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__label__cc	0.58638	0.41362	BFSI (Banking, Financial Services and Insurance) Encryption and Data Loss Protection (DLP) Solutions Fraud and Breach Prevention Identity and Access Management Solutions Risk and Compliance Management Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Threat Management Unmanned Security and Safety Enterprise Security Startups Fortinet Platform Information Security UK Enterprise Security Mag Weekly Brief Be first to read the latest tech news, Industry Leader's Insights, and CIO interviews of medium and large enterprises exclusively from Enterprise Security Mag Home» Encryption and Data Loss Protection (DLP) Solutions » Top Companies » NCoded Communications, Inc. NCoded Communications, Inc.: Providing Impenetrable Encryption-based Security Follow NCoded Communications, Inc. on : Today, as governments continue to evolve their data security protocols, cybercriminals are also advancing the sophistication of their hacking techniques. In the wake of these developments, even the smallest data breach into a government’s operation technology (OT) network can cause a nation to incur enormous losses, making it very risky to leave government networks exposed to such cyber threats. Thus, the urgency to make government’s OT environment impenetrable is real. To help solve these concerns Florida-based NCoded Communications (NCoded) was established. Since its inception, the company has been able to prove their competence in fortifying government data security through and through with the help of its unique Zero Trust Environment (ZTE) security model. At the core of NCoded Communications’ ZTE overlay is a simple objective: “Trust must be earned – not implied or granted, absolute, always on, and dynamically-created without human intervention.” To make this possible, NCoded employs several proprietary & unconventional security measures and secures sensitive data from unwanted accessthrough advanced intrusion prevention while also protecting the data-in-transit across any platform and device. “We utilize a Zero Trust Environment in our client’s OT ecosystems to ensure their critical information in all the devices are completely shielded from external attacks at all times,” says Peter Rung, CEO and chairman of the board at NCoded Communications. In the pursuit to deliver impenetrable security NCoded offers its clients a two-pronged approach to security. Firstly, the company ensures adequate security by implementing its ZTE overlay environment in every OT platform/device to reduce attack surfaces within a client’s network. For this, the company uniquely encrypts data-in-transit with two FIPS 140-2 certifications and establishes a software-defined network (SDN) to lower a client network’s visibility on the internet. Secondly, NCoded secures user access by leveraging advanced security measures like biometrics and industry-leading intrusion protection capabilities. “We work with our clients to move their transactional servers and other sensitive data to non-routable IP addresses that can only be accessed through our software-defined perimeter access points,” explains Rung. These innovative functionalities are best highlighted in NCoded’s product portfolio, Ultra Suite, which includes three products— UltraPAD, UltraCOM, and UltraREEL. UltraPAD, is a digitized One-time Pad, using one-time encryption keys, executing several layers of encryption similar to the NSA’s Multi-Site Connectivity Capability Package for secret level communications. These are used by NCoded trusted nodes, clients and servers on client devices such as PCs, smartphone and tablets and at the perimeter of a client’s SDN respectively. This is followed by a collaborative effort where NCoded works with the client to move their sensitive data to non-routable IP addresses. Lastly, the company helps the client set up global user access points into the secure IPs for their customers. “As a result, the UltraPAD node only allows other UltraPAD nodes to communicate with a client network and blacklists users that are not part of the advance UltraPAD ecosystem,” states Rung. In addition, UltraCOM is used for safeguarding internal voice, video, and text-based communications, and UltraREEL is deployed as a secured streaming solution. Apart from its efficacy in securing OT infrastructure for government agencies and private enterprises alike, the company’s Zero Trust Environment can also be leveraged to help develop a robust cybersecurity posture for smart cities. “Without a highly-advanced cybersecurity framework, smart cities are just an enormous collection of digital endpoints waiting to be exploited by hackers,” explains Rung. Furthermore, he believes that the increased susceptibility to data breaches is caused because of legacy IT security standards that make it easy for cybercriminals to find newer ways to breach a data network. NCoded’s Zero Trust Environment overcomes this challenge by offering equivocal protection for all networks, regardless of nature (legacy and cloud) of their IT security standards. Withsuch encryption and security capabilities, NCoded is perfectly poised to tackle all present and future challenges concerning the safekeeping of text and data communications. According to Rung, a Zero Trust Environment is the only path to protect a digital infrastructure. Driven by this vision, Rung is focused on upgrading its cybersecurity portfolio to deploy the Zero Trust Environment protecting cybersecurity problem areas such as Ransomware injection into servers, protecting the electrical grid, and securing the integrity of the 2020 vote. Additionally, ZTE can also be leveraged to secure media streaming, protect against quantum computing attacks, and secure the deployment of 5G towers, and smart cities expansion through IoT sensors, among others. On the same lines, the company is also emphasizing the development of newer and more effective solutions for secured data storage. “With 13 years of R&D behind us. we will continue to deliver solutions that meet and surpass the ability to secure communications and storage ” concludes Rung. Share this Article: Tweet Top Encryption and Data Loss Protection (DLP) Solutions Companies NCoded Communications, Inc. Peter Rung, CEO and Chairman of the Board Florida-based NCoded Communications utilizes a unique Zero Trust Environment for their client’s OT ecosystems to ensure the critical information in all their devices are completely shielded from external attacks at all times. At the core of NCoded Communications’ Zero Trust overlay is a simple objective: “Trust must be absolute, binary, and dynamically-created without human intervention.” To make this possible, NCoded employs several proprietary & unconventional security measures and secures sensitive data from unwanted access while also protecting the data-in-transit across any platform and device. The company’s product portfolio, Ultra Suite, includes three solutions—UltraPAD, UltraCOM, and UltraREEL Copyright © 2020 Enterprise Security. All rights reserved \| Sitemap\| Privacy Policy encryption-and-data-loss-protection-solutions.enterprisesecuritymag.com/vendors/nccinc/2019	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line16820
__label__cc	0.745143	0.254857	Highlights of that night on Letterman: https://l.lj-toys.com/?auth_token=sessionless%3A1579690800%3Aembedcontent%3A581524%2623%26%26%26youtube%26XjkCrfylq-E%3Ae426fed914bf3a3379576b8feb4c221c63e7e3b9&source=youtube&vid=XjkCrfylq-E&moduleid=23&preview=&journalid=581524&noads= Best quotes: Letterman: "This doesn't smell right. This is not the way a tested hero behaves. Somebody's putting something in his Metamucil." Letterman: "Let's say there's a time of crisis and... the poor guy's a little older... and Sarah Palin takes over as President... She ought to be ready because she's handled crises like this in the past... oh, wait, she HASN'T handled crises like this in the past." Coverage on 94 HJY: Home of Rock & Roll (local radio station) http://www.whjy.com/pages/onair_charles.html McCain lied to Letterman. He said he couldn’t appear on the show because he had to race to Washington to help shepherd the solution to the greatest economic crises America has faced since the Pilgrims traded in beaver pelts. Instead, Letterman’s crew found Lyin’ John, frozen stiff in a chair as he waited for Katie Couric to question him with empty, rhetorical boilerplate. One floor down in New York City when he was supposed to be drag racing to Washington to save the nation from ruin, as only a disabled, 72 year old, functionally befuddled senior citizen can. You don’t lie to Letterman when he’s got all the cameras and crew to take you to the scrap yard and crush what’s left of your pathetic credibility. Hat tip to Mr. Clean. Letterman on McCain/Palin McCain blew off Letterman due to "the economy exploding" and because his second in command can't step up in his place while he dashes off to D.C. However, he didn't actually dash off to D.C. (as you may have heard) instead he dashed over to do an interview with Katie Couric to try and clean up the mess that Sarah Palin left there... Tags: election, link, politics, video	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line16822
__label__wiki	0.847722	0.847722	Displaying items by tag: Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza 2014 KKI 2014: Finalists Made Public on NET Television Earlier this evening, Media.Link Communications and NET Television revealed the names of the finalists in this year's edition of the Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza. 23 acts will be competing for the main trophy, although a separate trophy will be given to both the winner of the public vote as well as the "Talent Ġdid". The event set to take place on the 18th September on the Granaries in Floriana with Marbeck Spiteri appointed as hostess. This year, the Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza is under a major spotlight, noting that Malta is celebrating 50 years of Independence, hence giving the spectacle more of a spark. It will be just one event in a series of festivities held at the Granaries in Floriana. The general public got to listen to the entries through Indifest on NET Television every Thursday as well as viral website, YouTube where preview videos had been updated. Destin - Danica Muscat (Philip Vella) Hemm Int - Valentina Farrugia (Roger Tirazona / Joe Julian Farrugia) Ibqa' Ħdejja - Ina Robinich (Minik / Deo Grech) Ngħidulek Grazzi - Christian Azzopardi (Minik / Stephen Baldacchino) Ħolma ta' Nazzjon - Cherylis Camilleri (Mark Debono / Rita Pace) Nemmen fil-Futur - Mattei Curmi (Philip Vella / Cher Vella) Ħamsin Sena Nazzjon - Kaya & Nicole Brincat (Mark Spiteri Lucas / Paul Ellul) Stmerrejtek Ħabbejtek - Marie Claire (Mark Scicluna / Emil Calleja Bayliss) Fuq Dil-Blata - Roseann Cordina (Minik / Paul Ellul) Ġrajjiet - Michela Dalli (Minik / Stephen Baldacchino) Daqs Xulxin - Charlene Cardona (Minik / Joe Chircop) Mixja li Bdiet - Michela Galea (Renato Briffa / Alfred Baldacchino) Nisġa - Josepha Cumbo (Minik / Emil Calleja Bayliss) Aħjar - Simone Gauci (Mark Spiteri Lucas / Rita Pace) Naħfirlek - Franz Bezzina (Augusto Cardinali) Inservi - Kurt Cassar (Elton Zarb / Gillian Attard / Emil Calleja Bayliss) Mara - Domenique (Philip Vella / Paul Ellul) Int u Jien - Maria Cassar (Minik / Rita Pace) Ġabuna Indipendenti - Marilena Gauci (Philip Vella / Joe Chircop) Tfajla - Donna (Ray Agius / Paul Ellul) Passaġġ - Kurt Galea (Clinton Paul) Kuntenta Kif Jien - Ann Marie Ellul (Rita Pace) Tħobbni Kif Jien - Phylisienne Brincat (Philip Vella / Christopher Azzopardi) The 23 entries chosen to compete in this year's edition of the Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza were selected through a mixture of tele-voting, amounting to 40% of the final result as well as a professional jury, amounting to 60% of the final result. The professional panel of judges comprised of; Frederick Zammit, Lorenzo Brincat, Josephine Ebejer Grech, Corazon Mizzi and Karl Gouder. escflashmalta.com will be on hand during the Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza, and thus we urge you to stay tuned to the main portal as well as our social media pages on Facebook & Twitter. Source: NET Television http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYVnLGnXcnw KKI 2014: Recap of All Entries Published Online On Thursday 10th July, the organising committee of the Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza in conjunction with Media.Link Communications took to viral website YouTube and published the clips accompanying the entries competing in this year’s edition of the local competition. With 30 entries vying for 20 slots in the final in the "Talent Stabbilit" and 7 entries vying for 3 slots in the final in the "Talent Ġdid" the competition is tough and you, the public at home have a total of 40% with the other 60% allocated to a panel of professional judges. This year, the Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza is under a major spotlight, noting that Malta is celebrating 50 years of Independence, hence giving the spectacle more of a spark. It will be just one event in a series of festivities held at the Granaries in Floriana. The programme accompanying the local music festival is being broadcast through NET Television every Thursday night with Marbeck Spiteri being the hostess. During the course of the programme, the organising committee has made it a point for the viewers to get to know the artists, and the songwriters of each entry. Batch 1 Pass Wara Pass - Minik (Minik / Mario Farrugia) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yHfWDDrjmU Ma Tintefiex - Neville Refalo (Mark Spiteri Lucas / Joe Chircop) F'Dinja Aħjar - Joseph (Minik / Stephen Baldacchino) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5nLn-vYyZo Int - Laura Bruno (Frederick Camilleri) Kastelli Fl-Arja - Gloriana Arpa Belli (Minik / Keith Zammit) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVeIuTgeU3g Vagabond - Josef Tabone (Clinton Paul) Biċċa Minni - Geordie DeBono (Renato Briffa / Mark Amaira) Miraklu - Ashlee Amber (Gillian Attard / Rita Pace) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dwXf7iEj5E Ensemble - Johanna Galea (Minik / Stephen Baldacchino) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13ob8--5xT4 Din il-Qalb - Francesca Borg (Minik / Mario Farrugia) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5B10ISQta4 Kieku Taf - Sebastian Carl Calleja (Minik / Emil Calleja Bayliss) Ritmu Ħaj - Maria Brincat (Andrew Zammit / Keith Zammit) Ħitan - Sarah DeBattista (Mark Scicluna / Rita Pace) Realtà - Kelly Cassar (Philip Vella / Cher Vella) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGVGtVJqm3Y Also, a quick reminder that the submissions for the Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza Junior will be received at Media.Link Communications between Thursday 17th July and Friday 18th July. For more details about the rules and regulations, please visit MaltaRightNow. We urge you to stay tuned to escflashmalta.com through Facebook and Twitter for all the latest news as soon as it becomes available. Source: Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza KKI 2014: Michela Galea Called up as Replacement Michela Galea, coached by Pamela, a veteran participation in the Malta Eurovision Song Contest, and herself a former participant in the "Talent Ġdid" in the 2011 edition of the Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza has been called up as a replacement for Gloriana Arpa Belli, who was unable to perform two songs due to fact that regulations state that only one performer for each song. At this stage, 29 songs have both had their artists and their entries revealed, with the organising committee yet to publish the news of both Michela Galea and the last song, apparently "Passaġġ" written by Clinton Paul whose original singer, Domenique, qualified to this stage of the competition with no less than 7 songs. This year's edition of the Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza includes several well known names including; Kaya (MESC 00, 10, 12), Danica Muscat (MESC 12, 13), Neville Refalo (MESC 05), Domenique (MESC 11, 13), Phylisienne Brincat (MESC 92, 94, 95) and Josef Tabone (MESC 06), Francesca Borg (MESC 2012). We urge you to stay tuned to escflashmalta.com even through Facebook and Twitter for all the latest news. Source: escflashmalta.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CFtZmfhtoQ KKI 2014: A Complete Picture of the Top 30 Finalists In the words of Richard Stilgoe, it seems that there's a light at the end of the tunnel wherever the 2014 edition of the Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza is concerned with the organising committee chaired by Claudette Buttigieg publishing an updated list of semi-finalists. This comes into effect for the simple reason that each vocalist is only permitted to perform just ONE song from the television phase onwards. At a glance, it seems that out of the SEVEN songs that Domenique had initially qualified with to the second phase, there will still be THREE in the competition with "Mara" composed by Philip Vella to the lyrics of Paul Ellul being the one she will be performing herself, "Ħamsin Sena Nazzjon" composed by Mark Spiteri Lucas to the lyrics of Paul Ellul being performed in a duet featuring Kaya and Nicole Brincat and "Passaġġ" written by Clinton Paul with a yet to be announced performer. In the meantime, Josef Tabone has decided to withdraw his second song "Orrizonti" composed by Minik to the lyrics of Stephen Baldacchino as initially reported on escflashmalta.com earlier this morning, meaning that another five entries have been brought into the list, according to the number of points received during the second phase of the competition where the judges were; Olivia Lewis, Andrew Attard, Mro Maurizio Schembri, Sharon Deguara Cipriott and Noel D’Anastas. Mixja li Bdiet - TBA (Renato Briffa / Alfred Baldacchino)* Passaġġ - TBA (Clinton Paul)* Stmerrejtek, Ħabbejtek - Marie Claire (Mark Scicluna / Emil Calleja Bayliss) The FIVE entries that have now managed to sneak into the Top 30 are none other than; "Ensemble" composed by Minik to the lyrics of Stephen Baldacchino with vocals provided by Johanna Galea, "Ġrajjiet" composed by Minik to the lyrics of Stephen Baldacchino with vocals provided by Michela Dallia, "Ħolma ta' Nazzjon" composed by Mark Debono to the lyrics of Rita Pace with vocals provided by Cherylis Camilleri, "Miraklu" composed by Gillian Attard to the lyrics of Rita Pace with vocals provided by Ashlee Amber and "Ngħidulek Grazzi" composed by Minik to the lyrics of Stephen Baldacchino. The final change that we could denote in the list below is that Geordie DeBono has opted to keep "Tħobbni Kif Jien" composed by Philip Vella to the lyrics of Christopher Azzopardi, in the competition with veteran performer; Phyllisienne Brincat. Only two songs remain without a performer at the moment, those being the aforementioned "Passaġġ" and "Mixja li Bdiet" composed by Renato Briffa to the lyrics of Alfred E Baldacchino. We urge you to stay tuned to escflashmalta.com even through Facebook and Twitter for all the latest news about the 2014 edition of the Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpvfRaoyUUc KKI 2014: Rumour Mill Highlights New Top 30 List In these past couple of days, several questions have been asked pertaining to the final list of qualifiers for this year's edition of the Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza, and despite the fact that the jury made their selection on Saturday 14th June, a conclusion is yet to be reached because of a number of artists who had more than one entry in the list of 30 qualifiers. In a brief press statement, published through the Official Facebook Page, the organising committee stated that more time had to be given, in order for the songwriters to make their respective vocalist selections, hoping that the qualified songs are not dropped in favour of those in the reserve list, and thus amongst those who reached the original top 40. At this point in time, we know that 21 performers will retain their songs in the competition with Domenique and Josef Tabone set to hold onto "Mara" composed by Philip Vella to the lyrics of Paul Ellul and Josef Tabone and "Vagabond" written by Clinton Paul, respectively. In the meantime, it is expected that Domenique will drop five of her other qualified entries, with one of them being given to her brother, Christian Azzopardi whilst Josef Tabone has officially announced that he is dropping his second song, thus creating SIX open slots, which would have to be brought in from the reserve list. The list as show below is far from ready, and only includes 22 entries, with the remaining slots up for grabs as explained below. It is to be noted that this is a hypothetical list and not confirmed by the organising committee. F'Dinja Aħjar - Joseph Refalo (Minik / Stephen Baldacchino) Mixja li Bdiet - Janice Mangion (Renato Briffa / Alfred Baldacchino) Rumour has it that former runner-up Janice Mangion will be taking up "Mixja Li Bdiet" composed by Renato Briffa to the lyrics of Alfred Baldacchino with former finalist Joseph Refalo set to perform "F'Dinja Aħjar" composed by Minik to the lyrics of Stephen Baldacchino. That only leaves minds boggling about Geordie's second song "Tħobbni Kif Jien" composed by Philip Vella to the lyrics of Christopher Azzopardi. It is unknown whether this will be retained or dropped at this stage. Hence, to recapitulate, 21 performers will retain their songs, there will be at least 2 artists who did not even submit or get through to the top 40, and 6 tracks which did not get through to the top 30 but made the top 40 cut. We urge you to stay tuned to escflashmalta.com even through Facebook and Twitter for all the latest news from the 2014 edition of the Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtohxkFAGsQ KKI 2014: Finalists in Both Categories Made Public In September, Malta will be celebrating 50 years of Independence, and as a result will see to a series of festivities held at the Granaries in Floriana. Throughout the week, the most concurrence is seen during the annual Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza. In a Press Release published through MaltaRightNow, the list of the finalists for this year's edition was made public, albeit without the names of the vocalists, which escflashmalta.com has added from the list of the first phase qualifiers published last week. Domenique, Neville Refalo, Gloriana Arpa Belli, Geordie DeBono and Josef Tabone have more than 1 song in the competition and will retain the one which achieved the most points by a professional panel of judges which included; Olivia Lewis, Andrew Attard, Mro Maurizio Schembri, Sharon Deguara Cipriott and Noel D’Anastas. 30 entries have been selected to compete in the category 'Talent Stabbilit' whilst 7 entries will compete in the category 'Talent Ġdid'. It seems that the rules have been altered pertaining to song quality, although this is yet to be clarified. Talent Stabbilit F'Dinja Aħjar - Neville Refalo (Minik / Stephen Baldacchino)* Frammenti - Domenique (Philip Vella / Mark Amaira) Għalik - Domenique (Philip Vella) Ħamsin Sena Nazzjon - Domenique (Mark Spiteri Lucas / Paul Ellul) Ħelu Kkulurit - Domenique (Mark Debono / Paul Ellul) Kastell B'Żewġ Prinċipessi - Domenique (Mark Debono / George Cremona) Mixja li Bdiet - Gloriana Arpa Belli (Renato Briffa / Alfred Baldacchino)* Orrizonti - Josef Tabone (Minik / Stephen Baldacchino) Passaġġ - Domenique (Clinton Paul) Tħobbni Kif Jien - Geordie Debono (Philip Vella / Christopher Azzopardi)* Talent Ġdid The Committee of the 2014 edition Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza chaired by Hon. Claudette Buttigieg will be communicating the final names of the artists in the coming hours as it is decided by the vocalists and songwriters in question what to do with the songs, and whether there will be the need to call on the replacements. We urge you to stay tuned to escflashmalta.com through Facebook and Twitter for all the latest news as soon as it becomes available. Source: MaltaRightNow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12XYgWNDjp0 KKI 2014: First Phase Results Revealed In September, Malta will be celebrating 50 years of Independence, and as a result will see to a series of festivities held at the Granaries in Floriana. Throughout the week, the most concurrence is seen during the annual Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza. In a Press Release published by the organising committee earlier this morning, it was revealed that a total of 79 submissions were sent in during the two day process which took place earlier this week. In their respectively categories; 63 submissions were received for the category Talent Stabbilit and 16 submissions were received for the category Talent Ġdid. In the latter category, ALL songs get through to the second phase of the competition, a live audition which will take place in front of a panel of professional judges. They will be joining the shortlisted 40 songs as selected by a first panel of professional judges who are listening to the 63 submissions at Media.Link Communication at this very minute. Viżjoni - Antoine Farrugia (Mark Spiteri Lucas / Joe Chircop) Mid-Dlam Għad-Dawl - Raquel Galdes (Roger Tirazona / Clifton Casha) Ensamble - Johanna Galea (Minik / Stephen Bonello) Orrizonti - Josef Tabone (Minik / Stephen Bonello) Tħobbni Kif Jien - Geordie Debono (Philip Vella / Joe Chircop) F'Dinja Aħjar - Neville Refalo (Minik / Stephen Baldacchino) Ġabuna Indipendendenti - Marilena Gauci (Philip Vella / Joe Chircop) Ħolma ta' Nazzjon - Domenique (Mark Debono / Rita Pace) Storja - Domenique u Christian (Clinton Paul) Ngħidlek Grazzi - Christian (Minik / Stephen Baldacchino) Mixja li Bdiet - Gloriana Arpa Belli (Renato Briffa / Alfred Baldacchino) Kastell b'Żewġ Priċipessi - Domenique (Mark Debono / George Cremona) Sabiħ il-Logħob - Kurt Galea (Mark Spiteri Lucas / Paul Ellul) Qalbiena - Kurt Galea (Philip Vella / Joe Chircop) Miraklu - Ashlee Caruana Giordimaina (Gillian Attard / Rita Pace) According to the Press Release, the results were to be expected on the news portal, maltarightnow.com at around 18:00 CET. They were slightly late but indeed, were published. escflashmalta.com will be releasing the results moments after, so we ask you to stay tuned to this portal even on Facebook & Twitter. In the meantime, another music competition, the Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza Jr will be revealed later on throughout the day, with entrants seemingly having to be below the 16 year old threshold. Source: Press Release http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltmSGaXXpgo KKI 2014: Two Days of Submissions Commence In September, a local music scene competition, the Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza takes place on the Floriana Granaries with past winners including; Amber, Ira Losco, Annabelle Debono, Miriam Christine, Mike Spiteri and most recently Fabrizio Faniello. Submissions for this year's edition of the music competition are being received at Media.Link Communications between today and tomorrow from 07:00 till 19:00 CET. There have been no major changes in the regulations, but the format has been devised in a slightly different manner with the Talent Stabbilit section featuring a total of 30 semi-finalists, out of which 20 will make it through to the final stage of the competition as decided by a mixture of jury (60%) and public (40%) vote. In the final, the result will be decided completely by a panel of professional judges with the public vote being awarded as a seperate prize. It is worth pointing out that in order to partake in the Talent Stabbilit, you would have to been a finalist in one of the following competitions in the past; Malta Eurovision Song Contest, Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza, Malta Junior Eurosong, L-Għanja tal-Poplu or the International Festival of Maltese Song. On the other hand, those who have not taken part in any of the above mentioned festivals, may still compete in the Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza, albeit in the Talent Ġdid section which has been especially designed for such a purpose. Artists who wish to take part in the competition have to be at least 16 years of age by the 21st September 2014. For a full copy of the regulations, please click here and for a copy of the application form, please click here. Stay tuned to escflashmalta.com even on Facebook & Twitter for all the latest news. KKI 14: New Committee Reveals Regulations Earlier this afternoon, Media.Link Communications held a press conference launching the 23rd edition of the Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza to much fanfare with Claudette Buttigieg announced as the new chairperson, whilst being supported by Noel Castillo, Charles Stroud and Frederick Zammit. The latter two, both being former Chairmen of the competition bring a wealth of experience and knowledge to the table having together orchestrated some of the most successful editions of the local song competition. With songwriters such as Chan Vella, Marlon Polidano, Renato Briffa and Joe Chircop in attendance along with representatives of Kurt Galea and Domenique amongst others, it seems that the interest is quite existent. The brand new rules and regulations left the people in attendance somewhat unimpressed though, noting that instead of having a separate award for tele-voting, it has now been included as part and parcel of the final result, albeit at a 40% margin as opposed to the 60% margin. Those present argued that this is unfair especially when considering that the winner of the former tends to be quite different from the one of the latter. Only one song had achieved both trophies in the past, that being Deborah C in 2012 with the song Jekk Nużaw Moħħna written by Mark Spiteri Lucas and Joe Chircop. Other notable changes in the rules and regulations are that instead of having two separate phases in the final, they will merge seeing to the competition of twenty-three entries, with the winner of the Talent Ġdid portion still given a separate award. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbvPJppoNlo A positive about the document presented to those present is that thirty entries in the Talent Stabbilit will all be presented during Indifest, as will fifteen entries in the Talent Ġdid. They will be brought down to twenty and three, respectively for the final night of the competition which will be held in the week leading up to the fiftieth anniversary since Malta gained its independence. One of the major pre-requisites that the committee is pushing towards is the establishment of the proper terms to accompany the categories present. In the Talent Stabbilit, only artists who have been in L-Għanja tal-Poplu, Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza, Festival Internazzjonali tal-Kanzunetta Maltija, Malta Junior Eurosong and the Malta Eurovision Song Contest are allowed to submit songs whilst the other category, Talent Ġdid will only be open to newcomers. No age range has been given in any category in order to ascertain entries from anyone. For any queries or any clarifications, the committee could be contacted through this This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Stay tuned to escflashmalta.com for all the latest news. Source: Malta Right Now, Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza (Official Page) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JwNXY7RTbE	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line16823
__label__cc	0.606422	0.393578	Canard Links Outstanding &nbspCanards Canard Pusher Canard Pusher Excerpts Canard Adventures Builder Hints Deep Stalls Propellers and Extensions Copyright / Terms of Service Some reflections on 3 months of the EZ Life On the sixth of July of this year, my Long-EZ N316DB flew. Thus ended some 7 years of anticipation, occasionally very intensely focused work, and an inordinate outlay of cash. And thus began a probable lifetime of very enjoyable flying, occasionally very intensely focused work, and monumental expenditures. The pressure was on. I had to complete my 40 hours of test flying (all within a 25-nm circle with an airplane of range about 50 times that) within 15 days in order to make my departure deadline for The Big Trip. The Big Trip was what had kept me motivated for the previous seven months or so. Back in December of 1987, Sid Stiber (Shelter Island, NY) and Mike and Sally Melvill and I had discussed a tour of the east coast after Oshkosh '88. 1 had never been to New England, or many of the areas we planned to tour, and so it was the perfect motivation. Plans were set. And so the Runabout (as I call my Long) and I departed Mojave on 22 July bound for Kansas City. I left early for Oshkosh in order to attend my 10th high school reunion. climbed directly to 17,500 ft and averaged about 165 ktas into (of course) about 15 kt of headwind. As I crossed Colorado, it became apparent that I was going to have to slow down in order to make the trip nonstop. By the time Great Bend, Kansas arrived, I ran the left tank dry, and had about 6 in the right. Playing the fuel flow against the time-to-go (thank you, Alcor and Northstar), I was able to arrive at Johnson County Industrial airport with about 20 min fuel left (2 gal). Total flight time was 7 hours, 50 minutes. The distance was 1,180 run, and I used 50 gallons of fuel. I was, to say the least, extremely pleased. This was the first time that the Runabout had been away from its test area, and it had gone more than halfway across the country nonstop! I was amazed to find that I was not particularly fatigued, and I felt that after a pit stop I could have gone for several more hours. After several more days of flying around the Kansas City area, I continued to Oshkosh. There the final details of our trip cast were cemented. Mike & Sally decided that they would not be able to go after all, so Bruce and Bonnie Tifft, Sid, Dick Kreidel, and I left Wittman Field on Tuesday, 2 August for Montreal (aka the Great White North). Four-and-a-half hours later, the flight of four made a tower-requested low approach at the international airport in Montreal, and landed at St. Hubert's. Kay Kreidel joined us that evening (via airlines) in Montreal. I must say, the people that we met in Montreal went out of their way to make our visit enjoyable. It was, however, still over 450 degrees Fahrenheit outside. Sadly, this was our last experience with air conditioning for two more weeks. After a quick trip to Burlington, VT to clear customs, we proceeded to Rockland (Owl's Head), Maine. Dick Kreidel hadn't eaten (whole) lobster before, and videotapes of the spectacle are available from Squadron 1. On to Wiscasset (Bath), ME, then to Boston (or is it Bastun?), then the Runabout and I made a ceremonial pilgrimage to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket islands. The group rejoined at East Hampton airport, where Sid bases his Long. The next day we were joined by Peter Magnuson and his USAF Thunderbird Fighting Falcon Long-EZ. Peter and Dick and I enjoyed flying formation and 1 v 1 v 1 combat maneuvers over the coast of Long Island. Then a trip to Mattituck, to visit where Dick's engine was assembled. The next day, it was on to Linden, NJ (New York City) via Central Park, the Hudson River, and the Statue of Liberty (at 500' agl, no less!). Several days were then spent being poached in and around Central Park. Well, so far so good. The return to Kansas City went well (nonstop from Linden to Columbia, MO). It looked like a trivial trip back to Mojave. And then... Dick and I were descending together into Farmington, NM (our planned fuel stop) when, as if by magic, the Runabout was no longer hitting on all four. We informed the tower of my problem and were cleared to land. We were about six miles out, I guess, and about 4000 ft agl. The engine was still making power (some), but the CHT on the #4 cylinder was way lower than the rest. Nothing in the usual litany of procedures produced any good results, so I pressed on to a high overhead approach to the west. Still high, a lot of slipping, but the airspeed was high on final (about 90 kt). Better to be high than low, but this is silly. The engine won't idle below 1500 rpm or so (on the idle stop). Touch down, no problem, some crosswind but don't notice it, roll out, plenty of brake. Made it. Taxi back, park, shutdown. Wow, bad day. I got out and went back to look at the engine area. No oil, but the prop is really beat up. Wow. Now what? Must have broken a valve, and the pieces went out the exhaust pipe and through the propeller. But the worst came next. I looked down at the right main gear and imagine my surprise to find the wheel and wheel pant sitting about 90 degrees from where they should be. Much worse news than the engine problem! So the trip ended with the airplane in a hangar at Farmington, and me riding home in the back of Dick's Long-EZ. I was all set to get a trailer and take the Runabout apart and haul it home. I envisioned having to take the engine off, flip it over, and put a new strut in. Also, who knew what kind of engine work lay ahead? Fortunately, I know more rational people. Dick Rutan, who had once trailered his Long home, said that no matter how much work he had to do away from home, he would never trailer his again. Burt said the same thing. Mike was convinced it could be fixed there. So it was. Mike and I flew to Farmington in his long-EZ the next weekend with three critical parts. First, a replacement propeller. Second, a new cylinder and all its attendant parts. And the really important one,The Splint. (click photos to enlarge) Mike had made The Splint from some 1/4 inch 4130 steel strap, sort of roughly formed over his right main gear strut. The plan was to remove the axle, bend the strut back straightish, and install the splint to sandwich both sides of the gear strut. The axle then would be mounted outboard of the steel piece with longer bolts. It worked. We had thought ahead and brought two industrial-strength heat guns, and these were mandatory in order to reheat the gear strut to bend it straight, for although the fibers were failed locally, the resin had re-hardened to a startling degree. I should digress and describe the failure more thoroughly, Apparently, I had used more braking than I thought during the landing (due to both landing fast and the high idle speed). Also, the other tire was low, which required more right brake. And I had the shimmy damper adjusted too tight, requiring even more brake. Finally, since the Runabout is a bit on the hefty side, I have the big brakes. More heat. The failure was in an arc, the same size and shape as the brake disc, and the mode of failure was resin burnout from direct heating of the brake disc. The Splint worked admirably. The cylinder change went without difficulty (the piston hadn't broken, and there was no metal in the screens). In fact, the entire time on-site was less than 24 hours. The next afternoon, the Runabout completed her trip east, a cross-country of well over 6,000 nm. She had 89.5 hours on the Hobbs (in less than 60 days). After returning to Mojave, we repaired the gear strut. A particle board fixture was made for the inboard side of the gear strut, and bondoed in place. A body grinder was used to grind away about 2/3 of the S-glass strut at the bottom, tapering to nothing about 12 inches up the strut. Some dry S-glass roving (see your neighborhood Defiant builder) was wet out on a piece of visqueen and then put in place and mummy-wrapped with peel ply to hold it. The next day, the axle holes and brake cutout were transferred from the inside of the strut to the outside. Then, the inside of the strut was ground away, and more S-glass was put in place, essentially replacing the lower part of the gear strut with new material. The next day, the per-plans torsional wraps were put on, the brake line and relief tube bonded back into place, some bodywork, and Presto! a 3-day gear repair. The next magical trick was to install a 1/8 thick aluminum plate between the axle and gear strut. This fan-shaped plate extends upward to just above the brake disc, and is intended to protect the strut from the direct radiant heat of the brake disc. The usual Fiberfrax and aluminum tape were reinstalled. The aluminum plate may seem like overkill, but I don't ever want that to happen again. The prop was sent back to Great American for repair ... $120 later, it was fixed. Anything else? Oh yes, I replaced the other three exhaust valves with new Superior model 17540 units. I had so many people tell me how dumb I was not to put NEW exhaust valves in my engine instead of the unknown-history USED valves I ended up using, that you might think I'd have listened. But no. Instead of spending the several hundred dollars up front, I spent them later, plus about 700 more for a new cylinder, a couple of hundred for hangar rent away from home, a hundred more for the prop, and a lot of anxiety dollars for the landing duress and gear malady. But the lessons you learn, huh? Doug Shane. Copyright 1999-2017 ez.org All Rights Reserved	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line16828
__label__wiki	0.549845	0.549845	Bands We Support Reviews Re-Mastered EMQ’s Dawn’s Fiction Fans of Ever Metal Ever Metal Merchandise EMQs with Acid Reign Collateral – ‘Collateral’ Trippy Wicked and The Cosmic Children of The Knight – Moving On Singles EMQ’s with Forged In Black EMQ’s with Lonescar Renate Thomas on Top Ten Photographic Moments o… Passport Overused on Traveler – Astoria Hasti… Ever Metal on Gypsy’s Kiss – Heat Craz… Ever Metal on EMQ’s with FATEFUL FINALITY metal traveller on Gypsy’s Kiss – Heat Craz… View evermetal2017’s profile on Facebook View @EverMetal2017’s profile on Twitter View ever_metal_2017’s profile on Instagram View richard-tilley-b3119a98’s profile on LinkedIn Tag: EMQ’s with Tanith EMQ’s with TANITH Hi Everyone. Welcome to our new EMQ’s interview with Brooklyn, New York Heavy Rock/Classic Metal band Tanith! Huge thanks to Vocalist/Bassist Cindy Maynard for taking part! What is your name, what do you play and can you tell us a little bit about the history of the band? Cindy Maynard, Bass guitar and vocals. Tanith started in 2017 when Russ Tippins and I decided we wanted to do original music together with a band based out of Brooklyn, NY. We got in touch with our friends Charlie and Keith, and started sorting out a couple of songs which we recorded that November. The music is 100% analogue from recording to mixing to mastering right to the vinyl. We self-financed the release of those songs on a 7”. That went down really well and we got a lot of good feedback, so we just kept going with new material. Pretty soon we had a full length album. That’s when Metal Blade got in touch. How did you come up with your band name? Tanith is a character in an old Hammer movie called “The Devil Rides Out”. We liked the sound of her name and also the imagery and symbolism associated with the deity Tanith- the Phoenician Goddess of war and fertility! What country are you from and what is the metal scene like there? I am from the US and I live in Brooklyn, NY. We have a small scene here but it has kind of dispersed over the last few years. The shows are a fewer and farther between nowadays. I’m talking about bands that play the old school kind of metal I listen to- there are plenty of metal bands around just not the kind I can speak to. Every now and then there will be a great show that a lot of people will come out to, and most of us know each other. A lot of people in the scene seem to find a way to be involved in some way too, whether it be as musicians, artists, photographers etc. which is really cool. What is your latest release? (Album, EP, Single or Video) Our latest single is called ‘Under The Stars’ and you can listen online at Metal Blade Records. https://www.metalblade.com/tanith/ Who have been your greatest influences? There’s so many great bass players but I really like John Paul Jones, Steve Harris, and Andy Fraser for the ultimate musical inspiration and technique, then Francis Buchholz, Joe Bouchard and Greg Lindstrom for their really cool lines. Carol Kaye was also a big deal as she showed me how to play a big bass with my small hands. For vocals, probably Ann Wilson, Stevie Nicks and Cyndi Lauper, although early on my favourite singers were guys like Paul Rogers and Klaus Meine. What first got you into music? The radio; I listened to everything on the radio and would tape record it and then play it back to write down the lyrics to songs until I knew them all. So I was always fascinated with singing. I didn’t start playing an instrument until pretty late however. If you could collaborate with a current band or musician who would it be? Uh, I’m already collaborating with Russ Tippins so I’d say that’s pretty amazing! Really it’s a thrill making music with him. As far as other bands, I do think Black Magic is amazing and it would be very cool to do something with them. If you could play any festival in the world, which would you choose and why? To be honest, I haven’t been to a ton of festivals and really I just hit the small ones with bands I really want to see, so I don’t know much about the bigger ones in Europe. It’s an honour to play any festival, but I’d say Keep It True is on my bucket list because they have such great fans who love the music, they keep it old school and have great quality bands all round. What’s the weirdest gift you have ever received from a fan? Well once I got an oversized XL pale blue t-shirt in the mail in an unmarked envelope that said “One of the top 10 best bass players” in a fancy black cursive script. It was definitely an odd thing to get. Like I was going to walk around town wearing this dress of a t-shirt blowing my own horn haha! I never found out who sent it. If anyone else wants to send me a shirt though, I’m a size small by the way. 😉 If you had one message for your fans, what would it be? We love our fans! Thanks for all the support, the comments and the messages! We are excited every time someone takes time to write to us and especially fans who come to see us play live. If you could bring one rock star back from the dead, who would it be? Phil Lynott of course! What do you enjoy the most about being a musician? And what do you hate? I like creating music with a group of great people, hearing the fruits of our hard work on a recording, and playing live to our fans. Sometimes the administrative aspect is a real time suck and gets in the way of feeling creative. Oh man and booking shows is something I try to have other people do at all costs! If you could change one thing about the music industry, what would it be? I’m just learning about all this, but I would say artists need more money through the industry to make doing what they love more doable. So better royalties, advances, and tour support. Name one of your all-time favourite albums? This question is tough! How can I name just one? There’s so many great records. Ok, “Sad Wings of Destiny” by Judas Priest. Absolute masterpiece, it’s so varied and huge. What’s best? Vinyl, Cassettes, CD’s or Downloads? When my record player is working properly, vinyl. The big artwork and tactile experience of interacting with the record are ideal. Cassettes are also great and really fun on car trips. Downloads are convenient when you don’t have the music or players for the first two methods. What’s the best gig that you have played to date? The Frost and Fire festival in 2018 was a blast. Great crowd, great fest! If you weren’t a musician, what else would you be doing? Taking better care of my plants… Which five people would you invite to a dinner party? Uh…I could have a David party I suppose. So David Gilmour; David Bowie; David Wayne and…Larry David haha, with a guest appearance by Ozzy Osbourne, just because I love Ozzy. That would be an interesting mix of thoughtful, godly, badass, confrontational and off the wall. What’s next for the band? We have a full length release called “In Another Tim”’ (which came out on May 24th on Metal Blade Records). And will play a special NY record release show before heading over to Sweden to play the Muskelrock festival in Tyrolen. This Fall, we hope to do a full tour in the US and in Europe. Stay tuned! What Social Media/Website links do you use to get your music out to people? https://tanithnyc.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/TanithNYC/ https://www.instagram.com/tanithnyc Jaffa Cakes? Are they a cake or a biscuit? Whoa I just bought some of these for the first time a couple of days ago. A biscuit I’d guess since it looks like a cookie and British people call cookies biscuits. Although it is made of sponge cake…hmm (scratches head)… Thank you for your time. Is there anything else that you would like to add? Thank you so much. This was fun. Cheers! Disclaimer: This interview is solely the property of Ever Metal. It is strictly forbidden to copy any part of this interview, unless you have the strict permission of both parties. Failure to adhere to this will be treated as plagiarism and will be reported to the relevant authorities. Posted on June 3, 2019 Categories EMQ'sTags Classic Metal, Classic Rock, EMQ's, EMQ's with Tanith, Heavy Rock, Interview, Tanith, US MetalLeave a comment on EMQ’s with TANITH cropped-dsc01493.jpg Powered by WordPress.com.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line16831
__label__wiki	0.919982	0.919982	Wool Subsidies Titus County, Texas Pick a county Texas State Total Anderson County, Texas Andrews County, Texas Angelina County, Texas Aransas County, Texas Archer County, Texas Armstrong County, Texas Atascosa County, Texas Austin County, Texas Bailey County, Texas Bandera County, Texas Bastrop County, Texas Baylor County, Texas Bee County, Texas Bell County, Texas Bexar County, Texas Blanco County, Texas Borden County, Texas Bosque County, Texas Bowie County, Texas Brazoria County, Texas Brazos County, Texas Brewster County, Texas Briscoe County, Texas Brooks County, Texas Brown County, Texas Burleson County, Texas Burnet County, Texas Caldwell County, Texas Calhoun County, Texas Callahan County, Texas Cameron County, Texas Camp County, Texas Carson County, Texas Cass County, Texas Castro County, Texas Chambers County, Texas Cherokee County, Texas Childress County, Texas Clay County, Texas Cochran County, Texas Coke County, Texas Coleman County, Texas 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Louis Gohmert) 2nd District of Texas (Rep. Dan Crenshaw) 3rd District of Texas (Rep. Van Taylor) 4th District of Texas (Rep. John Ratcliffe) 5th District of Texas (Rep. Lance Gooden) 6th District of Texas (Rep. Ron Wright) 7th District of Texas (Rep. Lizzie Fletcher) 8th District of Texas (Rep. Kevin Brady) 9th District of Texas (Rep. Al Green) 10th District of Texas (Rep. Michael McCaul) 11th District of Texas (Rep. Michael Conaway) 12th District of Texas (Rep. Kay Granger) 13th District of Texas (Rep. Mac Thornberry) 14th District of Texas (Rep. Randy Weber) 15th District of Texas (Rep. Vicente Gonzalez) 16th District of Texas (Rep. Veronica Escobar) 17th District of Texas (Rep. Bill Flores) 18th District of Texas (Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee) 19th District of Texas (Rep. Jodey Arrington) 20th District of Texas (Rep. Joaquin Castro) 21st District of Texas (Rep. Chip Roy) 22nd District of Texas (Rep. Pete Olson) 23rd District of Texas (Rep. Will Hurd) 24th District of Texas (Rep. Kenny Marchant) 25th District of Texas (Rep. Roger Williams) 26th District of Texas (Rep. Michael Burgess) 27th District of Texas (Rep. Michael Cloud) 28th District of Texas (Rep. Henry Cuellar) 29th District of Texas (Rep. Sylvia Garcia) 30th District of Texas (Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson) 31st District of Texas (Rep. John Carter) 32nd District of Texas (Rep. Colin Allred) 33rd District of Texas (Rep. Marc Veasey) 34th District of Texas (Rep. Filemon Vela) 35th District of Texas (Rep. LLoyd Doggett) 36th District of Texas (Rep. Brian Babin) Wool Subsidies in Titus County, Texas totaled $166 from 1995-2019‡. Programs included in wool subsidies Wool Program $153 Wool Promotion $13	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line16839
__label__wiki	0.553387	0.553387	Favorite Pic of the Day for October 4th Travis by Robert Colgan Happy Birthday today October 4th Happy 69th to actor Armand Assante! Check out more of today's Birthdays HERE: Labels: Bush League Buffalo Central Terminal: Travis by Robert Colgan 'I had always been drawn to Buffalo after driving past on the way to Niagara Falls as a kid. From afar, there are many beautiful buildings of architectural significance. The added bonus was Buffalo's industrial history, much like my hometown of Cleveland. It had a rich past. One building that always drew my attention was the old train station. Sitting in the middle of a neighborhood of small homes, it rises like a skyscraper dropped from the sky!' Robert Colgan FH readers are aware that in addition to sharing incredible imagery, I love to learn and share the story behind their creation. The story, or stories, behind this set of images has quickly became one of my favorites. The location, the Buffalo Central Terminal, a 17-story Art Deco style station which has been inactive since 1979. The photographer, Robert Colgan, is known for both discovering and utilizing abandoned historical structures, and celebrating their historical past, beauty and architecture within his imagery. In addition to the story behind Robert's choice of location, finding a model shoot there is also central to the story. Travis didn't wake up the day of the shoot expecting to be modeling naked in a run down train station in front of two photographers that he'd never met before. Travis had never modeled before, nor ever even thought of modeling until that day. Circumstances, spontaneity and a leap of faith all played a role in assisting the shoot to come together. 'Designed by the same architect as New York's Grand Central Station, the Buffalo station has been beset with hard times and is lovingly attended by a group of volunteers trying to restore it. Although we didn't have access to the main terminal itself these images are from the multitude of outlying structures surrounding it, including the separated passenger concourse whose attachment to the main terminal had long been demolished'. Travis on Scruff So with a historical architecturally stunning structure to shoot in, all that's left is finding a model, something that proved difficult for Robert on this particular shoot. Thankfully, he and the fellow photographer who joined him on the shoot got creative. Thinking outside the box, they started looking on a local on-line dating site, and the sexy of selfie of Travis in his blue undies, (above) soon caught their eye. With one box ticked, the next challenge became convincing a young guy they'd never met, a guy on-line looking for a date not a modeling job, to join two total strangers in an run down abandoned building. 'I had been contacting people through Model Mayhem for a couple of weeks prior to the shoot in Buffalo. When it came down to the actual weekend - crickets!!! Absolutely no response from the models. I traveled with a fellow photographer who was going to act as a spotter while on location. When the model luck ran out, he suggested one of the online dating services as another possibility. That's where we found Travis.' Travis: 'Robert's shooting partner contacted me on Scruff (I might have woofed him first, I'm not sure), but they told me that a couple of their models had bailed on them and asked if I was interested. It was a little weird being asked to go to an abandoned building with two strangers to take naked pictures. Almost everyone I told about it practically begged me not to go because who knows what they would do to me.' 'Travis was a very nice guy, but I'm sure he thought that we were a bit odd reaching out to someone through a non-traditional services. After meeting and then working on location, his mind was settled as to our intentions. Thankfully we explained everything upfront before meeting. Nowadays, it's always best to lay all of your cards out to ensure honesty and comfort. Of course, we were hoping for the same! But it all worked out and Travis got to see parts of Buffalo he's never really experienced either!' 'Right around the time they had asked me to do the photoshoot, my husband and I had separated after 7 years together, married for almost 3 of those years. When we first separated, I didn't know who I was without him, I didn't know how to be me anymore. I needed to do things that made me feel uncomfortable to sort of make me feel comfortable in my own skin again (if that makes any sense). So after telling at least 4-5 people where I would be, just in case they did turn out to be crazy twink kidnappers, I met them at the terminal.' Although I don't want to give any crazy twink kidnappers any ideas, in this particular case, Travis's online dating profile proved to be an accidental but fortuitous nexus between artist and model. Travis also proved be the perfect subject to assist Robert in his visual exploration of the old train station. The sadness in his beautiful eyes speaks to his recent heartache and can almost feel his initial hesitation interacting with his strange new surrounding. There is a powerful beauty however, seeing Travis embarking on his own exploration, both in this new modeling challenge, and within his life beyond the terminal. 'Working with Robert was not at all what I expected for meeting a photographer off Scruff for a nude photo shoot. I had already had a plan to jet if they turned out to be creepers who just wanted naked pictures of twinks lol. Robert was very professional, he made me feel more comfortable being naked in an abandoned building than I've ever felt being naked - even in the privacy of my own home. They were so thankful that I agreed to do the shoot, but really I should've been thanking them. I don't know if they know it, but they helped pull me out of a serious depression and gain my self confidence back after the separation.' 'Travis maintained his composure through 4 hours of wandering, image making and even dodging railroad security. We returned with some terrific shots, great stories and the potential for more work in the future. Sometimes spontaneity can be an awesome thing!' 'I've never done any modeling before, and definitely not nude! I also never thought anyone would like them. (that is until I saw them, he does do amazing work). I definitely wouldn't mind doing more modeling, especially for Robert.' Robert Colgan Photography Robert Colgan on Instagram Blast From The Past: Kelly Ward, The Other Cute Blonde My introduction to Grease wasn't the through watching the movie, but through listening to the soundtrack. Grease was one of the few albums my mother owned and listened to and I knew learned the music long before I saw the film on VHS many years later. I remember laying on the floor in the eighties opening the LP and staring at the images on the inside cover. Like John Travolta I would guess... the cute blonde who really drew my attention wasn't Olivia Newton-John, it was Kelly Ward who played Putzie. I like many of Travolta's movies, but never really got his appeal physically. He is an actor who to me seems to appeal more to women than men. When I finally got to see Grease on video, the only actor who drew my 'lustful' attention was the adorable Ward. Ward got his start in another Travolta project, the 1976 TV movie, The Boy in the Plastic Bubble. After appearing in Grease, Ward made a few guest appearances on TV shows, but by the early 80's moved behind the camera doing voice work and working as a dialogue and voice director. The name Putzie is actually only used in the film version of the musical. In the original stage production, the third T-bird character's name is Roger. Putzie only sang in group numbers, but in the stage version Roger sang one of my favorites songs from the musical Mooning Given Putzie and the T-birds had a mooning song in the film, too bad Ward didn't get to sing the song to Jan. Below Ward and Jeff Conaway with Barry Pearl (Doody) and Michael Tucci (Sonny) I never appeared in a stage version of Grease, but I did sing Mooning in a Grease night showcase in my first year of University. One of the best versions of 'Roger' singing the song on Youtube HERE: Labels: Blast From The Past, Movies Buffalo Central Terminal: Travis by Robert Colgan... 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__label__cc	0.522652	0.477348	(-) Remove Starting Grant (StG) (124) filter Starting Grant (StG) (124) (-) Remove (LS) Life Sciences (106) filter (LS) Life Sciences (106) (-) Remove <label class='research-domain' title='Molecular and Structural Biology and Biochemistry'>LS1 (11)</label> filter LS1 (11) (-) Remove <label class='research-domain' title='Physiology, Pathophysiology and Endocrinology'>LS4 (17)</label> filter LS4 (17) (-) Remove <label class='research-domain' title='Diagnostics, Therapies, Applied Medical Technology and Public Health'>LS7 (18)</label> filter LS7 (18) (-) Remove <label class='research-domain' title='The Social World, Diversity, Population'>SH3 (12)</label> filter SH3 (12) (-) Remove Bulgaria (0) filter Bulgaria (0) Project acronym aCROBAT Project Circadian Regulation Of Brown Adipose Thermogenesis Researcher (PI) Zachary Philip Gerhart-Hines Host Institution (HI) KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET Summary Obesity and diabetes have reached pandemic proportions and new therapeutic strategies are critically needed. Brown adipose tissue (BAT), a major source of heat production, possesses significant energy-dissipating capacity and therefore represents a promising target to use in combating these diseases. Recently, I discovered a novel link between circadian rhythm and thermogenic stress in the control of the conserved, calorie-burning functions of BAT. Circadian and thermogenic signaling to BAT incorporates blood-borne hormonal and nutrient cues with direct neuronal input. Yet how these responses coordinately shape BAT energy-expending potential through the regulation of cell surface receptors, metabolic enzymes, and transcriptional effectors is still not understood. My primary goal is to investigate this previously unappreciated network of crosstalk that allows mammals to effectively orchestrate daily rhythms in BAT metabolism, while maintaining their ability to adapt to abrupt changes in energy demand. My group will address this question using gain and loss-of-function in vitro and in vivo studies, newly-generated mouse models, customized physiological phenotyping, and cutting-edge advances in next generation RNA sequencing and mass spectrometry. Preliminary, small-scale validations of our methodologies have already yielded a number of novel candidates that may drive key facets of BAT metabolism. Additionally, we will extend our circadian and thermogenic studies into humans to evaluate the translational potential. Our results will advance the fundamental understanding of how daily oscillations in bioenergetic networks establish a framework for the anticipation of and adaptation to environmental challenges. Importantly, we expect that these mechanistic insights will reveal pharmacological targets through which we can unlock evolutionary constraints and harness the energy-expending potential of BAT for the prevention and treatment of obesity and diabetes. Obesity and diabetes have reached pandemic proportions and new therapeutic strategies are critically needed. Brown adipose tissue (BAT), a major source of heat production, possesses significant energy-dissipating capacity and therefore represents a promising target to use in combating these diseases. Recently, I discovered a novel link between circadian rhythm and thermogenic stress in the control of the conserved, calorie-burning functions of BAT. Circadian and thermogenic signaling to BAT incorporates blood-borne hormonal and nutrient cues with direct neuronal input. Yet how these responses coordinately shape BAT energy-expending potential through the regulation of cell surface receptors, metabolic enzymes, and transcriptional effectors is still not understood. My primary goal is to investigate this previously unappreciated network of crosstalk that allows mammals to effectively orchestrate daily rhythms in BAT metabolism, while maintaining their ability to adapt to abrupt changes in energy demand. My group will address this question using gain and loss-of-function in vitro and in vivo studies, newly-generated mouse models, customized physiological phenotyping, and cutting-edge advances in next generation RNA sequencing and mass spectrometry. Preliminary, small-scale validations of our methodologies have already yielded a number of novel candidates that may drive key facets of BAT metabolism. Additionally, we will extend our circadian and thermogenic studies into humans to evaluate the translational potential. Our results will advance the fundamental understanding of how daily oscillations in bioenergetic networks establish a framework for the anticipation of and adaptation to environmental challenges. Importantly, we expect that these mechanistic insights will reveal pharmacological targets through which we can unlock evolutionary constraints and harness the energy-expending potential of BAT for the prevention and treatment of obesity and diabetes. Project acronym ADaPTIVE Project Analysing Diversity with a Phenomic approach: Trends in Vertebrate Evolution Researcher (PI) Anjali Goswami Host Institution (HI) NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM Summary What processes shape vertebrate diversity through deep time? Approaches to this question can focus on many different factors, from life history and ecology to large-scale environmental change and extinction. To date, the majority of studies on the evolution of vertebrate diversity have focused on relatively simple metrics, specifically taxon counts or univariate measures, such as body size. However, multivariate morphological data provides a more complete picture of evolutionary and palaeoecological change. Morphological data can also bridge deep-time palaeobiological analyses with studies of the genetic and developmental factors that shape variation and must also influence large-scale patterns of evolutionary change. Thus, accurately reconstructing the patterns and processes underlying evolution requires an approach that can fully represent an organism’s phenome, the sum total of their observable traits. Recent advances in imaging and data analysis allow large-scale study of phenomic evolution. In this project, I propose to quantitatively analyse the deep-time evolutionary diversity of tetrapods (amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals). Specifically, I will apply and extend new imaging, morphometric, and analytical tools to construct a multivariate phenomic dataset for living and extinct tetrapods from 3-D scans. I will use these data to rigorously compare extinction selectivity, timing, pace, and shape of adaptive radiations, and ecomorphological response to large-scale climatic shifts across all tetrapod clades. To do so, I will quantify morphological diversity (disparity) and rates of evolution spanning over 300 million years of tetrapod history. I will further analyse the evolution of phenotypic integration by quantifying not just the traits themselves, but changes in the relationships among traits, which reflect the genetic, developmental, and functional interactions that shape variation, the raw material for natural selection. What processes shape vertebrate diversity through deep time? Approaches to this question can focus on many different factors, from life history and ecology to large-scale environmental change and extinction. To date, the majority of studies on the evolution of vertebrate diversity have focused on relatively simple metrics, specifically taxon counts or univariate measures, such as body size. However, multivariate morphological data provides a more complete picture of evolutionary and palaeoecological change. Morphological data can also bridge deep-time palaeobiological analyses with studies of the genetic and developmental factors that shape variation and must also influence large-scale patterns of evolutionary change. Thus, accurately reconstructing the patterns and processes underlying evolution requires an approach that can fully represent an organism’s phenome, the sum total of their observable traits. Recent advances in imaging and data analysis allow large-scale study of phenomic evolution. In this project, I propose to quantitatively analyse the deep-time evolutionary diversity of tetrapods (amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals). Specifically, I will apply and extend new imaging, morphometric, and analytical tools to construct a multivariate phenomic dataset for living and extinct tetrapods from 3-D scans. I will use these data to rigorously compare extinction selectivity, timing, pace, and shape of adaptive radiations, and ecomorphological response to large-scale climatic shifts across all tetrapod clades. To do so, I will quantify morphological diversity (disparity) and rates of evolution spanning over 300 million years of tetrapod history. I will further analyse the evolution of phenotypic integration by quantifying not just the traits themselves, but changes in the relationships among traits, which reflect the genetic, developmental, and functional interactions that shape variation, the raw material for natural selection. Project acronym ALH Project Alternative life histories: linking genes to phenotypes to demography Researcher (PI) Thomas Eric Reed Host Institution (HI) UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK - NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, CORK Summary Understanding how and why individuals develop strikingly different life histories is a major goal in evolutionary biology. It is also a prerequisite for conserving important biodiversity within species and predicting the impacts of environmental change on populations. The aim of my study is to examine a key threshold phenotypic trait (alternative migratory tactics) in a series of large scale laboratory and field experiments, integrating several previously independent perspectives from evolutionary ecology, ecophysiology and genomics, to produce a downstream predictive model. My chosen study species, the brown trout Salmo trutta, has an extensive history of genetic and experimental work and exhibits ‘partial migration’: individuals either migrate to sea (‘sea trout’) or remain in freshwater their whole lives. Recent advances in molecular parentage assignment, quantitative genetics and genomics (next generation sequencing and bioinformatics) will allow unprecedented insight into how alternative life history phenotypes are moulded by the interaction between genes and environment. To provide additional mechanistic understanding of these processes, the balance between metabolic requirements during growth and available extrinsic resources will be investigated as the major physiological driver of migratory behaviour. Together these results will be used to develop a predictive model to explore the consequences of rapid environmental change, accounting for the effects of genetics and environment on phenotype and on population demographics. In addition to their value for conservation and management of an iconic and key species in European freshwaters and coastal seas, these results will generate novel insight into the evolution of migratory behaviour generally, providing a text book example of how alternative life histories are shaped and maintained in wild populations. Understanding how and why individuals develop strikingly different life histories is a major goal in evolutionary biology. It is also a prerequisite for conserving important biodiversity within species and predicting the impacts of environmental change on populations. The aim of my study is to examine a key threshold phenotypic trait (alternative migratory tactics) in a series of large scale laboratory and field experiments, integrating several previously independent perspectives from evolutionary ecology, ecophysiology and genomics, to produce a downstream predictive model. My chosen study species, the brown trout Salmo trutta, has an extensive history of genetic and experimental work and exhibits ‘partial migration’: individuals either migrate to sea (‘sea trout’) or remain in freshwater their whole lives. Recent advances in molecular parentage assignment, quantitative genetics and genomics (next generation sequencing and bioinformatics) will allow unprecedented insight into how alternative life history phenotypes are moulded by the interaction between genes and environment. To provide additional mechanistic understanding of these processes, the balance between metabolic requirements during growth and available extrinsic resources will be investigated as the major physiological driver of migratory behaviour. Together these results will be used to develop a predictive model to explore the consequences of rapid environmental change, accounting for the effects of genetics and environment on phenotype and on population demographics. In addition to their value for conservation and management of an iconic and key species in European freshwaters and coastal seas, these results will generate novel insight into the evolution of migratory behaviour generally, providing a text book example of how alternative life histories are shaped and maintained in wild populations. Project acronym altEJrepair Project Characterisation of DNA Double-Strand Break Repair by Alternative End-Joining: Potential Targets for Cancer Therapy Researcher (PI) Raphael CECCALDI Host Institution (HI) INSTITUT CURIE Summary DNA repair pathways evolved as an intricate network that senses DNA damage and resolves it in order to minimise genetic lesions and thus preventing tumour formation. Gaining in recognition the last few years, the alternative end-joining (alt-EJ) DNA repair pathway was recently shown to be up-regulated and required for cancer cell viability in the absence of homologous recombination-mediated repair (HR). Despite this integral role, the alt-EJ repair pathway remains poorly characterised in humans. As such, its molecular composition, regulation and crosstalk with HR and other repair pathways remain elusive. Additionally, the contribution of the alt-EJ pathway to tumour progression as well as the identification of a mutational signature associated with the use of alt-EJ has not yet been investigated. Moreover, the clinical relevance of developing small-molecule inhibitors targeting players in the alt-EJ pathway, such as the polymerase Pol Theta (Polθ), is of importance as current anticancer drug treatments have shown limited effectiveness in achieving cancer remission in patients with HR-deficient (HRD) tumours. Here, we propose a novel, multidisciplinary approach that aims to characterise the players and mechanisms of action involved in the utilisation of alt-EJ in cancer. This understanding will better elucidate the changing interplay between different DNA repair pathways, thus shedding light on whether and how the use of alt-EJ contributes to the pathogenic history and survival of HRD tumours, eventually paving the way for the development of novel anticancer therapeutics. For all the abovementioned reasons, we are convinced this project will have important implications in: 1) elucidating critical interconnections between DNA repair pathways, 2) improving the basic understanding of the composition, regulation and function of the alt-EJ pathway, and 3) facilitating the development of new synthetic lethality-based chemotherapeutics for the treatment of HRD tumours. DNA repair pathways evolved as an intricate network that senses DNA damage and resolves it in order to minimise genetic lesions and thus preventing tumour formation. Gaining in recognition the last few years, the alternative end-joining (alt-EJ) DNA repair pathway was recently shown to be up-regulated and required for cancer cell viability in the absence of homologous recombination-mediated repair (HR). Despite this integral role, the alt-EJ repair pathway remains poorly characterised in humans. As such, its molecular composition, regulation and crosstalk with HR and other repair pathways remain elusive. Additionally, the contribution of the alt-EJ pathway to tumour progression as well as the identification of a mutational signature associated with the use of alt-EJ has not yet been investigated. Moreover, the clinical relevance of developing small-molecule inhibitors targeting players in the alt-EJ pathway, such as the polymerase Pol Theta (Polθ), is of importance as current anticancer drug treatments have shown limited effectiveness in achieving cancer remission in patients with HR-deficient (HRD) tumours. Here, we propose a novel, multidisciplinary approach that aims to characterise the players and mechanisms of action involved in the utilisation of alt-EJ in cancer. This understanding will better elucidate the changing interplay between different DNA repair pathways, thus shedding light on whether and how the use of alt-EJ contributes to the pathogenic history and survival of HRD tumours, eventually paving the way for the development of novel anticancer therapeutics. For all the abovementioned reasons, we are convinced this project will have important implications in: 1) elucidating critical interconnections between DNA repair pathways, 2) improving the basic understanding of the composition, regulation and function of the alt-EJ pathway, and 3) facilitating the development of new synthetic lethality-based chemotherapeutics for the treatment of HRD tumours. Project acronym AngioGenesHD Project Epistasis analysis of angiogenes with high cellular definition Researcher (PI) Rui Miguel Dos Santos Benedito Host Institution (HI) CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONESCARDIOVASCULARES CARLOS III (F.S.P.) Summary Blood and lymphatic vessels have been the subject of intense investigation due to their important role in cancer development and in cardiovascular diseases. The significant advance in the methods used to modify and analyse gene function have allowed us to obtain a much better understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in the regulation of the biology of blood vessels. However, there are two key aspects that significantly diminish our capacity to understand the function of gene networks and their intersections in vivo. One is the long time that is usually required to generate a given double mutant vertebrate tissue, and the other is the lack of single-cell genetic and phenotypic resolution. We have recently performed an in vivo comparative transcriptome analysis of highly angiogenic endothelial cells experiencing different VEGF and Notch signalling levels. These are two of the most important molecular mechanisms required for the adequate differentiation, proliferation and sprouting of endothelial cells. Using the information generated from this analysis, the overall aim of the proposed project is to characterize the vascular function of some of the previously identified genes and determine how they functionally interact with these two signalling pathways. We propose to use novel inducible genetic tools that will allow us to generate a spatially and temporally regulated fluorescent cell mosaic matrix for quantitative analysis. This will enable us to analyse with unprecedented speed and resolution the function of several different genes simultaneously, during vascular development, homeostasis or associated diseases. Understanding the genetic epistatic interactions that control the differentiation and behaviour of endothelial cells, in different contexts, and with high cellular definition, has the potential to unveil new mechanisms with high biological and therapeutic relevance. Blood and lymphatic vessels have been the subject of intense investigation due to their important role in cancer development and in cardiovascular diseases. The significant advance in the methods used to modify and analyse gene function have allowed us to obtain a much better understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in the regulation of the biology of blood vessels. However, there are two key aspects that significantly diminish our capacity to understand the function of gene networks and their intersections in vivo. One is the long time that is usually required to generate a given double mutant vertebrate tissue, and the other is the lack of single-cell genetic and phenotypic resolution. We have recently performed an in vivo comparative transcriptome analysis of highly angiogenic endothelial cells experiencing different VEGF and Notch signalling levels. These are two of the most important molecular mechanisms required for the adequate differentiation, proliferation and sprouting of endothelial cells. Using the information generated from this analysis, the overall aim of the proposed project is to characterize the vascular function of some of the previously identified genes and determine how they functionally interact with these two signalling pathways. We propose to use novel inducible genetic tools that will allow us to generate a spatially and temporally regulated fluorescent cell mosaic matrix for quantitative analysis. This will enable us to analyse with unprecedented speed and resolution the function of several different genes simultaneously, during vascular development, homeostasis or associated diseases. Understanding the genetic epistatic interactions that control the differentiation and behaviour of endothelial cells, in different contexts, and with high cellular definition, has the potential to unveil new mechanisms with high biological and therapeutic relevance. Project acronym ApoptoMDS Project Hematopoietic stem cell Apoptosis in bone marrow failure and MyeloDysplastic Syndromes: Friend or foe? Researcher (PI) Miriam Erlacher Host Institution (HI) UNIVERSITAETSKLINIKUM FREIBURG Summary Deregulated apoptotic signaling in hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) strongly contributes to the pathogenesis and phenotypes of congenital bone marrow failure and myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and their progression to acute myeloid leukemia (AML). HSPCs are highly susceptible to apoptosis during bone marrow failure and early MDS, but AML evolution selects for apoptosis resistance. Little is known about the main apoptotic players and their regulators. ApoptoMDS will investigate the impact of apoptotic deregulation for pathogenesis, correlate apoptotic susceptibility with the kinetics of disease progression and characterize the mechanism by which apoptotic susceptibility turns into resistance. ApoptoMDS will draw on a large collection of patient-derived samples and genetically engineered mouse models to investigate disease progression in serially transplanted and xenotransplanted mice. How activated DNA damage checkpoint signaling contributes to syndrome phenotypes and HSPC hypersusceptibility to apoptosis will be assessed. Checkpoint activation confers a competitive disadvantage, and HSPCs undergoing malignant transformation are under high selective pressure to inactivate it. Checkpoint abrogation mitigates the hematological phenotype, but increases the risk of AML evolution. ApoptoMDS aims to analyze if inhibiting apoptosis in HSPCs from bone marrow failure and early-stage MDS can overcome the dilemma of checkpoint abrogation. Whether inhibiting apoptosis is sufficient to improve HSPC function will be tested on several levels and validated in patient-derived samples. How inhibiting apoptosis in the presence of functional checkpoint signaling influences malignant transformation kinetics will be assessed. If, as hypothesized, inhibiting apoptosis both mitigates hematological symptoms and delays AML evolution, ApoptoMDS will pave the way for novel therapeutic approaches to expand the less severe symptomatic period for patients with these syndromes. Deregulated apoptotic signaling in hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) strongly contributes to the pathogenesis and phenotypes of congenital bone marrow failure and myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and their progression to acute myeloid leukemia (AML). HSPCs are highly susceptible to apoptosis during bone marrow failure and early MDS, but AML evolution selects for apoptosis resistance. Little is known about the main apoptotic players and their regulators. ApoptoMDS will investigate the impact of apoptotic deregulation for pathogenesis, correlate apoptotic susceptibility with the kinetics of disease progression and characterize the mechanism by which apoptotic susceptibility turns into resistance. ApoptoMDS will draw on a large collection of patient-derived samples and genetically engineered mouse models to investigate disease progression in serially transplanted and xenotransplanted mice. How activated DNA damage checkpoint signaling contributes to syndrome phenotypes and HSPC hypersusceptibility to apoptosis will be assessed. Checkpoint activation confers a competitive disadvantage, and HSPCs undergoing malignant transformation are under high selective pressure to inactivate it. Checkpoint abrogation mitigates the hematological phenotype, but increases the risk of AML evolution. ApoptoMDS aims to analyze if inhibiting apoptosis in HSPCs from bone marrow failure and early-stage MDS can overcome the dilemma of checkpoint abrogation. Whether inhibiting apoptosis is sufficient to improve HSPC function will be tested on several levels and validated in patient-derived samples. How inhibiting apoptosis in the presence of functional checkpoint signaling influences malignant transformation kinetics will be assessed. If, as hypothesized, inhibiting apoptosis both mitigates hematological symptoms and delays AML evolution, ApoptoMDS will pave the way for novel therapeutic approaches to expand the less severe symptomatic period for patients with these syndromes. Project acronym ASYFAIR Project Fair and Consistent Border Controls? A Critical, Multi-methodological and Interdisciplinary Study of Asylum Adjudication in Europe Researcher (PI) Nicholas Mark Gill Host Institution (HI) THE UNIVERSITY OF EXETER Summary ‘Consistency’ is regularly cited as a desirable attribute of border control, but it has received little critical social scientific attention. This inter-disciplinary project, at the inter-face between critical human geography, border studies and law, will scrutinise the consistency of European asylum adjudication in order to develop richer theoretical understanding of this lynchpin concept. It will move beyond the administrative legal concepts of substantive and procedural consistency by advancing a three-fold conceptualisation of consistency – as everyday practice, discursive deployment of facts and disciplinary technique. In order to generate productive intellectual tension it will also employ an explicitly antagonistic conceptualisation of the relationship between geography and law that views law as seeking to constrain and systematise lived space. The project will employ an innovative combination of methodologies that will produce unique and rich data sets including quantitative analysis, multi-sited legal ethnography, discourse analysis and interviews, and the findings are likely to be of interest both to academic communities like geographers, legal and border scholars and to policy makers and activists working in border control settings. In 2013 the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) was launched to standardise the procedures of asylum determination. But as yet no sustained multi-methodological assessment of the claims of consistency inherent to the CEAS has been carried out. This project offers not only the opportunity to assess progress towards harmonisation of asylum determination processes in Europe, but will also provide a new conceptual framework with which to approach the dilemmas and risks of inconsistency in an area of law fraught with political controversy and uncertainty around the world. Most fundamentally, the project promises to debunk the myths surrounding the possibility of fair and consistent border controls in Europe and elsewhere. ‘Consistency’ is regularly cited as a desirable attribute of border control, but it has received little critical social scientific attention. This inter-disciplinary project, at the inter-face between critical human geography, border studies and law, will scrutinise the consistency of European asylum adjudication in order to develop richer theoretical understanding of this lynchpin concept. It will move beyond the administrative legal concepts of substantive and procedural consistency by advancing a three-fold conceptualisation of consistency – as everyday practice, discursive deployment of facts and disciplinary technique. In order to generate productive intellectual tension it will also employ an explicitly antagonistic conceptualisation of the relationship between geography and law that views law as seeking to constrain and systematise lived space. The project will employ an innovative combination of methodologies that will produce unique and rich data sets including quantitative analysis, multi-sited legal ethnography, discourse analysis and interviews, and the findings are likely to be of interest both to academic communities like geographers, legal and border scholars and to policy makers and activists working in border control settings. In 2013 the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) was launched to standardise the procedures of asylum determination. But as yet no sustained multi-methodological assessment of the claims of consistency inherent to the CEAS has been carried out. This project offers not only the opportunity to assess progress towards harmonisation of asylum determination processes in Europe, but will also provide a new conceptual framework with which to approach the dilemmas and risks of inconsistency in an area of law fraught with political controversy and uncertainty around the world. Most fundamentally, the project promises to debunk the myths surrounding the possibility of fair and consistent border controls in Europe and elsewhere. Project acronym Autophagy in vitro Project Reconstituting Autophagosome Biogenesis in vitro Researcher (PI) Thomas Wollert Summary Autophagy is a catabolic pathway that delivers cytoplasmic material to lysosomes for degradation. Under vegetative conditions, the pathway serves as quality control system, specifically targeting damaged or superfluous organelles and protein-aggregates. Cytotoxic stresses and starvation, however, induces the formation of larger autophagosomes that capture cargo unselectively. Autophagosomes are being generated from a cup-shaped precursor membrane, the isolation membrane, which expands to engulf cytoplasmic components. Sealing of this structure gives rise to the double-membrane surrounded autophagosomes. Two interconnected ubiquitin (Ub)-like conjugation systems coordinate the expansion of autophagosomes by conjugating the autophagy related (Atg)-protein Atg8 to the isolation membrane. In an effort to unravel the function of Atg8, we reconstituted the system on model membranes in vitro and found that Atg8 forms together with the Atg12–Atg5-Atg16 complex a membrane scaffold which is required for productive autophagy in yeast. Humans possess seven Atg8-homologs and two mutually exclusive Atg16-variants. Here, we propose to investigate the function of the human Ub-like conjugation system using a fully reconstituted in vitro system. The spatiotemporal organization of recombinant fluorescent-labeled proteins with synthetic model membranes will be investigated using confocal and TIRF-microscopy. Structural information will be obtained by atomic force and electron microscopy. Mechanistic insights, obtained from the in vitro work, will be tested in vivo in cultured human cells. We belief that revealing 1) the function of the human Ub-like conjugation system in autophagy, 2) the functional differences of Atg8-homologs and the two Atg16-variants Atg16L1 and TECPR1 and 3) how Atg16L1 coordinates non-canonical autophagy will provide essential insights into the pathophysiology of cancer, neurodegenerative, and autoimmune diseases. Autophagy is a catabolic pathway that delivers cytoplasmic material to lysosomes for degradation. Under vegetative conditions, the pathway serves as quality control system, specifically targeting damaged or superfluous organelles and protein-aggregates. Cytotoxic stresses and starvation, however, induces the formation of larger autophagosomes that capture cargo unselectively. Autophagosomes are being generated from a cup-shaped precursor membrane, the isolation membrane, which expands to engulf cytoplasmic components. Sealing of this structure gives rise to the double-membrane surrounded autophagosomes. Two interconnected ubiquitin (Ub)-like conjugation systems coordinate the expansion of autophagosomes by conjugating the autophagy related (Atg)-protein Atg8 to the isolation membrane. In an effort to unravel the function of Atg8, we reconstituted the system on model membranes in vitro and found that Atg8 forms together with the Atg12–Atg5-Atg16 complex a membrane scaffold which is required for productive autophagy in yeast. Humans possess seven Atg8-homologs and two mutually exclusive Atg16-variants. Here, we propose to investigate the function of the human Ub-like conjugation system using a fully reconstituted in vitro system. The spatiotemporal organization of recombinant fluorescent-labeled proteins with synthetic model membranes will be investigated using confocal and TIRF-microscopy. Structural information will be obtained by atomic force and electron microscopy. Mechanistic insights, obtained from the in vitro work, will be tested in vivo in cultured human cells. We belief that revealing 1) the function of the human Ub-like conjugation system in autophagy, 2) the functional differences of Atg8-homologs and the two Atg16-variants Atg16L1 and TECPR1 and 3) how Atg16L1 coordinates non-canonical autophagy will provide essential insights into the pathophysiology of cancer, neurodegenerative, and autoimmune diseases. Project acronym AuxinER Project Mechanisms of Auxin-dependent Signaling in the Endoplasmic Reticulum Researcher (PI) Jürgen Kleine-Vehn Host Institution (HI) UNIVERSITAET FUER BODENKULTUR WIEN Summary The phytohormone auxin has profound importance for plant development. The extracellular AUXIN BINDING PROTEIN1 (ABP1) and the nuclear AUXIN F-BOX PROTEINs (TIR1/AFBs) auxin receptors perceive fast, non-genomic and slow, genomic auxin responses, respectively. Despite the fact that ABP1 mainly localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), until now it has been proposed to be active only in the extracellular matrix (reviewed in Sauer and Kleine-Vehn, 2011). Just recently, ABP1 function was also linked to genomic responses, modulating TIR1/AFB-dependent processes (Tromas et al., 2013). Intriguingly, the genomic effect of ABP1 appears to be at least partially independent of the endogenous auxin indole 3-acetic acid (IAA) (Paque et al., 2014). In this proposal my main research objective is to unravel the importance of the ER for genomic auxin responses. The PIN-LIKES (PILS) putative carriers for auxinic compounds also localize to the ER and determine the cellular sensitivity to auxin. PILS5 gain-of-function reduces canonical auxin signaling (Barbez et al., 2012) and phenocopies abp1 knock down lines (Barbez et al., 2012, Paque et al., 2014). Accordingly, a PILS-dependent substrate could be a negative regulator of ABP1 function in the ER. Based on our unpublished data, an IAA metabolite could play a role in ABP1-dependent processes in the ER, possibly providing feedback on the canonical nuclear IAA-signaling. I hypothesize that the genomic auxin response may be an integration of auxin- and auxin-metabolite-dependent nuclear and ER localized signaling, respectively. This proposed project aims to characterize a novel auxin-signaling paradigm in plants. We will employ state of the art interdisciplinary (biochemical, biophysical, computational modeling, molecular, and genetic) methods to assess the projected research. The identification of the proposed auxin conjugate-dependent signal could have far reaching plant developmental and biotechnological importance. The phytohormone auxin has profound importance for plant development. The extracellular AUXIN BINDING PROTEIN1 (ABP1) and the nuclear AUXIN F-BOX PROTEINs (TIR1/AFBs) auxin receptors perceive fast, non-genomic and slow, genomic auxin responses, respectively. Despite the fact that ABP1 mainly localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), until now it has been proposed to be active only in the extracellular matrix (reviewed in Sauer and Kleine-Vehn, 2011). Just recently, ABP1 function was also linked to genomic responses, modulating TIR1/AFB-dependent processes (Tromas et al., 2013). Intriguingly, the genomic effect of ABP1 appears to be at least partially independent of the endogenous auxin indole 3-acetic acid (IAA) (Paque et al., 2014). In this proposal my main research objective is to unravel the importance of the ER for genomic auxin responses. The PIN-LIKES (PILS) putative carriers for auxinic compounds also localize to the ER and determine the cellular sensitivity to auxin. PILS5 gain-of-function reduces canonical auxin signaling (Barbez et al., 2012) and phenocopies abp1 knock down lines (Barbez et al., 2012, Paque et al., 2014). Accordingly, a PILS-dependent substrate could be a negative regulator of ABP1 function in the ER. Based on our unpublished data, an IAA metabolite could play a role in ABP1-dependent processes in the ER, possibly providing feedback on the canonical nuclear IAA-signaling. I hypothesize that the genomic auxin response may be an integration of auxin- and auxin-metabolite-dependent nuclear and ER localized signaling, respectively. This proposed project aims to characterize a novel auxin-signaling paradigm in plants. We will employ state of the art interdisciplinary (biochemical, biophysical, computational modeling, molecular, and genetic) methods to assess the projected research. The identification of the proposed auxin conjugate-dependent signal could have far reaching plant developmental and biotechnological importance. Project acronym BacBio Project Mechanistic and functional studies of Bacillus biofilms assembly on plants, and their impact in sustainable agriculture and food safety Researcher (PI) Diego Francisco Romero Hinojosa Host Institution (HI) UNIVERSIDAD DE MALAGA Summary Sustainable agriculture is an ambitious concept conceived to improve productivity but minimizing side effects. Why the efficiency of a biocontrol agent is so variable? How can different therapies be efficiently exploited in a combined way to combat microbial diseases? These are questions that need investigation to convey with criteria of sustainability. What I present is an integral proposal aim to study the microbial ecology and specifically bacterial biofilms as a central axis of two differential but likely interconnected scenarios in plant health: i) the beneficial interaction of the biocontrol agent (BCA) Bacillus subtilis, and ii) the non-conventional interaction of the food-borne pathogen Bacillus cereus. I will start working with B. subtilis, and reasons are: 1) Different isolates are promising BCAs and are commercialized for such purpose, 2) There exist vast information of the genetics circuitries that govern important aspects of B. subtilis physiology as antibiotic production, cell differentiation, and biofilm formation. In parallel I propose to study the way B. cereus, a food-borne pathogenic bacterium interacts with vegetables. I am planning to set up a multidisciplinary approach that will combine genetics, biochemistry, proteomics, cell biology and molecular biology to visualize how these bacterial population interacts, communicates with plants and other microorganisms, or how all these factors trigger or inhibit the developmental program ending in biofilm formation. I am also interested on knowing if structural components of the bacterial extracellular matrix (exopolysaccharides or amyloid proteins) are important for bacterial fitness. If this were the case, I will also investigate which external factors affect their expression and assembly in functional biofilms. The insights get on these studies are committed to impulse our knowledge on microbial ecology and their biotechnological applicability to sustainable agriculture and food safety. Sustainable agriculture is an ambitious concept conceived to improve productivity but minimizing side effects. Why the efficiency of a biocontrol agent is so variable? How can different therapies be efficiently exploited in a combined way to combat microbial diseases? These are questions that need investigation to convey with criteria of sustainability. What I present is an integral proposal aim to study the microbial ecology and specifically bacterial biofilms as a central axis of two differential but likely interconnected scenarios in plant health: i) the beneficial interaction of the biocontrol agent (BCA) Bacillus subtilis, and ii) the non-conventional interaction of the food-borne pathogen Bacillus cereus. I will start working with B. subtilis, and reasons are: 1) Different isolates are promising BCAs and are commercialized for such purpose, 2) There exist vast information of the genetics circuitries that govern important aspects of B. subtilis physiology as antibiotic production, cell differentiation, and biofilm formation. In parallel I propose to study the way B. cereus, a food-borne pathogenic bacterium interacts with vegetables. I am planning to set up a multidisciplinary approach that will combine genetics, biochemistry, proteomics, cell biology and molecular biology to visualize how these bacterial population interacts, communicates with plants and other microorganisms, or how all these factors trigger or inhibit the developmental program ending in biofilm formation. I am also interested on knowing if structural components of the bacterial extracellular matrix (exopolysaccharides or amyloid proteins) are important for bacterial fitness. If this were the case, I will also investigate which external factors affect their expression and assembly in functional biofilms. The insights get on these studies are committed to impulse our knowledge on microbial ecology and their biotechnological applicability to sustainable agriculture and food safety.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line16846
__label__wiki	0.542702	0.542702	Displaying 1 - 10 of 18. Show 10 results per page. Project acronym ADIMMUNE Project Decoding interactions between adipose tissue immune cells, metabolic function, and the intestinal microbiome in obesity Researcher (PI) Eran Elinav Call Details Consolidator Grant (CoG), LS6, ERC-2018-COG Summary Obesity and its metabolic co-morbidities have given rise to a rapidly expanding ‘metabolic syndrome’ pandemic affecting hundreds of millions of individuals worldwide. The integrative genetic and environmental causes of the obesity pandemic remain elusive. White adipose tissue (WAT)-resident immune cells have recently been highlighted as important factors contributing to metabolic complications. However, a comprehensive understanding of the regulatory circuits governing their function and the cell type-specific mechanisms by which they contribute to the development of metabolic syndrome is lacking. Likewise, the gut microbiome has been suggested as a critical regulator of obesity, but the bacterial species and metabolites that influence WAT inflammation are entirely unknown. We propose to use our recently developed high-throughput genomic and gnotobiotic tools, integrated with CRISPR-mediated interrogation of gene function, microbial culturomics, and in-vivo metabolic analysis in newly generated mouse models, in order to achieve a new level of molecular understanding of how WAT immune cells integrate environmental cues into their crosstalk with organismal metabolism, and to explore the microbial contributions to the molecular etiology of WAT inflammation in the pathogenesis of diet-induced obesity. Specifically, we aim to (a) decipher the global regulatory landscape and interaction networks of WAT hematopoietic cells at the single-cell level, (b) identify new mediators of WAT immune cell contributions to metabolic homeostasis, and (c) decode how host-microbiome communication shapes the development of WAT inflammation and obesity. Unraveling the principles of WAT immune cell regulation and their amenability to change by host-microbiota interactions may lead to a conceptual leap forward in our understanding of metabolic physiology and disease. Concomitantly, it may generate a platform for microbiome-based personalized therapy against obesity and its complications. Obesity and its metabolic co-morbidities have given rise to a rapidly expanding ‘metabolic syndrome’ pandemic affecting hundreds of millions of individuals worldwide. The integrative genetic and environmental causes of the obesity pandemic remain elusive. White adipose tissue (WAT)-resident immune cells have recently been highlighted as important factors contributing to metabolic complications. However, a comprehensive understanding of the regulatory circuits governing their function and the cell type-specific mechanisms by which they contribute to the development of metabolic syndrome is lacking. Likewise, the gut microbiome has been suggested as a critical regulator of obesity, but the bacterial species and metabolites that influence WAT inflammation are entirely unknown. We propose to use our recently developed high-throughput genomic and gnotobiotic tools, integrated with CRISPR-mediated interrogation of gene function, microbial culturomics, and in-vivo metabolic analysis in newly generated mouse models, in order to achieve a new level of molecular understanding of how WAT immune cells integrate environmental cues into their crosstalk with organismal metabolism, and to explore the microbial contributions to the molecular etiology of WAT inflammation in the pathogenesis of diet-induced obesity. Specifically, we aim to (a) decipher the global regulatory landscape and interaction networks of WAT hematopoietic cells at the single-cell level, (b) identify new mediators of WAT immune cell contributions to metabolic homeostasis, and (c) decode how host-microbiome communication shapes the development of WAT inflammation and obesity. Unraveling the principles of WAT immune cell regulation and their amenability to change by host-microbiota interactions may lead to a conceptual leap forward in our understanding of metabolic physiology and disease. Concomitantly, it may generate a platform for microbiome-based personalized therapy against obesity and its complications. Project acronym ATOP Project Atomically-engineered nonlinear photonics with two-dimensional layered material superlattices Researcher (PI) zhipei SUN Summary The project aims at introducing a paradigm shift in the development of nonlinear photonics with atomically-engineered two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals superlattices (2DSs). Monolayer 2D materials have large optical nonlinear susceptibilities, a few orders of magnitude larger than typical traditional bulk materials. However, nonlinear frequency conversion efficiency of monolayer 2D materials is typically weak mainly due to their extremely short interaction length (~atomic scale) and relatively large absorption coefficient (e.g.,>5×10^7 m^-1 in the visible range for graphene and MoS2 after thickness normalization). In this context, I will construct atomically-engineered heterojunctions based 2DSs to significantly enhance the nonlinear optical responses of 2D materials by coherently increasing light-matter interaction length and efficiently creating fundamentally new physical properties (e.g., reducing optical loss and increasing nonlinear susceptibilities). The concrete project objectives are to theoretically calculate, experimentally fabricate and study optical nonlinearities of 2DSs for next-generation nonlinear photonics at the nanoscale. More specifically, I will use 2DSs as new building blocks to develop three of the most disruptive nonlinear photonic devices: (1) on-chip optical parametric generation sources; (2) broadband Terahertz sources; (3) high-purity photon-pair emitters. These devices will lead to a breakthrough technology to enable highly-integrated, high-efficient and wideband lab-on-chip photonic systems with unprecedented performance in system size, power consumption, flexibility and reliability, ideally fitting numerous growing and emerging applications, e.g. metrology, portable sensing/imaging, and quantum-communications. Based on my proven track record and my pioneering work on 2D materials based photonics and optoelectronics, I believe I will accomplish this ambitious frontier research program with a strong interdisciplinary nature. The project aims at introducing a paradigm shift in the development of nonlinear photonics with atomically-engineered two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals superlattices (2DSs). Monolayer 2D materials have large optical nonlinear susceptibilities, a few orders of magnitude larger than typical traditional bulk materials. However, nonlinear frequency conversion efficiency of monolayer 2D materials is typically weak mainly due to their extremely short interaction length (~atomic scale) and relatively large absorption coefficient (e.g.,>5×10^7 m^-1 in the visible range for graphene and MoS2 after thickness normalization). In this context, I will construct atomically-engineered heterojunctions based 2DSs to significantly enhance the nonlinear optical responses of 2D materials by coherently increasing light-matter interaction length and efficiently creating fundamentally new physical properties (e.g., reducing optical loss and increasing nonlinear susceptibilities). The concrete project objectives are to theoretically calculate, experimentally fabricate and study optical nonlinearities of 2DSs for next-generation nonlinear photonics at the nanoscale. More specifically, I will use 2DSs as new building blocks to develop three of the most disruptive nonlinear photonic devices: (1) on-chip optical parametric generation sources; (2) broadband Terahertz sources; (3) high-purity photon-pair emitters. These devices will lead to a breakthrough technology to enable highly-integrated, high-efficient and wideband lab-on-chip photonic systems with unprecedented performance in system size, power consumption, flexibility and reliability, ideally fitting numerous growing and emerging applications, e.g. metrology, portable sensing/imaging, and quantum-communications. Based on my proven track record and my pioneering work on 2D materials based photonics and optoelectronics, I believe I will accomplish this ambitious frontier research program with a strong interdisciplinary nature. Project acronym BRITE Project Elucidating the molecular mechanisms underlying brite adipocyte specification and activation Researcher (PI) Ferdinand VON MEYENN Summary Brown adipocytes can dissipate energy in a process called adaptive thermogenesis. Whilst the classical brown adipose tissue (BAT) depots disappear during early life in humans, cold exposure can promote the appearance of brown-like adipocytes within the white adipose tissue (WAT), termed brite (brown-in-white). Increased BAT activity results in increased energy expenditure and has been correlated with leanness in humans. Hence, recruitment of brite adipocytes may constitute a promising therapeutic strategy to treat obesity and its associated metabolic diseases. Despite the beneficial metabolic properties of brown and brite adipocytes, little is known about the molecular mechanisms underlying their specification and activation in vivo. This proposal focuses on understanding the complex biology of thermogenic adipocyte biology by studying the epigenetic and transcriptional aspects of WAT britening and BAT recruitment in vivo to identify pathways of therapeutic relevance and to better define the brite precursor cells. Specific aims are to 1) investigate epigenetic and transcriptional states and heterogeneity in human and mouse adipose tissue; 2) develop a novel time-resolved method to correlate preceding chromatin states and cell fate decisions during adipose tissue remodelling; 3) identify and validate key (drugable) epigenetic and transcriptional regulators involved in brite adipocyte specification. Experimentally, I will use adipose tissue samples from human donors and mouse models, to asses at the single-cell level cellular heterogeneity, transcriptional and epigenetic states, to identify subpopulations, and to define the adaptive responses to cold or β-adrenergic stimulation. Using computational methods and in vitro and in vivo validation experiments, I will define epigenetic and transcriptional networks that control WAT britening, and develop a model of the molecular events underlying adipocyte tissue plasticity. Brown adipocytes can dissipate energy in a process called adaptive thermogenesis. Whilst the classical brown adipose tissue (BAT) depots disappear during early life in humans, cold exposure can promote the appearance of brown-like adipocytes within the white adipose tissue (WAT), termed brite (brown-in-white). Increased BAT activity results in increased energy expenditure and has been correlated with leanness in humans. Hence, recruitment of brite adipocytes may constitute a promising therapeutic strategy to treat obesity and its associated metabolic diseases. Despite the beneficial metabolic properties of brown and brite adipocytes, little is known about the molecular mechanisms underlying their specification and activation in vivo. This proposal focuses on understanding the complex biology of thermogenic adipocyte biology by studying the epigenetic and transcriptional aspects of WAT britening and BAT recruitment in vivo to identify pathways of therapeutic relevance and to better define the brite precursor cells. Specific aims are to 1) investigate epigenetic and transcriptional states and heterogeneity in human and mouse adipose tissue; 2) develop a novel time-resolved method to correlate preceding chromatin states and cell fate decisions during adipose tissue remodelling; 3) identify and validate key (drugable) epigenetic and transcriptional regulators involved in brite adipocyte specification. Experimentally, I will use adipose tissue samples from human donors and mouse models, to asses at the single-cell level cellular heterogeneity, transcriptional and epigenetic states, to identify subpopulations, and to define the adaptive responses to cold or β-adrenergic stimulation. Using computational methods and in vitro and in vivo validation experiments, I will define epigenetic and transcriptional networks that control WAT britening, and develop a model of the molecular events underlying adipocyte tissue plasticity. Project acronym CellProbe Project CellProbe: Microfluidic probe for simultaneous tagging and extraction of single cells Researcher (PI) Govindkrishna KAIGALA Host Institution (HI) IBM RESEARCH GMBH Call Details Proof of Concept (PoC), ERC-2018-PoC Summary Having developed a liquid scanning probe - microfluidic probe (MFP) - for creating spatially-defined microscale biochemical environments and microscale molecular assays within the ERC-BioProbe project, in this proof-of-concept project, - CellProbe - we seek to leverage this technology toward realization of a commercially viable single-cell analysis platform Having developed a liquid scanning probe - microfluidic probe (MFP) - for creating spatially-defined microscale biochemical environments and microscale molecular assays within the ERC-BioProbe project, in this proof-of-concept project, - CellProbe - we seek to leverage this technology toward realization of a commercially viable single-cell analysis platform Project acronym CONTROL Project Behavioral Foundations of Power and Control Researcher (PI) Holger HERZ Host Institution (HI) UNIVERSITE DE FRIBOURG Summary Power relations are an integral part of economic organizations, as well as political and social institutions. People exercise power over others – or are exposed to the power of others – in government, in firms, and even in families. People care deeply about power and autonomy, and attitudes towards them have important economic and societal consequences. Examples include such diverse matters as the willingness to delegate power to government, empire building in public organizations, or sorting into more or less autonomous jobs. Despite their importance, we have remarkably little knowledge about preferences for power and autonomy. Clearly, power and autonomy are valued for being instrumental in achieving desirable outcomes, but it has also long been argued that they are valuable for their own sake. Existing value measures of power and autonomy, however, fail to distinguish between intrinsic and instrumental value components. Power distance and autonomy are even considered to be cultural values, but we don’t know whether differences in such measures are rooted in differences in the instrumental value or differences in preferences. We propose a novel revealed preference approach that allows us to address this shortcoming by separately measuring the intrinsic value of power and the intrinsic value of autonomy. We can then apply this method to properly assess heterogeneity in such values within and across cultures. By combining our measures with other data, we will be able to study the importance of such preferences in explaining individual differences, such as occupational choices or expressed political views, as well as economic outcomes across countries, such as the level of decentralization in economic organizations. Finally, we will study how behavioral reactions to power interact with such preferences and organizational structure, in order to better understand how institutions can be efficiently designed when behavioral reactions to power are accounted for. Power relations are an integral part of economic organizations, as well as political and social institutions. People exercise power over others – or are exposed to the power of others – in government, in firms, and even in families. People care deeply about power and autonomy, and attitudes towards them have important economic and societal consequences. Examples include such diverse matters as the willingness to delegate power to government, empire building in public organizations, or sorting into more or less autonomous jobs. Despite their importance, we have remarkably little knowledge about preferences for power and autonomy. Clearly, power and autonomy are valued for being instrumental in achieving desirable outcomes, but it has also long been argued that they are valuable for their own sake. Existing value measures of power and autonomy, however, fail to distinguish between intrinsic and instrumental value components. Power distance and autonomy are even considered to be cultural values, but we don’t know whether differences in such measures are rooted in differences in the instrumental value or differences in preferences. We propose a novel revealed preference approach that allows us to address this shortcoming by separately measuring the intrinsic value of power and the intrinsic value of autonomy. We can then apply this method to properly assess heterogeneity in such values within and across cultures. By combining our measures with other data, we will be able to study the importance of such preferences in explaining individual differences, such as occupational choices or expressed political views, as well as economic outcomes across countries, such as the level of decentralization in economic organizations. Finally, we will study how behavioral reactions to power interact with such preferences and organizational structure, in order to better understand how institutions can be efficiently designed when behavioral reactions to power are accounted for. Project acronym CoPathoPhage Project Pathogen-phage cooperation during mammalian infection Researcher (PI) Anat Herskovits Summary Most bacterial pathogens are lysogens, namely carry DNA of active phages within their genome, referred to as prophages. While these prophages have the potential to turn under stress into infective viruses which kill their host bacterium in a matter of minutes, it is unclear how pathogens manage to survive this internal threat under the stresses imposed by their invasion into mammalian cells. In the proposed project, we will study the hypothesis that a complex bacteria-phage cooperative adaptation supports virulence during mammalian infection while preventing inadvertent killing by phages. Several years ago, we uncovered a novel pathogen-phage interaction, in which an infective prophage promotes the virulence of its host, the bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes (Lm), via adaptive behaviour. More recently, we discovered that the prophage, though fully infective, is non-autonomous- completely dependent on regulatory factors derived from inactive prophage remnants that reside in the Lm chromosome. These findings lead us to propose that the intimate cross-regulatory interactions between all phage elements within the genome (infective and remnant), are crucial in promoting bacteria-phage patho-adaptive behaviours in the mammalian niche and thereby bacterial virulence. In the proposed project, we will investigate specific cross-regulatory and cooperative mechanisms of all the phage elements, study the domestication of phage remnant-derived regulatory factors, and examine the hypothesis that they collectively form an auxiliary phage-control system that tempers infective phages. Finally, we will examine the premise that the mammalian niche drives the evolution of temperate phages into patho-adaptive phages, and that phages that lack this adaptation may kill host pathogens during infection. This work is expected to provide novel insights into bacteria-phage coexistence in mammalian environments and to facilitate the development of innovative phage therapy strategies. Most bacterial pathogens are lysogens, namely carry DNA of active phages within their genome, referred to as prophages. While these prophages have the potential to turn under stress into infective viruses which kill their host bacterium in a matter of minutes, it is unclear how pathogens manage to survive this internal threat under the stresses imposed by their invasion into mammalian cells. In the proposed project, we will study the hypothesis that a complex bacteria-phage cooperative adaptation supports virulence during mammalian infection while preventing inadvertent killing by phages. Several years ago, we uncovered a novel pathogen-phage interaction, in which an infective prophage promotes the virulence of its host, the bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes (Lm), via adaptive behaviour. More recently, we discovered that the prophage, though fully infective, is non-autonomous- completely dependent on regulatory factors derived from inactive prophage remnants that reside in the Lm chromosome. These findings lead us to propose that the intimate cross-regulatory interactions between all phage elements within the genome (infective and remnant), are crucial in promoting bacteria-phage patho-adaptive behaviours in the mammalian niche and thereby bacterial virulence. In the proposed project, we will investigate specific cross-regulatory and cooperative mechanisms of all the phage elements, study the domestication of phage remnant-derived regulatory factors, and examine the hypothesis that they collectively form an auxiliary phage-control system that tempers infective phages. Finally, we will examine the premise that the mammalian niche drives the evolution of temperate phages into patho-adaptive phages, and that phages that lack this adaptation may kill host pathogens during infection. This work is expected to provide novel insights into bacteria-phage coexistence in mammalian environments and to facilitate the development of innovative phage therapy strategies. Project acronym HARMONIC Project Discrete harmonic analysis for computer science Researcher (PI) Yuval FILMUS Summary Boolean function analysis is a topic of research at the heart of theoretical computer science. It studies functions on n input bits (for example, functions computed by Boolean circuits) from a spectral perspective, by treating them as real-valued functions on the group Z_2^n, and using techniques from Fourier and functional analysis. Boolean function analysis has been applied to a wide variety of areas within theoretical computer science, including hardness of approximation, learning theory, coding theory, and quantum complexity theory. Despite its immense usefulness, Boolean function analysis has limited scope, since it is only appropriate for studying functions on {0,1}^n (a domain known as the Boolean hypercube). Discrete harmonic analysis is the study of functions on domains possessing richer algebraic structure such as the symmetric group (the group of all permutations), using techniques from representation theory and Sperner theory. The considerable success of Boolean function analysis suggests that discrete harmonic analysis could likewise play a central role in theoretical computer science. The goal of this proposal is to systematically develop discrete harmonic analysis on a broad variety of domains, with an eye toward applications in several areas of theoretical computer science. We will generalize classical results of Boolean function analysis beyond the Boolean hypercube, to domains such as finite groups, association schemes (a generalization of finite groups), the quantum analog of the Boolean hypercube, and high-dimensional expanders (high-dimensional analogs of expander graphs). Potential applications include a quantum PCP theorem and two outstanding open questions in hardness of approximation: the Unique Games Conjecture and the Sliding Scale Conjecture. Beyond these concrete applications, we expect that the fundamental results we prove will have many other applications that are hard to predict in advance. Boolean function analysis is a topic of research at the heart of theoretical computer science. It studies functions on n input bits (for example, functions computed by Boolean circuits) from a spectral perspective, by treating them as real-valued functions on the group Z_2^n, and using techniques from Fourier and functional analysis. Boolean function analysis has been applied to a wide variety of areas within theoretical computer science, including hardness of approximation, learning theory, coding theory, and quantum complexity theory. Despite its immense usefulness, Boolean function analysis has limited scope, since it is only appropriate for studying functions on {0,1}^n (a domain known as the Boolean hypercube). Discrete harmonic analysis is the study of functions on domains possessing richer algebraic structure such as the symmetric group (the group of all permutations), using techniques from representation theory and Sperner theory. The considerable success of Boolean function analysis suggests that discrete harmonic analysis could likewise play a central role in theoretical computer science. The goal of this proposal is to systematically develop discrete harmonic analysis on a broad variety of domains, with an eye toward applications in several areas of theoretical computer science. We will generalize classical results of Boolean function analysis beyond the Boolean hypercube, to domains such as finite groups, association schemes (a generalization of finite groups), the quantum analog of the Boolean hypercube, and high-dimensional expanders (high-dimensional analogs of expander graphs). Potential applications include a quantum PCP theorem and two outstanding open questions in hardness of approximation: the Unique Games Conjecture and the Sliding Scale Conjecture. Beyond these concrete applications, we expect that the fundamental results we prove will have many other applications that are hard to predict in advance. Project acronym ICOPT Project Fundamental Problems at the Interface of Combinatorial Optimization with Integer Programming and Online Optimization Researcher (PI) Rico Zenklusen Summary The goal of this proposal is to leverage and significantly extend techniques from the field of Combinatorial Optimization to address some fundamental open algorithmic questions in other, related areas, namely Integer Programming and Online Optimization. More precisely, we focus on the following three thrusts, which share many combinatorial features: - Integer programming with bounded subdeterminants. - Expressive power of mixed-integer linear formulations. - The matroid secretary conjecture, a key online selection problem. Recent significant progress, in which the PI played a central role, combined with new ideas, give hope to obtain breakthrough results in these fields. Many of the questions we consider are long-standing open problems in their respective area, and any progress is thus likely to be a significant contribution to Mathematical Optimization and Theoretical Computer Science. However, equally importantly, if progress can be achieved through the suggested methodologies, then this would create intriguing new links between different fields, which was a key driver in the selection of the above research thrusts. The goal of this proposal is to leverage and significantly extend techniques from the field of Combinatorial Optimization to address some fundamental open algorithmic questions in other, related areas, namely Integer Programming and Online Optimization. More precisely, we focus on the following three thrusts, which share many combinatorial features: - Integer programming with bounded subdeterminants. - Expressive power of mixed-integer linear formulations. - The matroid secretary conjecture, a key online selection problem. Recent significant progress, in which the PI played a central role, combined with new ideas, give hope to obtain breakthrough results in these fields. Many of the questions we consider are long-standing open problems in their respective area, and any progress is thus likely to be a significant contribution to Mathematical Optimization and Theoretical Computer Science. However, equally importantly, if progress can be achieved through the suggested methodologies, then this would create intriguing new links between different fields, which was a key driver in the selection of the above research thrusts. Project acronym PCPABF Project Challenging Computational Infeasibility: PCP and Boolean functions Researcher (PI) Shmuel Avraham Safra Summary Computer Science, in particular, Analysis of Algorithms and Computational-Complexity theory, classify algorithmic-problems into feasible ones and those that cannot be efficiently-solved. Many fundamental problems were shown NP-hard, therefore, unless P=NP, they are infeasible. Consequently, research efforts shifted towards approximation algorithms, which find close-to-optimal solutions for NP-hard optimization problems. The PCP Theorem and its application to infeasibility of approximation establish that, unless P=NP, there are no efficient approximation algorithms for numerous classical problems; research that won the authors --the PI included-- the 2001 Godel prize. To show infeasibility of approximation of some fundamental problems, however, a stronger PCP was postulated in 2002, namely, Khot's Unique-Games Conjecture. It has transformed our understanding of optimization problems, provoked new tools in order to refute it and motivating new sophisticated techniques aimed at proving it. Recently Khot, Minzer (a student of the PI) and the PI proved a related conjecture: the 2-to-2-Games conjecture (our paper just won Best Paper award at FOCS'18). In light of that progress, recognized by the community as half the distance towards the Unique-Games conjecture, resolving the Unique-Games conjecture seems much more likely. A field that plays a crucial role in this progress is Analysis of Boolean-functions. For the recent breakthrough we had to dive deep into expansion properties of the Grassmann-graph. The insight was subsequently applied to achieve much awaited progress on fundamental properties of the Johnson-graph. With the emergence of cloud-computing, cryptocurrency, public-ledger and Blockchain technologies, the PCP methodology has found new and exciting applications. This framework governs SNARKs, which is a new, emerging technology, and the ZCASH technology on top of Blockchain. This is a thriving research area, but also an extremely vibrant High-Tech sector. Computer Science, in particular, Analysis of Algorithms and Computational-Complexity theory, classify algorithmic-problems into feasible ones and those that cannot be efficiently-solved. Many fundamental problems were shown NP-hard, therefore, unless P=NP, they are infeasible. Consequently, research efforts shifted towards approximation algorithms, which find close-to-optimal solutions for NP-hard optimization problems. The PCP Theorem and its application to infeasibility of approximation establish that, unless P=NP, there are no efficient approximation algorithms for numerous classical problems; research that won the authors --the PI included-- the 2001 Godel prize. To show infeasibility of approximation of some fundamental problems, however, a stronger PCP was postulated in 2002, namely, Khot's Unique-Games Conjecture. It has transformed our understanding of optimization problems, provoked new tools in order to refute it and motivating new sophisticated techniques aimed at proving it. Recently Khot, Minzer (a student of the PI) and the PI proved a related conjecture: the 2-to-2-Games conjecture (our paper just won Best Paper award at FOCS'18). In light of that progress, recognized by the community as half the distance towards the Unique-Games conjecture, resolving the Unique-Games conjecture seems much more likely. A field that plays a crucial role in this progress is Analysis of Boolean-functions. For the recent breakthrough we had to dive deep into expansion properties of the Grassmann-graph. The insight was subsequently applied to achieve much awaited progress on fundamental properties of the Johnson-graph. With the emergence of cloud-computing, cryptocurrency, public-ledger and Blockchain technologies, the PCP methodology has found new and exciting applications. This framework governs SNARKs, which is a new, emerging technology, and the ZCASH technology on top of Blockchain. This is a thriving research area, but also an extremely vibrant High-Tech sector.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line16847
__label__cc	0.63481	0.36519	(-) Remove (PE) Physical Sciences & Engineering (614) filter (PE) Physical Sciences & Engineering (614) (-) Remove <label class='research-domain' title='Computer Science and Informatics'>PE6 (105)</label> filter PE6 (105) (-) Remove <label class='research-domain' title='Systems and Communication Engineering'>PE7 (58)</label> filter PE7 (58) (-) Remove <label class='research-domain' title='Products and Processes Engineering'>PE8 (41)</label> filter PE8 (41) (-) Remove <label class='research-domain' title='Earth System Science'>PE10 (39)</label> filter PE10 (39) Czechia (21) Apply Czechia filter (-) Remove Hungary (40) filter Hungary (40) (-) Remove Israel (292) filter Israel (292) (-) Remove Slovakia (0) filter Slovakia (0) (-) Remove Switzerland (397) filter Switzerland (397) Project acronym 2DNanoSpec Project Nanoscale Vibrational Spectroscopy of Sensitive 2D Molecular Materials Researcher (PI) Renato ZENOBI Summary I propose to investigate the nanometer scale organization of delicate 2-dimensional molecular materials using nanoscale vibrational spectroscopy. 2D structures are of great scientific and technological importance, for example as novel materials (graphene, MoS2, WS2, etc.), and in the form of biological membranes and synthetic 2D-polymers. Powerful methods for their analysis and imaging with molecular selectivity and sufficient spatial resolution, however, are lacking. Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) allows label-free spectroscopic identification of molecular species, with ≈10 nm spatial resolution, and with single molecule sensitivity for strong Raman scatterers. So far, however, TERS is not being carried out in liquids, which is the natural environment for membranes, and its application to poor Raman scatterers such as components of 2D polymers, lipids, or other membrane compounds (proteins, sugars) is difficult. TERS has the potential to overcome the restrictions of other optical/spectroscopic methods to study 2D materials, namely (i) insufficient spatial resolution of diffraction-limited optical methods; (ii) the need for labelling for all methods relying on fluorescence; and (iii) the inability of some methods to work in liquids. I propose to address a number of scientific questions associated with the spatial organization, and the occurrence of defects in sensitive 2D molecular materials. The success of these studies will also rely critically on technical innovations of TERS that notably address the problem of energy dissipation. This will for the first time allow its application to study of complex, delicate 2D molecular systems without photochemical damage. I propose to investigate the nanometer scale organization of delicate 2-dimensional molecular materials using nanoscale vibrational spectroscopy. 2D structures are of great scientific and technological importance, for example as novel materials (graphene, MoS2, WS2, etc.), and in the form of biological membranes and synthetic 2D-polymers. Powerful methods for their analysis and imaging with molecular selectivity and sufficient spatial resolution, however, are lacking. Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) allows label-free spectroscopic identification of molecular species, with ≈10 nm spatial resolution, and with single molecule sensitivity for strong Raman scatterers. So far, however, TERS is not being carried out in liquids, which is the natural environment for membranes, and its application to poor Raman scatterers such as components of 2D polymers, lipids, or other membrane compounds (proteins, sugars) is difficult. TERS has the potential to overcome the restrictions of other optical/spectroscopic methods to study 2D materials, namely (i) insufficient spatial resolution of diffraction-limited optical methods; (ii) the need for labelling for all methods relying on fluorescence; and (iii) the inability of some methods to work in liquids. I propose to address a number of scientific questions associated with the spatial organization, and the occurrence of defects in sensitive 2D molecular materials. The success of these studies will also rely critically on technical innovations of TERS that notably address the problem of energy dissipation. This will for the first time allow its application to study of complex, delicate 2D molecular systems without photochemical damage. Project acronym 2STEPPARKIN Project A novel two-step model for neurodegeneration in Parkinson’s disease Researcher (PI) Emi Nagoshi Host Institution (HI) UNIVERSITE DE GENEVE Summary Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder primarily caused by the progressive loss of dopaminergic (DA) neurons in the substantia nigra (SN). Despite the advances in gene discovery associated with PD, the knowledge of the PD pathogenesis is largely limited to the involvement of these genes in the generic cell death pathways, and why degeneration is specific to DA neurons and why the degeneration is progressive remain enigmatic. Broad goal of our work is therefore to elucidate the mechanisms underlying specific and progressive DA neuron degeneration in PD. Our new Drosophila model of PD ⎯Fer2 gene loss-of-function mutation⎯ is unusually well suited to address these questions. Fer2 mutants exhibit specific and progressive death of brain DA neurons as well as severe locomotor defects and short life span. Strikingly, the death of DA neuron is initiated in a small cluster of Fer2-expressing DA neurons and subsequently propagates to Fer2-negative DA neurons. We therefore propose a novel two-step model of the neurodegeneration in PD: primary cell death occurs in a specific subset of dopamindegic neurons that are genetically defined, and subsequently the failure of the neuronal connectivity triggers and propagates secondary cell death to remaining DA neurons. In this research, we will test this hypothesis and investigate the underlying molecular mechanisms. This will be the first study to examine circuit-dependency in DA neuron degeneration. Our approach will use a combination of non-biased genomic techniques and candidate-based screening, in addition to the powerful Drosophila genetic toolbox. Furthermore, to test this hypothesis beyond the Drosophila model, we will establish new mouse models of PD that exhibit progressive DA neuron degeneration. Outcome of this research will likely revolutionize the understanding of PD pathogenesis and open an avenue toward the discovery of effective therapy strategies against PD. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder primarily caused by the progressive loss of dopaminergic (DA) neurons in the substantia nigra (SN). Despite the advances in gene discovery associated with PD, the knowledge of the PD pathogenesis is largely limited to the involvement of these genes in the generic cell death pathways, and why degeneration is specific to DA neurons and why the degeneration is progressive remain enigmatic. Broad goal of our work is therefore to elucidate the mechanisms underlying specific and progressive DA neuron degeneration in PD. Our new Drosophila model of PD ⎯Fer2 gene loss-of-function mutation⎯ is unusually well suited to address these questions. Fer2 mutants exhibit specific and progressive death of brain DA neurons as well as severe locomotor defects and short life span. Strikingly, the death of DA neuron is initiated in a small cluster of Fer2-expressing DA neurons and subsequently propagates to Fer2-negative DA neurons. We therefore propose a novel two-step model of the neurodegeneration in PD: primary cell death occurs in a specific subset of dopamindegic neurons that are genetically defined, and subsequently the failure of the neuronal connectivity triggers and propagates secondary cell death to remaining DA neurons. In this research, we will test this hypothesis and investigate the underlying molecular mechanisms. This will be the first study to examine circuit-dependency in DA neuron degeneration. Our approach will use a combination of non-biased genomic techniques and candidate-based screening, in addition to the powerful Drosophila genetic toolbox. Furthermore, to test this hypothesis beyond the Drosophila model, we will establish new mouse models of PD that exhibit progressive DA neuron degeneration. Outcome of this research will likely revolutionize the understanding of PD pathogenesis and open an avenue toward the discovery of effective therapy strategies against PD. Project acronym 4DVIDEO Project 4DVideo: 4D spatio-temporal modeling of real-world events from video streams Researcher (PI) Marc Pollefeys Summary The focus of this project is the development of algorithms that allow one to capture and analyse dynamic events taking place in the real world. For this, we intend to develop smart camera networks that can perform a multitude of observation tasks, ranging from surveillance and tracking to high-fidelity, immersive reconstructions of important dynamic events (i.e. 4D videos). There are many fundamental questions in computer vision associated with these problems. Can the geometric, topologic and photometric properties of the camera network be obtained from live images? What is changing about the environment in which the network is embedded? How much information can be obtained from dynamic events that are observed by the network? What if the camera network consists of a random collection of sensors that happened to observe a particular event (think hand-held cell phone cameras)? Do we need synchronization? Those questions become even more challenging if one considers active camera networks that can adapt to the vision task at hand. How should resources be prioritized for different tasks? Can we derive optimal strategies to control camera parameters such as pan, tilt and zoom, trade-off resolution, frame-rate and bandwidth? More fundamentally, seeing cameras as points that sample incoming light rays and camera networks as a distributed sensor, how does one decide which rays should be sampled? Many of those issues are particularly interesting when we consider time-varying events. Both spatial and temporal resolution are important and heterogeneous frame-rates and resolution can offer advantages. Prior knowledge or information obtained from earlier samples can be used to restrict the possible range of solutions (e.g. smoothness assumption and motion prediction). My goal is to obtain fundamental answers to many of those question based on thorough theoretical analysis combined with practical algorithms that are proven on real applications. The focus of this project is the development of algorithms that allow one to capture and analyse dynamic events taking place in the real world. For this, we intend to develop smart camera networks that can perform a multitude of observation tasks, ranging from surveillance and tracking to high-fidelity, immersive reconstructions of important dynamic events (i.e. 4D videos). There are many fundamental questions in computer vision associated with these problems. Can the geometric, topologic and photometric properties of the camera network be obtained from live images? What is changing about the environment in which the network is embedded? How much information can be obtained from dynamic events that are observed by the network? What if the camera network consists of a random collection of sensors that happened to observe a particular event (think hand-held cell phone cameras)? Do we need synchronization? Those questions become even more challenging if one considers active camera networks that can adapt to the vision task at hand. How should resources be prioritized for different tasks? Can we derive optimal strategies to control camera parameters such as pan, tilt and zoom, trade-off resolution, frame-rate and bandwidth? More fundamentally, seeing cameras as points that sample incoming light rays and camera networks as a distributed sensor, how does one decide which rays should be sampled? Many of those issues are particularly interesting when we consider time-varying events. Both spatial and temporal resolution are important and heterogeneous frame-rates and resolution can offer advantages. Prior knowledge or information obtained from earlier samples can be used to restrict the possible range of solutions (e.g. smoothness assumption and motion prediction). My goal is to obtain fundamental answers to many of those question based on thorough theoretical analysis combined with practical algorithms that are proven on real applications. Project acronym 5D-NanoTrack Project Five-Dimensional Localization Microscopy for Sub-Cellular Dynamics Researcher (PI) Yoav SHECHTMAN Summary The sub-cellular processes that control the most critical aspects of life occur in three-dimensions (3D), and are intrinsically dynamic. While super-resolution microscopy has revolutionized cellular imaging in recent years, our current capability to observe the dynamics of life on the nanoscale is still extremely limited, due to inherent trade-offs between spatial, temporal and spectral resolution using existing approaches. We propose to develop and demonstrate an optical microscopy methodology that would enable live sub-cellular observation in unprecedented detail. Making use of multicolor 3D point-spread-function (PSF) engineering, a technique I have recently developed, we will be able to simultaneously track multiple markers inside live cells, at high speed and in five-dimensions (3D, time, and color). Multicolor 3D PSF engineering holds the potential of being a uniquely powerful method for 5D tracking. However, it is not yet applicable to live-cell imaging, due to significant bottlenecks in optical engineering and signal processing, which we plan to overcome in this project. Importantly, we will also demonstrate the efficacy of our method using a challenging biological application: real-time visualization of chromatin dynamics - the spatiotemporal organization of DNA. This is a highly suitable problem due to its fundamental importance, its role in a variety of cellular processes, and the lack of appropriate tools for studying it. The project is divided into 3 aims: 1. Technology development: diffractive-element design for multicolor 3D PSFs. 2. System design: volumetric tracking of dense emitters. 3. Live-cell measurements: chromatin dynamics. Looking ahead, here we create the imaging tools that pave the way towards the holy grail of chromatin visualization: dynamic observation of the 3D positions of the ~3 billion DNA base-pairs in a live human cell. Beyond that, our results will be applicable to numerous 3D micro/nanoscale tracking applications. The sub-cellular processes that control the most critical aspects of life occur in three-dimensions (3D), and are intrinsically dynamic. While super-resolution microscopy has revolutionized cellular imaging in recent years, our current capability to observe the dynamics of life on the nanoscale is still extremely limited, due to inherent trade-offs between spatial, temporal and spectral resolution using existing approaches. We propose to develop and demonstrate an optical microscopy methodology that would enable live sub-cellular observation in unprecedented detail. Making use of multicolor 3D point-spread-function (PSF) engineering, a technique I have recently developed, we will be able to simultaneously track multiple markers inside live cells, at high speed and in five-dimensions (3D, time, and color). Multicolor 3D PSF engineering holds the potential of being a uniquely powerful method for 5D tracking. However, it is not yet applicable to live-cell imaging, due to significant bottlenecks in optical engineering and signal processing, which we plan to overcome in this project. Importantly, we will also demonstrate the efficacy of our method using a challenging biological application: real-time visualization of chromatin dynamics - the spatiotemporal organization of DNA. This is a highly suitable problem due to its fundamental importance, its role in a variety of cellular processes, and the lack of appropriate tools for studying it. The project is divided into 3 aims: 1. Technology development: diffractive-element design for multicolor 3D PSFs. 2. System design: volumetric tracking of dense emitters. 3. Live-cell measurements: chromatin dynamics. Looking ahead, here we create the imaging tools that pave the way towards the holy grail of chromatin visualization: dynamic observation of the 3D positions of the ~3 billion DNA base-pairs in a live human cell. Beyond that, our results will be applicable to numerous 3D micro/nanoscale tracking applications. Project acronym ABATSYNAPSE Project Evolution of Alzheimer’s Disease: From dynamics of single synapses to memory loss Researcher (PI) Inna Slutsky Summary A persistent challenge in unravelling mechanisms that regulate memory function is how to bridge the gap between inter-molecular dynamics of single proteins, activity of individual synapses and emerging properties of neuronal circuits. The prototype condition of disintegrating neuronal circuits is Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). Since the early time of Alois Alzheimer at the turn of the 20th century, scientists have been searching for a molecular entity that is in the roots of the cognitive deficits. Although diverse lines of evidence suggest that the amyloid-beta peptide (Abeta) plays a central role in synaptic dysfunctions of AD, several key questions remain unresolved. First, endogenous Abeta peptides are secreted by neurons throughout life, but their physiological functions are largely unknown. Second, experience-dependent physiological mechanisms that initiate the changes in Abeta composition in sporadic, the most frequent form of AD, are unidentified. And finally, molecular mechanisms that trigger Abeta-induced synaptic failure and memory decline remain elusive. To target these questions, I propose to develop an integrative approach to correlate structure and function at the level of single synapses in hippocampal circuits. State-of-the-art techniques will enable the simultaneous real-time visualization of inter-molecular dynamics within signalling complexes and functional synaptic modifications. Utilizing FRET spectroscopy, high-resolution optical imaging, electrophysiology, molecular biology and biochemistry we will determine the casual relationship between ongoing neuronal activity, temporo-spatial dynamics and molecular composition of Abeta, structural rearrangements within the Abeta signalling complexes and plasticity of single synapses and whole networks. The proposed research will elucidate fundamental principles of neuronal circuits function and identify critical steps that initiate primary synaptic dysfunctions at the very early stages of sporadic AD. A persistent challenge in unravelling mechanisms that regulate memory function is how to bridge the gap between inter-molecular dynamics of single proteins, activity of individual synapses and emerging properties of neuronal circuits. The prototype condition of disintegrating neuronal circuits is Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). Since the early time of Alois Alzheimer at the turn of the 20th century, scientists have been searching for a molecular entity that is in the roots of the cognitive deficits. Although diverse lines of evidence suggest that the amyloid-beta peptide (Abeta) plays a central role in synaptic dysfunctions of AD, several key questions remain unresolved. First, endogenous Abeta peptides are secreted by neurons throughout life, but their physiological functions are largely unknown. Second, experience-dependent physiological mechanisms that initiate the changes in Abeta composition in sporadic, the most frequent form of AD, are unidentified. And finally, molecular mechanisms that trigger Abeta-induced synaptic failure and memory decline remain elusive. To target these questions, I propose to develop an integrative approach to correlate structure and function at the level of single synapses in hippocampal circuits. State-of-the-art techniques will enable the simultaneous real-time visualization of inter-molecular dynamics within signalling complexes and functional synaptic modifications. Utilizing FRET spectroscopy, high-resolution optical imaging, electrophysiology, molecular biology and biochemistry we will determine the casual relationship between ongoing neuronal activity, temporo-spatial dynamics and molecular composition of Abeta, structural rearrangements within the Abeta signalling complexes and plasticity of single synapses and whole networks. The proposed research will elucidate fundamental principles of neuronal circuits function and identify critical steps that initiate primary synaptic dysfunctions at the very early stages of sporadic AD. Project acronym AEROBIC Project Assessing the Effects of Rising O2 on Biogeochemical Cycles: Integrated Laboratory Experiments and Numerical Simulations Researcher (PI) Itay Halevy Summary The rise of atmospheric O2 ~2,500 million years ago is one of the most profound transitions in Earth's history. Yet, despite its central role in shaping Earth's surface environment, the cause for the rise of O2 remains poorly understood. Tight coupling between the O2 cycle and the biogeochemical cycles of redox-active elements, such as C, Fe and S, implies radical changes in these cycles before, during and after the rise of O2. These changes, too, are incompletely understood, but have left valuable information encoded in the geological record. This information has been qualitatively interpreted, leaving many aspects of the rise of O2, including its causes and constraints on ocean chemistry before and after it, topics of ongoing research and debate. Here, I outline a research program to address this fundamental question in geochemical Earth systems evolution. The inherently interdisciplinary program uniquely integrates laboratory experiments, numerical models, geological observations, and geochemical analyses. Laboratory experiments and geological observations will constrain unknown parameters of the early biogeochemical cycles, and, in combination with field studies, will validate and refine the use of paleoenvironmental proxies. The insight gained will be used to develop detailed models of the coupled biogeochemical cycles, which will themselves be used to quantitatively understand the events surrounding the rise of O2, and to illuminate the dynamics of elemental cycles in the early oceans. This program is expected to yield novel, quantitative insight into these important events in Earth history and to have a major impact on our understanding of early ocean chemistry and the rise of O2. An ERC Starting Grant will enable me to use the excellent experimental and computational facilities at my disposal, to access the outstanding human resource at the Weizmann Institute of Science, and to address one of the major open questions in modern geochemistry. The rise of atmospheric O2 ~2,500 million years ago is one of the most profound transitions in Earth's history. Yet, despite its central role in shaping Earth's surface environment, the cause for the rise of O2 remains poorly understood. Tight coupling between the O2 cycle and the biogeochemical cycles of redox-active elements, such as C, Fe and S, implies radical changes in these cycles before, during and after the rise of O2. These changes, too, are incompletely understood, but have left valuable information encoded in the geological record. This information has been qualitatively interpreted, leaving many aspects of the rise of O2, including its causes and constraints on ocean chemistry before and after it, topics of ongoing research and debate. Here, I outline a research program to address this fundamental question in geochemical Earth systems evolution. The inherently interdisciplinary program uniquely integrates laboratory experiments, numerical models, geological observations, and geochemical analyses. Laboratory experiments and geological observations will constrain unknown parameters of the early biogeochemical cycles, and, in combination with field studies, will validate and refine the use of paleoenvironmental proxies. The insight gained will be used to develop detailed models of the coupled biogeochemical cycles, which will themselves be used to quantitatively understand the events surrounding the rise of O2, and to illuminate the dynamics of elemental cycles in the early oceans. This program is expected to yield novel, quantitative insight into these important events in Earth history and to have a major impact on our understanding of early ocean chemistry and the rise of O2. An ERC Starting Grant will enable me to use the excellent experimental and computational facilities at my disposal, to access the outstanding human resource at the Weizmann Institute of Science, and to address one of the major open questions in modern geochemistry. Project acronym AGALT Project Asymptotic Geometric Analysis and Learning Theory Researcher (PI) Shahar Mendelson Summary In a typical learning problem one tries to approximate an unknown function by a function from a given class using random data, sampled according to an unknown measure. In this project we will be interested in parameters that govern the complexity of a learning problem. It turns out that this complexity is determined by the geometry of certain sets in high dimension that are connected to the given class (random coordinate projections of the class). Thus, one has to understand the structure of these sets as a function of the dimension - which is given by the cardinality of the random sample. The resulting analysis leads to many theoretical questions in Asymptotic Geometric Analysis, Probability (most notably, Empirical Processes Theory) and Combinatorics, which are of independent interest beyond the application to Learning Theory. Our main goal is to describe the role of various complexity parameters involved in a learning problem, to analyze the connections between them and to investigate the way they determine the geometry of the relevant high dimensional sets. Some of the questions we intend to tackle are well known open problems and making progress towards their solution will have a significant theoretical impact. Moreover, this project should lead to a more complete theory of learning and is likely to have some practical impact, for example, in the design of more efficient learning algorithms. In a typical learning problem one tries to approximate an unknown function by a function from a given class using random data, sampled according to an unknown measure. In this project we will be interested in parameters that govern the complexity of a learning problem. It turns out that this complexity is determined by the geometry of certain sets in high dimension that are connected to the given class (random coordinate projections of the class). Thus, one has to understand the structure of these sets as a function of the dimension - which is given by the cardinality of the random sample. The resulting analysis leads to many theoretical questions in Asymptotic Geometric Analysis, Probability (most notably, Empirical Processes Theory) and Combinatorics, which are of independent interest beyond the application to Learning Theory. Our main goal is to describe the role of various complexity parameters involved in a learning problem, to analyze the connections between them and to investigate the way they determine the geometry of the relevant high dimensional sets. Some of the questions we intend to tackle are well known open problems and making progress towards their solution will have a significant theoretical impact. Moreover, this project should lead to a more complete theory of learning and is likely to have some practical impact, for example, in the design of more efficient learning algorithms. Project acronym ALGILE Project Foundations of Algebraic and Dynamic Data Management Systems Researcher (PI) Christoph Koch Host Institution (HI) ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE Summary "Contemporary database query languages are ultimately founded on logic and feature an additive operation – usually a form of (multi)set union or disjunction – that is asymmetric in that additions or updates do not always have an inverse. This asymmetry puts a greater part of the machinery of abstract algebra for equation solving outside the reach of databases. However, such equation solving would be a key functionality that problems such as query equivalence testing and data integration could be reduced to: In the current scenario of the presence of an asymmetric additive operation they are undecidable. Moreover, query languages with a symmetric additive operation (i.e., which has an inverse and is thus based on ring theory) would open up databases for a large range of new scientific and mathematical applications. The goal of the proposed project is to reinvent database management systems with a foundation in abstract algebra and specifically in ring theory. The presence of an additive inverse allows to cleanly define differences between queries. This gives rise to a database analog of differential calculus that leads to radically new incremental and adaptive query evaluation algorithms that substantially outperform the state of the art techniques. These algorithms enable a new class of systems which I call Dynamic Data Management Systems. Such systems can maintain continuously fresh query views at extremely high update rates and have important applications in interactive Large-scale Data Analysis. There is a natural connection between differences and updates, motivating the group theoretic study of updates that will lead to better ways of creating out-of-core data processing algorithms for new storage devices. Basing queries on ring theory leads to a new class of systems, Algebraic Data Management Systems, which herald a convergence of database systems and computer algebra systems." "Contemporary database query languages are ultimately founded on logic and feature an additive operation – usually a form of (multi)set union or disjunction – that is asymmetric in that additions or updates do not always have an inverse. This asymmetry puts a greater part of the machinery of abstract algebra for equation solving outside the reach of databases. However, such equation solving would be a key functionality that problems such as query equivalence testing and data integration could be reduced to: In the current scenario of the presence of an asymmetric additive operation they are undecidable. Moreover, query languages with a symmetric additive operation (i.e., which has an inverse and is thus based on ring theory) would open up databases for a large range of new scientific and mathematical applications. The goal of the proposed project is to reinvent database management systems with a foundation in abstract algebra and specifically in ring theory. The presence of an additive inverse allows to cleanly define differences between queries. This gives rise to a database analog of differential calculus that leads to radically new incremental and adaptive query evaluation algorithms that substantially outperform the state of the art techniques. These algorithms enable a new class of systems which I call Dynamic Data Management Systems. Such systems can maintain continuously fresh query views at extremely high update rates and have important applications in interactive Large-scale Data Analysis. There is a natural connection between differences and updates, motivating the group theoretic study of updates that will lead to better ways of creating out-of-core data processing algorithms for new storage devices. Basing queries on ring theory leads to a new class of systems, Algebraic Data Management Systems, which herald a convergence of database systems and computer algebra systems." Project acronym AlgoHex Project Algorithmic Hexahedral Mesh Generation Researcher (PI) David Bommes Host Institution (HI) UNIVERSITAET BERN Summary "Digital geometry representations are nowadays a fundamental ingredient of many applications, as for instance CAD/CAM, fabrication, shape optimization, bio-medical engineering and numerical simulation. Among volumetric discretizations, the ""holy grail"" are hexahedral meshes, i.e. a decomposition of the domain into conforming cube-like elements. For simulations they offer accuracy and efficiency that cannot be obtained with alternatives like tetrahedral meshes, specifically when dealing with higher-order PDEs. So far, automatic hexahedral meshing of general volumetric domains is a long-standing, notoriously difficult and open problem. Our main goal is to develop algorithms for automatic hexahedral meshing of general volumetric domains that are (i) robust, (ii) scalable and (iii) offer precise control on regularity, approximation error and element sizing/anisotropy. Our approach is designed to replicate the success story of recent integer-grid map based algorithms for 2D quadrilateral meshing. The underlying methodology offers the essential global view on the problem that was lacking in previous attempts. Preliminary results of integer-grid map hexahedral meshing are promising and a breakthrough is in reach. We identified five challenges that need to be addressed in order to reach practically sufficient hexahedral mesh generation. These challenges have partly been resolved in 2D, however, the solutions do not generalize to 3D due to the increased mathematical complexity of 3D manifolds. Nevertheless, with our experience in developing and evaluating the 2D techniques, we identified the key properties that are necessary for success and accordingly propose novel volumetric counterparts that will be developed in the AlgoHex project." "Digital geometry representations are nowadays a fundamental ingredient of many applications, as for instance CAD/CAM, fabrication, shape optimization, bio-medical engineering and numerical simulation. Among volumetric discretizations, the ""holy grail"" are hexahedral meshes, i.e. a decomposition of the domain into conforming cube-like elements. For simulations they offer accuracy and efficiency that cannot be obtained with alternatives like tetrahedral meshes, specifically when dealing with higher-order PDEs. So far, automatic hexahedral meshing of general volumetric domains is a long-standing, notoriously difficult and open problem. Our main goal is to develop algorithms for automatic hexahedral meshing of general volumetric domains that are (i) robust, (ii) scalable and (iii) offer precise control on regularity, approximation error and element sizing/anisotropy. Our approach is designed to replicate the success story of recent integer-grid map based algorithms for 2D quadrilateral meshing. The underlying methodology offers the essential global view on the problem that was lacking in previous attempts. Preliminary results of integer-grid map hexahedral meshing are promising and a breakthrough is in reach. We identified five challenges that need to be addressed in order to reach practically sufficient hexahedral mesh generation. These challenges have partly been resolved in 2D, however, the solutions do not generalize to 3D due to the increased mathematical complexity of 3D manifolds. Nevertheless, with our experience in developing and evaluating the 2D techniques, we identified the key properties that are necessary for success and accordingly propose novel volumetric counterparts that will be developed in the AlgoHex project." Project acronym AlgoRNN Project Recurrent Neural Networks and Related Machines That Learn Algorithms Researcher (PI) Juergen Schmidhuber Host Institution (HI) UNIVERSITA DELLA SVIZZERA ITALIANA Summary Recurrent neural networks (RNNs) are general parallel-sequential computers. Some learn their programs or weights. Our supervised Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) RNNs were the first to win pattern recognition contests, and recently enabled best known results in speech and handwriting recognition, machine translation, etc. They are now available to billions of users through the world's most valuable public companies including Google and Apple. Nevertheless, in lots of real-world tasks RNNs do not yet live up to their full potential. Although universal in theory, in practice they fail to learn important types of algorithms. This ERC project will go far beyond today's best RNNs through novel RNN-like systems that address some of the biggest open RNN problems and hottest RNN research topics: (1) How can RNNs learn to control (through internal spotlights of attention) separate large short-memory structures such as sub-networks with fast weights, to improve performance on many natural short-term memory-intensive tasks which are currently hard to learn by RNNs, such as answering detailed questions on recently observed videos? (2) How can such RNN-like systems metalearn entire learning algorithms that outperform the original learning algorithms? (3) How to achieve efficient transfer learning from one RNN-learned set of problem-solving programs to new RNN programs solving new tasks? In other words, how can one RNN-like system actively learn to exploit algorithmic information contained in the programs running on another? We will test our systems existing benchmarks, and create new, more challenging multi-task benchmarks. This will be supported by a rather cheap, GPU-based mini-brain for implementing large RNNs. Recurrent neural networks (RNNs) are general parallel-sequential computers. Some learn their programs or weights. Our supervised Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) RNNs were the first to win pattern recognition contests, and recently enabled best known results in speech and handwriting recognition, machine translation, etc. They are now available to billions of users through the world's most valuable public companies including Google and Apple. Nevertheless, in lots of real-world tasks RNNs do not yet live up to their full potential. Although universal in theory, in practice they fail to learn important types of algorithms. This ERC project will go far beyond today's best RNNs through novel RNN-like systems that address some of the biggest open RNN problems and hottest RNN research topics: (1) How can RNNs learn to control (through internal spotlights of attention) separate large short-memory structures such as sub-networks with fast weights, to improve performance on many natural short-term memory-intensive tasks which are currently hard to learn by RNNs, such as answering detailed questions on recently observed videos? (2) How can such RNN-like systems metalearn entire learning algorithms that outperform the original learning algorithms? (3) How to achieve efficient transfer learning from one RNN-learned set of problem-solving programs to new RNN programs solving new tasks? In other words, how can one RNN-like system actively learn to exploit algorithmic information contained in the programs running on another? We will test our systems existing benchmarks, and create new, more challenging multi-task benchmarks. This will be supported by a rather cheap, GPU-based mini-brain for implementing large RNNs.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line16848
__label__cc	0.718476	0.281524	(-) Remove <label class='research-domain' title='The Study of the Human Past'>SH6 (34)</label> filter SH6 (34) Project acronym 3D-BioMat Project Deciphering biomineralization mechanisms through 3D explorations of mesoscale crystalline structure in calcareous biomaterials Researcher (PI) VIRGINIE CHAMARD Summary The fundamental 3D-BioMat project aims at providing a biomineralization model to explain the formation of microscopic calcareous single-crystals produced by living organisms. Although these crystals present a wide variety of shapes, associated to various organic materials, the observation of a nanoscale granular structure common to almost all calcareous crystallizing organisms, associated to an extended crystalline coherence, underlies a generic biomineralization and assembly process. A key to building realistic scenarios of biomineralization is to reveal the crystalline architecture, at the mesoscale, (i. e., over a few granules), which none of the existing nano-characterization tools is able to provide. 3D-BioMat is based on the recognized PI’s expertise in the field of synchrotron coherent x-ray diffraction microscopy. It will extend the PI’s disruptive pioneering microscopy formalism, towards an innovative high-throughput approach able at giving access to the 3D mesoscale image of the crystalline properties (crystal-line coherence, crystal plane tilts and strains) with the required flexibility, nanoscale resolution, and non-invasiveness. This achievement will be used to timely reveal the generics of the mesoscale crystalline structure through the pioneering explorations of a vast variety of crystalline biominerals produced by the famous Pinctada mar-garitifera oyster shell, and thereby build a realistic biomineralization scenario. The inferred biomineralization pathways, including both physico-chemical pathways and biological controls, will ultimately be validated by comparing the mesoscale structures produced by biomimetic samples with the biogenic ones. Beyond deciphering one of the most intriguing questions of material nanosciences, 3D-BioMat may contribute to new climate models, pave the way for new routes in material synthesis and supply answers to the pearl-culture calcification problems. The fundamental 3D-BioMat project aims at providing a biomineralization model to explain the formation of microscopic calcareous single-crystals produced by living organisms. Although these crystals present a wide variety of shapes, associated to various organic materials, the observation of a nanoscale granular structure common to almost all calcareous crystallizing organisms, associated to an extended crystalline coherence, underlies a generic biomineralization and assembly process. A key to building realistic scenarios of biomineralization is to reveal the crystalline architecture, at the mesoscale, (i. e., over a few granules), which none of the existing nano-characterization tools is able to provide. 3D-BioMat is based on the recognized PI’s expertise in the field of synchrotron coherent x-ray diffraction microscopy. It will extend the PI’s disruptive pioneering microscopy formalism, towards an innovative high-throughput approach able at giving access to the 3D mesoscale image of the crystalline properties (crystal-line coherence, crystal plane tilts and strains) with the required flexibility, nanoscale resolution, and non-invasiveness. This achievement will be used to timely reveal the generics of the mesoscale crystalline structure through the pioneering explorations of a vast variety of crystalline biominerals produced by the famous Pinctada mar-garitifera oyster shell, and thereby build a realistic biomineralization scenario. The inferred biomineralization pathways, including both physico-chemical pathways and biological controls, will ultimately be validated by comparing the mesoscale structures produced by biomimetic samples with the biogenic ones. Beyond deciphering one of the most intriguing questions of material nanosciences, 3D-BioMat may contribute to new climate models, pave the way for new routes in material synthesis and supply answers to the pearl-culture calcification problems. Project acronym 3DICE Project 3D Interstellar Chemo-physical Evolution Researcher (PI) Valentine Wakelam Summary At the end of their life, stars spread their inner material into the diffuse interstellar medium. This diffuse medium gets locally denser and form dark clouds (also called dense or molecular clouds) whose innermost part is shielded from the external UV field by the dust, allowing for molecules to grow and get more complex. Gravitational collapse occurs inside these dense clouds, forming protostars and their surrounding disks, and eventually planetary systems like (or unlike) our solar system. The formation and evolution of molecules, minerals, ices and organics from the diffuse medium to planetary bodies, their alteration or preservation throughout this cosmic chemical history set the initial conditions for building planets, atmospheres and possibly the first bricks of life. The current view of interstellar chemistry is based on fragmental works on key steps of the sequence that are observed. The objective of this proposal is to follow the fractionation of the elements between the gas-phase and the interstellar grains, from the most diffuse medium to protoplanetary disks, in order to constrain the chemical composition of the material in which planets are formed. The potential outcome of this project is to get a consistent and more accurate description of the chemical evolution of interstellar matter. To achieve this objective, I will improve our chemical model by adding new processes on grain surfaces relevant under the diffuse medium conditions. This upgraded gas-grain model will be coupled to 3D dynamical models of the formation of dense clouds from diffuse medium and of protoplanetary disks from dense clouds. The computed chemical composition will also be used with 3D radiative transfer codes to study the chemical tracers of the physics of protoplanetary disk formation. The robustness of the model predictions will be studied with sensitivity analyses. Finally, model results will be confronted to observations to address some of the current challenges. At the end of their life, stars spread their inner material into the diffuse interstellar medium. This diffuse medium gets locally denser and form dark clouds (also called dense or molecular clouds) whose innermost part is shielded from the external UV field by the dust, allowing for molecules to grow and get more complex. Gravitational collapse occurs inside these dense clouds, forming protostars and their surrounding disks, and eventually planetary systems like (or unlike) our solar system. The formation and evolution of molecules, minerals, ices and organics from the diffuse medium to planetary bodies, their alteration or preservation throughout this cosmic chemical history set the initial conditions for building planets, atmospheres and possibly the first bricks of life. The current view of interstellar chemistry is based on fragmental works on key steps of the sequence that are observed. The objective of this proposal is to follow the fractionation of the elements between the gas-phase and the interstellar grains, from the most diffuse medium to protoplanetary disks, in order to constrain the chemical composition of the material in which planets are formed. The potential outcome of this project is to get a consistent and more accurate description of the chemical evolution of interstellar matter. To achieve this objective, I will improve our chemical model by adding new processes on grain surfaces relevant under the diffuse medium conditions. This upgraded gas-grain model will be coupled to 3D dynamical models of the formation of dense clouds from diffuse medium and of protoplanetary disks from dense clouds. The computed chemical composition will also be used with 3D radiative transfer codes to study the chemical tracers of the physics of protoplanetary disk formation. The robustness of the model predictions will be studied with sensitivity analyses. Finally, model results will be confronted to observations to address some of the current challenges. Project acronym AAA Project Adaptive Actin Architectures Researcher (PI) Laurent Blanchoin Summary Although we have extensive knowledge of many important processes in cell biology, including information on many of the molecules involved and the physical interactions among them, we still do not understand most of the dynamical features that are the essence of living systems. This is particularly true for the actin cytoskeleton, a major component of the internal architecture of eukaryotic cells. In living cells, actin networks constantly assemble and disassemble filaments while maintaining an apparent stable structure, suggesting a perfect balance between the two processes. Such behaviors are called “dynamic steady states”. They confer upon actin networks a high degree of plasticity allowing them to adapt in response to external changes and enable cells to adjust to their environments. Despite their fundamental importance in the regulation of cell physiology, the basic mechanisms that control the coordinated dynamics of co-existing actin networks are poorly understood. In the AAA project, first, we will characterize the parameters that allow the coupling among co-existing actin networks at steady state. In vitro reconstituted systems will be used to control the actin nucleation patterns, the closed volume of the reaction chamber and the physical interaction of the networks. We hope to unravel the mechanism allowing the global coherence of a dynamic actin cytoskeleton. Second, we will use our unique capacity to perform dynamic micropatterning, to add or remove actin nucleation sites in real time, in order to investigate the ability of dynamic networks to adapt to changes and the role of coupled network dynamics in this emergent property. In this part, in vitro experiments will be complemented by the analysis of actin network remodeling in living cells. In the end, our project will provide a comprehensive understanding of how the adaptive response of the cytoskeleton derives from the complex interplay between its biochemical, structural and mechanical properties. Although we have extensive knowledge of many important processes in cell biology, including information on many of the molecules involved and the physical interactions among them, we still do not understand most of the dynamical features that are the essence of living systems. This is particularly true for the actin cytoskeleton, a major component of the internal architecture of eukaryotic cells. In living cells, actin networks constantly assemble and disassemble filaments while maintaining an apparent stable structure, suggesting a perfect balance between the two processes. Such behaviors are called “dynamic steady states”. They confer upon actin networks a high degree of plasticity allowing them to adapt in response to external changes and enable cells to adjust to their environments. Despite their fundamental importance in the regulation of cell physiology, the basic mechanisms that control the coordinated dynamics of co-existing actin networks are poorly understood. In the AAA project, first, we will characterize the parameters that allow the coupling among co-existing actin networks at steady state. In vitro reconstituted systems will be used to control the actin nucleation patterns, the closed volume of the reaction chamber and the physical interaction of the networks. We hope to unravel the mechanism allowing the global coherence of a dynamic actin cytoskeleton. Second, we will use our unique capacity to perform dynamic micropatterning, to add or remove actin nucleation sites in real time, in order to investigate the ability of dynamic networks to adapt to changes and the role of coupled network dynamics in this emergent property. In this part, in vitro experiments will be complemented by the analysis of actin network remodeling in living cells. In the end, our project will provide a comprehensive understanding of how the adaptive response of the cytoskeleton derives from the complex interplay between its biochemical, structural and mechanical properties. Project acronym ADEQUATE Project Advanced optoelectronic Devices with Enhanced QUAntum efficiency at THz frEquencies Researcher (PI) Carlo Sirtori Host Institution (HI) UNIVERSITE PARIS DIDEROT - PARIS 7 Summary The aim of this project is the realisation of efficient mid-infrared and THz optoelectronic emitters. This work is motivated by the fact that the spontaneous emission in this frequency range is characterized by an extremely long lifetime when compared to non-radiative processes, giving rise to devices with very low quantum efficiency. To this end we want to develop hybrid light-matter systems, already well known in quantum optics, within optoelectronics devices, that will be driven by electrical injection. With this project we want to extend the field of optoelectronics by introducing some of the concepts of quantum optic, particularly the light-matter strong coupling, into semiconductor devices. More precisely this project aims at the implementation of novel optoelectronic emitters operating in the strong coupling regime between an intersubband excitation of a two-dimensional electron gas and a microcavity photonic mode. The quasiparticles issued from this coupling are called intersubband polaritons. The major difficulties and challenges of this project, do not lay in the observation of these quantum effects, but in their exploitation for a specific function, in particular an efficient electrical to optical conversion. To obtain efficient quantum emitters in the THz frequency range we will follow two different approaches: - In the first case we will try to exploit the additional characteristic time of the system introduced by the light-matter interaction in the strong (or ultra-strong) coupling regime. - The second approach will exploit the fact that, under certain conditions, intersubband polaritons have a bosonic character; as a consequence they can undergo stimulated scattering, giving rise to polaritons lasers as it has been shown for excitonic polaritons. The aim of this project is the realisation of efficient mid-infrared and THz optoelectronic emitters. This work is motivated by the fact that the spontaneous emission in this frequency range is characterized by an extremely long lifetime when compared to non-radiative processes, giving rise to devices with very low quantum efficiency. To this end we want to develop hybrid light-matter systems, already well known in quantum optics, within optoelectronics devices, that will be driven by electrical injection. With this project we want to extend the field of optoelectronics by introducing some of the concepts of quantum optic, particularly the light-matter strong coupling, into semiconductor devices. More precisely this project aims at the implementation of novel optoelectronic emitters operating in the strong coupling regime between an intersubband excitation of a two-dimensional electron gas and a microcavity photonic mode. The quasiparticles issued from this coupling are called intersubband polaritons. The major difficulties and challenges of this project, do not lay in the observation of these quantum effects, but in their exploitation for a specific function, in particular an efficient electrical to optical conversion. To obtain efficient quantum emitters in the THz frequency range we will follow two different approaches: - In the first case we will try to exploit the additional characteristic time of the system introduced by the light-matter interaction in the strong (or ultra-strong) coupling regime. - The second approach will exploit the fact that, under certain conditions, intersubband polaritons have a bosonic character; as a consequence they can undergo stimulated scattering, giving rise to polaritons lasers as it has been shown for excitonic polaritons. Project acronym APPL Project Anionic PhosPhoLipids in plant receptor kinase signaling Researcher (PI) Yvon Jaillais Summary "In plants, receptor kinases form the largest family of plasma membrane (PM) receptors and they are involved in virtually all aspects of the plant life, including development, immunity and reproduction. In animals, key molecules that orchestrate the recruitment of signaling proteins to membranes are anionic phospholipids (e.g. phosphatidylinositol phosphate or PIPs). Besides, recent reports in animal and yeast cells suggest the existence of PM nanodomains that are independent of cholesterol and lipid phase and rely on anionic phospholipids as well as electrostatic protein/lipid interactions. Strikingly, we know very little on the role of anionic phospholipids in plant signaling. However, our preliminary data suggest that BKI1, an inhibitory protein of the steroid receptor kinase BRI1, interacts with various PIPs in vitro and is likely targeted to the PM by electrostatic interactions with these anionic lipids. These results open the possibility that BRI1, but also other receptor kinases, might be regulated by anionic phospholipids in plants. Here, we propose to analyze the function of anionic phospholipids in BRI1 signaling, using the root epidermis as a model system. First, we will ask what are the lipids that control membrane surface charge in this tissue and recruit BR-signaling component to the PM. Second, we will probe the presence of PIP-enriched nanodomains at the plant PM using super-resolution microscopy techniques and investigate the roles of these domains in BRI1 signaling. Finally, we will analyze the function of the BKI1-related plant-specific family of anionic phospholipid effectors in plant development. In summary, using a transversal approach ranging from in vitro studies to in vivo validation and whole organism physiology, this work will unravel the interplay between anionic phospholipids and receptor signaling in plants." "In plants, receptor kinases form the largest family of plasma membrane (PM) receptors and they are involved in virtually all aspects of the plant life, including development, immunity and reproduction. In animals, key molecules that orchestrate the recruitment of signaling proteins to membranes are anionic phospholipids (e.g. phosphatidylinositol phosphate or PIPs). Besides, recent reports in animal and yeast cells suggest the existence of PM nanodomains that are independent of cholesterol and lipid phase and rely on anionic phospholipids as well as electrostatic protein/lipid interactions. Strikingly, we know very little on the role of anionic phospholipids in plant signaling. However, our preliminary data suggest that BKI1, an inhibitory protein of the steroid receptor kinase BRI1, interacts with various PIPs in vitro and is likely targeted to the PM by electrostatic interactions with these anionic lipids. These results open the possibility that BRI1, but also other receptor kinases, might be regulated by anionic phospholipids in plants. Here, we propose to analyze the function of anionic phospholipids in BRI1 signaling, using the root epidermis as a model system. First, we will ask what are the lipids that control membrane surface charge in this tissue and recruit BR-signaling component to the PM. Second, we will probe the presence of PIP-enriched nanodomains at the plant PM using super-resolution microscopy techniques and investigate the roles of these domains in BRI1 signaling. Finally, we will analyze the function of the BKI1-related plant-specific family of anionic phospholipid effectors in plant development. In summary, using a transversal approach ranging from in vitro studies to in vivo validation and whole organism physiology, this work will unravel the interplay between anionic phospholipids and receptor signaling in plants." Project acronym ATMOFLEX Project Turbulent Transport in the Atmosphere: Fluctuations and Extreme Events Researcher (PI) Jérémie Bec Summary A major part of the physical and chemical processes occurring in the atmosphere involves the turbulent transport of tiny particles. Current studies and models use a formulation in terms of mean fields, where the strong variations in the dynamical and statistical properties of the particles are neglected and where the underlying fluctuations of the fluid flow velocity are oversimplified. Devising an accurate understanding of the influence of air turbulence and of the extreme fluctuations that it generates in the dispersed phase remains a challenging issue. This project aims at coordinating and integrating theoretical, numerical, experimental, and observational efforts to develop a new statistical understanding of the role of fluctuations in atmospheric transport processes. The proposed work will cover individual as well as collective behaviors and will provide a systematic and unified description of targeted specific processes involving suspended drops or particles: the dispersion of pollutants from a source, the growth by condensation and coagulation of droplets and ice crystals in clouds, the scavenging, settling and re-suspension of aerosols, and the radiative and climatic effects of particles. The proposed approach is based on the use of tools borrowed from statistical physics and field theory, and from the theory of large deviations and of random dynamical systems in order to design new observables that will be simultaneously tractable analytically in simplified models and of relevance for the quantitative handling of such physical mechanisms. One of the outcomes will be to provide a new framework for improving and refining the methods used in meteorology and atmospheric sciences and to answer the long-standing question of the effects of suspended particles onto climate. A major part of the physical and chemical processes occurring in the atmosphere involves the turbulent transport of tiny particles. Current studies and models use a formulation in terms of mean fields, where the strong variations in the dynamical and statistical properties of the particles are neglected and where the underlying fluctuations of the fluid flow velocity are oversimplified. Devising an accurate understanding of the influence of air turbulence and of the extreme fluctuations that it generates in the dispersed phase remains a challenging issue. This project aims at coordinating and integrating theoretical, numerical, experimental, and observational efforts to develop a new statistical understanding of the role of fluctuations in atmospheric transport processes. The proposed work will cover individual as well as collective behaviors and will provide a systematic and unified description of targeted specific processes involving suspended drops or particles: the dispersion of pollutants from a source, the growth by condensation and coagulation of droplets and ice crystals in clouds, the scavenging, settling and re-suspension of aerosols, and the radiative and climatic effects of particles. The proposed approach is based on the use of tools borrowed from statistical physics and field theory, and from the theory of large deviations and of random dynamical systems in order to design new observables that will be simultaneously tractable analytically in simplified models and of relevance for the quantitative handling of such physical mechanisms. One of the outcomes will be to provide a new framework for improving and refining the methods used in meteorology and atmospheric sciences and to answer the long-standing question of the effects of suspended particles onto climate. Project acronym BACTIN Project Shaping the bacterial cell wall: the actin-like cytoskeleton, from single molecules to morphogenesis and antimicrobials Researcher (PI) Rut CARBALLIDO LOPEZ Host Institution (HI) INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE Summary One of the ultimate goals in cell biology is to understand how cells determine their shape. In bacteria, the cell wall and the actin-like (MreB) cytoskeleton are major determinants of cell shape. As a hallmark of microbial life, the external cell wall is the most conspicuous macromolecule expanding in concert with cell growth and one of the most prominent targets for antibiotics. Despite decades of study, the mechanism of cell wall morphogenesis remains poorly understood. In rod-shaped bacteria, actin-like MreB proteins assemble into disconnected membrane-associated structures (patches) that move processively around the cell periphery and are thought to control shape by spatiotemporally organizing macromolecular machineries that effect sidewall elongation. However, the ultrastructure of MreB assemblies and the mechanistic details underlying their morphogenetic function remain to be elucidated. The aim of this project is to combine ground-breaking light microscopy and spectroscopy techniques with cutting-edge genetic, biochemical and systems biology approaches available in the model rod-shaped bacterium Bacillus subtilis to elucidate how MreB and cell wall biosynthetic enzymes collectively act to build a cell. Within this context, new features of MreB assemblies will be determined in vivo and in vitro, and a “toolbox” of approaches to determine the modes of action of antibiotics targeting cell wall processes will be developed. Parameters measured by the different approaches will be used to refine a mathematical model aiming to quantitatively describe the features of bacterial cell wall growth. The long-term goals of BActin are to understand general principles of bacterial cell morphogenesis and to provide mechanistic templates and new reporters for the screening of novel antibiotics. One of the ultimate goals in cell biology is to understand how cells determine their shape. In bacteria, the cell wall and the actin-like (MreB) cytoskeleton are major determinants of cell shape. As a hallmark of microbial life, the external cell wall is the most conspicuous macromolecule expanding in concert with cell growth and one of the most prominent targets for antibiotics. Despite decades of study, the mechanism of cell wall morphogenesis remains poorly understood. In rod-shaped bacteria, actin-like MreB proteins assemble into disconnected membrane-associated structures (patches) that move processively around the cell periphery and are thought to control shape by spatiotemporally organizing macromolecular machineries that effect sidewall elongation. However, the ultrastructure of MreB assemblies and the mechanistic details underlying their morphogenetic function remain to be elucidated. The aim of this project is to combine ground-breaking light microscopy and spectroscopy techniques with cutting-edge genetic, biochemical and systems biology approaches available in the model rod-shaped bacterium Bacillus subtilis to elucidate how MreB and cell wall biosynthetic enzymes collectively act to build a cell. Within this context, new features of MreB assemblies will be determined in vivo and in vitro, and a “toolbox” of approaches to determine the modes of action of antibiotics targeting cell wall processes will be developed. Parameters measured by the different approaches will be used to refine a mathematical model aiming to quantitatively describe the features of bacterial cell wall growth. The long-term goals of BActin are to understand general principles of bacterial cell morphogenesis and to provide mechanistic templates and new reporters for the screening of novel antibiotics. Project acronym BinD Project Mitotic Bookmarking, Stem Cells and early Development Researcher (PI) Pablo Navarro Gil Summary The goal of this proposal is to deliver a new theoretical framework to understand how transcription factors (TFs) sustain cell identity during developmental processes. Recognised as key drivers of cell fate acquisition, TFs are currently not considered to directly contribute to the mitotic inheritance of chromatin states. Instead, these are passively propagated through cell division by a variety of epigenetic marks. Recent discoveries, including by our lab, challenge this view: developmental TFs may impact the propagation of regulatory information from mother to daughter cells through a process known as mitotic bookmarking. This hypothesis, largely overlooked by mainstream epigenetic research during the last two decades, will be investigated in embryo-derived stem cells and during early mouse development. Indeed, these immature cell identities are largely independent from canonical epigenetic repression; hence, current models cannot account for their properties. We will comprehensively identify mitotic bookmarking factors in stem cells and early embryos, establish their function in stem cell self-renewal, cell fate acquisition and dissect how they contribute to chromatin regulation in mitosis. This will allow us to study the relationships between bookmarking factors and other mechanisms of epigenetic inheritance. To achieve this, unique techniques to modulate protein activity and histone modifications specifically in mitotic cells will be established. Thus, a mechanistic understanding of how mitosis influences gene regulation and of how mitotic bookmarking contributes to the propagation of immature cell identities will be delivered. Based on robust preliminary data, we anticipate the discovery of new functions for TFs in several genetic and epigenetic processes. This knowledge should have a wide impact on chromatin biology and cell fate studies as well as in other fields studying processes dominated by TFs and cell proliferation. The goal of this proposal is to deliver a new theoretical framework to understand how transcription factors (TFs) sustain cell identity during developmental processes. Recognised as key drivers of cell fate acquisition, TFs are currently not considered to directly contribute to the mitotic inheritance of chromatin states. Instead, these are passively propagated through cell division by a variety of epigenetic marks. Recent discoveries, including by our lab, challenge this view: developmental TFs may impact the propagation of regulatory information from mother to daughter cells through a process known as mitotic bookmarking. This hypothesis, largely overlooked by mainstream epigenetic research during the last two decades, will be investigated in embryo-derived stem cells and during early mouse development. Indeed, these immature cell identities are largely independent from canonical epigenetic repression; hence, current models cannot account for their properties. We will comprehensively identify mitotic bookmarking factors in stem cells and early embryos, establish their function in stem cell self-renewal, cell fate acquisition and dissect how they contribute to chromatin regulation in mitosis. This will allow us to study the relationships between bookmarking factors and other mechanisms of epigenetic inheritance. To achieve this, unique techniques to modulate protein activity and histone modifications specifically in mitotic cells will be established. Thus, a mechanistic understanding of how mitosis influences gene regulation and of how mitotic bookmarking contributes to the propagation of immature cell identities will be delivered. Based on robust preliminary data, we anticipate the discovery of new functions for TFs in several genetic and epigenetic processes. This knowledge should have a wide impact on chromatin biology and cell fate studies as well as in other fields studying processes dominated by TFs and cell proliferation. Project acronym BIOMECAMORPH Project The Biomechanics of Epithelial Cell and Tissue Morphogenesis Researcher (PI) Thomas Marie Michel Lecuit Summary Tissue morphogenesis is a complex process that emerges from spatially controlled patterns of cell shape changes. Dedicated genetic programmes regulate cell behaviours, exemplified in animals by the specification of apical constriction in invaginating epithelial tissues, or the orientation of cell intercalation during tissue extension. This genetic control is constrained by physical properties of cells that dictate how they can modify their shape. A major challenge is to understand how biochemical pathways control subcellular mechanics in epithelia, such as how forces are produced by interactions between actin filaments and myosin motors, and how these forces are transmitted at cell junctions. The major objective of our project is to investigate the fundamental principles of epithelial mechanics and to understand how intercellular signals and mechanical coupling between cells coordinate individual behaviours at the tissue level. We will study early Drosophila embryogenesis and combine quantitative cell biological studies of cell dynamics, biophysical characterization of cell mechanics and genetic control of cell signalling to answer the following questions: i) how are forces generated, in particular what underlies deformation and stabilization of cell shape by actomyosin networks, and pulsatile contractility; ii) how are forces transmitted at junctions, what are the feedback interactions between tension generation and transmission; iii) how are individual cell mechanics orchestrated at the tissue level to yield collective tissue morphogenesis? We expect to encapsulate the information-based, cell biological and physical descriptions of morphogenesis in a single, coherent framework. The project should impact more broadly on morphogenesis in other organisms and shed light on the mechanisms underlying robustness and plasticity in epithelia. Tissue morphogenesis is a complex process that emerges from spatially controlled patterns of cell shape changes. Dedicated genetic programmes regulate cell behaviours, exemplified in animals by the specification of apical constriction in invaginating epithelial tissues, or the orientation of cell intercalation during tissue extension. This genetic control is constrained by physical properties of cells that dictate how they can modify their shape. A major challenge is to understand how biochemical pathways control subcellular mechanics in epithelia, such as how forces are produced by interactions between actin filaments and myosin motors, and how these forces are transmitted at cell junctions. The major objective of our project is to investigate the fundamental principles of epithelial mechanics and to understand how intercellular signals and mechanical coupling between cells coordinate individual behaviours at the tissue level. We will study early Drosophila embryogenesis and combine quantitative cell biological studies of cell dynamics, biophysical characterization of cell mechanics and genetic control of cell signalling to answer the following questions: i) how are forces generated, in particular what underlies deformation and stabilization of cell shape by actomyosin networks, and pulsatile contractility; ii) how are forces transmitted at junctions, what are the feedback interactions between tension generation and transmission; iii) how are individual cell mechanics orchestrated at the tissue level to yield collective tissue morphogenesis? We expect to encapsulate the information-based, cell biological and physical descriptions of morphogenesis in a single, coherent framework. The project should impact more broadly on morphogenesis in other organisms and shed light on the mechanisms underlying robustness and plasticity in epithelia. Project acronym bioSPINspired Project Bio-inspired Spin-Torque Computing Architectures Researcher (PI) Julie Grollier Summary In the bioSPINspired project, I propose to use my experience and skills in spintronics, non-linear dynamics and neuromorphic nanodevices to realize bio-inspired spin torque computing architectures. I will develop a bottom-up approach to build spintronic data processing systems that perform low power ‘cognitive’ tasks on-chip and could ultimately complement our traditional microprocessors. I will start by showing that spin torque nanodevices, which are multi-functional and tunable nonlinear dynamical nano-components, are capable of emulating both neurons and synapses. Then I will assemble these spin-torque nano-synapses and nano-neurons into modules that implement brain-inspired algorithms in hardware. The brain displays many features typical of non-linear dynamical networks, such as synchronization or chaotic behaviour. These observations have inspired a whole class of models that harness the power of complex non-linear dynamical networks for computing. Following such schemes, I will interconnect the spin torque nanodevices by electrical and magnetic interactions so that they can couple to each other, synchronize and display complex dynamics. Then I will demonstrate that when perturbed by external inputs, these spin torque networks can perform recognition tasks by converging to an attractor state, or use the separation properties at the edge of chaos to classify data. In the process, I will revisit these brain-inspired abstract models to adapt them to the constraints of hardware implementations. Finally I will investigate how the spin torque modules can be efficiently connected together with CMOS buffers to perform higher level computing tasks. The table-top prototypes, hardware-adapted computing models and large-scale simulations developed in bioSPINspired will lay the foundations of spin torque bio-inspired computing and open the path to the fabrication of fully integrated, ultra-dense and efficient CMOS/spin-torque nanodevice chips. In the bioSPINspired project, I propose to use my experience and skills in spintronics, non-linear dynamics and neuromorphic nanodevices to realize bio-inspired spin torque computing architectures. I will develop a bottom-up approach to build spintronic data processing systems that perform low power ‘cognitive’ tasks on-chip and could ultimately complement our traditional microprocessors. I will start by showing that spin torque nanodevices, which are multi-functional and tunable nonlinear dynamical nano-components, are capable of emulating both neurons and synapses. Then I will assemble these spin-torque nano-synapses and nano-neurons into modules that implement brain-inspired algorithms in hardware. The brain displays many features typical of non-linear dynamical networks, such as synchronization or chaotic behaviour. These observations have inspired a whole class of models that harness the power of complex non-linear dynamical networks for computing. Following such schemes, I will interconnect the spin torque nanodevices by electrical and magnetic interactions so that they can couple to each other, synchronize and display complex dynamics. Then I will demonstrate that when perturbed by external inputs, these spin torque networks can perform recognition tasks by converging to an attractor state, or use the separation properties at the edge of chaos to classify data. In the process, I will revisit these brain-inspired abstract models to adapt them to the constraints of hardware implementations. Finally I will investigate how the spin torque modules can be efficiently connected together with CMOS buffers to perform higher level computing tasks. The table-top prototypes, hardware-adapted computing models and large-scale simulations developed in bioSPINspired will lay the foundations of spin torque bio-inspired computing and open the path to the fabrication of fully integrated, ultra-dense and efficient CMOS/spin-torque nanodevice chips.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line16849
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__label__wiki	0.882328	0.882328	Tag: device An Innovative Bracelet MYO from Thalmic Labs Thalmic Labs company presented an innovative bracelet MYO in Barcelona. With this bracelet it is possible to control different electronic devices. This MYO device allows to operate the equipments by gestures, particularly, the user can operate the music or video in computer, supervise the flight of toy helicopter etc. Thalmic Labs company presented an innovative bracelet in Barcelona. With this bracelet it is possible to control different electronic devices. This MYO device allows to operate the equipments by gestures, particularly, the user can operate the music or video in computer, supervise the flight of toy helicopter etc. View More An Innovative Bracelet MYO from Thalmic Labs ASUS FONEPAD an innovative Device from ASUS In World Mobile Congress which was at February 25 in Bareslona, Asus announced an innovative Device Asus Fonepad. This is 7 inch tablet with 3G voice and all features of smartphone. Asus Fonepad equipped Intel® Atom™ Z2420 processor with Android 4.1, this fact gives wide viewing and clarity to HD display. The combination of 3G mobile with the telephony support, brings the perfect result of a tablet and phone in one device. Continuing the collaboration of Intel with Asus by producing the Z2420 processor, the company gives to users the power, flexibility, and range of performance, by one word- innovative device – Asus Fonepad. View More ASUS FONEPAD an innovative Device from ASUS Sony Unveils PlayStation 4 Console Sony produced new generation of gaming console PlayStation 4, which is equipped X86 architecture processor.This fact will help game developers to create games easily.PlayStation 4 should compete with Microsoft Xbox console of new generation, which is not presented yet. Now there are three main game producers – Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony, but only Sony released the console of new generation – Wii U. The new DualShock 4 gamepad, with which PlayStation 4 will be completed, will significantly differ from those, which had used before. The game control device has touch panel and light diodes, which control the gamepad position by camera. In PlayStation 4 the main functions are social functions. For example, gamers can record and exchange with each other some videos from game process. PlayStation 4 has many games, among them Killzone actions, Shadow Fall, Infamous, Second Son etc. Sales of the new stationary game console Sony PlayStation 4 will begin at the end of the current year. View More Sony Unveils PlayStation 4 Console 3Doodler The World’s First 3D Printing Pen Users of Kickstarter was able to invest a new project – 3D printing pen 3Doodler, which will allow you to create three dimensional objects in the air. Within hours, the project was able to collect 530.000 $, though initially needed was 30.000 $,according to manufacturer the pen on sale will appear in the autumn of this year, and its cost will be 75 $. The creators have promised that everyone who transferred 75 $ or more will be presented to 3d printing pen. Create three-dimensional figures using this pen is quite simple: the user holding the pen in his hand, “paints” it in space, creating a three-dimensional figures. The device weighs about 200 grams,it is depending by the electricity. 3Doodler visually resembles gun filled with hot glue. Plastic pen tucked ABS / PLA, then its heating up to 270 degrees, after which liquid plastic goes through the top of a metal tip. At this stage, the pen is powered by electricity and depends on the socket, but then the developers promise to build a device that will run on batteries. View More 3Doodler The World’s First 3D Printing Pen Lernstift Digital Pen Based on Linux Lernstift digital pen notifies the user about all cases of misspellings. The pen works on the basis of Linux. Special sensors track the movement and allow to detect errors, and in case of their detection comes vibrating signal. Lernstift works in two modes: Calligraphy Mode and Orthography Mode. In the mode of calligraphy pen notifies the error in calligraphy, and in the orthography mode identifies spelling and grammar errors. There are two varieties of digital pen. So, the first generation of devices should appear in the middle of 2013. It will be handle with motion sensors and the system, to identify the words. View More Lernstift Digital Pen Based on Linux The Forces of Great Britain Armed with a 16 gram helicopter Black Hornet Nano According to UK Ministry of Defense British Forces in Afghanistan received miniature spy drone, 16 gram helicopter Black Hornet Nano up to 10 centimeters in length and two and a half in width. Black Hornet Nano is equipped with a miniature camera that can transmit both video and photos. Despite its compact size Black Hornet Nano is capable of operating in critical weather conditions. According to BBC News, the device is equipped with a battery and can cover up to 800 feet in the air or up to 30 minutes. As reported BBC News, in the total of the British military Department has ordered 160 Black Hornet Nano to 20 million pounds sterling (31,5 million dollars). Using the helicopters in Afghanistan began in 2012. View More The Forces of Great Britain Armed with a 16 gram helicopter Black Hornet Nano Galaxy Grand 5-Inch smartphone from Samsung Samsung has announced a new 5-inch smartphone called the Galaxy Grand. The South Korean company announced the Galaxy Grand early Tuesday morning. The phone is similar to the Samsung Galaxy Note II, the company’s 5.5-inch-screen phone that is available from most U.S. carriers for $300 on a new contract. Samsung declined to say how the device would be priced, but mid-range smartphones typically sell for about $100 to $150 with a contract. Middle-of-the-road Android handset featuring a 5-inch WVGA display with 800-by-480-pixel resolution, a 1.2GHz dual-core processor. Samsung GALAXY Grand runs Android 4.1.2. Samsung Galaxy Grand will be available in two versions, including a dual-SIM version that will allow users to operate two phone numbers at once, as well as make and receive calls from each specific number. The handset will also include several Samsung-specific features, like Direct Call, which enables users to dial a number by raising the handset up to their ear, and Popup Video, which allows users to watch a video in a pop-up window despite the task on hand. View More Galaxy Grand 5-Inch smartphone from Samsung Smart TV Vulnerable To Hackers According to redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports Samsung Smart TV connected to the Internet are vulnerable to exploits by remote hackers, security researchers. Researchers uncovered the vulnerability, which exists in most Samsung models but particularly the Samsung TV LED 3D. The flaw makes it easy for hackers to locate the television’s IP address on the Internet, which can then be used to remotely access the device and gain the same level of control as someone sitting right next to the TV. Once a hacker has remote access, they could then steal data or install malicious code on the TV. View More Smart TV Vulnerable To Hackers Engineers Developed Ultra Thin Water Soluble Electronics A team of research engineers from Tufts University, University of Illinois and Northwestern University have developed ultra-thin electronic devices that can dissolve in the body. As scientists say the new invention “Water Soluble electronics” can be widely used in medical applications. According to a study published in the journal «Science», the unit is fully “dissolve” after you have made all scheduled functions. The transient electronics are made of nanomembranes of silicon and magnesium oxide that are printed with circuitry much like a PCB, offering robust performance very similar to conventional electronics. Silicone is water-soluble but to prevent immediate disintegration, components are covered in silk. View More Engineers Developed Ultra Thin Water Soluble Electronics	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line16876
__label__wiki	0.636986	0.636986	DOUG SHOOP: Life in Minnesnowta! And I complain about being mildly chilly at night! MUIRHEAD`S MYSTERIES:"GIANT MOTHS"- 1926 /WILD CATS SOUTH OF THE SCOTTISH BORDER-1972 I have found the following two stories in recent days: “ Giant moths” in Cambridgeshire in 1926 and the wild cat south of the Scottish border in 1972 In The Countryman Wild Life Book edited by Bruce Campbell (1973) in a chapter `Swallowtails for Wicken` by Brian Gardiner, is the following: “When one was exhausted from chasing butterflies refreshment could be had near the entrance to the fen at the `Black Horse`, now also gone (1). It was here that I heard tales of `enormous moths, big as birds`, which were driven off the fen by the great fire of 1926. Like the fish that got away, a moth grows in the telling thereof. (2) According to an article in The Guardian of October 24th 1972 , `Wild cat may be south of border` by Michael Parkin: More reports are coming in of the wild cat from both sides of the Scottish border. Until recently it was thought to have been extinct in England for at least a hundred years. Mr Colin Simms, head of the Yorkshire Museum saw what he felt sure was a true wild cat, Felis silvestris, in North Northumberland earlier this year. Since then he has received other reports of well authenticated sightings farther west and on both sides of the border. He emphasised yesterday that no final proof would exist of the presence of the wild cat in these areas until a skin or skins became available for close study. He has just heard that a skin of a cat recently killed in Northumberland is available and he hopes to examine it soon. Mr Simms was not prepared to attach much weight on the evidence available to a sighting of “a wild cat” near Batley, in the heart of the industrial West Riding. He said it was too easy to confuse a domestic cat , running wild, with the true wild cat. Wider public interest in natural history is producing reports of the survival of a number of mammals previously thought to be extinct in certain areas. Mr Simms himself showed that the fierce pine marten, thought to have died about 100 years ago, was living and breeding in Yorkshire. The harvest mouse, not reported in Yorkshire since 1881, has been identified by Mr Colin Howes, assistant keeper of natural history at Doncaster Museum. He established its survival by examining pellets regurgitated by an owl at Thorne Moors, near Doncaster. They contained skeletal remains of a harvest mouse, recognised by its skull structure and dentition. (3) He referred earlier to another closed pub. The Countryman Wild Life Book p. 137 The Guardian October 24th 1972 KITHRA: Spectral Black Dogs in Cornwall It’s been about a month since I last posted but I’ve been busy. And time seems to fly away with me. I find that it’s most definitely true that the older you get the faster time goes. Before the day has even begun it seems to have disappeared! However, after some problems with my website host, which are still not resolved, I have finally managed to upload my latest article. This one is about Spectral Black Dogs in Cornwall, and you can read it here. Unusual bird expected to make Colchester appearanc... Bird conservation in extremely small tropical rain... Hatching Order Influences Birds' Behavior Birdwatchers help fight against wildlife crime CRYPTOLINK: The Thylacine - Edge of Existence The thylacine was the only recent representative of an entire mammal family, the Thylacinidae. The victim of heavy persecution and a Tasmanian bounty scheme, the last confirmed report of a thylacine in the wild was in 1933. Although the Tasmanian government was eventually persuaded to provide legal protection for the species in 1936, the last captive animal – a female thylacine supposedly called ‘Benjamin’ - died two months later in Hobart Zoo. Hooray! At last the saga about recording telephone calls is sorted. Corinna transcribed the Judy Dyble interview (which - with a bit of luck and a fair wind - will run starting tomorrow), and yesterday I interviewed the legendary Corky Laing. Whilst on the good news, at long last I have done some more editing on the Auburn/Jefferson Starship footage from October, and the first example of that - an Auburn tune called 'Too Far From Home' can be seen on today's Gonzo Daily. We are still waiting for the proof of Karl Shuker's colour mystery cat book to arrive. With a bit of luck, and the Christmas post not withstanding we should have it by the end of the week, and then - supposing that it all goes well - it will be released. Michael Des Barres' new Christmas single, about a leaner healthier Santa has been getting good press... http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/12/link-merry-christmas-from-michael-des.html It may be in questionable taste, but it is very funny. Someone ought to write a proggy Da Vinci Code http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-prog-keyboard-players-last-supper.html Our daily visit to the home of the one and only Thom the World Poet http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/12/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_11.html Auburn live in Southampton. At bloody last! I apologise again for the delays http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/12/auburn-too-far-from-home-southampton.html Graham Inglis and Brian May say goodbye to Sir Patrick Moore http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/12/those-we-have-lost-sir-patrick-moore.html A still from the new video by Asia featuring John Payne http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/12/asia-featuring-john-payne-still-from.html * The Gonzo Daily is - as the name implies - a daily online magazine (mostly) about artists connected to the Gonzo Multimedia group of companies. But it also has other stuff as and when the editor feels like it. The same team also do a weekly newsletter called - imaginitavely - The Gonzo Weekly. Find out about it at this link: http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/11/all-gonzo-news-wots-fit-to-print.html * Jon Downes, the Editor of all these ventures is an old hippy of 53 who - together with his orange cat - puts it all together from a converted potato shed in a tumbledown cottage deep in rural Devon. He is ably assisted by his lovely wife Corinna, his bulldog/boxer Prudence, his mother-in-law, and a motley collection of social malcontents. Plus.. did we mention the orange cat? On this day in 2008 Bernie Madoff was arrested for orchestrating what was probably the worlds largest ever Ponzi fraud. Madoff made off with around 65 billion pounds all told all while he was the chair of the NASDAQ, one wonders how he was able to keep a straight face during his chairman duties. From Clawed Spiders to Deep-Sea Sharks: 137 New Sp... How Common 'Cat Parasite' Gets Into Human Brain an... Insect-Eating Bat Outperforms Nectar Specialist as... Exercise Affects Reproductive Ability in Horses Dolphins retired by U.S. Navy: Meet the other anim... Wildfires fanned by invasive grass species Obesity Reversed in Mice by Manipulating Productio... Prehistoric rhino reveals secrets Sometimes these videos almost pick themselves: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijeRTx-GwaI MUIRHEAD`S MYSTERIES:"GIANT MOTHS"- 1926 /WILD CAT...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line16877
__label__cc	0.591149	0.408851	Alphabetical list and archive Journal (currently in print) by subject How to carry out a search Services for Libraries and Institutions How to subscribe to a print edition an online edition Online services for Universities Services for private users How to subscribe to a print or to an online edition How to download an article (pay per view access) How to buy an issue as an e-book How to buy past issues Subscription fees L’analisi economica delle relazioni tra ICT e organizzazioni sanitarie Journal Title: SALUTE E SOCIETÀ Author/s: Gianluca Fiorentini, Cristina Ugolini Year: 2017 Issue: 2 Language: Italian Pages: 23 Pg. 42-64 FullText PDF: 133 KB DOI: 10.3280/SES2017-002004 (DOI is like a bar code for intellectual property: to have more infomation: clicca qui and here Below you can see the first page preview of the article. If you want, you can buy it (pdf file available) following the instructions to buy download credit. 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__label__cc	0.634599	0.365401	Free As The Sun Sharing the Music, Poetry & Life of Louis Debruge Lou’s Songs of Life (CD) CD Song Lyrics Bios/Other Voices About Lou’s Mom God Winks In Mysterious Ways October 21, 2015 / Rhonda Case / Leave a comment I’ve been marveling this evening at the countless “coincidences” since Lou’s death on December 4th that have brought Free As The Sun to this point. Both CD and Book are going to be complete in December 2015, just one year after Lou’s death. How did this happen!? Call them miracles, coincidences, synchronicity, kismet, or whatever you like, says Deepak Chopra — the important thing is to recognize them as signs that you’re on the right path. When God Winks is the title of a book on this very subject. Memorial Celebration for Louis Raymond Case Debruge at Mountain View Cemetery in Oregon City ~ Parents of Murdered Children Memorial Garden ~ December 13, 2014 Wink 1: If videographer, Delphine Criscenzo, had not offered to tape Louis’ memorial service, then Marv wouldn’t have been able to view the beautiful recording of Shea performing Free As The Sun. It was that video that inspired Marv to say “Yes!” to serving as Music Producer for Lou’s CD. In the project video for Kickstarter ~ filmed in May at Rob Stroup’s 8 Ball Studio ~ you can watch Shea playing Lou’s Martin acoustic, just as he did at the memorial, singing again the song he had heard Louis sing many times. This time, he sings under Marv’s direction, with Marv accompanying him on 12-string guitar. It was Shea’s first studio experience. Marv was amazed. Shea sang and played a perfect first-take. “…and the children in the dark, the children in the dark…” Goodbye Uncle Buzz by Quarterflash (Marv & Rindy Ross) Wink 2: Randy Ellison, my colleague, friend and mentor, followed a hunch one day in March. He called me to say, “Hey, I think maybe you should go hear this famous singer/songwriter, Marv Ross, tonight. He’s giving an interview for a radio series, right there in your neighborhood.” Of course, I went. That night, Marv spoke with an honest vulnerability that reminded me of Louis — about his own difficult family circumstances as a teen and how he dealt with the pain by retreating to his room to write and to sing, to express and to soothe the pain. So, thanks to a friend’s faithful guidance, I’d been led to the exactly the right people to whom I could entrust Louis’ story, his gifts and his voice. There’s also a bonus wink: Marv’s wife and musical partner, Rindy, just happens to be a licensed clinical therapist. She is serving as advisor to the book portion of the project. Wink 3: Coincidentally, Moody Little Sister (Rob Stroup and Naomi Hooley) held their CD Release Party for Wild Places on the evening before our launch. Naomi, like Louis, has a soul connection to Owls. Like Louis, Naomi experienced childhood abuse. And like Louis, she has turned the coal of her betrayal into diamonds in her music. The MC for the evening on October 17th gave a “shout out” to Lou’s project during the sold-out concert. Lou’s CD cover art was included in the program and Free As The Sun was listed as an honored sponsor. “Love is a Road” is the title of the latest Quarterflash CD. The many uncanny coincidences without which Free As The Sun simply wouldn’t be, are signs for me that we are being led on a road together. I feel Lou right there with us in Love & Spirit. Marv & Rindy have donated their powerful, transformational song “All Diamonds” from that CD as the last track on Lou’s five track CD, Free As The Sun: Lou’s Songs of Life. It’s a perfect fit. Thank you, Marv and Rindy Ross, for believing in Lou and for bringing his voice back to life, set free to speak his truth to power and to do the healing work so needed in our world! Kismet, miracle, answer to prayer, coincidence, — whatever it is, you are transforming Lou’s sad past and making it “All Diamonds!” When I look into the eyes of a newborn baby, When I look into the skies of a new morn… maybe, Everything is intertwined, interlocked In a language long forgot. When I recognize love in a cat’s eye, Recognize longing in the song of the magpie, Recognize genius in the tumbleweed, I recognize you and I recognize me and… Love… all love. Love… all love. We are… one flame. We are… one arc, We are… all embers from the same spark, We are… all god. We are… one soul, We are… all diamonds from the same coal. When I contemplate the life of the redwood, Contemplate the seed in the weeds where it once stood, Contemplate the trunk contemplate the limb, Contemplate the fact that we’re brothers in the wind. When I open up my heart to the red deer, Open up my heart to the fox and the kildeer, Open up my heart to the blood that we’re sharing, Open up my heart – open up my heart to… by Marv Ross © 2013 Narrow Dude Music All Rights Reserved “Wanna’ Kick It?” “Hey, wanna’ kick it?” This was one of my son Lou’s favorite lines. It’s the cool teenager’s version of the five year old’s, “Can you come out to play?” It’s full of relaxed excitement about what unexpected joys might be ahead if we just get together and then see where the Spirit leads! In that Spirit, I want to invite you to Kick It with us in bringing Lou’s CD and Book to life with the Kickstarter Campaign for Free As The Sun. It runs October 18th to November 16th. Kick it for awhile on the Free As The Sun Kickstarter Campaign Page – where you can “kick it” in the 8 Ball Studio with Marv, Shea, Rob and the magic as they record the first track, captured in the Project Video. Kick it for awhile at this website, checking out the lyrics page, the Bios of the CD artists and Book contributors, and the first blog post about the project. And then help us to kick this project into a beautiful high-energy high gear so that we can exceed our funding goal. Yes, some projects fund at 150% or better! When we exceed our goal, our next project will be either a music video using Lou’s song Facade (The Devil) or a training video. Our Backers will get to decide. Click here to watch Shea & Lou “Kick it” for real at the West Linn Skate Park (2009)! As you tell your friends and colleagues – and the folks on the bus or at the bar – about this project, here’s what you want to know about Kickstarter: This campaign goes “live” on October 18th and the more early backers we get the more the momentum builds toward success! Your credit card will not be charged unless the Funding Goal is met and until the campaign closes. The Kickstarter Campaign lasts only 30 days. Ours closes on November 16th. Kickstarter, like the Arab Spring and Black Lives Matter, relies on the noösphere of social media – your shares on Facebook, Twitter, via Email and so on are what will bring this beautiful project to life. Bring Lou’s dream to life. Help break his silence about childhood abuse as the real cause of so much addiction, depression, self-harm and despair in people of all ages. Help Lou be the healer he was born to be. Lou’s voice – so powerful in his music & poetry – will allow others to find their voice. May his memory be a blessing. Free As The Sun: Lou’s Songs of Life It’s nothing less than a miracle. Just a little over one year after Lou’s death (December 4, 2014) a CD of Lou’s music and a book of his poetry, song lyrics and essays, both entitled “Free As The Sun” will be published. Louis was born to be a teacher and a healer and so it will be. Marv Ross, Portland singer/songwriter and music producer, has put together a beautiful five-track CD featuring four of Lou’s original songs. Two tracks bring Lou’s voice & guitar back to life & two more shine with Shea MacKinnon as lead vocalist. Marv plays guitar and bass; Gregg Williams (the Trench Studio) engineered three tracks and plays drums. Rob Stroup (8 Ball Studio / Moody Little Sister) engineered the title track. Marv & his wife, Rindy (Quarterflash) have donated a perfect fifth track – All Diamonds from their recent CD Love is a Road. The book manuscript is being edited. The Kickstarter Campaign to fund the project will launch one week from today, on October 18th. As Shea says in the Kickstarter project video, Lou surely has a hand in this from the Other Side. Love is a road. Two years ago, on October 6th 2013, Lou came home to Oregon City after spending nine months away in three different residential dual-diagnosis treatment programs. Two months in the Utah Wilderness from February to April had – most of all, he said – been transformative. In a three day solo quest, during Lent, Louis found his voice at last. Santa Clara, Utah / Second Nature (Entrada) For the first time, with therapists Bruce and Matt, he had begun to speak out about the sad realities of his childhood. He started to piece together a trauma narrative: the memories of abuse that had haunted his days and caused him to suffer from traumatic nightmares for over half of his life. Louis came home! Lou attended the OAASIS Conference with me on October 26 (Oregon Advocates and Abuse Survivors in Service.) He enrolled again in school. He wanted nothing more than to be a triumphant survivor, to find new ways to cope with the unbearable pain he’d sought to relieve with drugs and alcohol and self-harm. He attended AA Young People’s groups, met nearly every week with his trusted out-patient therapist, Donny. He meditated, read about recovery, wrote music, prayed, worked out at the gym, spent endless hours in perfect harmony with his best friend, Shea, and cherished the moments of natural peace he found in snowboarding on the slopes of Mount Hood. And he wondered why he could not find the resilience he heard so much about while in treatment. Lou & Shea – Timberline One year ago, in October 2014, Lou was enrolled full time at Clackamas Community College. He had already completed eight college credits (Nature Writing, Algebra), earned his driver’s license, and worked part-time for a landscaping company. And he had decided. He wanted to be a counselor. He talked to the Early College guidance counselor about Marylhurst College’s Music Therapy program. Tawnya, Lou & Candice Freshman Orientation at Clackamas Community College Lou spent time with friends – especially Max & Shea – and had girlfriends galore. He was loved by his friends’ parents – as he had been since pre-school! His teachers appreciated his depth of soul and his gifts of self-expression. All the while, Lou’s epic battle with depression, with anxiety and PTSD, with addiction, with nightmares and migraines – was continuing. Louis was still walking a perilous tightrope suspended over a dangerous abyss, again using drugs and alcohol to dull his unremitting pain. He wrote furiously – music, poetry, journal entries, essays. He was bleeding onto paper and into song a pain that would finally be more than he could bear. Sometime in the night of December 3rd/4th, an overdose of heroin brought an end to a brilliant life. Overnight, Lou’s sunny bright smile was gone. Lou April 2014 Silver Falls Let’s talk about resilience. We live in a culture that believes that power and force are strength. But brute force can be and too often is turned against women, children, the elderly, the disabled, even against our animal friends. And what is more despicable than cruelty toward those who are “weaker” — that is to say, more vulnerable? What if the kind of sensitivity Louis showed in his writing and in his music, to his friends, his classmates and his beloved dogs Bandit and Fergie are the real power? What if Brené Brown, who writes about the power of vulnerability, has stumbled on a gospel truth? “Except ye become as a little child…” Lou & Fergie 2008 And what if those who are so deeply sensitive that they find it impossible to rebound from their soul trauma are in fact the “higher” souls in our midst? As adults we can sing, “I’m gonna harden my heart” and we can mean it. As children, we are vulnerable because we trust and we love without conditions and when our love is returned with indifference, cruelty, or violence (not to speak of abuse tantamount to torture) — Love itself has been betrayed. Please share this post, share the Kickstarter Campaign for “Free As The Sun” when it launches on the 18th of October and help us share the Light and Love of Louis Raymond Case Debruge. Camino a la Playa 2012 by Rhonda Case (Louis’ Mama) Netarts, Oregon with gratitude to Shea MacKinnon, Tristyn Meek, Marv & Rindy Ross, Mick and Charlotte Wilson, Gregg Williams, Rob Stroup and Naomi Hooley, Gretta, Bruce, Matt, Donny, Melanie, Barry, Andrew, Tyler, Parfait, Rachel & Andy, Neal, Karen, Riane Eisler, Jeff Cumpston’s family, Susan & Christian, and my cherished colleague and friend, Randy Ellison. Loaves & Fishes & Cheesecake Louis’ Life Still Matters 3 R’s for High School Students: Reflect. Resist. Refuse. Free to Tell: Child Abuse & Addiction “Mother Earth” ~ Lou’s Poem (2014) Papa Mick on Free to Tell: Child Abuse & Addiction cthomann on Melanie Blow on Neal Lemery on Pam on	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line16885
__label__cc	0.66033	0.33967	Geoinformation Online Companies Viewing archives for "Research Institute" Finnish Geospatial Research Institute (FGI) by a. taravat on April 10, 2017 . In National Organizations, Organizations The Finnish Geospatial Research Institute (FGI) is a research and expert institute (founded in 1918) that carries out research and development for spatial data infrastructures including geodesy, photogrammetry, remote sensing, navigation, cartography and Geoinformatics. The FGI provides a ... (Read More) Codes Updates Geotiff Image Resizing Using the Standard Deviation of the Source Image Synopsis Resize a geotiff image using the standard deviation of the source image. Installation The fastest and easiest... A Simple 3 by 3 Lowpass Filter Synopsis A simple lowpass filter for filtering your array. Installation The fastest and easiest way to open the... Latest Imagery Tersakan Lake and Tuz Lake from space This image from Japan’s ALOS satellite was acquired over Anatolia’s dry, central plateau on the... Very Extensive Ice Fractures in the Beaufort Sea at the northern coast of Alaska The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite captured this view... Northern China’s most populous cities at Night This astronaut photograph features two of China’s most populous cities—Beijing and Tianjin—both in the northeastern... Southern Italian Peninsula at Night At night, Earth’s surface is covered with a delicate tracery of lights, particularly in regions... Latest Organizations The Finnish Geospatial Research Institute (FGI) is a research and expert institute (founded in 1918)... The International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) is a non-governmental international organization, devoted... Laboratory for Research Methods in Quantitative Remote Sensing (QuantaLab) QuantaLab is focused on quantitative methods for remote sensing in agriculture and forestry, with main... University of Wageningen - Laboratory of Geoinformation Science and Remote Sensing Within the laboratory of Geoinformation science and remote sensing, a close cooperation with the Alterra... GeoInformation Directory Geocode Library Main Sectors Space Governmental Organizations About Geoinformation Online GeoInformation Online is an online community and encyclopedia for scientists and companies that are working in GeoInformation field. In this Portal you can share you information and possibly use other researcher’s achievements and prevent the cycle of reinventing the wheel. © 1998-2017 Geoinformation Online. All Rights Reserved Image GalleryGeoinformation Image Gallery National Orgs Space Gov Orgs	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line16887
__label__cc	0.555125	0.444875	The Seven Poor Travellers by Charles Dickens Follow einer Story Although he is now revered as the author of such long-form masterworks as Great Expectations, Charles Dickens' short stories ranked among his most popular creative endeavors during his lifetime. Like many of his Christmas-themed stories, "The Seven Poor Travellers" was originally serialized in a magazine. This heartwarming tale is a must-read during the holiday season, or anytime your spirit could use a boost. Klassiker Alles öffentlich. © Public Domain #fiction #Charles Dickens The Seven Poor Travellers by Charles Dickens - CHAPTER I—IN THE OLD CITY OF ROCHESTER Strictly speaking, there were only six Poor Travellers; but, being a Traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to seven. This word of explanation is due at once, for what says the inscription over the quaint old door? RICHARD WATTS, Esq. by his Will, dated 22 Aug. 1579, founded this Charity for Six poor Travellers, who not being ROGUES, or PROCTORS, May receive gratis for one Night, Lodging, Entertainment, and Fourpence each. It was in the ancient little city of Rochester in Kent, of all the good days in the year upon a Christmas-eve, that I stood reading this inscription over the quaint old door in question. I had been wandering about the neighbouring Cathedral, and had seen the tomb of Richard Watts, with the effigy of worthy Master Richard starting out of it like a ship’s figure-head; and I had felt that I could do no less, as I gave the Verger his fee, than inquire the way to Watts’s Charity. The way being very short and very plain, I had come prosperously to the inscription and the quaint old door. “Now,” said I to myself, as I looked at the knocker, “I know I am not a Proctor; I wonder whether I am a Rogue!” Upon the whole, though Conscience reproduced two or three pretty faces which might have had smaller attraction for a moral Goliath than they had had for me, who am but a Tom Thumb in that way, I came to the conclusion that I was not a Rogue. So, beginning to regard the establishment as in some sort my property, bequeathed to me and divers co-legatees, share and share alike, by the Worshipful Master Richard Watts, I stepped backward into the road to survey my inheritance. I found it to be a clean white house, of a staid and venerable air, with the quaint old door already three times mentioned (an arched door), choice little long low lattice-windows, and a roof of three gables. The silent High Street of Rochester is full of gables, with old beams and timbers carved into strange faces. It is oddly garnished with a queer old clock that projects over the pavement out of a grave red-brick building, as if Time carried on business there, and hung out his sign. Sooth to say, he did an active stroke of work in Rochester, in the old days of the Romans, and the Saxons, and the Normans; and down to the times of King John, when the rugged castle—I will not undertake to say how many hundreds of years old then—was abandoned to the centuries of weather which have so defaced the dark apertures in its walls, that the ruin looks as if the rooks and daws had pecked its eyes out. I was very well pleased, both with my property and its situation. While I was yet surveying it with growing content, I espied, at one of the upper lattices which stood open, a decent body, of a wholesome matronly appearance, whose eyes I caught inquiringly addressed to mine. They said so plainly, “Do you wish to see the house?” that I answered aloud, “Yes, if you please.” And within a minute the old door opened, and I bent my head, and went down two steps into the entry. “This,” said the matronly presence, ushering me into a low room on the right, “is where the Travellers sit by the fire, and cook what bits of suppers they buy with their fourpences.” “O! Then they have no Entertainment?” said I. For the inscription over the outer door was still running in my head, and I was mentally repeating, in a kind of tune, “Lodging, entertainment, and fourpence each.” “They have a fire provided for ’em,” returned the matron—a mighty civil person, not, as I could make out, overpaid; “and these cooking utensils. And this what’s painted on a board is the rules for their behaviour. They have their fourpences when they get their tickets from the steward over the way,—for I don’t admit ’em myself, they must get their tickets first,—and sometimes one buys a rasher of bacon, and another a herring, and another a pound of potatoes, or what not. Sometimes two or three of ’em will club their fourpences together, and make a supper that way. But not much of anything is to be got for fourpence, at present, when provisions is so dear.” “True indeed,” I remarked. I had been looking about the room, admiring its snug fireside at the upper end, its glimpse of the street through the low mullioned window, and its beams overhead. “It is very comfortable,” said I. “Ill-conwenient,” observed the matronly presence. I liked to hear her say so; for it showed a commendable anxiety to execute in no niggardly spirit the intentions of Master Richard Watts. But the room was really so well adapted to its purpose that I protested, quite enthusiastically, against her disparagement. “Nay, ma’am,” said I, “I am sure it is warm in winter and cool in summer. It has a look of homely welcome and soothing rest. It has a remarkably cosey fireside, the very blink of which, gleaming out into the street upon a winter night, is enough to warm all Rochester’s heart. And as to the convenience of the six Poor Travellers—” “I don’t mean them,” returned the presence. “I speak of its being an ill-conwenience to myself and my daughter, having no other room to sit in of a night.” This was true enough, but there was another quaint room of corresponding dimensions on the opposite side of the entry: so I stepped across to it, through the open doors of both rooms, and asked what this chamber was for. “This,” returned the presence, “is the Board Room. Where the gentlemen meet when they come here.” Let me see. I had counted from the street six upper windows besides these on the ground-story. Making a perplexed calculation in my mind, I rejoined, “Then the six Poor Travellers sleep upstairs?” My new friend shook her head. “They sleep,” she answered, “in two little outer galleries at the back, where their beds has always been, ever since the Charity was founded. It being so very ill-conwenient to me as things is at present, the gentlemen are going to take off a bit of the back-yard, and make a slip of a room for ’em there, to sit in before they go to bed.” “And then the six Poor Travellers,” said I, “will be entirely out of the house?” “Entirely out of the house,” assented the presence, comfortably smoothing her hands. “Which is considered much better for all parties, and much more conwenient.” I had been a little startled, in the Cathedral, by the emphasis with which the effigy of Master Richard Watts was bursting out of his tomb; but I began to think, now, that it might be expected to come across the High Street some stormy night, and make a disturbance here. Howbeit, I kept my thoughts to myself, and accompanied the presence to the little galleries at the back. I found them on a tiny scale, like the galleries in old inn-yards; and they were very clean. While I was looking at them, the matron gave me to understand that the prescribed number of Poor Travellers were forthcoming every night from year’s end to year’s end; and that the beds were always occupied. My questions upon this, and her replies, brought us back to the Board Room so essential to the dignity of “the gentlemen,” where she showed me the printed accounts of the Charity hanging up by the window. From them I gathered that the greater part of the property bequeathed by the Worshipful Master Richard Watts for the maintenance of this foundation was, at the period of his death, mere marsh-land; but that, in course of time, it had been reclaimed and built upon, and was very considerably increased in value. I found, too, that about a thirtieth part of the annual revenue was now expended on the purposes commemorated in the inscription over the door; the rest being handsomely laid out in Chancery, law expenses, collectorship, receivership, poundage, and other appendages of management, highly complimentary to the importance of the six Poor Travellers. In short, I made the not entirely new discovery that it may be said of an establishment like this, in dear old England, as of the fat oyster in the American story, that it takes a good many men to swallow it whole. “And pray, ma’am,” said I, sensible that the blankness of my face began to brighten as the thought occurred to me, “could one see these Travellers?” “Well!” she returned dubiously, “no!” “Not to-night, for instance!” said I. “Well!” she returned more positively, “no. Nobody ever asked to see them, and nobody ever did see them.” As I am not easily balked in a design when I am set upon it, I urged to the good lady that this was Christmas-eve; that Christmas comes but once a year,—which is unhappily too true, for when it begins to stay with us the whole year round we shall make this earth a very different place; that I was possessed by the desire to treat the Travellers to a supper and a temperate glass of hot Wassail; that the voice of Fame had been heard in that land, declaring my ability to make hot Wassail; that if I were permitted to hold the feast, I should be found conformable to reason, sobriety, and good hours; in a word, that I could be merry and wise myself, and had been even known at a pinch to keep others so, although I was decorated with no badge or medal, and was not a Brother, Orator, Apostle, Saint, or Prophet of any denomination whatever. In the end I prevailed, to my great joy. It was settled that at nine o’clock that night a Turkey and a piece of Roast Beef should smoke upon the board; and that I, faint and unworthy minister for once of Master Richard Watts, should preside as the Christmas-supper host of the six Poor Travellers. I went back to my inn to give the necessary directions for the Turkey and Roast Beef, and, during the remainder of the day, could settle to nothing for thinking of the Poor Travellers. When the wind blew hard against the windows,—it was a cold day, with dark gusts of sleet alternating with periods of wild brightness, as if the year were dying fitfully,—I pictured them advancing towards their resting-place along various cold roads, and felt delighted to think how little they foresaw the supper that awaited them. I painted their portraits in my mind, and indulged in little heightening touches. I made them footsore; I made them weary; I made them carry packs and bundles; I made them stop by finger-posts and milestones, leaning on their bent sticks, and looking wistfully at what was written there; I made them lose their way; and filled their five wits with apprehensions of lying out all night, and being frozen to death. I took up my hat, and went out, climbed to the top of the Old Castle, and looked over the windy hills that slope down to the Medway, almost believing that I could descry some of my Travellers in the distance. After it fell dark, and the Cathedral bell was heard in the invisible steeple—quite a bower of frosty rime when I had last seen it—striking five, six, seven, I became so full of my Travellers that I could eat no dinner, and felt constrained to watch them still in the red coals of my fire. They were all arrived by this time, I thought, had got their tickets, and were gone in.—There my pleasure was dashed by the reflection that probably some Travellers had come too late and were shut out. After the Cathedral bell had struck eight, I could smell a delicious savour of Turkey and Roast Beef rising to the window of my adjoining bedroom, which looked down into the inn-yard just where the lights of the kitchen reddened a massive fragment of the Castle Wall. It was high time to make the Wassail now; therefore I had up the materials (which, together with their proportions and combinations, I must decline to impart, as the only secret of my own I was ever known to keep), and made a glorious jorum. Not in a bowl; for a bowl anywhere but on a shelf is a low superstition, fraught with cooling and slopping; but in a brown earthenware pitcher, tenderly suffocated, when full, with a coarse cloth. It being now upon the stroke of nine, I set out for Watts’s Charity, carrying my brown beauty in my arms. I would trust Ben, the waiter, with untold gold; but there are strings in the human heart which must never be sounded by another, and drinks that I make myself are those strings in mine. The Travellers were all assembled, the cloth was laid, and Ben had brought a great billet of wood, and had laid it artfully on the top of the fire, so that a touch or two of the poker after supper should make a roaring blaze. Having deposited my brown beauty in a red nook of the hearth, inside the fender, where she soon began to sing like an ethereal cricket, diffusing at the same time odours as of ripe vineyards, spice forests, and orange groves,—I say, having stationed my beauty in a place of security and improvement, I introduced myself to my guests by shaking hands all round, and giving them a hearty welcome. I found the party to be thus composed. Firstly, myself. Secondly, a very decent man indeed, with his right arm in a sling, who had a certain clean agreeable smell of wood about him, from which I judged him to have something to do with shipbuilding. Thirdly, a little sailor-boy, a mere child, with a profusion of rich dark brown hair, and deep womanly-looking eyes. Fourthly, a shabby-genteel personage in a threadbare black suit, and apparently in very bad circumstances, with a dry suspicious look; the absent buttons on his waistcoat eked out with red tape; and a bundle of extraordinarily tattered papers sticking out of an inner breast-pocket. Fifthly, a foreigner by birth, but an Englishman in speech, who carried his pipe in the band of his hat, and lost no time in telling me, in an easy, simple, engaging way, that he was a watchmaker from Geneva, and travelled all about the Continent, mostly on foot, working as a journeyman, and seeing new countries,—possibly (I thought) also smuggling a watch or so, now and then. Sixthly, a little widow, who had been very pretty and was still very young, but whose beauty had been wrecked in some great misfortune, and whose manner was remarkably timid, scared, and solitary. Seventhly and lastly, a Traveller of a kind familiar to my boyhood, but now almost obsolete,—a Book-Pedler, who had a quantity of Pamphlets and Numbers with him, and who presently boasted that he could repeat more verses in an evening than he could sell in a twelvemonth. All these I have mentioned in the order in which they sat at table. I presided, and the matronly presence faced me. We were not long in taking our places, for the supper had arrived with me, in the following procession: Myself with the pitcher. Ben with Beer. Inattentive Boy with hot plates. Inattentive Boy with hot plates. THE TURKEY. Female carrying sauces to be heated on the spot. THE BEEF. Man with Tray on his head, containing Vegetables and Sundries. Volunteer Hostler from Hotel, grinning, And rendering no assistance. As we passed along the High Street, comet-like, we left a long tail of fragrance behind us which caused the public to stop, sniffing in wonder. We had previously left at the corner of the inn-yard a wall-eyed young man connected with the Fly department, and well accustomed to the sound of a railway whistle which Ben always carries in his pocket, whose instructions were, so soon as he should hear the whistle blown, to dash into the kitchen, seize the hot plum-pudding and mince-pies, and speed with them to Watts’s Charity, where they would be received (he was further instructed) by the sauce-female, who would be provided with brandy in a blue state of combustion. All these arrangements were executed in the most exact and punctual manner. I never saw a finer turkey, finer beef, or greater prodigality of sauce and gravy;—and my Travellers did wonderful justice to everything set before them. It made my heart rejoice to observe how their wind and frost hardened faces softened in the clatter of plates and knives and forks, and mellowed in the fire and supper heat. While their hats and caps and wrappers, hanging up, a few small bundles on the ground in a corner, and in another corner three or four old walking-sticks, worn down at the end to mere fringe, linked this smug interior with the bleak outside in a golden chain. When supper was done, and my brown beauty had been elevated on the table, there was a general requisition to me to “take the corner;” which suggested to me comfortably enough how much my friends here made of a fire,—for when had I ever thought so highly of the corner, since the days when I connected it with Jack Horner? However, as I declined, Ben, whose touch on all convivial instruments is perfect, drew the table apart, and instructing my Travellers to open right and left on either side of me, and form round the fire, closed up the centre with myself and my chair, and preserved the order we had kept at table. He had already, in a tranquil manner, boxed the ears of the inattentive boys until they had been by imperceptible degrees boxed out of the room; and he now rapidly skirmished the sauce-female into the High Street, disappeared, and softly closed the door. This was the time for bringing the poker to bear on the billet of wood. I tapped it three times, like an enchanted talisman, and a brilliant host of merry-makers burst out of it, and sported off by the chimney,—rushing up the middle in a fiery country dance, and never coming down again. Meanwhile, by their sparkling light, which threw our lamp into the shade, I filled the glasses, and gave my Travellers, CHRISTMAS!—CHRISTMAS-EVE, my friends, when the shepherds, who were Poor Travellers, too, in their way, heard the Angels sing, “On earth, peace. Good-will towards men!” I don’t know who was the first among us to think that we ought to take hands as we sat, in deference to the toast, or whether any one of us anticipated the others, but at any rate we all did it. We then drank to the memory of the good Master Richard Watts. And I wish his Ghost may never have had worse usage under that roof than it had from us. It was the witching time for Story-telling. “Our whole life, Travellers,” said I, “is a story more or less intelligible,—generally less; but we shall read it by a clearer light when it is ended. I, for one, am so divided this night between fact and fiction, that I scarce know which is which. Shall I beguile the time by telling you a story as we sit here?” They all answered, yes. I had little to tell them, but I was bound by my own proposal. Therefore, after looking for awhile at the spiral column of smoke wreathing up from my brown beauty, through which I could have almost sworn I saw the effigy of Master Richard Watts less startled than usual, I fired away. 31. Juli 2016 18:22:07 0 Bericht Einbetten 1 Lesen Sie das nächste Kapitel CHAPTER II—THE STORY OF RICHARD DOUBLEDICK Hast Du Spaß beim Lesen? Hey! Es gibt noch 2 Übrige Kapitel dieser Story. Um weiterzulesen, registriere dich bitte oder logge dich ein. Gratis! The Miller's Daughte... SmartiScope's Land 1.- CHAPTER I—IN THE OLD CITY OF ROCHESTER 1.- CHAPTER I—IN THE OLD CITY OF ROCHESTER Du kannst nur einen Review pro Kapitel abgeben 1.- CHAPTER I—IN THE OLD CITY OF ROCHESTER 31. Juli 2016 18:22:07 2.- CHAPTER II—THE STORY OF RICHARD DOUBLEDICK 31. Juli 2016 18:22:10 3.- CHAPTER III—THE ROAD 31. 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__label__cc	0.633125	0.366875	2018 Honda Civic Type R – Review In certain circles, no other hot hatch will quite cut the mustard except for a Honda Civic Type R Posted by Get That Car Loan Comments Off on 2018 Honda Civic Type R – Review In certain circles, no other hot hatch will quite cut the mustard except for a Honda Civic Type R since the first version appeared in 1997. Enthusiasts would have their eye set on this car alone as it offered a blend of exceptional handling, analogue sensations, and a screamer of an engine. Now, with the FK8 generation car, the Type R has changed. Grown up in key aspects, just as the company had first attempted with its FK2 predecessor. It retains much of the boy racer appeal, but considers the needs of a more aged individual, being offered (only) in more practical 5-door guise instead and adopting a turbocharged engine. Still, it’s definitely not seemed to have softened its views on high performance front-driven hoonery. Honda’s team obviously put a lot of effort into the new Type R, merging new ideas with the old, in part to garner the favour of a broader set of buyers, one who would have otherwise bought a Ford Focus RS, Volkswagen Golf R, or Mercedes-AMG A45 if money was less of an object – this is also why this Type R is the most widely available compared to older versions that were confined to only sell in select regions, spreading further afield through imports. This is still a driver’s car, through and through – or so they would have you convinced – delivering thrills that were engineered to extract more enjoyment a proportionate amount of correctly measured input. However, the image of the Civic Type R cannot be escaped by merely adding doors and forced induction, so you’ll need to be quite certain about what you want when shortlisting the Civic Type R. The 10th-generation Honda Civic in general has its detractors and cheerleaders. Handsome from most angles, controversial in others, but most definitely bold and assuredly a departure from where we’ve seen Honda tread before. In ‘hatch’ form, things take a slight turn to the obtuse, with the rear end tapered to give it some coupe-esque hints. Honda decided this was to be the one and only shape by which the world would see their newest (FK8) Type R. There’s a lot of aero on display here, with an assortment of wings, scoops, and ducts to channel the air just so around the car – some to minimise drag, others to generate meaningful amounts of downforce. That fixed rear spoiler is responsible for a lot of it, and not just there to take the edge off that roofline profile. It’s all quite cohesive, though, and looks purposeful without quite falling off the edge into being overly ostentatious. A bright red logo replaces typical Honda badge to signify this as a performance model, and that theme is taken to highlight much of the car’s edges and interior trim. That said, the Type R now relegates all its competitors to looking a little bland by comparison unless an outrageous paint option is selected. The Type R looks, like most other ‘mega’ hatches, more sedate in colours like black, though this is only mildly true of the Honda as it still retains much of its menace thanks to that red shade tinging its perimeter and huge 20-inch wheels. This is arguably the largest departure from the how the Type R used to operate. H igh-revving VTEC engines were the main draw of previous generation cars, and a large part of why they were bought over its increasing number of turbocharged rivals. However, Honda had to concede that there would be no way to keep naturally aspirated high-revving engines at parity with the performance expected of modern day performance hatches while meeting ever-stricter emissions regulations, especially since this model was planned from the start to be sold in nearly all markets the Japanese marque had reach. Capacity stands at a familiar 2.0-litres, divided between four cylinders, but with the aid of variable geometry turbochargers and high flow induction, power jumps to 228kW and 400Nm available from 2,500rpm. The downside, of course, is that the redline drops to a slightly more modest 7,200rpm. There’s plenty of upsides, though, not least of which how far more everyday usable it makes the Civic Type R as a package. Despite having just two driven wheels in a field becoming exclusively all-wheel driven, some clever traction management and front differential wizardry means that 100km/h arrives from rest in 5.8 seconds, provided, of course, one is proficient at rowing through the ratios as the car only comes with a 6-speed manual transmission. The gearbox itself is a peach, smooth and precise, so that shouldn’t be any impediment practice cannot remedy. The engine, meanwhile, has a happy habit of not feeling turbocharged. Power is delivered in a very linear fashion, but the boost is tuned such to be served in increasing intensity. Take your mind off what’s under the bonnet, and you could almost mistake it for a very powerful high-revver. Honda has had more experience to massage this 2.0-litre unit as it’s essentially the same version used in the previous Civic Type R, the criminally short-lived FK2. Here it develops around 7kW more power, though, courtesy of a revised exhaust and extractor system. Fuel consumption, if you’re into that kinda thing, is sits at a claimed 8.8-litres/100km on a combined cycle. The red and black blend of textured fabric and suede-like carbon back bucket seats don’t look particularly comfortable but actually do offer a good amount of support even over some longer distances. However, it does set the tone immediately about what to expect from the rest of the cabin: plenty of red and black. Over the standard Civic and even the older FK2 Type R, this version’s driver H point is noticeably lower, giving the whole experience a more driver-oriented feel that’s almost spot-on, aligning nicely with the pedals gear shift lever that boasts a beautiful machined aluminium sphere knob. There’s the same level of interior quality as to be found on any normal Civic, and that’s a good thing, with a good amount of soft touch points, commendable ergonomics, and a general solidity to the construction. Elsewhere faux leather is used in the trim as well as a reappearance of that suede-like Alcantara (but not quite) material, and both are used well to add an air of class to temper the general aggressive aura. However, though this is a good cabin to be in and more than ably serves its purpose as an exciting cockpit, much more premium surroundings can be found in the Germans, such as the AMG A45 and Golf R in particular. Although Honda might have been inclined to have the Civic Type R’s dynamics be a little more approachab le this time around, the changes they’ve made don’t seem to greatly corroborate this theory. As previously indicated, this is very much an analogue machine, quite an amount more so than its closest competition. While steering is very sharp, the wheel itself does need quite a bit of shove to get rotating at lower speeds, needing drivers to be more deliberate in their inputs, also because the rack is rather quick from lock to lock. On most roads, the ride is manageable but most definitely on the firm side, even with the dampers set to their softest setting. This translates into greater composure at higher speeds, which is where Honda is betting you’ll keep the Type R most of the time. Once there, the car is remarkably nimble and rewarding, with a seemingly unyielding front end and unrelenting grip if using an appropriate cornering speed to have the aerodynamics kick in. Apply the throttle too liberally out of the corner, though, and its front-driven nature does have the car push wide, but keeping the driver well informed of the proceedings for a recovery. Given that the Type R is quite a bit lighter than its rivals, heavy braking doesn’t get it nearly as unsettled as is often the case, and also means that the discs can take more abuse before succumbing to fade. Clearly, though, to experience its full potential, you’ll need a track as it was plainly made to shine there most of all, which is why, upon its launch, it took the crown as the fastest front-drive car to ever lap the Nurburgring. The Honda Civic Type R, as a variant, has not been rated by ANCAP, but considering the standard hatch has been awarded the 5-star seal, there’s good reason to believe its not far off, especially since its safety features read identically to most well-specified standard car. There’s a full spread of front, side, and full-length curtain airbags, forward collision warning, autonomous emergency braking (AEB), lane departure warning, lane keep assist, reversing camera, front/rear parking sensors, and even adaptive cruise control – probably for that uneventful drive back from the circuit. Elsewhere the Type R receives the same 7-inch touchscreen infotainment system as the rest of its range, running the Android-based interface that supports Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and attached to a 160W speaker array with 4 woofers and 4 tweeters. Despite being hot hatch, the digital instrument cluster is retained here as well. It’s as responsive as ever and conveys information well, even in more demanding scenarios, and its graphics do change to red with a helpfully large tachometer when the +R drive mode is selected. The Civic Type R still holds its head high as something of a people’s hero, offering the kind of performance and cornering poise that manufacturers typically charge a markedly higher price for. In its 4th-generation, it has also managed to adapt to the onset of turbocharging and the more versatile nature of hot hatches without sacrificing much of its initial uniqueness. Dynamically, the Type R is one of the most characterful machines of its time and circumstance. The labour poured into linking the various chassis and aerodynamic strengths to make up for the lack of a rear-driven axle and its departure from natural aspiration is evident and worthy of great praise. And to the hot hatch connoisseur, all this seemingly single-minded focus should add to the car’s overall appeal. But dig deeper and there’s a serviceable everyday driver hiding beyond the polarising bodywork and shamelessly red accents. It’s a Civic, after all, and as such still offers plenty of cabin space, cargo capacity, and ahem reliability.