was due to situational adjustments, thanks to a high 5-on-5 primary points rate, and excellent power play distribution. Robertson cleaned up in cohort based statistics, netting a 76% expected likelihood of success and 57 points per 82 games of expected production, giving him an expected value of about 44, which is outstanding for anyone draft eligible prospect, but especially for one expected to go in the second round. Brendan Shanahan is Robertson’s most similar successful match, with Rick Nash, Bryan Little and Tyler Toffoli showing high degrees of similarity as well. pGPS pegs him as a future 2nd line forward. An opportunistic scoring winger…he reads the game and adapts well but also has games where he becomes too focused on the puck and not the play around him…has deficiencies in his skating that will need correcting moving forward…has limited levels of speed and agility in his stride although he is improving… goes to the dirty areas of the ice, and works very well along the boards, rarely losing puck battles …willing and able to play physical…good protection, using his size and his back to shield the puck…does everything he can to get to the soft spots and call for a pass… loves to fire the puck and has a strong shot with good accuracy…dangerous in close…defensively his head is on a swivel on the backcheck and he tries to see where his check is and where he needs to get to in order to lend a hand…has the potential to become a goal scorer at the pro level but has some work to do first. From Brock Otten of OHL Prospects: As the year went on, Robertson just kept getting better, and better. The Frontenacs were far from an offensive juggernaut, but Robertson was one of the league’s premier performers in the second half of the year and the playoffs. In his final 25 games of the year (including the playoffs), he had 18 goals and 27 assists for 45 points or very nearly two points per game. Overall on the year, if you combine the regular season and playoffs, Robertson was in on nearly 48% of his teams goals this year. That’s just insane. Even with the top defensive players of the opposition keying in on him, he managed to remain consistently productive. Robertson is extremely difficult to separate from the puck and that’s one of the things that makes him so effective. He’s aggressive in driving the net and despite lacking elite speed or acceleration, manages to find his way there with, and without the puck. He’s also very intelligent. The puck just seems to find him in the offensive end, especially in the slot and near the crease. His excellent release and hands makes him a great goal scoring prospect, but also his ability to control the cycle makes him a terrific playmaker. While he’s far from a pest, his offensive game (the way he contributes offensively) reminds me a lot of Corey Perry. They have similar body types, similar skating strides and found success at the OHL level the same way. Outside of improving his skating, adding that consistent physical element and intensity level (like Perry possesses) is the key to his development. While he’s a determined player with the puck, I find that his engagement without the puck lacks consistency. Would love to see him use his size to dominate in puck retrieval and on the backcheck, but he has a tendency to float in the offensive zone, hanging out in the slot. You simply can not ignore his production this year though, even with a few warts. Robertson is a tall, strong forward who works hard to win pucks, and his ability to win battles is a plus attribute. He has above-average puck skills and can make plays in open ice. Robertson is often tagged as a goal scorer, with a very good shot that helped him be one of the top scorers in the OHL this season. However, he is also a smart player who gets his chances through good reads and getting to the right spots on the ice. The big problem with Robertson is that he has anvils for feet, and it’s his skating that causes a lot of debate on his long-term value. From McKeen’s Hockey (Excerpt only – full article behind pay wall): Jason Robertson was a pleasant surprise this year in the OHL as he was not expected to put up the points that he did. He really used his creativity to help carry Kingston’s offense leading them into the playoffs. His skating, shot, and puck handling skills will help him carry over into the pros. In fact, he may end up being a steal for any team that drafts him, but there are certain things that may prevent that. His defense for one needs work for him to be even considered a draft steal. His lack of focus in his own zone and non-physical play will hurt his chances of moving into more physically demanding leagues with the result being a drop in his point production until he makes the necessary adjustments. If skating wasn’t such a big deal, Robertson might have been a lock for the top five. He had an outstanding season for Kingston, leading the Frontenacs in both regular season and playoff scoring. His soft hands and quick release helped him tally 42 goals in 68 games — 29 at even strength — but he is far from a garbage-goal scorer. Robertson is a smart winger who not only knows where to positioning himself, but remain there regardless of the beating he’s taking. Jason Robertson performs exceptionally in a vast variety of statistical measures, making him stand out to us in the search for underrated players. There’s no question by either the numbers or the eye test that Robertson is a bonafide point producer at the junior level. He has one of the best SEAL adjusted scoring rates in the draft class, and an extraordinarily high projected value by the pGPS cohort model. So why does he vary between 24th (ESPN) and 51st (The Hockey News) in mainstream rankings? There are a couple of reasons that stand out. First is his defensive play – or lack thereof. For all the energy that Robertson demonstrates in the offensive zone, he seems to be conserving it more than anything in the defensive zone. Carrying the puck he shows incredible puck protection skills, and demonstrates strength and resiliency in the high-danger areas of the ice, but again in the defensive zone he doesn’t use his body nearly as much to separate opponents from pucks, rather waiting for others to do it and feed him the puck. This kind of behaviour seemed to diminish as the season went on and into the playoffs, and is likely an issue with immaturity and perhaps a result of Robertson not being used to his game being heavily scrutinized. He was such an unheralded player in his draft-minus-one season and the start of 2016-17 that he may have been able to get away with some poor habits and inconsistent effort. That will have to change if he wants to be a successful pro – but it is certainly a fixable issue. The other problem that comes up a lot with Robertson is his skating. He has a heavy skating style and lacks a particular high top speed or impressive acceleration. Robertson works around this at the junior level with a combination of size and strength and a high level of intelligence that helps him find the best places on the ice to be. There’s one more thing that scouts would like to see from Robertson, and that’s some snarl. The 6-foot-2, 196 pound winger has plenty of strength and size, but rarely engages in physical play. This again could be a simple fix – then again it could be an impossible one. Vancouver fans know all too well the fruitlessness of trying to instill some menace into a gentle giant. On the other hand, it doesn’t really matter. Grit is appealing and has its role in the game, but it doesn’t contribute to goals, which is what wins games – and Robertson scores plenty of those. All in all, I don’t see any major road blocks here – just a couple of speed bumps that should be manageable with the right development strategy and hopefully a positive attitude and growth mindset from Robertson (and that’s what combine interviews are for after all). If the team that picks Robertson can get past those bumps, they could have a heck of an offensive force on their hands. Robertson’s calling card is his shot, and he doesn’t hesitate to use it to use advantage. He put a whopping 300 shots on net in the OHL regular season, which was the most among draft eligible players from that league. In the entire NHL, only Chicago Blackhawks pick (and 3-time OHL 50-goal scorer) Alex DeBrincat had more shots among all OHL forwards. That doesn’t mean he neglects his teammates though: Robertson has solid vision and playmaking skills and can make soft passes in traffic to help make sure his team maintains possession and set up for dangerous chances. He led a fairly lackluster Kingston Frontenacs by nearly 20 points, and led them again in the playoffs, when the Frontenacs dispatched of a Hamilton Bulldogs team that was supposed to be a far superior squad, before falling to the Peterborough Petes in the second round. Between the final 13 games of the regular season and the playoffs, Robertson scored 45 points in the final 24 games he played this season – and still he didn’t get a sniff at the Top Prospects Game or international play. Despite the valid criticisms of his defensive play, Robertson ended up in the black at 5-on-5 over the course of the season, sporting a 51.8 Goals-For percentage that looks even better considering the team he was on. Robertson GF-rel% of 11.5 was in the upper echelon of draft eligible players from his league – not bad for a kid who has yet to kick it up a notch in his own end. Patience will be required from the team that selects Robertson. He needs some commitment and consistency instilled in certain areas of his game. But his offensive instincts and abilities are so well polished and natural that teams should be itching to get their hands on him anyway. I wouldn’t let this kid get out of the first round. #21 RYAN POEHLING #22 KLIM KOSTIN toprightcorner 3 years ago Slow boots means a pass until mid 2nd round. Too risky to take in the 1st round. Could Easily be an Alexander Giroux, a big skilled winger that couldn’t skate. Scored 60 goals in 69 games in the AHL but only played 48 NHL games. Having decent career over seas. McRib 3 years ago The most underrated prospect in the entire draft, skating concerns are just UTTER NONSENSE and truly show how close minded the scouting community is, anyone who can think for themselves will love this kid. He is extremely young (July 22 birthday) and will only continue to get stronger, which will help strength on edges. I’ve seen this kid live a few times and he is all over the place constantly winning races to the puck. Remeber when people were slightly concerned about Leon Draisaitls skating his is draft year? This is the same thing. Top 10 talent will be an absolute bargain if he falls out of the Top 20-25. All you have to read: “Robertson was in on nearly 48% of his teams goals this year.” The craziest thing about Robertson is all the people who doubt his skating are the same people who hold Matthew Strome in a fairly high regard. Robertson could skate circles around Strome with his legs tied together. Kent Wilson 3 years ago I was combing through numbers the other day and Robertson really stood out. Some of the best results in the OHL this year by a lot of measures.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1286
__label__wiki	0.506609	0.506609	Top 5 WORST James Bond Films Ever Made On November 4, 2011 August 25, 2014 By ruthIn 007 Chatter, The Flix List119 Comments In light of news for the upcoming James Bond film titled Skyfall, I’m teaming up with my pal Ted S. to list five WORST James Bond films ever made. Ok so the likelihood of Oscar winner Sam Mendes’ Bond film would end up on this list is pretty slim. For sure this one is off to a flying start with the most award-winning Bond cast ever — Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Albert Finney & Ben Wishaw joining Daniel Craig on his third outing as 007. Craig with new Bond girls Bernice Marlohe & Naomi Harris Ted: I think most film lovers have seen some or maybe all of the James Bond films; even if you’re not into them, I’m quite sure you’ve seen one or two Bond films in your lifetime. As for me, I considered myself a Bond fanatic, I mean come on now, the dude looks good, gets to sleep with beautiful women, drives a super expensive car, blow a lot of stuff up and save the world from the bad guys. It’s a fantasy for every male out there, okay maybe some would rather be Batman or Superman but I digress. I’ve seen all of the Bond films and read most of the books, so I guess I’m qualified to give MY list of the worst Bond films ever produced. Just remember films are subjective, so don’t get mad at me if I included your favorite Bond films on my worst list. Ruth: James Bond is huge in my household growing up. I used to watch the older Sean Connery Bond movies with my brothers who were both 5 years older than me, but the Bond I grew up with were Roger Moore & Timothy Dalton. I think Bond movies are the quintessential escapist entertainment — cool actions, exotic locales and our suave hero hardly ever gets hurt. But out of 22 Bond films, there are definitely quite a few duds. Ted gave me this list a few months back and guess what, apparently we share a similar taste when it comes to Bond movies as I also regard these as my least favorite. We differ on one that I include on the honorable mention though, but let’s get to the top five first: 1. Never Say Never Again Ted: There are several reasons why I think this is the worst Bond film ever. First off, this one wasn’t considered part of the Bond franchise since it was produced by Warner Bros. (MGM bought the rights a few years ago but it’s still considered the black sheep of the franchise) and also it was a remake of a much superior Bond film, Thunderball. Yes, it starred Sean Connery but he was in his late 50s around this time and when you paired him with the young Bond girl, Kim Basinger, it was kind of creepy. The villain was pretty weak, in fact I thought the actor who played the villain was very dorky looking and every time he appeared on screen, I started laughing. Then there’s the action or should I say what action? There were two major action sequences in the whole film and they were badly directed by Irwin Kirchner, this is the same man who directed The Empire Strikes Back; not sure what happened there. In an interview, Kirchner said he didn’t want to direct those action scenes, so I guess that’s why there were so badly shot. And lastly, the film was just plain boring. Ruth: An elderly, balding Bond just ruins the image of the super spy. You know the phrase, quit when you are ahead? Well, Connery definitely overstayed his welcome with this one. 2. A View To A Kill Ted: You know the film isn’t any good when you have Christopher Walken is playing the villain and yet he’s boring as heck. Also, Roger Moore wasn’t such a young man anymore; he looked bored and probably wanted to be anywhere else but on the set of this film. Oh yeah, Grace Jones was probably the most scary Bond girl/henchwoman ever and not scary in the good way. Ruth: Grace Jones aside, this movie also had one of the worst Bond girls ever. I realize some Bond girls are merely serve as ‘damsel in distress’ but Tanya Roberts took it way too literally. She came across ditzy and whiny, I mean saying the word ‘Oh James’ multiple different ways doesn’t exactly count as acting! Ted: So Connery was basically begged to come back and play Bond again since On Her Majesty’s Secret Service was a box office disappointment. They even paid him a then record $1.2 mil to reprise his most famous role. This was the film that kicked off the comedic tone in the Bond films throughout the 70s and 80s, the dark ending of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service made the studio very nervous so they asked the filmmakers to tone done the seriousness of the film. I think this film has probably the worst Bond girl ever, Jill St. John’s character was badly-written and she didn’t really do much in the film besides showing off her body. But what I do I know; the film was a huge success. Ruth: I think I must’ve dozed off when I saw this one with my brothers but there was hardly anything memorable in this film. I think the only worthy thing about this one is the theme song sang by the inimitable Shirley Bassey. 4. You Only Live Twice Ted: This film does have some cool action scenes but when Connery put on fake slant eyes so he could he disguise himself as a Japanese man, it was the low point in the Bond franchise. But this was back in the late 60s so I guess I can forgive the filmmakers for coming up with such an offensive idea. The concept for the film was decent, but the execution just wasn’t there. The directing was sloppy and the editing was even worse. Another thing that surprised me was how bad the film looked, I mean this was a big-budgeted film for its time and it looked pretty ugly. The other Bond films in that same decade looked spectacular, maybe the director and cinematographer wanted to give the film a new look but in my opinion they failed. Ruth: I don’t think I have anything else to add. Having a 6’2″, ultra-tanned, hairy Scot pretending to be an Oriental man is more than enough reason to include this on the worst list. I mean, seriously, it doesn’t get any more absurd than this, I don’t care what era it’s set in, there’s just no excuse for it. Oh and the villain Spectre was basically laughable, no doubt this is where Austin Powers got most of its inspiration from for Dr. Evil. 5. The World Is Not Enough Ted: Denise Richards played a scientist. Again, Denise Richards played a scientist in this movie. The very same Denise Richards who was married to Charlie Sheen and she played a scientist! I guess I made my point, but Denise was not the only problem in this movie. The plot was lame and Brosnan look bored in the entire film. Michael Apted was not known for doing action films and it showed because most of the set pieces were so boring. The only best action scene in the whole film was the boat chase in the beginning. One critic said it best when she reviewed the movie, “The spy who bored me.” I totally agree. Ruth: If casting could kill. Never in the history of a Bond film has there been a casting decision as ludicrous as this one. Not only did this one boast the most idiotic Bond girl name ever conceived — Dr. Christmas Jones (as if adding Doctor in front of it would make it better??) — there are lines like this, “I thought Christmas only comes once a year.” I rest my case. Ted: The film almost destroyed the franchise because it tanked at the box office so bad that United Artists considered pulling the plug any future Bond projects. But when they looked at the world wide box office numbers, they decided to keep going with it. The film only earned around $20mil here in the states. Ted: The film that ended Pierce Brosnan’s run as Bond. I actually enjoyed the first half of this one but wow, the rest of the film was awful. Bond surfing in the beginning then later he surfed again? It was bad. Ted: I believe the tagline for this film was, ‘James Bond in space.’ I guess most of the big budgeted films around this time were trying to cash in on the Star Wars craze and so why not send Bond into space right? I think out of all of Roger Moore’s Bond films, this one ranks as the most ridiculous one in my opinion. I didn’t include it on my top 5 worst list is because I enjoyed most of the film, while I hated everything about A View to a Kill. Ted: Roger Moore’s first outing as Bond was a pretty weird movie, the film hardly had any action in it and the villain again was quite weak. The reason I didn’t include it on my top 5 list was because Jane Seymour was so gorgeous in this one, she’s one of my favorite Bond girls. Ruth: Now this is my pick as Ted quite like this one. I really, really want to like this film and yes I did have a high expectations considering how fantastic Casino Royale was. But really there was just too much fighting in this film and the action sequences were too choppy and too brutal for what I expect a Bond film to be. Dominic Greene may be a good actor but he just makes a dull and lackluster villain. Add the overly-serious Olga Kurylenko who’s all business and no fun, it is the audience who is in need of a bit of solace as we’re ripped off some good escapist fun at the movies. So what do you think of our list? Share your thoughts and name your own picks of worst Bond flicks in the comments!	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1287
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__label__cc	0.643651	0.356349	The Last Squire of Brandsby: Agricultural & Social Reformer Hugh Charles Fairfax-Cholmeley Brandsby Estate Towards Reform Building & Rebuilding Mill Hill (1892-3) HCFC’s Plan for Cottages Brandsby in 1914 Further Social Reform East End and Toynbee Toynbee Hall Union Work The Craft School 1890-1915 State of Agriculture Agricultural Organization Society (AOS) Argument to Ag Commission State of Agriculture 1919 Agricultural Reform The BATA Rail Transport Service The Telephone Brandsby Light Railway War-time farming diary Blog (Magazine) Italian Roots I was born in 1864 at Sans Souci villa about four miles out of Naples in Posilipo. The villa belonged to my mother’s father who had forsaken England in disgust at having to leave Newton near Rillington on his father’s death, he being a younger son. [Hugh’s mother was Rosalie St. Quentin only daughter of Charles Strickland] He bought the land at Posilipo very nearly on the summit of the promontory that divides the Bay of Pozzuoli and Baguoli from that of Naples and there built himself a lovely little villa with a long drive up to it through what was, when I knew it, the podersi. I first went there when I was at Oxford in 1888 and I believe that apart from improvements made to the farm offices and the development of the vineyard etc., the house and drive were very much like what they were when my mother lived there as a girl. The house was white outside and built facing the sea, which could be seen from the drawing room windows some two or three hundred feet below, with Capri in the distance. The land fell away so rapidly beyond the lawn that it looked as if the sea came close to the foot of it, though in reality it was quite a quarter of a mile off. The plan of the house was, as far as I recollect, something like that on the next page. You entered through a gateway into a paved court or quadrangle from the drive up, and the door of the house was opposite the entrance, stables etc being around the court or quadrangle from the drive up, and the door of the house was opposite the entrance, stables etc. being around the court. The drawing room and the ground floor rooms had big French windows opening on to the lawn which was well shaded in the umbrella pines and other trees. The stairs were of white marble slabs and so were the bedroom floors and passages. The roofs flat. It was a perfect paradise and the grounds were large and on a hillside which made them seem larger. The drive was shaded by Ilex trees etc. and there was a lodge at the entrance. In this place my mother was brought up in fairly Bohemian fashion, driving her little goat handcart about the grounds. I think she went to Paris to school when about twelve for three years and at fifteen, I think it must have been, that she became a Catholic, with her mother. She had read Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by then, I believe, and she told me her father was a “sceptic”. He seems to have been a somewhat eccentric, clever and well read man, like most of that family of Stricklands. When he went to Naples he invented a livery for himself according to his fancy, of white and blue, which were the colours of the king of Naples reversed. My mother has told me that when he drove in to Naples all the sentries presented arms, thinks it was the Royal carriage, and he had to alter the livery. Those were the days of King “Bombalino”. Of other stories my mother told me one was that she remembered her mother hiding her away and forbidding her to look out of the window once, when the Duca di Syracusa called at the house, she being a very beautiful girl and the Duca being such a bad man that any woman seen talking to him would lose her reputation. Later on in life when I visited Sorrento with my mother she pointed out a beautiful Tarantella dancer who was descended from the Duca di Syracusa by one of his famous mistresses. My mother told me that in those days all the Neapolitan Court talked Neapolitan. The mode of travelling short distances was commonly on donkeys, and when the King went to Castellammare, to the Villa Quisisana, the noble ladies used to ride to the Court balls on donkeys dressed in muslins. My mother learnt to play the piano and played brilliantly. She knew Talberg and I remember seeing some music of hers with his writing or name upon it. (Talberg’s villa was between Naples and Sans Souci and Madam Talberg was very much au fait with uncle Walter. When she was in a bad humour Talberg used to go to Sans Souci and get Uncle Walter to visit her! The relations of the the three were peculiar and probably not quite proper.) My mother’s portrait was painted when she was twelve years old by an Italian. I have a copy of it hung in the Hall and she has the original now at her house in London where it was sent after her brother’s death. Her brother, my Uncle Walter, was more like a Neapolitan in his ways than an Englishman. He was very much addicted to women when young, but steadied down more or less after his marriage late in life. He sang Neapolitan songs of the Lazzaroni like a native and could talk Neapolitan better than English. He was very big and handsome, but he spent all his later life in his vineyard and lived in a somewhat slovenly and most eccentric fashion. He used to get up about midday and went to bed about three or four in the morning. Towards the end of his life he used to be so unpunctual that it was impossible for visitors to stay in the house without the most serious discomfort; for dinner or lunch were often delayed an hour or even two hours. My father hated him and my mother does not seem to have very pleasant recollections of him. At the same time he had some pleasant ways and a great deal of talent. He made a wonderful place of Sans Souci of which there is an interesting description in a bluebook of Consular reports, by Neville Rolfe, the English Consul at Naples. I think this was made about the years 1894 to 1900. My father was in the Navy at the time of my birth. He was the fourth son and his brother Hugh, who was a banker in Rome, was my godfather. I was brought to England while a baby via Marseilles, the journey from Naples to Marseilles being done by sea, I think. My father got an appointment in the coastguard and being ordered to Kilrush in Ireland, I was left with my aunt at Brandsby. My aunt was a widow and her son, my cousin Francis, was then a boy at school. Author: patsyalicemccarthy Independent researcher and would be writer, currently researching the life and work of Hugh Fairfax-Cholmeley. View all posts by patsyalicemccarthy Author patsyalicemccarthyPosted on October 15, 2018 November 5, 2018 Previous Previous post: Memories of Italy Next Next post: Alice Fairfax-Cholmeley (née Moverley) Content of this site is copyright of the author, unless otherwise indicated, see ‘About’ page. For permission to use content please contact the site author. Toynbee Hall, Social reform 1888-1940, Agricultural and rural change and reform, Co-operative movement, Agricultural Organisation Society, BATA (Brandsby Agricultural Trading Association, Brandsby and Stillington villages, Social change in the Yorkshire North Riding, Arts and Crafts movement. 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__label__cc	0.660143	0.339857	artworks Menu 'Dansös' (Dancer) by Birgit Forssell artist: Birgit Forssell (Swedish 1909-2003) signed and dated 60 presented in its original frame ** ARRIVING SOON - contact us to register your interest AU $2600 (approx US$1750 / 1595 EUROS / 193,500 yen / 1360 GBP - for exact current conversion visit xe.com) Birgit Forssell was a Swedish artist visual artist, born February 25, 1909 in Stockholm. Forssell started painting in 1925 and spent 1926-1927 in Paris before she studied art at the Konsthögskolan (Art Academy) in Stockholm 1927-1933, as well as during travels in Budapest, Vienna, France and Denmark. She returned to Paris, where she studied with André Lhote between 1937 and 1939. She had solo exhibitions at the Konstnärshuset in Stockholm, Konstgalleriet in Gothenburg, Paletten in Norrköping and the Gävle Museum. She participated in group exhibitions at the Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet (Swedish-French Art Gallery) and the Svenska konstnärernas (Swedish Artists' Association) exhibitions. Forssell painted portraits, still life, and landscape paintings often with designs from Marstrand region. She is best know and most collected for her portraits of ballet dancers. Examples of her work are help at the Museums in Norrköping and Gävle. She was married to fellow artist Tore Nyberg. Forssell passed away in Stockholm on May 4, 2003 aged 94. Please contact us regarding this item. Back to artworks gallery midlandia 148 johnston st collingwood vic 3066 australia thursday / friday / saturday and by appointment at other times © 2020, gallery midlandia © 2020, gallery midlandia Powered by Shopify	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1306
__label__wiki	0.829909	0.829909	Freeware Games Sega Games Pacman - Digger Strategy/Wargame Star Wars: Force Commander Developer: LucasArts Genre: Strategy/Wargame Originally on: Windows (2000) Works on: PC, Windows Every Single PC Games Player in the world loves the Star Wars movies. Every single PC games player in the world loves Command & Conquer too. And every single PC games player in the world also loves the abundance of hard-core filth available on the Internet. Right? So, if you thought someone could deliver a game that seamlessly combined all three, you'd go totally ape, yeah? Just imagine: it'd be called something like Penetrative Force, and it'd be completely great. You'd be controlling huge legions of buck-naked Imperial Stormtroopers, gigantic four-legged assault vehicles with big rude bits dangling from them, and living in constant fear in case the Wookies decide to pull off a classic pincer movement trap, leaping onto your troops and rutting them to death with a disturbing bestial fervour. Well keep dreaming. That ain't ever going to happen. If that's what you want, see a doctor and keep taking the pills he prescribes. And once you're feeling better, drool over Force Commander, the game which looks set to effortlessly combine the first two PC games player obsessions we mentioned, but thankfully omits the third. Which is just as well. For a moment there we thought we might have to endure a cut scene unveiling the Emperor's scaly penis. Can you imagine? Meanwhile, back in the real world... Anyway, back to reality. Force Commander is shaping up to be a very enticing prospect indeed. You take control of either the Rebel Alliance or the Galactic Empire, then lead your assembled forces into battle through a series of carefully scripted missions. It'll be just like being that Admiral Akbar bloke (you know, the one who looked like a cross between Marty Feldman and a goldfish), except that you won't shudder to the core each time you catch sight of your own excruciating physical ugliness reflected in the unforgiving glass of the monitor screen. If you've ever fantasised about commandeering a troop of prowling AT-ATs, or directing a squadron of Y-Wing bombers from the comfort of your own backside, your fantasy is about to come true. The game will feature around 50 ground-based missions, grouped into progressively unfurled chapters covering the same time period as the classic Star Wars trilogy. Although you won't be afforded an opportunity to control Han Solo, Luke or any of the other recognisable characters, you will find yourself taking part in some familiar battles - such as the almighty scrap on the ice planet Hoth, the setting for the famous opening scenes in the movie The Empire Strikes Back. Naturally, the outcome of that particular mission is a foregone conclusion - the Rebels eventually lose -but success or defeat depends on their ability to beat a strategic retreat. Other levels are more open-ended - mission objectives include the capturing of enemy buildings, the establishment of a fully functioning strategic headquarters, and, of course, everyone's favourite: the complete and utter annihilation of the enemy. Keen management skills will also be a major prerequisite - as commander, you'll also be in charge of gathering resources and producing more-units, as well as developing strategies to undo your opponent's plans. Speaking of units, many of these will be instantly recognisable, with both sides boasting a full complement of familiar seen-'em-in-the-movies Star Wars vessels. Alongside the aforementioned Y-Wings and AT-ATs, we can look forward to TIE Fighters and Bombers (if you're playing as the Empire) or X and A-Wings (if you're being Mister Goody Two Shoes). The movies themselves may have been overflowing with hi-tech gadgetry, but the LucasArts posse have still seen fit to create reams of brand new vehicles to suit the purposes of the game. Designed with that all-important Star Wars 'feel' in mind, 'les units nouveaux' include tanks, transports and missile launchers - the standard fodder of every RTS. A Force is a Force is a Force, of course So far, so C&C... So what new stuff does Force Commander bring to the overcrowded real-time strategy genre, aside from the obvious Star Wars license? Well, for starters it's entirely three-dimensional, with a floating, roving camera spying on the action throughout - you can tilt, rotate or pan across the killing fields at will, and even set up multiple cameras. Not surprisingly, you'll need a 3D accelerator card - the game just won't 'go' without one. True 3D line of sight is also employed, so Total Annihilation fans should feel right at home. As for the levels themselves, we're promised an eclectic mix of environmental 'styles', from the snowy wastes of Hoth to the dense forests of Yavin 4, and you'll need to develop specific strategies to deal with each environment. Be sure to check out our in-depth interview on these pages to find out more. From what we've been privy to so far, Force Commander looks mighty fine. Let's hope LucasArts can live up to the our massive expectations and deliver a game every Star Wars fan wants. Force Commander will feature around 100 individual Star Wars personnel, vehicles and building units that you will be able to control while waging war against the Rebel Alliance or Galactic Empire. Just as in the films, each 'side' will have a distinctive look. The Imperial units and buildings will look brand new and pristine, while the Rebel units will look war-torn, dirty and battered. Ground troops will range from squadrons of Imperial Stormtroopers and Rebel soldiers to various different classes of droids. You'll also be able to take control of numerous different vehicles from the stables of the Rebel Alliance and Galactic Empire, including never-before-seen tanks, missile launchers and troop transports. Many of these will be familiar only to to fans of the films, but we can expect some exciting new additions to the fold. 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__label__wiki	0.677442	0.677442	Home Gossip New York Yankees' Outfielder Aaron Judge Is Dating Someone-Who Is His Girlfriend? New York Yankees' Outfielder Aaron Judge Is Dating Someone-Who Is His Girlfriend? Sayuri Wed Dec, 2018 Aaron James Judge, an American professional baseball outfielder for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball, was unanimously selected as the American League Rookie of the Year in 2017 and finished second. A star in the field has been successful to make a place in the baseball world but what about his personal life? The handsome star has always left fans curious about his love life, but currently, if we believe the sources, he is in a relationship. Who is his new girlfriend? We have all the details here. Baseballer Aaron Judge Is Dating Someone-Who Is His Girlfriend? Although Judge prefers to keep his relationships away from the prying eyes of the media and the public, we have found some interesting in the young star's love life. He was spotted with a beautiful lady on December 7, 2018. CAPTION: Aaron Judge and Britt Hodges SOURCE: Terezowens The girl is recognized as Britt Hodges and she's been hanging out with Judge in New York since she attended the Blue Jays-Yankees game on December 6, 2018. CAPTION: Britt Hodges SOURCE: Sports Gossip According to some unknown sources, the pair spent the day hanging out, with Judge showing her around the city. The couple also visited Rockefeller Center and the Grand Central Terminal. She didn't make an appearance at December 8's game but did make one later that night at Judge's apartment. CAPTION: Aaron Judge and his alleged girlfriend Britt Hodges back in high school Some sources have revealed that Aaron and Britt have known each other for years, going back to high school, but are ready to take the friendship to the next level. Similar Content: Jacoby Ellsbury And His Wife Kelsey Hawkins' Married Life: Know How Their Story Began & Children Aaron Judge's Past Affairs Aaron Judge used to date Jen Flaum, a New Jersey native, who regularly attended Yankees games. They were first spotted together at the US Open. There were some initial questions as to whether or not the two were dating. CAPTION: Aaron Judge and Jen Flaum SOURCE: New York Times But does a pro athlete have time to be just friends with an insanely gorgeous young woman and take her to an expensive sports match unless he considers it a date? Seems unlikely. The initial media attention Jen received from The New York Post. Her most famous reference to Aaron Judge came from a social media post from a Yankees game. Flaum said she had 99 problems but a Judge wasn’t one. CAPTION: Jen Flaum's Instagram post Multiple sources confirmed that Judge and Flaum went their separate ways in November 2017. You May Also Like: Professional Baseball Player Eric Homer Dating Kacie McDonnell: Her Past Affairs and Relationships # New York Yankees # relationship # Aaron Judge # Jen Flaum # Britt Hodges	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1311
__label__cc	0.702799	0.297201	Growing Young Sticky Faith Senior Leaders Growing With Parent Library Church Assessment Growing Young Cohort Leader Coaching Regional Leaders Fuller Youth Institute Current: Don’t Give Up, Give AwayDon’t Give Up, Give Away Post Section LeadershipRelationships Don’t Give Up, Give Away Art Bamford Photo by Eric. What if I told you that there is one simple thing you, or anyone, can do to improve your health, emotional wellbeing, financial situation, and your relationships with friends, family, and co-workers? It sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? It turns out this miraculous thing does exist and here it is: Be generous. A new book by Christian Smith and Hilary Davidson titled The Paradox of Generosity: Giving We Receive, Grasping We Lose[1] confirms through an extensive research project something many Christians may already know from experience: “The one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully” (1 Corinthians 9:6). Smith and Davidson’s multidisciplinary study of roughly 2,000 Americans focused on various practices of generosity and how these behaviors (e.g. volunteering, donating money, random acts of kindness) impacted people’s lives. They discovered, rather counter-intuitively, that generosity really pays off. Generous people fared better across the board: they were happier, got sick or injured less, lived with a greater sense of purpose, experienced less depression, and so on. But there are a few caveats. Upon further investigation, Smith and Davidson found that once-and-done acts of generosity did not necessarily produce the benefits described above. Instead, their study found that truly enriching generosity is a lifestyle rather than a gesture; it is more fundamentally about our orientation towards others than about balancing a ledger of giving versus receiving. As the authors explain it: Generosity cannot be faked in order to achieve some other, more valued, self-serving end. Generosity itself needs to be desired. The good of other people must be what we want … Generosity must be authentic. It must actually be believed and practiced as a real part of one’s life. Only then might its well-being enhancing powers kick-in.[2] So which came first, the generosity or the benefits? Perhaps people who are already healthier, wealthier, and happier are more inclined to be generous than those who aren’t. Interestingly, Smith and Davidson build a strong argument in the book that generosity does indeed produce these benefits, rather than simply happening to appear alongside them. During this season of Lent, many of us are focused on giving something up. While this can be a valuable practice for us personally, it often tends to be rather self-focused. Smith and Davidson’s research is a helpful reminder that perhaps we should be giving something away. Our observance of Lent provides us with a great opportunity to cultivate a spirit of generosity by building it into the daily rhythms and routines of our lives. “Both generous and ungenerous people live lives that are less than ideal. But the generous posses an insight usually missing among the less generous. They know that they already have enough, and that clinging to what they have or clamoring for more will not bring about greater happiness. So they share some of their time, money, and care with others. They tend to see the beauty of life, the value of solidarity, and their connection to humanity. Their perspective tells them that the world, properly viewed, is a place of abundance.”[3] [1] Smith, C., & Davidson, H. (2014). The Paradox of Generosity: Giving We Receive, Grasping We Lose. Oxford University Press. [2] Ibid p. 7-8 [3] Ibid p. 222-223 100+ Pages of Free Downloads On Leading & Engaging Young People Workbooks, outlines, ebooks, wallpapers and more Check out the library Art Bamford is a Ph.D. student in Media Studies at the University of Colorado-Boulder. He completed an M.Div. at Fuller in 2015, and holds an M.A. in media and communication from the University of Denver where he worked as a research associate for the Estlow Center's Teens & New Media @ Home project. Become an FYI insider. 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__label__wiki	0.70006	0.70006	New Bedford Lifelong Patriots Fan Finally Visits Gillette Stadium Courtesy of Michele Silva He may not have actually taken in a game, but this lifelong Patriots fan from New Bedford was thrilled to see Gillette Stadium for Christmas. Michael Silva has loved the Patriots for decades but never had the chance to see a game in person. Having lived with spina bifida since birth, Michael has spent years in and out of hospitals, nursing homes and rehab facilities recovering from numerous surgeries. He also uses a wheelchair to get around. Unfortunately, finding someone with a vehicle that can take you and your wheelchair to Gillette wasn't easy for Michael and so even though it was so close, a trip to Patriot Place had never happened. Until this past Christmas. This past summer, Michael and his younger sister Michele lost their mother. So little sis knew she needed to do something big for Michael this holiday. Though she tried to actually get tickets to the Patriots-Dolphins game, seats in the stadium's only handicapped section were sold out and she was out of luck. But the dream wasn't dead yet. Once Michele was in town for the holidays, she says her boyfriend suggested taking a drive to Patriot Place for the day. Michael had never seen anything up there and honestly, everything Robert Kraft has built around the stadium is pretty impressive in and of itself. So they surprised the 52-year-old Patriots fan with a trip to the stadium and even took him to the Patriots Hall of Fame. Michael was thrilled. He told me that going there was something he's always wanted to do and the experience was great. He described seeing the Patriots six Super Bowl rings on display and being able to go through part of the tunnel that the team runs through before each home game. But he tells me his favorite part of the Hall of Fame experience was the exhibit where fans can be a part of the on-field huddle with Tom Brady. You can step right in, hear what it sounds like when Brady makes a call and are surrounded by mannequins dressed like players to make it all seems so real. Sounds pretty cool to me, too. I love that this lifelong Patriots fan finally got to check out Gillette Stadium in person. And as Michael says, next time he's there, he's going all the way inside the stadium. Seeing a game live is still the biggest item on Michael's bucket list, though he joked he'll probably have to wait until after Brady's gone to do it. I certainly hope his dream gets to come true soon, because Michael may be moving to Tennessee to be closer to his sister before 2020 is over. Filed Under: bucket list, dream, fan, gillette stadium, hall of fame, handicapped, Michael Silva, Michele Silva, new england, patriots, patriots place, seats, spina bifida, tickets Categories: Articles, Commentary, Local Stuff, Sports	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1314
__label__cc	0.714684	0.285316	Rock: Gronk’s Big Announcement Won’t Be Patriots Fans’ Christmas Wish Come True Retired Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski teased Patriot Nation today with an announcement that there will be an announcement. Only Gronk would make an announcement about an announcement. Dov Kleiman tweeted the video along with speculation about what the announcement could be about. "Gronkowski must let the Pats know by Saturday, Nov. 30 if he wants to return. Could this be related?" I couldn't imagine that playing football again is what this big announcement could be about. His video checks none of the boxes for this scenario. The video says the announcement is going to be "fun," but Gronk has made it clear that football (in its entirety) is no longer fun for him. Gronk says his announcement is going to be wild. Would rejoining the Patriots and having Bill Belichick as your boss again be categorized as "wild?" I don't think so. Not when your name is Rob Gronkowski. "It's gonna be a good time." That doesn't sound like going over films, learning the Patriots playbook and getting beat up for three hours every Sunday. Strike three, Patriots fans. Tuesday's announcement has nothing to do with Gronk putting on that No. 87 jersey again for the Patriots. Gronk knows that he needs to leave that NFL door open juuuuuuuuust a crack to remain as relevant as possible. I love the guy, but this is why he makes announcements about announcements. My best guess is that this will be an announcement about another endorsement for Gronk. And good for him if it is! He has earned every single one of them. Filed Under: announcement, gronk, instagram, patriots, rob gronkowski, tuesday	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1315
__label__wiki	0.536292	0.536292	AGW in general » Policy and solutions » Robots and AI: Our Immortality or Extinction Author Topic: Robots and AI: Our Immortality or Extinction (Read 17449 times) TerryM First-year ice Likes Given: 5 Re: Robots and AI: Our Immortality or Extinction I wonder if that aged double barrel 12 gauge is still packed away somewhere. Blowing an android in half isn't murder, it's simply disassembling a machine. A civil tort, not a criminal case. Even an AI Lawyer could win this one! This isn't my future. If it was I might consider seditious thoughts, thoughts that undoubtedly would trigger the internet's autonomous bots to flag me for increased scrutiny. Scrutiny that would inevitably expose past instances when actions I'd taken could be construed as anti-authoritarian. I'd continue, but I might end up scaring myself. This thread has morphed into a trailer for Sci-Fi Horror flicks not penned by Asimov. New York City's Robocop Dogs seen chasing Fedex MailBots down the streets while nipping at their axles. Unsmiling Humanoids with tape on their neck are escorted from the table by Steve Wynn's scantily clad SexBot/Security Droids. Interwired criminal TriNets challenge Macau Triads for control of Adelson's Gambling Dens from their hardwired Opium Den. The DoD's Cyborg Soldiers prepare to battle Schwarzenegger Terminator Clones in a Death Match at Madison Square Gardens, unaware that Putin's Su-24 flies overhead, preparing to blind the winners. Don't let them see the retina of your eyes! vox_mundi Nilas ice ^ +1 Papers please ... Your Next Car Will Be Watching You More Than It's Watching the Road https://gizmodo.com/your-next-car-will-be-watching-you-more-than-its-watchi-1840055386/amp ... Chooch is developing a facial recognition system to detect the rightful owners of cars. When someone is renting a car, they hold up their passport and show their face to the car’s camera. The car’s built-in AI then uses facial recognition to identify them and make sure the right person is sitting behind the steering wheel. (... what's it do if you don't have a passport; lock the doors and gas you? ) (... they might want to rethink the company name; see https://definedictionarymeaning.com/topic/42682/chooch ) « Last Edit: November 28, 2019, 06:19:31 PM by vox_mundi » “There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.” ― Leonardo da Vinci Insensible before the wave so soon released by callous fate. Affected most, they understand the least, and understanding, when it comes, invariably arrives too late Revealed: ADF Plan for Weaponised Robots https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/defence/adf-aims-to-integrate-robotic-war-strategies/news-story/27d291a070d1352678b54419cad7dba1 The Australian Defence Force is devising a strategy to develop hi-tech soldiers and weaponised robots under a new program to “modernise levels of protection and lethality” for frontline troops. As China and other nations aggressively expand modern warfare technology, defence chiefs have adopted an “accelerated” plan, focusing on Human Machine Teaming to combine robotic systems and soldier capacity to “achieve tactical advantage”. https://twitter.com/Ghost_Robotics/status/1045381119993139205 Major General Mick Ryan, who has championed new technologies, has predicted that by the middle of the 21st century, military forces will contain tens of thousands of robots and that decisions of human commanders will be informed and shaped by artificial intelligence. The Australian understands autonomous hardware, is already being trialled in armoured vehicles, unmanned ground vehicles, digital guns incorporating computerised sight and automated firing technology and weaponised drones are new technologies being considered to support modern land warfare. ... An Australian Army report titled Robotic and Autonomous Systems Strategy says the use of “advanced and networked technologies on the battlefield is increasing and future war-fighting is expected to centre on human-machine teams both in the physical and virtual sense”. China Tests Killer Drones for Street-to-Street Urban Warfare, Plans Sales Overseas https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3039827/chinese-tech-firm-testing-urban-attack-drone-designed-carry-out Engineers recently completed a successful air-to-ground test firing exercise for the mini quadcopter named Tianyi, built by a subsidiary of a state-owned China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, Modern Weaponry reported. Military commentator Song Zhongping said mini-quadcopters such as the Tianyi, which are powered by four rotors, were easy to manoeuvre and could navigate their way round buildings and carry out precision strikes – even firing through windows at close range. The makers say the drone, which is designed to be controlled by soldiers on the ground, has an operational distance of 5km (3 miles) and has a vertical range of 6km. It will be fitted with infrared and laser detectors to enable night surveillance operations and armed with two 50mm rockets designed to strike from a distance of up to 1km. ... Israeli Military is Buying Copter Drones With Machine Guns https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2017/07/israeli-military-buying-copter-drones-machine-guns/139199/ The Israeli military is buying small multi-rotor drones modified to carry a machine gun, a grenade launcher and variety of other weapons to fight tomorrow’s urban warfare battles. Their maker, Florida startup Duke Robotics , is pitching the TIKAD drone to the U.S military as well. “Because it’s a robot, it’s agnostic to the payload. I can mount an M4, SR25, a 40-millimeter grenade launcher, no matter what. I can carry up to 22 pounds and [the plate system] will stabilize the drone and allow me to get an accurate shot.” ... All of this is possible with current technology and there have been examples of this kind of tech over the years, most recently with the Switchblade project. The technology is basic – I suspect DJI or a similar drone manufacturer could build this in a weekend – but it’s the target market and marketing that is the most interesting. ... Defense One was able to confirm independently that the Israeli military is buying an unspecified number of the units. Now Fly My Pretties! Fly! Army Tests Out Drone that Can Fire Grenades into Enemy Hideouts https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/11/14/army-tests-out-drone-can-fire-grenades-enemy-hideouts.html/amp U.S. Army weapons officials are testing an experimental drone armed with a multi-shot, 40mm grenade launcher to destroy enemy targets hiding behind cover. The man-packable Cerberus GL unmanned aerial system -- made by Skyborne Technologies Pty. Ltd. -- is being evaluated in the Army Expeditionary Warfare Experiments 2020 at Fort Benning, Georgia. ... In addition to the Cerberus grenade-firing UAS, Benning officials evaluated a UAS armed with a Vietnam-era M72 Light Anti-tank Weapon (LAW) last year, Davis said. The system featured a six-bladed commercial drone that could hover over a target and fire the LAW straight down on the enemy, Davis said. "We've got like 100,000 LAWs in the inventory," he said. "All you are trying to do is get that weapon further forward so you can shoot behind an obstacle. It worked pretty good." Last year's AEWE also evaluated an M72 LAW equipped with a programmable 66mm warhead, which peppered targets with about 4,000 fragments of shrapnel. Turkey Adds Autonomous Facial Recognition Kamikaze Drones to Military Portfolio https://www.biometricupdate.com/201911/turkey-adds-autonomous-facial-recognition-kamikaze-drones-to-military-portfolio ... Deployed in military operations at the Syrian border and equipped with higher ammo capacity and accuracy, the drones can easily destroy an entire brigade or warship. They have artificial intelligence systems and can carry a variety of explosives. The drones use facial recognition to detect human targets and can “autonomously fire-and-forget through the entry of target coordinates,” according to a new PAX report. Killer Drones: How Many Are There and Who Do They Target? https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/nov/18/killer-drones-how-many-uav-predator-reaper https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/us-drone-strike-afghanistan-killed-civilians-taliban-khost-death-toll-birth-a9228956.html In a rare piece of disclosure, the US said 473 air strikes (from both drones and planes, the figures are not separated out) had been made against targets outside Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria between January 2009 and December 2015. It acknowledged there had been as many as 116 civilian deaths as a result of those strikes, 4% of the reported casualties. Research conducted by Reprieve in 2014 “found that in attempts to kill 41 individuals, the US killed as many as 1,147 other people and that on average the high value targets died three times”. In March Donald Trump made analysis harder by signing an executive order banning reporting of drone casualty details. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-revocation-reporting-requirement/ We're Running Out of Time to Stop Killer Robots https://www.inverse.com/article/60899-killer-robots-companies-ban-drones A new report warns that they're coming sooner than you think. If we don’t adopt legislation to stop killer robots from proliferating soon, they could become commonplace. That’s the message of a new report from the peace advocacy nonprofit PAX. The report claims weapons manufacturers and countries are moving toward producing autonomous weapons systems. These systems, the report warns, could cascade into immoral and unethical use. PAX had fifty arms producers participate in a survey where they were asked if they were working on producing autonomous weapons and if they are “committed to not contributing to the development of lethal autonomous weapons.” From there, PAX rated companies based on how concerning their practices were. PAX rated 30 of the 50 companies as “high concern.” The report was published this week. https://www.paxforpeace.nl/publications/all-publications/slippery-slope Of those 30 companies, American defense contractors like Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Raytheon made the list. The report, titled “Slippery Slope,” claims these companies are working on technology that could be used for killer robots and that they didn’t have “clear policies” outlining how to keep killer robots in check. The kinds of weapons these companies are working on ranged from autonomous combat drones to autonomous submarines to autonomous tanks. Many of these companies are working on technology that would allow killer robots to swarm together. « Last Edit: December 02, 2019, 05:46:28 PM by vox_mundi » Three Teams Selected to Design Project Blackjack’s Brains https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/space/2019/11/21/three-teams-selected-to-design-project-blackjacks-brains/ The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected three teams to design Pit Boss, a system that can take data from satellites in low earth orbit, process that information in space and disseminate that information to users on Earth without any human input or instructions. Pit Boss is an autonomous mission management system that DARPA is building for another of its casino-themed initiatives, Project Blackjack. That program aims to demonstrate the value of a large proliferated constellation of low earth orbit satellites for a variety of military uses. Pit Boss aims to use an advanced architecture, processors, and encryption to autonomously collect and process data from the entire Blackjack constellation. It is also envisioned to be able to incorporate future advanced algorithms, including Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). “Pit Boss connects the brains of each Blackjack satellite, making it one exceptionally smart, networked system,” said Raytheon Space Systems Director Mike Rokaw in a statement Nov. 19. “Rather than sending data down to a ground station for processing, which takes time we don’t have, Pit Boss will send data from space straight to the right operator at the right time.” “Self-knowing satellites are the next step in autonomous space-based mission planning,” he said. “And, this isn’t limited to missile warning and defense. Future constellation management systems will migrate to this type of methodology.” DARPA Seeks to Improve AI at the Military Edge with 'Hyper-Dimensional Data Enabled Neural Networks' https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/news/darpas-hyper-dimensional-data-enabled-neural-network-proposal-seeks-improve-ai-military-edge/ The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is looking to fund research into shallow neural network architectures that could run accurately on low-powered Edge systems. Hyper-Dimensional Data Enabled Neural Networks (HyDDENN) would be able to provide similar results compared to existing state-of-the-art (SOA) Deep Neural Networks (DNN) running in hyperscale data centers, but without the latency and large computational requirements. 0Kg CO2, 35 KWh/wk,130L H2O/wk, No heating Techno nightmares. Is there enough time to deploy this before collapse happens? Is it a race about which is first to arrive? Nightmare or collapse? "It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly" - Bertrand Russell Simple: minimize your possessions and be free and kind It's just a mindset. Refugees welcome Re: which is first to arrive? Nightmare or collapse? gerontocrat Quote from: sidd on December 02, 2019, 09:45:41 PM "Para a Causa do Povo a Luta Continua!" "And that's all I'm going to say about that". Forrest Gump "Damn, I wanted to see what happened next" (Epitaph) Good philosophy. See good in bad. I like. Mr. Kim - Fifth Element Which is first to arrive? ... It's a horse race. Nightmares? In the hands of properly vetted Patriotic Militia Movements these Defensive Tools will prove to be no more dangerous than the tools seeking to deploy them. Thinking was never their forte, so acquiring arms that require less oversight and make the difficult attack or investigate decisions on their own is truly a no brainer. These bots will allow the heroic defenders of American Freedom more freedom to pursue their personal goals, perhaps of separating dusky bar girls in border bordellos from their husbands & brothers bent on rescuing them from gangster gringo pimps. Their use in countries without 2nd amendment protections must of course be restricted to American Troops, or possibly Nato troops under proper American Leadership. Suicide chips that explode the weapon whenever it's handled by non-aryan skin might restrict their usefulness somewhat, but would provide some level of security. I'm unsure how effective this would be when confronted by Commie Rooskies, but perhaps other sensors can be incorporated. Every White American Patriot should sleep soundly tonight. Secure in the knowledge that these Intelligent Partners in Border Protection will utterly destroy any Brown Son of a Bitch foolish enough to attack our Southern Border or attempting to pick our crops. The AI weapons in Australia or England don't matter because Real Patriots never leave home without their Uniform. [/Satire] Peering through the mists of Niagara Falls, hoping to learn what they'll be up to next. Rob Dekker I work on ICs. Integrated Circuits. Commonly known as chips. These are the evil machines that will certainly cause demise of the human race, and the Singularity. I've worked on these suckers for the past 30 years, and let me tell you a secret : I still have a job because these machines just don't work unless we tell them what to do. That's my 2 cts on that subject. This is our planet. This is our time. Let's not waste either. Terry, very interesting points of view, thanks. Maybe nightmares about collapse? For the makers of kill bots and the users thereof. The end of high tech is looming and approaching. I agree Rob, I know the 'secret' . Interesting, chips. Back in 2009 I really dreamt about working for ASML and in april 2010 visited their factory in Veldhoven with fellow physics students. DARPA Looks to Add Reasoning to Autonomous Teams https://gcn.com/articles/2019/09/04/darpa-create-reasoning-autonomous-systems.aspx The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants to lay the foundation for integrating unmanned systems into larger missions by developing reasoning, contextually aware teams of autonomous systems. The Context Reasoning for Autonomous Teaming (CREATE) program aims to use artificial intelligence to build scalable teams of autonomous systems that can react to changing context and learn from experience to make decisions without centralized control and communications. It is specifically focused on teaming for systems constrained by size, weight and power, such as drones, undersea unmanned vehicles or satellites. An artificially intelligent autonomous machine working in a team will be able to understand how its own sensing and actuation modes relate to several high-level mission goals to help machine team members balance their resources autonomously. https://www.darpa.mil/work-with-us/ai-next-campaign Can DARPA CREATE an AI for Unmanned-Unmanned Teaming? https://www.c4isrnet.com/unmanned/2019/09/09/can-darpa-create-an-ai-for-unmanned-unmanned-teaming/ As more robots move onto the battlefield, DARPA wants those machines to work together, learn from each other to do better and move away from actions which cause regret. To spark research into this area, the Pentagon’s blue sky projects wing launched “CREATE,” or “Context Reasoning for Autonomous Teaming.” ... This is a step beyond the remotely directed and controlled systems of today, which use extensive communications networks to give humans fine-tuned controls over how machines move. Should those networks break down, machines that can move toward objectives on their own is a goal, even if those moves are less efficient or effective than the choices a human operator would have made. Advances in electronic warfare, combined with fears about the the loss of communication networks, both terrestrial and in orbit, are part of what’s driving military research and investment in autonomous machines. What sets CREATE apart from, say, swarming systems of quadcopters, is that DARPA wants to find a framework that can communicate with a heterogeneous group of machines: likely quadcopters and unmanned ground vehicles too, different kinds of flying and swimming robots. In other words, a whole mechanical menagerie working to a similar purpose. With the right AI tool, the machine-machine team should be able to discern the context of where they are, what is happening, and then act independently. In addition, they can meet multiple spontaneous goals that arise over the course of a mission. Getting to that point means a system that can learn and, especially, a system that can learn from mistakes. “Agents within the team will have mechanisms for regulation to ensure (favorable) emergent behavior of the team to (1) better ensure the desired mission outcome and (2) bound the cost of unintended adverse action or ‘regret,’” reads the solicitation. Killing Cruise Missiles: Pentagon To Test Rival Lasers https://breakingdefense.com/2019/12/exclusive-three-ways-to-kill-cruise-missiles-pentagon-to-test-rival-lasers/ PENTAGON: The Army, Air Force, and Navy may be only three years away from a 300-kilowatt laser weapon, one powerful enough to shoot down cruise missiles — using the same basic technology as the checkout counter at your local supermarket. ... Industry has proposed several designs that “have all been demonstrated at lower power levels, 50 to 150 kilowatts,” Karr said. Those power levels are enough to burn through drones and rockets, but not larger, faster and tougher targets like cruise missiles. “We want to have a 300-kilowatt laser by 2022. We’d like to get up to 500 kilowatts by 2024,” he said, “and then, if we still haven’t hit the limit of anything, it’s on to the megawatt class." Archimid I do not have the experience you do, but the limited experience I have tells me the same thing. AI by itself is as harmless and safe as nuclear energy. In the hands of an evil person or scared government warmongers, the dangers of a purpose-built AI become like the dangers of nuclear weapons. We should not fear machines that think like humans. We should fear humans directing task-specific thinking machines for nefarious purposes. I am an energy reservoir seemingly intent on lowering entropy for self preservation. Sigmetnow Multi-year ice Quote from: Archimid on December 04, 2019, 02:29:03 AM Elon Musk champions Open AI because he believes the safest way forward is to assure AI is not limited to one side, one military, or one company, etc. People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. Reminder: all robots are not terrifying killing machines. NASA Launching RiTS ‘Robot Hotel’ to International Space Station \| NASA Sometimes robots need a place to stay in space, too. NASA is attaching a “robot hotel” to the outside of the International Space Station with the upcoming launch of the Robotic Tool Stowage (RiTS), a protective storage unit for critical robotic tools. RiTS is set to launch on Dec. 4 aboard the 19th SpaceX commercial resupply mission. Its first residents will be two Robotic External Leak Locators (RELL). Outfitted with mass spectrometers capable of “sniffing” out the presence of gases such as ammonia, these robotic tools are used to detect leaks from the station. Two RELL units are on board the station right now: the first RELL launched in 2015, and it proved to be such a success that a second RELL was launched as a backup earlier this year. “For each of its stored tools, RiTS will provide heat and physical protection from radiation and micrometeroids, or tiny, high-speed objects hurtling through space,” said Mark Neuman, RiTS hardware manager. “Its thermal system maintains ideal temperatures for the instruments, helping them stay functional.” Having this housing unit in place will also help the space station’s robotic arm, Dextre, easily locate, grab and put back these important tools. ... https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/nasa-launching-rits-a-robot-hotel-to-the-international-space-station « Last Edit: December 04, 2019, 03:57:22 AM by Sigmetnow » Lex Friedman’s Elon Musk interview, Part Two. A government overseer like the FAA or the FDA needs to be created before there is an AI calamity. Neuralink will improve the quality of life in many neurological conditions, from stroke to schizophrenia to paralysis and old age. ‘Summon’ in parking lots is learning to drive the way humans do — in a confined space, at slow speed. On highways and stop-and-go traffic, Autopilot is already better than humans. If consciousness had taken 10% longer to evolve, it would not have occurred at all. Elon Musk: Neuralink, AI, Autopilot, and the Pale Blue Dot \| Artificial Intelligence (AI) Podcast Map: The U.S. cities where robots are impacting jobs the most The report found robots had the biggest negative impact among workers in manufacturing, where there are about two robots for every 1,000 human workers. Younger manufacturing workers between 16 to 24 years old who did not attend college saw the biggest decrease of job opportunities and wages, as use of robots increased in the workplace. However, robot adoption seemed to improve the number of job opportunities for others outside of manufacturing. It’s possible that workers displaced by robots were able to find jobs in another industry that paid more. Additionally, “the adoption of robots could have had a stimulating effect,” Rodgers says. Automation efforts may have increased worker productivity, and wages may have increased as a result. Overall, the increase of robots at work hasn’t had a major impact on total employment. According to the report, that’s likely because workers displaced by machines have been able to find other lines of work, especially given the recent tight labor market where there are more open jobs than there are people to fill them. The period following the Great Recession also saw historic economic expansion and job growth across the country, so creation of new jobs may have counterbalanced against jobs lost due to automation. Rodgers notes that this kind of research indicates the need for both workers and employers to continue adapting to new lines of work as the use of robots in the workplace continues to grow. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/05/map-the-us-cities-where-robots-are-impacting-jobs-the-most.html Below: Robot Intensity, by Metropolitan Area (2004-2017 Average) Robots per 1,000 workers. Darker red means more. The average is 0.35. 02174AA9-5723-44DA-8706-846377DE214C.jpeg (405.25 kB, 1470x789 - viewed 11 times.) A recent study on the USA by The Century Foundation is at... https://tcf.org/content/report/robots-beginning-affect-workers-wages/?agreed=1.&agreed=1 At the moment the low-paid uneducated doing routine repetitive jobs in industry are most likely to be displaced. No surprise, easy to automate. But 'tis early days yet. The quote and table below are 3 years out of date but quite scary (at least to me). https://ifr.org/ifr-press-releases/news/robot-density-rises-globally The top 10 most automated countries in the world are: South Korea, Singapore, Germany, Japan, Sweden, Denmark, USA, Italy, Belgium and Taiwan. This is according to the 2017 World Robot Statistics, issued by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR). “Robot density is an excellent standard for comparison in order to take into account the differences in the automation degree of the manufacturing industry in various countries,” says Junji Tsuda, President of the International Federation of Robotics. “As a result of the high volume of robot installations in Asia in recent years, the region has the highest growth rate. Between 2010 and 2016, the average annual growth rate of robot density in Asia was 9 percent, in the Americas 7 percent and in Europe 5 percent.” The development of robot density in China was the most dynamic in the world. Due to the significant growth of robot installations, particularly between 2013 and 2016, the density rate rose from 25 units in 2013 to 68 units in 2016. Today, China’s robot density ranks 23rd worldwide. And the government intends to forge ahead and make it into the world’s top 10 most intensively automated nations by 2020. By then, its robot density is targeted to rise to 150 units. Furthermore, the aim is to sell a total of 100,000 domestically produced industrial robots by 2020 (2017: 27,000 units from Chinese robot suppliers, 60,000 from foreign robot suppliers). Worldwide, the Republic of Korea has by far the highest robot density in the manufacturing industry – a position the country has held since 2010. The country’s robot density exceeds the global average by a good eight-fold (631 units). This high growth rate is the result of continued installations of a high volume of robots particularly in the electrical/electronics industry and in the automotive industry. Robots.png (107.99 kB, 700x394 - viewed 418 times.) AI Judges and Verdicts Via Chat App: Brave New World of China's Digital Courts https://techxplore.com/news/2019-12-ai-verdicts-chat-app-brave.html China is encouraging digitisation to streamline case-handling within its sprawling court system using cyberspace and technologies like blockchain and cloud computing, China's Supreme People's Court said in a policy paper. The efforts include a "mobile court" offered on popular social media platform WeChat that has already handled more than three million legal cases or other judicial procedures since its launch in March, according to the Supreme People's Court. In a demonstration, authorities showed how the Hangzhou Internet Court operates, featuring an online interface with litigants appearing by video chat as an AI judge—complete with on-screen avatar—prompts them to present their cases. "Does the defendant have any objection to the nature of the judicial blockchain evidence submitted by the plaintiff?" the black-robed virtual judge sitting under China's national emblem asked in a pre-trial meeting. "No objection," a human plaintiff answered. Since the Hangzhou court's establishment, China has set up similar chambers in Beijing and the southern metropolis of Guangzhou. Together, they have accepted a total of 118,764 cases, and concluded 88,401, the Supreme People's Court said. Accel Robotics Gets $30 Million Investment for AI-Enabled Cashierless Stores https://techxplore.com/news/2019-12-startup-cashierless-storesand-30m.html A technology startup in San Diego has just raised $30 million from investors to continue building out its software for cashier-less, "grab-and-go" stores. The model, popularized by Amazon Go, allows shoppers to simply walk into a store, grab items from the shelves, and walk out—with the receipt sent directly to their mobile device. The startup, Accel Robotics, is developing computer vision software—along with cameras, sensors and store equipment—to make this concept work. In fact, the startup can build out an entire modular store for its customers, preloaded with the computer brains to enable a "checkout-free" experience. Accel has a lot of competition in the world of grab-and-go retail tech. Technology titan Amazon recently announced big ambitions for the cashier-less store model, with plans to expand to larger formats and license the technology out to other retailers. Plus, Amazon is joined by a slew of technology startups looking to create cashier-less checkout systems, including Trigo, Grabango and Standard Cognition. AI-Enabled Assistant Robot Returning to the Space Station with Improved Emotional Intelligence https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/05/ai-enabled-assistant-robot-will-return-to-the-space-station-with-improved-emotional-intelligence/ The Crew Interactive Mobile Companion (or CIMON, for short) recorded a number of firsts on its initial mission to the International Space Station, which took place last November, including becoming the first-ever autonomous free-floating robot to operate aboard the station, and the first-ever smart astronaut assistant. But CIMON is much more than an Alexa for space, and CIMON-2, which launched aboard today’s SpaceX ISS resupply mission, will demonstrate a number of ways the astronaut support robot can help those working in space — from both a practical and an emotional angle. ... So for example, on the artificial intelligence side, we have something called emotional intelligence, based on our IBM Watson Tone Analyzer, with we’re trying to understand and analyze the emotions during a conversation between CIMON and the astronauts to see how they’re feeling — if they’re feeling joyful, if something makes them angry, and so on.” That, Biniok says, could help evolve CIMON into a robotic countermeasure for something called “groupthink,” a phenomenon wherein a group of people who work closely together gradually have all their opinions migrate toward consensus or similarity. A CIMON with proper emotional intelligence could detect when this might be occurring, and react by either providing an objective, neutral view — or even potentially taking on a contrarian or “Devil’s advocate” perspective, Biniok says. Facebook Taught an AI the 'Theory of Mind' https://www.engadget.com/2019/12/06/facebook-taught-an-ai-the-theory-of-mind/ When it comes to competitive games, AI systems have already shown they can easily mop the floor with the best humanity has to offer. But life in the real world isn't a zero sum game like poker or Starcraft and we need AI to work with us, not against us. That's why a research team from Facebook taught an AI how to play the cooperative card game Hanabi (the Japanese word for fireworks), to gain a better understanding of how humans think. Specifically, the Facebook team set out to instill upon its AI system the theory of mind. "Theory of mind is this idea of understanding the beliefs and intentions of other agents or other players or humans," Noam Brown, a researcher at Facebook AI, told Engadget. "It's something that humans developed from a very early age. But one AIs have struggled with for a very long time." "It's trying to put itself in the shoes of the other players and ask why are they taking these actions," Brown continued, "and being able to infer something about the state of the world that it can't directly observe." "What we're looking at is artificial agents that can reason better about cooperative interactions with humans and chatbots that can reason about why the person they're chatting with said the thing they did," ... "Chatbots that can reason better about why people say the things they do without having to enumerate every detail of what they're asking for is a very straightforward application of this type of search technique." “One of the really exciting things about this is that the improvement we’re observing is really orthogonal to the improvements that are being observed with deep reinforcement learning: You can add this on top of any strategy, and it will make it much stronger,” Brown said Intel’s Neuromorphic Loihi Processor Scales to 8M Neurons, 64 Cores https://www.extremetech.com/computing/295043-intels-neuromorphic-loihi-processor-scales-to-8m-neurons-64-cores Intel has announced a significant advance for its neuromorphic research processor, codenamed Loihi. The company has now scaled up its Loihi implementation to the 64-processor level, allowing it to create a system with more than 8M neurons (8.3M). This new configuration (codenamed Pohoiki Beach) delivers 1,000x better performance than conventional CPUs ... Neuromorphic computing is a subset of computing that attempts to mimic the brain’s architecture using modern technological analogues. Instead of implementing a typical CPU clock, for example. Loihi is based on a spiking neural network architecture. The basic Loihi processor contains 128 neuromorphic cores, three Lakefield (Intel Quark) CPU cores, and an off-chip communication network. In theory, Loihi can scale all the way up to 4,096 on-chip cores and 16,384 chips. Japanese Researchers Teaching Robots to Repair Themselves https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/japanese-researchers-teaching-robots-to-repair-themselves At Humanoids 2019 in Toronto, researchers from the University of Tokyo showed how they taught a PR2 to perform simple repairs on itself by tightening its own screws. And using that skill, the robot was also able to augment itself, adding accessories like hooks to help it carry more stuff. Clever robot! It can also check its screws autonomously from time to time, or rely on a human physically pointing out that it has a screw loose, using the human’s finger location to identify which screw it is. Another challenge is that most robots, like most humans, are limited in the areas on themselves that they can comfortably reach. So to tighten up everything, they might have to find themselves a robot friend to help. The other neat trick that a robot can do once it can tighten screws on its own body is to add new bits of hardware to itself. PR2 was thoughtfully designed with mounting points on its shoulders (or maybe technically its neck) and head, and it turns out that it can reach these points with its manipulators, allowing to modify itself. Remember; the X-Files was a documentary ... Israeli Researchers Manipulate Memories in Mice, Say Could Apply to Humans https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Israeli-researchers-manipulate-memories-in-mice-say-could-apply-to-humans-610174 A team of Israeli researchers have succeeded in implanting emotions in mice that were never experienced. "We were able, for the first time, to cause mice to assign a negative value to an event that never took place, and accordingly, to remember a feeling that was not experienced in reality," said University of Haifa PhD student Haneed Kayyal, who led the study with postdoctoral fellow Dr. Adonis Yiannaks. Specifically, in a three-part study, the scientists identified a neural pathway in the brain that determines whether a particular taste will have a positive or negative emotional value (impacting future consumption), and to use these neurons to erase or transplant memories that were never experienced in reality. Since these neural pathways are highly similar across mammals, including mice and humans, the researchers believe the study will be applicable in people, too. Soft Neural Implant Allows Scientists to Manipulate Brain Cells via Smartphone https://www.dezeen.com/2019/11/22/brain-neural-implant-smartphone/ ...For neuroscience researchers, the main advantage of the new wireless implant is ease of use. The inventors describe its replaceable drug cartridges as "Lego-like" and "plug-and-play", while set-up happens over an "elegant, simple" smartphone interface. ... and because it's the Holiday season Helping New York celebrate the festive season, twelve ABB robots are interacting with visitors to Bloomingdale’s iconic holiday celebration at their 59th Street flagship store. ABB’s robots are the main attraction in three of Bloomingdale’s twelve-holiday window displays at Lexington and Third Avenue, as ABB demonstrates the potential for its robotics and automation technology to revolutionize visual merchandising and make the retail experience more dynamic and whimsical. (... aww ... just like grandma used to do ) From fears about work and privacy to a rivalry between the U.S. and China, FRONTLINE explores the promise and perils of AI. The documentary traces a new industrial revolution that will reshape and disrupt our lives, our jobs and our world, and allow the emergence of the surveillance society. I was hoping I would be dead before someone would do something really, really stupid with AI and robots. Unfortunately, progress has been far too rapid in developing capability. Some general somewhere....... Like Archimid mentioned above, the problem with AI is not that it's inherently malicious, but, rather, it's goals may not align with ours. Shall We Play a Game? A game about AI making paperclips and unintended consequences https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/tldr/2017/10/11/16457742/ai-paperclips-thought-experiment-game-frank-lantz https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Paperclip_maximizer ... The AI does not hate you, nor does it love you, but you are made out of atoms which it can use for something else. —Eliezer Yudkowsky, Artificial Intelligence as a Positive and Negative Factor in Global Risk The paperclip maximizer is the canonical thought experiment showing how an artificial general intelligence, even one designed competently and without malice, could ultimately destroy humanity. The thought experiment shows that AIs with apparently innocuous values could pose an existential threat. The paperclip maximizer illustrates that an entity can be a powerful optimizer—an intelligence—without sharing any of the complex mix of human terminal values, such as life, love, and variety, which developed under the particular selection pressures found in our environment of evolutionary adaptation, and that an AGI that is not specifically programmed to be benevolent to humans will be almost as dangerous as if it were designed to be malevolent. Any future AGI, if it is not to destroy us, must have human values as its terminal value (goal). Human values don't spontaneously emerge in a generic optimization process. A safe AI would therefore have to be programmed explicitly with human values or programmed with the ability (including the goal) of inferring human values. The goal of maximizing paperclips is chosen for illustrative purposes because it is very unlikely to be implemented, and has little apparent danger or emotional load (in contrast to, for example, curing cancer or winning wars). This produces a thought experiment which shows the contingency of human values: An extremely powerful optimizer (a highly intelligent agent) could seek goals that are completely alien to ours (orthogonality thesis), and as a side-effect destroy us by consuming resources essential to our survival. Game: https://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/ ... You’ll start off making them the old fashioned way: one clip for one click. But pretty soon you’ll be purchasing autoclippers to do the work for you while you turn your attentions to running an algorithmic hedge fund, then building a quantum computer, and then (much later) exploring the known Universe in search of new matter to turn into more and more paperclips. ... Paperclips is essentially a game about balance and efficiency. https://www.google.com/amp/s/lifehacker.com/universal-paperclips-guide-3-tips-for-beating-the-addi-1819801757/amp « Last Edit: December 08, 2019, 01:05:52 AM by vox_mundi » “Financial machine learning creates a number of challenges for the 6.14 million people employed in the finance and insurance industry, many of whom will lose their jobs — not necessarily because they are replaced by machines, but because they are not trained to work alongside algorithms.” Financial industry fears AI could decimate high-paying positions https://www.axios.com/financial-artificial-intelligence-jobs-a78ada3e-26f0-45a6-93be-5d00996c5b3a.html Algorithm to Complete Beethoven's Unfinished Symphony https://dw.com/en/algorithm-to-complete-beethovens-unfinished-symphony/a-51577665 Musician and software developers have created an algorithm that will take over where Beethoven left off, and finish the composer's uncompleted tenth symphony, Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (FAZ) reported Sunday. The algorithm-composed symphony will be performed in April by the Bonn Beethoven Orchestra for Beethoven Year 2020, celebrating the composer's 250th birthday. The developers still have some work to do. Röder, director of the Austrian music technology hub Karajan Institute, has led an international team of musicologists, composers and IT specialists since summer 2019 to develop an algorithm that thinks like Beethoven. ... Röder told FAZ the first few tests in summer were challenging. After a few bars, the program was supposed to take over and improvise, but it ended up playing endless loop of sounds. "It sounded more like Stravinsky than Beethoven," said Röder, adding that now the program has an idea of what Beethoven is supposed to sound like. The algorithm also needs to predict the blend of surprise and consistency that creates rich compositions. During a test with music experts in November at the Beethoven House in Bonn, a few bars of the tenth were played, until the algorithm took over for over a minute with an improvised interpretation. "No machine has ever made it this long before," said music technologist Röder. "This is unparalleled." Quit Worrying About Killer Robots, They Are Coming Whether You Like It or Not – and They Absolutely Will Not Stop https://www.theregister.co.uk/AMP/2019/05/15/lethal_ai_weapons/ The use of fully automated AI systems in military battles is inevitable unless there are strict regulations in place from international treaties, eggheads have opined. Their paper, which popped up on arXiv [PDF] last week, discusses the grim outlook of developing killing machines for armed forces. The idea of keeping humans in the loop has always been favoured because modern AI systems like neural networks are like black boxes, their inner workings are inherently difficult to understand. Plus, you know, we've all seen Terminator. Having said that, the trio of researchers – who hail from ASRC Federal, a company focused on supporting US federal intelligence and defense agencies, and the University of Maryland in the US – believe lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS) could be employed by the military, anyway. “We explore the implications of increasingly capable AI in the kill chain and how this will lead inevitably to a fully automated, always on system, barring regulation by treaty,” the abstract of the paper – Integrating Artificial Intelligence into Weapon Systems – stated. ... Eventually, the machines will gradually push the humans out of the loop. First, they stand in supervisory roles and finally they’ll end up as “killswitch operators” that monitor these autonomous weapons. Machines can be much faster than humans. The act of killing an enemy is based on reflexes, and if soldiers realise that these types of tools can outperform them, they’ll eventually come to trust and rely on them. ... “It is our strong belief that intelligent weapons systems of the future will move and think at machine speed. This disproportionate capability and the inevitable system trust human operators will place in these machines means that most if not all lethal and sub-lethal interactions will only be analyzable in hindsight,” the paper said. As these systems advance, the ones that rely less on human supervision will dominate. Instead, humans will be given other roles such as analyzing the behavior of these systems and concentrating on other strategic areas. DARPA, the US military research arm, for example wants to develop fighter jets that can perform combat maneuvers for dogfighting autonomously. If it succeeds, human pilots will be able to trust their planes to do things dodging enemy fire to keep them safe. As the technology improves, the jets may be able to perform other tasks too like aiming and firing missiles mid air. The Air Combat Evolution (ACE) program seeks to create military planes that are capable of performing combat maneuvers for dogfighting without the help of human pilots. Vehicles won’t be completely unmanned, however. DARPA is more interested in forging stronger teamwork between humans and machines. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/05/09/ai_fighter_planes_darpa/ The end goal is to have autonomous jet controls that can handle tasks like dodging out the way of enemy fire at lightning speeds, while the pilot takes on more difficult problems like executing strategic battle commands and firing off weapons. (... a plane can take 12 G, can the pilot?) “We envision a future in which AI handles the split-second maneuvering during within-visual-range dogfights, keeping pilots safer and more effective as they orchestrate large numbers of unmanned systems into a web of overwhelming combat effects,” said Lieutenant Colonel Dan Javorsek, ACE program manager. https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/robots/a29610393/robot-soldier-boston-dynamics/ [/parody] Air France Hopes to Reduce Delays With Self-Driving Luggage Carts https://gizmodo.com/air-france-hopes-to-reduce-delays-with-self-driving-lug-1840313455 A small step back from killer wobots and all that. Digital economy's environmental footprint is threatening the planet Energy hogs The world's data centers—the storehouses for enormous quantities of information— consume about three percent of the global electricity supply (more than the entire United Kingdom), and produce two percent of global greenhouse gas emissions—roughly the same as global air travel. A report by Greenpeace East Asia and the North China Electric Power University found that China's data centers produced 99 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2018, the equivalent of about 21 million cars driven for one year. When it comes to AI, recent research found that training a large AI model—feeding large amounts of data into the computer system and asking for predictions—can emit more than 284 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent—nearly five times the lifetime emissions of the average American car. The results of this work show that there is a growing problem with AI's digital footprint. https://phys.org/news/2019-12-digital-economy-environmental-footprint-threatening.html The article discusses all kinds of aspects (coal used for electricity, e-waste and more) but i focused on this few. Training an AI sounds clean but is not. And kitty pictures are slowly destroying the planet...working in combo with pussy pictures ofc. See post 244 on link below for more on that: https://forum.arctic-sea-ice.net/index.php/topic,1628.msg213993.html#new Þetta minnismerki er til vitnis um að við vitum hvað er að gerast og hvað þarf að gera. Aðeins þú veist hvort við gerðum eitthvað. Thanks for that information and view kassy. Quote from: kassy on December 11, 2019, 11:08:13 AM Total CO2 emissions divided by Human Population = circ 5 tonnes per capita High Income countries 11 tonnes per capita. USA ? 16.5 tonnes per capita Perhaps we should put an average human to work for 50+ years on each AI application. After all, the mice used earth for 10? million years to find the answer was "42", and that it was the wrong question. So who decides the question shoved at the AI application? Another AI? But then who decided the question shoved at that AI application? I can feel an infinite chicken and egg loop emerging. Thanks Kassy I had no idea that AI was so dirty, I just thought it was scary. Who needs Martians when we are developing our very own home-grown autonomous monsters of destruction? martians.png (723.45 kB, 501x750 - viewed 9 times.) Sounds like it's time for a Butlerian Jihad Don't Worry!... the bacteria will save us! Researchers Call for Harnessing, Regulation of AI https://techxplore.com/news/2019-12-harnessing-ai.html Artificial intelligence appears to be "widening inequality," and its deployment should be subject to tough regulations and limits, especially for sensitive technologies such as facial recognition, a research report said Thursday. The AI Now Institute, a New York University center studying the social implications of artificial intelligence, said that as these technologies become widely deployed, the negative impacts are starting to emerge. The 93-page report examined concerns being raised "from AI-enabled management of workers, to algorithmic determinations of benefits and social services, to surveillance and tracking of immigrants and underrepresented communities," the researchers wrote. ... "What becomes clear is that across diverse domains and contexts, AI is widening inequality, placing information and control in the hands of those who already have power and further disempowering those who don't." The researchers said AI systems are being deployed in areas such as healthcare, education, employment, criminal justice "without appropriate safeguards or accountability structures in place." The report said governments and businesses should halt use of facial recognition "in sensitive social and political contexts" until the risks are better understood, and that one subset—"affect recognition" or the reading of emotions by computer technology—should be banned in light of doubts about whether it works. It also called for tech workers "to have the right to know what they are building and to contest unethical or harmful uses of their work." ... More broadly, the researchers said the AI industry needs to make "structural changes" to ensure that algorithms are not reinforcing racism, prejudice or lack of diversity. Report: https://ainowinstitute.org/AI_Now_2019_Report.pdf Special Operations Command Made a Mind-Reading Kit For Elite Troops https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2019/12/specops-lab-made-mind-reading-kit-elite-troops/161830/ TAMPA, Florida — As tomorrow’s elite soldiers work to persuade local populations to support them, they may be able to sense how their messages are being received by detecting invisible biometric signals. Or when pinned down by enemy fire, they may make hand gestures to designate targets for close air support, or operate swarms of drones with just a few voice commands. Those were just a few of the superhuman abilities that researchers at U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) recently showed off in a series of demonstrations that brought together sensors, data, and AI, SOFWERX chief technology officer Brian Andrews said Tuesday at Defense One’s Genius Machines event here. SOFWERX is a prototyping and innovation partnership run by SOCOM and a non-profit company called DEFENSEWERX. ... Earlier this month, SOFWERX tested a “physiological analysis tool” (see: 'affect recognition' above) designed to help troops understand, in real time, how foreigners are receiving or interpreting their messaging, information, and psychological operations. “We pulled together quite a few sensors, Andrews said. “Through radars, through video, you can tell heart-rate variability. You can get temperature from [the subject’s] body. You can do voice analysis” to detect how, for instance, a conversational partner feels about the information an operator is giving them. SOCOM and 15 partners “pulled it together in about a week but we were fairly successful,” he said. “We put a test guy up there [and] asked him some questions that made him fairly uncomfortable. Now, getting ‘intent’ is hard; but we could tell: ‘Hey, this person is nervous when you ask this question. Their countenance changed.’ Micro-expressions is another way to look at this.” They tested a scenario that put a soldier in a village where ISIS has been busily recruiting. As the operator talks to village elders, the system collects and interprets data. In real time, or later (so as not to be a distraction), the system indicates whether the villagers received the message and whether they viewed the messenger favorably, regardless of what they were saying. ... if they're lying there's plenty of time to call in the Reaper drones with Hellfire missles to get medieval on their ass. Sarcos Demonstrates Powered Exosuit That Gives Workers Super Strength https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robots/sarcos-guardian-xo-powered-exoskeleton Guardian XO operator Fletcher Garrison demonstrates the company’s exosuit by lifting a 125-pound payload. Sarcos says this task usually requires three people. ... good for wrasselin' 'xenomorphs' to! Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 12/12/19, 2:45 AM If life is a video game, the graphics are great, but the plot is confusing & the tutorial is way too long Viv (@flcnhvy) 12/12/19, 3:18 AM @elonmusk Games will be indistinguishable from reality much sooner than we realise https://twitter.com/flcnhvy/status/1205039184496513025 Image below. ABF83026-29C1-4248-AE97-53E924749B0A.jpeg (843.88 kB, 1833x2048 - viewed 8 times.) ^ ... Games will be indistinguishable from reality much sooner than we realise Man Trapped in Car in Icy River Saved By Yelling, 'Siri, Call 911' https://gizmodo.com/man-trapped-in-car-in-icy-river-saved-by-yelling-siri-1840390841 KIMT3 News reported that 18-year-old Charles City, Iowa man Gael Salcedo was driving to classes at North Iowa Area Community College when he slid on ice and was plunged into the Winnebago River near Mason City the morning of Dec. 10. Accuweather pegs the temperature in the region at just a high of 11 degrees Fahrenheit and a low of -3 degrees that day, and the river was icy when Salcedo’s car was trapped in it. Salcedo rolled down his car window, concerned the vehicle might sink and trap him inside. ... “I lost my phone and since I couldn’t find it, I was like ‘Hey Siri, call 911.’ And once Siri called, that’s when I found my phone finally.” ... ... The AI Index team noted that the time needed to train a machine vision algorithm on a popular dataset (ImageNet) fell from around three hours in October 2017 to just 88 seconds in July 2019. Costs also fell, from thousands of dollars to double-digit figures. https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/12/21010671/ai-index-report-2019-machine-learning-artificial-intelligence-data-progress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_learning_(computer_science) ... the idea of making smarter AI by turning the technology in on itself is part of an emerging field called metalearning concerned with crafting learning algorithms that can devise their own learning algorithms. https://twitter.com/jeffclune/status/1082677188015489026 New Orleans Declares State Of Emergency Following Cyber Attack https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2019/12/14/new-orleans-declares-state-of-emergency-following-cyber-attack/amp/ The City of New Orleans has suffered a cybersecurity attack serious enough for Mayor LaToya Cantrell to declare a state of emergency. The attack started at 5 a.m. CST on Friday, December 13, according to the City of New Orleans’ emergency preparedness campaign, NOLA Ready, managed by the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness. NOLA Ready tweeted that “suspicious activity was detected on the City’s network,” and as investigations progressed, “activity indicating a cybersecurity incident was detected around 11 am.” As a precautionary measure, the NOLA tweet confirmed, the City’s IT department gave the order for all employees to power down computers and disconnect from Wi-Fi. All City servers were also powered down, and employees told to unplug any of their devices. ... On October 2, the FBI issued a high-impact cyber-attack warning in response to attacks on state and local government targets. This warned that health care organizations, industrial companies, and the transportation sector were also being targeted. Meanwhile, the attacks against government targets continue. The ransomware attack that has hit New Orleans follows another that targeted the state of Louisiana in November. Louisiana school district computers were also taken offline, and a state of emergency declared, in response to a ransomware attack in July. Tom_Mazanec Slaughterbots: Our near future? SHARKS (CROSSED OUT) MONGEESE (SIC) WITH FRICKIN LASER BEAMS ATTACHED TO THEIR HEADS This Nixon Deepfake Is an AI Alternate Reality Where Apollo 11 Fails https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/security/a29952036/apollo-mission-deepfake/ It goes to show just how catastrophic deepfakes can be to national security. Although the speech is very real (... it was a contingency speech), this never actually happened. MIT Media Lab created the deepfake videos to illustrate just how dangerous the AI-edited content can be if shared online and without the context that the video footage is fake. Clips from the video ^ None of this actually occurred in real life. ... To create the deepfake, the MIT team used deep learning, a type of artificial intelligence, to edit the video footage and employed a voice actor to build the voice of Nixon. Alongside Canny AI, an Israeli startup, the researchers studied video dialogue replacement strategies to replicate the movement of Nixon's lips while speaking, helping to match up his mouth to the fake speech. The final product is a truly believable video of Nixon telling the U.S. public that the moon landing mission had failed. "Our goal was to use the most advanced artificial intelligence techniques available today to create the most believable result possible—and then point to it and say, 'This is fake; here’s how we did it; and here’s why we did it,'" said co-director Halsey Burgund, a fellow in the MIT Open Documentary Lab. A web-based version of the deepfake, which premiered in Amsterdam last month, will go live in the spring. “Killing in the Age of Algorithms” is a New York Times documentary examining the future of artificial intelligence and warfare. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/13/technology/autonomous-weapons-video.html ... Achieving A.G.I. that is as smart as humans is inevitable ... “We’re not quite there yet, but we are coming ever closer.” So when will more advanced lethal autonomous weapons systems be upon us? “I think we’re talking more about years not decades,” Mary Wareham, advocacy director of the arms division at Human Rights Watch, said. ... “A.I. technology is not being driven by militaries, it’s being driven by major tech companies out of the commercial sector,” Mr. Scharre said. “The same technology that will save civilian lives on the roads and make self-driving cars safer could also save civilian lives in combat and make war more precise and more humane.” The dual-use nature of technology is at the heart of the boom. ‘The Age Of A.I.’: Robert Downey Jr. Hosts YouTube Documentary Series https://deadline.com/2019/12/the-age-of-a-i-robert-downey-jr-hosts-youtube-documentary-series-watch-the-trailer-1202807411/ Hey Alexa, how is artificial intelligence reshaping our world? Robert Downey Jr. will explain in The Age of A.I., a new documentary series from YouTube originals that premieres December 18. Check out the first trailer above and key art below. The eight-episode series takes a deep dive into the fascinating world of the most transformational technology in the history of humankind. Downey brings an irreverent enthusiasm and curiosity to the screen as the learning series takes an immersive look at artificial intelligence and its potential to change the planet. Cigna Uses AI to Check if Patients Are Taking Their Medications https://www.wsj.com/articles/cigna-uses-ai-to-check-if-patients-are-taking-their-medications-11576174743 Cigna Corp. plans to expand a system that uses artificial intelligence to identify gaps in treatment of chronic diseases, such as patients skipping their medications, and deliver personalized recommendations for specific patients. AI systems’ ability to learn from an array of patient histories, medical tests and diagnostic tests makes them ideal tools for care. However, getting access to health data required for better outcomes can be a bottleneck. ... Cigna is already using AI to predict whether patients might abuse or overdose on prescription opioids. Another Cigna tool, One Guide, provides personalized help to health-insurance holders on their benefit plans, appointments and health coaching. The new Health Connect 360 system combines algorithms that analyze data such as clinical and pharmacy information with predictive models to generate recommendations and ways to best engage a patient, whether through an app or in person. For example, collected data from pharmacy claims or high blood glucose level readings from connected glucometers could trigger an alert in Health Connect 360 that a diabetic patient needs help to stay on track with medications. ... “Across the health-care industry, as with every industry, the incredible growth in data availability and ability to communicate enables new kinds of interventions that were just too cost-prohibitive to even consider before” CanalTeslaBrasil (@CanalTeslaBr) 12/15/19, 5:07 PM #autopilot está confuso! Um amigo testando a capacidade do #autopilot em reconhecer cones de trânsito no Brasil. #TeslaAutopilot #FSD #QuaseFSD https://twitter.com/canalteslabr/status/1206334877752184832 But, but... it’s orange! Video clip at the link: Tesla Autopilot can’t decide whether a kid in an orange shirt is a person or a traffic cone. A note on: "Robots and AI: Our Immortality or Extinction". Who is "Our"? This high tech is only for the global minority of rich people I think. It seems to me that the rest of humanity is forgotten here? Poor people in the global south? Indigious peoples? I guess they won't ever get a warning from A.I. machines to take their medicines because they first have to be provided the same quality medicines as the rich people. In stead they get our weapons, ongoing colonial resource theft, land theft, labour abuse, mistreatment, slavery, their seas emptied of fish, dirty sulfur-rich fuel, rich game hunters, palm oil and soya deforestation, corporate induced corruption, discrimination, anti-immigration violence, anti-refugee violence, effects of rich-people-induced-AGW-severe-weather and rich-people-induced-ecosystems collapse. nanning, at least the autonomous vehicle won’t hit you. Eat and breathe much? Computer-assisted farming and transport is making your food cheaper, more abundant and your air cleaner. Even devices like what you are holding in your hand are more affordable than ever to the less affluent — African lives have markedly improved due to mobile banking. The benefits are there, if you look. « Last Edit: December 16, 2019, 06:55:11 PM by Sigmetnow » cognitivebias2 New ice Quote from: vox_mundi on December 15, 2019, 08:59:06 PM AI is in a period of massive hype. Success in narrow areas such as image and speech recognition does not translate across the board. For anyone who wants a good look at the actual state of AI, try this: https://www.amazon.com/Architects-Intelligence-truth-people-building-ebook/dp/B07H8L8T2J How Robotic Blacksmithing Could Change Manufacturing Forever https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/12/13/how-robot-blacksmiths-will-make-our-planes-subs-and-ships/ Although it may not be obvious, there’s a close link between manufacturing technology and innovation. Elon Musk often talks of the “machines that build the machines” as being the real enabler in both his space and automotive businesses. Using less-expensive, more scalable processes allows Space X to launch missions on budgets and with speed that would be unthinkable using NASA’s old-school manufacturing methods. Based on a new report from the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, metamorphic manufacturing, also known as robotic blacksmithing, will represent the third wave of digital manufacturing. The process is still under production. That means robotic blacksmithing could take over computer numerical control (CNC) machining and even additive manufacturing as the next wave of digital production. Glenn Daehn, lead for the study and a professor at Ohio State University, says this process is less time-consuming and less expensive than other types of digital manufacturing. https://www.tms.org/portal/PUBLICATIONS/Studies/Metamorphic_Manufacturing/portal/Publications/Studies/MetamorphicManufacturing/MetamorphicManufacturing.aspx?hkey=35f836be-083d-470a-8cc9-df1b47bf3fee Large Hospital System Says It Was Hit by Ransomware Attack https://techxplore.com/news/2019-12-large-hospital-ransomware.html New Jersey's largest hospital system said Friday that a ransomware attack last week disrupted its computer network and that it paid a ransom to stop it. Hackensack Meridian Health did not say in its statement how much it paid to regain control over its systems but said it holds insurance coverage for such emergencies. The attack forced hospitals to reschedule nonemergency surgeries and doctors and nurses to deliver care without access to electronic records. Hackensack Meridian operates 17 acute care and specialty hospitals, nursing homes, outpatient centers, and the psychiatric facility Carrier Clinic. Tor Bejnar Young ice Someone posted this somewhere else on the ASIF (I lost it - ah here): Solar Estimator Shows How Artificial Intelligence Simplifies the Estimation Process While Increasing Accuracy https://www.solar-estimate.org/ I went to site and it is totally cool! « Last Edit: December 17, 2019, 02:19:10 AM by Tor Bejnar » Arctic ice is healthy for children and other living things.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1317
__label__wiki	0.888058	0.888058	Former face of BC Coroners Service Barb McLintock passes away at 68 Updated December 30, 2018 6:38 pm 2:58 Tributes pour in for former journalist and B.C. coroner WATCH: Tributes pour in for former journalist and B.C. coroner The woman who served for years as the voice and face of the BC Coroners Service for years has passed away. Barb McLintock died on Saturday at the age of 68 from complications related to recently-diagnosed thyroid cancer. McLintock, a former award-winning political journalist and Victoria bureau chief with The Province newspaper, joined the Coroners Service as an investigating coroner in 2004. In 2011, she took on a more public role, becoming the first coroner of strategic programs — a role that involved managing media relations. READ MORE: Tributes pour in for retired Abbotsford police officer killed in Nanaimo crash Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe released a statement Saturday lauding McLintock’s work and expressing sorrow on the part of the entire service. “Barb was a natural in this role, as a well respected journalist from her days as a legislative reporter. She elevated the awareness of the work done by our agency in death investigation and leaves a tremendous legacy in this regard,” she wrote. “I cannot say enough about the credibility, professionalism and experience Barb brought to the coroners service. Barb was on a first-name basis with virtually every experienced journalist in the province, as well as most of the politicians.” Barb McLintock was one of just two women in the legislative press gallery when she joined in the early 1970s. Global News Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer told Global News McLintock was a trailblazer, one of the first women in the to-this day male dominated legislature press gallery. “When you go up the entrance way in the press gallery int eh buildings, there’s pictures of every press gallery going back to the turn of the previous century, and there are no women there until about 1973, which is the year Barbara showed up.” “She must have been in her early 20s, and right from the beginning she was a terrific newspaper reporter. Fair but accurate… she had this amazing eye for the holes in legislation.” #bcpoli. Sad to report: Barb McClintock, great political reporter for the Province newspaper and great public servant at the BC Cororner's service, died in hospital in Victoria early this morning. — VaughnPalmer (@VaughnPalmer) December 29, 2018 The respect McLintock had accrued in her years with the press and as a public servant was clear on Saturday, as her passing was met with an outpouring of memories on social media from colleagues and public figures. “The world has lost a wonderful soul. Barb McLintock was a superior journalist and public servant,” tweeted Premier John Horgan. The world has lost a wonderful soul. Barb McLintock was a superior journalist and public servant. I will miss her blue ribbon photography at the Luxton Fall Fair. Condolences to her many friends. — John Horgan (@jjhorgan) December 29, 2018 “Barb was a legendary reporter. Incredible memory for quotes. Reporters (and lawyers) would leave the courtroom and double check their notes with her during breaks. Her notes were considered the official transcript. And she was the first to spot a flaw in legislation,” wrote Global BC’s chief legislative reporter Keith Baldrey. She “was a legendary reporter for The Province at the legislature and a respected B.C. coroner. She loved singing, horses and bird-watching. She was also a master at knitting and needlepoint,” wrote Province newspaper columnist Mike Smyth. So sad to hear of the passing of Barb McLintock. I’ll always remember her kindness & humour, how she patiently gave me advice on stories & crocheting, & her unique talent of stitching a badass needlepoint while listening to a long-winded press conference. RIP Barb. #bcpoli — Sophie Lui \| 呂婉謀 (@sophielui) December 29, 2018 “Barb was a wonderful person and so helpful,” wrote Global BC reporter Jordan Armstrong. “As spokesperson, if she couldn’t answer a question, she’d tell you where to look or what to FOI to get your answer. Very few do this. Condolences to Barb’s family.” Barb McLintock, who passed away today at age 68, was a legendary reporter for The Province at the legislature and a respected B.C. coroner. She loved singing, horses and bird-watching. She was also a master at knitting and needlepoint. This is her work: pic.twitter.com/XeaLE5dZoX — Mike Smyth (@MikeSmythNews) December 29, 2018 “Barb McLintock was one of the most unusual and wonderful people I ever knew…an institution for years in the Press Gallery and then a new career with the BC Coroners Service as the best communications person there ever was…devastated by news,” wrote former Globe and Mail correspondent Rob Mickleburgh. “She was always there to edit and counsel me, talking me down during those inevitably sleepless nights before a major story I had written broke. She must have taken thousands of my calls over the years. And she made me the journalist I am today,” wrote Sean Holman, now a journalism professor with Mount Royal University. READ MORE: ‘I love you, daddy, my heart cracked’: how the opioid crisis affects children left behind McLintock retired from the Coroners Service in 2017, though returned on a part-time basis to help with strategic projects and communications. VancouvernewsBritish ColumbiacoronerBC CoronerCoroners ServiceThe ProvinceBarb McLintockmclintockbarb mclintock dead	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1331
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__label__cc	0.6478	0.3522	Non-EU Spouse (USA) of an Irish Citizen, work rights in the UK? I am a US citizen, with resident status in Ireland as the spouse of an Irish Citizen. We will be moving in the next six weeks to London, and I am not clear on my rights to work in the UK as the spouse of an EU/Irish citizen. It appears I do not need to get the EEA Family Permit, but should get a residence card on arrival. Am I allowed to work before receiving the residence card? Is completing the EEA Family Permit even though not legally necessary - a way to be able to work on arrival? Any information appreciated! united-kingdom working-visas eu-spouses usa Meriah NunnMeriah Nunn Article 23 of Directive 2004/38/EC (the Free Movement Directive) allows the family members of EEA nationals who have the right of residence in the UK to work or become self-employed. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/779784/free-movement-rights-direct-family-members-of-EEA-nationals-v7.0ext.pdf The Family Permit is primarily an entry clearance document (for you to enter the country), not a residence document. All employers are required to check the right to work of a prospective employee https://www.gov.uk/legal-right-work-uk Without a Residence Card you will need to provide the employer with alternative evidence of your right to work https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/720858/29_06_18_Employer_s_guide_to_right_to_work_checks.pdf#page38 TravellerTraveller In addition, the OP should note that in the event of a no-deal Brexit on 31st October, any rights from the Free Movement Directive will cease to exist. The British Government has said that people who are already in the UK will have their rights protected (but that was principally in the context of EU citizens), but there won't be much to stop the British Government changing its policy. – Martin Bonner supports Monica Aug 12 '19 at 8:11 Thank you so much Traveller! This was my general understanding, but after going through several UK gov pages, I wasn't clear. – Meriah Nunn Aug 12 '19 at 12:01 @MeriahNunn you should be able to prove your right to work with a certificate of application, but actually you are authorized by law to work as soon as you get to the UK. The problem is that employers probably will not recognize that right unless you have the C of A or a residence card. – phoog Aug 12 '19 at 22:09 @MartinBonner but OP's spouse is Irish, so will certainly retain the right to move to and work in the UK. I do not know what the rights of non-EU spouses of Irish citizens will be after the end of free movement; it's an interesting question that I haven't considered before now. – phoog Aug 27 '19 at 12:33 @MeriahNunn it occurs to me to note that actually employers are not "required to check the right to work of a prospective employee" but rather having checked in accordance with the law serves as a defense against the charge of hiring an unauthorized employee. This means that you can legally work for someone if you can convince them to hire you; if they do so without checking their defense will instead be that you were not unauthorized. In practice that will be difficult to do except in informal situations, of course. – phoog Aug 28 '19 at 16:54 Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged united-kingdom working-visas eu-spouses usa or ask your own question. EU Spouse - Proving right to work in UK EU citizen, non-EU spouse, work travel visa Australia? Economically inactive savings requirement Germany for non-EU spouse to get residence permit British citizen returning to the UK (from Europe) with non-EU spouse Applying for eea family permit for the children of the non-eea spouse of an EEA national the UK Family permit condition (EEA citizen traveling with non-EEA spouse) I am a non-UK EU citizen, arriving in the UK before Brexit. Does it matter whether my non-EU spouse joins me before or after Brexit? Working rights for non-EU spouse Acquiring work rights in UK	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1343
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__label__wiki	0.908821	0.908821	Gaza survivors’ four days without water Filed under: Latest, Politics News, Reviews — Tags: Ahmad, al-Quds, Gaza, Gaza City, Gaza survivors, gunfire, Hamas, home, hospital, ICRC, IDF, international law, Israel, Israeli military, JERUSALEM, Katarina, Palestinian, paramedics, Peter Lerner, Red Cross, water, Zeitoun — expressyoureself @ 9:15 am The ICRC has accused the Israeli army of failing to evacuate and care for the wounded Sameh, aged three, and Ahmad, 18 months, cry all the time. As she sits on the bed in al-Quds hospital in Gaza City, their mother Fatima al-Shamouny, 36, tries to comfort them. But as she tells their – and her own – story, she sobs too. The boys were found on Wednesday, with their dead father and unconscious mother nearby, four days after the emergency services said they began trying to reach the neighbourhood. They were among 30 people Palestinian Red Crescent workers said they evacuated from Zeitoun, a south-eastern suburb of Gaza City, on Wednesday. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said the paramedics found “shocking” scenes of wounded people huddled together in houses among dead bodies, weak after having had no food or water for several days. In one home, the agency said, four small children were found sitting close to their dead mothers, “too weak to stand on their own”. It is not clear if Sameh and Ahmad were in that particular house – it may be that the unconscious Fatima was initially thought to be dead – but she says she and her toddlers were among those who had a long wait for help. Survivors’ accounts The ICRC has accused the Israeli military of failing to live up to its obligations under international law to facilitate the evacuation or to care for the wounded. The agency said it had been requesting safe passage for its ambulances to access the neighbourhood since 3 January, but only received permission to do so from the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) four days later. The details of exactly what happened at the Shamouny family compound are still sketchy. Survivors have told the News that 26 of the extended family’s 65 members died in Israeli military operations. We spent days without food, without water – the wounded were bleeding for four days Wael Faris al-Shamouny Their accounts of shelling, and then ground troops surrounding their homes, cannot be independently verified.Fatima, who was wounded in the chest, says two of her sons, her husband, her aunt, her uncle and her brother-in-law were all killed. “One of my sons crawled to our neighbour’s house – he was injured – and he called some of the local radio stations to ask for help. But the help arrived late. Everybody had died,” she said. “On the third day, I passed out. I don’t know what happened until I found myself here in the hospital,” she said. Wael Faris al-Shamouny, 39, another member of the extended family, smoked and sipped black coffee as he sat on the floor in the hospital corridor. He says he lost five sons and his wife, and believes some of the dead may have survived if given medical treatment earlier. “We tried to help them, but we didn’t have first aid things in our house. We spent days without food, without water – the wounded were bleeding for four days,” he said. “The ambulances came and they saved who they saved. There are still pieces of my wife, my sons and my cousins’ bodies in the house.” ICRC criticism The ICRC said the wounded had to be transported about a kilometre on a hand-pulled donkey cart because large earth walls erected by the Israeli army had made it impossible to bring ambulances into the neighbourhood. Katarina Ritz, the ICRC’s head of mission in Jerusalem, said experienced Palestinian emergency workers wept at the scenes they were confronted with. She said Israeli troops were within about 100m of the houses in question, and that the ICRC believes the soldiers “must have been aware” of the presence of the wounded people, because of repeated requests from aid agencies for access. Under international law, she said, even if there are security concerns meaning the injured cannot be evacuated, “the minimum is to treat these people, to feed these people, give them water, and keep them in a safe place”. The Israeli military said it was investigating the case. It said it is “engaged in a battle with the Hamas terrorist organisation that has deliberately used Palestinian civilians as human shields”. And it stressed it works in “close co-operation with international aid organisations during the fighting, so that civilians can be provided with assistance”. ‘Difficult’ co-operation Earlier in the week, an ICRC spokeswoman told the BBC attempts to co-ordinate safe passage for ambulances were so slow that people were dying as they waited. Not all ambulance drivers in Gaza have been waiting for co-ordination with the Israeli military, and health officials in Gaza say 10 paramedics have been killed trying to rescue the wounded since the Israeli operation began. Israeli Defence Ministry Spokesman Peter Lerner said that co-ordinating the movements of ambulances has been “extremely difficult because of heavy gunfire”. He said that even during the three-hour lull Israel declared to allow humanitarian operations, Hamas militants continued to shoot at Israeli forces. Outside the hospital, as Fatima Shamouny told her story, dozens of people gathered as Thursday’s ICRC-led convoy of ambulances prepared to leave. They came with addresses where they believed injured people were trapped. One man’s hands shook so much with fear that he had to ask for help writing the directions down. Finally, the convoy received clearance, and drove away. It was headed back to Zeitoun, where the ICRC said there were reports of more injured people stranded, and another area in northern Gaza, which ICRC workers had not even reached yet. The minimum is to treat these [injured] people, to feed these people, give them water, and keep them in a safe place Katarina Ritz ICRC’s head of mission in Jerusalem Pakistan soldiers ‘confront US’ Filed under: Latest, Politics News — Tags: Add new tag, Afghan, American, American American soldiers, American soldiers, bombs, confront US, gunfire, helicopters, Islamabad, Islamist militants, Musa Nikeh, Pakistan, Pakistani troops, soldiers, South Waziristan, stop US troops, U.S. troops, US, US President George W Bush — expressyoureself @ 12:56 pm Pakistani troops have fired shots into the air to stop US troops crossing into the South Waziristan region of Pakistan, local officials say. Reports say nine US helicopters landed on the Afghan side of the border and US troops then tried to cross the border. South Waziristan is one of the main areas from which Islamist militants launch attacks into Afghanistan. The incident comes amid growing anger in Pakistan over US attacks along the border region. The confrontation began at around midnight, local people say. They say seven US helicopter gunships and two troop-carrying Chinook helicopters landed in the Afghan province of Paktika near the Zohba mountain range. US troops from the Chinooks then tried to cross the border. As they did so, Pakistani paramilitary soldiers at a checkpoint opened fire into the air and the US troops decided not to continue forward, local Pakistani officials say. Reports say the firing lasted for several hours. Local people evacuated their homes and tribesmen took up defensive positions in the mountains. The incident happened close to the town of Angoor Adda, some 30km (20 miles) from Wana, the main town of South Waziristan. A Pakistani military spokesman in Islamabad confirmed that there was firing but denied that Pakistani troops were involved. Diplomatic fury It emerged last week that US President George W Bush has in recent months authorised military raids against militants inside Pakistan without prior approval from Islamabad. There have been a number of missile attacks aimed at militants in Pakistan territory in recent weeks. Pakistan reacted with diplomatic fury when US helicopters landed troops in South Waziristan on 3 September. It was the first ground assault by US troops in Pakistan. Locals in the Musa Nikeh area said American soldiers attacked a target with gunfire and bombs, and said women and children were among some 20 civilians who died in the attack. Pakistan fury over ‘US assault’ Filed under: Latest, Politics News — Tags: administrative charge, Afghan, Afghan border, Afghan government, Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, alleged cross-border raid, ambassador, Anne, Anne Paterson, arms, assault, bombs, Border tensions, capital, children, foreign forces based in Afghanistan, foreign ministry, Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Sadiq, Gilani, Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani, ground troops, gunfire, haven for al-Qaeda, Islamabad, Maulvi Omar, militants, Mohammad Sadiq, NATO, NATO forces, North West Frontier Province, north-west, NWFP, Pakistan, Pakistan fury over 'US assault', Pakistan has summoned the US ambassador, Pakistani military, Paterson, prime minister, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, Protest, Ramadan, respect the fasting month of Ramadan, soldiers, South Waziristan, South Waziristan tribal area near the Afghan border, strikes, Taleban, Taleban militants, Taleban spokesman Maulvi Omar, territory, tribal area, US, US aircraft, US ambassador, US assault, US-led coalition helicopters, violation of sovereignty, women, Yousuf Raza Gilani — expressyoureself @ 11:33 am Tension in Pakistan’s north-west has increased in recent months Pakistan has summoned the US ambassador to protest at an alleged cross-border raid which officials say killed at least 15 villagers in the north-west. A number of civilians were reported killed in the raid, which Pakistan says was a violation of its sovereignty. Correspondents say the raid appears to have been the first ever ground assault by foreign forces based in Afghanistan. US-led and Nato forces said they had no reports of any such incursion. Border tensions have risen in recent weeks. US aircraft have carried out air strikes in the region, but a ground assault would be unprecedented. It is not clear who the target of any attack might have been. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Pakistan would not allow any foreign power to carry out attacks on its territory. He was speaking hours after his motorcade was hit by sniper fire near the capital, Islamabad. Senior government officials say he was not in the car at the time. ‘Act of aggression’ Pakistani military and political officials say ground troops brought in by US-led coalition helicopters launched the attack in the South Waziristan tribal area near the Afghan border early on Wednesday morning. Locals say soldiers attacked with gunfire and bombs. Women and children were among those reported killed. Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Sadiq said a “very strong protest” had been delivered to the ambassador, Anne Paterson. “The ambassador said that she would convey it to her government,” he said. The army called the attack an act of aggression which undermined the fight against militancy. North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani, who is in administrative charge of the tribal areas, called the attack “cowardly”. “At least 20 innocent citizens of Pakistan, including women and children, were martyred,” he said in a statement. There is mounting US pressure on Pakistan – a key ally in the “war on terror” – to crack down on militants, who use the border region to launch raids into Afghanistan. The Afghan government and Nato say the border region is a haven for al-Qaeda and the Taleban. Pakistan says it is doing all it can to curb militancy. On Monday, Pakistan’s military suspended its operations against Taleban militants in the neighboring Bajaur tribal area. The government said this suspension of fighting was to respect the fasting month of Ramadan. Taleban spokesman Maulvi Omar welcomed the announcement, but he said militants would not lay down their arms.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1347
__label__cc	0.726223	0.273777	Missouri Farm Land Values Opinion Survey For historical information, view opinion survey results from previous years. Extension Professor, Agricultural Business and Policy A web based survey was conducted in August 2019 to determine what people think has been happening to farmland values in Missouri. The survey was sent to persons we expected to have insight on land values. Ag lenders, rural appraisers and farmers received the survey. In Missouri, land sales prices need not be reported to any governmental or public agency. We hope the opinions expressed by our survey respondents will be helpful to others needing to estimate current farmland values and trends. Of the 124 usable surveys in 2019, 75% came from lenders, 13% from farmers, 9% from rural appraisers, and 4% from other occupations. They provided their opinions to questions concerning current farmland values and trends. They were asked to exclude from their answer’s tracts smaller than 40 acres or land being converted to development or commercial uses. Average value of land Respondents were asked to give their estimates of land values as of July 2019 for three classes of cropland and pasture (good, average, poor), irrigated cropland, timberland (with valuable trees), and hunting/recreation land (land with little productive agricultural value but with desirable aesthetic qualities). Classification of land was left to the judgment of each respondent. Maps 1, 2 and 3 summarize their responses. This year’s respondents reported the value of good non-irrigated cropland at $5,421 per acre, up $204 or 4% above last year. The average statewide value reported for irrigated cropland was $6,148, up $634 from last year (Map 1). Map 1. Estimated cropland values per acre for 2019. Good pastureland was estimated to have a statewide average value of $3,174 per acre, up $259 or 9% above 2018 estimates. The change in pastureland was also quite variable, ranging from -6% to +22% (Map 2). Map 2. Estimated timber and hunting/recreation land values per acre for July 2019. Timberland was up $224 to $2,310 per acre. Hunting/recreation land was up $301 to $2,456 per acre (Map 3). Map 4 displays the percent change in reported value from the 2018 survey to the 2019 survey for good cropland, good pastureland and timber/hunting/recreational land. Estimated cropland value increases in various regions from last year ranged from +26% in eastern Missouri to -6% in north central Missouri (Map 4). Map 4. Percent change in estimated Missouri farmland values between July 2018 and July 2019. In 2018, respondents expressed their outlook for land values. They forecasted slight decreases for cropland and pastureland values. But this year they estimated increases for both categories of farmland. The continued increase in the opinion of farmland values is unexpected given the financial stress seen among farmers. Who is buying land? Survey respondents thought that 62% of farmland buyers were planning to farm the land themselves; 27% were planning to rent out the land; 10% were planning to use it for non-farming purposes (Map 5). This result is similar to the 2018 expectations of purchased farmland. Most districts in Missouri are similar to the state average. The exceptions are central and northeast Missouri where about equal percentage of land buyers are expected to either farm the land themselves or rent it out. Map 5. Use to be made of farmland purchased in 2019. While respondents gave reasons for seeing land prices rise over the last 12 months, the average opinion was for no change within the next 12 months. In 2018, the respondents to this survey expected land values to decrease slightly. This year, while some regions show decreases and some increases, the average value of cropland, pastureland, timberland and recreational land across the state is expected to hold where it is now. Map 6 shows the expected change by region. Map 6. Forecasted percent change in Missouri farmland values between July 2019 and July 2020. Factors affecting values Comments from the survey respondents seemed to indicate that many realize that their responses might be counterintuitive. USDA reports lower land values for Missouri and surrounding corn belt states. Public expectations are that land prices should be decreasing. Reports of farmers dealing with low commodity prices and having credit challenges would point towards lower land prices. But these factors have not generally resulted in lower land values for the state in the opinion of survey respondents. Demand for land is still strong and rental rates have not decreased much. Land coming up for sale is moving without notable delays according to the comments of several survey respondents. Several respondents said that the expansion of broadband internet into the rural areas has resulted in people purchasing land surrounding metropolitan areas, driving up values. The adage that the three determinants of land are location, location and location seemed to ring true in the opinion of some respondents. One person said, “neighboring farmers seem to have a higher impact on the value than the actual quality of the ground.” Another wrote, “tracts that are located adjacent to successful farm operations seem to bring the highest amount per acre.” Respondents cited general economic conditions as reasons for increased land values. Low interest rates allow purchasers to finance land. Low rates of return on safe investments such as CDs argue for investors, including farmers, to put money in land rather than other investments. Good economic conditions among non-farmers causes them to seek good investments in land. Other respondents tried to explain the changes in land prices by changes in land uses. One said pastureland is being converted to cropland, driving up the value of grassland. Another said cropland is being converted to pastureland and purchased by people wanting to live in the country. USDA land value data Table 1 reports the USDA estimates of average land values for Missouri and surrounding states. The $3,490 estimate of the USDA for cropland is $889 lower than the $4,379 value reported by our survey respondents for average cropland. For pastureland, the USDA estimates the value at $2,679 per acre, or $699 more than our survey estimate $2,279 per acre. The USDA data for other states can give a relative perspective of the value of land between states. Table 1. Agricultural land values per acre, June 2019. (dollars) All land and buildings Missouri 3,490 1,980 3,400 Arkansas 2,850 2,610 3,320 Illinois 7,300 3,170 7,280 Iowa 7,260 2,720 7,190 Kansas 2,160 1,390 1,960 Corn belt1 6,360 6,100 2,330 United States2 4,100 3,160 1,400 1. Includes Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Ohio. 2. Averages 48 states. Figure 1 shows the trend in Missouri farmland and building values over time. There has been a consistent 6% appreciation of value since 1950. According to USDA data, real estate values began deviating from the 6% trend line about 15 years ago. Real estate values in Missouri have settled back down on the trend line and are slightly under it. Figure 1. All farmland and buildings, 1950–2018, Missouri values. View reprint and copy guidelines Related program Use our feedback form for questions or comments about this publication.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1349
__label__cc	0.734655	0.265345	Eye On Modesto Thoughts and observations about Modesto and Stanislaus County Archive for the tag “Joe Gibbs” Local Politics, It’s an Insiders Game By Emerson Drake Imagine, if you will, a hit and run driver who killed a man is sentenced. The local Sheriff has the ability to decide if he spends his sentence of a year actually in jail or allowed to spend his time at home with an ankle bracelet. The Sheriff gets calls and visits from people he refers to as Rotarians who ask him to allow this man to stay out of jail because in his words “he’s written grants that have brought lots of money to Stanislaus County.” The Sheriff’s policy was no home detention for crimes of violence and a fatal hit-and-run fits that description. The perpetrator not only received this “special treatment” he even received lax follow-up on his home detention and was seen several times out and about town, from the Gallo Center, to the Brenden movie theater in the evenings when he should have been at home. The Sheriff’s name was Adam Christianson and the Rotarians he referred to were members of the Stanislaus County Workforce Alliance, Chamber of Commerce, and the Rotary. The man’s name was Joe Gibbs. The group he worked for was called Stanislaus Community Assistance Program or SCAP. What most people remember of the SCAP debacle is Mr. Gibbs wanted to be paid over $600,000 dollars for his grant writing ability. Well, that and the fact he and his wife placed her parents in one of the fanciest remodeled homes while using SCAP staff to rent out the two homes her parents owned. Less remembered is the joke of an investigation Modesto City Manager Greg Nyhoff performed. The total paper trail was an email to SCAP warning them about the Bee’s investigative article. What many people aren’t aware of is the continuing SCAP connection at city hall. Not only have former SCAP board members been placed on multiple city committees, they still promote on the city website some of the companies involved. From the company that attempted to channel $62,500 to Benchmark Realty (then owned by Councilman Joe Muratore and his business partner Ryan Swehla), to Joe Gibbs and SCAP. Stanislaus Community Assistance Project (SCAP) 2209 Coffee Rd. Suite A Jgibbs1@scap4.org Ryan Swhela Trinity Ventures 1120 13th Street. Suite I ryan@trinityventures.us You can see for yourself here NSP2 Developers straight from the city website. Recently J.David Wright, Modesto’s third largest political contributor in the last local election helped, Frank Ploof get placed on the Citizens Housing and Community Development Commission. It is bad enough that Ploof is a former member of SCAP’s Board of Directors, he spent 10 months helping Daryl Fair, the former SCAP Board Chairman with a nonprofit that hadn’t filed their papers with the IRS for several years and had lost their nonprofit status. Now Mr. Wright is also promoting Mr. Fair to run a day drop-in-center for the homeless. All he needs is a grant. That’s correct, he wants to stick his hand back in the honey jar, your pocket and mine. Watching Wright show up at the last city council for the expressed reason of making sure Ploof received the necessary votes sure took the cake. By the way, despite all of the SCAP connections and the fake nonprofit, the vote was 5-1. Councilman Lopez voted against with Councilman Muratore recusing himself from the discussion and vote. Watching the city representative make sure their “insider friends”, the Beard Industrial Trust, receive special treatment from the LAFCO Board, which cost Modesto millions of dollars between property taxes and utility fees, was enough to turn a citizens stomach. But quite honestly it was just business as usual for Modesto and the County we live in. Since the Alliance and the Modesto Chamber of Commerce are 501 (c) (6)’s, they can lobby to their heart’s content and allow donors to receive “business deductions”. The donors can EXPECT some return on their investment according to Bill Bassett, and receive special favors from the City and County. Our Mayor likes to say “Politics just happens to most people.” Maybe he’s correct, but between the back door, and behind the scenes dealings that go on every day how is a citizen supposed to have a chance? Posted in Uncategorized and tagged Joe Gibbs, Modesto California, Modesto Chamber of Commerce, SCAP, Stanislaus County California, Stanislaus Workforce Alliance Gregg Nyhoff’s SCAP Investigation ? English: Author: Carl Skaggs This image was taken by me on January 14, 2010 in Modesto, California I hereby relinquish all rights to this photo. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) In April 2011, Councilman Dave Lopez went to see Modesto’s City Manager (C.M.) Gregg Nyhoff with concerns about the Stanislaus Community Assistance Project (SCAP) and excessive compensation to Joe Gibbs, the Development Director for SCAP. Joe received $195,860 and was in line to receive $431,471 more. But we aren’t trying to rehash SCAP or the NSP2 problem, but are here to discuss Mr. Nyhoff’s investigation or lack thereof. We presented Modesto with a Public Information Request to see all of the documents relating to the city manager’s investigation. The extremely sad part is their response contained only one page after four plus weeks of the City Managers investigation. It’s almost as if he were avoiding leaving a paper trail. I had occasion to discuss this with C.M. Nyhoff and his response was “well I did make some phone calls.” Further inquiries suggested the calls were to city staffers. Can you imagine Councilman Lopez comes to him with a major concern about potential fraud or malfeasance and Mr. Nyhoff, at the very least, sits on his hands? Little wonder the Councilman felt the need to go to the Bee. The lone page from the email we received is dated May 26, 2011, just two days before the Bee broke the story and more than one month AFTER Councilman Lopez spoke to Mr Nyhoff. So despite the City Manager’s protestations, NOTHING was written down until the city was aware the Bee was going to publish SCAP’s short comings and then only to enlighten SCAP. Modesto City employee Judith Ray is warning SCAP employee Marcia Bradshaw that the Bee reporter has been a “consistent antagonist toward recovery act programs in general and NSP in particular and we can be assured of a negative bias when it comes out.” So just how thorough do you believe Nyhoff’s investigation was? To my way of thinking all he did from the beginning was circle the wagons to protect himself and his staffers. After all he is the city manager and the buck stops there. At least for a few minutes before the Council gets involved. Knowing all this and reading the way the City responded to the Grand Jury report was just too much to stay quiet about. If Councilman Lopez hadn’t gone to the Bee none of the malfeasance would have been uncovered. Joe Muratore might have been able to keep the $62,500 he was willing to risk his position on the council for, and indeed his freedom. Profiting from HUD money as a Councilman is a felony and Joe Gibbs would be $431,471 dollars richer and he and his wife would still be in charge of SAP despite their questionable tenants. Here is Nyhoff’s written investigation. The city’s response to the Grand Jury The Grand Jury’s findings After reading all of the information it’s reasonable to come to the opinion that Councilman Lopez stood up against those who would participate in a cover-up and spoke out to shed the light of day on a serious problem and uncovering a potential misuse of public funds. The discussion can be heard about 1:10 minutes into the Council meeting. The following link will take you there. http://www.modestogov.com/sirepub/mtgviewer.aspx?meetid=457&doctype=AGENDA Posted in Uncategorized and tagged Bee, City Manager, corrupt business practices, Dave Lopez, Grand jury, Greg Nyhoff, Joe Gibbs, Modesto California, NSP2 \| Leave a comment EyeonModesto	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1351
__label__cc	0.565075	0.434925	Due to the format of most golden age comics, the majority of story arcs at the time for all characters were the same, Wonder Woman included. More accurately that is to say that there were not story arcs at all, as issues contained two to three stories, all of which started and concluded within the issue in question. There was therefore not much continuity in Wonder Woman until she reached the silver age. The few exceptions to this were in issues which contained a common theme, such as Wonder Woman meeting some leprechauns and each of the three stories dealing with that. Alternately there were some common themes for the character at the time, one of which was dealing with enemy saboteurs. These were mostly contemporary, and thus started as either the National Socialists in Germany or the Imperial Japanese. Later these became others. Throughout Diana's childhood, she was training and sparring with her Amazonian sisters. One day when pilots were test flying, one of the pilots called Steve Trevor, has an accident with his plane, and Hippolyta opens Themyscira's shields and disguise, and Steve Trevor lands his plane on Paradise Island. Steve then proceeds to explore the island, and that's where he finds beautiful women bathing, but while staring at the women, Diana surprises him from behind and takes him out by kicking him in his testicles. Steve is then strapped up because of Hippolyta keeping him safe until someone proves worthy enough to escort him back to the USA. Wonder Woman while covered in a helmet, wins the challenges and gets to escort Steve back home, but while the challenges were going on, a traitor in the Amazons freed Ares because she loved him. Ares is free, and he goes to Hades so he could remove the bracelets blocking his powers.Throughout being in USA, Diana also tries to stop Ares' plans as Wonder Woman, but she fails the first time, and Ares gets ahold of the power he was searching for. After calling in his army, the US finds an island that appeared out of nowhere on the map, that being Paradise Island. They set off a nuke towards Paradise Island, and Steve manages to stop it, and at the same time, Wonder Woman defeats Ares with help from her Amazonian sisters. She realizes her feelings for Steve, and she kisses him, but when being back in Paradise Island, she looked sad. Hippolyta allowed her to operate in the outside world where she shared her feelings and her life with Steve. I can tell that this story was supposed to have a lot of pathos to it, but I just wasn't feeling it. I couldn't feel.much for Jason, he's been such a twit since he appeared, it is hard to feel for WW and her relationship with him, such as it is. The whole story was pretty meh, honestly. The art was good most of the time, and there were some really fantastic individual p ...more In August 2010 (issue #600), J. Michael Straczynski took over the series' writing duties and introduced Wonder Woman to an alternate timeline created by the Gods in which Paradise Island had been destroyed and the Amazons scattered around the world.[41] In this timeline, Diana is an orphan raised in New York. The entire world has forgotten Wonder Woman's existence and the main story of this run was of Diana trying to restore reality even though she does not properly remember it herself. A trio of Death Goddesses called The Morrigan acted as the main enemy of Wonder Woman.[42][43] In this run, Wonder Woman wears a new costume designed by Jim Lee.[44] Straczynski determined the plot and continued writing duties until Wonder Woman #605; writer Phil Hester then continued his run, which ultimately concluded in Wonder Woman #614.[45] Wonder Woman’s costume has come under heavy criticism throughout the years. Many find that as an example of a character that is supposed to represent female empowerment that by wearing a costume which reveals a gratuitous amount of skin that the character is being contradictory. Numerous attempts have been made to make her costume more realistic, however in terms of the character’s history there are few problems with it. Despite that it offers little protection, Wonder Woman does not require very much protection, either from harm or from the elements. The costume is also sometimes criticized for its symbolism closely related to American themes, that despite the fact that she is meant to be an emissary of peace to the whole planet, that her costume looks very American This is explained as one of the motivations for her role in Man’s World world. The costume is a breastplate inspired by the colors and symbols of a downed World War II airplane being flown by Steve Trevor’s mother . As an American pilot, it is therefore not surprising that stars (on the lower part of her breastplate) and stripes (one her boots) are evident parts of the design. In the summer of 2011 it was announced that DC Comics would reboot its entire lineup and create the new 52. Debate immediately surfaced as the head creative force behind the reboot (Jim Lee) decided that all female characters should be drawn with "pants" or full leg covering as part of their costume. This was in line with the redrawn Wonder Woman after issue #600 in volume 3. However, as the summer progressed images began to appear with Diana in a costume which appeared to be a synthesis of her traditional one and the reimagined one. With the actual reboot this is the costume that was decided on, essentially with the breastplate in the general shape of the traditional costume, and the theme being more in line with the redesign of the previous year. She additionally has added aspects of her uniform which didn't exist before such as a braided armband. That hardly ended the controversy. In February 1943, Josette Frank, an expert on children’s literature, a leader of the Child Study Association and a member of Gaines’ advisory board, sent Gaines a letter, telling him that while she’d never been a fan of Wonder Woman, she felt she now had to speak out about its “sadistic bits showing women chained, tortured, etc.” She had a point. In episode after episode, Wonder Woman is chained, bound, gagged, lassoed, tied, fettered and manacled. “Great girdle of Aphrodite!” she cries at one point. “Am I tired of being tied up!” At the end of Infinite Crisis, Wonder Woman temporarily retires from her costumed identity. Diana, once again using the alias Diana Prince, joins the Department of Metahuman Affairs. Donna Troy becomes the new Wonder Woman and is captured by Diana's enemies. Diana then goes on a mission to rescue her sister, battling Circe and Hercules. Diana defeats the villains, freeing Donna and takes up the role of Wonder Woman again. Circe places a spell on Diana, which renders Diana into a normal, powerless human being when in the role of Diana Prince; her powers come to her only when she is in the role of Wonder Woman.[115][116][117][118][119] As her injuries healed, Wonder Woman and her friends spent some time on New Genesis. She spoke to Highfather, who agreed to let her return to Earth. As soon as Diana and her friends returned to Earth, Orion decided to go with them. Arriving to London, they realized the First Born had wrecked the entire city and killed Lennox. The First Born summoned an army of hyena men to kill the intruders but Ares arrived to help Wonder Woman in the fight.[35] Diana meets Barbara Ann Minerva for the first time. Minerva wants Diana's lasso and tricks Diana into believing that she has Antiope's Girdle of Gaea. Diana discovers the ruse and storms out of the house. Barbara transforms into the Cheetah and attacks Diana. Julia Kapatelis shoots Cheetah and fends her off. Diana returns to Themyscira. Zeus is infatuated with Diana and asks her for a physical communion to which Diana refuses. Angered, Zeus sends her on a mission, a "Challenge The New 52 version of the character has been portrayed to be a younger, more headstrong, loving, fierce and willful person.[citation needed] Brian Azzarello stated in a video interview with DC Comics that they're building a very "confident", "impulsive" and "good-hearted" character in her. He referred to her trait of feeling compassion as both her strength and weakness.[74] Diana quickly regained her sanity and was taken out of the mental hospital's care. She immediately noted the absence of Barbara and set out to locate her. However, when she arrived at Empire Enterprises, she was greeted only by Doctor Cyber.[81] Cale set Team Poison onto Wonder Woman once again, and Colonel Poison managed to shoot Diana through the chest. Diana and Steve quickly overcame their forces and followed Veronica Cale and Cheetah to a gateway that led to Themyscira. Wonder Woman and Cheetah fought, and a drop of Diana's blood fell onto the gateway which opened the portal to Ares' prison beneath Themyscira. Phobos and Deimos, whom Cale had turned into dogs with the help of Circe, entered the portal, along with Diana and Veronica Cale. Veronica found her daughter beside Ares.[82] Wonder Woman managed to stabilize the plane when it was hit by the shockwave. Hermes and Artemis also arrived at Olympus, where Artemis discovered that Apollo had died in the attack. Among the ruins of the tower, the First Born claimed the throne of Olympus. Wonder Woman confronted the First Born, but he gained the upper hand. However, Hera arrived at Olympus, having regained her Olympian powers, revealing that Apollo had restored them before dying. Hera teleported Wonder Woman and her allies to Paradise Island. There, Wonder Woman found Zola, safe. Hera had also restored the Amazons back to life. Wonder Woman chose to lead them to battle as the new God of War.[42] A warning that is first heard from the lips of Cheetah as she attempts to escape captivity, yet is echoed by others around the globe, all putting Wonder Woman on alert. As she attempts to investigate, she is attacked by Supergirl, wanting vengeance for the death of Rao, as the influence has gotten to her as well. An epic battle breaks out, and once again, the trusty Lasso of Truth saves the day, though barely. After Sekowsky's run ended in the early 1970s, Diana's roots were reverted to her old mythological ones and she wore a more modernized version of her original outfit, a predecessor to her "bathing suit" outfit.[193] Later, in 1976, her glowing white belt was turned into a yellow one.[193] For Series 3, artist Terry Dodson redrew her outfit as a strapless swimsuit.[194] Gloria Steinem also liked the film, stating that she felt it made the "Amazon origin story clear; [Wonder Woman] was stopping war, not perpetuating it." Steinem also noted that she knew "some women were disappointed by all the makeup, but I may be desperate—I was just happy that the Amazons had wild hair!" Her only complaint lay in the choice to eliminate the World War II setting as the Wonder Woman comic book developed in response to existing comics that were "so sadistic and racist that there was a congressional hearing on the subject".[249] Steinem also gave Hillary Clinton the first Wonder Woman Award in October 2017 during the Women's Media Center's "Speaking Truth to Power Awards" (an organization created by Steinem, Jane Fonda, and Robin Morgan). Upon receiving the award, Clinton noted that she had seen Jenkins's Wonder Woman film and that she "loved the outfit". She also said that as her granddaughter was "really keen" on Wonder Woman, Clinton "thought maybe I could borrow something from her for the night. It didn't quite work for me, but I will say that this award means a lot to me because as a little girl, and then as a young woman, and then as a slightly older woman, I always wondered when Wonder Woman would have her time, and now that has happened."[250] Clinton had previously praised Jenkins's film, in a public August 2017 message, stating that "it was just as inspirational as I'd suspected a movie about a strong, powerful woman in a fight to save the world from international disaster would be."[251][252][253] After recruiting a newly mortal, but still very bitter Hera into her group of companions, Wonder Woman retreated to London. Lennox revealed that there had been seven bastard children of Zeus. He and Diana were two, two others had been killed, and three remained. He suggested that for information on where the baby had been taken, Diana should contact their sister Siracca in Libya.[26] Her encounter with Siracca did not begin well, but after Wonder Woman appealed to her sense of family, she suggested that Diana seek out their brother Milan in New York City.[27] ^ Colluccio, Ali. "Top 5: Wonder Woman Reboots". iFanboy. Archived from the original on April 12, 2012. Retrieved April 10, 2012. After she was "erased" from existence in the final pages of Crisis on Infinite Earths, George Perez, Len Wein and Greg Potter brought the Amazon Princess back to the DC Universe. While the basics of the story remained the same, Wonder Woman;s powers were adjusted to include Beauty from Aphrodite, Strength from Demeter, Wisdom from Athena, Speed and Flight from Hermes, Eyes of the Hunter from Artemis, and Truth from Hestia. This run established Paradise Island as the mythical Amazon capital, Themyscira. Perez's Diana is not only strong and smart, but graceful and kind – the iconic Wonder Woman. Shortly after coming to the outside world, Diana interrupted a terrorist attack and was named "Wonder Woman" by the press.[5] She continued to use her gifts to fight for peace and justice in Man's World.[6] She later fought who she thought to be Ares, though in truth it was Phobos and Deimos who were disguised as their father. Fearing that she would eventually discover the truth and free Ares from his prison beneath Themyscira, the Gods of Olympus sent Phobos and Deimos to erase all memory of Themyscira from Diana's mind. The twin gods were unable to erase the memory, so instead they later implanted false memories regarding her home to deceive Diana, leading to a completely separate origin story and causing her to hallucinate new adventures. Diana was unaware that her memories had been tampered with, and believed the falsifications until her search for the truth led her to Ares himself years later.