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line16891
__label__wiki	0.748706	0.748706	SUI ZHEN announces new LP & shares lead single and video “Perfect Place” Stereo Sanctity June 27, 2019 Album NewsNew MusicNew Video Album Artwork by: Agnieszka Chabros NewsAlbum News LinkedinPinterestVkSubscribeGoogleWhatsappDiggRedditStumbleuponXingTumblrMailSkype Album ‘Losing, Linda’ set for release Sept 27th via Cascine. Throughout Melbourne-based artist Sui Zhen’s discography and performances, the experimental pop and performance artist has zoomed in on the intersections between human life and technology – how to exist in the digital age, as well as the ways in which we risk losing true sight of ourselves in the process. Today she’s announced her latest chapter, Losing, Linda, which is set for release Sept 27th via Cascine and is sharing the first single & video from the record “Perfect Place”. Losing, Linda pairs her signature inquisitiveness with a surreal electronic pop that possesses a dreamlike quality: vivid, uncanny, and upon close examination, revealing of deep emotional and personal truths. It’s an album that examines loss on multiple levels – from the death of our loved ones, to our widespread societal tendency to disappear within the ones and zeroes of modern life’s tech-driven rush. Losing, Linda’s creation began back in 2016 when she took up an artistic residency in Sapporo, Japan. Zhen originally came to the residency equipped with demos conceived in the wake of her preceding breakout record, Secretly Susan – but real-life tragedy intervened, as her mother was diagnosed with cancer. In the process, a sense of overall mortality was unmistakably infused into the thematic structure of Losing, Linda. The video for lead single, “Perfect Place” introduces the character Linda, a ghostly apparition, representing the fragments of self, the avatars we leave behind after one dies in the physical realm — but do our digital selves ever fully disappear? After the residency came to a close, Sui Zhen’s band members – instrumentalists Ashley Bundang (Zone Out, Hot Palms, Ciggie Witch) and Alec Marshall (Hot Palms, Emma Russack) – joined her in the Tokyo-adjacent city of Matsudo to track full-band demos for the material she’d written back in Sapporo. Eventually she returned to Australia to be with her family, with work on the album becoming more sporadic as her mother’s health declined, leading up to her passing in February 2018. “Looking back it was pretty intense,” Sui Zhen says. “There’s moments that occurred that haunt me still. And some of those moments have been recreated in my video project – turned into art, memories of memories.” After some time away from the album, Losing, Linda was completed near the end of 2018. The resulting record pushes the fascinating sounds and ideas of Secretly Susan further and deeper, drawing equally from the plush realms of Sade, Japanese city pop, the early electronic music of the 1980s, and the mournful swing of Tracey Thorn’s early work. Sui Zhen cites a range of forward-thinking artists from past and present as inspiration, from Lizzy Mercier and Laurie Anderson to Holly Herndon and Suzanne Ciani. On Losing, Linda, Sui Zhen takes the theoretical form of Linda, a digital doppelgänger and avatar invoking the e-learning channel Lynda and its founder Lynda Weinman, as well as the humanoid robot BINA48. The character of Linda is personified on the album’s cover by choreographer and colleague Megan Payne, whose literal embodiment of Linda interrogates the disembodiment of online life, and calls into question the possibility of death in the digital age. “It’s an album about missing people after they are gone and trying to pre-empt loss – not only loss of life, but memory and information,” Sui Zhen explains. “I see it mirrored in our increasing need for data storage. Why are we collecting and documenting so much, anyway?” “It’s also a simple ghost story about being haunted by our other versions and our past selves,” she continues. “Our mothers, fathers, ancestors – that possibility that another may exist, intangible in the physical realm, but ever present in memory, so long as memory functions.” The album will also be accompanied by a digital ecosystem, aiming to create an online world for listeners where they can interact in real time with Linda. “It’s somewhere between a ghost, a memory, and a digital assistant” Sui Zhen explains. In other words, a perfect evocation of what Losing, Linda represents thematically and musically: a trip through the real and the uncanny. Losing, Linda is a lovingly personal and humanistic document of our ever-changing world, the things we lose along the way, and the insights we gain from loss itself. You can see the first stage of the digital ecosystem here: https://livingmemory.suizhen.com.au More on Sui Zhen: Sui Zhen released her debut album, Two Seas, back in 2012. Beguiling and enchanting, the record proved to be an early indication of her fascinating melodic structures and compelling lyrical themes – but it was 2015’s Secretly Susan that would be her breakthrough. Drawing on dub, lounge, and bossa nova influences, Secretly Susan presents as a synth-pop simulacrum, exploring digital life’s myriad intersections with the real. Sui Zhen’s musical journey has included involvement in the Red Bull Music Academy, and spanned collaborations with dance and electronic artists like NO ZU, Retiree and Tornado Wallace (featuring on the producer’s standout “Today” from 2017’s Lonely Planet). She’s also been commissioned for scoring and composition work in the ambient sphere, such as creating a “spatially aware soundtrack” to an exhibition at the Art Gallery of NSW, and providing the live score for Chris Marker’s 1983 documentary Sans Soleil. She’s recently performed at notable Australian music festivals Dark Mofo, Meredith Festival, and Inner Varnika. This year, Sui Zhen will also feature on a new Møzaika EP, and will contribute a track for an upcoming compilation for Munich’s Public Possession label. 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__label__cc	0.531479	0.468521	Girl Crush Zine Interviews, Music A Few Words With: Kathryn of Fresh Myself and Lerryn recently had the pleasure of attending the Ladyfuzz Fest and among the gender diverse line-up was the infectiously energetic band Fresh. We were lucky enough to be able to interview Kathryn, singer and guitarist of the band. Balancing part-time work in a studio, studying for a BA in French, and a member of two bands (Fresh and cheerbleederz), Kathryn is certainly busy when she’s not onstage. Kathryn recounts some of the highlights of the band saying ‘we were once flown out to play a beautiful festival in Italy, it was all outdoors in the middle of nowhere. We sound checked and it was great but then it rained and the festival was cancelled so we didn’t play!’ This unpredictability within the industry leads me onto some of the challenges the band has faced. Misogyny is still rife within the music industry, and we wanted to get an inside opinion on how to deal with such issues. ’I wish that I could say that this is a quick fix, but I still find it really hard to stand up for myself at a show… don’t be afraid to ask your bandmates for support and don’t accept small guarantees for big corporate shows that have an all cis-male line-up.’ Unfortunately, even at a gender diverse festival like Ladyfuzz, you will still find selfish misogynists. ‘There was a drunk guy who became really aggressive and refused to leave during Dream Nails’ set but he was kicked out and they continued to play like the badass punks that they are. It sucks that even at events for queer women and non-binary people, you have to stay vigilant and deal with men who want to make everything about themselves. But we didn’t let it affect us.’ However, Kathryn notes that ‘It was a great time! I’m a huge fan of Ladyfuzz and everything Lucinda does, Brighton has always been a really welcoming place for us. The crowd was really fun.’ Highlights of the festival were ‘seeing Witching Waves for the first time, as well as Currls. And I got to see Petrol Girls again which is always wonderful. ‘ Working within performance requires a certain level of energy, which Fresh never fail to supply. I wanted to know if there were times when the band were not feeling up to it, and how they dealt with this. However, Kathryn explained that no matter how difficult or even just boring being on tour can be at points their ‘set isn’t touched by that… if a drive has been particularly long or the mood is off, we can use our time onstage as a bubble to blow off steam.’ She also highlights the release that music can be for her, explaining that it’s her number one way to cope with depression and anxiety… ‘performing and being part of such a supportive community is really validating’. One of the things we love about the band’s music here at Girl Crush is their unapologetic attitude to not fitting in. We asked if this was something they also encountered within the industry to which Kathryn explained ‘I’ve been really lucky with Fresh in that we kind of fell into the community that we operate in now almost straight away, one of our first shows was with Shit Present and we played Power Lunches in London a lot at first (RIP). But it’s true that even music scenes that call themselves inclusive treat women very differently to how they treat cis men. It can be really tiring to always have to prove yourself to male bands, promoters, sound guys, random audience members. I think it’s changing but not fast enough.’ Personally one of my highlights of seeing Fresh live was the buzz when the band started ‘New Girl’ which is definitely one of my favourites of the new album. The lyrics definitely hit home a bit but it still manages to be such a fun poppy song. Myself and Lerryn also have a weak spot for a cowbell. So this is genuinely a fond memory I constantly look back on. To hear this jam and more make sure to check out their new album ‘Withdraw’. Described by Kathryn as ‘an angry and resilient record… I tend to just write what first comes into my brain, and how I feel on stage and what it means to be a woman playing music came into the songs a lot. In that way, it speaks a lot about our touring experiences and finding support from other people and from within yourself! ‘ We are so delighted to have had the opportunity to ask the band some questions, and more so to have seen them live. Definitely check them out at their upcoming events and absorb the sheer amount of energy the band exude through their catchy riffs and insightful lyrics. https://freshpunks.bandcamp.com/album/withdraw July 2, 2019 July 2, 2019 article, band, interview, magazine, Music, punk, riotgrl, zine Published by rachelbarber97 View all posts by rachelbarber97 Previous Previous post: Welcome to Girl Crush A Few Words With: Kathryn of Fresh July 2, 2019 Welcome to Girl Crush May 19, 2019 Recent Interactions All Posts Select Month July 2019 (1) May 2019 (1)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line16894
__label__cc	0.722079	0.277921	Our mission:Advice based on facts, not ideology Professor Dr. Amatzia Baram Dr. Udo Steinbach Anonymous GIS Expert Dr. Uwe Nerlich Dr. Carole Nakhle Bernard Siman Reports on Saddam Hussein See all → Iraq at a crucial moment (Part 2) Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi’s to-do list reads like Mission Impossible. Staff his cabinet with honest officials; rebuild war-torn Sunni areas in the north; placate an angry Shia south that is desperately short of water and power; deal with Kurdish demands; reintegrate Iranian-backed militias into civilian life; balance carefully between Iran and the U.S. He must do all this without a secure parliamentary majority or even a solid support base. Mr. Abdul Mahdi’s position as an honest broker gives him great strength, but if he fails, Iraq could become Libya. Iraq’s new prime minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi, was reportedly hand-picked at meeting in Beirut by the leaders of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps and Hezbollah. Yet the man they chose is far from a radical. Close examination of Mr. Abdul Mahdi’s career shows him to be an experienced, honest and gutsy ... The many faces of ISIS If we want to know what will happen to Islamic State (ISIS) after the death of its first “caliph” and the loss of Mosul and Raqqa, we must first understand what it is. There is not one ISIS, but at least four. Each will require different handling once the caliphate ... Understanding Iraq’s Sunni tribes Iraq’s Sunni tribes form a key part of Iraq’s complicated power structure. The United States found some success in the early 2000s when it allied with them to push back al-Qaeda. Since then, some have been alienated and joined Daesh. Most have not chosen sides. The U.S. will need to ... Saudi Arabia considers how to recast foreign policy and rely less on US Saudi Arabia’s relations with its Arab neighbours have been troubled since the state was founded in 1932. The kingdom’s territorial expansion, border disputes and export of Wahhabi Islam have all fed fears of Saudi political domination. Now that the decades-long alliance with Washington has cooled and the United States’ security ... ISIS: Its origins, strategy and prospects ISIS has expanded its influence in Syria and Iraq and risen with speed to terrifying power in its efforts to resurrect an Islamic state across the entire Fertile Crescent and into Africa and Asia. But the strategy of ISIS, one of the wealthiest and most violent jihadist groups in history, ...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line16895
__label__wiki	0.570703	0.570703	April 8, 2019 April 9, 2019 Shannon-Lee Sloane Review: Mojo Burning at The Hamilton Hotel 6/4/2019 Words by Shannon-Lee Sloane – The Colourful Writer. Photos by Elizabeth Sharpe – Ummagummamumma – Live Music Photography Shot for Mojo Burning. This year sees six years of the live magical musical experience that is Mojo Burning Festival. Brought to you by the legends at Beats Cartel who also run Mo’s Desert Clubhouse on the Gold Coast. Let me tell you, this team really knows how to put on a festival. This year’s stellar line up of 30 bands over 3 stages for 12 hours of rocking live music was brilliantly delivered and organised. The Hamilton Hotel was decked out to match the Mojo theme with recycled art and signs made from old car doors, cow skulls, plants and so much more. They even had an onsite artist painting a beautiful piece as the day went on and body art artists painting bodies and faces on request. The merch desk was packed to the brim with quality merch, making it hard to decide which shirt, album or stubby cooler to buy. Mojo shirts proving most popular and selling out fast. The energy and vibe from the minute I arrived was high from crew, hotel staff and punters alike. The three stages included the Rock Stage, the Blues Stage and the Psych Room. One of my most loved local groove rock bands, Concrete Palms, graced the stage in the Psych Room to start the day off right. These three guys have not been around long but have soared to great heights from the very beginning because of the extreme amount of talent and passion shared between them. Alex Kosenko, Zane Nicholls and Rangi White are just brilliant to see live and are so clearly set for big things. This is confirmed by how many people were there early the catch them play. The guys have their debut EP coming out in May and I highly recommend you check it out. Concrete Palms Hell and Whiskey opened the Blues Stage; a powerful two piece who bring so much with their live shows. If you weren’t looking at the stage, it would be almost hard to believe there is only two of them up there. I mean, these guys can really play. With Benny rocking out on guitar and vocals and Sam (Captain Diklich) on guitar, vocals and foot drums, they played a hard, fast paced set, delivered to absolute perfection. With sweat glittered all over Sam’s torso from playing so hard, the pair shared lots of knowing looks at each other, they know they’re good; but they are humble about it too. They clearly love what they do and the passion shines through. Announcing early in the set “We are Hell And Whiskey and we are here to save your soul!” Hell and Whiskey Back to the Psych Room to catch some of Blue Savannah Underworld’s set. I stumbled upon these guys one big night out at Tomcat in the Valley and they took my breath away. Lots of bands perform with a lot of energy on stage but frontman, Bruno Lordao really pushes that to the next level. After playing a few songs he laid on the ground with jeers from drummer, Jordan Vasiliou making the crowd laugh. Lordao lay there for a minute stating “I always get really puffed about 15 minutes in ‘ya know!? It’s tough work!” Before jumping up and completing their set with the same level of energy from the start of the set to the finish. Out to the Rock Stage to catch some of Smoking Martha’s set. Everyone knows how good these guys are, with the supreme and beautiful frontwoman Tasha Doherty leading the band of talented guys and with every performance being of high quality, it is easy to see why Smoking Martha are such a big deal. Minnie Marks was next, bringing her dirty sweet blues rock to the Blues Stage. Her solo acoustic set was beautifully delivered. I was somewhere near the stage but too far away to see her properly, listening to her performance. Hearing her ask early in her set “Who’s got a beer!?” cheers from the crowd “Who Doesn’t have a beer!?” a few mumbles from the crowd “Well GET ONE!” had me and others having a bit of a laugh in between enjoying her set. Band Of Frequencies I heard a few people hyping up the Sunny Coast’s surf/roots jam band, Band Of Frequencies, so decided to check them out next on the Rock Stage. Having not heard of them before I wasn’t sure what to expect. The first thing that caught my attention was their drummer, Adam Felton, this guy is good! In saying that, the whole band were superb, not missing a beat, despite some sound issues which were no fault of their own. In fact, as well as the whole event went, unfortunately the sound for the Rock Stage was an issue for several bands on several occasions. No fault of the bands or the organisers at all, but a real shame none the less. But I digress. Back to Band Of Frequencies. These guys kind of mesmerised me, I was hooked from the first song to the last. There is nothing I love more than discovering a band I have not heard of before that I instantly fall in love with. This is one of the reasons I love music festivals. You get to see bands you might not see otherwise. To be honest I feel like the Sunshine Coast has a lot of hidden gems up there that I am missing. More support for Sunshine Coast bands was noted as a side note for me at Mojo. Mojo Webb The Blues Stage then graced the presence of Brisbane’s local blues legend and king himself, Mojo Webb. His one man show captured the eyes, ears and hearts of all those watching. Sporting a Sponge Bob Square Pants shirt which caught my eye, he played track after track that had every foot in the house tapping and lots of people grooving along. The stand out song for me was one called Impossibly Beautiful; a beautiful heartfelt song. Next up I caught Hammers tearing up the stage in the Psych Room. These guys are one of my favourite bands around right now. Forever delivering performances that grab you by the head and force you to watch and listen because they are just that bloody good. They bring a realness mixed with a heap of talent and a true Aussie feel. One of my favourite tracks is the opening track from their EP ‘Homeblokes’, Golden Gloves. The ending a very sing along moment and always a winner with fans. The Black Armada A man of many talents, Organiser Christian Tryhorn also plays in a few bands himself. His most recent one being The Black Armada who were up next on the Rock Stage. Unfortunately, I missed a lot of their set as I was taking a short break to grab some food and chill for a moment but what I did catch was a taste of something so sweet I wished I hadn’t missed any of it. Very 70’s rock influenced, full of riffs and vocals on point. I felt like I had entered the set for the movie Dazed and Confused for a minute. The Black Armada’s music takes you to another place and transcends to another level. The Blackwater Fever Next it was an extremely hard choice between The Blackwater Fever, playing the Blues Stage and Stoker in the Psych Room. Having not seen them live before and being a big fan, I decided to start with The Blackwater Fever. The music is dark, heavy and sexy as hell. The bassline kind of hits your soul it goes that deep. I tore myself away from Blackwater to catch the last few songs from the Stoker boys. The first time I saw Stoker I kind of lost it all together. Honestly. Not even exaggerating. Stoker are a trio who have seemingly reincarnated themselves from another time, coming into the now from many moons’ past, likely from somewhere in the 60’s or 70’s bringing us their psychedelic rock and roll and deep-rooted passion for their music. Joel Zahner, Ethan Smith and Jarrah Thornell are Stoker and they are a perfect example of the pure and real talent we have here in Brisbane. The guys had fans packed into the Psych Room and the first crowd surf of the day that I saw was here. With Smith giving us his usual visual performance, playing his guitar with his teeth and behind his head without missing a beat. Zahner ended the set by saying “Thank you very much, we’re Stoker, you guys are f**king amazing!” But really, it is easy for a crowd to be amazing when the band they are watching is amazing, right!? The Vasco Era. I am not even sure where to start with these guys. Their performance was certainly one that stands out! Hailing from Melbourne and with a loud and in your face sound reminiscent of The Vines, these guys blew the stage away, like really. Their high energy performance saw mic stands flying off the stage and they played with such an intensity that they had the crowd mesmerised. The stand out track for me being Rock And Roll Is The Only Thing That Makes Me Feel Good, because quite frankly, it’s the truth some days. They certainly were suited to playing the Rock Stage and I can’t wait to see them live again. What a show! The band I was most eager to see, Tumbleweed, hit the Rock Stage next. Stoner rock at it’s finest. I have been a fan of these guys since I was about 14. Back in the early to mid 90’s, full of teenage angst, wearing my army cut offs and band shirts with my cherry red 10 hole Doc Martins, my fringe bleached and then dyed green or purple or red or whatever colour I had that particular week, I remember seeing them play live a few times, had their film clips and live performances taped onto videos from Rage and Recovery and had posters of them on my walls. Seeing them play Mojo brought back all the memories and feelings of a much simpler time in my life; a hazy time none the less. Tumbleweed performed as well as they did back then, if not even better. Guitarist Lenny Curley asking the crowd “How’s it going sweethearts!? What a bunch of spunk bubbles!” with both Curley and frontman Richie Lewis interacting with their fans through the set. Lewis’s trademark moves and grooves on the stage while pelting out classics like Sundial and Daddy Long Legs were so great to watch and the whole band showed everyone how it is done to deliver a stellar set of riff filled stoner rock served up with the essence and vibes of a band who has been doing this for quite a few moons now. They gave a shout out to our much loved Hobo Magic too saying “This one is called Lullaby and it’s for Hobo Magic who are gonna be on later and are awesome. They have got it all figured out!” Whoopie Cat Melbourne’s Whoopie Cat played the Blues Stage next. After having the pleasure of interviewing frontman Dan Smoo recently, I have been hanging to see them play live. Playing Mojo as part of their ‘Gentle Goodbye’ Tour, they play with a grace and elegance mixed with heavy riffs and harmonising vocals that simultaneously gently caress whilst packing a punch. Raw, real and delicious is how I would describe Whoopie Cat. Songs that pull at your heart and have you feeling feelings perhaps previously untouched. 1000mods All the way from Chiliomodi, Greece, the much anticipated 1000mods were up next on the Rock Stage and they most definitely lived up to the hype. Their music is played with grunt and growls and riff filled clouds of psychedelic stoner rock all delivered on a tasty plate of tunes. Like some kind of flavourful blend of Clutch, Kyuss and Black Sabbath. The Royal Artillery The Royal Artillery were on at the same time as 1000mods so I broke away from the crowd and made my way to the front of the stage in the Psych Room to catch some Royal Artillery. I arrived to find drummer, Matt Campbell sporting a lovely teal coloured bra and smashing out the drums as he does so well. Frontman and riff lord, Zed Charles playing his guitar behind his head and including fans in their performance through much banter which included a thank you to those choosing to watch them over 1000mods. For a two-piece band, these guys never fail to put on a massive show that encapsulates their fans every time. Hobo Magic The next performance for me was bittersweet. Hobo Magic really do have some kind of magic about them. The guys are set to move over the seas soon and this was their second last performance in Brisbane before the big move to Europe. Three of the nicest guys in the local music scene, Connor Mitchell, Jake ‘Greasy’ Bennett and Luke Hanson, all beautiful inside and out and all ridiculously talented, they are without a doubt one of my favourite bands ever. Every single live performance takes me away to another place, another time, another level of feeling. Hobo take you on a blissed-out journey of riffs, funky basslines and beats. The fans and crowd clearly loving every minute with most of them aware this was the last time in some time we will get the full live Hobo experience. “Sailing on heavy grooves into the universe…” Hobo Magic ended the night to perfection. After 12 hours of amazing live music and catching as many of the 30 bands that performed this year as I possibly could, I was pleasantly exhausted if there is such a thing. I’m already looking forward to next year. I heard several people commenting that Mojo Burning just gets better every year and if that’s the truth then next year is going to be insane! 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__label__wiki	0.7841	0.7841	TV Review: The Walking Dead 8.13 “Do Not Send Us Astray” By Empress Eve \| @ \| Monday, March 26th, 2018 at 10:00 am Episode 8.13 “Do Not Send Us Astray” Directed by Jeffrey J. January Written by Angela Kang & Matthew Negrete Starring Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lauren Cohan, Danai Gurira, Melissa McBride, Lennie James, Christian Serratos, Tom Payne, Khary Payton, Austin Amelio, Alanna Masterson, Katelyn Nacon, Steven Ogg, Pollyanna McIntosh Air Date: Sunday, March 25, 2018 Warning â€“ SPOILERS for AMC’s The Walking Dead… On last weekâ€™s The Walking Dead, at the Hilltop, a mysterious woman named Georgie and her two companions arrive to barter with valuable information for the future and Maggie was agreeable to it. Dwight reluctantly found himself back at the Sanctuary, while Father Gabriel was back in Neganâ€™s clutches. Negan, meanwhile, had a grand plan to attack Rickâ€™s group with contaminated weapons. In route to the attack, Rick caught Negan and the duo finally had an epic one-on-one battle. During Neganâ€™s absence, Simon and Dwight took over leadership of the Saviors. At episodeâ€™s end, Negan escaped Rick only to find himself captured by Jadis. Will she team up with him against Rick, or make him pay for the deaths of her people? In this weekâ€™s episode, 8.13 “Do Not Send Us Astray,â€ Simon follows through with Negan’s plan to attack the Hilltop, except he’s altering the goal: instead of merely infecting them with the walker virus, he plans to put an end to all of them. On the other side, Maggie prepares the Hilltop for the Savior invasion and the way it ends is something she could never have fathomed. The new episode begins with showing us Morgan, who by season’s end will be making his transition to the network’s spin-off series Fear the Walking Dead. He’s in the woods and he’s hallucinating seeing Gavin, who was killed in a previous episode, and the Savior is telling him â€œYou know what it is.” This warning is repeatedly throughout the episode. Meanwhile, everyone at the Hilltop is preparing for the Savior invasion they know is coming. Young Henry of course wants his own gun so he can fight too, but King Ezekiel and Carol tell him no. â€œIf you go outside, youâ€™ll die,” Carol warns him. Anyone want to guess what happens? Well, he doesn’t die, but he does go outside. More on that later. At the Hilltop infirmary, Siddiq reports for duty, but Dr. Dana, who’s running the show there, gives him a hard time, drilling him on his past experience, wanting to know whether he’s ever had to hold someone down to do an amputation. After taking her berating, Siddiq pushes back, saying most of what he’s done during his survival is stuff he’s never done before. He can adapt. This changes her mind about him. â€œI like you,â€ she tells him. Outside Hilltop, the Saviors arrive, with Simon leading them. He tells his people that their goal there is now “conclusion,” meaning, he wants to put an end to the Hilltop community. Dwight is along with him, but we know that his real goal is to see the end of Negan. And where’s Negan? We don’t know, but Maggie is waiting for him because he’s her real target. But for now, she tries to negotiate with Simon. She addresses herself to him as Maggie Rhee “The Widow,” and tells him she has 38 Saviors captive and that they’ll stay alive if he leaves. If not, she has 38 bullets to use on them. Simon responds that her captives are now “damaged goods” who should have figured out their “own shit.” “Screw them!,” he shouts to end the negotiation. As Simon readies the Saviors for attack, Dwight asks him if he really wants to change up Negan’s original plan because they don’t know whether he’s still alive, and the consequences if he is could be dire for them. Simon basically doesn’t care. “It’s better to beg for forgiveness than ask for permission,” he says. (How he rose in the ranks with this kind of attitude, I don’t know.) This is when Daryl begins the Hilltop counterattack on the Saviors, and the battle breaks out in gunfire. Rick also arrives on the scene after having gone one-on-one with Negan in the previous episode. The Saviors are shooting tainted arrows though, and we know what their plan was – to infect the Hilltoppers with walker blood so that they’ll turn and kill each other. In the scuffle, Dwight shoots Tara in the arm to prevent Simon from injuring her with his bloodied axe. Eventually, the Saviors retreat after suffering some casualties, but the Hilltoppers do too. Maggie tells Rick she’s disappointed that Negan didn’t come, and Rick tells her about how he’d gone after Negan just before the battle. He reveals that he tried to kill Negan, and she is thankful for it, because that’s what she wants (because Negan killed her husband Glenn). The next morning, Tara talks to Daryl about how she used to be a part of the Governor’s group, so she knows that people can change sides. Daryl is still bitter at Dwight for what he had done before he teamed up with them. But she says she saw how Dwight helped them and that he had saved her life, even though she tried to kill him, and that things are square with them now. Daryl doesn’t feel the same way; he thinks Dwight switched sides again, as evidenced by his presence with the Saviors the night before, and that he actually tried to kill Tara. Inside, Rick is unboarding the windows because Maggie had to turn off the generators to conserve energy. He’s still closed off after Carl’s death, but he eventually reveals to Michonne, who had tried to comfort home, how he went after Negan when he saw him with the convoy. It was something he felt he just had to do. At the graveyard, Maggie tells Alden, one of the POWs, that he can take the bodies of the Saviors and bury them outside the gates. But he doesn’t identify the previous night’s attackers as “his people.” Simon had made it clear that the captives meant nothing to them. Therefore, he’s glad to see them dead, but he buries them anyway. Dianne commends Maggie for her leadership, but Maggie isn’t sure that she should get this praise. After all, she did everything to provoke Negan into attacking so she could kill him to get revenge. She wanted Glenn’s grave to be the last thing Negan saw before he died. Carol goes to visit her former lover Tobin at the infirmary. He asks if what they had had was real. She explains that she was just trying to live a life, but then had to leave when she realized more Saviors were out there and her life would be all about fighting. She tries to comfort him by revealing that perhaps what they had was turning into something real, that she wouldn’t have had to “pretend.” This goes back to what she previously had told King Ezekiel – to pretend until it’s real. Tobin asks her what will happen when this is all over, but she doesn’t believe it will ever end. Outside, Siddiq tries to console Rick over Carl’s death by talking about a prayer that ends with, â€œDo not send us astray after themâ€¦â€ but Rick can’t handle this. He stops the man and walks off. We saw his love Michonne try to comfort him, and he wouldn’t let her, so he’s definitely not going to allow the man who inadvertently caused the death of his son to do so. He also likely doesn’t want to hear anything about not going after Negan. That night, the Hilltoppers gather together in rooms and hallways with their candles to sleep. One of the injured praises Maggie on her leadership the way Dianne did. He says that if Gregory had still been in charge, they wouldn’t have survived because he was all about himself. Again, we know that this whole battle was Maggie’s way of getting revenge on Negan, so she put these people at risk. And little do they know, it’s only going to get worse. As everyone sleeps, we see Tobin die suddenly. In a little over an hour later, he turns and attacks the unsuspecting residents. We then see other people who had non-life-threatening injuries turn as well, and chaos ensues! And guess what happens in the darkness? Rick has to hold someone down while Siddiq amputates their infect arm! Looks like Negan’s plan worked. The contaminated arrows did the trick in killing and turning the Hilltoppers. Daryl realizes that these are their own people who have turned, including Tobin, who of course Carol, after some hesitation, has to put down. (Unfortunately, one of zombie Tobin’s victims is Dr. Dana.) Rick remembers that Negan’s bat was covered in walker blood when they fought, so now they know that infecting the Hilltop was Negan’s plan all along. Rick, Daryl, and Michonne head to where Tara, Rosita, and Enid are holed up, and see that injured Tara has not died and turned, but it’s clear she thinks she will eventually. She recalls to Daryl how badly she wanted Dwight dead and couldn’t let that idea go, and now here she is in this predicament. “Karma’s a bitch,” she says. Outside, young Henry goes to the prisoners’ pen and demands to know which one of them had killed his brother. No one comes forward, though the murderer is there… Jared, the worst of the prisoners who’ve repeatedly said should not have been spared. Alden tries to reason with him, but the boy threatens to start shooting if the murderer doesn’t reveal himself. Unfortunately, he unlocked the pen so when one of the captives turns and starts attacking, the prisoners are able to push passed Henry, disarm him, and run to freedom. But some of them, like Alden, stayed behind and did what they could to close the gates from the inside, showing that they were loyal to the Hilltop, not to the Saviors who abandoned them to their fate. Also, Maggie had witnessed that Alden actually saved Siddiq from a walker. The next morning, Carol and King Ezekiel are looking for Henry, who hasn’t been seen since the prisoners escaped. Enid says those who remained told her that Henry had opened their pen and been inside it when the walker attack occurred. We then see Morgan once again hallucinate a bloodied Gavin saying, “You know what it is.” As the Hilltoppers bury their dead, Maggie watches on with a troubled look. When Dianne asks her “What is it?,” Maggie replies, “The cost,” referring to the lives lost in her attempt to fulfill her wish for vengeance on Negan. We know Negan is still alive, but what will Jadis do to him? She believes he ordered Simon to massacre her people, which Negan still doesn’t even know about. If he gets her to believe this, she might team up with him again against Rick, who left her to die on her scrap heap surrounded by her former Scavengers turned walkers. Negan always says that people are a resource, and the Scavengers certainly were to him, so it looks like Simon is going to really get it this time (I can’t wait!!!). In the meantime, will Rick and Maggie plan to retaliate against the Saviors? ‘Do Not Send Us Astray’ Official Sneak Peek Ep. 813 \| The Walking Dead Next on The Walking Dead. ‘Maggie Takes a Stand’ Ep. 813 \| The Walking Dead Maggie takes a strong stand to defend the Hilltop. [Photo Credit: Gene Page/AMC. Courtesy of AMC. Used with permission.] Follow me on Twitter and Instagram! 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__label__wiki	0.593606	0.593606	Genome Medicine Gut microbiome-host interactions in health and disease James M Kinross1, Ara W Darzi1 & Jeremy K Nicholson2 Genome Medicine volume 3, Article number: 14 (2011) Cite this article The gut microbiome is the term given to describe the vast collection of symbiotic microorganisms in the human gastrointestinal system and their collective interacting genomes. Recent studies have suggested that the gut microbiome performs numerous important biochemical functions for the host, and disorders of the microbiome are associated with many and diverse human disease processes. Systems biology approaches based on next generation 'omics' technologies are now able to describe the gut microbiome at a detailed genetic and functional (transcriptomic, proteomic and metabolic) level, providing new insights into the importance of the gut microbiome in human health, and they are able to map microbiome variability between species, individuals and populations. This has established the importance of the gut microbiome in the disease pathogenesis for numerous systemic disease states, such as obesity and cardiovascular disease, and in intestinal conditions, such as inflammatory bowel disease. Thus, understanding microbiome activity is essential to the development of future personalized strategies of healthcare, as well as potentially providing new targets for drug development. Here, we review recent metagenomic and metabonomic approaches that have enabled advances in understanding gut microbiome activity in relation to human health, and gut microbial modulation for the treatment of disease. We also describe possible avenues of research in this rapidly growing field with respect to future personalized healthcare strategies. The medical importance of the human microbiome The human intestine carries a vast and diverse microbial ecosystem that has co-evolved with our species and is essential for human health [1, 2]. Mammals possess an 'extended genome' of millions of microbial genes located in the intestine: the microbiome [3]. This multigenomic symbiosis is expressed at the proteomic and metabolic levels in the host and it has therefore been proposed that humans represent a vastly complex biological 'superorganism' in which part of the responsibility for host metabolic regulation is devolved to the microbial symbionts [4]. Modern interpretation of the gut microbiome is based on a culture-independent, molecular view of the intestine provided by high-throughput genomic screening technologies [5, 6]. Also, the gut microbiome has been directly implicated in the etiopathogenesis of a number of pathological states as diverse as obesity [7], circulatory disease [8], inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) [9] and autism [10] (Figure 1). The gut microbiota also influence drug metabolism and toxicity [11], dietary calorific bioavailability [12], immune system conditioning and response [13], and post-surgical recovery [14]. The implication is that quantitative analysis of the gut microbiome and its activities is essential for the generation of future personalized healthcare strategies [15] and that the gut microbiome represents a fertile ground for the development of the next generation of therapeutic drug targets. It also implies that the gut microbiome may be directly modulated for the benefit of the host organism. Diseases influenced by gut microbial metabolism. The variety of systemic diseases that are directly influenced by gut microbial metabolism and its influence on other mammalian pathways, such as the innate immune system, are shown. Specifically highlighted are the metabolic pathways involved in drug metabolism and obesity that are directly influenced by the gut microbial content. Ags, antigens; C. bolteae, Clostridium bolteae; DCs; dendritic cells; SCFA, short-chain fatty acid; TLR, Toll-like receptor. The gut microbiota therefore perform a large number of important roles that define the physiology of the host, such as immune system maturation [16], the intestinal response to epithelial cell injury [17], and xenobiotic [18] and energy metabolism [7]. In most mammals, the gut microbiome is dominated by four bacterial phyla that perform these tasks: Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, Actinobacteria and Proteobacteria [19]. The phylotype composition can be specific and stable in an individual [20], and in a 2-year interval an individual conserves over 60% of phylotypes of the gut microbiome [21]. This implies that each host has a unique biological relationship with its gut microbiota [22, 23], and by definition that this influences an individual's risk of disease. The gut microbiome varies between species and, as a result, in vivo models utilizing gnotobiotic rodents or pigs conventionalized with human baby flora (HBF) have been adopted to permit more accurate modeling of the human gut [24]. Future experimental models must also accurately replicate the metabolic function of the gut microbiome [25]. For this to occur, the 'healthy' intestinal microbiome must first be understood; for example, differences between individuals are known to be more marked among infants than in adults [26], but later in life the gut microbiome converges to more similar phyla. It is not yet known how such an important symbiotic relationship, even in apparently well neonates, influences long-term health outcome. Therefore, there is now a significant effort to define a 'core' microbiome to determine the role played by the gut microbiome in diseases across geographically diverse populations [6]. Here, we review recent studies that have provided important insights into the human gut microbiome, and the functional role of the gut microbiome in health, disease and in drug efficacy. We review current methods for the modulation of the gut microbiome for the improvement of human health and disease, and assess the translational and therapeutic implications of this rapidly evolving area of research. Recent insights into gut microbiome variation and activity The advent of 16S rRNA gene-sequence-based methods [27] has led to the description of the substantial diversity of the gut microbiome between healthy individuals [28–30]. It has also led to new insights into the presence of particular species and strains in the human gut and their variance between intestinal locations and species of mammal. For example, 16S RNA approaches have been used to study the maturation of murine cecal microbiota, and they have demonstrated the existence of a large number of yet unidentified bacteria that inhabit it [31]. Such 'culture-independent' techniques are used to measure the stability of the microbiome over time and its stability when transferred between species. This is essential for building robust experimental models for the human microbiome and for delineating important mechanistic processes in the development of human disease states. Genomic strategies, such as denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) of 16S rRNA sequences, have commonly been employed for this purpose. Analysis of human microbiota-associated (HMA) rat feces using this approach has revealed that the Bacteroides/Prevotella and Faecalibacterium species are dominant in both humans and HMA rats post-transfection [32]. However, HMA rats also possessed Ruminococcus, which was not present in the human DGGE profile. With this exception, the sequences originating from both rats and human samples were represented in all major branches of a non-parametric statistical method for computational phylogenetics known as a maximum parsimony tree. Analysis of 16S rRNA analysis has also provided new insights into the Cytophaga-Flavobacterium-Bacteroides phylum, which has recently been found to be common to the intestines of mice, rats and humans [33]. Recent advances in sequencing technologies have led to the wider use of metagenomic analysis for studying complex ecosystems such as the human gut [34–36], and some key findings from human studies are outlined in Table 1. This approach functions on the principle that the genome sequences of abundant species will be well represented in a set of random shotgun reads, whereas species with lower abundance may be represented by a small number of sequences, thus permitting the comprehensive measurement of the response of an ecosystem to an environmental perturbation or therapeutic intervention. This technology brings with it the significant challenge of managing vast data sets. For example, in three separate studies 3 Gb of microbial sequences were generated from fecal samples of only 33 individuals from the USA or Japan [2, 29, 37]. Advances in analytical approaches are only exacerbating this problem and in a separate analysis 576.7 Gb of sequence, almost 200 times more than in all previous studies, was generated using an Illumina™ Genome Analyzer (Illumina, San Diego, CA, USA) for deep sequencing of total DNA from fecal samples of 124 European adults (Table 1). Table 1 Human metagenomic studies that have studied the distal gut microbiome However, metagenomic sequencing of the gut microbiome has some limitations. The intestinal epithelium is composed of three functional barriers: a physical barrier, an innate immune barrier and an adaptive immune barrier [38]. The relationship between commensal gut flora and the intestinal barrier is complex, and occurs at each of these interfaces, and fecal metagenomics does not therefore measure ecosystem changes at all levels. Also, metagenomic analysis of fecal samples does not provide a comprehensive picture of important molecular interactions within the complex topography and niches in the gut. Nonetheless, metagenomic analysis does permit some inference of functional information. Gill et al. [2] reported the variation between two individuals in the distal gut metagenome. The authors described statistically significant variability in the enrichment of several classes of genes involved in energy metabolism, carbohydrate, amino acid and nucleotide transport and co-enzyme transport. Clusters of orthologous groups analysis also revealed the under-representation of genes involved in secondary metabolite biosynthesis, and inorganic ion transport and metabolism in the human distal gut microbiome (Table 1). This suggested that there is significant interindividual and interspecies variability. The key aim of the majority of this work has therefore been to try and define a 'core microbiome'. This is an important aim, as it implies that we all share a key number of essential species or strains that help to define human health and, more importantly, that can then be mined for drug targets. Data from these studies have been conflicting on this point. Turnbaugh et al. [39] recently concluded that a core microbiome based on species or strain data may not be present, because their data demonstrated that by adulthood no single bacterial phylotype was detectable at an abundant frequency in the guts of all 154 humans sampled in their metagenome wide study. Qin et al. [6] reported the definition of the minimal core microbiome: 576.7 Gb were sequenced from 124 individuals, and this demonstrated that 18 species were found in all individuals; 57 species were demonstrated in ≥90% of the study cohort, and 75 species were found in ≥50% of the study cohort. However, this may reflect a different analytical approach, and this study also employed a cohort of patients with IBD. Therefore, it may be that the gut pathology aligns the gut microbiota, and reduces the variability found in a healthier populace. Turnbaugh et al. have argued that a core microbiome may exist at a functional level (for example at a genomic, proteomic or metabolic level), meaning that other tools may be required for its further analysis. It also suggests that from a systems perspective we are highly variable with tremendous implications for personalized healthcare strategies. A key question now is: how is this unique ecosystem assembled and maintained within individuals or across species? Initial metagenomic analysis seems to confirm the stability of some microbial species between animal species. Fecal DNA samples from dogs were analyzed using 454 pyrosequencing [40]. Sequenced data were interpreted by the Meta Genome Rapid Annotation using Subsystem Technology (MG-RAST [41]) and this was compared with paired data from lean and obese mouse cecal metagenomes [7] and two human fecal metagenomes (F1S; HSM) [37]. The Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi and Firmicutes phyla comprised 35% of all sequences, followed by Proteobacteria (13% to 15%) and Fusobacterium (7% to 8%). Hierarchical clustering of several gastrointestinal metagenomes demonstrated phylogenetic and metabolic similarity between dogs, humans and mice. Metagenomic approaches are not just restricted to the analysis of microbial genomes. A more novel area of work relates to the analysis of the interaction of the gut microbiome with gut parasites, viruses, yeasts and fungi, and its importance for human health [42]. Fungal interactions with the distal gut microbiome have yet to be characterized using a metagenomic analysis, although this has been attempted within the oral microbiome using a multitag pyrosequencing approach in 20 healthy individuals [43]. However, the gut virome has recently been investigated. Fecal samples were collected from healthy adult female monozygotic twins and their mothers at three time points over a 1-year period [44]. These datasets were compared with datasets of sequenced bacterial 16S rRNA genes and total-fecal-community DNA. In keeping with other studies reported in the literature, twins and their mothers share a significantly greater degree of similarity in their fecal bacterial communities when compared with unrelated individuals. However, viromes were found to be unique to individuals regardless of their degree of genetic relatedness. Furthermore, intrapersonal diversity was very low, with 95% of virotypes retained over the period surveyed. These results suggested that the viral-microbial dynamic found in other environmental ecosystems was not present in the very distal intestine. This area of research is likely to become increasingly important as more of the interkingdom signaling pathways are elucidated, and the importance of viral, parasite and fungal mutualism is recognized. Metagenomics therefore represents a growing and important area of research into the gut microbiome, and work in this area continues to generate new, potentially important taxa that are being described [45]. The functional role of the gut microbiome in health, disease and drug efficacy Culture-independent genomic strategies are not without limitations because of their inability to infer organismal function from these gene sequences. A genomic strategy will therefore largely only describe the potential for a disease state. Hybrid approaches are thus required to provide temporal information about the actual biological activity of the microbiome. Approaches such as proteomics and metabonomics can thus be used to study the functional capacity of the gut microbiome from the top down [46, 47]. Real time analysis of the intestinal microbiome is essential for both the development and the monitoring of interventional personalized therapeutic strategies. Metabonomics describes the computational analysis of spectral metabolic data to provide information on time-specific metabolic changes across a complex system [48]. In turn, this has led to the concept of 'global metabolic profiling', which provides a unique overview of the metabolic state of an individual. This is because it is able to indirectly measure complex transgenomic co-metabolic interactions that are vital for human health, and which are often modulated by disease [49, 50]. The notion of microbial-mammalian metabolic cooperation is defined through the concept of the human metabonome (the sums and interactions of all the cellular metabolomes) [51]. Metabolic profiling coupled with the metagenomic study of the gut microbiota permits the close inter-relationship between the host and microbial 'metabotypes' to be studied in great detail, and provides the basis for further understanding the microbial-mammalian metabolic axis. Ultimately, this has led to the idea of 'functional metagenomics', defined as 'the characterization of key functional members of the microbiome that most influence host metabolism and hence health' [52]. Metabolic profiling strategies, such as high-throughput analysis by NMR spectroscopy or mass spectrometry, are widely used to provide global metabolic overviews of human metabolism [8, 47, 48, 53–55]. These methods are used in conjunction with computational multivariate analysis to provide a deeper understanding of disease states and biomarker discovery. This approach allows the quantification of environmental influences on the host genome and human health [48, 55]. This analytical strategy has now been successfully applied to disease states such as hypertension [8], ischemic heart disease [56], diabetes [57] and obesity [58] as part of large-scale clinical studies. These studies suggest that the intestinal microbiome is essential in determining the metabolic response of the host to environmental stimuli and thus disease. Moreover, the intestinal microbiome is essential for determining the toxic response to pharmacological therapies, and the case of paracetamol permits pre-dose predictions of toxicity to be made [18, 59]. The systematic characterization of the metabolic content of aqueous fecal extracts across humans, mice and rats has been performed using high-resolution NMR spectroscopy [60]. Although many fecal metabolites are common to the three species, such as short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) and branched chain amino acids, each host species generates a unique metabolic profile when analyzed by multivariate analysis. This analysis refers to a suite of unsupervised (for example, principal component analysis) or supervised methods (for example, partial least squares discriminant analysis) for analyzing large-scale spectroscopic data sets. The biochemical composition of intact intestinal tissues (duodenum, jejunum, ileum, and proximal and distal colon) has recently been studied in germ-free mice inoculated with human baby microbiota, using magic-angle-spinning NMR spectroscopy. The HBF-inoculated tissue metabolite profiles were then compared with those from conventional (that is, gnotobiotic mice transfected with normal mouse intestinal flora) and conventionalized mice (gnotobiotic mice transfected with HBF). This demonstrated that biochemical topographical variation exists between intestinal regions that are specific for the microbiomes. In particular, osmolytes were affected and the duodenum had higher ethanolamine and myo-inositol quantities, and the ileum had higher taurine and betaine levels than other gut regions. HBF mice showed lower taurine and myo-inositol levels in the colon, and all ex-germfree animals had higher taurine, choline and ethanolamine levels in the jejunum. Interestingly, the jejunum of HBF mice was marked by a higher glutathione level and lower concentrations of its precursor methionine when compared with other groups [61]. Top-down multivariate analysis of metabolic profiles also reveals a significant association of specific metabotypes with the resident microbiome. Martin et al. [62] derived a transgenomic graph model showing that HBF has a remarkably simple microbiome/metabolome correlation network, impacting directly on the ability of the host to metabolize lipids, and fundamentally altering the biliary enterohepatic circulation. This effect can also be measured in plasma using an approach based on mass spectrometry [54]. The production of indole-3-propionic acid was shown to be completely dependent on the presence of gut microflora, and could be established by colonization with the bacterium Clostridium sporogenes. Multiple organic acids containing phenyl groups were also greatly increased in the presence of gut microbes. More interestingly, a broad, phase II metabolic response of the host to metabolites generated by the microbiome was observed, suggesting that the gut microflora have a direct impact on drug metabolism. This variation between individuals continues at a proteomic level. A non-targeted, shotgun mass-spectrometry-based whole community proteomics, or metaproteomics, approach has been used for measurements of thousands of proteins in human fecal samples taken from two monozygotic twins. Analysis was performed using two-dimensional liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry [47]. In contrast to metagenomic data sets, the metaproteome had relatively more of its distribution attributed to translation, energy production and carbohydrate metabolism. Antimicrobial peptides were also identified, suggesting that the mammalian response to the gut microbiome can also be quantified. Several unknown proteins were also described for microbial pathways or host immune responses, revealing a novel complex interplay between the human host and its associated microbes. However, a significant problem arises with proteomic analysis, and this is that the number of unknown proteins far outweighs the number of unknown genes. This is likely to serve as a significant bottleneck in the functional use of proteomic data for use in future analysis of the gut microbiome. The effect of the gut microbiota on drug metabolism has been previously explored, and the metabolic pathway of several drugs, such as L-DOPA, sulfasalazine, digoxin and even glyceryl trinitrate, has been established in the gut [63]. However, metabonomic approaches are creating new insights into commonly prescribed drugs, such as simvastatin, that were not previously appreciated. This is the most commonly prescribed statin in a billion dollar global market. It serves as an inhibitor of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A, regulating hepatic cholesterol production. Simvastatin is degraded in the gut by hydrolytic cleavage of methylbutanoic acid from its backbone. Metabolism involves gut microbial processes of the demethylation of dimethylbutanoic acid, hydroxylation/dehydroxylation and β-oxidation, resulting in the production of 2-hydroxyisovaleric acid (3-methyl-2-hydroxybutanoic acid), 3-hydroxybutanoic acid and lactic acid (2-hydroxypropanoic acid), and finally re-cyclization of heptanoic acid to produce cyclohexanecarboxylic acid [64]. The implication is significant, as there may be much greater variability of statin drug metabolism between individuals than is currently appreciated, and this serves as an example for the need for better personalized approaches to drug development. Several disease states are now being linked with pathological variation in the gut microbiome using functional approaches such as metabonomics or proteomics and metagenome level analysis. An exploration of the dominant bacteria in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) was recently undertaken [65]. A significantly reduced temporal stability and increased diversity for the microbiota of subjects with CRC and polyposis was found using a 16S rDNA DGGE analysis. A significantly increased diversity of the Clostridium leptum and Clostridium coccoides subgroups was also noted for both disease groups. A clear division in the metabonome was observed for the CRC and polypectomized subjects compared with control volunteers. The production of hydrogen sulfide, an end product of metabolism by the sulfate-reducing bacteria, has been cited as a potential etiological agent in gastrointestinal disease. Hydrogen sulfide has genotoxic, cytotoxic and inflammatory effects, and its inefficient metabolism by species of sulfate-reducing bacteria could have a critical impact on the health of the host. Therefore, in a separate study, the same authors used quantitative PCR to study a cohort of CRC and polypectomized patients. CRC patients had significantly lower numbers of Desulfovibrio species than healthy individuals, suggesting a possible new role for the gut bacteria in the mechanism of CRC. Bacterial genes involved in regulation of NF-κB signaling in intestinal epithelial cells have been described recently using a HT-29 cell line, transfected with a plasmid containing the secreted alkaline phosphatase gene under the control of NF-κB binding elements [66]. Screening of 2,640 metagenomic clones led to the identification of 171 modulating clones and, among these, one stimulatory metagenomic clone, 52B7, was sequenced. This suggested that the metagenomic DNA insert might belong to a new Bacteroides strain, and two loci encoding an ATP-binding cassette transport system and a putative lipoprotein are potentially involved in the 52B7 effect on NF-κB. The gut microbiome has been extensively linked with IBD, and recently the 'hygiene hypothesis' has been implicated; this suggests that a reduction in microbial exposure as a result of improved health measures has contributed to an immunological imbalance in the intestine, and has increased the incidence of autoimmune diseases such as IBDs [67]. Culture-independent techniques are also providing new information on the gut ecology of these conditions. Specific bacterial populations are activated in patients with IBD, while other groups are in an inactive or 'dormant' state, such as the Actinobacteria and Firmicutes, while Escherichia species have been found to be both abundant and active in the Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis groups [68]. Pseudomonas species are also less diverse in Crohn's disease patients compared with non-IBD patients. In particular Pseudomonas aeruginosa was only identified in non-IBD patients [69]. Irrespective, there is increasing evidence that the microbiome is able to directly influence the expression of the innate immune system via the Toll-like receptor (TLR) pathway [70]. Commensal bacteria are also vital for modulating the immune response, and SCFAs appear to be central to this process. New mechanisms of action for these important metabolites are being found; for example, SCFAs bind to the G-coupled-protein-receptor 43 and this is necessary for the resolution of certain inflammatory responses [71]. The hygiene hypothesis has therefore also been implicated in the etiology of asthma and atopy via a mechanism similar to that of the modulation of the innate immune response [72, 73] (Figure 1). The concept that intestinal microbial composition affects the health of the gut, and also influences centrally mediated systems involved in mood and mental health, is being increasingly reported. This is described by the gut-brain communication hypothesis, and it is possible that the gut microbiota have a role in the pathogenesis of psychiatric disorders such as depression, particularly when linked to conditions such as IBD [74]. Animal studies have provided evidence to suggest a modulating role for probiotic bacteria in immune, neuroendocrine and neurochemical responses outside the gastrointestinal tract [75]. Specifically, the absence of gastrointestinal microbes in mice results in reduced production of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the cortex and hippocampus, and an exaggerated hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis response to stress [76]. A particularly interesting avenue of research has focused on the potential role of the gut microbiota in the mechanism of autism. Clostridium bolteae is significantly more prevalent in the gut of autistic children [77], and although the mechanism by which gut flora are able to initiate autism is as yet not elucidated, it has been hypothesized that this pathway may be of importance [10]. Gut microbiome 'transplantation' Previous studies have confirmed that transplanted microbiota may be able to maintain their ecological stability in the host animal for 6 months [78] to 1 year [79]. This suggests that these models are robust enough to study the mechanism of human diseases, at least in the acute phase, although it is not yet known if this approach accurately reflects the importance of the gut microbiota to human health over a period of 'years'. However, short- to medium-term stability means that the metabolic potential of the gut microbiome can be harnessed for beneficial purposes, such as the treatment of antibiotic-associated diarrhea. However, this approach does not always generate a positive outcome for the host. Such an effect was first reported by Turnbaugh et al. [7], who demonstrated that the obesity phenotype was transferable after feces from obese mice were transferred to lean animals. Moreover, the same altered microbiome was demonstrated in a human study of obesity in lean and obese twins [29]. The transfer of cholesterol metabolism characteristics has also been demonstrated in germ-free rats. Gerard et al. [80] studied two groups of six, initially germ-free, rats associated with two groups of different human microbiota, which exhibited high and low cholesterol-reducing activities. Four months after inoculation, the rats harbored a raised coprostanoligenic bacterial population level and exhibited coprostanoligenic activities similar to those of the corresponding human donor. Deep sequencing and phylogenetic clustering has been used to examine the long-term effects of exogenous microbiota transplantation combined with and without an antibiotic pretreatment [81]. As a result of transplantation, the intestinal bacterial diversity exceeded that of the human gut by a factor of two to three because of the capture of new phylotypes and an increase in abundance of others. However, antibiotic dosing prior to transplantation does not increase the establishment of the donor phylotypes, although some dominant lineages still transferred successfully. These effects were observed after 1 month of treatment, and persisted after 3 months. The authors concluded the gut microbial 'plasticity' is conditioned by the altered microbiome and that altered gut homeostasis was caused by antibiotic pretreatment rather than by the primary bacterial loss. This is corroborated by top-down systems metabolism approaches, which suggest a significant effect of antibiotics on host metabolism. Female mice dosed with oral vancomycin, and characterized using NMR spectroscopy of urine and fecal extract samples [82], demonstrated a higher fecal excretion of uracil, amino acids and SCFAs, highlighting the contribution of the gut microbiota to the production and metabolism of these dietary compounds. Comparison of urinary hippurate and phenylacetylglycine concentrations to the fecal metabolite profile revealed a strong association between these urinary metabolites and a wide range of fecal metabolites, suggesting a causal link between antibiotic use and an altered metabonome [83]. However, gut microbial modulation is not always initiated by medical intervention, and small bowel transplants used in cases of intestinal failure permit an opportunity for long-term study of the microbial ecology of the human small bowel. This is because an ileostomy is created during surgery for monitoring the progress of the allograft and this provides access to samples of ileal effluent and mucosal biopsies. Seventeen patients with small bowel transplants were recently studied over a period of 8 weeks and they had their ileal content measured by quantitative PCR [52]. This demonstrated a form of microbial 'metaplasia', where the normally strict anaerobic Bacteroides and Clostridium species were replaced by Lactobacillus and Enterobacteriacae, which are typically facultative anaerobes. After surgical closure of the ileostomy, the community reverted to the normal structure. Metabonomic profiling demonstrated enrichment for metabolites associated with aerobic respiration in samples from patients with open ileostomies, supporting the hypothesis that oxygen exposure was responsible for the change [53]. Therapeutic implications of gut microbiome modulation The potential therapeutic role of the gut microbiota for human health has led to therapeutic approaches such as bacteriotherapy [83] and bioecological control [84]. Broadly, these theories argue that modulation of intestinal floral populations either by the pre-morbid gut microbiota of the host or by prebiotics, probiotics and synbiotics may be beneficial for human health [85]. Several studies now suggest that fecal transplantation may be beneficial in states of antibiotic-associated diarrhea or Clostridium difficile infection [86–88]. However, the long-term functional or metabolic consequences for the host of microbial modulation are poorly understood. New insights are being provided through the analysis of probiotic and prebiotic studies using global metabolic profiling techniques, where evidence suggests that the effect may be cumulative [45, 89]. The effects of the probiotics Lactobacillus paracasei or Lactobacillus rhamnosus, and two galactosyl-oligosaccharide prebiotics, were studied in germ-free mice inoculated with HBF. When the therapies were combined, populations of Bifidobacterium longum and Bifidobacterium breve increased, and Clostridium perfringens decreased. These microbial effects were associated with modulation of a range of host metabolic pathways indicated by changes in lipid profiles, gluconeogenesis, and amino acid and methylamine metabolism, and were associated with fermentation of carbohydrates by different bacterial strains. Hierarchical-principal component analysis also permitted the visualization of multicompartmental transgenomic metabolic interactions that were also resolved at the compartment and pathway level. More novel approaches that incorporate parasites that interact with the gut microbiome have also been suggested, such as the use of helminths in IBD [90]. Probiotic therapies have now been proposed for a large variety of gut-related disorders such as IBD, inflammatory bowel syndrome and pouchitis after surgery for IBD. However, there are more novel areas of potential application. A recent study assessed the potential benefits of the probiotic Bifidobacterium infantis in the rat maternal separation model [91]. Maternal separation adult rat offspring were chronically treated with bifidobacteria or citalopram and subjected to the forced swim test to assess motivational state. Probiotic treatment resulted in normalization of the immune response, reversal of behavioral deficits after maternal separation and a forced swim test, and restoration of basal noradrenaline concentrations in the brainstem. It is highly likely that more detailed information on the ecology of the gut will lead to more medical targets for colonic and systemic disease states. The first evidence of this approach is now emerging, as drugs may also be designed to inhibit undesirable enzyme activities in essential microbial symbiotes to enhance chemotherapeutic efficacy. Recently, a novel approach has been described through bacterial modulation of the dose-limiting side effect of the common colon cancer chemotherapeutic CPT-11. This commonly causes severe diarrhea by reactivation of the symbiotic bacterial β-glucuronidases in the gut. Potent bacterial β-glucuronidase inhibitors have been identified by high-throughput screening and been shown to have no effect on the orthologous mammalian enzyme [92]. Inhibitors were highly effective against the enzyme target in living aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, but did not kill the bacteria or harm mammalian cells and oral administration of an inhibitor protected mice from CPT-11-induced toxicity. This suggests that the creation of personalized strategies for altering drug toxicity is readily achievable. This is corroborated by clinical trials showing that probiotics such as Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus improve mood and reduce anxiety symptoms in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and inflammatory bowel syndrome [76]. The concept of 'personalized' health care is therefore totally dependent on a better understanding of the gut microbiome from the top down and the bottom up [25, 93]. Single probiotic agents are unlikely to dramatically alter long-term health across populations without targeted interventions based on a prior knowledge of the microbial requirements of a specific person. This is even more important in the diseased gut, where the ecosystem may already be deleteriously affected. Even the effective delivery of engineered bacteria for the delivery of endogenous therapeutic agents, which has been proposed for conditions such as IBD [94], will be dependent on a predictable ecosystem. Bariatric surgery aims to reduce the volume of the stomach and increase transit times of food by diverting the flow of small bowel effluent through a gastric bypass procedure. Recently, 184,094 sequences of microbial 16S rRNA genes from PCR amplicons were examined using the 454 pyrosequencing technology to compare the microbial community structures of nine individuals: three in each of the categories of normal weight, morbidly obese, and post-gastric-bypass surgery [95]. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrated that although the bacteria in the human intestinal community were highly diverse, they fell mainly into six bacterial groups with distinctive divisions. Specifically, Firmicutes were dominant in normal-weight and obese individuals, but were significantly decreased in post-gastric-bypass individuals, who also had a proportional increase of Gammaproteobacteria. Hydrogen-producing Prevotellaceae were highly enriched in the obese individuals. Unlike the highly diverse bacteria, the archaea comprised mainly members of the order Methanobacteriales, which are hydrogen-oxidizing methanogens. Using real-time PCR, significantly higher numbers of hydrogen-utilizing methanogenic archaea were detected in obese individuals than in normal-weight or post-gastric-bypass individuals. The authors hypothesized that interspecies hydrogen transfer between bacterial and archaeal species is an important mechanism for increasing energy uptake by the large intestine in obese persons [95]. It is difficult to definitively ascertain whether the surgical trauma, the bypass or the altered oral intake is definitively responsible. Nonetheless, the inference is that it may be possible to medically alter the entire gut microbial make-up of obese patients for the purpose of altering energy metabolism and thus weight loss. More importantly, gastric bypass patients with type II diabetes mellitus are rapidly and definitively cured of this condition [96]. Modern bariatric procedures therefore represent 'super system' surgery that seeks to alter the microbiome as part of the surgical procedure for the benefit of human health. If the intestinal microbiota are involved in this mechanism in some way, and it is highly likely that they are, then the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus by microbiotal modulation may represent an even more valuable drug target than surgery in the treatment of obesity. Significantly, recent evidence suggests that mice genetically deficient in TLR5, a component of the innate immune system that is expressed in the gut mucosa and that helps defend against infection, exhibit hyperphagia and develop hallmark features of metabolic syndrome, including hyperlipidemia, hypertension, insulin resistance and increased adiposity [97]. These metabolic changes correlated with changes in the composition of the gut microbiota, and transfer of the gut microbiota from TLR5-deficient mice to wild-type germ-free mice conferred many features of metabolic syndrome to the recipients, reciprocating work previously described by Turnbaugh et al. [7, 98]. This suggests that the altered innate immune system may play a direct role in the method of microbial modulation of diabetes in the metabolic syndrome. This theory is supported in part by metabonomic studies of obesity, because both lean and obese animals have specific metabolic phenotypes that are linked to their individual microbiomes. The two functionally and phenotypically normal Zucker rat strains (fa/- and -/-) were readily distinguished from the (fa/fa) obese rats on the basis of their metabotypes, with relatively lower levels of urinary hippurate and creatinine, relatively higher levels of urinary isoleucine, leucine and acetate, and higher plasma low-density lipoprotein and very low-density lipoprotein levels typifying the (fa/fa) obese strain [99]. Therefore, if truly personalized strategies that deliver an improved quality of care to patients are ever to be delivered for globally important health problems such as obesity, systems biology approaches that account for mammalian/microbial mutualism at genomic, proteomic and metabolic levels are urgently required. These approaches will have an impact across medicine and surgery, and they will deliver the next generation of drug therapies. Systems biology has irrevocably altered the view that mammalian metabolism is solely influenced by the human genome. A core gut microbiome may exist within the human gut, at least at a genomic or metabolic level, and this is fundamental to the maintenance of health, the development of disease and human metabolic processes. However, there is a large variation in the microbial content of the distal gut between individuals and populations, and it is sensitive to genomic, dietary, age, sex, pharmaceutical and even surgical interventions. Systems biology approaches at the metabonomic and proteomic level have greatly increased the potential of genomic strategies by providing a 'functional' analysis of gut microbial function, and this suggests that the biological mutualism is not only deeper than previously described, but it may also be modulated for the improvement of human health. Next-generation genomic technologies will lead to the development of experimental models that are more representative of the human gut microbiome for hypothesis testing. 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Section of Biosurgery and Surgical Technology, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, QEQM, St Mary's Hospital, 10th Floor, London, W2 1NY, UK James M Kinross & Ara W Darzi Section of Bimolecular Medicine, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, The Sir Alexander Fleming Building, South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ, UK Jeremy K Nicholson Search for James M Kinross in: Search for Ara W Darzi in: Search for Jeremy K Nicholson in: Correspondence to Jeremy K Nicholson. JMK and AWD contributed equally to this work. JKN was responsible for the article design and content. JMK researched and wrote the body of the text. AWD edited the paper for publication and provided critical analysis for the surgical component. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Kinross, J.M., Darzi, A.W. & Nicholson, J.K. Gut microbiome-host interactions in health and disease. 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__label__wiki	0.685703	0.685703	Men's Vogue on Bill Gates's Style: "A Fashionable Guy" Filed to:Bill gates fashion What would you wear every day if you could wear anything? We're talking no limits, not from bank accounts or corporate wardrobe requirements, not those snarky writers from US Weekly or the sexy lady judging the size of your 401k by the validity of your Rolex. One man in particular has had that choice over the years. He's Bill Gates. In the past several decades, Bill Gates has been seen in jeans, ties and suits, but at the end of the day, there's been one look he's come home to. It's the sweater. With a buttoned shirt under it. For over 20 years, this has been the signature calling card of one of world's most powerful men. (That, and those $7 haircuts.) This Video Makes Bill Gates Look Cooler Than Steve Jobs OMG, I can hear the fanboys battling already. Here's a video from last night's CES 2008 keynote,… And you know what's crazy? Men's Vogue tells us that it's fashionable. Ned Martel is a Deputy Editor over at Men's Vogue and he was kind enough to stare at many pictures of Bill Gates that I sent him. When I got him on the phone, we discussed the matter, starting with some shots from a 1985 Microsoft publicity shoot. "Sweaters..." I hear Martel think out loud. "The thing that strikes me is that...you didn't need to dress in the '80s like you were well funded to get funding…it was the opposite-if you presented yourself as pinstriped, you might not be seen as the upstart worth getting behind." And such may be true even today. When is the last time you saw Kevin Rose sporting a triangle hankerchief that matched his tie? But where Martel described the look as "I'm too busy to think about wearing a suit," it's probably been generalized in modern terms to "I'm too cool to wear a suit." We flip to a newer shot, this time taken just last year. (It's our lead photo of the piece, minus that Voguesque spoof cover art.) Sweater. Collar. Same thing, right? "This is more expensive," Martel points out immediately. "I think it's like a purple cashmere v-neck. That's probably a bit of a luxury he would not have even sported in his youth...Like he got married and got a life. It's more dad-like." But something else changed, too. "His glasses are more grown up," Martel says. "The change that you see in his face because of that. It is a reflection that he's thought about." The word "fatherly" comes to mind again. "It's a different way of announcing your place in the establishment of American billionaires. I think you see that subtly in the way he dresses because it began as a little bit rebellious and it's matured into a way that's said it had a payoff." So the wardrobe payoff after several billion dollars is wire-frames and cashmere. But is that fashionable? What is a sweater and collar, after all? It's certainly is not a cutting edge trend, nor is it quite a timeless classic. "Any guy with confidence and a sense of how he wants to present himself is a fashionable guy," Martel explains. Finally, a justification for that plaid shirt my wife hates. But before I let Martel off the line, there was one last point to be settled. Gates vs. Jobs. No OSs. No fancy keynotes. Just. Wardrobe vs. wardrobe. (Ed note: Of course, this photo is, like, the one time Gates isn't wearing that damn sweater.) "Comparing their clothes is like comparing their accomplishments-they both helped together to define an era," Martel explains. "And the fact that we even have an indelible sense of how they've looked of the years means it worked." [Men's Vogue] Cover art by Richard Blakeley.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line16911
__label__cc	0.515388	0.484612	Tag Archives: American Beauty March 3, 2012 Graham Milne 1 Comment Now that I have your attention... My good friend George alerted me yesterday to a recent news item from The Hamilton Spectator. Recently a young student, Paul Gomille, was suspended for two days from a Catholic high school in Ajax for distributing a speech he’d written, which was ironically not about creationism versus evolution, gay rights, racism, terrorism, the existence of God or any of the other subjects that usually raise red flags. Instead, the piece was a thought-provoking essay on the nature of beauty. The gist of the suspension was that he had asked his principal for permission beforehand but was refused because of some language in the piece that was considered “judgmental,” and he went ahead and did it anyway. He was suspended, the school argues, because he had disobeyed staff. What is remarkable to me is that this is obviously a message Paul felt very strongly about sending out. His essay, which you can read for yourself at the link above, speaks directly to those who feel marginalized because they do not fit the ideal of the glossy magazine cover, because even though their hearts need love as much as anyone else, they are passed over for failing to live up to an unrealistic expectation set by corporations. That someone so young should choose to tackle the subject of the beauty of all women, in this climate, when women’s rights are under attack in the United States by impotent old men, when the level of debate among his classmates is pronouncing one girl or another “f—in’ hot” based on the shortness of her skirt, is a cause, in my opinion, for celebration, not suspension. I get that he disobeyed an order. Couldn’t he have been asked to write lines a la Bart Simpson instead? Beauty is a difficult concept, and its paradoxical nature is one of the many examples of the human contradiction. We are hard-wired to respond positively to physical characteristics we find appealing – it’s the primate in us, the genetic drive to find the most suitable mate capable of creating the strongest offspring. Instinctively, I am more attracted to dark-haired women, always have been, can’t help it – it’s my nature. (No offense to blondes and redheads.) When a woman catches a man leering at her and accuses him of being an animal, well, unfortunate as it is to society’s mores and the concept of proper behaviour, that is sort of how it’s supposed to work. There is certainly nothing wrong with physical attraction, indeed, that’s how 99% of relationships start out anyway. However, it used to be, in the days before mass media saturation, that our ideals of physical beauty were limited to the people we interacted with. Some historical Don Draper then figured out how to use beauty to sell you his wares – by making you feel ugly and inadequate in a way that only a specific product could cure. Nowadays, go to Google Images, search for “beauty” and all the pictures that come up will be variations of the same perfected female face, Photoshopped within an inch of her life, staring blankly back at you in an expression meant to be smoldering, inviting, and at the same time, berating. You don’t look nearly as good as me, but if you buy this lipstick you just might come within a thousand miles. These non-people are everywhere now, like gods casting wary eyes down from skyscraper billboards at the homely mortals ambling through meaningless lives. And despite ourselves, we look up to them as impossible ideals. My better half and I kid each other about our celebrity crushes – I have Kate Beckinsale, she has Alexander Skarsgard. But there’s every chance that if we were ever to meet either of them we would find them off-putting. (Particularly Beckinsale – she smokes like a chimney.) In fact, one can obsess over, but cannot love, a fantasy. And one should not be intimidated by fantasy either. What makes us fortunate is that as human beings, we don’t have to be. Where we differ from our animal cousins is that our intellect makes us capable of responding to the radiance that lies beyond the physical. Our desire for love can only be satisfied when our soul connects with another, beyond biochemistry, beyond pheromones. When we reach beneath the hardened shell to touch dreams, fears, insecurities and longings, and embrace them with our own. The capability to love and truly devote oneself to another comes when we attain the maturity to see the complete person inside. Paul Gomille seems to have reached this understanding far sooner than other boys his age, and for that, at least, he should be admired. The other guys will make the cracks about Mary’s legs and Cindy’s chest, and recycle the cruel joke about the girl who fell from the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down, but someday, they’ll get it. At least you hope they will, otherwise they are fated to live very lonely lives. The beauty of the soul is where it’s at; where lasting and fulfilling relationships are forged. And where “what’s hot” may be framed by Vogue and Vanity Fair, what’s beautiful is everywhere around us. Like the movie American Beauty says, look closer. Look past the physical. Look into the heart. Paul sums it up very nicely. All women are capable of being beautiful. All women are beautiful. Alexander SkarsgardAmerican BeautyattractionBart Simpsonbeauty of the soulbiochemistryCatholic high schoolcelebrity crushDon DraperKate BeckinsaleLook closernature of beautyPaul GomillePhotoshopVanity FairVogue Hollywood and Vine He shoots, he scores February 29, 2012 Graham Milne 5 Comments You can hear it in your head, can't you? My tastes in music have always been a bit of a joke among my closest friends. I was about five years late to the party buying a CD player, and my first CD purchase wasn’t the White Album, or any of the chart-topping or even lesser known indie bands at the time – it was the soundtrack from Kevin Costner’s Waterworld, not even a movie for which I had any particular affection. In fact, over the years I’ve probably purchased dozens of soundtracks from movies I didn’t like that much, swelling to a collection of hundreds. The sole reason? I loved the music. Music and film have long been committed companions, from the beginnings of the silent era when a live musician would sit in the theatre and play piano to dramatize the grainy black-and-white images flickering across the screen. The coming of the talkies, thankfully, did not diminish the need for music to continue its cinematic journey. Early composers like Max Steiner, Erich Korngold, Alfred Newman and Miklos Rosza developed upon the traditions of the classical masters to fashion, together, a new musical language for the 20th Century’s most popular new art form, a tradition expanded upon by men like Bernard Herrmann, Maurice Jarre, Nino Rota to name but a very few. How many of the incredible movie moments have been etched into our collective memories in large part because of their music? Scarlett’s longing for the halls of Tara in Gone with the Wind. Janet Leigh’s shocking death in Psycho. The lonely trumpet that opens The Godfather. Robert Redford’s home run blast in The Natural. Rocky Balboa’s race up the Philadelphia steps. The mere glimpse of the photo above can conjure immediately the haunting John Williams motif of the yearning of the hero to set out on adventures bold, much as thoughts of sharks can summon his remarkably economical two-note overture for Jaws. The movie score is its emotional brush, painting the subtext of the characters’ deepest passions directly onto our hearts, uniting the audience in a shared experience of joy, pain, despair, and most endearingly, hope. The 1990’s were a rough era for lovers of orchestral soundtracks. Madonna’s Music from and Inspired By Dick Tracy begat a misguided and disappointing era of music marketing whereby soundtracks were reconfigured as pop/rock/rap compilation albums that had little to do with the movie itself – maybe one or two songs at most were used in the film and the rest were chosen at random by committee. And yet some brilliant scores were flying beneath the radar. I’ve been listening a lot lately to American composer Thomas Newman’s work on 90’s epics like The Shawshank Redemption. Newman’s music isn’t as recognizable as someone like John Williams, who works very much, particularly in his Spielberg and Lucas collaborations, in the mode of leitmotif – assigning a specific theme to each character and recurring emotional beat. Newman’s music is always more subtle, relying on gentle piano, soft percussion and swaying strings, yet its emotional resonance is just as strong. His scores for American Beauty and Road to Perdition are a masterwork of forlorn and melancholy understatement, letting you peel layers from the characters and see directly into their wounds. American Beauty in particular is a movie that would not work with the more upfront, heroic style that Williams is so good at – as Wes Bentley’s character Ricky describes being overcome by the beauty he sees in the world, even in innocuous things like a plastic bag floating in the wind, Newman’s soft piano embraces both him and us, and just for a moment we can see through his eyes. In a sense, the music is that intangible, untouchable beauty, capturing the moment in a way that dialogue, performance and image cannot. Joseph Campbell suggests that amidst our billions of stories, there is only one – the journey of the hero with the thousand faces. Cinematic scores likewise number in the thousands, some remarkable, some forgettable, but singular in their indispensability as storytellers. They can be our emotional anchor as we fly off into the strange new worlds of the imaginations of directors, writers and actors, and a truly magnificent score can come to define moments in our own lives as well as the ones we see on the screen. Truly, who hasn’t imagined the music swelling at our most heroic, and even our most despondent hours? Stories, like our emotions, are our universal connectors – and music goes with us on the journey as a narrator, speaking the truth in notes and phrases through all barriers to comprehension when words sometimes fall short. American Beautybernard herrmannbinary sunseterich korngoldfilm composersJohn WilliamsMadonnamaurice jarreMovie musicnino rotaRoad to Perditionrocky balboasoundtracksStar WarsThe Shawshank RedemptionThomas Newman	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line16923
__label__wiki	0.910729	0.910729	Showing results for tags 'martin'. Here is what Joker director says about Martin Scorsese's criticism of Marvel movies Martin Scorsese recently faced strong backlash for taking a jibe at Marvel movies. "The Departed" director found himself in trouble when he went on to say that superhero movies were "not cinema". Todd Phillips, the director of Joaquin Phoenix starrer Joker, agrees to what Scorcese said. According to AceShowbiz, the director said he accepts Scorsese was making a fair point. The director, however, fell short of explaining whether he fully agrees to what Scorsese said. He was speaking at The Hollywood Reporter's directors roundtable chat. "Marty got a lot of heat for that (what he said), but I understand it fully. We were struggling to get 'Joker' made, which sounds funny because it exists in the superhero world, but it's really not one of those movies." "We spent a year at Warner Bros., and I saw emails back and forth, literally, where they said, 'Does he realise we sell Joker pyjamas at Target?' I go, 'Didn't movies come first and pyjamas come second? Are the pyjamas dictating the movies?' Theme park rides. Pyjamas. Slurpee cups. Whatever it is that you are selling off the back of movies, you can't make your decisions based on that." Martin Scorsese, who was also present on the occasion said: "I remember when Disneyland was built... and one of the aspirations of the studios was to become as important to American culture as Disneyland. And the first studio to really do that was Universal with the (studio) tour. And then you add the blockbuster on top of that - and why not? People go to the movie. Enjoy it. That sort of thing." "So the sense of a theme park has always been there. It's not bad. We used to love to go to amusement parks. But now in an amusement park, you have the film." scorsese's Filming begins for Martin Scorsese's serial killer film with Robert Di Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio While the hype of The Irishman hasn?t settled, rumours have been confirmed that Martin Scorsese is planning for another masterpiece, starring Robert Di Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio, loosely based upon the non-fiction 'Killers of the Flower Moon',... 'Avengers: Endgame' writers on Martin Scorsese calling Marvel films 'not real cinema' 'Avengers: Endgame' writers on Martin Scorsese calling Marvel films 'not real cinema'. Photo: Syfy WireAcclaimed director Martin Scorsese had left Marvel fans fuming after his 'negative' remarks about the films but apparently writers for the... 'avengers: endgame' 'not cinema' Even George RR Martin Is Not Happy With The Way 'Game Of Thrones' Is Ending, So We're Not Alone With less than 48 hours left for the finale of probably one of the most-watched TV shows in history, 'Game Of Thrones', a lot of fans are waiting with bated breath to see how it all comes to an end, however, the drama revolving around the gloomy dullness throughout this season seems to be like a looming threat for the final episode, and people are genuinely concerned. Multiple theories, many deaths and even a petition to remake the final season has been the mood throughout this month. But it seems like we are not alone in grieving over this disappointment, as the writer of the original book series himself, George RR Martin, also expressed that he wasn't too happy with how the show is ending. Twitter “The series has been… not completely faithful. Otherwise, it would have to run another five seasons. You know, it's complex. I'm a little sad, actually. I wish we had a few more seasons. It can also be… traumatic. Because sometimes their creative vision and your creative vision don't match, and you get the famous creative differences thing — that leads to a lot of conflict. You get totally extraneous things like the studio or the network weighing in, and they have some particular thing that has nothing to do with the story, but relates to 'well, this character has a very high Q Rating so let's give him a lot more stuff to do”, Martin said in an interview. The cast and crew were also a tad bit upset over some characters being killed off. The actor who plays Varys, Conleth Hill, expressed his dismay on how his character met his end. “I took it very personally. I took it as a person, not as an actor or an artist. I understood the reactions of previous actors who had been in the same position a lot more than I did at the time. You can't help feeling that you failed in some way, that you haven't lived up to some expectation that you didn't know about,” he said. HBO Well, love it or hate it, the ending is sealed and we shall witness the action the coming Monday morning. 'game thrones' Chris Martin Just Posed With Alia, Ranbir, SRK & Gauri But All We Saw Was Aluminium Foil Coldplay's Chris Martin not only brought the whole house down with his rocking performance at Akash & Shloka's pre-wedding bash, but he also spent most of his time chilling out with Bollywood celebrities in Switzerland and thanks to Gauri Khan, we got a glimpse of the same. Gauri recently posted a picture on her social media, where she is seen posing with Shah Rukh Khan, Alia Bhatt, Ranbir Kapoor, Aamir Khan, Chris Martin, and Natasha Poonawala. She wrote the caption, "A huddle with Chris Martin." View this post on Instagram Sparkling in @falgunishanepeacockindia .. ððð A post shared by Gauri Khan (@gaurikhan) on Mar 10, 2019 at 12:04am PST While people are talking about how great everyone, especially Bollywood's King Khan is looking in the picture; we can't help but look past the outfits of the ladies. Why does it look like Alia, Gauri and Natasha are wearing 'aluminium foil' coats? I am sure desi moms need answers to this style statement. View this post on Instagram A huddle with Chris Martin â¤.. @aliaabhatt @_aamirkhan #RanbirKapoor @coldplay @iamsrk @natasha.poonawalla A post shared by Gauri Khan (@gaurikhan) on Mar 15, 2019 at 12:45am PDT Honestly, whatever it is, this picture definitely shines brighter than most of our future. The celebrities may be living their fan moment with Chris Martin, but he seems to be in awe of Shah Rukh Khan and recently even gave a shout out to the actor and wrote, "Shah Rukh Khan forever." ranbir Chris Martin & The Chainsmokers Rocked Akash Ambani-Shloka Mehta's Pre-Wedding Bash In Switzerland The entirety of Mumbai's glitz and glamour is currently shining brightly in Switzerland, as everyone is busy rejoicing and celebrating the pre-wedding festivities of Akash Ambani and Shloka Mehta, who are all set to tie the knot in a few days. The family set up a 'Winter Wonderland' for the lovely couple and it's nothing less than incredible. View this post on Instagram The #Ambani's pre wedding bash decor is truly mesmerizing â¨â¨â¨ð«ð«ð«ððð . . . . . . . . . #theshaadico #anantambani #nitaambani #mukeshambani #akashambani #ishaambani #anantambani #shlokamehta #radhikamerchant #kokilabenambani #neetaambani #ambani #reliance #reliancejio #jio #reliancefoundation #dhirubhaiambani #antilia #akustoletheshlo #ambaniwedding #summerwedding#bridetobe#picoftheday#ishakishaadi#bigfatindianwedding#salmankhan#varundhawan#karishmakapoor#switzerland A post shared by Rashi Jaising (@theshaadi.co) on Feb 26, 2019 at 11:48pm PST View this post on Instagram Winter wonderland for akash and shloka in swizz #anantambani #nitaambani #mukeshambani #akashambani #ishaambani #anantambani #shlokamehta #radhikamerchant #kokilabenambani #neetaambani #ambani #reliance #reliancejio #jio #reliancefoundation #dhirubhaiambani #antilia #akustoletheshlo #ambaniwedding A post shared by Nita Ambani (@nitaambani5) on Feb 25, 2019 at 7:27am PST View this post on Instagram Akash and shloka have a theme of winter wonderland for their wedding festives #anantambani #nitaambani #mukeshambani #akashambani #ishaambani #anantambani #shlokamehta #radhikamerchant #kokilabenambani #neetaambani #ambani #reliance #reliancejio #jio #reliancefoundation #dhirubhaiambani #antilia #akustoletheshlo #ambaniwedding A post shared by Nita Ambani (@nitaambani5) on Feb 25, 2019 at 7:23am PST Isha Ambani and Anand Piramal's pre-wedding bash had John Legend perform for the guests, followed by Beyonce performing during the wedding. This time around, reports suggest that Maroon 5 is all set to perform during the main wedding festivities, but last night everyone had a chill time dancing and crooning to the tunes of Coldplay's Chris Martin performing for the guests. View this post on Instagram #chrismartin live at #akashambani #shlokamehta fairytale pre wedding bash â¤ï¸â¤ï¸â¤ï¸ @viralbhayani A post shared by Viral Bhayani (@viralbhayani) on Feb 26, 2019 at 8:37pm PST It was not just Chris Martin who made people dance, in fact, 'The Chainsmokers' also brought the house down with their music. View this post on Instagram #chainsmokers at #akashambani #shlokamehta fairytale pre wedding bash â¤ï¸â¤ï¸â¤ï¸ @viralbhayani A post shared by Viral Bhayani (@viralbhayani) on Feb 26, 2019 at 8:29pm PST View this post on Instagram #coldplay at #akashambani #shlokamehta fairytale pre wedding bash â¤ï¸â¤ï¸â¤ï¸ @viralbhayani A post shared by Viral Bhayani (@viralbhayani) on Feb 26, 2019 at 8:29pm PST Looks like the two families even had a wonderful round of 'Antakshari' moderated by none other than Aamir Khan himself. View this post on Instagram #aamirkhan takes #shlokamehta side at #akashambani #shlokamehta fairytale pre wedding bash â¤ï¸â¤ï¸â¤ï¸ @viralbhayani A post shared by Viral Bhayani (@viralbhayani) on Feb 26, 2019 at 10:03pm PST Ofcourse, there was also a group performance with everyone dancing to 'Gala Goodiyan'. View this post on Instagram @_aamirkhan @iamsrk @karanjohar dance their heart out at Akash Ambani and Shloka Mehta wedding festivities in St. Moritz. Follow me @manav.manglani for more cool updates as they happen around the globe . . . #ambaniwedding #ranbirkapoor #akashambani #shlokamehta #switzerland #ishaambani #instadaily #akustoletheshlo #instagood #pictureperfect #instalove #photooftheday #manavmanglani @manav.manglani A post shared by Manav Manglani (@manav.manglani) on Feb 26, 2019 at 9:52pm PST View this post on Instagram @_aamirkhan dancing on the tunes of #AyeKyaBoltiTu with bride-to-be #ShlokaMehta is unmissable! A post shared by BollywoodLife (@ibollywoodlife) on Feb 26, 2019 at 9:29pm PST I guess both families know how to rock a party better than all of us. Lets wait to see how beautiful the wedding festivities unfold. rocked ambani-shloka mehta's 10 Pictures Which Prove That Ricky Martin & Husband Jwan Yosef Are 'Fashionable Dad Goals' Remember Ricky Martin? Of course you do. We all danced our birthday parties away to songs like 'Livin' La Vida Loca' and 'She bangs' in our childhood - irrespective of how age-inappropriate some of them might be for kids, we now realize. However, those days, we were too innocent to read between the lines, and everyone just enjoyed the music. Especially when it comes to Ricky, his music had the inherent ability to make everyone groove to the rhythm, irrespective of the language barriers at times (remember 'Maria'?) Ricky was keeping a low profile for the longest time in between, till he came to the forefront again with 'American Crime Story - The Assassination Of Gianni Versace'. Before that, he was enjoying fatherhood, and some quality time with his super adorable family. Ricky, along with husband Jwan Yosef, legit make the most stylish dads around, and here are 10 pictures which prove that. 1. Just look at them. © Getty Images 2. Talk about being effortlessly chic, even at home. © Peopledotcom 3. They know how to show up at the Grammys! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ricky (@ricky_martin) on Feb 10, 2019 at 3:46pm PST 4. Can they get any more fashionably adorable? View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ricky (@ricky_martin) on Dec 7, 2018 at 4:47am PST 5. 'Glam-dads' done right. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jwan Yosef (@jwanyosef) on Feb 11, 2019 at 3:54pm PST 6. With the furbaby. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jwan Yosef (@jwanyosef) on Oct 31, 2018 at 3:21pm PDT 7. Just look at the sheer construction of those suits. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jwan Yosef (@jwanyosef) on Sep 25, 2018 at 10:13pm PDT 8. All tatted up! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ricky (@ricky_martin) on Aug 12, 2018 at 10:27pm PDT 9. Dads deserve vacation too, and hitting the gym sure helps. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ricky (@ricky_martin) on Dec 2, 2018 at 4:04pm PST 10. Holiday posters turn out the best when the fam is super fashionable. © Peopledotcom What a beautiful, beautiful family! goals' 'fashionable jwan KL Rahul Makes The Biggest Donation For The Treatment Of Ailing Jacob Martin 2018 ended on a horrible note for the former Indian cricketer Jacob Martin, who battled against time in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in critical condition following a road accident on 28th December and was put on a ventilator as his family felt severely short of money to continue with the expensive treatment. At that time, the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) sanctioned an aide worth Rs 5 Lakh out of the Benevolent Fund whilst former skipper Sourav Ganguly also showed his support. However, the greatest gesture was shown by cricketer Krunal Pandya who gave a blank cheque to Sanjay Patel, the former secretary of the BCCI and the Baroda Cricket Association while reportedly saying, “Sir, please fill up whatever is needed, but nothing less than Rs 1 lakh". With the good wishes of the fans of the cricketer and those of Indian cricket, Martin was successfully discharged from the ICU after spending almost a month under 'critical' status. Having said that, a pair of ruptured lungs and a failing liver takes a lot of care and treatment to get over. When the injuries are so grave, the rate at which the cash flows can reduce the wealthiest of families to mediocrity. In such testing times, former Indian opener KL Rahul emerged as the knight in the shining armour who reportedly made the biggest individual donation to the Martin family. Jacob's wife while having confirmed receiving the funds from the batsman refused to reveal the exact amount on the request of Rahul himself but Mumbai Mirror confirms that Rahul's hefty donation was the greatest made by anyone. “A big thanks to Rahul and everyone who has helped,” an emotional Jacob Martin expressed to the newspaper as the cricketers of the past and the present have come together to stand by the ailing athlete. Ever since India's Test series against Australia, KL Rahul has found himself to be off in his form before getting suspended for being a part of a controversial episode of a chat show alongside teammate and best-buddy Hardik Pandya. It can be excruciatingly difficult for an athlete to life through a stint of bad form with the public constantly hating on them for their deeds beyond the field and for Rahul to show up for a cause so noble right now, says a million things about how good the cricketer is at heart. ailing Cricket Fraternity Breathes A Sigh Of Relief As Jacob Martin Discharged From The ICU Being a part of a family can have different meanings to different people. When you are living the life of a soldier, the unit is your family. Similarly, when you live the life of a sportsperson who is playing for the nation, then your team becomes your family. And that remains even after you retire from the sport. Jacob Martin, a former Indian cricketer from Baroda witnessed the support of his extended cricket family when he required money for his operation. Martin suffered a major accident earlier in January that caused severe damages to his lungs and liver. Now, in a positive development, the 46-year-old has been released from the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) after spending almost a month there. Moreover, the Vadodara star is now out of danger and has also resumed speaking. © Twitter Earlier, several names from the cricket fraternity had come out to help Martin, who has played 10 One-Day Internationals matches for India and has also guided Baroda to a Ranji Trophy victory. Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly was one of the first cricketers to come to Martin's aid and transferred funds into his bank account. Later, Krunal Pandya, the Mumbai Indians lad who is currently playing in the India A squad, wrote out a blank cheque, which said: "Sir, please fill up whatever is needed, but nothing less than Rs 1 lakh." Other than the BCCI, the BCA and other cricketers such as Munaf Patel, Irfan Pathan, Yusuf Pathan and even Kiran More came forward to help the Ex-Baroda captain. However, dark clouds still hover over Martin's family, as his wife Khyati has mentioned that despite receiving financial assistance from several sources, she would still need more money in the coming days. Till now, Martin received Rs 16 lakh out of which almost Rs.15 lakh has been spent so far in hospital expenses. It's heartwarming to see the cricket fraternity coming forward to help one of their own, and we hope that contributions keep coming in so that Jacob Martin can get back on his feet soon. discharged Krunal Pandya Wows All After Handing A Blank Cheque To Ailing Ex-Indian Cricketer Jacob Martin Earlier this month, Hardik Pandya stirred up a massive storm after his objectionable remarks on the popular chat show 'Koffee With Karan' attracted a lot of criticism. He was sexist, misogynist in his comments while objectifying women on national television. The nation-wide uproar also saw Hardik getting suspended, pending an inquiry into the controversy. But, while the questionable demeanour of Hardik made him 'Public Enemy No. 1', the latest gesture by his elder brother Krunal has struck a chord with cricket fans across the country. Former Indian cricketer Jacob Martin continues to battle for his life in a Vadodara hospital. Martin sustained life-threatening injuries following a road accident on 28th December. Currently, on a ventilator, Martin has found himself in immediate need for financial support in a bid to recuperate with his injuries to lungs and liver. © Twitter While the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) sanctioned an amount of Rs 5 lakh from the Benevolent Fund, Sourav Ganguly, too, stepped up to help the former Indian player. And now, Krunal has joined the drive to help Martin with financial aid. In what was arguably one of the sweetest gestures you'd see, Krunal has handed a blank cheque to Sanjay Patel, former secretary of the BCCI and the Baroda Cricket Association. He reportedly told Patel: "Sir, please fill up whatever is needed, but nothing less than Rs 1 lakh". Krunal's heartfelt gesture saw the cricket fans singing his praise on the social media. Ironically, the fans who were busy bashing the younger Pandya not a long time ago were seen praising the elder one for his good deed. There are good people still in this World. Well done, Krunal Pandya :) pic.twitter.com/uUyyNH2g6X — Abhishek Barthur (@imabhi27) January 22, 2019 Just being the richest athlete like @imVkohli is not important being rich by heart just like krunal Pandya is wat matters — Sameer (@therealsameer_) January 22, 2019 Massive respect @krunalpandya24 ðð #KrunalPandya #HardikPandya #JacobMartin #ICCAwards2018 pic.twitter.com/p4hBsIiFNg — Premnath kp (@PremnathPK2) January 22, 2019 An Incredible gesture from this Great Man @krunalpandya24 to come out and help Jacob Martin. A huge respect to this Man. A blank Cheque - Really Unimagineable!!! ð @imVkohli @msdhoni #BlankChequeKrunal #KrunalPandya pic.twitter.com/hQbeJ1wXZG — Shivaraj (@ShivarajBabu) January 22, 2019 When life gives you Pandya, make it Krunal Pandya and not Hardik Pandya. — Prajakta Bhawsar (@ViratsFangirl18) January 22, 2019 Hats off to Krunal Pandya for giving a blank cheque to ailing former cricketer Jacob Martin's family asking them to fill any amount, after Sourav Ganguly and others came forward to help Martin who met with a serious accident. God bless Krunal and we need more such good people — DrA JaganMohanReddy (@Jaganmo05121164) January 22, 2019 Really appreciate the gesture. @jacob martin.Take a bow #KrunalPandya — ABHISHEK (@maildrabhishek) January 22, 2019 God Bless u Krunal Pandya — Starfishh (@starfishsamy) January 22, 2019 Krunal Pandya. The pure soul for a reason ... His gesture towards treatment of former Indian Cricketer Jacob Martin is so wonderful ð¤. pic.twitter.com/Rddrusi7M2 — LALU (@manthenalalu) January 22, 2019 Great should be appreciated & highlighted to motivate others keep it up may more people follow — Gagan Kapoor (@gagankapoor1969) January 22, 2019 Great work krunal! Great to see ur attitude qnd ego unlike hardik!! Just love! Looking forward to see u in new Zealand! — VARAD Acharya (@VARADAcharya2) January 22, 2019 Wow!! What a noble gesture from the brother of the one who thinks it's cool to pass sexist & misogynistic comments..well done Krunal..you've proved that all peas in the same pod aren't the same..keep up the good work..ðð — Vijay Kumar (@VijayKu22074035) January 22, 2019 That's a grand gesture .. — verghese cherian (@varkki1) January 22, 2019 krunal ex-indian Aston Martin Showed Off Its Autonomous Flying Electric Car Concept & We're Drooling Already With many companies already flirting with the idea of developing self-driving/ self-flying cars, Aston Martin is the latest luxury car maker who has expressed interest in the concept. The company unveiled its plans to create a personal autonomous flying vehicle and bestowed the name “Volante Vision Concept.” © Aston Martin The concept car's design will probably get debuted at the Farnborough Air Show later this month and we can't wait to see it in real life. Much like other flying cars/vehicles, the Volante Vision will take off and land vertically. It will have a hybrid-electric powertrain and will be outfitted with multiple propellers. It will have a have a horizontal turbo-pop at the back and two pairs of propellers at the front so that the vehicle can tilt and rotate. © Aston Martin Aston Martin, as a company, is known for its supercars and luxury, and we can expect the company to incorporate some of those luxurious features into the Volante Vision. The flying vehicle will have autonomous navigation and every information will be displayed onto the glass cockpit. The Volante Vision will be crafted to serve the company's existing clientele, that is in search of a flying car with a luxurious touch. © Aston Martin The company is working with partners on the concept car with aviation experts, including Rolls-Royce. It seems like as each day passes, more and more companies are exploring and showing interest in the air taxi market. We can only know more about Volante Vision once Aston Martin makes more information available after its debut later this month. Source: Digital Trends Remembering Martin Luther King on his 50th death anniversary Martin Luther King Jr. at the "March on Washington" in August 1963 where he delivered his celebrated "I Have a Dream" speech. Photo: AFP Martin Luther King Jr was a social activist and Baptist minister who played a key role in the American civil... This Indian Millionaire Is Painting His Rs. 20 Crore Aston Martin With Real Moon Dust Worth 25 Crore You know cars are your life when your Instagram does not have any pictures of you, but only showcases your passion for cars and the never-ending number of cars you own. And that's exactly the case of Kris Singh. © Motoroids Kris is an Indian-American businessman. He is the managing partner of a private investment company but that's not exactly what he is famous for. The man's collection of luxury and one-of-a-kind cars can make anyone die of jealousy. My favorite time of the day is when everyone else is still asleep. Happy Monday! ð¤ð¤«ðð¨ðð I hope you have a great week ahead! ðð¯ð _______________________________________________________ #Lamborghini #Veneno #LamborghiniVeneno #Sunday #Monday #SundayFunday #LateNightDrive #Peace #Quiet #OpenRoad #Lambo #MondayMorning #StartUp #StartTheWeekRight #BullsOverBears #305 #KeyBiscayne #CoralGables #Brickell #Miami #MiamiBeach #SouthBeach #BocaRaton #FtLauderdale #UFO #Drive #Driven #GetOutAndDrive #KrisSingh #BLESSED A post shared by Kris Singh (@lamborghiniks) on Feb 12, 2018 at 1:48am PST If you notice closely, even his Instagram username includes a car in it- 'lamborghiniks'. Enough said! In the past, he made headlines around the world for being one of the only three owners of the ultra-rare $4 million plus Lamborghini Veneno that costs around $4 million (Rs. 25 crores). Still pinching myself and still cannot believe it's mine. The Lamborghini Veneno. ððð ððð¨ð ð #BLESSED ð _____________________________________________________________ #Lamborghini #Veneno #VerdeSingh #MiamiBeach #Verde #Singh #LamborghiniVeneno #AventadorSV #Green #SV #FL #Centenario #NotPoweredByDuracell #Lambo #Ferrari #McLaren #SuperVeloce #SouthBeach #Miura #Countach #Diablo #Murcielago #Florida #Aventador #SouthBeach #Miami #Huracan #MiamiBeach #HuracanPerformante ð #BLESSED ð A post shared by Kris Singh (@lamborghiniks) on Apr 30, 2017 at 6:05pm PDT He also made another exceptional purchase: Agera XS by the Swedish car manufacturer Koenigsegg that costs $3 million (Rs. 19 crores). The Koenigsegg Agera XS live from Milano! No filter or photo adjustments. Straight off the iPhone. This color, under the sun, is pure madness. I can never thank my buds at Karosserie enough for making this custom orange for me and Koenigsegg for putting up with all of my crazy requests. ððð. Take Over Baby. ð¸ðªâï¸ð®ð¹ Don't mind ð @sparky18888 photobombing while on his cell. He is busy laying down the law. @carsshipping, where are our Pagani's? ð¤ #MEGACAR #AgeraXS #KarosserieOrange #TakeOver #Milano ð¡ððð¸ðªðð®ð¹ ______________________________________________________________ #Koenigsegg #AgeraXS #EuropeanTour #Europe #KoenigseggAgeraXS #Agera #Regera #ChristianVonKoenigsegg #NotPoweredByDuracell #Viking #Vikings #Lamborghini #McLaren #Bugatti #Pagani #Ferrari #Porsche #KarosserieOrange #Sweden #Swedish #Italy #France #Germany #England #Switzerland #USA #BLESSED A post shared by Kris Singh (@lamborghiniks) on Jun 14, 2017 at 6:00am PDT Evidently, he likes to be one-of-a-kind. And in another attempt to be as unique as possible, Kris has made an announcement that has taken aback the world by the sheer insanity of it. He is now getting his hands on an Aston Martin Valkyrie hypercar, out of the 150 that will be made. Apparently, the car has been priced at $3.2 million (Rs 20 crore) and will be customised to the needs of each customer. With the upcoming changes to regulations, this is not just the Greatest of all Time, this is the Greatest that will Ever Be. The Aston Martin & RedBull Racing Valkyrie. ð ð¬ð§ð If you don't get it yet, don't worry. You will. _______________________________________________________ #AstonMartin #Valkyrie #AstonMartinValkyrie #RedBull #RedBullRacing #AdrianNewey #MarekReichman #MilesNurnberger #AndyPalmer #TheGreatestOfAllTime #THEGOAT #AMRB001 #KrisSingh #BLESSED A post shared by Kris Singh (@lamborghiniks) on Jan 29, 2018 at 11:39pm PST But that isn't the insane part. So, when Kris got the opportunity to get it customised and basically get anything and everything done, he decided to go the extra AF way. He will now get his yet-to-be-delivered car painted with real moon dust. No, moon dust is not a specific colour. We mean ACTUAL moon dust, straight from the moon. Don't believe us? Have a look at what he posted: BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!! My visit to Aston Martin was very inspiring. A few weeks ago @milesnurnberger had commented to me that a spec we were discussing reminded him of a Space Ship. I immediately responded, “The Valkyrie makes a Space Ship look like a Car!” ðð That got me thinking... How do I raise the bar of my spec to be worthy of Valkyrie level? ð¤ If ever there was a machine that could grip the ground and rip around the craters of the Moon like it's on rails, it would be the Aston Martin Valkyrie. Unfortunately, science won't allow me to be the first person to drive on the Moon (gravity is still an issue, they say), but nothing is stopping me from bringing the Moon to my Valkyrie!! ð I have sourced, gotten proper verification, and purchased an actual Rock from the Moon which will be ground to dust and used as a key ingredient in Karosserie Lunar Red which will be the color of my Aston Martin Valkyrie. This will be the first car ever to feature a paint formula that includes actual ingredients from #SPACE !!! Thank You to everyone at @astonmartinlagonda, @redbullracing and Karosserie in Wayne, PA. More renderings will be released in the coming weeks and months. We will also document and share some of the process of making actual Moon Rock part of this very special color being developed exclusively for the most special car of my lifetime: The Aston Martin Valkyrie. ðð½ð Thanks to ð@marcovanoverbeekeð for helping refine my spec and providing me with renderings and thanks to ð @capitolsunsetð for setting the mood of the image on the Moon. More to come!! #ToTheMoonAndBack #ð ððð ______________________________________________________ #AstonMartin #Valkyrie #AstonMartinValkyrie #Moon #MoonRock #KarosserieLunarRed #KrisSingh #Red #BloodRedMoon #ToTheMoonAndBack #ComingSoon #2019 #RaiseTheBar #NASA #RedBull #RedBullRacing #AdrianNewey #MarekReichman #MilesNurnberger #AndyPalmer #AstonMartinRules #GameChanger #LunarRed #F1 #AstonMartinLive #RedWillNeverBeTheSame #TheRedOfAllReds #BLESSED ______________________________________________________ PS - No information or details regarding my source, purchase price, weight of the Moon Rock, or other, will be shared. A post shared by Kris Singh (@lamborghiniks) on Feb 1, 2018 at 4:48am PST The gist is that after getting proper verification, he has purchased an actual rock from the Moon which will be ground to dust and used as a key ingredient in 'Karosserie Lunar Red' which will be the colour of his Aston Martin Valkyrie. That would make it the first car in the world to have a paint formula with ingredients from space. And just when we thought he must be kidding, he further mentioned that he will document the whole process in the coming months. If you're going to be a bear, be a grizzly! ð»ð¨ðð The Karosserie Lunar Red color for my Aston Martin Valkyrie is coming together!!! Jamie at Karosserie came up with the brilliant idea! As a starting point, Karosserie will match the iconic Red found on Christian Louboutin's “Red bottom heels” as the base color before working the moon dust into the formula. Fret not Ladies and Gents - No shoes will be harmed in making this color. ððð âï¸ Why this post? Because that's what you do when you claim new land. @astonmartinlagonda ... the Moon is ours! ð¨ðð¨â³ï¸ðâ¤ï¸ð. This hilarious image is by ð@capitolsunset ð and Valkyrie rendering by ð@marcovanoverbeeke ð ðð¤£ð ______________________________________________________ #astonmartin #astonmartinlive #valkyrie #astonmartinvalkyrie #moon #claimthemoon #moondust #karosserielunarred #krissingh #astonmartinracing #amr #vantage #vanquish #vulcan #vanquishs #milesnurnberger #marekreichman #andypalmer #redbull #redbullracing #adriannewey #moonlanding #red #lunarred #moonred #redmoon #paint #art #f1 #BLESSED P.S. IF YOU FIND THIS OFFENSIVE, please unfollow. It's a harmless joke. @sparky18888 zoom in for the payoff. ð A post shared by Kris Singh (@lamborghiniks) on Feb 3, 2018 at 4:12pm PST While he has clearly mentioned that he won't be discussing about his source or the cost of the moon rock, it didn't stop Jalopnik (https://jalopnik.com/some-guy-is-planning-to-paint-his-aston-martin-valkyrie-1822881863 ) from doing their own calculations after considering multiple factors. Bottom line being that the moon rock would cost him somewhere around $4 million (approx. Rs. 25 crores) which is more than the cost of the hypercar itself. However, it needs to be noted that the cost calculated is of the rocks acquired on an Apollo mission. If Singh's source is something else, it is likely to cost him less. But whatever, it's his money so he can spend it any which way he likes. As for us, we are desperately waiting for his documentation of the whole process (assuming he does undertake it). crore Aston Martin Reveals New $150,000 Vantage, We Can't Get Over Its Lemon Popsicle Paint Job We don't see Bond driving around in this Aston Martin but that doesn't take the shine off the all new Vantage in any way. In fact, the Vantage is very refreshing, revealed in this bright lemon zest paint job, perhaps a tad too bright for a luxury vehicle, fatally attractive nonetheless. Check it out: Source: Aston-Martin The Vantage has been a consistent performer since its advent in 2005 and its fresh out the oven 2019 render maintains that spirit and essence, even if in a "lim(e)inal" avatar (purists don't be disheartened it's very much available in the conservative steel grey variants). It is the same hand-crafted, two-door, two-seater coupe that promises performance with comfort in an understated, stylish manner. Source: Aston Martin One of the most striking features of the vehicle will have to be the change in the iconic radiator grill. The grille has been a defining feature of most Aston Martin cars for decades and we noticed that it's been pushed lower down the nose. If you look closely, the fascia of the car looks like a gaping mouth with Buddha-esque eyes for headlamps, we've got to say it's rather comforting. Source: Aston Martin Got you to look again, didn't it! Under the hood you'll find a Mercedes made 4.0 litre twin turbo V8 mill pumping 503hp. This gives the Vantage the capability of sprinting from 0-100kmph in about 3.6 seconds. Agreeably, that's not much when we have alien quick cars like the Tesla Roadster doing that in just 1.9 seconds or even less, but we are reasonable with our expectations from an entry level Aston Martin that's priced $50,000 less than the Roadster. At $150,000 the luxury whip is still one to appease. Source: Aston Martin Many say that the Vantage has a deeper lure than the DB11, we don't disagree with them for the simple reason that the revamp has the car looking like a million bucks on wheels and the DB11, no matter how gorgeous, is so 2016. If the Vantage is going to be seen on the roads in late 2018 and early 2019, it's got to look new-age and captivating. Well, it surely captured our attention and the lemon zest has grown on us in the last 15 minutes. It's going to be a heart breaker for sure. Source: Aston Martin One last thing before we leave you to drool over the car, here's a not so subtle dig at the Porsche and Jaguar that Aston Martin President and Chief Executive Officer, Andy Palmer, couldn't help but make, he's quoting Top Gear, of course, not his words. Still gave us the tickles... "......it's taut, exciting and exotic in a way a 911 doesn't want to be and an F-Type can't be". https://t.co/E8nOVn3yXq — Andy Palmer (@AndyatAston) November 21, 2017 can't These 38 Million Pound Aston Martin Apartments Have Given Luxury A New Address You may associate Aston Martin with luxurious cars that are straight out of your dreams but the company that takes its work very seriously, has decided to give luxury a whole new spin. Aston Martin residences are now a reality in Miami and if two words could sum it up, then allow me to call it 'visual lust'. © Aston Martin Two cinemas, a lavish gym, a 66 floor tower and an infinity pool. What more do you want in life? © Aston Martin A lifestyle straight out of a 'James Bond' movie, the tower is in Downtown Miami waterfront. Get ready for sadness to become a total stranger! (if you can afford it, of course.) © Aston Martin © Aston Martin Marek Reichman, the man behind James Bond's last car: the DB10 is also the brains behind the lavish interiors. there's carbon fibre furniture, door handles bearing logos of Aston Martin, and floor to ceiling windows that will promise an amazing view at any point of the day. © Aston Martin © Aston Martin One needs to shed anywhere between 450,000 to £38 million to own this piece of extravagance. The project is due for completion in 2021, so there's hope (for some truly blessed souls). Anyway, watching and dreaming never cost anybody a dime. Aston Martin To Bring Out Luxury Submarines By 2018 If Porsche could unveil an uber fancy superyacht, why should Aston Martin be left behind? But it isn't a superyacht they designed, they came up with a spectacular vehicle that most spy-fi sci-fi lovers would covet-- we'll spell it out for you, it's a luxury S-U-B-M-A-R-I-N-E. Needless to say, Aston Martin's fantastic new creation, under the alias "Project Neptune" and in collaboration with luxury submersibles major Triton Submarines, is going to be in the news for a while now. © Tritonsubs Mind you, the Aston Martin submarine that looks like it's been inspired by a massive two-pin fuse from the future, is actually limited edition and comes with an obviously ridiculous price tag of $4 million or Rs. 26.8 crore, which is surprisingly still cheaper than the last LaFerrari Aperta 2017 that was auctioned for $10 million or Rs. 65.5 crores. © Aston Martin Facebook Okay, we've been a critical about the design, to a Star Wars fan, it would immediately be reminiscent of the legendary Millennium Falcon. That's the only reason why it made sense to call the assignment, Project Neptune, why else would they name a submersible after a planet. Don't you think Atlantis would've been more appropriate? But there is another design that makes it look like a giant steam iron from the 80's. We're confused... or is Aston Martin confused? According to a report, the Aston Martin Valkyrie hyper car project has been a strong source of inspiration in the design of the submarine, and for those of you who haven't seen the Valkyrie, it is nothing short of a Batmobile you'd fancy for yourself. Take a look at it here. Regardless of what the initial iterations look like, we sure expect a stellar water beast from the makers of the breathtaking DB11. Aston Martin has projected deliveries for 2018 so it's only a matter of months before we could see these vehicles in action, that is of course if its select owners make a show of it. © Youtube Eon Productions Could you expect it to be Q's next gift to double-oh seven in forth coming Bond movies? Sure, why not, considering Aston Martin cars have made some of the choicest Bond vehicles in the past, a submarine could be a fascinating addition. Besides, they've already experimented with submersibles in the past, the future looks bright, water wise. Jason Derulo & Martin Garrix Are Going To Perform In Goa This December Thank God for the competition within the Indian music festival circuit at the moment; if it wasn't for the competition to gauge audiences' attention and wallets, we'd never have the likes of international star performers gracing our country's many, many musical stages. The latest to join the bandwagon is one of the most underrated, yet most looked forward to music festivals happening in Goa later this year. The Time Out 72 Music Fest is the multi-genre music festival you didn't know you needed till you looked at the stellar lineup. Pexels Jason Derulo Billboard Martin Garrix Beatport Enough said, already. While this clearly won't be the first time in the country for Garrix, Derulo will be making his Indian debut with Time Out 72 and to say the least, we're all excited. What can we say about Jason Derulo, really? He's smokin' and can give literally any guy a run for his identity. He's got a voice that can charm a woman's pants off and if you don't believe me, put it to test. He's smooth as butter—while dancing and while just sitting there looking the way that he looks. I mean, how does this guy do it, really? Oh, and he's not Chris Brown. Andre Harry Those of you heading out to Goa this December clearly have an itinerary to plan around these two guys at the Time Out 72 music festival. The Vagator Beach in Goa will never have been more desirable a destination! The music festivals in India seem to be at a tussle with each other—on a rampage to see which out does which. And while that's all a lot of work for the festival organizers, for the audiences, the only battle ensues on which festivals to attend, how many days off to apply for and how much of the savings is going to be blown up. Yeah, it's a true story in the life of every Indian millennial with a constant fear of missing out. Pexels But, as would be the case, no one's complaining. In fact, I say, bring it on! We're waiting on pins and needles for the rest of the lineup to be revealed for Time Out 72 in Goa; my tickets are already booked. In case you need to book yours, you can wait for 18th September for the early bird tickets to go on sale; in the meantime, book your Goa flight tickets. They ain't gonna book themselves! derulo garrix These Guys Are Such Huge GoT Fans That Even George R.R Martin Consults Them Sometimes So you think you're the biggest 'Game Of Thrones' fan alive? Think again because you're yet to meet the folks who weaken the threshold of fandom altogether! Elio Garcia and Linda Antonsson are hardcore 'Game of Thrones' devotees and they know enough and more for even Mr. Martin to consult them regarding ‘A Song of Ice and Fire' from time to time. They have a dedicated website for the series called westeros.org which is the largest online database for anything factual related to 'A Song of Ice and Fire'. The couple is a great mix of American and Swede and they met online, on a role-playing game based on Tolkein's Middle Earth. There was no looking back after that. Their love for everything fictional and epic grew from there and soon after discovering Martin's 'Game of Thrones'; they decided to create their own role-playing game out of that. Soon, their knowledge on the literature grew enough and more to create westeros.org, with Martin's permission obviously, and now the website itself has an ardent fan following. After meeting Martin in 2004, they started assisting him in finishing his book and being consultants for the TV show as well. How's that for some on point knowledge on one of the most intelligent shows to have ever hit our screens! © vulture Garcia and Antonsson aren't your regular stereotypical fans, really. You won't find them in costumes or props parading around, showing off their love for the series but they have incorporated the literature into their lives beautifully for the past 15 years. Their love for role-playing and including little things from the book, into their lives is very endearing and evident. Even their boxer puppy plays the role of a direwolf! After the overwhelming response by the public, George thought he could use a few helping hands that could help him maintain the popularity of his work. That's when Garcia and Linda came on board to help him with the writing of ‘The World of Ice and Fire'. © Twitter Westeros is a mind-blowing rendition of George Martins works and it helps every 'Game of Thrones' fan connect with the character fervently. The site includes a detailed analysis of each character and it gives fans a forum to predict and speculate the future of the seven kingdoms. The show creators David Benioff and Dan Weiss actually consulted westeros.org (westeros.org) before casting Jason Mamoa and Charles Dance as Khal Drogo and Tywin Lannister, respectively. We would love to meet this extraordinary fan couple who have dedicated their life to form a tangible thread for all GoT fans out there. Young George RR Martin Looked Exactly Like Jon Snow & It's A Bigger Mystery Than The White Walkers Pictures of ‘Game Of Thrones' author George RR Martin from his younger days have surfaced and are making fans go crazy. The reason - he looks uncannily similar to Jon Snow, the brooding stylish hero of ‘Game Of Thrones' the show. The same soft locks, shy smile and deep eyes. George RR Martin is Jon Snow! © Imgur It won't be wrong to assume then that Jon Snow is here to stay and do greater things. It's been widely assumed that Samwell Tarly was the author's voice. But these pictures of Martin tell a different story for sure. #TBT circa 1976 pic.twitter.com/d51nuFTf7c — George RR Martin (@GRRMspeaking) May 25, 2017 Hell yeah Like an aged Jon Snow — Bran Long (@A_Long_Bear) May 25, 2017 Turns out Jon Snow does know something! King of The North who's name is Martin — Gia (@xoprincess19) May 25, 2017 Now fans are using this resemblance to predict Jon Snow's future on the show. Rest assured Snow is not gonna die anytime soon. While of course the resemblance is a coincidence – the books were written way before the show and way before Kit Harrington was signed on for the role of Jon Snow. But perhaps some casting director or produce had a clever sense of humour? We can only guess! 