[7][8] Villains Abra Kadabra · Aftermath · Afterthought · Airstryke · Alien Alliance · Amazo · Amos Fortune · Anti-Justice League · Anti-Monitor · Appellaxians · Aquarius · Aryan Brigade · Asmodel · Atlas · Atomic Skull · Axis America · Barbatos · Black Adam · Black Bison · Black Hand · Black Lantern Corps · Black Manta · Black Spider · Blaze · Blight · Blockbuster · Blood Brothers · Bolt · Brainiac · Brimstone · Brotherhood of Evil · Brutale · Bug-Eyed Bandit · Burners · Burning Martians · Cadre · Calculator · Calendar Man · Captain Nazi · Catalyst · Catman · Cavalier · Cheetah · Chemo · Cheshire · Chiller · Chimaera · Chronos · Circe · Civet · Clayface · Clock King · Clockwatchers · Cluemaster · Construct · Copperhead · Cosmic King · Crazy Quilt · Crime Champions · Crime Syndicate of America · Cyborgirl · Darkseid · Dark Knights · Dark Supergirl · Deadline · Deadshot · Deathstroke · Demolition Team · Demons Three · Department of Extranormal Operations · Despero · Doctor Alchemy · Doctor Cyber · Doctor Destiny · Doctor Double X · Doctor Impossible · Doctor Light · Doctor Phosphorus · Doctor Poison · Doctor Polaris · Doctor Psycho · Doctor Regulus · Doctor Sivana · Dominators · Doomsday · Dragon King · Dumas · Dummy · Earthworm · Eclipso · Electrocutioner · Elite · Enforcer · Epoch the Lord of Time · Eve · Evil Star · Extremists · Faceless Hunter · Fatal Five · Fearsome Five · Felix Faust · Fiddler · Floronic Man · Freedom Fighters of China · Funky Flashman · Gambler · Gamemnae · General Eiling · Gentleman Ghost · Ghost · Golden Glider · Gorilla Grodd · Grand Druid · Graves · Gunhawk · Harlequin · Hector Hammond · Hellgrammite · H.I.V.E. · Human Flame · Hyena · Hyperclan · Ibac · Icicle · Imperiex · Injustice Gang · Injustice League · Intergang · I.Q. · Jack O'Lantern · Java · Johnny Sorrow · Joker · Judgment · Kanjar Ro · Key · Kilg%re · Killer Elite · Killer Frost · Killer Moth · Killer Wasp · Kite-Man · Kobra Cult · Know Man · Krona · League Busters · League of Ancients · League of Assassins · Le Fantome · Legion of Doom · Lex Luthor · Libra · Lightning Lord · Lion-Mane · Lobo · Mad Maestro · Mageddon · Magog · Magpie · Mahayogi · Manchester Black · Manga Khan · Manhunters · Masters of Disaster · Matter Master · Maxwell Lord · Merlyn · Mister Mind · Mister Nebula · Moish · Monarch · Mongul · Mordru · Morgaine le Fey · Nazi Party · Neron · Neutron · Nightshade · Ocean Master · O.M.A.C.s · Osiris II · Parasite · Penguin · Per Degaton · Pied Piper · Plastique · Poison Ivy · Predator · Professor Ivo · Prometheus · Psycho-Pirate · Puanteur · Quakemaster · Queen Bee · Queen of Fables · Qwardians · Ra's al Ghul · Rainbow Raider · Rama Khan · Red King · Red Volcano · Riddler · Roulette · Royal Flush Gang · Satanus · Scarabus · Scarecrow · Scorch · Secret Society of Super Villains · Shadow Cabinet · Shadow Thief · Shaggy Man · Shark · Shrapnel · Simon Stagg · Sinestro · Silver Ghost · Silver Swan · SKULL · Sledge · Solomon Grundy · Starbreaker · Star Sapphire · Starro · Steppenwolf · Suicide Squad · Tattooed Man · Tenth Circle · Terra-Man · Three Devils · Thunderers of Qward · T. O. Morrow · Trickster · Triumvirate of Sea Gods . Ultra-Humanite · Ultraviolet Corps · Vandal Savage · Weapons Master · Weather Wizard · Whisper Gang · White Dragon · White Martians · Wizard After Darkseid and Grail's retreat, they returned to a base in the Amazon Rainforest, where Darkseid was setting his mysterious plans into motion. He tasked his loyal Female Furies with tracking down a godly relic he needed, but they were unable to do so thanks to the intervention of Steve Trevor and his A.R.G.U.S. forces. Meanwhile, Wonder Woman fought a number of villains that had been recruited by Veronica Cale: Zara of the Crimson Flame, Blue Snowman and Anglette. As Diana caught up with Steve at A.R.G.U.S. HQ, Jason returned wearing a suit of armor gifted to him by the gods, but with no knowledge of its purpose.[96] As news came in of an attack by Grail, Wonder Woman and Jason immediately responded just in time to prevent Grail from killing another demigod. Wonder Woman bound Grail in the Lasso of Truth and forced her to reveal Darkseid's plans. Grail explained that Darkseid was looking to build himself an army of Amazons. Due to her half-Amazon blood, Grail was able to break free from the Lasso's grip and retreated.[97] Voiced by Keri Russell. A movie based on the storyline written by George Perez, Gods and Mortals. This movie shows Wonder Woman's origins and how she decided to operate outside of Themyscira. Long time ago, there was a war between Ares and Hippolyta, and Hippolyta had the advantage, and was about to kill Ares, but then Hera told her not to kill Ares, but the deed, done by Ares, would not go unnoticed. From there on the Amazons got their own Island, by a request from Hippolyta, where they kept Ares a prisoner. Years further, Hippolyta wished for a child, and she made a child out of clay praying for the gods to make it a child. The next morning she wakes up and sees that a little child is in front of her. She was named Diana. Steve Trevor died at the end of Wonder Woman after sacrificing himself to ensure that a plane full of deadly gas couldn’t harm anyone on the ground. Is this Steve Trevor the same Steve Trevor that we saw in Wonder Woman who was transported to 1984 because of something like time travel, a descendant of Steve Trevor’s who is also named Steve Trevor (and looks exactly like Pine), a clone, or something else entirely? (It’s a comic book movie, so anything is possible.) I'll start off by saying I really enjoyed Wonder Woman. It was everything I hoped for in a DC movie. I really cared about the characters which is something other recent DC movies have lacked. It had its funny moments, great action scenes and an actress that (despite criticism) I feel was perfect for the role. There were a couple parts I took minor issue with. The fact that no one really seemed to acknowledge her powers kind of irked me. Overall, the movie was very enjoyable, and I don't think it will disappoint unless your bar is set extremely high. Warner Bros. and DC’s The Flash movie with Ezra Miller was once said to be based on the classic DC Comics storyline Flashpoint. Written by Geoff Johns, Flashpoint follows Barry Allen as he runs back in time to prevent the death of his mother, creating an alternate timeline where he never becomes the Scarlet Speedster and the DC Universe is forever changed. Gal Gadot was said to be joining the project to reprise her role as Wonder Woman following the release of her first standalone film. While this no longer appears to be the case as The Flash has undergone many behind the scenes changes since, that’s not enough to stop fans from imagining what the DC Extended Universe’s Flashpoint event could have looked like. After the death of Superman, Wonder Woman became depressed and began to remember her origins differently, questioning aspects of her past such as whether she truly was mocked as a child and her relationship with Ares. In a fit of rage Diana crushed the helmet of War. Realizing that she shouldn't have been able to do that, she used the Lasso of Truth on herself and discovered that she had been deceived. Diana traveled to Olympus for answers, but found it abandoned. She also found herself unable to return to her home of Themyscira.[7] In September 2011, DC Comics relaunched its entire publication line, dubbing the event The New 52. Among the major changes to the character, Wonder Woman now appears wearing a new costume similar to her older one, and has a completely new origin. In this new timeline, Wonder Woman is no longer a clay figure brought to life by the magic of the gods. Rather, she is the demigoddess daughter of Queen Hippolyta and Zeus: King of the Greek Gods. Her original origin is revealed as a cover story to explain Diana's birth as a means to protect her from Hera's wrath. Currently, Diana has taken on the role and title as the new "God of War".[128][129] Issue #600 introduced Wonder Woman to an alternate timeline created by the Gods in which Themyscira had been destroyed and the Amazons scattered around the world.[41] In this timeline, Diana is an orphan raised in New York who is learning to cope with her powers. The entire world has forgotten Wonder Woman's existence and the main story of this run was of Diana trying to restore reality even though she does not properly remember it herself.[125] Diana has no memories of her prior adventures as Wonder Woman, recollecting her memories in bits and pieces and receiving different abilities and resources (such as the power of flight and her lasso) during the progression of her adventure. A trio of Death Goddesses called The Morrigan acted as Wonder Woman's main enemies.[126] Diana ultimately defeats the evil goddesses and returns everything back to normal.[127] Wonder Woman continued to use the plane for super speed, outer space, and multi-dimensional transport up until the unpowered era of Diana Prince. When Wonder Woman resumed superpowered, costumed operations in 1973, she continued to use the jet as before, but did glide on air currents for short distances. At one point, Aphrodite granted the plane the power to fly faster than the speed of light for any interstellar voyages her champion might undertake.[199] Thanks to tinkering by gremlins, the Plane even developed intelligence and the power to talk.[200] The plane proved a good friend, eager to help his "mistress" and her loved ones in any way possible. It got along especially well with Steve Trevor.[citation needed] Wonder Woman was created by William Moulton Marston and Harry G. Peter, and has a lengthy publication history. This history has sometimes included a sidekick Wonder Girl and many villains. Since her debut she has become one of the most popular and recognizable DC Comics characters, along with Batman and Superman. She first appeared in All-Star Comics #8. (1941)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1352
__label__wiki	0.667951	0.667951	Tag Archives: Donna Haraway Digital breaches Posted on March 2, 2018 by Derek Gregory In my latest posts on the wars in Syria – Cities under Siege here and here – I tried to open a space for the voices of those inside the siege lines. To supplement those discussions, I want to notice two other digital breaches of siege lines, one in Mosul in Iraq and the other in East Ghouta in Damascus. Although the Syrian regime has been either unwilling or unable to prevent digital access to the world outside its barricades (no doubt for a variety of reasons), Islamic State has persistently sought to isolate the communities it controls from within. For example: In Mosul, Omar Mohammed – a 31 year-old ‘stealth historian‘ – risked his life to chronicle life under IS in a remarkable series of posts: Mosul Eye. When he lost his job teaching ancient history at the university in June 2014 he started an anonymous blog and became the eponymous ‘Mosul Eye’. Lori Hinnant and Maggi Michael reported for AP: Anonymous for more than three years, Mohammed wandered the streets of occupied Mosul by day, chatting with shopkeepers and Islamic State fighters, visiting friends who worked at the hospital, swapping scraps of information. He grew out his hair and his beard and wore the shortened trousers required by the extremists. He forced himself to witness the beheadings and deaths by stoning, so he could hear killers call out the names of the condemned and their supposed crimes. By night, he was Mosul Eye, and from his darkened room he told the world what was happening. If caught, he knew he would be killed. Writing in the New Yorker in October 2016, Robin Wright explained that Mosul Eye provided details about life under the caliphate—initially offering hourly reports regarding roads around Mosul that were safe to travel, and then, in the following weeks, reporting on the dawning anxiety about the heavily armed ISIS fighters, the power blackouts, the rising prices, the chaos in local markets, the panic over food shortages, and the occupiers’ utter brutality. Over the next year, Mosul Eye expanded into a Facebook page and a Twitter account. The posts were determinedly stoic—melancholic and inspiring at once. For the past two weeks, as Mosul has become the epicenter of a new U.S.-backed offensive to defeat ISIS—also known as ISIL—Mosul Eye has been posting dozens of times a day on its social-media outlets. On Monday, it tweeted, “Today, Mosul has entered the atmosphere of the war. The bombardment is continuous on many areas of the city, specifically the southern and northeastern outskirts of the city.” Mohammed paid smugglers to arrange his escape, and once outside of Mosul he eventually revealed his identity; it was not an easy decision but once he had made it, he said, he finally felt free. Most of the published interviews with Mohammed took place once he was outside Mosul and his identity was known, but Wright managed to reach him over social media inside the besieged city and her report addressed the key questions of provenance and credibility: Iraqis and Mideast scholars believe that the site is for real. Rasha al Aqeedi, a scholar from Mosul who now writes from Dubai, told me that “the information is reliable,” and added, “The perspective and ideology, however, reflect Mosul’s young intelligentsia: the will to review Islam and question religious texts and the fault lines along historic narratives.” But the same questions dogged the two AP journalists en arrière, once they had met with him and he revealed his identity. Here is their detailed response: Omar gave us databases from his hard drive tracking the dead, noting daily events in Mosul. Each one was a separate file — totaling hundreds of files. The origin dates on each matched the date of the file, or at most was one or two days away from it. For his account of the day on the Tigris, he gave us multiple photos and a video from the day, each with an origin date in March 2015, which was when he said the events had happened. On Google Maps, he showed us the curve in the river where he picnicked, and zoomed on the marshy areas to show how it matched up with his account. As for himself blogging inside a dark room in his house in Mosul, he provided a video that AP used. He used maps to show his escape route. He showed on Google a list of the top students from his high school in Mosul, and his name was among the top five. On the third day, just before we filmed over the course of about 90 minutes, he stepped away to make a phone call, in English, to announce that in a few minutes he would be shedding his anonymity as he didn’t want to be anonymous anymore. He showed us footage from his thesis defense, in which one of the professors accused him of secularism. After the meetings, we asked Omar for contact information for his thesis advisor, who was among the few to figure out his identity during the early days of Mosul Eye; his younger brother, who he had told over the summer; activists and volunteers he worked with in Mosul; an American history professor he was in touch with via Skype since 2012, who knew his real identity. He provided all of this, and we spoke with all of them, including one person who, as it turns out, also figured out who he was and discovered that they have mutual friends. Omar provided us with links to his own scholarly work on Mosul. He sent over screen grabs of exchanges with a reporter from another news organization who he had worked with during the airstrikes to try and extract trapped civilians. He explained that, by that point, people were just messaging Mosul Eye in hopes he could help them. He acknowledged one other person had administrator access to the account: a Mosul woman now living in the U.S. who helped him with some of the interviews in English. Omar explained to us how he cross-checked his information, and we put some of that into the story, but Mosul Eye isn’t an infallible source any more than anyone else, especially in a chaotic war environment. His death toll numbers, especially during the final months of the battle, are unconfirmed but in line with other estimates.That said, some of his unpublished notes read by Lori and Maggie, with origin dates from 2014 and 2015 and early 2016 especially, showed knowledge of IS that would only be published later. The leaflets he was collecting and publishing, the photos he was using to offer biographies and diagrams of their leadership showed a historian’s desire for documentation. Several activists whom AP interviewed said that Mosul Eye was the only window to the outside world and that they have been closely following but fearing to even “like” or “share,” knowing that IS keeps an eye on social media. I have cited this passage in its entirety because in the deformed world of “fake news” (which plainly did not start with Donald Trump, even if he embodies its digital metastasis: see also here and here), where today the alt.left is as pernicious as the alt.right in disparaging stories they don’t like, questions of veracity – and, to be sure, of positionality – have assumed a new and profoundly political importance The vomit-inducing denial of systematic Russian and Syrian air strikes on hospitals and medical facilities across Syria is a case in point; the disingenuous disparagement of the work of MSF, the Syrian Civil Defence (the White Helmets) and a host of other non-government agencies is another. It’s a complicated terrain, of course, and my second example illustrates something of what is at stake. It comes from East Ghouta. I’m preparing a major post on recent events there – it should be ready next week – and, as in my previous work, here too I’ve drawn on voices from inside the siege. Many newsrooms and digital platforms have reported the extraordinary videos posted on Twitter and YouTube by 15 year-old Muhammad Najem: see here and here. CNN reported: Najem’s videos have a common theme: an appeal to the world to bear witness to what is happening in Syria. “People should know about everything happening in Syria,” he told CNN. “I want to follow my studies. I want to become a reporter when I grow up. “Our blood begs every day. You watch it daily without any reaction from you,” Najem says in one video, wearing a Syrian flag draped around his neck like a scarf. “Our hunger, cold, and displacement have become a common sight. Save our people in Ghouta.” In one of his most powerful videos, Najem stands on a rooftop as explosions echo in the distance. “We are killed by your silence,” he says.” (If you read some of the comments below his videos on YouTube, you will discover the killing is not only accomplished by silence.) The CNN report added the by now standard disclaimer – ‘CNN cannot independently verify the authenticity of these videos – but the tone and texture of their coverage makes it plain that CNN doubts neither their authenticity nor their accuracy. There is no single, plenary Truth – Donna Haraway debunked the ‘God Trick’ ages ago – but passion and partiality do not automatically disqualify someone’s voice: still less so, when their position is so precarious. But listen to this exchange from the state-owned France 24. In one of the videos, Najem says he wants to become a reporter “when I am grown up”. But for Franco-American [photo]journalist Jonathan Alpeyrie, who covered the Syrian conflict (in 2013, he was held captive by an Islamist group for 81 days), “a journalist shouldn’t be seen… Otherwise he becomes the subject,” he told FRANCE 24. To Alpeyrie, the teenager is more activist than journalist. “He is hostile to Bashar al-Assad but the role of the press isn’t to take a stance….” Although several news outlets have relayed the teenager’s testimony, Alpeyrie thinks it’s dangerous to do so: “We can’t confirm the provenance of these videos. He says that he’s filming in Eastern Ghouta, but we don’t know anything.” Describing Najem’s videos as a series of ‘selfies’, France 24’s reporter asked philosopher-psychoanalyst Elsa Godart for her take on them: If a teenager is behind the account, his reliance on the selfie can have different motivations, said Godart. In the worst situation, aside from manipulation: “We can envision an extreme narcissism, where one plays on a tragic event under the sympathetic guise of defending humanity.” And if we assume that the gesture is real and sincere on the part of an adolescent on the ground? “Then this could be just as it appears: a selfie as an act of resistance. The Chinese artist Ai Weiwei documented his 2009 arrest with a selfie that he later exhibited as a work of art,” said Godart. To her, the selfie taken at war is similar: “It denounces something extraordinary. It is a testimony of something that one feels a duty to report. ‘I am attacked, and here is the photographic evidence.’” I hope it’s obvious what I think too. Posted in blogs, cities, cyberwarfare, information, Iraq, late modern war, Middle East, Syria, terrorism \| Tagged Donna Haraway, East Ghouta, Elsa Godart, Islamic State, Jonathan Alpeyrie, Mosul, Mosul Eye, Muhammad Najem, Omar Mohammed, Raqqa, Russia, social media, Syria, Syrian Arab Air Force \| 2 Replies A landscape of interferences Posted on February 25, 2017 by Derek Gregory [Still image from NATIONAL BIRD © Ten Forward Films; the image is of the film’s re-enactment of the Uruzgan air strike based on the original transcript of the Predator crew’s radio traffic.] I’ve been reading the chapter in Pierre Bélanger and Alexander Arroyo‘s Ecologies of Power that provides a commentary on what has become the canonical US air strike in Uruzgan, Afghanistan in February 2010 (‘Unmanned Aerial Systems: Sensing the ecology of remote operational environments’, pp. 267-320). In my own analysis of the strike I emphasised the production of a de-centralised, distributed and dispersed geography of militarised vision whose fields of view expanded, contracted and even closed at different locations engaged in the administration of military violence. Far from being a concerted performance of Donna Haraway‘s ‘God-trick’ – the ability to see everything from nowhere – this version of networked war was one in which nobody had a clear and full view of what was happening. Part of this can be attributed to technical issues – the different fields of view available on different platforms, the low resolution of infra-red imagery (which Andrew Cockburn claims registers a visual acuity of 20/200, ‘the legal definition of blindness in the United States’), transmission interruptions, and the compression of full-colour imagery to accommodate bandwidth pressure… But it is also a matter of different interpretive fields. Peter Asaro cautions: ‘The fact that the members of this team all have access to high-resolution imagery of the same situation does not mean that they all ‘‘see’’ the same thing. The visual content and interpretation of the visual scene is the product of analysis and negotiation among the team, as well as the context given by the situational awareness, which is itself constructed.’ The point is a sharp one: different visualities jostle and collide, and in the transactions between the observers the possibility of any synoptic ‘God-trick’ disappears. But it needs to be sharpened, because different people have differential access to the distributed stream of visual feeds, mIRC and radio communications. Here the disposition of bodies combines with the techno-cultural capacity to make sense of what was happening to fracture any ‘common operating picture’. Pierre and Alexander’s aim is to ‘disentangle’ the Electromagnetic Environment (EME), ‘the space and time in which communications occur and transmissions take place’, as a Hertzian landscape. The term is, I think, William J. Mitchell‘s in Me++: ‘Every point on the surface of the earth is now part of the Hertzian landscape – the product of innumerable transmissions and of the reflections and obstructions of those transmissions… The electronic terrain that we have constructed is an intricate, invisible landscape.’ (Other writers – and artists – describe what Anthony Dunne called Hertzian space). The Hertzian landscape is often advertised – I use the world deliberately – as an isotropic plane. Here, for example, is how one commercial company describes its activations (and its own product placement within that landscape) in a scenario that, in part, parallels the Uruzgan strike: A bobcat growls over the speaker, and Airmen from the 71st Expeditionary Air Control Squadron [at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar] spring into action within the darkened confines of the Battlespace Command and Control (C2) Center, better known as ‘Pyramid Control.’ This single audio cue alerts the Weapons Director that an unplanned engagement with hostile force – referred to as Troops in Contact, or TIC – has occurred somewhere in Afghanistan. On the Weapons Director’s computer monitor a chat room window ashes to distinguish itself from the dozens of rooms he monitors continuously. More than a thousand kilometers away, a Joint Terminal Attack Controller on the ground has called for a Close Air Support (CAS) aircraft to assist the friendly forces now under assault. The Weapons Director has minutes to move remotely piloted vehicles away from the CAS aircraft’s ight path, to de-conict the air support and ground re from other aircraft, and to provide an update on hostile activity to all concerned. The Weapons Director has numerous communication methods at his disposal, including VoIP and tactical radio to quickly get the critical information to operators throughout southwest Asia and across the world, including communicating across differently classied networks. This enables key participants to assess the situation and to commence their portions of the mission in parallel. You can find the US military’s view of the 71st here – it called the Squadron, since deactivated, its ‘eyes in the sky’ – and on YouTube here. In practice, the Hertzian landscape is no isotropic plane. Its heterogeneous in space and inconstant in time, and it has multiple, variable and even mobile terrestrial anchor points: some highly sophisticated and centralised (like the Combined Air Operations Center at Al Udeid), others improvisational, even jerry-rigged (see above), and yet others wholly absent (in the Uruzgan case the Joint Terminal Attack Controller with the Special Forces Detachment had no ROVER, a militarized laptop, and so he was unable to receive the video stream from the Predator). Pierre and Alexander provide an ‘inventory of interferences’ that affected the Uruzgan strike: ‘Saturating the battlefield with multiple electro-magnetic signals from multiple sources, a Hertzian landscape begins to emerge in relief. In this sense, it is interference – rather than clarity of signal – that best describes a synoptic and saturated environment according to the full repertoire of agencies and affects through which it is dynamically composed, transformed and reconstituted.’ (p. 276) In fact, they don’t work with the ‘full repertoire of agencies’ because, like most commentators, their analysis is confined to the transcript of radio communications between the aircrews tracking the vehicles and the Joint Terminal Attack Controller on the ground. Although this excludes testimony from the ground staff in superior command posts (‘operations centres’) in Kandahar and Bagram and from those analysing the video feeds in the continental United States, these actors were subject to the same interferences: but their effects were none the less different. The catastrophic air strike, as Mitchell almost said, was ‘smeared across multiple sites’… a ‘smearing’ because the time and space in which it was produced was indistinct and inconstant, fractured and febrile. Here, in summary form, are the interferences Pierre and Alexander identify, an inventory which they claim ‘renders the seemingly invisible and neutral space of the electromagnetic environment extremely social and deeply spatial’ (p. 319). It does that for sure, but the the exchanges they extract from the transcripts do not always align with the general interferences they enumerate – and, as you’ll see, I’m not sure that all of them constitute ‘interferences’. (1) Thermal interference: The Predator started tracking the three vehicles while it was still dark and relied on infrared imagery to do so (so did the AC-130 which preceded them: see the images above). Movement turns out to be ‘the key signature that differentiates an intensive landscape of thermal patterns into distinct contours and forces’, but it was not only the movement of the vehicles that mattered. The crew also strained to identify the occupants of the vehicles and any possible weapons – hence the Sensor Operator’s complaint that ‘the only way I’ve ever been able to see a rifle is if they move them around when they’re holding them’ – and the interpretation of the imagery introduced ‘novel semiotic complexities, discontinuities and indeterminacies’ (p. 280). (2) Temporal interference: Times throughout the radio exchanges were standardised to GMT (‘Zulu time’), though this was neither the time at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada (-8 hours) nor in Uruzgan (+4 1/2 hours). Hence all of those involved were juggling between multiple time zones, and the Sensor Operator flipped between IR and ‘full Day TV’. ‘Yet this technical daylighting of the world [the recourse to Zulu time] is not always a smooth operation, always smuggling back in local, contingent temporalities into universal time from all sides’ (p. 281). (3) Electromagnetic interference: The participants were juggling multiple forms of communication too – the troops on the ground used multi-band radios (MBITRs), for example, while the aircrew had access to secure military chatrooms (mIRC) to communicate with bases in the continental United States and in Afghanistan and with other aircraft but not with the troops on the ground, while the screeners analysing the video stream had no access to the radio communications between the Ground Force Commander and the Predator crew – and the transcripts reveal multiple occasions when it proved impossible to maintain ‘multiple lines of communication across the spectrum against possible comms failure.’ But this was not simply a matter of interruption: it was also, crucially, a matter of information in one medium not being made available in another (though at one point, long before the strike, the Predator pilot thought he was on the same page as the screeners: ‘I’ll make a radio call and I’ll look over [at the chatroom] and they will have said the same thing.’) (4) Informational interference: The transcript reveals multiple points of view on what was being seen – and once the analysis is extended beyond the transcript to those other operations centres the information overload (sometimes called ‘helmet fire’) is compounded. (5) Altitudinal, meteorologic interference: The Predator’s altitude was not a constant but was changed to deconflict the airspace as other aircraft were moved into and out of the area; those changes were also designed to improve flight operations (remote platforms are notoriously vulnerable to changing weather conditions) and image quality. There were thus ‘highly choreographed negotiations of and between contingently constituted spatial volumes – airspace – and [electro-magnetic] spectral spaces, both exploiting and avoiding the thickened electromagnetic atmospheres of communications systems and storms alike’ (p. 288). (6) Sensorial interference: When two strike aircraft (‘fast movers’) were sent to support the Special Forces, the Ground Force Commander ordered them out of the area in case they ‘burn’ (warn) the target; similarly, the OH-158 helicopters did not move in ‘low and slow’ to observe the three vehicles more closely in case that alerted their occupants. ‘While the acoustic space of [the Predator] personnel is characterised by speech and static, the occupation of spectral space generates another acoustic space for surface-bound targets of surveillance. Each aircraft bears a particular acoustic signature … [and] in the absence of visual contact the whines, whirs and wails of encroaching aircraft warn targets of the content of communications… These disparate acoustic spaces reveal the asymmetry of sensory perception and heightened awareness between the graphic (visual) and acoustic channels’ (p. 289). That asymmetry was accentuated because, as Nasser Hussain so brilliantly observed, the video feeds from the Predator were silent movies: none of those watching had access to the conversations between the occupants of the vehicles, and the only soundtrack was provided by those watching from afar. (7) Orbital interference: The crowded space of competing communications requires ‘specific orbital coordinations between patterns of “orbiting” (circling) aircraft and satellites’ (p. 292), but this is of necessity improvisational, involving multiple relays and frequently imperfect – as this exchange cited by Pierre and Alexander indicates (it also speaks directly to (3) above): 02:27 (Mission Intelligence Coordinator MIC): Alright we need to relay that. 02:27 (Pilot): Jag that Serpent 12 can hear Fox 24 on sat in (muffled) flying 02:27 (Pilot): Jag 25 [JTAC on the ground], Kirk97 [Predator callsign] 02:27 (Unknown):..Low thirties, I don’t care if you burn it 02:27 (Sensor): “I don’t care if you burn it”? That really must have been the other guys talking [presumably the ‘fast movers’] 02:27 (JAG 25): Kirk 97, Jag 25 02:28 (Pilot): Kirk 97, go ahead 02:28 (Pilot): Jag 25, Kirk 97 02:28 (JAG 25):(static) Are you trying to contact me, over? 0228 (Pilot): Jag 25, Kirk97, affirm, have a relay from SOTF KAF [Special Operations Task Force at Kandahar Airfield] fires [Fires Officer], he wants you to know that he uhh cannot talk on SAT 102. Serpent 12 can hear Fox 24 on SATCOM, and is trying to reply. Also ,the AWT [Aerial Weapons Team] is spooling up, and ready for the engagement. How copy? 02:28 (JAG 25): Jag copies all 02:28(Pilot):K. Good. 02:29(Pilot): Can’t wait till this actually happens, with all this coordination and expletive (agreement noises from crew) 02:29 (Pilot): Thanks for the help, you’re doing a good job relaying everything in (muffled), MC. Appreciate it (8) Semantic interference: To expedite communications the military relies on a series of acronyms and shorthands (‘brevity codes’), but as these proliferate they can obstruct communication and even provoke discussion about their meaning and implication (hence the Mission Intelligence Controller: ‘God, I forget all my acronyms’); sometimes, too, non-standard terms are introduced that add to the confusion and uncertainty. (9) Strategic, tactical interference: Different aerial platforms have different operational envelopes and these both conform to and extend ‘a strategic stratigraphy of airspace and spectral space alike’ (p. 296). I confess I don’t see how this constitutes ‘interference’. (10) Occupational interference: The knowledge those viewing the Full Motion Video feeds bring to the screen is not confined to their professional competences but extends into vernacular knowledges (about the identification of the three vehicles, for example): ‘The casual fluency with which particular visuals signals are discussed, interpreted and mined for cultural information shows a broad base of vernacular technical knowledge’ (p. 297). The example Pierre and Alexander give relates to a discussion over the makes of the vehicles they are tracking, but again I don’t see how this constitutes ‘interference’ – unless that vernacular knowledge collides with professional competences. The most obvious examples of such a collision are not technical at all but reside in the assumptions and prejudices the crew brought to bear on the actions of those they were observing. Some were ostensibly tactical – the investigation report noted that the crew ‘made or changed key assessments [about the intentions of those they were observing] that influenced the decision to destroy the vehicles’ and yet they had ‘neither the training nor the tactical expertise to make these assessments’ – while others were cultural (notably, a marked Orientalism). (11) Physiological interference: Here Pierre and Alexander cite the corporeality of those operating the Predator: the stresses of working long shifts (and the boredom), the rest breaks that interrupt the ‘unblinking stare’, and the like. (12) Organizational interference: At one point the Sensor Operator fantasised about having ‘a whole fleet of Preds up here… ripple firing missiles right and left’ but – seriously, ironically, grumpily: who knows? – adds ‘we’re not killers, we are ISR.’ Pierre and Alexander see a jibing of these two missions (though whether that justifies calling this ‘interference’ is another question): ‘Despite the blurry, hairline differences between [Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance] and kill-chain operations, the ontologies of informational and kinetic environments make for different occupational worlds altogether’ (p. 301). I’m not sure about that; one of the key roles of Predators – as in this case – has been to mediate strikes carried out by other aircraft, and while those mediations are frequently complicated and fractured (as Pierre and Alexander’s inventory shows) I don’t think this amounts to occupying ‘different occupational worlds’ let alone provoking ‘interference’ between them. (13) Geographic, altitudinal interference: This refers to the problems of a crowded airspace and the need for deconfliction (hence the pilot’s call: ‘I got us new airspace so even if they do keep heading west we can track them’). (14) Cognitive interference: Remote operations are characterised by long, uneventful periods of watching the screen interrupted by shorter periods of intense, focused strike activity – a cyclical process that Pierre and Alexander characterise as an ‘orbital tension of acceleration and deceleration [that] lies at the heart of the killchain’ that profoundly affects ‘cognitive processing in and of the volatile operational environment’ (p. 305). For them, this is epitomised when the Mission Intelligence Coordinator typed ‘Killchain’ into mIRC and immediately cleared the chat window for all but essential, strike-related communications. (15) Topographic, organizational interference: Pierre and Alexander claim that ‘the complex relief of the ground, that is terrain and topography, is magnified in remote-split operations’ – this is presumably a reference to the restricted field of view of those flying the platforms – and that this is paralleled by the different levels of command and control to which the crews are required to respond: ‘navigating competing command pyramids is taken in stride with maneuvering around mountains’ (p. 308). These are important observations, but I don’t see what is gained by the juxtaposition; in the Uruzgan case the Predator was navigating mountainous terrain (‘You got a mountain coming into view,’ the Safety Observer advises, ‘keep it in a turn’) but the crew was not responding to directives from multiple operations centres. In fact, that was part of the problem: until the eleventh hour staff officers were content to watch and record but made no attempt to intervene in the operation. (16) Demographic, physiologic interference: Here Pierre and Alexander cite both the composition of the crews operating the remote platforms – predominantly young white men who, so they say, exhibit different inclinations to those of ‘conventional’ Air Force pilots – and the repeated identification of the occupants of the suspect vehicles as ‘Military-Aged Males (‘statistical stereotyping’) (p. 309). [Still image from NATIONAL BIRD © Ten Forward Films] (17) Motile interference: Pierre and Alexander treat the crew’s transition from a gung-ho desire to strike and an absolute confidence in target identification to confusion and disquiet once the possibility of civilian casualties dawns on them as a disjunctive moment in which they struggle to regain analytical and affective control: ‘The revelation of misinterpretation exposes the persistence of interference all along, and generates its own form of cognitive shock’ (p. 312). This feeds directly into: (18) Operational, ecological interference: As the crew absorbed new information from the pilots of the attack helicopters about the presence of women and children in the vehicles they registered the possibility of a (catastrophic) mistake, and so returned to their ISR mission – taking refuge in their sensors, what they could and could not have seen, and bracketing the strike itself – in an attempt to screen out the discordant information: ‘The optic that initially occasioned the first identifiable instances of misinterpretation is re-activated as a kind of prosthetic inducer of cognitive distance’ (p. 313). The exchange below (beautifully dissected by Lorraine de Volo) captures this almost therapeutic recalibration perfectly: (19) Political, epistemological interference: Here the target is the cascade of redactions that runs through the unclassified version of the transcripts (and, by extension, the investigation report as a whole). ‘That redaction and the strategic project it serves – secrecy in the form of classification – is not necessarily deployed electromagnetically does not mean its effects are limited to analog media’ since the objective is to command and control a whole ‘ecology of communication'(p. 316) (see my posts here and here). This inventory is derived from a limited set of transactions, as I’ve said, but it’s also limited by the sensing and communication technology that was available to the participants at the time, so some caution is necessary in extrapolating these findings. But the general (and immensely important) argument Pierre and Alexander make is that the catastrophic strike cannot be attributed to ‘miscommunication’ – or at any rate, not to miscommunication considered as somehow apart from and opposed to communication. Hence their focus on interference: ‘Defined by moments of incoherence or interruption of a dominant signal that is itself a form of interference, interferences can take on different and often banal forms such as radio static, garbled signals, forgotten acronyms, misread gestures or even time lapses, which in the remote operational theaters of military missions result in disastrous actions. Moreover, interference indexes the common media, forms, processes, and spaces connecting apparently disparate communication and signals across distinct material and operational environments. In this sense, interference is not a subversion of communication but rather a constitutive and essential part of it. Interference is thus both inhibitor and instigator. Interference makes lines of communication read, alternatively, as field of interactions. In this expanded field, interference may complexify by cancelling out communications, blocking or distorting signals, but conversely it may also amplify and augment both the content of sensed information and sensory receptions of the environment of communications. Interference is what makes sensing ecologies make sense.’ (p. 318) They also emphasise, more than most of us, that the ‘networks’ that enable drone strikes are three-dimensional (so reducing them to a planar map does considerable violence to the violence), that the connections and communications on which they rely are imperfect and inconstant in time and space, and that these extend far beyond any conventional (or even unconventional) ‘landscape’. In general, I think, the critical analysis of drone warfare needs to be thickened in at least two directions: to address what happens on the ground, including the preparation of the ground, so to speak; and to reconstruct the fraught geopolitics of satellite communications and bandwidth that so materially shapes what is seen and not seen and what is heard and not heard. More to come on both. Posted in Afghanistan, casualties, drones, imagery, information, intelligence, landscape, late modern war \| Tagged Alexander Arroyo, Donna Haraway, electromagnetic environment, Hertzian landscape, interference, military communications, Pierre Bélanger, Uruzgan, William J. Mitchell \| Leave a reply Angry Eyes (2) This is the second installment of my analysis of an air strike orchestrated by a Predator in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan on 21 February 2010; the first installment is here. (4) Command and control? What was happening in and around Khod was being followed not only by flight crews and image analysts in the continental United States but also by several Special Forces command posts or Operations Centers in Afghanistan. In ascending order these were: (1) the base from which ODA 3124 had set out at Firebase Tinsley (formerly known as Cobra); (2) Special Operations Task Force-12 (SOTF-12), based at Kandahar; (3) Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force – Afghanistan (CJSOTF-A) based at Bagram. Once the ODA 3124 left the wire, command and support passed to SOTF-12; the OD-B at Tinsley had limited resources and limited (and as it happens intermittent) communications access and could only monitor what was happening. That was normal, but in fact both higher commands did more or less the same: and the investigating team was clearly appalled. At SOTF-12 all senior (field grade) officers were asleep during the period of ‘highest density of risk and threatening kinetic activity’ (although they had established ‘wake-up criteria’ for emergency situations). The Night Battle Captain had been in post for just three weeks and had been given little training in his role; he received a stream of SALT reports from the Ground Force Commander of ODA 3124 (which detailed Size of enemy force, Activity of enemy force, Location and Time of observation) but simply monitored the developing situation – what one investigating officer characterised as ‘a pretty passive kind of watching’. The same was true at CJSOTF-A (the staff there monitored 15-25 missions a day, but this was the only active operation that had declared a potential Troops in Contact). When the more experienced Day Battle Captain entered the Joint Operations Center at Kandahar and was briefed by the Night Battle Captain he was sufficiently concerned to send a runner to ask the Judge Advocate, a military lawyer, to come to the JOC. He believed the occupants of the vehicles were hostile but was not convinced that they posed an immediate threat to troops on the ground: ‘I wanted to hear someone who was extremely smart with the tactical directive and use of CAS [Close Air Support] in a situation I hadn’t seen before’. This was a smart call for many reasons; the commander of US Special Forces, Brigadier General Edward Reeder, told the inquiry: ‘Honestly I don’t take a shit without one [a JAG], especially in this business’. Significantly, the Safety Observer at Creech testified that there was no ‘operational law attorney’ available onsite for aircrews conducting remote operations; conversely, JAGs were on the operations floor of CENTCOM’s Combined Air and Space Operations Centre at Ul Udeid Air Base and, as this case shows, they were available at operations centers established by subordinate commands in-theatre. The JAG at Kandahar was not routinely called in for ‘Troops in Contact’ but on this occasion he was told ‘my Legal Opinion [was] needed at the OPCENT and that it wasn’t imminent but they wanted me to rush over there right away…’ Meanwhile up at Bagram Colonel Gus Benton, the commanding officer of CJSOTF-A, was being briefed by his second-in-command who understood that the Ground Force Commander’s intention was to allow the three vehicles to move closer to his position at Khod. He thought that made sound tactical sense. ‘I said that … is what we did, we let them come to us so we can get eyes on them. During my time I never let my guys engage with CAS if they couldn’t see it. I said that is great and COL [Benton] said “that is not fucking great” and left the room.’ At 0820, ten minutes after the JAG entered the JOC at Kandahar, while he was watching the Predator feed, the phone rang: it was Benton. He demanded Lt Colonel Brian Petit, the SOTF-12 commander, be woken up and brought to the phone: He spectacularly mis-read the situation (not least because he mis-read the Predator feed). It was true that the vehicles were in open country, and not near any compounds or villages; but Benton consistently claimed that the vehicles were ‘travelling towards our objective’ whereas – as MG McHale’s investigating team pointed out to him – they were in fact moving away from Khod. There had also been some, inconclusive discussion of a possible ‘High Value Target’ when the vehicles were first tracked, but the presence of a pre-approved target on the Joint Prioritised Effects List (Benton’s ‘JPEL moving along this road’) had never been confirmed and the Ground Force Commander had effectively discarded it (‘above my authority’, he said). Certainly, the JAG at Kandahar read the situation differently: When Benton rang off, the JAG went over to the Day Battle Captain and Lt Col Petit and recommended an Aerial Vehicle Interdiction (AVI) team be called in for a show of force to stop the vehicles without engaging the occupants in offensive action. They agreed; in fact another Task Force also watching the Predator feed called to make the same suggestion, and the Fires Officer set about arranging to use their Apache helicopters to conduct an AVI: The Fires Officer had been responsible for setting up the Restricted Operating Zone for aircraft supporting the ODA – de-conflicting the airspace and establishing what aircraft would be available – but its management was de-centralised: ‘I establish the ROZ, give the initial layout of what assets are going on, and then I pass that to the JTAC [Joint Terminal Attack Controller with the Ground Force Commander at Khod]. I pass the frequencies to the assets and the JTAC controls them from there.’ At 0630, long before all this frantic activity at Kandahar, the two OH-58s had arrived at a short hold location beyond the ‘range of enemy visual and audio detection’, and at 0730 they had left to refuel at Tarin Kowt. The Day Battle Captain and the Fires Officer both thought they were still off station. In fact, the helicopters had returned to hold at Tinsley/Cobra at 0810 and flat pitched to conserve fuel (which means they landed and left the rotor blades spinning but with no lift); thirty minutes later the JTAC called them forward and the Predator began to talk them on to the target. The Day Battle Captain had another reason for thinking he and his colleagues in the JOC had more time. He maintained that the helicopters had been brought in not to engage the three vehicles but to provide air support if and when the ‘convoy’ reached Khod and the precautionary ‘AirTic’ turned into a real TIC or Troops in Contact: ‘… the CAS brought on station for his [the Ground Force Commander’s] use was not for the vehicles but for what we thought was going to be a large TIC on the objective. The weapons team that was pushed forward to his location was not for the vehicles, it was for the possibility of a large TIC on the objective based on the ICOM chatter that we had.’ That chimes with Benton’s second-in-command at Bagram, who also thought the Ground Force Commander was waiting for the ‘convoy’ to reach Khod, but neither witness explained the basis for their belief. It was presumably a string of transmissions from the JTAC to the Predator crew: at 0538 he told them the Ground Force Commander wanted to ‘keep tracking them and bring them in as close as we can until we have CCA up’ (referring to the Close Combat Attack helicopters, the OH-58s); shortly before 0630 he confirmed that the Ground Force Commander’s intent was to ‘permit the enemy to close, and we’ll engage them closer when they’re all consolidated’; and at 0818 he was still talking about allowing the vehicles to ‘close distance.’ Yet this does not account for the evident urgency with which the Day Battle Captain and the JAG were concerned to establish ‘hostile intent’ and ‘immediate threat’. When the vehicles were first spotted they were 5 km from Khod, and when they were attacked they were 12 km away across broken and difficult terrain: so what was the rush if the Ground Force Commander was continuing to exercise what the Army calls ‘tactical patience’ and wait for the vehicles to reach him and his force? In fact, the messages from the Ground Force Commander had been mixed; throughout the night the JTAC had also repeatedly made it clear that the ODA commander’s intent was ‘to destroy the vehicles and the personnel’. The Ground Force Commander insisted that ‘sometime between 0820 and 0830’ he sent a SALT report to SOTF-12 to say that he was going to engage the target. Unfortunately there is no way to confirm this, because SOTF’s text records of the verbal SALT reports stopped at 0630 for reasons that were never disclosed (or perhaps never pursued), but it would explain why the JTAC’s log apparently showed the JAG contacting him at 0829 to confirm there were no women and children on the target. It would also account for testimony by one of the screeners, who realised that the helicopters were cleared to engage at 0835, ten minutes before the strike, when the NCO responsible for monitoring the Predator feed at SOTF-12 ‘dropped’ into the ‘ISR’ (I presume the relevant chat room window), and in response: ‘The MC [Mission Intelligence Co-ordinator at Creech] passed that the OH58 were cleared to engage the vehicles. We were all caught off guard… It seemed strange because we had called out that these vehicles were going west. I don’t know how they determined these vehicles to be hostile… I brought up a whisper [private chat] with the MC, I said are you sure, what are the time frames when they will be coming in, and the MC responded saying we don’t know their ETA and at that moment the first vehicle blew up…’ Should those watching the events unfold have been taken aback when the vehicles were attacked? According to the pilot of the Predator, he and his crew were surprised at the rapid escalation of events: ‘The strike ultimately came a little quicker than we expected…. we believed we were going to continue to follow, continue to pass up feeds… When he decided to engage with the helos when they did, it happened very quickly from our standpoint. I don’t have a lot of info or situational awareness of why the JTAC decided to use them when they did. When they actually came up … the JTAC switched me on frequencies. So we weren’t talking on the frequency I was talking to him on a different frequency to coordinate with the helos. But their surprise was as nothing compared to the reaction of most observers when the first vehicle exploded. The officer in charge of the screeners and imagery analysts who had been scrutinising the Predator feed at Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt Field in Florida couldn’t believe it: The Day Battle Captain testified: ‘I did not feel that the ground force commander would use any kind of close air support whatsoever to engage those vehicles… Based on the information that I had and looking at the vehicles move away it did not appear that they were moving towards the ground forces… … as we were watching the Predator feed the first vehicles exploded. And everyone in the OPSCEN was immediately shocked… The amount of time from when that course of action approved by the SOTF commander to when we actually saw the strike occur there was no time, there was not adequate time to inform the ground commander that that was the course of action decided by the CJSOTF commander… I have phones ringing left and right, talking to people, trying to explain things, you know we look up on the screen and it happened…’ The Fires Officer: ‘I don’t think at any time anyone communicated to the GFC [Ground Force Commander] not to strike these vehicles because it is not something that we normally do. We feel that if he is in contact with the Predator and the OH-58s that we sent out to screen which we were not aware of and he is on the ground he generally has a pretty good picture of what is going on. He might be more privy to some conversation that he had with the OH-58 than what we know about. We normally give the GFC pretty big leeway on how they operate and the same with the JTAC because he has control of the assets and I am not going to try to take his assets away.’ In short, the investigation concluded that the Ground Force Commander never knew that an Aerial Vehicle Interdiction was being arranged, and neither of his higher commands were aware that he had cleared the helicopters to attack the three vehicles. But, as I will show next, what lay behind these failures of communication was a de-centralised, distributed and dispersed geography of militarised vision whose fields of view expanded, contracted and even closed at different locations engaged in the administration of military violence. Far from being a concerted performance of Donna Haraway‘s ‘God-trick’ – the ability to see everything from nowhere – this version of networked war was one in which nobody had a clear and full view of what was happening. Part of this can be attributed to technical issues – the different fields of view available on different platforms, the low resolution of infra-red imagery (which Andrew Cockburn claims registers a visual acuity of 20/200, ‘the legal definition of blindness in the United States’), transmission interruptions, and the compression of full-colour imagery to accommodate bandwidth pressure. So for example: The point is a sharp one: different visualities jostle and collide, and in the transactions between the observers the possibility of any synoptic ‘God-trick’ disappears. But it needs to be sharpened, because different people have differential access to the distributed stream of visual feeds, mIRC and radio communications. Here the disposition of bodies combines with the techno-cultural capacity to make sense of what was happening to fracture any ‘common operating picture’. As one officer at Kandahar put it: ‘We didn’t have eyes on, minus ISR platform, that we can all see, who watches what? All the discrepancies between who watches what. What I see may be different from what someone else might interpret on the ISR… ISR is not reliable; it is simply a video platform.’ He was talking specifically about the multiple lines of communication (and hence bases for interpretation) within his Operations Center: now multiply that across sites scattered across Afghanistan and the continental United States and it becomes clear that the contemporary ‘fog of war’ may be as much the result of too much information as too little. Posted in Afghanistan, air wars, casualties, drones, imagery, intelligence, late modern war, technology, USA, visuality \| Tagged Aerial Vehicle Interdiction, Afghanistan, civilian casualties, Donna Haraway, drones, fog of war, militarised vision, military lawyers, operational law, Peter Asaro, Special Forces, Special Operations, Troops in Contact, Uruzgan \| 15 Replies Irresponsible Eyes Posted on December 8, 2014 by Derek Gregory I’m off to Berlin to give a new version of ‘Angry Eyes‘ at HAU’s Waffenlounge (‘Weapons Lounge’), so I’ve been thinking some more about the dispersed and distributed field of militarized vision. En route, I’ve read Timothy Raeymaekers‘ thoughtful reflection over at Liminal Geographies on Charles Heller and Lorenzo Pezzani‘s short film Liquid Traces. Their video retraces the awful journey of 72 desperate people who set out from Tripoli on 27 March 2011. Two weeks later their boat washed ashore on the Libyan coast again – but with only 11 survivors on board, two of whom later died. I expect many readers will recognise that Liquid Traces derives from a project at Forensic Architecture called The Left to Die Boat: The Forensic Oceanography project was launched in summer 2011 to support a coalition of NGOs demanding accountability for the deaths of migrants in the central Mediterranean Sea while that region was being tightly monitored by the NATO-led coalition intervening in Libya. The efforts were focused on what is now known as the “left-to-die boat” case, in which sixty-three migrants lost their lives while drifting for fourteen days within the NATO maritime surveillance area. By going “against the grain” in our use of surveillance technologies, we were able to reconstruct with precision how events unfolded and demonstrate how different actors operating in the Central Mediterranean Sea used the complex and overlapping jurisdictions at sea to evade their responsibility for rescuing people in distress. The report we produced formed the basis for a number of ongoing legal petitions filed against NATO member states. As Tim notes, The paradox is this: despite its departure during a period of massive Frontex and NATO deployment following the Tunisian and Libyan uprisings, and despite the vicinity of 38 NATO ships (see below) and numerous commercial vessels, the migrants who were traveling across the Mediterranean were left to die while being actively observed through an assemblage of multiple, irresponsible eyes. Tim concludes in terms that echo my own invocation of Donna Haraway, though in a radically different context: Rather than being a God’s eye, which towers high above human activity, as if it were seeing from nowhere, the assemblage that surveys Mediterranean waters constitutes a patchy puzzle of often conflicting and contradictory visions and legislations, and – I might add – quite different and opposing temporalities. As Haraway points out, the main question in this case becomes not what but “how to see? Where to see from? What limits to vision? What to see for? Whom to see with? Who gets to have more than one point of view? Who gets blinded? Who wears blinders? Who interprets the visual field? What other sensory powers do we wish to cultivate besides vision?” And… “with whose blood were my eyes crafted?” in Berlin, I’ll be presenting a new reading of an air strike orchestrated by an MQ-1 Predator in Uruzgan; here’s the programme note: In the early hours of 21 February 2010 a team of US Special Forces soldiers and Afghan National Army troops flew in by helicopter to the village of Khod in Uruzgan, Afghanistan. Their job was to search for a factory making Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). In the darkness the headlights of three vehicles were spotted in the far distance, and their movements were tracked by a Predator drone sending back full motion video to its crew at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada. Hour after hour, the Predator crew became more and more convinced that they were watching a group of Taliban preparing to attack the Special Forces team. But the Predator only had only one missile left, and so two combat helicopters were ordered in to attack. As the smoke cleared, it became obvious that a dreadful mistake had been made: women and children were visible among the casualties. A subsequent US Army investigation revealed that at least 15 innocent civilians had been killed and another 12 seriously injured; there were no Taliban present. The crew of the Predator were blamed – not least for having a ‘Top Gun’ mentality. But re-reading the 2,000 pages of that investigation reveals another story that dramatically complicates what has become the standard critique of Unmanned Aerial Violence and raises a series of troubling questions about militarized vision and later modern war. More here on the narrowness of the standard ‘Predator view’, and I’ll post the full essay as soon as it’s finished. Posted in film, forensic architecture, Libya, surveillance, visuality \| Tagged Donna Haraway, forensic architecture, Left to Die Boat, Libya, militarized vision, Timothy Raemaekers \| 1 Reply The other side of NSA MOAB and the moral economy of bombing Climate change and the war in the Syria	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1354
__label__cc	0.711323	0.288677	My Love is Vengeance The Dictator’s Wife The Cavaliers Series Oxford Dining Societies The English Civil War About Oxford Contact Georgiana / Mailing List The Posh, the Privileged and the Paranormal Why I Love Vampire Novels so much – parts six and seven – metaphors and sex Posted by georgianaderwent in Uncategorized personal, vampire fiction, vampires, why I like vampire novels series Finally, it’s the last day of my “Why I like vampire novels” mini-series. We’ve had history, folklore, romance, perfect characters and awful characters. And to finish, here is one fairly obscure one – a metaphor for everything – and what is for many people, probably the most obvious reason – the erotic power. Part Six – A Metaphor for Everything Most commonly, vampirism tends to be interpreted as a metaphor for sex. All those penetrating fangs and fallen women tell their own story. Beyond that though, they seem to have been as a metaphor for all sorts of things: foreign invasion’ AIDS, the transition from child to teenager or teenager to adult , homosexuality, race. As long as the story doesn’t hit the reader over the head with this connection, I think this can add a real frisson to a novel. In The Cavaliers, vampirism is fundamentally all about class. You could basically replace every reference to “vampire” with “rich, upper class male.” Underneath all the paranormal romance, there’s a gentle dig at the astonishing statistics regarding the number of Cabinet Ministers who went to Oxford and Eton, and who in many cases, were members of elite dining societies like the one the book portrays. I loved Oxford from day one, but in the first few weeks, everything felt so utterly alien, that if someone reliable had told me that some of the students were vampires, I could almost have believed it. Part Seven – The erotic power Let’s face it, vampires are sexy. Fair enough, a big part of that is the tendency of modern authors to make them incredibly good looking and in many cases to liberally sprinkle their books with sex scenes (I’m undoubtedly guilty on both counts!). However, I also think it goes beyond that. Dracula for example is in no way intended as a romantic hero, and his description makes him sound quite hideous, but rather like the devil in Paradise Lost, there’s still something about him, especially in his scenes with the lady characters, that draws the reader towards him. The Vampire Diaries was the first vampire series I read, and it still holds a special place in my heart, however many nominally more grown up or technically better written books I read. In that series, there are no sex scenes at all, but there are scenes of talking, of kissing, and of sharing blood, that are some of the most romantic and yes, erotic, scenes I’ve ever come across. I think it probably comes down to a combination of a highly charged power imbalance between the human and the vampire, the forbidden nature of what’s going on, and the ever present hint of danger. Oh and then there’s the blood-taking or blood-sharing (depending on your individual’s vampire’s tastes and manners). I can’t quite come up with a sensible reason for why I like these scenes so much. Even allowing for mesmerisation, it would be pretty horrible in real life (I honestly nearly bleed to death once – long story – and it wasn’t sexy at all) but they work for me and presumably a lot of other readers. I suppose it’s more of the same – power, danger, it being forbidden – only much more so than mere sex. I think all of this is yet another reason that so many readers of vampire fiction also seem to enjoy the new crop (sorry!) of BDSM novels – to a lesser extent, the kinky sex brings some of these elements into play. With blood though, I think there are two final elements. First blood seems to have had a special resonance in many societies, whether it’s human sacrifices, drinking cow’s blood to become a man, women on their period being considered either unclean or magical, or communion wine. In this context, the idea of someone drinking your blood is simultaneously repellent and magical, part of a grand mystical tradition and utterly outside of the realm of normal human experience. And by some sort of weird transubstantiation, thousands of readers turn that into something sexy. Phew, that’s my list done. Did I miss any of your personal reasons for loving vampire novels? 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__label__cc	0.697269	0.302731	Home Guild Wars 2 Guild Wars 2 Creating and Testing Your Build Guide Guild Wars 2 Creating and Testing Your Build Guide Guild Wars 2 Creating and Testing Your Build Guide by Chaos_Archangel 1) FROM CONCEPT TO CREATION So maybe you want to hop into the arena, smeared in all of the gory downstate of your enemies. Perhaps you’re a soldier waging eternal war in WvW. Or you could be another hero chosen to face off against all of the many threats that Tyria faces. Whatever the case, you start by having a plan. Ask yourself( and answer) the following questions: What weapons/utilities do I like the most? Your build is not going to last if you don’t enjoy using it. It never hurts to try to mix in your favorite abilities into your build as long as they don’t stray too far from your theme. What will the goal of this build be? How will I achieve it? Do not fall into the trap of “making a build for all formats,” if you’re looking to make a powerful and effective build. There are SOME builds that can work decently for PvE,PvP, AND WvW but they are few and far between. In any event “decent” should not be your goal. The build should be good at something, even if that ‘something’ is just providing tons of fun for you. What is my role in a group fight? Often people make a build and then don’t know what to do with it. The build is strongish, has decent defense, and some nice utility, but no actual goal besides trying to be a jack-of-all-trades. Sometimes a build is super glassy, so obviously meant to do damage, but still feels lackluster. A good build and a strong purpose do not always go together. Sometimes a build is a good dueling build, but one can’t find a place for it in a teamfight. Sometimes an excellent team support build is still held back by sluggish mobility and lack of 1v1 potential. Figure out where your build will fit in by accepting both its strengths AND its weaknesses. How will I defend myself when under attack? Lets get one thing clear: you NEED a stunbreak. Sometimes condition removal is not necessary, but being able to break a heavy CC effect is mandatory for any good build. If you’re trading defensive stats for damage ( “Glasscannon” ) then you will need a form of mobility. Invest in obtaining the Vigor boon, look for any evades, invulnerabilities, or teleports you can find. You do not want to invest so much into defense that you cannot do damage otherwise you will be easy to ignore and maneuver around. What weaknesses will I have? Everything is a tradeoff. If you spec for damage you’ll likely lack defense. If you spec to be balanced then you’ll excel at nothing. Identifying the weakness of your build is key to learning how to protect yourself and remain effective. You want to avoid the trap of speccing too deep into extremes; building for durability and defense to be a tank may be ideal but too much defense with no offense gives you no pressure. A tank isn’t a tank without the ability to hold an enemy’s attention. How much time will I give myself to learn this build? Do not expect to learn a new build within a day. Learning a build requires creating rotations, learning new reflexes and having an intimate understanding of how the traits/gear work together. This does not happen in a day, especially when we’ve already become used to another build. The average time it takes to really understand and excel with a build, depending on difficult, tends to be from three days to about a week or so if it is far from our normal playstyle. Don’t be quick to dismiss a build as good or bad until you’ve really given yourself time to learn it. Sometimes a build that seems unlikely to work and feels bad at first can turn out to be extremely effective. When making a build, these are some of the most important questions to determine whether or not it will be successful. There is no such thing as a perfect build, and there will always be a sort of trade-off (yes, even if you grab a Celestial Amulet) in order to spec the way you want. The most important aspect of a build is always going to be how much you enjoy it. GW2 is first and foremost a game you play to have fun on. It is not a job, not an obligation, and your class/build should be a representation of you rather than what everyone around you says you should be. This sort of “independence” isn’t as simple as it seems, however… 2) THE META AND YOU “Hey guys! I run a full signet condi warrior for dungeons! I love ho- /kick “Clerics Mantra Mesmer looking f- /kick “Hey guys.. Guess what? Bearb- /kick The “Meta” is what the community has discovered to be the best build for the job at hand. For Mesmer, the Meta in PVP is shatter, while in PvE it revolves around Mantras and Phantasms, while in WvW roaming Condition/Stealth Prismatic Understanding is most dominant. Now if you’re anything like me, you’ll put your hands on your hips and turn your head and say “Hmph. Meta-shmeta! I’d rather use my own creativity over copying someone else’s cookie-cutter build.” and you’re not wrong for thinking that, but you have to keep in mind that this philosophy is only limiting you as a player! The meta is neither a dictator to slavishly follow nor a taboo to avoid, it is a point of reference that every player should learn from. Meta builds are considered the best for a very good reason, and this isn’t something to pridefully avoid. You should look at a meta build and ask yourself: * What trait interactions make the build so strong? * If I were to play this build, what tweaks would I make to suit my style? * How do I defeat this build with my build? Use websites like metabattle.com to get a feel for what builds work best for your profession, it always helps to play these builds even for a little while to understand what the majority of people are playing, the rotations for their specs, and strategies to defeat them. Once you find a meta build, start to slowly tweak it and pull it apart, add your own individual flavor to it and see what works and what doesn’t 3) CONNECTING THE DOTS – SYNERGY The difference between a good and bad build often comes down to how well the traits work with each other. Once you answer the questions above, you want to focus all of those answers into one coherent theme. Shatter Mesmer is a perfect example of this, able to use shatters for both offense and defense when traited properly. Taking Mesmer as an example again let’s look at what makes the meta shatter build work: 4/4/0/0/6 Berserker Amulet ; Sword – Torch / Greatsword ; Blink, Decoy, Portal Domination: Mental Torment, Shattered Concentration Dueling: Deceptive Evasion Illusions: Compounding Power, Illusionary Invigoration, Illusionary Persona The shatter build is a glass cannon build that quickly jumps in and out of a fight with heavy bursts. Its main goal is to quickly and effectively tear down most opponents and offers team support via portalling allies from point to point. – Domination offers more shatter damage from Mental Torment, and causes each clone that shatters to strip a boon from the target. – Dueling allow for a consistent and reliable way to produce the clones needed to shatter via Deceptive Evasion creating a clone on dodge. Without this trait, the entire build would be unviable. – Illusions boost shatter rate by lowering cooldowns, and causes the Mesmer itself to count towards a shatter allowing for cloneless shattering for more flexibility in addition to more damage/defense. All of these traits go together to achieve a goal: Shatter hard and shatter often. The utilities Blink and Decoy provide enough defenses via teleport and stealth along with defensive shatters that allow for a fully offensive amulet; Berserker. 4) VIABILITY & COMPETITIVE PLAY (Using Mesmer as an example, again, but c’mon.. it’s ME!) “What is that? Whatever the hell you’re running isn’t viable.” Many Mesmer players are a creative bunch, and there are loads of traits and utilities that are a lot of fun or highly interesting to use but don’t fit into the meta for one reason or another, and thus get labeled as unviable. As a result, builds that take these traits often too-quickly fall to the wayside. Lets get something straight: Meta builds are meta for a reason, and that reason is usually because of all the competition, they’re the best at what they do. Shatter is the best in PvP, PU is the best at WvW roaming, Mantra/Phant is the best in PvE. But this does not mean that anything that isn’t one of these specific builds is bad.. quite the opposite. I often feel that people get too caught up in terms and labels. “Viable” gets misused too frequently, good builds will be labeled “bad” if they are not the the absolute best, and creativity gets stunted as a result. These labels often don’t take one major factor into account:player skill. Many of us have had instances where we’ve been happily playing our custom-made build and kicking all of the butts until we’re suddenly told that what our trait combo, amulet/gear sucks, even though they’ve worked fine for our purposes. This can often be helpful, and one should always keep an open mind for new information on how to improve but -IMO- one should never simply blindly compromise their ideas. This is especially important in PvP, where meta builds reign in abundance. You’ll often hear that what you’re running isn’t viable if it is not shatter, ESPECIALLY if it is condition-based, but what is often overlooked is that there are actually a LOT of different good builds that can work very well all the way up until you reach the highest levels. But ask yourself: Are you playing PvP to compete against top tier teams and go to tournaments? If so, then you’re likely already playing shatter or have found a team that you can build around. These people are the few, but for the majority it really matters way less on what build you’re running as much as how well you’re running it. 6/6/0/2/0 can work. 0/4/6/4/0 can work. 4/4/6 condi can work and so can plenty of other combinations as long as the player behind the build is competent enough to make it work. There’s the argument that if you could make these builds work, then you could make shatter work even better, and this is true to an extent, but again .. if you’re not playing for serious competition, then why shoehorn yourself into a build you don’t actually feel like running? TL:DR- Don’t be afraid to explore! Your build isn’t as important as the skill of the player behind it, and experiencing different styles of play only serves to improve. 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__label__cc	0.502352	0.497648	Elections, Presidential race 2020, Trump, Wisconsin by JOHN ADAMS • 01/20/2020 • 0 Comments Although Trump carried Wisconsin in ‘16, and although 2020 is likely to see a hard fight against him in Wisconsin, Trump has significant obstacles he did not have in the last election. On Twitter, Joe Handrick (@joeminocqua) offers a sound analysis of Trump’s electoral position in the Badger State. Embedded below is the first of… Sen. Harris and the Fight Ahead Sen. Kamala Harris of California suspended her campaign today, and has effectively left the 2020 presidential race. I’ve been a supporter of hers, and so consider her departure from the race unfortunate for her party (of which I am not a member) and for the country. There are those who will now say – as… America, Congress, Elections, Federal Government, Foreign Affairs, Impeachment, Poll, Presidential race 2020, Sen. Ron Johnson, Trump, Wisconsin Sure enough… Ron Johnson really is America’s Dumbest Senator™: MIDDLETON – U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said Thursday there’s nothing improper about President Donald Trump’s call on Chinese officials to investigate his top political rival in his 2020 re-election bid. Trump extended the invitation Thursday to the foreign country as he faces impeachment over a similar request of the president of… Elections, Politics, Presidential race 2020, Trump That’s Not Confidence… One reads at Politico that Donald Trump is confident his core coalition of die-hard supporters can propel him to a second term in the White House, asserting in a new interview that he may not even bother reaching out to swing voters in his re-election campaign. “I think my base is so strong, I’m not… We’ve a long way between now and the nomination of a candidate to oppose Trump (or a Trump surrogate in the event Trump doesn’t or can’t run for re-election). No one who comes forward for this republic will be without flaw; no Trumpist who comes forward to undermine this republic will offer more than flaws. There’s… Assault Awareness & Prevention, Harassment, Misconduct, Politics, Presidential race 2020 Sanders Says He Was ‘A Little Bit Busy’ Sydney Ember and Katie Benner report Sexism Claims from Bernie Sanders’s 2016 Run: Paid Less, Treated Worse: In February 2016, Giulianna Di Lauro, a Latino outreach strategist for Senator Bernie Sanders’s presidential operation, complained to her supervisor that she had been harassed by a campaign surrogate whom she drove to events ahead of the Democratic primary…	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1366
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__label__cc	0.670668	0.329332	Health Wonk Review: Samhain edition All Hallow's Eve (celebrated around these parts tomorrow night) incorporates traditions tied to the earlier Celtic holiday of Samhain, which marks the beginning of winter — as the great (swing) state (or should I say Commonwealth) of Pennsylvania knows only too well. As we enter the last lap of the interminable presidential campaign of 2008, with one eye on our 401(k)s and HSAs, keep these Samhain traditions in mind: This is a time of renewal, lighting new fires, divination, and the day to go down to a "boundary stream," take three stones from the water with your eyes closed, put them under your pillow, "ask for a dream that will give you guidance or a solution to a problem, and the stones will bring it for you." If you don't have a boundary stream handy, print out three copies of this post. The wisdom of the crowds (or at least of the ragtag band of bloggers whose health wonkery is reviewed here today) may offer you that sort of guidance, though I'm fairly confident that it will not put you to sleep. No divination required here: for most rational economic actors, the why has a lot to do with the wherewithal. Folks want to keep the home fires burning — and that takes some cold hard cash. Also, as a species, we seem to be fascinated by shiny objects. Take these two factors together, add a dose of separation of roles of health care consumer and health care payor, and the table is set for overconsumption of new (and often unproven) health care services (some of which involve office-based shiny objects), to the financial benefit of the provider. For a good treatment of the recently issued report from the Center for Studying Health System Change (with support from RWJF) titled “High and Rising Health Care Costs: Demystifying Health Care Spending,” see Maggie Mahar's discussion of the many observations synthesized by Paul Ginsburg at Health Beat. The gestalt here is not new, but clearly identifying and quantifying the ways in which our dysfunctional health care system promotes the utilization of new therapies should prove instructive for the new health care policy cadres about to descent on the Potomac (now there's a boundary stream for you). Maggie quotes Don Berwick, who has written about our oversupply of health care resources — warms the cockles of my former-CON-regulator heart — in her discussion. (By the way, for all you Don Berwick fans out there: I will be posting my recent interview with him in a day or so, so be sure to check back.) Daniel Goldberg, writing at the superbly-designed Medical Humanities Blog picks up on this thread and highlights the applicability of the McKeown thesis (hey, you all know what that is, right?) to this discussion. In brief, McKeown's thesis is that medicine isn't necessarily all it's cracked up to be — 17th-to 20th-century improvements in population health measures likely had more to do with social and economic changes (e.g., improvements in the standard of living) than with public health and medicine (e.g., drugs and shiny objects). At Colorado Health Insurance Insider, Louise Norris focuses on this report, too, and takes issue with Maggie's statement that the federales should be doing a better job of negotiating proces, given their market power, noting that in at least some cases they have done so. The almighty dollar David Hamilton, blogging at BNET's Health Care Industry, tells us that trouble with Mammon drives for-profit HMOs to drive up Medicare Advantage premiums. (Hey, they're for-profit companies.) This is related to the brouhaha over brokers' fees on Medicare Advantage policy sales — see the WSJ Health Blog for more on that story (including a link to a hortatory letter from Pete Stark to CMS). David Williams reminds us that it takes two to tango — pharma companies can't pay outlandish "consulting" fees to physicians unless physicians take them — and his Health Business Blog tells us of GlaxoSmithKline's new policy limiting such payments and requiring public disclosure of payments. Ontario's provincial government just inked a deal with the physicians' union cutting physician pay. The union may be splintering (some members smell a sellout ). Shades of Sustainable Growth Rate rules and overrides. A tip of the hat to Sam Solomon at Canadian Medicine. These three posts raise (yet again . . . ) the question of whether health care delivery and financing systems need serious reform in order to unskew the incentives and ensure that expenses are held in check. A medical home, that is. The question of the moment is whether the medical home is the flavor of the month or something more. Much has been written in recent weeks about the implementation of the medical home model by Geisinger. (The HealthBlawger thinks the medical home is something of a new spin on the good old PCP or family doctor back home in Kansas.) I wrote about Geisinger's success with the medical home model and observed that what they've got that others ain't got is (not courage, but) PCPs. Can't have a medical home without PCPs. Joanne Kenen, of New Health Dialogue, interviewed Geisinger CEO Glenn Steele, who presents the medical home initiative as one of a series of experiments. John Iglehart, writing at Health Affairs, calls for further development of the medical home model in response to the WHO's call for increased efforts in the primary care arena worldwide. We'll always have "Decision '08" Come next Wednesday, there will be no more comparisons of presidential candidates' health care reform plans. Really. But no worries, don't hyperventilate — we'll wean you off slowly, starting with the Brain Blogger's two health care and politics wrapups: one each for the Red and the Blue. For last licks on the McCain health care reform plan, we turn first to Jason Shafrin, the Healthcare Economist, who takes a look at how much that McCain policy would actually cost a person after the tax credit. Anthony Wright joins the fun at Health Access, picking up on the McCain camp's October surprise. And finally, Bob Laszewski, at Healthcare Policy and Marketplace Review, laments that — win or lose — McCain's proposed replacement of employer-based health care insurance with a personal responsibility model is likely on the outs. Is it the Economy, Stupid? The fires in the engines of our economy seem to be taking an early break for Samhain, and a number of bloggers have been wrestling with the implications. At Health Care Renewal, Roy Poses castigates Ascension Health for its cut and run maneuver in Detroit, closing an inner city hospital while building a new suburban facility. Adam Fein looks at some historical data at Drug Channels and posits that the economy's nosedive will not bring on a reduction in drugstore sales. Brian Klepper spoke at the recent Health 2.0 conference in San Francisco about Health 2.0 amid the economic downturn, and posted a version of those remarks at The Health Care Blog. Given the belt-tightening, Brian sees Health 2.0 tools as a welcome means to help squeeze the waste out of the system. (The HealthBlawger didn't make it out there, but did attend the Health 2.0 Northeast get-together earlier this month.) At Workers' Comp Insider, you may follow Jon Coppelman through the looking-glass as he reviews the implications of the financial crisis for workers' comp. Annie, blogging at Home of the Brave, wonders why nurses and nursing aren't a bigger part of the discussion on health care reform, given their work in the front lines. And finally, InsureBlog's Hank Stern has a "duh" moment followed by an "aha" moment (it must be that Samhain-season sense of renewal . . . ) when reading that targeted social services for a homeless population can reduce emergency department and other hospital utilization for "frequent fliers" by nearly two thirds. Evidence-based medicine: An analogy too far? Jaan Sidorov, at Disease Management Care Blog really let Billy Beane, John Kerry and Newt Gingrich's baseball analogies (in a NY Times op-ed piece on evidence-based medicine) get under his skin. "Health care is different" he says, and of course it is. (I can only take a few minutes of baseball announcer balderdash on hyper-obscure and often meaningless statistics, but Lord knows I can drone on about health care ad infinitum.) Clearly, though, Jaan would not throw out the evidence-based baby with the baseball bathwater. There are metrics that are useful (and probably a dozen times as many that are not particularly useful) in health care. The challenge is in discerning the wheat from the chaff. I understand, by the way, that NQF has been culling through its vast repository of measures in order to identify the really predictive ones. Stay tuned for an announcement on that front within a few weeks. Well, if you had been paying attention to the emanations from your three river stones, you would have realized that this brings you to the end of the final pre-election edition of Health Wonk Review. See you on the other side. Health Care Law and Consulting Filed Under: Blog Carnivals, Health 2.0, Health care policy, Health Law, Health Wonk Review Blog Carnivals; next Health Wonk Review right here on April 15 Health Wonk Review: Spring has just about sprung Health Wonk Review is up « Health 2.0 coast to coast 2009 MPFS final regulations » hgstern says Wow, David, that’s a LOT of material – what a treat! (Sorry, couldn’t resist). Well done, and thanks for including our post. InsureBlog says: Happy Wonkereen! Yeah, that title’s pretty lame, but David Harlow’s Health Wonk Review, Samhein Edition, is certainly a treat.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1375
__label__cc	0.721479	0.278521	I Am Dogstar Passivist Anarchist Philosopher About the Dogstar Dogstar’s Guide to the Top 10 NYC Open Mics Dogstar is …… …..a born and bred Londoner who, for the past 13 years, has lived (and been adopted) into the ‘self-penned’ musical capital of the world ‘Liverpool’ UK. As recently as November 2014 ‘the dog’ touched down in NYC with the aim and ambition of ‘testing the water’ on the musical range of The Big Apple …… for the past 70 days she has trekked, traipsed and tinkered to and fro to discover which venues and hosts are the best of the best on the music circuit here in NYC. Within that time frame (having part mastered the New York Metro, which is a must if you really want to get to these places) Dogstar now pulls together for you (who wish to follow in the footsteps of rhythm, melody, harmony, color and adventure) all thoughts and experiences to bring a well-rounded and personalised top ten favourite list of the New York Open Mic tour ….. 1. Pete’s Candy Store : 709 Lorimer Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY11211 / Tel : (718) 302-3770 This open mic takes place every Sunday from 5pm to 8pm – sign up commences about a quarter to five and is pretty fast and furious as there are many performers who turn up from around 4.30pm and thus you really do have to stand your ground in getting your name on that list. You will find that as with many of these open mic ‘sign ups’ the difference in just a few minutes of your arrival time at the venue could put you anywhere from top of the list to the very bottom (which can often mean a good two to three-hour wait before you actually reach the stage) … This open mic has been running for over 14 years and is currently hosted by the very charismatic Bruce Martin. Original compositions are preferred but there are some performers who throw in the odd cover here and there, however it is not wanted to be renown as being a ‘covers forum’. No ‘singers to track’ or full bands are allowed at this event. The Open Mic at Pete’s is intended as a high quality affair for musicians to present their original material. The location is pretty easy to navigate; closest tube station is Lorimer Street on the L Train. The open mic takes place at the back of the venue in a small intimate portion of space that gives off an ambient of being on the ‘Orient Express’ with its dark red upholstery and narrow channeled wooden room. The bar at the front feels cosy and the barmen/women friendly and attentive, drinks are reasonably priced (it’s all pretty expensive in NYC to be honest)… my favoured hot toddy with a ‘well’ scotch or rye mash was 10 bucks (which equates, at this moment in 2015 time to GBP 6.60) …if you’re hungry you can get some basic fare (sandwiches) for 7-9 bucks and then if you’re up for cocktails (which are pretty stacked in alcohol) you can indulge yourself for 11 bucks. You must be 21 to participate. There is no cover charge and no minimum drink rules here so this creates an easier relaxed atmosphere without that ‘pay to play’ feeling. Pete’s Candy Store actually did used to be a Candy Store many moons ago. I give this event 4/5 stars …. ”A welcoming charm” Photo Courtesy of : Azbo Drums www.petescandystore.com 2. The Bitter End : 147 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10012 / Tel : (212) 673-7030 Taking place on a Saturday afternoon makes this open mic a great alternative to all those nightly affairs. Sign up is at 1pm and it runs until 6.30pm. Getting to the venue just a bit before 1pm can make all the difference for achieving a performance slot that’s higher up on the list, otherwise you could be number 20 plus before you know it and have a long wait whilst the rest of the crowd hog the spotlight. The very lovely Evan Kremin is your host and you’re in good hands with this guy as each week he’ll open proceedings with a thorough outline of what is to occur. 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There is no cover charge and no minimum drink purchase rule so this is another wonderful place where you can relax and not feel like you have ‘paid to play’. One gripe to point out is that (in my personal opinion) the level of bar tending is below par. On three separate occasions (from the same member of staff) service emitted a ‘moodiness’ and ‘lack of customer appreciation’ … and the drinks are expensive. On one occasion I was charged $5 for a rank coffee and it was served with a scowl to boot. Not sure whether the bartender in question was just having ‘off’ days but thrice the service marred the otherwise loveliness of the experience. This venue established itself in 1961 and is known as the oldest rock and roll club in New York City. The stage not only boasts a classic red brick backdrop but also has the most beautiful grand piano which has had many a great artist tickle its ivories ….. although this venue has a 230 crowd capacity as a nightclub it still has the ability to emit an intimate vibe on these Saturday afternoon jollies. The historic venue is almost as iconic as its headliners having had legendary artists like Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan, Neil Diamond, Gavin DeGraw, Woody Allen, Billy Crystal, Norah Jones, Donny Hathaway, Curtis Mayfield, and thousands more grace the boards. I give this event 3.5/5 stars …. ”Does what is says on the tin” Photo Courtesy of : Evan Kremin http://www.bitterend.com 3. Bijan’s : 81 Hoyt Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217 / Tel : (718) 855-5574 This is a particular favourite. Bijan’s is a stylish, quaint and quirky place, has an open log fire and serves some of the best cocktails and cuisine for a fair price. Bartender Ross is great at his job and always greets you with a welcoming smile and his service is second to none, with attention to detail being paid with every drink served. The Persian inspired food is delicious and after four visits I’d happily return again and again. This place and the people within it aspire to offer the very best in hospitality and indeed succeed on many levels. The host of the open mic, which takes place every Tuesday night, is Sharief Hobley and this guy not only makes you feel welcome from the outset but also offers a genuine friendship into his community. On top of this he is one heck of a musician. The quality of performers at this open mic will make you up your game tenfold. Sharief makes you feel cordially received into the music mix at this laid back, casual yet classy night. The stage may be small but the benefits of playing are big. You get listened to and appreciated and there are always a plethora of highly skilled ‘players’ ready to accompany you if you wish. The night starts around 10pm and goes through till the wee hours so is great for the ‘night owl’ musician. Pretty easy to access if you find your way to Dekalb Avenue metro station which can be reached via the B,Q and R Trains (Careful not to confuse this Dekalb stop with the Dekalb Avenue on the L Train). When you surface at street level you look for Fulton Street and walk for about 5 minutes until you swing a left onto Hoyt Street. Another five minutes and you’ll find Bijan’s on your left hand side. I give this event 5/5 stars ….. ”Sparkling” http://www.bijansbrooklyn.com https://twitter.com/shariefhobley 4. The Sugar Bar : 254 West 72nd Street #1A, New York, NY 10023 / Tel : (212) 579-0222 Even though I only went once I feel this open mic deserves a mention, if only for the high-caliber and possible epitome of music performance. The ‘Sugar Bar All Star’ house band’s competence and ability was nothing short of phenomenal and indeed the incredible musicians were referred to numerous times as ‘The Band That Can’ …. all singing artists were made of sheer greatness and my breath was taken away a little bit more each time a new act got up to perform. This is not for the fainthearted, notwithstanding however that all are welcome to this well renown NYC oasis. Owned by Ashford & Simpson (of ‘Solid (As A Rock)’, ‘Ain’t No Mountain High Enough’ and ‘I’m Every Woman’ to name but three of the many hits from this famous duo) and this is possibly a reflection to the distinction of each performer that graces the stage at this Venue. Again, another open mic that sets a standard beyond anything you may have experienced before. One thing is sure, it will be memorable. For a relatively ‘new’ open mic (this event has run for the last three years) it’s already hugely popular and the clientele is booming. It’s every Thursday Night, sign up at 9pm (one song only). Your host is Andre Smith, not a particularly welcoming master of ceremonies but a compellingly flawless and impressive singer nevertheless. No ‘singing to CD tracks’ but covers are allowed (indeed most of the singers performed covers) original material is openly welcome. There is a cover charge of $10 and drinks are expensive (so it really does have the ‘pay to play’ feel about it) although totally worth it for this golden opportunity. The bartenders, though not the greatest at first (I sat for twenty minutes before either one of the two on duty gave me the slightest flicker of acknowledgement) however warmed to me after I had spent a few bucks, played a song on stage and stayed to support the entire night …. by the end of the event we were on first name terms and all previous lack of attentiveness had been forgotten. Located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan this venue is elegant and has an air of embellishment of the rich and famous, you can almost smell the stardust and trappings of fame in the soft furnishings ….. indeed stars such as Michael Douglas, Pattie La Belle, Queen Latifah, Stevie Wonder and Whoopi Goldberg have passed through the doors for some fine dining and sweet soulful entertainment. It’s the 1, 2, or 3 (Red) Train that you’ll need to take, alight at 72nd Street and then it’s a brisk 3 minute walk (heading toward the Henry Hudson Parkway) and The Sugar Bar’s Sweet light will shine on you from the left hand of the sidewalk. I give this night 4/5 stars ….. ”Impressive” http://www.sugarbarnyc.com 5. Parkside Lounge, Parkside 317E Houston St, NY 10002 / Tel : (212) 673-6270 This is one of the NYC ‘landmark’ places for the eclectic folk and indeed it has the accolade of being a ‘old school music venue’. The open mic here takes place on a Monday night and is hosted by Mike Geffner of ‘The Inspired Word’ legacy. Sign Up is at 7pm and for a cover charge of $8 (per performer) you get the privilege of performing 2 songs or if you’re a poet, comedian or ‘spoken word’ artist you get 8 minutes. It’s 21 plus age limit. It’s pitched as comfy cabaret-style seating but if my memory serves me correct it felt less than comfortable with basic seating and tables but you do get waitress ‘table’ service (remember to tip, tip, tip!) and the drinks are pretty cheap in comparison to other venues on the circuit. There’s also a full back line including a honky-tonk piano and the raised stage is of good size ensuring your place in the entertainment ‘spotlight’. Photographs are taken as you perform and these are then uploaded to ‘The Inspired Word’s’ website. Overall it was a nice atmosphere (improving as the night unfolded), the crowd were pretty good too with lots of encouraging applause and attentive listening. 1st Avenue is the nearest Metro Station you’ll need to alight at and then it’s a walk on the east side to your destination. I rate this open mic with 3.5/5 stars …. ”inspiration in moderation” Photo Courtesy of : Mike Geffner https://www.facebook.com/InspiredWordNYC 6. The Local, 1302 44th Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101 / Tel : (347) 738-5251 Not only is this a great hostel for the intrepid traveller but it doubles as a great place for Open Mic and indeed Live Music Entertainment several nights of the week. Hosted by the particularly beautiful Hannah Fairchild and the uber talented Matthew DeGroat (Drink More Records) this is definitely one to attend. It may be a little out there right up in Queens, Long Island City but it’s a ‘cool’ neighbourhood and as with all of these venues, if you get to grips with the Metro System, you can bite your way through the whole of the Big Apple with relative ease. This newly established event takes place every Monday night and sign up is 6pm. Performances commence around 7pm and dependent upon the sign up you could get 3 to 4 songs which gives you the chance to shine! There is no cover charge, no minimum drink rules apply and possibly one of the friendliest run bars on the scene. There is always time for a personalised chat with the bar staff who go above and beyond to ensure you are made to feel welcome into ‘The Local’ community. The night runs for as long as there are people singing and playing or up until 1am when the bar closes…… the atmosphere here is chilled, laid back, easy-going, and all those words that can be tagged to a stress free comfortable night. Another great pointer is that you play to a global audience which makes for a refreshing alternative to being in the ‘thick’ of artistes at most other events. I rate this Open Mic night as a 4/5 stars …. ”Hip n Happening” http://thelocalny.com 7. The Shillilagh Tavern, 4722 30th Avenue, Astoria, NY 11103 / Tel : (718) 728-9028 Now this venue is a good trek up to 46th street on the M or the R Train (Orange/Yellow) and then a probable ten to 15 minute walk to 30th Avenue. It’s worth it. It’s not a particularly glamorous venue but you get a real feel of the American neighbourhood here with the locals propping up the bar watching ice hockey as temperatures plummet … I ventured here once and will definitely return and that’s mostly due to the genuine niceness of the host, Justin Howard. A particularly gifted musician working the scene for other musicians, a great guy who meets your needs, wants and wishes without missing a beat. Sign up is 9.30pm and the action starts at 10pm. There is no cover charge and no minimum spend on drink, which again is a bonus because there is nothing more disheartening than having house rules landed on you before you can even think of relaxing into ‘play’ mode. Level of performance here is pretty good too and you get a sound engineer to boot. Another dedicated musician was taking photographs from the sideline and uploading to facebook which again, helps build the portfolio. Dogstar rates this one at 3.8/5 stars ….. ”Raising the Bar in Astoria” Photo Courtesy of : Andrew Sydor https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Shillelagh-Tavern https://www.facebook.com/justin.howard Justin also has his own blog whereby he video’s and writes about performers at his open mic events …. https://owlsforolive.wordpress.com/2015/01/19/cluster-f-averted-at-the-open-mic-the-shil-11315/ 8. Paddy Reilly’s Music Bar, 519 2nd Ave, NY 10016 / Tel : (212) 686 1210 You need to jump the 6 (Green) Train to get to this one and it happens twice a week, every Wednesday and Saturday, sign up at 6.30pm and 5.30pm respectively. No cover charge, no minimum drink rules and you’re usually lucky in getting 3 songs. In this traditional Irish pub the bar staff are lovely, you get service with a smile and you’re not prodded into having to buy drinks every ten to fifteen minutes (as is the case with some of the venues covered). Price of drinks is pretty comparable to the rest of the clan, if you buy ‘well’ drinks (basic vodka, gin, scotch etc) then you can probably look at $5 per drink (remembering there is the customary $1 per drink tip which edges your nightly quota ever upwards) …. but, if you get good service, then tipping is the polite thing to do, and bear in mind there’s always those wonderful ‘happy hours’ which can last anything up 180 minutes in some cases. This pub has been going for 3 decades now and is definitely worth checking out in person and indeed their website as there is some notary facts about the interior decor that some of you will find of interest. I’ve been a couple of times and enjoyed the experience fully. I’m heading back there for another stage performance very soon. This event gets 3.9/5 stars from me …… ”Infectious” http://www.paddyreillysmusicbar.us 9. Sidewalk Cafe, 94 Avenue A, NY 10009 / Tel : (212) 473 7373 This has to be one of the craziest open mic events I have ever bore witness to. It takes place every Monday night and sign up commences at 7pm. Doesn’t matter if you get there early to avoid the masses, cos the masses is what you get each and every week. The sign up process is quite long and drawn out whereby the host ‘Ben Kriegar’ (a very able and esteemed presenter) will give his opening speech to the swelling crowd (almost every single attendee being a musician of some level of skill) and once he’s done with that he directs you to form an orderly queue (which can get up to and beyond 40 persons) whereby you patiently shuffle forward until you come face to face with said ‘Ben’ who reaches both fists out to you and you have to utter the word ‘left’ or ‘right’ … he’ll then open said appointed fist to reveal a tiny piece of paper with a number on it … and that little number there denotes your performance slot …. I drew the well rounded ’33’ which equated a possible 3 to 4 hour wait for which I would get to play 2 songs, unless the ‘hour’ between ten and eleven arrived whereby proceedings would revert to a 1 song each rule …. I found this to be sheer madness …. who would want to wait up to that level of time span to play just one song?? but hey, people do exactly that, week in, week out …. this Open Mic has been going strong for years and the venue itself is famed for being the centre for Anti-folk and underground music …. there’s a 2 item minimum (food or drink) but no cover charge. Needless to say I didn’t wait for my No.33 placement but I did try the food and that was of a good standard, the barmaid was okay, she knew her job well enough and was courteous but not overly so, service with pizzazz was certainly missing. Notwithstanding the venue is worth visiting, eat drink and be merry here, it does have potential great music nights going on ….. Jump the L Train (Grey) to 1st Avenue and take a shrift walk for ten minutes and you shall reach your destination. Hmmmmm a 2/5 star from me …. ”hours waiting to be filled in any way we choose” http://www.sidewalkny.com 10. The Tea Lounge, 837 Union Street, Brooklyn Finally at the end of the top 10 list this one has to get a mention albeit that it has now gone to the great Open Mic heaven in the sky. It ran for years and was as cool as cool could be. The ‘high’ly excitable host Nigel (aka Nige) was absolutely brilliant and although there was a hell of a lot of ‘mother fking expletives’ being used in every sentence, this night was hugely popular, and rightly so. Nige could whip the crowd into an instant frenzy with his down to earth genuine good time for all nature. The venue was in the heart of Brooklyn and in a madly paradoxical universe could have been twinned with ‘Leaf’ Liverpool UK…. There was no cover charge, no minimum buy, no rules at all really, other than you signed up at 7pm and when your name was called you were ready to take to the stage (well, the area of flooring in front of the packed lounging sofas and low rise tables) two songs or 8 minutes for any other performance…. you didn’t know what was gonna happen at any one point as the spectrum of performers ranged from rap artists to dancers to comedians to musicians to poets to storytellers to some good ole plain darn ranting peoples…. The bar staff were buoyant as was the atmosphere in general …. There was much protest at its closure but alas, to no avail … Word on the street is that Nige has ‘popped up’ again in a new midtown Brooklyn venue so i’m heading out the door with guitar strapped to my back to go find the motherfker ….. 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Robin Hood Taxation TSA Creator Reverses View The Case AGAINST College The Double Standard on ‘Hoes’ The Court Challenges Dark Suspicions/ Deep Secrets Sly Attempts at End-Runs Around the Constitution Six Dirty Secrets of Presidential Politics Corrupt Washington-Speak Found: The Toxic Terms Scrubbed from the Web I was intrigued by a huge run-up in views of the most popular exposition I’ve written, without any explanation known to me. I went to its page and found reference to a government website that had statements fatal to Obama’s legitimacy, so I clicked on the link out of curiosity, -not having visited it for years, and I was amazed to find a Bing message that said they would like to describe the missing page but the website won’t allow it. As told on my homepage, a few years ago I broke the news to attorney Leo Donofrio about having found in the INS Interpretations a mention of native and natural born citizen, plus one including naturalized citizen. He was taken aback and wrote a blog post on the subject, located here: http://naturalborncitizen.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/the-current-ins-officially-recognizes-a-delineation-between-natural-born-and-native-born/ Upon finding the page, which had already been hidden once before, missing, I spent much of a day searching for it, but I found that it not only was nowhere to be found on any government website but the entire huge collection of INS Interpretations had been removed with no mention of them in any search result . But even worse, they had also been deleted from the internet archive at the Wayback Machine website! The only capture they had was of “Page Not Found”. [UPDATE Sept. 2016: It’s been two years + since I last check the archive link, and guess what…. the page is now back!? (the link is shared on my homepage) I wonder if it was restored after the Nov. 2014 election? ] I finally found on the web a replica of the entire Interpretations page, (only one) in an obscure page that has been long abandoned. It was buried in about the 10th page into a google search result; I down-loaded it, and copied and pasted to this page all of the pertinent sections and more so they will not disappear again. Here’s the pdf I downloaded. I’m assuming it is the same as the pdf page I downloaded it from. HERE’S THE ENTIRE COMPENDIUM OF INTERPRETATIONS, 466 PAGES Interpretations 890Kb. Key page is page 190; (shown below; key words are in Red and are easily located.) “The repatriation provisions of these two most recent enactments also apply to a native- and natural-born citizen woman who expatriated herself by marriage to an alien racially ineligible to citizenship,…” “…as they appeared in the 1936 and 1940 statutes, are prospective and restore the status of native-born or natural-born citizen (whichever existed prior to the loss) as of the date citizenship was reacquired.” “but to restore the person to the status if naturalized, native, or natural-born citizen, as determined by her status prior to loss.” Interpretation 324.2 Reacquisition of citizenship lost by marriage. (a) Repatriation (b) Naturalization. (c) Effect of expatriation reversals under Afroyim v. Rusk upon derivative citizenship rights. (a) Repatriation. (1) Before and under the 1907 statute. A United States citizen woman who expatriated herself under the circumstances set forth in INTERP 324.1 could regain her citizenship prior to the Act of March 2, 1907, even though that statute was the first enactment which provided for such restoration of status. Citizenship lost in accordance with the principles recognized by the Service prior to the 1907 Act was resumed upon termination of the marriage before September 22, 1922, provided the expatriate was then residing in the United States. 26/ If such expatriate resided abroad at termination time, resumption occurred upon her return to the United States for permanent residence prior to September 22, 1922, 27/ or upon her registration as a United States citizen before a United States consular officer subsequent to March 1, 1907, and within one year after termination of the marriage. Citizenship lost under the 1907 statute was resumed under the same conditions set forth above, except that the expatriate who resided in the United States when the marriage was terminated reacquired status only upon a continuance of such residence for at least a short period beyond the termination date of the marriage. 28/ The statutes did not provide for any procedure whereby a person repatriated in accordance with the above principles could secure an official document as evidence of that fact. (2) Act of June 25, 1936. (i) Resumption provisions. The Act of September 22, 1922, 29/ repealed the above resumption provisions of the 1907 statute without disturbing status regained thereunder, and statutory authority for the repatriation of citizen women expatriated through marriage ceased to exist until the enactment of legislation in 1936. 30/ Under the 1936 enactment, any woman, irrespective of her race or that of her husband, who had acquired citizenship at birth within or without the United States, but who, on June 24, 1836, no longer had such status because of expatriation prior to September 22, 1922, under the conditions specified in INTERP 324.1,was restored to citizenship on June 25, 1936, if her marriage had terminated on or before that date; or upon the termination of her marriage thereafter, on a date prior to January 13, 1941. 31/ Lacking termination of the marriage, as above, citizenship was resumed on July 2, 1940, if the expatriate had resided continuously 32/ in the United States since the date of the marriage. 33/ (ii) Effect of oath of allegiance. The above 1936 Act, in its original and amended forms, made provision for the oath of allegiance 34/ to be taken before a naturalization court or a legation or embassy secretary. Although some courts have held otherwise, 35/ the Service, supported by substantial authority, has taken the position that a woman contemplated by these statutory provisions was automatically reinvested with United States citizenship by operation of law, irrespective of whether or not the oath was taken. However, while the taking of the above oath was not a condition precedent to the vesting of citizenship, such action was necessary before the repatriated women might claim or exercise any rights as citizens. 36/ (3) Nationality Act of 1940; Immigration and Nationality Act. (i) Applicability. The 1936 statute, as amended, was repealed by the Nationality Act of October 14, 1940, which, in turn, was superseded by the current statute; however citizenship restored under the 1936 Act, and the right to take the oath of allegiance thereunder before a naturalization court, were not affected by the later enactments. 37/ Moreover, there were included in section 317(b) of the Nationality Act of 1940, and in current section 324 almost identical provisions providing for the restoration of citizenship to women who would have been repatriated by the 1936 Act, as amended, had their marriages terminated prior to January 13, 1941, or, lacking that factor, had maintained continuous United States residence since that date of the marriage. Termination of the marriage to an alien continued to be a requirement of the Nationality Act of 1940 and the present law but, under both statutes, the event must have occurred on or after January 13, 1941. The repatriation provisions of these two most recent enactments also apply to a native- and natural-born citizen woman who expatriated herself by marriage to an alien racially ineligible to citizenship, a category of expatriate not covered by the earlier 1936 legislation. (ii) Effect of oath of allegiance. Unlike the 1936 enactment, the 1940 statute required and the current law requires as a specific prerequisite to the actual restoration of citizenship status, the taking of the oath of allegiance. (iii) Proscription of subversives. Current section 324(c) may be distinguished from section 317(b) of the 1940 Act in that, under the present law, specific provision is made to disqualify subversive persons specified in section 313, 38/ whereas under the earlier statute it was held administratively that the somewhat similar restrictions set forth in section 305 of that statute, as amended, applied. 39/ (4) Nature of marriage termination requirement. This requirement within the meaning of all the statutes did and does contemplate the complete dissolution of the martial status by judicial divorce or the death of the alien husband. Thus, when marriage to an alien husband ended, in the sense that he ceased to be an alien by reason of naturalization during coverture, the requirement is not satisfied. However, if marriage to an alien was terminated in accordance with the above requirement, a subsequent marriage to the same or a different alien after September 21, 1922, other that a marriage to an alien racially ineligible to naturalization contracted prior to March 3, 1931, did not adversely affect eligibility under the 1936 statute, even though the second marriage was valid and subsisting on June 25, 1936. (5) No foreign nationality acquired. Under the Nationality Act of 1940, as well as the present law, the repatriate must make a showing that no foreign nationality had been acquired by her affirmative act. Moreover, although this express requirement of the two most recent enactments was not found in the 1936 statute, the woman who applied to take the oath of allegiance thereunder was required by the Service to furnish testimony which, in effect, established that she had not acquired a foreign nationality in the manner stated. The acquisition of a foreign nationality within the above context does not contemplate citizenship automatically conferred by operation of law through marriage to an alien, as discussed earlier in this interpretation, but rather has reference to other affirmative action taken by a woman to gain recognition as a citizen of a foreign state. 40/ (6) Good faith oath of allegiance requirement. A person who has been restored to citizenship by the Act of June 25, 1936, as amended by the Act of July 2, 1940, and applies to take the oath of allegiance in order to regain the rights and privileges of citizenship, or a former citizen who applies for repatriation under current section 324(c), is required to be questioned to determine whether she intends in good faith to discharge the obligations of the oath of allegiance and whether her attitude toward the Constitution and Government of the United States renders her capable of fulfilling the obligations of the oath. If the intention in good faith or the required attitude is not established, an objection to the taking of the oath or to the repatriation shall be made on the ground that the applicant is unable to take the prescribed oath of allegiance. Shortly before enactment of the present legislation, the good faith and proper attitude described above were also required of applicants who sought repatriation by taking the oath of allegiance pursuant to section 317(b) of the Nationality Act of 1940. 41/ (7) Restoration of citizenship is prospective. Restoration to citizenship under any one of the three statutes is not regarded as having erased the period of alienage that immediately preceded it. The words “shall be deemed to be a citizen of the United States to the same extent as though her marriage to said alien had taken place on or after September 22, 1922”, as they appeared in the 1936 and 1940 statutes, are prospective and restore the status of native-born or natural-born citizen (whichever existed prior to the loss) as of the date citizenship was reacquired. (8) Evidence of repatriation. An application who has been restored to citizenship under the provisions of the 1936 Act, the Nationality Act of 1940, or the current section is not entitled to receive a certificate of naturalization such as is usually issued by the clerk of court. 42/ The respective statutes provide, however, that the above repatriate may receive from the clerk, a certified copy of the proceedings in court, which is acceptable as evidence of the regained status. If the proceedings were conducted abroad, a similar document may be secured from the United States consul. At one time or another since September 22, 1922, women who expatriated themselves under the circumstances set forth in INTERP 324.1 have been able to regain citizenship by means of a simplified form of naturalization, if for any reason status had not been restored to them in accordance with the principles outlined in INTERP 324.2(a). Generally, the statutes authorizing the above naturalization procedures 43/ modified or accorded exemptions from the usual naturalization provisions requiring a declaration of intention, United States residence, lawful entry for permanent residence, residence within the jurisdiction of the court, and the petitioner’s intention to reside permanently in the United States. The above 1922 legislation, in its original form, provided only for the naturalization of a citizen wife who had lost her status solely by marriage to an alien eligible for citizenship and expressly prohibited naturalization during continuance of the marital status if the husband lacked such eligibility. 44/ The naturalization privilege was extended by the above 1930 amendment to include a woman who had undergone expatriation as a result of her husband’s loss of United States citizenship during subsistence of their marriage. The 1931 Act cited above not only repealed the restrictive provisions of section 5 of the original 1922 enactment, mentioned above, but it also extended the scope of the earlier legislation by providing for the naturalization of those women who lost citizenship by residence abroad following marriage to an alien or by marriage to an alien racially ineligible to citizenship. In addition, it sanctioned the naturalization of those women, formerly citizens at birth, who were otherwise racially ineligible, but precluded restoration of status to any women whose citizenship originated by marriage or the naturalization of a husband. 45/ The last mentioned restriction was not continued in the Nationality Act of 1940, nor was naturalization of racially ineligible women thereunder limited to those who had acquired status at birth. With such exceptions, the 1940 enactment contained substantially the same provisions as the 1922 Act following its final amendment in 1931, and somewhat comparable provisions are included in current section 324(a). A petitioner for naturalization under all of the foregoing statutes was required to establish that a foreign nationality had not been acquired by her affirmative act, a requisite that has been considered in connection with repatriation under INTERP 324.2(a). The effect of naturalization under the above statutes was not to erase the previous period of alienage, but to restore the person to the status if naturalized, native, or natural-born citizen, as determined by her status prior to loss. (c) Effect of expatriation reversals under Afroyim v. Rusk upon derivative citizenship rights. Prior to the decision in Afroyim v. Rusk, children were held to have derived United States citizenship as a result of a parent’s reacquisition of citizenship in one of the ways described in INTERP 324.2 (a) and (b) above. Whether such reacquisitions of citizenship have ceased to have validity as naturalizations for derivative citizenship purposes, because the findings of expatriation by marriage which made them necessary have been reversed under the Afroyim principle, is a question considered in INTERP 320.1(e)(2). Here is a two-section combined screen capture of the hidden text: Service Law Books FN 26/Petition of Drysdale, 20 F. 2d 957 (1927). FN 27/Watkina v. Morganthau, 56 F. Supp. 529 (1944). FN 28/Sec. 3, Act of March 2, 1907. FN 29/Sec. 7. FN 30/In re Watson’s Repatriation, 42 F. Supp. 163, 165 (1941). FN 31/Act of June 25, 1936. FN 32/4 I. & N. Dec. 723 (1952). FN 33/Act of June 25, 1936, as amended by the Act of July 2, 1940. FN 34/See INTERP 337. FN 35/In re Portner, 56 F. Supp. 103 (1944). FN 36/1 I. & N. Dec. 127 (1941), 283 (1942); Petition of Davies, 53 F. Supp. 426 (1944). FN 39/Gen. Coun., file 500/2, sec. 317, July 5, 1951. FN 41/See Gen. Coun., file 500/2, sec. 317, July 5, 1951. FN 42/See INTERP 338 and 343. FN 43/Sec. 4, Act of September 22, 1922, as amended by the Acts of July 3, 1930, March 3, 1931; sec. 317(a), Nationality Act of 1940. FN 45/See INTERP 341 Interpretation 301.1 United States citizenship. (a) Birth in the United States. (b) Birth abroad. (a) Birth in the United States. (1) Statutory development. Prior to 1866, absent any statutory or constitutional provision, it was generally held, under the common-law principle of jus soli (the law of the place), that a person born in the United States acquired citizenship at birth; this principle was incorporated in the Civil Rights Act of April 9, 1866, and, two years later, found expression in the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which provides that all persons born in the United States, and subject to its jurisdiction, are citizens of the United States. The above constitutional provision has remained in effect ever since, and is restated in this section. 1/ (2) “United States” defined. Prior to January 13, 1941, the term “United States” included the continental mainland, Hawaii after August 11, 1898, 2/ Alaska, upon its formal incorporation into the Union on March 30, 1867, 3/ but not Puerto Rico. 4/ The Philippine Islands have never been deemed to be part of the United States within the purview of the 14th Amendment. 4a/ The territorial limits of the United States were extended on January 13, 1941, to include Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, 5/ and the current statute has added Guam to this definitive grouping 6/ In addition to the land areas mentioned above, ports, harbors, bays, enclosed sea areas, and a three-mile marginal belt, along the coasts thereof, form a part of the territorial limits of the United States. 7/ Notwithstanding the position taken in the second paragraph under INTERP 316.1(b)(2)(i) and in INTERP 329.1(c)(3)(ii), Midway Islands is not and never has been considered a part of the “United States” in the sense that United States citizenship is or was acquired at birth therein under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, or any of the various statutory provisions which have conferred citizenship upon such basis. (3) Effect of parents’ status. Alienage of a child’s parents does not preclude his acquisition of citizenship jus soli nor did their racial ineligibility for naturalization under former laws have such result. 8/ Additionally, acquisition of citizenship is not affected by the fact that the alien parents are only temporarily in the United States at the time of the child’s birth. (4) Children of foreign diplomats. (i) Foreign diplomatic officers. Children of “foreign sovereigns” or “foreign diplomatic officers” accredited to the United States, who as a matter of international law are not subject to its jurisdiction, do not acquire citizenship in accordance with the jus soli doctrine. The term “foreign sovereigns” includes any head of a foreign state on an official visit to this country. The term “foreign diplomatic officers” refers to persons listed in the State Department Blue List, otherwise termed the Diplomatic List, and includes ambassadors, ministers, charges d’affaires, counselors, secretaries of embassies and legations, attaches, 9/ and other employees of embassies or legations; that term also includes persons with comparable diplomatic status and immunity who are accredited to the United Nations. (ii) Foreign government employees. Foreign government employees with limited or no diplomatic immunity, such as consular officials named on the State Department list entitled “Foreign Consular Officers in the United States” and their staffs are not within the term “foreign diplomatic officers;” therefore, their children are born subject to the jurisdiction of the United States Employees of foreign diplomatic missions whose names appear on the State Department White List, otherwise known as the List of Employees of Diplomatic Missions Not Printed in the Diplomatic List, enjoy certain diplomatic immunities; however, since those immunities do not extend to their families, their children are born subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. This last rule also prevails with respect to children whose parents are employees of foreign missions accredited to the United Nations or foreign diplomats accredited to another foreign state. (5) Birth on foreign public vessels. Persons born on foreign public vessels, such as warships, are not born subject to United States jurisdiction even though born in territorial waters. (6) Indians. Tribal Indians, born in the United States, originally regarded as members of foreign nations for many purposes, generally considered to be without the jurisdiction of the United States and did not benefit from the constitutional grant of citizenship. 10/ However, certain Indians acquired citizenship by special legislation, 11/ and under the Act of June 2, 1924, the 1940 Act, 12/ and current section 301(a)(2), Indians born in the United States after June 1, 1924, acquired citizenship at birth. The Act of June 2, 1924, also conferred citizenship, as of such date, upon all non-citizen Indians previously born in the United States. …… interpretations 890Kb. Key page is page 190; 324.2 Reacquisition of citizenship lost by marriage Sec. 301.1 United States Citizenship 301.2 Issuance of United States passports in relationship to citizenship claims 302.1 United States Citizenship acquired in Puerto Rico 303.1 United States Citizenship acquired in the Canal Zone; Republic of Panama 304.1 United States Citizenship acquired in Alaska 305.1 United States Citizenship acquired in Hawaii 306.1 United States Citizenship acquired in the Virgin Islands 307.1United States Citizenship acquired in Guam 308.1 United States noncitizen nationality 309.1 Acquisition of United States nationality by illegitimate children 310.1 Jurisdiction to naturalize 311.1 Eligibility to naturalization 312.1 Educational requirements 312.2 Educational requirements for naturalization satisfied pursuant to the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) 313.1 Subversives 313.2 Immigration and Nationality Act Naturalization based upon Citizenship of Spouse 319.2 Naturalization based upon citizenship of spouse employed abroad 320.1 Derivation of citizenship 320.2 Computation of age for derivative purposes 321.1 Reference 322.1 Naturalization of minor natural children 322.2 Naturalization of adopted minor children 322.3 Issues relating to both natural and adopted minor children 324.1 Loss of citizenship by marriage 324.2 Reacquisition of citizenship lost by marriage Naturalization and Citizenship Requirements By Joel H. Paget http://www.ryanswansonlaw.com/attorneys/documents/NaturalizationandCitizenshipRequirements.pdf Page I. REQUIREMENTS FOR NATURALIZATION A. No person’s right to be naturalized may be denied because of race, sex or marital status. B. No person, except as otherwise provided in this title, shall be naturalized, unless such applicant satisfies the following: 1. The applicant for naturalization must be lawfully admitted for permanent residence. I don’t consider this page finished yet. Filed under Obamanation Posts & Replies Tagged with Jus Sanguinis, native born citizen, natural born citizen, naturalization law, naturalized citizen, Presidential eligibility, U.S. citizenship, WPLongform Select category Obamanation Posts & Replies Exposing the Lie of Native-born Natural Citizenship Who Owns You and your Citizenship? Unprecedented Off-Spring Unknown in Citizenship History Still seeking the buried facts about Fuddy’s ‘death’ Who was Obama’s Real Father? 1. HOME Page 3. 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__label__wiki	0.50613	0.50613	Why did Chicago and other cities choose an L (elevated metro) when most others chose underground subways? From my related question, I'm trying to understand the decision-making that went into metro/subway design. Why did Chicago choose an elevated metro system instead of an underground subway? Most other cities chose the latter. Apparently Los Angeles, St Louis, and Detroit also had elevated metros before they were torn down in the 1950's. Did this have anything to do with Chicago's decision? 20th-century transportation engineering DrZ214DrZ214 Metro heavy-rail systems aren't a single thing; Chicago has two major subways: the State Street subway and Milwaukee-Dearborn subway. The choice to be underground or elevated depends on many reasons, and varies literally from block to block. – Nick T Oct 11 '16 at 19:29 Because it was planned that way and not subject to purchase. – Mazura Oct 12 '16 at 20:08 I don't know about other cities, but Chicago appears to have had many troubles with its underground terrain, to the point that, to build their sewer system (once these things became "fashionable" :-)), they had to raise the entire city instead of building it underground. From the link: During the 19th century, the elevation of the Chicago area was not much higher than the shorelines of Lake Michigan, so for many years there was little or no naturally occurring drainage from the city surface. The lack of drainage caused unpleasant living conditions, and standing water harbored pathogens that caused numerous epidemics So, any attempt to build an underground would have probably ended with just a flooded holes in the ground. UPDATE: Searching for more info I found this geological map of Chicago. It seems to point that most of the area underground is formed by "beach ridges, sands and gravel"; maybe someone with knowledge about geology could inform us if this confirms the fears of water filtration for underground structures. SJuan76SJuan76 Oh yes, maybe I should ask another question about why Chicago was raised. – DrZ214 Oct 11 '16 at 22:52 Based on my knowledge of geology, adding to @sjuan76's answer: The geological map linked by Sjuan76 shows that most of the area underneath Chicago city is, as he says, beach ridges, sands, and gravel. These are extremely porous materials. The quote SJuan76 references indicates a very low elevation and constant drainage problems. These two factors mean that the water table is at or very slightly below the land surface - which in turn means that building a subway would require constant pumping during construction to prevent tunnels flooding, and watertight construction techniques. This combination, especially at the time the elevated lines were built, would have made an underground system prohibitively expensive compared to an elevated system. Also, according to the Chicago L history site, the early lines were built by private organizations, where the provision of the sewer system and raising of city buildings was handled by the city authorities. Even though the raising project occurred prior to the first elevated line, SJuan76's link makes it clear that buildings were typically raised between 3 and 6 feet - not nearly enough to support a rail tunnel. That link also states that the infill material was soil, so the water table would have remained at or near its prior level, ensuring that any underground system would be plagued with drainage problems. All the other cities referenced are low-lying, adjacent to major bodies of water (in the case of St Louis, the Mississippi), and rest primarily on soil, sand, and gravel. These cities would have the same issues with an underground system vs. an elevated system. Kate PaulkKate Paulk beach ridges, sands, and gravel. These are extremely porous materials. Does this mean they are hard to drill through? I thought being porous (more air) would make it easier to drill through. – DrZ214 Oct 11 '16 at 22:56 What happens when you dig through gravel? The digging is easy, but as soon as you stop, the tunnel collapses. This means you have to heavily reinforce the tunnels - the gravel, unlike rock, doesn't help you structurally. I'm not sure how much of an issue this is in practice. The big one is that porous materials allow water to flow through them, into the tunnel (especially when you're near and below a major body of water). – Max Oct 12 '16 at 6:42 As @Max says, easy to drill through, but collapse as soon as you take out the supports and let water through, so you have to waterproof everything and stay on the maintenance constantly. You also have a lot more issues trying to go under existing buildings because gravel moves more than rock. – Kate Paulk Oct 12 '16 at 11:37 Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged 20th-century transportation engineering or ask your own question. Why are so many metros underground? Isn't that more expensive than an elevated system? Why was the Irish War of Independence in 1918 successful when other revolts failed? When did the practice of formally “declaring war” cease and why? When and why China started to make a difference in the superpower arena? 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__label__cc	0.643125	0.356875	Historic Eastmoreland Achieving Results Together Learn About the Historic District Groups Involved in the HD Process Key Historic District Facts HEART’s First Hosted Event Historic District Workshop (January 26) Historic District Process and Fees The Irvington Experience Ladd’s Addition Survey March 22 Q&A Session * RESCIND AN OBJECTION * Why do I keep hearing about Trusts? What is the Origin of the Eastmoreland Historic District? What is the Process for Getting an HD Designation? What is the difference between “contributing” and “non-contributing” in an Historic District? What is Goal 5? What is a “local district”? * How do I reverse an objection I made previously? * About HEART Your Neighbors Donate to HEART SHPO Eastmoreland HD Designation Page ENA Historic District Page Residential Infill Project (RIP) – Implementation Implementation Phase Final Concept Report Eastmoreland HD in the News The Portland Chronicle – Demolitions Interactive Map: Residential Demolitions in Portland * RESCIND * Origins of the Eastmoreland Historic District The pursuit of the Historic District (HD) began after many years of efforts by the Eastmoreland Neighborhood Association (ENA) and its Land Use Committee (LUC) to work with city officials to create controls regarding demolitions and the quality of new development. As a last resort, after efforts to work with the city were exhausted, the ENA decided to pursue a Historic District. The HD Designation Process The HD Process takes months to complete and involves preparation of a complex application with reviews at the city, state, and federal level. The application requires a sponsoring group of citizens or an organization. The ENA, the sponsor of our neighborhood application, hired a consultant, AECOM, to prepare the application and submit it. The application requires surveying of existing housing and research into the history of the neighborhood. This was performed during the summer of 2016 by volunteers from our neighborhood under AECOM supervision. Approval of neighborhood residents is not required to submit the application, but the application can be rejected if 50% +1 of homeowners inside the proposed district boundaries object. Homeowners have until July 1, 2017 to submit an objection. The application can also be withdrawn by the ENA at any time until it is submitted in May to the National Park Service. Although it is not required, the ENA committed to performing an opinion poll to determine the neighborhood’s support for the historic district. Now that the application is complete, the details are known, and the state historical preservation office has certified it as valid, distribution of the poll ballots by mail has begun. Upon receipt, please return yours promptly. Stopping Demolitions of Historic Homes As a result of the survey, houses are designated as being one of two types: contributing or non-contributing. Contributing houses are considered consistent with the historical styles of the neighborhood and constructed within the historical period of the neighborhood (1910-1961). Non- contributing houses are not consistent with historical styles or were constructed after 1961. During the current review process, designations for individual homes can be challenged and amended. A contributing house cannot be demolished without City Council approval and expenditure of at least $9,000 in review fees. Since it would be very unusual for the City Council to weigh in on one particular home, this essentially prevents demolition of historic houses. This has been the result thus far in other Portland historic districts. A non-contributing house can still be demolished with regular city staff approval. There is no additional cost to live in an historic district and no impact on property taxes. There are costs associated with new exterior remodel projects. There are no HD costs or review required for interior remodels or for exterior maintenance and repair. Although the exterior remodel review process and fee is a drawback, we feel that this a necessary price to pay for retention of our neighborhood character, which is so critical to Eastmoreland’s beauty and livability. The most common fee for simple external alterations of existing features is $250. Fees increase depending on the nature of the remodel and the construction cost. More detail is available in our Historic District Review Process and Fees document. Remodel & Building Guidelines The HD will allow construction of a new house in a style consistent with the historical period the district covers. Remodels can also be done so long as what appears from the street is consistent. You can still make any changes to the interior of your house, regardless of style. If the HD is approved, the neighborhood will work with the city to define guidelines for exterior changes. This will cover modifications such as: Adding a second floor within an existing roof line by adding dormers. Replacing existing windows with fiberglass covered windows of the same frame Replacing siding with cement siding of the same profile. Adding a covered entry porch. Adding a second floor ADU within an existing roof line on top of the contributing garage with dormers. Contrary to what some opponents of the HD claim, if done sensitively and according to the guidelines, remodels are absolutely supported. Hiring a design professional (one who is familiar with the HD rules) will greatly ease the process. HD Impacts on the new Residential Infill Project up-zoning. The Residential Infill Project (RIP) was originally conceived as a city-sponsored effort to address demolitions and quality of infill housing in the neighborhoods. However, the concept plan approved by the city council does little to achieve those goals. Instead it encourages more demolitions and more development by allowing the following: Up to two ADUs (accessory dwelling units) per lot which can be separately owned as condominiums, in addition to the main home. Duplexes on existing historically recorded lots. Duplexes with a detached ADU. Triplexes on corner lots. Garden apartments on lots that are 10,000 square feet or greater. Proponents of the RIP use a dubious claim that the floor area ratio (F.A.R, or the amount of floor square footage relative to the lot square footage) will result in a smaller footprint for replacement homes. However, the floor square footage does not include detached buildings like ADUs nor does it include finished basement square footage if done a certain way. It will still be possible to reduce greenspace and be out of touch with our neighborhood character by building out a good portion of the lot. Another claim is that the RIP’s thirty foot height limit measured from a low point will result in less incentive to demolish and replace with big houses. In fact, this will have little impact on discouraging demolitions as Eastmoreland has relatively few sloping lots. Thirty feet of height still permits three stories and encourages low-sloping unattractive roof lines in the process. Without an HD, the character of Eastmoreland may be in serious jeopardy. Opponents claim the HD discourages affordability because it will discourage increased density in Eastmoreland. This is not true. Unfortunately, building new homes does not result in affordable housing. For example, new attached housing near Milwaukee Ave. was listed for over $700,000 per unit. As usual, developers will seek whatever the market can bear! Costs will only slightly decline when supply outpaces demand. We know this from previous downturns in the market. Even if there is a sudden glut in the market, homes renting for $2500 per month will not decline to $500. The only way to conceivably provide affordable housing in Eastmoreland is to take an existing house (which typically has low mortgage payments due to the age of the house and the date of purchase) and add an ADU (which is limited to a maximum of 800 square feet), by remodeling or addition. This is the only way to limit the cost in order to obtain more reasonable rents, or to obtain a purchase price that more people can qualify for. Opponents of the HD insist Eastmoreland must do its part to provide sufficient housing for projected population growth in the city. Current Portland zoning will already accommodate 200,000 additional units to meet projected population growth by 2030. Some areas of the city are better suited to provide increased density than others. Downtown Portland is appropriate for high-rise development, but other areas of the city are not. Each neighborhood is capable of absorbing a reasonable increase in density without destroying its character. If ADUs are built in Eastmoreland, density can increase with much less impact. Character is what makes Portland unique. Character is among the features that bring quality of life and value to a neighborhood. We do not need to overbuild our way to the future and destroy livability in the process. For these reasons, HEART supports the Eastmoreland Historic District.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1414
__label__wiki	0.622079	0.622079	:: Issues > Other Issues Egyptian Revolution Remembers its Theoretician, Abdul-Wahab Al-Messiri "Al-Messiri: the absent yet present one in the Egyptian revolution", under this title, a symposium was held at the Press Syndicate in Cairo two days ago to celebrate the third anniversary of the departure of the thinker and writer Dr. Abdul-Wahab Al-Messiri. Thursday, July 7,2011 09:26 During the symposium, journalist Mohammed Abdul-Quddus stated the celebration this year is different from that of the anniversary of the departure of Al-Messiri in the previous years, where young people are the ones who are celebrating this year the anniversary of Al-Messiri, while "Kefaya" movement used to organize such celebrations before. He said that Dr. Al-Messiri had an active role in the Egyptian revolution despite that he died three years ago because he was one of the most important leaders of the "Kefaya" movement against Mubarak's rule, and because he brought together academic science and political movement and activism in the street. Therefore, Al-Messiri had a great impact on many successive generations, including the generation of this Egyptian revolution. Kerim Zaytoun and Anas Malik explained that an interactive online conference has been organized over four days to commemorate and celebrate the works and ideas of Al-Messiri, in which a number of the students of Dr. Al-Messiri participated, including Dr. Heba Raouf Ezzat and Dr. Mohammed Hisham and others. Mazen Al-Najjar, added that Dr. Al-Messiri was perhaps the most important thinker over the past decade among the various thinkers and intellectuals in the Arab World. He said that the number of readers of Al-Messiri have doubled dozens of times during the last three years since the departure of Al-Messiri. Mazen Al-Najjar said that Al-Messiri did not present only ideas, but he fought on many fronts, and was walking at the forefront of the rows in the protest movements and with "Kefaya" despite his difficult health conditions. Dr. Seif Abdel-Fattah spoke about the Al-Messiri as a great revolutionary thinker and theoretician, and he said that there is no current intellectual or politician who does not recognize the impact of Al-Messiri in his intellectual knowledge, be that person from the left or the right, as Al-Messiri represented the mainstream in Egypt. Seif Abdel-Fattah said that he sees a significant link between the late Dr. Hamid Rabei and Dr. Al-Messiri. He said that both were models for the struggling academician and intellectuals - a rare formula to find these days. He said that these revolutions now seen in the Arab World cannot be successful without a revolution of thought and knowledge, and Al-Messiri gave momentum to these revolutions through his thoughts, especially the Egyptian one. Al-Messiri was carrying the concerns of this revolution, and applied his intellectual knowledge to serve that end, he said. Dr. Essam El-Erian, FJP Vice-Chairman, described himself as a student at the school of Al-Messiri. El-Erian said that after a long absence in prison, he found his friends giving him Al-Messiri's encyclopedia in eight volumes, which pleased him very much. El-Erian said that Al-Messiri's approach in thinking and perception and his knowledge will remain among us and thus Al-Messiri remains. From Kefaya movement, Mohammed Al-Ashkar spoke about Dr. Al-Messiri, saying that it goes without saying that Al-Messiri and his journey and his cultural struggle have been greatly covered so far. Still, he said that it is still necessary to talk about the resistance journey and the political struggle Al-Messiri. Dr. Abdel Halim Qandil also spoke and said that talking using the language of the past about Abdel-Wahab Al-Messiri is not appropriate. He said that Al-Messiri is a rare example of matching between words and deeds - and this has a great value. Ayman Abdel-Rahim, from the team of " Maarafah," said that the real victory for a thinker is not to keep his thoughts left cold and stagnant, but to turn this knowledge into real live humans who would carry this thought and live with it - because the abstract ideas do not live by themselves, and the thoughts of Al-Messiri have lived and will continue to live with us as long as these ideas became made of people in flesh and blood living and breathing these ideas. He said that Al-Messiri was interested mainly in the ideas of sociology of knowledge. He left a generation interested in the knowledge and living by his ideas. tags: Messiri / Egyptian Revolution / Egyptian Youth / Tahrir Square / Kefaya / Mubarak / Mubarak Regime / Erian / Freedom and Justice Party / Egyptian Protestors / Egyptian Protests / Tahrir Square / Pro-Mubarak / Egyptian Revolution Posted in Other Issues El-Erian: Commitment to the Public Will Is the Challenge for the Revolution CIA Blames Mubarak for Its Failure to Predict Revolution El-Erian to Political Parties: Win Votes Then Discuss Power‏ The Founding Statement of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) Mubarak Accused of Accumulating Wealth in Arms Deals Freedom and Justice Party Open to Copt as Deputy MB to Submit Freedom and Justice Party's Documents in Ten Days MB, Kefaya, Copts Put an Initiative for Police Patrols’ Return to the Streets Does Optimism with Egyptian Revolution Fade with the Return of Sectarian Violence? Who Owns the Egyptian Revolution? 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__label__cc	0.72105	0.27895	Comparing Easy Advice Of New York Accident Lawyer It is important to discover a injury attorney with expertise in the therapy lamp. Each state features its own set of guidelines and regulations that should be followed. Finding somebody that has gone after convalescent homes in the past and knows what it takes to pursue case will be good for your needs. Choosing someone local provides you with the benefit of someone who is already well versed from our laws. If you have not already create a primary consultation, now is the time to create a consultation. Take a car accident, for example. In many scenarios, both drivers inside a crash share some culpability with what ny personal injury happened. Not always, but often. Still, shared blame is not a reason to necessarily forgo litigation. There have been a good amount of successful lawsuits in which the plaintiff shared some fault inside incident. But your liability should be important when deciding whether or not to move forward with a lawsuit. If a big section of the blame depends on your shoulders, it Blog could be tough to convince a jury to award damages. Jane's personal injury attorney is now going though every one of the pertinent evidence for example the police reports and interviewing witnesses. The first step is to seek a settlement for Jane Does decrease of wages causing all of her medical bills. If her lawyers cannot come to funds with all the grocery store owner's insurer they are going to file an accident claim at the court house. Many of these forms of cases are settled out of court. Once her attorney realizes New York personal injury lawyer - Austin Brown that no settlement could be figured out they will now work with looking to prove the negligence with the grocery store owner. We all are aware that fatal buzzing noise from the classic Hasbro board game Operation. That shrill shriek let players understand that their operation to remove the funny bone or perhaps the Adam's apple was botched, knowning that it had been the subsequent players turn to play doctor. However, when doctors make a few mistakes in real life, it can be personal injury attorneys who sound the alarm in the court and continue to make restitution relating to the victimized patient and doctor. When someone travels to a medical facility, they expect they'll get back without trouble sufficient reason for their mental faculties. What happened within this reported case is merely shocking. The woman went to her local teaching hospital in 2006 because she was struggling with unexplained, painful headaches together with other odd symptoms. She was 35-years-old at the time. john6diary It is important to discover a injury attorney with expertise in the therapy lamp. Each state features its own set of guidelines and regulati...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1418
__label__cc	0.623196	0.376804	Vehicle Identification & Cross Border Monitoring System Vehicle Identification issb_admin 2019-01-07T12:31:04+00:00 With the increasing number foreign vehicles entering (and leaving) country’s official checkpoint annually, traffic enforcement operations are becoming costly and challenging. Many of these vehicles on the streets, roads, and highways may not comply with local traffic laws, for example, expired road tax and insurance, speeding, unroadworthy, etc. More often than not such violations go undetected until the motorists are stopped by enforcement officers during roadblocks. Traffic violations may cause accidents which result in the loss of human lives. This imposes hefty costs to the society. Likewise, the lack of effective control mechanism to curb vehicle theft and smuggling, and to collect traffic compounds or summons from traffic offenders, is causing losses to the insurance industry as well as to the government. Hence, there exists a need for a robust vehicle monitoring system that enables authorities and enforcement agencies to effectively and efficiently respond to traffic violation; and to minimize traffic-related offenses. With such system in place to provide real-time traffic data, the government or local authorities would also be able to manage traffic flow more effectively and to develop a systematic and operative road system. Highlighted Capabilities A mobile-friendly and responsive web portal allows vehicle owners or the owner appointed representatives to register their vehicles before entering the country, and such registration of foreign vehicle requires approval from the relevant authorities of the government. RFID Tag Issuance For the vehicle to be identified, a tamper-proof RFID Tag will be issued to the vehicle owner and the tag shall be attached to the windshield (or headlamp) of the vehicle. The system closely tracks the life cycle of the tag. Using state-of-the-art Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and Automated Plate Number Recognition (ANPR) technologies, our system positively identifies the vehicle and further validates the profile of the vehicle. Collection of Road Charges The system allows drivers to pay the road charge (if applicable) using various payment options as they enter the country. The amount to be paid is subject to the type of vehicle. Real-time Data Collection The system monitors the movement of local and foreign vehicles entering and leaving the border of the country, or at any designated location where enforcement is necessary. The system allows the enforcement agency to monitor and enforce laws against various traffic offenses (unregistered vehicles, invalid plate number, overstay, etc). Foreign vehicle which commits serious traffic offenses can be barred from leaving the country. Similarly, foreign vehicles with outstanding summons can also be notified as they entered the country. The system enables the authority to generate meaningful reports and perform business analytics on registration, traffic and enforcement data. Stringent System Security Control Segregation of duties is strictly enforced using the Role Based Access Control (RBAC) mechanism. All critical transactions are logged and digital signed for audit trail purposes. Sensitive data in motion and at rest are encrypted using cryptographic keys generated by FIPS140 certified Hardware Security Module (HSM). The system is developed using open platform. SOAP and REST API are supported to ensure seamless integration with other third-party systems. Figure A illustrates the system components installed at the lane of the official checkpoint and also the identification and enforcement processes that occur as the vehicle enters the lane. The configuration of the system may differ according to requirements and site layout. Figure B shows how the lane components are connected to the Command Control Center and all the way to the backend system via a private cloud. < Back to Solutions page We’re Here To Solve Your Problems Through Cutting-Edge Technologies, Innovative Ideas & Pragmatic Approaches Fill out the form and our team will be in touch with you promptly. Office Address: 5-2, Jalan Radin Bagus 5, Bandar Baru Seri Petaling, 57000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Phone: +603-9054-3381 ---General FeedbackProfessional ServicesProducts InquirySolutions InquiryTechnical SupportPartnershipOther INTELLEGO SOLUTIONS SDN BHD 5-2, Jalan Radin Bagus 5, Bandar Baru Seri Petaling, © Copyright 2007 - Intellego Solutions Sdn Bhd (779958-V) All Rights Reserved \| Privacy Policy \| Terms Of Use	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1422
__label__cc	0.708185	0.291815	The do-all-be-all IDE Follow Created December 07, 2005 20:38 I went yesterday to the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 launch event. In the new Visual Studio, Microsoft integrated a source control system, team collaboration (tasks and bug tracking), load testing and functional testing. There are 2 problems with this approach IMHO: 1. This goes against best-of-breeds environments, where people want to use the best source control system, best IDE, best bug and task tracking systems, etc. For example, I would prefer having good integration of my IDE with the source control system I choose to use. 2. Multi-disciplinary environments suffer. For example, in a combined C++ and Java environment one can't use the source control system and bug tracking in Visual Studio 2005 as it is a one-off solution rather than integration with a source control system from both the C++ and Java IDEs. With that in mind I have to question the Demetra quest to have source control and other components of the software development life cycle embedded. I doubt it will be of use to our heterogeneous environment, and I have to question whether a version 1 component (in IDEA or Visual Studio) will be better and more reliable than existing tools (Subversion, StarTeam, Perforce, etc.) or if a task and bug tracking system will be better than existing products (e.g. Rally). What I really want to know is if the source control API will stop being developed, if I should expect the Subversion or Perforce integration become stale and if I shouldn't hope for integrating with any bug tracking or task tracking system as a result of this new do-all-be-all Hello Amnon, AG> With that in mind I have to question the Demetra quest to have AG> source control and other components of the software development life AG> cycle embedded. I doubt it will be of use to our heterogeneous AG> environment, and I have to question whether a version 1 component AG> (in IDEA or Visual Studio) will be better and more reliable than AG> existing tools (Subversion, StarTeam, Perforce, etc.) or if a task AG> and bug tracking system will be better than existing products (e.g. AG> Rally). AG> AG> What I really want to know is if the source control API will stop AG> being developed, if I should expect the Subversion or Perforce AG> integration become stale and if I shouldn't hope for integrating AG> with any bug tracking or task tracking system as a result of this AG> new do-all-be-all policy. There is no such policy. We have absolutely no plans to develop our own source control system in Demetra, and we have a number of plans to improve our existing source control integrations. There have been discussions to include some kind of task tracking system in Demetra, and even some prototypes were created, but we also don't plan to create a full-featured bugtracker that would compete with JIRA or similar tools. The only tool we do want to replace in Demetra is the continuous integration tool (for example, CruiseControl). Note that we won't replace your build scripts (Ant, Maven or something else) either - you'll be able to use your existing build scripts with our build server. And we think that our build server will be as good, or better, than the tools currently on the market, and will provide superior integration with the IDE. We're definitely keeping heterogenous environments in mind (think Resharper). And of course, you'll be able to create plugins that will integrate our build server with other IDEs, and you're already able to create plugins that will integrate our IDE with other continuous integration tools. Dmitry Jemerov JetBrains, Inc. http://www.jetbrains.com Demetra quest to have source control and other components of the software development life cycle embedded. Just like previous IDEA versions it will integrate with existing VCSes, issue trackers etc. Well, there's kinda difference between "integrated environment" and "all-in-one" environment indeed. Dmitry Jemerov (JetBrains) wrote: There is no such policy. We have absolutely no plans to develop our own source control system in Demetra, and we have a number of plans to improve our existing source control integrations. There have been discussions to include some kind of task tracking system in Demetra, and even some prototypes were created, but we also don't plan to create a full-featured bugtracker that would compete with JIRA or similar tools. The only tool we do want to replace in Demetra is the continuous integration tool (for example, CruiseControl). Note that we won't replace your build scripts (Ant, Maven or something else) either - you'll be able to use your existing build scripts with our build server. And we think that our build server will be as good, or better, than the tools currently on the market, and will provide superior integration with the IDE. We're definitely keeping heterogenous environments in mind (think Resharper). And of course, you'll be able to create plugins that will integrate our build server with other IDEs, and you're already able to create plugins that will integrate our IDE with other continuous integration tools. That's great to know, I was starting to feel the walls close on me and oxygen shortage... OK, I was just a little worried :) I'm happy JetBrains didn't adopt the same vision as Microsoft. While on the subject, have you ever tried Rally (www.rallydev.com)? It would be great to integrate with that, though probably not very straight forward due to the complexity of the tool. Thanks for clarifying this. I guess that I should continue and trust JetBrains to do the right thing, which it usually does.