'Pharma bro' Martin Shkreli convicted of fraud? finally! Former drug company executive Martin Shkreli exits US District Court after being convicted of securities fraud, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, US, August 4, 2017. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri NEW YORK: Martin Shkreli ? once dubbed "The Most Hated Man in America" ? was convicted of fraud by jurors in a US court in Brooklyn on Friday, in a blow for the controversial former drug company and hedge fund executive, who had forcefully and repeatedly proclaimed his innocence. Jurors found Shkreli guilty of two counts of securities fraud and one count of conspiracy but acquitted him of five other conspiracy counts he had faced. Federal prosecutors had accused the 34-year-old of defrauding investors in his hedge funds and stealing from Retrophin Inc ? his old drug company ? to pay them back. The verdict in US District Court in Brooklyn came on the fifth day of deliberations, which followed a month-long trial. Shkreli showed little emotion as the verdict was read, but outside the courthouse portrayed it as a victory, though he could face up to 20 years in prison for securities fraud. 'Lies upon lies' Wrapping up their month-long case, government prosecutors had told jurors the evidence against Shkreli was overwhelming, arguing that he told "lies upon lies" to investors for years in running a Ponzi-like scheme. "Rest assured, we will continue to investigate and prosecute those who engage in schemes to defraud such as this one," a senior prosecutor told reporters Friday after the verdict was returned. But the defence maintained that Shkreli's wealthy investors ultimately made money rather than incurring losses. Allegations otherwise were "rich people's BS," Benjamin Brafman ? one of the most celebrated criminal defence lawyers of his generation and Shkreli's lawyer ? told jurors last week. Shkreli declined to testify and the defence called no witnesses. 'Found one or two broomsticks' "This was a witch hunt of epic proportions, and maybe they found one or two broomsticks, but at the end of the day, we've been acquitted of the most important charges," Shkreli told reporters. Before going on trial, Shkreli had been best known as the chief executive of Turing Pharmaceuticals who raised the price of anti-infection drug Daraprim by 5,000 percent in 2015, sparking outrage from US lawmakers and patients and earning him the nickname "Pharma bro." The charges stemmed from his career before Turing, as chief executive of Retrophin and manager of hedge funds MSMB Capital and MSMB Healthcare. Prosecutors claimed that between 2009 and 2014, he lied to MSMB investors, lost their money and paid them back with cash and stock misappropriated from Retrophin. Jurors heard testimony from several MSMB investors who said Shkreli falsely claimed to have an outside auditor and tens of millions of dollars in assets, sent them fabricated account statements after losing their money, and became evasive when they asked for their investments back. Prosecutors said Shkreli eventually paid investors back with stock or cash from Retrophin by having them sign settlement or consulting agreements with the company. Retrophin directors testified that they did not approve those agreements in advance. 'Not a Ponzi guy' Brafman had urged jurors to see his client not as a fraudster but as an eccentric genius determined to find cures for rare diseases. The lawyer said that while Shkreli's statements to investors were not always true, he made them in good faith. He also emphasized that none of Shkreli's investors lost money, a rarity in a securities fraud case. Working at a super-human pace, he may have made mistakes but he was "not a Ponzi guy" who took other people's money to lead an extravagant lifestyle. Instead, he conceded that his client had "impossible" people skills and routinely aggravated associates. He quoted one witness who compared Shkreli to the Dustin Hoffman character in Oscar-winning 1988 movie Rain Man and said he battled depression and anxiety. Shkreli smirked through a congressional hearing that scrutinized his actions and has since earned a reputation for an extravagant, self-publicizing lifestyle. He resigned from Turing shortly after his indictment in December 2015, after which he was released from prison on bond. 'pharma bro' fraud? Oscar-winning actor Martin Landau dead at 89 waqas dar posted a blog entry in Geo News Blog Martin Landau, a star of the 1960s television series "Mission: Impossible" who made a late-career comeback with an Academy Award-winning performance in the 1994 film "Ed Wood," died on Saturday at age 89, his publicist said on Sunday. Landau died at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles from unexpected complications during a short hospitalisation for an undisclosed illness, publicist Dick Guttman said in a statement. Landau won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his portrayal of horror movie star Bela Lugosi in the Tim Burton film "Ed Wood." He had been nominated for an Academy Award twice before, first for his performance in Francis Coppola's "Tucker" and again for Woody Allen's "Crimes and Misdemeanors." oscar-winning Chris Martin Sang A Duet With A Fan In Wheelchair andamp The Internet Responded With Pure Love Chris Martin stays true to his loving self when it comes to writing beautiful songs and being a great human. The man is known to go out of his way to do something extra for fans that have loved him over the years. © Twitter The recent concert in Croke Park, Dublin played to a full house and people crooned to ‘Coldplay' songs with sheer joy. However, one lucky fan got more than he asked for. Chris spotted a fan in wheel chair , who was later crowd surfed until he reached the stage to meet the singer, and even sang a duet with him! The internet is already in love with Chris but this gesture, yet again, touched everyone's heart. That's why Coldplay is my favorite ever! https://t.co/faOaLu0utz — ana helena zadorosny (@AnaHelena_) July 10, 2017 Today's #FeelGood find gives @coldplay's Chris Martin 100000000 kudos. https://t.co/qoEvuFLsxl @ECRBreakfast — Keri Miller (@kerimiller) July 10, 2017 It's gestures like these that separate normal people from legends. andamp Ranveer Singh Called In His Birthday With A New Aston Martin andamp A Long Drive With Deepika Padukone The only possible gift left for Ranveer Singh on his birthday has been sorted by the hyper talent house himself. What do you gift yourself when the hottest woman in Bollywood is the ‘bae' of your life? Well… they look so adorable A post shared by RanveerSingh&DeepikaPadukonefc (@ranveersinghanddeepikafanclub_) on Nov 18, 2016 at 10:28pm PST When A-list directors line up and you are on their speed dial list for movie roles. 🎥Shooting 😙time....! A post shared by Sanjay Leela Bhansali (@sanjayleelabhansali_) on Jan 13, 2017 at 2:25am PST With the #gunday boys!!!! @arjunkapoor @ranveersingh #arjunkabirthday A post shared by Karan Johar (@karanjohar) on Jun 25, 2017 at 2:08pm PDT And you are friends with literally every great human in Bollywood. So what do you gift yourself? An Aston Martin, of course. Ranveer Singh just got a swanky piece of this super expensive car for his birthday. © Twitter And obviously the first person to take a ride with him was none other than Deepika Padukone. They have been spotted around town swaying in the actor's new mean machine. © Twitter © Twitter The powerful duo will be seen together in Bhansali's ‘Padmavati'. ranveer padukone Why Tata Manufacturing F-16 Fighter Jets In Collaboration With Lockheed Martin Is Not As Cool As It Sounds Tata Advanced Systems, a division of the Tata Group, may start making F-16 fighter jets with Lockheed Martin, the largest military contractor in the world, soon. That's not it; they will be manufacturing the jets in India. © Twitter This is great news for PM Narendra Modi just days before he heads to the United States to meet with President Donald Trump. There is one caveat though. Their F-16 Block 70 fighter jet needs to win a bid against Saab's Gripen fighter jet for producing 100-200 single-engine fighter jets for the Indian Air Force. © Twitter Even though Saab hasn't yet announced an Indian collaborator for its newer aircraft, the Adani Group and Mahindra Group are frontrunners as of now. © Twitter If they win the contract, Lockheed-Martin will shift its manufacturing base from Texas to India. They believe there is an export potential of $15 billion in this region apart from the IAF contract. Apart from full service for the F-16s, Tata will also be responsible for all upgrades on the aircraft. India, the largest importer of weapons in the world, feels they need this upgrade to their current line-up of MiGs which have already surpassed their expiry date as tensions with Pakistan and China grow. © Twitter But, one thing which most news agencies are ignoring is the fact that the F-16 is an outdated aircraft as well. Even the latest version of the jet, the Block 70, which is being offered to India, is still way behind what the United States is using. The US Air Force has already started the process of replacing the F-16s with the F-35s, a much more advanced fighter, and experts are viewing this move by Lockheed as a means of offloading the jets on India. © Lockheed-Martin While this is still going to be a great move for the Indian economy and Modi's “Make in India” plans, countries like Denmark, Japan, Israel, and South Korea have already ordered F-35s. Yes, it is an upgrade, but who is the biggest winner here? Lockheed or India? © Twitter One company that seems to be making the most of this though is Tata Advanced Systems. The F-16s will be manufactured exclusively in India if this approx. $2 billion deal goes through. While Tata does have some experience in the defence sector, we can't help but feel like this is more a case of getting rid of fighters more than anything else.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line16925
__label__cc	0.604752	0.395248	Health Choice MN Protect Your Right to a Healthy Life! National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act With most industries the injured party has the right to sue for damages, pain and suffering. If a car’s brakes fail, if you get into a car accident at all, if a restaurant poisons you, if a medication causes death, if chicken in a grocery store is contaminated, etc…etc… In all these instances you have the right to take the party causing injury to court and collect damages. Not so with Vaccines. In 1986 congress passed and President Ronald Reagan signed the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act. http://www.nvic.org/injury-compensation/origihanlaw.aspx In this act they also established the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System in which a doctor or parent, if they had all the pertinent information, could file a report of injury. Doctors are required by law to file- but not required by law nor trained in medical school how to diagnose any ailment as an injury, so they go vastly unreported. A government commissioned study found that LESS THAN 1% were ever reported. https://healthit.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017045-lazarus-final-report-2011.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2tZOfyrV0nIBXc-dSyWOMjZo3H8BoDwD1pxz6NTEbjEkcn4ooPnoIFzIs Additionally, The National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program was established as the place where injured people could file a claim with the government which is funded by a 75 cent tax on each vaccine dose (the MMR would be 3 doses). This court is extremely adversarial, costly and a long battle for those already struggling with loss or medical needs. In spite of denying 2/3rds of the claims that make it that far in the process, they have still paid out over 4 billion dollars to date with billions more in Trust. You can find the current report written by the Department of Justice here: https://www.hrsa.gov/vaccine-compensation/data/index.html ❔Why did this happen❔ A little background for the history nut: 🔸In January 1976 one soldier died and four soldiers were ill but recovered from a flu strain in Fort Dix, New Jersey. The health officials feared that it would be another Spanish Flu epidemic like 1918 (which supposedly killed 500,000 Americans). 🔸They pushed for a vaccination program and succeeded. In April of 1976 the government purchased over 200 million vaccines. 🔸 In June of 1976 insurance companies stopped covering vaccine injuries under liability insurance for manufacturers. 🔸In August of 1976 Congress passed they National Swine Flu Immunization Program that removed liability from this one vaccine and gave it to the government but still required use of the regular court system. They sold it as costing just 135 million dollars to ensure vaccines were available. it was passed quickly and most congressmen hadn’t even received a copy of the bill before they voted but passed it in a rush to be ready for the 1976-77 “flu season”. 🔸Vaccination started on October 1, 1976. Over the next 2.5 months 40 million Americans received the vaccine. 450 people developed GBS and transverse myelitis and 30 people had died from the vaccine so the program was immediately halted on December 16, 1976. 🔸The flu in the vaccine was not the flu strain the original soldiers even had. (Sound familiar?) 🔸The consent forms for the program vaccine listed information for a different strain flu shot and did not include risks for GBS or anything beyond a sore arm and headache. (Sound familiar?) 🔸In Spring of 1978, the Secretary of Health in an effort to cut the red tape for the injured, moved all cases to D.C. to be coordinated together and resolved faster. He said “We shouldn’t hold them to an impossible or too difficult standard to prove they were hurt. Even if we pay a few people a couple of thousand dollars that might not deserve it, I think Justice requires we promptly pay those people who do deserve it”. 🔸By 1985 the Federal government had paid out officially over 90 million to settle the lawsuits. According the CBS’s 60 minutes reporting, the real numbers were actually closer to $3.5 BILLION dollars. 🔸The Swine Flu Act of 1976 served as a template for congress to pass the NVICP in 1986. They did so in the wake of mounting expenses both being paid by the government for the Swine Flu Vaccine the assumed responsibility for and the damages being paid out by the manufacturers for the notoriously dangerous DPT Vaccine. Neither could keep up the pace. Voila, a taxpayer funded option kept them in business to this day. For further reading on this topic, check out: http://www.amazon.com/The-Vaccine-Court-Americas-Compensation/dp/1629144525 The Health Choice MN Online Store is now Live! Dismiss	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line16934
__label__cc	0.731587	0.268413	Website Tutorials Scrape Websites without Coding [Yelp Example] Video Tutorial: Scraping product details from e-commerce websites [Amazon example] Video Tutorial: Scraping leads from directories [Yellow Pages Example] Stephanie O'Gay Garcia VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION In this video tutorial, I'm going to show you how you can scrape data from a directory-type website by using ParseHub. Creating your project To begin, open your ParseHub client and click on "New Project". From here, you can enter the URL of the website you would like to scrape data from. For this example, we'll be using the Yellow Pages, which you can find at www.yellowpages.com. We're going to click on the option to start a new project on this URL. The ParseHub tool When the page loads, you'll notice that there are three main sections on the ParseHub tool: On the left hand side is where you have your commands and your settings. In the middle is the interactive view of the website. And here [at the bottom] is where you'll be able to preview your data in either CSV or JSON. Your project will automatically be in Select mode and there will already automatically be an empty Select command available for you. However, if this is not the case, you can always click on the + sign and choose a Select command. The Yellow Pages homepage For this page, we want to teach ParseHub how to input the business that we're looking for, how to input the city and to then click on the search button. Using our Select command, the first thing that we'll do is click into the first box. You'll notice that by default ParseHub has already identified that it's an input field and added an Input command. In this Input command, we're going to type in the word that we want to search for. In this case, we're searching for "web developers". As you can see, ParseHub is already typing "web developers" into the box. The command is named selection1 by default. However, we can change it to something more descriptive such as "business". For the location we'll do something similar. From where it says "Select page", we'll click on the + sign and choose Select. We'll select the input box for the location, the input command will automatically appear for us and from here we can type "New York City, NY". We can also rename our selection1 to something more descriptive such as location. Finally, we'll choose a third Select command and we'll click on the search button. We can rename this search button to something more descriptive such as "search_button". However, in this case, because it's not an input field, what we want to do is teach ParseHub how to click on it. To do so, we'll click on the + sign that appears next to "Select & Extract search_button" and we'll choose a Click command. The Click command will automatically load a pop-up such as this one which asks you what you want to do once the button has been clicked. In this case we're going to create a new template for the new page and we can call this something such as "results". The Yellow Pages results page Once we click on Create New Template, the results page will load and our new template that we just created will appear on the left hand side. You can see the results template [in the commands area]. In this page, what we want to do is have ParseHub select the name, the address and the phone number. To select the name we'll choose a Select command from next to "Select page" by clicking on the + button and choosing Select and we'll begin to select the name of the first business. When I click on it, other businesses will be highlighted in yellow to show that ParseHub has identified them as the same type of element. If I click on the second one, the third one should also highlight in green. If this is not the case, you can click on it to teach ParseHub that that is too a similar element. As you scroll down the page, all of the titles should now be highlighted in green. At the bottom of the page you'll see that we now have a preview in JSON of our first selection, including the name and the url. If you'd like to see this in CSV or Excel, you can click on this button here. This shows our first selection of our name and our URL in each column correspondingly. If you want to see more data, you can click on the "See more data" button. You'll notice that our Select command automatically created a Begin new Entry command. Each one of these new entries create a new line on your CSV row [file]. It's also automatically added commands [Extract commands] for extracting the name and the URL. If we're not interested in extracting the URL, we can click on the X sign to remove that. As you can see below, we now only have the name. We can also choose to rename selection1 to something more descriptive. In this case, we can rename selection one to "business". To choose the address we're going to use what's called a Relative Select command. Relative Select commands allow you to associate data, in this case we're associating the title to the address. To do this, click on the + sign that appears to "Begin new entry in business", choose the Relative Select command, choose the name and then associate that with the address below. ParseHub should automatically do this now for every single one of your results. You can also view the addresses below on the new column that's been created. We can once again rename selection1 to something more descriptive such as "address". Repeat the same process for the phone number, which is to click on the + sign next to "Begin new entry in business", choose a Relative Select command, click on the name of the business and click on the phone number. Once again, ParseHub should automatically do this for all of the phone numbers. However, if this is not the case, you can re-train ParseHub by clicking on any missing ones and by doing so it should be able to identify the rest of the phone numbers on the page. Clicking through to the details page for each result We now have three columns containing our name, our address and our phone number. However, if you wanted to extract information from within the result, that's possible as well. To do so, we're going to use a Click command to click into the result. To add a Click command, click on the + sign next to "Begin new entry in business" and choose a Click command. Once again, this pop-up will appear asking us what to do with our Click command and in this case we'll create another new template and this will be called "details". When we click on "Create New Template", the details page will load as well as a new template on the left hand side. Selecting data from the details page On this page, I can use multiple Select commands to choose the data that I'm interested in. For instance, I could use a Select command by going to "Select page", clicking on the + sign and choosing Select to choose the number of years that they have been in business. I can rename that to "years_in_business" to make that more descriptive below. I may also be interested in extracting the business' description. To do so, I'll click on the + sign next to "Select page", choose the Select command, click on the description and rename that to "description". As you can see, we now have one column for the years in business and one for the description. Adding pagination to the results template There's one last thing that we need to do to make our template [project] complete. This is back on the previous tab where we had our results. If we scroll all the way to the bottom of the page, you'll notice that this is not the only page of results, there are multiple more. What we want to do is teach ParseHub to click on the next button every time it reaches the end of one page of results. To do this we'll click on the + sign that appears next to "Select page", choose a Select command, click on the "Next" button, rename this to something more descriptive such as "next" and then choose a Click command next to "Select & Extract next" to add a click. In this page we want to continue executing on the results template. The reason for this is because the second page of results is going to have the exact same layout as the first page of results and therefore we want to execute everything in the exact same way as we did on the first page of results. All you need to do now is click on "Go To Existing Template" and our project will be finalized. We've now created three templates, our main_template which searches for web developers in New York City; our results template which goes through each result and extracts the name, address and phone number and our details template which extracts the years in business and a description for each of these businesses. The results template then goes on to the second page and continues to do the same thing until we reach all of the results. Testing our project If we wanted to test our project, we could simply click on "Get Data" and test run our project. Here you have the option to either click on this button [first button on the left] to go through the project step-by-step or click on the play button to run through the whole project. If we click on "Play", you'll see that ParseHub starts to do everything automatically: searching for web developers in New York City, going into the results page, finding all the results which extracts in JSON below and repeating this up to five pages. The complete run will contain all of the data but the test run only has five pages. You can preview this data in JSON just here below, so we can see all the different businesses and the information for each one. In this tutorial, I have shown you how you can scrape data from a directory-type website such as the Yellow Pages using ParseHub. If you have any questions at all with your project, you can always contact us at hello@parsehub.com, we're always happy to help with any questions you might have. Happy parsing! You can download the project that we just created here: Yellow_Pages_-_Scraping_Directories.phj To open the project in your account, open ParseHub, go to My Projects, click on Import Project and select the file. Note that this project will work on the Yellow Pages only. However, you can customize the project to include your own keyword and location, extract different data from the results page and add more commands. Please also see this written tutorial on scraping directories with the Realtor website as an example. Yellow_Pages_-_Scraping_Directories.phj Do you have any questions or need help with this tutorial? Submit a request or book a demo call. Thank you for your feedback! Contact Us and let us know how we can improve this article. Scrape leads' contact information from directories (email address, phone number, etc.) Click on the "Next" button to scrape multiple pages (pagination) EXAMPLE: Create your first ParseHub project Google sheet as a list of URLs to crawl Navigating and scraping pages with no "Next" button (pagination)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line16938
__label__cc	0.634997	0.365003	Adaptogenic Tonic Recipes This category of herb is a relative newcomer to western herbalism and comes to us via the old Soviet Union. In the 40’s and 50’s the Soviets became increasingly interested in the properties of herbs that had been used for centuries by traditional peoples. They started to test these plants and do research that quantified the effects on different subject groups. What they found is that certain herbs did indeed boost stamina, resiliency, lowered stress levels and improved cognitive function, memory and alertness in a number of studies. They named these herbs adaptogens with the definition that these plants had a non-specific and non-toxic effect tonic effect that helped people to develop resiliency and adapt to stress more easily. The term has stuck and is now used fairly liberally by herbalists these days. The term is generally associated with a number of Chinese and ayurvedic herbs that have long been used as tonics, but also include a few herbs that grow in Europe and the Americas as well. Here is a short list of some main common adaptogens. Amla, Aralia, asparagus root, astragalus, american ginseng, ashwaghanda, asian ginseng, codonopsis, cordyceps, devil’s club, eleuthero, goji, guduchi, he shou wu, holy basil, licorice, maitake, rehmannia, reishi, rhodiola, schisandra, shatavari, shilajit, shitake. There is quite a bit of confusion about the use of this term however, as each of these plants have a really unique effect and grouping them together blends them so that differences are not as readily apparent. Some commercial herbalists will simply throw a bunch of these adaptogens into a formula without thought of specific differences and unique considerations about each plant. Traditionally in Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine, these tonic herbs were offered depending on their temperature (warming, cooling) and effect (moistening, drying) as well as their supplementary features (calming, stimulating, etc). Within these considerations it would not be smart to offer a very heating adaptogen such as Asian ginseng to someone who was already hot and dry. And moistening herbs such as shatavari generally would not be offered to someone who already had a lot of “dampness” (edema, mucous, moisture) in their system. These subtle distinctions are key and often lost in our rush to just offer an adaptogen for someone who is stressed. There is a further issue in that adaptogens may work to build resiliency and lower stress levels but may not help an individual address the concerns that caused a person to be so stressed out in the first place. When one thinks of the Soviet Union, one can only imagine the government working individuals at a maximum pace with little break, causing rapid depletion and deterioration in many. Being intensely overworked and stressed to the point of depletion and exhaustion is a common feature to modern corporate systems as well. While an adaptogen may prop people up, it misses the point that overwork, stress, trauma and oppression are the real culprits that should be addressed instead of just trying to push an individual to work harder with the help of an herb. So please remember, when working with this category of herb, each plant is unique, has different properties and like most health considerations, the underlying issues need to be examined and resolved instead of just covering up underlying distress. Just like coffee doesn’t replace good sleep, adaptogens don’t replace taking care of underlying poor health. Take a look at this section to find recipes for Making a Reishi Double Extraction An Herbalist on the Healing Power of Adaptogens David Winston Adaptogens to the Rescue by Steven Horne Terms of the Trade: Adaptogen by Kiva Rose	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line16941
__label__cc	0.580435	0.419565	Heritage Night Forgive and Remember: Updates, Chatlogs, and more! About HN URU Articles ← The Quiet Place 53 pushed back → Heritage Night 52 Posted on March 3, 2013 by calumtravler \| Leave a comment MYST ONLINE — MYST COMMUNITY (03/03 11:55:06) Chat.log started… (03/03 11:55:15) Heritage Night Intercom: Hi all, (03/03 11:55:18) Heritage Night Intercom: HN begins in 5 (03/03 11:55:45) Criswell: What? no Heritage Night Hall monitor? (03/03 11:55:49) Heritage Night Intercom: :P (03/03 11:56:04) 1st: do i have to go to some website? (03/03 11:56:14) Heritage Night Intercom: No (03/03 11:56:17) Heritage Night Intercom: No website :) (03/03 11:56:17) radioflux: hi (03/03 11:56:20) 1st: okay (03/03 11:56:31) Criswell: No – cal types … a lot – he’s a rather prolific typist (03/03 11:56:33) Heritage Night Intercom: unless you want to re-read the logs, I mean, (03/03 11:56:49) Heritage Night Intercom: Inwhich case you’d go to heritagenight.wordpress.com (03/03 11:56:57) Criswell: And a good story teller (03/03 11:57:06) Heritage Night Intercom: Well, cris, this week i’m on break (03/03 11:57:10) 1st: thanks (03/03 11:57:19) Heritage Night Intercom: I’ve been burnt out by the server going down repeatedly (03/03 11:57:28) Heritage Night Intercom: And the other two nights ive had to host otherwise (03/03 11:57:32) Criswell nods his head (03/03 11:57:38) Heritage Night Intercom: Thus- LAHI is your host for this week’ (03/03 11:57:45) Criswell: I think we all have cal (03/03 11:57:51) Criswell: Yeah lahi (03/03 11:58:01) LAHI waves hello (03/03 11:58:07) Heritage Night Intercom: Anyways (03/03 11:58:17) Heritage Night Intercom: We’re about to begin everyone! (03/03 11:58:19) DbeMagic: Hi 1st (03/03 11:58:25) Heritage Night Intercom: come on up to the community room (03/03 11:58:33) Heritage Night Intercom: Blah blah blah, usual stuff…. (03/03 11:58:51) DbeMagic leans right (03/03 11:58:54) sylster: Hi Debe (03/03 11:58:58) Heritage Night Intercom: :) (03/03 11:58:59) DbeMagic: Hi syl (03/03 11:59:00) sylster leans left (03/03 11:59:03) Criswell: Trivia question – can you name the only us president never elected? i got it worng by the way (03/03 11:59:08) Heritage Night Intercom: nah. (03/03 11:59:09) Heritage Night Intercom: I cant. (03/03 11:59:19) Heritage Night Intercom: Got the wrong universe’s presidents memorized. (03/03 11:59:38) Heritage Night Intercom: Ahhem, anyways- (03/03 11:59:41) MagicLileth leans right (03/03 11:59:45) Heritage Night Intercom: Welcome to Heritage Night everyone (03/03 11:59:49) 1st leans left (03/03 11:59:56) sylster: Thank you :) (03/03 12:00:05) Heritage Night Intercom: drinks are chilled in the fountain, (03/03 12:00:12) Heritage Night Intercom: snacks in the classroom, (03/03 12:00:12) Yark Dozer waves hello (03/03 12:00:21) radioflux is having dinner (03/03 12:00:35) Heritage Night Intercom: People are still filing in a bit (03/03 12:00:42) Heritage Night Intercom: righty o (03/03 12:01:02) Heritage Night Intercom: been a while, hasn’t it? (03/03 12:01:13) Heritage Night Intercom: A couple server outages, (03/03 12:01:23) Heritage Night Intercom: But we’re here, and that’s good :) (03/03 12:01:30) Yark Dozer: Johnson (03/03 12:01:31) Magic Tom leans left (03/03 12:01:32) [X]: ughs! (03/03 12:01:45) Heritage Night Intercom: please, wrong history set, ;) (03/03 12:01:51) Heritage Night Intercom: Ahhem (03/03 12:01:54) Criswell: History is history, d’ni or us :) (03/03 12:01:58) sylster: Hi Lil :) (03/03 12:02:04) Criswell: Shorah all who i missed (03/03 12:02:08) MagicLileth: hi syl (03/03 12:02:09) Heritage Night Intercom: I’ll skip the usual jokes :P (03/03 12:02:10) sylster leans right (03/03 12:02:12) MagicLileth leans left (03/03 12:02:15) [X]: hi crus (03/03 12:02:15) MagicSang leans left (03/03 12:02:17) Heritage Night Intercom: We’re running behind this week as it is (03/03 12:02:18) [X]: cris too (03/03 12:02:21) skuavi: hello all (03/03 12:02:22) Heritage Night Intercom: Two weeks late!! (03/03 12:02:23) Heritage Night Intercom: xD (03/03 12:02:29) MagicLileth: hi sang :) (03/03 12:02:31) Heritage Night Intercom: Anyways! (03/03 12:02:33) Yark Dozer was hoping for some good stand-up (03/03 12:02:36) MagicSang: Hi Lil :) (03/03 12:02:39) Heritage Night Intercom: if you’ve gotta leave during the show (03/03 12:02:46) Heritage Night Intercom: The log’ll be up on the HN website (03/03 12:02:53) DbeMagic leans left (03/03 12:02:54) MagicSang leans right (03/03 12:02:55) sylster: Shorah Sang :) (03/03 12:03:07) MagicSang: Hi all :) (03/03 12:03:09) Yark Dozer raises hand (03/03 12:03:14) MagicLileth: hi Sku :) (03/03 12:03:16) Heritage Night Intercom: That website’s HeritageNight.wordpress.com (03/03 12:03:21) From [X]: make a mention of water polo if you could? (03/03 12:03:23) Heritage Night Intercom: But the logs WILL be there after the show :) (03/03 12:03:23) From [X]: plz (03/03 12:03:24) Heritage Night Intercom: Oh! (03/03 12:03:25) Heritage Night Intercom: Right (03/03 12:03:31) Heritage Night Intercom: X is also asking me to mention: (03/03 12:03:35) Heritage Night Intercom: WATER POLO (03/03 12:03:37) Heritage Night Intercom: Held after HN (03/03 12:03:45) Yark Dozer claps his hands (03/03 12:03:51) Yark Dozer: v (03/03 12:04:00) Heritage Night Intercom: With that all out of the way (03/03 12:04:03) [X]: will send info as requested in pm (03/03 12:04:05) Heritage Night Intercom: I turn you over to your host! (03/03 12:04:08) [X]: thanks cal (03/03 12:04:14) Criswell: I wanna be on the black team (03/03 12:04:16) Magic Tom claps his hands (03/03 12:04:19) Heritage Night Intercom claps for LAHI (03/03 12:04:25) [X] claps her hands (03/03 12:04:31) LAHI bows (03/03 12:05:00) LAHI: It’s been a while since I’ve hosted (03/03 12:05:09) [X]: welcome back!! (03/03 12:05:14) Musica2: WB (03/03 12:05:32) LAHI: and mechanical problems in the cavern have delayed us. (03/03 12:05:45) LAHI: For two weeks in a row! (03/03 12:06:07) LAHI: Kinda like Bob the Dalek? (03/03 12:06:24) LAHI: (dock meter) (03/03 12:06:38) Yark Dozer: eggs! (03/03 12:06:39) LAHI: So keep your fingers crossed. (03/03 12:07:06) LAHI: Let’s resume learning about D’ni and the Cavern. (03/03 12:07:19) LAHI: First, some headlines (03/03 12:07:48) LAHI: Sharper returns from Noloben and is acting strange.(03/03 12:08:22) LAHI: Sharper visits Watchers Pub and talks about Noloben and the Bahro Civil War. (03/03 12:08:44) LAHI: Bahro activity in the City spikes (03/03 12:09:11) LAHI: Phil is seen in the City rooftop surrounded by Bahro (03/03 12:09:25) LAHI: Phil and Sharper talk… (03/03 12:09:39) LAHI: Phil warns of the coming War (03/03 12:10:11) LAHI: Today’s presentation covers the 4th week of the DRC’s restoration project, (03/03 12:10:26) Criswell: War? where? why? who? and other words that start with W (03/03 12:10:26) LAHI: known as “Familiar Voices” (03/03 12:10:47) LAHI: On the last week that we were able to meet here, (03/03 12:11:13) LAHI: A dock meter know as “Bob the Dalek”was malfunctioning again. (03/03 12:11:34) LAHI: Sadly, Victor Laxman came to remove it… (03/03 12:11:42) LAHI: for technical reasons. (03/03 12:12:01) LAHI: A lot of things were happening, (03/03 12:12:14) LAHI: but nothing too exciting. (03/03 12:12:47) LAHI: Nick White announced that he had a girl friend on the surface… (03/03 12:13:07) LAHI: and Sharper had returned from Noloben. (03/03 12:13:20) LAHI: Sharper had killed a Bahro. (03/03 12:13:31) LAHI: Shot it dead! (03/03 12:13:58) LAHI: Some of us wondered if w would be targeted in retaliation. (03/03 12:14:16) LAHI: This would be answered in the coming month. (03/03 12:14:43) LAHI: cate Alexander visited the Guild of Greeters neighborhood. (03/03 12:14:56) LAHI: (That’s for you vid.) (03/03 12:15:15) LAHI: Looking for Sharper, as were many others. (03/03 12:15:46) Magic Tom leans right (03/03 12:15:48) LAHI: Someone gave him a message, as he showed up in Watchers later that day. (03/03 12:16:07) LAHI: He commented that he has studied the bahro. (03/03 12:16:23) LAHI: And there were two or more sides. (03/03 12:16:48) LAHI: He quipped, “It’s not like they have red or blue eyes.” (03/03 12:17:07) LAHI: But he insisted that he had killed a bad bahro. (03/03 12:17:32) LAHI: Many of us present feared we were all going to be killed. (03/03 12:18:12) LAHI: Later, Laxman visited a neighborhood announcing that he had rigged the imager. (03/03 12:18:50) LAHI: to display pellet scores for friendly competition between neighborhoods. (03/03 12:19:12) LAHI: Even with this excitement, everyone was extremely worried. (03/03 12:19:31) LAHI: Later, Sharper were in Watchers again. (03/03 12:19:50) LAHI: Sharper talked about his Noloben trip when… (03/03 12:20:08) LAHI: Sharper yelled, “Get Back!” (03/03 12:20:31) LAHI: Two Bahro linked in right on top of the imager! (03/03 12:20:56) LAHI: They had the corpse of Sharper’s dead Bahro with them. (03/03 12:21:25) LAHI: There was a lot of panic but some were just curious. (03/03 12:21:50) LAHI: “It has blue eyes!” “You’ve killed a good one!” (03/03 12:22:14) LAHI: Because of Sharper, (03/03 12:22:50) LAHI: Some of us thought the two sides were know by the color of their eyes. (03/03 12:23:05) LAHI: But it was true. It was a good one. (03/03 12:23:24) LAHI: While we didn’t know right away, (03/03 12:23:35) LAHI: This is what happened. (03/03 12:24:00) LAHI: Sharper locked his sights on a bad Bahro and fired… (03/03 12:24:32) LAHI: But this Bahro, a good one, had jumped into the line of fire. (03/03 12:24:54) LAHI: The bahro bringing the body to the explorers, (03/03 12:25:22) LAHI: shocked Sharper and he and Nick linked away. (03/03 12:25:42) LAHI: His instruction was “Don’t touch it!” (03/03 12:26:04) LAHI: The Bahro stayed, crying…for their lost brother.(03/03 12:26:33) LAHI: Think abou it, this was one of the few times we would ever see a Bahro, (03/03 12:26:45) LAHI: up close, right on the imager. (03/03 12:27:05) LAHI: A cuious explorer tried to touch one. (03/03 12:27:27) LAHI: It screamed at him before leaving Watchers, (03/03 12:27:32) LAHI: body and all. (03/03 12:27:51) LAHI: Then it started… They wr=ere everywhere, (03/03 12:28:09) LAHI: inthe City, Neighborhoods and Reltos. (03/03 12:28:21) LAHI: Where could we go? (03/03 12:28:42) LAHI: How could we be safe from creatures that can link at will? (03/03 12:28:57) LAHI: The DRC sent out some KI mail. (03/03 12:29:15) LAHI: Warning us not to touch or go near a Bahro. (03/03 12:29:40) LAHI: The other KI mail advertised Kirel. (03/03 12:30:05) LAHI: Announcing that this was a step towards reviving the Guilds. (03/03 12:30:27) LAHI: We could make our support known by choosing a Guild shirt. (03/03 12:30:57) LAHI: On day three, Bahro were everywhere. (03/03 12:31:24) LAHI: In the Reltos, Private areas, Public areas, anywhere imaginable. (03/03 12:31:50) Yark Dozer: even in the rest rooms? (03/03 12:31:55) LAHI: In Kirel, a young Bahro played a game of tag… (03/03 12:32:00) To Yark Dozer: yes, even the rest rooms. (03/03 12:32:08) LAHI: with DTC one of those there to see it. (03/03 12:32:32) LAHI: Appaering and disappearing. It was chaotic. (03/03 12:32:53) LAHI: Linking around like it was playing with Cal and us. (03/03 12:33:16) LAHI: We all formed a circle and sat down. (03/03 12:33:50) LAHI: It soon got bored and left after that. (03/03 12:34:16) LAHI: Sharper announced that he was going back to Noloben. (03/03 12:34:42) LAHI: A new Relto page was found and members of the DRC came around. (03/03 12:35:00) LAHI: But nothing as exciting as meeting a Bahro! (03/03 12:35:33) LAHI: On day four, Jalak was released, including the 8th sparklie. (03/03 12:36:05) LAHI: Now rewards, no puzzles, but we still found enjoyment with the new release. (03/03 12:36:32) LAHI: Sharper showed up in Watchers, wearing a Yeesha T-Shirt. (03/03 12:37:02) LAHI: He said he wasn’t returning to Noloben again. (03/03 12:37:33) LAHI: cate announced Reteltee, as the DRC’s Guild Advisor. (03/03 12:37:49) LAHI: Just a lot of boring Guild stuff. (03/03 12:38:12) LAHI: Remember the imager in the Kaylo Pub? (03/03 12:38:39) LAHI: One name on it is important… (03/03 12:38:52) LAHI: Because he wasn’t dead! (03/03 12:39:20) LAHI: He was seen standing on top of a roof, surrounded by Bahro. (03/03 12:39:44) LAHI: In 2004, Phil “phend” Henderson was in a collapse, (03/03 12:39:55) LAHI: where a wall fell on him. (03/03 12:40:14) LAHI: We all thought he was dead. (03/03 12:40:23) LAHI: But he was alive. (03/03 12:40:41) LAHI: He was saved by a Bahro when the wall collapsed. (03/03 12:40:53) LAHI: He had spent time with the bahro. (03/03 12:41:11) LAHI: His mental state was worse than before. (03/03 12:41:22) LAHI: He spoke in riddles. (03/03 12:41:35) LAHI: He told of Bahro everywhere. (03/03 12:41:55) LAHI: The sky blackened by their wings. (03/03 12:42:04) LAHI: Free to do anything! (03/03 12:42:25) LAHI: Sharper showed up, surprised that Phil was alive. (03/03 12:42:54) LAHI: His conscience made him apologize for taking Phil’s relto book. (03/03 12:43:21) LAHI: and asking about the bahro and why one had killed Wheeley. (03/03 12:43:39) LAHI: Phil said “This was only the beginning”. (03/03 12:44:02) LAHI: He said a war had started when the bahro had been freed… (03/03 12:44:13) LAHI: and it was escalating. (03/03 12:44:39) LAHI: Sharper said the bahro had jumped in front of his gun. (03/03 12:45:07) LAHI: Phil replied that the Bahro had protected us all… (03/03 12:45:21) LAHI: “from making a mistake.” (03/03 12:45:49) LAHI: The side that Sharper had almost ignited a war with, (03/03 12:45:57) LAHI: has chosen evil. (03/03 12:46:21) LAHI: Sharper confirmed that he wasn’t going to Noloben (03/03 12:46:41) LAHI: because he feared that they were coming to D’ni. (03/03 12:46:59) LAHI: Phil offered a cryptic warning (03/03 12:47:17) LAHI: “He is coming, HE will return.” (03/03 12:47:27) LAHI: Who was “He”? (03/03 12:47:57) LAHI: Did we cause this bu moving the journey pillars? (03/03 12:48:14) LAHI: Would the Bahro kill all of us? (03/03 12:48:36) LAHI: Remember the dream of Yeesha? (03/03 12:49:02) LAHI: “They Come” and He Comes”, (03/03 12:49:14) LAHI: This concerned us all. (03/03 12:49:31) LAHI: The “They” obviously was the Bahro, (03/03 12:49:44) LAHI: But who was the “He?” (03/03 12:49:56) LAHI: We wouldn’t know for a while. (03/03 12:50:13) LAHI: This was a warning. Weird and bizarre. (03/03 12:50:26) LAHI: A storm was coming. (03/03 12:50:49) LAHI: Death and destruction from the twisted side of the Bahro. (03/03 12:51:26) LAHI: Many of us knew that Yeesha herself would come (03/03 12:51:45) LAHI: Until they both come, we would never know. (03/03 12:51:56) LAHI: That was the way the week ended. (03/03 12:52:01) MagicSang: tell me! this is torture! 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__label__cc	0.57366	0.42634	Posts Tagged ‘Archie Comics’ Swing With Scooter #15: Archie’s Pal, DC Comics In: The Silver Age with Rob If you wanted to get laid in the mid-60s, it was easy. All you needed was a Vespa, a fistful of amphetamines, and a firm grasp on all things British Invasion-y. DC Comics, in their infinite wisdom, decided to cash in on mod culture with Swing With Scooter, a book about Scooter, a Paul McCartney clone, quitting his band and moving to the U.S. to live life as a normal teenager. Plus, the book was written by Jack Miller (creator of Rip Hunter) and drawn by Joe Orlando, one of the greatest artists to ever work on Daredevil! There’s no way this could go wrong unless, oh, let’s say John Lennon claims the Beatles are “more popular than Jesus” thing and the British Invasion going belly up. So what is DC to do? How about replace Miller and Orlando with Henry Boltinoff and Henry Scarpelli and turn the whole damn thing into another fucking Archie clone? Perfect! Here’s November 1968’s Swing With Scooter #15 (a triple-feature!). Well, before we get too far into this, I guess you should know who all Scooter’s friends are. Sylvester’s the klutz who overeats (Jughead?), Kenny’s the player (Reggie?), Penny’s the rich brunette who wants to fuck Scooter (Veronica?), Cookie’s the not rich girl who wants to fuck Scooter (Betty?), and Malibu’s the vampire (um, Morbius?). Yeah, one of these things is not like the others. Anyways, our first story (titled “Will the REAL Princess Please Step Forward?”) starts out poolside at Penny’s place. She gets a letter that Koobla Kin, the sultan of oil-rich Salti-Arraba, and his daughter are coming to visit. Everybody is psyched about it (with the exception of Malibu, who’s pissed that Salti-Arraba isn’t a democratic country) and decides to welcome the sultan by being as culturally insensitive as possible. Donning some Arabian costumes, the gang heads outside in time to greet the sultan, Sherry (his Americanized daughter), and Prince Amid (the overweight douchebag oil tycoon the sultan’s forcing Sherry to marry). Let the stereotyped hijinx begin! HA! What iss thees... Date rape! Later on, Sherry reveals to Scooter that she doesn’t want to marry Amid, instead pining for Nikel Oozee, the guitar player for some garage rock band. Since Scooter has to get involved with everything, he calls up Oozee who immediately writes a song for, runs away with, and marries Sherry (well, that was fucking easy). Of course, the second Sherry’s gone, Amid shows up asking for her. Scooter decides to deal with this in the weirdest way possible, dressing up in a harem costume and running around flirting with the prince. Of course, this dumbass plan is ruined when the prince rips off Scooters’ pants (hello, international incident). Koobla Kin captures Scooter and the gang, telling them that he’s going to have them tortured and executed. Fortunately for them, Koobla’s adviser runs in to tell him that Amid’s 17 oil wells all dried up (at once?) and that he’s broke. Malibu tells the sultan that Oozee’s band just got their sixth gold record (who he didn’t mention this sooner, I’ll never know) and he’s rich as fuck. In celebration, the sultan decides the kids won’t get brutally murdered, and runs off to drum for Oozee. A-yup. Yeah, that'll teach Kenny to be a guy on a date. Our second story, “Lover, Lover, Run for Cover,” is pretty much the same joke over and over again for about six pages (at least it’s Joe Orlando’s art again). Kenny wants to fuck some new girl in town named Ginger. Not having it, the gang and Ginger decide that he’s due for a good old0fashioned cockblocking. They go back to her place where Scooter and Cookie lie in wait, disguised as her parents. They run away, but Ginger wants to look at some house for sale. The real estate agent (Sylvester in disguises) mentions marriage and, once again, they run away. They decide to get a soda and head to a local diner, where the gang’s set up a wedding rehearsal. It just so happens, Ginger’s pro-wrestler brother, Ferdinand, is there as well. Kenny insults Ferdinand who then jumps on the back of Kenny’s Vespa and the story just kinda ends there. Moral of this story: Scooter and his friends are dicks. From what I hear, he's well off. Story three! “Sink or Swim!” Scooter and Penny come home from a school and discovers that his Aunt Hatta bought a elephant-shaped vase thing. Because this is an Archie rip-off, it is promptly smashed. They run to the local shop to buy a replacement but, much to their dismay, the shopkeeper says it’s “very rare” (despite having a ton under the counter) and wants $80. Since Scooter apparently spent all his rock star money on blow, he’s broke. Fortunately, Penny’s dad, J.P. Moneybucks (subtle) has a job opening as a lifeguard on his private beach. After flat out refusing, he gives him the job anyways. Problem solved! Or so you’d think. For no real reason, Sylvester and Malibu decide to get him fired by throwing a fake shark in the water and pretending they need rescuing (how that’d get him fired, I don’t know). Before they have the chance, Moneybucks finds the fake shark and confiscates it. Meanwhile, back on the beach, Penny is putting the moves on Scooter and Cookie is jealous. She decides to get his attention by pulling a Sandlot and pretending to drown. As soon as she gets out in the water, though, a shark fin pops up. For some reason, Scooter assumes it’s the fake shark that nobody had yet mentioned to him and he rushes out to “make like Aquaman.” He punches the shark in the head and brings Cookie to shore just in time to see Moneybucks walk up with the fake shark. For some reason, Moneybucks just gives him the $80 and fires him. Scooter and Penny go out, buy the vase, and set it back up just in time for Aunt Hatta to talk about how ugly it is and throw it in the trash. Cue this sound clip. http://www.wavcentral.com/sounds/televis/price_is_right/tpirhorns.mp3 So, yeah, even after the Archie-fication of Swing With Scooter the book lasted until issue #36. And it’s not like DC didn’t know what they were doing, Scarpelli had all ready been doing some more-cartoonish style work in books like DC’s own Stanley and His Monster and Dell’s Bewitched and Beverly Hillbillies books. Funny thing is, before Swing With Scooter, he’d only done one Archie story, a one-page in February 1968’s Archie’s Pals ‘N’ Gals #44. It wasn’t really until around 1987 that he really started working with the Riverdale crowd, including the cover for 1994’s bizarre Archie Meets the Punisher crossover (hell yeah, I did my research). Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have the sudden urge to listen to The Kinks and read way, way too much Jean-Paul Sartre. [Subscribe to High Five! You know you wanna.] Tags: Archie Comics, Archie Meets the Punisher, DC Comics, Dell Comics, Henry Scarpelli, Jack Miller, Joe Orlando, Silver Age, Swing With Scooter High Five! Top Ten! – Most Important Gay Moments in Comics Posted by: Robert Bazz on: June 14, 2010 In: High Five! Top Five/Ten/Whatever! Over the past couple months, some people have been going batshit crazy over the fact that Kevin Keller (who is – wait for it – GAY) transferred to Riverdale High to spend eternity in high school with Archie and the gang. Granted, this is a big step for a property that allowed Spire Christian Comics to make a bunch of super-conservative comics starring the Riverdale gang back in the seventies, but there are plenty of other important (and often borderline offensive) gay moments in comics that the refreshingly normal Kevin Keller doesn’t even hold a candle to. (10) Mikaal “Starman” Tomas joins the Justice League – Since its debut, the Justice League has been one of the least gay-friendly teams around. Considering how many members have come and gone from the team’s rosters in its 50 years of existence, it’s amazing that there hasn’t been a single gay member on the League until now. Following his Cry for Justice series, James Robinson took the opportunity to insert Starman into the team in May 2010’s Justice League of America #46. Considering how familiar the Justice League brand is, even to casual readers, I’d say this is a big leap forward in acceptance of LGBT characters in mainstream comics. (9) Superman and the pink kryptonite – Well, this happened. You know how different colors of kryptonite have different effects on Superman? Well, in April 2003’s Supergirl Vol 4 #79, a Superman from an alternate timeline is exposed to pink kryptonite that causes him to, um, really, really like Jimmy Olson’s bowtie. I don’t know what’s better; an oblivious Lois in the back wondering what’s gotten in to the Man of Steel or Jimmy Olson in the foreground looking both slightly weirded out and very, very confused. Either way, it’s kind of awesome that DC (and not some parody/middle-aged woman’s slash fiction) had the guts to make a character as quintessential to comics as Superman gay, even if it was for all of one panel. (8) BOOM! Studios’ 3rd Anniversary Party – In 2008, Californians were up in arms over Proposition 8, which would prevent same-sex couples from getting married. Meanwhile, BOOM! Studios was getting ready to celebrate its third year of operation by throwing a big party at the Manchester Grand Hyatt. After booking the bar, BOOM! discovered that Doug Manchester, owner of the Manchester Grand Hyatt, had recently donated $125,000 to ProtectMarriage.com, masterminds behind Prop 8. So what does BOOM! do? Probably one of the greatest “fuck you” moves of all time, turning their own 3rd Anniversary party into a gay pride party. (7) Rawhide Kid miniseries – This is one of those things that falls into the “one step forward, two steps back” category. In 2003, Marvel comics revived its 1950’s cowboy hero Jonathan Clay, the Rawhide Kid, gave him his own title, and decided to retcon him as a homosexual. This marked the first time that a mainstream comic company had actually given a gay character their own book (albeit a limited series), which is rad. Only problem is, Marvel decided to put The Rawhide Kid: Slap Leather on its MAX imprint (which is pretty much just full of comics meant to offend everybody) and make him the most stereotypical gay character ever. And, um, guess what? As of last Wednesday, they began releasing volume two. Yay? (6) Buffy and Satsu – The Buffyverse has always been kind to gay characters ever since Willow came out in season four of the television show. Still, it was a bit of a surprise when during Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Eight #11-12, fellow-slayer Satsu admits to being in love with Buffy and, following a fight with Twilight, the two of them comfort each other. Granted, it was just a two-time thing, but it was executed respectfully and cemented a bond between the two characters. (5) Apollo and Midnighter from The Authority – When Warren Ellis created the Authority, Wildstorm’s Justice League parallel, he decided to make Apollo and Midnighter (their Superman and Batman, respectively) a non-overtly gay couple. Following his run, Mark Millar took over and decided that the perfect way to close the first volume of The Authority would be with a wedding between the two heroes, celebrated by the masses rather than frowned upon. Now, if only Midnighter would have worn something a little less ridiculous to it. (4) Renee Montoya and Kate Kane headlining Detective Comics – In August 2009, Greg Rucka (who we’ve applauded time and time again for his work with female characters) got his hands on Detective Comics. With Bruce Wayne lost in time and Dick barely getting the cowl, somebody had to get top billing. Enter Kate Kane as Batwoman and Renee Montoya as the Question in issue #854 as stars of the main and co-features respectively. Now that the “Elegy” storyline is complete and Rucka has left DC, JH Williams III will be co-authoring an ongoing Batwoman book with W. Haden Blackman (X-Wing: Rogue Leader), the first time a gay character has had their own ongoing book. (3) Valerie Page in V for Vendetta – In Alan Moore’s V for Vendetta, Britain is taken over by Norsefire, a fascist group, who criminalizes homosexuality (along with being Jewish, Pakistani, black, or Muslim). Popular lesbian actress Valerie Page is incarcerated and writes out an autobiographical letter to whomever finds it detailing her persecution. Just before she is scheduled to die, she slips her letter into the cell next to hers with the hope that they will escape. This letter ends up in Cell V, acting as the impetus which causes its occupant to destroy the internment camp and become the vigilante V. Later, this same letter is given to V’s protégée, Evey, which causes her to become his successor. (2) Hulkling and Wiccan’s GLAAD award – For a company that fucked it up so bad with The Rawhide Kid, Marvel attempted to make up for it with the teenage romance between Hulkling and Wiccan (first hinted at in Young Avengers #7). Allan Heinberg, the writer for Young Avengers, is openly gay himself and decided that making the pair of heroes a couple would give gay comic readers something they could identify with. In 2006, both Heinberg and Marvel received a GLAAD award in recognition of this decision. (1) Northstar coming out – In March 1992’s Alpha Flight #106, while the team fights Mr. Hyde, Northstar happens upon and and takes in Joanne, a baby dying of AIDS. Turns out that fellow Canadian superhero Major Mapleleaf’s own son was a homosexual and died of AIDS, causing him to freak out and attempt to kill Joanne. To stop Mapleleaf, Northstar confesses that he too is gay. Northstar’s coming out issue received all sorts of media attention, what with comic books still being considered children’s fare (the Comics Code Authority banning gay characters outright) and it being a whole five years before that episode of Ellen. Truly, this was the most groundbreaking moment for gays in comics. Tags: Alan Moore, Allan Heinberg, Alpha Flight, Apollo, Archie Comics, Batwoman, BOOM! Studios, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, Detective Comics, GLAAD, Greg Rucka, Hulkling, James Robinson, JH Williams III, Jimmy Olson, Justice League of America, Kevin Keller, Major Mapleleaf, Mark Millar, Marvel Comics, Midnighter, Northstar, pink kryptonite, Rawhide Kid, Renee Montoya, Satsu, Starman, Supergirl, Superman, the Authority, V for Vendetta, Valerie Page, W. Haden Blackman, Warren Ellis, Wiccan, Young Avengers High Five! Top Ten! – Get the Kleenex Guys, The Comics Made Me Cry Posted by: Maggie_C on: October 10, 2009 Sometimes comics make us cry. Here are the top ten comic moments that made Maggie sob, Jonny bleary-eyed, and set ole Rob a-drinkin. These are pretty much ranked in order of how hard Maggie cried. Except one, but she’ll never admit which one. (10) Archie & Veronica’s Wedding – Maggie: SHUT UP. This issue will make 99% of women cry like babies, so just -HEY! SHUT UP! (9) Beak Beats Beast – Maggie: Cassandra Nova, that twisted, sick bitch, mind controls poor, confused Beak into beating the shit out of his mentor and bestest buddy, Beast. WITH A BASEBALL BAT. No matter how hard he tries, Beak can’t stop beating the good doctor, apologizing to him and crying the whole time. Man, imagine being forced to beat the shit out of your childhood hero. (8) Astounding Wolf Man’s Wife, Murdered – Maggie: The weeping moment here was less the murder itself than the fact that Gary was blamed for the murder. Frak, the ONE GUY you trust to help you deal with your lycanthropy (who happens to be a vampire) up and chomps your wife. Then you get framed for it and your ONLY daughter hates you. You also lose your fortune and your home. But man, when Gary didn’t even de-wolf and cradled his dead wife in his arms and shrieked, jeez. (7) Reddy Loses His Arm – Maggie: The Red Tornado becomes human, makes real hot sexytime with his wife, truly hugs his kid for the first time – it’s great. Then he gets into a fight with Solomon Grundy, who rips off his arm, practically killing him. While this is going on, his wife has to watch helplessly through an unbreachable portal. I didn’t know what my worst nightmare was until I read this. (Well, until I saw that one episode of Battlestar where Boomer, well, you know, with Helo.) (6) Tim Drake’s Father, Murdered – Rob: Pretty much the entirety of Identity Crisis could fit in this post (Ronnie & Sue!) but, when you think about it, nothing is as tragic as the death of Jack Drake. Tim was the only Robin who actually had some family left and that was all taken away from him when Jean Loring sent the original Captain Boomerang to attack. Despite getting shot numerous times, Captain Boomerang managed to throw a boomerang straight into Jacks’ chest, killing him. All the while, Tim is listening in on his dad over Oracle’s frequency, unable to get there in time. OOF. (5) Black Canary, Tortured – Rob: Oliver Queen had never killed anybody before. That was before he and Dinah moved up to Seattle, Washington and ended up taking up their own little projects, hers being trying to break up a drug ring. That’s before Ollie happens to hear that the head of the drug cartel was found dead and that he still hadn’t seen from Dinah. When he tracks her down, he finds her strung up, beaten to a pulp, bleeding profusely, nearly naked, and being threatened by a man with a knife. If that image isn’t heartbreaking enough, the only thing she can say to him while Ollie holds her near lifeless body? “Oliver, sorry I missed your birthday.” (4) Buddy Finds His Family, Murdered – Jonny: As a man there are certain survival instincts that nature puts in us (by the way I’m a man). Call it God, call it nature; we’re hardwired to protect our “zone” with our lives. Obviously women do this too, but for them it’s a much more holistic experience. Men, we want to fucking DOMINATE and OBLITERATE any perceived threat. We won’t get into the psychology of this. If you’re a dude you know what I’m talking about, and if you’re a woman you’ll just have to take my word for it. Buddy Baker. He is one of the few, if any, super heroes who had a family integral to his story rather than some minor aspect of his background. Ellen, Cliff, Maxine. I still know the names of Buddy’s family, and as a man who was months away from getting married when I read this comic it was completely devastating to see Buddy’s family sprawled on the ground of his own home and lying in their own blood. This was all the more poignant because this wasn’t just a casualty of some war or what have you. This represented a fundamental failure on Buddy’s part. He chose to follow his dream and be a superhero, and while he was out with HIS dream, the family that he was supposed to protect with his LIFE was butchered in his OWN HOME. As a man I cannot possibly think of a more horrific scene to come home to, and this was the most gut-wrenching piece of literature I’ve ever read. (3) Kitty & Colussus in Astonishing X-Men – Maggie: So Kitty phases through about a million feet of metal to find presumed-dead for years Peter Rasputin captured like a lab rat. Imagine finding your long dead first love alive and well. She lands right in front of him when she drops into the sub-basement, he runs through her, she puts her hand to her heart. And then! They get together and it’s adorable. But then Kitty phases a giant bullet through the Earth, saving the world, and Peter loses her again. Fuck. I’m getting upset just typing this. (2) Snow Sends Ghost Away – Maggie: Snow & Bigby’s zephyr of a seventh child is a bit, um, special needs. Snow didn’t even know Ghost existed until Frau Totenkinder dropped the hint, but by the time Snow figured it out, it was too late, Ghost was wanted for murder. Snow sits alone speaking to her immaterial child, tells him to go, far, far from here and find his exiled Daddy. She bursts into tears. I burst into tears. (1) Coast City Solidarity – Maggie: So at the behest of Cyborg Superman, Mongul completely destroyed the place, along with nearly all of it’s seven million residents. As if that weren’t bad enough, it’s champion, Green Lantern Hal Jordan, freaks out in the wake of the destruction, gets possesed by Parallax AND the Spectre and then (mostly) dies. But once he comes back to life, he wants his city back. Coast City is rebuilt, but after the destruction, no one wants to live there. During the Sinestro Corps War, Coast City is under threat yet again but just when the worst is about to happen and Hal himself has almost given up? Thousands of tiny green lights (shit, I’m getting choked up) start shining through the sparsely populated Coast City. Hal ends up kicking Sinestro’s ass over the rooftops of Coast City, which is reborn as “The City Without Fear.” Aaand I’m officially verklempt again. Add yours in the comments! Tags: Animal Man, Archie Comics, Astonishing X-Men, Astounding Wolf-Man, Beak, Beast, Black Canary, Colossus, DC Comics, Fables, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Image Comics, Marvel Comics, Red Tornado, Shadowcat, Tim Drake, Vertigo Yeah, I Bought Archie #600. Shut Up. In: Fandom The first comic book I ever bought was a Veronica solo title back in the early nineties; and it wasn’t one of the digests either. Twas a proper issue. If I dug through my mother’s garage or my garage I might even be able to find it. I think Betty and Veronica made competing fitness tapes in it? I can’t remember the plot, but I DO remember thinking Veronica was really mean. Archie comics endure because they take those double digests and slap ’em on those racks at the grocery stores next to those weird horoscope scrolls and the peanut butter cups. Rule #34 of the universe: If it is sold in the checkout line of a supermarket, kids will want to buy it. That and the fact that Archie and Friends are the Saved by the Bell of comics. Or Saved by the Bell was the Archie of TV. Whichever. Archie proposed to Veronica this week and people who haven’t picked up a comic in years are pissed. I’m not. Fuck Veronica. Fuck Archie and the jalopy he rode in on. Veronica is the worst frienemy a girl could have. She’s the girl who buys you Haagen Daas when you get dumped while texting the guy who just dumped you to ask him out. She’s a big two-faced spoiled rich girl twit who’s never had to really work a day in her life and she is the WORST friend EVER. Veronica’s such a bitch that she’s asking Betty to be her fucking maid of honor. Who ARE these people? And Archie? Archie’s a twit too. Betty is the smart one. Betty is the interesting, stable, genuine, generally not psycho bitch of the two of them. And for whatever the fuck reason, she likes Archie. I’ve liked some guys who really didn’t deserve half a second of my time, a lot of smart girls have. It happens. But Archie is the guy who dumped her and started dating her frienemy, literally thousands of times. He is also a clumsy buffoonish ignorant stubborn selfish oaf. Why Betty ever schemed to get him back from Veronica over and over again, I will never understand. Seriously, anytime she gets around Archie, Betty goes from smart, clever, and awesome to raging lunatic in like .5 seconds. I don’t care how much you think you love him Betty! When a boy brings out the psycho in you, get the fuck out of there. I’d rather date Jughead. I’m not kidding. Make him some chicken and he’ll love you forever and never leave you or drive you insane. Archie’s a stupid dick. Veronica’s a lazy bitchling. They deserve each other. You know what Betty deserves? She deserves to never have to look at those two again. She deserves to meet some hot dude with a PhD who owns horses or something. Let her live in New York and be awesome and smart. Also- she gets to keep Jughead, Midge, Dilton and all the not-shitty people in Riverdale. Archie, Veronica, and Reggie can all go to hell. Fuck Archie and Veronica. I hope they get married and are miserable. I WANT them to get married. I want them to be a pair of miserable, mean, selfish brats. Oh wait, THEY ARE. I want horrid things to happen to them because they suck so hard. Archie & Veronica: Staying Together for the Pre-Nup I’ll buy that comic every month! Why do they even speak? In real life, one of them would be dead. Or boiling Archie's pet rabbit. Archie comics have endured because they take those double digests and slap ’em on those racks at the grocery stores next to those weird horoscope scrolls and the peanut butter cups. Rule #37 of the universe: If it is sold in the checkout line of a supermarket, kids will want to buy it. That and the fact that Archie & Pals are the Saved by the Bell of comics. Or Saved by the Bell was the Archie of TV. Whichever. The first comic book I ever bought was a Veronica solo title back in the early nineties; and it wasn’t one of the digests either. Twas a proper issue. If I dug through my mother’s garage or my garage I might even be able to find it. I think Betty and Veronica made competing fitness tapes in it? I can’t remember the plot, but I DO remember thinking Veronica was really mean. Archie proposed to Veronica this week and people who haven’t picked up a comic in years are pissed. I’m not. Fuck Veronica. Fuck Archie and the jalopy he rode in on. Veronica is the worst frienemy a girl could have. She’s the girl who buys you Haagen Daas when you get dumped while texting the guy who just dumped you to ask him out. She’s a big two-faced spoiled rich girl twit who’s never had to really work a day in her life and she is the WORST friend EVER. Veronica’s such a bitch that she’s asking Betty to be her fucking maid of honor. Who ARE these people? And Archie? Archie’s a twit too. Betty is the smart one. Betty is the interesting, stable, genuine, generally not psycho bitch of the two of them. And for whatever the fuck reason, she likes Archie. I’ve liked some guys who really didn’t deserve half a second of my time, a lot of smart girls have. It happens. But Archie is the guy who dumped her and started dating her frienemy, literally thousands of times. He is also a clumsy buffoonish ignorant stubborn selfish oaf. Why Betty ever schemed to get him back from Veronica over and over again, I will never understand. Seriously, anytime she gets around Archie, Betty goes from smart, clever, and awesome to raging lunatic in like .5 seconds. I don’t care how much you think you love him Betty! When a boy brings out the psycho in you, get the fuck out of there. I’d rather date Jughead. I’m not kidding. Make him some chicken and he’ll love you forever and never leave you or drive you insane. She deserves to never have to look at those two again. She deserves to meet some hot dude with a PhD who owns horses or something. Let her live in New York and be awesome and smart. Also- she gets to keep Jughead, Midge, Dilton and all the not-shitty people in Riverdale. Archie, Veronica, and Reggie can all go to hell. This thing is begging for a recap... Fuck Archie and Veronica. I hope they get married and are miserable. I WANT them to get married. I want them to be a pair of miserable, mean, selfish brats. Oh wait, THEY ARE. I want horrid things to happen to them because they suck so hard. Tags: Archie Comics, Betty, Veronica	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line16945
__label__cc	0.61536	0.38464	Re: Can't Login to ABC.COM Using my TWC ID Can't Login to ABC.COM Using my TWC ID kuyajet This is ridiculous. With the amount of money I pay for my services to Spectrum (formerly TWC), I can't believe I STILL can't access network and media apps on my phone. What the hell? WHEN WILL ACCESS HAPPEN? The whole TWC era was horrible and I am beginning to think the same thing about Spectrum. Timetoswitch AMEN!!!!!! Still cannot get ABC app. The list of providers is a mile long and we pay over $250 a month for services and can't get the app. Even sadder is that I need to watch a show that completely disappeared from my DVR (another forum topic)!!!!!!!!!!! Julia_R Lead Moderator Please check out our updated Apps page: Exclusive Spectrum Apps & Partner Apps Modern Family. Grey’s Anatomy. The Bachelorette. Jimmy Kimmel Live! Watch live TV, stream the latest episodes of ABC hit shows, and binge on our digital online series — all with the ABC app. Restrictions apply. Live stream is available in select markets only. TWC ID required. Download: App Store \| Google Play More Information: Roku \| Apple TV® \| Kindle Fire \| Fire TV brad_the_dad Just dropped by to share the good news, but @Julia_R beat me to it No matter, still good news! Marin1984 I'm not looking to access through the TWC app/channel on Roku. I want to know why, if it's in my channel lineup and I pay extra for these channels, I can't log into the AMC, TNT, ABC, and a few others that I would like to watch because there are episodes and shows for that matter that aren't available through your TWC App/Channel. I would like these to be resolved. For the simple fact that I don't even use my cable box, not even connected but I have to pay for it every month because customer service says I can't have service if I don't have at least one box. So I am paying for something that isn't even in use and now I can't even view unlocked shows and episodes of my favorite shows through the apps/channels that I pay extra for. Also the TWC doesn't always work, doesn't have all the shows available on demand. Also since the merge, I don't have my favorite channel anymore but it shows in my channel lineup, CI and Disney. I thought things would be better not short me channels and charge me for items that aren't available or not using. Forums_Help Watch recent episodes of AMC shows currently in season. Be part of the pop culture conversations by staying up-to-date watching AMC's latest shows. TWC ID required. Download: App Store \| Google Play \| Amazon \| Watch Online The all-new TNT app brings you the TNT originals you love, like Animal Kingdom, Good Behavior, The Last Ship and more, along with favorites like Law & Order, Castle and Charmed. You can also catch live sports, awards-shows and blockbuster movies. You can even start watching before signing in with your TV provider (up to 10 minutes for live TV and five minutes for on-demand). And, we've added select TBS shows to the new Spotlight section so you can get a taste of the best comedies on TV. TWC ID required. All of the channels you mention are available through your TWCID and Password. The page Partner Apps will show you what apps are available and on what platforms they are available.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line16955
__label__wiki	0.581574	0.581574	Boeing dedicates $100 million to victims of 737 Max crashes Soumis il y a environ 6 mois New York (CNN Business) Boeing will pay out $100 million to help support the families and communities of the 346 people who died in two 737 Max crashes in the last year. The company said the money will be given to local nonprofits and community groups who will help distribute the funds. They'll be used to support education, including college tuition or other schooling expenses for children of victims, and "hardship or living expenses for impacted families," Boeing (BA) said in… (www.cnn.com) Plus d'info... Torsten Hoff Donald Barkemeyer il y a environ 6 mois 5 What an insult, offering less than the cost of one 737 Max to the families of 346 people killed in 2 separate crashes. The crashes were the result of an issue that Boeing KNEW ABOUT and did not acknowledge to the general public nor the flight crews of the aircraft until after the second fatal crash. Obviously, the pay of Boeing's CEO and the value of its stock outweighed the lives of the flight crews and passengers of the 737 Max. Criminal negligence, if not murder. milehighou il y a environ 6 mois 3 LOL, it's going to cost Boeing a lot more than that. Add a few more zeroes, boys. Boeing deserves to pay out the nose for what they did. imorenas il y a environ 6 mois 2 Meanwhile the fat cat at the top got a raise. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-15/boeing-increases-ceo-s-pay-27-to-23-4-million-for-last-year siriusloon il y a environ 6 mois 10 "But first, sign this agreement to never, ever sue Boeing or give any interviews saying how much you miss your loved ones if you want us to toss a few bucks your way." I wonder if Boeing has forgotten that it wasn't just bunch of poor Third Worlders who were killed. There were also North American and European passengers among the dead and I don't think they'll be easily coerced into accepting Boeing's first offer. Lots and lots of lawyers will make sure of that. JMARTINSON il y a environ 6 mois 1 Is reading comprehension the problem, or is it more pathological in nature? Cansojr il y a environ 6 mois 0 "Third Worlders" is a generous yet rascist according to your own value judgements. rugbydoc il y a environ 6 mois 6 Geez. Looks like (on the surface, admittedly) poorly disguised and inappropriately adjusted damage control. Using third party distribution channels weakens the effort by untold amounts. What's happened at Boeing? Or maybe those "in the know" feel this is business as usual? bentwing60 il y a environ 6 mois 8 Not to sound too jaded or anything, but, they'll write it off on the corporate taxes and those that are really in "the know" have retired, moved on or been shown the door. Once highly sought after Boeing upper level management may now join the ranks of the GE, Kodak, Nokia, Blackberry gurus. Not quite so mobile career wise or able to write their own ticket in other industries. siriusloon il y a environ 6 mois 3 There are still lots of unfilled appointments in Washington. That's 100 square miles surrounded by reality. You can be sure that Boeing's lawyers went over this offer letter by letter and comma by comma to limit liability and responsibility as much as possible. There's nothing generous or human about this offer. It's a PR exercise. Not one person at Boeing has resigned or been fired, but the board of directors authorised a dividend to shareholders last week. Cansojr il y a environ 6 mois -3 You are nothing short of a legal critic. What would you propose instead? Did you seriously just say Boeing could do a better job at distributing the money to individuals than local nonprofits and local community groups could (and by untold amounts, no less)? What on earth are you and your six friend smoking? This is just too much. God help us. NEGATIVE! Chris B il y a environ 6 mois 4 $100 million is far greater than the cost of actually developing MCAS to the point where it was safe to release it, plus cost of pilot training to manage the system.... chalet il y a environ 6 mois 2 Not quite so that it will be safe to release, at least for several months. The Max 8 and its infamous MCAS was created to try to correct an inherent and aerodynamic design flaw. Damaged goods? Jamar Jackson il y a environ 6 mois 6 Damn Boeing is some cheap SOB. one Max cost 130 million. Pure corporate greed. 100 million no strings attached. I know why the lawyer quoted in the article is bitching and moaning (because he doesn't get a cut), but why are you? Lawrence Green il y a environ 6 mois 2 $100 million divided by 346 = $28901 per victim. A disgusting and miserable offer. Boeing assumed that a $100 million offer would seem outstanding. It is really really DISGUSTING. What if they were to bump that per victim amount by a factor of, say, ten? lecompte2 il y a environ 6 mois 2 It is amazing that management in this company is still there and still walking the streets. C. WESLEY GRADY il y a environ 6 mois 4 Just to clarify a few points. The money isn't much, about the average price of a 737MAX, but there is no requirement that the money is given for a release or other promise. Many of the people who died were supporting a family and with that support now missing, Boeing was convinced that a responsible response would be to give support now, when it is needed. I don't Boeing, nor the way they do business. And, since I live an hour's drive from their S.C. plant that builds the 787, I know enough about the workforce to openly say I will never knowingly get on one. The errors and mistakes that have been made, from missing bolts, screws, lock-wires, to tools left inside wings, bulkheads and places where they can cause lots of damage if they slide around are all endemic of the low wage workforce in Charleston. I see Boeing surviving only do to the efforts of Donald J. Trump and his tariff attack on Airbus. Airbus will soon come to regret building a plant in the US, when they are openly attacked, only to save Boeing. Robert Cowling il y a environ 6 mois 2 It's a PR stunt, and on one level racist. Saying that those that died in Boeing's quest for profit aren't worth much. How many died? Divide the money by the number that died, and you see how much Boeing values their customers. This will be written off, and yes, Boeing plans for a certain amount of payouts per year, and will only take action on a problem if the payouts exceed what they have budgeted. It's capitalism, and the bean counters won. Every corporation does that kind of calculation. Pharmaceutical companies, car companies, food companies. It's cold, and heartless. But, in aviation's history, how many times have changes in planes been made only after several crashes and loss of life. anapides il y a environ 6 mois -1 Hi Robert; Can you elaborate on what you mean when you say "on one level racist" How are Boeing being racist ? If the victims of the 2 horrible crashes had been North-Americans, Boeing would already be out of business from the billions in law suits. Just look at that California electric company that started the fires. a p il y a environ 6 mois 2 100 million. Almost 400 killed people. Next time you think about flying a Boeing remember that for Boeing, your life and/or your wife/husband life and/or your kids lives are worth just $ 250k. ADXbear il y a environ 6 mois 2 It's not over.. if I were them, I'm not taking a dime of this money 100M USD per victim is more reasonable. I'd say a bazillion trillion is even more reasonable. Why wouldn't you take it? It makes no sense. Iain Maciver il y a environ 6 mois 1 thats roughly $290,000 per victim. Yes Boeing is being cheap. dulaney glen il y a environ 6 mois 1 What a vile offer. I'm amazed it ever got out the door. It's incendiary, if nothing else. Do not sign anything to get this money, they are trying to rob you. Guilt money. Boeing are disgusting. That's just a small fraction of what the law suits will pay the victims families. Per victim ? A Saudi airline has cancelled order from Boeing for 30 x 737 Max's ... cost being $5.9 billion USD. Good move ... great decision. Awaiting numerous other airlines to follow with cancelling orders. gordo muskegon il y a environ 6 mois -5 I don't see "corporate greed" here. As with the design flaws, it's the generation that grew up with victorless sports, self-esteem over accomplishment, juice box and ribbons for all mentality that now runs American business. Much like the Viking Sky mess. "Educated" fools with poor judgement in powerful positions. Jeffrey Bryner il y a environ 6 mois 14 Interesting statement ("it's the generation..."). Boeing's CEO is not a millennial (or Gen Y or Z) by a longshot. He's 55ish. Corporate greed is a collective effort when executed and not characterized by age but rather a lack of ethics and putting money/profit over all else. Chris Caciola il y a environ 6 mois -1 Yes Too many stupid people to reply to... Do any of you speak English? While you’re quick to bash Boeing (and they will be proven to be liable in all this) they are making funds available to the survivors of the crashes. “A Boeing spokesperson said that people who accept funds from the $100 million compensation fund will not be required to give up the right to pursue legal action against the company. The spokesperson declined further comment on Boeing's ongoing lawsuits.” The author of the article says that the offer “appears disingenuous”, however to a family which has lost its ability to earn, because of the loss of their support person/persons, any immediate relief can be very important. You math wizards who were able to divide the number of victims into the $100M - “$250,000 per person” - just hide an watch. There will be much more $$$ awarded to the unfortunate victims of the crashes. I have no skin in this game - own no Boeing stock, nor work for them or any affiliates. Stupid person here just chiming in to let you know it was the lawyer who said the offer appears disingenuous, not the author. Could it have anything to do with the fact that he doesn't get to take his usual 40% contingency fee right off the top? Nah.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line16957
__label__wiki	0.537753	0.537753	About the Hamilton High Paw Print HUSKY NEWS HUSKY SPORTS Urban Lemmings Preview Credit: Ava Price Julia Carson and Ava Price Urban Lemmings is Hamilton’s improv troupe. They have 4-6 performances per year, every show is different from the last. They hold rehearsals every Wednesday in the library’s program from 2:30-4:30 p.m. This is the second show of the year after the Game Show Show that took place in first quarter. They mainly focus on comedy and improv, along with taking suggestions from the audience during different games and sketches. On November 21st, Urban Lemmings is having another performance at 6:30 p.m. in the auditorium. “This show will have a new dynamic along with new characters, because of the new lemmings we have from auditions,” said Wilson Armpriester (12). This is the new students’ first show due to the last one being prior to auditions and including the alumni. It is an exciting performance for those who have never before performed with Urban Lemmings. “I hope that a lot more people get to hear and know about Urban Lemmings. The crowds usually aren’t that big” Ravin Harris (12) stated. Urban Lemmings bases a lot of their show off the interactions the cast makes with the audience, so having a large crowd makes all the difference as they perform. It adds to the atmosphere and makes the show more entertaining. “ One of my favorite games is ‘new choice,’ a game where two or three people do a scene and the host will yell out for someone to change an aspect it ends up being a really fun and twisted story,” said Arabella Hammorick (11). This is an example of how the audience can participate in the Lemmings performance. Urban Lemmings is super excited for their second show, so be sure to go out and support their club. Tickets are $3 and the show takes place in the auditorium on November 21 at 6:30 p.m. So if you need a laugh or a way to destress, the Lemmings performance may be right for you! Hockey Playoffs are coming up. Who's gonna go? I will. When is it Can't sorry. I have "homework" We have a hockey team? Hamilton CTE Tours Long Live Rock and Roll Auditions Speech and Debate ASU Competition: How did it go? Holiday Show Review Winter Guard Auditions Holiday Dance Show Hamilton Teacher Winning Presidential Excellence Award What is Wish Week For? Model U.N. Conference	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line16965
__label__cc	0.56283	0.43717	Digital Archive Take It or Leave It: Institution, Image, Ideology See all works by Mike Kelley More Love Hours Than Can Ever Be Repaid and The Wages of Sin is a 1987 work by Mike Kelley constructed from stuffed toys placed atop handmade afghan blankets. Four years later Kelley made a monumental installation using similar materials titled Craft Morphology Flow Chart (1991). It is the earlier work's title, however, specifically the notion of "love hours," that provides a crucial insight into the workings of the second piece. The bulk of Craft Morphology Flow Chart consists of 114 handmade dolls spread out across thirty-two tables. Each of these found dolls looks to have been carefully conceived and painstakingly executed by its maker. In other words, the number of so-called love hours that were poured into each of them is inestimable. Beholding these odd figures en masse, the resignation of Kelley's earlier title rings true. Payback is impossible: those who have had something made by hand for them—a gesture that is meant to represent love, kinship, comfort—will find themselves irrevocably indebted. Arranged systematically as if within a crime scene or a morgue, the dolls lie on their backs, arms outstretched and palms (for those that have palms) upturned. Kelley makes clear in the list of materials that these dolls were purchased or found rather than newly created by him. In effect, they are cast-offs, surplus. No longer useful as secondary love objects, they now function as displaced entities available for study.# Black-and-white photographs of some of these objects hang on adjacent walls. Staring out blankly, they are reminiscent of both mug shots and typological photographic projects like those of the German photographers August Sander and Bernd and Hilla Becher. Kelley arranged these figures in much the way that specimens would be ordered in a laboratory or displayed in a natural history museum, but the humble and tattered condition of the dolls renders this museological impulse—to collect, preserve, and proudly display—somewhat absurd. Nonetheless, by using this framework to organize these seemingly personal artifacts, Kelley makes clear that any such project, no matter how objective or comprehensive, is not only a catalog of physical objects but also a portrait of vested interests and mores—of a culture's methods of accounting for objects and systems, and of its attempts to map exchange or commodity value onto the seemingly irreducible. Craft Morphology Flow Chart, 1991 Installation view at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; photography by Brian Forrest Indeed, when a viewer experiences this work, it is the specificity—the distinct morphology—of each toy that is perhaps most striking. Even when there was clearly a typology in mind that Kelley used to group toys together (as with the table of sock monkeys), each object is markedly different from the next, lumpy and odd in its own particular way. From these aberrations—or unique virtues?—we can see both the limits of the makers' skill and their aesthetic and cultural biases. In other words, to an extent each doll functions as a representation of the maker's preconceptions—what each person thought love looked like in toy form. In Craft Morphology Flow Chart, as in many of Kelley's works, what may previously have seemed like a simple toy becomes a marker of social context and exchange. It is not that the sweetness of these objects is vacated altogether but that "love" in Kelley's treatment is not allowed to exist as a simple, altruistic emotion but is shown to carry its own economic and symbolic currency. The toys are stuffed, knotted systems of emotion, labor, ideology, and aesthetics. For Kelley, it seems, institutional structures—and the psychologies they elicit—serve also as aesthetic models. In the Educational Complex project (1995–2008)—a multifaceted work that resulted in numerous and varied objects—Kelley sought to recall and represent the architecture of every school he had ever attended, labeling the parts he couldn't remember as "repressed spaces," in a nod to the theory that we often unwittingly blot out traumatic events. In the suite of drawings from his notebook, Notebook Drawings (Related to Educational Complex) (1994), Kelley offers up diagrams, notes, and explicit cartoons, punctuated by informal and occasionally off-color annotation. A sketch of a clown having sex with a donkey can be found on one page, while another charts the checkered dimensions of human life, cleaving together institutional, corporeal, symbolic, and subconscious experience. These drawings, like the dolls in Craft Morphology, amount to a complex, unblushing portrait of the interrelationship between system and subject. —Leora Morinis "Mike Kelley." Take It or Leave It: Institution, Image, Ideology Digital Archive. Los Angeles: Hammer Museum, 2017. {PAGE_URL}.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line16966
__label__cc	0.749691	0.250309	Congressman Hank Johnson Representing the 4th District of Georgia House Committees, Subcommittees & Caucus Memberships Serving You Navigating Local TV Station Changes U.S. Census 2020: Be Counted HankTV Armed Services and Veterans Affairs Justice, Civil Liberties, & Government Accountability National Security and Foreign Policy Raising the Debt Ceiling Seniors and Social Security Businesses and Consumers Federal Grants and Domestic Assistance Washington DC Visitors Hank's Jobs Page FEMA: Hurricane Seasonal Preparedness Resources for the Heroin & Opioid Epidemic Identity theft has become an epidemic in Georgia and across the United States, claiming over 10 million victims last year alone. It's also one of the most costly crimes to consumers and businesses, and is the fastest growing white collar crime in America according to the FTC. Securing IDs is essential to not only protecting consumers from financial loss and shoring up the world's finest financial system, but also to securing our homeland from criminals, drug dealers, and terrorists. The protection of personal identification and financial records is an important part in preventing such plagues as meth addiction, white collar fraud, and terrorism. Georgians should be vigilant to protect themselves and our community from the dangers caused by identity thieves. If you become a victim of ID theft, please contact my office for personal assistance or visit the Federal Trade Commission identity theft Web Site for advice on how to secure your personal data as well as what to do if your identity is stolen. OnGuardOnline.gov provides practical tips from the federal government and the technology industry to help you be on guard against Internet fraud, secure your computer, and protect your personal information. You can also take their tests to learn how to avoid becoming a victim of phishing, spam, spyware and other online scams. Learn more about consumer protection Decatur Office 5240 Snapfinger Park Drive, Ste 140 1/16/2020 22 H.J.RES.76 Yea 1/15/2020 21 H.R.1230 Aye 1/15/2020 20 H.R.1230 No 1/15/2020 18 H.RES.798 Yea	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line16967
__label__wiki	0.93801	0.93801	Hapka.info: Main page » Pakistan and World news for 13 May 2015 All the most important news for 13 May 2015 World \|2015-05-13 23:57:34 Two Pakistanis among 14 killed in Taliban siege of Kabul guesthouse KABUL: Fourteen people, including two Pakistanis and at least seven other foreigners, were killed in a Taliban attack on a Kabul guesthouse that trapped dozens attending a concert and triggered an...... Pakistan \|2015-05-13 22:40:08 Shahnaz confident of Pakistan making to Rio de Janeiro Olympics KARACHI: Pakistan hockey team will qualify for next year's Olympics to be held in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) despite the difficulties it has been facing, chief coach Shahnaz Shaikh assured on...... Gambia dismisses former Pakistani judge from chief justice's post BANJUL: Gambian President Yahya Jammeh sacked an internationally-renowned Pakistani appointed last year as Gambia's top judge, according to judicial sources, appointing a Nigerian as his temporary...... 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Tiger Woods writes letter to bullied boy who stutters LOS ANGELES: Tiger Woods wrote a personal letter of support to a schoolboy who contemplated suicide because of a stutter, saying “I know what it's like to be different and not fit in”.In the letter,...... Senate adopts unanimous resolution condemning Karachi attack ISLAMABAD: The Senate resumed proceedings on Wednesday and adopted a unanimous resolution condemning a terrorist attack targeting the Ismaili community in Karachi today.The Senate suspended routine...... Pique eyes ‘historic’ Madrid final MADRID: Barcelona defender Gerard Pique has welcomed the prospect of facing eternal rivals Real Madrid for the first time in a Champions League final in Berlin early next month.The Catalans sealed...... Aga Khan shocked by attack on Ismailis The spiritual leader of the Ismaili community His Highness Aga Khan expressed shock and sorrow over the attack on a bus carrying Ismailis near Safoora Chowk in Karachi which left 43 dead and 13...... Piped dreams: Water troubles in Pakistan It is supposed to be safe for the children, but it isn’t. Piped water in urban Punjab is inferior in quality than other sources.Despite the state being the source of piped water, the incidence of...... Gunmen kill seven in attack on Ulema Council in Afghanistan: police LASHKAR GAH: Gunmen opened fire on a gathering of Afghan Muslim clerics in the southern province of Helmand, killing seven people, police said on Wednesday.The Ulema Council, the highest religious...... 'Pakistanis need to counter apathy' LOS ANGELES: "More than anything else I mourn the apathy I see around me, as I feel that Pakistanis empathise with victims only if they represent their sect, ethnicity or religion and not as a...... Security huddle decides to extend Karachi operation to include militant abettors KARACHI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif chaired a high-level meeting on Karachi's security situation at the Governor House on Wednesday after gunmen killed 43 people in an attack on a bus carrying...... Priyanka-starring drama series Quantico's trailer released Priyanka Chopra has joined the FBI......in the new ABC drama serial Quantico, that is.As a young recruit of the FBI Academy — "the toughest boot camp and grad school, rolled into one" — Chopra finds...... Nawaz chairs APC to allay China-Pak corridor fears ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday chaired a meeting in which representatives of all political parties were briefed on the proposed route of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor...... Pentagon weighs sending planes, ships near disputed South China Sea reefs WASHINGTON: The Pentagon is considering sending United States military aircraft and ships to assert 'freedom of navigation' around rapidly growing Chinese-made artificial islands in the disputed...... The British discriminated against transgender people: Laxmi Tripathi Activist Laxmi Narayan Tripathi's life has been anything but uneventful. Born to a Brahmin family in Thane, Maharashtra, it was only during her college days that Laxmi found her calling. Since 1990,...... PM announces countrywide day of mourning for Ismaili community ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced to observe a day of mourning across the country on Thursday following a deadly attack on Karachi's Ismaili community on Wednesday in which 43...... When you are in the majority, it is easy to be blind Zehra*, an old friend of mine tells me:"When I started at school, the kids asked each other if they were Shia or Sunni. 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Karachi: mass murders IT is very strange that while we are made by the media to remember the sad incidents of May 12, the Tahir Plaza burning, the Baldia factory fire, etc., we never hear about ghastly incidents of the...... PML-N’s tall claims ALL the time Ishaq Dar is beating the drum that due to the prudent policy of the government our economic indicators are improving with each passing day.I would like to ask him what improvement has...... Biometric by-elections NADRA has declared that 93,852 voters in NA-122 cannot be verified. Isn’t this the time to decide that the subsequent elections in the country, whether of local government or at national level,...... ‘Broken society’ I DO not quite agree with Huma Yusuf’s article ‘Broken society’ (April 27). The writer has mentioned the murder of Sabeen Mahmud in Karachi recently as an argument in support of her contention that...... Squatters & CDA A FEW days ago a family of squatters with a tent moved into the plot reserved for park in F-8/3, Islamabad. Their number has now increased to some 20 men, women and children. It seems like the...... It’s never too late THE behaviour and conduct of those at the helms of affairs in various power centres remain as it were decades ago. They continue taking the people for a ride, which is increasingly becoming difficult...... Education & govt duty EDUCATION in Pakistan is in tatters. Since the country came into being some 23 policies and action plans have been introduced, but the educational sector is waiting for a saviour. The government of...... ‘Please, I need to be alone with him’ KARACHI: The flight from Quetta had arrived. Media personnel crowded outside the airport’s cargo section, waited for a glimpse of the casket carrying Saulat Mirza’s remains after his execution at...... ‘No question of this case being closed’ KARACHI: Omar Shahid Hamid, son of the slain KESC MD Shahid Hamid, has said that Saulat Mirza’s family had tried to approach him and his mother on many occasions to seek their pardon.“Saulat Mirza’s...... Lawyers seek arrest of May 12 carnage culprits KARACHI: A large number of lawyers on Tuesday staged a protest demonstration on M.A. Jinnah Road to mark the eighth anniversary of the May 12 carnage in Karachi.More than 45 people were killed and...... MPs demand ‘genuine’ reforms in Fata PESHAWAR: Fata parliamentarians on Tuesday broke silence on the core issues of their region and called for ‘genuine’ reforms there.Accompanied by five MNAs and Senators at a news conference here,...... Reformed militants set free in Bajaur KHAR: About 29 former militants were set free after completing vocational training at Navi Saha -- an internment centre in Bajaur Agency.A ceremony to this effect was held here the other day on the...... PHC dismisses pleas against local government law PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday dismissed two identical petitions challenging several provisions of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government Act (LGA) 2013, including those on the holding...... Ehtesab Commission arrests auditor over illegal wealth PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission has arrested a senior auditor of the District Accounts Office Shangla on charge of amassing illegal wealth.The suspect, Umar Hayat, was produced...... Rift in PTI to benefit its opponents in LG polls PESHAWAR: The upcoming local government polls have again brought to spotlight the tussle for tickets among the workers of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf in the province, especially in Peshawar.In a related...... Lawyers regret May 12 culprits still at large PESHAWAR: Local lawyers on Tuesday condemned the police’s failure to arrest the people involved in the May 12, 2007 Karachi killings and called upon the federal and Sindh governments and Supreme...... PTI, JUI to fight it out in Senate by-poll today PESHAWAR: There will be one-to-one contest between the candidates of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Inaf and Jamiat Ulma-i-Islam-F in the by-election scheduled to be held today (Wednesday) to fill the vacant...... Suicide vest, explosive devices seized in Mansehra MANSEHRA: Police have seized a suicide vest, six improvised explosive devices and other material from an empty plot adjacent to the residence of an alleged terrorist, who was arrested after killing a...... Call for legislation to protect people from torture in custody PESHAWAR: Speakers at a daylong consultation on Tuesday called upon the government to make legislation in line with the UN Convention Against Torture (UNCAT) to protect citizens from torture by the...... Dead trees in Chitral park still a mystery CHITRAL: The mysterious disease that has caused drying up of thousands of deodar trees in Chitral Gol National Park has not attracted the attention of wildlife department during the last 10...... KUST admin accepts students’ demand for summer semester KOHAT: The administration of Kohat University of Science and Technology (KUST) on Tuesday accepted the demand of striking students to start the summer semester.Officials said that now examinations...... Hospital’s angiography machine out of order for nine months ABBOTTABAD: Angiography machine of the Ayub Teaching Hospital, Abbottabad, has been out of order for last nine months, as a result of which serious cases are referred to Peshawar and...... ‘Funds not being used for public welfare in Karak’ KARAK: The district president of Khattak Ittehad, a rights organisation, Maulana Mirzaqeem Khan on Tuesday complained the district got Rs2.8 billion as oil and gas royalty and Rs900 million as...... Sit-in bid to mask bad governance in KP, says Muqam SWABI: Adviser to the Prime Minister, Amir Muqam, claimed that the protest sit-in led by Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak outside the Parliament House in Islamabad on Tuesday was...... President urged to help save Urdu varsity from complete destruction KARACHI: Despite receiving little official and public attention, teachers and employees of the Federal Urdu University for Arts, Science and Technology continued with their protest on Tuesday,...... Clerics walk out of meeting decrying information minister’s remarks ISLAMABAD: Important officials from five seminary boards refused to sit with government officials, on Tuesday, in protest of the comments made by the information minister last week.The officials said...... Sound byte: ‘Judicial commission is not an inquisition’ As the judicial commission continues to examine evidence related to allegations of rigging in the 2013 general elections, there is a distinct lack of new evidence among the proofs that has been...... CIA to be made a police station ISLAMABAD: The Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) will be given the status of a police station and a summary has been sent to the chief commissioner’s office.Inspector General of Police (IGP) Tahir...... Cantonment members-elect yet to take oath RAWALPINDI: Despite the passage of 17 days after the cantonment board elections, the elected members have not been called to take oath.In the past, the oath-taking meeting used to be held a week...... Contractors seek two more weeks to complete metro project RAWALPINDI: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s directions to the contractors of the metro bus project to complete the finishing work by Friday seems not materialising as the latter have sought...... Teachers to be trained in children’s neuro problems ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) has decided to arrange training programmes for the teachers on handling child’s neuro developmental problems.This was stated by the head of...... Heads of 13 educational institutes booked for poor security RAWALPINDI: Police have registered cases against heads of 13 government and private schools for not making proper security arrangements in their institutions.Among those who were booked under the...... CDA official illegally opens sealed business ISLAMABAD: One of the businesses sealed on Monday, as part of the Capital Development Authority’s (CDA) drive against businesses being run in residential areas, was illegally reopened on Tuesday...... Exorbitant amount spent on running missions abroad ISLAMABAD: Running the country’s 120 missions abroad has cost the federal government over Rs47 billion.In contradiction with the austerity measures the current government claims to have adopted, it...... Five new model schools will be established ISLAMABAD: The Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) has decided to set up five new model schools in G-13 and G-14 to cope with growing number of students seeking admissions in model colleges’...... Media hype behind delay in Ayyan case? ISLAMABAD: The currency smuggling case against supermodel Ayyan Ali was not so complicated as it seems to be, because a few months before her arrest a foreigner facing a similar offence was set free...... Break with shady policy brings phone services back to health ISLAMABAD: Grey traffic in international telephone calls to Pakistan has decreased significantly since the country withdrew from the International Clearing House (ICH) regime, Minister of State for...... Walk marks Nursing Day ISLAMABAD: Nursing staff of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) organised a walk on Tuesday to mark International Nursing Day.The day is observed around the world on May 12, the birth day...... College teachers present demands to minister ISLAMABAD: “No nation can progress without giving due respect to teachers,” said State Minister for Education Balighur Rehman on Tuesday.He was speaking following his meeting with All Pakistan...... Thalasaemia centre inaugurated at F-9 Park ISLAMABAD: Begum Kalsoom Nawaz on Tuesday inaugurated Thalassaemia Centre established by Pakistan Baitul Mal (PBM) at Fatima Jinnah Park.Speaking on the occasion, the first lady reaffirmed the...... Recounting Pakistan’s 9,000 year old history of pluralism ISLAMABAD: A film screened at the Pakistan Institute of Parliamentary Services (PIPS) on Tuesday took viewers through the thousands of years of spiritual history of the land where Pakistan stands...... Workers disrupt meeting on Lesco privatisation LAHORE: Electricity workers continued their protest on Tuesday in front of the headquarters of the Lahore Electric Supply Company (Lesco) on Queen’s Road while a group of angry protesters besieged...... LDA retrieves land after showdown with grabbers LAHORE: A team of the Lahore Development Authority’s Directorate of Estate Management-1 faced on Tuesday a massive resistance from a number of illegal occupants after it reached Johar Town’s ...... Cause of heartache for Mayo’s MS LAHORE: The Mayo Hospital’s Cardiology Department failed to provide treatment to its own medical superintendent, it is learnt.Mayo Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr Amjad Shahzad was taken to the...... Mahmood Mirza was an advocate of social change LAHORE: Dua for renowned lawyer, social thinker and writer Mahmood Mirza will be offered at 48 Mayo Gardens on Wednesday (today) at 5:30pm.Mahmood Mirza passed away peacefully on Monday was laid to...... Three burnt alive in rickshaw fire KASUR: Three people were burnt alive and six others suffered serious burn injuries on Tuesday when the motorcycle-rickshaw they were riding caught fire after a head-on collision with a motorcycle...... Thumb verification ordered LAHORE: Two more constituencies from Lahore will go through the voters’ thumb verification test as per orders of an election tribunal here on Tuesday.On a petition submitted by Pakistan...... Police admonished for involving minor in case SAHIWAL: An additional sessions judge on Tuesday admonished Shah Kot police for involving a six-year-old boy in a case pertaining to injuries caused to another boy, ordering them to ascertain whether...... Industry, trade divided on today’s strike FAISALABAD: Industrialists will go on strike on Wednesday (today) against the Federal Bureau of Revenue for issuing sales tax notices to the industry.However, the Anjuman-i-Tajran City, a main...... ‘Mysterious disease’ claims lives of 500 camels SARGODHA: Around 500 camels have fallen a victim to a ‘mysterious disease’ in the last few days at Noorpur Thal and adjoining areas.It is learnt that these camels have died while grazing gram at...... PTI wins over another PPP man GUJRAT: The Pakistan People’s Party has lost yet another former lawmaker when ex-MPA from Mandi Bahauddin city Tariq Sahi formally announced joining the PTI in his native village on Tuesday.The...... Suspect ‘killed by accomplices’ during ‘encounter’ OKARA: An alleged dacoit wanted by police in various districts was shot dead accidentally by his own accomplices during an encounter, police claimed on Tuesday.Early on Tuesday, an alleged gang of...... Date for local elections demarcation extended TOBA TEK SINGH: The last date for demarcation of the union councils and wards for the upcoming local council elections has been extended from May 14 to 31.District Election Commissioner Mian Akbar...... Demo against CNG closure MULTAN: Scores of owners and workers of CNG stations on Tuesday staged a demonstration against the closure of their business for over six months.The protesters organised a rally from Pul Mauj Durya...... Kidnapped girl not found yet SHEIKHUPURA: The daughter of a former union council nazim who was kidnapped by four people on Monday has not been found 24 hours after the incident.Former union council nazim Mushtaq Rehmani and his...... Team to probe allegations against EDO GUJRAT: The district government constituted a three-member inquiry team headed by the additional district collector to probe allegations of use of abusive language and misbehaviour levelled against...... Protesting teachers seek LHC CJ intervention LAHORE: The Muttahida Mahaz Asataza Punjab on Tuesday appealed to the Lahore High Court chief justice to take notice of the indifference of the Punjab government towards the ‘just’ demands of...... WWF-Pakistan, SNGPL to sensitise 3,000 students to environment issues LAHORE: World Wide Fund for Nature -Pakistan and Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) signed an MoU to partner for the International Eco-Internship Programme (IEIP) under which the latter...... ‘Muslims weakness due to lack of knowledge’ LAHORE: Punjab University Vice Chancellor Mujahid Kamran says the Muslims have made almost no contribution to the creation of scientific knowledge during the past few centuries which is the major...... ‘Nurses are global human need’ LAHORE: The International Nurses Day was observed in the provincial capital on Tuesday.The Punjab Institute of Cardiology Lahore organised a ceremony where Deputy Chief Nursing Superintendent Samina...... CM discusses GSP Plus modalities with EU team LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said measures were being taken for taking full benefits of the GSP Plus status awarded to Pakistan by European Union and a cabinet committee had been...... Youth, girl axed to death LAHORE: A youth and a girl were axed to death allegedly ‘in the name of honour’ in the Chuhng area on Tuesday.The deceased were identified as Tahir, 25, of Pattoki and Iqra, 21, of Shahpur Kanjran.A...... PML-N misleading people about outages: Wattoo LAHORE: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has said the PML-N government is giving false hope to the people regarding elimination of loadshedding by 2018.“The government is misleading the people by...... Call for seeking Sindh’s due share in resources KARACHI: Only six lawmakers from the treasury and opposition benches each on Tuesday took part in a discussion on the financial report of the Sindh government’s third quarter expenditure and...... Rangers chief, others told to file comments in ‘illegal’ detention cases KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday directed the home secretary, provincial police chief, director general of Rangers and others to submit their comments in petitions against illegal detention...... EU respects distinct national & regional identities: Dr Klinner KARACHI: National and regional identity is distinct in the European Union for which the policymakers have to be careful and respectful by not being an agent of removing these distinct identities,...... Muttahida worker gunned down KARACHI: A worker of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement was shot dead and a passer-by wounded in North Nazimabad on Tuesday evening, Hyderi Market police and party officials said.Khurram Ahmed, 35, was...... METRO EVENTS STUDY LAUNCHLaunching ceremony of a study titled ‘Profiles of land tenure system in Pakistan’ by Kaiser Bengali under the auspices of the Pakistan Institute of Labour Education & Research at the...... Sindh child protection body stalled KARACHI: After a lapse of more than four years to the enactment of the Sindh Child Protection Authority Act meant to provide for the establishment of an authority to ensure rights of children in need...... Four killed as storm, rain hit parts of Sindh LARKANA: Four people were killed in two incidents of house collapse during rains in Larkana as thunder showers coupled with dust storm hit parts of many districts in Sindh on Monday night and...... Sindh govt backed out of power bills reconciliation, says Abid HYDERABAD: State Minister for Water and Power Abid Sher Ali has said the Sindh government has given up reconciliation of power dues after agreeing on bills amounting to Rs12 billion, although an...... 10 dacoits killed in ‘encounters’ in five districts DADU: A total of 10 dacoits were killed and many others wounded and arrested in separate police operations carried out in Dadu, Sukkur, Mirpurkhas, Shikarpur and Thatta districts on Tuesday, Sindh...... Officials told to effectively help drought-hit people in Tharparkar HYDERABAD: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday directed the civil administration in the drought-hit Tharparkar area to adopt a proactive role in continuously discharging its responsibilities with regard...... Sukkur education dept gets biometric system SUKKUR: Sindh Education Department Secretary Dr Fazalullah Pechuho has said the biometric system has been introduced for the verification of presence of all school teachers on their duties.He was...... Despite leading war in Yemen, Saudi Arabia mostly untouched NAJRAN: Khatim Umm Salem’s quiet, secure life betrays no signs of the war taking place just a few miles away. In the mornings, the elderly woman sits in front of a fan outside her tiny shop in the...... ‘Little Englandism’ goes big after British elections THE victory of the Conservative Party in British elections last week has brought two possibilities closer to fulfilment: withdrawal from the European Union, and, more drastically, the secession of...... S.E. 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__label__cc	0.515737	0.484263	The Big Bang- Gone Fishing In the nights that followed he was never far from her side. He worked to learn that structure of Brigant Industries and of Oklahoma. The more he learned the more impressed he was. Sookie was worth billions. She dismissed his comments, saying that it was easy when you had six hundred years to amass wealth. He was not fooled, he had longer and while his portfolio was diverse and he was wealthy in his own right, she rivaled him for savvy business investments. She knew when to get in, and when to get out and her finances showed it. He also focused on learning her schedule, the layout of her primary residence and her other properties both in and out of her home state in case they needed retreat and sanctuary. Her real estate holdings were also vast and wide spread, many at the equator, where she could worship the sun in privacy and solitude. One stood out to him, first it was under another name, and it was not her usual alias’ that he had come to recognize with some humor. In Oklahoma, she was Sookie Brigant, but in other places around the country and the world she was Susan Bryant, Sarah Bingham, Shelly Burns, but the one that piqued his interest was in his home state of Louisiana under Sookie Stackhouse. When he had asked she had said the Stackhouse family had been connected to Fintan, the details were unclear but when she had set about creating her alternate identities and hideaways it had seemed right that this be one of her names and that she own property in that state. Fintan had some strange affinity for Louisiana. Morgana had told her it had to do with the portal there that led to the Fae realm, but she had always wondered. A glimmer of her old self shining through she had teased him then. “What would you have done if I had showed up one night at your bar in Shreveport, with some flouncy little country girl dress on and came up to you? Would you have danced with me?” Enjoying her mood he played back with her. “Hmmm, I don’t know,” he said, looking her over from head to toe thoughtfully. “How flouncy?” “Oh, cut up to here,” she touched a spot above her knee, “And down to here,” touching a spot deep in her cleavage. Raising a brow and appearing to consider a moment he asked for more detail. “What color would this flouncy dress cut up to here, and down to here, be?” His had caressed her in the spots she indicated. Now she considered a moment. “Red and white. I would look like warm inviting vampire bait.” “Vampire bait?” he echoed. “Best way to catch one. It’s all in the dress, you know?” For a moment he pictured her in the dress she described gracing Fangtasia. He saw her come up to his throne, the vermin parting way for her. “Well, then I suppose you would have caught me, lover, but what then?” his hands had continued to wander on her body and she slid closer to him on the sofa in her office where they had been sitting side by side for hours going over paperwork and talking strategy. “Well, with a big one like you on the hook, you have to give them their head, let them swim away a bit before you start to reel them in.” “I see,” he said, pulling her onto him as he lay down, papers falling to the floor, forgotten. “No, you don’t. You’ve never been fishing and hooked a big one” she teased laughingly as she traced patterns on his chest with her finger. In indignant look came up on his face. “I will have you know that I was an excellent fisherman in my human days.” “Catch many vampires back then did you?” A trace of smile appeared in the corner of his mouth, but he refused to give in and lose this game to her. “No, I hunted much bigger quarry back then.” “Bigger?” she asked her voice going up in surprise. Motioning to his long frame spread out beneath her, “I’m skeptical.” He looked insulted. “I will show you sometime, the fish in my native land and then you will apologize to me. You will say, ‘Oh my sexy, darling vampire, light of my soul, please forgive me for ever doubting you!'” “These must be some fish.” “You have no idea. Did Pythia and Morgana never tell you of my fishing exploits?” “Of course they did, that is how I got the idea to hook you with the red and white dress.” His eyebrow came up in askance. “They told me it was all about the bait. You had to have the right thing on the hook to catch the really big ones.” She was leaning in to kiss him then, her gaze on his lips which were still trying not smile. “I would have taken one look into your beautiful blue eyes and trusted you instantly.” Her tone was quiet now as she continued to slowly zero in on him. She had just reached her target when his phone buzzed in his pocket. He pulled it out, still kissing her a moment before looking at the text message. Have you forgotten about us again? I can tell your mind is not in business. “Pam,” he told her as he responded. Be there at midnight as agreed. “Send her my love,” Sookie whispered, slowly continuing her gentle assault on his neck, moving up to his ear. Sookie says piss off, he typed before putting the phone back in his pocket. A moment later he felt Pam’s laughter in their bond. He as amazed at how well his Queen and his child got on together. Pam had arrived in Oklahoma a week ago, three nights after Sookie’s fight with the pack. They had met her at the private air strip where she disembarked Sookie’s personal jet her Louis Vuitton in hand, looking immaculate like always. Sookie had arranged for a special cocktail of A positive with a dash of fairy blood thrown in for kick during Pam’s flight. She was slightly intoxicated when she arrived. She had walked up to them, set her bag down on the ground and nodding to Eric focused all her attention on the small blond woman at his side. Slowly, perusing her from head to toe, she sensuously licked her lips. “If this is torture, where is the signup sheet?” “I left it in the car, but I have a good memory,” Sookie had fired right back not missing a beat. “Do you like whips, chains, or both?” “Fuck Louisiana, I’m moving to Oklahoma where they know how to party!” It was love at first sight. Well, possibly lust on Pam’s part, but close enough. He was more relieved than he would like to admit. They had settled her in at one of Sookie’s alternate properties, and were due there soon to bring Pam and other arrivals up to speed on the latest. Pam had been the first of Eric’s allies to arrive, but more were due soon, and as matter of policy and detente they were obligated to check in with and inform their vampire queen in residence. Eric had seen Freyda several times at various vampire summits, but had not spoken to her directly before. Sookie had dealt with her on several occasions for intrastate supernatural matters and felt that with so many new vampires entering the state now was the time to recruit Freyda to their side. Sookie had also told him that Freyda had made it plain that she was very interested in taking Sookie as a lover. That thought pulled him back into the moment, and he caught his beautiful bonded bringing her in for a window rattling kiss before leaving her gasping for air. He moved on to her neck, peppering her with light baby kisses interspersed with questions. “What if she insists in sealing the pact with a romp in the sheets?” The image of them together at once aroused his inner beast with lust and jealousy. “Sometimes you have to make sacrifices,” she answered teasing him. He checked the bond to make sure. “You are mine!” he renewed his efforts as punishment for her teasing. “Methinks the gentleman doth protest a bit too much. I can tell that part of you likes the idea a lot.” Her hand caressed him through his jeans, making his hips thrust reflexively against her hand. “What are you, some kind of telepath or something?” he asked, teasing her now. “One needn’t be a telepath to tell what’s on your mind,” she served back before moving her lips back to his. She pulled back after a moment and continued to up the game. “I will tell you sometime of my adventures with Eleanor.” She dived in to kiss him again, leaving him dazed when she pulled back, a devilish smile on his lips. “Roosevelt?!” he asked, trying to focus. “Oh, that FDR was a real hoot!” He growled then ready to spring when he heard the car pull up outside. Playtime was over. The Vampire Queen of Oklahoma had arrived. 32XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX23 One of the fairy guards showed Freyda in and Eric said a silent prayer of gratitude for Sookie’s magic that protected both vampire and fairy inside her residence. He also noted that Sookie had masked her own scent, wiping it totally from the room, including her arousal from the game they had just been playing. All that was left was very watered down smell of her blood mixed with his. He relaxed inside. She had been teasing. She was going to make it plain to Freyda just who she belonged to, once and for all. “Sookie,” Freyda called to her as came in. Eric saw her inhale and look at him, eyes flashing for a just a moment. She really did want Sookie for herself. Not a fucking chance, bitch. She is mine! “Freyda, welcome. Thank you for coming. Please take a seat, we have much to discuss.” Eric watched as Sookie explained their situation, showing photographs of the Fae and Vampire royalty that were aligned with Niall and the Ciar. When she was done Freyda looked quite pale. She turned to Eric. This was not unexpected. Some allies were won with swords and some through detente. How odd that I usually am the muscle, the thought before he stepped forward to confirm what Sookie had just told her. “Your Majesty,” he said to Freyda coming to stand beside Sookie at her desk. “If the Ciar succeed it will mean the end of all species except the Fae. We do not know what tricks or lies have been used to win the other monarchs to their side, but I swear to you now, there is no other ending for this but our demise if we should fail to stop them.” Freyda sat a moment. “Viking, your reputation precedes you, and your oath carries great weight among our kind. This more than anything else I have heard tonight gives me cause to stand with you, but we had heard that you had been sold into slavery by your maker. What proof do I have that this is the truth and not some deceit forced upon you by Oklahoma herself?” Sookie rose then to stand beside him and loosened more of the magic that suppressed her scent. Apparently, Freyda had missed the implications of what she had sensed upon entering the room. His fangs snapped down, and he rose to his full height, “Oklahoma is mine!” he declared proudly, pulling Sookie close to him. Freyda’s eyes grew large, her expression disbelieving. “Bonded?” “Bonded,” Sookie repeated firmly. Freyda sat back in her chair, looking at them in shock and surprise. He felt Sookie stiffen a moment in his arms, and knew that she had heard something in the vampires mind. She smiled at Freyda, her fangs on full display. “You can try, but if you do, it will be the last fucking thing you ever do.” Freyda looked at her for a moment and then nodded her head in acceptance before rising. “In times like these, it is good to have a telepath in your side. A telepath bonded to a vampire, even better. We are at your service, Brigant. Viking,” she acknowledged as she stood then and swept regally from the room. As soon as her car had left the drive he turned back to his mate. “What was that about?” “Hooking a big one.” She had that look on her face again, devilish humor that swept away his sanity. “First you hook them, then you give them their head and let them swim before you reel them back in. Then you club them and throw them into the boat. That,” she said moving to sit down behind her desk, propping her feet up, looking up at him,” was me clubbing her.” He looked at her through narrowed eyes. “What?” she asked doing her best to look innocent. Despite himself, he cracked up. She was maddening, and quite probably the best thing that had ever happened to him. That was the moment he knew he was in love with her. Watching her feigned innocence crumble as she cracked up into giggles with him. She was amazing. His phone buzzed, and before he even looked he knew it was Pam. I felt that! He cracked up all over again. 2 thoughts on “Gone Fishing” MistressCinder says: Oh he has got it bad! Oh goodness..Loved the reference of the white and red dress that Sookie wore at fangtasia, Pam and Sookie getting along..and who would believe that Freyda. the vampire Queen was infatuated with Sookie LOL	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line16969
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__label__wiki	0.980914	0.980914	Beyoncé’s IVY PARK Collection For adidas Sol.. Celebrities Mourn the Loss of Minnesota Rapper .. DaBaby Addresses Alleged Nude Video Leak Stray News Lauren London Teams With Puma to Pay Homage to .. R&B Corner Tidal Verses HHUCIT Magazine HHUCIT Internship Program Aaliyah’s Full Catalog Will Be Available On All Streaming Services in 2020 Aaliyah’s music may be finally coming to streaming services. Eighteen years since her death, the late singer’s uncle Barry Hankerson took to Twitter to announce that her full discography will be available on major streaming services on Aaliyah’s birthday: Jan. 16, 2020. “We listened, this is not a drill in honor of the great legacy of #Aaliyah,” Hankerson, head of the now-defunct Blackground Records, tweeted on his private account before tagging Apple Music, Spotify, TIDAL, and Amazon Prime. He ended with the “1/16/2020” date. Aaliyah’s uncle Barry Hankerson teases on Twitter that her full discography could be coming to major streaming services on the late singer’s birthday, January 16th, 2020. At the moment, only Aaliyah’s debut album is available for streaming. pic.twitter.com/HRHG3l1E7S — The Pop Hub (@ThePopHub) November 29, 2019 It’s been a long time coming. Only Aaliyah’s debut album, 1994’s Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number, is currently available for streaming. Her other two albums—1996’s One in a Million and her third and final studio album, 2001’s Aaliyah—are not available on any digital platforms. According to Complex, Hankerson is the reason why Aaliyah’s discography has not been previously available digitally. He owns the rights to her catalog with the exception of her debut, which was produced by R. Kelly. Hankerson sold a stake in Blackground’s publishing rights to Reservoir in 2012. Beyoncé’s IVY PARK Collection For adidas Sold Out Online But Available in Select Stores Celebrities Mourn the Loss of Minnesota Rapper Lexii Alijai Lauren London Teams With Puma to Pay Homage to Nipsey Hussle in ‘Forever Stronger’ Campaign [VIDEO] Celebrities Mourn The Loss Of Juice WRLD Juice WRLD Passes Away at 21 ABOUT #HHUCIT HIPHOPUCIT.com is an award winning global online and print magazine, which was founded in 2006. Quickly emerged into one of the premiere online and print magazines. HHUCIT Magazine is a premiere Hip Hop & Entertainment Magazine exploring urban culture, pop culture and entertainment by focusing on music, style, fashion, sports, television & politics. We focus on the integrity, intelligence and respect of our reader. 2016 BET Hip Hop Awards Hip Hop U-C-IT \| Hip Hop and Entertainment at It's Best™ © 2020 . All Rights Reserved.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line16974
__label__wiki	0.61214	0.61214	Tag Archives: FISA Jean-Marie Balestre Senna by Asif Kapadia Senna is a documentary film that depicts the life of Brazilian motor-racing champion, Ayrton Senna. You do not need to know anything about Formula One racing or even have to be remotely interested in it to enjoy this film. The story provides you with the technical knowledge that you need to know. The most noteworthy thing is, Senna works on primal storytelling instincts. There’s a guy, he loves racing and is pretty talented at it. He wants to race with the best team. The best racer on the best team (Alain Prost AKA “The Professor”) does not want to be second. They are on the same team but they race for themselves. Tensions arise. Senna and Prost’s rivalry seemed too dramatic to be real. The rivalry was akin to Maverick and Ice Man in Top Gun. It is unbelievable this all really happened. There is a writing credit in the film’s credits (by Manish Pandey) though I imagine that is more compiling the facts to tell the most dramatic order possible than rewriting facts. Film is an amalgamation of all the arts (photography, music, theater, storytelling etc.), the only new art form to arise out of film is editing. The idea that putting two separate images next to each other can evoke a whole new independent meaning. Senna is a film composed mostly of archive footage and interviews and it is truly impressive the amount of emotion and drama that was conveyed through archive footage. The story was told with great flow. It’s great to know that the editing by Greger Salls and Chris King has been recognized at this year’s BAFTA awards. Ayrton Senna himself is a fascinating subject. We see the passion and determination in his eyes and you cannot help but root for him. It was not about being the best. Senna speaks of racing as his way of spiritually connecting to God. Racing was simply his purpose. The musical score by Antonio Pinto brings out Senna’s spirituality and subtly sets the story from Senna’s perspective. Essentially you are either hearing Senna’s feelings or “how we should feel about the situation”. The music at the finale was particularly impactful. I do not know thing one about Formula One racing and honestly I still do not know very much having seen the film. But Senna took me into another world and it gripped me all the way through. By the end, it struck me still and raised all the hairs on my back ( even though I am Asian). I could not recommend this more, do not let the fact that this is about racing stop you from seeing it. Give it a chance! It is one of the best films of 2011. tagged as action choreography, actor, Adelaide Film Festival, Alain Prost, Antonio Pinto, art direction, Art Director, Asif Kapadia, Audience Award for Best International Feature, Ayrton Senna, BAFTA, Best Documentary, Best Editing, Brazil, Chris King, cinema, cinematographer, cinematography, cinematography by, Composer, 电影，影评, 电影影评, 發行, 监制, 監製, 編劇, 编剧, 美術指導, 美术指导, directed by, directing, director, distributed by, Documentary, documentary film, edited by, editing, Eric Fellner, ESPN Films, 配樂, 配乐, 電影，影評, 電影影評, 香港电影, 香港電影, film, film criticism, film distribution, film review, film studio, FISA Jean-Marie Balestre, Formula One, Frank Williams, Gregers Sall, Jake Polonsky, James Gay-Rees, Los Angeles Film Festival, Lotus, make up, Manish Pandey, McLaren, Melbourne International Film Festival, Midfield Films, movie, movie review, movie studio, music, musical score, original music, People's Choice Awards for Best Documentary, plot, plot summary, produced by, producer, producing, Ron Dennis, San Marino Grand Prix, screenwriter, screenwriting, Script, Senna, sound by, special effects, story, studio, Sundance Film Festival, synopsis, the life and death of Brazilian motor-racing champion, Tim Bevan, Toleman, Universal Pictures, visual effects, Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Williams cars, Working Title Films, World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary, writing, written by, 出品人, 剪接, 动作导演, 動作導演, 原创音乐, 原創音樂, 发行, 导演, 導演, 摄影指导, 攝影指導, 故事, 中国电影, 中國電影, 演员, 演員, 作曲	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line16975
__label__wiki	0.685387	0.685387	July Releases From CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment PETTICOAT JUNCTION: THE OFFICIAL SECOND SEASON The small farming community of Hooterville provided the setting for this highly successful rural situation comedy. Kate Bradley was the widowed owner of the only transient housing in town, the Shady Rest Hotel. Helping her run the hotel were her three beautiful daughters, Billie Jo, Bobbie Jo, and Betty Jo. Also assisting was the girls' lazy Uncle Joe, who had assumed the title of manager. In addition to her involvement with the hotel, the romantic lives of her daughters, and her association with the townspeople, Kate was constantly at odds with Homer Bedlow, vice-president of the C.F. & W. Railroad. Homer was determined to close down the steam-driven branch of the railroad that ran through Hooterville, scrap its lone engine (the Cannonball), and put its two engineers (Charlie Pratt and Floyd Smoot) out of jobs. Actors: Bea Benaderet, Edgar Buchanan, Jeannine Riley, Pat Woodell, Linda Kaye Henning Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC DVD Release Date: July 7, 2009 MATLOCK: THE THIRD SEASON "Matlock" is a legal drama series starring Andy Griffith as defense attorney Ben Matlock--a Harvard-educated, fiery Southerner who charges $100,000 a case to brilliantly defend his clients by finding the real killer. Actors: Andy Griffith, Kene Holliday, Julie Sommars, Nancy Stafford Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC Rating: NR (Not Rated) HOTEL: THE FIRST SEASON An elegant hotel in San Francisco is the setting for each multi-plot episode involving employees of the hotel and an entertaining variety of new guest each week. Actors: Shari Belafonte, Heidi Bohay, James Brolin, Nathan Cook, Shea Farrell, Connie Sellecca, Michael Spound, Anne Baxter DVD Release Date: July 21, 2009 Run Time: 1169 minutes THE LUCY SHOW: THE OFFICIAL FIRST SEASON After the death of her husband, Lucy Carmichael and her friend, the recently divorced Vivian Bagley, move into a house together with their children. The series follows the adventures of the widow Lucy as she grapples with the comic complications of life on her own. Actors: Lucille Ball, Vivian Vance, Jimmy Garrett, Ralph Hart, Charles Lane, Dick Martin, Candy Moore EARLY EDITION: THE SECOND SEASON (US ONLY) An hour-long drama about Chicago native Gary Hobson who becomes a reluctant hero when his morning newspaper reports tomorrow's headlines. Commodities trader Gary Hobson is losing it: his job, his home, and his brilliant attorney wife. He thinks he may even be losing his mind when tomorrow's newspaper mysteriously arrives today--giving him a disconcerting look into the future. What will he do with tomorrow's news? While his best friend Chuck sees the newspaper as a ticket to personal gain, co-worker Marissa convinces Gary that the "early edition" should be used to better peoples' lives. So each day Gary begins anew the struggle to make sense of a world turned upside-down by the changing course of events that come from reading the "early edition." Actors: Kyle Chandler, Shanesia Davis, Fisher Stevens Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC THIS AMERICAN LIFE: SEASON TWO The widely popular, award-winning Chicago Public Radio program of the same name is now a Showtime series. Drawing on a different theme each week, viewers hear compelling stories from everyday folks culled from six months on the road. Host Ira Glass and company create a captivating look at the American Life in a series that's not quite documentary, not much of a news magazine and definitely not a reality show--it's simply unlike anything else. Host: Ira Glass Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC Studio: Showtime Ent. Labels: cbs dvd, CBS TV, DVD, Paramount, Television CANNON: SEASON 2, VOLUME ONE -- DVD review by porfle If you're old enough to remember when "Cannon" first hit the airwaves, you'll know that Cannon's big schtick was that he was fat. That's right--in a world of bald detectives, old detectives, nerdy detectives, Hawaiian detectives, eccentric millionaire detectives, and even the occasional sexy detectives, Cannon was The Fat Detective. In fact, Sonny and Cher even did a spoof of the show once called "Detective Fat." William Conrad's deep, booming voice had gained him fame on the radio as Marshall Matt Dillon in "Gunsmoke", but when the show migrated to television, Conrad was deemed--you guessed it--too fat to play the character. So in 1971, CBS finally made it up to Conrad by concocting a character specifically tailored for him. One whose most distinctive characteristic was the fact that he was--drumroll, please--fat. ("Jake and the Fatman", which just came right out and said it right there in the title, would come later.) But was the show itself "phat"? This new 3-disc DVD set, CANNON: SEASON TWO, VOLUME ONE, provides ample evidence that it was indeed pretty good. Not great, mind you--the production values are a little iffy at times, and the overall look of the show is somewhat low-rent--but definitely not without its charms. The main one of these, of course, being the big guy himself. William Conrad was an easygoing, engaging screen presence who could elevate a pedestrian script and make the most of whatever character moments he was given. His "Frank Cannon" is a tough but affable ex-cop who "tends toward the gut" (as John Wayne put it in THE COWBOYS) but doesn't let that stop him from being an action-oriented kind of guy. When the need arises, Cannon uses that extra weight to push bad guys around and can level a mean karate chop with those ham hands of his. He's handy with a gun, too, and rest assured there's lots of gunplay in this series. As a card-carrying private dick, he can also spout some of that hardboiled dialgue when needed, as in one scene in which a blue-haired Patrick O'Neal finds him difficult to bribe: "What is it with you? Why are you so hard to do business with?" "Maybe because we don't deal in the same coin." Another element in the show's excitement factor is Cannon's beautiful Lincoln Continental Mark IV, which I like to call "the Fatmobile." Whenever a fleeing suspect is speeding away, Cannon hops into this awesome land-yacht and participates in that holiest of 70s cop-show cliches, the car chase. CANNON has a car chase in just about every other episode, because they can always be counted upon to liven up even the blandest script. One episode has three carloads of baddies chasing Cannon through the Los Angeles River and features some satisfying fender-bending action along the way. In another, we even see him chasing a backhoe in a pickup truck down a dirt road. This guy'll chase anything. Plotwise, we find the standard procession of guest characters seeking Cannon's help for various reasons. Some are wrongly accused of murder, while others have more unusual needs for his services. The scripts are mostly pretty involving although light on any kind of real, hard-hitting drama. This was one of my dad's favorite shows, and the networks' goal back then was to offer this kind of familiar, easy-to-take programming to older viewers like him who just wanted to kick back with some boob-tube after work and didn't care for all the preachy "relevant" stuff currently being aimed at the young folks. Heck, I can relate to that. The Quinn-tessential 70s-era Quinn Martin production, CANNON fulfills that requirement very well with the kind of scripts that could've been passed around amongst any number of TV flatfoots with only a few details changed (and probably were). What makes the show unique is the main character himself. William Conrad is supremely relaxed and confident in the role, and seems to enjoy playing it. (If you ever get to see some of the show's bloopers, they'll attest to his funny, lighthearted attitude during filming.) He likes interacting with his guest stars, whether tickling the ivories in a bar for Sheree North or sparring with Marj Dusay in the kitchen over whether or not to add milk to his omelet recipe. A gourmet with discerning tastes, Cannon is often seen whipping up fine cuisine or dining out with the likes of Jessica Walter. In one episode, he spends so much time at the police station doggedly pouring over mug shots in search of a suspect that he actually has to skip a few meals. When at last he pinpoints the right picture, Cannon frantically grabs the phone away from a detective and delivers an urgent directive: "I need the numbers of all the delicatessens in the area that deliver!" One of the show's best qualities is that it doesn't always take place in a grungy urban setting or some overused backlot. Cannon may be a variation of the standard gumshoe character, but he likes to get out and enjoy the wide-open spaces once in a while. In "The Predators" (with guest stars Phyllis Thaxter and fanboy heartthrob Pamela Franklin), we're treated to some breathtaking northern California settings. "Stakeout" finds Cannon soaring through the skies in a glider with Belinda Montgomery, while "Sky Above, Death Below" allows him to shoot a few bad guys on a scenic mountaintop. This goes a long way toward making up for the sometimes low-budget look of the show. Other guest stars of interest include Michael Tolan, Severn Darden, Leslie Charleson, Richard Hatch, Ken Lynch, Lloyd Bochner, Scott Hylands, Jesse Vint, Robert Webber, Mike Farrell, Frank Maxwell, 50s genre icon Kenneth Tobey, Dana Elcar, Charles Cyphers, James A. Watson, Sandy Kenyon, Tracy Reed, George Maharis, Stefanie Powers, Jeanne Bates, Kathleen Freeman, Clue Gulager, Julie Adams, H.M. Wynant, Lois Nettleton, Bert Freed, William Daniels, Linden Chiles, Alex Rocco, Carl Betz, Andrew Duggan, Olan Soule, Katherine Justice, and even former Monkee, Mickey Dolenz. John Parker's familiar "Cannon" theme leads us into the first twelve episodes of the second season in this set. The pictorial quality is good considering that the show never looked all that great to begin with. The sole bonus feature is an option to view episodes with the original pre-titles teasers, which are simply brief montages of upcoming scenes. If I remember correctly, these were originally a regular part of the show. CANNON: SEASON TWO, VOLUME ONE isn't quite on par with the best that classic television has to offer, but it's still an above-average and fun example of the 70s detective show. Just the thing for when you feel like gorging on some tasty junk food for the brain. Labels: cbs dvd, CBS TV, drama, DVD, Porfle, review, Television PERRY MASON: SEASON 4, VOLUME 1 -- DVD review by porfle A lot of people seem to have the same childhood memory of the "Perry Mason" TV show--the music used to scare them. I myself recall hearing it from the other room and being afraid to go in there. It sounds so ominous and threatening, like horrible things must happen on the show that would give you nightmares. Anyway, Fred Steiner's "Park Avenue Beat" is one of the coolest TV themes ever. I have a Tubes live album where they do a really good cover of it, but nothing beats the original version. Now that I'm officially a grown-up and neither the music nor the show itself actually scare me anymore, I've been enjoying a Perry Mason marathon with the 4-disc DVD set PERRY MASON: SEASON 4, VOLUME 1. In fact, I think this is the first time I've ever watched episodes of it all the way through. It's still a pretty serious show--there isn't a whole lot of comedy relief when every episode is about someone getting murdered and someone else being wrongfully accused of it. The fact that the show was so damn serious was another thing that made me steer clear of it as a kid, in addition to my never being able to follow the story. Too much talk, too much information to process and plot to keep up with. But now, I find the show just complicated enough to engage my curiosity and keep me guessing. Sometimes I'm able to figure out who the real killer is in advance, and other times it's a complete surprise. Funny thing is, Perry himself is usually the most easygoing character on the show. This is mainly because he's so smart. Whatever happens, no matter how messed-up, Perry can rely on his brilliant intellect and infallible instincts to help him weave his way slowly but surely toward the solution of any mystery. So he can afford to be cool as a cucumber at all times. Sometimes during a trial, he'll allow himself a subtle smirk at the hopeless attempts of the D.A. to trip him up and prove his client guilty. (Although there are times when some unexpected development or revelation makes him visibly apprehensive.) Perry has such an incredible record of success that by now, the judge should simply save the taxpayers' money and automatically dismiss the case against anyone who hires him as their attorney, because everything after that is just a formality. As Erle Stanley Gardner's literary legal eagle, Raymond Burr always struck me as a mountain of beef in a gigantic black suit. If you're a kid, he can be pretty scary-looking with those impossibly broad shoulders and those big black circles under his eyes. As an adult, I see him and think: "This is the guy I want on my side." Each episode begins with someone getting themselves into a situation in which there's a murder, and all evidence points to them as the killer. Then, as soon as we see them sitting in Perry's office, we breathe a sigh of relief and know that everything will eventually work out okay. Unlike real-life defendants, Perry's clients are never actually guilty--their innocence is established in our eyes as soon as he takes the case--so he never has to resort to legal sleight-of-hand or shady technicalities in order to get them off the hook. That way, his character can always remain a purehearted crusader for justice with his integrity firmly intact and his conscience clear. I like Burr better as the irascible IRONSIDE in his later series, in which he got to be more animated and action-oriented even though he was confined to a wheelchair. But his Perry Mason character is still fascinating to watch. Barbara Hale as his efficient secretary Della Street and William Hopper as private detective Paul Drake, who does all of Perry's legwork, lend solid support and a comfortable comradery. Distinguished character actor Ray Collins is always fine as crotchety old homicide detective Lt. Tragg, whose dogged efforts to nail a suspect for murder are constantly being thwarted by Mason's superior deductive skills. Each episode spends about half an hour setting up the situation, establishing a murder and an innocent suspect, and showing us what a seemingly airtight case Lt. Tragg has against the unfortunate chump. The second half of the episode covers the tense courtroom drama, with the hapless D.A. doing his best to outwit Mason, Lt. Tragg confidently testifying against the accused, and Mason methodically putting together a defense that will invariably blow the case right out of the water at the last minute and reveal the identity of the real killer. More often than not, this results in one of those frantic witness-stand confessions that lawyers say never happen in real life, but which are an integral part of shows like this. There's a lot of verbal cat-and-mouse stuff going on here, which I find engrossing and mentally stimulating when I'm in the mood for that sort of thing. If you're looking for explosions, car chases, and fistfights, this show won't do much for you. But if you're the kind who likes to curl up with a good whodunnit, this is wonderful stuff. As is the norm for shows of this era (circa 1960), the guest cast is often filled with familiar faces. Morris Ankrum, Frank Wilcox, and Bryan Morrow are some of the actors who show up as judges. The revolving line-up of prosecutors includes Christopher Dark, 50s genre favorite Kenneth Tobey, and, most effectively, H.M. Wynant as a hotshot young deputy D.A. who's just aching to prove himself by getting one over on Mason. As for regular castmember William Talman, who is well-known as Perry Mason's usual nemesis Hamilton Burger, he only appears in three episodes in this set--numbers 1, 2, and 15--since this is the season during which Talman was fired after being arrested (in the nude) during the raid of a Beverly Hills party in which marijuana use was suspected. Charges against him were later dismissed, and with the support of Burr, along with the rest of the show's cast and many of its fans, he was rehired. Other notable guests in this set include Robert Redford, James Coburn, a very young Louise Fletcher, Sue Randall (Beaver Cleaver's teacher in "Leave It to Beaver"), Stephen Talbot (Beaver's friend Gilbert), Whit Bissell, Ken Curtis, Bert Freed, Virginia Christine, Hal Smith, William Campbell, Dabbs Greer, Harry Townes, Casey Adams, Coleen Gray, Robert Cornthwaite, Robert Clarke, Kathie Browne, Robert Lowery, Francis X. Bushman, Jeanette Nolan, John "Sgt. Schultz" Banner, Regis Toomey, Bruce Gordon, Corey Allen ("Buzz" in REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE), Richard Deacon, Robert Brown, Arthur Franz, Philip Abbott, Dave Willock, James Westerfield, Vaughn Taylor, John Hoyt, John Lupton, Barry Atwater, and Tony Travis of THE BEATNIKS' fame. The show is filmed in lush, atmospheric black-and-white and the image quality on these digitally remastered DVDs is very good. Each of the four discs contains four episodes. No bonus features. PERRY MASON is one of the genuine milestones of classic television, very evocative of its era, and each episode is like a well-produced mini-movie. With sixteen of Perry Mason's most baffling and exciting cases, PERRY MASON: SEASON 4, VOLUME 1 is solid entertainment all the way. Labels: cbs dvd, DVD, Porfle, review, Television 42nd St Pete Reviews A Sci-Fi Channel Movie this is Actually Good: Vipers Vipers 2007 from Genius Entertainment with Tara Reid, Jonathan Scarfe & Corbin Bernsen. Directed by Bill Corcran Usually I stay far away from these Sci-Fi Channel films, but this one isn’t bad, even with the CG snakes. A bunch of genetically engineered vipers escape from a lab and wind up on an island in the Pacific Northwest. Not only are they venomous, but carnivorous as well. Several victims are eaten, bones and all. Bernsen, who has played the mad scientist or corporate prick in a bunch of films lately, sends a team to rescue the population of the island. Of course he has a plan to destroy the place to cover up any wrong doing. Bet he misses those LA Law paychecks. Inasmuch as I hate CG effects, these are pretty good and the gore will appease some of the most jaded gorehounds. Sometime with the made for the Sci Fi Channel stuff, you have to get the DVD as they still cut out language, nudity and extreme violence. Hint: rent it before you buy it. Posted by IKF at 9:04 AM 0 comments Labels: 42nd St Pete, DVD, Horror, review, Reviews, science fiction 42nd St Pete Reviews Jack Ketchum's The Lost Lost 2008 from Anchor Bay Starring Marc Senter, Shat Astar, Alex Frost, Dee Wallace Stone & Ed Lauter. Directed by Chris Siverson. It was about time that someone made a movie out of a Jack Ketchum novel. Jack is perhaps one of the best horror writers out there, but one who has been overshadowed for many years. Lost is a twisted tale of a sociopath, Ray Pye, who terrorizes his small town. In the opening, Ray cold bloodily kills two girls who are camping (Misty Mundae & Ruby Laroca). One survives, but is brain dead. A detective(Michael Bowen) knows that Ray is guilty and is out to get him. Ray keeps his two companions in line with threats of violence. Ketchum’s twisted tale of dead end, small town life is excellently done here. Rather than give up the ending, this is one that you have to see for yourself. Marc Senter gives a chilling performance as Ray Pye, a guy a lot of us knew during our high school years. These characters, in my life, always met the bad end we thought they would. This film captures the small town, dead end ambiance. All the performers are excellent and I hope to see more of Ketchum’s work translated into film. Let’s see who has the balls to do Off Season or Ladies Night. Labels: 42nd St Pete, DVD, exploitation, Horror, review, Reviews 42nd St Pete Reviews Crap That Makes Him Want To Rip His Eyes Out: 100 Million BC, Feast 2, and Hell Ride Some Reviews on some current stuff that is just a waste of electricity 100 Million BC 2008 Asylum Home Entertainment Starring Michael Gross, Greg Evigan, & Christopher Atkins. Directed by Louie Myman Time travel epic with an elite team sent back in time to retrieve another team that was sent back in the 40’s . Premise is good, but the bad CG stuff kills it. Raptors attack and kill most of the rescue team. The T-Rex is red and Michael Gross looks pretty gross with his balding head covered with liver spots. Guess the budget didn’t allow for make up. The 40’s women have 2000 style enhanced boobage, the CG stuff sucks and nobody noticed a bright red T-Rex roaming around LA at night. Christopher Atkins seems to be a fixture in these crappy films as of late. Hell Ride 2008 from Dimension Extreme Starring David Carradine, Dennis Hopper, Larry Bishop & Vinnie Jones. Directed by Larry Bishop. Presented by Quentin Tarentino. OK, in the Grindhouse scheme of things, biker films were low on the Richter scale. Most weren’t that good and if someone was going to write a book on that genre , it would be about 50 pages. The good ones were The Wild One, The Wild Angels, The Losers , Hells Angels ‘69 & Stone Cold. The rest pretty much sucked. So now we get another QT presents 90 minutes worth of BS. A threadbare plot, a treasure that we never see, throat slashings, immolation's, sluts, shooting, and no freaking plot to go with them. This played for two whole days in my area before it was yanked because no one gave a shit. You would think with all the money Grindhouse lost that someone would reign QT in a bit. Hopper & Carradine seem to be there for name value as Carradine dies rather quickly. Total waste in my estimation. Feast 2: Sloppy Seconds Starring Jenny Wade, Clu Gulager, & Diane Ayala Goldner. Directed by John Gulager. From Dimension Extreme. I did have high hopes for this as I really liked the first one. Now this is being billed as a new “classic” horror series. Someone better look up the definition of classic because this isn’t it. Two survivors from # 1, the Bartender & Honey Pie are now holding off the CG monsters in a small town with an all girl biker gang, two midget wrestlers, and some other disposable characters. This plays out like a video game and that seems to be it’s target audience. Some of it is funny, most of it sucks, especially the “autopsy” scene were people puke, get slimed, and get ejaculated upon. Yeah, you read right, the dead monster’s Ron Jeremy like wazoo winds up all over the cast. I could read into something here, but I won’t .Highlights are a baby getting eaten, a monster screw a cat, Clu beating the shit out of Honey Pie for running off in the first film, a dissolving old lady, and more slimy, pukey, fluids than an Annie Sprinkle porn film. Obviously this film has an audience, but I’m not in it. Labels: 42nd St Pete, Crap, review, Reviews, Short Reviews Splinter DVD Review by 42nd St Pete Splinter 2008 Directed by Toby Williams Starring Shea Whigham, Paulo Costanzo, Jill Wagner and Rachel Kerbs Released by Magnet DVD Considering the pile of poop that is passed off for horror movies these days, this one was a real pleasure to watch. It’s a monster movie, a real goddamn monster movie with no CG, rap, or handicam nonsense. One location, four principle players, gore, shocks, and, for once, a credible storyline. A gas station attendant is opening the place for the day when he is attacked by something furry and full of spikes. A couple is heading in that direction to camp out. Also headed in the same direction is an escaped con and his junkie girl friend. The two campers are taken hostage when the con’s car breaks down. They run over some kind of animal and blow out a tire. The animal has spikes sticking out of it like one of those sea urchins. They was also a sign by the road saying that this is a government test area. While changing the tire, the Con gets a splinter in his finger, hence the title. The “dead” animal comes to like and the "Junkie Chic" freaks out. They arrive at the gas station to find it’s deserted. The junkie find the attendant in the rest room. He begs her to kill him. She runs back to the others, but is attacked by the attendant who “rips right through her”. The Con shoots the attendant who dies. They lock themselves in the place. The junkie seems to still be alive. The Con drags her toward the door, but she morphs into something and attacks. Her hand breaks off and gets in the place. The boyfriend, who is a biologist, sees that it feeds on blood. He thinks it’s a fungus type parasite that uses it victims as hosts to attack others. The dead girl’s bloody corpse hammers her head into the glass door , trying to get in. It becomes a nerve racking game of cat and mouse as the creature attacks and absorbs a lady cop who shows up. The splinter in the con’s finger starts taking him over so an amputation is performed using a Stanley knife and a cinder block. I’m not going to reveal anything else as this has to be seen. A good plot, characters that you actually care about for a change, nasty effects, and overall, a great little film. I give it four stars easily. Get the Blu-Ray and DVD of Spliner at Amazon Labels: 42nd St Pete, DVD, Horror, review, Reviews Taken DVD Review by 42nd St Pete Taken 2009 Directed by Pierre Morel Starring Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen and Maggie Grace This one was a real surprise as the usually reserved Neeson is cast against type as an ex-CIA operative searching for his daughter, who is kidnapped by white slavers while vacationing in Europe. Using every dirty trick he knows to locate her, Neeson ups the violence quota by demolishing anything and anyone in his path. Albanian white slavers(real scumbags) kidnap teenage tourists, hook them on drugs and put them in assembly line brothels. Neeson’s daughter and friend are “taken” soon after arriving in Paris. Neeson is informed that if he can’t find her in a certain amount of time, he will never see her again. Neeson outwits the law and the scumbags at every turn. Seems the head scumbags are well connected with the law. When the leader tells Neeson , that “it’s not personal, it’s business”, Neeson retorts by emptying a Glock into his twitching body. Taken has its roots firmly planted in grindhouse exploitation. The crowd cheered Neeson as he cuts his way though an army of villains and bureaucrats. One of the better scenes has Neeson drive two iron spikes through the guy who kidnapped his daughter thighs and then attach jumper cables to them. He zaps him a few time then, after he gets what he wants, turns the juice on full blast and leaves the guy cooking. Neeson is a one man wrecking crew as he leaves a body count worthy of Charles Bronson. A must see. You can get the the Blu-Ray and Regular DVD of Taken from Amazon. Labels: 42nd St Pete, Action movies, DVD, exploitation, review, Reviews Black Emmanuelle, White Emmanuelle DVD Review by 42nd St Pete Black Emmanuelle, White Emmanuelle Starring Laura Gemser , Annie Belle, Al Cliver, and Gabriele Tinti. Directed by Bunello Rondi. Released by Severin Films. Also known as Emmanuelle in Egypt, this rather obscure entry in the Black Emmanuelle series has Laura Gemser being called Laura, her real name. She is a world class model with an abusive photographer(real life husband, Tinti). He forces her to pose with a dead dog in the stinking desert. They go to mansion and meet some weird people, including a crazy holy man(Al Cliver). Another trip to out in the desert finds some recently dead bodies. He wants Laura to pose with them. She does, but the short haired, Anne Belle, gets a little pissed off. Eventually so does Laura and is chased across the desert and raped by her photographer. The two are constantly telling each other to go fuck themselves or calling each other pieces of shit. Makes you wonder about their off screen relationship. Laura runs away with Anne for some fun after she balks at posing on a huge pile of camel dung. This film is very strange. One of the classy white women gets drunk and is raped by two Arabs in the desert. She is found by Anne, who tells her she doesn’t need men. Some of the film is in English, some parts, obviously restored, are in Italian. Laura flips out at a party. The Holy Man seduces Anne, who says she is leaving with him. Then changes her mind and wanders away with Laura as they both get naked and ‘fini” scrawls across the screen. A bit too confusing and contrived for me, but Laura looks great, naked, half naked, or fully clothed. That is the reason for getting this DVD, if you’re a Laura Gemser fan, you want it, actually you need it and that’s the bottom line. You can get Black Emmanuelle, White Emmanuelle from HK Flix http://www.hkflix.com/xq/asp/filmID.543345/aid.85597/qx/details.htm Labels: 42nd St Pete, DVD, exploitation, review, Reviews, Severin The Story of Prunella DVD Review by 42nd St Pete Story of Prunella 1982 Directed by Phil Prince, Starring Geoge Payne, Ron Jeremy, Ambrosia Fox, Niko, Dennis Christopher & Cher Champagne. Part of the Avon 7 Collection from After Hours. Where most of your 1980s adult film directors stroked your libido with a velvet glove, Phil Prince stoked it with a fist wrapped in barbed wire. Phil made the nastiest films in porn history. While his output of films was small as compared to his contemporaries, Phil’s brand of erotica was soul corroding. Story of Prunella is a well crafted descent into psycho sadism thanks to the acting talents of George Payne. Early on , Payne turns a prostitute (Cheri Champagne) into a disciple. Payne and two other lowlifes escape from prison and are met by Cheri who forgot to bring an escape vehicle. Cheri plays dead to trick a motorist into stopping. The vehicle that does stop contains the warden’s wife and daughter. They force the women to take them to a bridal shower planned for Prunella. The three men and the woman sexual abuse and torment all of the women for an extended period of time. Hot on the trail of the foursome is detective Paul (Ron Jeremy), Prunella’s husband to be. Some of this may be hard for a first time viewer to watch. If your not familiar with Avon’s product, this ride may be too rough for some viewers, but Avon wasn't meant for everyone. Payne’s tour de force performance is completely unhinged. He virtually destroys Prunella’s mind with his brutal rape and the filth that he spews out at her during the degrading rape may appall some viewers. Prince, a lot of his detractors said, took it too far. This may have been adult films climatic moment, as no one today, except our friends in Europe, would have the balls to go where Phil did. The DVD comes with a Phil Prince Documentary. The documentary was interesting, but it seems that no one really knows much about Phil and what happened to him. Bill Landis (of Sleaziod Express) claimed that he shot an associate and was put back in jail. This has been proven inaccurate. Just watching Phil in the documentary makes you realize he may be a little off. Sources have said that Phil admired the work of Andy Milligan and other low budget film makers and tried to emulate them. Phil wanted to make movies. In Prunella, he succeeded. The plot is decent, though you can see a Last House on the Left influence. The players could actually act, which made all the degradation that more believable. Off the women, none were raving beauties, which also added to the back alley ambiance and realism of Prunella. The men all looked the part of degenerate thugs. Anyone wandering into the Avon 7 back in the day, thinking this was your typical sit down and enjoy it kind of a film, quickly had their libido flatlined. Of course, a lot of viewers flocked to these films. Men who reviled in the degradation of women, were repeat viewers. From a historical aspect, this was one of the films singled out by the dreaded Meese Commission as the "most vile and violent examples of mob controlled pornography". Poor George Payne was put in the uncomfortable position of having to testify before that commission. This release is only the tip of the Avon 7/After Hours iceberg. Check out the trailers, all of them are coming soon. These are taken off original prints that made the rounds of the Avon Grindhouses back in the day. You can buy The Story of Prunella from Amazon and help support this website. 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__label__cc	0.552298	0.447702	Archive \| October 11, 2015 Forced Adoption: U.K. Parents Cleared Of Abuse ‘Unlikely to See Their Child Again’ Three Years Later* A couple whose baby was taken into care after they were wrongly accused of abuse are unlikely to get their child back, according to their lawyer. Karrissa Cox and Richard Carter with their baby Karrissa Cox and Richard Carter, both aged 25, were found not guilty of causing injury to their baby at Guildford Crown Court on Wednesday. Three years ago, the couple took their six-week-old baby to hospital after noticing bleeding in the child’s mouth. Doctors, who feared child abuse after finding bruising on the infant’s body and “healing fractures” on an X-ray, called for social services to intervene. The couple saw their child taken into care and later adopted following a ruling of abuse by the family courts, in which they were accused of causing injury to the infant. Cox and Carter were charged with child cruelty, but the criminal case against them collapsed at Guildford Crown Court after new medical evidence showed there were no signs of abuse. “We took our child to the hospital seeking help and they stole our baby from us,” the Surrey couple said in a statement. The first-time parents are hoping to gain custody of their child, who was put up for adoption. However their lawyers believe it is unlikely they will ever see the child again. “These innocent parents have been spared a criminal conviction and a prison sentence for a crime they never committed,” said Michael Turner QC of Garden Court Chambers in London. “Their life sentence is that they are likely never to see their baby again.” Cox, a former soldier and Afghan war veteran, vowed to fight the courts despite the low chance of success. “I feel completely let down by the system, well and truly let down. It’s been a long three years trying to battle this and we’re going to fight to try to get our child back,” he told The Independent. The court was told that medical experts discovered the child was suffering from a blood disorder called Von Willebrands II, which causes a person to bruise easily, as well as vitamin D deficiency and infantile rickets. The prosecution dropped their case against Cox and Carter when one of their own medical experts concluded that he doubted there were any fractures at all. Not guilty verdicts were then entered, according to the Garden Court Chambers. The Crown Prosecution Service said the prosecution’s case based on “expert medical evidence which supported the original charges of cruelty.” A spokesman said: “The case was then reviewed following new medical evidence which concluded that there was no longer a realistic prospect of conviction on any of the charges.” Surrey County Council defended the decision to take the child into care. “With any case like this we only have one thing in mind and that’s the welfare of the child,” a spokesman for the council said. “This case was examined carefully by the family court and having heard all the evidence, it took the view that it was appropriate for the child to be removed from their parents.” Disappearing Children Behind a Wall of Secrecy Upstairs Downstairs: The Madhatter Psychiatrist British Family Courts: Protecting Children from the Baby Snatchers* JUDGE SLAMS Haringey Council over most shocking case ever – but family is destroyed anyhow Saving Children from Who into What! NWO Next Step in Making the State Warden of Your Child* Scotland: The State Take-over of Children* Child Protection Services Kidnapping Thousands of Children within the Law* For Trying to Protect his Children from Wi-Fi, Father is Given Psychotic Drugs* Where Some Children Disappear to on Halloween* The Netherlands: When Child Traffickers Rule a Nation‏ Three Texas CPS Agents Indicted* This entry was posted on October 11, 2015, in Europe, Family, Forum, Humanities, People, Videos, youth and tagged children, civil rights, colonialism, culture, families, global governance, globalization, human rights, humanities, NWO, oppression, society, sovereignty, U.K.. 1 Comment Intercepted ISIS comms Show ‘growing panic’ after Russian Airstrikes* Russian Aerospace Forces have extended the range of their airstrikes on IS positions in Syria to four provinces, focusing primarily on demolishing fortified installations and eliminating supply bases and the terrorists’ infrastructure. Over the last 24 hours Russian aircraft have attacked terrorist positions in the Hama, Idlib, Latakia and Raqqa provinces of Syria. In total, 64 sorties targeted 63 IS installations, among them 53 fortified zones, 7 arms depots, 4 training camps and a command post. The airstrikes were carried out by Sukhoi Su24M and Su-34 bombers and Su-25SM assault aircraft, with Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets ensuring air escort for the assault groups. “Having accomplished combat assignments, all aircraft of the task force operating in Syria successfully returned to the Khmeimim airbase,” said the spokesperson for the Russian Defense Ministry, Igor Konashenkov. In the vicinity of the city of Saraqib in northwest Syria, an artillery position known for inflicting strikes on the nearby residential areas has been exposed and eliminated. A group of Sukhoi Su-24M bombers attacked a terrorist field headquarters near the village of Salma in northwest Syria. This command post has been coordinating operations of the militants in whole of the Latakia province. “A direct hit of a guided KAB-500 air bomb completely destroyed a building with militant commanders inside,” the Defense Ministry’s spokesperson reported. “The airstrike also eliminated five SUVs with ZU-23 double-barreled 23mm anti-aircraft guns mounted on them that were parked nearby.” A Sukhoi Su-24M bomber attacked a thoroughly concealed position of SUVs with mortar launchers mounted on them near the village of Kafer-Delba. As a result of the attack, a mobile sub-artillery battery consisting of four vehicles was eliminated. Aerial reconnaissance discovered a stronghold of terrorists near the village of Achan. A pinpoint airstrike carried out by Su-24M aircraft eliminated the installation, along with an ammunition and logistics depot. The Russian Defence Ministry’s spokesman, Igor Konashenkov, also said that the Russian and American armed forces have held a second video conference regarding the operation in Syria. The two sides discussed in detail proposals voiced at the first such event and focused on issues of air security to be ensured by both sides, since both US and Russian aircraft are currently operating in Syria’s airspace. The date for the next consultation is to be arranged later. The Beast Revealed: U.S. Celebrates Iranian General’s Death at ISIS Hands* U.S. and NATO Launch Disinformation Terror War* Russian Shock and Awe on 60 Terrorist Targets and Kills 300 Terrorists* Putin Blows the Whistle on the Who and the Why of ISIS* This entry was posted on October 11, 2015, in Activism, Asia, Humanities, Middle East, The Americas, Videos and tagged colonialism, global governance, globalization, humanities, Israel, NWO, oppression, Russia, sovereignty, Syria, U.S., videos, WWIII. ‘Justice or Else’ Muslim-led Million Man March Hits Washington* D.C.* By Kevin Barrett Imagine a million Muslims demanding 9/11 truth and justice in the heart of Washington DC. Yesterday it happened. Sort of. The Justice or Else rally on the steps of the nation’s capitol may not have drawn a full million – but it was massive, clearly the third-biggest assembly of (mainly) African-Americans in history, after the 1963 March on Washington and the original Million Man March of October 10th, 1995. It may not have been all Muslims – but it was organized by the Nation of Islam, America’s most powerful, most courageous and best-organized Muslim group. And it wasn’t just focused on 9/11 – but the call for “Justice or Else” did include 9/11 justice, meaning the indictment and conviction of the real perpetrators of the worst crime ever committed on American soil, along with restitution to the victims: beginning with the more than ten million Muslims murdered, injured, robbed or displaced by the War on Islam triggered by the neoconservative coup d’état of September 11th, 2001. (The Constitution, economy, and sanity of the USA might also be considered 9/11 victims.) The slogan “justice or else” scared certain people. But why would anyone be afraid of justice? Do they know themselves to be unjust? America’s Zionist-dominated corporate media, one of the world’s worst forces of injustice, once again disgraced itself by censoring the 9/11 truth component of the event, and collaborating with authorities to minimize crowd estimates and impact. CNN reported the crowd size as “thousands.” But the correct figure must have been in the hundreds of thousands. (The 1995 Million Man March was likewise “officially underestimated” by the Capitol Police and the media.) So what, exactly, does “Justice or Else” mean? The press conference announcing the event listed a number of issues including Black Lives Matter, access to health care, employment, and others…including 9/11 truth. Justice or Else! Yours truly with attorney Barry Kissin, a leading expert on the anthrax component of the 9/11-anthrax false flag Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan’s speech was a clarion call to stand up and put our lives on the line for justice: “What good is life under tyranny? I am willing to do whatever it takes to bring change…I tell the CIA and IRS to go to hell. Fear only God. “If we go home and go back to doing whatever we were doing before we got here, this is vanity. “The demand for justice demands selflessness, integrity, and the willingness to sacrifice our lives. “This thing has reached a point of explosion. A volcanic eruption is coming. “America has nearly reached its time for divine judgment. Today is that great and dreadful day. It is a great day for the righteous. And it is a dreadful day for the wicked. “Justice for Pharaoh is not the same as justice for the Children of Israel. JUSTICE IS FOR THE OPPRESSED. “America has no future for you or for me. She has no future for herself, so how could she have a future for us? “America, you have a chance to stop the judgment, or delay it. But it’s a very narrow window of opportunity.” Farrakhan ridiculed the propaganda lies designed to scare people away from Justice or Else: “When I asked for 10,000 fearless men (willing to ‘kill those who are killing us’) they said I was asking for the killing of white people. I didn’t say that. I’m not crazy! I said ‘they (the killers) deserve the justice of God.’ “We want 10,000 fearless men to go into our community and fight on two fronts: To stop the killing in our community, and stop the police wickedness. But when we go into our community to clean it up, guess who we’re going to run into? Wicked black people and rogue cops. “We’re going to expose you, rogue policemen! “The rogue policemen say they want to be assigned to the black community because ‘that’s where the fun is.’ “What ‘fun’? “You profit from the illegal drug trade. You profit from the prostitution. “Your days of having fun are about to come to an end! “We need a Ministry of Defence! We need a Ministry of Justice!” Farrakhan has been labelled “anti-Semitic” by the mainstream media because he opposes the crimes of Zionism and talks openly about the power of the organized Jewish community in the United States…including the obvious but unspeakable fact that 9/11 was a neocon-Zionist coup d’état designed to launch a 100-years-war-on-Islam-for-Israel. Check out the Times of Israel‘s hysterical reaction to Farrakhan’s truth-speaking: “Farrakhan: ‘Lying, murderous Zionist Jews’ behind 9/11 The Times of Israel makes no attempt to refute any of the facts cite by Louis Farrakhan. It simply calls them “needless to say false.” But they are true and copiously documented. Someone is lying here, and it isn’t Louis Farrakhan. Farrakhan is not just right about what happened on 9/11; he is also right about how we should react: By demanding “justice or else” with full willingness and whole-hearted commitment to becoming an instrument of God’s vengeance on the wicked. “What good is it to live under tyranny?” That is the rhetorical question – a re-statement of Nathan Hale’s last words – that more and more Americans will be asking as the full scope of their leaders’ betrayal becomes increasingly evident and undeniable. 9/11 from Cheney to MOSSAD* Politics as Therapy: They want us to be just Sick Enough not to Fight Back* 22 Years of Fake “Islamic Terror”* How the British Empire aka New World Order Sowed Seeds of Destruction towards Islam* The Relentless Jewish Campaign against Islam* Four Million Muslims Killed and Counting since 1990* Top 10 Ways Islamic Law Forbids Terrorism* And One Ring to Bind Them All* Deleting Religious Thinking: A Governmental Agenda* Democrats Hope to Bury Black Lives Matter in the Elections* Muslim Charities Are Helping To Raise Money for Burned Black Churches In The US* U.K. Muslims with 7/7 survivor Gill Hicks Call for Counter Radicalization Together* Apology to German Muslims from the PEGIDA Movement* Muslims Arrested for Joining Terror Group That Doesn’t Exist* The Official 7/7 London Bombing Story is a Lie* Obama: “We’re Training ISIL”‏ Police Killing Indigenous Americans at Astounding Rate* Indigenous Americans against the Canonization of Junípero Serra* The Vanishing Indigenous Nations of the U.S. – Five Facts* Stop the International War of Genocide on Syrians Catholic Patriarch Demands* ‘We Charge Genocide’: Systematic Murder & Oppression of Blacks Continues in U.S.* This entry was posted on October 11, 2015, in Activism, Diaspora, Humanities, People, Racism, The Americas, Videos and tagged 2015, civil rights, colonialism, culture, global governance, globalization, human rights, indigenous, Muslims, NWO, oppression, society, sovereignty, U.S., videos. The Earth is a Battleground between Good and Evil. The Same Battle Goes on Within All of Us. We are no longer functioning as natural human beings. We are being groomed, and being led along ever more intrusive steps to where we are today. Blatant devil worship. It’s grooming, poisoning people’s minds step by step. Kids are being affected with things like the marriage between Kiss and Scooby Doo, for example. What was the first step? This is going on globally. The Illuminati symbolism. This complete junk. They’re going for a global culture. The first step was to disconnect people from God. To make people believe they are only one thing, sinners or potential sinners. If you don’t believe there is God within you, and you believe you are only potential evil, you are doing the Devil’s work. There is good and evil in the world. The same exists within all of us. Can we maximise the good, and minimise the evil? We start off by doing that within ourselves. The more good or Godlike we become, that will manifest itself in our lives. We must nurture the God/good within us. The Illuminati tries to cut the good off within us. Someone with a positive outlook would not allow themselves to accept the deal that we now all have. People in the future will not accept the world that we have now. It’s taken generations to get to the current state. Our parents, our grandparents have been groomed with the evil, the consumerism, the hedonism, the entitlement, the self centredness which now seems entirely normal. People now think the educational system is normal. It isn’t. People have no idea what it is to be a natural human being. It will take a lot for us to be de-groomed. People can only resurface gradually from where they are now. Each of us is a potential Godlike human being within us, and a potential devil-like human being. Most people make no choice either way, they lean slightly one way or the other. That’s all. The problem is that it’s really easy to become evil. We have a soul which wants to stop us going the evil way. Most people do. The system we live within makes us veer towards the dark side. It is easier for you to be a bad person. Yet within your heart, your inner world is fighting back the other way. To be a good person, a good person is aware that the system around them has been set up the way it has to bring evil easily within reach, and they can see the necessity to override the system, and live according to the internal world. There are very few true spiritual people in the world. It’s hard to deny yourselves the sensory stimulations, the pleasures, the material world made tempting around you, but it leads you down a dark road. You can’t grow spiritually at all, and you are surrounded by other people who are stunted spirituality. To break the pattern gives you, and the world, a huge opportunity. Your soul is the most precious gift you possess. This gift is devalued by religious teaching, which plants prejudiced ideas in your mind. How many people are conspiring to become a saint, serving the good within you and the world. 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The Anti-Christ and Armageddon around Damascus* The Elite’s Cultural Marxist Agenda Rockefeller Music Project in the War on Consciousness* The American Family Being Forced Into Extinction* A True Story of Prejudice: The Shepherd and the Wolf To Have Your Life Scripted for a Global Agenda* Sexual Assaults on Children Rise to 85 a Day in the U.K.* Where is Your Heart? Discovering the Power of the Heart* Love Misplaced By Capitalism* Pope and the One World Religion?* ‘Science’ Catches up with the Heart’s Intelligence* Repackaged Eugenics for Modern Times* The Frankfurt School* Nigerian Bishops Western LGBT Imperialism* The Words ‘Husband’ and ‘wife’ to become Illegal in US* CERN: Connection between Particles and Influenced Human Consciousness* Top Scientists Tell Russia Foetus is Human. Ban Abortion.* Hollande Calls for Transfer of Sovereignty to a United States of Europe* They’re Not Baby Parts, They’re ‘Products of Conception’* Nicole Kidman’s Father Silenced by Ninth Circle Satanic Cult* The Satanic Temple Unveils a Massive Statue of Baphomet in Detroit* The Microbiome and the Sacredness of the Womb* My Journey from Racism* Gays Who Reject the Illuminati Agenda* A Global Paedophile Ring Busted from Australia* “Pope Francis” to curtail his U.S. visit after Catholic Child Trafficking Event is Targeted for Disruption* Religious Fanaticism is a Western Tradition* Solzhenitsyn on Western Decadence and Its Remedy* Ancient Ancestors Had More DNA Than We Do Now* This entry was posted on October 11, 2015, in Art & Culture, Education, Family, Health, Humanities, Media, Self Development, Spirituality, Videos, youth and tagged children, colonialism, global governance, globalization, humanities, interfaith, jihad an nafs, life lessons, lifestyles, mental health, NWO, oppression, self awareness, Shift of Ages, society, videos. The False Alien Threat to Be Used to Keep Populations in Fear* The final card is coming closer. Dr Carol Rosin was right all along but when will the false alien agenda happen? She related how after asteroids, people will be faced with another false threat to justify space weaponry and other forms of powerful government control, that from aliens, as told to her by Dr Werner Von Braun. And it’s all false, he told her over and over. US Deploys ‘Sky Dreadnought’ Over Ukraine; Media Calls it ‘UFO’‏ UFO’s: Pure PSYOPS, for Real or Both! UFO’s … Fake It! Aliens my A*! Alien Abductees or Mind Control Experiments?* Paris Climate Change Conference shows Road to NWO Weather Control* NASA Lies* U.S. Policies, ‘Invading Contagious Aliens’ and Why Carolina and Daughters Walked 1,500 miles to Escape Rape* Has CERN Shut Down?* The U.S. Expanding its Domain to Space and Cyberspace* This entry was posted on October 11, 2015, in Humanities, Media, The Americas, Videos and tagged 2015, colonialism, global governance, globalization, human rights, humanities, NWO, oppression, society, sovereignty, U.S., videos.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line16979
__label__wiki	0.588856	0.588856	Hyphen TV: It's Gonna Be Difficult Dianne Choie Don't mess with Takashi and his sharp knife. It was time for a wedding on Top Chef Masters, and the chefs were tasked with serving up appetizers, entrees, and dessert for 200 guests in just 24 hours. The couple getting married, Christine and Jay, have been through a lot on their road to their wedding: Christine's best friend, sister-in-law, and maid of honor passed away, then the venue the couple reserved disappeared -- along with their deposit. The chefs were determined to turn the poor couple's terrible luck around while also paying tribute to their shared Filipino heritage. Adorable couple. Congratulations! Takashi went with a braised pork belly, pickled daikon, and steamed bun entree that the judges called "fabulous," "a completely satisfying little mini sandwich," and "so many guests' favorite." Patricia also did some pickling with her appetizer, serving pickled mackerel with coconut and chilies in a spoon. The judges called the app "really a revelation" and "absolute magic," and like Takashi, the judges thought that Patricia nailed the Southeast Asian flavors that Jay and Christine were looking for. Is it any wonder that both chefs landed in the top three, with Patricia taking first place? Her charity, Heifer International, has now earned $16,000 in donations thanks to Patricia's efforts. Awesome! On Project Runway, the designers worked in pairs to create a red carpet look for a former Runway contestant (one of whom was our beloved Anya!). Buffi was paired with Elena, and though the latter stressed herself to the point of near meltdown, their dress for Laura was deemed safe. Buffi prepares to show client Laura her animal print hair ideas. Kooan also had a stressful pair experience, but then Kooan probably has trouble working with most people. His partner Gunnar was nervous from the moment he was matched with Kooan, and the elegance that their (fairly snippy and generally difficult) client Irina asked for made the pair of designers even more uneasy. In Kooan's words, "Elegant is part that makes me ... nnngh, it's gonna be difficult." Kooan's wacky taste is far from elegance, so he dutifully followed Gunnar's guidance. They ended up with a clean white sheath of a dress that Irina nitpicked angrily to Kooan just minutes before the runway show. He fixed the mistake she pointed out but then interviewed, "I feel sad, not happy. If I'm happy I can work faster." The whole thing pretty much spelled Kooan's doom. Ven worked with Fabio to make a dress for another particular client, the infamous Kenley. Between her established retro style and Ven's established methods of structure and finishing, Fabio was the one in his duo to follow the lead of his partner. In the end they came up with a 60s silhouette that screamed Kenley with beautiful folded detailing that was like a neon sign reading "VEN." I mean, you'd know who made that from a mile away, right? No one was surprised when Ven landed in the top yet again, but everyone (including Kooan and his partner) was shocked when Kooan and Gunnar joined him. The judges found Kenley's dress expensive-looking, and Michael added that he could see Ven's polish and moderation all over it. Even Fabio admitted that the technique was all Ven. Irina's dress was the one that Jeidi said she would rather wear of the two, and Michael praised Gunnar and Kooan for understanding their client and creating a great silhouette for her. When asked who should take the win if their dress was chosen, Kooan didn't hesitate a moment to say that it should be Gunnar: "I couldn't make this without him at all." However, it was Ven who took the win for the second time in a row, meaning he'll once again have immunity and he'll get to attend the Emmys with Kenley, who will wear his dress. I have to admit that I was disappointed with Ven's lackluster reaction to the news; I know that not everyone visibly freaks out when happy, but it's kind of a bummer to see all the designers so excited about the prospect of the Emmys, and then Ven reacts with such coolness. Still, I would never deny that his dress was gorgeous, and that he was its main creator. Maybe try shaking things up a bit next time, though? Also, is that Kooan leaving the competition in the preview for next week? Yikes! Don't leave, Kooan! I'm finally getting used to you. We have another competitor on Craft Wars! Raymond Lin is an educator at the Brooklyn Children's Museum and he's also a sculptor. Remember those crazy cool busts of Futurama characters as "real" people that hit the internet last year? Those were Ray's! For the first challenge, Ray and his assistant/girlfriend Noelle had to create a lamp out of glasses, goggles, and magnifying glasses. Ray decided to go with an art nouveau look, creating a swirling base from which he hung a drum with a bulb inside. He heated up the lenses of glasses and sunglasses so that he could flatten them out and create a kind of mosaic tile look on the side of the drum. The judges liked his techniques, but they wished they could see more of the challenge materials. Still, it was enough to get him to the second round. Yeah, "mosaic" might be stretching it a bit. Ray and Noelle then had to create an entire bedroom set while incorporating colorful zippers. Repeating the thought process he used for the lamp, Ray created an ambitious list of things to make: canopy, chair, headboard, curtains, and rug (the mattress and wall were already provided), but he didn't have as much of a plan for the zippers. Ray and his team were able to finish everything he wanted, but they ran out of time to paint the wall stripes straight and to properly paint a stencil decoration on the headboard. Although he was able to show the judges how he borrowed ideas from Greek, African, Indian, and other cultures, and they were impressed with his tufted headboard, the judges couldn't excuse his sloppiness or the fact that the challenge's zippers were a bit of an afterthought. Ray came in second, but he's still a pretty good candidate if you're ever looking to build a whole lot of furniture fast. I do like a stripey room. I have little to say about this week's Sullivan and Sons besides the fact that I believe it's the first time that the character Ahmed (played by comedian Ahmed Ahmed) was mentioned by name. He was in the father/son darts tournament with his father Amul (please forgive the possible misspelling; the character isn't listed in the credits). I have few positive things to say about this show, but I absolutely appreciate the casual incorporation of characters of different backgrounds. Even main character Steve's Korean heritage is treated as mere fact and not some strange or exotic thing to marvel at. You have to tip your hat to that. Of course, Steve's mom then saying something like, "That woman's had more d[u]ongs than a Vietnamese phone book" squanders most of that goodwill. Sigh. Ahmed and dad and Hawaiian shirts. Awkward. isn't too shabby with the understated diversity either, as we saw this week when an unnamed (and uncredited -- sorry, actor!) APA classmate accosted Jenna in the hall. He wasn't even tied to the Asian mafia or anything; just a dude commenting on a girl people think is slutty. Y'know. Like you see in any high school hallway. "You may be taller than me, but my hair is taller than yours." We also found out that Ming considers herself experienced with love(!) now that she has Fred (who doesn't appear in the episode, unfortunately) in her life. She knew it was the real thing when he poured her a beer that was mostly foam, a move Ming interpreted as Fred instinctively knowing that she's a lightweight. Sure, he might just be bad at pouring beer, but let's call it love and bring Fred back! Moon Bloodgood was on Conan to promote her show Falling Skies. She talked about her name, her pregnancy, and her Korean rage. There just isn't enough K-rage discussion in popular culture; I totally identify with you, Moon! Can you believe she's five and a half months pregnant? top chef masters Sullivan and Son Craft Wars Dianne Choie's TV is in Brooklyn, NY. She has a cat, several reusable shopping bags, and other mildly annoying stereotypes of youngish people who live in Brooklyn. 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__label__wiki	0.729419	0.729419	Home / Stock Picks / Dividend Stocks / 5 Dividend Stocks Worth Keeping an Eye On 5 Dividend Stocks Worth Keeping an Eye On Investors are bidding up dividend stocks as a number of Big Tech giants roll over By Anthony Mirhaydari, InvestorPlace Market Strategist Sep 5, 2018, 3:39 pm EST September 5, 2018 U.S. equities stumbled out of the gate on Wednesday, continuing their recent bout of weakness as a number of high-beta large-cap technology stocks suffered a round of selling pressure. Stocks in the periphery of the “FAANGs” such as semiconductor and cloud computing names also rolled over. The catalyst is the ongoing Capitol Hill hearings with executives from Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) and Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) fielding questions from Congress about issued like Russian meddling and conservative censorship. The fear is that growing political pressure will lead to profit-limiting regulatory action. Indeed, one senator warned that the “Wild West” era for social media was ending. In response, investors have rotated into more defensive areas of the market such as consumer staples and utilities. This is poised to boost a number of dividend-focused stocks which have been under some pressure lately on account of weakness in long-term Treasury bonds. So not only are yields looking more attractive in these names, but they look ready for some capital gains as well. Here are five dividend-paying stocks to watch: Dividend Stocks to Watch: Ford (F) Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) shares are working on building double-bottom support near the $9-a-share level after suffering a 25% decline from the levels seen in June. Headwinds have been hitting the entire automaker space on fears over higher car loan rates, collapsing demand for passenger cars vs. trucks and SUVs, and worries that President Trump’s trade wars will disrupt both revenue growth and margins (higher metal prices). The stock carries a 6%+ dividend yield. The company will next report result son Oct. 24 after the close. Analysts are looking for earnings of 32 cents per share on revenues of $34 billion. When the company last reported on July 25, earnings of 27 cents per share missed estimates by three cents on a 2.8% decline in revenues. Dividend Stocks to Watch: CenturyLink (CTL) Centurylink Inc (NYSE:CTL) shares look ready to resume the uptrend that has been in play since last November when prices found a low near $12. A near doubling into the high set in August resulted in some profit taking and a return to the 20-day moving average as defensive sectors find favor. The stock carries a 10.1% dividend yield. The company will next report results on Nov. 7 after the close. Analysts are looking for earnings of 29 cents per share on revenues of $5.9 billion. When the company last reported on Aug. 8, earnings of 27 cents per share matched estimates on a 44.3% rise in revenues. Dividend Stocks to Watch: PPL Corp. (PPL) Shares of PPL Corp (NYSE:PPL), an electric utility, are pushing up and out of their post-February bottoming pattern and have crossed up and over their 200-day moving average. Retaking the level for the first time since late 2017. Merely a return to the late 2017 trading range would be worth a gain of roughly 15% from current levels. Analysts at Citigroup recently initiated coverage with a “neutral” rating. The stock carries a 5.5% dividend yield. The company will next report results on Nov. 1 before the bell. Analysts are looking for earnings of 57 cents per share on revenues of $1.97 billion. When the company last reported on Aug. 7, earnings of 55 cents per share beat estimates by a penny on a 7.1% rise in revenues. Dividend Stocks to Watch: Southern Co. (SO) Southern Co (NYSE:SO) shares have suffered a 10% drop from the highs seen in early August but looks ripe for a reversal here on a rotation into defensive sectors amid solid operating results. Management raised forward guidance above Street estimates last month. But a wave of analyst downgrades followed on concerns over equity dilution to help fund the construction of two new nuclear power plants. The stock carries a 5.5% dividend yield. The company will next report results on November 7 before the bell. Analysts are looking for earnings of $1.05 per share on revenues of $6.7 billion. When the company last reported on Aug. 8, earnings of 80 cents per share beat estimates by 11 cents on a 3.6% rise in revenues. Dividend Stocks to Watch: Altria Group (MO) Altria (NYSE:MO) shares are rising up and off of support from their 50-day moving average heading for another breakout attempt above its 200-day moving average that was lost back in February. Shares have been drifting lower since peaking in the summer of 2017 as investors grow concerned the company is being left behind by the trend towards vaping and the popular JUUL e-cigarette. But the company is fighting back with its heat-not-burn Marlboro Heatsticks — which have been popular in Japan. The stock carries a 5.4% dividend yield. The company will next report results on Oct. 25 before the bell. Analysts are looking for earnings of $1.07 per share on revenues of $5.2 billion. When the company last reported on July 26, earnings of $1.01 beat estimates by a penny on a 3.7% decline in revenues. Anthony Mirhaydari is the founder of the Edge (ETFs) and Edge Pro (Options) investment advisory newsletters. Free two- and four-week trial offers have been extended to InvestorPlace readers. Article printed from InvestorPlace Media, https://investorplace.com/2018/09/5-dividend-stocks-to-buy-big-tech-selloff/.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line16986
__label__wiki	0.666573	0.666573	UC Research Repository UC Home Science: Theses and Dissertations Search the UC Research Repository All of the RepositoryCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects A multidisciplinary engineering geological investigation of cliff collapse at Redcliffs in the 22nd February and 13 June 2011 earthquakes thesis_fulltext.pdf (21.59Mb) Lo_Use_of_thesis_form.pdf (105.6Kb) Lo, Reuben Bing Quan Thesis Discipline The collapse of Redcliffs’ cliff in the 22 February 2011 and 13 June 2011 earthquakes were the first times ever a major failure incident occurred at Redcliffs in approximately 6000 years. This master’s thesis is a multidisciplinary engineering geological investigation sought to study these particular failure incidents, focusing on collecting the data necessary to explain the cause and effect of the cliff collapsing in the event of two major earthquakes. This study provides quantitative and qualitative data about the geotechnical attributes and engineering geological nature of the sea-cut cliff located at Redcliffs. Results from surveying the geology of Redcliffs show that the exposed lithology of the cliff face is a variably jointed rock body of welded and (relatively intact) unwelded ignimbrite, a predominantly massive unit of brecciated tuff, and a covering of wind-blown loess and soil deposit (commonly found throughout Canterbury) on top of the cliff. Moreover, detailing the external component of the slope profile shows that Redcliffs’ cliff is a 40 – 80 m cliff with two intersecting (NE and SE facing) slope aspects. The (remotely) measured geometry of the cliff face comprises of multiple outstanding gradients, averaging a slope angle of ~67 degrees (post-13 June 2011), where the steepest components are ~80 degrees, whereas the gentle sloping sections are ~44 degrees. The physical structure of Redcliffs’ cliff drastically changed after each collapse, whereby seismically induced alterations to the slope geometry resulted in material deposited on the talus at the base of the cliff. Prior to the first collapse, the variance of the gradient down the slope was minimal, with the SE Face being the most variable with up to three major gradients on one cross section. However, after each major collapse, the variability increased with more parts of the cliff face having more than one major gradient that is steeper or gentler than the remainder of the slope. The estimated volume of material lost as a result of the gradient changes was 28,267 m³ in February and 11,360 m³ in June 2011. In addition, surveys of the cliff top after the failure incidents revealed the development of fissures along the cliff edge. Monitoring 10 fissures over three months indicated that fissured by the cliff edge respond to intense seismicity (generally ≥ Mw 4) by widening. Redcliffs’ cliff collapsed on two separate occasions as a result of an accumulated amount of damage of the rock masses in the cliff (caused by weathering and erosion over time), and two Mw 6.2 trigger earthquakes which shook the Redcliffs and the surrounding area at a Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA) estimated to be around 2 g. The results of the theoretical study suggests that PGA levels felt on-site during both instances of failure are the result of three major factors: source of the quake and the site affected; topographic amplification of the ground movement; the short distance between the source and the cliff for both fault ruptures; the focus of seismic energy in the direction of thrust faulting along a path that intercepts Redcliffs (and the Port Hills). Ultimately, failure on the NE and SE Faces of Redcliffs’ cliff was concluded to be global as every part of the exposed cliff face deposited a significant volume of material on the talus at the base of the cliff, with the exception of one section on the NE Face. The cliff collapses was a concurrent process that is a single (non-monotonic) event that operated as a complex series of (primarily) toppling rock falls, some sliding of blocks, and slumping of the soil mantle on top of the cliff. The first collapse had a mixture of equivalent continua slope movement of the heavily weathered / damaged surface of the cliff face, and discontinuous slope movement of the jointed inner slope (behind the heavily weathered surface); whereas the second collapse resulted in only discontinuous slope movement on account of the freshly exposed cliff face that had damage to the rock masses, in the form of old and (relatively) new discontinuous fractures, induced by earthquakes and aftershocks leading up to the point of failure. post-failure Science: Theses and Dissertations [3607] https://canterbury.libguides.com/rights/theses 364 2987 ext 8718 ucresearchrepository@canterbury.ac.nz © University of Canterbury Library Send Feedback \| Contact Us	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line16987
__label__cc	0.739763	0.260237	About me and the website About the header photos About the blog and its bloggers 2013 Seminar Photo The website and group blog of Irfan Khawaja ← We Play Our Part, and They Play Their Games Terrorism Justified: A Response to Vicente Medina → A War of Convenience Posted on April 16, 2018 by Irfan Khawaja under Uncategorized I’m sure this strategy has Putin and Assad cowering in fear: America’s allies in Britain and France declared that they were prepared to act again if necessary, but made clear that they did not want to become further involved in Syria. We will take all necessary measures to deter our enemies…unless doing so becomes a hassle. Right, but wouldn’t that be an invitation on Putin and Assad’s part to make it a hassle? If you don’t want “to become further involved in Syria,” wouldn’t non-involvement be the more obvious method to adopt? This entry was tagged Donald Trump, Syria, warfare. Bookmark the permalink. 3 thoughts on “A War of Convenience” mlyoung57 Isn’t the message rather that we will definitely punish the use of chemical weapons, but are not so keen on military involvement that would involve things like battles, casualties, attempting to achieve strategic objectives? Putin bluffed in saying we can’t have the first thing without him involving us in the second. We not only called his bluff but showed him how things might go if the same words were not bluff (new stealth missiles, coming from unexpected, far-away, hard-to-retaliate-against assets). He would be a fool to draw us in. Especially since Assad can get everything he wants (and Putin what he wants, a sort-of puppet regime and a military base), just more slowly, without using chemical weapons. Seems like a coherent and effective strategy to me. And one that furthers moral ends. Irfan Khawaja The message is we will definitely punish the use of chemical weapons unless doing so costs us any inconvenience. It’s an utterly pointless, meaningless message to send. To ask the obvious: Assad’s use of chemical weapons has literally zero security ramifications for the US, France, or Britain. So why are we bombing him over it? The answer seems to be: because the use of chemical weapons, in and of itself, is punishable. Why would it be? The missile strikes have not and cannot unseat Assad, and have not and cannot change the course of the war in any substantive way. Putin supports Assad. He wants Assad to be in power. Assad remains in power. So I don’t see how Putin’s bluff has been called in any way. The strikes are, for Syria and Russia, merely the cost of doing business. How high a cost? If you listen carefully to our generals, the hard fact is that they can’t answer that question. They are the ones bluffing us: every thing they’ve said about the outcome of the strikes is obvious, transparent BS. The US coalition hit three targets. Two were storage facilities. What was in them? No answer. The third was a research facility. What was in it? No answer. Was anything in it? No answer. They gave the Syrians and Russians days of advance warning that a strike was coming. If you were a Syrian military planner, and you knew that strikes were coming, and you knew that they were targeting your chemical facilities, and you also knew that the people targeting you were afraid of getting entangled in a real war, and you knew that the one thing that scared them more than anything else was Russian retaliation, what would you do? I know what I would do. I would move all of my CW assets to precisely those places that would, if hit, target a full-blown Russian retaliation. Why? Because the idiots targeting you have just told you that they won’t hit places like that. In other words, they themselves have signaled to you where to put your CW assets to keep them safe. And why is that? Because they want to pretend to be fighting a “war,” or something that looks like one, but they are, by their own admission, afraid to fight a real war. As well they should be. Who fights a real war over an issue that has zero security ramifications for one’s country? I’m sure that some CW assets are hard to move. But anything that’s movable was likely moved. And of the non-movable assets, only one facility was hit (the research one). With respect to that one facility, it’s not clear what the damage amounted to. On purely tactical grounds, that looks more like a joke than anything else. Incidentally, our military has not come clean with us about the ratio of missiles launched to those that found their targets. The Russians and Syrians claim that many of our missiles were intercepted (the figure I’ve read is that approximately 70% of them were). I’ve read the news pretty carefully, and have not seen our military directly contest the Russian-Syrian claim. Every claim I’ve seen about Syrian defenses has been an attempt to divert attention from the interception issue. Suppose for a moment that the Russian-Syrian claim is only half true: they intercepted 35% of our missiles. Isn’t that an intelligence bonanza for them? They tested their air defense systems against our missiles by inducing us to fire our missiles in a case where we had literally nothing to gain by firing them. I don’t understand your claim that Putin would be a fool to “draw us in.” We’re already in. The official figure is 2,000 troops, but that’s likely to be a lie; it’s probably more. The bizarre irony is that Trump is the one who wants to withdraw our ground forces from Syria. You withdraw troops from a place when you lack a military stake in the place. But you fire missiles when have one. So which is it? And how is that–having a military stake and lacking one–coherent? Trump’s most recent boast was that we, meaning the Americans, drove ISIS out of Syria. That strikes me as a patent falsehood on both counts, but let it go. The kernel of truth in it is that ISIS is now weakened. But they’re not gone. If so, they remain something of a threat, in which case what sense does it make to weaken Assad if there is no viable alternative to him, and one of the alternatives is ISIS, which we regard as the prime threat? My favorite part of this is that while Syrian chemical weapons posed no threat to us, Russian hacking does, and the Russians are now poised to launch a cyber-terrorist campaign against us in retaliation for our missile strikes. In other words, we faced no particular threat before this missile strike, but the strike has managed to create one. Obviously, we’re more vulnerable to their cyber-terrorism than they are to our missile strikes on Syria. To top it all off: This passage is worth the price of the whole article: Speaking later with reporters aboard Air Force One as Mr. Trump headed to Florida, Ms. Sanders added that “the president has been clear that he’s going to be tough on Russia, but at the same time he’d still like to have a good relationship with them.” In other words, we have to be tough on these monsters backing the animals in Syria. But we also have to be friends with the monsters backing the animals in Syria. As for the monsters we’re backing in Syria… I think this video nicely clarifies the logic of the situation. There’s one interview with the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (a Republican), and one with the ranking Democrat. The irresponsibility here is breathtaking. Corker is too busy and arrogant to break stride while discussing the matter; he wants a “surgical” response, and regards that metaphor as having self-evident meaning in a military context. Because as everyone knows, missile strikes are just like surgery. Asked to give literal content to his metaphor, he changes the subject. Menendez, meanwhile, criticizes the President for failing to have a strategy that promotes “our goals”: stopping the use of chemical weapons, ending the civil war, defeating ISIS, stopping the humanitarian disaster. (He doesn’t add: overthrowing Assad, re-building Syria in our image, etc.) The goals themselves are apparently self-evident to him; less evident is that the means to them would require a full-scale war. In other words, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee seems to be attacking Trump…from the right! In one respect, Menendez is absolutely right: a military strike is not a strategy; it’s a tactic in search of a strategy. If you’re going to be militarily involved somewhere, you need a strategy, not a series of unintegrated tactics. But unintegrated tactics are what Trump has given us, and it’s why his “policy” is incoherent and pointless. In another respect, Menendez is more devastatingly wrong than Trump himself. His “comprehensive strategy on Syria” is just a comprehensive plan for an all-out war against Syria. He calls it a “full engagement,” but that’s just a euphemism for “another war.” I’d almost prefer Trump’s incoherent pointlessness to that. What I’d really like, though, is for someone to explain why military engagement with Syria–of any kind, comprehensive or surgical–is required in the first place. ridiculous2017 on The Girl Who Did Her Cause No… Irfan Khawaja on The Girl Who Did Her Cause No… radgeekdotcom on The Girl Who Did Her Cause No… Irfan Khawaja on Reparations Revisited Nightcap \| Notes On… on War with Iran (14): When Proxy…	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line16989
__label__wiki	0.923343	0.923343	The milky way: Can Unilever-Horlicks deal make health drink sector taller, stronger As India’s largest consumer goods company picks up Horlicks, the biggest brand in the health food drinks sector, as part of a Rs 31,700 crore deal with GlaxoSmithKline, The Indian Express on whether Hindustan Unilever’s acquisition can help revive a flagging sector and make it “taller, stronger, sharper” Written by Sandeep Singh , Krishn Kaushik \| Updated: December 9, 2018 4:42:19 pm Horlicks brand has grown in volume to become India’s largest in the ‘health food drinks’ category, occupying nearly half the industry market share. Horlicks madhi” (Malayalam for “Only Horlicks”) is what Sanjeev Bikhchandani remembers from his days in the brand management team of Horlicks, 30 years after he ended his association with the company. Bikhchandani, since then founder-owner of Info Edge that owns naukri.com, Zomato and Bharat Matrimony, among others, says that he remembers hearing the phrase and its other regional variants over and over again when he traveled across parts of South India in 1989, when he joined the company. Since then, the Horlicks brand has grown in volume to become India’s largest in the ‘health food drinks’ category, occupying nearly half the industry market share and clocking over Rs 3,000 crore in sales in FY’17. So earlier this week, when Unilever announced the merger of its India unit, Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL), with GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (GSKCH), thereby acquiring the Horlicks brand globally and absorbing Boost, Viva and Maltova brand into the merged entity (HUL and GSKCH), it created a splash in the corporate circles. As part of the Rs 31,700 crore acquisition deal, while Boost, Viva and Maltova will be owned by Hindustan Unilever, Horlicks will be owned by parent company Unilever, with HUL paying a royalty for its use in India. The deal also makes HUL, India’s largest consumer goods company, the country’s largest listed foods company. As news of the deal flashed into drawing rooms, many wondered what it would mean for the sugary malt drink they had grown up drinking. Horlicks in India An apocryphal story about Horlicks is that the drink first came to the country along with Indian soldiers who returned from Europe after World War-1. The drink, imported and sold in India in the early 20th Century as a nutrition supplement “to boost energy levels”, was called Diastoid by its British inventors William and James Horlick with an advertising slogan that read: ‘Horlick’s Infant and Invalids Food’. With a change in import policy in 1955, sales of Horlicks in India stopped for a couple of years, before the company set up its first plant in Nabha, Punjab, in 1956-57. Over the next five decades, the company witnessed several change of hands. Yet, what remained steady was Horlicks’ dominance of the health food drink market despite the entrance of competitors such as the Cadbury-owned Bournvita and Complan, then owned by Kraft Heinz (Complain was recently sold to Zydus Wellness). While Horlicks commands over 45 per cent market share in the health food drinks category, together with Boost, Maltova and Viva, GSK Consumer Health held nearly 60 per cent of this market. For Horlicks, East and South India have traditionally been strong markets, accounting for roughly 80 per cent of its sales in the country. Bikhchandani says that around 1990, Tamil Nadu was the largest market for Horlicks, accounting for 32% of national sales, followed by West Bengal that contributed 19%. Bikhchandani has his explanation for the popularity of the drink in these markets. He says that until Operation White Flood in the 1970s, India was by and large a milk deficient country. While the north and the west of India started to come out of the milk shortage in the 1980s, it took time for the eastern and southern states to bridge this gap — that helped since Horlicks was marketed as a nutrition supplement that could even be mixed with water. North and West India, says Bikhchandani, have since remained more “brown milk” markets, where Bournvita and Boost have traditionally done better business. GSK Consumer Healthcare stayed the market leader in the country’s health food drinks sector simply because Horlicks accounted for half the products sold in the category by volume. To buy out GSK’s consumer healthcare business, which owns the beverage brands, HUL will issue 4.39 of its shares for every share of GSK Consumer Healthcare — a deal that values GSK Consumer Healthcare at Rs 31,700 crore. This transaction means that Unilever, the international promoter entity of HUL, will have to let go of some of its ownership of HUL, which will be given to GSK. As of now, Unilever owns 67.2 per cent of HUL’s shares, with 32.8 per cent held by the public. Once the deal is completed, Unilever’s shareholding will come down to 61.9 per cent, and public’s shareholding will drop to 32.4 per cent. The remaining 5.7 per cent of HUL’s shares will be held by GSK. Market experts say the deal will propel HUL to become the leader in the health food drinks segment, an industry in which it had no presence until now. Nationally HUL’s share in the ‘Foods and Refreshment’ market, of which ‘health food drinks’ is a sub-category, will see an impressive jump from 18.4 per cent to 27.8 per cent, according an analysis done by Edelweiss, a leading financial services firm. GSK’s decision to sell its health food drinks to Unilever this week comes less than two months of Kraft Heinz’s decision to sell Complan to Zydus Wellness. Industry insiders say that while growth stagnation within the segment was one factor that led to the exit, the other is the global trend of consolidation and shifting of focus to core businesses. In March, GSK had announced that it would buy Novartis from their joint venture to solely own products such as Sensodyne toothpaste and Panadol headache tablets, among others. Just as this deal worth US $13 billion was announced, the pharmaceutical major came out with a declaration that it was starting a strategic “review” of its consumer nutrition businesses, which most prominently included Horlicks, to fund the Novartis deal. The statement led to a flutter among several potential buyers, among them PepsiCo, Reckitt Benckiser, General Mills, Danone, and Kellogg’s. By the end, however, it was down to CocaCola, Nestle and HUL, with HUL outbidding the others. Despite the big move, HUL will be aware that it has entered a weakening market. According to a report quoted by HUL in its investor presentation this year, while the health food drinks segment grew at a compounded annual growth rate of 16 per cent between 2009 and 2014, the growth rate declined to 6 per cent in the following three years. While the report expects a growth of 9 per cent between FY’17 and FY’22, with a market size of Rs 11,900 crore, it is much lower than the current growth rates of the food, personal care and home care segment. Stir it right Industry experts, however, say that with its deep pockets and deeper reach into the Indian market, HUL has the potential to act as a catalyst for the health food drink segment. “The malt-drink market has been struggling to grow and the deals in the segment may see new players using their retail network to penetrate deeper and thereby grow,” says Arvind Singhal, CMD of Technopak Advisors, a retail consultancy firm. For HUL, the opportunity lies in the fact that the current penetration of the health food drinks segment across the country remains low at 24 per cent and is further low at 14 per cent in rural India. “There is tremendous potential in the segment as the penetration levels remain very low not only in rural markets but also in bigger cities and towns,” a senior HUL official told The Sunday Express. He added that with HUL focussing on heath and wellness, the addition of Horlicks, Boost and Maltova will add to this thrust. HUL, he says, hopes to do this by riding on its huge distribution network — while GSK Consumer Healthcare has a network of 1.8 million stores, HUL, with 7.5 million distribution partners, has four times the reach. “GSK has a strong network among retail chemists but not in kirana shops. HUL, on the other hand, has a strong presence in kirana retail and can use their network and strength to push Horlicks sales. Besides, GSK is largely in Tier 1 and Tier 2 cities and HUL, which has a strong presence in Tier 3 cities and rural markets too, has an opportunity to push it in these new markets,” says Singhal of Technopak Advisors. An immediate impact of the deal, therefore, could be more satchets of Horlicks strung outside the neighbourhood kirana store. What remains to be seen, however, is whether the deal will make the Horlicks brand, as its tagline says, “taller, stronger, sharper” and revive the flagging malted drinks category? 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__label__wiki	0.714667	0.714667	Sun TV Network focusing on achieving pre-NTO viewership in every single market The DTH operator is also witnessing higher churn from Arasu Cable. 10 Sep, 2019 - 08:49 AM IST \| By indiantelevision.com Team MUMBAI: While new tariff order (NTO) had brought down viewership of several pay channels initially across the country, Sun TV Network channels are bouncing back from the initial effect in key markets. As the channels are coming close to the pre-NTO regime viewership, the largest broadcaster is now focusing on every single market to get back to the reach percentage it was providing prior to the NTO implementation. “We are making all efforts in terms of ensuring that the channels are carried by all DTH and cable operators and it is placed in the appropriate MCM so it is accessible to a majority of the subscriber universe. So, that is why you are also seeing a good improvement in the rating numbers,” Sun TV Network CEO R Mahesh Kumar commented in an earnings call after its Q1 results. Kumar also added while inquired about a-la-carte adoption that very few subscribers have opted for a-la-carte. He noted that the majority of service providers and the customers have opted for the entire bouquet of channels. Notably, many broadcasters and DPOs have highlighted this trend of subscribers going for bundled packages after NTO implementation rather than selecting individual channels. While the group also has a large DTH business, Kumar is optimistic about the growth rate of DTH. He added that he witnessed a huge growth in private MSOs in the marketplace at a time when churn is happening from state-run Arasu Cable to other operators. Moreover, there is a significant portion of analogue which is also incrementally getting digitised. “In our estimate, upwards of 35 per cent is still analogue in this market. And in terms of seeding of STBs, it's being pushed both by private cable operators and DTH. Like even our own group company, Sun Direct has been extremely well in Tamil Nadu. Their numbers have grown from an average of 1,000, 2,000 to 5,000, and 6,000 a day,” Sun TV Network group CFO SL Narayanan commented. He also added that everything is happening across the system in Tamil Nadu based on NTO only. According to him, the only issue has been the difficulty of getting the reports from some of the smaller players because of their own inability to have new programs. He added that it's only a transitional phase and there would be lesser problems once things get streamlined and good software is available. While he added that most of them are adapting it also, the reporting levels have increased considerably in June or July. Sun TV NetworkR Mahesh KumarNew Tariff OrderDTHTamil NaduDigitization CNBCTV18.com launches new series ‘Front Runners’ Bombay Shaving Company appoints Chirag Taneja as chief revenue officer WolfzHowl collaborates with Leap Frog Strategy for brand management Sony MAX to premiere ‘Section 375’ on 25 January Kiski Dilli with News Nation MUMBAI: 2020 has just begun and the political temperature has already soared over the fever-pitched battle of the Delhi Assembly Elections. All eyes are on who will rule the heart of India. Delhi will vote for the 70-seat State Assembly on February 8. The winner in this war will be known only on... MUMBAI: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has directed MSOs and cable operators in Jammu and Kashmir to fully comply with the provisions of the Cable TV Regulations Act, 1995 to ensure that under no circumstances they shall broadcast any channel which is not authorised by the central government under the act. White Rivers Media wins digital marketing mandate for Times Network’s English entertainment channels MAM Media and Advertising Account	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line16992
__label__cc	0.725454	0.274546	Isaacs Picture Conclusions An Honest Review from an Honest (and Gassy) Guy (who doesn't take things too seriously) DEVIL WEEK 2015 SHITFEST 2015: SUMMER THE IPC VIDEO COLLECTION SHITFEST 2015 SHITFEST 2014: WINTER SHITFEST 2013: FALL JB & THE CHOP PRESENT! TGOGTSBPOOBO THREE’S CUMPANY THE IPC STAFF ~ ISAACS INTERVIEWS 2012 ~ MOST UNCLEAN MY MOVIE – RAISING HELL RAISING HELL 2: THE BALLAD OF GREASE W.T. SHERMAN ~ THE MOVIE INDEX ~ Tag: Fredric Lehne JB AND THE CHOP DO: AMITYVILLE: THE AWAKENING (2017) BETTER THAN A PUNCH IN THE BALLS December 15, 2017 by theipc But not by much… click above to head over and see some of this: And a little bit of this: But none of this: And you definitely won’t feel like this: Categories: 2017, BOOOOOOOORING!!!!, FUCKING TERRIBLE, JB & THE CHOP, Nothing, One Top Hat • Tags: a babysitter locked in the closet, a terrible pile of shit, Amityville 3-D, amityville 4: the evil escapes, amityville exorcism, Amityville: A New Generation (1993), amityville: the awakening, Amityville: The Demon, Andrew Douglas, Andrew Prine, asshole father, bella thorne in her underwear, blood dripping walls, Boobs, braces, Brandy Gold, Burt Young, bushy bears, candle wax, Candy Clark, Casey Campbell, Cassandra Gava, cheetos, Chloe Grace Moretz, David Naughton, Dawna Wightman, demon in a well, Demons, Devin Clark, Diane Franklin, don't put you're hand in the fucking garbage disposal idiot, elevators, evil cats, Flies, Fredric Lehne, fuck continuity in its butthole, Fucking Stupid, ghost sex, Gracie Largent, GUNS, hangings, haunted mirrors, Helen Hughes, Helen Shaver, holes to hell, incest, Insane Asylum, Jack Magner, James Brolin, james brolin's nuts, James Carolus, James Olson, Jane Wyatt, Jeff Kirkendall, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jimmy Bennett, Julia Nickson, Kim Coates, Lala Sloatman, Lin Shaye, lois lane's boobs, lois lane's butt, Lori Loughlin, Margot Kidder, Marie DeLorenzo, Meg Ryan, Melissa George, microfiche, miserable graphics, more blood dripping walls, more flies, MUTANTS, not even in amityville, overalls, patty duke, Philip Baker Hall, Piper Kennedy, possessed lamp, Rachel Nichols, Richard Roundtree, Robert Joy, Robert Rusler, Rod Steiger, ronald reagan, Ross Partridge, Rutanya Alda, RYAN REYNOLDS, Sandor Stern. Patty Duke, Satan and his Buddies, satanic wood, scary houses, shotguns, Side Boob, smoking, squish squish squish, super gramma, terrible 90s hairdos, Terry O'Quinn, Tess Harper, The Amityville Curse (1989), the amityville haunting, The Amityville Horror (1979), The Amityville Horror (2005), the amityville playhouse, the guy from the stepfather, tight underwear, Tony Roberts, turd monster, two sex scenes, uke Barnett, unremarkable, Zoe Trilling JB AND THE CHOP DO: AMITYVILLE EXORCISM (2017) FOUL AND REPELLENT February 3, 2017 by theipc SO… I had to look up new synonyms for horrible for this thing… I found things like: dreadful, awful, terrible, shocking, appalling, horrifying, horrific, horrendous, horrid, hideous, grisly, ghastly, gruesome, gory, harrowing, heinous, vile, unspeakable; nightmarish, macabre, spine-chilling, blood-curdling; loathsome, monstrous, abhorrent, hateful, hellish, execrable, abominable, atrocious, sickening, foul as well as: nasty, horrid, disagreeable, unpleasant, detestable, awful, dreadful, terrible, appalling, frightful, godawful foul, repulsive, repugnant, repellent, ghastly; obnoxious, hateful, odious, hideous, objectionable, insufferable, vile, loathsome, abhorrent; In the end, […] Categories: 2016, BOOOOOOOORING!!!!, FUCKING TERRIBLE, JB & THE CHOP, Nothing, One Top Hat • Tags: a babysitter locked in the closet, a terrible pile of shit, Amityville 3-D, amityville 4: the evil escapes, amityville exorcism, Amityville: A New Generation (1993), Amityville: The Demon, Andrew Douglas, Andrew Prine, asshole father, blood dripping walls, Boobs, braces, Brandy Gold, Burt Young, bushy bears, candle wax, Candy Clark, Casey Campbell, Cassandra Gava, cheetos, Chloe Grace Moretz, David Naughton, Dawna Wightman, demon in a well, Demons, Devin Clark, Diane Franklin, don't put you're hand in the fucking garbage disposal idiot, elevators, evil cats, Flies, Fredric Lehne, fuck continuity in its butthole, Fucking Stupid, ghost sex, Gracie Largent, GUNS, hangings, haunted mirrors, Helen Hughes, Helen Shaver, holes to hell, incest, Insane Asylum, Jack Magner, James Brolin, james brolin's nuts, James Carolus, James Olson, Jane Wyatt, Jeff Kirkendall, Jimmy Bennett, Julia Nickson, Kim Coates, Lala Sloatman, Lin Shaye, lois lane's boobs, lois lane's butt, Lori Loughlin, Margot Kidder, Marie DeLorenzo, Meg Ryan, Melissa George, microfiche, miserable graphics, more blood dripping walls, more flies, not even in amityville, overalls, patty duke, Philip Baker Hall, Piper Kennedy, possessed lamp, Rachel Nichols, Richard Roundtree, Robert Joy, Robert Rusler, Rod Steiger, ronald reagan, Ross Partridge, Rutanya Alda, RYAN REYNOLDS, Sandor Stern. Patty Duke, Satan and his Buddies, satanic wood, scary houses, shotguns, Side Boob, smoking, squish squish squish, super gramma, terrible 90s hairdos, Terry O'Quinn, Tess Harper, The Amityville Curse (1989), the amityville haunting, The Amityville Horror (1979), The Amityville Horror (2005), the amityville playhouse, the guy from the stepfather, tight underwear, Tony Roberts, turd monster, two sex scenes, uke Barnett, Zoe Trilling JB AND THE CHOP DO: AMITYVILLE TERROR (2016) A RETURN TO THE ABYSS January 27, 2017 by theipc Today, young JB and I return to the abyss and bear witness to the atrocity that is a newish movie in the Amityville franchise. Do you remember that time you and your buddy went to that bar and spent all of your money and then had to go clean up some guy’s beer-puke for a free pitcher of beer?? Is this worse than that? Click the sorry looking pic below to find out! Categories: 2016, BOOOOOOOORING!!!!, FUCKING TERRIBLE, JB & THE CHOP, Nothing, One Top Hat • Tags: a babysitter locked in the closet, a terrible pile of shit, Amityville 3-D, amityville 4: the evil escapes, amityville terror, Amityville: A New Generation (1993), Amityville: The Demon, Andrew Douglas, Andrew Prine, asshole father, blood dripping walls, Boobs, braces, Brandy Gold, Burt Young, bushy bears, candle wax, Candy Clark, Casey Campbell, Cassandra Gava, cheetos, Chloe Grace Moretz, David Naughton, Dawna Wightman, demon in a well, Demons, Devin Clark, Diane Franklin, don't put you're hand in the fucking garbage disposal idiot, elevators, evil cats, Flies, Fredric Lehne, fuck continuity in its butthole, Fucking Stupid, ghost sex, Gracie Largent, GUNS, hangings, haunted mirrors, Helen Hughes, Helen Shaver, holes to hell, incest, Insane Asylum, Jack Magner, James Brolin, james brolin's nuts, James Olson, Jane Wyatt, Jimmy Bennett, Julia Nickson, Kaiwi Lyman-Mersereau, Kim Coates, Kim Nielsen, Lala Sloatman, Lin Shaye, lois lane's boobs, lois lane's butt, Lori Loughlin, Margot Kidder, Meg Ryan, Melissa George, microfiche, miserable graphics, more blood dripping walls, more flies, Nicole Tompkins, not even in amityville, over the table banging, overalls, patty duke, Philip Baker Hall, Piper Kennedy, possessed lamp, Rachel Nichols, Richard Roundtree, Robert Joy, Robert Rusler, Rod Steiger, ronald reagan, Ross Partridge, Rutanya Alda, RYAN REYNOLDS, Sandor Stern. Patty Duke, Satan and his Buddies, satanic roses, scary houses, shotguns, Side Boob, smoking, super gramma, terrible 90s hairdos, Terrible CGI, Terry O'Quinn, Tess Harper, The Amityville Curse (1989), the amityville haunting, The Amityville Horror (1979), The Amityville Horror (2005), the amityville playhouse, the fucking flies, the guy from the stepfather, tight underwear, Tony Roberts, turd monster, two sex scenes, uke Barnett, Zoe Trilling THE AMITYVILLE PLAYHOUSE (2015) A REAL PIECE OF SHIT June 24, 2016 by theipc I don’t get as many people coming by here as I used to – but – for the four of you who still do, you may remember when JB (Zoë) and I tackled entire movie franchises. Due to certain betrothals and changes of employment, we let one slip off of our radar BUT – 13 months later……… we’re fucking back!!! And this movie fucking sucked!! Click the poster above to witness how our suffering ends! And don’t worry, there’s free […] Categories: 2016, BOOOOOOOORING!!!!, FUCKING TERRIBLE, JB & THE CHOP, Nothing, One Top Hat • Tags: a babysitter locked in the closet, a terrible pile of shit, Amityville 3-D, amityville 4: the evil escapes, Amityville: A New Generation (1993), Amityville: The Demon, Andrew Douglas, Andrew Prine, asshole father, blood dripping walls, Boobs, braces, Brandy Gold, Burt Young, bushy bears, candle wax, Candy Clark, Casey Campbell, Cassandra Gava, cheetos, Chloe Grace Moretz, David Naughton, Dawna Wightman, demon in a well, Demons, Devin Clark, Diane Franklin, don't put you're hand in the fucking garbage disposal idiot, elevators, evil cats, Flies, Fredric Lehne, fuck continuity in its butthole, Fucking Stupid, ghost sex, Gracie Largent, GUNS, hangings, haunted mirrors, Helen Hughes, Helen Shaver, holes to hell, incest, Insane Asylum, Jack Magner, James Brolin, james brolin's nuts, James Olson, Jane Wyatt, Jimmy Bennett, Julia Nickson, Kim Coates, Lala Sloatman, Lin Shaye, lois lane's boobs, lois lane's butt, Lori Loughlin, Margot Kidder, Meg Ryan, Melissa George, microfiche, miserable graphics, more blood dripping walls, more flies, not even in amityville, overalls, patty duke, Philip Baker Hall, Piper Kennedy, possessed lamp, Rachel Nichols, Richard Roundtree, Robert Joy, Robert Rusler, Rod Steiger, ronald reagan, Ross Partridge, Rutanya Alda, RYAN REYNOLDS, Sandor Stern. Patty Duke, Satan and his Buddies, scary houses, shotguns, Side Boob, smoking, super gramma, terrible 90s hairdos, Terry O'Quinn, Tess Harper, The Amityville Curse (1989), the amityville haunting, The Amityville Horror (1979), The Amityville Horror (2005), the amityville playhouse, the guy from the stepfather, tight underwear, Tony Roberts, turd monster, two sex scenes, uke Barnett, Zoe Trilling THE AMITYVILLE ASYLUM (2013) BULLSHIT May 29, 2015 by theipc This is it!!!! The end of the line!!!!! Today our project ends and we move on to other things! Is it bittersweet??? Do we shed tears of joy or sadness? Do we embrace each other in fond farewell or leave pissed??? Click the poster above to find out!!! Since this is ending and the summer approaches – do we still want to do Shitfest in July?? I’m all for it but it takes contributions from YOU to make it work!! […] Categories: 2015, FUCKING TERRIBLE, HUH???, JB & THE CHOP • Tags: a babysitter locked in the closet, a terrible pile of shit, Amityville 3-D, amityville 4: the evil escapes, Amityville: A New Generation (1993), Amityville: The Demon, Andrew Douglas, Andrew Prine, asshole father, blood dripping walls, Boobs, braces, Brandy Gold, Burt Young, bushy bears, candle wax, Candy Clark, Casey Campbell, Cassandra Gava, cheetos, Chloe Grace Moretz, David Naughton, Dawna Wightman, demon in a well, Demons, Devin Clark, Diane Franklin, don't put you're hand in the fucking garbage disposal idiot, elevators, evil cats, Flies, Fredric Lehne, fuck continuity in its butthole, Fucking Stupid, ghost sex, Gracie Largent, GUNS, hangings, haunted mirrors, Helen Hughes, Helen Shaver, holes to hell, incest, Insane Asylum, Jack Magner, James Brolin, james brolin's nuts, James Olson, Jane Wyatt, Jimmy Bennett, Julia Nickson, Kim Coates, Lala Sloatman, Lin Shaye, lois lane's boobs, lois lane's butt, Lori Loughlin, Margot Kidder, Meg Ryan, Melissa George, microfiche, miserable graphics, more blood dripping walls, more flies, not even in amityville, overalls, patty duke, Philip Baker Hall, Piper Kennedy, possessed lamp, Rachel Nichols, Richard Roundtree, Robert Joy, Robert Rusler, Rod Steiger, ronald reagan, Ross Partridge, Rutanya Alda, RYAN REYNOLDS, Sandor Stern. Patty Duke, Satan and his Buddies, scary houses, shotguns, Side Boob, smoking, super gramma, terrible 90s hairdos, Terry O'Quinn, Tess Harper, The Amityville Curse (1989), the amityville haunting, The Amityville Horror (1979), The Amityville Horror (2005), the guy from the stepfather, tight underwear, Tony Roberts, turd monster, two sex scenes, uke Barnett, Zoe Trilling THE AMITYVILLE HAUNTING (2011) A REAL PILE OF SHIT Want to read about one of the worst movies ever made in the history of mankind? Click above!!! FUCK THIS MOVIE AND FUCK THIS KID! Categories: 2015, Boobs, BOOOOOOOORING!!!!, Found Footage, FUCKING TERRIBLE, Ghosts, JB & THE CHOP, Nothing, One Top Hat, SATAN!, WHY??? • Tags: a babysitter locked in the closet, a terrible pile of shit, Amityville 3-D, amityville 4: the evil escapes, Amityville: A New Generation (1993), Amityville: The Demon, Andrew Douglas, Andrew Prine, asshole father, blood dripping walls, Boobs, braces, Brandy Gold, Burt Young, bushy bears, candle wax, Candy Clark, Casey Campbell, Cassandra Gava, cheetos, Chloe Grace Moretz, David Naughton, Dawna Wightman, demon in a well, Demons, Devin Clark, Diane Franklin, don't put you're hand in the fucking garbage disposal idiot, elevators, evil cats, Flies, Fredric Lehne, fuck continuity in its butthole, Fucking Stupid, ghost sex, Gracie Largent, GUNS, hangings, haunted mirrors, Helen Hughes, Helen Shaver, holes to hell, incest, Insane Asylum, Jack Magner, James Brolin, james brolin's nuts, James Olson, Jane Wyatt, Jimmy Bennett, Julia Nickson, Kim Coates, Lala Sloatman, Lin Shaye, lois lane's boobs, lois lane's butt, Lori Loughlin, Margot Kidder, Meg Ryan, Melissa George, microfiche, miserable graphics, more blood dripping walls, more flies, not even in amityville, overalls, patty duke, Philip Baker Hall, Piper Kennedy, possessed lamp, Rachel Nichols, Richard Roundtree, Robert Joy, Robert Rusler, Rod Steiger, ronald reagan, Ross Partridge, Rutanya Alda, RYAN REYNOLDS, Sandor Stern. Patty Duke, Satan and his Buddies, scary houses, shotguns, Side Boob, smoking, super gramma, terrible 90s hairdos, Terry O'Quinn, Tess Harper, The Amityville Curse (1989), the amityville haunting, The Amityville Horror (1979), The Amityville Horror (2005), the guy from the stepfather, tight underwear, Tony Roberts, turd monster, two sex scenes, uke Barnett, Zoe Trilling THE AMITYVILLE HORROR (2005) FOUR MELISSA GEORGES NSFW NSFW WOOO HOOOOO!!! It’s Friday and we get to look at something GOOD for a change!! Join us as we take a very serious and detailed look at the 2005 remake with Ryan Reynolds and Melissa George. The GIF below doesn’t happen in this movie but how could I NOT post that??? (I really liked this move BTW) Click the poster! On another note – if you care – look for maybe another post this afternoon (U.S. time). I […] Categories: 2015, Four Top Hats, Ghosts, I LOVED IT, JB & THE CHOP, Population Sample, SATAN! • Tags: a babysitter locked in the closet, Amityville 3-D, amityville 4: the evil escapes, Amityville: A New Generation (1993), Amityville: The Demon, Andrew Douglas, Andrew Prine, asshole father, blood dripping walls, Boobs, braces, Brandy Gold, Burt Young, bushy bears, candle wax, Candy Clark, Cassandra Gava, cheetos, Chloe Grace Moretz, David Naughton, Dawna Wightman, demon in a well, Demons, Diane Franklin, don't put you're hand in the fucking garbage disposal idiot, elevators, evil cats, Flies, Fredric Lehne, fuck continuity in its butthole, Fucking Stupid, ghost sex, GUNS, hangings, haunted mirrors, Helen Hughes, Helen Shaver, holes to hell, incest, Insane Asylum, Jack Magner, James Brolin, james brolin's nuts, James Olson, Jane Wyatt, Jimmy Bennett, Julia Nickson, Kim Coates, Lala Sloatman, Lin Shaye, lois lane's boobs, lois lane's butt, Lori Loughlin, Margot Kidder, Meg Ryan, Melissa George, microfiche, miserable graphics, more blood dripping walls, more flies, not even in amityville, overalls, patty duke, Philip Baker Hall, possessed lamp, Rachel Nichols, Richard Roundtree, Robert Joy, Robert Rusler, Rod Steiger, ronald reagan, Ross Partridge, Rutanya Alda, RYAN REYNOLDS, Sandor Stern. Patty Duke, Satan and his Buddies, scary houses, shotguns, Side Boob, smoking, super gramma, terrible 90s hairdos, Terry O'Quinn, Tess Harper, The Amityville Curse (1989), The Amityville Horror (1979), The Amityville Horror (2005), the guy from the stepfather, tight underwear, Tony Roberts, turd monster, two sex scenes, Zoe Trilling AMITYVILLE: DOLLHOUSE (1996) May 8, 2015 by theipc Ever read a movie review by someone who hasn’t seen the movie?? Ever wanted to see Eric Foreman’s sisters tits???? If so – click the poster above to rock out with your balls out!!! Categories: 2015, Boobs, JB & THE CHOP, Movie Reviews, SATAN! • Tags: a babysitter locked in the closet, Allen Cutler, Amityville 3-D, amityville 4: the evil escapes, Amityville: A New Generation (1993), Amityville: Dollhouse (1996), Amityville: The Demon, Andrew Prine, asshole father, blood dripping walls, Boobs, braces, Brandy Gold, Burt Young, bushy bears, candle wax, Candy Clark, Cassandra Gava, cheetos, David Naughton, Dawna Wightman, demon in a well, Demons, Diane Franklin, don't put you're hand in the fucking garbage disposal idiot, elevators, evil cats, Flies, Fredric Lehne, fuck continuity in its butthole, Fucking Stupid, ghost sex, GUNS, hangings, haunted mirrors, Helen Hughes, Helen Shaver, holes to hell, incest, Insane Asylum, Jack Magner, James Brolin, james brolin's nuts, James Olson, Jane Wyatt, Julia Nickson, Kim Coates, Lala Sloatman, Lin Shaye, Lisa Robin Kelly, lois lane's boobs, lois lane's butt, Lori Loughlin, Margot Kidder, Meg Ryan, microfiche, miserable graphics, more blood dripping walls, more flies, not even in amityville, overalls, patty duke, possessed lamp, Richard Roundtree, Robert Joy, Robert Rusler, Robin Thomas Grossman, Rod Steiger, ronald reagan, Ross Partridge, Rutanya Alda, Sandor Stern. Patty Duke, Satan and his Buddies, scary houses, shotguns, Side Boob, smoking, Starr Andreeff, super gramma, terrible 90s hairdos, Terry O'Quinn, Tess Harper, The Amityville Curse (1989), The Amityville Horror (1979), the guy from the stepfather, tight underwear, Tony Roberts, turd monster, two sex scenes, Zoe Trilling AMITYVILLE: A NEW GENERATION (1993) TWO POSSESSED MIRRORS HAPPY FRIDAY!!! Happy May!! It’s Amityville 7 time…. Do we yell “Mayday” and give up on the ship??? Do we press on and finish up this shit franchise??? Does the woman in the grainy still below get her tits out??? Does anyone wear overalls without a shirt??? Does anyone eat turkey??? Only we know so you’ll have to click the poster above to find out!!! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP! Categories: 2015, 90s, Boobs, Ghosts, HUH???, JB & THE CHOP, Nothing, SATAN!, Two Top Hats, WHY??? • Tags: a babysitter locked in the closet, Amityville 3-D, amityville 4: the evil escapes, Amityville: A New Generation (1993), Amityville: The Demon, Andrew Prine, asshole father, blood dripping walls, Boobs, braces, Brandy Gold, Burt Young, bushy bears, candle wax, Candy Clark, Cassandra Gava, cheetos, David Naughton, Dawna Wightman, demon in a well, Demons, Diane Franklin, don't put you're hand in the fucking garbage disposal idiot, elevators, evil cats, Flies, Fredric Lehne, fuck continuity in its butthole, Fucking Stupid, ghost sex, GUNS, hangings, haunted mirrors, Helen Hughes, Helen Shaver, holes to hell, incest, Insane Asylum, Jack Magner, James Brolin, james brolin's nuts, James Olson, Jane Wyatt, Julia Nickson, Kim Coates, Lala Sloatman, Lin Shaye, lois lane's boobs, lois lane's butt, Lori Loughlin, Margot Kidder, Meg Ryan, microfiche, miserable graphics, more blood dripping walls, more flies, not even in amityville, overalls, patty duke, possessed lamp, Richard Roundtree, Robert Joy, Robert Rusler, Rod Steiger, ronald reagan, Ross Partridge, Rutanya Alda, Sandor Stern. Patty Duke, Satan and his Buddies, scary houses, shotguns, Side Boob, smoking, super gramma, terrible 90s hairdos, Terry O'Quinn, Tess Harper, The Amityville Curse (1989), The Amityville Horror (1979), the guy from the stepfather, tight underwear, Tony Roberts, turd monster, two sex scenes, Zoe Trilling AMITYVILLE 1992: IT’S ABOUT TIME (1992) THREE UNDRESSED CHICKS ON MODEL TRAIN TRACKS April 24, 2015 by theipc It’s Friday! Let’s do this shit!! Click the poster above to see just what the fuck is going on on that train set!! WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! #hauntedorgasm Hey!! Look for a special second post from me later today if you feel like it : ) Categories: 2015, Boobs, Ghosts, I'm Stupid, JB & THE CHOP, SATAN!, Three Top Hats • Tags: a babysitter locked in the closet, Amityville 3-D, amityville 4: the evil escapes, Amityville: The Demon, Andrew Prine, asshole father, blood dripping walls, Boobs, braces, Brandy Gold, Burt Young, bushy bears, candle wax, Candy Clark, Cassandra Gava, Dawna Wightman, demon in a well, Demons, Diane Franklin, don't put you're hand in the fucking garbage disposal idiot, elevators, evil cats, Flies, Fredric Lehne, fuck continuity in its butthole, Fucking Stupid, ghost sex, GUNS, hangings, Helen Hughes, Helen Shaver, holes to hell, incest, Jack Magner, James Brolin, james brolin's nuts, James Olson, Jane Wyatt, Kim Coates, lois lane's boobs, lois lane's butt, Lori Loughlin, Margot Kidder, Meg Ryan, microfiche, more blood dripping walls, more flies, not even in amityville, patty duke, possessed lamp, Robert Joy, Rod Steiger, Rutanya Alda, Sandor Stern. Patty Duke, Satan and his Buddies, scary houses, Side Boob, smoking, super gramma, Tess Harper, The Amityville Curse (1989), The Amityville Horror (1979), tight underwear, Tony Roberts, turd monster, Zoe Trilling THE AMITYVILLE CURSE (1989) TERRIBLE Another happy Friday!!! Today we discuss the terrible Amityville 5 movie – a movie filled with Canadians, corrupt priests and a man you will absolutely hate within five seconds of seeing him onscreen! Want to know what the image below is all about?? Just click on that fucking terrible poster above! Categories: 2015, Boobs, BOOOOOOOORING!!!!, FUCKING TERRIBLE, Ghosts, JB & THE CHOP, SATAN!, WHY??? • Tags: a babysitter locked in the closet, Amityville 3-D, amityville 4: the evil escapes, Amityville: The Demon, Andrew Prine, asshole father, blood dripping walls, Boobs, braces, Brandy Gold, Burt Young, bushy bears, candle wax, Candy Clark, Cassandra Gava, Dawna Wightman, demon in a well, Demons, Diane Franklin, don't put you're hand in the fucking garbage disposal idiot, elevators, evil cats, Flies, Fredric Lehne, fuck continuity in its butthole, Fucking Stupid, ghost sex, GUNS, hangings, Helen Hughes, Helen Shaver, holes to hell, incest, Jack Magner, James Brolin, james brolin's nuts, James Olson, Jane Wyatt, Kim Coates, lois lane's boobs, lois lane's butt, Lori Loughlin, Margot Kidder, Meg Ryan, microfiche, more blood dripping walls, more flies, not even in amityville, patty duke, possessed lamp, Robert Joy, Rod Steiger, Rutanya Alda, Sandor Stern. Patty Duke, Satan and his Buddies, scary houses, Side Boob, smoking, super gramma, Tess Harper, The Amityville Curse (1989), The Amityville Horror (1979), tight underwear, Tony Roberts, turd monster, Zoe Trilling AMITYVILLE (4): THE EVIL ESCAPES (1989) TERRIBLE (BUT FUN IN THE RIGHT ENVIRONMENT) It would be a lie to tell you that this movie is good, because it’s not. It’s shit. It’s an awful made-for-American-TV movie that is so PG it’s almost a kid’s film. It’s also got Patty Duke way after her prime and the plot revolves around a fucking possessed LAMP. But – when JB and I watched this at the same time, we were able to have a bunch of good laughs so I reflect on this movie as a […] Categories: 2014, 80s, FUCKING TERRIBLE, HUH???, I'm Stupid, JB & THE CHOP, Movie Reviews, No Boobs, Nothing, SATAN!, Two Top Hats • Tags: a babysitter locked in the closet, Amityville 3-D, amityville 4: the evil escapes, Amityville: The Demon, Andrew Prine, asshole father, blood dripping walls, Boobs, braces, Brandy Gold, Burt Young, bushy bears, Candy Clark, demon in a well, Demons, Diane Franklin, don't put you're hand in the fucking garbage disposal idiot, elevators, evil cats, Flies, Fredric Lehne, fuck continuity in its butthole, Fucking Stupid, ghost sex, GUNS, Helen Shaver, holes to hell, incest, Jack Magner, James Brolin, james brolin's nuts, James Olson, Jane Wyatt, lois lane's boobs, lois lane's butt, Lori Loughlin, Margot Kidder, Meg Ryan, microfiche, more blood dripping walls, more flies, not even in amityville, patty duke, possessed lamp, Robert Joy, Rod Steiger, Rutanya Alda, Sandor Stern. 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__label__cc	0.698543	0.301457	REVIEW: Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors #1 By Peter Tomasi And Fernando Pasarin Grey Scherl \| August 11, 2010 \| News, Reviews, Top Story \| No Comments Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors #1 Written by Peter Tomasi Art by Fernando Pasarin It’s high time for Guy time as Guy Gardner gets his own soloish series again! Not only that, but former Green Lantern Corps writer Peter Tomasi gets to keep working his magic on the #1 Lantern in the Green Lantern Honor Guard. But is it a good effort? Does Guy do well enough to support what is, essentially, a solo title? Yes and no. The characterization is right on, and right off the bat you’re given the clearest of visuals into just what kind of a space cop Guy Gardner is, and why he’s nothing like Hal Jordan. He’s rough around the edges, not a fan of protocol, and anything but pretty in his execution. Guy loves his job, and he’s really, really good at it. Though not unlike Hal early in the current GL run, he goes after an uncharted sector to take on anonymous bad guys. And then he argues with the Guardians, which is really more of a Guy thing since, well, that’s what he did in Green Lantern Corps. He argued and bitched and didn’t follow the rules. The book has a Brightest Day header on it, but I’m still not sure where the Brightest Day ties are yet aside from the pact Guy made with Ganthet and Atrocitus….or even if that’s a Brightest Day tag. It’s a new direction coming out of Blackest Night, so I guess that’s good enough. And I mean, it’s great to see Tomasi sticking with Guy since he left the Corps…Tomasi, I mean. He’s able to pick up on plots from his GLC run and continue to expand on them, like Book of the Black, and Sodam Yat. Not that I don’t trust other writers to pick up on these things, but I like the Tomasi sandbox. Things are lightly introduced to the plot in this issue, which is really just set up for the new status quo more so than anything really happening, and it looks like Tomasi is going to be expanding on some plots and characters that haven’t had too much time given to them. Like a Red Lantern named Bleez who has her origin told during the Tales of the Corps miniseries, but hasn’t been much more than just another Red Lantern in the books thus far. Johns has made the leaders of the respective Corps into valuable characters with depth and purpose, but those who follow them….notsomuch. It will be nice to see someone in Red that isn’t Atrocitus or Dex-Star get a little love. There’s a few twists and turns in this issue that only do more to add to my excitement, especially a plot that Tomasi picks back up on that could easily have been washed aside. Given the right handling of it, this title could completely reinvent Guy Gardner without needless retcons or pointless character changes. I have the utmost faith in this book. Fernando Pasarin isn’t an artist I’m incredibly familiar with, but I do know his work, and I do like his work, and I do think he’s a great fit here. The level of detail is just awesome, whether it be Guy’s constructs of the wall of skulls on Ysmault, he goes above and beyond here. I can’t find any complaints on the art front. First issue is done and in the can, and it was a solid first issue in my book. Tomasi is just picking up where he left off on Green Lantern Corps, only without Kyle and Sora. I can not wait for Kilowog, Vath, and Isamot to show up, these four cutting loose and playing space cop would just be SICK! Overall? Tags: Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) Grey Scherl A lifelong reader and self proclaimed continuity guru, Grey is the Editor in Chief of Comics Nexus. Known for his love of Booster Gold, Spider-Girl (the real one), Stephanie Brown, and The Boys. Don't miss The Gold Standard.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line17001
__label__wiki	0.636045	0.636045	Legendary San Francisco restaurateur Ed Moose dies By Paolo Lucchesi on August 12, 2010 at 10:55 AM Ed Moose, famed pitcher, bar owner and restaureteur. Photo: Lacy Atkins/The Chronicle, May 2010 Leah Garchik reports the news that local icon Ed Moose passed away at age 81 this morning. Head over to SFGate for more details, but know that Moose was a local legend, especially in the North Beach restaurant world. He and Sam Dietsch lorded over the glory years at the Washington Square Bar & Grill — which, in an eerie coincidence, was reported as closed until further notice just this morning. Moose cut ties with the Washbag in 1990, selling it to open his own signature restaurant across the park, Moose’s. He retired and sold Moose’s in 2005. But as Garchik’s piece will remind you, that’s only a tiny slice of his larger-than-life life. Just a few months ago, in May, he chatted with The Chronicle. Here’s a photo of Moose with Herb Caen, outside of the Washbag in 1986. · Ed Moose, beloved restaurateur, dies [San Francisco Chronicle]	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line17002
__label__cc	0.722971	0.277029	Accelerator pitch: Ben Harker of Montec Systems Can you pitch your genius business idea in the time it takes to get from the ground floor to the C-suite? Ben Harker, Founder of Montec Systems and on the Accelerate Cambridge programme (based at Cambridge Judge Business School), takes his turn. Ben Harker Staring at a crack in his kitchen wall, Ben Harker was inspired to create a system to monitor its movement. It took three years of solitary work in his garage – but his patented product, the Montec Crack Monitor, could now revolutionise how structural engineers work. Ben Harker, whose varied career encompasses marine engineering, naval architecture, product design, computer aided drawing, joinery, electronics and design engineering. A low-power, low-cost and easy-to-use remote monitoring infrastructure able to gather data from many types of sensors where there is no mains power or internet connection. Once installed, the sensors send their data to a MBS (Montec Base Station) that forwards it on to a cloud base data server where customers can log in to view or download the sensor data. Alarms can be created if data values go above or below pre-set levels. There is currently a sensor for monitoring cracks in buildings and structures and a vibration sensor is undergoing final testing. Application areas include construction and the built environment, transport, utilities and agriculture. It’s vital to keep an eye on cracks in buildings such as bridges, dams, and power stations. But at the moment, cracks are monitored visually. That means structural engineers spend a lot of time visiting sites and measuring by hand. It doesn’t give the whole picture, as cracks can expand and contract depending on numerous factors, like the weather. So there’s a real need for a way to constantly monitor crack movement using accurate, time-stamped data. The timing I originally had this idea several years ago. I was staring at a crack under my kitchen window (which is still there!) and wondered if there was an electronic way of measuring it. Since then, I’ve been working on developing, testing and perfecting the product, and it’s now nearly ready for market. The strategy for growth The product can have numerous other applications, such as monitoring vibration, temperature or humidity, and these are in development already. Further sensors will be added in response to customers’ needs. I also want to investigate putting data from different kinds of sensors together, in order to correlate, for example, crack movement and rainfall. The Accelerator Since I was accepted on to the Accelerator programme in Christmas 2013, everything has changed. It was such a boost, and my mentors have been great. It’s not just about the advice but also the encouragement – if you work alone, that kind of validation is so important. We also pitched for the fund and got £15,000. That money is for the final parts of the process – legal stuff, website, the first production run – that whole list of things that need to be in place. It’s incredibly exciting. Visit the Montec Systems website Get in touch with Ben via Accelerate Cambridge Read more about the CJBS Accelerate programme, offering coaching, mentoring and networking for fledgling entrepreneurs and budding businesses Accelerate Cambridge Montec Systems startups Cambridge Network: Montec appoints UK distributor for wireless crack monitor Industrial Embedded Systems: New sensor technology enables the remote monitoring of cracks	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line17004
__label__wiki	0.661792	0.661792	System and method for person or object position location utilizing impulse radio 1. System for person or object position location utilizing Impulse Radio, comprising: a plurality of reference impulse radios; at least one mobile impulse radio in communication with available said plurality of reference impulse radios, said communication providing position information of said mobile impulse radio relative to said plurality of said reference impulse radios, wherein said plurality of reference impulse radios are transceivers and in duplex communication with each other and said at least one mobile impulse radio is an at least one impulse radio transceiver in duplex communication with said plurality of said reference impulse radios or with another at least one mobile impulse radio. 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Welter Distance measuring system Susumu Nojima, Kyoji Kobayashi, Takashi Enomoto MOBILE LOCATOR SYSTEM FOR METROPOLITAN AREAS SPREAD-SPECTRUM POSITION MONITORING SYSTEM Hazeltine Corporation BINARY CODED SEQUENTIAL ACQUISITION RANGING SYSTEM Richard M. Goldstein, Na, Low George M Deputy Administrator of The National Aeronautics and Space, Warren L. Martin SLOW MODULATION DISTANCE MEASURING APPARATUS Measurement of the distance between two points based on measuring the travelling time of electromagnetic waves Richard H. Wagner Apparatus for precision time interval measurement Brooks Reinish Gloria, Charles E OToole View Dependent Claims (2, 18) 2. The system for person or object position location utilizing Impulse Radio of claim 1, further comprising a display means, said display means displaying the position of said at least one mobile impulse radio relative to said plurality of said reference impulse radios. 18. The system for person or object position location utilizing Impulse Radio of claim 1, further comprising a Global Positioning System interfaced with said reference impulse radios, wherein differential GPS corrections and precise impulse radio positioning is provided. at least one mobile impulse radio in communication with available said plurality of reference impulse radios, said communication providing position information of said mobile impulse radio relative to said plurality of said reference impulse radios, wherein said plurality of reference impulse radios are transceivers and not in communication with each other and said at least one mobile impulse radio is an at least one impulse radio transceiver in duplex communication with each reference impulse radio available. at least one mobile impulse radio in communication with available said plurality of reference impulse radios, said communication providing position information of said mobile impulse radio relative to said plurality of said reference impulse radios, wherein said plurality of reference impulse radios are impulse radio transceivers in duplex communication with each other and said at least one mobile impulse radio is at least one impulse radio receiver receiving simplex communications from each reference impulse radio available. at least one mobile impulse radio in communication with available said plurality of reference impulse radios, said communication providing position information of said mobile impulse radio relative to said plurality of said reference impulse radios, wherein said plurality of reference impulse radios are impulse radio transceivers in duplex communication with each other and said at least one mobile impulse radio is an at least one impulse radio transmitter transmitting simplex communications to each reference impulse radio available. at least one mobile impulse radio in communication with available said plurality of reference impulse radios, said communication providing position information of said mobile impulse radio relative to said plurality of said reference impulse radios, wherein said plurality of reference impulse radios are impulse radio transceivers in duplex communication with each other and said at least one mobile impulse radio is an at least one impulse radio transceiver transmitting duplex communications to each reference impulse radio available. at least one mobile impulse radio in communication with available said plurality of reference impulse radios, said communication providing position information of said mobile impulse radio relative to said plurality of said reference impulse radios, wherein said plurality of reference impulse radios are impulse radio transceivers in duplex communication with each other and said at least one mobile impulse radio is an at least one impulse radio receiver receiving simplex communications from each reference impulse radio available. at least one mobile impulse radio in communication with available said plurality of reference impulse radios, said communication providing position information of said mobile impulse radio relative to said plurality of said reference impulse radios, wherein said plurality of reference impulse radios are impulse radio transceivers in duplex communication with each other and said at least one mobile impulse radio is at least two impulse radio receivers receiving simplex communications from distinct reference impulse radios. at least one mobile impulse radio in communication with available said plurality of reference impulse radios, said communication providing position information of said mobile impulse radio relative to said plurality of said reference impulse radios, wherein said plurality of reference impulse radios are impulse radio transceivers in duplex communication with each other and said at least one mobile impulse radio is a combination of mobile impulse radio transceivers, transmitters or receivers in simplex or duplex communication with any available said reference impulse radios as their transmission abilities dictate. 