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1423
__label__wiki	0.870162	0.870162	Home / Market Insight, Financial Articles / Money & Politics / The Presidential Election Is a Twitter Stock Tailwind The Presidential Election Is a Twitter Stock Tailwind Politics will drive more ad dollars and goose Twitter stock By Josh Enomoto, InvestorPlace Contributor Sep 13, 2019, 7:10 am EST September 13, 2019 In this current environment, buying Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) above the psychological threshold of $40 seems risky. The last time Twitter stock was so consistently elevated was back in June of last year. During that period, TWTR was angling to break into $50 but it failed quite spectacularly. Source: Worawee Meepian / Shutterstock.com Another point to consider is what my InvestorPlace colleague Will Ashworth recently stated. Comparing Twitter to Square (NYSE:SQ), Ashworth declared that the latter was the better name. One of the reasons is that Square is fundamentally more useful and valuable than Twitter. As Ashworth points out, SQ has introduced many innovations, one of which is Square Terminal. He wrote last month: At the Canadian launch of Square Terminal, Dorogusker, Square’s head of hardware, told reporters that the portable terminal provides small- and medium-sized businesses with the ability to manage inventory, send invoices, record deposits, manage payment histories, and generate reports about their companies…The product eliminates the need for shopkeepers to deploy a slew of iPads, smartphones and tablets, to successfully operate their businesses. Plus, TWTR stock is just a social media-based investment. In that space, Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) is king, and by a very wide margin. Having said that, Twitter stock has some surprising catalysts that could help support shares in a recession. Here are three reasons why: President Trump Loves Twitter There’s an old saying that there’s no such thing as bad publicity and Twitter is testing that thesis. As we all know, President Trump loves using the social media platform. Perhaps it suits his personality. Perhaps because he’s a former reality TV star, he’s a master of the soundbite. Of course, it’s difficult to quantify the impact the executive office has had on Twitter, and some experts have stated Trump imposes a negative influence on the company because of issues like bullying and harassment. Still, I’m going to argue that overall, this administration has provided a net positive impact on Twitter stock. Primarily, every time Trump makes a groundbreaking announcement or posts a controversial statement, it’s almost always done through Twitter. When various media outlets report on the subject, the company gets free advertising. Further, Twitter caters to a younger audience, ultimately helping the company’s revenue-generation efforts. Since late last year, social media has transitioned into the leading news source, besting newspapers. And Trump’s tweets of consciousness inspire other politicians to respond. In many ways, Twitter is a real-time, dynamic news source. That very well might benefit Twitter stock. Political Rancor Is Good for Twitter Stock Recently, Oppenheimer analysts upgraded media behemoth Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA). Although Comcast suffers under the broader framework of cord cutting, CMCSA has moved up significantly this year. Interestingly, one of the reasons analysts there are so optimistic is the upcoming 2020 elections. The last presidential election was a golden moment for cable TV, lifting the dying traditional news media sector. With an even more contentious political environment, cable providers like Comcast should benefit. I don’t really see it that way. According to the Pew Research Center, a significant percentage (22%) of the under-50 crowd get their news from social media. Moreover, a whopping 36% of the under-30 folks get their news from sources like Twitter. Right there, you have a good reason to consider Twitter stock: the underlying company will eventually replace other sources (TV, radio, and print) for news distribution. If that doesn’t convince you to think about TWTR stock, also note millennials’ political engagement behaviors. Nobody in this group is writing to their Congressional representatives. Instead, they’re on Twitter. This isn’t just a nice little statistic. Advertisers know these trends firsthand and are willing to pay big bucks for this lucrative exposure. While we’ll see many winners come November 2020, one of the biggest could be Twitter stock. Twitter Is More Open Than Facebook One common criticism against TWTR stock is that Twitter appears a permanent number two to Facebook. As everyone knows, Facebook has well over two billion active users. On the other hand, Twitter has somewhere around 320 million active users. It’s not even close. But that’s not where the argument ends, at least for this comparison. In recent years, Facebook has incurred multiple scandals involving privacy violations. As a result, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has attempted to shift his organization into a more privacy-friendly platform. I don’t think that’s necessarily a bad move for Facebook. But compared to Twitter, this shift doesn’t lend itself well to distributing political opinions. In contrast, Twitter has always encouraged openness and engagement within reason. Thus, in the 2020 elections, we should find more robust debate occurring on Twitter than on other social media networks. Coming full circle, I think that’s beneficial to Twitter, and not just from the eyeball count. More young people have used social media in politically meaningful ways than any other generation. And it’s young people whom advertisers most wish to target. As of this writing, Josh Enomoto did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities. 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__label__cc	0.711335	0.288665	Home / Market Insight, Financial Articles / Gadgets, Smartphones & Tech / Wednesday Apple Rumors: iOS 13.2 Beta Available for Download Wednesday Apple Rumors: iOS 13.2 Beta Available for Download Apple Watch Series 5 owners are having battery troubles By William White, InvestorPlace Writer Oct 2, 2019, 4:06 pm EST October 2, 2019 Leading the Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) rumor mill today is news of a new iOS 13.2 beta. Today, we’ll look at that and other Apple Rumors for Wednesday. Source: NYC Russ / Shutterstock.com iOS 13.2 Beta: Apple has released the newest iOS 13 beta to developers, reports MacRumors. This new beta is for iOS 13.2. The beta was originally going to come out yesterday, but got delayed to today. It includes a few new features as well, such as allowing Siri to announce messages. AirPlay also got an update with a new option called “Handoff” for turning control over to HomePods devices. AirPods 3: A new icon may give us an idea of what the AirPods 3 will look like, BGR. This icon shows up in the new iOS 13.2 beta in the accessibility menu. This may mean that the earbuds will have a new feature to help the hearing impaired. There is also talk that the AirPods 3 will be sporting noise cancellation. It’s worth noting that we don’t know when the AirPods 3 will launch, but rumors claim they will come out within the next few months. Watch Battery Life: It looks like some Apple Watch owners are having battery life troubles, reports 9to5Mac. Specifically, owners of Watch Series 5 devices are complaining of shorter battery life. This has some of the smartwatches not even making it through a full day of use before running out of juice. The problem doesn’t seem to be affecting all Watch Series 5 owners, but several users have taken to complaining online about the issue. Subscribe to Apple Rumors As of this writing, William White did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities. Article printed from InvestorPlace Media, https://investorplace.com/2019/10/apple-ios-13-2-beta-available-for-download/.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1429
__label__wiki	0.955117	0.955117	Invest Slovenia Why Slovenia Home › News & Media › Business News › Žito Group Ups Profit almost Five-Fold in 2013 Žito Group Ups Profit almost Five-Fold in 2013 Ljubljana, 14 March (STA) - The food group Žito posted a EUR 2.2m net profit last year, which is 455% more than in 2012, while revenues remained almost flat at EUR 111m. The core company more than tripled its net profit to EUR 2.5m, the bread and pasta maker said in a press release on Friday. Revenues of the core company Žito also remained flat, at EUR 104m, according to unaudited data. The group generated 84% of its revenues on the Slovenian market. Compared to 2012, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization were up by 15.7% to EUR 8.8m, which is in line with plans. Operating profit at group level was meanwhile up 57% to EUR 3.1m, and was in entirety generated by the core company, which increased its operating profit by 55%. Labour costs and costs of material, goods and services were reduced by 1% to stand at a total of EUR 101m. In the core company, costs of material, goods and services were up by 1% to EUR 76.1m, while labour costs were down by 1% to EUR 18.5m. You might be also interested in: InvestSlovenia Team Verovškova 60 e-mail: invest@spiritslovenia.si Sign up for latest news about FDI projects and investment climate. Enter your e-mail address below to receive our quarterly newsletter. © SPIRIT Slovenia 2019 Financed by Ministry of Economic Development and Technology	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1430
__label__wiki	0.721333	0.721333	Character Quotes to Highlight the Importance of a Great Character Looking for inspiring character quotes? Here's a thought-provoking collection of quotes about character. Wondering about what it takes to build up a strong character? Curious about what others have to say about character? There's an African proverb that goes, â€œWherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him.â€ That goes for women too. Your character will speak so loudly about you, that it overpowers what you may try to convince others in words. So wherever you go, and whoever you are with, ultimately given time, your character will shine through as it's the foundation of who you are. Hopefully you can see that you're a beautiful woman with character! Besides character quotes, you might be looking for quotes on some of the most valued key qualities listed below: Meanwhile, pick your favorite character quotes from the collection below and use them in your scrapbooks, cards, letters and emails to inspire and encourage your kids and your loved ones about building a character that lasts. A person will worship something, have no doubt about that. We may think our tribute is paid in secret in the dark recesses of our hearts, but it will out. That which dominates our imaginations and our thoughts will determine our lives, and our character. Therefore, it behooves us to be careful what we worship, for what we are worshipping we are becoming. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving. -- Dale Carnegie Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved. -- Helen Keller Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful. -- Author Unknown Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get by, and the only thing that's wrong is to get caught. -- J. C. Watts Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike. -- Theodore Roosevelt Character is simply habit long continued. -- Plutarch Character - the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life - is the source from which self respect springs. -- Joan Didion Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming. Character, not circumstance, makes the person. -- Booker T. Washington I have no regrets in my life. I think that everything happens to you for a reason. The hard times that you go through build character, making you a much stronger person. -- Rita Mero No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character. Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands -- Anne Frank People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character. People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built. -- Eleanor Roosevelt Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open. -- Elmer G. Letterman Sow a thought, and you reap an act; Sow an act, and you reap a habit; Sow a habit, and you reap a character; Sow a character, and you reap a destiny. -- Charles Reade Talents are best nurtured in solitude, but character is best formed in the stormy billows of the world. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe The best index to a person's character is (a) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can't fight back. -- Abigail Van Buren The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves. The farther behind I leave the past, the closer I am to forging my own character. -- Isabelle Eberhardt The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. -- Thomas Babington Macaulay The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do. -- John W. Holt, Jr. The way a man plays a game shows some of his character. The way he loses shows all of it. Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny. You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him. You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one. -- James A. Froude What if you had the same minute-by-minute thoughts as the super successful? Mike Brescia has developed the ultimate mental conditioning programs that can help anyone wipe out intense fears and enjoy huge successes in all areas of life. Find out more here. 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__label__wiki	0.561781	0.561781	'Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior' Second Trailer Escalates The Drama But Still Suffers From Bad CGI By Jinal Bhatt 1 month Period films are no child's play. And thanks to recent films like Baahubali and Sanjay Leela Bhansali's productions, we've been ruined for anything that is even remotely below their standard. When Panipant released last week, the negative reviews made that rather clear—with a powerful story and good performances, the audience is now paying attention to the special effects as well. And currently, they're not too impressed with the second Maratha pride film coming their way, the Ajay Devgn, Kajol and Saif Ali Khan starrer Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior, the second trailer for which dropped on Monday evening. Much like the first trailer, the CGI here sees no improvement and continues to feel a little off. While the first trailer appeared darker, this one is a bit too vivid, and therefore bordering on unreal. The trailer does pack more drama than the first one, in terms of showcasing more details about the characters. We see Saif Ali Khan's Uday Bhan chomping on crocodile meat, Kajol's Savitribai Malusare taking a firm stand, and Sharad Kelkar's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj holding court. A monologue in the final scene from the trailer shows Ajay Devgn's Tanhaji make a declaration, and sounding a whole lot like Singham. Now here's the thing. I personally love period films, for they make interesting stories and character studies about how much we have evolved since those times, and how much we are prone to repeating our mistakes instead of learning from our past ones. However, as mentioned before, we have been so spoilt by the technical brilliance and production we've seen lately, that our standards have risen way to high, and it becomes hard to ignore when they aren't met. Still, Tanhaji's powerful ensemble and heroic story is where I bestow all my expectations and hope that we come out of theatres singing its praises. Directed by Om Raut and produced by Ajay Devgn Ffilms and T-Series, Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior releases on January 10, 2020. SEE ALSO: ‘Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior’ Trailer: It’s Maratha Ajay Devgn Vs Saif Ali Khan In the Most Musical War Tease Artwork: Dhawal Bhanushali / Mashable India TOPICS: Entertainment, Saif ali khan, Ajay Devgn, entertainment news, Kajol, Om Raut, Tanhaji The Unsung Warrior Oscars 2020: Believe It Or Not, The Reason Why JLo, Eddie Murphy, Adam Sandler Were Snubbed Is Idiotic We Have Officially Gone From Gushing Over Baby Yoda To Eating Baby Yoda! The Internet Is Re-contextualising These Scenes From Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan's Trailer Via Memes 'Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan' Trailer: Raise Your Rainbow Flags For This Ayushmann Khurrana, Jitendra Kumar Rom-Com!	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1438
__label__cc	0.678348	0.321652	Articles tagged with religion Confessions of a Secret Gnostic: Part One Chandra Crane Though it has ancient roots, Gnosticism—and the secular/sacred divide that flows from it—must be addressed today; its early and continual appearance proves the urgency for each generation of believers to wrestle with gnostic ideals slipping into our thinking. Is America Looking to Politics to Meet its Spiritual Needs? Myles Werntz One could argue that America’s decline in religious participation has paved the way for replacement, that in the place of God, a new idol of politics has emerged. secular society Red & Blue, Black & White: Untangling Race, Religion and Politics in America David Henreckson This is why Jemar Tisby’s lecture is important for me, for this institution, and for the church as a whole: it’s time to de-center our whiteness. It’s time to heed voices like Jemar’s that have been speaking to us all along, even when we weren’t listening. NASCAR’s Faith: The Rise of Cultural Christianity through Sport Doug Thompson While God’s name is invoked and Jesus’s sacrifice praised in the face of one of the most pointed examples of mortality in sport, worship itself appears to be given to NASCAR and the cultural praise located in American identity. Soccer 2, Saints 0: World Soccer as a Rival to Traditional Religion Scott Waalkes While Reformed Christians believe that God is in all things—and that service in all spheres of life is service to the Creator of all—what happens if one sphere expands its reach at the expense of another? What if it turns out that young people are serving Sport as an idol to the detriment of worship of the true God? Are Christian Children Selfish? Abby Foreman A recent study found that children raised in religious homes are actually somewhat less altruistic and have more punitive tendencies than others without a strong influence of religion in the home. Is this accurate? psychology studies Technology Unleashed: A Review of Transhumanism and the Image of God Created to Create: Fostering Innovative Education Lent: I Don’t Know the Man? Shows that Shape Us: Asking the Right Questions	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1440
__label__wiki	0.945927	0.945927	From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core (Redirected from Vice Admiral) Common military ranks in English Admiral of the fleet Marshal or Field marshal Marshal of the air force Admiral General Air chief marshal Vice admiral Lieutenant general Air marshal Rear admiral Major general Air vice-marshal Commodore Brigadier or Brigadier general Air commodore Captain Colonel Group captain Commander Lieutenant colonel Wing commander commander Major or Commandant Squadron leader Lieutenant Captain Flight lieutenant Sub-lieutenant Lieutenant or First lieutenant Flying officer Ensign Second lieutenant Pilot officer Midshipman Officer cadet Officer cadet Enlisted grades Warrant officer or Chief petty officer Warrant officer or Sergeant major Warrant officer Petty officer Sergeant Sergeant Leading seaman Corporal Corporal Seaman Private Aircraftman Vice admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, equivalent to lieutenant general and air marshal. A vice admiral is typically senior to a rear admiral and junior to an admiral. In many navies,[1] vice admiral is a three-star rank with a NATO code of OF-8, although in some navies like the French Navy it is an OF-7 rank, the OF-8 code corresponding to the four-star rank of squadron vice-admiral. 1 Rank insignia 9 Philippines 10.1 History 11 United States The rank insignia for a vice admiral often involves three stars, but this is not always the case. In the navy of Iraq, vice admiral insignia involves one star.[2] In the navies of Azerbaijan,[3] Bangladesh,[4] China,[5] Cuba,[6] Iran,[7] Mexico,[8] North Korea,[9] and Russia, vice admiral insignia involves two stars, and in the navy of Turkey, vice admiral insignia involves four stars.[10] Royal Australian Navy shoulder board Royal Canadian Navy shoulder board Croatian Navy Egyptian shoulder board Pennant of a French vice-amiral. French shoulder insignia Vice Admiral of the Indian Navy Kaishō (Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force) Polish Navy wiceadmirał shoulder insignia Romanian tunic shoulder board of a viceamiral Vicealmirante of the Spanish Navy Swedish Navy sleeve insignia UK Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Australian Navy, Royal New Zealand Navy and Royal Norwegian Navy sleeve insignia UK Royal Navy shoulder board[1] Ukrainian Navy Vietnam People's Navy Russian Navy (and formerly Soviet Navy) Islamic Republic of Iran Navy Imperial Iranian Navy Main article: Vice admiral (Australia) In the Royal Australian Navy, the rank of vice admiral is held by the Chief of Navy and, when the positions are held by navy officers, by the Vice Chief of the Defence Force, the Chief of Joint Operations, and/or the Chief of Capability Development Group. Vice admiral is the equivalent of air marshal in the Royal Australian Air Force and lieutenant general in the Australian Army. In the Royal Canadian Navy, the rank of vice-admiral (VAdm) (vice-amiral or Vam in French) is equivalent to lieutenant-general of the Canadian Army and Royal Canadian Air Force. A vice-admiral is a flag officer, the naval equivalent of a general officer. A vice-admiral is senior to a rear-admiral and major general, and junior to an admiral and general. The rank insignia of a Canadian vice-admiral is as follows: On the navy blue mess dress jacket and the navy blue service dress tunic: the cuff insignia is one wide gold braid below two standard size gold braids, the superior one includes the executive curl. On tropical white mess dress and tropical white service dress tunic: three silver maple leaves, beneath silver crossed sword and baton, all surmounted by a St. Edward's Crown located on gold shoulder boards. Two rows of gold oak leaves are located on the black visor of the white service cap. From 1968 to June 2010, the navy blue service dress tunic featured only a wide gold braid around the cuff with three gold maple leaves, beneath crossed sword and baton, all surmounted by a St. Edward's Crown located on cloth shoulder straps. Vice-admirals are addressed by rank and name; thereafter by subordinates as "Sir" or "Ma'am". Vice-admirals are normally entitled to a staff car; the car will normally bear a flag, dark blue with three gold maple leaves arranged one over two. A vice-admiral generally holds only the most senior command or administrative appointments, barring only Chief of Defence Staff, which is held by a full admiral or general. Appointments held by vice-admirals may include: Vice-Chief of Defence Staff (VCDS); Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (DCDS); Commander of an operational command (such as Canadian Joint Operations Command); Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy; Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM) of Defence in various capacities; Commander of, or representative to, a multinational force, alliance, or treaty organization. Charles, Prince of Wales holds the honorary rank of vice admiral in the Royal Canadian Navy.[11] See also: Canadian Forces ranks and insignia Commissioned officer ranks of the Canadian Armed Forces NATO rank code Student Officer OF-1 OF-10 NCdt A/SLt SLt Lt (N) LCdr Cdr Capt (N) Cmdre RAdm VAdm Adm OCdt 2Lt Lt Capt Maj LCol Col BGen MGen LGen Gen Not used In France, vice-amiral is the most senior of the ranks in the French Navy; higher ranks, vice-amiral d'escadre and amiral, are permanent functions, style and position (in French rang et appellation) given to a vice-amiral-ranking officer. The vice-amiral rank used to be an OF-8 rank in NATO charts, but nowadays, it is more an OF-7 rank. The rank of vice-amiral d'escadre (literally, "squadron vice-admiral", with more precision, "fleet vice-admiral") equals a NATO OF-8 rank. In the ancien régime Navy, between 1669 and 1791. The office of "Vice-Admiral of France" (Vice-amiral de France) was the highest rank, the supreme office of "Admiral of France" being purely ceremonial. Distinct offices were : 1669-1791 Vice-admiral of the West (Atlantic Ocean). 1669-1791 Vice-admiral of the East (Mediterranean Sea). 1778-1791 Vice-admiral of the Asian and American Seas (American shores). 1784-1788 Vice-admiral of the Indian Seas (Indian Ocean). Main article: Vizeadmiral Pennant of a German Vizeadmiral Vizeadmiral is an OF-8 three-star rank equivalent to the German Heer and Luftwaffe rank of Generalleutnant. In India, vice admiral is a three star admiral. In Italy, the equivalent to vice admiral is the ammiraglio di squadra. In the Philippines, the rank vice admiral is the highest-ranking official of the Philippine Navy. He is recognized as the flag officer in-charge of the Navy. The rank vice-admiral in the Philippines, has the same ranking in the U.S Navy. Main article: Vice admiral (Royal Navy) In the Royal Navy the rank of vice-admiral should be distinguished from the office of "Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom", which is an Admiralty position usually held by a retired "full" admiral, and that of "Vice-Admiral of the Coast", a now obsolete office dealing with naval administration in each of the maritime counties. Main article: Admiral (United Kingdom) Main article: Vice admiral (United States) In Vietnam, the equivalent to vice admiral is the phó đô đốc. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vice admiral is a three-star rank in the navies of NATO and Commonwealth countries, including (since 2001) the Royal Navy. (Refer UK DCI (Joint Service) 125/2001) ↑ "Navy of Iraq - Vice Admiral". <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles> ↑ "Navy of Azerbaijan - Vice Admiral". <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles> ↑ "Navy of Bangladesh - Vice Admiral". <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles> ↑ "Navy of China - Vice Admiral". <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles> ↑ "Navy of Cuba - Vice Admiral". <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles> ↑ "Navy of Iran - Vice Admiral". <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles> ↑ "Navy of Mexico - Vice Admiral". <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles> ↑ "Navy of North Korea - Vice Admiral". <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles> ↑ "Navy of Turkey - Vice Admiral". <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles> ↑ Deachman, Bruce; McCulloch, Sandra (9 November 2009), "Royals arrive in Ottawa in final leg of cross-Canada tour", Ottawa Citizen, retrieved 10 November 2009 <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles> Military ranks and insignia by country List of comparative military ranks Kingdom of Egypt Enlisted: United States Army enlisted PR of China Republic of China(Taiwan) Korea(North & South) Mengjiang Rank information Finance Guard Army officers Army other ranks Navy officers Navy ratings Air Force officers Air Force other ranks Austria–Hungary Hungarian People's Republic People's Militia Kingdom of Greece Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Yugoslavia SFR Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia Comparative officer ranks of Star officer grades General officer Flag officer Air officer By star ranks Six-star rank (proposed) Five-star rank Four-star rank Three-star rank Two-star rank One-star rank Generalissimo Generalissimus of the Soviet Union Commander-in-chief Admiral of the navy General of the armies Generalfeldmarschall Mareşal Marshal of the air force Marshal of the Russian Federation Marshal of the Soviet Union Mushir Spahbed Ispahsalar Beylerbey Constable of France Grand Domestic Dux bellorum Jenderal besar Reichsmarschall Serasker Strategos autokrator First marshal of the empire Dai-gensui Taewonsu Voivoda Wonsu Yuan Shuai Da Yuan Shuai Marshal of Yugoslavia Highest military ranks Domestic of the Schools Polemarch ja:海軍中将 Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=Vice_admiral&oldid=46743" Military ranks of Canada Military insignia Military ranks of Australia Military ranks of the United States Navy Military ranks of the United States Coast Guard Military ranks of Singapore Infogalactic News Buy an account This article's content derived from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia (See original source). 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__label__cc	0.679616	0.320384	Join KEEP KEEP Foundation Equine Workforce Project Seattle Slew License Plate Equine Summit Luncheon Series KEEP Day at the Races Equine Breed Associations Learn About Equine Tourism in Kentucky at Castle & Key Distillery by wglasscock \| Sep 24, 2018 \| Events, News Join KEEP at Kentucky’s newest distillery, Castle & Key, on October 2 for the next event in the Equine Summit Luncheon Series. The luncheon topic will be Equines and Tourism in Kentucky. Learn more about this event and register here. The event will feature special guest speaker Regina Stivers, Deputy Secretary of Kentucky Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet. Additional speakers include representatives of Horse Country, the University of Louisville and Visit Lex. KEEP Announces Position on Legal Sports Wagering by wglasscock \| Sep 6, 2018 \| Events, News Lexington, Ky. (Wednesday, September 5, 2018) – Today, the Kentucky Equine Education Project (KEEP), Kentucky’s equine economic advocate, released a white paper outlining KEEP’s position on legal sports wagering in Kentucky. The white paper details what will be critical to allow for a successful implementation of sports wagering in Kentucky, following the Supreme Court of the United States’ ruling in May that struck down the previous law that limited sports wagering to just a few states. The white paper, which can be accessed here, provides four key criteria that any proposed legislation in Frankfort should include in order to secure continued success for Kentucky’s signature industry, as well as provide an environment for sports wagering that will benefit the state’s budget and Kentuckians across the Commonwealth. The four criteria are: Sports wagering is made available at Kentucky’s racetracks The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission is named the regulatory body overseeing sports wagering The tax rate on sports wagering is competitive A portion of any revenues on sports wagering benefits the horse industry Doug Cauthen, Chairman of the KEEP Board of Directors, commented on the release of the white paper, “KEEP has worked diligently, over the past several months with member racetracks, farms, owners and horse enthusiasts all throughout the industry, to reach a position on sports wagering that unifies the industry. Fortunately, the horse industry sees the great opportunities that exist for legalized sports wagering in Kentucky and have coalesced around this white paper.” Elisabeth Jensen, KEEP’s Executive Vice President who oversees the organization’s daily operations added, “Now it is critical that the legislature takes up the issue in an expeditious manner to prepare for January’s session. With sports wagering already becoming available in a number of other states, Kentucky must be at the forefront of this opportunity and not wait until neighboring states have acted and it is too late. KEEP applauds the work of the bipartisan panel of legislators currently working on this issue and we look forward to sharing the white paper with them.” “Coming to consensus on anything can be difficult in an industry with interests as disparate as our’s.” Jensen continued, “However, on this issue, we all see the great potential that sports wagering can bring to the state. Currently, Kentucky’s horse racing industry is unparalleled in nearly every metric when compared to other states. Not only could sports wagering benefit the state financially, but it can also be done in a way that will preserve and grow the success that horse racing has seen in this state over the last decade.” ABOUT KEEP The Kentucky Equine Education Project, Kentucky’s equine economic advocate, is a not-for-profit grassroots organization created in 2004 to preserve, promote and protect Kentucky’s signature multi-breed horse industry. KEEP is committed to ensuring Kentucky remains the horse capital of the world, including educating Kentuckians and elected officials of the importance of the horse industry to the state. KEEP was the driving force in the establishment of the Kentucky Breeders Incentive Fund, which has paid out more than $141 million to Kentucky breeders since its inception in 2006, and pari-mutuel wagering on historical horse racing, which has been responsible for more than $32 million to purses and more than $24 million to the Kentucky Thoroughbred Development Fund. 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__label__cc	0.501587	0.498413	Home » Fans 10 Best Floor Fans – Reviews and Buying Guide If you live somewhere in the warmer climate, then there are chances that there will be times when you’re hot. A floor fan can be essential to address your cooling needs, but there are a variety of different fans that may be better suited for you and your space. In this review we’ve collected different options to find the best floor fan. After hours of researching these 10 floor fans we’ve decided the Ozeri 3x Tower Fan is our pick for Editor’s Choice. It has three independent fans and three settings, making it almost like 9 fans in one. And it’s small, perfect for the room without a lot of floor space. The detailed product review below highlights even more of this fan’s perks. Top 10 Floor Fans Review 2020 We spent many hours going over the specifications of various floor fans, comparing their product features and reading every customer review to help you pick the one which will best fit your needs. We looked at blade size to know which fan could really move the air, airflow to understand blowing capabilities, settings for a variety of different uses, timer for those who need an automatic shut off, height adjustment to customize airflow, dimensions to know if it will fit in your space, and warranty in case of accident. We broke down our findings in a table with quick-to-find details as well as a more detailed review for those who are looking for the particulars, followed by a buying guide for anyone ready to purchase their own best floor fan. 1. Ozeri 3x Tower Fan Space saving, with 9 levels of customized cooling and airflow, 7.5 hours timer, Led light with the light-dimming night mode – all of obviously make it our top pick Best High Velocity Floor Fan 2. Lasko Stanley 655650 This model has the highest velocity figures which allow it to be used even in garage, store or attic, plus don’t forget the option for wall-mounting which will definitely help you to save space Best Floor Fan with Remote 3. Rowenta VU5670 This model doesn’t only come with a remote, but it has an onboard storage designed for it, so you will never have to worry about losing your remote Best Quiet Floor Fan 4. Dyson AM08 This particular model doesn’t have any blades and that makes it reasonably more soundless rather than any other floor fan, plus it is much more safer than the blade-models and much easier to clean Best Outdoor Floor Fan 5. XPOWER FC-300 Light but powerful, these two features make this fan the best for the outdoors, where you will need good airflow combined with portability 6. Master PROFESSIONAL MAC-12F This model comes completely assembled, buttons on the back allow to control speed settings easily and light weight together with the handle make this fan really portable Best Floor Standing Fan 7. Hurricane Pro High Velocity Metal Stand Fan The weight is what makes this fan one of the most stable ones among floor standing fans, so that is especially a great choice for families with children or for the pet owners Best Fan for Living Room 8. Vornado VFAN Full action pivot head, deep-pitched propeller blades, 3 speeds, adjustable height level, unique retro design and 5 years warranty make this model just the best one for a living room Best Floor Fan for Bedroom 9. LEVOIT LV373 Sleep mode and LED display that can be turned off make this model a great using in the bedroom, but it’s also a very quiet fan which makes it a good choice for an infant’s room 10. Lasko Stanley 655704 Light-weight, 3 speeds, built-in circuit breaker, 10-foot power cord, additional outlets, and all of that for a reasonable price make this model our budget pick Ozeri 3x Tower Fan – Editor’s Choice Blade size: not specified Airflow: 5000 CFM Settings: 9 Timer: 0.5-7.5 hours Height adjustment: no Dimensions: 13.8 x 6.5 x 44 inches Warranty: 1-year limited More features: 3 independently controlled fans; LED control panel The Ozeri 3x Tower Fan is our Editor’s Choice because it has 3 independently controllable fans as well as 3 different fan settings allowing for 9 levels of customized cooling and airflow. This fan uses canted fan blades, which means the blades are curved in such a manner that they generate opposing soundwaves, cancelling each other out. Which means that though this fan is three fans in one, the canted blades work to reduce noise, making this a great choice for a quiet floor fan, though some users stated it was still too loud for them. It’s also less than 3 inches thick, making it a great choice for rooms or homes without a lot of floor space. The remote control has an extended range, and the control panel uses LED lights, granting easy access to all fan features. This fan also comes with a timer that can go up to 7.5 hours and be programmed in 30-minute increments. The three preprogrammed fan settings include a sleep setting so this may be a great fan choice for those who are looking for airflow in their bedroom, though the blue LED light cannot be shut off, so that may be an issue for people who need dark rooms. The Ozeri 3x Tower Fan weighs 13 pounds which is not too heavy for most users, making it easy to move from room to room, as needed. Finally, this fan comes with a one-year warranty, and many customers have said that even when they’ve experienced an issue with their fan, the customer service and warranty has been great. 3 fans in one Sleep mode setting LED light can’t be shut off Too loud for some users Lasko Stanley 655650 – Best High Velocity Floor Fan Blade size: 20 inches Airflow: 3,100 CFM Timer: 12 hours Height adjustment: – Dimensions: 22 x 22 x 7 inches More features: wall mount option; built-in carry handle; rubber pads The Lasko Stanley 655650 is designed for use in spaces that require high velocity airflow, making this our choice for Best High Velocity Floor Fan. This fan would work great in an attic, shop, or garage. It has 3 different speeds and the three fan blades creates a powerful, cooling airflow. The fan has a pivoting head, that allows you to direct the airflow vertically, either up or down, to better ventilate and cool your space, though it does not pivot horizontally: the user would need to just turn the entire fan. But it also comes with a Quick Mount system, allowing you to mount this fan to any surface to turn it from a floor fan into a wall fan, making it an even greater choice for a garage or shop where floor space may be limited. It’s built out of metal materials, making it long lasting, and though it does come with some assembly required, the assembly is simple and does not require any tools. And this fan comes with a remote control making it an even better choice for those people looking for a floor fan that can be mounted to a wall. The Lasko Stanley 655650 weighs over 14 pounds, so it may be a fan better suited to stay in one place, and it’s important to note that it is a noisier fan, which may be fine in rooms like garages but problematic as a bedroom floor fan. Finally, this fan comes with a patented safety plug, which means if the fuse in the cord detects an electrical fault, it will cut off the current to the fan. Can be wall mounted May be too loud for indoor use On the heavier side Rowenta VU5670 – Best Floor Fan with Remote Timer: 1, 2, 4, or 8 hours Height adjustment: 42-54 inches More features: electronic control panel; 35 dB(A) whisper-quiet operation The Rowenta VU5670 is designed to be an ultra-quiet fan, making it a great choice for those who want cooling air at night, but also silence to aid in sleeping. All 5 speeds of this fan are designed to operate at “whisper-quiet” levels, including the Silent Night Mode and a Turbo Boost for those times when you need extra power to cool down quickly. The Rowenta VU5670 comes with a remote and timer capability as well. The remote is compact and comes with onboard storage so you don’t ever have to worry about losing it when you’re not using the fan. The timer has 1, 2, 4, and even an 8-hour setting, making this a great choice for overnight use. It’s height adjustable as well, from 42 inches to 54 inches, though it does weigh almost 20 pounds, making it a heavier choice for a floor fan, so that may be something to keep in mind if you plan on moving it frequently from room to room. This model comes with an electronic control panel, making it easy to choose the setting you want at just the push of a button. It also comes with an energy saving mode, making it a great choice for those who are energy conscious. This mode automatically decreases the airflow from the fan until it reaches the most energy-efficient setting. Finally, some users stated that this fan is not a good choice for outdoor use or places with high humidity because the front cage rusts easily. Silent Night and Turbo Modes Ultra-Quiet Rusts easily Dyson AM08 – Best Quiet Floor Fan Blade size: no blades Airflow: not specified Settings: 10 Timer: 0.25-9 hours Height adjustment: 43.2-55.2 inches Dimensions: 6.6 x 23.1 x 55.2 inches More features: Air Multiplier technology; remote control; energy-efficient; quiet operation The Dyson AM08 is a bladeless floor fan. It works by using an “annular aperture” pulling in air and projecting it back out at a higher velocity for a cooling effect. Because it’s bladeless it’s much safer than other floor fans and does not need a cage or a grill to protect fingers from dangerous spinning blades. And because there are no blades, it’s much quieter than other floor fans as well, making it a great choice for the user who wants cool air when sleeping without the noise, though not a great choice for users who are looking for a fan to create white noise to assist in sleeping. And some users stated that it was actually louder than they expected for a fan without blades. Because it has no blades, it’s also really easy to clean: no cage to remove in order to dust. It weighs almost 15 pounds, which isn’t too heavy but not that light, either, making it a decent choice for those who plan to move their floor fan from room to room. The Dyson AM08’s timer can be set for as short as 15 minutes or as long as 9 hours. The remote control is curved, and magnetized, making it able to store directly on the fan itself, so you don’t have to worry about losing it. This fan has 10 airflow settings, all able to be controlled by the remote control along with the timer and oscillation as well. Some users, however, felt that it wasn’t very powerful, even on the highest settings. Bladeless Great timer Not powerful enough for some users XPOWER FC-300 – Best Outdoor Floor Fan Timer: 3-hour Set-N-Forget Warranty: not specified More features: 360º multidirectional airflow The XPOWER FC-300 is a compact floor fan made to provide high-powered airflow and cooling to your space. It’s great for drying damp carpet or wet flooring in areas that have been flooded, and the deep-pitched blades and spiral shape of the grill means the fan can provide air movement up to 170 feet upwards in the air. This is a great fan for use in workshops, garages, or fitness centers, and the high torque motor means that it can provide whole room air circulation, though because of this it can be a louder fan. And some users felt it wasn’t powerful enough for their needs. It is, however, the best outdoor floor fan. It comes with a rack and has 4 speed controls and 3-hour Set-N-Forget timer, as well as 360 degrees of directional airflow. It also only weights 13 pounds, making it a more lightweight choice for users looking for a fan that will be moved regularly. The cord measures 10 feet, which is not incredibly long, but long enough for most users, and it’s important to note that this fan cannot be mounted to the wall like other circular floor fans. 170 feet of airflow Whole room air circulation Cannot mount to wall Master PROFESSIONAL MAC-12F – Customer’s Choice Timer: not specified More features: 6-foot power cord The Master PROFESSIONAL MAC-12F is a fan that’s great to use in a warehouse, garage, or shop, but also for your home as well. It’s made of all steel and the head tilts vertically, making it easy to aim and direct the airflow of the fan. The 12-inch fan blades have three speed settings, and the fan comes with a handle, making it easily portable. The power cord, however, is only 6 feet long, so users will need to find a space with a close outlet in order to use this fan. One of the best things about this fan, though, is that it’s lightweight. It weighs under 9 pounds, so combined with the handle, this fan is easily one of the best floor fans to move from place to place or room to room. The speed settings are controlled by easy to use buttons on the back of the fan head, making it a good choice for those who want simplicity in their floor fan. It also comes completely assembled: just take it out of the box, plug it in, and it’s ready to use! This fan is designed to be compact, though, and for some users that meant it wasn’t powerful enough for their needs. Too small for some users Hurricane Pro High Velocity Metal Stand Fan – Best Floor Standing Fan More features: suitable for home, greenhouses, garages, workshops The Hurricane Pro High Velocity Metal Stand Fan is a pedestal fan, which means it comes with an adjustable height, from 39 inches up to 54 inches, making it a great choice for anyone who wants to be able to customize their airflow. It’s a metal fan designed to provide high velocity airflow, making it a great choice for garages, workshops, or fitness spaces, as well as greenhouses. It’s designed to last and is heavy duty. It has oscillation capabilities, though some users stated that the oscillation function often broke or failed altogether after a short amount of time, so it may not be the best choice for someone who needs a fan with long lasting oscillation. Also, others said that the fan was quite loud, and because the oscillation gears are plastic (hence why they may be prone to break) they can sometimes squeak. But the fan head can be tilted as well, and the fan comes with 3 different speed settings. The cord length is only 6 feet, however, so users will need to keep it close to an outlet. The base is weighted, though, to make it less prone to tipping over, which is a great consideration for those users who have children or pets. It weighs almost 25 pounds, however, which means it may not be a great choice for those who plan to move their fan frequently. Finally, the motor is enclosed, but it’s not rated for outdoor use. Oscillation tends to stop working Vornado VFAN – Best Fan for Living Room Airflow: 613 CFM Dimensions: 18.1 x 15.1 x 55 inches More features: Signature Vortex technology, full action pivot head; deep-pitched propeller blades The Vornado VFAN has a chrome glide bar, designed to fully control the airflow of any room and the full action pivot head increases the multidirectional movement of air. The adjustable height level of this fan is 42 inches to a tall 55 inches, making this a great choice for those who are looking for a floor fan that can really stretch. It has 3 speed settings, but it’s important to note that it does not come with a timer, so if that’s essential to you, you may want to choose a different model or purchase a separate timer. It also does not come with a remote, which is something to consider if you’re a person who likes to frequently change fan settings. It has a classic metal design that can offer a retro design feel to many rooms, though it has a mechanical instead of a digital switch, and it’s important to note that this fan does not oscillate. But this fan comes with a spectacular 5-year limited warranty which beats out most other floor fans for those consumers who are worried about their fan breaking. The cord length, however, is only 6 feet so you’ll need to place it near an outlet or use an extension cord. And this fan weighs 21 pounds, which may be too heavy for more elderly users or those who plan to move it frequently. Easy to adjust directional airflow Up to 55 inches of height No remote Does not oscillate LEVOIT LV373 – Best Floor Fan for Bedroom Timer: up to 12 hours More features: 360° manual oscillation for the upper vents; auto shut-off; ECO mode The LEVOIT LV373 has a double oscillation feature, which means the entire fan unit can oscillate back and forth up to 90 degrees, but the top half of the fan can manually oscillate in a full 360 degree circle, making this fan a great choice for those who want air flow to every corner of their space. It has a remote, allowing you to control it from anywhere in the room and the timer can last for up to 12 hours. It has 3 speed options, but also comes with 3 preprogrammed settings: nature, eco, and sleep modes making it easy to choose the setting you want. The LED control panel lets you read the room’s temperature, and the display can be turned off, making it a great choice for the user who’re looking for a fan to use at night in their bedroom but who also wants one without constant illumination. It’s also a very quiet floor fan, making it a good choice for an infant’s room or for someone who prefers quiet. The LEVOIT LV373 is easy to dust, a feature many other fans ignore and it only weight 13 pounds, making it a decent choice for those who may want to move it between rooms. The base of the fan is 11 inches wide, which is not too large for most spaces, and it reaches a little over 38 inches in height, though some users stated that it’s top heavy, which is something to keep in mind for the safety conscious. Double oscillation LED lights can be shut off Easy to dust Lasko Stanley 655704 – Budget Pick Blade size: 12.2 inches More features: 2 built-in additional outlets; wide pivot angle; 10-foot power cord The Lasko Stanley 655704 is a small blower fan, making it a great choice for a job site, or for use in a garage or workshop. It comes with twin accessory outlets, meaning it won’t take up any outlet space, even when plugged in, and the 10-foot power cord means that it can reach most outlets, or even work as a sort of extension cord, if needed. It has a built-in circuit breaker, too, so you don’t have to worry about overloading it. The vertical pivoting head lets you direct the airflow from the ceiling to the floor, making it a good choice for drying damp spaces. It arrives fully assembled, which means once you remove it from the box, it’s ready for you to plug it in and put it to work. And because it’s small, with a built-in handle, it’s incredible portable, making it easy to cart to job sites or from room to room, especially since it weighs under 8 pounds, making it the lightest weight floor fan on this list. It has 3 speed settings, controlled by a simple twist knob, making it a great choice for users who are looking for simplicity in their floor fan, though some users stated that the fan didn’t last very long and had a tendency to break, so it’s important to keep the 1-year limited warranty in mind. 10-foot cord 2 additional outlets Short lifespan Cannot oscillate Floor Fans are a fantastic appliance to have if you’re looking to add cooling air or ventilation to your space. They can work inside the home, or even in a garage or shop. But there are a lot of different option when it comes to fan models so if you’re considering the best floor fan the following guides can help you make your decision. Choosing the floor fan Floor fans are great to have in your shop or garage, not to mention your home when needed. Most of them have multiple speed settings to let you decide how much cool air you want to blow. Floor fans are made to cool entire rooms and are designed to help you achieve comfortable airflow in your shop or home. Below we’ve broken down some of the more imporant features to consider when purchasing a floor fan. Blade size Blade size can be important when you are choosing a floor fan because often the size of the blades correlates with the amount of air that moves through the fan. The larger the blades are, the more air is moved. If you’re looking for a model with large blades then check out our Editor’s Choice the Ozeri 3x Tower Fan which has 20-inch blades. Or if you’d rather have a fan with no blades at all, try the Dyson AM08 for your quiet floor fan needs. Airflow is one of the most, if not the most, important consideration when looking at different floor fan models. If the fan doesn’t put out enough airflow for your needs, it won’t achieve the cooling or ventilation you desire. And if the airflow is too strong, it may be too noisy for your needs, or be too disruptive to the space around you: such as blowing papers around in an office setting. Airflow is typically achieved by fan blades, but oftentimes it can be altered or changed by the variety of settings and features built into the floor fan, so it’s important to keep all these aspects in mind when looking for the best floor fan with the airflow that meets your needs. All the floor fans on our list have a variety of settings. This allows you to choose the speed of the fan blades (or moving air) and decide how cool or warm you and your room remain. Some may even measure the air temperture for you. If you want a floor fan with a lot of different speeds and settings then look no further than our Editor’s Choice the Ozeri 3x Tower Fan which has 3 independent fans with 3 different settings, making for 9 combinations. A timer on a floor fan will let you set the speed on your fan and then have the fan automatically stop after the set time. This is really great for someone who wants to have a fan blowing on them for part of the night, but don’t want to have to wake up to shut it off, or for those worried about accidentally leaving their fan running. Not all floor fans come with a timer option, so if this is an important feature make sure you select one with a timer option. For the fan with the most robust timer look at the LEVOIT LV373 which has a timer than can be set for up to 12 hours. Some floor fans come with height adjustment options, usually if they’re pedestal fans, though not always. Height adjustments allow you to better aim the airflow coming from the fan, perfect for adjusting to reach a high bed, or to keep a fan from blowing directly in your face, but still aimed in your direction. For a fan that has the greatest options for height adjustment then check out the retro looking Vornado VFAN which can adjust its height from 42 inches up to 55 inches. The dimensions of your floor fan can matter for a couple of different reasons. If the fan is too big, it may take up a lot of space in your room and be obtrusive in your area. And if it’s too large, it becomes difficult to store when you’re not using it. The same is true for weight. If you plan on moving your fan from different locations, you’ll need one that’s not too heavy. For the fan with the smallest dimensions look at the Ozeri 3x Tower Fan, which is only about 3 inches wide, and for a fan that’s easily portable the Budget Pick Lasko Stanley 655704 weighs under 8 pounds, making it easily to carry from place to place. We all hope that we will never have to use the warranty that comes with our floor fan. But sometimes accidents happen at home or even in shipping. In those cases, you want to pick a floor fan with a great warranty, so that way your fan can be repaired or perhaps even replaced if needed. Check out the Vornado VFAN which comes with a fantastic 5-year limited warranty. Most of the floor fans on our list come with bonus features, such as special settings and remote controls. For the fan with the most high-tech remote-control capabilities looks at the Dyson AM08 which has a curved remote that’s magnetic so it can stay attached to the fan when not in use. And for a fan with settings geared for nighttime fan users, check out the Rowenta VU5670 which is ultra-quiet and has a “silent night” mode as well as a “turbo boost” mode for when you want to cool down quickly. Otherwise the Lasko Stanley 655650 is the only floor fan on our list that can be wall mounted, saving you floor space. Price vs. quality Often times you get what you pay for, and that’s also the case with floor fans. There are many awsome fans out there that are on the cheaper side, such as out Budget Pick Lasko Stanley 655704, but often times a cheaper fan means that it won’t have the lifespan of some of the more expensive ones. This is because the cost is usually saved in manufacturing, such as replacing metal pieces with plastic. But that’s not to say it’s always the best idea to purchase the most expensive floor fan. Sometimes it’s worth buying a cheaper fan, especially if you’re trying to decide what works best for your home and needs. That way you won’t spend a lot of money on a fan that lasts for years, but you don’t ever use because it doesn’t meet your needs. Proper use and care Like most appliances, proper use and care of your floor fan will extend the life of you fan and keep it working efficiently for a long time. Fan blades, even though they’re frequently moving at a high speed, will still collect dust, so it can be important to clean the blades every now and then. If you’d rather not deal with dusting blades, then consider the Dyson AM08 which doesn’t have blades and therefore doesn’t need to be cleaned in that fashion. And make sure you’re picking a fan that works well for your location: don’t use a fan that’s not rated for outdoor use outside, or your fan may fail well before it should. How do I clean my fan? Cleaning the fan can vary depending on the model you choose. Most fans you will need to take apart the fan cage in order to dust the blades, though bladeless models eliminate the need for that. Once you have access to the blades you will want to wipe them clean with a damp towel, removing all built up dust on their surface, and then replace the cage for safety purposes. Is it possible that the fan will dry the air? Yes, this is a possibility. Moving the air at a high speed of flow can sometimes dry the air in your home. If this is a concern for you, you may want to add a humidifier to your home or look for a floor fan/humidifier combination. For how long can I leave my fan switched on? Many fans come with timers so you can set a time limit for your fan to automatically shut off. But if your fan does not have a timer, it’s important to shut it off and even unplug it every now and then to give the motor a chance to cool down. Constantly running appliances, including fans, not only raise your electric bill but can also be a fire hazard, so make sure you give your fan an occasional break. And fans should never be left running unattended. Floor fans can help make your garage or home even more enjoyable to inhabit. Whether you want to cool an entire space or need white noise to help you sleep, there’s a specific best floor fan out there that will fit your needs. Our Editor’s Choice is the Ozeri 3x Tower Fan, which has 3 independently controlled fans built in a small frame, perfect for a room or garage without a lot of floor space. The fans have 3 different settings giving you a total of 9 different combinations for this fan, and with a weight of 13 pounds it’s not too heavy to move. The Lasko Stanley 655650 is our choice for Best High Velocity Floor Fan. It’s also the only fan on this list that comes with mounting system, allowing you to attach this fan to a wall, removing it from the floor entirely. This makes it a great choice for people looking to really cool down a shop or garage. Finally, our pick for Best Floor Fan with Remote is the Rowenta VU5670. It’s a pedestal fan with height adjustment capabilities, letting you better customize your airflow. It also has an energy saving mode which can be an important consideration for those looking to save money. Ozeri 3x Tower Fan - Editor's Choice 5 Most Effective Window Fans to Fill Your Home with the Desired Coolness 5 Best Whole House Fans to Save You Money on Cooling the Air 10 Best Evaporative Coolers – Fight the Heat Effectively! 9 Best Outdoor Ceiling Fans — Reviews and Buying Guide 4 Excellent Kitchen Ceiling Fans to Freshen Up the Room 7 Mightiest High-Velocity Fans to Cope with the Most Difficult Tasks 5 Most Effective Box Fans to Save You on the Hottest of Days 6 Most Functional Pedestal Fans to Get in 2020 7 Best Cooling Fans – Beat the Heat! 6 Stunning Tower Fans — Ultimate Coolness in a Space-Saving Design Navigate Best Floor Fan	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1452
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__label__cc	0.582843	0.417157	Home › Featured Profiles › Steven Hallam, University of British Columbia Steven Hallam, University of British Columbia CIFAR Scholar and Associate Professor, University of British Columbia Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Life Sciences Institute Steven Hallam, CIFAR Scholar and Associate Professor, University of British Columbia, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Life Sciences Institute I have collaborated with the JGI since 2002 before the CSP program came online. These collaborations have spanned my postdoctoral years with Ed DeLong [now at MIT: http://cee.mit.edu/delong] and my time as an independent investigator at the University of British Columbia. In 2002, the JGI was doing several pilot projects to explore environmental sequencing that included acid mines, eel river basin sediments and marine sponges. I worked with Nik Putnam closely on the sediment and sponge projects with some coding support from Jarrod Chapman and Sam Pitluck. (Hallam, S. J., Putnam, N. Preston, C.M., Detter, J.C., Richardson, P. M., Rokhsar, D., and E. F. DeLong. 2004. Reverse methanogenesis: testing the hypothesis with environmental genomics, Science, 305: 1457-1462. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/305/5689/1457.full) Over the years I have worked on projects that explored the genomic potential of anaerobic methane oxidizing Archaea and the symbiotic thaumarchaeota Cenarchaeum symbiosum as well as more community based studies focused on microbial community structure and function in expanding marine oxygen minimum zones and long term soil productivity sites across north American ecozones. I have also participated in single-cell genomic studies exploring microbial dark matter from both metabolic reconstruction and technology development perspectives. Understanding the ecological and biogeochemical roles played by microorganisms alone and in community is a fundamental research problem with important implications for modeling the earth system and developing new technologies for sustainable economic growth. This is not abstract science but empirical and object oriented exploration of nature with real world implications for human societies trying to make a balance living on a dynamic planet. My JGI projects have tended to focus on metabolic reconstruction of uncultivated microorganisms that play important roles in carbon, nitrogen and sulfur transformations in aquatic ecosystems. Several of these projects have resulted in foundational advances related to biochemical pathways mediating methane oxidation along continental margins, autotrophic carbon assimilation by marine thaumarchaeota (http://www.plosbiology.org/ and http://www.pnas.org/) and more recently coupled carbon, nitrogen and sulfur cycling in expanding marine oxygen minimum zones (OMZs). The OMZ work highlights the promise and the power of monitoring microbial communities in natural and human engineered ecosystems as sensitive indicators of change. Indeed, dissolved oxygen concentration is a critical organizing principle in the ocean. As oxygen levels decline, energy is diverted away from plants and animals into microbial community metabolism. Over the past 50 years oxygen minimum zones have expanded due to climate change and increased waste run-off from our farms and cities. At present 8% of the ocean is considered oxygen-starved. In certain coastal areas extreme oxygen-starvation produces “dead zones” decimating marine fisheries and destroying food web structure. Although inhospitable to many plants and animals, oxygen minimum zones support thriving microbial communities. OMZ research in my laboratory has focused on the northeast subarctic Pacific Ocean and Saanich Inlet as model ecosystems for understanding microbial community responses to OMZ expansion. Using DNA and RNA extracted directly from the environment, we observed that oxygen-starvation produces alternative niches that organize and direct microbial community metabolism. Changes in microbial community metabolism in turn control marine nutrient and energy recycling, including the production and consumption of the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide. We identified one specific group of microorganisms, called SUP05 related to gill symbionts of deep-sea clams and mussels that dominate the most oxygen-starved regions of the water column. SUP05 breathes-in nitrate and exhales nitrous oxide. This respiratory process is coupled to carbon dioxide fixation and the removal of toxic hydrogen sulphide. The presence of SUP05 in non-sulfidic oxygen minimum zones prompted the description of a cryptic sulphur cycle linking the metabolic activities of SUP05 with other microorganisms involved in nitrogen and sulphur cycling. Thus, knowing how microorganisms interact with and respond to ocean oxygen starvation teaches us about the organizing principles that shape ocean food webs and define how these species work with each other and their environment in a time of climate change. I have effectively grown up as scientist with support from the JGI. I have been exposed to cutting edge technologies and incredibly talented people that have pushed my research into unexpected and impactful places through the Community Science Program. There is no way that I could have reached this level of scientific engagement without the community sequencing program and collaborative interactions with JGI staff and the extended network of people that results from programmatic initiatives like the GEBA uncultivated project. The JGI is truly a unique human resource and an engine for innovation and discovery in genome science and systems biology. Check out Steven presenting in TEDxRenfrewCollingwood in Vancouver, British Columbia on October 25th, 2014. Filed Under: Featured Profiles Kelly Wrighton, Colorado State University Tobias Erb, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology Colleen Hansel, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute J. Chris Pires, University of Missouri Cat Adams, University of California, Berkeley C. 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__label__wiki	0.933997	0.933997	THE KAPLANIAN REPORT COMMERCIAL AVIATION MONTHLY REVIEW April 22, 2017 by thekaplanianreport Volume 4 Issue 5 The Kaplanian Report ON THE BOEING FRONT Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 TEN Powers Boeing 787 for the First Time The Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 TEN has powered a Boeing Dreamliner flight for the first time. The flight, which took off and landed at Boeing Field in Seattle, marks the latest phase in the engine’s development program. The Trent 1000 TEN has also been selected to power the first test flight of the Boeing 787-10 version of the Dreamliner, slated for the end of March, 2017. This means the Trent 1000 will have powered the first flight of every version of the 787. Tent 1000 Program Director Gary Moore said: “ Our first Trent 1000 TEN flight on the Dreamliner is another great milestone for our program. I want to thank everyone at Boeing and Rolls-Royce who have worked hard to make this flight happen. In addition, our selection to power the first flight of the 787-10 is a great honor, and reflects our commitment to supporting this aircraft as it continues to evolve.” The Trent 1000 TEN has already powered tests earlier this year on the Rolls-Royce Flying Test Bed aircraft, a Boeing 747, at Tucson, Arizona. The Trent 1000 TEN (Thrust,Efficiency and New Technology) will power all variants of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner family. The engine draws on technologies from Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engine and advance engine program, delivering thrust and efficiency improvements. Source : Rolls-Royce/Rolls-Royce Picture ON THE AIRBUS FRONT A350 1000 Wraps Up High- Elevation Tests Airbus has wrapped up high-elevation airport testing of the A350-1000 following a 10-day campaign in South America. Aircraft MSN71 undertook initial tests in Bolivia, operating to Cochabamba and La Paz. MSN71 carried out several departures and landings at each airport for data-collection, says the airframe, operating at elevations of 7,546 ft – 13,123 ft. The twin jet also carried out tests at the sea-level Colombian airport of Barranquilla. “Early test results confirm the good performance and behavior of both the aircraft and its Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 engines,” adds Airbus. “This is a major successful milestone in the aircraft certification flight-test campaign.” The airframe typically carries out hot-weather tests in the Middle East, using Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates. Airbus is aiming to deliver the A350-1000 for airline service later this year. Three of the variant are involved in the certification effort. Source : Flightglobal/Airbus REGIONAL/BUSINESS JETS CSeries Completes London City Airport Validation Flights On March 23rd Bombardier completed CSeries validation tests at London City airport and expects to receive certification to operate commercial flights to the facility in as little as six to eight weeks. “The aircraft flew flawlessly. There were no issues,” Bombardier’s vice president of the CSeries program, Robert Dewar, told FlightGlobal. Aircraft operating to London City require special certification largely due to the airport’s steep approach requirement. Bombardier began London City certification tests for the CSeries months ago at other airports, performing approaches as steep as 7.5 degrees, says Dewar. That’s steeper than London City’s %.5 degrees approach, he adds. Following those trials, the Canadian airframe flew its second flight-test vehicle (C-GWYD), a CS100 variant to London Stansted airport on March 21st. The aircraft landed for the first time at London City on March 22nd, completing four validation and demonstration tests that day and four on March 23rd, the company says. Next, Authorities will review Bombardier’s test data, Dewar says. The Company needs approvals from Transport Canada, The European Aviation Safety Agency and Switzerland’s Federal Office of Civil Aviation, according to Dewar. Pilots must also complete London City specific training. Bombardier designed the CSeries specifically for operation at London City, Dewar says. For instance, engineers tailored the aircraft’s wing and flight control laws with London City’s operating requirements in mind, he adds Source : Flightglobal/Bombardier OTHER AVIATION NEWS “More comfortable” Economy Middle Seats To be Unveiled Molon Labe has teamed up with BMW’s Designworks and Panasonic Avionics to create an economy-cabin design that would make the middle seat wider and more attractive. A concept model of the novel design was unveiled at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, April 4-6. The Stagger Seat, or S2, is a variation of Molon Labe Seating’s Side-Slip Seat, which is aimed at faster boarding and quicker turnarounds for time-sensitive short-haul flights. The Colorado company is launching this new variation on the concept with quite a different goal – to improve economy class passenger comfort on long-haul flights. The Stagger Seat takes the ergonomic features of the Side-Slip Seat and translates them into a reclining economy seat”like no other,” the company claims. In the Side-Slip seat, the middle seat is offset, or staggered, downward and backward relative to the seats either side. This allows the aisle seat to be slid over the middle seat during boarding, to increase aisle width and allow passengers to get past. Faster turnarounds are not the main aim for long-haul airline, Molon Labe CEO Hank Scott said, so the stagger Seat does not slide, but it will recline.The offset is used primarily to increase space for the middle-seat passenger-and potentially generate more revenue for the airline. By staggering the middle seat vertically and fore/aft, the arms, thighs and elbows of passengers are no longer adjacent.”The Stagger Seat offers more living space for all occupants,” Scott said. ”The middle seat is also 3inches wider, while the other seats maintain their standard width.” Source : ATW/ Molon Labe Avolon Becomes World’s Third Largest Aircraft Lessor Avolon, the international aircraft leasing company, announced the completion of the acquisition of the aircraft leasing business of CIT Group. Avolon is now the world’s third largest aircraft leasing company, with a combined fleet as of December 31,2016, of 808 aircraft valued at over US$43 billion. Transaction doubles Avolon’s size and creates the world’s third largest aircraft leasing platform; serves 149 customers in 62 countries with approximately one third of in-service aircraft leased into each of the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions, providing balanced geographic exposure. The combined business had an owned fleet of 551 aircraft with an average age of 4.7 years: the youngest owned, in service fleet among the world’s top three aircraft leasing companies. Total orders and commitments for 301 aircraft include new technology aircraft comprising of 196 Airbus Aircraft (A320neo family,A330neo and A350); 61Boeing 737 MAX aircraft and 25 Boeing 787 aircraft. Source : China Aviation Daily/Picture Airbus Iran Air has taken delivery of a second Airbus 330-200, two weeks after its first of the type arrived in Tehran. China Aircraft Leasing Group has completed the deliveries of one Airbus A320 each to Air Asia Berhad and Thai Air Asia. Porter Airlines Toronto City-based airport took delivery of its 29th Bombardier Q400. Airbus the first Airbus A319neo performed its maiden flight on March 31, powered by CFM International LEAP-1A engines. MIAT Mongolian Airlines plans to lease two Boeing 737 MAXs from Irish lessor Avolon as it looks to bolster its single-aisle fleet. Boeing Commercial Airplanes after a one-year pricing freeze, Boeing Commercial has raised list prices by a range between 2.16-2.23% across the product portfolio. The Government of Poland announced an order for three Next-Generation 737s. The order includes two new BBJ2 airplanes and one 737-800, which will be operated by the Government of Poland as head-of-state aircraft for the president and top government officials. Air Bridge Cargo(ABC) Airlines has taken delivery of the first two Boeing 747-8Fs under a long-term lease agreement with US-based lessor Intrepid Aviation. All Nippon Airways (ANA) will lease four Boeing 737-800 aircraft while it awaited delayed deliveries of the country’s first commercial aircraft in 50 years, the 90-seat Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) Aseman Airlines of Iran signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for 30 737 MAX aircraft, with a list price value of $3 billion. The deal includes rights purchase rights for 30 additional MAXs. Qatar Airways Cargo Takes Delivery of Its Twelfth B777 Freighter Qatar Airways Cargo received its latest Boeing 777 Freighter in Doha recently, taking its total freighter fleet count to 21. The addition marks the cargo carrier’s commitment to building its young and modern air cargo fleet to strengthen its growth trajectory. Ulrich Ogiermann Qatar Airways’ Chief Officer Cargo said, ”The arrival of our newest Boeing 777 freighter comes at a time when we are consciously strategizing our freighter network expansion this year; above and beyond the unprecedented demand and growth in our charter services.” The Boeing 777 freighter has the longest range of any twin-engined freighter and is based around the 777-200 LR aircraft operating on the ultra long haul routes. It has a payload capacity of 102 metric tons. The airplane’s range capability translates into significant savings for cargo operators: fewer stops and associated landing fees, less congestion at transfer hubs, lower cargo handling costs and shorter delivery times. The capacity of the Boeing freighters is unrivaled and the plane’s economics make it an attractive addition to the fleet. Qatar Airways Cargo operates the Boeing 777 freighters on long-haul routes to the Americas, Europe, the Far East, Asia and some destinations in Africa. The airline will receive another Boeing 777 freighter later this year, increasing its freighter fleet to a total of 22 aircraft by the end of 2017. Source : Qatar Airways Cargo Press Release Polar Express Delivery An Antonov Airlines An-124 and Air Charter Service delivered a GE90 jet engine for Swiss International Air Lines 777-300 that was forced to make an emergency landing on February 1 in the Canadian Arctic town of Iqaluit after one of its engines shut down in mid-flight. The GE90 arrived less than 48 hours later after the Swiss jet landed in Canada; the An-124 remained in Iqaluit for a toTal of five days, while the new engine was installed on the 777 and the unserviceable engine could be retrieved. Fortunately,the 216 passengers on the Zurich-to-Los Angeles flight only had to wait half a day as the plane sat on the tundra until a replacement jet resumed the journey to Los Angeles. Source : Air Cargo World MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, OVERHAUL Asia’s MRO Surge Could Outstrip Demand The rapid growth of aircraft maintenance sector in the Asia-Pacific region is creating a significant risk of aver supply, according to some industry executives, said speakers at Aviation Week’s MRO East Asia conference. The MRO market is “reshaping itself” and has been “shifting to Asia”, saId Vehbi Ozer, Turkish Technic’s strategy planning and projects manager. He predicts that in the near future, the Asia-Pacific region will represent the biggest MRO market. This region now accounts for 28% of the global MRO market value of $64 billion, said Francois Dubrulle, president of asset management company The Green Airliner Singapore, Asia has essentially caught up to Europe and North America in terms of market share. The global total is projected to rise to $96 billion by 2025, with Asia-Pacific growth likely to exceed that of the more developed regions. Rapid expansion is both a challenge and a danger for the MRO industry, said Daniel Stromski, Haeco’s GM for inventory technical management. He likens the current situation to a “gold rush,” with a wide range of companies looking to set up new operations or joint ventures in Southest Asia and China. Stromski said this is causing worries about the supply and demand balance. While Asia represents a great opportunity for MRO providers, the “industry should be careful where it invests,” so it does not “create oversupply of MRO capabilities.” Source : MRO Network Latest MRO News ASCO has a Boeing contract to supply had metal/aluminum structural components through 2024. Fokker Services(GKN Aerospace) was named authorized service provider by Bombardier to provide Q400 component repair management under its Smart Parts program. Astronics acquired operating assets of Pacific Northwest-based Custom Controls Concepts,which supplies cabin management and IFE systems for Airbus/Boeing VIP aircraft. Pemco has an Air Incheon contract to convert one Boeing 747-400 to freighter. Aeromet has a Boeing contract to supply 777X parts using its A20X aluminum alloy. Researched and Compiled by : Ed Kaplanian Commercial Aviation Advisor Contact – ed@kaplanianreport.com Posted in Aviation News \| Tagged 3rd largest lessor, A350-1000, Aeromet, Air Bridge Cargo, Airbus, All Nippon Airways, Antonov Airlines AN-124, ASCO, Asemen Airlines, Asia’s MRO, Astronics, Avolon, BMW’s Designworks, Boeing, Bombardier, China Aircraft Leasing Group, CSeries, Fokker Services(GKN Aerospace), Government of Poland, Green Airliner Singapore, Iran Air, London City Airport, MIAT Mongolian Airlines, Molon Labe, Panasonic Avionics, Pemco, Porter Airlines, Qatar Airway Cargo, Stagger Seat, Swiss International Air Lines, Trent 1000 TEN \| Leave a comment January 23, 2017 by thekaplanianreport Volume 4 Issue 1 January 2017 Kaplanian Report The Boeing 787-10 ZC001 in Final Body Join Boeing in early December began to assemble the first 787-10, the second stretch variant of the family, at its facility in Charleston, South Carolina. The 787-10 has the potential to take a significant slice of the replacement market for the Airbus A330-300s and the 777-200s. With 323 seats, and at the same time, give the twin jet program a strong push toward profitability. So far, the 787-10 is coming together smoothly and ahead of schedule. Spurred on predominantly by Singapore Airlines in early 2013, Boeing has won orders and commitments for 154 aircraft from nine airlines and leasing companies. The 787-10 is 18 feet longer than the 787-9; 10ft of that is made up of the midbody, which is extended to 114ft overall. As they are for all 787s, the midbody and aft-fuselage sections for the 787-10 are assembled in South Carolina. Design work for the 787-10 stayed in Seattle, where the challenge was maximizing commonality with the 787-9. Designers targeted a goal of 90% commonality between the 787-9 and the -10, a big leap over the 50% achieved between the 787-8 and the 787-9. The first aircraft is expected to make its maiden flight early this year. Following initial checkout, it will be ferried to Seattle along with the other test 787-10s for completion of the certification campaign. The first and third 787-10s will be powered by Rolls-Royce’s new Trent 1000 TEN engine, while the second will be powered by the competing GEnx1B. Flight tests of the TEN began on a 787 early in December, the initial 787-10 is scheduled to enter service with Singapore Airlines in mid-2018. Source : Aviation week/Boeing/Boeing Picture Airbus to Slow A380 Production in 2017 in Accord with Emirates Airbus will put off a dozen deliveries of the A380 plane in the next two years following agreement with Emirates, its largest customer for the model, as demands continues to fade for the A380. Handovers of six A380s a piece that were originally planned for 2017 and 2018 will be shifted to a year later following an agreement with Emirates and engine supplier Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc. The Toulouse, France-based plane maker said on Tuesday, December 27th, in an e-mailed statement. Airbus still plans to deliver 12 A380s per year as of 2018, and will seek to accelerate cost savings to minimize the effects on the break- even target for 2017. Airbus has already been reducing production of the A380, which costs $433 million at list prices, as demand for large airliners has dried up. In the meantime, Emirates and Rolls-Royce reached a settlement earlier in December over the airline’s A380 engine performance and maintenance concerns. Dubai-based Emirates is by far the biggest buyer and operator of the A380, with orders for more than 140 of the plane. The carrier recently switched to Rolls-Royce engines for its latest batch of A380s, after relying on General Electric Co,’s Engine Alliance venture for the four power-plants that propel the airliner. Source : Bloomberg/Airbus Bombardier Global 7000 Takes to the Skies Bombardier Business Aircraft has successfully flown its new flagship business jet, the Global 7000. Flight test vehicle 1(FTV1), C-GLBO (c/n70001), took off from the manufacturer’s Toronto Downsview facility on November 4, 2016. It flew for 2 hrs 27 mins. During the maiden flight, the crew tested the basic system functionality of the jet and assessed its handling and flying qualities. The pilots conducted a gradual climb to 20,000 ft and the aircraft reached a planned test speed of 240 kts. All flight controls were exercised during the sortie and Bombardier reports that all systems and aircraft performed as expected. The flight signifies the start of the jet’s flight test program, ahead of scheduled entry into service in the second half of 2018. Bombardier says the jet will offer a 7,400 nm(13,705km) range at Mach .85 carrying eight passengers. Source : Bombardier/Photo Bombardier Boeing Business Jets, GKN Aerospace Introduce Skyview Panoramic Window Boeing Business Jets announced in early December that it will work with GKN Aerospace’s Fokker business to develop, produce, and offer support for the Skyview Panoramic Window. It is the largest window available on any passenger jet offered today. The window will be available as a feature on BBJ, BBJ2, and all three members of the BBJ MAX family, including the new BBJ MAX 7 with scheduled entry-into service in 2018. The Skyview Panoramic Window, measuring approximately 4.5 feet by 1.5 foot(1.4×0.5 m), is created by effectively joining three existing 737 windows together. Situated aft of the wing with multiple potential locations based on the airplane type, it offers customers an unparalleled perspective of the world. Source : Boeing Business Jets Argentina’s Aerolineas to Buy 11 New Boeing 737 MAX Aircraft State-run airline Aerolineas Argentinas said on December 19, 2016, that it will buy 11 new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft and nine 737-800 NG planes in a deal based on revising a sales contract signed by the previous government. President Mauricio Macri took office a year ago to reduce government spending. The previous administration had signed a contract with Boeing for 20 737-800 NGs, but no payments or deliveries were made under the deal. “Aerolineas will be the first operator in Latin America to have a 737 MAX, which is a new plane globally,” the airline’s finance chief Pablo Miedziak told Reuters after signing the new contract with Boeing’s vice president for sales in Latin America Van Rex Gallard. Miedziak said the airline is increasing its capacity by replacing planes with a capacity of 128 seats for new ones that can seat 170 passengers. Source : Reuters COMAC C919 Starts Ground Taxi Tests The COMAC C919 narrow body passenger jet moved under its own power for the first time on December 28, 2016, initiating the last series of tests before the C919’s maiden flight. The low-speed taxi trials are being carried out from the company’s facility in Shanghai Pudong International Airport. The China-made C919 is scheduled to make its first flight in the first half of 2017. CFM International, the largest jet engine manufacturer worldwide is the exclusive engine supplier for the C919, the first C919 engines (CFM Leap 1C) last July but run for the initial time until November 9, 2016. Shanghai-based China Eastern Airlines will become the first customer to take delivery of the C919. So far COMAC has received 570 orders for the C919 from 23 customers, including Air China and China Southern Airlines. Source : China Aviation Daily Yangtze River Airlines HNA subsidiary looks toward international expansion in this year. The Shanghai-based carrier plans to take delivery of two Boeing 787 aircraft for that specific use. Air Tanzania has been revealed as the previously unidentified customer for a single 787-8 valued at $224.6 million at list prices. Philippine Airlines has confirmed an order for five Bombardier Q400 turboprops, with purchase rights for an additional seven aircraft. Qatar Airways is in talks with Airbus to convert its order for up to 80 A320neos to the larger A321neos. Delta Airlines has cancelled its order for 18 787-8 aircraft, a commitment that it assumed from Northwest Airlines when the two merged in 2008. Azur Air Russian charter carrier has taken delivery of its first 189-seat 737-800, which will be operated on routes to Spain and the United Arab Emirates this month. Trujet South Indian regional carrier has taken delivery of its first ATR 72-600 turboprop, which is leased from Dubai Aerospace Enterprise. ANA has taken delivery of its first Airbus A320neo, ANA has six more A320neos on order, and 26 A321neos. Gulfstream has kicked-off the certification campaign for its new G600 business jet, following first flight of the large-cabin, long-range twin on December 17, 2016. Island Air the Honolulu-based airline will acquire three new Bombardier Q400 turboprops. The aircraft will have 78 seats and enter service early this year. Boeing Selects Evergreen Aviation Technologies for 767-300 Passenger-to Freighter Conversion Boeing announced on December 13, 2016, that Evergreen Aviation Technologies Corp (EGAT) will perform passenger-to-freighter conversions for the 767-300 Boeing Converted Freighter(BCF) program. Boeing received 27 firm orders from customers worldwide for the 767-300 BCF. The 767-300 BCF conversion entails the modification of a passenger airplane to the cargo configuration. Converted 767-300BCFs have about the same cargo capability as the 767-300 production freighter with approximately 52 metric tons, with structural payload at a range approximately 3,000 nautical miles (5,930 km) and 412,000 lbs (187,270 kg) maximum takeoff weight. There are 24 pallet positions on the main deck. Evergreen Aviation Technologies has successfully carried our complex airframe conversions that built up the fleet of Boeing Dreamlifters- converted 747 airplanes used to support the 787 program-since 2005, as well as a 747-400 Propulsion Test Platform for GE Aviation in 2014. Source : Boeing/Boeing Photo Maintenance & Repair Organization News ATSG Subsidiary Swoops on MRO and Conversion Firm Pemco Aircraft conversion firm Pemco has been bought by Airborne Maintenance and Engineering Services, a subsidiary of Air Transport Services Group (ATSG). ATSG, which runs an air cargo operation for Amazon through its ABX subsidiary, said the acquisition will allow for a number of strategic benefits by combining operational strengths, expanded capabilities and cost savings related to shared services between the companies. Services will be offered from multiple locations, including Wilmington and Tampa for heavy maintenance and modifications, and Tampa, Central America and Asia for passenger-to-freighter conversions. Additional service offerings of aircraft-on-ground field teams, line and turnaround maintenance, component repair and overhaul, engineering repair and design, plus extensive manufacturing and kitting capabilities will be extended from various locations. ATSG President and chief executive Joe Here said : “Based on PEMCO’s existing domestic and international scale, this acquisition will expand access to maintenance service for customers of ATSG’s expanding fleet of Boeing 767 cargo aircraft. Source : MRO News Lufthansa Technik Extends Warehouse Capacities in the USA Lufthansa Technik AG has now opened a new warehouse in the USA, close to the Fort Lauderdale airport in Florida. This represents a significant expansion of the site, ensuring stable supply for customers in this growing region into the future. The Fort Lauderdale site serves a connecting point for North, Central and South America. It was therefore chosen as the primary storage facility for the American market and central gateway for the extensive customer supply network in the region. The state-of-the-art facility, in operation around the clock all year, and the seamlessly integrated transport network allow the company to even better fulfill the high quality expectations of its customers. Customers benefit from the personal contact and from the fact that their contact person is in the same time zone. The New warehouse has the capacity for around 9,000 components. It also houses more than 10,000 items of consumables and expendables. Various models of aircraft can be supported from the facility. The warehouse is operated by Lufthansa Technik Component Services(LTCS), making use of the logistic processes and IT systems of Lufthansa Technik Logistik Services. 