10. System for person or object position location utilizing Impulse Radio, comprising: at least one mobile impulse radio in communication with available said plurality of reference impulse radios, said communication providing position information of said mobile impulse radio relative to said plurality of said reference impulse radios, wherein said plurality of reference impulse radios are impulse radio transceivers in duplex communication with each other and using steerable null antennae and said at least one mobile impulse radio is an at least one impulse radio transceiver transmitting duplex communications to each reference impulse radio available. at least one mobile impulse radio in communication with available said plurality of reference impulse radios, said communication providing position information of said mobile impulse radio relative to said plurality of said reference impulse radios, wherein said plurality of reference impulse radios are impulse radio transceivers in duplex communication with each other and said at least one mobile impulse radio is an at least one impulse radio transceiver using steerable null antennae to transmit duplex communications to each reference impulse radio available. at least one mobile impulse radio in communication with available said plurality of reference impulse radios, said communication providing position information of said mobile impulse radio relative to said plurality of said reference impulse radios, wherein said plurality of reference impulse radios are impulse radio transceivers in duplex communication with each other and using difference antennae and said at least one mobile impulse radio is an at least one impulse radio transceiver transmitting duplex communications to each reference impulse radio available. at least one mobile impulse radio in communication with available said plurality of reference impulse radios, said communication providing position information of said mobile impulse radio relative to said plurality of said reference impulse radios, wherein said plurality of reference impulse radios are impulse radio transceivers in duplex communication with each other and said at least one mobile impulse radio is an at least one impulse radio transceiver using difference antennae to transmit duplex communications to each reference impulse radio available. at least one mobile impulse radio in communication with available said plurality of reference impulse radios, said communication providing position information of said mobile impulse radio relative to said plurality of said reference impulse radios, wherein said plurality of reference impulse radios are impulse radio transceivers in duplex communication with each other and using directional antennae and said at least one mobile impulse radio is an at least one impulse radio transceiver transmitting duplex communications to each reference impulse radio available. at least one mobile impulse radio in communication with available said plurality of reference impulse radios, said communication providing position information of said mobile impulse radio relative to said plurality of said reference impulse radios, wherein said plurality of reference impulse radios are impulse radio transceivers in duplex communication with each other and said at least one mobile impulse radio is an at least one impulse radio transceiver using directional antennae to transmit duplex communications to each reference impulse radio available. at least one mobile impulse radio in communication with available said plurality of reference impulse radios, said communication providing position information of said mobile impulse radio relative to said plurality of said reference impulse radios, wherein said plurality of reference impulse radios are impulse radio transceivers in duplex communication with each other and said at least one mobile impulse radio is an at least one impulse radio transceiver transmitting duplex communications to each reference impulse radio available and determining range by measuring signal amplitude in said communications. View Dependent Claims (17) 17. The system for person or object position location utilizing Impulse Radio of claim 16, wherein said signal amplitude is measured by predetermining an amplitude for a given range and comparing the received amplitude in a table look-up to the predetermined amplitude. 19. A method of person or object location utilizing impulse radio, comprising: placing a plurality of reference impulse radios in an area wherein the position of an object or person is to be determined; associating a mobile impulse radio with said person or object whose position is to be determined; communicating between said mobile impulse radio and said plurality of reference impulse radios, said communication enabling position determination, wherein one of said reference impulse radios is placed non-coplaner with other reference impulse radios, said placement providing for three dimensional position location. View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30) 20. The method of person or object location utilizing impulse radio, of claim 19, wherein said plurality of reference impulse radios are fixed and communicating via wired means. 21. The method of person or object location utilizing impulse radio, of claim 19, wherein said plurality of reference impulse radios are fixed and communicating via impulse radio means. 22. The method of person or object location utilizing impulse radio of claim 19, wherein said plurality of said reference impulse radios are portable and communicating via impulse radio means. 23. The method of person or object location utilizing impulse radio of claim 19, further comprising displaying said position information. 24. The method of person or object location utilizing impulse radio, of claim 23, wherein said display includes a graphical representation of the area wherein location is occurring and wherein said position is depicted on said graphical representation. 25. The method of person or object location utilizing impulse radio, of claim 19, wherein said communication between said mobile impulse radio and said plurality of reference impulse radios includes information relating to the person or object whose location is being determined. 26. The method of person or object location utilizing impulse radio, of claim 19, wherein said communication between said mobile impulse radio and said plurality of reference impulse radios includes information concerning the surroundings of the person or object whose position is being determined. 27. The method of person or object location utilizing impulse radio, of claim 19, further comprising the step of establishing duplex communication among available reference radios. 28. The method of person or object location utilizing impulse radio of claim 19, wherein said communication between said mobile impulse radio and said plurality of reference impulse radios is a simplex transmission from said at least one mobile impulse radio to said impulse radio reference radios. 29. The method of person or object location utilizing impulse radio of claim 19, wherein said communication between said mobile impulse radio and said plurality of reference impulse radios is a simplex transmission from said impulse radio reference radios to said at least one mobile impulse radio. 30. The method of person or object location utilizing impulse radio of claim 19, wherein said communication between said mobile impulse radio and said plurality of reference impulse radios is a duplex transmission from said impulse radio reference radios to said at least one mobile impulse radio. This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Non-Provisional Application No. 09/045,929, filed Mar. 23, 1998 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,133,876, entitled “System and Method for Position Determination by Impulse Radio,” which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. The present invention relates generally to positioning systems and methods. More particularly, the present invention provides person or object positioning in a predetermined area. 2. Background of the Invention and Related Art The ability to ascertain the location of an individual or object occurs in countless scenarios. One such scenario includes emergency situations where an emergency worker is in a building wherein potential danger lies. An example of this is a firefighter fighting a fire inside a burning building. It would be very, beneficial and potentially life saving to be able to track the movements and current location of a firefighter inside a burning building. Also, it would be very advantageous to De able to transmit information relating to the person whose location is being tracked and surrounding environment which surrounds them. This would be an example of a scenario wherein the locating area varies. In the firefighter example, the location would vary depending on where the fire may be located. However, in numerous positioning embodiments the objects or persons whose position is to be determined are located in a fixed area for at least a given period of time. In this scenario the object or person may be moving within a given defined area and its/their position is desired to be located. An example of this may include tracking a prison guard inside of a prison. Danger is inherent in a prison environment and knowing where prison guards are within the confines of a prison is vital. An additional benefit would be to not only be able to know the location of a prison guard, but also to enable the prison guard to communicate on the same device that is tracking his location. Furthermore, the ability to provide an emergency notification would be beneficial. Consequently, if one mobile unit could provide communication, alerting and positioning, the benefits to prison guards would be enormous. Another example of a person or object moving within a defined area is a child in a theme park such as Disney World in Orlando, Fla. This environment typically includes family members with children. Hundreds of children are lost in Disney World each year as children wander off if the parents turn their head for even a brief period. This can be a very dangerous situation and there is an immense need to be able to find the lost child'"'"'s exact position immediately. With thousands of people and a large geographic area, this is a difficult task. Another important task is to know the position of items in a warehouse. Billions of dollars are spent each year on shipping items from one location to another. Many times these items are stored in several locations prior to its arrival at the final destination. In a prior application, filed by the present inventor, application Ser. No. 09/407,106, filed Sep. 27, 1999, entitled “System and Method for Monitoring Assets, Objects, People and Animals Utilizing Impulse Radio”, a method of tracking such items utilizing impulse radio was described and is incorporated herein by reference. However, positioning architectures in that application were not used to determine the exact location of items within a warehouse or other area. Further, numerous other techniques, both completely wireless and partially non-wireless, have been attempted for position locating with limited success. The reason for this limited success is the inherent RF properties of existing technologies. In the burning building example, severe multipath problems exist as well as an extremely noisy RF environment is present. The RF environment is cluttered with emergency radio signals from police and firemen as well as hand held radios from firemen working on the fire. Most buildings are filled with multipath propagation problems and are inherently unreliable in that environment; and a fireman in a burning building is a situation that requires extreme reliability. In areas such as the Disney World example, attempts have been made to be able to locate people and objects, but again with limited success. The metal rides, the large buildings and many other multipath causing things are present. Thus, a child may be in between two large buildings and under a metal picnic table, cowering in fear for having lost his parents, and conventional radios may not be able to find his position. Further, power and component requirements for conventional wireless technology make placing transmitters with each child problematic due to the size, expense and limited battery life of the transmitters. Therefore, there is a strong need for a wireless position locating system that has advantageous multipath propagation properties, has low transmit power and can be mobile if needed. Also, there is a need for a wireless locating system that, due to it'"'"'s inherent properties, can be implemented with a large number of varying architectures. It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a position locating system and method utilizing impulse radio techniques. It is another object of the present invention to provide a position locating system and method utilizing impulse radio that can be mobile or fixed. It is a further object of the present invention to provide a position locating system and method utilizing impulse radio with the ability to implement a variety of positioning architectures depending on the needs of the system and method. These and other objects are provided, according to the present invention, by a plurality of impulse radio reference radios; an object or person to be tracked having a mobile impulse radio associated therewith; an architecture with an associated positioning algorithm associated with said plurality of impulse radio reference radios and said mobile impulse radio; and display means for displaying the position of the person or object whose position is to be determined. The present invention is described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings, like reference numbers indicate identical or functionally similar elements. Additionally, the left-most digit(s) of a reference number identifies the drawing in which the reference number first appears. FIG. 1A illustrates a representative Gaussian Monocycle waveform in the time domain; FIG. 1B illustrates the frequency domain amplitude of the Gaussian Monocycle of Fig. 1A; FIG. 2A illustrates a pulse train comprising pulses as in Fig. 1A; FIG. 2B illustrates the frequency domain amplitude of the waveform of FIG. 2A; FIG. 3 illustrates the frequency domain amplitude of a sequence of time coded pulses; FIG. 4 illustrates a typical received signal and interference signal; FIG. 5A illustrates a typical geometrical configuration giving rise to multipath received signals; FIG. 5B illustrates exemplary multipath signals in the time domain; FIGS. 5C-5E illustrate a signal plot of various multipath environments. FIGS. 5F illustrates the Rayleigh fading curve associated with non-impulse radio transmissions in a multipath environment. FIG. 5G illustrates a plurality of multipaths with a plurality of reflectors from a transmitter to a receiver. FIG. 5H graphically represents signal strength as volts vs. time in a direct path and multipath environment. FIG. 6 illustrates a representative impulse radio transmitter functional diagram; FIG. 7 illustrates a representative impulse radio receiver functional diagram; FIG. 8A illustrates a representative received pulse signal at the input to the correlator; FIG. 8B illustrates a sequence of representative impulse signals in the correlation process; FIG. 9 illustrates the potential locus of results as a function of the various potential template time positions; FIG. 9A illustrates four nodes in an Impulse Radio TDMA linked network and the known distances between each node. FIG. 9B illustrates the four time slots associated with a four node Impulse Radio TDMA network. FIG. 10 is an example of a full duplex positioning architecture with synchronized transceiver tracking. FIG. 11 is an example of a full duplex positioning architecture with unsynchronized transceiver tracking. FIG. 12 is an example of a transmitter positioning architecture with synchronized transmitter tracking. FIG. 13 is an example of a transmitter positioning architecture with unsynchronized transmitter tracking. FIG. 14 is an example of a receiver positioning architecture with synchronized receiver tracking. FIG. 15 is an example of a receiver positioning architecture with unsynchronized receiver tracking. FIG. 16 is an example of a mixed mode positioning architecture with mixed mode referenced radios. FIG. 17 is an example of a mixed mode positioning architecture with mixed mode mobile radios. FIG. 18 is an example of a specialized antenna architecture with steerable null antennae designs. FIG. 19 is an example of a specialized antenna architecture with different antennae designs. FIG. 20 is an example of a specialized antenna architecture with directional antennae designs. FIG. 21 is an example of amplitude tracking architectures with amplitude sensing tracking. FIG. 22 is an example of navigation augmentation architectures with GPS augmentation. FIG. 23 is an example of navigation augmentation architectures with GPS/INS augmentation. FIG. 24 is an example of navigation augmentation architectures with generic navigation sensor augmentation. FIG. 25 illustrates impulse radio mobile positioning wherein the position of firefighters within a building are determined. FIG. 26 is a block diagram illustrating the components in the impulse radio mobile positioning system and method of FIG. 25. FIG. 27 illustrates the impulse radio fixed positioning system wherein the location of a child in a theme park is depicted. FIG. 28 is a flow chart of the process involved with the method of locating the position of a lost child in a theme park that is equipped with a system and method for position location using impulse radio. FIG. 29 illustrates the impulse radio fixed positioning system wherein the location of cargo in a warehouse is located. FIG. 30 is a block diagram illustrating the components in the impulse radio fixed positioning system and method as used in the cargo and warehouse example. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS Overview of the Invention The present invention will now be described more fully in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which the preferred embodiments of the invention arc shown. This invention should not, however, be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, they are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in art. Like numbers refer to like elements throughout. Recent advances in communications technology have enabled an emerging, revolutionary ultra wideband technology (UWB) called impulse radio communications systems (hereinafter called impulse radio). To better understand the benefits of impulse radio to the present invention, the following review of impulse radio follows. Impulse radio was first fully described in a series of patents, including U.S. Pat. No. 4,641,317 (issued Feb. 3, 1987), U.S. Pat. No. 4,813,057 (issued Mar. 14, 1989), U.S. Pat. No. 4,979,186 (issued Dec. 18, 1990) and U.S. Pat. No. 5,363,108 (issued November 8, 1994) to Larry W. Fullerton. A second generation of impulse radio patents include U.S. Pat. No. 5,677,927 (issued Oct. 14, 1997), U.S. Pat. No. 5,687,169 (issued Nov. 11, 1997) and U.S. Pat. No. 5,832,035 (issued Nov. 3, 1998) to Fullerton et al. These patent documents are incorporated herein by reference. Uses of impulse radio systems are described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/332,502, entitled, “System and Method for Intrusion Detection Using a Time Domain Radar Array,” and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/332,503, entitled, “Wide Area Time Domain Radar Array,” both filed on Jun. 14, 1999 and both of which are assigned to the assignee of the present invention. These patent documents are incorporated herein by reference. Impulse Radio Basics This section is directed to technology basics and provides the reader with an introduction to impulse radio concepts, as well as other relevant aspects of communications theory. This section includes subsections relating to waveforms, pulse trains, coding for energy smoothing and channelization, modulation, reception and demodulation, interference resistance, processing gain, capacity, multipath and propagation, distance measurement, and qualitative and quantitative characteristics of these concepts. It should be understood that this section is provided to assist the reader with understanding the present invention, and should not be used to limit the scope of the present invention. Impulse radio refers to a radio system based on short, low duty cycle pulses. An ideal impulse radio waveform is a short Gaussian monocycle. As the name suggests, this waveform attempts to approach one cycle of radio frequency (RF) energy at a desired center frequency. Due to implementation and other spectral limitations, this waveform may be altered significantly in practice for a given application. Most waveforms with enough bandwidth approximate a Gaussian shape to a useful degree. Impulse radio can use many types of modulation, including AM, time shift (also referred to as pulse position) and M-ary versions. The time shift method has simplicity and power output advantages that make it desirable. In this document, the time shift method is used as an illustrative example. In impulse radio communications, the pulse-to-pulse interval can be varied on a pulse-by-pulse basis by two components: an information component and a pseudo-random code component. Generally, conventional spread spectrum systems make use of pseudo-random codes to spread the normally narrow band information signal over a relatively wide band of frequencies. A conventional spread spectrum receiver correlates these signals to retrieve the original information signal. Unlike conventional spread spectrum systems, the pseudo-random code for impulse radio communications is not necessary for energy spreading because the monocycle pulses themselves have an inherently wide bandwidth. Instead, the pseudo-random code is used for channelization, energy smoothing in the frequency domain, resistance to interference, and reducing the interference potential to nearby receivers. The impulse radio receiver is typically a direct conversion receiver with a cross correlator front end in which the front end coherently converts an electromagnetic pulse train of monocycle pulses to a baseband signal in a single stage. The baseband signal is the basic information signal for the impulse radio communications system. It is often found desirable to include a subcarrier with the baseband signal to help reduce the effects of amplifier drift and low frequency noise. The subcarrier that is typically implemented alternately reverses modulation according to a known pattern at a rate faster than the data rate. This same pattern is used to reverse the process and restore the original data pattern just before detection. This method permits alternating current (AC) coupling of stages, or equivalent signal processing to eliminate direct current (DC) drift and errors from the detection process. This method is described in detail in U.S. Pat. No. 5,677,927 to Fullerton et al. In impulse radio communications utilizing time shift modulation, each data bit typically time position modulates many pulses of the periodic timing signal. This yields a modulated, coded timing signal that comprises a train of identically shaped pulses for each single data bit. The impulse radio receiver integrates multiple pulses to recover the transmitted information. Impulse radio refers to a radio system based on short, low duty cycle pulses. In the widest bandwidth embodiment, the resulting waveform approaches one cycle per pulse at the center frequency. In more narrow band embodiments, each pulse consists of a burst of cycles usually with some spectral shaping to control the bandwidth to meet desired properties such as out of band emissions or in-band spectral flatness, or time domain peak power or burst off time attenuation. For system analysis purposes, it is convenient to model the desired waveform in an ideal sense to provide insight into the optimum behavior for detail design guidance. One such waveform model that has been useful is the Gaussian monocycle as shown in FIG. 1A. This waveform is representative of the transmitted pulse produced by a step function into an ultra-wideband antenna. The basic equation normalized to a peak value of 1 is as follows: fmono(t)=e(tσ)e-t22σ2 σ is a time scaling parameter, t is time, fmono(t) is the waveform voltage, and e is the natural logarithm base. The frequency domain spectrum of the above waveform is shown in FIG. 1B. The corresponding equation is: Fmono(f)=(2π)32σ fe-2(πσ f)2 The center frequency (fc), or frequency of peak spectral density is: fc=12πσ These pulses, or bursts of cycles, may be produced by methods described in the patents referenced above or by other methods that are known to one of ordinary skill in the art. Any practical implementation will deviate from the ideal mathematical model by some amount. In fact, this deviation from ideal may be substantial and yet yield a system with acceptable performance. This is especially true for microwave implementations, where precise waveform shaping is difficult to achieve. These mathematical models are provided as an aid to describing ideal operation and are not intended to limit the invention. In fact, any burst of cycles that adequately fills a given bandwidth and has an adequate on-off attenuation ratio for a given application will serve the purpose of this invention. A Pulse Train Impulse radio systems can deliver one or more data bits per pulse; however, impulse radio systems more typically use pulse trains, not single pulses, for each data bit. As described in detail in the following example system, the impulse radio transmitter produces and outputs a train of pulses for each bit of information. Prototypes built by the inventors have pulse repetition frequencies including 0.7 and 10 megapulses per second (Mpps, where each megapulse is 106 pulses). FIGS. 2A and 2B are illustrations of the output of a typical 10 Mpps system with uncoded, unmodulated, 0.5 nanosecond (ns) pulses 102. FIG. 2A shows a time domain representation of this sequence of pulses 102. FIG. 2B, which shows 60 MHZ at the center of the spectrum for the waveform of FIG. 2A, illustrates that the result of the pulse train in the frequency domain is to produce a spectrum comprising a set of lines 204 spaced at the frequency of the 10 Mpps pulse repetition rate. When the full spectrum is shown, the envelope of the line spectrum follows the curve of the single pulse spectrum 104 of FIG. 1B. For this simple uncoded case, the power of the pulse train is spread among roughly two hundred comb lines. Each comb line thus has a small fraction of the total power and presents much less of an interference problem to receiver sharing the band. It can also be observed from FIG. 2A that impulse radio systems typically have very low average duty cycles resulting in average power significantly lower than peak power. The duty cycle of the signal in the present example is 0.5%, based on a 0.5 ns pulse in a 100 ns interval. Coding for Energy Smoothing and Channelization For high pulse rate systems, it may be necessary to more finely spread the spectrum than is achieved by producing comb lines. This may be done by pseudo-randomly positioning each pulse relative to its nominal position. FIG. 3 is a plot illustrating the impact of a pseudo-noise (PN) code dither on energy distribution in the frequency domain (A pseudo-noise, or PN code is a set of time positions defining the pseudo-random positioning for each pulse in a sequence of pulses). FIG. 3, when compared to FIG. 2B, shows that the impact of using a PN code is to destroy the comb line structure and spread the energy more uniformly. This structure typically has slight variations which are characteristic of the specific code used. The PN code also provides a method of establishing independent communication channels using impulse radio. PN codes can be designed to have low cross correlation such that a pulse train using one code will seldom collide on more than one or two pulse positions with a pulses train using another code during any one data bit time. Since a data bit may comprise hundreds of pulses, this represents a substantial attenuation of the unwanted channel. Any aspect of the waveform can be modulated to convey information. Amplitude modulation, phase modulation, frequency modulation, time shift modulation and M-ary versions of these have been proposed. Both analog and digital forms have been implemented. Of these, digital time shift modulation has been demonstrated to have various advantages and can be easily implemented using a correlation receiver architecture. Digital time shift modulation can be implemented by shifting the coded time position by an additional amount (that is, in addition to PN code dither) in response to the information signal. This amount is typically very small relative to the PN code shift. In a 10 Mpps system with a center frequency of 2 GHz., for example, the PN code may command pulse position variations over a range of 100 ns; whereas, the information modulation may only deviate the pulse position by 150 ps. Thus, in a. pulse train of n pulses, each pulse is delayed a different amount from its respective time base clock position by an individual code delay amount plus a modulation amount, where n is the number of pulses associated with a given data symbol digital bit. Modulation further smooths the spectrum, minimizing structure in the resulting spectrum. Reception and Demodulation Clearly, if there were a large number of impulse radio users within a confined area, there might be mutual interference. Further, while the PN coding minimizes that interference, as the number of user'"'"'s rises, the probability of an individual pulse from one user'"'"'s sequence being received simultaneously with a pulse from another user'"'"'s sequence increases. Impulse radios are able to perform in these environments, in part, because they do not depend on receiving every pulse. The impulse radio receiver performs a correlating, synchronous receiving function (at the RF level) that uses a statistical sampling and combining of many pulses to recover the transmitted information. Impulse radio receivers typically integrate from 1 to 1000 or more pulses to yield the demodulated output. The optimal number of pulses over which the receiver integrates is dependent on a number of variables, including pulse rate, bit rate, interference levels, and range. Besides channelization and energy smoothing, the PN coding also makes impulse radios highly resistant to interference from all radio communications systems, including other impulse radio transmitters. This is critical as any other signals within the band occupied by an impulse signal potentially interfere with the impulse radio. Since there are currently no unallocated bands available for impulse systems, they must share spectrum with other conventional radio systems without being adversely affected. The PN code helps impulse systems discriminate between the intended impulse transmission and interfering transmissions from others. FIG. 4 illustrates the result of a narrow band sinusoidal interference signal 402 overlaying an impulse radio signal 404. At the impulse radio receiver, the input to the cross correlation would include the narrow band signal 402, as well as the received ultrawide-band impulse radio signal 404. The input is sampled by the cross correlator with a PN dithered template signal 406. Without PN coding, the cross correlation would sample the interfering signal 402 with such regularity that the interfering signals could cause significant interference to the impulse radio receiver. However, when the transmitted impulse signal is encoded with the PN code dither (and the impulse radio receiver template signal 406 is synchronized with that identical PN code dither) the correlation samples the interfering signals pseudo-randomly. The samples from the interfering signal add incoherently, increasing roughly according to square root of the number of samples integrated; whereas, the impulse radio samples add coherently, increasing directly according to the number of samples integrated. Thus, integrating over many pulses overcomes the impact of interference. Processing Gain Impulse radio is resistant to interference because of its large processing gain. For typical spread spectrum systems, the definition of processing gain, which quantifies the decrease in channel interference when wide-band communications are used, is the ratio of the bandwidth of the channel to the bit rate of the information signal. For example, a direct sequence spread spectrum system with a 10 kHz information bandwidth and a 10 MHZ channel bandwidth yields a processing gain of 1000 or 30 dB. However, far greater processing gains are achieved with impulse radio systems, where for the same 10 KHz information bandwidth is spread across a much greater 2 GHz. channel bandwidth, the theoretical processing gain is 200,000 or 53 dB. It has been shown theoretically, using signal to noise arguments, that thousands of simultaneous voice channels are available to an impulse radio system as a result of the exceptional processing gain, which is due to the exceptionally wide spreading bandwidth. For a simplistic user distribution, with N interfering users of equal power equidistant from the receiver, the total interference signal to noise ratio as a result of these other users can be described by the following equation: Vtot2=N σ2Z V2tot is the total interference signal to noise ratio variance, at the receiver; N is the number of interfering users; σ2 is the signal to noise ratio variance resulting from one of the interfering signals with a single pulse cross correlation; and Z is the number of pulses over which the receiver integrates to recover the modulation. This relationship suggests that link quality degrades gradually as the number of simultaneous users increases. It also shows the advantage of integration gain. The number of users that can be supported at the same interference level increases by the square root of the number of pulses integrated. Multipath and Propagation One of the striking advantages of impulse radio is its resistance to multipath fading effects. Conventional narrow band systems are subject to multipath through the Rayleigh fading process, where the signals from many delayed reflections combine at the receiver antenna according to their seemingly random relative phases. This results in possible summation or possible cancellation, depending on the specific propagation to a given location. This situation occurs where the direct path signal is weak relative to the multipath signals, which represents a major portion of the potential coverage of a radio system. In mobile systems, this results in wild signal strength fluctuations as a function of distance traveled, where the changing mix of multipath signals results in signal strength fluctuations for every few feet of travel. Impulse radios, however, can be substantially resistant to these effects. Impulses arriving from delayed multipath reflections typically arrive outside of the correlation time and thus can be ignored. This process is described in detail with reference to FIGS. 5A and 5B, In FIG. 5A, three propagation paths are shown. The direct path representing the straight line distance between the transmitter and receiver is the shortest. Path 1 represents a grazing multipath reflection, which is very close to the direct path. Path 2 represents a distant multipath reflection. Also shown are elliptical (or, in space, ellipsoidal) traces that represent other possible locations for reflections with the same time delay. FIG. 5B represents a time domain plot of the received waveform from this multipath propagation configuration. This figure comprises three doublet pulses as shown in FIG. 1A. The direct path signal is the reference signal and represents the shortest propagation time. The path 1 signal is delayed slightly and actually overlaps and enhances the signal strength at this delay value. Note that the reflected waves are reversed in polarity. The path 2 signal is delayed sufficiently that the waveform is completely separated from the direct path signal. If the correlator template signal is positioned at the direct path signal, the path 2 signal will produce no response. It can be seen that only the multipath signals resulting from very close reflectors have any effect on the reception of the direct path signal. The multipath signals delayed less than one quarter wave (one quarter wave is about 1.5 inches, or 3.5 cm at 2 GHz center frequency) are the only multipath signals that can attenuate the direct path signal. This region is equivalent to the first Fresnel zone familiar to narrow band systems designers. Impulse radio, however, has no further nulls in the higher Fresnel zones. The ability to avoid the highly variable attenuation from multipath gives impulse radio significant performance advantages. FIG. 5A illustrates a typical multipath situation, such as in a building, where there are many reflectors 5A04, 5A05 and multiple propagation paths 5A02, 5A01. In this figure, a transmitter TX 5A06 transmits a signal which propagates along the multiple propagation paths 5A02, 5A04 to receiver RX 5A08, where the multiple reflected signals are combined at the antenna. FIG. 5B illustrates a resulting typical received composite pulse waveform resulting from the multiple reflections and multiple propagation paths 5A01, 5A02. In this figure, the direct path signal 5A01 is shown as the first pulse signal received. The multiple reflected signals (“multipath signals”, or “multipath”) comprise the remaining response as illustrated. FIGS. 5C, 5D, and 5E represent the received signal from a TM-UWB transmitter in three different multipath environments. These figures are not actual signal plots, but are hand drawn plots approximating typical signal plots. FIG. 5C illustrates the received signal in a very low multipath environment. This may occur in a building where the receiver antenna is in the middle of a room and is one meter from the transmitter. This may also represent signals received from some distance, such as 100 meters, in an open field where there are no objects to produce reflections. In this situation, the predominant pulse is the first received pulse and the multipath reflections are too weak to be significant. FIG. 5D illustrates an intermediate multipath environment. This approximates the response from one room to the next in a building. The amplitude of the direct path signal is less than in FIG. 5C and several reflected signals are of significant amplitude. (Note that the scale has been increased to normalize the plot.) FIG. 5E approximates the response in a severe multipath environment such as: propagation through many rooms; from corner to corner in a building; within a metal cargo hold of a ship; within a metal truck trailer; or within an intermodal shipping container. In this scenario, the main path signal is weaker than in FIG. 5D. (Note that the scale has been increased again to normalize the plot.) In this situation, the direct path signal power is small relative to the total signal power from the reflections. An impulse radio receiver in accordance with the present invention can receive the signal and demodulate the information using either the direct path signal or any multipath signal peak having sufficient signal to noise ratio. Thus, the impulse radio receiver can select the strongest response from among the many arriving signals. In order for the signals to cancel and produce a null at a given location, dozens of reflections would have to be cancelled simultaneously and precisely while blocking the direct path—a highly unlikely scenario. This time separation of mulitipath signals together with time resolution and selection by the receiver permit a type of time diversity that virtually eliminates cancellation of the signal. In a multiple correlator rake receiver, performance is further improved by collecting the signal power from multiple signal peaks for additional signal to noise performance. Where the system of FIG. 5A is a narrow band system and the delays are small relative to the data bit time, the received signal is a sum of a large number of sine waves of random amplitude and phase. In the idealized limit, the resulting envelope amplitude has been shown to follow a Rayleigh probability distribution as follows: p(r)=1σ2exp (-r22σ2) where r is the envelope amplitude of the combined multipath signals, and 2σ2 is the RMS power of the combined mulitpath signals. This distribution shown in FIG. 5F. It can be seen in FIG. 5F that 10% of the time, the signal is more than 16 dB attenuated. This suggests that 16 dB fade margin is needed to provide 90% link availability. Values of fade margin from 10 to 40 dB have been suggested for various narrow band systems, depending on the required reliability. This characteristic has been the subject of much research and can be partially improved by such techniques as antenna and frequency diversity, but these techniques result in additional complexity and cost. In a high multipath environment such as inside homes, offices, warehouses, automobiles, trailers, shipping containers, or outside in the urban canyon or other situations where the propagation is such that the received signal is primarily scattered energy, impulse radio, according to the present invention, can avoid the Rayleigh fading mechanism that limits performance of narrow band systems. This is illustrated in FIG. 5G and 5H in a transmit and receive system in a high multipath environment 5G00, wherein the transmitter 5G06 transmits to receiver 5G08 with the signals reflecting off reflectors 5G03 which form multipaths 5G02. The direct path is illustrated as 5G01 with the signal graphically illustrated at 5H02, with the vertical axis being the signal strength in volts and horizontal axis representing time in nanoseconds. Multipath signals are graphically illustrated at 5H04. Distance Measurement Important for positioning, impulse systems can measure distances to extremely fine resolution because of the absence of ambiguous cycles in the waveform. Narrow band systems, on the other hand, are limited to the modulation envelope and cannot easily distinguish precisely which RF cycle is associated with each data bit because the cycle-to-cycle amplitude differences are so small they are masked by link or system noise. Since the impulse radio waveform has no multi-cycle ambiguity, this allows positive determination of the waveform position to less than a wavelength—potentially, down to the noise floor of the system. This time position measurement can be used to measure propagation delay to determine link distance, and once link distance is known, to transfer a time reference to an equivalently high degree of precision. The inventors of the present invention have built systems that have shown the potential for centimeter distance resolution, which is equivalent to about 30 ps of time transfer resolution. See, for example, commonly owned, co-pending application Ser. No. 09/045,929, filed Mar. 23, 1998, titled “Ultrawide-Band Position Determination System and Method”, and Ser. No. 09/083,993, filed May 26, 1998, titled “System and Method for Distance Measurement by Inphase and Quadrature Signals in a Radio System”, both of which are incorporated herein by reference. In addition to the methods articulated above, impulse radio technology along with Time Division Multiple Access algorithms and Time Domain packet radios can achieve geo-positioning capabilities in a radio network. This geo-positioning method allows ranging to occur within a network of radios without the necessity of a full duplex exchange among every pair of radios. FIG. 9A illustrates an example of a four slot TDMA network 90A. We begin with all radios off the air. As the first radio, 92A, comes on, it pauses to listen to the current network traffic. After a reasonable delay, it powers on and, having heard no other traffic, takes control of the first slot shown in FIG. 9B as 92B. While online, it will periodically send a hello request containing identifying information showing it owns slot 1. Although the network is considered adhoc, the radio that owns the first TDMA slot has some unique responsibilities. Radio B, 94A, powers up next and begins to listen to network traffic. It notes that Radio A, 92A, is on the air in the first slot. Radio B, 94A, acquires slot 2, 94B, and transmits a hello request at the slot two position 2, 94B. The hello request prompts an exchange with Radio A, 92A, as soon as his slot comes available. Radio A transmits a packet that will result in the acquisition of two pieces of information. Radio A, 92A, sends a SYNC packet containing a request for an immediate acknowledgement. Radio B, 94A, is thereby given permission to respond during Radio A'"'"'s slot time. Radio B, 94A, transmits a SYNC ACK packet in return. Radio A, 92A, then calculates the distance to Radio B, 94A, and properly adjusts the synchronization clock for the distance and sends the current time, adjusted for distance, to Radio B, 94A. At this point Radio A'"'"'s, 92A, clock is synchronized with Radio B, 94A. Once this occurs, any time Radio A, 92A, transmits, Radio B, 94A, is capable of calculating the distance to Radio A, 92A, without a full duplex exchange. Also any time Radio B, 94A, transmits, Radio A, 94A, is capable of calculating the distance to Radio B, 94A. Through periodic SYNC packets to radio C, 98A, and radio D, 96A, on the network, clock synchronization could be maintained throughout the entire network of radios. Assuming that radio A, 92A, radio B, 94A, radio C, 98A and radio D, 96A, al ways transmit packets at the immediate start of their slot times 92B, 94B, 96B, and 98B, this system would allow all radios on a network to immediately calculate the distance to any other radio on the network whenever a radio transmitted a packet. Exemplary Transceiver Implementation An exemplary embodiment of an impulse radio transmitter 602 of an impulse radio communication system having one subcarrier channel will now be described with reference to FIG. 6. The transmitter 602 comprises a time base 604 that generates a periodic timing signal 606. The time base 604 typically comprises a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO), or the like, having a high timing accuracy and low jitter, on the order of picoseconds (ps). The voltage control to adjust the VCO center frequency is set at calibration to the desired center frequency used to define the transmitter'"'"'s nominal pulse repetition rate. The periodic timing signal 606 is supplied to a precision timing generator 608. The precision timing generator 608 supplies synchronizing signals 610 to the code source 612 and utilizes the code source output 614 together with an internally generated subcarrier signal (which is optional) and an information signal 616 to generate a modulated, coded timing signal 618. The code source 612 comprises a storage device such as a random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), or the like, for storing suitable PN codes and for outputting the PN codes as a code signal 614. Alternatively, maximum length shift registers or other computational means can be used to generate the PN codes. An information source 620 supplies the information signal 616 to the precision timing generator 608. The information signal 616 can be any type of intelligence, including digital bits representing voice, data, imagery, or the like, analog signals, or complex signals. A pulse generator 622 uses the modulated, coded timing signal 618 as a trigger to generate output pulses. The output pulses are sent to a transmit antenna 624 via a transmission line 626 coupled thereto. The output pulses are converted into propagating electromagnetic pulses by the transmit antenna 624. In the present embodiment, the electromagnetic pulses are called the emitted signal, and propagate to an impulse radio receiver 702, such as shown in FIG. 7, through a propagation medium, such as air, in a radio frequency embodiment. In a preferred embodiment, the emitted signal is wide-band or ultrawide-band, approaching a monocycle pulse as in FIG. 1A. However, the emitted signal can be spectrally modified by filtering of the pulses. This bandpass filtering will cause each monocycle pulse to have more zero crossings (more cycles) in the time domain. In this case, the impulse radio receiver can use a similar waveform as the template signal in the cross correlator for efficient conversion. An exemplary embodiment of an impulse radio receiver (hereinafter called the receiver) for the impulse radio communication system is now described with reference to FIG. 7. The receiver 702 comprises a receive antenna 704 for receiving a propagated impulse radio signal 706. A received signal 708 is input to a cross correlator or sampler 710 via a receiver transmission line, coupled to the receive antenna 704, and producing a baseband output 712. The receiver 702 also includes a precision timing generator 714, which receives a periodic timing signal 716 from a receiver time base 718. This time base 718 is adjustable and controllable in time, frequency, or phase, as required by the lock loop in order to lock on the received signal 708. The precision timing generator 714 provides synchronizing signals 720 to the code source 722 and receives a code control signal 724 from the code source 722. The precision timing generator 714 utilizes the periodic timing signal 716 and code control signal 724 to produce a coded timing signal 726. The template generator 728 is triggered by this coded timing signal 726 and produces a train of template signal pulses 730 ideally having waveforms substantially equivalent to each pulse of the received signal 708. The code for receiving a given signal is the same code utilized by the originating transmitter to generate the propagated signal. Thus, the timing of the template pulse train matches the timing of the received signal pulse train, allowing the received signal 708 to be synchronously sampled in the correlator 710. The correlator 710 ideally comprises a multiplier followed by a short term integrator to sum the multiplier product over the pulse interval. The output of the correlator 710 is coupled to a subcarrier demodulator 732, which demodulates the subcarrier information signal from the subcarrier. The purpose of the optional subcarrier process, when used, is to move the information signal away from DC (zero frequency) to improve immunity to low frequency noise and offsets. The output of the subcarrier demodulator is then filtered or integrated in the pulse summation stage 734. A digital system embodiment is shown in FIG. 7. In this digital system, a sample and hold 736 samples the output 735 of the pulse summation stage 734 synchronously with the completion of the summation of a digital bit or symbol. The output of sample and hold 736 is then compared with a nominal zero (or reference) signal output in a detector stage 738 to determine an output signal 739 representing the digital state of the output voltage of sample and hold 736. The baseband signal 712 is also input to a lowpass filter 742 (also referred to as lock loop filter 742). A control loop comprising the lowpass filter 742, time base 718, precision timing generator 714, template generator 728, and correlator 710 is used to generate an error signal 744. The error signal 744 provides adjustments to the adjustable time base 718 to time position the periodic timing signal 726 in relation to the position of the received signal 708. In a transceiver embodiment, substantial economy can be achieved by sharing part or all of several of the functions of the transmitter 602 and receiver 702. Some of these include the time base 718, precision timing generator 714, code source 722, antenna 704, and the like. FIGS. 8-10 illustrate the cross correlation process and the correlation function. FIG. 8 shows the waveform of a template signal. FIG. 8B shows the waveform of a received impulse radio signal at a set of several possible time offsets. FIG. 9 represents the output of the correlator (multiplier and short time integrator) for each of the time offsets of FIG. 8B. Thus, this graph does not show a waveform that is a function of time, but rather a function of time-offset. For any given pulse received, there is only one corresponding point which is applicable on this graph. This is the point corresponding to the time offset of the template signal used to receive that pulse. Further examples and details of precision timing can be found described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,677,927, and commonly owned co-pending application Ser. No. 09/146,524, filed Sep. 3, 1998, titled “Precision Timing Generator System and Method”, both of which are incorporated herein by reference. Impulse Radio as Used in the Present Invention Utilizing the unique properties of impulse radio, the current state of the art in positioning systems is dramatically improved. By using the positioning techniques in the prior impulse radio positioning patents which have been incorporated by reference, as well as the aforementioned novel positioning TDMA technique, in the following architectures, novel impulse radio positioning systems and methods are herein enabled. Synchronized Transceiver Tracking FIG. 10 illustrates a Synchronized Transceiver Tracking, wherein a network of fixed-location reference transceivers (two-way impulse radios) allow the position of multiple mobile transceivers (two-way impulse radios) to be determined. This architecture is perhaps the most generic of the impulse radio geo-positioning architectures since both the mobile and reference radios are full two-way transceivers. The network is designed to be scalable, allowing from very few reference and mobile radios to a very large number. FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a simple implementation of this architecture. This particular example shows a system of four reference radios (R1, 1002, through R4, 1008) and two mobile radios (M1, 1012, and M2, 1010). The arrows between the radios represent two-way data and/or voice links. A fully inter-connected network would have every radio continually communicating with every other radio, but this is not required and can be dependent upon the needs of the particular application. Each radio is a two-way transceiver; thus each link between radios is two-way (duplex). Precise ranging information (the distance between two radios) is distributed around the network in such a way as to allow the mobile radios (M1, 1012, and M2, 1010, in FIG. 10) to determine their precise three-dimensional position within a local coordinate system. This position, along with other data or voice traffic, can then be relayed from the mobile radios back to the reference master radio (R1, 1002), one of the other reference relay radios (R2, 1004, through R4, 1008 in FIG. 10), or to other mobile radios such as M2, 1010, in FIG. 10). The radios used in this architecture are impulse radio two-way transceivers. The reference and mobile radio hardware is essentially the same. The firmware, however, varies slightly based on the functions each radio must perform. For example, R1, 1002, can designate as the reference master radio. As the master, it directs the passing of information and typically will be responsible for collecting all the data for external graphical display. The remaining reference relay radios contain a separate version of the firmware, the primary difference being the different parameters or information that each reference relay radio must provide the network. Finally, the mobile radios have their own firmware version that calculates their position and displays it locally if desired. In FIG. 10, each radio link is a two-way link that allows for the passing of information, both data and/or voice. The data-rates between each radio link is a function of several variables including the number of pulses integrated to get a single bit, the number of bits per data parameter, the length of any headers required in the messages, the range bin size, and the number of radios in the network. By transmitting in assigned time slots and by carefully listening to the other radios transmit in their assigned transmit time slots, the entire group of radios within the network, both mobile and reference, will be able to synchronize themselves. The oscillators used on the impulse radio boards will drift slowly in time, thus requiring continual monitoring and adjustment of synchronization. The accuracy of this synchronization process (timing) is dependent upon several factors. These factors include how often and how long each radio transmits. The purpose of the impulse radio geo-positioning network is to be able to track mobile radios. Tracking is accomplished by stepping through several well-defined steps. The first step is for the reference radios to synchronize together and begin passing information. Then, when a mobile radio enters the network area, it synchronizes itself to the previously synchronized reference radios. Once the mobile radio is synchronized, it begins collecting and time-tagging range measurements from any available reference (or other mobile) radio. The mobile radio then takes these time-tagged ranges and, using a least squares-based or similar estimator, calculates the mobile radio position in local coordinates. If the situation warrants and the conversion possible, the local coordinates can be converted to any one of the worldwide coordinates such as Earth Centered Inertial (ECI), Earth Centered Earth Fixed (ECEF), or J2000 (inertial coordinates fixed to year 2000). Finally, the mobile radio forwards its position solution to the reference master radio for storage and real-time display. Unsynchronized Transceiver Tracking FIG. 11 illustrates Unsynchronized Transceiver Tracking, which is a network of fixed-location, unsynchronized reference impulse radio transceivers, 1102-1108, which allows the position of multiple mobile impulse radio transceivers, 1110 and 1112, to be determined. This architecture is similar to Synchronized Transceiver Tracking of FIG. 10, except that the reference receivers are not time-synchronized. Both the mobile and reference radios for this architecture are full two-way transceivers. The network is designed to be scalable, allowing from very few reference and mobile radios to a very large number of both. This particular embodiment of FIG. 11 shows a system of four reference radios (R1, 1102 through R4, 1108) and two mobile radios (M1, 1110 and M2, 1112). The arrows between the radios represent two-way data and/or voice links. A fully inter-connected network would have every radio continually communicating with every other radio, but this is not required and can be defined as to the needs of the particular application. Each radio is a two-way transceiver; thus each link between radios is two-way (duplex). Precise ranging information (the distance between two radios) is distributed around the network in such a way as to allow the mobile radios (M1, 1110 and M2, 1112 in FIG. 11) to determine their precise three-dimensional position within a local coordinate system. This position, along with other data or voice traffic, can then be relayed from the mobile radios back to the reference master radio (R1, 1102), one of the other reference relay radios (R2, 1104 through RN), or to other mobile radios. The radios used in the architecture of FIG. 11 are impulse radio two-way transceivers. The reference and mobile radio hardware is essentially the same. The firmware, however, varies slightly based on the functions each radio must perform. For example, R1, 1102, is designated as the reference master radio. It directs the passing of information, and typically will be responsible for collecting all the data for external graphical display. The remaining reference relay radios contain a separate version of the firmware, the primary difference being the different parameters or information that each reference relay radio must provide the network. Finally, the mobile radios have their own firmware version that calculates their position and displays it locally, if desired. Each radio link is a two-way link that allows for the passing of information, data and/or voice. The data-rates between each radio link is a function of several variables including the number of pulses integrated to get a single bit, the number of bits per data parameter, the length of any headers required in the messages, the range bin size, and the number of radios in the network. Unlike the radios in the Synchronized Transceiver Tracking architecture, the reference radios in this architecture are not time-synchronized as a network. These radios simply operate independently (free-running), providing ranges to the mobile radios either periodically, randomly, or when tasked. Depending upon the application and situation, the reference radios may or may not talk to other reference radios in the network. As with the architecture of FIG. 10, the purpose of the impulse radio geo-positioning network is to be able to track mobile radios. Tracking is accomplished by stepping through several steps. These steps are dependent upon the way in which the reference radios range with the mobile radios (periodically, randomly, or when tasked). When a mobile radio enters the network area, it either listens for reference radios to broadcasts, then responds, or it queries (tasks) the desired reference radios to respond. The mobile radio begins collecting and time-tagging range measurements from reference (or other mobile) radios. The mobile radio then takes these time-tagged ranges and, using a least squares-based or similar estimator, calculates the mobile radio position in local coordinates. If the situation warrants and the conversion possible, the local coordinates can be converted to any one of the worldwide coordinates such as Earth Centered Inertial (ECI), Earth Centered Earth Fixed (ECEF), or J2000 (inertial coordinates fixed to year 2000). Finally, the mobile radio forwards its position solution to the reference master radio for storage and real-time display if desired, 1114. Synchronized Transmitter Tracking In Synchronized Transmitter Tracking, a network of fixed-location two way reference impulse radio transceivers allow the position of multiple mobile impulse radio transmitters to be determined. This architecture is perhaps the simplest of the impulse radio geo-positioning architectures, from the point-of-view of the mobile radio, since the mobile radios simply transmits in a free-running sense. The network is designed to be scalable, allowing from very few reference and mobile radios to a very large number. This architecture is especially applicable to an “RF tag” (radio frequency tag) type of application. FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a simple implementation of this architecture. This particular example shows a system of four reference radios (R1,1202 through R4, 1208) and two mobile radios (M1,1210 and M2, 1212). The arrows between the radios represent two-way and one-way data and/or voice links. Notice that the mobile impulse radios only transmit, thus they do not receive the transmissions from the other mobile radios. Each reference radio is a two-way transceiver; thus each link between reference radios is two-way (duplex). Precise ranging information (the distance between two radios) is distributed around the reference radio network in such a way as to allow the synchronized reference radios to receive the mobile radio transmissions (M1 and M2 in FIG. 1) in order to determine the mobile radio precise three-dimensional position within a local coordinate system. This position, along with other data or voice traffic, can then be relayed from the reference relay radios back to the reference master radio (R1). The reference radios used in this architecture are impulse radio two-way transceivers, the mobile impulse radios are one-way transmitters. The firmware in the radios varies slightly based on the functions each radio must perform. For example, R1, 1202, is designated as the reference master radio. It directs the passing of information, and typically will be responsible for collecting all the data for external graphical display. The remaining reference relay radios contain a separate version of the firmware, the primary difference being the different parameters or information that each reference relay radio must provide the network. Finally, the mobile radios have their own firmware version that transmits pulses in predetermined sequences. Each reference radio link is a two-way link that allows for the passing of information, data and/or voice. The data-rates between each radio link is a function of several variables including the number of pulses integrated to get a single bit, the number of bits per data parameter, the length of any headers required in the messages, the range bin size, and the number of radios in the network. By transmitting in assigned time slots and by carefully listening to the other radios transmit in their assigned transmit time slots, the entire group of reference radios within the network will be able to synchronize themselves. The oscillators used on the impulse radio boards will drift slowly in time, thus requiring continual monitoring and adjustment of synchronization. The accuracy of this synchronization process (timing) is dependent upon several factors. These factors include how often and how long each radio transmits along with other factors. The mobile radios, since they are transmit-only transmitters, are not time-synchronized to the synchronized reference radio network. The purpose of the impulse radio geo-positioning network is to be able to track mobile radios. Tracking is accomplished by stepping through several well-defined steps. The first step is for the reference radios to synchronize together and begin passing information. Then, when a mobile radio enters the network area and begins to transmit pulses, the reference radios pick up these pulses as time-of-arrivals (TOAs). Multiple TOAs collected by different synchronized reference radios are then converted to ranges, which are then used to calculate mobile radio XYZ position in local coordinates. If the situation warrants and the conversion possible, the local coordinates can be converted to any one of the worldwide coordinates such as Earth Centered Inertial (ECI), Earth Centered Earth Fixed (ECEF), or J2000 (inertial coordinates fixed to year 2000). Unsynchronized Transmitter Tracking In Unsynchronized Transmitter Tracking, a network of fixed-location impulse radio reference transceivers allow the position of multiple mobile impulse radio transmitters to be determined. This architecture is very similar to the Synchronized Transmitter Tracking architecture except that the reference radios are not synchronized in time. In other words, both the reference radios and the mobile radios are free-running. The network is designed to be scalable, allowing from very few reference and mobile radios to a very large number. This architecture is especially applicable to an “RF tag” type of application. FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a simple implementation of this architecture. This particular embodiment shows a system of four reference radios (R1, 1302 through R4, 1308) and two mobile radios (M1, 1310 and M2, 1312). The arrows between the radios represent two-way and one-way data and/or voice links. Notice that the mobile radios only transmit, thus they do not receive the transmissions from the other mobile radios. Unlike the Synchronous Transmitter Tracking architecture, the reference radios in this architecture are free-running (unsynchronized). There are several ways to implement this design, the most common involves relaying the time-of-arrival (TOA) pulses from the mobile and reference radios, as received at the reference radios, back to the reference master radio. Each reference radio in this architecture is a two-way impulse radio transceiver; thus each link between reference radios can be either two-way (duplex) or one-way (simplex). TOA information will typically be transmitted from the reference radios back to the reference master radio where the TOAs will be converted to ranges and then XYZ position, which can then be displayed, 1314. The reference radios used in this architecture are impulse radio two-way transceivers, the mobile radios are one-way impulse radio transmitters. The firmware in the radios varies slightly based on the functions each radio must perform. For example, R1, 1302 is designated as the reference master radio. It collects the TOA information, and typically will be responsible for forwarding tracking data for external graphical display, 1314. The remaining reference relay radios contain a separate version of the firmware, the primary difference being the different parameters or information that each reference relay radio must provide the network. Finally, the mobile radios have their own firmware version that transmits pulses in predetermined sequences. Since the reference radios and mobile radios are free-running, synchronization is actually done by the reference master impulse radio 1302 alone. The oscillators used in the impulse radios will drift slowly in time, thus likely requiring continual monitoring and adjustment of synchronization at the reference master radio. The accuracy of this synchronization (timing) is dependent upon several factors. These factors include how often and how long each radio transmits along with other factors. The purpose of the impulse radio geo-positioning network is to be able to track mobile radios. Tracking is accomplished by stepping through several steps. The most likely method is to have each reference radio periodically (randomly) transmit a pulse sequence. Then, when a mobile radio enters the network area and begins to transmit pulses, the reference radios pick up these pulses as time-of-arrivals (TOAs) as well as the pulses (TOAs) transmitted by the other reference radios. TOAs can then either be relayed back to the reference master radio or just collected directly (assuming it can pick up all the transmissions). The reference master radios then converts these TOAs to ranges, which are then used to calculate mobile radio XYZ position in local coordinates. If the situation warrants and the conversion possible, the local coordinates can be converted to any one of the worldwide coordinates such as Earth Centered Inertial (ECI), Earth Centered Earth Fixed (ECEF), or J2000 (inertial coordinates fixed to year 2000). Synchronized Receiver Tracking In Synchronized Receiver Tracking, a network of fixed-location reference impulse radio transceivers allow the position of multiple impulse radio mobile receivers to be determined. This architecture is different from the Synchronized Transmitter Tracking architecture in that in this design the mobile receivers will determine their positions but will not be broadcasting it to anyone (since they are receive-only radios). The network is designed to be scalable, allowing from very few reference and mobile radios to a very large number of both. FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing a simple implementation of this architecture. This particular example shows a system of four reference radios (R1, 1402 through R4, 1408) and two mobile radios (M1, 1410 and M2, 1412). The arrows between the radios represent two-way and one-way data andlor voice links. Notice that the mobile radios only receive transmissions from other radios, and do not transmit. Each reference radio is a two-way transceiver, each mobile radio is a receive-only radio. Precise, synchronized pulses are transmitted by the reference network and received by the other reference radios and the mobile radios. The mobile radios takes these times-of-arrival (TOA) pulses, converts them to ranges, then determines its XYZ position. Since the mobile radios do not transmit, only they themselves will know their XYZ position. The reference radios used in this architecture are impulse radio two-way transceivers, the mobile radios are receive-only radios. The firmware for the radios varies slightly based on the functions each radio must perform. For example, R1, 1402 is designated as the reference master radio. It directs the synchronization of the reference radio network. The remaining reference relay radios contain a separate version of the firmware, the primary difference being the different parameters or information that each reference relay radio must provide the network. Finally, the mobile radios have their own firmware version that calculates their position and displays it locally if desired. Each reference radio link is a two-way link that allows for the passing of information, data and/or voice. The mobile radios are receive-only. The data-rates between each radio link is a function of several variables including the number of pulses integrated to get a single bit, the number of bits per data parameter, the length of any headers required in the messages, the range bin size, and the number of radios in the network. By transmitting in assigned time slots and by carefully listening to the other reference radios transmit in their assigned transmit time slots, the entire group of reference radios within the network will be able to synchronize themselves. The oscillators used on the impulse radio boards will drift slowly in time, thus requiring continual monitoring and adjustment of synchronization. The accuracy of this synchronization (timing) is dependent upon several factors. These factors include how often and how long each radio transmits along with other factors. The purpose of the impulse radio geo-positioning network is to be able to track mobile radios. Tracking is accomplished by stepping through several well-defined steps. The first step is for the reference radios to synchronize together and begin passing information. Then, when a mobile radio enters the network area, it begins receiving the time-of-arrival (TOA) pulses from the reference radio network. These TOA pulses are converted to ranges, then the ranges are used to determine mobile radio XYZ position in local coordinates using a least squares-based estimator. If the situation warrants and the conversion possible, the local coordinates can be converted to any one of the worldwide coordinates such as Earth Centered Inertial (ECI), Earth Centered Earth Fixed (ECEF), or J2000 (inertial coordinates fixed to year 2000). Finally, the mobile radio forwards its position solution to the reference master radio for storage and real-time display. Unsynchronized Receiver Tracking In Unsynchronized Receiver Tracking, a network of fixed-location reference impulse radio transceivers allow the position of multiple impulse radio mobile receivers to be determined. This architecture is different from the Synchronized Receiver Tracking architecture in that in this design the reference radios are not time-synchronized. Similar to the Synchronized Receiver Tracking architecture, mobile receive-only radios will determine their positions but will not be broadcasting it to anyone (since they are receive-only radios). The network is designed to be scalable, allowing from very few reference and mobile radios to a very large number of both. FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing a simple implementation of this architecture. This particular example shows a system of four reference radios (R1, 1502 through R4, 1508) and two mobile radios (M1, 1510 and M2, 1512). The arrows between the radios represent two-way and one-way data and/or voice links. Notice that the mobile radios only receive transmissions from other radios, and do not transmit. Each reference radio is an impulse radio two-way transceiver, each mobile radio is a receive-only impulse radio. Precise, unsynchronized pulses are transmitted by the reference network and received by the other reference impulse radios and the mobile impulse radios. The mobile radios takes these times-of-arrival (TOA) pulses, converts them to ranges, then determines its XYZ position. Since the mobile impulse radios do not transmit, only they themselves will know their XYZ position. The impulse radio reference radios used in this architecture are impulse radio two-way transceivers, the mobile radios are receive-only radios. The firmware for the radios varies slightly based on the functions each radio must perform. For this design, the reference master radio may be used to provide some synchronization information to the mobile radios or the mobile radio itself (knowing the XYZ for each reference radio) may do all of the synchronization internally. The data-rates between each radio link is a function of several variables including the number of pulses integrated to get a single bit, the number of bits per data parameter, the length of any headers required in the messages, the range bin size, and the number of impulse radios in the network. For this architecture, the reference radios transmit in a free-running (unsynchronized) manner. The oscillators used on the impulse radio boards will drift slowly in time, thus requiring continual monitoring and adjustment of synchronization by the reference master radios or the mobile radio (whomever is doing the synchronization). The accuracy of this synchronization (timing) is dependent upon several factors. These factors include how often and how long each radio transmits along with other factors. The purpose of the impulse radio geo-positioning network is to be able to track mobile radios. Tracking is accomplished by stepping through several steps. The first step is for the reference radios to begin transmitting pulses in a free-running (random) manner. Then, when a mobile radio enters the network area, it begins receiving the time-of-arrival (TOA) pulses from the reference radio network. These TOA pulses are converted to ranges, then the ranges are used to determine mobile radio XYZ position in local coordinates using a least squares-based estimator. If the situation warrants and the conversion possible, the local coordinates can be converted to any one of the worldwide coordinates such as Earth Centered Inertial (ECI), Earth Centered Earth Fixed (ECEF), or J2000 (inertial coordinates fixed to year 2000). Finally, the mobile radio forwards its position solution to the reference master radio for storage and real-time display 1514. For ease of reference, in the following diagrams the below legend applies. Symbols and Definitions  Receiver Radio (receive only) x Transmitter Radio (transmit only) Transceiver Radio (receive and transmit) Ri Reference Radio (fixed location) Mi Mobile Radio (radio being tracked) Duplex Radio Link Simplex Radio Link TOA, DTOA Time of Arrival, Differenced TOA FIG. 16 shows a Mixed Mode Reference Radio architecture. This architecture defines a reference network comprised of any combination of transceivers (R1, R2, R4, R5), transmitters (R3), and receivers (R6). Mobile radios entering this mixed-mode reference network will then use whatever reference radios are appropriate. FIG. 17 describes a mixed mode architecture with a combination of transceivers, transmitters and receivers. Herein, the mobile impulse radios 1712, 1710, 1714 are the mixed mode and the reference impulse radios 1702, 1704, 1706 and 1708 are likely time-synched. In this illustrative example, the mobile radio 1712 is a transmitter only, 1714 is a receiver only and 1710 is a transceiver. The determination of the mix of mobile impulse radios and reference radios will be determined by system requirements. For example, in the Disney World example the Park may want to rent out one device to customers that can locate a child if lost, another to help the customer find bathrooms and roller coasters or both; and the reference radios must work with both types of mobile impulse radio systems. As detailed above and in the referenced patent applications, a steerable null antennae can be used with impulse radio distance calculations. By using the example architecture of FIG. 18, a system can be implemented to take advantage of this distance measuring using steerable null antennae. Herein, all of the reference radios 1802, 1804, 1806 and 1808 or some of them can utilize steerable null antenna designs to direct the impulse propagation; with one important advantage being the possibility of using fewer impulse radios or improving range and power requirements. The mobile impulse radio transceiver 1810 can also use a steerable null antenna for most architectures. FIG. 19 illustrates the possibility of using specialized antennae architectures. Impulse radios 1902, 1904, 1906 and 1908 of this architecture may use a difference antenna analogous to the phase difference antenna used in GPS carrier phase surveying. The reference radios should be time synched and the mobile radio 1910 herein can transmit and receive. Again, it should be noted that in this, as all architectures, the number of radios is for illustrative purposes only and more than one mobile impulse radio can be implemented in the present architecture. FIG. 20 illustrates a specialized antennae architecture wherein directional antennae are used and wherein the reference impulse radios 1902, 1904, 1906 and 1908 are time synched. As with the steerable null antennae design, the implementation of this architecture will be driven by design requirements. Also, herein the mobile impulse radio transceiver 1910 can be use a directional antennae. FIG. 21 illustrates amplitude sensing architectures wherein amplitude sensing is used for tracking and positioning. Herein, reference radios 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2008 are likely time-synched. Instead of measuring range using TOA methods (round-trip pulse intervals), signal amplitude is used to determine range. Several implementations can be used such as measuring the “absolute” amplitude and comparing to pre-defined look up table that relates range to amplitude, or “relative” amplitude where pulse amplitudes from separate radios are differenced. In addition to position locating within an impulse radio network, impulse radios can be used to augment existing positioning systems to improve on these systems or to broaden potential coverage areas for impulse radio systems. FIG. 22 illustrates an impulse radio navigation augmentation architecture for augmentation of Global Positioning Systems (GPS). Impulse radios 2204 and 2206 would be used to augment stand-alone GPS receivers. Impulse radio measurements (range, doppler, TOA, etc.) can be used to provide both additional accuracy and better geometry in particular cases. For example, GPS1, 2202 might be in the clear while GPS2, 2208, would be in foliage. GPS1, 2202 could provide both differential GPS (DGPS) corrections and impulse measurements to GPS2, 2208 to improve GPS2, accuracy. FIG. 23 illustrates GPS/INS augmentation in navigation augmentation architectures 2300. Herein impulse radios 2304 and 2306 would be used to augment GPS/INS (inertial navigation system) units. Impulse radio measurements (range, doppler, TOA, etc.) can be used to provide both additional accuracy and better geometry in particular cases. Herein impulse radio 2304 could provide impulse radio measurements to the GPS/INS 2302 to improve accuracy. Not only GPS and GPS/INS derive benefits from integrating with impulse radios, generic navigation sensors can be augmented 2400 as well. Impulse radios 2404 can be interfaced with various navigation systems such as electro-optical, LORAN, LASER, LIDAR, radar, SAR, VOR, DME, magnetic compasses etc. Impulse radio measurements (range, doppler, TOA, etc.) can be used to provide additional accuracy and better geometry in particular cases. Herein, impulse radio 2206 would communicate with impulse radio 2404 which as mentioned is interfaced with the navigation system. Using the properties associated with impulse radio technology in one of the aforementioned architectures and with the distance and positioning techniques herein articulated and in the patents incorporated herein by reference, the following impulse radio mobile position locating system and method is used in building environment 2500. Further, the system and method herein provides for the position locating to be mobile and capable of locating persons in an environment such as firefighters in a burning building. Because fire departments don'"'"'t know in which buildings fires are going to occur, they must be able to implement the system on the fly. FIG. 25 shows building 2502 where a fire or other emergency may be taking place (an example of another emergency may be policeman knowing the locating of officers in a building with hostages). Firemen #1,2518, in this embodiment is positioned in the upper left portion of building 2502. Fireman #2,2504, is located on the second floor towards the right portion of the building 2502. Upon arrival at the building, mobile impulse radios 2516, 2514 and 2512 are positioned around the building 2502. Two of the reference radios are positioned in pre-designated areas 2528 and 2530 that were ascertained during the initial setup. This enables positioning relative to the building schematic and overlay In order to get three dimensional locating, a fourth impulse radio receiver 2506 is located non-coplaner to the rest of the impulse radios location such as on top of the fire truck ladder 2508 connected to fire truck 2510. Located inside of fire truck 2510 is a computer with monitor 2520 (shown blown up as 2522). The computer with monitor has preprogrammed into it an overlay of a schematic or blue print of the building for which the fire is located. A given fire department is typically responsible for a given area and will have already programmed the information in to the computer and when a fire is determined to be present the address is typed in and an overlay of the building is displayed. By using one of the of architectures illustrated above, the position of firefighter #1,2518, and firefighter #2,2504 can be determined. Since buildings and scenarios vary widely from fire department to fire department, the best suited architecture will be on a case by case basis. In the current illustration, the architecture of FIG. 10 is used. Once the reference radios are set up, reference radio 2514 talks to reference radios 2516, 2512, 2506 and fireman #1,2518 mobile impulse radio and fireman #2,2514 impulse radio. Similarly the rest of the impulse radios synch to each other and the fireman radios. In this case, since the fireman'"'"'s 2518 and 2504 mobile impulse radios are impulse radio transceivers, they can have two way communications and can also be interfaced with a sensor to relate information to the monitor outside such as temperature or the fireman'"'"'s heart rate. This is one of the truly unique characteristics of impulse radio: the dual functionality relating to positioning and communications in one impulse radio. The information can be processed in impulse radio 2512 or it can be done in computer 2522. The computer 2522 processes the information and puts the information into displayable form by taking the blue print or schematic and positioning information and displaying the position of fireman #1,2518 as shown at 2524 and fireman #2,2504, as shown in 2526. FIG. 26 at 2600 illustrates in a block diagram the information received by processor 2608 located in computer 2520. The processor 2608 receives position information 2602 from fireman #1,2518, who is connected to impulse radio #1. Processor 2608 also receives information from fireman #2,2504, connected to impulse radio #2, wherein both impulse radios attached to the fireman are in communication with all reference impulse radios wherein the positioning is determined. At 2600 it is illustrated that N possible fireman can be located within the building 2502 and there positions can also be determined. As mentioned, the processor 2608 can receive information 2610 and 2614 from both fireman'"'"'s impulse radio transceivers concerning temperature where the fireman are at. Again, N different parameters can be sensed and passed to be displayed as shown at 2614. The processor takes the above positioning and sensed information and the information concerning the layout of the building 2606 and displays the information on display 2616. Although a display is illustrated, it is understood that the information could be interfaced with a variety of monitoring devices. For example, the fireman'"'"'s heart rate can be displayed on heart rate monitor thus determining in very severe cases whether or not the fireman is under sever stress or even alive. Only slight modifications to this burning building example would be required to implement the above system in the aforementioned prison environment. As with the firefighters, the prison guards would carry the mobile radio with them and with the incorporation of one of the above architectures can use the mobile device to communicate with other monitoring prison guards. There would likely not be a requirement for the reference radios to be portable as they could be hard wired and local AC powered. Further, the same mobile impulse radio would be used within the defined reference radio area (i.e., the prison), and could thereby provide exact location information. Also, if the prison guard were in potential danger, an alerting means could be used and the dispatch of additional security personnel could be dispatched to the distressed guards location immediately. FIG. 27 illustrates the impulse radio position system and method as used in an environment such as a DisneyLand resort. Reference impulse radio transceivers 2702, 2704, 2706, 2708, 2710, 2712, 2714, 2716 and 2718 are positioned for maximum coverage throughout the park and are in known reference positions. Note the severe multipath characteristics of a theme part such as this: trees, metal rides and metal buildings. Since the area to be covered is not variable as in the burning building scenario, the reference impulse radios can be either in communication with each other via wired or wireless means. Depending on the requirements of the park, many of the above architectures can be utilized. For example, if the theme park desires that every child be able to be located, the requirements for long battery life and inexpensive impulse radio are required. Thus an architecture like 14A would be a good match, where the mobile impulse radio receiver is just a transmitter (i.e., low cost and very inexpensive) and the reference radios are all in synch (easily done if all radios are hardwired or even if communicating via wireless impulse radio transmissions). If the theme park wanted to provide emergency personnel at the park a device that would show the where to go immediately and cost was less of a concern, then the architecture illustrated in FIG. 14B would be used. Herein, the mobile impulse radio could provide them with their location and show them how to get to the emergency. Also, again due to the unique properties of impulse radio, communications could be accomplished with the impulse mobile radio. In the lost child example, stations 2720 and 2722 could be set up for locating the child when lost. The mobile impulse radio associated with the child and his parents is stored in the computer at the time of issue. When lost, the parents can go to station 2720 or 2722 and inform them of the child'"'"'s name and request they activate the display for that child. As with the burning building example, an overlay of the park is in the computer memory and provides a visual display 2724 of the location of the child. FIG. 28 is flow chart of the process of child location of FIG. 27. Although the process herein is specific to a theme park, the process can also be employed in any area that can be bound by impulse radio reference radios either alone or in conjunction with other positioning systems such as GPS. The first step is to equip the theme park with reference impulse radios 2802. In this embodiment the radios are fixed and the positioning of them is contingent of the RF propagation environment of each area of the theme park. For example, if there is an area densely populated with trees or metal buildings, placement of the reference impulse radios would be closer together. Further, setting the integration amount of the pulses would be done based on the RF propagation environment and the information required. If it is a highly cluttered RF environment, larger integration per data bit is required. The method of accomplishing this is articulated in the patents incorporated herein by reference. In step 2804, each child entering the theme park is given a mobile impulse radio. When the child is given the radio their name is associated with the serial number of the mobile impulse radio they are given. The parents or guardians can place the transmitter on the child directly, in a stroller, in a stuffed bear given to the child as they enter or any other method as desired. Once the mobile impulse radio has been given to the child, it is activated and begins communication with the reference impulse radios, thereby keeping track of the position of the child at all time within the park 2806. For privacy concerns and issues of capacity, the display portion of the child'"'"'s tracking can be set so as not to activate until a report has been received that the child is missing or if they are no longer in the coverage area. It is noted that the mobile impulse radio is not required to be in communication with all reference impulse radios simultaneously, as long as it is in communication with at least one of the reference impulse radios, positioning can be determined. In step 2808, a determination is made if the child is lost in the park or has left the park. When the system notices that the child'"'"'s mobile impulse radio is no longer in communication with the reference impulse radios, an alert is given and last known position is displayed. The theme park can at that time take actions deemed appropriate. If the parent loses the child in step 2810 they can immediately go to a location station and inform the attendants of the child'"'"'s name. Upon entry of the name into the database, the position of the mobile impulse radio is given and thus the corresponding child'"'"'s location. The mobile impulse radio can be designed to be very inexpensive and therefore be thrown away after use. In step 2812, if no lost child condition exists, then the parents or guardians return the mobile impulse radio to the theme park attendants, whereafter the transmission is deactivated and removed from the tracking system and thrown away or batteries recharged for subsequent use. While the above system assumes the mobile impulse radio position is of concern to other than the person or object with which it is associated, it may be the case that the person or object associated with the mobile impulse radio is concerned with its/their location. This can be accomplished readily by implementation of one of the architectures herein articulated. FIG. 29 illustrates the impulse radio position locating system and method in a warehouse environment 2900. In a warehouse, it is very important many times to know exactly where various cargo and pallets of things are stored. Further, the multipath effects in a warehouse can be very pronounced and therefore ideal for impulse radio advantages. Since items may be stored for long periods of time and the synching of the reference impulse radios 2902, 2904, 2906 and 2908 can easily be accomplished via wired or wireless means the architecture of FIG. 14B would be effective. In FIG. 29 each item stored 2912-2930 is associated with an impulse radio transmitter. Again, the impulse radio is a transmitter because long battery life is desired and the item in this case is assumed not to be concerned with where it is located. In communication with reference impulse radio 2906 is a computer 2932. An overlay of the warehouse is located in the computers memory along with the relative position of the reference radios and thereby can display to the user exactly which item is where in the warehouse. While particular embodiments of the invention have been described, it will be understood, however, that the invention is not limited thereto, since modifications may be made by those skilled in the art, particularly in light of the foregoing teachings. It is, therefore, contemplated by the appended claims to cover any such modifications that incorporate those features or those improvements which embody the spirit and scope of the present invention. Richards, James L., Welch, William D. Jr., Kelly, Donald A., Finn, James S., Meigs, David C. PHAN, DAO LINDA 342/357.06, 342/450, 342/453, 342/463, 342/457 G01S 13/42 : Simultaneous measurement of... G01S 13/76 : wherein pulse-type signals ... H04B 1/7183 : Synchronisation H04B 2001/6908 : using time hopping Current Assignee: Humatics Corporation Sponsoring Entity: Time Domain Corporation System And Method Using Impulse Radio Technology To Track And Monitor People Needing Health Care System And Method For Using Impulse Radio Technology In The Farming Field Current Assignee: TDC Acquisition Holdings, Inc System And Method For Tracking And Monitoring Prisoners Using Impulse Radio Technology System And Method Using Impulse Radio Technology To Track And Monitor People Under House Arrest Method And System For Coordinating Timing Among Ultrawideband Transmissions Current Assignee: Alereon Incorporated (PNG Telecommunications, Inc.) Sponsoring Entity: TIME DOMAIN NETWORKS INC. System And Method For Using Impulse Radio Technology To Track And Monitor Vehicles System And Method For Using Impulse Radio Technology To Track And Monitor Animals System And Method For Monitoring Assets, Objects, People And Animals Utilizing Impulse Radio System And Method For Position Determination By Impulse Radio Using Round Trip Time Of Flight Current Assignee: Plus Location Systems Pty. Limited Sponsoring Entity: TDC Acquisition Holdings, Inc	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line17005
__label__cc	0.745931	0.254069	Posts Tagged ‘Bob Dylan’ Segues (from Marlon James to Dylan to “Othello”) Posted: October 17, 2016 in Reading, Teaching Tags: Bob Dylan, Lenoir-Rhyne Visiting Writers Series, Marlon James, Shakespeare Readings for English 131, Fall 2016 Marlon James, speaking at Lenoir-Rhyne last Thursday: “Listen to ‘It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)’ and tell me it’s not literature.” And from Rob Sheffield’s Rolling Stone feature: The best argument for Dylan’s Nobel Prize comes from Ralph Waldo Emerson, even though he died a century before Shot of Love. His 1850 essay ‘Shakespeare; or the Poet,’ from the book Representative Men, works as a cheat sheet to Dylan. For Emerson, Shakespeare’s greatness was to exploit the freedoms of a disreputable format, the theater: ‘Shakespeare, in common with his comrades, esteemed the mass of old plays, waste stock, in which any experiment could be freely tried. Had the prestige which hedges about a modern tragedy existed, nothing could have been done. The rude warm blood of the living England circulated in the play, as in street-ballads.’ This is a key point–Shakespeare was a writer/actor/manager hustling in the commercial theater racket for live crowds. He didn’t publish his plays–didn’t even keep written copies. Once it was onstage, he was on to the next one. (After his death, his friends had to cobble the First Folio together, mostly from working scripts, hence the deplorable state of his texts.) Low prestige meant constant forward motion. The theater was becoming a national passion, ‘but not a whit less considerable, because it was cheap.’ He aimed his poetry at the groundlings: ‘It must even go into the world’s history, that the best poet led an obscure and profane life, using his genius for the public amusement.’ Dylan didn’t write many books either–his songs came out of that same ‘rude warm blood.’ James, Marlon. “An Evening with Marlon James.” Visiting Writers Series, 13 Oct. 2016, Belk Centrum, Lenoir-Rhyne U., Hickory, NC. Sheffield, Rob. “Why Bob Dylan Deserves His Nobel Prize.” Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2016, http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/why-bob-dylan-deserves-his-nobel-prize-w444799	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line17016
__label__wiki	0.642804	0.642804	A Unique Conservation Community in Carver, MA See the Area McFarlin We're always happy to show you around and answer any questions. Open houses are held each Saturday and Sunday from 12-2 PM, weather permitting. To schedule an appointment at another time, contact Brenda Titus of Century 21 Classic Gold Realty at 774-454-9846, or Jen Knight at 508-245-0012. Kingsbury Hollow \| Directions from your location Redtail Lane Carver, MA 02330 Kingsbury Hollow was created among lush woods and cranberry bogs by a partnership between two of southeastern Massachusetts' most well-established companies: Davenport Building Company With more than 50 years of excellent service and innovative local projects, Davenport Building Company has earned its reputation for quality, craftsmanship and a commitment to completing building projects of any size on time and on budget. The A.D. Makepeace Company The A.D. Makepeace Company, based in Wareham, is the world's largest cranberry grower, the largest private property owner in eastern Massachusetts, and a recognized leader in environmentally responsible real estate development and land stewardship. MARCH 9, 2012: SOUTH SHORE LIVING & DAVENPORT BUILDING COMPANY ANNOUNCE IDEA HOME (Hyannis, MA) South Shore Living magazine and Davenport Building Company are excited to announce the 2012 South Shore Living Idea Home. “This collaborative shows the optimism in the housing market in Southeastern Massachusetts,” says Michael Rabideau, publisher of South Shore Living magazine. The Idea Home which will feature ideas for building, design and décor that fit a busy family’s lifestyle is the brainchild of DeWitt Davenport, CEO of The Davenport Companies. “We have been developing the neighborhood at Kingsbury Hollow, a conservation community in Carver, MA, for a couple years. The first phase has been completed and with the optimism in the building industry we knew it was the right time to break ground on Phase II. But we wanted to do something unique and have an opportunity for the community to see what we were building.” That idea led to the collaboration between The Davenport Companies and South Shore Living magazine. “Davenport is directing and managing the project and we are excited to document the process for our readers and web visitors,” says Liz Rabideau, associate publisher of South Shore Living magazine. The Davenport Building Company and South Shore Living magazine have reached out to local companies to be involved in this exciting project. Mid-Cape Home Centers, Shepley Wood Products and Glynn Electric have all come on board to help achieve the vision of a home incorporating the newest building materials and designs that modern families look for in a home. Additional local building-related businesses and design companies will be involved as the project develops. “Part of the fun of this project is that South Shore Living readers and visitors to our website www.southshoreideahome.com can follow the building process which will showcase innovative building materials, products, décor and the expertise of a variety of vendors and suppliers,” says Beth Patkoske, marketing manager at The Davenport Companies. A reveal is planned for October 2012 which will include an open house celebration open to the public. KINGSBURY HOLLOW CONSERVATION COMMUNITY OPENS IN CARVER (CARVER, MA) The grand opening of Kingsbury Hollow, a new conservation community in Carver, was celebrated today with a ribbon-cutting, refreshments and tours of the newly built homes. Set among towering pine trees, the neighborhood features a cranberry bog, a private park with a sweeping lawn and gazebo, sidewalked streets and manicured landscaping surrounding an eventual twenty-one ecologically-friendly homes, five of which have been completed. The homes start at $499,000. The development of the 43.3 acre site is a joint project between the A.D. Makepeace Company and the Davenport Companies. The grand opening was attended by representatives from both companies as well as local officials and neighbors from surrounding homes. The ribbon was cut by DeWitt Davenport, President and CEO of The Davenport Companies and Michael Hogan, President and CEO of A.D. Makepeace. Founded in 1956, Davenport is a family-owned business which employs over 1,000 people at more than a dozen companies throughout New England, including commercial and residential construction and real estate, a variety of service businesses and seven resort hotels — the Red Jacket Resorts of Cape Cod, MA and North Conway, NH. The A.D. Makepeace Company, based in Wareham, is the world’s largest cranberry grower, the largest private property owner in eastern Massachusetts, and a recognized leader in environmentally responsible real estate development and land stewardship. © Kingsbury Hollow. All rights reserved. Accessibility statement	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line17022
__label__cc	0.610618	0.389382	Phoenix PD to host gun buyback ahead of new law Christopher Connelly The Phoenix Police Department will launch what it is calling the largest gun buyback program in Arizona history this Saturday – and the department is doing it with a looming deadline. On Monday, Governor Jan Brewer signed a law that prevents cities from melting down guns collected during buyback events. It'll go into effect 90 days after the legislative session ends. Phoenix PD plans to melt down the guns collected at their buyback event before that 90-day period ends. Sgt. Steve Martos said he expects a lot of guns to be turned in, but that the department will be able to process them before the law goes into effect. But, Martos said, the law makes it unlikely the department will organize gun buyback events in the future. “The whole purpose of a gun buyback event is to take unwanted guns off the street and destroy them,” Martos said. “It would be counterproductive if we had another event in which we then had to resell those guns.” Martos said that no policy change has been made, and that other groups not bound by the law could organize a buyback and destroy guns. The department will give gift certificates for AJ’s, Basha’s and Food City in exchange for working guns -- $100 for hand guns and shot guns and $200 for assault weapons. The buyback is anonymous, and the police will check guns for evidence of criminal use before they are destroyed. The buy back is scheduled for the next three Saturdays, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at three Phoenix locations: -- Southminster Presbyterian Church, 1923 East Broadway Road -- Betania Presbyterian Church, 2811 North 39th Avenue -- Sunnyslope Mennonite Church, 9835 North 7th Street UPDATE (5/08): Phoneix PD will only collect guns at Betania Presbyterian Church (2811 North 39th Avenue) on Saturday, May 11. The May 18 buyback event may be cancelled because the department may run out of gift certificates.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line17023
__label__wiki	0.684695	0.684695	Technology Science Entertainment Games Apps and Software Sports Automobiles December 26, 2017 Science Russia planning to set up a luxury hotel on ISS While American private corporations such as SpaceX are working to offer paying customers a short trip to space (or the edge of it), Russia is cooking up something grander. According to Popular Mechanics, it saw a proposal detailing Russian space corporation Roscosmos' plan to build a luxury hotel on the ISS. Anybody whose pockets are deep enough to shell out at least $40 million for the experience can stay there for a week or two. An additional $20 million will buy them the chance to go on a spacewalk with a cosmonaut. The publication says Russian space contractor RKK Energia conjured up the strategy to be able to pay for the construction of the second module it's building that will set it back $279 to $446 million. RKK Energia is already building the first of the two modules to serve as a science laboratory and power supply station. Although the second module has always been part of the plan, the Russian government is only paying for the first one. The inside, however, will have four sleeping quarters around two cubic meters each with 9-inch windows. It will also have two "medical and hygiene" stations, as well as a lounge area with a 16-inch window -- after all, if Russia wants guests to pay tens of millions, it will have to be worth it. RKK Energia is hoping to fly one or two tourists per Soyuz flight after NASA stops buying seats on the capsule for astronauts headed to the ISS, which will happen once Boeing's and SpaceX's commercial crew program vehicles are ready. To be able to jump-start construction, it has to find 12 (wealthy) passengers willing to pay $4 million up front. And if at least six passengers pay for a week-long stay at the space hotel per year, the company can recoup its investment within seven years. As Popular Mechanics noted, though, the ISS is scheduled to be decommissioned in 2028. The space contractor said the module takes five years to finish, so it will have to start building soon. Source: Engadget, Popular Mechanics Conor Mcgregor won his UFC comeback fight in just 40 seconds beating 'Cowboy' James Bond will always be played by a male character, says producer Instagram is hiding photoshopped images Birds of Prey trailer shows Harley Quinn blowing up Joker Sony surprises everyone at CES with a concept electric car, Vision-S All new spooky trailer for 'The New Mutants' is finally here Segway APEX is the all new electric motorbike for the future NASA confirms new class of planets 'super puff', with density of cotton candy Trailer for Christopher Nolan's TENET is out, brings another time manipulating movie Archaeologists claim to have found oldest cave painting, featuring human-like figures North Pole has officially slid towards Russia, scientists update for new North Pole Get weekly reports to keep yourself updated with latest news. North Pole has officially slid towards Russia, scientists update for new North Pole «Moving at 34 miles per year» December 23, 2019 by Akshay NASA confirms new class of planets 'super puff', with density of cotton candy «Size of Jupiter!!» Archaeologists claim to have found oldest cave painting, featuring human-like figures «Oldest story ever told by humans» Samsung's bezel-less 8K TV likely to get unveiled in CES Capcom announces Resident Evil 3 Remake with a trailer Copyright © 2019 KNine Vox All materials must be used with the permission of the right holder and link of the resource. App and Software	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line17024
__label__cc	0.535507	0.464493	Out Of Town Deaths Aquamation Jewish Services Hindu Services Transparency & Integrity Bereavement Groups in Southern Nevada Timothy Edward "Whiskey Man" Fritel Recommend Timothy's obituary to your friends Send Flowers for Timothy Obituary of Timothy Edward Fritel Timothy Edward “Whiskey Man” Fritel, 50 of North Las Vegas, Nevada passed away on September 19, 2019 in his home. Tim was born in Rugby, North Dakota to Edward and Patricia (Morgan) Fritel on June 8th, 1969. He went to high school at Cando Public High School and graduated in 1987. He completed training in Fargo as an airframe and power plant mechanic, but after a surprise decision from his then girlfriend of nine years to join the Air Force in 1996, he graciously accepted her proposal of marriage and spent the next 20 years as a dedicated military spouse. During that time they were stationed in Northern and Southern California, Southern Illinois, North Dakota, Nevada, and Texas before settling in North Las Vegas upon his wife’s retirement from the service. Despite the difficulties of the frequent moves, Tim found engaging work in a number of different professions including lodging maintenance, golf course construction, shooting range supervisor, and gun sales associate at both Cabela’s and Bass Pro Shops. An avid hunting and shooting enthusiast, Tim was at his happiest in the outdoors with family and friends and took great pleasure in introducing others to those pursuits. A lifelong player and hockey fan, Tim quickly made following the Vegas Golden Knights an ardent activity as well. Taking advantage of a vibrant live music scene, he was a regular at the Las Vegas establishments such as the Sand Dollar Lounge where he enjoyed listening to blues music and gathering with friends. Tim is survived by his wife Nichole; his mother Patricia of West Fargo, ND; his brother Tom (Loralie) Fritel of Argusville, ND; his sister Rebecca (John) Halland of Lake Park, MN; and his brother Edward (Lori) Fritel of Fargo, ND. He is also survived by his father and mother-in-law William and Deniece Sailer of Cando, ND; sister and brothers-in-law Justin (Sabrina) Sailer of Bremerton, WA, Lance Sailer of Bisbee, ND, and Brock Sailer of Cavalier, ND; nine nieces and nephews; and a number of aunts, uncles, and cousins. He was preceded in death by his father, Edward; his grandparents Rudolph and Catherine (Brossart) Fritel; and Homer and Charlotte (Jacobson) Morgan. Memorial donations may be made to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 4450 Montgomery Ave, Ste 1100 N, Bethesda, MD 20814; www.cfforg. Tim’s family thanks you for your presence here today and for the many acts of kindness. Kraft Sussman Funeral & Cremation Services 3975 S Durango Drive, Suite 104 Southern Nevada Veteran's Memorial Cemetery 1900 Veterans Memorial Drive Boulder City, Nevada, United States Personal service begins with one call: If someone has just died or if you need to make funeral arrangements, please call us right away--we answer the phone day and night. Call us anytime at (702) 485-6500 Please enter the numbers and letters you see in the image. Note that the case of the letters entered matters.*: There are some invalid fields. Please wait... Message has been successfully sent. Kraft-Sussman Funeral & Cremation Services 3975 S Durango Dr Ste 104 > Obituaries > Send Flowers > Pre-Planning > Grief Support > Our Blog	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line17025
__label__cc	0.732839	0.267161	Models Fjalraven Kanken Backpacks Fjallraven Kanken original vs imitation How to recognize an original Kånken backpack? How to detect a fake Kanken backpack? Exterior details of your Kanken backpack Interior details of Kanken backpacks Fjällräven Kånken backpacks, as we already know, are of extraordinary quality and durability, as well as having a striking and modern appearance. That is why some imitation Kånken backpacks have appeared on the market, which are intended to be sold as the real thing. These fraudulent products are often manufactured in China, so you should pay special attention when making your purchase in places like DHGate, or Aliexpress, there is a greater likelihood that you will be offered a Kånken Classic backpack or a Kånken Mini backpack imitation. The first thing you need to be aware of is the price; although an original Kånken backpack has a very good quality/price ratio, and they are really affordable. It is almost certain that a fake Kånken is overpriced. So don’t take the bait when you see «offers on Kånken backpacks», or «cheap Kånken Mini backpacks». The overall appearance of an original Kånken backpack gives an impression of quality: a backpack made to last. Note that all seams are continuous, with no loose threads that could be unsewn. An imitation usually shows those details. The textile material of Kånken backpacks is of high quality: resistant and waterproof synthetic fabric. The imitations use a plastic laminate with a texture that imitates the fabric; it is a material that deteriorates in a short time. The front label with the emblem and logo has the words «FJÄLLRÄVEN KÅNKEN» printed in red on beige. Notice the spelling of the letters «A» in «FJÄLLRÄVEN»: they have two small dots (called umlauts) above them. In the word «KÅNKEN» the letter «A» has a small circle above it (called a ring). The emblem is slightly reflective and the print is very sharp. Look at the brooches and zippers. The brooches are embossed with the figure of the fox in the emblem, and they are all oriented in the same direction. In addition, on the other side there is an engraved inscription «WASA 6» corresponding to the factory of the brooches. The zippers are neatly sewn and each has the fox’s emblem engraved and the mark «FJÄLLRÄVEN» separated into the words «FJÄLL» and «RÄVEN». The straps of the original Kånken are wide and spaced, unlike the imitations, which are usually thin and more compact. Note that the hanging labels of your original Kånken have a colour print of the Swedish coat of arms on the front at the bottom. In imitations it is usually monochromatic. A white label with a barcode and an indication of the model and colour of the rucksack must be attached to the back. False Kånken often omit this. Inside the original Kånken backpack there are three details that stand out: A label sewn on one end, on the left side of the inside pocket. It has instructions on how to clean the backpack, and indicates in several languages the material of which it is made (Polyvinyl Alcohol). The label is made of fabric. Another rectangular label, higher than wide. It is sewn around the centre of the inner pocket, indicating that Kånken were launched in 1978 to prevent back problems in Swedish schoolchildren. Below, the label allows the owner’s personal data to be placed. There is also a foam protector inside the inner pocket. Imitations usually do not have it. Pay attention to the original details, so that you can fully enjoy your authentic Kånken backpack. Where to buy them ORIGINAL Privacy Policy · Legal Notice · Cookies Policy · Contact Copyright © 2020 - https://kankenbag.co.uk This website participates in the Amazon EU Affiliate Program and the Google Ads Program both affiliate advertising programs designed to offer websites a way to earn commissions for advertising, advertising and including links to Amazon.es and Google Ads customers. We use cookies for your better experience. More info	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line17026
__label__wiki	0.505216	0.505216	Karinya Verghese Commercial Mediator, Conflict Resolution Consultant and ADR Trainer An Australian and a Canadian walk into a California Law Revision Commission Meeting… And Listen. December 10, 2015 January 13, 2016 / Karinya Verghese / Leave a comment Jennifer Winestone and Karinya Verghese[1] Confidentiality has long been touted as a cornerstone of mediation practice in California. However, that may soon change due to a proposal to amend the Evidence Code protections for mediation confidentiality (sections 1115 – 1128). Today we attended the California Law Revision Commission (“Commission”) meeting, which considered (among other agenda items) the proposal, which would carve out an exception to mediation confidentiality in cases of alleged attorney malpractice and other misconduct (Commission Study K-402). This hotly-contested issue largely arises out of the decision in Cassel v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County 51 Cal 4th 113 (2011) which held that mediation confidentiality includes private discussions between attorney and client during the mediation process. We understand that the precipice of the Commission’s study arises from a concern raised in obiter by the dissenting judge on appeal, Justice Dennis Perluss. Specifically, Justice Perluss noted that, “protecting private communications between a client and his or her lawyer under the rubric of mediation confidentiality may shield unscrupulous lawyers from well-founded malpractice actions without furthering the fundamental policies favoring mediation.” In his dissent, Perluss invited the current legislative inquiry by noting that it is up to the state Legislature “to balance competing public policies and to create an exception to the statutory scheme governing mediation confidentiality where it finds it appropriate to do so”. The Commission comprises of 10 sitting commissioners. In addition to those Commissioners, approximately 40 members of the public attended the open meeting. Public attendance included members of the mediation and collaborative law communities, lawyers, and two retired judicial officers. The majority of people in attendance were from the family law bar and collaborative family law community. Although the Commission appears to have expected public attendance, they were unprepared for the volume of attendees and seating was added to accommodate the crowd. At the start of the meeting, Commissioner Victor King, chairperson of the Commission, joked that the mediation confidentiality discussion had been postponed for another day. This helped ease tensions as the crowd anxiously awaited the agenda item of the day and their opportunity to be heard on the issue. After an explanation of the Commission’s study and proposal process by Commissioner Barbara Gaal (Chief-Deputy Counsel and lead of Study K-402), Commissioner King invited comments from the public on two issues: the proposed exception to mediation confidentiality; and the concept of in camera proceedings for malpractice actions brought under the legislative exception (which concept was submitted by the Southern California Mediation Association (“SCMA”) as a proposed compromise to the balance of confidentiality/accountability interests arising from the exception). Arguments Against the Proposed Amendment to Mediation Confidentiality Fern Topas Salka, Fred Glassman, Bob Flack, Hon. Keith Clemens, Comm. (Ret.), Ron Kelly, Hon. Gretchen Taylor (Ret.), Kelly Chang Rickert, Warren Sacks, Leon Bennett, Delilah Knotts-Rios, Karen Rosin, Mark Baer and Cari Pines spoke in opposition of the proposed amendment. The arguments broadly fell into three categories, namely that the proposed amendment would: diminish candor (as the mediation room will no longer be an environment of “safety and trust”); stifle the creativity of settlement options; and, produce significant consequences to the viability of mediation as an alternative to litigation, resulting in an increased court docket and decreased mediation participation by both legal professionals and their clients. Essentially, it was the opinion of the opposition that the proposed amendment would do far more harm than good. Arguments For the Proposed Amendment to Mediation Confidentiality Jeff Kichaven spoke in support of the proposed amendment. He based his argument on “the rule of law” and the principal that “for every wrong, there is a remedy,” explaining that if an attorney causes harm, he/she should be liable for damages. He also opined that the reasons proposed by the opposition are speculative and not grounded in empirical evidence, noting that states that have adopted similar exceptions to mediation confidentiality have not suffered the harm alleged by the opposition. In camera proceedings The SCMA urged the Commission, in the event that it decides to recommend the legislative exception, to also recommend protective measures, such as in camera proceedings, to address confidentiality concerns. Such in camera proceeding would involve a non-public evidentiary hearing to determine the admissibility of proffered evidence from mediation communications in cases of alleged attorney malpractice. When asked about the in camera proposal, the public largely responded that it was a subsidiary issue of an already unpopular exception. Accordingly, the majority either opposed the proposal or abstained. Those who spoke on the issue raised concerns that in camera proceedings would be burdensome on the courts and result in unpredictability with respect to mediation confidentiality. Additionally, speakers addressed process-related concerns regarding notice, costs and standing of parties whose privacy interests may be affected as parties to the mediation, but who would not necessarily be party to the malpractice action. Next steps and Questions Raised The Commission noted that it was early in its decision process and only at the tentative proposal stage (as opposed to a final proposal which is submitted for consideration in the general legislative process). However, it also suggested that it was unwilling, at this time, to revisit the decision to craft an exception to mediation confidentiality. The general reaction from the public in attendance was disappointment. As observers, the process today raised two interesting questions, which we leave open for comment: First, there was a significant under-representation of commercial and employment mediators and attorneys – what are their views on the proposal? Does the proposal’s impact vary across areas of practice; and Secondly, is this a zero sum game or are there other alternatives that the Commission should consider in balancing party confidentiality and attorney accountability? If so, what are these alternatives, and how can they be implemented? For more information on the Commission’s study and work to-date on this issue, please see http://www.clrc.ca.gov/K402.html [1] Jennifer Winestone, Esq., LL.M. (ADR) is a family attorney from Toronto, Canada with a license to practice in Ontario and California. She practices as a family mediator in Los Angeles. Karinya Verghese, LL.B, LL.M (ADR) is a corporate attorney from Sydney, Australia. She practices as a commercial mediator in Los Angeles.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line17028
__label__wiki	0.65252	0.65252	Home Blog History Biography Scripture Theology Science Issues Literature Perspectives on Mormon Theology: Scriptural Theology Your cart (0) Home > Products > Perspectives on Mormon Theology: Scriptural Theology edited by James E. Faulconer and Joseph M. Spencer Available in ebook for Kindle, Nook, Apple, and Kobo Also available through Amazon. The first volume of the Perspectives on Mormon Theology series. From the Introduction: The phrase “theology of scripture” can be understood in two distinct ways. First, theology of scripture would be reflection on the nature of scripture, asking questions about what it means for a person or a people to be oriented by a written text (rather than or in addition to an oral tradition or a ritual tradition). In this first sense, theology of scripture would form a relatively minor part of the broader theological project, since the nature of scripture is just one of many things on which theologians reflect. Second, theology of scripture would be theological reflection guided by scripture, asking questions of scriptural texts and allowing those texts to shape the direction the theologian’s thoughts pursue. In this second sense, theology of scripture would be less a part of the larger theological project than a way of doing theology, since whatever the theologian takes up reflectively, she investigates through the lens of scripture. The essays making up this collection reflect attentiveness to both ways of understanding the phrase “theology of scripture.” Each essay takes up the relatively un-self-conscious work of reading a scriptural text but then—at some point or another—asks the self-conscious question of exactly what she or he is doing in the work of reading scripture. We have thus attempted in this book (1) to create a dialogue concerning what scripture is for Latter-day Saints, and (2) to focus that dialogue on concrete examples of Latter-day Saints reading actual scripture texts. Series Introduction: Perspectives on Mormon Theology Introduction: Scriptural Theology 1. A Mormon Reading of Job 19:23–25a 2. “Without Money”: Equality and the Transformative Power of God’s Word God’s Word 3. “Take No Thought” 4. Jesus on Jesus: John 5 and 7 Reading the New Testament as a Latter-day Saint Johannine Christology and Restoration Thought John 5: Jesus as the Divine Son John 7: Jesus and Rivers of Living Waters Blood and Water 5. I, Nephi Other Available Narratives The Other Other: The Women Three Journeys The Expansion and Compression of Time The Murder The Brass Plates 6. Alma’s Wisdom-Poem to Helaman (Alma 37:35–37) Principles (If I Have Any) Poems in the Scriptures Reading One Poem in the Book of Mormon 7. “Seek Ye Earnestly the Best Gifts” Community and Diversity Likening the Scriptures unto Ourselves 8. Records, Reading, and Writing in Doctrine and Covenants 128 A Brief Orientation Reading Doctrine and Covenants 128 Reflections on a Mormon Scriptural Theology 9. Faith and the Ethics of Climate Change Learning to See the Unseen Political Ideology as Obstacle to Faith The Dialectic of Faith The Dialectic of Human Significance in LDS Belief 10. The Way toward the Garden: Moses 5:1–12 Propaedeutic: My Hermeneutical Principles (An Always Continuing Draft) Body: The Way toward the Garden: Moses 5:1–12 For this Q&A, Perspectives series co-editor Loyd Isao Ericson discusses the inaugural volume with editors James E. Faulconer and Joseph M. Spencer. Loyd: While we would love to say that we initially planned it this way, it is fortuitous that the first volume for the Perspectives series is on scriptural theology. How would you describe scriptural theology? What is the relationship between scripture and theology? James: We have borrowed the term from Protestant theology, where it means theological studies in which one tries to understand how God reveals himself in scripture, without imposing a theological system onto the biblical text. It is not necessarily opposed to historical, sociological, ideological or other kinds of interpretation. However, it does not look for what history or culture is behind the text, as does much biblical criticism. Nor does it look for how our own ideas are reflected in the text, as does ideological critique. Instead, scriptural theology tries to understand the Bible as the word of God, a text about God and human relationships with God. Joseph: As anyone terribly serious about scripture knows, it's difficult to find a clearly consistent message in the canon. This scriptural voice clashes with that scriptural voice, this style of presentation differs fundamentally from that style of presentation, this book privileges a theme entirely distinct from the one privileged by that book, and so on. One might respond to such tensions and inconsistencies in, very broadly speaking, one of two ways. On the one hand, one can hope to release undesired tensions, to reconcile inconsistencies, to find a largely unified voice that's to be given greater weight than competing voices. This can be accomplished in several ways: reading quite imaginatively, scuttling inconvenient passages, translating away problems, ignoring scripture entirely. On the other hand, however, one can hope to learn from tensions, to be fascinated by inconsistencies, to welcome an irreducible chorus of voices that all together present God's word and will to humankind. This latter approach is something like what we have in mind when we speak of scriptural theology. In a formula: we theologize because scripture is messy and complex, and we do so scripturally when we struggle to let the messiness and complexity of scripture guide our reflections. Loyd: Is all theology scriptural? And, conversely, is all scripture reading an act of theologizing to some degree? James: The answer to both questions is yes, in a qualified sense in the first case and an unqualified sense in the second. In the sense that, presumably, all Christian theologies advert eventually to scripture, all of it is scriptural. But sometimes theology uses scripture as, more or less, a proof text for the ideas that it wants to hang on scripture. The point of scriptural theology is to focus on the text and see what things arise from it. The line between scriptural theology and other theologies, though, is not bright. On the other hand, if a person reads scripture and talks about it, gives explanations, relates on thing to another, that person is theologizing. So all scripture reading and discussion is a kind of scriptural theology. In both cases, what would make something scriptural theology in our sense would be (1) how explicitly they were about doing theology and (2) how closely what they say is tied to the scriptural text. Joseph: To the extent that scripture, as scripture, motivates theological reflection in the first place, all theology could be said to be scriptural. In the sense reviewed above, however, not all theology is scriptural. Any theology that pretends to do its work while oversimplifying scripture distances itself from scripture—and to that extent, it could be said to cease to be scriptural. Of course, no theological reflection avoids oversimplifying scripture. So perhaps it's best to say that all theology is scriptural to a certain degree, but no theology is or even could be perfectly scriptural. One of the tasks of the scriptural theologian is to do all she can to work against the inevitable tendency to move away from scripture, to avoid its complexities and difficulties, to embrace something cleaner and more definitive than the word God's given her to work with. And it's certainly the case that all scripture reading amounts to a theological exercise—at least whenever the reader attempts, even if only halfheartedly, to understand scripture. Every understanding of scripture, even if it's terribly misinformed historically or naive philosophically, requires a certain theoretical investment and an attempt at deciding what in scripture matters or doesn't matter. That investment and that attempt lie at the heart of every theology. In the end, we're all theologians; we're just more or less conscious of the fact, more or less conscientious about the fact, more or less arrogant about our theological speculations. Loyd: One of the primary goals of the Perspectives series is to highlight the many ways in which Mormon theology can be understood and explored. Given that all Latter-day Saints share a single set of canonized scripture, why is it that so many varied perspectives exist? James: Isn’t that a bit like asking “Why is it that so many varied Latter-day Saints exist?” More seriously: if I believe in continuing revelation, then I believe that God can and will continue to reveal. That implies differences in the revelations. Subaltern to that idea is that to believe that revelations will between differ people. I would say that there are different perspectives because the Holy Spirit continues to teach us. Joseph: Perspectives are internal to the canon itself. One might think here of some of the prophecies Mormons associate most often with Malachi. They were produced originally in Hebrew. Over the centuries following their original production and textual arrangement, they were translated into a variety of languages used by Jews scattered all over the ancient world: various renderings in Greek, in Aramaic, in Syriac, and so on. Those translations in all their variety affected the reception and popular understandings of those prophecies, which were then reflected in certain early Christian renderings and uses of the prophecies—some of which were eventually canonized in the New Testament. In the meanwhile, the resurrected Christ visited Israel in the New World and quoted the Malachi prophecies in some other form or language, a form that would nonetheless be rendered in English to match the King James Version of the Hebrew text passed down by scribes—though other passages in the Book of Mormon borrow the language of those same prophecies in creative and inventive ways. When the angel Moroni came to visit Joseph Smith, however, he quoted from the same prophecies, but with some inventive and theologically significant variations—variations that would be canonized in both the Pearl of Great Price and the Doctrine and Covenants at different points in Mormon history. And yet then again, in letters written during the Nauvoo period, canonized in the Doctrine and Covenants several decades before Moroni's version, Joseph quoted the passage from Malachi and noted that it was sufficiently clear for his purposes.Here we have a single prophetic text that, internal to the canon itself, is subjected to all sorts of perspectives and project, differing interpretive programs and communicating with distinct audiences. Yet all of them end up within the covers of a single set of canonized scripture. That we as readers of scripture mirror the variety and multiplicity already on display in the scriptures themselves is only to be expected. Loyd: What challenges exist in Mormonism between engaging in scriptural theology and having authoritative prophets leading the LDS Church? How do your authors respond to these challenges? James: I read and study scripture to learn from it. There isn’t any in-principle difficulty between doing that and believing that there are those who can speak authoritatively for God, especially not if I believe in continuing revelation, that the scriptures are not closed. Perhaps this isn’t completely relevant, but it raises a pet peeve of mine, our discussions of authority. Authority is a very complicated matter about which we almost always think too simplistically. It’s too big a question to deal with well here, but let me say something briefly: Without knowing that we do, we use the language of Kant’s essay “What is Enlightenment?” and talk as if it is possible to reject all authority. But it doesn’t take much to know that can’t be. The question isn’t whether to accept authority, but which ones and how. And those questions cannot be answered independent of my ceding authority to the authorities I recognize. So real authority, as opposed to despotism, is something that cannot exist without the agreement and support of those whom it governs. (Want to know more, read Gadamer’s Truth and Method.) Joseph: Adam Miller has suggested drawing a distinction between theology and doctrine, understanding the latter term to refer to institutionally normative ideas—the kinds of things one must or should believe to adhere to a certain shared faith. There's virtue in that suggestion, since it allows one to set aside as the work of theology to reflect in a way that neither distressingly confronts nor unthinkingly follows institutionally authoritative statements issued by those positioned to govern the Church. It's also helpful that the Church has never really established any officially binding interpretations of the scriptures, simply affirming their truth and encouraging the Saints to read them with real intent and an eye single to God's glory. In short, it's possible to deny, in certain ways at least, that there are any terribly substantive challenges along the lines suggested by this question. But in other ways, there are real challenges, of course. Scriptural theologians have to get used to hearing objections like, "Well, I've never heard that in General Conference!" or, "If that kind of thing mattered, then the Brethren would be talking about it!" It's too easy to retort to such objections that Church leaders urge close study of the scriptures, or to dismiss such objectors by suggesting that they're simply not curious enough about scripture. The best response is probably to see in such objections reason to ask oneself whether one's questions have indeed gotten too far afield, or why one's reflections don't seem relevant to the average Latter-day Saint. How do our authors respond to these challenges? It's hard to say without reading through all the essays afresh with that question in mind. It's certain that they're all quite aware of the difficulties, that they're all used to hearing the kinds of objections mentioned above. And it's certain that they therefore attempt to position themselves rhetorically so as to be as non-threatening, as open-mindedly reasonable, and as faithfully committed to the Restoration and its core institution as they can possibly be. It's to be hoped that they succeed in doing so. And there's reason to think that, for the most part, they do. - James E. Faulconer and Joseph M. Spencer - Joseph M. Spencer - Robert Couch - Adam S. Miller - Eric D. Huntsman - Claudia L. Bushman - Bruce W. Jorgensen - Jane Hafen - Jenny Webb - George B. Handley - James E. Faulconer ISBN Paperback 978-1-58958-712-0; Hardcover 978-1-58958-713-7 Published February 2015 Rube Goldberg Machines: Essays in Mormon Theology	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line17034
__label__wiki	0.862031	0.862031	David Hadley on Principles & Values Social moderate and fiscal conservative Arguing that California is at a crucial crossroads, Republican David Hadley is announcing a bid to be the state's next governor. The former assemblyman, who voted against Donald Trump in the fall, is a social moderate and fiscal conservative whose 2018 candidacy could galvanize the GOP establishment in a state where it is at a significant disadvantage. "I've decided that I can fill an important role in this election, I think we can win this race, I think we can bring important changes and important reforms to California, and I think I'm the right guy to do it," Hadley told The Times. "We can't have this race be a debate between a Democrat and a socialist." He didn't specify about whom his remarks were directed at, but the best-known Democratic hopefuls in the race are Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, former L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and state Treasurer John Chiang. Source: Los Angeles Times on 2018 California gubernatorial race , May 21, 2018 Click here for definitions & background information on Principles & Values. Click here for a summary of all issue stances of David Hadley. Click here for a Wikipedia profile of David Hadley. Click here for a Ballotpedia profile of David Hadley. Click here for VoteMatch responses by David Hadley. Click here for AmericansElect quiz answers by David Hadley.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line17036
__label__cc	0.734266	0.265734	Pit Bull Mauled Owner to Death on Christmas By Cherese Jackson on December 29, 2014 No Comment On Christmas Day a pit bull mauled his owner to death in Indiana. Eddie Cahill stayed home with Fat Boy and Keylo, his two eight-year-old dogs, while his girlfriend spent Christmas with her family. When she returned home that evening she found the 40-year-old’s unresponsive body covered in dog bites and one of the pit bulls with blood on his mouth. The dogs were given bones for Christmas and for reasons unknown Fat Boy demonstrated aggressive behavior. According to the police report Cahill’s girlfriend, Blanca Rodriquez, told the officer she had warned Eddie to euthanize Fat Boy because he was unpredictable and violent. However, she now says that is not true and they never had any problems with Fat Boy in the past. When speaking of the dogs she said: They were playful. One slept with me and my husband and the other slept with the girls. I do not want people to think badly of pit bulls, it was freak accident Eddie loved those dogs. According to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), the pit bull as it exists today is a descendant of the English bull-baiting dog. These dogs were bred to hold and bite large animals such as bulls and bears around the head and face. This does not mean they are automatically aggressive; some were selected and bred for fighting while others were specifically bred for companionship and work. Eve dogs that were bred to fight other dogs were not taught to be aggressive towards humans. They needed to be handled routinely by people and that type of behavior was not tolerated. Any pit bull that demonstrated aggressive behavior towards people was killed to avoid passing on such traits. The ASPCA reports research on pet dogs confirms that dogs which are aggressive to dogs are no more likely to direct aggression toward people than dogs that are not aggressive to other dogs. Pit bulls that were chosen for their fighting ability are more likely to fight with other dogs, but not necessarily unpredictably aggressive or cannot be around other dogs. Those selected for work and companionship have long been popular family pets. They have notable qualities such as loyalty, gentleness and affection. It is important to clarify while a dog’s genetics may cause them to have a predisposition to behave in a certain manner; behavior develops through a complex interaction between genetics and environment. Genetics do not exist in a vacuum. The behavior of an individual dog is influenced by factors such as housing conditions and their history of social interactions. These factors have pivotal roles in behavioral development. Early experiences in a dog’s life either prevent or encourage aggressive tendencies. Puppies that learn how to communicate, play and interact with both dogs and people are less likely to demonstrate aggressive behavior as adults. Socialization has a powerful impact on dogs and those that are isolated from positive interaction with people such as being chained outside are more likely to be aggressive. To reduce the risk of such behavior canines must be integrated into owner’s homes and family. According to Rodriquez, their two pit bulls were considered part of the family and this was just a freak accident. Animal control said they had to taser the canine to gain control of him. He was taken to the Humane Society in Hobart, Indiana and on Friday Fat Boy was euthanized per the family’s request. by Cherese Jackson (Virginia) KFOR Wish TV Photos courtesy of FaceBook Pit Bull Mauled Owner to Death on Christmas added by Cherese Jackson on December 29, 2014 View all posts by Cherese Jackson →	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line17037
__label__cc	0.594866	0.405134	← Folding Bicycles Japan: First Day → Breath, Grammar, and Proper Punctuation Posted on May 22, 2009 by guitarsophist Today’s post is a reworking of a newsletter article I wrote several years ago. In the Writing Center we field a lot of questions about punctuation, and we see a lot of punctuation problems. Most writers, even professional writers, feel uncertain about proper punctuation on occasion. We expect punctuation to be governed by rules, but taste, style, and even breathing patterns also have influence. Punctuation practice is rooted in oral language. Oral face-to-face speech is a multimodal, multichannel event that encodes a lot of redundant information. In addition to speaking words embedded in grammatical structures, we vary the intensity of our speech; we pause for effect; we modulate the intonation, making the voice rise and fall; and we use physical gestures, body language and facial expressions. In a telephone conversation we are no longer in a face-to-face situation, and we lose the visual channels. Generally, we compensate well by attending more closely to words, intonation and syntax and the design of the telephone tends to help us focus on these things. A Significant Disadvantage However, in a speakerphone conference in which some of the participants are physically present to one another while another only has access to aural information, the latter party may feel that he or she is at a significant disadvantage. And when the two parties to a telephone conversation have different cultural backgrounds, or when one party doesn’t speak the language of the conversation well, we feel the need of information from the missing channels to confirm our interpretations. When we write, we lose all visual and auditory channels, leaving only words and grammatical structures to carry the message. Rather than a broad array of redundant channels to rely on, when we write, we have only two. Or perhaps I should say two and a quarter, because we also have punctuation. Bringing Back Intonation The punctuation system is designed to bring back into writing some of the information encoded in pauses and intonation. As a substitute for the living voice, it is a pale shadow only. Instead of shouting and shaking a fist, we have the exclamation point. Instead of a conspiratorial whisper we have . . . well, we don’t have anything, because there is no mark for whispering. In fact, there are many common devices of speech that have no equivalent in the punctuation system. What marks we do have—commas, colons, semi-colons, dashes, question marks and the rest—are generally seen to indicate pauses of varying lengths and are historically associated with the breath. However, they are also associated with the grammatical structures, and thus there are grammatical rules for their use. Contradictory Conceptions These two conceptions of punctuation—to indicate pauses for breathing and for rhetorical effect, and to delineate the grammatical boundaries of the text—are to a certain extent contradictory, opposing the creative, living, breathing, individual voice with an analytical, logical, rule-driven structure. These conceptions co-exist in our society, making punctuation both difficult to teach and confusing to learn. The earliest work on punctuation in English is the anonymous Treatise of Stops, Points, or Pauses, published in London in 1680. The theory of punctuation presented in this work is based entirely on breathing and rhetorical pauses. Clearly designed for classroom use, it contains the following verses for easy memorization: A comma is a breathing stop: no more, Stop at it while you may tell one, therefore. Where semi-colon placed is; there you, May please to make a stop, while you tell two. A colon is a longer stop; therefore, Stop at each colon, while you may tell four. The author of the Treatise is also aware of the intonation patterns implied by certain punctuation marks, as is illustrated by the following couplet on the question mark: When e’re a question you shall propound, An interrogation’s made: but raise the sound. Indeed, the Treatise is valued by linguists today more for what it says about the pronunciation and intonation of seventeenth-century English than for the author’s insights into the use of punctuation marks (and certainly not for the author’s poetic ability!). Still, it is a good example of the relationship between breath and punctuation in the historical tradition. Modern authors are likely to attempt a compromise between the two views. G.V. Carey, author of Mind the Stop: A Brief Guide to Punctuation, writes: “I should define punctuation as being governed two-thirds by rule and one-third by personal taste. I shall endeavor not to stress the former to the exclusion of the latter, but I will not knuckle under to those who apparently claim for themselves complete freedom to do what they please in the matter.” Carey’s position is probably an accurate statement of the case, but we might ask, “What kind of rule applies only two thirds of the time?” The Harbrace Handbook Even the Harbrace Handbook hedges its position on the comma: “The use of the comma depends primarily on the structure of the sentence and signals a small interruption. Inflexible rules governing the use of the comma are few, but there are several basic principles.” So far, so good. The Harbrace then lists four principles, stating that commas: a) precede coordinating conjunctions when they link main clauses; b) follow introductory adverb clauses and, usually, introductory phrases; c) separate items in a series (including coordinate adjectives); and d) set off nonrestrictive and other parenthetical elements. A Morass of Jargon For the average handbook consulter, in the move from the general statement to the basic principles the Harbrace has leapt from cogent wisdom into a morass of grammatical jargon. The four principles are constructed almost entirely of complex grammatical terminology, and one gets the feeling that those who understand this terminology probably already know how to use a comma. For the reader with a little more understanding, the principles appear to contradict one another. For example, “a” says that commas precede coordinating conjunctions, while “b” puts a comma after a conjunction (which is not, in fact, “coordinating” in this instance). Similarly “c” contains a parenthetical element (set off with parentheses) while “d” says that commas will be used to set off parenthetical elements. There is nothing incorrect here, just potential confusion. The Harbrace comma principles conform to the condition known in technical writing as C.O.I.K: Clear Only If Known. The Handbooks are Wrong John Dawkins, writing in a recent issue of College Composition and Communication, advises us to disregard handbook advice on punctuation anyway. In “Teaching Punctuation as a Rhetorical Tool” he says, “Manuals of style and college handbooks have it all wrong when it comes to punctuation (good writers don’t punctuate that way).” He proposes that there is “a system underlying what good writers, in fact, do; it is a surprisingly simple system; it is a system that enables writers to achieve important—even subtle—rhetorical effects; it is, even, a system that teachers can teach far more easily than they can teach the poorly systematized rules in our handbooks and style manuals” (CCC December 1995 533). Let us hope that Dawkins’ system is simpler than the punctuation he uses in that last sentence. A Simple System As it turns out, Dawkins does have a fairly simple and logical system. He points out that “all discourse, written or spoken, consists of independent clauses or underlying independent clauses.” What Dawkins calls “underlying” independent clauses are clauses that would be sentences on their own were it not for a subordinating word, such as “although” or “because,” or missing elements that make it necessary for the clause to be attached to a main clause, which could stand by itself. Dawkins sees the various punctuation marks as encoding different degrees of separation between independent clauses, or between elements in independent clauses. This perspective is different from either the breath-related or the grammatical perspectives already discussed, in that it is based on the writer’s perception of the conceptual relationships. Three Patterns Dawkins argues that independent clauses either have extra words, phrases or clauses attached to them, or they don’t. If they do, there are three patterns: the attachment can come at the beginning, at the end, or in the middle. In each pattern, the question for the writer is “Do I punctuate, or don’t I?” If punctuation is used, it is chosen on the basis of the degree of separation or connection the writer wishes the ideas to have, or in other words, the “meaning and intended emphasis.” Three Possibilities Dawkins articulates three rules for the three possibilities listed above. If the attachment comes at the beginning, only zero, comma, dash, or colon are permissible. If the attachment is at the end, all functional marks are permissible. If the attachment comes in the middle, only paired marks (commas, dashes, zeros, and parentheses) are possible. In this case, with the added material in the middle, the choice boils down to “two marks or none.” Dawkins then introduces the concept of raising or lowering. By “raising” he means using a mark that is higher in the hierarchy than would normally be used. Here is a sentence with a single independent clause and material added at the end. The basic marks are zero or comma: 1) Gerald promised to write the paper when he had the time. 2) Gerald promised to write the paper, when he had the time. Example 2 gains more emphasis for the attachment. The higher up in the hierarchy you go, the greater the separation, and the greater the emphasis for the added materials. Thus: 3) Gerald promised to write the paper—when he had the time. 4) Gerald promised to write the paper. When he had the time. The likelihood of Gerald actually writing the paper diminishes, and the irony of the tone increases, as the punctuation marks get stronger. This is Dawkins’ main point—that good writers use punctuation not to indicate breathing points, not to satisfy grammatical rules, but to create rhetorical effects. Example four creates a sentence fragment, violating a basic handbook rule that is often violated by published writers. Dawkins’ system explains why this rule is so often broken. It should be said, however, that novelists and short story writers are much more likely to punctuate in the manner Dawkins describes than writers of business correspondence or scientific reports. There is insufficient space to summarize Dawkins’ whole article here. However, perhaps it is enough to know that punctuation cannot be reduced to rules of breath, counting, or grammar, and that there are good reasons to be confused about it. This entry was posted in Rhetoric and teaching and tagged grammar, punctuation. Bookmark the permalink.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line17038
__label__cc	0.716341	0.283659	The Power of Story: Augusta Speaks March 23, 2011 January 28, 2015 / Laura Grace Weldon Image courtesy of eliq.deviantart.com “All sorrows can be borne if you put them in a story or tell a story about them.” Isak Dinesen The woman wrapped blankets around her children, a small boy and a smaller girl. The little ones clamored for their nightly story. It didn’t seem to matter to them that they huddled in what was left of their home. They didn’t seem disheartened after spending another day searching for food. Their mother began the story as she always did, “Not far from here and not long ago.” The children stepped into the story. Some of her stories ended the same night they began. Most went on night after night. Each story started with some kind of yearning that turned into a quest. Many times the characters in the story had to step aside to wait or go another way before continuing on. They were confronted by danger, hunger, and riddles. The characters learned to be patient and clever. Sometimes decisions they made earlier came back to help them or hinder them. In one story they were grateful to find humble roots growing along their path. Weak from starvation the characters dug them up, rinsed them in a nearby stream, and boiled them over a tiny fire. Just as they were finally about to eat some fellow travelers came by asking if they had food to share. “Careful,” the boy and girl’s mother interrupted the story. “Notice the travelers’ eyes and their hands. Are they thieves? You must show them your strength as well as your kindness. What would you do?” The boy and girl said they would share. As the story went on these same thieves protected the characters from an enemy but later stole the only stone that warded off a trickster’s wicked prank. When the boy and girl exclaimed that it wasn’t fair their mother explained that the characters saved four lives by sharing the food, which was good, but they’d forgotten thieves could never be trusted. The children nodded as their mother went on with the story. The characters in the story were always a mother with her boy child and girl child. They weren’t always people. Sometimes they were animals searching for their rightful place in the world. Or elf-like creatures seeking to restore lost magical powers. Or a queen traveling with the prince and princess, gathering clues to unlock a mystery. Often they were joined in their quest by other characters. Some of these characters had wisdom to offer. Others tricked and cheated them. Others ignored them entirely. The children protested each night when their mother’s voice grew increasingly hoarse and she finally told them it was time for sleep. They felt as if they’d fallen from the story world. But she always promised there would be more to tell the next evening. The family spent years waiting. For what, exactly, the children weren’t sure. A better home awaits us, their mother assured them, but it’s a long way away and not all will be easy once we arrive. During the daytime she taught them to speak a language no one else knew. It sounded like birds chirping and scratching on the roofline. Sometimes she taught them songs while they ground grain or chopped vegetables for stew. Mostly she taught them to be wary and watchful. The little ones barely noticed as they got taller except that it was a struggle to keep them in clothes that fit. They rarely had jackets or shoes. Sometimes they had no food either. The nightly stories grew longer. Sometimes it took weeks to finish one tale. The story’s characters found many obstacles in their way and often, just when the troubles were unendurable and the characters ready to give up, the story would change in ways they couldn’t have imagined. The only thing that seemed to matter was that the characters didn’t lose heart. Then everything changed. The mother showed the boy and girl a packet she had carefully hidden in the folds of her sweater. “Passports and documents,” she whispered. That very day the family left on their own journey away from the place they’d lived their whole lives. The children had never before encountered such hurry and so many crowded places. They stayed close to their mother as they waited in lines, were scrutinized by men behind tall counters, and had papers stamped. Before long they were strapped into seats on a huge craft. As it began to move the mother told a story. They didn’t know it would be her last. There were three characters, a mother wolf traveling with a female pup and a male pup nearly as large as his mother. Although they lived in a land filled with sunsets that inspired beautiful wolf songs to rise from every hilltop, they were driven away by something worse than hunger. Their journey took them to a bridge so long they couldn’t see the other side. Behind them were wolves like themselves, thin and desperate. They weren’t sure what kind of creatures lived on the other side of the bridge but still, they were determined to get there. Suddenly in front of them loomed a fearsome beast with no eyes but many claws. He made the bridge shake so hard that they tumbled off, all except for the young male wolf who clung to the underside. He tried to pull himself up as he challenged the beast to fight. The beast loomed over him, roaring loudly with breath that crackled and smoked. Still the young wolf struggled to get back on the bridge. Then he felt something grab his feet from below. He kicked with all his strength but couldn’t loosen the hold. It wasn’t until he looked down that he saw his mother and sister wolves pulling his feet. They hadn’t fallen far. Just below the bridge was a forest of fruit and nut trees with branches reaching nearly to him. But he wouldn’t let go. He hauled himself up for battle. Just then the huge creature stomped down on his paw. His leg curled up at the monster’s touch as if scorched by fire and the wolf fell down, down, down to land on his mother wolf and sister wolf where they crouched in a tree. When he opened his eyes his mother was unable to speak and his sister unable to hear and his leg was twisted. The story went on through the night. The boy and girl sat enraptured as their mother unfolded a tale rich as legend. The wolf characters trekked through strange forests finding nourishment that slowly began to heal them. Brightly colored birds taught them to fly. When the rocks under their feet started to crumble the wolf family lifted in the air, soaring toward mirrored mountains that appeared in the distance. The mother wolf could now speak in a whisper, the female pup could hear loud sounds, and the nearly grown male pup’s leg was nearly straight. Their fur prickled in fear but their journey had made them powerful in ways they were only now beginning to recognize. By the time they landed they knew that together they were invincible. The story ended as the craft came to a halt. The girl held back, looking out the window at the unfamiliar surroundings. The mother stood, taking the boy and girl’s hands. “We have arrived,” she said. “No more of my stories. It is time for you to tell stories to me.” Passengers streamed past them, people whose clothes and skin looked as foreign as mythical creatures. Most of them looked straight ahead but some of them smiled at the family. Their mother said to her children in a voice fierce with pride, “Always remember the word “immigrant.” It means you are one of the strong.” attitude, global, story, trauma attitude, global, immigration, story, trauma ← We Are One Being How The Secret Garden Saved Me → 10 thoughts on “The Power of Story: Augusta Speaks” Sue VanHattum So beautiful! Who is Augusta? Will this come out as a picture book? Laura Weldon I’ve been reading a lot about children and trauma. When my kids were small I often told them stories to help them learn coping skills and wider ways of understanding, so this just evolved into a post about resilience through stories. I named it after my great-grandmother, who emigrated from Sweden under difficult circumstances and whose life in the U.S. was very difficult. I don’t know much about the picture book market. If I could, I’d like to sell a publisher on a series of stories I used to tell my kids called Super Baby Jane. Not all that deeply meaningful but a lot of fun. Karyn @ kloppenmum Great story Laura, I love the…’The children stepped into the story’ and that was important to show strength and kindness to strangers. I’m very big on the importance of story and ritual in our lives. It’s vital that we can make sense of our childhood if we are to become complete adults. I often tell our children their Day Story – including emotions, it’s a great way for them to heal any wounds from the day. Thanks Karyn. Each Day Story is valuable. The most powerful stories in my life were the ancestry stories my mother told. >The most powerful stories in my life were the ancestry stories my mother told. I adopted my son. I’d love to discuss with you how to come up with some powerful ancestry stories for adopted children. I think every child is drawn to examples of courage, resilience, overcoming struggle, long-awaited rewards, and unrecognized talents “saving the day.” These stories happen in every generation. And as I noted in the last post, genealogists estimate we’re all so closely related on this planet that it’s a good bet to say each one of us is at least a 40th cousin. So your own ancestral stories (and everyone else’s) are his too. We don’t have to be related by direct bloodline to feel the truth of those capacities in ourselves and we feel them more clearly when we hear or see examples. Your son may feel more connected to such examples in fiction (comic books or Harry Potter). He may feel more connected to examples of those in the same fields he’s interested in (overcoming odds, suffering, forgiveness and triumph happen in every field). The important thing is to keep finding those examples in the news, in books, in people down the street, and in your own lives. IMO. We do read lots of stories like that. In fact, the book we just listened to in the car over the past few weeks, Hope Was Here, is exactly the sort of thing I was thinking of. (Hope lives with her aunt. When GT and her aunt marry, he adopts her. She’s very interested in the heritage she gains through him. Lots of overcoming in that story.) I’m thinking there are more stories to tell like this, that draw adopted children in, and include them in the notion of heritage. I like the part about all of us being related. I’d like to try to write some stories like this. I know a small publishing house interested in adoption-related kid’s books. If you’re really heading this direction I’ll email you her contact info. Not soon. I have to finish Playing With Math first! When you do I’m happy to review it on GeekMom.com if it’s a general public sort of book.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line17040
__label__cc	0.581154	0.418846	Character Data Japanese Name: 奈々 First Featured in: Kemono Friends: Welcome to Japari Park! Occupation: Caretaker at Japari Park Nana (Japanese: 奈々) is the protagonist of Kemono Friends: Welcome to Japari Park!, and one of the franchise's few named human characters. During the events of the manga, she is a new caretaker working under Mirai, responsible for the care of an Ezo Red Fox and a Serval. She has a little sister and is also the younger cousin of Japari Park's animal laboratory Vice Director, Kako. 1 Appearance 2 Personality 3 Role in the Plot 3.1 Early Life 3.2 Kemono Friends: Welcome to Japari Park! 3.2.1 Chapter 1 4.1 Ezo Red Fox 4.2 Serval 4.3 Gray Wolf 4.4 Mirai 4.5 Her Sister 4.6 Kako Nana appears to be a teenager is and somewhat short in stature. She has reddish brown eyes and bright pink hair, which she prefers to tie back in a ponytail. Her outfit includes a green jacket with the sleeves rolled up, featuring the signature "の" logo of Japari Park on its breast pocket and upper sleeves. Beneath her jacket, Nana wears a simple white t-shirt with a red collar and black short shorts. Her feet are covered by loose-fitting white socks and pink shoes. “I believe that Friends are meant to be a bridge between people and animals. I'd like for you to realize what that means, Ezo Red Fox.” —Nana, Chapter 1 Nana is an enthusiastic and passionate Caretaker from the beginning, having held a love for Friends for quite some time. When seeing the two Friends that she was assigned to for the first time, she was quick to display excitement at how cute they were, and she frequently finds herself amazed when a Friend puts one of their animal traits on display. Despite this, she is a dedicated supervisor, risking her own safety when she believes that a Friend under her jurisdiction is in danger. She takes her job very seriously, using as many opportunities as she can to teach Friends new things, such as explaining Halloween to African Bush Elephant and taking Ezo Red Fox on field trips to help her integrate into society. While she is initially uncertain as to how to properly care for Ezo Red Fox, her confidence in her ability to keep her under control grows as the manga continues, and she slowly becomes more capable as a Caretaker. However, despite her naivete, Nana can be equally bold, and has a tendency to lecture Friends when she feels they have stepped out of line. She is also seen forcing Friends out of their comfort zone for their benefit, even Friends she is not familiar with, demonstrated by her behavior when given temporary supervision over Cheetah. She is also adept at figuring out intuitive solutions to a problem, using Crested Ibis's singing to scare off litterers and quickly realizing the identity of the meat bun thief. Nana's work ethic is guided by the philosophy that through her position, she can help Friends mature and integrate into society. She readily gives advice to Friends not under her supervision, and offers her support to Friends that want to move forward into a larger role, such as when she gives direction to Raccoon after the Friend confesses her newfound dream of becoming Park Director to her. This nature means that Friends frequently seek her out to ask for counsel with their troubles. Nana sees Friends as more than just animal girls, but as animals that have been given a chance to experience life as a human. She strongly believes that Friends, now that they are in human form, should follow the rules of human society, rather than the rules of nature, which leads to many of her altercations with Ezo Red Fox. When speaking to peers, Nana speaks somewhat formally, but is much more casual and snarky when in the company of Friends, excepting periods where she has to lecture or teach a Friend some form of lesson. Nana will frequently explain concepts to the best of her ability to any Friend that seems confused, at which point she takes on a teacher-like tone of voice, though she may occasionally be dumbfounded and make a snide remark if a Friend is uncooperative or confusing. Role in the Plot At some point during her childhood, Nana became aware of Japari Park and the existence of Friends, and eventually she became so enamored with Friends that it became her ambition to work at Japari Park so that she could take care of them. "Ah, how sad..." This article or section requires editing. The editor who added this tag believes the following edits are necessary: Role in Plot for Chapters 6-Final You can help Japari Library by editing the page. If you must discuss this decision, please use the talk page. Carrying her dream past her childhood, Nana eventually fulfilled her goal and obtained a position within Japari Park as a Caretaker. After being introduced to Mirai, a Park Guide, Nana is assigned two Friends to supervise - Serval and Ezo Red Fox. While Nana and Serval get along immediately, Ezo Red Fox is more dismissive, stating that she does not need a Caretaker and that she can do what she pleases, minus when Nana feeds her. This troubles Nana after her day is over, and she airs her frustrations to her sister, unsure as to how she should tackle the issue of Ezo Red Fox's disobedience. The next morning, Nana discovers while on the job that all of the meat buns in the refrigerator have disappeared. Recalling Ezo Red Fox's comment about food, she decides to seek her out, and finds that her suspicions were correct as she confronts the fox on her theft near a cliffside. Nana asserts that it is her role to guide and teach Ezo Red Fox, and that they are going to go apologize, while the Friend responds in kind with an assertion that she is simply following the rules she lived by as an animal. Nana retorts that Ezo must follow the rules, and admits her belief that she sees Friends as a bridge between human and animal, expressing her desire to see Ezo Red Fox realize this for herself. During their argument, Ezo Red Fox slips and nearly tumbles down the cliffside, but is caught by Nana before she can make the drop. Ezo Red Fox confusedly asks why Nana won't let go, as she'll fall as well, and Nana exclaims that she refuses to let go, as Ezo's supervisor. The fox assures Nana she'll be okay, but Nana is adamant about keeping the Friend safe. As the two slip and fall, Ezo Red Fox catches Nana in the air and delivers them safely to the ground, brushing off Nana's behavior as showy. In spite of this, she relents to Nana, saying she is going to purchase meat buns and return them to the Park. Fed up with Ezo Red Fox's misbehavior, Nana decides to teach her a lesson in manners by taking her on a field trip to a city within the Park. Noting that Ezo seems to be bewildered by the unfamiliar surroundings, Nana takes her around the city and makes a stop inside of a convenience store, where Ezo quickly finds meat buns on display and attempts to eat them, packaging and all. Nana scolds the fox, but Ezo finds a display with premium meat buns and attempts to take the entire display, and as Nana wrestles it away from her, Gray Wolf appears. The fight results in Ezo Red Fox accidentally throwing the entire display backwards, but Gray Wolf catches it flawlessly. Nana stops to admire Gray Wolf, as she sees her as an example of the kind of Friend she came to Japari Park to meet. Noticing Nana's struggle with Ezo Red Fox, the wolf Friend begins to help instruct Ezo Red Fox on how to properly pay for food. To do this, she shows by example, purchasing a meat bun as a gift for Ezo Red Fox. Nana is impressed, and hopes that she can help more Friends become like Gray Wolf. However, the serenity is cut short as Ezo quickly asks the cashier for all of the food in the store, and Nana informs Ezo that she does not have enough money to pay for such an outrageous request. Still, she takes the event in stride, appreciating that Ezo Red Fox has learned just a little bit. Nana and Mirai are working together for the day, testing the physical wellness of the Friends. However, during roll call, she notices that while Serval and Koala are present, Ezo Red Fox has skipped out, forcing her to apologize to Mirai for her negligence. Mirai, however, simply takes it in stride, and the tests begin, starting with a one-kilometer dash. Nana posits that it should take about two minutes for a Friend to run a kilometer, which Serval surpasses, achieving a breakneck speed of about 35 seconds, which shocks Nana, causing her to initially mistake Serval as a breeze and clocking the stopwatch late. Meanwhile, Koala takes five minutes to finish the dash, much to her dismay. In the next test, the Friends must cross a rocky obstacle course and return back. Before they begin, however, Serval slips and falls, though she appears uninjured. After the test begins, Serval returns in a mere minute, again shocking Nana, who believes that the test should take an hour for a normal human. However, Koala fails to finish the test at all. After that, a test involving rock-throwing occurs, where Serval easily lifts a large boulder and tosses it sixteen meters away, while Koala has to settle simply for lifting a medium-sized rock. Nana attempts to cheer Koala up, assuring her that she should do great on the tree-climbing test, but Koala fails to climb the tree despite this. After Koala fails the test, Serval yelps out in pain, believing she may have twisted her ankle after her earlier fall. Mirai suggests moving Serval to the medical office, but Koala offers to help instead using her pap. Koala rubs the pap on Serval's injured ankle, miraculously alleviating all of Serval's pain, and amazing Nana, who is impressed at Koala's ability to heal injures. However, once Serval asks about where Koala's pap comes from, Mirai shuts down the conversation, and forces the group to move on to the 200-kilometer dash, leaving Koala exhausted. Nana receives a letter inviting her and Ezo Red Fox to a welcome party hosted by Serval and her best friend, Caracal. Excited, the pair go to the party, and see Mirai and Gray Wolf before getting a warm hug from Serval and beginning the festivities via a song performed by Crested Ibis. However, the song, typical of the Friend, is deafeningly loud and painful, causing Ezo Red Fox to fall onto the floor in pain. The party quickly moves forward, however, with Caracal presenting the surprise that she and Serval prepared to Nana, which turns out to be a snake themed jack-in-the-box. However, this is discovered to be a classic example of Serval's airhead nature, as even Caracal is surprised due to Serval replacing the character themed after herself with the snake. Ezo Red Fox Immediately after Nana is assigned to supervise Ezo Red Fox, the two experience a rough start to their working relationship. Ezo Red Fox is initially unimpressed and ignorant of Nana and the role of Caretakers and brushes her off at the first opportunity without introducing herself. Their next meeting, Nana proves her dedication to her role, confronting Ezo about her theft with conviction and risking her own safety to help protect Ezo when the encounter takes a disastrous turn. From this point forward, the dynamic of their relationship slowly grows to be more friendly, with Nana teaching Ezo Red Fox about the rules of society and human interaction, although the two of them never cease to butt heads and conflict with each other. Despite Ezo Red Fox's standoffish attitude and disobedience towards Nana, she is shown to truly care about Nana's safety. When Nana collapses after Ezo jumps onto her, she becomes confused, only to become terrified once Margay posits that she may have a cold, due to her misconception that being sick is a death sentence. She quickly expresses her regret and terror verbally to an unconscious Nana, and at one point, even climbs into the bed where Nana is sleeping in order to keep her company, despite the perceived risk to herself. During the Final Chapter, Nana reflects on her year spent with Ezo Red Fox, noting that she's still as childish as ever, but also finding herself distracted by how cute she finds Ezo when she is asleep, hinting that she may give Ezo Red Fox special treatment or turn the other cheek for some of her misgivings. As Serval's caretaker, Nana is tasked with ensuring that Serval is kept safe and her needs are properly met, yet she is also tasked with ensuring that Serval is given proper direction and understands the way of the world. Serval takes a liking to Nana immediately, hugging her and introducing herself at the earliest opportunity. Serval even throws Nana a welcome party in order to show her appreciation for the Caretaker, solidifying Serval's relationship with Nana. Nana has a great deal of admiration for Gray Wolf, as she reminds her of the kinds of Friends that made her want to strive to become a Caretaker in the first place. Nana sees Gray Wolf as an older sister figure, and interprets her as an example of the kind of Friend she wants to help other Friends become. While the extent of their friendship is unknown, Gray Wolf is an invitee to the welcome party that Serval hosts for Nana, implying they kept in contact outside of their convenience store encounter. Mirai is Nana's coworker and superior, and Nana has a degree of respect for her. The two get along fairly well, though Nana feels the need to be more formal when addressing Mirai, calling her Guide-san rather than Mirai in a manner similar to the Friends in the Nexon game. Her Sister The two siblings appear to have a warm relationship, with Nana's unnamed younger sister checking in on her after her first day of work as a caretaker. Nana and Kako are cousins, with Kako being the older of the two. While both are employees of Japari Park, their relationship is never shown, and it is unknown if the two interacted regularly or at all during their time in the park. Nana is the sole human in the series whose name is written in kanji. Nana's name means "7" in Japanese, which is considered a lucky number. Strangely, she is also one of the few named humans who's names don't have to do with time, making her a special case. Nana has a cameo in the 2019 Mobile Game Kemono Friends 3. She is in one of the game's many collectible photos via Gacha, appearing in the upgraded version of "Caretaker Changeroom." Her signature Green Jacket and various other items belonging to her can also be found within the open locker in the photo's base form. In addition to this, the photo's name is a nod to her job as a Caretaker. The golden stopwatch Nana is holding was first given to her by her Boss Mirai in Chapter 3, Page 45, Volume 1 of the Manga. In order to time Serval and Koala on their run, being one of the multiple activities during their fitness test. Ironically, Nana first appears in page seven of the Kemono Friends: Welcome to Japari Park! Manga, the page marking the beginning to her Manga and first-ever appearance in the franchise. The irony being her name means "7" in Japanese. A stopwatch very similar to the signature one Nana has was found in the gamefiles of the original Nexon Game. The origin of which is currently unknown, although, it could of possibly been an event item. 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__label__cc	0.614001	0.385999	Jerred Metz Author \| Poet Halley’s Comet, 1910 Drinking the Dipper Dry The Angel of Mons Bellicourt Tunnel Brains 25 Cents, Drive In Angels in the House Three Legs Up, Cold as Stone Speak Like the Rain The Temperate Voluptuary Butter In A Jar Stellar Reviews Category Archives: The Angels of Mons An Arthur Machen Curiosity In the 1980’s I began gathering material for the novel. I got a Xerox copy of Ralph Shirley’s The issue in which Phyllis Campbell’s article appeared fifteen-page pamphlet–“The Angel Warriors at Mons: Numerous Confirmatory Testimonials: Evidence of the Wounded: An Authentic Record”–and the two sides of the front cover. Putting together material for talks I am giving, I noticed that the back side of the front page of the cover was signed “Arthur Machen” with the name of a place and the year1930. Machen, author of The Bowmen, lived until December, 1947. I am trying to find a sample of Machen’s signature. I am doing this just for research fun. Being a xerox of a badly worn cover, my document would be of no monetary value. But as a possibility, it is interesting to consider that Arthur Machen owned it. Naturally, Ralph Shirley’s pamphlet would have interested him. In it, he “demonstrates” that what Arthur Machen wrote was communicated to him telepathically from the battlefield. Therefore, it, along with many pages of “testimony” from soldiers who saw the angels, is evidence that St. George and his host of angels really did fight on the side of the British Expeditionary Force at the battle of Mons. This entry was posted in The Angels of Mons and tagged Arthur Machen, Ralph Shirley, the Angel of Mons on November 23, 2014 by JMetz. There Is No Telling with Angels For writers, poets, painters, sculptors, and film makers, angels can present any ideas or conceptions the imagination calls up. Angels can be of any size, shape, form, or even religion. They can be the fat babies with wings, the cherubim, we see in so many Renaissance paintings. They can be magnificent, stately beings of glorious proportions standing beside Jesus or God. They take many forms in the Hebrew Bible. There are innumerable representations of St. George. Type his name in Google and see many ways artists have depicted him. They can be demi-gods or even demonic. The great angels of the apocalyptic writings herald the coming of the end of time. They do much of God’s work. Thus, St. George, Joan of Arc, and the myriad angels they command saving the British Expeditionary Force are part of the tradition writers and artists follow, making angels part of mankind tales. It pleased me to have angels serve the story, saviors of the soldiers, instruments of peace after four years of war. This entry was posted in The Angels of Mons and tagged St. George, St. Joan of Arc, World War I on November 9, 2014 by JMetz. Recommend a Worthwhile Passage to Send The University of Rhode Island’s Alumni Association (my BA and MA are from URI) asked me to send a 400 word selection from The Angel of Mons: A World War I Legend to publish in the quarterly Quadangles, thealumni magazine. Instead of picking one myself, I want readers to recommend a worthwhile passage to send. A Reward for Each Suggestion — The Angel of Mons Apocrypha Six chapters were omitted from the novel for a variety of reasons, but are interesting nonetheless. Four are versions of the first chapter. “Song of the Vickers Guns” (16 pages), “We English are Here,” Their Presence Said, “And Many Will Follow, and Soon” (16 pages), “To Mons” (31 pages). The first actual chapter is none of these. Two are from elsewhere in the book. These are “William Butler Yeats and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Attempt to Set Things Straight with George Bernard Shaw” (11 pages), and “Ypres, the Wipers Viper, and the Angels Teach the Skeptic Sewell Macmaster” (21 pages). Readers suggesting a selection for the Quadangle can pick one of the four. You will receive it as a .pdf file. This entry was posted in The Angels of Mons on October 30, 2014 by JMetz. Two Major Collections Add The Angel of Mons: A First World War I Legend At the Toronto Public Library The Arthur Conan Doyle Collection, one of the most important Doyle and Doyle-related collections in the world, has added a copy of The Angel of Mons: A First World War I Legend. Conan Doyle and his family appear in five chapters in the book. Three feature Conan Doyle’s brother in-law, Captain Malcolm Leckie, RAMC. Sherlock Holmes appears in two. www.acdfriends.org Two official notices about Dr. Malcolm Leckie Dr. Malcolm Leckie, Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Royal Army Medical Corps. Supernumerary Captain, Restored to the establishment. Returned in February. 1914 Malcolm Leckie Burial, after Aug 28, 1914, Register B 202, Plot 1, row B. Grave 1. Frameries Communal Cemetery. Age 34. 8 December, 1914. DSO. First British Medical Officer to die in the war London Gazette The Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection in the Ernest F. Hollings Collections Library, University of South Carolina has also added The Angel of Mons to the collection. Four documents are the foundation for the legend. 1) Arthur Machen’s “The Bowmen”, 2) Phyllis Campbell’s account in the Occult Review, 3) “The Angel Warriors at Mons” including numerous confirmatory testimonies, Evidence of the Wounded And certain Curious Historical Parallels An Authentic Record by Ralph Shirley, editor of The Occult Review 4) Harold Begbie’s On The Side of Angels (1915) Several of these are in the collection. The Great War Collection added The Angel of Mons, not because the book is rare, but because it recognizes the library’s resources being put to use. This entry was posted in The Angels of Mons and tagged Arthur Machen, Captain Malcolm Leckie, Great War Collection, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Conan Doyle Collection, World War I on October 25, 2014 by JMetz. People Believe that St. George and his Angels Saved the British I give the impression in all the blogs I have written about The Angel of Mons that from the start the account was taken to be a legend, something made up. This is not the case. In England it was taken to be an appearance and an intercession that really took place at the battle of Mons. People from England who I know tell me that at school it was taught as fact. And at the least, they report that the British and German soldiers saw the angels, but what they saw was a hallucination—a result of fatigue, hunger, and thirst, and the terrors of battle. An example: In his introduction to his translation of The Voyage of Argo, the classic poem by Apollonius of Rhodes, E.V. Rieu recounts a scene in which the Argonauts saw a vision of Apollo. Then he wrote, “Our own men in the retreat from Mons had labored even harder (than the Argonauts.) And each party had its own appropriate vision: Angels for the British troops: Apollo for the Greeks.” Even a classical scholar believed that the soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force reported seeing angels. Even more closely do the people of Mons hold to the belief that St. George and his angels came to save the British, and, hence, Belgium and Europe. Please share these blogs with people you think might be interested in reading them. Buy, read, enjoy, and share The Angel of Mons. This entry was posted in The Angels of Mons and tagged Angels, St. George and the Angels of Mons, World War I on October 15, 2014 by JMetz. The 3 D Projection of The Angel of Mons In an earlier blog I wrote about seeing a 3-D projection telling a version of the story of the Angel of Mons when we were in Mons, Belgium for the centenary commemorations of the battle. Here’s a video of the projection. The text of the video is in French. I knew that I would enjoy the story more if I knew what was being said. I asked a friend, Gail Bienstock, if she could translate the text. She tried to do it by watching the YouTube recording, but found it too difficult. So she sent an e-mail to the Ministry of Culture in Mons asking if she could get a copy of the script. She used my name, which were the magic words. The author sent it to her and she translated it. Here is the script of La Legende des Anges, in both English and French. This version, my book The Angel of Mons: A World War Legend, and a graphic novel are all fiction. This version gives a visual depiction, while mine, of course, as a novel, creates a much more detailed version of the events. In any case, enjoy. This entry was posted in The Angels of Mons and tagged the Angel of Mons, The Battle of Mons, World War I on October 5, 2014 by JMetz. Who is Real and Who is Made Up? Angel of Mons Valse-Cover Art Readers have asked which characters are real people and which fictional creations. Everything portrayed in the novel is fiction. To discover the facts regarding the Angel of Mons I recommend the Angel of Mons by David Clarke. After you read his book you will see what I did with the facts to make them interesting in the novel. Characters of Historical Significance Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Writer William Butler Yeats, poet, Hierophant, Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn Minor Historical Characters Members of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn Maude Gonne, Actress, political activist, mystic, subject of many of Yeats’s poems Florence Farr, Actress, Praemonstratrix Arthur Machen, writer, author of “The Bowmen”, Alliester Crowley, mystic, magician John Todhunter, author, playwright The Conan Doyle Circle Lady Jean Doyle, wife of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Oliver Lodge, physicist, President, British Psychical Society Miss Lily Symmons-Loder The Churchill Circle Lady Archibald Campbell, occultist, aunt of Winston Churchill Phyllis Campbell, occultist, niece of Lady Campbell, author of an account of St. George’s appearance Historical Characters, Military General Horace Smith-Dorrian, in command of II Corps, British Expeditionary Force at Mons and Le Cateau N.R. McMahon, “the musketry manic”, head of musketry and machine gun training before the war Captain L.F. Ashburner commanding, 4th Royal Fuliliers Captain Malcolm Leckie, RAMC. brother in-law of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Quartermaster Fitzpatrick Lieutenant Maurice Dease, Vickers machine gun squad leader, first recipient of the Victoria Cross Private Sidney Godley, also at Nimy Bridge, a first recipient of the Victoria Cross World champion bicycle racers Goullet, France, and Bailey, Australia Rather than hyperlink each of the names above, I suggest that you google any of the names you would like to learn more about. You can do the same for the three fictional characters in the next group. Fictional Soldiers The two Vickers machine gun crews Ruffians Lieutenant Dease, Privates Tommy Atkins, William Catchpole, Louis “Ziggy” Palmer, Paul Carmichael Victors Sergeant Henry Sanders, Privates Gabriel Jessop, Anthony Hardy, Howard Thomas Lang, Walter Sage, Carrew Nancarrew You will meet them as you read, and see what each character does. This entry was posted in The Angels of Mons and tagged Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the Angel of Mons, William Butler Yeats, Winston Churchill, World War I on September 28, 2014 by JMetz. Sigfried Sassoon: A Continuation of Last Week’s Blog Last week I wrote about our visit to the canal at Sambre-Oise Canal at Ors where the poet Wilfred Owen was killed. That same afternoon the Bird brothers took us to the Point 110 New Cemetery to talk about the poet Sigfried Sassoon. Sassoon was Owen’s poetic mentor during the war. It is well worth reading about their relationship and the influence Sassoon had on Owen’s poetry. Their experience in the war led to a poetry critical of the war. “Avoiding the sentimentality and jingoism of many war poets, Sassoon wrote of the horror and brutality of trench warfare and contemptuously satirized generals, politicians, and churchmen for their incompetence and blind support of the war. Their view was vastly different from that of the jingoists like Kipling and Rupert Brooke.” Avoiding the sentimentality and jingoism of many war poets, Sassoon wrote of the horror and brutality of trench warfare and contemptuously satirized generals, politicians, and churchmen for their incompetence and blind support of the war. Both poets became widely read in the United States during the Vietnam War. I read them several years before while working on my master’s thesis. At New Cemetery we stood before three graves, one next to the other. Tony and Nick described the significance. “On March 18, 1916 (this, before the Battle of the Somme) Robert Graves and Sigfried Sassoon were devastated when, within a space of 24 hours, three subalterns were killed, 2nd Lt. David Thomas, Prichard, and Richardson. Sassoon was particularly upset at Thomas’ death, with whom he was clearly in love.” Le Cateau & The Somme: A Tour: Aug 25-28, 2014 by Antony and Nicholas Bird. Sigfried Sassoon stood at the foot of the hole while three were buried. Thereafter, “He began to undertake dangerous duties, especially patrols, sometimes going into No Man’s Land. Sassoon became known as ‘Mad Jack.’” The day before we toured the Military Museum in Peronne, France. I watched an official British Army film showing the burial of a dozen soldiers. Each was wrapped in a canvas shroud, the shroud tied with rope. With care, the bodies were handed from a couple of soldiers at the top of the dirt mound to those in the hole. Around the perimeter stood the comrades of those who had been killed. I stood at the grave site of the three, too, and was moved to tears the second time that day. Sadness and grief. Folly and waste. Loss and useless sacrifice. Of course, the war finally ended. So that was a good thing. But what was gained and what was lost? Afterward, the war officially spoken of in terms of the old jingoism—bravery, courage, sacrifice, and so on. As Kurt Vonnegut writes in Slaughterhouse Five, “So it goes.” The General by Sigfried Sassoon ‘Good-morning; good-morning!’ the General said When we met him last week on our way to the line. Now the soldiers he smiled at are most of ’em dead, And we’re cursing his staff for incompetent swine. ‘He’s a cheery old card,’ grunted Harry to Jack As they slogged up to Arras with rifle and pack. But he did for them both by his plan of attack. There are many blogs I have written about characters and events in The Angel of Mons. I know you will enjoy reading them. You can get to all of them at my web site: jerredmetz.com. This entry was posted in The Angels of Mons and tagged Battle of the Somme, Sigfried Sassoon, World War I on September 21, 2014 by JMetz. Standing where Wilfred Owen was Killed When we left Mons, Belgium and Le Cateau, France we visited the battlefields of the Somme with guides Tony and Nicky Bird . At the banks of the Sambre-Oise Canal I stood where I would have been able to see Lieutenant Wilfred Owen, the finest and most important poet of the war, in a small boat trying to cross. As was so often the case, the action Owen and his men were expected to carry out was difficult in the extreme. A pontoon bridge and rafts were being laid across the canal. The location was under heavy and constant machine gun fire. But the soldier must obey. Owen was shot and killed while trying to cross the canal. For a moment I was seeing it happen before my eyes. Once in a while, especially when I hear certain songs, my chest tightens and sobs arise. This happened to me while I stood on the banks of the narrow Sambre-Oise Canal and looked at the water. Lieutenant Owen was shot and killed a week before the Armistice was signed. At the moment when church bells were ringing in England to celebrate the Armistice, Owen’s mother was handed the telegram announcing that her son had been killed. Owen’s war poetry is not like that of Rudyard Kipling or Rupert Brook, who both glorified war. His was of the horror and ugliness, the brutality and pointlessness of it. In the “The End” he asked: Shall Life renew these bodies? Of a truth All death will he annul, all tears assuage? Or fill these void veins full again with youth, And wash with an immortal water, age? The answer to these rhetorical questions is No. These few lines convey a sense of Owen’s view of war. His mother, Susan Owen, quoted from these lines for her son’s gravestone. However, she removed the question mark after the second sentence, reversing her son’s poem’s very meaning. And she left out the rest of the stanza. She thought it better to let those who view his grave, which is frequently visited, thing that he believed that God (he) will cancel (annul) death, that there is life after. This is not what her son wrote. I have had an academic interest in World War I for a long time. My Masters thesis was on a tetralogy, (four related novels) about the First World War, Parade’s End by Ford Mattox Ford. In my study for that work I also read deeply in the poets of the war, especially Wilfred Owen and Sigfried Sassoon. I am also a poet, having had five books of poetry published. Poets often feel a kinship with one another. So while I was surprised at the depth of my emotions, I was not surprised that I was moved. I am grateful for being at that place, having those emotions, and, in that small way paying tribute to Owen. I thank him for helping shape my own attitude toward war when I read him years ago. This entry was posted in The Angels of Mons and tagged Battle of Le Cateau, Battle of the Somme, Belgium, Mons, Rudyard Kipling, Sigfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen on September 14, 2014 by JMetz. A Day of Commemoration and Commitment The Legend of the Angel of Mons Sarah and I had the privilege of taking part in four hours of ceremonies commemorating the first battle between the Germans and the British in World War I in Mons, Belgium. The afternoon began with the planting of a tall oak tree in a park. There were moving speeches by the Prime Minister of Belgium, the ambassadors from Germany, Canada, and Great Britain. Of course, we could best understand the speeches that were in English. I was moved to hear special mention made of two of the major characters in The Angel of Mons, Lieutenant Maurice Dease and Private Sidney Godley. Then the entourage—and four buses of invited guests, the two of us included—went on to three sites in Mons where wreaths were laid in commemoration of the soldiers who died on all sides. At Place des Martyrs, and at the memorial to the first and last battles in which Great Britain’s soldiers fought words of reconciliation and prayers for peace were spoken.At St. Symphorien Military Cemetery, where soldiers from Belgium, England, and Germany are buried, hundreds of people attended a stirring ceremony. The one priest who delivered his address in English was eloquent in his plea that the nations and peoples of the world work for peace for all. Then we attended a reception at the Town Hall, a magnificent building, the focal point of the Grand Place. Many times during the day Sarah and I were moved to gentle tears. We have met many people who we have enjoyed getting to know. We will stay in touch with them. We carry with us thoughts of our many friends and family, and convey in our hearts their good works for peace for all the peoples of the world. In a way, we are your ambassadors. This entry was posted in The Angels of Mons and tagged Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, Mons, the Angel of Mons, World War I on August 23, 2014 by JMetz. Follow Jerred Sign Up for Latest Posts Unlike Most Novels I Have Read Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the Battle of Bellicourt Tunnel From the Kitchen Drawer and Cupboard: Manufacturers’ Recipe and Advertisement Booklets The Soldier Who Won the Great War © Jerred Metz \| (803) 730-8594 \| Jerred.Metz@gmail.com	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line17066
__label__wiki	0.674461	0.674461	Psychosocial Versus Nicotine-only Self-Report Measures for Predicting Follow-Up Smoking Status William J. McCarthy, Yun Zhou, Yih Ing Hser The most popular measure of tobacco dependence, the Fagerstrom Tolerance Questionnaire (FTQ), measures only tobacco-specific behaviors. In contrast, the most popular assessment of addiction among polydrug users is the Addiction Severity Index (ASI). Most of the subscales comprising the ASI are psychosocial measures, not drug-specific measures. A study was undertaken to compare the predictive utility of these two contrasting measures. The NAS (adapted from the FTQ) and the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) were used to predict future smoking status in a cohort of polydrug users followed annually for 3 years. The baseline NAS score explained more of the variance in Time 2 and Time 3 smoking status than did the ASI subscales. When previous smoking status was included as a covariate, however, the NAS no longer predicted future smoking status, whereas the ASI Subscales continued to explain significant variance in future smoking status. Results suggest that when past smoking behavior is known, a respondent's legal status and alcohol use may be more useful than a measure of tobacco dependence for predicting future smoking status. Journal of Behavioral Medicine Self Report Tobacco Use Disorder Cessation McCarthy, W. J., Zhou, Y., & Hser, Y. I. (2001). Psychosocial Versus Nicotine-only Self-Report Measures for Predicting Follow-Up Smoking Status. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 24(1), 75-91. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005638521562 Psychosocial Versus Nicotine-only Self-Report Measures for Predicting Follow-Up Smoking Status. / McCarthy, William J.; Zhou, Yun; Hser, Yih Ing. In: Journal of Behavioral Medicine, Vol. 24, No. 1, 02.2001, p. 75-91. McCarthy, WJ, Zhou, Y & Hser, YI 2001, 'Psychosocial Versus Nicotine-only Self-Report Measures for Predicting Follow-Up Smoking Status', Journal of Behavioral Medicine, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 75-91. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005638521562 McCarthy WJ, Zhou Y, Hser YI. Psychosocial Versus Nicotine-only Self-Report Measures for Predicting Follow-Up Smoking Status. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2001 Feb;24(1):75-91. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005638521562 McCarthy, William J. ; Zhou, Yun ; Hser, Yih Ing. / Psychosocial Versus Nicotine-only Self-Report Measures for Predicting Follow-Up Smoking Status. In: Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2001 ; Vol. 24, No. 1. pp. 75-91. @article{91ff2600f02f4dad9c1fb5ce3944a7ad, title = "Psychosocial Versus Nicotine-only Self-Report Measures for Predicting Follow-Up Smoking Status", abstract = "The most popular measure of tobacco dependence, the Fagerstrom Tolerance Questionnaire (FTQ), measures only tobacco-specific behaviors. 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__label__cc	0.59879	0.40121	« 2012 Giller Prize longlist Whirl Away, by Russell Wangersky » Inside, by Alix Ohlin Purchased at Indigo.ca Grace is a psychologist in Montreal. She keeps her professional and personal lives both well organized and well separated. When she leaves work each day she truly leaves work and moves on to other things (or so she thinks — that will change as this novel moves on). In the opening pages of Inside it is 1996 and she has left the office to go cross-country skiing on Mount Royal — Montreal has finally had one of those snowfalls that make that delightful escape possible. Early on her route she comes across an obstruction: “He could have been a branch or a log, even a tire”. In fact, it is a body — someone who has tried to hang himself but has not succeeded. Grace, perhaps reverting to her comfortable role as a psychologist, not only calls Emergency, she sticks around and goes to hospital with him (forgetting both their skis). This is a longish quote from Grace at the hospital, but it illustrates both author Ohlin’s voice and the way she approaches plot development: Maybe it was just because she wanted to know what happened. Regardless, she was sitting in the waiting room hours later, shivering each time the glass doors slid open with an icy draft. The linoleum was streaked with gray-brown slush people had tracked in, and she could smell car exhaust and cigarette smoke from the sidewalk outside. There was no sign of any police officer wanting to ask her questions. The man had been wheeled off, with a canopy of nurses over his still-silent body. Grace waited, though she wasn’t sure for what or whom. When she remembered the skis — probably long gone by now — she smacked herself on the forehead. Hers were practically brand-new. She looked at her watch; it was seven o’clock, completely dark on the mountain. She was tired and hungry and ready to go home. Before she did, though, she wanted to know that he was being taken care of. She walked over to a nurse at the reception area. The detail that is present in that extended quote gives you a sense of the flavor of Ohlin’s novel — throughout, she likes extended passages that explore her characters as they experience the events around them. And I must say that I appreciated that aspect of her work — remembering that she had forgotten the skis is exactly the kind of thing that I would do if stuck in an Emergency waiting room in similar circumstances. The body in this case is one John Tugwell — he will not only survive, Grace’s interest in him will turn into a version of love that fills up some of the emptiness in her own life. That is story line number one of the book. The biggest part of Grace’s emptiness, and the second narrative stream of the novel, is the break-up of her marriage to Mitch, even though it did occur some years ago. Mitch is also a therapist and he and Grace did not so much fall in love as fall into living together and then fall into marriage by convenience. Both spend their working day listening to other peoples’ problems — they spend their private lives doing their best not to talk about their own. Mitch’s narrative stream is set in 2006, ten year’s later than Grace’s. We first meet him in Iqaluit, above the Arctic Circle, where he has accepted an assignment to work with aboriginal people, mainly, it is apparent, to get away from his current relationship with Martine, a post-Grace flame who now wants to get married. It is no spoiler to say that Mitch obviously has not yet got over Grace — avoidance pretty much defines him. (Aside: I have a personal weakness for “avoidance” characters — no reflection on my own behavior I am sure.) He’d met Martine on the day her divorce became final, a moment of sorrow and vulnerability that he wasn’t too scrupulous to take advantage of. Had he met her even a day later, he believed, she wouldn’t have had anything to do with him. Forty-five, sexy, and brilliantly smart, Martine took care of her job and her son with determined energy, and she dispatched her husband once he proved unequal to the task of having a difficult child and rebelled by having affairs. Only at night did cracks show in her independent daytime self; but even then she rarely reverted back to the crying woman he had first seen smoking a cigarette outside the Palais de Justice, choking and sobbing through the gray storm of her own exhale. Grace and Mitch: Two professionals, both with “issues”. Both running into a life-changing event (Mitch has a version of the body on the ski trail as well) that demands they abandon their carefully-built avoidance of reality and engage with what is around them. Inside has a third narrative stream as well. In the opening chapter, after Grace leaves the hospital where “Tug” is recovering, she has an appointment with Annie. Annie is a 16-year-old with identity issues (“I am rotten, she wrote. I am diseased.“). She is responding by scarring herself with razor cuts to both her belly and arms — her parents’ reaction is to put this all down to an eating disorder and make things even worse. Annie will leave her parents soon after her sessions with Grace and that opens up the third storyline in the book, set in 2002 between those of Grace and Mitch, when we find her in New York. It was January. She found an apartment on the Lower East Side through a guy she met in her acting class. Larry’s grandmother had lived in the apartment for decades, keeping the rent low; now she was in a nursing home, adrift in an Alzheimer’s haze, only occasionally convinced she would soon move back home. The family, having cleared the apartment of its doilied furniture and ancient knick-knacks, sublet it to Anne at what even she, new to New York, could tell was an insane bargain. This was because Larry hoped to have sex with her. She took the apartment and dropped the class. So we have a lot of elements at play here. Two confused therapists who, however good they might be at their work, are hopeless at living life. And a lost soul who has found her way to New York (and will eventually get to Los Angeles). First, the good parts about what Ohlin does in this novel. Grace, Mitch and Anne all come to life. The descriptive parts that are present in the excerpts work (although at times they are a bit overdone) and all three characters become three-dimensional. Now, the not-so-good parts. While all three are interesting, none of them are particularly compelling. And the hurdles that Ohlin sets in their way are pretty ordinary — we could meet a version of any of them all in real life, but that doesn’t make for a great novel. As the book moves on, Annie’s world moves farther and farther from that of Grace and Mitch — I was wondering why an editor had not suggested her story be excised from this novel and developed into another one if the author liked the character so much. Inside is not a bad novel — indeed, it has many very good aspects to it. Unfortunately, they tend to come in parts and never mesh into a whole. As much as I appreciated Grace, Mitch and Anne, they never really gell as the cast of an excellent book. This entry was posted on September 7, 2012 at 3:00 pm and is filed under 2012 Giller Prize, Author, Ohlin, Aliz. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed. 14 Responses to “Inside, by Alix Ohlin” I love that first excerpt but on the whole this strikes me as one to pick up somewhere in the future. There’s a fine line between economical, engaging punch and terse occlusion, and this looks as though it’s too often the latter. Lee: I think Ohlin is capable of a better novel than this one — it just seemed to flatten out at the end. Incidentally, her publisher, House of Anansi, also released a volume of short stories on the same day as this novel — I can’t recall another instance where there was a “double” release for a young author. I have the stories but am unlikely to get to them until after Giller season. From some of the events in the novel (like that first excerpt you cite) I suspect the stories could be quite good. lascosas Says: Kevin- This is lascosas from mookse’s Booker website. I found three of the Giller longlist on Kindle: this, Our Daily Bread & Ru, all three of which I’ve now read and must wait until I return to San Francisco on the 20th to receive another 7 from Indigo. I don’t think very highly of these first three. Ru I found to be a Hallmark card of a book with set piece scenes straight out of a thousand immigrant novels. Some of the language was arresting, but the tone was monochromatic, which ruined much of the impact. Daily Bread was a fine read, but again a stereotyped narrative with little except plot development to recommend it. I mean the meth lab loser family with one gentle soul in its midst against the hypocritical townies who looked down their noses at those lesser folk? Isn’t that the theme of half of Hollywood films? At least this book had the virtue of a slightly original plot, and a few characters distinctive in their pain and general lack of fitting in. I hope these three are on the low end of the Giller scale. Hi Lascosas: As you can tell from my review, I also found Ru somewhat thin — and I also don’t think Inside quite reaches its potential. Both are okay books but they could be better. And yes, I am hoping to read better books as my Giller adventure progresses. I really liked ‘Inside’ and was personally hoping to see it on the Booker longlist. Interestingly when I read it back in June it was Grace, Mitch and Tug who really held my interest, yet when I think back to it now it seems to be Annie whose story has left the biggest impression on me. I like it when a book does that: continues to develop in your mind long after finishing it. It’s by no means a perfect novel, as you point out, but it definitely didn’t deserve the (now infamous) critical mauling it got in the New York Times. I read her story collection, ‘Signs and Wonders’ shortly after this and think on the whole it is equally as good, though inevitably with some stories working better than others. It also features one story with a German (I think he was German) tourist with a hilarious grasp of the English language, seemingly picked up from watching action movies, which makes it one of only two books this year to have me in stitches. I’m going to try her earlier collection ‘Babylon’ soon. As an aside: unlike lascosas, I really enjoyed ‘Our Daily Bread’ – I’d agree that the town versus mountain bit is too neat and almost a cliché, but I thought her other explorations of Us and Them worked very well – there is hardly a relationship in the book that isn’t founded on mutual dependency and need. I also thought Davis was quite subtle in some areas – abuse glimpsed through windows rather than heavy-handedly detailed, the religious aspect played down so that it was more of an undercurrent. And the characters were wonderfully written. David: I liked Annie as well, although I would have been more impressed if her story was linked more strongly to the other three. I look forward to getting to Signs and Wonders eventually. I have a weakness for therapist novels–although as you point out, this one doesn’t come across as compelling. Great cover. Guy: I’d be interested if you gave it a try and checked back in. The Writers Trust shortlist (one of the other two Canadian fiction prizes) was just announced and this is the only novel that is on both lists — an indication that this is a pretty “even” year in terms of quality in Canadian fiction. (Some might say a “disappointing” year, but I’m not willing to go that far yet.) The NY Times review mention above was, in my opinion, not of much value — most of the negative aspect of it reflected the reviewer’s distance from the author’s generation in terms of use of language. Certainly it is a better book than he found it. Having said that, I should warn that it isn’t really a “therapist” book. Most of that angle, as I read it, shows up in the way that Grace and Mitch so totally separate their professional and personal lives that they end up turning themselves into potential patients instead of practitioners of what they preach. have you read any Hanif Kureishi, Kevin? I have not — and a quick look at his list tells me I’ve never considered reading him. Your comment about therapists turning themselves into potential patients made me think of hanif Kureishi’s novel, Something to Tell You, another therapist novel (have a fondness for these), and in it is a therapist w/more than his share of problems. Perhaps this is why therapists seem to make good raw material: their jobs are spent helping others sort out their lives while their own are often in disarray Unlike Guy, I am not usually keen on therapists’ novels and by the sound of this one I had best let it pass by. buriedinprint Says: For me, the cohesion rests in the way that each of the characters experiences similar emotional responses to the strains (trauma) that they face in their individual situations, but, then, I am predisposed to enjoy reading this kind of story. I’m looking forward to reading her short stories, but I think I’ll let some time pass, so that I’m not just looking for more of what I found in Inside. BiP: While I agree that that is where the cohesion lies, for me it was not enough — the novel never really came together. Ohlin can write and, like you, I will take on the short stories but I plan on waiting for a bit.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line17076
__label__wiki	0.815448	0.815448	OTA Online Users Come explore at www.otaonline.org Thought you might appreciate this item(s) I saw at OTA International. Clinical/Basic Science Research Article The AOSpine thoracolumbar spine injury classification system: A comparative study with the thoracolumbar injury classification system and severity score in children Mo, Andrew Z. MDa; Miller, Patricia E. MSb; Troy, Michael J. BSb; Rademacher, Emily S. BSb; Hedequist, Daniel J. MDb,∗ aDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, New York bDepartment of Orthopaedics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts ∗Corresponding author. Address: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachussets, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, Massachusetts 02115. E-mail address: daniel.hedequist@childrens.harvard.edu (Daniel J. Hedequist) Source of funding: Nil. Approval for this study was obtained by the internal institutional review board. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND), where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 OTA International: December 2019 - Volume 2 - Issue 4 - p e036 doi: 10.1097/OI9.0000000000000036 There is no uniform classification in the pediatric population for thoracolumbar (TL) fractures, nor any operative guidelines. This study evaluates the AOSpine TL spine injury classification in the pediatric population and compares it to the thoracolumbar injury classification system (TLICS), which has previously been validated in pediatric spine trauma. Twenty-eight patients with operative TL injuries were identified from 2006 to 2016. Inclusion criteria included available imaging, operative records, age <18, and posterior approach. Each case was classified by AOSpine TL spine injury classification and TLICS. Each classification was compared to documented intraoperative posterior ligamentous complex (PLC) integrity as well as each other. Utilizing the AOSpine TL spine injury classification, 7 patients had type A injuries, 15 patients had type B injuries, and 6 patients had type C injuries; 21 patients had injuries classified as involving the PLC. Using TLICS, 16 patients had burst fractures, 6 patients had distraction injuries, and 6 patients had translation injuries; 21 patients had injuries classified as involving the PLC. Spearman correlation analysis substantiated convergence of AOSpine TL spine injury classification scores to TLICS scores (r = 0.75; 95% confidence interval, CI = 0.51 to 0.98; P < .001). Concordance between PLC integrity by each classification and intraoperative evaluation was 96% (27/28) of cases (k = 0.91; 95% CI = 0.73 to 1.08). Neurologic status was 100% concordant between the AOSpine TL spine injury classification and TLICS. There is high statistical correlation between the AOSpine TL spine injury classification and TLICS, and to intraoperative evaluation of the PLC, suggesting that the AOSpine TL spine injury classification is applicable to the pediatric population. Level of evidence: Pediatric TL fractures vary in severity, type, and resultant patient morbidity. Treatments range from observation to surgery depending on factors such as fracture stability, displacement, and neurologic status. Despite the discordance in presentation, there does not yet exist a dedicated classification system for pediatric TL fractures. Meanwhile, there have been significant endeavors in developing classification systems of TL injuries in adults. These systems evolved from simple morphologic classifications to more complex systems based on fracture morphology (injury mechanism), evaluation of posterior ligamentous integrity, and neurologic status of the patient.[1–3] The AOSpine Foundation has spent considerable effort to devise the new AOSpine TLICS.[4] This classification considers fracture morphology (injury mechanism), evidence of posterior ligamentous integrity, neurologic status of the patient, as well as patient-specific modifiers to classify injuries. The greater the evidence of PLC injury, the more severe the fracture is thought to be with subsequent potential for instability, ultimately risking severe deformity and subsequent neurologic decline. Independent evaluations have validated interobserver and intraobserver reliability.[5,6] This system has roots in the Magerl and Denis classification systems as well as the TLICS.[7,8] TLICS evolved as a way to guide surgeons for treatment of these injuries based on a point system based on fracture morphology (proposed mechanism), posterior ligamentous injury, and neurologic status of the patient. The goal of this system, as well as the AOSpine TLICS, has been to provide a unified framework of classification and treatment recommendations. TLICS has additionally been validated as a reliable system in the assessment of pediatric fractures.[9] The AOSpine TL spine injury classification is intended as a replacement to the TLICS. However, there are currently no studies assessing the newest AOSpine TL injury classification in children. The benefits of a standard classification system are many, including, but not limited to, consistent physician communication regarding fracture type, accurate data classification for research studies, and, ultimately, consensus treatment recommendations. The purpose of this study was to determine if the new AOSpine TL spine injury classification is transferable to the pediatric population by comparing it to the TLICS classification, which has been previously validated in the pediatric population. By adapting the AOSpine TL spine injury classification, efforts can be directed toward modification and improvement rather than creating a pediatric classification de novo. A retrospective institutional review was performed. An internal trauma database at a single institution was queried for patients under the age of 18 years who had been treated operatively for a TL fracture between 2006 and 2016. Inclusion criteria included patients with preinjury computed tomography (CT) scans and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), who were less than 18 years of age, and who were treated operatively for a TL fracture via a posterior surgical approach with available operative reports detailing assessment of the PLC. TLICS and AOSpine TL spine injury classifications were applied to the CT and MRI studies of each patient who met the study criteria. A single, pediatric spine trauma senior attending rated each case. Cases were deidentified and randomized, and then classified according to the TLICS. They were again randomized and classified according to the AOSpine TL spine injury classification. For the AOSpine TL spine injury classification, recording of each part of the classification system was performed (morphology, neurologic status, and patient modifiers). Injury morphology was classified as an A injury (compression), B injury (distraction), or C injury (translation). The main injury was recorded and classified. Type A fractures were graded in increasing severity as follows: A0 (simple), A1 (compression), A2 (pincer), A3 (burst involving one endplate), and A4 (burst involving both endplates) (Fig. 1). Type B fractures included classic bony chance (B1), failure of the posterior tension band such as horizontal fracture lines through the posterior elements or evidence of posterior ligamentous disruption (B2) (Fig. 2), and hyperextension injuries (B3). Type C fractures/injuries demonstrate dissociation between cranial and caudal segments (Fig. 3). If more than one injury was evident, the most severe injury was recorded. CT sagittal image demonstrating A4 complete burst of the L5 vertebra. MRI sagittal cut demonstrating B2-A4 injury with PLC disruption. CT sagittal demonstrating C-type injury with L2-L3 translation. The neurologic status of each patient was recorded from N1 to N4 as follows: N0 intact, N1 transient injury resolved, N2 radiculopathy, N3 incomplete/cauda equina, and N4 complete. NX is defined as neurologic examination unobtainable. Modifiers were also recorded for each patient. These modifiers include M1 and M2, which relate to patient-specific modifiers that may affect treatment (such as poor bone quality) or if there was potential for posterior ligamentous injury but was indeterminable. If the fracture could not be classified, it was deemed unclassifiable. For the AOSpine TL spine injury classification, associated point scores were determined.[10] The points were assigned as follows: A0 (0-points), A1 (1-point), A2 (2-points), A3 (3-points), A4 (5-points), B1 (5-points), B2 (6-points), B3 (7-points), C (8-points), N0 (0-points), N1 (1-point), N2 (2-points), N3 (4-points), N4 (4-points), NX (3-points), M1 (1-point), and M2 (0-points). Under this classification, nonoperative treatment is recommended for those with a score of 3-points or less, and operative treatment is recommended for those with scores of 5-points or more. Treatment of those with 4-points or 5-points can be treated either conservatively or operatively. The patient cohort was also graded using TLICS, as well as the associated point total classification scoring system. The three components of the TLICS used for grading were fracture morphology (compression injury 1-point, burst injury 2-points, translation injury 3-points, distraction injury 4-points), integrity of the PLC (intact 0-points, suspected 2-points, injured 3-points), and neurologic status of the patient (intact 0-points, nerve root 1-point, complete neurologic injury 2-points, incomplete neurologic injury/cauda equina 3-points). For patients who underwent a posterior procedure, relationships between classification systems and with operative findings (documented integrity or injury of the PLC as noted from operative reports) were analyzed. Convergence of preoperative AOSpine classification scores to TLICS scores was analyzed using Spearman rank correlation analysis. Operative reports were reviewed to determine the true status of the PLC at the time of the operation. Agreement between expected PLC injuries as assessed preoperatively using the TLICS or AOSpine classification systems and intraoperative findings of the true extent of PLC injury was analyzed using Cohen kappa (k) coefficient along with 95% CIs. Sensitivity and specificity of each classification system to the intraoperative evaluation for detecting PLC injury were calculated. Twenty-eight patients met the inclusion criteria. The mean age at injury was 13.8 years (range 3.6–17.8 years). The mechanism of injury was motor vehicle accident (n = 17, 61%), fall (n = 8, 28%), and sports related (n = 3, 11%); 27 patients underwent a posterior approach procedure and 1 patient had a combined procedure (Table 1). Patient, injury, and surgical characteristics (N = 28). Utilizing the AOSpine TL spine injury classification, 6 patients had type A injuries, 15 patients had type B injuries, and 7 patients had type C injuries; 21 patients had injuries classified as involving the PLC. The neurologic status of the patients was 15 (N0), 0 (N1), 2 (N2), 4 (N3), and 7 (N4). The mean AOSpine score was 8 (range 5–12); 24 patients had AOSpine scores greater than 24. Utilizing TLICS, there were 16 burst fractures, 6 distraction injuries, and 6 translation injuries; 21 patients had injuries classified as involving the PLC. The neurologic injuries included 15 intact, 2 nerve root injuries, 7 complete spinal cord injuries, and 4 incomplete/cauda equina injuries. The mean TLICS score was 6 (range 2–9) and 22 patients had TLICS greater than or equal to 5. Spearman correlation analysis substantiated convergence of AOSpine classification scores to TLICS scores (r = 0.75; 95% CI = 0.51 to 0.98; P < .001). Comparison of the classification systems confirmed the neurologic injuries and grading of the injury to the PLC in all cases. Of the full cohort, the grading of injured/noninjured PLC was confirmed at the operation in 27/28 (96%) cases. Agreement between intraoperative findings and preoperative AOSpine and TLICS-expected PLC status was near perfect for both (k = 0.91; 95% CI = 0.73 to 1.08). In one patient, the fracture was classified on imaging to involve the PLC, but review of the operative reports showed that the PLC was intact at the time of the operation. Sensitivity and specificity of each classification system to the intraoperative evaluation for detecting PLC injury were 100% and 88%, respectively. Twenty-two (79%) cases met the TLICS score cutoff for operative treatment (≥5-points). In the 6 cases where the TLICS was less than a score of 5, the PLC was noted to be intact at the time of operation. Surgical intervention was elected by the attending surgeon due to the degree of kyphosis and/or level of the fracture (3 fractures were at the TL junction and 1 at L5). One patient had a nerve root deficit that required decompression and 1 patient was suspected to have a PLC injury (2-points on the TLICS), which was not identified surgically. TL spine trauma classifications have evolved from the studies initially performed by Denis and Magerl. Over the last 2 decades, numerous studies and classification systems have been created through a series of modifications. TLICS unifies many of these systems and their ideology, considering fracture morphology, integrity of posterior ligamentous structures, and the neurologic status of the patient. A significant benefit of TLICS is a point-based grading system, enabling treatment recommendations. The fundamental goal of the operative treatment is to achieve spinal stability and protect neurologic function. TLICS scores with higher point totals indicate fractures that have associated instability or neurologic injury. Fracture classification has further developed overtime and evolved with the newer AOSpine TL spine injury classification. This classification is also based on fracture morphology, posterior ligamentous integrity, and the neurologic status of the patient. This classification, however, is expanded and ranges from simple avulsion fractures of the spine (A0) in a patient with no neurologic injury to severe translational injuries (type C) with complete neurologic loss. A significant aspect of the classification system is determining injury to the PLC, accomplished by looking at CT scans alone. This can be supplemented by reviewing MRI also. The greater the evidence of PLC injury, the more severe the fracture is thought to be with subsequent potential for instability, ultimately risking severe deformity and subsequent neurologic decline. Pediatric TL fractures are commonly grouped into compression fractures, burst fractures, chance injuries, and injuries with translation. There is currently no uniform classification system in the pediatric population, and there is 1 study to date validating TLICS in children.[9] Additionally, there are no operative guidelines for surgeons taking care of children with spinal trauma. Spinal stability and neurologic preservation remain the hallmark of treatment and many surgeons use the principles of the TLICS to guide treatment. The goal of our study was to take the newly created AOSpine TL spine injury classification and apply it to our trauma population to determine applicability to the pediatric population. The AOSpine foundation has put significant work into building this classification in the adult population to create a comprehensive system that is reliable and can enable surgeon communication as well as guide treatment. Rather than repeating the work of the AOSpine Foundation and creating an independent system, we compared the AOSpine TL spine injury classification to the TLICS with intraoperative observations of the PLC as a gold standard. There are understandable limitations to this approach, including the retrospective nature of our study and anatomic differences with children and varying states of skeletal maturity. However, our results show high concordance (agreeability) and reliability between the AOSpine TL spine injury classification, TLICS, and intraoperative findings. Additionally, the case cohort in this study was limited, and all were operative. Analyzing the PLC associated with burst fractures was accomplished in this study based on the guidelines set forth in the classification system, utilizing both CT and MRI. There is inherent bias in this study as it involves only operative cases, suggesting that selected cases would have a minimum B component. However, at our institution, the operative treatment of the burst fractures follows the guidelines of TLICS, which inherently biases an operation when the posterior ligamentous structures are injured, and when there is a neurologic deficit. This study functions as a proof of concept, preliminarily assessing the potential of the AOSpine TL spine injury classification in the pediatric population. More comprehensive validity studies are required, but thus far the findings in this study are promising. 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__label__wiki	0.637514	0.637514	Using morphological attributes for the fast assessment of nutritional responses of Buddhist pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus [Thunb.] D. Don) seedlings to exponential fertilization Liang Xu , Contributed equally to this work with: Liang Xu, Xie Zhang Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft Affiliation Zhejiang Academy of Forestry, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China Xie Zhang , Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing Affiliation Hunan Academy of Forestry, Changsha, Hunan, China Duhai Zhang , Roles Investigation ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work. Hongxu Wei , Roles Writing – review & editing * E-mail: weihongxu@iga.ac.cn Affiliation Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin, China Jia Guo Roles Methodology Affiliation Chengbang Ecological Environment Limited Liability Company, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China Liang Xu, Xie Zhang, Duhai Zhang, Hongxu Wei, Liang Xu Xie Zhang ... Jia Guo Culturing slowly growing tree seedlings is a potential approach for managing the conflict between the increasing demand for ornamental stock and the decreasing area of farmlands due to urbanization. In this study, Buddhist pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus [Thunb.] D. Don) seedlings were raised in multishelves with light-emitting diode lighting in the spectrum of 17:75:8 (red:green:blue) at 190–320 μmol m-2 s-1 with controlled temperature and relative humidity at 19.5°C and 60%, respectively. Seedlings were fed by exponential fertilization (EF) (nitrogen [N]-phosphorus [P]2O5-K2O, 10-7-9) at eight rates of 0 (control), 20 (E20), 40 (E40), 60 (E60), 80 (E80), 100 (E100), 120 (E120), and 140 (E140) mg N seedling-1 for four months through 16 fertilizer applications. The nutritional responses of Buddhist pine seedlings can be identified and classified into various stages in response to increasing doses, up to and over 120 N seedling-1. Morphological traits, i.e., the green color index and leaf area (LA) obtained by digital analysis and the fine root growth, all remained constant in response to doses that induced steady nutrient loading. LA had a positive relationship with most of the nutritional parameters. A dose range between 60 and 120 mg N seedling-1 was recommended for the culture of Buddhist pine seedlings. At this range of fertilizer doses, measuring the leaf area through digital scanning can easily and rapidly indicate the inherent nutrient status of the seedlings. Citation: Xu L, Zhang X, Zhang D, Wei H, Guo J (2019) Using morphological attributes for the fast assessment of nutritional responses of Buddhist pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus [Thunb.] D. Don) seedlings to exponential fertilization. PLoS ONE 14(12): e0225708. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225708 Editor: Iván Prieto Aguilar, Centro de Edafologia y Biologia Aplicada del Segura, SPAIN Received: April 25, 2019; Accepted: November 11, 2019; Published: December 9, 2019 Copyright: © 2019 Xu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Funding: This study was financially supported by the Project of Development and Research on Unordinary Ornamental Trees (2018HX014), National Natural Science Foundation of China (31600496; 41861017), National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFC0500300), and the Regional Key Program of the Science and Technology Service Network Plan of Chinese Academy of Sciences (KFJ-STS-QYZD-044). Competing interests: NO authors have competing interests. Urbanization is one of the most critical forces driving land use change on Earth. Urban forest is a basic greening infrastructure that is needed to improve regional environmental quality and provide a restorative setting for humans [1,2]. Slow-growing ornamental trees are less used than faster-growing varieties due to the high cost of long-term production and their slow establishment. However, they are as important as fast-growing species because including these trees promotes biodiversity and improves the scenery of the urban landscape. Newly planted trees in an urbanized area undergo multiple challenges before establishment. During initial tree development, soil drought and nutrient deficiencies are the factors that most likely cause mortality [3]. Thus, transplanting ornamental trees can be controlled by watering and fertilizing to help the trees cope with transplant shock. The cost of maintaining urban forests can be reduced if transplant shock can be overcome by the inherent nutrient utilization of the seedlings [4]. However, the fertilization of slowly growing ornamental seedlings before transplantation is limited by their low efficiency of nutrient uptake and utilization. This suggests the importance of developing a culture regime to rapidly promote the quality of slowly growing ornamental tree seedlings. Seedling quality is the core of any successful forest restoration program because it is related to tree survival and performance after transplantation [5]. A quality seedling shows multiple attributes within some optimum ranges that together determine the transplant success [6]. The formation of inherent nutrient reserves at transplant is one of the key physiological attributes of a high-quality seedling, which can be enhanced by nutrient loading during nursery culture [7]. It is widely believed that the presence of an abundant nutrient reserve in seedlings at transplant could contribute to overcoming early-stage competition with weeds, and relevant evidence to support this argument is still accumulating [8–11]. Previous studies, however, have mostly been conducted in traditional nurseries where environmental factors can only be roughly controlled. Recent studies found that under greenhouse conditions where the lighting intensity, light spectrum, moisture, and temperature were adjusted, slowly growing ornamental tree seedlings can be efficiently grown to the desired morphology for sufficient nutrient storage through nutrient loading in the short term [12–15]. Therefore, it is necessary to further test the effect of nutrient loading on slowly growing ornamental tree seedlings under controlled conditions where environmental factors are better managed. Continuous land transformation through urbanization is reducing the rural space for cultivated land. This has also stimulated a change from the conventional regime of plant production to the newly developed approach that target seedlings are produced in a shortened term using a small space. The regime of seedling culture in multishelves where physical factors are well controlled to a specific growing condition could solve the problem of cultivated land limitation in raising plants [16]. Innovation in hardware manipulation has never stopped moving forward, but the focus on the plant itself has been neglected [17]. Under controlled conditions, either the quality or the stature of vegetable crops can be easily modified by controlling the environmental factors because their destination is to be harvested. However, for forest crops, enhancing their inherent quality so that they can adapt to field conditions is more important than shaping a desired size. This is because plant factory can produce trees that survive and establish in the field over the whole process from nursery culture to transplant. The current system of tree seedling quality evaluation is established on the basis of forecasting transplanted performance by measuring plant attributes at the end of the nursery stage [5,6]. This approach originated in the mid-twentieth century and has been used for several decades. However, the current forecast models for seedling quality need to be frequently amended to account for the attributes of a wide range of tree species in complicated field conditions in different biomes (see [5]). In addition, the success of forecasting seedling quality using plant traits largely depends on transplant performance in the field, which can be determined by the inherent nutrient reserve of the seedling. Under controlled conditions, seedling morphology can be shaped as desired by regulating environmental factors at any time. Therefore, identifying the relationship between plant traits and inherent nutrient content is critical for quickly and precisely evaluating seedling quality. The development of digital image analysis techniques has enabled the precise evaluation of nutrient concentration by scanning leaf traits in crop plants [18,19]. This technique has not yet been used on tree species for the purpose of forecasting inherent nutrient status. In this study, Buddhist pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus [Thunb.] D. Don) seedlings were cultured as slowly growing ornamental tree material in a greenhouse where light, temperature, moisture, and substrate were all controlled to optimum levels. A range of doses of fertilizers were applied to create a gradient in nutrient status. Both traditional growth measurements of seedling height and collar-diameter and those from the digital analysis of leaf images were measured to detect their relationships with the inherent nutritional parameters. It was hypothesized that (i) seedlings with different nutritional statuses will have different digital analyses on scanned leaves that directly correlate with nutritional status of target seedlings, and (ii) green degree of an image and topographic estimate of projected area for leaves will be the two parameters that have tight correlation with nutrient concentration. Seedling material Buddhist pine seeds were obtained from trees at Hangzhou (30o10’ N, 120o20’ E), Zhejiang, China. Seeds were sterilized by potassium (K) permanganate (0.5%, w/w), soaked for 12 h, and sown at 0.5 cm deep in sands with a moisture content of 80% at a constant temperature of 22°C in the Laboratory of Combined Manipulation of Illumination and Fertility on Plant Growth (43°48.6’ N, 125°22.8’ E) (Zhilunpudao Agric. S&T Ltd., Changchun, China). During germination, seeds were kept at a relative humidity (RH) of 80% and a temperature of 28°C. Germinated seeds were moved to planting tray cells (approximately 0.2 L; 7 cm × 13 cm, top-diameter × height) filled with a commercial substrate of peat, spent-mushroom residue, and perlite (55:20:25, v/v/v) (Mashiro-DustTM, Zhiluntuowei Agric. For. S&T Ltd., Changchun, Jilin, China). Thirty-two planting cells were arranged in a seedling tray with 4 × 8 spacing. Initial substrate properties were determined prior to this experiment. Ammonium and nitrate nitrogen (N) concentrations were determined by continuous flow analysis [20]. Available phosphorus (P) was determined by the Olsen method [21]. Organic matter, pH, and EC were determined according to the method of Wei et al. [22]. The initial substrate had an ammonium N content of 79.99±8.23 mg kg-1 (three replicated observations; the same below), nitrate N content of 1.67±0.78 g kg-1, available P content of 0.36±0.05 g kg-1, organic matter content of 12.9±0.15%, pH of 4.82±0.02, and electrical conductivity (EC) of 1.62±0.15 mS cm-1. Sunlight was blocked thoroughly by blackout curtains. The illumination for seedling growth was supplied solely by light-emitting diodes (LEDs) of approximately white color. The photosynthetic photon flux rate (PPFD) ranged between 190 (at the beginning) and 320 μmol m-2 s-1 (at the end) in the red (R; 600–700 nm): green (G; 500–600 nm): blue (B; 400–500 nm) spectrum at 17:75:8 in the range of visible light wavelengths between 350 and 800 nm. This lighting condition has been proven to be sufficient to support the growth of Buddhist pine seedlings [23]. LED diodes were embedded in a panel with a size of 0.4 m × 1.2 m. The electric currency of four LED panels was controlled by a common transformer to regulate light intensity and spectra to the desired levels. The temperature was controlled between 13.6°C and 28°C with an average of 19.5±5.3°C by an air conditioner. The relative humidity (RH) was maintained by a humidifier when necessary in a range of 60% to 90%. Seedling culture Trays were placed in watering tanks located on the bases of metallic frames. Five metallic frames (height × width × length, 2 m × 0.4 m × 1.2 m) were employed as five replicate blocks containing varied treatments. Each frame consisted of four culture cells (height × width × length, 0.4 m × 0.4 m × 1.2 m). A LED panel (length × width, 1.2 m × 0.4 m) was fixed to the ceiling of each frame cell. Therefore, the initial distance between the LED panel and the seedlings was 27 cm, with the frame height of 40 cm and the tray height of 13 cm. The height of 27 cm also enabled the initial seedling shoot elongation. Based on previous studies [10,13], the daily photoperiod was set to 18 h from 6:00 a.m. to 24:00 p.m. This photoperiod was used for the culture of coniferous seedlings from different latitudinal populations [13,14,24]. Fertilizer treatments The experiment was conducted as a random block design with eight EF treatments in five replicated blocks (n = 5). Each block was assigned a growing frame. Eight seedling trays were randomly placed on a shelf of a culture cell to receive one of eight exponential fertilization (EF) rates of 0 (control), 20 (E20), 40 (E40), 60 (E60), 80 (E80), 100 (E100), 120 (E120), and 140 (E140) mg N seedling-1. This fertilization rate range covered, but was not limited to, that reported in a previous study on this species [25]. All fertilizers (N-P2O5-K2O, 10-7-9) were delivered through 16 applications once a week over four months, during which the control seedlings only received distilled water at each application. EF was commenced according to the N addition formulation used by Duan et al. [9] and Wei et al. [25]: (1) where r is the relative addition rate required to increase NS to a final N content (NT + NS) over the number of fertilizer applications (t = 16). NS and NT are the initial N content in seedlings and the desired amount to be added, respectively. In our study, NS was set as 1.4 mg N seedling-1 according to Wei et al. [25]. The amount of fertilizer applied to seedlings at each application (Nt) was computed as [9]: (2) where Nt-1 is the cumulative amount of N added to seedlings, including the most recent application. One fertilized control treatment was also added. Seedling sampling, measurement and chemical analysis Seedlings were sampled one week after the final application of fertilizer. Eight seedlings were randomly sampled from a tray as one bulk sample. Five bulk samples of seedlings were taken from five replicated blocks. Sampled seedlings had their roots cleaned of substrate and were then measured for height and root-collar diameter (RCD). Thereafter, four seedlings were randomly chosen and bulked as a group to measure their biomass, N concentration, and P concentration. The sampled seedlings were divided into shoot and root parts, and both parts were oven-dried at 70°C for 72 h, measured for dry weight (biomass), ground to powder, and used for digestion. The root to shoot biomass ratio (R/S) was calculated using the oven-dried weight data. A sample of 0.2 g dried power was digested in 5 ml of H2SO4-H2O2 (7/3, v/v). Fully digested samples were collected in plastic bottles at a volume of 50 ml and used for chemical analysis two days later. N and P were analyzed by the method of Wei et al. [12]. The N concentration was determined using the Kjeldahl method (UDK 152 automatic N analyzer, VELP® Co., Usmate, MB, Italy), and the P concentration was determined by ICP-OES (Vista-MPX, Varian®, USA). The other four seedlings were sampled for their needled leaves and fine roots. Leaves were cleaned of fertilizer with distilled water and carefully excised from the stem. Fine roots were defined as white roots growing around the tip of the taproot with a diameter of less than 1 mm. We focused on fine roots because they relate to root quality assessment and contribute more to lateral root growth than taproot [26]. Fine roots were rinsed and carefully cut off. Eight pieces of leaves were randomly chosen from the middle position of the stem and excised. Four groups of fine roots were excised from the four seedlings. Both leaves and roots were placed on the panel of a scanner (HP Deskjet 1510 scanner, HP Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA) and scanned to generate a projected image at a resolution of 118.11 pixels cm-1. Scanned root images were analyzed by WinRHIZO software (Regent Ltd., Alberta, Canada) to measure fine root length, surface area, and tip number. Scanned leaf images were further processed using Photoshop software (ver. 8.0, Adobe® Systems Incorporated Inc., San Jose, California, USA) by deleting all background colors, then reading for the histogram information. The average score for all pixels through the green-color channel was recorded as the green color index (GCI) of the leaves. Furthermore, leaf area (LA) can be calculated by the following model: (3) where Pixelall is the whole pixel value for the projected area of 32 leaves; Res. is the resolution of the scanned image, which was 118.11 pixels cm-1; and Leafnumber is the number of leaves (n = 32). Data were analyzed using SAS (ver. 9.4 64-bit, SAS Institute Inc., NC, USA). A normality test was conducted on the data for each parameter, and no transformation was necessary. The effect of EF on seedling parameters was tested by analysis of variance (ANOVA). When effects were significant, the means were ranked according to Tukey’s studentized range test at the α = 0.05 level. Vector analysis was employed to diagnose the nutritional state of N and P in the shoot part according to the methodology used by Li et al. [14]. Pearson correlation was employed to analyze the relationship between the two leaf indices (GCI and LA) and the other variables. Seedling growth and morphology Seedling height did not significantly change with the increase in nutrient supply until the E60 treatment (Fig 1). Seedling height was not different among the E60, E80, E100, and E120 treatments (Fig 1). Height in the E140 treatment declined compared to that in the E120 treatment (F7,32 = 10.81; P<0.0001), but it was not significantly different from that in the control seedlings. With the increase in the EF rate, RCD was unchanged from the control to the E60 treatment, was higher in the E80, E100, and E120 treatments, and declined in the E140 treatment (F7,32 = 9.75; P<0.0001). Fig 1. Height and root-collar diameter (RCD) in Buddhist pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus [Thunb.] D. Don) seedlings exposed to exponential fertilization (EF) treatments. EF was applied at eight rates: 0 (control), 20 (E20), 40 (E40), 60 (E60), 80 (E80), 100 (E100), 120 (E120), and 140 (E140) mg N seedling-1. Values are mean ± Standard error. Different lower-case letters indicate significant differences between fertilization treatments for plant height; Latin-letters indicate significant differences between fertilization treatments for RCD. With the increase in the EF rate, root length, surface area, and tip number all increased in the E60 treatment through the E120 treatment and declined in the E140 treatment (Table 1). Among EF treatments, the E120 treatment resulted in the longest fine roots (F7,32 = 9.90; P<0.0001), the highest root surface area (F7,32 = 7.05; P<0.0001), and the highest root-tip number (F7,32 = 10.46; P<0.0001). Table 1. Root morphology in Podocarpus macrophyllus seedlings cultured by exponential fertilization at rates of 0 (Control), 20 (E20), 40 (E40), 60 (E60), 80 (E80), 100 (E100), 120 (E120), and 140 (E140) mg N unit-1. Biomass accumulation and N and P uptake Shoot biomass increased by approximately 25–29% with the increase in the EF rate from the E60 treatment to the E100 treatment compared to that in the control (F7,32 = 6.18; P = 0.0001) (Fig 2A). The shoot N content increased from the E60 treatment to the E120 treatment compared to those in the control and the E20 and E40 treatments (F7,32 = 24.04; P<0.0001), while the N concentration increased starting with the E40 treatment compared to that in the control (F7,32 = 129.85; P<0.0001) (Fig 2B). The shoot P content responded to the EF treatment with a similar trend as that of the shoot N content (F7,32 = 12.85; P<0.0001), but the shoot P concentration started to increase with the E20 treatment (F7,32 = 11.17; P<0.0001) (Fig 2C). Fig 2. Biomass, nitrogen (N) content and concentration, and phosphorus (P) content and concentration in Buddhist pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus [Thunb.] D. Don) seedlings exposed to exponential fertilization (EF) treatments. EF was applied at eight rates: 0 (control), 20 (E20), 40 (E40), 60 (E60), 80 (E80), 100 (E100), 120 (E120), and 140 (E140) mg N seedling-1. Different letters present significant differences according to Tukey’s test at the 0.05 level. Values are mean ± Standard error. Different lower-case letters indicate significant differences between fertilization treatments for plant biomass and nutrient content; Latin-letters indicate significant differences between fertilization treatments for nutrient concentration. Root biomass remained unchanged from the E20 to the E100 treatments and increased in the E120 treatment compared to that in the control (F7,32 = 3.50; P = 0.0067) (Fig 2D). The root N content was higher from the E60 treatment to the E120 treatment compared to that in the control (F7,32 = 11.08; P<0.0001), while the root N concentration rose from the control to the E140 treatment (F7,32 = 42.22; P<0.0001) (Fig 2E). The root P content increased from the control to the E120 treatment, which resulted in the highest response to the increase in the EF rate (F7,32 = 16.59; P<0.0001), while the root P concentration also increased from the control to the E100 treatment (F7,32 = 66.32; P<0.0001) (Fig 2F). At the whole-plant scale, biomass did not change significantly in the E20, E40, or E60 treatment but was higher in the E80 and E100 treatments compared to that in the control (F7,32 = 5.79; P = 0.0002) (Fig 2G). Both the N and P contents were higher in the E60 to E120 treatments, and the N and P concentrations were highest in the E100 and E120 treatments (Fig 2H and 2I). Vector analysis According to the synthesized results for biomass, N and P content, and N and P concentrations, these factors appeared to be grouped into three stages separated by the E60, E120, and E140 treatments. Therefore, the relative nutritional status of the seedlings can be analyzed among these treatments (Fig 3A–3F). Relative to the control, biomass, N and P content, and N and P concentrations increased in the E60 treatment at all three scales (shoot, root, and whole-plant); hence, both N and P statuses in the E60 treatment can be characterized as countering the nutrient deficiency in the control (Fig 3A and 3D). Relative to the E60 treatment, both N and P contents and concentrations increased in the E120 treatment, but biomass was not significantly different between these two treatments. These symptoms can be classified as the luxury consumption state between the two other treatments (Fig 3B and 3E). Relative to the E120 treatment, the E140 treatment resulted in lower N and P content and concentrations in the shoot and the whole plant without significantly changing biomass; this state was characterized as relative nutrient depletion (Fig 3C and 3F). In roots, both biomass and N and P content declined in the E140 treatment relative to those in the E120 treatment; thus, the E140 treatment can be characterized as the state of relative nutrient excess (Fig 3C and 3F). Fig 3. Vector analysis of the relative N and P statuses in Buddhist pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus [Thunb.] D. Don) seedlings exposed to exponential fertilization (EF) treatments. EF was applied at eight rates: 0 (control), 60 (E60), 120 (E120), and 140 (E140) mg N seedling-1. Vector shifts indicate the relative nutrient status as given by Salifu and Timmer (2003). Shift C, nutrient deficiency; Shift D, luxury nutrient consumption; Shift E & F, excessive nutrient toxicity; Shift G, excessive nutrient depletion. Leaf trait and biomass allocation With the increase in the EF rate, GCI showed the tendency of an inverse parabola, with the lowest value in the E100 treatment (Table 2). In contrast, LA increased from the control to the E100 treatment and declined through the E120 treatment to the E140 treatment. The root to shoot biomass ratio (R/S) tended to be highest in the E120 treatment, which was higher than that in the E100 treatment by 40%. Table 2. Leaf green color index (GCI), leaf area (LA), and root to shoot ratio (R/S) in Podocarpus macrophyllus seedlings cultured by exponential fertilization at rates of 0 (Control), 20 (E20), 40 (E40), 60 (E60), 80 (E80), 100 (E100), 120 (E120), and 140 (E140) mg N unit-1. Correlation between growth attributes and other parameters GCI had no relationship with the biomass of any plant part or with N and P nutrient levels (Table 3). LA had a positive relationship with shoot and whole-plant biomass and most of the N and P nutrient levels. Height had a positive relationship with shoot P concentration and content and whole-plant P content. Again, RCD had no relationship with any of the biomass or nutrient parameters. Table 3. Relationship between morphological traits and biomass, N and P concentrations, and N and P contents in Podocarpus macrophyllus seedlings. According to the classical dose-response model, nutrient status can be divided into three types, deficiency, luxury consumption, and toxicity, with the increase in the nutrient supply [27]. These nutritional statuses can be characterized by the synthesized responses of biomass, nutrient content, and nutrient concentration to a range of fertilization rates, which were all identified by vector analysis in our study. The characteristics of nutrient deficiency status In our study, the nutrient deficiency status ranged between 0 and 60 mg N seedling-1 for Buddhist pine seedlings because shoot biomass increased in this treatment compared to that in the control; this status was also confirmed by the vector analysis. The critical rate of 60 mg N seedling-1 as the upper limit of the deficiency status in the Buddhist pine seedlings in our study was higher than that found for seedlings of Picea mariana (30 mg N seedling-1) [27] and Quercus rubra (25 mg N seedling-1) [28]. Our critical value was also close to that found for Betula alnoides (50 mg N seedling-1) [14], and lower than that for Q. ilex (150 mg N seedling-1) [29]. The differences among studies were generated by the varying efficiency of biomass accumulation at a given nutrient uptake speed depending on the tree species. We also found increased height and root length and surface with the increase in the EF rate from 0 to 60 mg N seedling-1 without any changes in RCD. In the deficiency status, height was also found to be increased with fertilization in P. mariana [27] and B. alnoides [14]. In contrast, in deficient Q. rubra seedlings, height was unaffected, but RCD increased with fertilization [28]. Therefore, height and RCD appeared to be less reliable for forecasting the deficiency status than biomass. In accordance with our study, fine root length also showed a slight increasing trend in Catalpa bungei clones with increasing EF rates [30]. Uscola et al. [29] also found an increasing trend in total root volume in response to EF in the deficiency status. Therefore, fine root development can be taken as one of the typical responses of tree seedlings to the increase in the fertilizer dose in the deficient status. Our results were reasonable because it was found that when coniferous seedlings were facing the N-deficient condition, the addition of N would enhance uptake by promoting fine root growth [31]. The characteristics of luxury consumption status The luxury consumption state for a growing tree seedling was generated by the steady-state uptake of nutrients without remarkable changes in biomass [7]. This was caused by the natural symptoms of tree seedlings stopping growth in height and RCD and biomass accumulation after the nutrient deficiency is satisfied while their roots are still working to absorb nutrients [32]. The range of EF rates that induced this nutritional status was from 60 to 120 mg N seedling-1 in our study. The ranges of fertilization rates that led to the luxury consumption status were 30‒64 mg N seedling-1 in P. mariana [27], 25‒100 mg N seedling-1 in Q. rubra [28], 150‒200 mg N seedling-1 in Q. ilex [29], and 50‒400 mg N seedling-1 in B. alnoides [14]. These fertilizer-dose ranges were the result of preconditioning both doses to define deficient and optimum growth states. Within the luxury consumption status, the root morphology parameters and scanned leaf indices all remained constant as well. These results suggest that the uptake of nutrients during luxury consumption did not require a fine root growth response. However, our R/S values showed an increasing trend with the increase in the EF rate in this status. In contrast, former studies reported R/S to be either unchanged [27,28] or to decline [14,29] in this status. Buddhist pine is an ancient, slow-growing tree species, and its shoot growth does not show apparent changes in one month unless it is placed under an extended photoperiod [25]. Therefore, the increased R/S in the luxury consumption status could facilitate high resource utilization efficiency in this species. Excessive nutrient supply symptoms In our study, when EF was conducted on Buddhist pine seedlings at rates higher than 120 mg N seedling-1, the symptoms of excessive nutrient supply occurred. Our results concurred with findings by Wei et al. [25], who reported that Buddhist pine seedlings showed toxicity symptoms in the EF treatment at a rate of 150 mg N seedling-1 but not in that of 100 mg N seedling-1. On the basis of luxury status, the toxicity dose at the lowest level was different among species in the range from 25 mg N to 400 mg N per seedling [14,27–29]. With the biomass decline, all growth and morphological parameters decreased as well. An experiment on mined land revealed that the negative effects of nursery-induced excessive nutrient supply on seedling growth and biomass accumulation persisted for as long as a year [33]. Forecasting nutrient status using scanned leaf indices Digital scanning and analysis technology make it possible to rapidly forecast seedling status at a high efficiency using leaf images. In our study, GCI had no relationship with either N or P concentration in the shoot or root. In contrast to our results, Rabara et al. [18] found some interplay between GCI and chlorophyll content in artichoke seedlings. Zhu et al. [19] found a negative relationship between GCI and foliar N concentration in pepper plants. These contradictions probably existed because we determined the nutrient concentrations in the shoot part (leaves + stem) instead of in the leaves, but GCI is a parameter measured in leaves. Using both organs resulted in the failure to relate nutritional parameters to GCI. Therefore, GCI was not a proper parameter for forecasting nutrient concentration in shoot organs at different nutrient statuses. GCI may be available to predict leaf nutrition which, however, we did not detect leaves. In this regard, we do not recommend GCI for forecasting nutritional status in seedling parts, including woody organs. In our study, LA was found to have a positive relationship with root morphologies, which concurred with findings by Reich et al. [34] driven by the coupling effect at the tissue level. The positive relationship between LA and root morphologies was in accordance with McDowell et al. [35], where foliar and root morphologies had an association with seizing light and water resources, respectively. We also found positive relationships between LA and shoot biomass and between LA and shoot P concentration. Similar results were reported in a study on 79 perennial plants; the underlying mechanism was that larger LA values resulted in higher respiration and transpiration, which promoted P uptake through upward sap flow and thereafter photosynthetic production [36]. We did not find a relationship between LA and N concentration. This suggests that the expansion of leaf size did not depend on N allocation to leaves. Further studies should be conducted to clarify this relationship for broadleaf species. Forecasting nutrient status from growth attributes Height and RCD have been employed as growth attributes for forecasting seedling quality and transplant performance in at least 30 trials [5,6]. Our findings showed that seedling height was positively related to shoot P concentration. Therefore, height had a further positive relationship with shoot P content because nutrient content is the product of concentration and biomass. Because of the shoot P uptake relationship with height growth, there was another positive relationship between height and whole-plant P content. These results agreed with the results found by Wang et al. [37] but contradicted those of Brown [38]. With nutrient delivery through EF, P can be highly utilized and preserved by seedlings in accordance with their height growth. Root morphology was one of the parameters for evaluating seedling quality that was tested at the end of nursery culture [38]. The development of the root system has been found to forecast transplant performance in nursery-cultured seedlings [39]. In this study, root morphologies were found to be positively correlated with N and P uptake to the shoot part, suggesting the promotion of efficient nutrient uptake through root morphology development. The positive relationship between root morphology and nutrient uptake in mature trees has also been documented in previous studies [40,41]. Under conditions where environmental factors are well controlled, assessing root morphology can be used as an approach to more quickly and precisely indicate nutrient concentration levels than that of chemical analysis. In this study, Buddhist pine seedlings were raised at a range of EF rates from 0 to 140 mg N seedling-1 in multishelves for which most environmental factors were highly controlled. Seedlings were determined to have different nutrient statuses with different growth, morphology, biomass, and nutrient response parameters. According to the changes associated with these parameters, the nutritional responses of Buddhist pine seedlings were graded into statuses of deficiency, luxury consumption, and toxicity in response to dose-ranges of 0–60 mg N seedling-1, 60–120 N seedling-1 and over 120 N seedling-1, respectively. Morphological traits, GCI and LA, obtained by digital analysis also had significant responses to the range of EF doses, but only LA had a positive relationship with most nutritional parameters. 