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__label__wiki	0.524171	0.524171	A B O U T M E D I S C L O S U R E P O L I C Y Kayla Coffee Chats L I F E E D U C A T I O N Child Led Play You are here: Home / Uncategorized / Top Song off Each Taylor Swift Album Top Song off Each Taylor Swift Album Taylor Swift is releasing her 7th album in less than a week! Yay! I thought it would be a fun trip back to listen to my favorite tracks from each album. The Beginning - Taylor Swift When Taylor Swift released her self-titled album I was in 6th grade. One of my friends me listen to her first single “Tim McGraw“. I purchased the album and listened on repeat. I put it on my mp3 player (lol) and would listen on the bus ride to school. I remember, even as an 11 year old, this song was my favorite off this album. I loved the idea of falling in love with your childhood sweetheart. After all these years, Mary’s Song (Oh My My My) is my top song off of Taylor Swift. Album 2 - Fearless The good ol’ country days of Taylor Swift. I was able to see her Fearless Tour at Cheyenne Frontier Days. I still remember her ripping off her marching band uniform while she sang You Belong With Me. But that isn’t my top song from this album. My top song comes from the deluxe version. A song about being too proud to tell a love “sorry”, but still wanting them to come back and throw rocks at your bedroom window. I spent many hours perfecting the ending lines. The Other Side of the Door takes the cake for Fearless. Self-Written - Speak Now Speak Now is wonderful. Self-written, still country but with a splash of pop. This top song was a single and is more upbeat than the last two. Similar to the other two, it is about a love but this time it encompasses the relationship as a whole, looking at the whole story. One is wanting to fight, while the other doesn’t seem to mind. The Story of Us may be a tragedy, but is a nice bop from Speak Now. Pop Cross-Over - Red When Red was released, I wasn’t excited for it. I loved Country Taylor and didn’t want the change. However, it is now my favorite Taylor Swift album. I can listen to it with any mood and feeling and find validation in the lyrics. Picking a song from this album is hard. I love All Too Well, but the first song I pick to listen to from this album is always Treacherous. “All we are is skin and bones trained to get along, forever going with the flow but your friction.” Pop 101 - 1989 1989 has some great lyrical tracks. My all time favorite song, especially if you see any concert footage of it has a lovely echo to it. It is about love (again), but a pure love. A love that is felt and heard all around you. You understand why they lost their minds and fought their wars. You are in Love is just 10/10. The New Taylor - Reputation This era of Taylor Swift was dark and edgy and I loved it. Every song on this album has such a unique flavor to it that is different from every other album. I was albe to see Taylor at her Denver show with my sisters. Hearing these songs played and danced to lived was one of my best days. Picking a top song is difficult. I want to pick Getaway Car. the song that should have been a sing. Or Look What You Made Me Do, the music video with all the Easter Eggs. I think I will have to go with a song about love, because why not. This song on tour had some sick drum beats. And I love the rhythm of the bridge, “Is this the end of all the endings?” King of My Heart is my top Reputation pick. Disagree? What are your top pics? Life Update – Teachers Pay Teachers! Goodbye 2018, Hello 2019! Bringing Nature Inside Archives Select Month August 2019 (1) June 2019 (1) December 2018 (1) October 2018 (1) September 2018 (2) August 2018 (3) July 2018 (2) June 2018 (4) May 2018 (3) April 2018 (4) March 2018 (5) February 2018 (4) January 2018 (5) December 2017 (3) November 2017 (3) Categories Select Category About Me DIY Education Activites Child Led Play Classroom Management Development Featured Life Uncategorized About Me Activities art Behavior Blocks Building child-led play Children Abilities Design Development DIY Elementary Emergent Curriculum engaged play Exploring fine motor flowers Friendship gross motor independence invitation kindness learning life literacy Loose Parts Management Messy Montessori motor skills Outside Play Parenting Play preschool reggio Review self-help Senses Sensory shaving cream Snow teamwork Themes toddlers Toys Copyright © 2020 · Studio Mommy Themes · Custom Scene Images Copyright © 2020 · Adore Me on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in kaylacoffeechats #coffee addict from #Wyoming #kindergarten teacher #blogger	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1483
__label__wiki	0.890281	0.890281	Oakland Police Recover Alleged Hit and Run Vehicle, Family Holds Vigil Larry Magid Mon-Fri: 3:50 PM Larry Magid is a technology journalist and an Internet safety advocate. He serves as on-air technology analyst for CBS News, is co-director of ConnectSafely.org and founder of SafeKids.com. He also writes columns that appear on CNET News, CBSNews.com, Huffington Post and the San Jose Mercury News. His technology reports can be heard daily on CBS News and CBS affiliates throughout the U.S. and he has a daily tech segment on KCBS radio in San Francisco. He’s a regular contributor to BBC World Service and an occasional guest on National Public Radio’s Talk of the Nation. He is often called upon for commentary by CBS television news, CNN and Fox News, BBC and has appeared on the CBS Evening News, ABC World News Tonight, the Today Show and CBS Early Show. He has also been a frequent contributor to the New York Times and was, for 18 years, a syndicated columnist for the Los Angeles Times. Larry is co-author of MySpace Unraveled: A parents guide to teen social networking, (with Anne Collier.) He also wrote The Little PC Book, a critically acclaimed best seller. Other books include The Little Quicken Book, Cruising Online: Larry Magid’s Guide to the New Digital Highways, The Fully Powered PC and Electronic Link: Using the IBM PC to Communicate. He’s written for Fortune, Family Circle, PC World, Information Week, ComputerWorld and numerous other publications. Internet Safety Work: In addition to being co-director of ConnectSafely.org, Magid founded and operates two popular Internet safety sites: SafeKids.com and SafeTeens.com. He has written several Internet safety guides including, Child Safety on the Information Highway and Teen Safety on the Information Highway for the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. He’s a board member of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and a member of the of the Obama administration’s Online Safety & Technology Working Group where he chairs the education sub-committee. He is on the advisory boards of both GetNetWise.org and Family Online Safety Institute and served on the Internet Safety Technical Task Force, formed by 49 state attorneys general and Fox Interactive/MySpace and based at Harvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society. Larry writes the Safe & Secure blog for CNET News.com and blogs on Internet safety and family technology for the parent section of Yahoo Kids. Academic Background: Larry has a doctorate of education from the University of Massachusetts and a bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Berkeley. He has taught at the University of Massachusetts and Boston University. He resides in Palo Alto, California where he helped raise two digital natives. His personal website is www.larrysworld.com. Twitter Website on an iPad (Photo credit: PA Images/Sipa USA) Larry Magid: Twitter Making Changes To Website KCBS Radio Technology Analyst Larry Magid says that Twitter is going to be featuring “breaking news,” as well as personalized news tweets and they’re going to be popping up on your time line. Instagram (Photo credit: Carl Court/Getty Images) Larry Magid: Muting People On Instagram Instagram is now allowing users to mute people from appearing in their feed. KCBS Radio's Technology Analyst Larry Magid explains. Facial Recognition Software (Photo credit: Carline Jean/ Sun Sentinel/TNS/Sipa USA) Larry Magid: Why Facial Recognition Technology Isn’t Ready For Prime Time A new study shows that facial recognition technology is not currently an effective crime-fighting tool... Google CEO Sundar Pichai at Shoreline Amphitheater (Photo credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Larry Magid: Hey Google! New Features Introduced at Developer's Conference Google introduced its new personal assistant at its developer’s conference in Mountain View on Tuesday. KCBS Radio's Technology Analyst Larry Magid explains some unusual and perhaps creepy... Facebook Mobile App (Photo credit: PA Images/Sipa USA) Larry Magid: Zuckerberg Showcases New Facebook Features at Developer's Conference KCBS Radio's Technology Analyst Larry Magid explains what’s new... Backpage.com (Photo credit: KCBS Radio) April 09, 2018 - 10:03 am Larry Magid: Department of Justice Seizes Backpage Website The website Backpage.com has been seized by the Department of Justice. KCBS Radio’s Technology Analyst Larry Magid says the website in the past has been criticized by the National Center for Missing... Google Voice Testing New Capabilities Google is testing out their Beta mode for Google Voice, which would make calls over a wi-fi network or data plan. KCBS Radio’s Technology Analyst Larry Magid explains why this would be useful. Microsoft Windows 10 (Photo credit: PA Images/Sipa USA) Larry Magid: Microsoft Shifts Focus To Its Cloud Services Microsoft wants to let its customers know more about its cloud services as it moves away from computers to portable devices. KCBS Radio’s Technology Analyst Larry Magid says this is a clever move... Apple iPad (Photo credit: Xinhua/Sipa USA) Larry Magid: Apple’s Move Back To Education Apple held an event on Tuesday to release an all-new iPad that is marketed towards the education market. KCBS Radio's Technology Analyst Larry Magid explains the features of the device and its... First Lady Melania Trump (Photo credit: Olivier Douliery/Sipa USA) Larry Magid: First Lady Melania Trump Addresses Cyberbullying First Lady Melania Trump was addressing points of view about cyberbullying at the White House today to tech executives at Facebook and Twitter. 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__label__wiki	0.726029	0.726029	Diversity in the theater A report from the American Theatre Critics Association 2019 convening in NYC Arts Criticism / Diversity in the theater / Theater Last weekend, the American Theatre Critics Association hosted its fall convening at MCC Theatre in midtown Manhattan. The days were packed with panel discussions and vigorous discussions about the state of theater criticism and the urgent need to diversify the field. The group is still very much divided on these issues as many veteran theater critics in the field see… My first National Black Theatre Festival Diversity in the theater / Theater I just got back in town from the National Black Theatre Festival where I saw five shows in three days. (There were more than 40 to choose from.) Thousands of people flocked to Winston-Salem, North Carolina for the 30th annual event, which features theater made about black people, with black people, for black people. I was there with the American… Hamilton Orpheum Theatre Cast Michael Luwoye, Joshua Henry, and Rory O’Malley, Rubén J. Carbajal as John Laurens/Phillip Hamilton; Jordan Donica as Marquis De Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson; Amber Iman as Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds; Isaiah Johnson as George Washington; Solea Pfeiffer as Eliza Hamilton; Emmy Raver-Lampman as Angelica Schuyler; and Mathenee Treco as Hercules Mulligan/James Madison, Ryan Alvarado, Raymond Baynard, Amanda Braun, Daniel Ching, Karli Dinardo, Jeffery Duffy, Jennifer Geller, Jacob Guzman, Julia Harriman, Afra Hines, Sabrina Imamura, Lauren Kias, Yvette Lu, Desmond Newson, Desmond Nunn, Josh Andrés Rivera, Raven Thomas, Ryan Vasquez, Keenan D. Washington, and Andrew Wojtal. I finally saw #Hamilton. Here’s what I thought. Arts Criticism / Diversity in the theater I remember a few years ago, one of my good actor friends in NYC called me raving about a new musical he saw called Hamilton at The Public Theater. He poured over it using words like "amazing," "genius" and "Broadway bound." Sure enough, he called it and less than a year later it was the hottest ticket on the Great… Pearl Cleage revisits “Blues for an Alabama Sky” Diversity in the theater / My published work / Q&As with theater artists / Theater I had the opportunity to meet playwright/novelist Pearl Cleage for the first time while I was a contractor for the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta. At the time, I was helping the theatre re-imagine its community engagement programs, and Pearl was hosting a series called "Page to Stage with Pearl Cleage." "Page to Stage" was a pre-show talk Pearl conducted with… Real Women Have Curves Diversity in the theater / My published work Seven years ago I played the role of Rosali in the play Real Women Have Curves at The University of Georgia, which changed my view of theatre forever. The play was written by Chicana playwright Josefina Lopez in 1995. Dealing with issues of immigration, domestic violence, body image, and feminism, the play resonates with audiences today. Recently, I had the… Q&A with playwright Dominique Morisseau about DETROIT 67 Diversity in the theater / My published work / Q&As with theater artists Last Monday I interviewed international playwright Dominique Morisseau about her play Detroit 67. It runs at Atlanta's Southwest Arts Center, February 10 - March 8. We chatted a lot about her hometown of Detroit, and how she aspires to be the scribe for the people she grew up with. Below is a teaser of our conversation. Click the link…	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1489
__label__wiki	0.751182	0.751182	Our site uses minimal cookies. Please review our cookies policy here, which lists the cookies used. I accept the use of cookies John Taylor Free School JTFS Values & Ethos JTMAT National Forest Teaching School Head of School Blog Meal Times in the JTFS Restaurant The Curriculum at JTFS Individual Needs John Taylor Free School is an 11-18 school with an inclusive approach that offers high quality education for all local 11 – 18 year olds. It is non-selective, welcoming children of all faiths, social, ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Offers a broad, balanced, high quality curriculum, underpinned by exceptional support, care and guidance. Is a learning hub for the wider community, seeking to contribute to cohesion in an area of new housing development with limited alternative local amenities. Works effectively alongside neighbouring schools. Equips its young people with the knowledge, experiences, skills and attributes to enable success beyond school. Furthers the innovative heritage of John Taylor High School, through the extension of its founder school’s strengths: the achievement and progress of the most able, the acquisition of key learning skills, and the development of leadership attributes and experiences – both within and beyond the taught curriculum. Staffordshire Local Authority Admissions Derbyshire Local Authority Admissions We are recruiting soon! Come to our Open Event Saturday 1st February 10am to find out more Roles available across all subjects including leadership positions and support staff vacancies Click here to sign up and register your interest 365 Opportunities My assemblies last week were based on the theme of a new year bringing 365 new opportunities to make a difference. I was hoping to inspire the students to see this new term, new year and new decade as... The end of an amazing first year at JTFS...what a whirlwind! I am sure that the clocks at JTFS go faster than in any other school!  It really doesn’t seem 5 minutes since we were preparing the building to open and now we are preparing for the last fe... It's all change for us at JTFS As we plan for our final few weeks of our first year of operation at John Taylor Free School, we are conscious of the changes that lie in store for our students, their families and also our staff. W... "Curriculum - building a love of learning with strong foundations" "It is not the beauty of a building you should look at; it's the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time" David Allen Coe We are often complimented on the beauty of... The Power of the Team "Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success." Henry Ford This is the quote I used when on interview for my job as Head of School. It is one that... Introducing a new member of the John Taylor Free School team This week we welcomed Pluto to the team. He is a 5 month old Labrador who is undergoing training as a school dog. We have been considering having a dog at John Taylor Free School for quite some time.... Often in leadership development training, the facilitator will ask the question; “’what will you achieve in your first 100 days and how do you know you have made an impact?” Thi... 8 weeks gone in record time! The last 8 weeks have been the fastest 8 weeks ever.  We opened our gates on 5th September to a large group of students who couldn’t wait to be the first through the gate and what an exciti... National Young Mathematician's Award   The National Young Mathematician's Award aims to inspire the next generation of mathematicians. Teams from schools across the UK have the unique opportunity to tackle a never-before-seen mat... It has been an incredible week.  We have hosted a Royal visit and the National WomenEd Unconference in the same week – quite a lot to pack in but I have never felt so proud of my job and pl... John Taylor Free School is Officially Open! Staffordshire’s first brand new high school for nearly 30 years has held its official opening. His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester KG GCVO was present to cut the ribbon on the new £... The Opening Week of John Taylor Free School “Success has always been easy to measure, it is the distance between one’s origins and one’s final achievement”   The team of staff and students at John Taylor Free... A year ago this week, I saw an advert for Head of School, John Taylor Free School. The role it described was my dream job. A forward thinking Multi-Academy Trust with a Teaching School, a brand new b... The last week of term is finally upon us. 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__label__wiki	0.56137	0.56137	fault Jokes funny jokes and hilarious fault puns I can't believe that you've been visiting prostitutes for sex, my wife screamed at me. I'm really disappointed. You can hardly blame me, I answered. It's not like I was getting any from you. Well, that's your own fault, she replied. You never told me you were willing to pay for it. I can't believe that you've been visiting prostitutes for sex, my wife screamed at me. I can't believe that you've been visiting prostitutes for sex, my wife screamed at me. I'm really disappointed. You can hardly blame me, I answered. It's not like I was getting any from you. Well, that's your own fault, she replied. You never told me you were willing to pay for it. I've had enough of Christmas. All year long I work my fingers to the bone to buy all the presents that my kids ask for and what happens Christmas morning? That fat fucker with the beard gets all the credit for it! Still I suppose it was my fault for marrying her. I spent four years at college and didn't learn anything... It's really my own fault. I had a double major in psychology and reverse psychology. "Push harder" I shouted at my wife while she was in labor... "Push harder" I shouted at my wife while she was in labor. "Screw you" she screamed back at me. Bit harsh I thought...... it wasn't my fault the car broke down on the way to the hospital! A policeman searched me last night... A policeman searched me in a public toilet last night and found a small bag of class A drugs. "It's not my fault," I said, "Every time I try flushing them down the toilet they magically appear back in my pocket again." "Do you really expect me to believe that?" he laughed. I said, "I'll prove it to you if you want me to!" "Go on then." he smiled, handing me the bag. After flushing them, he looked at me and said, "Well, show me your pocket then." "What for?" I asked. He said, "The drugs." I said, "What drugs?" I once farted in the Apple Store and everybody got pissed It's not my fault they don't have Windows What did the tectonic plate say to the other tectonic plate when he bumped into the him? Sorry, my fault. I farted in an Apple store today and everyone yelled at me. It's not my fault they don't have Windows. I farted in the apple store and everyone got pissed not my fault they don't have windows A man stayed late at the pub after work when he got a call from his wife Wife: "I've cooked your dinner and if you're not back in 10 minutes I'm going to feed it to the dog!" Man: "Hey, it's not his fault!" My wife was in the height of labour. Screaming in agony as I mopped her brow. She turned to me and grabbed my hand. Her face scrunched up and staring deep into my eyes, she let out a hiss and shouted, "THIS IS ALL YOUR FUCKING FAULT!!" I smiled and calmly replied, "Well if you remember rightly, I wanted to do you up the arse but you said it'd be too painful" "Push harder!" I shouted to my wife, while she was in labor… "Fuck off you bastard!" she screamed back at me. Bit harsh, I thought - it wasn't my fault the car broke down on the way to the hospital. One day, a taxi cab passenger touched... a new cab driver on his shoulder to ask him something. The driver squealed EEEEEEEEEE! , lost control of car, and screeched to a stop after mounting the sidewalk. The passenger apologised profusely & said: "I had no idea you would be startled by me tapping your shoulder!" Driver replied: Im sorry it's not your fault; I used to be funeral driver for 25 years. I farted in an Apple Store today and got thrown out because of it A police officer searched me... A police officer searched me in a public toilet last night and found a small bag of class A drugs. It's not my fault, I said, Every time I try flushing them down the toilet they magically appear back in my pocket again. Do you really expect me to believe that? he laughed. I said, I'll prove it to you if you want me to! Go on then. He smiled, handing me the bag. After flushing them, he looked at me and said, Well, show me your pocket then. What for? I asked. He said, The drugs. I said, What drugs? My sister sat on my glasses and broke them... I suppose it's my fault for not taking them off first I farted in an Apple store today and everyone yelled at me... Like it's my fault they don't have Windows... What did one earthquake say to the other earthquake? That wasn't my fault. Courtesy of my 11 year old daughter. So I broke my waterproof speaker, by throwing it into a pool. I filed a request for a new speaker, but the company responded "it's not our fault the pool was empty". One tectonic plate bumped into another and said "Sorry. My fault" My gf told me to stop being childish, she just wants to come in for a talk not my fault she cant remember the password to my pillow fortress Why do girls always get mad when I try to read their shirts? It's not my fault I'm blind. What did the tectonic plate say when it bumped into another? One tectonic plate bumped into the another.. and said "Sorry, My fault.." Woman is at a maternity hospital in a lot of pain. Her husband strokes her back and says, "I'm sorry sweety, you have to go through this" She says, "Don't worry. It's not your fault." one tectonic plated bumped into another... "Sorry my fault" I lost my job at the hospital today for sexual assault.... It's not my fault that they put up a sign that said, 'stroke patients downstairs'. A taxi passenger taps the driver on the shoulder to ask him a question. The driver screams and nearly crashes the car into a tree. "Holy shit! You scared me." "Sorry" "Oh no, it's not your fault. This is my first day at this job. I've been driving a hearse for the last 25 years." I'm really annoyed, my wifes sister sat on my glasses and broke them! to be fair, it was probably my fault for leaving them on An exasperated and weary Joseph asked the innkeeper, "Do you have any rooms?" The innkeeper shook his head and replied, "No, we're all full." Joseph pleaded, "Listen, my wife is pregnant..." The innkeeper retorted, "Hey, that's not my fault!" Joseph shouted, "It's not mine, either!!" My friends in Germany were complaining that they couldn't find a good bagel anywhere... well whose fault is that? My girlfriend got really upset when we watched the Harry Potter movies back to back It isn't my fault I was the one facing the tv A policeman... A policeman searched me in a nightclub toilet last night and found a small bag of class A drugs. I said, "I'll prove it to you if you want me too!" "Go on then," he smiled, handing me the bag. I said, "what drugs." Don't make fun of Kim Jong Un just because of his condition. It's not his fault he suffers from projectile dysfunction. All the mathematical functions went to a party... There they saw the exponential function sitting by himself They poked him, "c'mon man, join the party" To which he replied, "it's not my fault, eveytime I try to integrate, I just end up with myself" Yesterday I farted in a Apple Store and everyone got mad at me It's not my fault they don't have Windows Bill Gates: "So today I farted in an apple store and everybody was pissed... hey, its not my fault they dont have windows!" A man is riding in the back of a taxi... and the taxi driver is silent and concentrated on the road. Wanting to ask a question, the man taps the driver on the shoulder and says "Hey, buddy!" The driver screams and loses control of the taxi and crashes into a pole. The man says "Wow I didn't know me tapping you would scare you so much!" The driver replies, "It's not you're fault. This is my first day driving a taxi... last 20 years I drove a hearse!" Impact of a job change. A taxi passenger touched the driver on shoulder to ask something Driver screamed, lost control of the car, went up on the footpath & Stopped few centimeters from a shop The driver said: "Don't ever do that again man! You scared me!" Passenger apologized and said: "I didn't realize a little touch would scare you so much" Driver replied: "Sorry, it's not your fault Its my 1st day as a Cab driver...I've been driving a van carrying dead bodies for last 25 yrs I haven't talk to my wife in 2 years Not my fault, I just wouldn't interrupt her. What did the earthquake say to all of its victims? Oh, sorry...my fault. Woman at a maternity hospital is in a lot of pain, moaning. The man strokes her back, I'm so sorry sweetheart that you have to endure this… Don't worry Steve, it's not your fault. This woman got mad I was reading the back of her pants It's not my fault I have to read things in braille What did one earthquake say to the other? Was that your fault or mine? The cursed Prince. This summer's best love story. Once upon a time there was a Prince who, through no fault of his own, was cast under a spell by an evil witch. The curse was that the Prince could speak only one word each year. However, he could save up the words so that if he did not speak for a whole year, then the following year he was allowed to speak two words (this was before the time of letter writing or sign language). One day he met a beautiful princess (ruby lips, golden hair, sapphire eyes,) and fell madly in love. With the greatest difficulty he decided to refrain from speaking for two whole years so that he could look at her and say, "my darling," But, at the end of the two years he wished to tell her that he loved her. Because of this he waited three more years without speaking (bringing the total number of silent years to 5). But, at the end of these five years he realized that he had to ask her to marry him. So, he waited ANOTHER four years without speaking. Finally as the ninth year of silence ended, his joy knew no bounds. Leading the lovely princess to the most secluded and romantic place in that beautiful royal garden the prince heaped a hundred red roses on her lap, knelt before her, and taking her hand in his, said huskily, "My darling, I love you! Will you marry me?" And the princess tucked a strand of golden hair behind a dainty ear, opened her sapphire eyes in wonder, and parting her ruby lips, said, "Pardon?" What did the tectonic plate say when it had a collision? It's not my fault. It's not my fault that I'm lazy. It walks in the family. As a plumber's assistant, I'm always being ordered around... "Stop that dripping, plug that leak, for God's sake... turn off the water works!" It's not my fault, I'm just an emotional guy. Flight attendant landed this one on us yesterday We just landed on the runway and the flight attendant annouces a message over the speaker. "Hey folks...um yea sorry about that rough landing... ...wasn't the captains fault, ...definitely wasn't my fault, ...it was the asphalt." The result: a perfect mix of laughs and groans. I farted in an Apple store and everyone got pissed It's not my fault they don't have Windows! Just thought this when making a coffee, I'm sorry... I've grown a fetish where I love to lick milk off white women's feet, I've been labelled a racist though... it's not my fault I'm black toes intolerant. Thank you, thank you very much hangs head in shame A doctor fell into a watering hole. Its his own fault. He should have attended to the sick and left the well alone. Oklahoma asked California about all these earthquakes recently. California said "It's not our fault." I once farted in an Apple Store and everyone got pissed.. I farted in an Apple store And everyone complained. Its not my fault they don't have Windows. What did one mountain say to the other after the earthquake? Not my fault. My sister-in-law sat on my glasses and broke them. It was my own fault. I should have taken them off. Christmas isn't fair You save all year to buy the kids their presents for Christmas and when you come downstairs on Christmas morning some fat cunt with a beard gets all the credit. Mind you it was probably my fault for marrying her! My ex hated when I started dating her twin sister. Like it's my fault they're conjoined. If a crack forms in your backyard. Is it your fault? A woman is at a job interview Interviewer: What do you consider your most significant fault? Woman: Honesty. Interviewer: I don't think honesty is a fault. Woman: I don't give a fuck what you think. If a crack forms in your yard A Lady Threatened to Sue Her Husband's Doctor A lady threatened to sue her husband's doctor because after he recovered from surgery he had performance issues in bed. She claimed that he could no longer get it up and therefore could no longer please her. The Doctor responded with "How's that my fault? I only removed his cataracts." I feel bad for Nepal, but tectonically, it's their fault. There are 2 kinds of programmers Those who understand pointers and Segmentation fault (core dumped) I farted loudly in an Apple store and everyone got really pissed off at me. But its not my fault they don't have windows. Yesterday I farted in an apple store and everyone got mad at me Not my fault that they don't have windows. What did one tectonic plate say to the other after the earthquake? That was your fault!!! A truck hits a woman, who's at fault? The truck driver, what the hell was the truck doing in the kitchen?. Why are earthquakes always found guilty? Because they are at fault The last fight I had with my wife was my fault. She asked me what was on the tv. I replied, "Dust." A police man searched me in a public toilet last night... A police man searched me in a public toilet last night and found a small bag of class A drugs. "its not my fault", I said, "Every time I try flushing them down the toilet they magically appear back in my pocket again." "Do you really expect me to believe that?" he said "Go on than." he smiled, handing me the bag. After flushing them, he looked at me and said, "Well, show me your pocket than." "What for?" I asked A man runs over a woman in his car. Who's fault is it? The man's, he shouldn't drive in the kitchen. [spoilers] Roses are red, the sea's full of salt Everyone's dead, It's all Star Lord's fault. I once farted in an apple store, everyone got mad. It's not my fault they don't have windows... I broke my waterproof speaker by throwing it into a pool. I filed a request for a replacement to the company but they denied my request saying, "It's not our fault the pool was empty". If a man runs over his wife, who's fault is it? The mans, why was he driving in the kitchen? I lost my job as a baker when I made a customer violently choke. It was my manager's fault for telling me to put my hair in a bun. An objective analysis of the correlation between genetics and obesity. A doctor is telling an obese woman that she needs to start losing weight. The woman, offended, replies defensively, "It's not my fault! Obesity runs in my family!" The doctor looks her up and down, and finally says, "Nobody runs in your family." bill gates farted in an apple store and stank up the entire place... But its their fault for not having windows.. Two seismologists have divided California into North and South to be monitored for earthquakes. A deadly magnitude 9 happens right in the middle The North seismologist says: "why didn't you see the earthquake coming?!" The South seismologist says: "It's not my Fault!" What did the ground say to the earthquake? It's your fault! What did the Earth say to the Earthquake? Sorry...that was my fault. I got expelled from school on pajama day. Its not my fault I sleep naked. One tension plate bumps into another plate... "Sorry, that was my fault!" Hillary is pregnant. Hillary Clinton goes to her doctor for a physical, only to find out that she's pregnant. She is furious! Here she is about to run for President and this has happened to her. She calls Bill on the phone and immediately starts screaming: "How could you have let this happen? With all that's going on right now, you go and get me pregnant! How could you???!!! I can't believe this! I just found out I am five weeks pregnant and it's all your fault!!! YOUR FAULT!!! Well, what have you got to say???" There is nothing but dead silence on the end of the phone. She screams again, "DID YOU HEAR ME???!!!" Finally, she hears Bill's very, very quiet voice. In a barely audible whisper, he says, "Who is this?" I farted in the Apple store and everybody got pissed It's not my fault they don't have Windows... A man driving a car crashed into a woman. Who's fault was it? A Jesuit and a Franciscan were involved in a car accident... A Jesuit and a Franciscan were involved in a car accident. Hurriedly they got out to make sure the other person was OK, each insisting that it was probably his own fault. Then the Jesuit, very concerned for his fellow religious, said, "You look very badly shaken up. You could probably use a stiff drink." At that he produced a flask, and the Franciscan, who was indeed a bit shaken up, took it gratefully. "One more and I'm sure you'll be feeling fine," the Jesuit said, and the Franciscan took another. Then the Jesuit took the flask and put it safely away. "You look a bit shaken up yourself," the Franciscan said. "Are you sure you don't want to take a bit?" The Jesuit replied, "Oh, I certainly will; but I think I'll wait until after the police arrive." A man hits a woman with his car. Who is at fault? The man, because he should never be driving in the kitchen. A religious old lady prayed everyday for wealth... She had lived a life free of sin and had suffered greatly through no fault of her own. Every day she went to her local church and prayed: "God, i have been all my life, please, let me win the lottery" Every day for many years she did this, until one day, the church roof split open and a booming voice commanded: "WELL AT LEAST MEET ME HALFWAY AND BUY A TICKET!" The Mona Lisa was arrested for loitering today But it wasn't her fault, she was framed. I once farted in an Apple store and everyone got angry......... But it's not my fault they don't have Windows. I farted in the Apple store and now everyone hates me. "I don't know what your blaming me for, it's your fault!" My wife's sister My sister-in-law sat on my glasses and broke them. It was my own fault. I should have taken them off. Nearly 200,000 Californians evacuated due to Oroville Dam reaching a likely catastrophic failure. You may think this isn't the time to bring up politics however this is Trump's fault. No man made structure was built to hold so many liberal tears. My Dad is mean :( So, today's my dad birthday, and I got him some socks. He then looked at me like I was crazy and called me a cunt. Jeez, not my fault he doesn't have any legs. Did you hear about the doctor who fell into a well? It's his own fault. He should have attended to the sick and left the well alone. I once farted in an Apple store... How does a woman apologize to a man? I'm sorry, but it's your fault. Figured out who to blame for the earthquakes. It's the earth's fault. I farted in an Apple store and everyone got pissed at me. Well, it's not my fault they don't have Windows. For all of his faults, Hitler was noteworthy as a dedicated artist. In fact, the last thing he did before he died was paint the wall of his bunker. I didnt learn anything in college... I guess it was kind of my fault though. I double majored in psychology, and reverse psychology. (Stolen from BJ Novak) Two mortal enemies get lost in the desert... Two mortal enemies get lost in the desert. "It's all your fault!" Guy #1 says. "No, it's all your fault!" Guy #2 says. Suddenly, guy #1 finds a genie lamp. The genie appears, and says, "I can grant each of you one wish.". Guy #1 says, "I want 2x what he gets!". "Very well, what is your wish, Guy #2?" The genie asked. Guy #2 grinned, and says, "I want to be beaten half to death!" The US postal service releases a stamp of Donald Trump After sometime, reports start to come in that the stamp was not sticking. Infuriated that his own stamps were not working, Trump conducted a $1,300,000 investigation to find out what happened. After eliminating all of the possibilities, they observe the post office to see if the fault was on the consumers end. They soon found out that people were spitting on the wrong side. Hilary Clinton is pregnant.... Hillary Clinton goes to her doctor for a physical, only to find outthat she's pregnant! She is furious. Here just became the senator ofNew York and this has happened to her. She gets Bill on the phone and immediately starts screaming: "How could you have let this happen? With all that's going on right now, you go and get me pregnant! Howcould you? ? !!! I can't believe this! I just found out I am five weeks pregnant and it is all your fault!!! Your fault!!! Well, what haveyou got to say? ? ? "There is nothing but dead silence on the phone. She screamsagain, "Did you hear me? ? !! " Finally she hears Bill's very, veryquiet voice. In a barely audible whisper, he says, "Who is this? " A man, a woman, and a dog are all about to go over the edge of a canyon in a car. The man and woman get into a heated argument about bad driving, and whose fault this is. The argument is cut short by the car's horn beeping repeatedly while the dog barks excessively. Glaring at the woman, the man bitterly complains, "Well it doesn't fucking matter, we're about to die anyway. But I was right, you know; Bitches can't drive," right before the car falls. When first responders get to the scene and the car is eventually hauled back up, no one really knows what to make of the couple's dog seat-belted into the driver's seat. "I've been in 3 emotionally abusive relationships" Said Dave to his new friend. "I'm so sorry!" "Huh. I had them thinking it was their fault as well" I once farted in Apple store and everybody got pissed of... ...it's not my fault that they don't have Windows. I farted in the Apple Store today and everybody stared at me. I farted in Apple and they kicked me out If a lesbian couple walks into a bar and the black bartender refuses to serve them, whose fault is it? A white male. Duh. A Chemist and a Psychologist walk into a bar.... A Chemist and a Psychologist walk into a bar. The chemist says to the bartender "I'll have one h two oh please". The psychologist, in a fleeting fit of flaunting his intelligence, said "I'll have a jack and coke, it's all my mother's fault." I once walked into an Apple Store and farted Everyone got mad at me, but hey, it's not my fault that they don't have Windows! Mom always told me to be positive... So in a way, this pregnancy test is actually her fault. What did the strawberry say to the other strawberry? It's your fault we're in this jam A truck driver runs over a woman. Whose fault is it? The truck driver's, he was driving through her kitchen. A man driving a truck hits a woman who's fault is it? The mans, he shouldn't be driving in the kitchen So today I smashed my van in to the side of this blonde lasses car... It was totally my fault, the car was a write off and the girl was very shook up, you could tell she was in shock so I told her I had a few cans of beer in the back of my van if she wanted them to get over the shock ..... She accepted, drunk a few then asked me if I was having one, I told her I'd wait until the police had been. I hate Christmas. I work throughout the year to afford gifts, and the fat fucker with the beard gets all the credit. Still I suppose it's my fault for marrying her. The devil finally gets to Hitler in hell. "What the fuck?!" Says Hitler, "nearly 70 years you've had me waiting." "It's your own fucking fault!" Replied the devil, "have you any idea how long it takes to process 6 million Jews?" My girlfriend says she wants to see other people I told her a thousand times it's not my fault she's blind My wife called me as I was sat in the pub last night "I've cooked dinner," she screamed, "And if you're not home within 20 minutes I'm going to feed it to the dog." "Woooah! That's bang out of order!" I said, "It's not his fault." A man is teaching his son to drive. NSFW They both get in the car and the son starts to back it out of the garage. Before the dad has time to stop him, his son backs directly into his moms parked car. Mom, inside, hears the crash and comes running out. "What happened?!" The dad points at his son and says "it was all his fault" The mom reply's with, "Well... how could you have printed the accident?" Dad looks directly at his so and says. "I really should have just pulled out." My dad asked me "Son, have I been a good father?" I said "Dad, you're the best! Why do you ask?" He said, "I wanted to make sure the way you turned out is your fault." That was your fault!!!! What does one tectonics plate say to another after an earthquake? It's not your fault. Every year I work my ass off to get the kids what they want for Christmas but then That fat bearded bastard gets all the credit. Mind you, It's my fault I married her. Why wouldn't the ref apologize to Serena Williams? It wasn't his fault A straight man gets into a car accident with a gay couple As both parties recover from the shock it becomes clear that the straight man was at fault here. Upon realising this the gay couple decided to call the police: Gay guy, adressing his partner:"Jean, call the police." Straight guy:"please dont! How about I give you 500$ and we call it even?" Gay guy:"Jean, call the police!" Straight guy:"Okay, hold on, I'll make it a 1000$!" Gay guy:"Jean, call the police right now!" The straight guy gets frustrated after being repeatedly ignored by the couple and shouts in anger:"Be that way then, you fags can suck my dick!" Gay guy:"Put down the phone,Jean, this gentleman has an offer." My wife appears to have had her identity stolen. Some woman at the mall just parked really badly and had a go at me like it was my fault. It is said that Bill Gates once farted in an Apple store which stank up the entire place. But after all, it's their fault for not having Windows. Did you hear about the scrupulous seismologist? He was honest to a fault. I've had enough of Christmas! All year long I work my fingers to the bone to buy all the presents that my kids asked for, and what happens on Christmas morning? That fat fucker with the beard gets all the credit for it. Still, I suppose it was my fault for marrying her. And now, two guys bonding over their star sign as well as a short summary of The Fault in out Stars "Cancer?" "Cancer." "What the Fuck!" Hitler says, "You've kept me waiting for 70 years!" "It's your own fault", the Devil replies. "Do you have any idea how long it takes to process 6 million Jews?" How many feminists does it take to screw in a light bulb? One to attempt to screw it in and the rest to bitch and complain about how its mans fault that it's so hard to do. I failed the drivers test even though I stopped for the sign I gave it plenty of time to cross, it's not my fault I hit it. One tectonic plate said to the other, "I'm addicted to crack". The other said, "It's your fault" Eight-year-old Sally brought her report card home from school. Her marks were good…mostly A's and a couple of B's. However, her teacher had written across the bottom: Sally is a smart little girl, but she has one fault. She talks too much in class. I have an idea I am going to try, which I think may break her of the habit. Sally's dad signed her report card, putting a note on the back: Please let me know if your idea works on Sally because I would like to try it out on her mother. Halfwit Builders Larry and Joe are nailing wood siding on a house. Joe looks over at Larry and is shocked to see him picking the nails from his pouch, one by one, inspecting them, and throw them over his shoulder. Joe yells, "hey Larry, what-in-the-hell are you doing throwing all those nails away for!?!?" Larry yells back, "Don't yell at me, Joe! It's not my fault all of these nails all have the head on the wrong end!" Joe pulls a nail from his own pouch and looks at it for a second, and yells back, "Larry, you idiot, don't throw them away! We can use those on the other side of the house!" I once farted in an Apple Store. They got mad at me and I said it's your fault, you don't have windows I farted at an apple store and everyone was pissed. Not my fault they didn't have windows Once there was a prince who, through no fault of his own was placed under a curse by a witch. The curse dictated that he was only allowed to speak one word a year. However, he could build up credits if he had not spoken for a year. One day, a beautiful princess came to his kingdom, and he decided to refrain from speaking for two years so that he could say "My darling." However, two years had passed and he realized he was in love with her. Thus, he decided to refrain from speaking for three years so he could say "I love you." Then, after three years he realized that he wanted to marry her. So he did not speak for four years so he could say "Will you marry me?" Finally, after nine years had passed, the prince took the princess to the most romantic part of the royal garden, stood on one knee, and said, "My darling, I love you. Will you marry me?" And the princess said, "Pardon?" I'm currently writing a screenplay about two Jedi knights who fall in love, only to discover that their midichlorians are killing them. I'm calling it The Fault in Our Star Wars. I'm not a narcissist, but if I am... It's probably your fault. 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__label__cc	0.537566	0.462434	Viewing: Heroes Twilight > Chapter 2.7: Refugees Chapter 2.7: Refugees Leave a first comment Tags: Web Serial Skydaggers north east of Seagate. First week of the month Grimshield (Late Spring) Ibram looked at his little group of refugees. He and the peddler Peleus had managed to rescue two families and a couple of stragglers since they had found Dion in the ruins of his farm. There were only four other adults, two from the same family, one a much older farmer with his two early teen daughters and one a hunter who had wandered in on his own. The rest of the thirteen people were fourteen years or younger. There was a different story of loss written in each face. All were seated in the soft grasses with heads bowed as if praying or asleep. But after witnessing the horrors they had all survived, prayer and sleep seemed distant dreams. They had left Peleus’ cart in the same place where Dion’s goats had been freed to graze. He knew of a nice sized box canyon that was hard to find. It had a stream and grass aplenty along with a cave where a lot of their gear had been hidden. There was even a pond where the stream tried to flow through a solid wall of stone. It was a defensible paradise, if they had enough people to hold it, and some old ruins at the open end told the tale of someone long ago thinking the same thing. It was dawn in the mountains. A beautiful sunrise was framed by the rugged peaks. None of them really had eyes for that though. The leisure of watching sunrises and admiring the beauty of nature was lost to them, replaced by fear of shadows and creatures lurking in the receding darkness. Everyone was on the watch for more of the roaming packs of trolls that had plagued them. In the last few days, a few skeletons and zombies had even attacked. Their group had once been seventeen, but a ghoul had cost them four of their number almost two weeks ago, and they had been forced to flee. Everyone now carried lamp oil salvaged from another ruined farmhouse in case they saw him again. Flames were a decent defense against undead with flesh still on their bones, if there was any defense trapped in the great open of the wild. As if beckoned by a silent call, everyone struggled to their feet, and the old plow horse one of the families had saved was loaded down with gear and two very small children. A llama wasn’t carrying nearly as much, and its sour expression at even that modest load made Ibram laugh just a bit every time he looked at it. Their bearing beasts were few, and with the exception of the smallest children who were carried either by beast or traded between the remaining adults, everybody walked. . Even Ibram walked beside his charger to save its strength in case they were attacked. Their progress through the wilderness was painfully slow. Trenton the hunter had been off at first light to scout the way. He returned and waved over to the adults. Dion tagged along behind Ibram as he almost always did. His sling had been useful both in battle and hunting, and he didn’t scream as much in his sleep these days. “Thar’s nuttin up ahead to the next holler. Smoke up past the ridge tho.” Trenton’s accent was thick enough to cut with a knife. Ibram’s city-bred ears took a second to catch up, but all the locals seemed to have no problem with it. He was slowly becoming attuned, but for the times he could not translate, Dion proudly would repeat the hunter’s words. The group gathered themselves and finally were on the move again, heading back towards Omnire Township and imagined safety. Every farm in the area any of them knew about had been scouted in the hopes they would find survivors. They were what was left. Trenton went out ahead of the rest with an arrow knocked on his bow. His own bow, given to him by his grandfather and his grandfather before him had been snapped like a twig by the same troll who had, in that same movement, snapped his wife in half with just as much ease. He had found his current replacement among the ruins of his neighbor’s farm, knowing that no one in that family had need for weapons or things from this world again. Ibram was next in the lead of the main body directly followed by the two dray animals with their loads and all the children. The rest of the adults brought up the rear to be guards and make sure none of the youngsters fell behind or drifted off. Dion was right by Ibram’s side with a stone in his sling. They moved through a broad valley and mostly avoided looking at the burned out farmstead in the midst of carefully tended fields. A young family had just built it and died defending it and been buried by one of the their members several weeks ago. “Oi!” rang out from the hunter leading the group. He shouted again and took a few long steps towards the farm. They all looked to see two men coming out of the ruin with their hands filled. Bags of grain and some tools were all hurriedly gathered together in their arms. They were both dressed in what could charitably be called uniforms with deep red, loose-fitting pantaloons and sandals; pointed iron helms covered their heads and the curious loose woven studded leather common to desert people covered their torsos. Their complexions were the olive tan of the alliard ethnicity and not the deep brown of either the salt flat’s nomads or the mar’ud of the far river’s cities. Upon seeing the group, they both dropped their loads and clawed for the crossbows on their backs. Ibram stepped forward with his arms empty. “We mean you no harm! We are survivors of the attacks on this area and are moving to shelter!” He boomed in the battlefield voice of experienced warriors. One of the men at the farm loosed a crossbow bolt that dug deep into the ground at the feet of one of the children. The adults in the group were rapidly shooing them away from potential danger. “Please do not loose on us again. We have no reason to fight you!” Ibram shouted. “The Lady will feed your bones to her brother!” yelled one of the two men as both spanned their crossbows for a second shot. Trenton loosed an arrow that struck the farmhouse wall between the two and spat as he reached for another one. The bow still rested heavily in his unfamiliar hand. Little Dion ran forward alone among the children. He had taken to wearing his father’s shield as a backpack and he got in front of Ibram and turned so the shield was to danger. “Brave lad,” the warrior whispered and rubbed the boy’s hair with a rough hand. He whistled a three tone blast and his warhorse ran up to his side. With a single step, he was up and saddled. The rumble surged under his warhorse’s hooves as they charged down the hill. Dion turned and loaded his sling, hurling first one stone and then another. Trenton was loosing arrows as quickly as he could, one biting into the leg of the leftmost enemy whose blood blended into the color of his pants. A crossbow bolt deflected from the warhorse’s barding caused it to scream in rage. Ibram held his sword straight up at almost full extension. There are generally two ways to use a sword as part of a mounted charge. Either point and hold it much like you would a spear or the long looping cut. The pointed attack hits harder but the looping cut has a greater area of edge employed and is more useful against foes that may be able to dodge. Seeing the upraised sword, both men turned to run with the wounded one limping badly. The limping man tried to roll away from the charge at the last moment, but Ibram’s blade caught him in the side. His friend was running as fast as he could, which was nothing compared to the speed of a horse – especially an enraged warhorse. The charger shouldered into him from behind and stepped on the man as it ran by. The horse and rider pulled up after several yards and turned back towards their two downed foes. The first man had been crushed by the horse and was hacking out his last breaths in a spray of pink foam. Ibram rode by him without a second look. The second man was on the ground curled around the sword cut in his side just below the ribs. “Why did you attack us?” Ibram demanded. “The Lady has set us free! We have become an army that will return the empire to glory!” the grievously injured man replied. The effort of talking made him wince and learn back towards his wound. The other warrior who had been stepped on by the horse began to convulse. No one paid him any attention. “Who is this Lady, and what quarrel has she with us?” the mustachioed warrior asked mid- dismount to stand near the man he had so terribly sliced. Under his crested helmet you could just see his brows drawn together in confusion. A death rattle, the excruciatingly long exhalation at the moment of a soul’s passing into the hereafter, sounded from the other warrior. The death rattle was not met with sympathy or acknowledgement. “She is the mistress of the Atef, and she has been sent by the old ones to set things aright! She has freed the slaves and made us into her army!” The terribly hurt man kept trying to jab a finger at the man who had probably killed him to make his point, and each time he did, fresh blood pumped out from his wounds. As he gesticulated, his sleeves fell back, and scars left by shackles could be clearly seen on his wrist. As he writhed on the ground, a leprous rune became visible on his forehead. It pulsed brightly as his life’s blood soaked into the earth. A drawn out hiss came from the trampled fighter laying among the shoots of crops that would never be reaped. “My lord!” A boy’s voice barely carried from up the hill where the rest of Ibram’s party had waited. He looked up to see Dion pointing down at him. “What?” he shouted while pulling off his helm to better hear the message. “Behind you!” the boy shouted at the top of his lungs. Just then the warhorse screamed, and something slammed into the warrior knocking him to the ground. Helmet and blade were both knocked out of his hands as a slavering thing tried to bite through the vambrace over his arms. It was something like a man but with elongated fangs, skin the pallor of death, and its body seemed contorted somehow. It chilled Ibram’s spirit where it grappled him as though his soul were under attack. They rolled around for a few moments, one trying to bite while the other punched and tried to fend off his foe. Ibram finally got his hands on his dagger and thrust it up into the thing’s ribs probing for its heart. Normally a killing blow, it didn’t seem to register except to make the crazed creature angrier. It began to scratch and claw in addition to biting. Few of the attacks made it through the warrior’s defenses, but those that did felt inflamed and sick right away. A crushing strike hit him in the side of the head, setting his ears to ringing, but luckily it was flat handed instead of a tearing hit by its hooked finger nails. He finally twisted it off him and locked its arms with his legs. Once the thing was pinned, he methodically set to battering it with steel shod gloves. Again and again he hit it with all his might. Eventually, its face began to deform into deep concaves, and its vicious fangs were broken. It scrabbled and fought until he completely crushed its skull. Once it stopped moving, he tried to get up off it, but fell to the ground with chest heaving. He couldn’t take in enough air and felt like his lungs were filled with water while cramps stabbed into his side. After a moment of trying to breathe, Ibram noticed a curious thumping sound nearby. Staring at a low cloud as it scudded along, he tried to figure out what the noise was through his pounding head and blurred vision. Something blocked his view of the cloud that he had almost decided was shaped like a barge. The thing looked almost like a man but was hunched over with gray skin and wild eyes over a fang-filled mouth. Interestingly, it was wearing the same pants as the fellow that died nearby just a moment before, even down to the arrow sticking out of one leg. That was really unusual. It almost seemed to be in some distress. Every few moments a rock would bounce off it. Ibram felt like there were some critical points he was missing. This all seemed terribly important, but he couldn’t figure out why. What he knew were that there was a thing standing right there with the same pallor skin as the creature he’d just killed. It was also wearing the pants of the rogue who had recently died nearby. Rocks were also bouncing off of it. Ah, he smiled for a moment. The rocks were making the thumping sound as they struck the ghoul standing over him. Another rock hit it as he processed that most recent thought. Ghoul. Standing over him. He shook his head quickly as reality crashed back in. The second warrior had come into undeath as a ghoul and was right there staring deeply into his eyes like a lover filled with passion. But this was a love he wanted no part of. It snarled again and leaned forward against the barrage of stones and arrows coming from up the hill. Everything still seemed to be foggy and unclear, but he had to protect his group. The warrior surged up with his dagger in one fist while whistling to his horse. One punch with his blade pierced the creature to no effect. It had already taken several blows from Dion’s sling and a couple of arrows had pierced its flesh, but it still wasn’t down. The rear legs of a two thousand pound warhorse kicking together nearly broke it in half though. It was thrown backwards several feet by the impact. Both Ibram and his horse ran over to it, one stomping and one stabbing, to make sure this time it stayed dead. The horse seemed unharmed, but Ibram had to grab onto its saddle as his legs gave way under him. The whole world seemed to be dancing around him, and the light was intolerably bright. It sounded like there was a high pitched whistling surging like a typhoon around his ears. The boy with the shield on his back ran down the hill and the hunter with the bow followed more slowly. It seemed like they were moving in slow motion. The child arrived breathlessly and seemed to be shouting some gibberish really, really loudly. Ibram motioned for him to hush, but he seemed to keep screaming. The warrior collapsed suddenly, and his horse snorted and moved to the side. The man with the bow arrived and got really close to Ibram’s face. His garlic-scented breath seemed to fog up the whole world. Dion squeaked, “Is he poisoned? Is he dying?” Ibram winced at the noise. “Nah, just got knocked in the head. He’ll be aright fore long.” Trenton the hunter snapped his fingers in front of the warrior’s face trying to get him to focus. Both eyes were dilated wide. After a few minutes, the rest of the group gathered around. Two of the older boys started gathering up the belongings the two dead, undead, then dead again warriors were taking from the wreckage of the farmhouse. One of the adults started dragging the bodies together for burning. The two dray animals weren’t war trained and wouldn’t come close to the foul corpses. Ibram had to be moved when the burning started. The smell of vile, burning flesh coated his damaged senses in a putrid haze, and for the first time in many years, the seasoned warrior wretched. Chapter 2.6: Academy Chapter 3.1: Summoning	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1507
__label__cc	0.740169	0.259831	Architecture and Epoché [Image: Tanja Deman] In an earlier post, I connected typography and bookmaking to James Gibson’s theory of affordances, the idea that perception is layered less with the properties of individual objects and more with the possibilities for action they enable or afford. The basic idea of this application is that books provide a detailed and intentional set of affordances for a certain kind of understanding, and that typography and bookmaking are from this perspective intricate material practices for the installment of conversions in apprehension, for the reshaping of awareness through the mode of discursive engagement. As I noted in the original post, on this view books are things we think with and through rather than storehouses we download from. The art of writing and bookmaking, then, is the intentional creation of affordances that make such transformations of experience possible. The book is the environment in which such affordances can endure. It’s in the context of designed affordance environments—settings created with the expressed purpose of enabling certain experiences—that I find interesting Peter Sloterdijk’s reflections on architecture and epoché. Exploring Edmund Husserl’s concept of the epoché—which John Cogan aptly defines as “the name for whatever method we use to free ourselves from the captivity of the unquestioned acceptance of the everyday world”—Sloterdijk sees an architectural parallel in Plato’s Academy. That is to say, in much the same way that books are affordances for thinking rather than representations of thought, architecture affords something like an environmental epoché, a design space intended to produce effects in the person. Sloterdijk writes: Plato was concerned to provide appropriate accommodation for persons in the precarious state of complete devotion to their thoughts. The original Academy was dedicated to nothing other than innovation in spatial creation. It was an unprecedented new institution for accommodating absences that occur on the quest for the still largely unknown connection between ideas and—why not?—the study of the connection between words and things, which, if you really think about it, can only be problematic. The academy is the architectural equivalent of what Husserl apostrophized as epoché—a building for shutting out the world and bracketing in concern, an asylum for the mysterious guests that we call ideas and theorems. In today’s parlance, we would call it a retreat or a hideaway. (The Art of Philosophy, 32–33) So, the book, the notepad, the retreat, the academy, the library—these are all designed affordance spaces, mostly backgrounded in action, but often preconditions for certain kinds of thinking. The extended activity of mind in this way takes as its condition of possibility a whole media ecology of material affordance spaces, sets of architectural epoché that complement and enable the individual’s capacity to perform certain maneuvers in thought, maneuvers that make apparent the material conditions of possibility required for the bios theoretikos (the life of contemplation). This entry was tagged Affordances, Edmund Husserl, epoché, James Gibson, Media Ecology, Peter Sloterdijk, Phenomenology, Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Plato, typography. Bookmark the permalink. sam Reply Nicely said! Sloterdijk says some similar things about the epoché in Foams. Spaceships are a contemporary form of the architectural epoché. “Space travel serves contemporary philosophy as the radicalization of the epoché. Upon reentering the ‘lifeworld,’ the view of the theory glider takes a series of eccentric pictures” (339). Speaking of media ecology, here’s a comment about acoustic isolation. “Husserl’s epoché still followed on from this cultivation of withdrawal from group noise in one’s own head. What the phenomenologists called the bracketing of the naive attitude to life is in essence an active holiday from the prejudices and gesticulations that cause the interior to be as loud as the exterior. What is a firm conviction but a firmly trained, loud inner voice? This doxic screaming inside me is silenced by philosophical meditation” (359) AE Robbert Author Reply Very cool, Sam. “Spaceships and Epoché” is definitely my kind of headspace. good stuff adam, have i shared with you the work of jonathan hale? https://bodyoftheory.com/2015/11/23/the-extended-self-architecture-memes-and-minds/ I don’t think so. I’ll check it out. https://syntheticzero.net/2015/03/23/coping-without-noticing-jonathan-hale/ Reblogged this on synthetic zero. the emphasis on construction here is welcome, I would add more of an in-Process emphasis on contingency and ad hocery for human-being(s) as well as the counter-weight of cognitive-biases. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/bfe1/b6607952026dfe9d15daa96b6431d5eb5311.pdf http://www.patheos.com/blogs/americanbuddhist/2018/07/zen-training-101-with-the-help-of-an-art-studio-manual.html	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1509
__label__wiki	0.676487	0.676487	Effect of taste substances on electric characteristics of a lipid cast membrane with a single pore K. Hayashi, K. Yamafuji, K. Toko, N. Ozaki, T. Yoshida, S. Iiyama, N. Nakashima The effect of taste substances was investigated for a lipid membrane constructed by casting complexes of synthetic lipid (double-chain ammonium salt) and sodium polystyrenesulfonate on a silicon wafer with a single minute pore. Reproducibility of the electric properties was improved remarkably by the use of the present construction method for the lipid membrane. It was found that this membrane showed a sensitive response to negatively-charged chemicals having strong bitterness such as picric acid because the lipids are positively charged. A membrane with non-equimolar lipid-polymer complexes showed a phase separation between two phases composed of liquid-crystal lipid multi-bilayers and crystal lipid-polymers within a limited temperature range. This membrane in the phase-separation state generated a self-sustained electric oscillation, whose mechanism was explained with the aid of a non-equilibrium theory. The waveform of the oscillation changed by using picric acid on the membrane. This bio-mimetic membrane has the possibility of acting as a biological chemoreceptor. Phase separation Silicon wafers Electric properties Membrane Lipids Hayashi, K., Yamafuji, K., Toko, K., Ozaki, N., Yoshida, T., Iiyama, S., & Nakashima, N. (1989). Effect of taste substances on electric characteristics of a lipid cast membrane with a single pore. Sensors and Actuators, 16(1-2), 25-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/0250-6874(89)80003-4 Effect of taste substances on electric characteristics of a lipid cast membrane with a single pore. / Hayashi, K.; Yamafuji, K.; Toko, K.; Ozaki, N.; Yoshida, T.; Iiyama, S.; Nakashima, N. In: Sensors and Actuators, Vol. 16, No. 1-2, 02.01.1989, p. 25-42. Hayashi, K, Yamafuji, K, Toko, K, Ozaki, N, Yoshida, T, Iiyama, S & Nakashima, N 1989, 'Effect of taste substances on electric characteristics of a lipid cast membrane with a single pore', Sensors and Actuators, vol. 16, no. 1-2, pp. 25-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/0250-6874(89)80003-4 Hayashi K, Yamafuji K, Toko K, Ozaki N, Yoshida T, Iiyama S et al. Effect of taste substances on electric characteristics of a lipid cast membrane with a single pore. Sensors and Actuators. 1989 Jan 2;16(1-2):25-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/0250-6874(89)80003-4 Hayashi, K. ; Yamafuji, K. ; Toko, K. ; Ozaki, N. ; Yoshida, T. ; Iiyama, S. ; Nakashima, N. / Effect of taste substances on electric characteristics of a lipid cast membrane with a single pore. 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__label__cc	0.659376	0.340624	Phosphate absorption of intact komatsuna plants as influenced by phosphite Hoang Thi Bich Thao, Takeo Yamakawa Phosphite (PO33- Phi) has been used intensively in agriculture as a fungicide and occasionally as a fertilizer, but it is also detrimental to plants that have been insufficiently fertilized with phosphorus (P). Although several studies have shown the inhibiting effect of Phi on phosphite (PO33- Pi) uptake in cell suspension culture, information on how Phi affects the Pi uptake of intact plants remains to be determined. The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of Phi on Pi absorption of intact komatsuna plants (Brassica rapa var. peruviridis cv. Ajisai) in hydroponic culture. Phosphite markedly decreased Pi absorption of the intact komatsuna plants under both low (0.05 mmol L-1) and high (0.5 mmol L-1) Pi supply, although the growth (both shoots and roots) and water uptake of the high Pi-supplied plants was not affected by Phi. The inhibiting effect of Phi was small at 0.2 mmol L-1, but became large at 2 mmol L-1. Using relatively large seedlings (28 days old) to better assess the influence of Phi on Pi absorption early in the treatment, the results indicated that there was an immediate decrease in Pi absorption within the first 2-day period of Phi treatment when the water absorption of the plants was not affected. Taken together, the results suggested that there was a strong inhibiting effect of Phi on Pi uptake of intact komatsuna plants and this effect is exerted most likely by competition between Phi and Pi at uptake level. We speculate that the application of Phi to plant roots in an environment that is unfavorable for Phi-to-Pi conversion (e.g. hydroponic culture) may need to increase the amount of required Pi fertilization of plants to compensate for the reduction in Pi uptake by Phi. Further research is needed to confirm our results. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition Brassica rapa subsp. nipposinica var. perviridis uptake mechanisms shoot growth cell suspension culture Thao, H. T. B., & Yamakawa, T. (2010). Phosphate absorption of intact komatsuna plants as influenced by phosphite. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 56(1), 133-139. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-0765.2009.00431.x Phosphate absorption of intact komatsuna plants as influenced by phosphite. / Thao, Hoang Thi Bich; Yamakawa, Takeo. In: Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Vol. 56, No. 1, 01.02.2010, p. 133-139. Thao, HTB & Yamakawa, T 2010, 'Phosphate absorption of intact komatsuna plants as influenced by phosphite', Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 133-139. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-0765.2009.00431.x Thao HTB, Yamakawa T. Phosphate absorption of intact komatsuna plants as influenced by phosphite. 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Phosphite markedly decreased Pi absorption of the intact komatsuna plants under both low (0.05 mmol L-1) and high (0.5 mmol L-1) Pi supply, although the growth (both shoots and roots) and water uptake of the high Pi-supplied plants was not affected by Phi. The inhibiting effect of Phi was small at 0.2 mmol L-1, but became large at 2 mmol L-1. Using relatively large seedlings (28 days old) to better assess the influence of Phi on Pi absorption early in the treatment, the results indicated that there was an immediate decrease in Pi absorption within the first 2-day period of Phi treatment when the water absorption of the plants was not affected. Taken together, the results suggested that there was a strong inhibiting effect of Phi on Pi uptake of intact komatsuna plants and this effect is exerted most likely by competition between Phi and Pi at uptake level. We speculate that the application of Phi to plant roots in an environment that is unfavorable for Phi-to-Pi conversion (e.g. hydroponic culture) may need to increase the amount of required Pi fertilization of plants to compensate for the reduction in Pi uptake by Phi. Further research is needed to confirm our results. AB - Phosphite (PO33- Phi) has been used intensively in agriculture as a fungicide and occasionally as a fertilizer, but it is also detrimental to plants that have been insufficiently fertilized with phosphorus (P). Although several studies have shown the inhibiting effect of Phi on phosphite (PO33- Pi) uptake in cell suspension culture, information on how Phi affects the Pi uptake of intact plants remains to be determined. The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of Phi on Pi absorption of intact komatsuna plants (Brassica rapa var. peruviridis cv. Ajisai) in hydroponic culture. Phosphite markedly decreased Pi absorption of the intact komatsuna plants under both low (0.05 mmol L-1) and high (0.5 mmol L-1) Pi supply, although the growth (both shoots and roots) and water uptake of the high Pi-supplied plants was not affected by Phi. The inhibiting effect of Phi was small at 0.2 mmol L-1, but became large at 2 mmol L-1. Using relatively large seedlings (28 days old) to better assess the influence of Phi on Pi absorption early in the treatment, the results indicated that there was an immediate decrease in Pi absorption within the first 2-day period of Phi treatment when the water absorption of the plants was not affected. Taken together, the results suggested that there was a strong inhibiting effect of Phi on Pi uptake of intact komatsuna plants and this effect is exerted most likely by competition between Phi and Pi at uptake level. We speculate that the application of Phi to plant roots in an environment that is unfavorable for Phi-to-Pi conversion (e.g. hydroponic culture) may need to increase the amount of required Pi fertilization of plants to compensate for the reduction in Pi uptake by Phi. Further research is needed to confirm our results. JO - Soil Science and Plant Nutrition JF - Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1517
__label__wiki	0.74007	0.74007	Getting to know Cloe Frankish Interview, News I’m from Chart Hills Golf Club in Kent, England. How did you get into golf? My grandfather introduced me to the sport and we started chipping and pitching in the back garden. When did you turn professional? At Lalla Aicha Tour School in December 2016. What’s been the biggest golfing achievement of your career so far? I won the English Girls’ two years in a row, the first time by 12 shots and the second time by two (without a practise round). I also won the Scottish Ladies’ by seven shots and qualified for the Ladies European Tour at the Final Stage of Lalla Aicha Tour School in December 2017. What is your favourite club in your bag? My driver. I hit my average drive around 270 yards. Who is your favourite golfer? Dustin Johnson. What’s your favourite golf course? I like Las Colinas Golf and Country Club in Spain. My uncle has a villa there, so that’s where I go to practise. Who do you most look up to? My mum, because she takes me everywhere and organises everything for me. What is your favourite food? Steak and chips. I really liked Dubai when I received an invitation to play there in the Ladies Classic recently. What do you like doing except playing golf? I go to the gym every day. What job would you like to have if not a professional golfer? I used to do gymnastics for England when I was younger, floor and vault, but I gave it up for golf, so maybe that. If you could travel anywhere where would you go? Hawaii. Do you have any superstitions before a round? I don’t use balls with a ‘3’ on them, as it makes me think of a ‘3-putt.’ What is your most memorable sporting moment? Probably my first win at the English Girls at Royal Cromer in Cornwall in 2015, when my mum started crying. Do you listen to music before your round? Yes, The Weekend. What are your goals for 2018? I want to keep my card for 2019.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1519
__label__cc	0.652428	0.347572	Letter To My Ex > blog 6 break-up books to read right now By Rachel @ Letter To My Ex on May 21, 2017 I’ve written before about having good books on your bedside table when you’re heartbroken and always seem to be wide... 12 great gifts to buy anyone going through a crappy break-up By Rachel @ Letter To My Ex on May 6, 2017 Whether you’re going through a break-up or know someone else who is, here are a few of my favourite... Why the ‘no contact rule’ will help you move on By Rachel @ Letter To My Ex on April 25, 2017 I’ve been writing about dating, relationships and break-ups for a long time. And one thing I’m always asked about... Sugar overload. Send help. Technically, the egg hunt should be happening TODAY (Sunday in Australia), but we did it yesterday because a) it... What happens to your body after a break-up? By Rachel @ Letter To My Ex on April 5, 2017 Pain and cramps. Obsessive thoughts and cravings. Zero appetite. Yep, break-ups can have a pretty drastic effect on the... 5 reasons why break-up revenge is a really bad idea By Rachel @ Letter To My Ex on March 19, 2017 I recently shared a pic on Instagram of a car spray-painted with the words ‘I hope she was worth it’.... By Rachel @ Letter To My Ex on February 25, 2017 I was 25. Living in London. Madly in love with my boyfriend, and looking forward to my party that night.... The worst gifts ever received on Valentine’s Day I know Valentine’s Day and being single is not a great combo, and if you’re in that boat you... " class="link-to-url" target="_blank"> Sweary adult colouring in books for heartbroken people By Rachel @ LTME on January 27, 2017 The adult colouring in book thing has been a slow burn for me. I’ve seen them, I’ve been given... Rest in peace Carrie Fisher. By Rachel @ Letter To My Ex on December 28, 2016 How I will miss her wit and general awesomeness. She was the first strong woman character I ever saw... Have a holiday hug or ten. By Rachel on December 24, 2016 By the way, feel free to send me pics of your ugly Santa sweaters. I’m serious. Interview with ‘We Were On A Break’ author + competition winners! By Rachel @ Letter To My Ex on November 29, 2016 Thanks to my trusty Random.org prize winner selector, I’ve just done the draw for the three winners of We...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1523
__label__wiki	0.746475	0.746475	Throwback Thursday, January 1, 2008: Barack Obama: Hillary Clinton ‘is just like Bush’ December 24, 2015 — Ron Chusid Barack Obama: Hillary Clinton ‘is just like Bush’ Barack Obama on the campaign trail in Iowa, where he launched blistering attacks on his rival, Hillary Clinton by Toby Harnden, in Perry, Iowa Barack Obama unleashed a blistering attack on his Democrat rival Hillary Clinton yesterday, branding her “just like George W Bush”. The cutting comparison came as he launched a last-ditch push to win over Democrats in Iowa, who vote on Thursday in their caucuses, the first stage of the presidential nomination process. Now, his lofty rhetoric about hope and change is laced with sharp, sarcastic jabs at Mrs Clinton and her husband Bill, who have sought to paint him as a naïve lightweight who doesn’t have the stomach for a fight. At a Des Moines rally that drew in more than 1,000 people despite freezing weather, Mr Obama abandoned his previous timidity and, while not mentioning her by name, aimed barbs straight at the former First Lady. “We can’t afford a politics that’s all about terrorism and ripping people down rather than lifting a country up,” he said. “We can’t afford a politics based on fear that leaves politicians to think the only way they can look tough on national security is to vote and act and talk just like George W Bush.” Mr Obama is locked in a three-way struggle with Mrs Clinton and John Edwards in Iowa. Polls, which are notoriously unreliable in the Midwestern state, indicate Mrs Clinton might have edged just ahead in the past week. Bill Clinton, now campaigning in Iowa for his wife every day, has raised the spectre of another September 11 style attack and stated that only Mrs Clinton had the experience to deal with a terrorist atrocity. Mr Obama blasted back by suggesting that this was reminiscent of the tactics of Mr Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney in 2004 and amounted to “using 9/11 as a way to scare up votes”. The slap at Mrs Clinton — who voted to authorise the Iraq war — was no accident. Yesterday, at a smaller rally in rural Perry attended by about 250 people, Mr Obama used almost exactly the same words. When asked by The Daily Telegraph about the increasing sharpness of Mr Obama’s words, David Axelrod, his chief strategist, said: “I don’t think they were sharp. I think they were well chosen.” He added that Mrs Clinton was “100 per cent known” but “70 cent or more of voters in this state have consistently chosen other alternatives so there’s obviously a market for something different out there. The Obama campaign has been angered by the negative attacks from Clinton operatives, most notably the suggestion — widely seen as a racial smear — that he had been a cocaine dealer. Clinton supporters have also circulated emails suggesting Mr Obama is a radical Islamist. The Illinois senator took on Mr Clinton directly, disputing the former president’s contention that a vote for Mr Obama would be to “roll the dice” on America’s future. “The real gamble,” he thundered, “is to keep on doing the same things with the same folks over and over again and expecting something different.” A central argument of the Obama campaign is that electing the former First Lady would mean a Bush or a Clinton running the country for 24 years without interruption. The Clintons, the Illinois senator said, were Establishment creatures who resented someone new to Washington. He lampooned their view of him as: “We need him in Washington longer to stew him and season him a bit and boil all the hope out of him so he smells just like every other politician.” Mrs Clinton’s repeated use recently of the word “change” — the theme of the Obama campaign since the start — was also mocked. “This change thing must be catching on because I notice now suddenly everybody’s talking about change. ‘I’m for change, me too, I want to change things, I’m a change person’. “That’s good. We want everybody to be for change. But you have to ask yourself now with basically four days left is who can best deliver change.” Any prospect of a Clinton-Obama ticket for the presidency and vice-presidency has evaporated but the Illinois senator’s supporters are convinced he can do better than the second slot. “We have to get rid of the dynasties in this country,” said Carol Hofmann, celebrating her 64th birthday by going to the Obama rally in Des Moines. “We’ve had the Bushes, we’ve had the Clintons. “The candidate people see as the front runner is very, very divisive and I think she’s dangerous. I voted for Bill Clinton. She wouldn’t have been elected a senator without him. She sure wouldn’t be running for president if she wasn’t married to him.” She added: “She probably has a list a mile long of people she would like to stick the knife into.” Few would doubt that Mr Obama is now on that list. Related Post Throwback Thursday: Hillary 1984 Posted in Barack Obama, George Bush, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, Politics. 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__label__cc	0.723682	0.276318	Living the Grove Grove City, Pennsylvania's lifestyle blog Coming Soon: More than a Safari Park If all goes as planned, Grove City will be home to an African Savannah with grazing rhinos, zebras, giraffes by the summer of 2016. The owner of New Castle’s Living Treasures looks to open a new park that he says will be like nothing Pennsylvania has ever seen. The animal park will be located on 140 acres on Route 258, just a couple miles from Grove City Premium Outlets. Owner Adam Guiher, who has already moved into a home on the property, says the new Living Treasures will be home to a North American and African bus safari, a pavilion for large events and weddings, and hopefully someday a rain forest themed water park, as well as unique lodging with tree-house rooms. Also planned for the site, an adventure park designed by Tree Top Concepts. The company specializes in zip-line and rope courses that provide both thrill and education. “The zip-line and rope course would go over the North American exhibit and also a 15 acre wetlands area. Those on the course will be able to safely look down on buffalo, deer and other animals. Also, we’re planning a course for children 4 and up, and another for kids and adults that are 10 years and older,” said Guiher. “This will be the perfect place for field trips. I want kids and adults to fall in love with the environment when they come here.” Guiher says there’s a lot of possibilities for the property. Everything from a bald eagle program that would rehabilitate injured eagles, to a cheetah breeding program. “Not everything has been decided because there’s a lot of approvals and permits you have to get first. But these programs may very well save certain species. If Africa kills off their native population of cheetahs or rhinos, it may be places like Living Treasures that helps repopulate those areas. We’d work with zoos around the country and the world, and we’d focus on rare species.” Guiher says the park will have white rhinos, which is expected to be a big draw. The safari part of the park will include a 50 acre African Savannah. Visitors will take an open air bus to see the animals up close. There will also be a North American safari with more familiar animals, specifically buffalo and elk. “It’s good for people to also learn about the animals that are living in the environment around them.” Beside the African safari will be a pavilion space for large gatherings that would overlook the animals. “It would hold around 200 people and would be perfect for everything from family reunions to corporate events to weddings. It will be unique. There are not many places in the world that you can get married with antelope and zebras grazing behind you.” There will also be smaller Eurasian and South American exhibits. The property will be constructed in stages. He hopes an indoor rain forest water park will be stage 2. “It would be like no other water park. The walls would be glass that overlook the African animals. So you may be watching giraffes as you go down a water slide.” The big question for the project is if there will be lodging on the site. So far, Springfield township hasn’t approved a hotel, Guiher hopes that will change. “It wasn’t approved because is doesn’t fit current zoning, but I hope that will change.” He would like to have a rustic lodge on the North American side of the park, and an African style lodge that would include tree-house rooms. “There’s lots of mature trees on the property that would be perfect for a unique tree-house room. This is a place that people would travel to stay at, if Springfield Township allows it to be built. These would be high-quality resort hotels. I’m not looking to build a Super 8, but instead a natural and beautiful looking structure that fits into the African or North American environment. They’ll be really unique. Google “Giraffe Manor” in Kenya. This will be like nothing else in Pennsylvania, that’s for sure. We want to get people interested in wildlife.” Studies on the property are being performed from May into June, and then he’ll have to wait for permits, with a hope to break ground later in the summer. He also will be building a bridge across a steam on the property, “bridge permits can take 6 or 9 months, even a year. And I look to use as many local contractors as possible,” says Guiher. “From construction to landscaping, I will look locally first.” With more than 6 million people already traveling to the Grove City Premium Outlets every year, a place like this could help turn Grove City into more than a shopping trip, but a vacation destination. Families and couples would stay in the area longer, and spend more money here as well. Beth Black, the director of the Grove City Area Chamber of Commerce agrees, “This could really be a game changer for Grove City. Right now we get a little traffic from the outlets into town. But if people come for a weekend or longer, we think Grove City could benefit. Downtown and the entire community can really capitalize on this.” Guiher expects 200,000 to 300,000 thousand visitors the first full season. Posted in UncategorizedBy thenewgrove26 Comments 26 thoughts on “Coming Soon: More than a Safari Park” Tammy Haring says: This sounds like a wonderful opportunity for schools and Scout troops. Especially if you put in zip lining and ropes courses! Dineen Carben says: I am excited to read about this. Can not wait to see his dreams become a reality. I will surely be an individual that visits there often. Hopefully a yearly pass price will be an option for entry into the park. Stephanie Hockenberry says: I need a job here!! I would be the coolest mom on the block and I would have so much fun working. sandy surrena says: ABSOLUTELY !!!! CANT WAIT…. I want a job here, too. I could work in any capacity from zip lining guide to helping take care of the animals. Sounds awesome! todd shaffer jr says: This sounds great and with the possibilities I would love to work there Connie Likens says: sounds wonderful…if you build it…we will come!!! Carol Wiercinski says: Mercer County Pennsylvania is no place for wild animals! Kim Hoak says: This sounds great!!!!!! Hope you build it we can’t wait to visit!!!!!!! Julie mckinney says: I live in ellwood i dont go to outlets much but if this works out for you i will be visiting a lot. Good luck hope it works out we need something like this Sounds amazing. I’ve been engaged for awhile and have not set a date for a wedding because I just can’t decide, but something like this would be ideal. I would jump at the chance to have a safari wedding.👍🏼👍🏼 Reblogged this on noordin400's Blog. Burk says: I live with in a mile of where the Safari Park is going to be, and go past there everyday. Something amazing is already starting. That sounds awesome, but what do you do in the winter? Jeannette Peterson says: That was also my question. Debra Uber says: As I was traveling from Slippery Rock to Mercer this evening I was coming past the new sight for this park. Along 258 there is a tree that the top is dead. Sitting on the very top of this tree was a very large Bald Eagle! I think your first resident has moved in. It was quite a sight to see. Kristin Jeffers says: It is none of my business, but why don’t you co sider this for around the old Geauga Lake? That land is not in use….and you would have so mich land and freshwatwr for the animals there in the lake. You could build hotels right on the property and look out from your room to see the animals and beautiful lake…maybe restaurants and it already has a few pieces of a water park….maybe a future location but something to consider And, how much human to animal contact will there be? Animals aren’t here for our amusement …. as everyone knows, this can get out of hand. Hopefully the animals well being will be the utmost priority. lori udy says: I do believe wild animals are fascinating, and the idea is okay but i really think this could have been put into a better area, where there are not established neighborhoods with homes and privacy. My property butts right up to this and believe me, i am very concerned about this, the traffic will be awful not to say the least, the smells and lights and noise…….i also have a small business on my property that i believe will be affected by this. Dear Lori – if I lived there, I would think about that too ….. Hopefully you will get some answers and consideration …… Peace, Linda Entertainment, Education, Jobs, taxes for the county. Sounds like a 4 way WIN! I think this will be a good thing for the area! We need something adventurous and exciting in this area. I also hope thay reasonable season passes will be available! Kate Wood says: I’m an artist; specifically painter. I would truely enjoy working here in a creative capacity. Best wishes in this endeavor! Mikayla Womer says: I am so excited for this park to open! I have had a love for animals my entire life and it would be amazing if I could get a job taking care of them! I just wanna know when you can apply!😊 Jane Huff says: This is great news and very exciting- I love going to Zoos and to places like this- can’t wait to come!!! Perfect location too! Melissa tucker says: I Will have a very hard time not spending too much of my time here, I have a little bit of experience with exotic animals having worked at living treasures in my youth and I plan to do some research to see how it would be possible to work here. I am also an artist and would absolutely love to contribute creatively, I think this is a dream come true and this company has become extremely responsible in their ethics since the new ownership and will do fantastic things for our community. ← Art in the Grove: The Importance of Being Earnest Autumn Arts Festival → From the Artist b’gifted Olde Town	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1538
__label__wiki	0.627608	0.627608	Is English unusual in having no second person plural form? In Spanish, there are the "vosotros" (only used in Spain) and "ustedes" (formal in Spain) forms for use when talking to a group of people. These also use specific conjugations different different from the regular single "tú" or "usted" (formal) forms. I don't speak it, but I've heard French also has this. However, these are both Romance languages, so it makes sense that they'd be similar in such a fundamental thing. In standard English, we have no such thing; "you" can be used when talking to one person or to multiple people, with no distinction necessary. Is English unusual? Do more languages have a second person plural form or not? linguistic-typology pronoun plurality StormblessedStormblessed In these case, the other languages you mentioned being Romance happens to be irrelevant: Germanic languages, like English is, do distinguish between 2nd person singular and 2nd person plural (German: du vs ihr, Swedish: du vs ni), and English itself had this distinction until not too long ago, with thou vs you, where thou has the same etimology as du and tú. If anything, the many varieties of Spanish come close to showing an evolution similar to English, where in some varieties vos (not quite the same as vosotros, but both derive from Latin vos) is now singular. – LjL Jul 9 '19 at 1:47 In French, vous is formally plural, and in "intimate" settings contrasts with singular tu; but in general settings vous is used for both singular and plural, so the result is very much like English. (I put "intimate" in quotes, because there isn't really a good English word for the contexts in which French speakers will use tu). – Colin Fine Jul 9 '19 at 9:13 Y'all never heard of "y'all"? ;D – jpmc26 Jul 9 '19 at 12:55 @jpmc26 - or "you guys"? – Chris B. Behrens Jul 9 '19 at 17:23 @jpmc26 and Chris — I said specifically standard English; y'all is used informally in some dialects, but you'd very rarely hear it, say, in Britain. – Stormblessed Jul 9 '19 at 17:43 English marks plurality in first and third person pronouns (I vs. we, he/she/it vs. they), but not in the second person (you). (The singular thou did exist in English in the past, but is now considered obsolete.) According to WALS chapter 35 (paragraph 5.1), about 20% of languages distinguish plurality in either first person or second person but not both. So the partial lack of plurality marking in English is present in a minority of languages, but it isn't incredibly rare. Among Indo-European languages, I think the lack of plurality marking on pronouns is less common, but I don't have any statistics. b ab a Was "thou" vs "you" really a singular/plural distinction? I always thought it was informal/formal. – amalloy Jul 10 '19 at 1:09 @amalloy It was a singular/plural distinction doing double duty as formal/informal. Similarly to French, 2pp was used to address single people in a less familiar way. – Tashus Jul 10 '19 at 2:46 @amalloy in many Indo-European languages, the second-person-plural doubles as formal. – OrangeDog Jul 10 '19 at 10:47 It really was both! for example Ukrainian and Gaelic do exactly the same thing @amalloy – Wilson Jul 10 '19 at 14:14 German manages to take it one step further and uses 3pp. – Carsten S Jul 10 '19 at 16:38 Although largely archaic, in some locations (some parts of Northern England/Cornwall/Ireland, among others) the word "ye" is still used as second-person-plural. It can also be found in some older works, such as the King James Bible: "Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you." John 15:16 (Note that here both "ye" and "you" are both being used as plural second person, with "ye" as the Subjective form - vs "thou" as the singular second person Subjective - and "you" as the Objective form - vs "thee" as the singular second person Objective) This should not be confused with "ye" as a typographical approximation of "þe" (i.e. "the") as in "þe olde shoppe"/"ye olde shoppe", which arose from the similarities between the cursive gothic letter "y" and "þ" (pronounced "thorn") which was not widely available in movable type. (Alternatively - for those of you living in the Southern States of America, there's always "y'all". shudder) ChronocidalChronocidal +1 for y'all, that was my first thought when reading the question. – towe Jul 9 '19 at 11:35 or "you guys" in the Midwest. – live-love Jul 9 '19 at 12:16 Also "yous" in Scotland. – CriminallyVulgar Jul 9 '19 at 13:31 "You all" is certainly better and more grammatically correct than the Northern "yous guys"!! – RonJohn Jul 9 '19 at 15:39 @towe: Unfortunately, in some parts of Texas and other Southern states, "y'all" has stopped being seen as a contraction for "you all" and has become a replacement word for "you", with all the ambiguity re: singular or plural. Hence the use of the phrase, "all y'all". – John Bode Jul 9 '19 at 19:59 According to The Paradigmatic Structure of Person Marking by Michael Cysouw, the absence of the 2PL form in English pronoun despite having 3PL form is extremely unusual. The only language that has the exact five-way system of 1SG 1PL 2 3SG 3PL paradigm is the Xokleng language in the Amazonian basin. On the other hand, there is Berik paradigm (1SG 1PL 2 3) and Sierra Populuca paradigm (1EXC 1INC 2 3) that is much more common. Both have only 1 second-person pronoun, but both also have only 1 third-person pronoun. The language that has Berik paradigm includes Berik and Kuman, while the language that has Sierra Populuca paradigm includes Jaqaru and Campa. ewawe AkangkaAkangka Most Mayan languages (e.g, Pocomchí) have 1Sg-1Pl, 2(Sg/Pl), 3Sg-3Pl, just like English. Of course these are prefixal ergative languages, so they don't have subject or object pronouns per se, but those are the pronoun categories for all inflections. – jlawler Sep 23 '19 at 23:13 @jlawler nice information. – Akangka Sep 25 '19 at 2:57 Thanks for contributing an answer to Linguistics Stack Exchange! Not the answer you're looking for? 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__label__cc	0.692317	0.307683	Updated by Jen Leafe on Sep 06, 2019 Jen Leafe 15 items 8 followers 18 votes 121 views Top 5 Cities in Europe in September Listly by Jen Leafe Here is a list of 10 cities I would like to visit in Europe Interrailing. Looking for the top 5 ©2007 Courtney Traub September has always been one of my favorite months in the city of light. There's a sense of transition that I've always found exciting, as summer laziness culminates and a surge of energy from "la rentrée"-- that very French concept that translates roughly as "back to school" but concerns adults too-- falls over the city. Venice in September September usually starts with a buzz, as Venetians return to find their city in the cinematic spotlight with the annual Venice Film Festival. The buzz continues with the Regata Storica, Venice's biggest boat racing event of the year. Early September - Venice Film Festival. Belgrade, Serbia, September 2010 Three days in Belgrade, Serbia September in Amsterdam - Travel Advice, Weather & Events September in Amsterdam, at its best, mixes the mild weather of late summer with the perks of the off-peak travel season (which it isn't -- just yet). Summer crowds thin out, and competition for the best hotels and hostels isn't as fierce; airfares and other travel costs can be much lower in comparison with summer rates. Eternal Rome is the capital of Italy. It sits on the Tiber River in the Lazio region, and is the country's largest and most populous city. The history of Rome spans a fascinating two and a half thousand years and has left an imprint on many a modern day culture. Discover Bucharest with Joguru's Bucharest Travel Guide with tourist attractions in Romania, Bucharest tourist attractions, sightseeing, Bucharest night life to enjoy holidays in Romania with Bucharest Tourism Prague Events in September 2013 Prague events in September 2013 from Prague Experience - your complete tourist information guide to Prague Get your Barcelona travel guide to the top tourist attractions, hostels, hotels, things to do in, nightlife, & restaurants. JoGuru a social travel network for Barcelona tourist to meet locals & Barcelona travel companions, share & find tourist information on Barcelona, Spain. Venice is a popular Italian Travel destination, get information on tourism in Venice, attractions in Venice, Sightseeing in Venice and Day trip to Venice through Venice Travel Guide and plan your trips to Venice Events: Stockholm's official visitors guide The birthplace of opera, and the Italian Renaissance where pioneers like Dante, Petrach and Boccaccio, the use of language other than Latin, or Filippo Brunelleschi and Leon Batist'Alberti who invented Renaissance and neoclassical architecture, forever changing the face of cities all over Europe. Get to know Vienna Austria with Vienna Travel Guide that includes information on Tourist attractions Vienna, nightlife in Vienna Austria, Vienna sightseeing tours and Vienna Austria Attractions Krakow is renowned for being the cultural capital of Poland. It boasts 140 monasteries and churches, 50 museums, 100 art galleries, 11 universities and academies and 600 monuments. An old town, Krakow is dubbed a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of twelve most important cultural sites in the world Climate: Krakow is mainly characterized by average and moderate temperatures, rainy season and snowfall. 48 Hours In: Belgrade Click here for 48 Hours In...Belgrade map The ultimate list of Roadside Attractions from around the world Check out the ultimate list of roadside attractions for the mesmerizing vacations. Check out the list that will guide you to choose your best ride! travel summer europe cities 2013 backpacking interrailng	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1545
__label__wiki	0.537989	0.537989	Legend of Genji Sandbender Tribes United Republic & Republic City Air Nomads Fire Nation Northern Water Tribe Southern Water Tribe Spirits & Animals Ancillary Art The Southern Water Tribe is an independent state governing the South Pole and its surrounding waters. During Avatar Aang’s time, the Southern Water Tribe had been pushed to the edge of extinction by Fire Nation raids. With the aid of their sister tribe to the North, the Southern Water Tribe was able to rebuild and fully recover after the war. However, diverging identities and cultures eventually led to the Water Tribe Civil War, the result of which was the Southern Water Tribe declaring its independence. Now ruled by a chief chosen by the Council of Elders, the South Pole is flourishing. Its citizens mostly live in its coastal capital, Harbor City, and several nearby towns. The people of the Southern Water Tribe are proud, progressive, and focused on commerce and trade. Recent years have seen a steady growth in industry and entrepreneurship. Notably, the Southern Water Tribe has abandoned many of the strict spiritual traditions its sister tribe still practices. In the South Pole, spiritual practice is largely up to the individual, not the community or government. However, the Southern Spirit Portal is still strictly guarded by the White Lotus to prevent human-spirit conflict. Economy & Education The Southern Water Tribe is a minor economic power when compared to the United Republic or Fire Nation, but it dominates the fishing and shipping markets in the Southern hemisphere. Like the North, the Southern Water Tribe cultivates a successful fishing and textile industry, and international businesses are highly interested in the development of the South Pole. After years of strict control by outsiders, however, the South is skeptical of foreign investment. The South Pole’s petroleum drilling operations are strictly guarded and regulated. The Southern Water Tribe only maintains public schools in Harbor City. Elsewhere, families are expected to homeschool their children or commute daily to Harbor City. Social groups unaffiliated with the government provide supplies, books, and tutoring to families unable to do so. While waterbending is a respected skill, being a waterbender does not hold the same social esteem as it does in the North. In Genji’s Time Unlike their northern counterpart, the Southern Water Tribe is quite progressive on social issues, including same-sex marriage. Avatar Korra’s high-profile marriage to Asami Sato inspired the tribe’s people to strive for more dialogue and open-mindedness. Over the last decade, staunch environmental beliefs have helped prevent the overexploitation of the South Pole’s resources. The Southern Water Tribe is a young nation, and its leaders are eager to prove themselves on the international stage. Because their economy is less influential, however, the other nations tend to disregard their voice. The South Pole struggles to effectively participate in international relations. Still bitter over the Water Tribe Civil War, the Northern Water Tribe is loathe to compromise with its sister tribe. The South Pole’s newest Chief hopes to revamp his nation’s foreign policy by strengthening its economy and military. Read more about the Southern Water Tribe! LIVE NOW! CLICK TO VIEW!	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1558
__label__wiki	0.643469	0.643469	HomeBattle of the Bands: West Point and Tredegar Parrotts Battle of the Bands: West Point and Tredegar Parrotts 16 July 2011 16 July 2011 Craig Swain American Civil War, Manassas, ParrottsCivil War Artillery, Henry Hill, Manassas, Parrott rifle, Robert Parker Parrott, Tredegar, Tredegar Iron Works, West Point Foundry I mentioned the collection of Parrott rifles on Henry Hill, and that the varied lot affords visitors a “side-by-side” comparison of four major types of the 10-pdr Parrott guns. Allow me to demonstrate such comparison by examining the breech bands on a West Point Parrott and two Tredegar guns. Walking from the visitor center, the first gun in the line is a late production 3-inch Parrott rifle from West Point Foundry (registry number 236 produced in 1865). Band Measure of 3-inch Parrott from West Point The band measures right at 13-inches. Earlier 2.9-inch Parrotts likewise had a 13-inch band. Notice the smooth appearance and rounded ends of the band. This conformed with Robert P. Parrott‘s standard for breech bands. The surface is smooth and was machined as per Federal requirements. The next gun in line is an 1862 product of Tredegar Iron Works, Richmond, Virginia, bearing foundry number 1590. Band Measure of 2.9-inch Parrott from Tredegar The band measures about 14.5 inches, including a 1.5-inch bevel. Notice the “smooth” surface indicating machining done at the foundry before delivery. But there are a few distinct vertical form lines in the band, not seen on the Federal Parrott. After passing two replica Parrotts in the line, a Tredegar 3-inch provides an example of later Confederate production. This is the band measure of a Tredegar gun likely produced in November 1862. Band Measure of 3-inch Parrott from Tredegar Again about 14.5 inches, with the 1.5-inch bevel. However this band has a rough exterior, and was not machined. The vertical form lines are thus more distinct. This band is actually a composite of several smaller bands which were welded together. The band on the Federal 3-inch Parrott is just over one inch thick (secondary sources indicate 1.19 inches as a standard thickness, but my hasty placement of the ruler is not as precise as I’d like). Thickness of Band - 3-inch Federal Parrott And you can barely make out a “spiral” grain in the band of the Federal Parrott if you look closely on the right. The 3-inch Tredegar Parrott’s band is under 1 inch thick at the front by the bevel. Thickness of Band - Front Edge - 3-inch Tredegar At the back, the Tredegar band is about 1-5/16ths inches thick. Thickness of Band - Back Edge - 3-inch Tredegar The direct comparison shows the bands on Tredegar Parrotts longer than the Federal guns by 1.5-inch. The band incorporates a bevel (some call this a chamfer, but bevel is easier for me to pass through the spell checkers!). And away from the bevel, the Tredegar bands are thicker than the Federal Parrotts’. As evidenced by the “lines” and “grain” on the bands, Tredegar built their bands from a set of individual bands, which were butt welded together. Robert P. Parrott’s patent specification indicates his West Point Foundry used a spiral wound wrought iron bar to form the band. The Tredegar banding method has more in common with Brooke Rifles and other contemporary rifled and banded guns produced in the Confederacy. Indeed, one might impose a non-historical identification of “Tredegar-built, Brooke-banded field rifle” on the Tredegar Parrotts, and have a leg to stand on. Tredegar lacked access to the high quality wrought iron bar that West Point Foundry enjoyed, which likely purchased it’s material from the Ulster Iron Works, Saugerties, New York. Furthermore, Tredegar worked with casting iron of lesser quality. Mitigating those shortfalls, Tredegar made the bands longer and thicker. Some have said the bevel on the band was introduced by a clever Confederate ordnance officer in order to exact a little more elevation, and thus range, from the gun. Well, the bevel did have something to do with elevation, but it was not an improvement over the Federal design. Rather it was a modification made in order to work around the longer band on Confederate Parrott rifles. Note the narrow clearance of the band near the cheeks of the reproduction carriage at Manassas. Clearance of the Band over the Carriage Cheeks The bevel was required in order to restore the gun’s performance, not improve it, after Tredegar’s change to the base design. Just some of the fine points gleaned from a comparison of three guns on Henry Hill at Manassas. Perhaps an example of how to coax these long silent guns into speaking a bit! Henry Hill’s Parrotts (markerhunter.wordpress.com) Bells into Guns: Tredegar’s Bronze 6-pdrs (markerhunter.wordpress.com) A Bore-ing Day at Manassas (markerhunter.wordpress.com) Are These Guns Bull Run Veterans? (markerhunter.wordpress.com) ← Getting Manassas Ready for the 150th Markers Can “make a Difference” → 2 thoughts on “Battle of the Bands: West Point and Tredegar Parrotts” Counterfeit Parrotts: Confederate 10-pdr Production (Part 1) \| To the Sound of the Guns says: […] notes about production of the weapons. The Confederate Parrotts were not, as indicated with the breech band construction, exacting copies of West Point (Federal) Parrotts. Nor was Tredegar the only Confederate source […] […] breech band, as I’ve discussed at length in an earlier post, conforms to Tredegar practice. Band of Confederate 3-in […]	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1562
__label__cc	0.560451	0.439549	A Jewish man on the birth of a Palestinian boy Photo: Jlhopgood Mauricio Kruchik One midday in July of 2000, in Hospital Meir in Kfar Saba, a Palestinian boy was born before my eyes. When I entered room #5, I met Fatma and Ali. I asked if I could stay to help as a doula. Ali said yes, that anything I could to help his wife lessen the pain would be welcome. So I stayed as a kind of physical therapist. Fatma didn’t answer, not because she couldn’t say anything, but because she only spoke Arabic. Ali spoke perfect Hebrew and this way we could communicate. When I needed to work with Fatma, the only communication possible was through her looks, her sense of feel, breathing, the perceptions of anguish, pain, and whatever lessened the pain. Fatma’s eyes were glued to mine from the time she hugged me until the time she let go. Ali was doing the best he could, and I wanted him to feel that he was helping her. The most important thing was that Fatma felt supported. Just a few moments before his son was born, Ali told me that Fatma was 33. They had been married 18 years, and this was their first son. Although Fatma had had seven pregnancies, five ended in miscarriages. And yet, despite the doubts that the doctors had about a healthy birth, there was this feeling — you could sense Fatma’s determination — that she was going to bring this child into the world alive no matter what. During the last few contractions, Ali on one side and I on the other, we gave Fatma a single big hug to give her strength. And then there was a chanting that reverberated through the hall — Allahu Akbar. Fatma received her child on her breast. She kept repeating Allahu Akbar as she nursed the baby. Ali and I collapsed into a hug, giving into a cry of emotion, brotherhood, and pain. Afterwards, all three of us hugged. I don’t know how long this hug lasted, but I can still feel Fatma’s and Ali’s tears falling together with mine. After two hours, when everything indicated a successful post-partum, Fatma left with her baby to a room where they’d stay two more days. I gave Ali a final hug. His words still sound in my ears: “Todá ahjí. La Salaam Aleikum,” a mix of Hebrew and Arabic. I answered “Aleikum Salaam,” peace to you. I never saw them again. Back at home, in one of the most treasured days of my life, I thought: What a shame there weren’t TV cameras, international journalists, and political pundits bearing witness to that moment. Perhaps then they could’ve captured that hatred between people doesn’t have to exist. When we have the opportunity to treat each other with respect and love, the people always win. Since this time I’ve attended other births of Palestinians and Arabs and accompanied various others in this same hospital, but this was the most symbolic. We’re not born enemies, we’re simply people. Nothing more, and nothing less than people. More on Israel Dear travelers to Israel: please don’t visit until you’ve understood these 11 things 13 signs you’ve become culturally Israeli Elena Zakomoldina-Fitoussi 10 customs you should know before studying abroad or traveling in Israel Tomi Clark 8 American habits I lost when I moved to Israel Stephanie Kempker 16 differences between a normal friend and an Israeli friend This Israeli cafe gives half-off for Jews and Arabs who eat together Long before karaoke came to Israel, there were public sing-alongs PRI's The World Watch what happened when one of Israel’s biggest soccer teams signed two Muslims 11 things I wish I knew before moving to Tel Aviv Party like it’s the first century: How to celebrate Christmas and Hanukkah in Israel 9+ of the most peculiar spots in Israel Marta Nightingale-Stycen More on Narrative In Israeli cities, experience modernity, conflict, and history in one trip I tried to become the first person to SUP around Sicily, and it almost killed me Daniel Wynn You can run with the bulls every week in the Azores Islands In the Azores Islands, you can drink tea straight from a volcano How WWOOFing can easily turn into a travel nightmare Mazzer D'Orazio Behind the scenes on a cruise ship — secrets from the crew Ryan Tingle I wore the same shirt for an entire 12-day trip. And it magically stayed clean. These cannabis edibles are the key to seeing India’s desert by camel Maggie Rosenberg A wee Scottish tour Suzanne Roberts My car broke down in the Sahara, and it taught me about trust Nicholas Mancall-Bitel Want to understand Dutch culture? Start with salty licorice. Elisabeth Sherman Traveling overland from the very top of Russia to the bottom of Iran	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1565
__label__wiki	0.597916	0.597916	The St. Regis Macao Introduces Traditional Macanese Cooking Classes for the Entire Family Macau’s culinary scene grows more vibrant with each coming year. As a UNESCO-designated “Creative City of Gastronomy”, the progressive city continues to be home to some of the world’s best chefs and restaurants. And with such an evolving landscape, the importance to preserve and honor Macanese culture and heritage has never been more pressing for this new decade. Cha Gordo and the new generation Cha Gordo is a notable part of the glorious history of Macau. Families with Portuguese heritage in the city would host this meal for a number of occasions, including Catholic holidays, baptism and birthdays, but it can also be held for various reasons. Similar to a high tea, Cha Gordo is a culinary tradition with an almost 400-year old legacy. It is described as an elaborate dining experience consisting of more than 12 dishes. Often enjoyed during the mid-afternoon, it has been embedded in Macau’s rich history as a gastronomic tradition. Macau has endured many changes and continues to endure as a flourishing SAR. It is significant for the young generation to embrace tradition. It highly contributes to their sense of comfort and belonging. The art of Cha Gordo is truly all about bringing family and friends together. It reinforces many values rooted in the sense of identity and values. And nowhere is it highly-regarded and deeply respected than at The St. Regis Macao, Cotai Strip. This year, The St. Regis Family Traditions Program launches a “Chá Gordo Macanese Afternoon Tea cooking masterclass” for families. It aims to create a personalized experience for guests traveling with families and offers engaging activities that unite them. The goal of creating long-lasting family memories will be evident in the program together with the gift of understanding the origins and beautiful blend of cultures in the city. Family traditions at The St. Regis Daniella Tonetto, General Manager of Sales & Marketing at The St. Regis Macao, Cotai Strip explains, “The Family Traditions at The St. Regis offers distinctive destination-inspired activities, and the cooking masterclass is a great way for families visiting to spend quality time together, learning about Macau’s rich culinary history.” The St. Regis Macao, Cotai Strip is always the best destination for families visiting Macau. The Family Traditions program offer locally-inspired activities designed to engage guests of all ages and includes: Cha Gordo Macanese Afternoon Tea Cooking Masterclass, an interactive cooking masterclass celebrating the culinary traditions of Macau. Families are able to learn about and create authentic signature dishes from the traditional Macanese Afternoon Tea–Cha Gordo. The Cha Gordo cooking masterclass is available for four persons (two adults and two children, ages 6–12) for MOP $1,688 plus tax and service charge. It also includes a special The St. Regis aprons and personalized recipe cards to keep. Macao Photo Tour is a family exploration activity of Macau’s rich Portuguese and Chinese heritage with a dedicated The St. Regis butler. Enjoy the morning visiting some of Macau’s most interesting and popular destinations, including the Coloane Village and the Chapel of St. Francis Xavier, the Giant Panda Pavilion and Taipa Houses Museum. Snap family photos at these iconic destinations to capture the memories of a lifetime. The Macao Photo Tour is priced at MOP $2,988 for a maximum of five people and includes transportation, tour guide, photo album and photographs, a picnic box and egg tart tasting at Lord Stow’s Bakery. PAPINEE at The St. Regis Macao offers guests the enjoyment of PAPINEE–the storytelling brand that empowers adults, educators and storytellers to take children on educational and inspiring magical adventures all around the world. It features the charming character inspired by the history of The St. Regis, Jak the Deer. Guests can also experience PAPINEE at The St. Regis Macao at the PAPINEE inspired Sunday Brunch at The Manor every Sunday, our Stay and Play with Jak package, as well as purchase reading gift sets and merchandise featuring Jak. Share the joy of storytelling and encourage readers to take their imaginations on adventures around the world. The St. Regis Macao, Cotai Strip Estrada Do Istmo, S/N, Cotai, +853 2882 8898, www.marriott.com Cha Gordo family activities in macau Macau history and tradition St. Regis Macao Macao Orchestra & Friends: Crossing Borders Through Music The Ritz-Carlton Macau’s Lai Heen Presents a Majestic Menu by New Chef Jackie Ho Art Macao: A Journey of Celebration and Creativity	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1569
__label__wiki	0.893349	0.893349	ebmpapst.com The magazine by ebm-papst Refrigeration / Ventilation © Photo \| Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. Harmony on the high seas Almost 3,000 EC fans provide for perfect cabin conditions on the world’s second-largest cruise ship. Active PFC technology ensures that so many units can work together without problems. Quantum of the Seas is the queen of the ocean. The most expensive cruise ship in the world and a floating oasis for 4,180 passengers, it was launched in the summer of 2014. It is nearly 350 meters long and 41 meters wide. Entertainment features on board include a glass capsule on a swivel arm for panoramic views from a height of 90 meters, a climbing wall, bumper car rides, numerous restaurants, a musical stage, a surf simulator and much more. Taru Lähteenmäki, R&D manager at Koja, a Finnish supplier of air conditioning systems, says: “Vacationers here have high standards. For air conditioning too, of course. They expect the air to be at just the right temperature, no matter what climate zone the ship happens to be cruising through.” Lots of power in a small space Each cabin has its own air conditioning. Thus every passenger can set the temperature one prefers. Each cabin has its own air conditioning, with which passengers can set the temperature they prefer. Together with the big EC blowers in the public rooms, 2,956 fans ensure a pleasant climate on board. Because of the salty and often tropically humid air at sea, the fans from ebm-papst have a special coating to protect them against corrosion. Many of the ship’s rooms are in the interior or have no windows that can be opened. Air exchange in most parts of the ship takes place only in the ventilation system. Quantum of the Seas needed to consume 20 percent less electricity than its precursor ship. That was the requirement.” Taru Lähteenmäki, R&D manager at Koja Fan coil production line at Koja. Jukka Blåfield, technical manager at ebm-papst Finland, says: “A high rate of air exchange needs to take place in a limited space here.” One of the main challenges for air conditioning on ships is the available space. Lähteenmäki agrees, saying: “On a cruise ship, every cubic centimeter counts. All of the space needs to be available to the passengers or crew, so the electronics has to take up as little space as possible. For these reasons and others, we chose the compact but powerful ebm-papst centrifugal EC fans with forward-curved blades for the cabins, and RadiPac centrifugal EC fans with backward-curved blades for the public areas.” Quiet energy-savers When the cruise ship operator Royal Caribbean International ordered “Quantum of the Seas,” one of its most stringent requirements was: 20 percent less energy consumption than the precursor ship! That also applied for the air conditioning system. “The low energy consumption of the EC fans was an important reason for us to choose ebm-papst as our partner. The ship has over thousands of fans but only a few compressors, for example. If you want to achieve savings with air conditioning, the fans give you a huge amount of leverage,” Koja’s Lähteenmäki says. “Besides that, the fans are extremely quiet. So here too, they fulfill the high standards of the passengers.” Relief for supply network On a cruise ship, every cubic centimeter counts. So the on-board air conditioners have to be especially compact. But when over 5,000 EC fans are connected to the same generator in the same network, so-called harmonics can lead to problems in the supply network. To avoid these problems, ebm-papst has developed a solution, a module that is integrated in the fan electronics: active PFC (power factor correction). The module filters out input current peaks with an electrical engineering trick that minimizes disturbing harmonic content. Jukka Blåfield summarizes: “Especially in the closed system on board, that’s a huge advantage. The active PFC technology allows the shipowning company to plan for a smaller generator from the start, since they can assume a lower peak load. That saves money, weight and space. And the power cables for the fans only need to be half as thick as without active PFC. That makes the system even more compact.” The challenge: EC fans work with a permanent magnet motor, which receives pulsed input current that causes current harmonics. When many EC fans are connected in parallel, the harmonics strain the supply network and can result in increased losses due to reactive power. Even other devices in the system network can be negatively impacted. The solution: ebm-papst has developed active PFC (power factor correction). 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__label__wiki	0.664692	0.664692	EnglishArabicFrench Nile Basin Discourse One Nile - One Family About NBD The NBD Strategy Categories & Creteria Benefits and Obligations Member Database Regional Office Staff The NBD Board NDF Windows Burundi NDF D.R. Congo NDF Egypt NDF Eritrea NDF Ethiopia NDF Kenya NDF Rwanda NDF South Sudan NDF Sudan NDF Tanzania NDF Uganda NDF E-Resource Center NBD Web TV Strategy Documents External Audit Reports Workshop / Research Reports Forum Reports The Nile Basin Discourse Summit (NBDS) Exchange Visits Nile Voices Newsletter NBD Photo Gallery NBD Forum What does being a Member mean? As a registered NGO, the NBD Network is duty bound to promote a membership scheme and to encourage members to join the organization. Associate members would also be eligible for election onto the National Discourse Forum (NDF) Board in accordance to the NDF constitution and regulations. Organizations and groups will need to complete an application form in order to join the NBD Network. The application form is available in a range of formats to ensure that no-one is excluded from applying. Support to complete the form is also available on request at all the NDF Offices and the NBD secretariat office. A register of members' names and address will be kept by NBD but may need to be made available to the National Board for Non-Governmental Organizations in Uganda or to NBD funders upon request. Otherwise, members' details will be treated as private and confidential and used for membership purposes only. The NBD membership categories are as follows; Cessation of Membership Full Members are national Nile Discourse Forums (NDFs) formed within the eleven riparian countries. Only one NDF may be accredited for each country. Full members shall have all the benefits of being members of the Organization. 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__label__wiki	0.864036	0.864036	(Redirected from Homeland security) "Homeland Security" is a broad term that refers to the national security of the United States, particularly in regards to protection against international terrorist activity. The term became widely used after the events of September 11, 2001, when the U.S. government integrated several agencies to establish the Department of Homeland Security. In the United States, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) accounts for 51% of total homeland security spending (estimated at $70 billion in 2010). According to the OMB, homeland security budget requests for the other 49% came from the following departments: 5.9% Justice; 3.1% State; 6.2% Health & Human Services; 2.8% Energy; 26.3% Defense. 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A Guide to Citizen Preparedness" from the FEMA OR Citizen Corps web sites. Retrieved from "https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Homeland_Security&oldid=627307" Civil liberties (U.S.)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1575
__label__cc	0.596369	0.403631	Pathology and Anatomical Sciences Residency Home / Academic Departments / Pathology and Anatomical Sciences / Pathology and Anatomical Sciences Education / Pathology and Anatomical Sciences Residency Post-sophomore Fellows Resident Alumni Our ACGME-accredited program is dedicated to the thorough education and training of future pathologists, whether their career paths go into academic pathology, community practice, or industry. The program has tracks for traditional four-year integrated training in both anatomic (AP) and clinical pathology (CP), and for three year AP-only or CP-only training. On occasion by special arrangement, residents who began training elsewhere may be accepted at advanced standing for AP, CP, or for a combined program. AP includes experience in autopsy and surgical pathology (including subspecialties of pediatric pathology, gastrointestinal pathology, gynecologic pathology, neuropathology, hematopathology, and dermatopathology), forensic pathology, exfoliative and aspiration cytology, and renal pathology. Immunohistochemistry is routinely used and diagnostic electron microscopy is available as necessary. CP includes experience in hematology (including hematopathology crossing lines with anatomic pathology), coagulation, blood bank & transfusion medicine, flow cytometry, immunopathology, clinical chemistry, microbiology and cytogenetics, toxicology and transplantation (HLA) immunology. All residents receive instruction in laboratory management and in pathology informatics. The Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency Program of the Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences at the University of Missouri has a considerable history, and our residents and graduates do well. The pass rate for first-time takers of American Board of Pathology examinations during the past 5 years is 100 percent for Clinical Pathology examinations and 91 percent for Anatomic Pathology examinations. Our residents go on to fellowships in their chosen subspecialties at prestigious major institutions. For surgical pathology, residents experience a partially subspecialized and partially general sign-out environment: we have subspecialty sign-out for GI and liver biopsies, for neuropathology, for ophthalmological pathology and for hematopathology. All other areas are in general sign-out, although particular members of the faculty are experts in, and are often responsible for sign-out of, bone and soft tissue pathology cases and gynecological pathology cases. Most of the dermatological pathology cases belong to the dermatopathology service in the Department of Dermatology, but the dermatopathologist participates in teaching pathology residents both through rotations on that service and through sign-out and didactic sessions in pathology space. Cytopathology rotations include performance of, or immediate review for adequacy, of many fine needle aspiration biopsies. Our autopsy rotations include time in the office of the chief medical examiner as well as doing hospital autopsies to qualify to take the AP examination of the American Board of Pathology. Blood Bank/Transfusion Medicine rotations involve residents in patient care daily, through interactions with clinicians of patients who may need blood products or who may have had an adverse reaction from a blood product. Apheresis procedures are part of a resident’s exposure while in blood banking, depending on when they occur. We have residents in University Hospital, the Harry S Truman Memorial Veteran’s Affairs Hospital, and our Women’s and Children’s Hospital. Pathology residents have two required outside rotations, one month each at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, for pediatric surgical pathology experience, and at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital at St Louis University in St Louis for cytogenetics experience. We work hard to keep elective time in each resident’s schedule during the four years. Molecular genetic pathology testing is applied to a broad range of areas of pathological diagnosis, from surgical pathology and cytopathology through hematology/hematopathology, microbiology, and transfusion medicine. Residents are trained in the ordering and interpretation of molecular genetic pathology testing in each area as it is appropriate to that area. All house staff actively participate in teaching medical students. Research and other teaching opportunities are available and encouraged. Most residents follow a four-year, Anatomic Pathology and Clinical Pathology track, culminating in eligibility for board certification in both AP and CP. A few residents opt for 3 year AP-only or, very rarely, CP-only tracks leading to eligibility for only one of those certifications. All training programs are under the sponsorship and direction of the University of Missouri School of Medicine. University facilities include the 430-bed University Hospital, Women’s & Children’s Hospital, the Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, Outpatient Clinics, Medical Sciences Building of the School of Medicine, the Diabetes and Eye Research Centers, and the Health South Rehabilitation Center. Residents also rotate to Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City for pediatric surgical pathology, and to Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital in St. Louis for cytogenetics and molecular genetic pathology. The closely affiliated 104-bed Harry S Truman Memorial Veterans Administration Hospital is across the street, and there are regular rotations to or other tasks at this affiliated VA hospital. Our blood bank, coagulation and HLA laboratories are coordinated with the American Red Cross Laboratories located one-half mile from the University Medical Center and all clinical services provided by these laboratories are directed by faculty of this department. Specimen volumes (yearly approximations) are: surgical pathology well over 20,000, clinical pathology 1,100,000, cytology 17000 including an active fine needle aspiration service, bone marrows 245, and hospital autopsies 60. Over 600 Medical Examiner’s cases are also used for resident training. The Medical Examiner’s facility is located in the University medical center complex and is an integral part of the Department; the MEs are full-time faculty. Research facilities include various core laboratories within the department, and University-wide core laboratories. Excellent, cross-referred photographic files, paraffin tissue blocks, and glass slide collections include specimens since the 1970’s, and are in addition to digital photographic collections. The residents have didactic conferences daily, Monday through Friday, from 8AM to 9 AM; this is protected time. There are additional didactic sessions specific to clinical pathology rotations as a group. There is a Hematology/Hematopathology didactic session with a senior clinical hematologist/oncologist as well as pathology faculty once per week from 9 to 9:30 AM. There is a weekly dermatopathology conference at a multi-head microscope with a dermatopathologist, usually starting at 1:30 PM and lasting as long as necessary into the afternoon. There is a weekly Brain Cutting Conference for the autopsy service, starting at 9:15 AM and lasting as long as necessary to finish the week’s cases. Additionally, residents present at, and participate in, multiple conferences for clinical services. These include Multidisciplinary Oncology conferences (weekly; one per month is neuro-oncology), a Nephrology Conference, a Breast Conference, a Pulmonary Medicine conference, Infectious Disease Rounds, the Transfusion Committee, and Hematology/Hematopathology rounds, among others. Candidates should be graduates of approved schools of medicine in the U.S or Canada or of approved foreign medical schools. International medical graduates must have passed USMLE Steps I, IICK, and IICS, must be ECFMG certified, must be eligible for Missouri medical licensure. and must either be US citizens, US permanent residents or hold an appropriate visa to work as resident physicians. Satisfactory references are required. Applicants will find it advisable to be able to demonstrate some experience in pathology (elective rotations in medical school, “observerships” or “externships”, prior residency training in another country) although this is not strictly required. Normal starting date is July 1. Applications must be submitted electronically through ERAS, preferably soon after it opens up each September. Douglas C. Miller, MD, PhD M263 Medical Science Building One Hospital Drive millerdc@health.missouri.edu Shannon Wetzel wetzels@health.missouri.edu	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1577
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__label__cc	0.723602	0.276398	Translation of Acción piece [ETA: I’ve been informed that this translation is illegal. I’m indexing this post and leaving it here for now, but if I am asked directly to remove it, I will. A .pdf of this part, along with the bio that accompanied the original article, which is not included here, is currently available at RichardArmitageNet.com, so if it’s important to you to save a copy, download it there. In that translation, “ensayo rodado” is translated as “filmed rehearsal” on the recommendation of Antonia Romera; below, Violet suggests “extended take.”] Hi, here’s my translation. I made it for RA Net, and when it posts there, I will take it down from here. Enjoy. Corrections welcome. I have a BA in Spanish, but I’m not a native speaker. Exclusive: Richard Armitage Interviewer: Jesús Usero Perhaps in in our country he may be more known for his television roles in series like Robin Hood or Strike Back, but we have also seen him in Captain America. All of this remains tiny in comparison with his most recent job, Thorin, the dwarf leader in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit. An experience that the actor himself says that, if it were the last one of his life, it would make him happy. And he tells us all this in an exclusive interview he gave to Acción. The first thing we’d like to do is thank you for your time and ask what you can tell us about The Hobbit, one of the most anticipated films of the year. Well, I think that the reason that it might be one of the most anticipated films of the year is that it’s going to be a cinematographic event like no one has seen before, which has to do mainly with the return to Middle Earth and the way that Peter has created this work, in 3D, filming at 48 frames per second … I think it will be a very special event. And how did you get a role in such a special project? I got to do an audition for two roles: one for Bard and the other for Thorin, and then I met Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, and I didn’t prepare anything from the film, but rather a mixture of everything in which Thorin believes and all of his characteristics, I read this and we talked about the character, about Middle Earth, about how the film would be. … And we talked about Thorin’s quest, his dignity, his mission to recover his homeland … and it seemed that we had similar ideas and they offered me the role. When I met them, I had just injured my shoulder in a television role, and it hurt quite a bit, I had taken some relaxants, but they didn’t have much effect (laughs) … but I believe that they noticed a certain pain in my voice and my eyes that somehow helped me to personify Thorin. Was there any point at which you thought you would pass up the role, say no to this film? No, on the contrary, I don’t know how I would have been able not to do it. I remember when they were making the first films, and I would have liked to have been part of them. And when this appeared on the path … Obviously I knew they were going to film The Hobbit, but all the while it was delayed, and delayed, and I couldn’t believe that in the end we would be making the film, delayed, and I told Peter, I would have given my arm to work on it, and although I don’t think it will happen, if this were my last job, I would still be very, very happy. And with all these delays that you mention, was there any moment in which you were afraid for the film, at which you thought to yourself that The Hobbit was a project that would never be filmed? Yes, and I remember that a moment came when they were saying to me that they had to make a decision, because I had already turned down one project in order to be in The Hobbit, but the film was not getting a green light to be filmed. But I knew that it was going to be made, I knew that Peter was going to get to finish making it. And when you have the chance to do this role … you don’t think about other options. I remember saying to myself, if I make this act of faith, if I decide to stick with it, then the film will be made. And here we are, talking about a film that will be screened this Christmastime. Definitely. And what do you like best about Thorin? What attracts you most about this character? I think that what I like best about him is the idea that Thorin develops in a very unexpected way, the way in which he changes over the length of his life. It is a very interesting path that he travels. There’s a piece of guilt in him, but also a big piece of ferocity, a big internal struggle with himself, with which he begins the adventure, and all the catastrophic events that happen over the length of the story create an interesting drama, inside the character and at the same time, in the story. But at the same time, around the end of the film, there’s a feeling that the character achieves what he deserves, and that his relationship with Bilbo, which goes from the beginning to the end of the film, is a relationship that helps him to understand who he is. That this relationship in constant development makes Thorin who he is. And how was your arrival in this very special universe? How was it to arrive in New Zealand and see the sets and the whole operation? I think that this is part of what made of this a different experience for everyone. You go to the other side of the world, and coming from the UK I can’t think of many places much further away to go, unless it would be the South Pole. Basically, this experience makes you think that you’re taking a long trip to do it, that you’re going to Middle Earth, because I think that a lot of people see New Zealand as Middle Earth, and you’re going to see these places, the ones that appear in the first films, and you’re going to travel to this magical land. And from the moment in which we got on the plane, we were going on creating this sort of mystique in which our characters were going to exist. One of the most memorable moments for me was, the first day of filming, the ceremony on the set that the Kiwis [as they lovingly call the inhabitants of New Zealand] did, and it was right before we started to film for the first time, even though it was at night, we were in the entry to the studio and the sun was starting to set, while they were singing a song, the song of blessing. It was such an emotional moment, I thought, that we would all be blessed filming this film in this so special place. And I assume that it will have been an extended filming period, more than a year. How did you live there? It was about 18 months, because we got there at the beginning of 2011 and we left in August of 2012, so that probably it was about 18 months. And part of what made the experience so special was spending all this time with the people you are working with there, to feel yourself part of a long journey that isn’t even over yet. But it is something that unites people. You can talk with anyone who worked on The Lord of the Rings, and the feeling is the same. It’s a time that you spend together, you work in such unity … that it is something that I will never forget. As well as Peter Jackson, who is one of the most important directors of our age. How was it to work with him? From the first moment I was with him in a room, and he told me about the character, and the way in which he shaped it, I knew that Peter was a person very similar to me. He doesn’t like to lose time, he likes the camera to be filming constantly, and he does this thing he calls ensayo rodado [there’s probably a jargon word for this – possibly “one- take”?], where there’s no cut between takes, and then he ends up using it, I call this masterwork. I give the best of myself when I am working and working in the character without many cuts. But also at moments of doubt, when you feel like you’re not inhabiting your character, and you turn to him and you know, because you’ve seen it in the Lord of the Rings films, that he has all the characters in mind, that they will all appear, each with his own individual delight, because there’s not one single weak character in The Lord of the Rings. So that even when you plunge in, when you know that you are in deep waters, he is going to get you to the other side perfectly. Posted in acting, Armitage as mirror, Armitage as victim, Armitage on Armitage, Armitage's body, Armitageworld dogmas, capitalism, Captain America, career, dwarves, fans, fantasy, fear, filmmaking, flow, gratitude, gravitas, Guy of Gisborne, Heinz Kruger, humility, if I could interview Mr. Armitage, interiority, John Porter, joy, loss, me, morality / ethics / norms, Peter Jackson, reality, Richard Armitage, RichardArmitageNet.com, Robin Hood, silliness, Strike Back, The Hobbit, the hype, the shoulders, thinking / feeling, Thorin Oakenshield, why Armitage?, Why me?, work 95 Responses to “Translation of Acción piece” Love it! I had my daughter working on it, but she was doing as a favor and will be relieved it’s already done. LOL! RAFrenzy said this on November 23, 2012 at 10:22 pm \| Reply a liberal arts degree oughta get ya something, no? 🙂 even if it’s quick translations of frivolous news 🙂 Servetus said this on November 23, 2012 at 10:26 pm \| Reply […] edit: Servetus now has a translation for the […] Richard, International « RAFrenzy said this on November 23, 2012 at 10:27 pm \| Reply I’m just going to skate right past the fact that you have a BA in Spanish and just thank you for the translation! 🙂 AgzyM said this on November 23, 2012 at 10:28 pm \| Reply youthful folly. Think of that way. Sure, came after Rocket science and before Maths 😉 By the way, I was just thinking that an RA fan has the edge when translating an interview like this. I mean we all know how he ‘sounds’ when answering such questions and you’ve certainly read your fair share of them. Just a thought, as it’s really RAish to read! To quote RA, “I am horrid at maths.” Which shuts out rocket science. I translated this very literally. So if there’s a place where a verb tense sequence didn’t make sense to me, as if he got lost in his thoughts, that’s reflected in the interview. It read to me like someone had taped the interview and then translated the tape into English, very stream of consciousness. Thanks for the translation. I like this Q&A style much better than those article that are heavily edited and filtered through the lens of the interviewer. Jane said this on November 23, 2012 at 11:00 pm \| Reply You’re welcome. Totally agree. Thanks, Servetus. I was going to cancel an appointment so I could charge out and go into town tomorrow morning on the early train, then hunt at the newsagents. I still want to get a copy of the magazine, and of course, I speak, read, and write Iberian Spanish. It sounds like you didn’t miss a trick. Leigh said this on November 23, 2012 at 10:37 pm \| Reply You should be obscura’s interpreter — I’ll put you guys in touch. Muchas gracias, Servetus. I will be reblogging. 😀 fedoralady said this on November 23, 2012 at 10:38 pm \| Reply Reblogged this on the armitage effect and commented: Dr. Servetus kindly translated the Accion article that went with that divine pic. Muchas gracias! Thank you very much for the translation, Servetus! Ania said this on November 23, 2012 at 10:44 pm \| Reply You’re welcome. And on notice that I cannot read Polish, so you will have to step up. Fantastic!! You’re a gem. Fanny/iz4blue said this on November 23, 2012 at 10:44 pm \| Reply anything for you. I wish I had beer import connections 😉 Fanny/iz4blue said this on November 24, 2012 at 5:02 am \| Reply So do I. I wish Westvleteren made some beer for export, too 🙂 Funny, I heard about that beer from you first! Might ask someone to bring back a bottle 🙂 Fanny/iz4blue said this on November 25, 2012 at 6:23 pm \| Reply I adore this part: “we were in the entry to the studio and the sun was starting to set, while they were singing a song, the song of blessing. It was such an emotional moment, I thought, that we would all be blessed filming this film in this so special place.” Wow! I think most of us felt what he described as we watched that ceremony. Can this get any better?!! Thanks for the “youthful” translation. My 1yr of Jr. high, 1 yr of high school and 1 yr of college Spanish didn’t get me very far. 🙂 The Queen said this on November 23, 2012 at 10:46 pm \| Reply me 2, I loved that bit. I noticed he didn’t mention that he played an important part in that ceremony. would it be any other way? 🙂 That unshakable modesty is one of the most attractive things about him IMO – I don’t think it is something that anyone could manufacture so constantly. obscura said this on November 24, 2012 at 12:07 am \| Reply I live in awe! Is there anything you don’t do? I need an interpreter for a tour group to Spain in 2014 – interested? (seriously?) Thanks! obscura said this on November 23, 2012 at 10:47 pm \| Reply My spoken Spanish isn’t that great anymore because I almost only ever speak German, and on top of that my Spanish sounds very Mexican. I sort of fell asleep when we were supposed to learn those Iberian verb forms. But you should get together with Leigh. Hers is probably great! Yeah – she is Andalucia yes? I’m doing Roman/Islamic Spain (lots of stuff in that area) I have 18 months to learn at least a little Spanish (it seems so rude not to) I’ve done Italian, French, Greek and Latin, but no Spanish. I’ve never learned Italian but Spanish easier than all the others, IMO. And all those romance languages you’ve had, can’t be too hard. I haven’t used anything but Greek in a very long time 🙂 Even there, the Greeks usually answer me in German. (from there hilarity ensues) Yes, I’m in Andalucia , in a tiny pueblo blanco– the closest city is Ronda. There is a ruined Roman theatre nearby at Acinipo, Arab baths that have been excavated and restored somewhat so you can visit them, The remnant of a mihrab marks the church of Santa Maria Mayor as the mosque it was before King Ferdinand and his knights took the city and made it into a church. The Moorish murallas have been restored (not entirely faithfully). There used to be part of a Roman aqueduct near the Sevilla road, but I’m not sure if it’s still there. As you say, there’s lots of stuff all through here. Managing Spanish if you know other Romance languages is not difficult. The key words you need, however, are idiomatic, e.g., “servicios?” means “where’s the restroom?” I’d be happy to help. Agree about the Romance languages. I took quite a few years of Latin and have had no problem with French, Spanish and Italian. I also took some Greek in college. But I’ve never spoken it. Well, not much anyway. I found that Greek, like Russian, is a fantastic language in which to curse. Still, after more than 30 years, I remember next to nothing. I agree…Romance language cursing still sounds pretty to my American ear…Greek cursing has a kind of staccato harshness that reinforces the point. (Although, as a woman, I don’t think I’m supposed to appreciated that 🙂 ) The really bad stuff in Iberian Spanish has a tone as if you are scolding a pet and often the translation does not seem as appalling as the meaning really is. The hand gestures that women use among themselves are silent but particularly expressive (e.g., the extended pinky droops). Funny I was taught Russian for 8 long years but we never learned a single curse word. Not one! I can still recite poems about Comrade Lenin though. 😀 Judit said this on November 24, 2012 at 12:10 am \| Reply Joanna said this on November 24, 2012 at 1:31 am \| Reply I feel like “buen provecho” is very useful. I don’t have the full itinerary mapped out – a colleague and I are coming over next summer – in August (she says will be I quote “hot as balls”) but it’s the only time we can both go- to map things out and get a feel for how things work. I used a tour company in Greece, but I’m not sure what we’re doing in Spain yet. It just sort of came up – along with the funding to pay for faculty participation (thanks to some creative budgeting) I definitely want to include some time in Madrid with a side trip to Segovia. I suspect that I will be in an area moving between Seville, Cordoba and Valencia…she’ll be up around Barcelona focusing on the Spanish Civil War. The idea is to book the airfare as one group and then split up based on which students want which courses – I’m running to concurrently to maximize our draw. That could be a little awkward. The best way IMO to get around Spain is by rail. Madrid connects to Sevilla by Ave, a very fast train. There’s a decent Sevilla to Cordoba run, but Valencia is probably easier to get to if you go back through Madrid, which is the country’s rail hub. You can get an idea of routes, types of trains, and prices at renfe.es. I recommend not only the side trip to Segovia, but also a day trip to Toledo. Depending on the makeup and disposition of your group, you may want to look into staying at one of the convents that offers accommodations. Leigh said this on November 24, 2012 at 12:05 am \| Reply That is the very info that I need to work out – OK if I email you periodically? Claro que si! (= yes, of course) Gracias (that’s pretty much it 😉 ) With all those languages under your belt you probably already speak Spanish without even realising it! Son is reading Latin, French and Italian at uni: he tells me that if he reads a newspaper article in Spanish he can get the gist of it at the very least. wydville said this on November 24, 2012 at 8:09 am \| Reply yeah, it’s not just the vocab but the grammatical structures are similar as well. The only thing that gets confusing is keeping the false cognates straight. One smart son you ahve! When I was prepping Italian in grad school, I had a prof who advised me to remember my Latin and squint – think that will work for Spanish? obscura said this on November 25, 2012 at 1:55 am \| Reply Spanish is way easier than Latin. I had Spanish first. Fantastic service, Servetus! I was so disappointed that I couldn’t read it, but just trust the Armitage Army that someone is kimd enough to do this. Nice interview, quite to the point, very little about non-related Armitage. Clever, clever man! guylty said this on November 23, 2012 at 10:48 pm \| Reply The reason the bio isn’t here is because Ali and I both think there’s an error in it, and she’s querying the interviewer before we publish it. But that’s where the “non-related” stuff is. You seem to have a few spare degrees that you might not need, could I have one please? As agzy said its just so casually mentioned! It’s a good article, thoughtful questions with RA answering them thoroughly. I look forward to reading more of them. I think there are some coming from Outer Mongolia and Latvia so I am assuming you will be doing the translation for those as well. Rosiepig said this on November 23, 2012 at 11:00 pm \| Reply I think I only have one “extra,” but I’d be happy to give it to you. It’s not very useful, though. There are readers on this site from some Baltic countries, not sure about Latvia, so we can rope them into it if it comes out. Outer Mongolia?? I shall look out for very obscure ones! Where is outer Mongolia, exactly? (I see a graph of page views based on a world map with the basic political lines drawn on it). It’s not a state, is it? http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Mongolia Rosiepig said this on November 24, 2012 at 12:23 am \| Reply OK — thanks for the clarification! No, I don’t get hits from there (neither from the state of Mongolia, nor, apparently from China — although I suspect that maybe this site is not visible in China). Also, I can’t read any of those scripts except I can pronounce the Cyrillic (another youthful folly — ah, the language courses we will take a semester of for love). So, Rosiepig, I am pretty sure you will have to take this over when it arises. I’ll be in touch. Maybe I should start doing a Mongolian A Level? Who needs English Literature! Rosiepig said this on November 24, 2012 at 2:12 pm \| Reply Anything to do with China is useful these days 🙂 I keep telling my son that…he has an interest in the east anyway – might as well make himself marketable 🙂 Thanks for this Serv.. didn’t know about your BA in Spanish sandwiched between Maths and Nuclear Engineering LOL (sorry! Joking!) Anyway YOU ROCK!!! Should there be an Italian article I’ll have a go at that. 🙂 Judit said this on November 23, 2012 at 11:01 pm \| Reply nuclear engineering would Mr. Armitage’s father (also joking). I mean I’ll have a go at translating it. I’m completely knackered should be in bed really. if we put our heads together, we can do almost anything. Yes, Judit, you should be in bed; you need to beat this infection so you’ll be strong for the London premiere. And if you think I nag, wait ’til you hear what Guy will have to say… All right Mom, I’m going, I’m going! 🙂 Thank you Servetus khandy30 said this on November 23, 2012 at 11:29 pm \| Reply Oh, terrific! Thanks so much for translating this article, Servetus–I saw a small picture of it online and loved the photo but the words were too blurry to read when I enlarged it. I loved hearing more about his audition! That description was the best yet. I knew all the candidates had read for Thorin, but I wondered what else went into the decisionmaking process. So he was injured in the shoulder during that Spooks stunt…I wonder when all that happened. Wow, a BA in Spanish, too? Lovely. saraleee said this on November 23, 2012 at 11:34 pm \| Reply he hurt his shoulder during Robin Hood as well (ask Jane for reference), so it seems like a vulnerable point. I thought it was interesting that he read for Bard. That piece of information will make mulubinba very happy, as she was regularly lobbying all over the place on the Internet on behalf of that. Thanks for the translation. I was also thinking of Mulibinba when I read about him auditioning for Bard. All her early work may well have contributed to get him the audition. I miss her blog and hope that she gets to enjoy all the hobbity madness that are now escalating by the minute L said this on November 24, 2012 at 6:12 am \| Reply She may come back. She’s hidden her blog before and come back. I hope so, too. I think she was going to Wellington for this. LOL, I used to be a much better walking RA archive than I am now! I think he mentioned should and neck problems, thought I don’t recall an injury. During RH the press always said he was responsible for injuries Keith Allen and Jonas Armstrong got during filming, though at least in the first case that isn’t necessarily true. Jane said this on November 24, 2012 at 8:14 am \| Reply I thought you told me he had had physical therapy for an injured shoulder. Ensayo rodado… to translate as ‘extended take’? Thank you for your swift translation, Servetus. VioletsTFB violetsframework said this on November 24, 2012 at 12:05 am \| Reply Super — thanks for the suggestion. I don’t know anything about filmmaking but I guess I am about to learn. You. Rock. Simplegirl said this on November 24, 2012 at 12:11 am \| Reply Thank you, this was really interesting. And so he did audition for Bard as well, this was a role that many RA fangirls wanted him to get – and they were much closer to the mark than many gave them credit for a the time it seems!! kaprekar said this on November 24, 2012 at 12:19 am \| Reply Yes. It’s interesting (note above), isn’t it? I freely admit that I did put down anyone who mentioned a hope that RA could be cast as Bard because I was convinced it would be totally out of his league. I also freely admit that I was wrong and apologize. My feeling is always that these fan campaigns don’t influence anything — they merely serve to get fans excited about spending money. However, it looks like in this case they were paying more attention than we realized. Servetus, thank you! Snoozie said this on November 24, 2012 at 1:37 am \| Reply You’re very welcome. Many thanks,Servetus! 🙂 It’s amazing how fast any RA news is made accessible worldwide! Thank you so much Servetus! 😊 Suse (@suseng3) said this on November 24, 2012 at 2:09 am \| Reply Yes, thank you for the translation and for being so giving. RA is such an eloquent and expressive person. I especially liked that he talked about acts of faith and being blessed. Oh well, back to the Pride and Prejudice marathon — Darcy’s just about to dive into the lake. sloan said this on November 24, 2012 at 6:05 am \| Reply Thank you very much for the translation! Thank you also for your great blog! mariana said this on November 24, 2012 at 3:02 pm \| Reply Thanks for all the kind comments! […] 2) Richard Armitage’s interview with Jesus Usero is in Accion Cine at http://www.accioncine.net/contenidos-revista/1745-revista-accion-no-1212-mes-diciembre-de-2012.html; the RANet link for the English translation provided by Me + Richard Armitage blogger Michaela Servetus was found at http://www.richardarmitagenet.com/images/articlescans/Hobbit/AccionCine-23Nov2012.pdf, the pdf starts with an RA biography which Servetus says she translated falthfully, but she has a question or two about the facts contained in that bio. For my money it is, RA wanted to be an architect? Here is Servetus’ blog post with the translation in it, https://meandrichard.wordpress.com/2012/11/23/translation-of-accion-piece/ […] Fun Day Sunday: I had Richard Armitage for my Birthday! 11/25/12 Gratiana Lovelace (Post #312) \| Something About Love (A) said this on November 25, 2012 at 7:06 am \| Reply Thank you so much for doing this, it was a great read. 🙂 Traxy said this on November 26, 2012 at 3:36 pm \| Reply Many thanks for the translation Servetus. 🙂 april73 said this on November 27, 2012 at 2:33 pm \| Reply A reblogué ceci sur April's violet and commented: Translation in English of Richard Armitage’s interview published in the Spanish magazine “Accion Cine” by Servetus. 🙂	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1591
__label__cc	0.671698	0.328302	Mid-South Peace & Justice Center G.O.T. Power Memphis United MBRU Juvenile Justice Project Streetwise Ink Mission, Values & Objectives #MyMSPJC Sustainers Become an Organizational Member You are here: Home / About Us Founded in 1982, the Mid-South Peace and Justice Center is a multi-issue, multi-race organization whose mission is to engage, organize, and mobilize communities to realize social justice through nonviolent action. Our existence has been prompted by the chronic problems of social and economic injustice prevalent in the Delta South and especially in Memphis. For 35 years, the Mid-South Peace and Justice Center has worked to educate and train new community leaders to lead campaigns for racial, economic, environmental and social justice. Current programs of the Mid South Peace and Justice Center work to assist the diverse needs of impoverished communities and address the root causes of injustice in Memphis. We believe the response to the challenge of violence can only be found by addressing inter-related causes of injustice such as poverty, racism, and unequal access to resources necessary to meet basic human needs. We have worked throughout our history to take action on issues identified as important by our community. Mid-South Peace and Justice Center Want to help transform your community? Join our monthly giving program #MyMSPJC Sustainers! Copyright © 2018 Mid-South Peace and Justice Center	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1592
__label__wiki	0.624768	0.624768	General News Tue, 26 Mar 2019 Ghana, Malta sign visa waiver deal Listen to the Article Malta and Ghana have signed a visa waiver deal on the sidelines of President Akufo-Addo’s visit to that country. Both nations have also signed an Air Service agreement that will see the national airline of Malta flying directly to Ghana. The direct flight would be the first of the Maltese carrier, Air Malta, to a Sub-Saharan nation. The two nations also signed other agreements on the agreed minutes of the second meeting at the technical level on Ghana, Malta permanent joint commission on full bilateral cooperation, and double taxation. There was also a Memorandum of Understanding on medicine, tourism and culture signed by both nations. Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey signed the agreements on behalf of Ghana and the Maltese Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion, Carmelo Abela, signed on behalf of Malta. President Akufo Addo and his Maltese counterpart, Marie Louise Coleiro Preca, witnessed the signing ceremony at the Grand Master Palace in the city of Valletta. Addressing a joint press conference after the ceremony, Mr. Akufo Addo said “the possibility that we are going to have Air Malta coming to Accra directly from here is also a very encouraging sign for us.” Source: dailyguidenetwork.com Ghana, UK pledge to strengthen ties of cooperation Trusting Akufo-Addo government worse than investing in Menzgold – Manasseh Akufo-Addo opens trading at London Stock Exchange as market partnership is launched 5 things to know about the FX Development Committee Akufo-Addo government borrows GH¢86 billion in 3 years	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1604
__label__wiki	0.52209	0.52209	KC2015 offerings to support sexual abuse survivors, Racial/Ethnic leadership education This piece was originally released via Mennonite Church USA’s News Service. (Mennonite Church USA) — At every Mennonite Church USA convention, an offering is received to support a particular ministry or initiative of the church. This summer in Kansas City, convention goers will have the opportunity to contribute to the Care and Prevention Fund established through Mennonite Church USA by the Discernment Group on sexual abuse and the church and the Racial/Ethnic Leadership Education Fund (RELE) administered by Mennonite Education Agency. Care and Prevention Fund Over the past two years, leaders in Mennonite Church USA have been working to address the painful and complex legacy of sexual abuse by renowned theologian and professor John Howard Yoder and the church’s inadequate responses to that abuse, as well as abuse by other church leaders. The Discernment Group on sexual abuse and the church, formed in August 2013, has taken concrete steps to provide a fuller historical account of the abuse Yoder committed while serving at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS), Elkhart, Indiana, and with other church agencies. The group is inviting the church to repent of neglecting to intervene effectively to stop Yoder’s abuse and the abuse of other church leaders. Group members have submitted a statement addressing sexual abuse and prevention for consideration by the Delegate Assembly at KC2015. Join our executive director, Cyneatha Milsaps, as she gives a forum titled, “Gun Violence: Its Effects on Family and Community,” at Yoder Recital Hall at Bluffton University. Join the congregation at First Mennonite Church in Bluffton, OH as our executive director, Cyneatha Milsaps, delivers the sermon.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1606
__label__wiki	0.797887	0.797887	Sorcerers, Old Religion, Magical creatures, Series 2 Creatures Series 2 Characters Related to Human Native range Albion Affiliation Old Religion Appearances 16 episodes Known Individuals Merlin Status Near-extinct “There were once men who could talk to the Dragons, tame them.” — Gaius to Merlin[src] The Dragonlords were men who possessed the ability to speak to and tame Dragons, who were their spiritual brothers. It is an innate, hereditary ability passed down from father to son. “Uther believed that the art of the Dragonlord was too close to magic. So he had them all rounded up and slaughtered.” It is unknown how the first Dragonlords gained their powers, or whether Dragons could hatch without them before their creation. Near the end of the Great Purge, Uther Pendragon convinced Balinor to summon the Great Dragon to Camelot so that he could make peace with it. The Dragonlord did as he asked, but the King betrayed him. He imprisoned Kilgharrah in a cavern beneath the castle and then proceeded to round up and slaughter the remaining Dragonlords, as he believed that their abilities were too close to magic. Aided by Gaius, Camelot's court physician, Balinor escaped the genocide of his people and sought refuge in the village of Ealdor. He was given shelter by a woman named Hunith, a friend of Gaius's with whom he fell in love. However, Balinor was ultimately forced to leave her when Uther learned of his whereabouts and sent men to pursue him. Roughly twenty years later, Balinor discovered that Hunith had had a son by him: Merlin. Upon Balinor's death, Merlin became the last Dragonlord in existence and inherited his father's abilities, which he later used to defend Camelot from the Great Dragon (The Last Dragonlord). After Merlin chose to show Kilgharrah mercy by ordering him away from Camelot rather than killing him, he and the Dragon became good friends and allies. Merlin often called upon Kilgharrah when he was in need, and the Dragon never failed to answer his call (The Tears of Uther Pendragon, The Darkest Hour, The Sword in the Stone, The Kindness of Strangers, The Diamond of the Day). As of Aithusa's hatching, Merlin now has two dragons at his command. Even after Aithusa became allied with Morgana, the young dragon did not appear to feel any animosity towards Merlin and never failed to heed his commands (Aithusa, Arthur's Bane, With All My Heart, The Diamond of the Day). “Deep within yourself, you must find the voice that you and Kilgharrah share, for your soul and his are brothers. When you speak to him as kin, he must obey your will.” — Balinor to Merlin[src] Merlin commands Aithusa to stop. Upon inheriting their gift, Dragonlords were able to speak to Dragons in the language shared by their souls. With this ability they were able to both tame and control dragons, who were unable to resist their commands (The Last Dragonlord, The Tears of Uther Pendragon, The Crystal Cave). This communication appeared to be at least partially telepathic, as Merlin and the Great Dragon were able to hear one another over great distances (The Tears of Uther Pendragon, The Darkest Hour, The Sword in the Stone, The Kindness of Strangers, The Diamond of the Day). It could also be used to control Wyverns, who were distantly related to dragons (The Eye of the Phoenix, The Darkest Hour). By forcing a dragon to submit to their will, Dragonlords had access to their knowledge, magic, and natural might. For example, after becoming a Dragonlord, Merlin was able to ride Kilgharrah and command him to share his knowledge of spells (The Tears of Uther Pendragon, The Crystal Cave). Dragonlords also had the ability to hatch dragon eggs. They accomplished this by naming the dragon and summoning it forth from its egg (Aithusa). It is unknown whether all Dragonlords were sorcerers. However, as both Merlin and Balinor are known to possess magic, it's likely that at least some of them were (The Last Dragonlord). The Tears of Uther Pendragon (Parts 1 & 2) The Coming of Arthur (Part 2) The Darkest Hour (Part 2) The Sword in the Stone (Part 2) Arthur's Bane (Parts 1 & 2) The Diamond of the Day (Part 2) Dragonlords magic Dragon Language Retrieved from "https://merlin.fandom.com/wiki/Dragonlord?oldid=210396"	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1608
__label__cc	0.735669	0.264331	Month / November 2009 November 29, 2009 by mondaymorgue Red-eared Slider introduced species, Kusu Island, Monday Morgue, pets, reptiles Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Kusu Island, 12th July 2009 This was an empty shell I discovered at the so-called “Tortoise Sanctuary” on Kusu Island. Wildlife Singapore NAS – Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Turtles of the World arthropods, Insecta, introduced species, Monday Morgue, Tanah Merah, urban wildlife American Cockroach (Periplaneta americana) Despite its name, the American cockroach did not originate from the Americas. Instead, it is likely to be originally native to Africa, from which it has managed to spread and colonise much of the world. Featured Creatures BugGuide.Net November 15, 2009 January 2, 2018 by mondaymorgue Clypeasteroida, depressed sand dollar, echinoderms, Echinoidea, Irregularia, Jacksonaster depressum, Laganidae, Laganum depressum, marine, Monday Morgue, Pulau Seringat, sand dollars, sea urchins, Seringat-Kias, Singapore Strait, Southern Islands, thick-edged sand dollar Thick-edged Sand Dollar (Jacksonaster depressum) Seringat-Kias, 28th June 2009 NParks Flora & FaunaWeb The Tide Chaser: Sea Urchins (Phylum Echinodermata: Class Echinoidea) of Singapores November 8, 2009 by mondaymorgue Common Asian Toad amphibians, Monday Morgue, Pasir Ris, urban wildlife Common Asian Toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus) Pasir Ris, 8th August 2009 Amphibians and Reptiles of Malaysia introduced species, mammals, Monday Morgue, Pasir Ris, urban wildlife Rat (Rattus sp.) Pasir Ris, 17th June 2009 It’s interesting to see how carcasses deteriorate over time; for some reason, this rat (which was shown in this post) didn’t fully decompose, and instead became mummified. I’d first discovered the carcass in May, but by late July, which was the last time I really bothered to inspect it, it had turned quite flat and crispy. This could be any of the following species of rat commonly found in urban areas: Oriental House Rat (Rattus tanezumi), formerly considered conspecific with the Common House Rat (Rattus rattus) Common Rat (Rattus norvegicus) Polynesian Rat (Rattus exulans)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1612
__label__wiki	0.891353	0.891353	Abercrombie struggling to bring sexy back by Matt Egan @MattEganCNN August 28, 2014: 11:55 AM ET Abercrombie & Fitch might have been cool and sexy 10 years ago, but today it's struggling to stay in style. The teen apparel maker known for its racy ads continues to bleed sales, especially at its struggling Hollister brand. While Abercrombie (ANF) did turn a profit in the second quarter, that was fueled largely by the fact it's shutting down stores left and right to cut costs. "The problem is they are still in the midst of a product transition, and the U.S. retail environment is very promotional," said Betty Chen, who covers A&F at Mizuho Securities. The A&F logo has gone so out of fashion in North America that the company plans to phase out sweatpants, t-shirts and other merchandise that prominently feature it. It's not just A&F hoodies and polo shirts that are on sale. A&F shares tumbled 6% on Thursday as the retailer failed to meet the lofty expectations investors had that drove a rally in the stock earlier this year. Related: Amazon is eating Best Buy's lunch Challenging environment: A&F disclosed a 6% decline in second-quarter revenue. That's worse than analysts had been fearing. Abercrombie CEO Mike Jeffries acknowledged the difficulties, describing "a continued challenging environment." Sales at the company's namesake brand dipped 1%, while abercrombie kids sales slid 6% and Hollister sales dropped 10%. Related: Sears more 'irrelevant by the day' Radio Shack needs nerds Progress on profits: A&F is known for its skinny models, and it's definitely trying to cut the fat from its business operations as well. A&F said it plans to shut down a total of 60 stores during the current fiscal year through lease expirations. "The progress they've made is certainly very encouraging, but it sounds like they remain susceptible to the overall environment despite the changes," said Chen, who has a "hold" rating on A&F shares. Chen said she has grown slightly more cautious on A&F due to the company's disappointing outlook for the rest of 2014. Related: The troubles continue for Target Deep discounts: Like many retailers, A&F has been forced to offer flashy sales to attract shoppers. Buckingham Research analyst Jennifer Davis told clients in a research note that recent store checks indicate A&F and Hollister sales are "on-trend," but "increased promotional activity was needed to drive traffic and sales." That helps explain why A&F's gross margins, a key level of profitability, continue to shrink. Looking for a bright spot? A&F did say it's witnessed "modest improvement" since Back-to-School sales began. The question is how deep the discounts needed to be to drive that improvement. CNNMoney (New York) First published August 28, 2014: 11:55 AM ET	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1613
__label__cc	0.549504	0.450496	Movie Meister Reviews May 12, 2018 May 12, 2018 leebutler Horror Released: 29th May 2018 (VOD & DVD) Seen: 12th May 2018 (Backer Screener) In late 2013 I gave a small amount of money, enough for a shirt and a copy of the film, to a crowdfunding page for a movie made by Penn Jillette. I have to open with this so you not only are aware of my potential for bias since I literally threw my money at this film to help get it made (I’m pretty sure my 30 bucks went to a bottle of blood, that’s what I like to think anyway) but so you have an idea of how long I’ve been eager to see this film. From the moment I saw the first trailer where the entire concept was “Penn Jillette want’s to play a bad guy” I knew this was going to be something interesting so I ponied up the dough and now I’ve finally seen a copy of the movie, I feel like it’s the kind of movie I would gleefully review. So, you now know ahead of time my biases, now we can get to the meat of this review. Directors Cut is a loving dissection of cinema tropes for the modern era. Taking the idea of DVD extras like commentaries and the titular directors cuts to their logical extreme, the movie presents us with a simple question… what if a complete batshit psychopath was the one to be in charge of putting together that cut? The film doesn’t just play with the film tropes, it puts those tropes in front of a train and runs over them several times for the perverse enjoyment of the audience. We don’t just have a slow-motion entrance scene of our leading lady, we have a super-slow-motion scene that takes up more screen time than several major characters. We don’t just get an elaborate sex scene, we get told how it was a closed set and are explicitly told where the nipple pasties are so we’re absolutely aware that the main actress didn’t want to do this scene, but it was in the script and she’s a professional. This film is tearing itself apart before the audience’s eyes and the audience is unable to look away. The decision to use a commentary track as the main storytelling device is genius, although it does take a moment to catch onto what’s actually going on. I say this as someone who literally has read a copy of the script (Another backer perk) and as someone who heard Penn Jillette describe the entire plot in vivid detail several years ago on his podcast. Even with that knowledge, it still took a moment for me to get used to the idea but once I did, it definitely helped make things feel uneasy. Even during comedic moments when Herbert Blount (Penn’s character) is drawing on the screen, there’s this building sense of dread that really works well for the movie and the commentary track helps give it all a sense of consistency. That consistency helps when things start getting weird because it’d be easy to get lost without that soothing voice of our ‘director’ helping us along. Jillette created a very fascinating character in Herbert Blount, using his natural kind manner to hide some incredibly dark sides to this person who is like Annie Wilkes from Misery, but for the digital age. Something about that unnatural smile on his face and his uncontrolled mane of hair resting atop of that bright gaudy suit that he wears throughout the film, you simultaneously want to hug him and run away from him as fast as you can. I’m not sure how you can simultaneously hug someone and run away from them, but Herbert makes you want to figure out how that could be done. Obviously, this film is lifted up mostly by the performance of its star, Missi Pyle, who shines in the leading role that allows her to show off exactly what she can do. She get’s to do a little of everything and somehow pulls it all off. It’s very easy to see why Herbert is obsessed with her because her performance is obsession-worthy. She’s also just so game for anything, it’s impressive seeing how she dove in with both hands and did things that I’m sure most actresses would avoid. Heck, the entire movie is literally about someone obsessing over her and I’m sure that has to be strange to be a part of, there’s a lot of Missi in this movie and she really had to open herself up a fair amount in order to get this on screen, but she does it wonderfully and makes you root for her the entire time. The film itself looks perfect, the elements of Knocked Out (The movie that this is a directors cut of) actually looks like a really good movie. I’d genuinely watch the hell out of the original cut, it looks like a lot of fun and would belong side by side with a ton of cheesy 90’s cop movies that are always a good time. This film works pretty much entirely thanks to the top-notch script by Penn and the insanely clever direction by Adam Rifkin. They’ve effectively had to write and direct multiple films and intricately weave them together, like threads on a really fucked up piece of fabric. It’s incredible that, somehow, this film works but the fact that it does is down to those two madmen who put this together. In the original Make Penn Bad video that announced this project, Penn described this film as “Nutty”… for the first time in his life, I think Penn may have been making a pretty big understatement there. This film isn’t nutty, this film is batshit fucking crazy with a side of insane and a tall glass of completely goddamn bonkers on the side to wash it down with. Director’s Cut isn’t like anything you’ve seen before, it tears apart every convention that film has and destroys them for no other reason than because it can. It’s insane and it’s weird and it’s wrong but so right all at the same time. It’s genuinely everything I hoped it would be and then some and as long as you’re in the exact right frame of mind, you’ll love this movie. Just go along for the ride and hold on tight because Penn truly found out what it would be like if he played a bad guy… and I like it. Also, not that it matters, but in the interest of fairness since I did back this film, I’m not going to allow myself to put it on my best of year list… maybe as an honorable mention, we’ll see when we get there, but I won’t put it on either numbered list because that feels wrong. Tagged Director's Cut, Film, Horror, Movie, Penn Jillette, Review Published by leebutler View all posts by leebutler One thought on “Directors Cut” Pingback: The Top 10 Best Films of 2018 – Lee's Movie Reviews This is a place where I’ll be putting quick reviews of movies I’ve seen Film Review Archive Salt Lake Film Review independent and curious The Film Authority You're ten seconds from watching an amazing film... 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__label__wiki	0.711915	0.711915	Marine Transportation System MTS Matters Posts Tagged ‘SAFETEA-LU’ cargo security, civil works, Coast Guard, Corps of Engineers, deregulation, intermodal, ISTEA, MAP-21, maritime, MTSA, Ocean Shipping Act, Port Security Grants, SAFETEA-LU, TIGER, TWIC, USDOT, WRDA Ports Then, Ports Now In Congress, Federal Government, Infrastructure, Ports, Surface Transportation Policy on May 4, 2015 at 10:08 pm Not all that long ago U.S. ports—principally through the public port authorities—were minor and largely absent players in the Federal transportation policy discussion. Port authorities and marine terminals engaged attorneys who tended to the infrequent channel project and to regulatory matters before Federal commissions. Seaports were (and still are) creatures of states and municipal level government. There was no Federal funding to speak of. Ports were assisted in the form of navigation channels constructed and maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers through the Civil Works program—a program in the control of legislators, who reserved the authority to approve projects, and engineers, who were told to implement the projects. Even in the case of port channels the appropriated sums did not go to port authorities but were cycled within the Federal government and to its contractors. Back then U.S. maritime related policy was tightly focused on promoting U.S. flag shipping, American shipyards and American crews. Ports were in a policy no-man’s-land between the water and land modes. In its early years the U.S. Department of Transportation had maritime jurisdiction through the U.S. Coast Guard. USDOT was all about building the interstate highway system and tending to railroads, aviation and mass transit. It was not until 1981 when the Maritime Administration moved into USDOT after 31 years in the Commerce Department. Even then the agency continued to be concerned with vessels, not ports and harbors. By 1980 only a handful of ports had need for Washington representation focused on Capitol Hill and transportation programs and policy, beyond that provided by the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA). The 1980s were a time of change. Transportation regulation was giving way to forms of deregulation. By the close of 1978 we saw deregulation take hold; railroad, motor carrier and aviation policies were being reshaped. At times ports were very interested stakeholders as Congress ushered in deregulation. If anything, they wanted to be assured of sufficient rail service, preferably the competitive kind. The Shipping Act of 1984 took the maritime sector a few steps toward deregulation, with some implications for harbors, but greater reforms had to wait until the Ocean Shipping Act of 1998. It was not until the mid-eighties that ports entered the center ring of Washington policy deliberation. Most of the Carter and Reagan years constituted a legislative dry spell for water resource bills. Ready plans for navigation improvements and proposed feasibility studies awaited action. “User fee” had a certain cachet in the Reagan years. The message to Congress was clear: in return for the president’s willingness to sign a projects bill some reforms would be required and Federal project costs would be offset. Local project sponsors would have to share the cost of improving channel projects. Port users would have to cover a substantial portion of Federal channel maintenance costs. Defining who was to pay, and how much, divided ports into two opposing coalitions. It was not a lasting split but it highlighted differences among the harbors, their physical characteristics, their cargo volume, and their cargo kind. The resulting Water Resources Development Act of 1986 was landmark legislation that reset navigation and other water resources policy. It also triggered an awareness on the part of ports to be present and active in Washington, both through individual representation and associations. In the 1990s the Department of Transportation developed an interest in the port sector and the condition of water and land access routes to marine terminals. The department’s jurisdiction did not include the system of channels–and the Corps of Engineers jealously guarded that historic jurisdiction–but it rightly saw the importance of efficient access to the port facilities regardless of the mode taken. Moreover, port and other freight interest groups collaborated in calling on policy makers to give their attention to freight mobility. In 1991 Congress enacted surface transportation legislation–its prior iterations known simply as “the highway bill”–and in doing so finally adopted intermodalism as a desirable direction for policy. The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 did not create an avenue for Federal aid for port facilities but it did hint at a line that would be crossed years later, when Federal dollars helped make improvements inside the terminal gates. The ISTEA sausage-making experience inspired trade groups to form the Freight Stakeholders Coalition. In the twenty-five 25 years that followed the coalition celebrated some successes and today is still at work looking to strengthen Federal freight infrastructure policy. One of the first intermodal efforts by USDOT, in conjunction with the National Academy of Sciences’ Transportation Research Board, was to examine the state of access to ports by the land modes. TRB’s 1993 report, Landside Access to U.S. Ports was followed the next year when the ISTEA-created National Commission on Intermodal Transportation published its report, Toward a National Intermodal Transportation System. The case was being made with evidence mounting. In 2000, the results of another congressional mandated study was reported by USDOT on National Highway System Intermodal Connectors. Freight infrastructure as it led to and departed from marine terminal areas was in poor condition. Actually doing something about it had to wait a while longer for SAFETEA-LU (2005) and MAP-21 (2012). One other marker along the policy path deserves mentioning. In 1997 Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater initiated a look into what he referred to as the “marine transportation system,” which by definition is port-centered and extends beyond the terminal gate to include the access modes and intermodal operations. USDOT convened stakeholder sessions in port cities and then a national conference on the MTS. The resulting 1999 report–An Assessment of the U.S. Marine Transportation System—included recommendations, among them the facilitation of landside access to ports and the formation of an interagency Committee on the Marine Transportation System and a stakeholder Marine Transportation System National Advisory Council. Those and certain other recommendations were implemented and have contributed to improvements in both freight operations and the port policy discussion. In September 2001 the rationale for port security measures was instantly revised, making it so much more than a matter of smuggling and cargo theft. Securing both the ports and vessels took on an urgency that made for a sharp learning curve for government and private sector alike. A ship entering a port represented a new vulnerability for the U.S. For a start, Congress produced the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002. The Coast Guard was given new responsibility, multi-stakeholder port security committees were formed, and facility plans were required. Fences and cameras went up where there had been none. The Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) was created for the maritime sector. The Port Security Grants Program was created and before long it was funded annually at $400 million, the dollar level being a particular success of the ports’ American Association of Port Authorities. Then, in 2009, the severe recession prompted the new administration and Congress to formulate an economic stimulus package that included a $1.5 billion dollar competitive grant program for “shovel ready“ construction projects. What came to be called TIGER grants were awarded not just for the usual road and transit systems but also to ports and heavy rail. Freight related projects snared a third of the grants to the surprise of everyone including the folks at USDOT who realized that freight investments could be evaluated in cost/benefit terms more readily than the usual stretch of highway or transit rail. To date, TIGER grants have gone to 24 port projects in 16 states for a total of over $344 million in Federal funds alone. Today the Federal government takes great interest in ports. They are seen as vital gateways for U.S. exports and critical modal connectors that when not functioning well can diminish American competitiveness. They are potentially vulnerable to terrorist attacks and are bell-weathers for our economic well-being. And they make impressive backdrops for politicians. In 1985 I convened a meeting of a few port lobbyists to talk about shared issues. Thirty years later, a considerably larger Washington Port Reps group continues to meet and discuss a much larger issue agenda. Pbea (Thank you, Lillian Borrone and Jean Godwin, for your memory-jogging assistance.) Congress, freight, Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, intermodal, MAP-21, SAFETEA-LU Now They’ve Gone and Done It! In Congress, Infrastructure, Surface Transportation Policy on July 3, 2012 at 9:54 am Washington, which is to say Congress, got it done. Really. The “it” is the surface transportation authorization legislation that sets the programs for highway, transit and related infrastructure–hereafter referred to as MAP-21 (“Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century” for those of you who feel a need to know.) The bill, H.R. 4348, won bipartisan approval of both chambers by large margins. The roughly $52 billion per year measure’s importance can be gauged by the fact that the soon-to-be law determines how much the States and transportation agencies will receive for system maintenance and improvements. It also sets national policy for everything from truck size and weight to reducing transportation emissions to traffic safety. MAP-21 is the successor to the 2005 SAFETEA-LU (no, I won’t spell that one out for you). Arguably, MAP-21 is a significant successor. It includes some reforms recommended by national commissions that were formed–and informed–by the earmark-excessive SAFETEA-LU. It also contains provisions on two areas of interest that are, in their own way, groundbreaking: freight and channel maintenance. Back in 2005 once the dust had cleared following the House and Senate negotiations that produced SAFETEA-LU the freight interest groups were surprised to see the main freight infrastructure funding provision laying there in the dust. It had been cut out. It took the Freight Stakeholders Coalition–ports, railroads, shippers, truckers, you name it–no time to regroup and work to get–seven years later–freight policy provisions in the next bill. Today there is reason for celebration. While a $2 billion National Freight Program didn’t survive the conference some freight provisions were adopted in the final version that is going to the White House for signature. A National Freight Policy is established with goals to improve the “condition and performance of the national freight network.” A National Freight Network consisting of critical freight routes and other routes on the interstate system and in rural areas, is to be designated by the Transportation Secretary. USDOT is to prepare a National Freight Strategic Plan in consultation with States and public and private stakeholders. The plan is to identify freight gateways and corridors (and their bottlenecks), future freight volumes, and needed improvements. USDOT is to report on the condition of the freight network and improve data and planning tools to support outcome-oriented infrastructure investments. States are encouraged to develop freight plans and organize freight advisory committees to give stakeholders input into freight project planning. In lieu of a separate allocation of funds for freight projects the bill offers an incentive for freight project funding by allowing the Secretary to reduce the non-Federal share of a project’s cost if it meets criteria for improving freight mobility. The bill also increases to $1 billion (over a five-fold increase) the popular TIFIA credit assistance program and authorizes $500 million for Projects of National and Regional Significance (PNRS). Both of those have been particularly helpful in financing large freight related projects. The other noteworthy provision in MAP-21 isn’t nearly as significant in dollar and program terms but deserves a mention. In this so-called “highway bill” is a provision bringing attention to the underfunding of port channels and the continuing Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund problem. The best that the House and Senate sponsors of the RAMP Act legislation could achieve was to get “sense of Congress” language that reminds the White House and Congress that the full measure of HMTF resources should be spent each year to keep U.S. port channels at their most efficient. It was much less than the RAMP Act supporters (I among them) wanted but there is a legitimately positive way to spin it. For the first time Congress–in the surface transportation bill, no less–acknowledges the need to make full use of the user-paid revenues to maintain the underwater highways for shipping. It is a stepping stone to greater funding as I suggested a few months back after the House Appropriations Committee approved a record $1 billion to be spent from the HMTF. Let’s be clear. MAP-21 is not all that it should have been. For starters, it is only a 2-year bill compared to its 4- and 5-year antecedents. Why? Because the House, Senate and Administration conspired to avoid the crucial issue of new revenue as if it were a tick infested bed of poison ivy. Yes, that is a kicked can that you see down the road (to double down on metaphors). The corollary to that is the inability of the legislation to afford the demonstrable need for greater funding for infrastructure improvements and maintenance. The funding in the bill is half of what it should be. The surface transportation bill also is not as multimodal as it should be. It is time for rail and domestic marine freight transportation to be folded into the nominally intermodal surface transportation policy. Commuter rail is. Passenger ferries are. The adage “freight doesn’t vote” continues to apply. With the exception of rail freight project eligibility for TIFIA and PNRS financing the program remains a predominantly highway one. It’s time we move to a different policy paradigm that addresses transportation infrastructure needs in modally neutral terms. But let’s not spend too much time lamenting what should be but isn’t. The legislators returned to their home offices over the Independence Day recess able to say they got something worthwhile done on a bipartisan basis. Imagine that. Pbea freight, LaHood, SAFETEA-LU, stakeholders, USDOT So Spake the Freight Stakeholders In Congress, Federal Government, Intermodal, Surface Transportation Policy on June 4, 2012 at 11:49 am The Freight Stakeholders Coalition–a group of 18 or more organizations–spoke freight to power. But in today’s Washington, where the policy makers often wear policy blinders, will the Deciders (to use Dubya-speak) listen to the goods movement call for change? Back in 2005, when SAFETEA-LU came out of the House-Senate conference cooker, the Stakeholders were dumbfounded to realize that the negotiators cut from the bill a key freight provision on which there had seemed to be agreement. It was a 2 percent set-aside funding requirement for freight related projects. It didn’t take long for the Stakeholders to regroup, this time in sync with the 50+ State DOT leaders (AASHTO), and produce a 10-point paper making a collective case for goods movement policy. Still feeling the SAFETEA-LU sting years later the Stakeholders sent a letter to House and Senate conferees–the people tasked with coming up with a surface transportation bill to send to the President. The letter contains the 10-point paper and concludes: Now more than ever, the needs of our goods movement network must be addressed as system use continues to grow in lockstep with America’s recovering economy. The inclusion of a national freight plan with supporting policies, strategy and funding will help ensure America’s international competitiveness, create jobs and bolster the U.S. economic recovery. But will the conferees–who largely take their cue from a small number of party and committee leaders–get it done? As we learned from the sad SAFETEA-LU experience just because there are fairly substantial freight provisions in the MAP-21 Senate bill (S. 1813) doesn’t mean the final product will take goods movement seriously. Besides, the House-passed version (H.R. 4348) was a Plan B vehicle to get to conference with the Senate. It doesn’t have freight provisions. For that matter, the version that was reported from the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, but which failed to get to a House vote, H.R. 7, contains little in the way of substantive freight provisions. Will the conferees get it done? Larry Ehl rightly has cause to ask a more basic question: Are Transportation Bill Negotiations on the Rocks? Ben Goldman also see bad news clues. Pessimists, which may include most who work around Washington these days, would observe that this particular Congress seems to want to get not much done. Some legislators–tea partiers especially–would proudly label that an achievement. I still think it can get a bill done, however, despite a significant push by the private sector for strong freight provisions, one wonders what the House conferees will agree to. Moving on… Days after sending their letter to the conferees the Stakeholders gave cheers for a senator’s letter to Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood. In her letter of May 31, Maria Cantwell (D-WA) told Secretary LaHood to “tear down bureaucratic barriers and inefficiencies” in the modally stove-piped department by creating a freight-focused operation in the Office of the Secretary. The senator pointed to ways that her home state has realized benefits of “freight coordination, prioritization, and collaboration” between the public and private sectors. Over the years Congress has been importuned to create a freight office, establish an assistant secretary post for goods movement, etc. But silly arguments about expanding government and creating new bureaucracy usually keeps those ideas from being given a serious hearing. The implementing agency of national transportation policy remains structured as if the modes rarely if ever meet. But as we know, in the real world they are meeting with ever increasing frequency as the market seeks ever more efficient ways to getting the job done. On dock rail. Intermodal yards. Trains to airports. Boxes shuttled from trucks to ships to barges to trucks to rail to…. The senator’s letter speaks to the need for a “high-level and coordinated multimodal freight initiative.” * She reminded the Secretary he doesn’t have to wait for Congress to create a formal structure. … I strongly encourage you to establish a high-level and coordinated multimodal freight initiative at the U.S. Department of Transportation using your existing administrative authority. If established, this initiative office should report directly to you, include a special assistant designated with specific responsibility for freight movement, and endeavor to improve federal freight policy, planning, and investment across all modes. Or as one might say in Obama-speak: Yes, he can. Secretary LaHood is leaving the Obama Administration later this year. Let this be his gift to his successor. He can set up a freight office down the hall from his own. He can start the process of directing the DOT stovepipes, which in truth do talk to each other about some freight objectives and the occasional project, to be even more intentional about it. He can ask his modal administrators and freight staff for their input on how best to get it done. But most of all he can make a serious effort–as serious as his pretty effective distracted driving campaign–to bring his department and government policy to where the mostly private sector freight innovators have been for a good long while. Pbea * Kudos to the Coalition for America’s Gateways and Trade Corridors for its diligent efforts in advancing the freight message on Capitol Hill. Congress, freight, Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, SAFETEA-LU That Transportation Can Got Kicked Again In Congress, Infrastructure, Surface Transportation Policy on March 30, 2012 at 11:51 am Congress this week again extended SAFETEA-LU by approving H.R. 4281, what might reasonably be labeled the kicking-the-can-down-the-road road bill. This 9th extension buys 90 days of time for the House and Senate to come to terms on a new, surface transportation authorization measure. And while putting off a decision on a multi-year bill is not favored by stakeholders the alternative—a complete expiration of program authority—would be far more problematic. (The House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee release refers to “a devastating shutdown of highway and bridge projects” if the Senate didn’t follow suit.) The Senate-passed MAP-21, S. 1813, which garnered 74 votes in that chamber, was touted by Senate and House Democrats as the simple answer to the House Republican Leadership’s unprecedented dilemma of having difficulty amassing sufficient votes to approve a surface transportation bill that was reported from committee nearly 2 months ago. But that short-cut to a final bill was unlikely for reasons including House rules. House Members approved the extension, through June, by a vote of 266 to 158. The vote was held off until a couple days before SAFETEA-LU was to expire and legislators are to start a two-week recess to give the Senate side few options other than to take the House extension or risk program shutdowns. Attempts were made by Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) to substitute the short-term H.R. 4281 with her 2-year MAP-21 but her motions failed to win the necessary (to make for speedy consideration) unanimous consent. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) objected each time. If Senator Boxer had succeeded the bill then would have to go back to the House where one might expect it to be blocked, MAP-21’s bipartisan credentials notwithstanding. That doesn’t mean that the Senate bill doesn’t stand a chance on the House side. The bill’s co-author is conservative James Inhofe (R-OK) and MAP-21 won the votes of a substantial number of Senate Rs. And while Inhofe has stayed clear of the “pass MAP-21” chanting another Republican–DOT Secretary Ray LaHood–hasn’t held back. And there are others. MAP-21’s urban and rural transit provisions are more to the liking of that sector and while its freight sections are not all that they could have been–major provisions produced in the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee having been left out on the way to passage–those titles have more to recommend than one finds in the House version. Among other things the Projects of National and Regional Significance category is given new life in the Senate bill. (On the down side, neither bill goes farther than to offer an anemic “sense of” Congress provision on the growing problem of under spending Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund resources on navigation channels.) So, expect the pressure to build for House action on a version closely resembling the Senate bill if the Majority continues to struggle in assembling votes for its 5-year version, H.R. 7, the American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act. What now? Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and John Mica (R-FL), chair of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, continue their recruitment effort to get sufficient votes to pass H.R. 7. They face the opposition of many Democrats, which puts much of the onus on the majority side to produce the votes. The lack of earmarks in the bill certainly doesn’t help that but then part of the problem all along has been that the Republican Conference’s many anti-earmark freshmen just have not warmed to the idea of a 5-year, $260 billion dollar transportation bill. And if you think a 90-day extension actually gives Congress 90 days to find common ground you don’t know Washington math. There are fewer more than 30 legislative days on the calendar between today and the start of July…when the next extension may be needed. Pbea (An earlier version of the above appears on The Ferguson Group Blog at http://thefergusongroup.typepad.com/grants/2012/03/ninety-days-and-counting.html) Congress, freight, SAFETEA-LU, taxes, USDOT If you only have hot dog money in your pocket maybe you just buy a hot dog…but which hot dog? In Efficiency, Infrastructure, Surface Transportation Policy on June 2, 2011 at 9:36 am My previous post about the surface transportation reauthorization bill—TEA for short—ended with a bit of wait-and-see optimism. That was then. Here is a bit of face-facts pessimism to balance it out. It’s the kind of yin yang see-sawing that this town sets the mind to doing. Spend more than a few minutes thinking that things will turn out fine and then… It would be so much easier if the main actors in the TEA deliberations agreed to settle for current revenue projections. There is real money and then there is wish money. Real money is in the bank, or will be. Wish money is what we want Congress to produce though new transportation revenue measures. And what is the chance of that happening when? We can speculate, as many do, that after the 2012 election office holders will muster what it takes to vote for new revenue. But after watching these first months of the New Washington—where donkeys and elephants can’t even agree which of them has the trunk—the best we may have reason to expect of the House, Senate and White House is that they will come to some basic agreement on the overall Federal budget. Set your sights low. A big transportation bill won’t figure into that deal. And a more conservative Senate after the elections may cause our sights to be five clicks lower. Meanwhile the TEA can gets kicked farther down the road. Barring the use of creative accounting—the sort that will not serve us well as the government feels its way to solid fiscal footing—the options for a 6-year TEA bill could be limited to $556 billion (Obama), $339 billion (Boxer) and, maybe, $230 billion (Mica). The last of those assumes only projected Highway Trust Fund receipts. Those are the choices. In which case… Let’s here assume Congress, at best, will extend the soon to expire excise taxes to avoid a total collapse of current programs. The choice then that policy makers have is between A) extending current law authorization i.e., SAFETEA-LU and sit tight, and B) approving a new TEA bill that fits the revenue stream. While hardly our preferred road to travel, the “B” route may not be a bad option. Yes, it would shrink transportation funding on which States and locals—already strapped for cash—now rely for road maintenance, transit projects, bike paths, and other uses enabled by over one hundred programs. But—here’s the yang part–it also could have its benefits along with the pain. Get past SAFETEA-LU by enacting reform policies e.g., performance metrics, that have emerged from the various advisory panels. Give States maximum flexibility to put available Federal funds to their best use. Focus Federal policy on what is in the national interest (building stage coach museums vs. easing interstate chokepoints). Provide added impetus to enact creative leveraging of other sources of infrastructure funding e.g., expansion of TIFIA, new infrastructure bank. Force government at all levels to adjust how investment decisions are made—where the priorities are and whether projects can be delivered more efficiently. (Recent testimony from the Congressional Budget Office—“The Highway Trust Fund and Paying for Highways”—provides a helpful review of options and makes the point that “selecting projects carefully can increase the highway system’s contribution to the performance of the economy.”) Cause States to re-examine their own transportation funding mechanisms and, in States like New Jersey, face up to the under capitalization of transportation trust funds. Give the nation the taste of intentional under-investing in America and the significant economic consequences of that. Chairman John Mica (R-FL), facing the facts for months now, has vowed to get a 6-year bill done this year using existing revenue. That’s the best he can do given the current House majority and leadership. Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) is the top Republican on the Environment & Public Works Committee that will produce the bulk of the TEA bill. As bullish as he has been on the need to produce a full 6-year bill (with earmarks!) he disagreed this week with his committee counterpart, Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA), who said she will put a full bill before her committee. Inhofe acknowledged that Congress may have to make do with current levels of revenue in a 2-year bill. So here is a tough-love case for moving ahead today: improve the policy but face the fact that Washington, sadly, is not yet ready to go the full measure in addressing the terrible under-investment in our infrastructure. Pbea Congress, freight, SAFETEA-LU, taxes The Rush/No-Rush to Replace SAFETEA-LU In Infrastructure, Politics, Surface Transportation Policy, Uncategorized on May 26, 2011 at 4:39 pm You’d think that Congress and the Administration are proud of SAFETEA-LU. That’s the “bridge-to-nowhere”, 6000+ earmark, strangely named measure that was signed into law in 2005 and immediately trashed on the front page of Parade (yes, Parade!), on editorial pages of all stripes, and by interested interest groups. Freight stakeholders were grossly disappointed by the final product of a seemingly endless process born of a White House that didn’t seem to care, a Congress that seemed to care only about taking home projects, and policy makers who, for the most part, would have stumbled in answering the question: what is the underlying national policy and purpose? In retrospect, the SAFETEA-LU experience was just what the doctor ordered. Like the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise that premiered with a ridiculously entertaining first film and epitomized wretched excess by its third iteration, the “TEA” surface transportation bill franchise was not well served in 2005. Time for a change. The policy commissions (#1 and #2) authorized in SAFETEA-LU to look to the future and make recommendations for the next-go-round were among a comparatively small number of “LU’s” insightful provisions. The resulting reports and recommendations emanating from think tanks and other organizations are urgent calls for reform. A common assessment was that SAFETEA-LU does not address the pressing needs of the nation. The case is been made in the reports: The National Interest (my caps) was lost in the flood of 6000+ earmarks. The Highway Trust Fund is structurally flawed and is losing revenue. Capital needs of our transportation system are greater than current funding levels. American competitiveness is at risk if we ignore the problems facing a growing goods movement sector. Too many discrete surface transportation programs limit the ability to focus funds on greater needs. Metrics–performance measures–would help judge where Federal investments can have greater effect. And there were more. So you’d think the policy makers would be in a hurry to fix the problem,get “LU” off the books and put in its place a new stimulus for the lagging economy. You’d think. It doesn’t help that the public and their electeds are tax-talk shy. That was a main reason why the White House delayed putting together a proposal for a new bill. It is the reason why few in Congress are willing to talk even about adjusting the existing tax in order to plug the gaping hole that is draining the trust fund tank. Formal appeals and press releases by stakeholders calling for action pile high. Reading the signs as to where the key actors may be headed in recommending a 6-year bill…the Administration has budgeted a $556 billion without stepping onto the thin ice of tax talk. The Senate is looking at $339 billion, which will require around $75 billion in undefined additional revenue. The House appears rigidly set in whatever revenue the Highway Trust Fund fairy will collect in fuel and the other excise taxes currently in effect. Like just about everything else in this town, it’s the talk about spending–or silence about revenue–that is governing the legislative agenda. It’s not that key actors don’t want to get a bill written and made law. They really do. They understand the potential for claiming and real job creation. They want to shake off the dust of inaction. They actually want to solve problems. Chairman Barbara Boxer and her Republican counterpart met the press this week. Chairman John Mica frequently and convincingly voices his intent to produce a bill this year. And the President outlined, in greater detail than the others thus far, his policy direction when issuing his FY 2012 budget. There are other signs of what passes for progress in Washington. Freight related bills have been introduced and await movement by the lead committees. However a good many seasoned observers do not expect a bill will be signed into law until after the 2012 election because of tax issue avoidance. But let’s stay optimistic. Next we need to hear from the tax committee chairs. Because, in more ways than we might want to admit, it’s all about the money. Pbea change, Congress, SAFETEA-LU, WRDA Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Good Luck, Mr. Chairman. In Infrastructure, Leadership, MTS Policy, Politics, Surface Transportation Policy on November 17, 2010 at 12:08 pm Capitol Hill institution is a phrase that some incoming freshmen Members may not appreciate or find at all useful. After all, some of them are arriving with the intent to de-institutionalize the place. Democrat Jim Oberstar was de-institutionalized on Election Day. He lost his re-election bid as did some other senior congressmen, including two other committee chairs. Gene Taylor (D-MS) of the Seapower Subcommittee was one. The chairman of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee is both an institution and a creature of one, where he spent 36 years representing his Minnesota district. He started on Capitol Hill in the early 1960s as a staffer for an earlier iteration of that committee. His remarks the other day to reporters (as reported by Sarah Abruzzese of E&E) reflect a perspective born in another time that looks out of place in the litmus-test politics of today. “I think you will see coming in a lack of institutional understanding and also it appears a lack of willingness to follow seasoned leaders,” Oberstar said. That’s speculation on his part but not without cause. A real question giving those of us here pause is how well the 112th Congress will function and, therefore, govern. Many of us end the 111th Congress with doubtful expectations for the next one. (Paul Page of the Journal of Commerce wonders about the prospects for governing also.) Not to suggest it is the center of the policy universe but in the transportation sector there is much at stake. Here are three instances. Long pending aviation program and policy legislation has been immobilized and needs to reach the President’s desk. Likewise, the significant surface transportation “reauthorization” legislation—to include reforms that hopefully will make up for the excesses and diversions of SAFETEA-LU—is overdue and guaranteed to take at least another year to address, if we are so lucky. Whether this next “TEA” bill will contain the multi-modal sensibility, including marine elements, that many of us look for, is one of the consequential unknowns. And speaking about bills that are rarely on time, how will the Army Corps of Engineers’ civil works program–the basis for navigation infrastructure and commerce since the nation’s founding days–be made to function well in the next decades if Congress does not take up water resource (WRDA) legislsation? There are bigger fish to fry in this town, of course – the government’s off-balance fiscal policy, the economy, and our international presence. But let’s consider the prospects on a smaller and more easily understood scale of those, nonetheless significant, challenges that face the transportation and public works panels of the House and Senate. There is much to do in part because not much has been done over the years to address the nation’s infrastructure deficit or to focus on neglected sectors like the U.S. maritime. As for the incoming class, Jim Oberstar’s conjecture is reasonable. Among the members-elect, “there is little appetite for or appreciation of the broader policy questions that the nation faces with transportation,” he said — emphasizing that this was his opinion from reading about election outcomes across the country. [Oberstar] expressed admiration for Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.), who served as the committee’s ranking member and is now almost certain to take over as chairman. “Mr. Mica and I developed over these four years a very close working relationship,” Oberstar said. “He and I were both quick to say we have disagreements on policy issues, but we found a way to mitigate those differences.”Oberstar listed multiple bills that the two parties were able to come to an agreement on and shepherd out of the committee, including a Water Resources and Development Act that successfully overcame a presidential veto, an Amtrak bill that the president signed, an aviation authorization bill (twice), and a Coast Guard authorization bill. “I would have brought to the new Congress that history of cooperation and seeing and trusting, that’s even more important, trusting my partner in this process,” Oberstar said. “Going forward, you’ll have to rebuild all those personal relationships and committee structural relationships. And that will take time and will take something out of the process.” How true. While still holding out hope for what is to come, we will miss Jim Oberstar, the institution and that diminishing breed. Good luck, Chairman Mica. Pbea SAFETEA-LU, TIGER grants, USDOT Good Things to Hear — Pt. 1 In Intermodal, Leadership, Surface Transportation Policy on April 22, 2010 at 11:20 am This from Environment & Energy Daily reporter Josh Vorhees, his March 25, 2010 story shortened here: A widely popular transportation program created by last year’s stimulus package could see new life in the next multiyear highway bill. Senate Environment and Public Works Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) said yesterday that she wants to include a provision similar to the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery, or TIGER, program in the bill her panel is drafting. The $1.5 billion grant program for innovative, long-term work is aimed at funding multimodal projects that have traditionally been difficult to fund through existing federal programs. Boxer asked DOT officials for help in drafting the TIGER language that would be part of her highway legislation. DOT Deputy Secretary John Porcari said his agency would be willing to work with the EPW Committee and called the TIGER program key to the administration’s transportation goals, specifically efforts to shift more freight off the nation’s roads to increase mobility, and combat congestion and the fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions that accompany it. “I think the TIGER grants point the way to the future in intermodal transportation,” Porcari said. I wasn’t at the hearing at which the exchange took place but on the basis of this story I hear what sounds like a change of heart. Perhaps a change of heart that took place quite some time ago but it’s one that is worth noting nonetheless. In early 2009 when the economic stimulus package was taking form Barbra Boxer spoke to attendees of a freight stakeholder gathering. In strong terms Boxer rejected what was the $5.5B proposal of her colleague, Patty Murray, chair of the transportation appropriations subcommittee. (Murray’s multi-modal discretionary grant proposal eventually was enacted at a $1.5B level and later dubbed TIGER grants by Secretary Ray LaHood.) Barbara Boxer explanation included this: Murray’s discretionary grant proposal “takes Congress out” of the decision making. Not to worry, she elaborated, her planned surface transportation bill–MAP 21–would take care of large infrastructure projects through a projects of national and regional significance approach, much as contained in SAFETEA-LU. Barbara Boxer’s response was disappointing to reform minded freight folk in the audience but not especially surprising. As chair of the Environment & Public Works Committee she would both write the next surface transportation bill and have great say over what projects to include in it. So, here’s to Barbara Boxer for seeing the value in the TIGER experience and, apparently, trusting USDOT leadership to responsibly apply legislative and rulemaking parameters in the selection of projects. Here’s to any other legislators who had misgivings about giving the Administration the “discretion” but now see how it can work. Perhaps Chairman Boxer also takes comfort in noting that some of the 51 selected projects in the first round are in districts and states of key transportation players in Congress. And that’s okay. We hardly expect grant selections to be done in antiseptic rooms totally devoid of political considerations. Pbea change, freight, LaHood, marine highways, rail, SAFETEA-LU, supply chain, trucking, USDOT Rail + Road + Water = Surface Freight System In Efficiency, Intermodal, Surface Transportation Policy on December 1, 2009 at 1:32 pm Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) released a study in November comparing truck and rail fuel efficiency. It’s an update of a 1991 FRA report. The new study identifies rail as more efficient. No surprise there. The report, Comparative Evaluation of Rail and Truck Fuel Efficiency on Competitive Corridors (November 19, 2009), should be useful to Secretary Ray LaHood in developing a new freight policy. But he should not leave it at road and rail. Marine transport–the wet surface transportation–should be in the mix. The Secretary has spoken about the need to understand how marine transportation can be better integrated with the surface transportation system. He has identified marine highway development–and the capacity it would bring to domestic freight transportation system–as an administration objective. The MARAD-funded TTI modal comparison report is very helpful in understanding how barge transportation compares to rail and road. Does that tell us all we need to know? After all, there’s more to domestic marine freight movement than tugs and barges. More to the point, there’s more in store for coastwise and inland services than what is on the water today. How would the planned, new Ro-Ro and container vessels compare to rail and truck? Policy makers need complete 3-mode data to make complete policy decisions. The freight logistics industry has pointed to the lack of a national freight policy. The Freight Stakeholders Coalition announced in May its suggested “platform” for a freight policy. As the platform suggests the policy should “foster operational and environmental efficiencies in goods movement.” The platform also calls for the establishment of a “multi-modal freight office” in the Office of the Secretary (OST) in the interest of advancing freight mobility. A multi-modal view that is not hampered by an old view of how transportation works is what is called for today. Greater fuel efficiency isn’t an ideological issue. It’s very much an economic matter to business and a bi-partisan policy matter as we understand the country’s interest in energy security. Likewise we see environmental issues–emissions, particularly–becoming more of a business and policy concern. That’s why the developers of the GIFT model are attracting interest. Dr. James Corbett of the University of Delaware and Dr. James Winebrake of the Rochester Institute of Technology–with the support of USDOT, MARAD and others–are developing the Geospatial Intermodal Freight Transportation (GIFT) model. GIFT enables the fuel and emission comparison of modes for specific freight routes. In other words, logistics planners soon will have a tool that goes beyond the one-sided “carbon calculator” analysis available on some rail and marine transportation company websites. Corbett and Winebrake add further value with their IF-TOLD Mitigation Framework that they describe as “A Context for Mode Shifting Discussions.” Some good work is being done to provide more information for making modal decisions and enable the development of smarter freight policy. With any luck the policy makers will determine what multi-modal information is available as well as what additional information is needed before deciding on a long overdue national freight policy and the successor to SAFETEA-LU. Pbea congestion, freight, Ports, rail, SAFETEA-LU, USDOT California Trailblazing to a Miami Tunnel In Intermodal, Ports, Surface Transportation Policy on November 17, 2009 at 11:04 pm When earth was turned in 1997 for the Alameda Corridor project in the San Pedro Bay port region more than one kind of ground breaking was occurring. The Port of Miami is a beneficiary. In freight transportation policy circles the Alameda Corridor project one day may be legend. The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach were the gaping end of a freight funnel that emptied import boxes onto the exit rails and streets. In essence the solution was to eliminate grade crossings by building a blow-grade rail way out of town. A big project with a $2.4B price tag. A key to the financing was Federal credit assistance. The project and two others in California were the first to benefit by this innovation. A paper on the FHWA website tells the story. Due to Federal budgetary constraints, however, the grant was not deemed to be a fiscally or politically viable option. An alternative form of Federal support for this project was needed, and by 1997 the answer was clear: Federal credit enhancement in the form of a junior-lien loan to ACTA. The fiscal year 1997 Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act (Public Law 104-208) provided $58.7 million for DOT to cover the capital reserve charges associated with making a direct loan of up to $400 million to ACTA for the Alameda Corridor Project. This represents an actual budgetary cost of 14.7 percent of the face value of credit assistance. The legislation also provided that the loan be repaid within 30 years from the date of project completion and that the interest rate on the loan not exceed the 30-year Treasury rate. Inspired by the success of leveraging non-Federal investment for large infrastructure project, particularly private financing, Congress in 1998 fashioned a fully articulated TIFIA program. It was adjusted in SAFETEA-LU with a lowered threshold to make more projects eligible. Nearly $7 billion in projects in 13 states have benefited since TIFIA was created by Congress. The Port of Miami’s rail freight tunnel had an uncertain future but with the October announcement the financing is in place and a $607 million construction project soon will be underway. Not bad. Pbea A Transparent FMC Strategy A Thirty-Year Project: Fixing Civil Works A Working Relationship (and Work in Progress) That’s What Friends Are For Kindest and Other Trump Cuts A Budget Like None Other? Making a Last, Lasting Maritime Policy Impression Competing Agencies, Maybe. Not Ideas Meeting of Agendas at the Metrics Meeting Holy Grail, PortMan! DPW Redux? 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__label__wiki	0.87268	0.87268	They ‘confronted evil’ — Watch cops respond in Jersey City shootout Townsquare Staff New Jersey PBA JERSEY CITY — The state's largest police union has released footage showing police officers responding during the gunfire that left multiple people dead in the massacre at a Jewish supermarket Tuesday, just after one of their own had been killed by the gunmen at a nearby cemetery. "There were so many heroes on Tuesday," the New Jersey State PBA wrote in a Facebook post Thursday. "Brave officers who confronted hundreds of rounds being fired at them. This video and picture captures one of those heroic moments." Among those killed Tuesday in Jersey City was Officer Joseph Seals, shot in a cemetery during an encounter with ex-con David Anderson, 47, and Francine Graham, 50, according to Jersey City police and state authorities. Both shooters were killed later Tuesday afternoon in a shootout with police at the JC Kosher Supermarket, where three other people were found shot dead. Surveillance video appears to show the shooters specifically targeting the supermarket, where Mindy Ferencz, 31, Douglas Miguel Rodriguez, 49 and Moshe Deutsch, 24 were all killed. During the gunfire, the PBA writes, "one Jersey City police officer responds and confronts the killers by pinning them down in the kosher grocery store. He is almost immediately shot and stumbles behind a parked car. Jersey City Sergeant Majorie Jordan instinctively reacts, abandons her cover and runs into the hail of gunfire to aid the other officer who is shot in the shoulder. She gets him to his feet and to safety, all the while taking heavy gunfire." It continues: "The heroics of Sergeant Jordan and this officer were played out throughout the ordeal by dozens of officers. We work with some courageous men and women. They fearlessly confronted evil by running into gunfire to stop killers who wanted to kill dozens more. On that terrible day in #JerseyCity we witnessed amazing courage and bravery. They represent the best of who we are." In a press conference Wednesday, Jersey City police director James Shea also praised the officers' heroics. “The nearby officers heard the gunfire and placed themselves in the line of fire," Shea said according to an account of the press conference by NJ.com. "Both (of) them received gunshot wounds as a result. And within seconds, more Jersey City police officers responded to their calls, pulled them out of the line of fire and continued to engage." The shootout occurred on a busy street, across from a school. “Without that response immediately from those police officers — immediately and heroically, I believe — the streets were filled with people and the schools surrounding them were filled with people," Shea said. "With the amount of ammunition they had, we have to assume they would’ve continued attacking.” Jordan's actions were also celebrated online by several Jersey City residents, as well as current and former members of the police department.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1641
__label__cc	0.694996	0.305004	USB Flicks Children Board Games Themed Gadgets All Gadgets Mystery Figures Novelty & Fidgets Chocolates & Biscuits Jellies & Candies All Playstion 4 Alfa & Touch Home Board Games Pylos by Gigamic Save 0 LL 60,000 LL In Pylos, you want to be one who places the final ball on top of the pyramid. Sounds simple enough, right? At the start of the game, each player has fifteen balls, either light or dark, and they take turns placing them on a game board that has sixteen indentations on it in a 4x4 grid. Once four balls have been placed next to one another in a square, a ball can be placed on top of them, forming a second level of play. Players can then place balls on this second level, eventually allowing a ball to be placed on the third level – and once that level is full, which requires only four balls, a final ball can be placed on the fourth level, with that player winning the game. If a player forms a square of his own color – that is, four balls placed next to one another on the same level – that player can remove one or two of his balls (that don't support anything) from anywhere on the board and place them in his reserve, thereby giving him more balls to place in the future. Whenever a player forms a square that's not entirely his own color, he can "stack" one of his pieces – that is, he can take any ball and place it on this square, locking some pieces in place and making a move without having to place a piece from his reserve. The rules include a variant for children (that removes the square bonus) and one for experts (that allows a player to return 1-2 balls to his reserve when he creates a line of his color). Time: 10min Prime Points Address: Al Riad Steet, Kraytem، Beirut, Lebanon Email: order@nabilnet.net Copyright © 2020 NABILNET.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0107.json.gz/line1643

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