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__label__cc	0.544344	0.455656	メイン Midnight Dreams Midnight Dreams Perrin Kayla Categories: Fiction Single Mama Drama The Tide of Victory Flint Eric, Drake David ARABESQUE ® This book is dedicated to my dear aunt, Roan Marcia Perrin. You left this earth much too soon, but your legacy of love, laughter, and courage lives on. THE SCREAM ESCAPED HER throat the moment she heard the shuffling of feet in the darkened room. Stupid! she scolded herself as she closed the bathroom door behind her, immediately realizing that she should have kept her mouth shut. If the intruder wasn’t deaf—and she was sure he wasn’t—then her scream had alerted him to the fact that she was in the back of the salon. How long would it take him to discover she was locked in the washroom? God help her, she had to get out. It was her only chance. No way would she stay here and become a statistic. If she’d been thinking straight initially, she would have dashed for the back door, but she’d been so frightened that she’d darted into the washroom instead. Forcing herself to draw in a slow breath, she glanced down. No light shone beneath the washroom door, meaning the salon was thankfully still dark. If she could carefully open the door, slip into the room and hug the wall while she tiptoed to the back door, she would be home free. But what if he heard her and she wasn’t quick enough? A shiver of dread raced down her spine. Lord, why hadn’t she listened when everyone had suggested she get a gun? Don’t stay here like a coward—get moving! her mind screamed, and she realized it was now or never. Her hand gripped the bathroom’s doorknob at the precise moment she heard her name. Her hand stilled. Pressing an ear against the door, she listened. Was that…? “Jade? Where are you?” Her shoulders sagged with relief as she let out a breath in a nervous rush. It was Terrell. Opening the bathroom door, she stepped into the darkened salon. Streetlights cast soft rays through the store, providing enough light to see Terrell’s tall form and his gleaming onyx eyes. “Jade.” His baritone voice was soft, merely whispering her name, yet sending shivers of delight all over her body. Now she knew the meaning of the expression bedroom voice. “Terrell.” She hadn’t meant to whisper his name in reply, hadn’t meant to sound raspy and seductive, but her voice had betrayed her. “What…what are you doing here?” “You know why I came.” She swallowed as he took a step closer. She did know. Had known from the moment she heard him call her name. “You shouldn’t be here.” “I couldn’t stay away. You know that.” Her eyelids fluttered shut as he closed the distance between them and wrapped a strong arm around her waist. She should step away from him, break the physical contact, but God help her, she was paralyzed. “I…I have to go.” “Not yet, Jade. Not until we’ve talked.” She didn’t bother to ask what he wanted to talk about, for she knew. She knew, and a part of her was glad he was here though she shouldn’t be. Her eyes popped open. “How did you get in?” “The front door was open.” “Really?” Where had her mind been? She never forgot to lock it. “Then I should—uh—lock it.” “I already did. I want no interruptions.” She trembled at the intensity of his words, at the intense look in his eyes. She barely managed to say, “Oh. Okay.” His other hand snaked around her body, resting on the small of her back. Jade’s breath snagged in her throat. “Jade, don’t do it. I never thought I’d beg you, but I am now. Please—” “Don’t,” she said quickly, cutting him off. Did she not want him to voice the doubts her own heart had? “We’ve already discussed this.” “No, we haven’t. I didn’t know what to say when you told me you were still going to marry Nelson. I didn’t know what to think. But I know now. I can’t let you marry him.” “You…you can’t stop me.” “I won’t stop you if you really love him. Do you love him? Tell me you do and I’ll walk out of your life forever.” The air between them was thick with tension, and she gulped at it, desperate to fill her lungs. “I…” Her voice trailed off. “You can’t say it, can you?” He tightened his grip on her, crushing her breasts against his chest, the intimate contact thrilling her more than she’d ever been thrilled in her life. “You know why, Jade? You know why you can’t tell me that you’re in love with Nelson?” She didn’t know what to say, let alone think. Closing her eyes, she dropped her head forward, resting it against Terrell’s chest. Wrong move for the alluring smell of his cologne mixed with his own masculine scent suddenly made her think of getting naked with him—and only made her wonder about his question. She loved Nelson, she was sure of it, but every time she was around Terrell, she felt confused. “Because Nelson doesn’t make you feel the way I do, does “That’s not…our relationship…it’s based on…more…” On what exactly, she didn’t know right now. Not while Terrell was holding her so tightly, like he never wanted to let her go. The feel of his hands caused her body to burn with feelings she shouldn’t have for another man. “Look at me.” She couldn’t. She didn’t want to see his eyes. He made her. Placing a finger beneath her chin, he lifted her head upward. Finally their eyes met. His dark eyes were beguiling and offered her more than she was willing to contemplate. “Kiss me,” he whispered, his voice making her feel like she’d been jolted by an electric current. She shouldn’t. Kisses were reserved for Nelson, her fiancé. But her heart defied her mind, and her fingers slowly crept up his arm, finding his wide shoulders. She gripped them tightly, as though they were a lifeline offering to save her from a stormy sea. Was that how she felt about marrying Nelson? That he was a stormy sea, one in which she might get swept away and drown? Pushing the irksome thought to the back of her mind, Jade ran her fingers over Terrell’s shoulders, feeling the corded muscles beneath his thin T-shirt, wishing she could explore his strong body without the barrier of clothes between them. Her fingers paused. This was two times in less than two minutes that she’d thought of getting him naked, and Jade was truly startled. When had she become this…this wanton? But the answer to that question fled her mind as heat emanated from his body to hers. And suddenly she wanted to be lost in that heat—simply enjoying the feel of his body pressed to hers. She wondered how wrong it would be. One night of passion before she committed to Nelson for the rest of her life… Her heart pounded furiously as his face neared hers, as his warm breath gently fanned her face. She was paralyzed, unable to move, unable to speak. How could something so wrong feel so good? Slowly his fingers ran up and down her back, flirting with the exposed skin. The dress she wore crossed at the back, leaving gaping areas uncovered from her waist to her neck. This is dangerous, she told herself as his hands fiddled with the straps, slipping beneath, caressing her heated skin. And all the while he edged his face nearer hers, ever so slowly—she thought she’d go insane if he didn’t just kiss her senseless and get it over with. His nose touched her face, intimately skimming her forehead, her eyelids, one cheek, then and her own nose. Jade was lost, and as he softly kissed the tip of her nose, she parted her lips on a sigh. Her nails dug into his shoulders now as a need unlike anything she’d ever experienced consumed her. “Oh, yes, Terrell. Yes.” Who was this woman who had taken over her body, her thoughts, her desires? His lips covered hers. They weren’t tentative and shy but hungry and desperate. It was as if he were trying to prove a point with the kiss, to make her forget Nelson and her engagement to him. Or maybe he was giving her a piece of him she would never forget. He broke the kiss moments later and the sounds of their heavy breathing filled the warm, night air. She felt dazed. It was hard to keep a level head near Terrell; he exuded a raw sexuality that was impossible to ignore. She wanted more. Arching on her toes, she leaned into him, but he released his hold on her and stepped back. Confused, she stared at him. “Don’t…don’t you want me?” He dragged a hand over his face, emitted a groan, then spoke. “Yes, I want you, Jade, but I don’t just want a piece of you.” He was asking the impossible. She was drawn to him, wanted him in a way that made her crazy with longing, but how could she cancel her wedding? It was next weekend. Nine days away. All the invitations had been sent out, the church and reception hall booked. She even had family coming from England for the event. Maybe, if she’d met Terrell before… As if he couldn’t stay away from her, he stepped toward her again. “I can make you happy, Jade. Happier than Nelson ever can.” When she said nothing, he went on. “I know I can’t offer you the financial freedom Nelson can. I’m thirty-two and still establishing myself, but I’m going to be successful one day. Give me a chance, Jade. I love you.” He loved her. The words caused a sharp pain to grip her heart. “Tell me how you feel, Jade. Tell me what I already know is true.” “But we…Nelson and I…I’ve already made him a partner. I—I can’t…” “Do you honestly want to become Mrs. Crumm?” He gave her a look that said he couldn’t believe she was even considering it. “If that name isn’t a clue to get going while the going’s good…” Jade bristled at the sound of Mrs. Crumm. She didn’t care for the name, either, but she wasn’t marrying the name, she was marrying the man. “This isn’t about names. I’m a nineties woman. I—I don’t have to take his name.” “That’s right. You’re a nineties woman. You can call off the wedding.” “Terrell, I’ve already explained. Th-this isn’t right.” “What’s not right is Nelson. He’s not the right man for you. If he is, there’s no way you should have kissed me the way He was right. “But I… The salon—” “You’re going to become Mrs. Nelson Crumm because of this salon?” Even in the darkness, she could see the disbelief in his eyes. “Partnerships can be broken.” “Not this one.” Jade was surprised at the strength she’d summoned. Before she lost it, she went on. “Terrell, I’m sorry. It’s too late.” Frustrated he turned, and Jade felt all the pain he must be feeling as all her veins seemed to criss-cross and knot. But she couldn’t give Terrell what he wanted. Nelson loved her. Maybe he lacked the passion Terrell had, but he loved her and it would be unfair to break his heart. She was a woman of her word and she planned to stay true to Nelson. But still it hurt to see Terrell so hurt. Slowly she approached him, placed a hand on his arm. He shrugged it off. “I’m sorry,” she said softly. “I can’t do what you ask.You have to understand.” She sighed. “Please, don’t…let’s not end our friendship this way.” He faced her then. Were those tears she saw glistening in his eyes, or was it just the way the outside lights shone on them that made it look that way? “Friendship?” he asked, as though she’d offered him a consolation prize. “I can’t be your friend, Jade.” The words crushed her. But deep down, she knew it was true. For her and Terrell, it was all or nothing. “We…we can try.” Slowly he shook his head. “No, Jade. I can’t.” “Then what are you saying? That this is it?” He didn’t answer right away and Jade wondered if her legs would sustain her. “If you insist on marrying the wrong man, Jade,” he finally said, “then I can’t be part of your life. A part of me will never accept your marriage. A part of me will always want you. For your sake and mine, it’ll be best that we stay away from each other from now on.” Without notice he moved to her, sweeping her into his arms, and for a moment, Jade wished they could stay this way forever, that the rest of the world would simply disappear. “Don’t let me go,” he whispered into her hair. “If you tell me you’ll leave Nelson, I won’t go.” She closed her eyes as the onset of tears threatened to choke her. “I…I have to marry him.” He released her just as abruptly. The look of desolation on his face was one Jade knew she would remember forever. “I’m sorry,” she said, knowing the apology was not enough. It would never be enough. With that, he turned. Jade merely stared at his back as he retreated, not knowing what to say, what to do. He unlocked the front door, pushed it open, then paused before stepping into the night air. He cast one last look at her over his shoulder and said, “I’m sorry, too.” Then he disappeared into the night, and Jade knew she would never see him again. Six years later… IF JADE ALEXANDER HAD ANY guts, she would dump the mug of steaming hot coffee in the jerk’s lap, then quit before her boss had a chance to fire her. Nobody—regular customer or not—put a hand on her butt and got away with it. As a waitress, she was used to a degree of sexism, to men losing their manners around an attractive woman. Maybe it was the fantasy of a smiling woman serving them food and drinks with no complaints that made them lose all reason, but that still didn’t make it right. There were limits to the abuse she would take, and Mr. Madden had just crossed the line. Glaring at him, she opened her mouth to tell him what he could do with his hand. But the words didn’t come. The truth was, Jade couldn’t afford any guts, much less a roof over her head. She desperately needed this lousy job and the tips she made more than anything else right now. So what if the men who frequented The Red Piano were inconsiderate morons? She’d dealt with them for a year. She could deal with them for another. No pain, no gain, as the saying went. And she’d certainly had her share of pain. If you looked up the word in the dictionary, you’d find a stunned picture of Jade. This past year had been the worst of her life, such an emotional and physical struggle, that she’d more than once contemplated packing it in and moving back to New Orleans to live with her parents. But while she was lacking in guts, she certainly wasn’t lacking in pride. There was no way she would ever admit to being a failure. She wasn’t a victim, she was a survivor. It was all in how you looked at it. Even if her jerk of an ex-husband had taken her to the cleaners. “Huh, Jade? What do you think?” Placing the mug of coffee on the table, she stepped away from him, casting a long look at his offending hand, hoping he’d gotten the picture. “I’m sorry, what did you say?” “I asked,” he began slowly, “if we could get together sometime. You know, outside of this restaurant. I love seeing you here, but it’s not enough, know what I mean? Maybe we can get together for some drinks, a little dancing. Or something.” He winked. Jade could only imagine what he meant by or something. And she certainly wasn’t interested. “Mr. Madden…” “Please, call me Milton.” “Milton, I—” Reaching out, he took her hand. Jade lost her thought. Originally she was going to be nice, let him down gently. Now she knew he’d get the picture only if she told it to him straight. Pulling her hand from his, she said, “Mr. Madden, I am as interested in spending time with you as I am in dating a slug.” His widened eyes and slackened jaw said he was too stunned to speak, but Jade didn’t care. She turned quickly, marching to the kitchen. If her manager got on her case, so be it. Milton Madden could find another woman to harass. She’d had enough. Once in the kitchen, Jade leaned against a tiled wall and closed her eyes. The assorted smells of different foods washed over her, combining in a not-so-appetizing way that made her want to gag. God, she hated this job. “Hey, hon. What’s the matter?” Opening her eyes, Jade saw Gerald’s concerned face. Gerald was a fellow server, and one of the best things about working here. “Oh, Gerald. Thank God you’re here. I need you to take a table for me.” She nodded. “It’s Mister Touchy-Feely Milton Madden.” “Uh-oh. And I guess his hands went a-touchin’ and afeelin’ today.” “I don’t know where that man learned his manners,” Jade said, marveling at Milton’s nerve. “I have to wonder if he has a mother.” “Well, don’t you worry, hon. I’ll take the table.” “Thanks, Gerald. I served him a cup of coffee, but I didn’t ring it in yet.” “No problem,” Gerald said with a wave of his hand. Winking, he added, “This should be fun.” Chuckling, he left the kitchen and went to the dining room. Jade smiled. Gerald would see to it that Milton got a taste of his own medicine—though Milton certainly wouldn’t like it. Gerald was gay. Relieved to have gotten over that hurdle, Jade grabbed a large tray, filled it with the hot plates of food for her customers, and returned to the dining room floor. The Red Piano was full this evening, and the collective sound of voices and music was so loud it was hard to think. Two days after Christmas, and New York City went on without missing a beat. Outside, people crowded the streets as if it weren’t the holiday season. Manhattan truly was the city that never slept. No doubt, some tourists had already arrived for the world’s biggest party—New Year’s Eve in Times Square. Funny, Jade thought, that most New Yorkers she knew had never even been to the grand event—herself included. While she’d been born and bred in Louisiana, she’d been in Manhattan for twelve years and considered herself a New Yorker through and through. She’d even been able to lose her Southern accent. She brought six plates of chicken teriyaki and rice to a table with six women, wondering as she said “Enjoy your meals” why they’d all ordered the same thing. People were definitely interesting; though Jade had already known that. Working in a restaurant confirmed that fact every day. And it was amazing the things she witnessed, like engagements, heated family arguments, two people who were so obviously having a secret affair that they may as well have had a neon sign above their heads that said CHEATERS. When Jade turned from the party of six, she saw the hostess seating yet another couple in her section. She groaned. It was only a little after 7 p.m., and she was already so exhausted she didn’t know how she’d make it through the rest of the evening. Having taken a few days off and visited her family in New Orleans, it was harder than she’d expected to get back into the groove of working at this restaurant. Especially when she was aware that in four days, it would be a new year. A new millennium. And she was far short of reaching her New Year’s goal. Fourteen months ago, the year 2000 had seemed like a realistic goal to reopen her salon. She’d been down but not out when she’d lost her successful business, and was convinced that a year or so’s hard work would earn her enough money to lease a new shop. She’d even dreamed of christening her salon with a New Year’s celebration, then open for business two days later. Yeah, Jade had had a lot of dreams, but the truth was, she was approaching the New Year with barely enough money to survive, let alone enough to start another business. On days like this, she hated her ex-husband. She’d been raised a Christian and believed in forgiveness, but every time she thought about Nelson’s betrayal, forgiveness was just too hard to manage. She’d trusted Nelson Crumm, had believed in him, and he’d failed her. He’d more than failed her. He’d taken away the life she’d worked so hard for. Once she had been the successful owner of Dreamstyles, a hair salon in midtown Manhattan for women of color. Her salon had catered to several different types, from students to artists to professionals, and she was proud of the success she’d achieved. It wasn’t uncommon for businesswomen to stop in her salon over lunch for a cut, a wash, or even a color if they had a two-hour break. She opened early and closed late, allowing for people who needed to come in at different hours to get different jobs done. Sometimes she would be at her salon until close to midnight, finishing a weave or braids or whatever time-consuming job needed to be done to have her clients looking their best. She didn’t mind, however, because she loved her job. And while she’d initially feared the long hours she put in at the salon would affect her marriage negatively, Nelson hadn’t seemed to mind her hours, mostly because he worked as an inhouse Vice President of Finance for an advertising firm as well as a freelance accountant. In other words, he worked crazy hours as well. He was nothing if not dedicated to his career, as Jade was to hers, and she thought he’d make the perfect business partner as well as the perfect marriage partner. Jade had never been more stunned than when she’d learned Nelson had been stealing money from her salon. Having met him when she’d already owned her salon and when he’d already worked ten years for a Manhattan advertising firm, she had easily trusted him with her salon’s books once they were engaged. However, five years into the marriage, she’d discovered the painful truth that Nelson led a double life. He loved to gamble, and when he’d run out of his own money to throw away on stupid illusions of striking it rich, he’d stolen hers. Jade had thought everything was fine until her checks started bouncing. Unable to fathom what was going on, she’d confronted her bank manager, who had told her that her account had been depleted. Stunned, Jade had confronted her husband. Nelson angrily denied any knowledge of a problem, saying the bank must have made a mistake. But three weeks later, after a lot of tension and no answers, he packed his bags and left. His note said that he was leaving her for someone who trusted him. At first Jade had been so devastated with the knowledge that she’d pushed Nelson away, until the bank records showed the whopping amount of money he’d withdrawn. Then she’d gotten angry, but a lot of good that did. In the end, with no assets, Jade was forced to sell the salon, and even the money from the sale was used to pay her overwhelming debts. She’d barely had two pennies to rub together after that. Shaking her head, Jade forced the disturbing memories from her mind. She didn’t want to think about the depth of her husband’s betrayal. Thinking about it wouldn’t change the facts. With a new year approaching, she had to concentrate on moving ahead and forgetting the past. That thought in mind, she walked to the table that housed her new customers, forcing herself into “cheerful waitress” mode. The couple sat on the same side of the booth, their linked hands resting atop the table, the sides of their faces pressed together as they giggled at some private joke. Jade stopped midstride as she saw the loving couple, a pang of sadness gripping her. She didn’t miss Nelson, but she did miss the memory of what they’d had in their early years. But even the memory was false. Nelson had never been the man he’d claimed. “Good evening,” Jade said, forcing a smile on her lips as she moved forward to stand at the edge of the table. The giggling couple looked up. “Good eve—” the woman began, but abruptly stopped. Recognition flashed in her eyes as she looked at Jade. “Hey!” she exclaimed. “Jade?” Jade’s own eyes narrowed as she regarded the other woman. Her hair was longer than she remembered, but the pretty face and bright brown eyes were certainly the same. “Cassandra!” “Jade!” The other woman jumped out of the booth and wrapped her in a bear hug. “Oh, my God! I can’t believe it!” “Neither can I.” Jade pulled back and looked at her old friend, her brain still processing the fact that it was really her. “I thought you were in Los Angeles.” Cassandra nodded. “I was, but I’m back. Hey, you’ve got to meet Kenny.” She gestured to the attractive, well-dressed, dark-skinned man sitting in the booth. “Jade, meet Kenny. Kenny, meet Jade.” “How you doin’?” Kenny asked, shaking her hand. “I’m good, thanks.” To Cassandra she whispered, “Mmm. He’s cute.” “I know. And we’re engaged!” She flashed a big, sparkling diamond for Jade’s inspection. “My Lord,” Jade said, taking Cassandra’s hand in hers. “Congratulations. I hope you’re both very happy together.” “Thanks,” Cassandra and Kenny said in unison. Cassandra returned to her seat—actually, to Kenny’s lap— throwing an arm around his neck. Kenny placed an arm around her waist. They were a beautiful couple and definitely seemed happy together, Jade thought with a smile. But then the thought hit her, she couldn’t help it. Was Kenny really who he said he was? Were his feelings for Cassandra sincere? Nelson had claimed to love her, and look what he’d done. Kenny isn’t Nelson, she told herself sternly. She didn’t have a right to think the worst of him; she’d barely met him. Though thinking anything decent about members of the opposite sex was a real challenge these days. “So, girl, what are you doing here?” Jade paused. The last time she’d seen Cassandra was three years ago when she’d quit as her receptionist with plans to move to Hollywood to pursue an acting career. Though sorry to see her go, Jade had wished her well. That was two years before she’d lost the salon, so Cassandra didn’t know what had happened. “I’m… I work here,” Jade finally said. What had happened wasn’t her fault—she’d trusted her husband—yet she was embarrassed by the drastic turn her life had taken. “Why?” Cassandra asked, clearly stunned. “Aren’t you busy with the salon?” “I wish I was.” Jade sighed. “Cassandra, I lost Dreamstyles.” Jade nodded. “And it’s a long story, so don’t ask.” “I’m sorry to hear that.” “Me, too. I lost everything.” Cassandra’s eyebrows bunched together. “What do you mean, everything?” “Everything. The salon. My home.” Her dreams. Her future. “But you still have Nelson, right?You two are still together.” “Nelson who?” “Oh,” Cassandra said, then made a face. “Let me guess. “Now isn’t a good time. Maybe later.” “God, that’s gotta be rough.” Cassandra glanced over a shoulder at Kenny, as if for assurance that their marriage would work. He nuzzled his nose against hers. She smiled, then turned back to Jade. “I’m sorry.” “Don’t be. I think it all worked out for the best.” “Still, it can’t be easy.” “No. It’s not.” She changed the subject. “What can I get you two to drink?” Kenny said, “We’d love a bottle of champagne.” “You’re celebrating.” He nodded, then smiled as he held Cassandra a little closer. He didn’t need to say anything else. It was clear that for a guy like Kenny, love itself was a cause for celebration. She’d never had that kind of love with Nelson, though she’d desperately craved it. In the beginning he’d been charming and romantic, but the honeymoon phase had quickly died. Nelson never held her at night unless he wanted to make love. She’d had to ask for good-bye kisses and for hugs. When she’d sat back and thought about it one day, she’d realized that she had to ask for even the smallest show of affection, so finally she’d stopped asking. She’d come to accept that Nelson just wasn’t the sweep-you-off-your-feet romantic type. Jade brought Cassandra and Kenny a bottle of champagne then gave them some privacy. It was nice to see Cassandra, who had years earlier gone through man after man, finally happy. “Jade, can I see you for a minute?” Jade turned from the computer terminal to see Pierre Lamont, the owner and manager of The Red Piano, standing behind her. His eyes held a hint of anger. “Sure,” she finally replied. “In my office, please.” Jade swallowed as she followed her manager through the kitchen doors and into the small office at the back of the kitchen. Pierre wasn’t prone to calling staff into his office to congratulate them on jobs well done. Her stomach suddenly a ball of nerves, Jade couldn’t help wonderful what she’d done wrong. “Have a seat,” Pierre said. She didn’t like his tone. Cautiously sitting on the edge of a well-worn chair, she asked, “What’s this about?” “I had a chat with Milton not too long ago, Jade. He was very upset.” “Oh,” Jade said matter-of-factly, feeling a modicum of relief. “I don’t know what he said to you, but I’m the one who should be upset, Pierre. Not him.” “He said he’s heard better language coming from a trucker than what you subjected him to tonight.” “That’s a lie!” Jade replied, indignant. Pierre raised an eyebrow. “Then what did you say?” She hated the fact that her manager hadn’t even given her the benefit of the doubt, but that’s the kind of man he was, and one of her reasons for wishing she didn’t have to work here. “Did he tell you that he put his hand on my butt?” “Well, he did. Then he asked me out. I turned him down.” “That’s all you said?” “I should have said a lot more than that. I don’t enjoy being fondled by my customers.” Pierre shrugged. “I’m sure he didn’t mean anything by it.” Jade stared at him in stunned silence. Finally she found her voice. “Didn’t mean anything by it? Pierre, he has to know what he did was wrong, He’s lucky I’m not charging him with sexual harassment.” “Sexual harassment?” Pierre chuckled. “I forgot, every man has to be careful what he says and does. Otherwise, women will cry ‘sexual harassment’ whenever it’s convenient.” “Excuse me?” Jade shot out of her chair. “Lighten up,” Pierre said. “You’re going to have to if you want to continue working in this business. Sometimes you just have to forget the small stuff. Men unfortunately will be men. But I don’t want to have valued customers feeling unwelcome in my restaurant. Understand?” Only too well. Jade should have known. Though Pierre had never come on to her, he had a weak spot for the blond bartenders. “I understand.” “Good. That’s all.” Jade left Pierre’s office feeling angrier than ever. Angry at Nelson for putting her in this situation. She’d first worked at another restaurant after she’d lost the salon and had had the same problem—men who felt it was their right to tastelessly flirt with their waitress. She’d finally gotten a job at The Red Piano, a Manhattan restaurant that had a reputation as being one of the busiest in the Upper East Side, and despite the problems she’d stayed here because she made pretty good money. Now she wondered if she’d have to find another job. That thought made her stomach lurch. She didn’t want another waitressing job. She wanted her salon back. Trying to forget the ugly incident with Milton and Pierre, she brought out hot food, got bills for customers, poured coffee. It was the same boring thing she did day after day. The only thing that gave her strength to continue was the dream she didn’t want to give up. She walked to Cassandra’s table to see if they needed anything. She found the two in a lip-lock. “Ahem.” Jade cleared her throat. The two flew apart, and giggling, Cassandra looked up. “Sorry. Must be the champagne.” “No doubt. Have you decided on dinner?” “Actually,” Cassandra replied, “we’re just going to have the champagne. We already ate.” “No problem. I’ll check on you in a bit, then.” Jade turned to leave. “Don’t run away so quickly,” Cassandra said, smiling. “I have something to ask you.” Jade turned back to the table. “What?” “Excuse me,” Kenny said, patting Cassandra’s thigh. She rose, “Nature calls.” She stepped out of the booth to let him pass. “Don’t be gone long.” He bent to kiss her softly on the lips. “I’ll be back in a flash.” Cassandra watched him leave, her eyes lingering over his body as she dragged her bottom lip between her teeth. “You two should be locked up for that kind of behavior,” Jade couldn’t help saying. They certainly gave a new meaning to mushy. Cassandra whirled to face her. “Sorry. It’s just that…I’m finally, truly happy.” “I can see that.” A smile touched Jade’s lips. “Anyway, you were saying?” “Oh yeah.” Cassandra slipped into the booth. “Have you heard of UpClose magazine?” “Of course I have,” Jade replied. UpClose was a popular magazine that featured anybody who was a somebody in the world of entertainment. “Well, UpClose magazine is doing a feature article on me that will come out in February.” “You go, girl! That’s amazing.” If the magazine was going to feature Cassandra, then she must be doing well. “Congrats!” “Thanks. Anyway, they’re doing a color photo spread of me at home and at work, to go with the story. So I was thinking that if you’re interested, I can suggest to them that you do my hair for the shoot they do at my home. I always loved how you did my hair.” Jade looked down at Cassandra as if she’d grown horns. “What?” Cassandra said. “I…I don’t know what to say,” Jade finally replied. Doing hair for a magazine like UpClose would mean a lot of exposure. “Say yes,” Cassandra told her. “You’re one of the few people I trust with my hair.” “Thank you, Cassandra. Really, I appreciate the offer. But I’m sure they already have a stylist.” “True, but it won’t hurt to suggest someone I’ve known and trusted for years, will it?” Her life had been such a mess in the past year, Jade was afraid to even get her hopes up. “I’m not making any promises,” Cassandra continued, “but I can suggest it.” “What’s this all for? The feature story, I mean.” “Oh, of course. I haven’t even told you. Well, I’m starring in an Off-Broadway play!” “You go, girl!” Jade said. “So acting is finally happening for you.” “Yeah. I didn’t get anywhere in Los Angeles so I came back to New York…and bingo. I started getting some bit parts, and then I lucked out with the lead in this play that is so true to my life, it could have been written for me. It’s called Through the Wrong Door and Up the Wrong Tree.” “Wow. What a title.” “It’s a great story. Essentially it’s about a woman who’s looking for love and goes through one bad relationship after another. See what I mean about it being like my life?” Cassandra shook her head ruefully. “Anyway, the play has been getting really wonderful reviews. Someone from UpClose came to see the play, loved it, and now they’re going to feature me in their magazine.” “That’s fantastic.” “Thanks.” Cassandra opened her small purse and searched its contents. She withdrew a notepad and a pen. “What’s your number?” Jade recited her number and watched as Cassandra scribbled it down. Kenny returned then, and slipped into the booth beside Cassandra. He gave his fiancée a quick peck on the lips, and though Jade wasn’t surprised, she rolled her eyes to the ceiling. “Here’s my card,” Cassandra said after filling Kenny in on her proposal to Jade. “If you don’t hear from me in the first week of January, call me.” Kenny said, “Baby, who don’t you invite her to the party on Friday night? Since some of the people from the magazine will be there, it will be a great chance for Jade to meet them.” Cassandra’s eyes lit up. “Great idea. Thanks, honey.” “No problem, baby.” As their lips met for another brief kiss, Jade wondered if Cassandra would ever think one of Kenny’s ideas was anything other than great. She doubted it. Jade cast a nervous glance at her watch. She hoped Pierre hadn’t seen her spending so much time at this table, for it would surely make him even more upset. Cassandra faced her. “I’m throwing a New Year’s Eve party. Are you working that night?” “Actually, I’ve got the evening off.” She’d taken it off to spend the evening alone, a tribute to the way she’d be spending the new year. But even her roommate had thrown the proverbial kink in that plan, as she, too, had taken that evening off. “Great! Then you have to come.” “At the Marriott Marquis in Times Square. Girl, it’s gonna be a great party.” “Look, you have to come. Not only will this be the party of the century, but as Kenny said, some of the people from UpClose will be there. I can introduce you…” Jade shrugged. It was tempting, even for just a change of pace. Work and more work had been her focus recently. Maybe she needed a break. “My roommate and I actually were planning to just rent a few videos and hang out at home.” “Roommate?” Cassandra asked, raising an eyebrow. “My roommate is female,” Jade informed Cassandra, ending any illicit thoughts. “And she’s my best friend.” “Well, bring her. It’s a party so the more the merrier. You can watch movies any other day. How often does the new millennium come around?” Jade wrinkled her nose. “I’m kinda getting tired of the party scene.” Nelson had always drunk the night away at parties, barely remembering she existed. “Besides, every New Year’s Eve party I’ve ever been to has always been for couples.” “Don’t even worry about that,” Cassandra said, dismissing that thought with the wave of a hand. “I’ve been planning this party all year, and it was originally going to be a singles event. Now that I’m engaged, I guess I have to invite Kenny.” Kenny shrugged, and to Jade’s surprise, instead of kissing him, Cassandra gently rubbed his arm. “In other words, some people will have dates, some will be single. It really won’t be a big deal.” Easy for her to say. Last New Year’s Eve at The Red Piano, Jade had been so overwhelmed with the raw emotions of her recent breakup that she’d barely gotten through the evening. When the clock had struck midnight and all the customers had embraced their loved ones, she’d felt a devastating rush of sadness. Seeing all the couples so happy together had only reinforced the fact that her marriage had failed a few months earlier. And she hadn’t been able to get the picture of a happy Nelson and his new pregnant girlfriend out of her mind. “I’ll think about it,” Jade promised, pushing away her thoughts, hoping that soon the pain of Nelson’s betrayal would be a thing of the past. “Do more than think about it,” Cassandra said sternly, playfully shaking a finger in her direction. “Be there. We’re gonna party like it’s 1999. And I promise, you won’t regret it.” JADE AWOKE SLOWLY, as if some force had gently pulled her from her slumber. Sunlight spilled through the blinds and onto the bed, promising a bright winter day, but she knew that hadn’t awakened her. Light or dark, loud or quiet, Jade could sleep through almost anything. It was more like a sense that she wasn’t alone that had lured her to consciousness. Quickly her head flew to the left. There she saw Kathy, her roommate, clad in a pink terry cloth robe and socks, sitting on her armchair. “Good. You’re finally awake,” Kathy said. “You’ve been waiting for me to wake up?” Jade glanced at the clock, then groaned. It was 8:27 a.m. “Kathy, do you know what time it is?” “Eight twenty-seven.” “A.M. As in, the morning. As in, I worked till two a.m. last night.” “I know,” Kathy said. “And I’m sorry. I just needed to talk.” “Can’t we talk in four hours, when I’ll actually be able to process what you’re saying?” “I’m having an emergency,” Kathy explained calmly. “Then call 911.” “Ha-ha. C’mon, Jade. I need your opinion.” Jade resigned herself to the fact that Kathy would not leave until she’d had her say. Sighing, she sat up, dragging a pillow onto her lap. “What is it?” “It’s Tyrone.” Pause. “He wants to get serious.” “Serious how?” “Serious married.” “It must be something in the water,” Jade said, remembering Cassandra and Kenny. “Oh, nothing.” She yawned, then continued. “I thought you liked Tyrone.” “I do. But marriage?” “I can see your dilemma. Tall, gorgeous, established African-American male wanting to commit. My advice: run, don’t walk, to the altar.” Kathy flashed her a shocked look. “You know I can’t do that.” She did, which was exactly why Jade had suggested it. Maybe the early hour had her somewhat cranky and in the mood to play devil’s advocate. “Really? Why not?” “Because I…because Tyrone was just a…a fling. I never meant to get serious with him.” “Yeah, and?” “And this wasn’t supposed to happen.” Jade knew all too well that Kathy had hang-ups with com- mitment, and truthfully she couldn’t blame her. “Look, I’ll be the first one to tell you that love often sucks. Been there, done that, got the T-shirt, trying to remove the tattoo. But hey, that’s me.” She shrugged, then continued. “You, on the other hand, have never been married. You haven’t given any man the chance.” “You know why, Jade.” Kathy’s eyes held hers for a moment before she looked away, then back at her. “As you’ve said a million times, look at what happened to you. You trusted Nelson, and he turned out to be…well, I don’t have to tell you that. And after Sheldon…” Sheldon, the one guy Kathy had truly fallen for, had broken her heart. Jade suspected her friend wasn’t over him. “Sheldon? God, no. How do you love someone who joined the military to get out of marrying you?” “Not Sheldon,” Jade replied, give her friend a pointed look. “Tyrone. With all this talk of your dilemma, you haven’t said whether or not you love him.” Kathy shrugged. “I love spending time with him. And he’s got a great body.” She smiled. “What can I say?” “I don’t think this is an emergency.” Jade lay back, getting comfortable on the pillow. “All you have to do is tell him that you want to think about it. Give him a call and let me get to sleep.” “He’s in the next room.” Jade shot up. “What?” “I told him I had to go to the washroom.” “What if he comes looking for you?” Jade’s eyes flew to the door. “You have to go back to him!” “I know. But he wants an answer, so I…I had to come see you. You think I should tell him I need time?” “I think you should get back to your bedmate. Girl, you’re crazy.” Rising, Kathy ran a hand through her short braids. “All right. Oh, one more thing. I’ve got to work New Year’s Eve.” “I thought you had the night off.” “I did, but they all but begged me yesterday. And after Tyrone’s surprise announcement, I figured I did not want to spend New Year’s Eve with him. I called work minutes ago and told them I’ll be in.” “You are crazy.” And once again, her plans for Friday night had changed. Though she’d originally wanted to spend the night alone, she’d been looking forward to ringing in the New Year with her best friend and some comedies. Oh well. She could always do the move marathon by herself. Or she could go to the party Cassandra was throwing. Kathy said, “I’m sorry.” “It’s all right. I’ll find something to do.” Terrell Edmonds wanted to kick himself for not taking the day off. To say he had a busy schedule was an understatement, and he was getting busier by the day. In the last few years, his reputation in Manhattan as a photographer had grown considerably, resulting in many more lucrative jobs. But the hours were exhausting, and he knew that, as his mother always told him, he should slow down and take care of himself. Today of all days, he should have followed his mother’s advice. He was up early after a very late night as a favor to a friend and agent who wanted some shots done for one of his new models before the New Year. But this job was proving to be more of a hassle than anything else, and certainly not worth the few extra bucks he would make. “Put your clothes on,” he said simply, his back turned. “I want you to do some nudes of me,” the young woman said behind him. “I trust you.” “Put your clothes on,” he repeated. “What’s the big deal?” she asked in a young, naive voice that made it clear she didn’t know what kind of sharks might prey on teenagers like her. “I’m sure I don’t have anything you haven’t seen before. Please? I want some nudes for my portfolio.” “Please don’t treat me like an idiot. I wasn’t born yesterday; I know what you’re trying to do.” He hated talking to her with his back turned but he wasn’t going to give her any satisfaction by turning around. “Is it so bad that I like you?” She sounded vulnerable and oh-so inexperienced. When he didn’t answer, she continued. “I—I just want to be with you. I’m not asking for a commitment, if that’s what you’re thinking.” What Terrell was thinking was that he wished he could start this day over. He wasn’t into meaningless rolls in the hay, especially not with seventeen-year-olds. But he suspected that the more he chatted with Bonnie, the less willing she’d be to back down. So he said, “I’m going to the bathroom. When I come back, I want you gone.” She whimpered softly. For goodness sake, she was just a child. Didn’t she have any idea the kind of trouble she’d get herself into if she threw herself at the wrong man? And what was it about models that made them feel their bodies were the key to getting everything they wanted? “I’m sorry,” she cried. He saw her run past him, slipping her simple black dress over her pale, naked body. She hurriedly put on her coat and boots, then disappeared through the door without a backward glance. “Man,” he mumbled when she was gone. Moving to the door, he locked it. Maybe he should give up freelancing with model and talent agencies. How many times a week did he have women like Bonnie, both young and old, hitting on him? Three? Five? Too many, Terrell decided. At least when he did professional photo shoots for magazines and shows, the models were professional. They knew he had a job to do and they respected that. Sure, there was the odd time when someone hit on him while doing a job, but he could handle a sexy smile or a piece of paper with a phone number being discreetly slipped into his shirt pocket. What he couldn’t handle was some dejected little girl telling tales because he wanted nothing to do with her. It had happened, once. Hopefully it never would again. Then Terrell had been devastated when an eighteen-year-old he’d rejected had turned on him, telling her agent that he had fondled her. The call, the accusation, and the thirty-six hours that followed had been the worst moments of his life. Eventually, since the girl had had a reputation for causing trouble, she hadn’t had much credibility and the agency hadn’t pursued the matter. Terrell had been relieved, but always knew that the scenario could have been played out entirely differently. If the agent had believed Darlene Simpson, perhaps nothing Terrell said or did would have saved the career he’d worked so hard to build. Looking back, he knew he’d handled the situation badly. When, for no apparent reason, Darlene had burst into tears during the photo shoot, like a fool he had offered her comfort. He hadn’t even considered the fact that it could have been a ploy to get close to him, but it had been, and the girl had used the opportunity to wrap her body around his. When he’d physically pushed her away, the rejection was probably that much worse than if he’d simply had to tell her he wasn’t inter- ested. If he had it to do over again, he would, but at least he had learned a lesson. Now, regardless of the situation, Terrell’s policy was strictly hands off. His head pounding over the incident, Terrell walked from the vestibule to the kitchen in his loft. He needed coffee. Forget the coffee, he decided. He had an hour and a half before his next appointment was to arrive. He’d take a quick nap instead. “…three more days before the Y2K bug hits. Are you prepared? Some people are predicting pure chaos….” Jade flipped the channel, looking for something decent to watch. She’d heard enough of the Y2K bug and didn’t believe the hype. Unlike her, Kathy didn’t know what to think and was “prepared,” with enough bottled water and canned goods in the spare bedroom to open her own grocery. But the way Jade saw it, the only chaos this new year would be caused by man’s own stupidity. Finding nothing on television she wanted to watch, Jade turned the television off. Standing, she walked to the living room window, noting that the sun had retreated and the sky was now gray. Light snowflakes fell over Brooklyn, and Jade found herself wishing she was back in New Orleans. At least there she wouldn’t have to deal with the white stuff. Turning, she leaned against the wall and surveyed the room. The place could use a good cleaning. And she had laundry to do before she went to work this evening. At least Kathy and her twenty-seven-year-old stud were gone. Jade had met Kathy in her salon seven years ago and the two had developed a quick friendship. The fact that they were friends despite being so completely different gave credence to the phrase “opposites attract.” While Jade had been perhaps a little too cautious when it came to dating, Kathy’s motto seemed to be “I’m here for a good time, not a long time.” In all the years Jade had known her, Kathy had been running from commitments like they were the plague. Oh, she liked men’s company—she just wanted it with no strings attached. Maybe Kathy has the right idea, Jade conceded, dropping down onto the plush sofa and closing her eyes. At least Kathy always had somewhere to go, something to do, someone to hang out with. And she was always happy, so the life of the never-dateless couldn’t be that bad. Jade, on the other hand, worked or stayed at home. Occasionally she and Kathy would go for a bite to eat, but that was rare. She hated to admit it, but outside work, she really had nothing else in her life. Not true. She had her dream. That dream helped her make it through many a night. It might not keep her warm the way a man would, but still it gave her a sense of hope. No one could take it away from her. Not even Nelson. But the fact that if she was ever going to make something of her life had meant she had to start from scratch hurt like the devil. After everything she’d achieved, how hard she had worked, it simply didn’t seem fair. She knew she was fortunate compared to others, but that knowledge didn’t help ease the pain. At age twenty-four and fresh out of cosmetology school, Jade had lucked out with a lottery win. Nothing that would let her be on easy street for the rest of her life, but enough to open a business as she’d always dreamed of doing. Her salon had been small, but over the years she’d built a loyal clientele. That the man she’d loved had taken it all away from her was almost unbearable. “Get over it,” she told herself sternly. It was certainly easier said than done, but the truth was she’d get nowhere if she harbored resentment over Nelson’s betrayal. The drive to get even, however, might do her some good. What had Trump’s first wife said—that living well was the best revenge? Well, Jade planned to live well. She had once. She would again. She just didn’t care if Nelson ever knew it—which kinda weakened the whole revenge plan the way she was sure Ivana Trump had meant it. But as far as Jade was concerned, her life would be much better if she never saw Nelson’s face again. The ringing phone frightened Jade, but she was thankful for the distraction. Stretching her body across the sofa, she grabbed the receiver from its cradle on the end table. “Hello?” “Jade?” “Good. I’m glad I caught you. This is Cassandra.” “Oh hi, Cassandra. What’s up?” “I just want to let you know that I spoke with the editor-inchief of UpClose magazine about what we discussed. I told him there’s this absolutely fabulous stylist who I’d love to have do my hair for the shoot. He said he’ll run it by whoever he’s got to run it by, then let me know. But it sounded hopeful. In fact, he said he’s looking forward to meeting you at the party.” “Uh-uh. Not a word. I’m just trying to help you, Jade. You were always a great help to me. I don’t know if I ever said it, but I truly appreciated your letting me take off for all those auditions. You didn’t have to do that.” “I know.” A smile touched Jade’s lips as she remembered outgoing Cassandra at her salon, always making people laugh with her easygoing, charming personality. She’d been an asset at the salon, the type of sister who was beautiful but didn’t make other women feel insecure. “So come to the party. Let me introduce you to the editor, help you stick that foot in the door. I know how much you love doing hair. You’re a hair artist—I’m a stage artist. I know how rough it is to do a job just to get by.” “Working at the salon wasn’t that bad, was it?” Jade asked, but was sure it hadn’t been. “Oh, no. Of course not. I had a blast working at the salon. The jobs I did in L.A., however… Well, that’s another story. I’m not wrong, am I? You’re not one of the few artists waiting tables who actually loves that job?” How did Cassandra know so much? “No, you’re right. More than you realize.” “Hey, I’m not just a pretty face.” “Apparently not.” “Watch it, girlfriend.” Cassandra chuckled. “So you’ll come, then? The party starts at seven—well, I said seven, because you know our people. Tell them seven, they’ll be there by ten.” “Ain’t that the truth.” Though Jade knew exactly what Cassandra was talking about, she herself believed in being punctual. “So I should plan for ten?” “Yep. Or nine, if you want some of the food.” “Wow. You’re going all-out.” “I guess I am. But like I said before, we’re gonna party like it’s 1999. Now I’ll have to send you a ticket—you know what Times Square is like—if you’re not there by four, forget about getting through.” “That’s right.” As Jade had never been to Times Square for New Year’s, she hadn’t actually experienced the hassle of trying to get through the barricaded streets. “I can send it via courier, if you like.” “Sure.” Jade gave her the address. “Of course, you can always come early and escape the madness,” Cassandra added. “I’ll see. Send the ticket and I’ll decide later.” “No problem.” Pause. “Just a second, hon,” Cassandra said to someone else. Then to Jade she said, “I’ve gotta run.” “Before you go, do you need me to bring anything?” “Just yourself. And your toothbrush, if you want to crash here. Which may be a good idea, considering the crowds expected.” Giggle. “See ya Friday.” Jade replaced the receiver and allowed herself a quick smile. Oh, Lord, what if she landed this job? UpClose was a major magazine and she’d no doubt make a pretty penny. It wouldn’t be enough to start her business again in the new year, but at least a decent amount to put into the bank. Closing her eyes, Jade let out a nervous breath. She didn’t want to get her hopes up. She hadn’t gotten the job yet. If and when she did, she would celebrate then. “WHAT DO YOU THINK? The black or the taupe?” Jade held up both evening dresses to her body in turn. Securing an aquamarine stud in her ear that complemented her royal blue skirt, Kathy turned from the bathroom mirror to glance at Jade, who stood in the bathroom doorway. “Mmm… Well, black is so common. But that is one hot dress. The slit should be illegal.” “I wonder how the fashion police ever let you out of the store with it.” “Oh, hush. I’m letting you raid my closet, am I not?” “Forcing is a more appropriate word.” Kathy rolled her eyes to the ceiling, then returned her gaze to Jade’s face. “I am not going to let you go to any New Year’s Eve party looking like a frump. What will my friends think when the word gets out?” “Hey, my suit is not frumpish.” Jade looked at the flowing maroon pantsuit that hung on a hanger atop the bathroom door. She loved that suit. “Maybe it’s good for a corporate dinner, but not for the New Year’s Eve party of the millennium.” Kathy turned back to her reflection. “All right,” Jade said, giving in. She moaned when she took a look at the come-get-me slit in the black satin dress. “Honestly, Kathy, don’t you think this slit is too much?” “Lord, no,” Kathy replied without hesitation, pausing in her application of burgundy lipstick to her mouth. “And for you especially, I think it’s perfect. It’s about time you lived a little.” “So, which one?” Stepping into the bathroom, Jade held up the glittering taupe dress and glanced over Kathy’s shoulder at her image in the mirror. “I was kinda thinking of this one. Or I could do the black with a gold shawl. Believe it or not, I do own a slinky black dress too.” “I’ve seen your slinky black dress,” Kathy said with another roll of the eyes. “Even a nun would feel comfortable in it.” Turning from the mirror, she faced Jade head-on. “Forget the shawl.” She stood back, taking in the entire view of the dress against Jade’s body. “Ooh, this one has a nice slit too. And ample air-conditioning in the back. Perfect.” “It’s ten degrees outside. I’m hardly concerned about airconditioning.” “Honey, in that dress, you don’t have to be concerned about anything.” She sighed wistfully. “As I said, it’s perfect.” Jade threw her gaze from the mirror to Kathy. She could only wonder what direction her friend’s thoughts had taken. “Perfect for what?” “Don’t give me that look.” “I know you, Kathy. If you’re suggesting I’m on the prowl…” “Wow, what a concept.” Kathy grinned. “You’ll be sure to get any man you want in that dress.” “Oh, stop. You know and I know that I’m not out to pick up any man.” “Honey, it’s not a crime. And how long has it been? Over a year?” “Kathy!” “Exactly. There’s nothing wrong with getting a little somethin’-somethin’ now and then.” “You should know,” Jade mumbled, then smiled sardonically. “I heard that,” Kathy said as she refilled her makeup bag. “And you’re right. I do know. That’s why you always see me smiling when you’re frowning.” Jade opened her mouth to refute that, but knew she couldn’t. Though in reality, her frown didn’t stem from a lack of sex, but rather from the knowledge that she was far from achieving her New Year’s dream. Frustrated over the process of deciding what to wear, Jade looped the dresses over her arm. “Speaking of sex, what did you tell Tyrone?” Kathy’s hands stilled on the top button of her creamcolored blouse. “I feel so bad, Jade. I told Tyrone that I thought we should slow things down and he was really crushed. I told him I still wanted to see him but he told me he didn’t have time for games.” “Ouch. Sounds like you care more about him than you thought.” Kathy slipped into the royal blue blazer that matched her skirt. “Maybe I do. I don’t know.” “He’s a baby!” “That’s not what you said about his body yesterday, now is it?” A dreamy sound escaped Kathy’s lips, and Jade could only imagine the X-rated thoughts that were running through her mind. “No, I sure didn’t.” She flicked her wrist forward and glanced at her small silver watch. “Oh, I’ve gotta run. Did you decide what dress you’re going to wear?” “I’ll probably just stick with my pantsuit.” “Bo-ring.” Kathy shook her head reproachfully. “Well, I’d better get out of here. I can just imagine what the subway will be like.” “Yeah, I know what you mean. The eve of the millennium? It’s gonna be worse than a zoo. Have fun tonight.” “I’m sure I will.” But her tone couldn’t have been more sarcastic. Looking upward, she asked, “Oh, why did I agree to this shift tonight?” “Poor Tyrone. I bet he’s wondering what he did wrong.” That comment drew Kathy’s eyes to her instantly. “I’m sure Tyrone will take care of himself. He won’t be sitting home alone on my account.” And therein lay her friend’s reason for not wanting to commit, Jade told herself. She didn’t trust men, and Jade couldn’t blame her. In fact, it was pretty much a good rule to live by. Jade followed Kathy to the door. Kathy said, “Forget the pantsuit. Raid my closet some more if you don’t like those two dresses, but do not step out of this place looking like some old maid.” “Yeah, yeah.” Jade watched while Kathy slipped into sensible boots and a long wool coat. When she was finished, she opened her arms to Jade for a hug. Jade stepped into her friend’s embrace. “Take care. I’ll see you next year, okay?” Kathy pulled back and smiled wryly. “Cute.” “And true.” “I guess it is. See you next year.” After Kathy left, Jade decided that if she was going to the party, she’d be crazy to stick around and try to head out later that evening. She could just imagine the chaos on the subways then, with everyone heading into Manhattan for one party or another. And while the snow had stopped falling, a couple inches covered the roads which would no doubt make travel a little slower. She may as well leave early, bring an overnight bag and a selection of clothes, and beat the rush. She packed the black dress, the taupe dress, and her favorite maroon pantsuit. As far as she was concerned, it was elegant—not frumpy. Either way, she’d have something decent to wear tonight. Jade took one last look around the apartment to make sure she hadn’t left anything on or plugged in that shouldn’t be. Satisfied that she hadn’t, she hugged her torso and smiled. She was actually looking forward to tonight. Maybe it was the feeling that the year 2000 would be her year, but Jade was suddenly in the mood to celebrate. “Live a little,” she could hear Kathy say. “Why not?” Jade responded aloud. She grabbed her bags and headed for the door. “Thanks so much for squeezing me in. I really appreciate it.” “No problem, Dawn,” Terrell said. “The proofs will be ready in seven days.” The attractive brunette faced him with a surprised expression. “Seven days? Don’t you take any time off?” “When I can squeeze it into my schedule.” He smiled. “My goodness. Haven’t you heard that this is the holiday season?” “I think I heard that somewhere, but I was too busy to pay Dawn bristled. “Well, I don’t envy you. I hope you at least have plans to ring in the new year with style.” Terrell shrugged. “I’ve been invited to a few parties, but to tell you the truth, I may just stay home and crash.” “You’re kidding?” “Hey, I’ve got to sleep sometime.” Dawn lifted her leather jacket from the coat tree and slipped into it. “Like I said, I don’t envy you. I’m going to party tonight, sleep tomorrow. I hope you do the same.” “Thanks again.” She stepped to the door. “I look forward to seeing the proofs.” “If you don’t hear from me in seven days, call me.” “Will do.” She opened the door and stepped into the hallway, throwing Terrell a quick smile before she closed the door behind her. Terrell stood staring at the closed door for a long moment, wondering what to do. Should he party, or sleep? Right now, he was leaning toward sleep. He glanced at the clock. Seven fifty-four. The editor-inchief of UpClose magazine had invited him to a party at the Marriott in Times Square tonight, but he might as well forget that one. Despite the numerous cabs on the road, it was next to impossible to get one on New Year’s Eve. And he certainly didn’t feel like driving. There were other parties in New York and its boroughs that he’d been invited to, but again the dilemma was how to get there from his SoHo loft. Of course, there wasn’t a single party he knew of in this part of town. If he couldn’t make it to a party, that left one logical alternative: sleep. For the first time in ages, Terrell was looking forward to a night of blissful slumber. At Cassandra’s urging, Jade wore the long taupe party gown with the killer slit in the back. And she didn’t look half bad either, even if she was careful not to bend too far forward for fear of her underwear showing. Jade was more of a pantsuit kind of girl, preferring the classy and conservative to the bold and flashy. When she’d first slipped into Kathy’s sexy dress, she’d felt uncomfortable, not because it wasn’t beautiful, but because it hugged her curves like a second skin. She wasn’t used to wearing such tight-fitting clothing, and had had second thoughts about wearing it tonight. But when she’d seen Cassandra’s sequined number—low cut enough and short enough to make Madonna blush, Jade had decided to throw her concerns to the wind and follow Kathy’s advice and live a little. And now four hours later she was glad she had. The glittering taupe was definitely better than the too-common black, and certainly more suitable for a party than her pantsuit. With simple gold jewelry to accessorize the gown, even Jade had done a double take in the mirror, surprised by how good she looked. Now she headed down the hallway from the washroom. The music was loud, the atmosphere charged, and Jade was glad she’d decided to go out. Just minutes to midnight, the party was in full swing. The suite Cassandra had rented was lavish and large and filled with all kinds of people. Some of Cassandra’s fellow actors, who had also helped fund the party, were dressed in outrageous costumes. From feathers to leather, you name it, it was there. Others were more conservatively dressed in suits and evening gowns; a few men sported tuxes. The party was wild and it was fun and Jade was actually enjoying herself. “Five minutes, everybody,” a man dressed in a bull-fighter outfit yelled. To a casual observer, this would look like a masquerade party. From the man’s position on top of a chair, he cupped his hands around his mouth and hollered, “Fill up your champagne glasses now!” The theme song of the evening, Prince’s “1999,” went up a notch. Champagne corks popped to overwhelming cheers and the bubbly liquid flowed. Jade edged her way through the crowd, in search of a drink to toast the new year. A woman dressed as an angel passed her one before she even made it to the bar. Smiling her thanks, she accepted the plastic flute filled with champagne and brought the glass to her lips. “Not yet!” someone beside her yelled. Startled, Jade jerked forward and almost spilled the contents of the glass right down the front of her gorgeous dress. Annoyed, she turned to face the person who’d practically scared her half to death. A short, stocky, balding man stood beside her with an apologetic smile, and Jade’s annoyance fled. “Oops,” he said apologetically. “I didn’t mean to scare you. I just figured you should save that for the first toast of the new year.” “You’re probably right,” she agreed, out of politeness more than anything else. There was enough champagne that she could get a refill, but as midnight was fast approaching, she decided she’d do as the man suggested. “Three minutes!” the bullfighter yelled. Jade felt anticipation run down her spine. It was almost here. A new millennium. The short man extended a hand, saying, “I’m Fred. You “Jade.” They shook hands, and Jade was a little surprised at the strength of his grip. “Want to go out on the terrace? I don’t know about you, but it’s getting a little stuffy in here.” “Sure.” Jade had recently been out there, watching with fascination the crowd below. There were literally thousands and thousands of people filling the streets of Times Square. She’d never seen the Times Square celebration live before, and it was all simply incredible. The giant-screen TV showed the hosts for the evening, behind whom the excited crowd was visible, arms waving exuberantly, party favors dancing around like they had a life of their own. Near the platform on which the hosts stood, enormous mounds of balloons were ready to be released. The sounds of cheering were deafening. No doubt about it, people were definitely excited about greeting the new millennium. “Fred!” another short man exclaimed as they stepped out on the terrace. “There you are!” Fred turned to Jade. “Excuse me for a minute.” Raising his glass in a toast toward the man who had called, Fred crossed the terrace, leaving Jade alone. She didn’t mind. A moment alone at midnight suited her fine. She made her way through the crowd, moving to the balcony’s railing, gripping the cool metal with one hand. The digital clock adjacent to the giant-screen TV showed that it was less than a minute until the year 2000. The crowd below was so pumped up, some hugging each other and dancing in groups, Jade could only watch and listen in awe. Where were these people the other 364 days of the year? A smile spread across her face as she remembered something someone had once said to her: New Year’s Eve was the one day of the year when New Yorkers were actually friendly and carefree. Jade glanced from the crowd to the famous glittering ball that made its descent the last minute before the New Year. It was almost near the bottom of the pole. The clock read five seconds. Her heart sped up. It was almost here. Three seconds. Two. One. Fireworks exploded all around the Square, brilliantly lighting the sky. Confetti seemed to appear from nowhere, raining down on them in a spectacular shower. The balloons soared upward in a grand celebration. And the big screen TV flashed the words in bold letters: HAPPY NEW YEAR! Jade closed her eyes, drew a deep breath, and felt an unexpected moment of sadness for her aunt who had died of cancer in October. She prayed she was in a better place. Then holding back her tears, she made a wish. “Let this be the year I open my salon again,” she whispered. “Let this be the year all my dreams come true.” She paused. “Please, God, let this be my year.” She opened her eyes slowly, and for some reason, she turned. Then immediately squeezed her eyes shut again, certain they were playing tricks on her. But when she opened them for a second time, the image remained. Jade’s heart stilled as familiar onyx eyes met and held hers across the balcony. Despite the cold, the energy between them sizzled, and a long forgotten wave of desire rocked her to her core. Terrell Edmonds, looking as cool and sexy as ever, flashed her the most charming of smiles. Then as though he was here specifically to meet her, he stepped fully onto the terrace and made his approach. JADE DOWNED THE CHAMPAGNE she was holding in one gulp. That seemed to kick-start her heart; it resumed beating but went into overdrive. Fleetingly she wondered if such a fast heart rate would put her at risk of dropping dead. The only risk to her health, she realized with a nervous breath, was the man a few feet away. Terrell Edmonds. He wasn’t a hallucination. It was really him standing there, staring at her, walking toward her. Oh, God. As if no time had passed since the last night she’d seen him, she remembered with startling clarity the feel of his hands on her body, the scent of him as he’d held her close, how badly she’d wanted him that night over six years ago. And suddenly her body felt more alive than it had in ages, as though it had just come out of hibernation. He looked the same but different. He was bald now, and Jade decided she liked the look. Dressed in a black designer tuxedo with a white satin shirt, he looked sharp…and too darn sexy. The shirt was unbuttoned at the collar, allowing her a glimpse of his smooth, chocolate-colored chest. Why couldn’t she tear her eyes away from him? He was even more beautiful than she remembered. His dark skin was flawless, but the years had added a few laugh lines around his eyes that she could see clearly now because he was smiling. Smiling at her. A squeal erupted from Jade’s throat as hands abruptly circled her waist from behind. As she’d been so mesmerized with Terrell, the offending hands startled her so badly that she nearly jumped out of her skin. Whirling around to see who had grabbed her, she saw Cassandra’s beaming face. Throwing her arms around her neck, Cassandra planted a kiss on her cheek. “We made it, hon. Happy New Year!” “Oh, Cassandra. Thank you.” Jade’s eyes misted as she embraced Cassandra heartily. What was it about a new year that made her feel so emotional? Maybe the fact that when the clock struck twelve everyone was given a brand new slate, another opportunity to right all the wrongs in their life. Jade intended to make the most of that opportunity this year. “You haven’t met Jeff yet,” Cassandra said, pulling back to look at her. “He’s the editor in chief of UpClose magazine. That’s him—the redhead.” She pointed toward the sliding glass doors. “Anyway, he just arrived, and already he asked if you were here.” Cassandra cocked an eyebrow. “Tell me that doesn’t sound promising.” Before Jade could reply, she felt Terrell’s presence. And for some reason, she felt the way she had always felt around him— inexplicably drawn to his undeniable sex appeal. She couldn’t help giving him a once over, lazily dragging her eyes over his tall frame. It was lean yet muscular, powerful and protective. “Excuse me,” he said to Cassandra. “May I borrow Jade for a moment?” Cassandra looked at Jade, then arching a brow, looked back at Terrell. Her lips curled in a mischievous smile. “She’s all yours.” To Jade, she said, “I’ll see you in a bit.” Suddenly apprehensive, Jade watched Cassandra walk away, not yet ready to meet Terrell’s eyes. Had it really been six years and a few months since she’d last seen him? She couldn’t think of a single thing to say to him. “Hello, Jade.” “Terrell.” His eyes moved over her slowly, from her open-toed heels to the tip of her short coif. Despite the chill she had felt in the cold air, she now felt warm beneath his gaze. “You look…wow.” She flashed him a tentative smile. “So do you. Uh, what are you doing here?” “I came with a friend. What about you?” “I know Cassandra.” Well, she needn’t have worried about not knowing what to say to him. “She and some friends are throwing this party.” “She’s the receptionist at your salon, right?” “She…was.” Jade wasn’t ready to tell Terrell that she no longer had her salon. “But we still keep in touch.” “Mmm-hmm.” Again, his eyes seemed to drink in every part of her. Then suddenly they jerked to her face and he asked, “Where’s Nelson?” The question momentarily shocked her. She and Nelson hadn’t been together for a little over a year now. And discuss- ing Nelson with Terrell…well, that wasn’t exactly something she wanted to do. After all, he’d told her she was marrying the wrong man and she hadn’t listened. “Uh…Nelson and I…” She swallowed her pride. “We’re divorced.” “Really?” He asked the question as if they were discussing which plant fertilizer worked better than another. “We split a year ago November.” She wasn’t ready to tell him that Nelson had stolen money from their salon to support a gambling habit. And she certainly wasn’t about to mention the fact the he’d decided to have children—with someone else. He seemed sincere enough. At least he had the good grace not to rub her failed marriage in her face, considering everything. “You’ve got to be cold in that outfit,” he said. “Do you want to head inside?” “No…I’m fine.” She needed the cool air to keep her head clear. “Then here,” Terrell said, taking off his jacket. “Take this.” Looping his arms around her, he placed the jacket across her shoulders. His fingers brushed her skin as he did so, and Jade could swear her flesh tingled. He let his hands linger on her shoulders, even as she took hold of the lapels and pulled the jacket tighter around her. For an awkward moment their gazes met. Held. Then Jade blinked and looked away. Softly she mumbled, “Thanks.” Terrell dropped his hands to his side with an audible slap, then stepped past her to the railing. For a moment, Jade didn’t turn. What had she read in his eyes? She didn’t want to think about it, not now after so long, because it certainly couldn’t be true. Instead, she clutched his jacket tighter and drew in a deep breath…and was rewarded with a whiff of his musky scent. Oh, that scent… She turned. Terrell stood at the railing’s edge, his arms folded over his chest, looking down at the crowd in Times Square. Jade’s eyes roamed his broad back, noting the definition of muscles beneath his shirt. She remembered the feel of him that night over six years ago, how she’d wanted to explore his body on a more intimate level. That thought made her face flush with warmth. But the warmth was replaced by cold when she remembered the choice he’d given her: him or Nelson. She’d chosen Nelson and had lived to regret it. Now at thirty-four, because of Nelson, she was starting her life over. Thinking of Nelson right now made her remember her personal vow; her first priority this year was to get her life back on track careerwise. Anything else, like another relationship with a man, was something she might consider one day down the road, but not now. Still a part of her couldn’t help wondering how her life would have been different if she had chosen Terrell. Stepping toward him, she met him at the railing. “It’s quite a sight, isn’t it?” He nodded. “Happy New Year!” a heavy-set woman dressed as an elf bellowed, then wrapped her arms around both of them in turn. Despite the fact that Jade had never even spoken to the woman tonight—she hadn’t seen her until now—the woman planted a kiss on her cheek. Then she anchored herself on Terrell’s arm, tipping on her toes to stretch for his cheek. He bent his knees, allowing her access. “What a hot young man you have,” the woman said when she stepped away from Terrell, fanning herself with a hand to illustrate her point. Then reaching behind her, she produced a twig of mistletoe. She didn’t bother to try to hold it above their heads—Terrell was too tall—but she held it between them. “Come on, you two. It’s your turn.” Instantly nervous at the prospect of getting that close to him, Jade’s eyes darted to Terrell’s. The corners of his lips curled upward in a slow smile. Oh, so he was cool with the idea. Jutting out her chin, she decided that if he could seem so cool about it, so could she. But then the memory of the last time she had kissed him filled her mind and suddenly she didn’t know if it would be smart to kiss him again. “Hey, you guys,” the woman said, her words slurring slightly. “What are you waiting for? Don’t play bashful. Pucker up!” Jade, determined to be as cool about this as possible, made the first move. She stepped toward Terrell, placed her palms against his chest for support, then leaned up to meet his mouth. Beneath her fingers, she could feel his pounding heart. Maybe he wasn’t as unaffected by the prospect of kissing her as he seemed to be. Finally he reacted, wrapping his arms around her back and pulling her against him with more force than Jade expected. Her eyes fluttered shut…and she waited. Just as she popped her eyelids open, wondering what was taking him so long, he lightly brushed his lips over hers. It was a soft, sweet kiss. Nothing like the one that had rocked her world just over six years ago, but nonetheless it made her wonder what she had missed. It ended almost as quickly as it began. “Happy New Year,” he said. “Happy New Year to you, too,” Jade replied, surprised at how breathless she sounded. She assured herself it was a result of her chest being so firmly pressed against Terrell’s. Forcing herself to look away from him, she saw that the woman was gone. As there was no longer a reason to be wrapped up in his arms, she squirmed a little, and as Terrell released his hold on her, she stepped out of his embrace. Jade looked over her shoulder. “I don’t want to keep you. Your girlfriend or wife must be wondering where you are.” “I don’t have either.” “Oh.” She was surprised. How long did a fine brother like Terrell stay unattached? “I’m surprised.” That look again. “Why?” “I just…I figured you’d be married by now.” “The only woman I wanted broke my heart.” He stared at her, his dark eyes challenging her to tell him he was lying. That was a challenge Jade wasn’t about to accept, so she did the next best thing—changed the subject. “Well, I’m getting kinda cold. I’m gonna head inside.” She slipped his jacket off and passed it to him. “Keep it,” he said. “Until you warm up.” In other words, he was going to stay with her. It wasn’t the worst thing, was it? She shrugged into the jacket. “Okay.” He placed a hand on the small of her back, leading her across the concrete terrace. As she walked, her heels made soft clicking sounds that seemed to match the quick tempo of her heart. When she stepped back into the hotel suite, the warm air enveloped her. The tail end of Kool and the Gang’s “Celebration” blared from speakers all around the room. Seconds later, Barry White’s unmistakable voice filled the air, crooning a love song. “Wanna dance?” Terrell asked. Jade faced him. “Uh, sure.” He took her hand, weaving through the crowd until he reached an empty spot near the wall. Spinning around, he faced her, pinning her with an intense expression before slipping his arms beneath his jacket to encircle her waist. Jade drew in a sharp breath as his hands nestled in the groove of her back. Leaning forward, he bent his tall frame and rested his face against hers. They hadn’t seen each other in years, yet he was holding her more intimately than Nelson had held her during most of their marriage. And it felt good. Jade slung one arm around his neck and placed her other hand on his firm, well-sculpted biceps. As Barry’s deep voice serenaded them, as Terrell slowly swayed her back and forth, she couldn’t help closing her eyes. She wanted to savor this feeling, the right here and right now. Just because what they’d had ended years ago didn’t mean they couldn’t enjoy tonight. And it felt so good to be in his arms. Her body molded to his, her curves fitting against his hard muscles. He said nothing to her, just moved with her to the romantic melody. Too soon, Barry White was drowned out by a funky tune. But still they held each other for an awkward moment, both of them not sure whether the other wanted to continue dancing. Jade was the one to pull away. Terrell spoke quickly. “You want a drink?” “No thanks. I’ve had enough.” Maybe the few glasses of champagne explained why she’d all but melted in Terrell’s arms. “I wouldn’t mind a beer. Will you wait for me?” “I’ve still got your jacket.” He smiled. “Okay. I’ll be right back.” Jade watched his sexy stroll as he crossed the room. Heads turned as he passed. He had that kind of presence. She still couldn’t believe Terrell was actually here at this party. If she was the type to believe in signs, she’d have to wonder at his timing; he appeared just after she’d made her New Year’s wish. She hadn’t wished for a man—that was the last thing she wanted—but what kind of game was fate playing with her emotions by sending her the one man she’d had such a hard time resisting. Jade scanned the crowd. She wondered who he’d come with. A male? Female? Well, he’d abandoned whoever it was in favor of spending time with her. Though that realization made her want to smile, it really wasn’t fair to monopolize his time. Besides, the way tonight was going—and half the blame could be placed squarely on her shoulders— Terrell might get the idea that they could just resume their relationship where they’d left off years ago. Jade couldn’t do that. Despite the fact that she was happy to see him, that for some reason she felt alive in his arms, she wasn’t ready to contemplate a relationship with him. With anyone. Maybe she would be better off today if she’d chosen Terrell that night, but she hadn’t, and she was no longer the person he’d known then. So far he hadn’t asked her about the salon, for which she was grateful. She knew it was silly, but she was too embarrassed to admit to him that her mistake of marrying Nelson had cost her more than her emotional happiness. As he made his way back to her, he walked past at least a dozen women who sent coy smiles his way, hoping to get his attention. He didn’t even notice them. God help her, it seemed he only had eyes for her. “Are you sure you don’t want anything?” he asked when he returned. “I’m fine.” She swayed a little, then grabbed his forearm to balance herself. “I wouldn’t mind a chair.” His face instantly registered concern. “Are you okay?” “My feet are killing me.” Jade looked down at Kathy’s four-inch, open-toed, black platforms. “I don’t usually wear such high heels.” He followed her gaze. “They look great.” “Thanks. The sacrifices women make for beauty.” “Let me find us a seat.” Jade wanted to tell him that she was fine on her own, but he was being so nice she didn’t want to offend him. And part of her enjoyed his company. It was hard not to enjoy being around Terrell. He placed a protective arm around her shoulders and led her through the crowd. He’d always been a gentleman, and clearly time hadn’t changed that fact. Across the room were some comfortable sofas and armchairs, but all were either occupied with people or coats. He took a pile of coats off one of the chairs, making room for her. “Sit.” “But what about those coats?” His gaze shot to the nearby table. The next instant, he nudged aside a large, empty tray with an elbow, until he’d made sufficient room. He arranged the coats in the empty spot. “You didn’t have to do that.” Jade leaned forward, telling herself to undo the straps at her ankles. But she really wanted to escape Terrell’s soulpiercing gaze. “Make sure you soak them when you get home.” “Your feet.” “I’m not—” Jade stopped herself when she realized she was about to tell Terrell that she was staying here tonight. He didn’t need to know that. “I’m not sure that will help.” “Oh, I’ll survive.” She wriggled her toes, thankful she’d decided to polish the nails last week. She slipped the shoes off and sat back. “I feel bad…me sitting, you standing.” “I’ll survive.” A smile touched his lips, and he crouched beside her. “Here’s your jacket.” Jade twisted in her seat until she’d freed herself of the jacket, then handed it to him. “I don’t need it anymore.” “Thanks.” He placed it on the chair’s arm. “So tell me, Jade. What have you been up to?” “Oh, just work,” she hedged. “I don’t have time for much “And you’re really divorced?” Jade laughed mirthlessly. “Absolutely.” “I can’t believe it. How could Nelson ever let a woman like you go?” If Terrell was fishing for information, she wasn’t about to supply any. Along with her personal vows for the new year, never mentioning Nelson again was right up there. “I guess that’s just life,” she finally said. “I didn’t plan on getting divorced, but then nobody does, I suppose. Yet fifty percent of us do.” “Yeah, times certainly have changed.” He surprised her by taking her hand. Her eyes flew to his. “Look, Jade, I’d like “Jade!” Cassandra exclaimed, appearing out of nowhere. “There you are.” Jade pulled her hand from Terrell’s grasp. “Hey, Cassandra.” “C’mon.” Cassandra took her hand. “Get that lazy butt out of that chair. I’ve got someone I want you to meet.” Jade flashed Terrell an apologetic look as she slipped into her heels and refastened the straps. She had the feeling she’d been saved by the bell. “Hold that thought.” Terrell watched Jade’s shapely form disappear into the crowd of partying guests. Cassandra holding her hand and giggling excitedly. Man oh man oh man. Was he ever glad Richard, a fellow photographer, had swung by to pick him up. The decision to come to this party was the best decision he’d made all year. When Jade was completely out of sight, he rose, wincing at the sound of his knees cracking. Being double jointed he was used to the sound, but he couldn’t help wondering if one day his old bones would give out and finally pop from overuse. He didn’t usually feel old. Active in a gym, he was in tiptop physical shape and could outperform some guys twenty years his junior. But he did feel old on nights like tonight, when he remembered he was a thirty-eight-year-old man who had never been married. Jade. He would have married her if she hadn’t married someone else. But unable to have the woman he knew was his soul mate, he hadn’t been able to even consider marriage to anyone else. He loved children and wanted a family, but he didn’t want it at the expense of marrying the wrong woman. He wondered what had happened to Jade and Nelson. Had she given up on him? Or had he given up on her? Had she been faithful to him? Had he been faithful to her? That was a silly question. He didn’t have to ask to know that Jade had been faithful to her husband. She’d been faithful to him even before they’d married, some bizarre sense of loyalty prevented her from ending their engagement even though she was fiercely attracted to another man. Sure the two of them had gotten hot and heavy that one time, but that was before she’d had a ring on her finger and besides, nothing had happened. No, their marriage had not ended because of Jade’s infidelity. But none of that mattered. What did matter was that she and Nelson were no longer together. It was hard to believe, but after the countless nights he had lain awake wishing he and Jade had met before Nelson had entered her life, he was finally free to pursue her. Fate was giving him another chance. One he was more than happy to accept. After all, he’d never stopped loving Jade, never stopped wishing that she’d followed her heart that summer night over six years ago. How many people got a second chance like this? Not many, he was sure. This time, he wouldn’t blow it. “IS THAT TERRELL?” Cassandra asked, casting a furtive glance over her shoulder at the tall, sinfully attractive man who had just stood to his six-foot-plus height. “Yes.” Jade took a quick peek to see if he was watching her. He was. Why did the fact that he was staring at her across the room send shivers of delight dancing up her spine? “I thought I remembered him coming into the salon. He was a photographer, right?” “An aspiring one. He’s the one who took the pictures for the salon’s magazine I published. I’m not sure what he’s up to now.” “You didn’t ask?” “I didn’t get a chance.” “I guess not.” Cassandra smirked. “I saw you two dancing. In fact, you’ve practically been joined at the hip since he got here.” Jade opened her mouth to clarify just who was joined at whose hip, then promptly closed it. It was a nonissue. The truth was, though she’d been shocked to see Terrell walk into the party, she was happy to spend some time with him. “Hey, no need to be embarrassed.” Cassandra rubbed Jade’s arm. “I’d say that’s a helluva way to start the new year.” Jade forced a smile. “Hmm.” “All right. I won’t bug you about it anymore.” Cassandra slipped a hand around Jade’s waist. “C’mon. Let’s go meet Jeffrey Pinto.” It seemed like hours before Terrell saw Jade’s smiling face again. Cassandra was no longer with her, but Jade stood chatting and laughing with a group of people who could only be actors. Terrell had taken enough head shots to know the type. Overly bubbly, always animated. He was about to start toward her when a man moved next to her, placing a hand on the small of her back. Apparently startled, she turned to him, then flashed him a radiant smile. Terrell’s stomach twisted into a tight knot. This wasn’t like him, but he suddenly felt territorial. Who was this guy and why didn’t Jade mind the fact that he had his hands all over her? Terrell didn’t notice he had started walking until he was halfway across the room. The tall black man still had his hand on Jade as they chatted and laughed. And chatted and laughed some more. The moment he was near enough, Terrell placed a hand on her shoulder. Instantly she whirled around. A smile spread across her face when she saw him, and his heart leaped. “Oh, there you are, Terrell. Meet Kenny. Kenny, Terrell.” Terrell nodded at the other man. “What’s up?” “What’s up?” Kenny replied. “Kenny is Cassandra’s fiancé.” “Oh.” Terrell felt a tad silly for having overreacted. “Well, you shouldn’t mind if I borrow Jade, then?” “She’s all yours.” Kenny smiled. “I’ll see you around, Jade.” Though he knew the other man was engaged, Terrell wasted no time leading her away from him. When she almost tripped over his feet in his haste, Jade flashed him a quizzical expression. “What’s wrong?” “I missed you, that’s all.” “Really? I’d swear you’re jealous.” He felt like a fool. “I’m sorry. I know I have no claims on you.” “That’s right, Terrell. You don’t.” “You’re angry with me.” She paused, exhaled a slow breath. “No.” “Then will you dance with me?” Slipping his arms around her waist possessively, he pulled her close. Jade moved within his arms, readjusting her body so that it wasn’t pressed snugly against his. Her actions said he was moving too fast, that he was making her uncomfortable, so he relaxed his hold on her to ease the tension. As they swayed to the music, he rested his chin beside her forehead, then looked down at her short, brown hair with auburn highlights. It was pretty much the same as it had been over six years ago, except her hair had been jet black then. He inhaled, enjoying the sweet smell of whatever conditioner she used mingled with the floral scent of her perfume. He could easily get addicted to the feel of her in his arms. “Hold me.” “I…am.” “Tighter.” She did as told but her voice betrayed her concern. “Terrell, “Shh.” He just wanted to feel her, to hold her, to pretend that she was his. He wanted to block out the jealousy he’d felt at seeing her with another man. Kenny wasn’t Nelson. She wasn’t married to Nelson anymore. They danced in silence for a long while. Then Terrell said, “I never forgot you, Jade.” “Are you seeing someone?” “Good.” He suddenly felt the need to tell her what he’d gone through without her. “I always hoped, prayed, you’d come back to me. That you’d realize you loved me, not Nelson.” “Why are you saying this?” “Because I realized tonight that my prayer was answered. You came back to me.” She stepped away from him and he wondered if he should have been so frank about what was on his mind. Maybe not, but he needed to get it out. “I…I never meant to hurt you.” “But about me coming back to you—” “Shh.” He placed a finger on her lips to silence her. “Let’s not talk. Let’s just concentrate on right now.” He placed his arms around her, resuming the dance where they had left off. He didn’t know what Jade had been about to say, and truly, he didn’t want to know. He only knew that she felt so right in his arms, like she was meant to be there. Was it possible to feel even more attracted to someone after not seeing them for years? Apparently so. He wondered if she felt the same way. Or was she merely amusing him by spending time with him? The slow jam ended, and Jade pulled away. “I’m feeling a bit hot. I’m going outside.” “Can I join you?” She flashed him a tentative look but finally said, “Okay.” She walked ahead of him, and he watched her shapely form in the incredibly sexy dress she wore. With each glimpse of a leg through that slit as she moved, Terrell found his thoughts growing more and more lurid. Those long, slim legs led to a bottom that was round and full and enticing. She had definitely developed a few more curves than she’d had six years ago. He liked her this way. Outside, she sauntered to the balcony’s edge and held the railing with both hands. Terrell didn’t think when he slipped his arms around hers, intimately touching the front of his body to the back of hers. Maybe it was the fact that he hadn’t been with a woman in over a year, but he suddenly wanted to leave the party with Jade and show her a night she’d never forget. “Feel like leaving?” The question escaped before he could stop it. “You mean, with you?” He rested his chin on the top of her head. “Why not?” Slowly she turned in his arms, facing him. “Terrell, are you asking what I think you’re asking?” “If you’ll go home with me?” It was what he was asking, wasn’t it? He may be crazy, but he’d always regretted the fact that he’d never made her his when she’d been so willing that night. Maybe if he had shown her the full extent of his love for her, she never would have run back to Nelson. “I guess I am.” “I’m surprised.” She paused, then said, “Because when you had the chance years ago, you didn’t take it. Not if you couldn’t have the whole package. Now you want to rush into bed with me? That seems a little out of character.” He was surprised at her frankness, but she was right. He wasn’t a no-strings-attached roll-in-the-hay kind of guy. Yet something about Jade made him lose all reason. “I just want to be with you.” “But you don’t even know me anymore. I don’t even know myself.” “I know that I want you.” “You think you want me.” He framed her face with both hands and drew her to him. “Terrell!” She pushed him away from her. “What’s wrong with you?” “I’m sorry, Jade.” Where had that impulse come from? The same place that his overwhelming desire to sweep her into his arms and take her home came from. “I was just trying to—” “Forget it,” she said softly. Wrapping her arms around her torso, she stepped away from him, turned her back to him. “So much time has passed, Terrell. Too much time.” Here he was blowing the one chance he promised himself he wouldn’t blow. What had possessed him moments ago? That wasn’t like him—propositioning a woman for a onenight stand. Even if that was his style, Jade wasn’t an ordinary woman, which meant it was that much more important to prove his feelings were sincere. If and when they established a relationship, there would be plenty of time to take it to the next level. “You’re right. Forget I asked.” Silence fell between them. As he regarded her back, not sure what to say, she visibly shivered. Terrell moved to her and ran both hands up and down her arms to give her warmth. The fact that she didn’t shrug him off gave him courage. “Let me say what’s really on my mind.” Jade turned to face him. “Go ahead.” “Jade.” He paused, let out a quick breath. “You know how much I cared about you back in the day. When I lost you… It made me wish that we’d met before you’d gotten serious with Nelson. I knew you’d made your choice, but still I couldn’t help wondering how things might have been different if your fiancé wasn’t in the picture. Well, meeting you here tonight, now that you’re in fact unattached, it’s like a wish coming true. Of course, I would have preferred not waiting so long…” His voice trailed off and he offered her a small smile. “I’d like a chance, Jade. To get to know you again.” To see if we’ll be as good together as I always imagined, he added silently. Jade, who’d listened patiently, who’d even smiled at him in return, now sighed. On her face, he saw many conflicting emotions, and that worried him. He knew she felt something for him, that she’d reacted to his touch. Yet what he saw on her face was something entirely different than desire. “Terrell, this has all happened so fast.” “It’s been over six years in the making.” “For you, maybe. But when I married, I’d planned to marry for life.” Her words pained him, and he swallowed. “But you’re not married anymore.” “I’ve made my share of mistakes. I know that.” “I didn’t mean—” “I’m sure you didn’t, but the truth is I’m not ready for another relationship. Truly I don’t know if I ever will be. Work has to be my focus now. Terrell, I hope you understand.” Understand? She didn’t even want to give them a chance. How was he supposed to understand that? “What are you saying?” She sagged against him, then just as quickly pulled away. “I…I can’t think.” “What’s to think about? You either want to get to know me again, or you don’t.” “It’s not that simple.” “Because…” But the answer died on her lips. “I’m going “Wait,” he said when she started to move past him. “Okay, maybe I’ve come on too strong. But when I lost you before, I lost your friendship, too. I don’t want to lose that this time. At least give me your number. Let me call you.” “Relax, Terrell.” She grinned as she affectionately squeezed his forearm. “I’m coming back. I just have to go to the washroom, okay?” Terrell’s shoulders drooped with relief. He felt like a fool. She left him standing on the terrace. Though he was tempted to follow her to the washroom door, he stood where he was and watched her hustle inside. He needed the cold winter air to clear his head. Jade needed a little breathing space; they both did. When had he become so impatient? Turning, he looked down at the crowd that still lingered in the Square. Several hundred people had left, but many others still lingered, partying in the streets. The ground was a sea of colored confetti. Terrell rested a hip against the railing. He wasn’t that impatient, was he? Six years was a long time to wait for a woman. Long enough, as far as he was concerned. He didn’t want to wait another day. Much later, Jade lay on a comforter in the bedroom, unable to sleep. Except for two voices she could hear outside the room, the suite was quiet. As well it should be. Daylight had already begun to light the horizon. She felt like an idiot. When she’d gone to the bathroom hours earlier, she’d had every intention of returning to Terrell. But instead of making her way back to him on the terrace, she’d escaped to the bedroom instead. She’d suddenly realized that going back to Terrell was a dangerous thing to do. She didn’t trust herself around him. Being near him, she felt things she didn’t want to feel. If he hadn’t taken back his offer to head to his place, she might well have been tempted to leave with him and finally give in to the passion that consumed her. But a one-night stand with Terrell, the man she’d almost left her fiancé for years ago, would have been a mistake. For Terrell, it would have been much more than just a night of sex, and in the end, giving in to her desire would only cause them both pain. Jade had had enough pain. 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__label__cc	0.723514	0.276486	Test Your Trivia Knowledge Using This Database of 'Jeopardy!' Questions Josh Ocampo Filed to:Jeopardy Photo: Ben Hider (Getty Images) Jeopardy!’s “Greatest of All Time” tournament is in full swing. And if you haven’t gotten your chance to compete on the show just yet, now you can do the next best thing. A group of die-hard fans has created a database of Jeopardy questions and answers across all 36 seasons of the show, known as the J-Archive—yes, someone took the time to review VHS tapes of early Jeopardy! seasons to compile nearly 36 years of trivia questions. Visit the website, click on any random season and episode, and you’ll find the gameboard and questions for each respective round (barring those questions that were not picked by the contestants and never revealed). Feel like testing out your knowledge? Just hover over the dollar value above the question to find its answer. You’ll even find a wagering calculator that’ll help you decide how much to bet on the final round question if ever you find yourself in a real-life Jeopardy! scenario (or while playing the mobile version of the game—I do and it’s addicting). How to Get on ‘Jeopardy!’ Are you a trivia master? Or an Alex Trebek superfan? You could be on Jeopardy! The show’s… Screenshot: J-Archive Let’s try it out, shall we? The category is “anagrams.” For $200, an American symbol: Bagel Deal. Think hard. I’ll give you a second. What is a bald eagle? You got it. This question appeared on January 7, 2020's episode. Here’s another: The category is “medicine.” For $1,000, from Latin “to please,” medicine given just to humor a patient. Think about it. Think about it harder. What is a placebo? You’re a genius! This question appeared on season 1 of Jeopardy! in 1984. Last question: The category is “astronomers.” This man’s name was given to a comet that crashed into Jupiter in 1994; he’s the only human whose remains lie on the Moon. Who is Shoemaker? That’s correct! This was the final round question during night one of “Greatest of All Time” tournament. (Ken Jennings won the night.) If you’re a trivia fan, the site might be a fun diversion during your lunch hour. And if you need a little encouragement, here’s an Alex Trebek soundboard to get you through the day. Play Jeopardy in Your Car, You Nerd You Should Definitely Watch Japanese Game Shows With Your Kids Train Your Brain to Focus With This iPhone Game	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line17089
__label__wiki	0.555361	0.555361	Soccer No Comments Benitez neutralized the midfield space to force Man City to play wide, ensuring there were not too many gaps between defense and second line, and kept Guardiola’s players as far away from Newcastle as possible. Claude Puel, who helped Leicester defeat Man City in the Premier League and drew them to the League Cup, has another priority. “You have to accept you don’t have the ball,” he said. “The first touch, the first pass after you regain the game, is very important. It has to be on the front line.” Puel’s squad in the last two City games was not entirely the players who only chased and intercepted. He picked out people with good technical qualities to play “safely” under the terrifying pressure of City. Puel told the students not to risk losing the ball with long passes or lucky kicks, because those things only made them “suffer another attack.” Instead, Puel said, he asked Leicester to play “two, three, four passes, one or two touches, fast and quality, to open up space,” in order to break the pressure from the City. It was not his favorite game. “I’m not interested in matches like that,” Puel said. “But adaptation, here, is the key to survival.” This season, Man City promises to be even more perfect, because Guardiola is constantly looking for perfection. They will become a formidable opponent more than last year. Benítez and Puel colleagues will have to find a way to follow them. Pochettino also with Tottenham eliminated Man City from the Champions League last season, in a crazy game in the second leg. But Pochettino also understands: defeating Guardiola in the Champions League and in the Premier League are two completely different things. He will have a headache before a rematch with Pep. There is so much to do, including … burning candles! Leicester Man City Premier League 7 effective football betting tips you may not know (Part 2)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line17091
__label__cc	0.731235	0.268765	HOME Tokyo and Surroundings Tokyo Shibuya Perfect for Families on a Budget! Top 5 Places in Shibuya you Can Enjoy For Free Perfect for Families on a Budget! Top 5 Places in Shibuya you Can Enjoy For Free Date published: 17 May 2019 Shibuya is known as the “young people’s town” and because of its easy access from any part of the city, it is an area offering great places to shop, eat, and just have fun. It doesn’t matter whether you are a day or night person, there is something for everyone and it is especially popular with foreign visitors. And did you know that this area has several fun spots that don’t cost any money? We will tell you about some of these 5 free places in Shibuya that you definitely will not want to miss! Yoyogi Park - Soothing spot in Shibuya! You can walk to Yoyogi Park from Shibuya Station in about 15 minutes. This park is an oasis of tranquility in a natural setting that you would not imagine to be in the center of such a huge metropolis and only a short walk away from the hustle and bustle of Shibuya Center Gai and the scramble intersection. In terms of land area it is the fifth largest park in all the 23 wards of Tokyo. There is no admission fee, so you can enjoy it freely, and on certain times there are flea markets, performances, and fairs held in its vicinity. There are also shops inside the park where you can get refreshments or you can buy takeout in nearby shops to take into the park for a picnic. Address 2-1 Yoyogi Kamizono-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0052 Nearest Station JR Harajuku-eki, Tōkyō metoro meijijingūmaeeki kara toho yaku 12-bu About a 12-minute walk from JR Harajuku Station and Tokyo Metro Meiji Jingumae Station Phone Number 03-3469-6081 Open: Always (facilities in the park are closed at the end of the year) Entrance fee: Free (some pay facilities available) NHK Studio Park - Experience Japanese media! NHK Studio Park is located along the street lined with Zelkova trees leading to the Yoyogi Park entrance when you are coming from the direction of Shibuya Station. While there is a 200 yen admission fee for adults (children get in free) on several days during the month admission is free. Here you will find the Media Wall that gives an overview of all the programs that have been broadcast on NHK in the past, and also displays of props and costumes used in new and old long-running dramas and other series shown in the Drama Library. For foreign visitors I especially recommend NHK World, a program that broadcasts news about Japan and its culture throughout the world. Also, if the timing is right, you can also look at the radio studio where programs in many languages are recorded. The Studio Park NEWS is especially worth seeing as you can experience how NHK news is created by putting yourself in the shoes of newscasters and reporters. NHKスタジオパーク Address 2-2-1 Jinnan, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Nearest Station 12-minute walk from Shibuya Station Closed: Every Tuesday (June 2019) Hours: 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM (last admission 5:30 pm) Shibuya Hikawa Shrine - Pray for love at the oldest shrine in Shibuya! Shibuya Hikawa Shrine is said to be the oldest shrine in Shibuya. It is especially popular with women for its reputed ability to grant wishes regarding marriage and having children. Located about a 15-minute walk from Shibuya Station it is situated in a quiet area enveloped in an air of tranquility. Here in the precinct grounds, which also include Hikawa no Mori Park, their combined area covering more than 13,200 m2, you can get a feel of Japanese history and culture in this rich natural setting There is no cost to enter the shrine precincts, however, if you make an offering of 300 yen you can receive a Goshuin which is a scarlet sacred seal. There is a book called a Goshuin-cho of blank pages which is used for having scarlet seals stamped in it at any shrines you visit. Got Goshuin? All About Traditional Japanese Shrine Seals (and why you'll be addicted to collecting them!) Shibuya Hikawa Shrine 渋谷氷川神社 Address 2-5-6 Higashi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Nearest Station 1-Minute from the Kokugakuin University bus stop when riding the bus going to the Japan Red Cross Center that leaves from Shibuya Station. CUBE - Experience the latest in art! Shibuya Hikarie 8 ⓒShibuya Hikarie Shibuya Hikarie is a high-rise commercial complex that opened in 2012. It is connected to Shibuya Station and has not only shops and restaurants, but also a space for concerts and other events. When you come to Shibuya, this is one place you certainly will want to visit. And of course you can enjoy it at no cost at all! Let’s first look at CUBE, a gallery space that can be leased, on the 8th floor. Since Hikarie opened in 2012 it has held many kinds of exhibitions as a place where art of all forms can be displayed. Generally there is no admission charge and periodically the exhibitions are changed. This is a good place to drop by when shopping or eating in Hikarie. (Depending on the exhibition content, there may be an admission charge) Shibuya Hikarie Creative Space 8 / CUBE 渋谷ヒカリエ　Creative Space 8/ CUBE Address 2-21-1 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8510 Nearest Station Directly connected to Shibuya Station via Exit No. 15 when using the Tokyu Toyoko Line, Denentoshi Line, Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line, and Fukutoshin Line. When using the JR line and Tokyo Metro Ginza Line and Keio Inokashira Line, you can go directly to Hikarie via the 2nd floor causeway. Hours: 11:00 a.m. ~ 8:00 p.m. Shibuya Hikarie Sky Lobby - Perfect views of Shibuya! Our last destination is the Sky Lobby on the 11th floor of the same Shibuya Hikarie. There is no charge and the Sky Lobby is open until 1:00 a.m. and is popular with tourists for the excellent view of Shibuya it affords. It is about 60 meters above ground level and affords not only a good view of Shibuya, but also the forest of skyscrapers in Shinjuku, too. And on a fine day you can also see Mt. Fuji! The night view of the colorful lights in Shibuya is also quite beautiful. There is also a space there for relaxing, so it is the perfect place to go when you want to take a break from your sightseeing activities. 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__label__wiki	0.833369	0.833369	LNGFRM The Weekly Catch-Up, Week of 11/25/2018 Out of the Mothballs and Into the Light: ‘Disco Godfather’ (1979) As the pioneering installment of a new article series here on LNGFRM where we will feature very old movies that deserve a watch, we present ‘Disco Godfather,’ a late-70s blaxploitation flick starring Rudy Ray Moore and more disco dancing than you’ve seen in your entire lifetime. We could call this movie a ripoff of ‘Saturday Night Fever,’ which came out two years prior. And it is a ripoff, in essence. You have a guy who’s good at dancing and that’s his main character trait, apart from how everybody in town seems to know and like him. Then some hairbrained plot gets in the way of all the dancing and it turns into an ill-fated action movie. But where ‘Disco Godfather’ wins out is in the signature sub-par acting of its lead, Tucker Williams/The Disco Godfather and owner of the Blueberry Hill dance club, played by Moore. What starts as a fun dance movie turns into a town-wide battle against the spread of PCP, which very literally sends users to the psych ward. The movie has camp to spare, and its only real weakness is its trace amounts of fake Kung Fu, which only appear twice in the film. The characters are largely cliches, but that’s what earns its blaxploitation label, a genre that was far from being progressive in its content, but which gave us some of the very first movies of any kind that featured Black characters as leads, villains, and everyone else, characters with multiple lines and character traits and something to say. It’s something that mainstream Hollywood couldn’t pull off until this year’s ‘Black Panther.’ ‘Fallout 76’ and the Weight of Public Opinion Maybe we should we strangely glad that ‘Fallout 76’ has been so thoroughly panned by a fanbase that was expecting so much more. If nothing else, it proves that in video games, no one is too big to fail, Bethesda especially. Many of their past mistakes were forgiven on the basis that the games still found a way to be fun, despite bugs and framerate drops. And maybe the current crisis has less to do with the game itself and more to do with fans getting fed up. And maybe the worst part of all is that this could be the end of the Fallout series as a whole, a series that deserves a place among some of the best AAA games of the past 10 years. Sure, there could be an installment a few years from now that makes up for past mistakes and reminds us of the magic of the world and fun of Fallout, but in the meantime guess it’s ‘Red Dead’ or die. Frank DiBernardo handles LNGFRM's Foodie and Miscellaneous writing tasks. He's always getting ideas from users, so don't be afraid to send an email to the editor. A Look at the Experience Economy: An Interview with Maxime Leroy How to Make Money Off Instagram: Options and Tips How to Enable Screenshot on Mac: Keyboard Shortcuts + More Interview: What are the Skills Needed to Be a Musician? Going from Good to Great: Upping Your Culinary Skills Interview: Real Sets Vs. CG Environments in Contemporary Film Exploring Lucrative Songwriting Jobs in the Music Industry LNGFRM.net is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. © Copyright 2019 LNGFRM.net. All Right Reserved.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line17103
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__label__wiki	0.694314	0.694314	Rights and Privacy Faith Partnerships Julie’s Abundance Project Planned Giving & Estate Planning Employee SharePoint Minnick Schools Referral FAQs Our Education Staff Locations & School Calendars Adoption, Foster Care & Therapy Staff Fostering and Adopting in Eastern Virginia Visit Coaching Post-Adoption Case Management Post-Adoption Education and Training Child and Family Counseling Services A History of Care Developmental Services Staff Family Care Homes Available Family Care Homes Learn about becoming a family care provider Is Becoming a Family Care Home Provider Right For You? Family Care Provider Portal In-home Support Community Engagement and Community Coaching Day Support Development Services Trainings Calendar Supported Employment Services Supported Employment Admission, Discharge and Transfer Criteria Supported Employment Services Staff Safe Release Program Disaster Response & Preparedness Meet a Board Member: Fred Kraegel By Evan Ratke To say Fred Kraegel’s life has always centered on helping people might be an understatement. From oldest child in a family of community volunteers, to board member and leader of numerous organizations over a decades-long career, to Chairman of the Board of Directors for Lutheran Family Services of Virginia; Kraegel’s catalog is extensive and multi-faceted. Despite his far-reaching experience, Kraegel knows there’s always more to learn and do, no shortage of ways to advance and succeed. “I’m just somebody who likes to get involved and serve others,” he says. “I’ve been very blessed with the resources in my life that help me do that.” Born in Tokyo, Japan, to the daughter of a Lutheran minister, Kraegel is the oldest of five children born in a seven-year span. He spent his youth in the suburbs of Washington D.C., where his mother imparted a dedication to service in all her children. “My mother was a very active volunteer at church and around the D.C. community,” Kraegel remembers. “From the time my siblings and I were little kids, she was raising us to give back and serve others. She would bring us with her on her volunteer work and have us take part.” While his mother was teaching Kraegel and his siblings to help people, his father was teaching them to always seek ways to expand their knowledge and understanding. “My father was an educator and a member of the National Science Foundation. So we grew up in a house where education was very important.” Those parental lessons were not lost on Kraegel as he moved about his career. As a CPA and a financial adviser to various organizations, and as a member and chairman to several human-service boards for more than 25 years, Kraegel strove to find the best ways to meet the needs of his organizations and the people those organizations serve. “Even if you’ve been on boards before, it’s important to get acquainted with a new organization, have an orientation, an onboarding to their mission.” LFSVA is one organization Kraegel has had time to become familiar with, and the efforts of LFSVA resonate well with what his parents taught him. “With programs like the Minnick Schools, Lutheran Family Services recognizes the importance of education and opportunity, that everybody deserves to have what they need, and that some are not going to get that from a standard classroom. The lack of identification of individual needs is what so often sets kids and people back. LFSVA helps provide opportunities for individuals to achieve their own personal success and development, and not just through the Minnick Schools, but across all its programs,” says Kraegel, whose board chairmanship ended in November. “The goal for me is seeing the positive outcomes of these efforts, the success of the mission. I don’t need personal self-satisfaction, just to see that others have been helped, that they’ve accomplished what they didn’t think they could achieve.” Older Adult Care Share Out Loud Blog Caring for Adults With Disabilities Helping Students With Challenges Born of faith, Client Privacy	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line17115
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__label__wiki	0.582446	0.582446	Ivy, Saviour of the Dinosaur; The Night Sky By Sam Brooks ↳ ARTS, Theatre & Performing Arts Directed by Kerryn Palmer TAPAC, Auckland \| October 3-5 I’ve never reviewed a kid’s show before and I can count the number I’ve been to on one hand. So often they are hastily made shows with expensive costumes and under-rehearsed actors that rip-off some fairy tale and pander to the youngest children in the audience. Despite the cutesy title, Ivy, Saviour of the Dinosaur is something much more. It’s a difficult show to summarise or give a synopsis of: the audience is a tour group who has gotten lost in the basement of a museum, where the janitor, the bizarre Yorkshire-bred Ivy (Brynley Stent), finds them and proceeds to take them on a time-travelling trip to save the dinosaurs. As you do. Characters from history, like Galileo, Richard Pierce, and in one bizarre cameo, Adolf Hitler, show up. It’s a ridiculous premise, but one that is played with both delicacy and fierce commitment by Stent. Her Ivy is a character that we immediately love and feel for, and she copes with the curveballs that the young audience throws her with incredible game. She’s also clearly having a lot of fun with the character, as much as the audience is. Nick Dunbar plays all the other roles, dialling each of his cameos up to eleven, which pays comic dividends. When he and Stent are onstage together, comedic magic brews and again, it is a treat to watch. The performances are what make this show truly special and worth seeing for people of any ages, but the design elements make a good case for themselves. Gareth Farr seems almost ridiculously overqualified to be doing the score, which is appropriately comic and then touching, especially towards the end. He lends the production a gravitas and affecting ending that I truly wasn’t expecting, and it caught me off-guard. Likewise, Alice Hill’s set initially seems to be just a basement, but the apparently haphazardly arranged set of rubbish turns out to be setting up some ace jokes later on, especially some dinosaur-themed shadow puppetry. Ivy’s time machine is a special piece of design: a trash cart turned into a Back to the Future-worthy mode of transportation, complete with haze and flashing lights. Ivy, Saviour of the Dinosaur is what it is. It’s a kid show; one that’s designed to keep kids occupied and make their imagination run wild during the holidays. But that in itself is an artform, and Ivy is that particular artform at its very height, with one performer doing especially grand work. Plain and simple: it’s a delight. Presented by Blackbird Ensemble Directed by Claire Cowan Q Theatre, Auckland \| October 2-4 Blackbird Ensemble are doing brave, vital, exceptionally entertaining work. That’s the most important thing you need to know. Their previous show, The Wilderness, remains one of the most stunning and immediate experiences I’ve had in a theatre this year. This time in the much more imposing Rangatira Space, The Blackbird Ensemble tackle a much larger concept: the night sky. While The Wilderness had a smaller scope in grappling with Max Richter’s interpretation of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons (along with some winning covers of pop songs), The Night Sky has a much wider scope in terms of music. All the song choices have their gaze pointed upwards. Even the songs you might expect—some obvious Bowie tracks and ‘Man on the Moon’, for instance—are splendid, but especially so are the songs they have dug up from artists’ back catalogues. These include Portishead’s ‘Wandering Star’ and Bat for Lashes’ ‘Two Planets’, and even deeper into the darker recesses of pop music, CocoRosie’s ‘The Moon Asked The Crow’. Their selections are as delightful as seeing them played, and it shows the company’s breadth and attention to detail. As with The Wilderness, half the pleasure in coming to the show is actually watching it. The musicians are all decked out in costume and makeup, in this instance with some kitschy wigs and neon lashes and lips. The lead vocalists are the most impressively decked out: Alex Taylor with a Bowie-inspired lighting bolt and Tesla-coiled wig, and Jessie Cassin in a silver jumpsuit covered in spikes. It’s a gentle nod to science fiction, one that is played up throughout the rest of the design. Brad Gledhill and Rachel Marlow’s design is excellent, meeting the needs of a ridiculously wide variety of songs while keeping the show within a solid look. The use of practical lights underneath the musicians leads to some especially lovely images, and the use of reds towards the end of the show is incredibly effective. Throughout the show, there are beautiful projections—of the Milky Way, city lights from space, and in a particularly poignant and moving choice, the New Zealand starscapes. These come courtesy of Joseph Michael, and they only add to the look of the entire show. This Blackbird Ensemble show is in collaboration with Dust Palace, New Zealand’s premiere theatrical circus company, and three performers, Eve Gordon, Edward Clendon, and Rochelle Mangan, lend their incredible skills to the songs. Clendon is especially impressive on the silks, lending beautiful images to the sounds that the Ensemble are creating. With The Wilderness, Blackbird Ensemble turned me into a fan. With The Night Sky, they turned me into a fanboy. The work they are doing is so brave and risk-taking, dragging theatre to music and throwing music right up against the window of the theatrical, while also being utterly delightful and engaging to even the most casual audience member. Don’t just see this show; see any of their shows. You won’t be disappointed. 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__label__cc	0.730246	0.269754	Ranking dos Políticos Cleber de Oliveira Santos José Barboza da Hora Letícia Tomaschitz Luiz Otávio da Rosa Borges Mtnos Calil Sala do Cidadão IMLB - Instituto Mãos Limpas Brasil Missão: Ser a Entidade mais ética da História do Brasil Portal Transparência - Br Transparência GOV - SP Transparência Prefeitura - SP Você está aqui: Início Biblioteca Equipping people to stay ahead of technological change No Brasil, um Assessor de 3º nível de um Deputado, que também tem esse título para justificar seus ganhos, mas que não passa de um "aspone" ou mero estafeta de correspondências, ganha mais que um Cientista-pesquisador da Fundação Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, com muitos anos de formado, que dedica o seu tempo e a sua vida, buscando curas e vacinas para salvar vidas. Equipping people to stay ahead of technological change Publicado: 13 Janeiro 2017 \| Escrito por The Economist \| Imprimir \| Email \| Acessos: 940 It is easy to say that people need to keep learning throughout their careers. The practicalities are daunting WHEN education fails to keep pace with technology, the result is inequality. Without the skills to stay useful as innovations arrive, workers suffer—and if enough of them fall behind, society starts to fall apart. That fundamental insight seized reformers in the Industrial Revolution, heralding state-funded universal schooling. Later, automation in factories and offices called forth a surge in college graduates. The combination of education and innovation, spread over decades, led to a remarkable flowering of prosperity. Today robotics and artificial intelligence call for another education revolution. This time, however, working lives are so lengthy and so fast-changing that simply cramming more schooling in at the start is not enough. People must also be able to acquire new skills throughout their careers. Unfortunately, as our special report in this issue sets out, the lifelong learning that exists today mainly benefits high achievers—and is therefore more likely to exacerbate inequality than diminish it. If 21st-century economies are not to create a massive underclass, policymakers urgently need to work out how to help all their citizens learn while they earn. So far, their ambition has fallen pitifully short. Machines or learning The classic model of education—a burst at the start and top-ups through company training—is breaking down. One reason is the need for new, and constantly updated, skills. Manufacturing increasingly calls for brain work rather than metal-bashing (see Briefing). The share of the American workforce employed in routine office jobs declined from 25.5% to 21% between 1996 and 2015. The single, stable career has gone the way of the Rolodex. Pushing people into ever-higher levels of formal education at the start of their lives is not the way to cope. Just 16% of Americans think that a four-year college degree prepares students very well for a good job. Although a vocational education promises that vital first hire, those with specialised training tend to withdraw from the labour force earlier than those with general education—perhaps because they are less adaptable. At the same time on-the-job training is shrinking. In America and Britain it has fallen by roughly half in the past two decades. Self-employment is spreading, leaving more people to take responsibility for their own skills. Taking time out later in life to pursue a formal qualification is an option, but it costs money and most colleges are geared towards youngsters. The market is innovating to enable workers to learn and earn in new ways. Providers from General Assembly to Pluralsight are building businesses on the promise of boosting and rebooting careers. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have veered away from lectures on Plato or black holes in favour of courses that make their students more employable. At Udacity and Coursera self-improvers pay for cheap, short programmes that bestow “microcredentials” and “nanodegrees” in, say, self-driving cars or the Android operating system. By offering degrees online, universities are making it easier for professionals to burnish their skills. A single master’s programme from Georgia Tech could expand the annual output of computer-science master’s degrees in America by close to 10%. Such efforts demonstrate how to interleave careers and learning. But left to its own devices, this nascent market will mainly serve those who already have advantages. It is easier to learn later in life if you enjoyed the classroom first time around: about 80% of the learners on Coursera already have degrees. Online learning requires some IT literacy, yet one in four adults in the OECD has no or limited experience of computers. Skills atrophy unless they are used, but many low-end jobs give workers little chance to practise them. Shampoo technician wanted If new ways of learning are to help those who need them most, policymakers should be aiming for something far more radical. Because education is a public good whose benefits spill over to all of society, governments have a vital role to play—not just by spending more, but also by spending wisely. Lifelong learning starts at school. As a rule, education should not be narrowly vocational. The curriculum needs to teach children how to study and think. A focus on “metacognition” will make them better at picking up skills later in life. But the biggest change is to make adult learning routinely accessible to all. One way is for citizens to receive vouchers that they can use to pay for training. Singapore has such “individual learning accounts”; it has given money to everyone over 25 to spend on any of 500 approved courses. So far each citizen has only a few hundred dollars, but it is early days. Courses paid for by taxpayers risk being wasteful. But industry can help by steering people towards the skills it wants and by working with MOOCs and colleges to design courses that are relevant. Companies can also encourage their staff to learn. AT&T, a telecoms firm which wants to equip its workforce with digital skills, spends $30m a year on reimbursing employees’ tuition costs. Trade unions can play a useful role as organisers of lifelong learning, particularly for those—workers in small firms or the self-employed—for whom company-provided training is unlikely. A union-run training programme in Britain has support from political parties on the right and left. To make all this training worthwhile, governments need to slash the licensing requirements and other barriers that make it hard for newcomers to enter occupations. Rather than asking for 300 hours’ practice to qualify to wash hair, for instance, the state of Tennessee should let hairdressers decide for themselves who is the best person to hire. Not everyone will successfully navigate the shifting jobs market. Those most at risk of technological disruption are men in blue-collar jobs, many of whom reject taking less “masculine” roles in fast-growing areas such as health care. But to keep the numbers of those left behind to a minimum, all adults must have access to flexible, affordable training. The 19th and 20th centuries saw stunning advances in education. That should be the scale of the ambition today. 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__label__cc	0.677501	0.322499	Amazon chief Jeff Bezos visited Taj Mahal during India trip CC&FC organises Super Car Mania 2020 in Kolkata Sandip Soparrkar appointed as board of director for International Business School, Washington (IBSW) Sat, Jan 11 2020 Goonj and TikTok come together for #SpreadTheWarmth campaign this winter Super 30 wins Best Film award and Yeh Teri Galiyan wins Best Serial award at the latest Kalakar Awards Healing modalities are gaining currency to bring back balance in life, believes life coach Tiesta Duggal OnePlus expands retail presence in Kolkata with launch of experience store Eva Peron: Once again in Buenos Aires Fri, Jan 03 2020 Santoor Ashram-ICCR present Music Festival Bihar's school alumni show the way to India with ‘Healthy Act’, PM lauds action in Mann Ki Baat Mercedes Benz inaugurates 'Safe Roads' in New Delhi India Blooms News Service \| 30 Apr 2015, 12:39 am #Safe Roads Delhi Mercedes Benz, # Mercedes Benz Safe Roads New Delhi, Apr 29 (IBNS) Mercedes-Benz and its group companies Mercedes-Benz India (MBIL), Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV), Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India (MBRDI) and Daimler Financial Services India (DFS) inaugurated their unique Corporate Social Responsibility initiative, 'Safe Roads', in New Delhi on Wednesday. Safety is a core competency and a core value for Mercedes-Benz and its automotive brands. Mercedes-Benz in particular, is renowned worldwide for developing highly sophisticated safety systems. However, implementation of effective safety systems remains a challenge, as the road users often do not comply with traffic rules or do not use the safety systems onboard their vehicles. On Indian roads, approximately 140,000 people die every year of road accidents, largely caused due to ignorance of safety norms and rules. ‘Safe Roads’ was hence conceptualized by Mercedes-Benz, in an effort to reduce this startling fatality rate on Indian roads, by creating more awareness on road safety. Mercedes-Benz is convinced that such initiatives can begin an era of road safety awareness that supports a new culture of road safety for Indians. Over 70 per cent of the fatalities can be reduced in the next ten years through education and enforcement of safety rules and by creating awareness. This unique initiative was flagged off by Jochen Feese, Head of Accident Research, Sensor Functions and Pedestrian Protection, Mercedes-Benz Cars, in the presence of Eberhard Kern, Managing Director & CEO, MBIL, Erich Nesselhauf, MD & CEO, DICV and Manu Saale, MD & CEO, MBRDI. The event took place at Pragati Maidan in the capital here and will continue its tour across the country. ‘Safe Roads’ is a road show that spreads the message of road safety through physical demonstration, visual aids and research reports. Eberhard Kern, Managing Director and CEO, Mercedes-Benz India commented on the initiative: “At Mercedes-Benz, safety is of utmost importance and precedes all our innovations and development. Mercedes-Benz’s contribution to global automotive industry is well recognized and has an enduring influence on safety development. Our numerous innovations, particularly in the field of protection for vehicle occupants and road users, have saved countless human lives over the years. Our latest contribution to customer safety is that, all Mercedes-Benz vehicles in India now comes equipped with new rescue stickers with QR Codes, which assists rescuer to find out where to exactly position the rescue tools on the cars- making occupant rescue harmless and safer, in case of an accident. Mercedes-Benz India is the first luxury car maker to implement this in India. We are confident that initiatives like ‘Safe Roads’ will enhance the understanding of a vehicle safety systems and spread the awareness on creating safer roads for vehicle users in India. Considering the alarming rate of accidents on Indian roads, we strongly need to address not only various behavioral aspects of the vehicle users and the related infrastructure measures, but also consider making our vehicles safer and smarter by introducing advanced safety features and driver assistance systems. We strongly believe ‘Safe Roads’ initiative will be able to underline all these aspects comprehensively and make Indian roads, ‘safer’.” India soaks in Christmas festivities Models walk the ramp on third day of Paris Fashion Week Thu, Sep 26 2019 Models walk for designer Afterhomework in Paris Fashion Week Wed, Sep 25 2019 Trump calls FBI raid on his attorney's home and office disgraceful Tue, Apr 10 2018 "We're shocked, horrified, completely dumfounded.": Las Vegas shooter's bro... Gothic charcoal ice cream takes social media by storm Sun, Jul 09 2017	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line17133
__label__wiki	0.519374	0.519374	Cardassians Revision as of 17:42, March 1, 2018 by LauraCC (Talk \| contribs) Active (2375) Played by: Lori Lively Siana was a female Cardassian who lived on Cardassia Prime in the late-24th century. In early 2375, she met Legate Damar at a dinner held in honor of Legate Hovat. He later took her back to Dominion Headquarters, where they both shared a glass of Kanar while looking at Dominion War fleet movements. Soon after, Weyoun entered, telling Damar that he would have her executed if she remained. Upon leaving, Weyoun told Damar that Siana was "a pleasant woman." (DS9: "Shadows and Symbols") Siana was played by actress Lori Lively in her only Star Trek appearance. The script for "Shadows and Symbols" simply describes Siana as "an attractive CARDASSIAN FEMALE." [1] Siana at StarTrek.com, the official Star Trek website Retrieved from "https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Siana?oldid=2166817"	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line17143
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__label__cc	0.666003	0.333997	RBOC: Emerging from the chaos edition (and obsession update) Finished lecturing for the week today at two (students much more engaged today, thankfully). Three hours of stupor afterwards as I stare dumbly at my desk, the ordering of which has been neglected due to the holidays, the beginning of term, and the premiere of Spooks 9. Slowly getting the urge to put stuff in order and the gradually abating piles of stuff on the desktop calm me, so I will attempt to sort out the Armitage debris accumulating in my mind here and hope it has a similar effect. Kath (Shirley Henderson) and Steven (Richard Armitage) in Frozen, as Kath gets Steven to help her view the pilfered security videotape with her sister’s image on it. Source: Richard Armitage Central Gallery. Look how clean Steven’s desk is in this cap; nothing like mine. This allows Kath to find the evidence of her sister’s relationship with him very easily later. I’m sure there’s more than one piece of incriminating evidence in my office, but good luck ever finding it! Armitage watching since September 6: Saw Malice Aforethought for the first time and just loved it! For pronunciation mavens, the diphthongs in Mr. Armitage’s long “o” vowels are so pronounced that they occasionally sound like long “a”s. He says “gaying” instead of “going.” Fantastic. Will have more to say. Armitage makes Bill Chatford so deliciously evil. Read Dawn French’s autobiography, Dear Fatty. Delightful. She says she developed a real crush on Mr. Armitage. Can’t imagine why. She also includes him in a long list of “liptastic moments” and describes him as “shy, giggling, loving” as a kisser. In fact, the exact opposite of how Bill Chatford would osculate. Aside from that information, though, what I absolutely love about this book is her fearlessness and brutal honesty all the way through the narrative — something I’d like to emulate — which is what saves the rougher moments of her focus on the comedic from being mean, or rather, she puts herself under the same lens that she uses for everyone else. Wonderful summary review here, though keep in mind at the date of that writing Ms. French was still married to her husband (as of this writing they have separated with plans for a divorce). Finally unpacked and watched DVD of Frozen. Intriguing film (as you can guess, I greatly enjoyed the “what is real?” elements of the plot), and very visually appealing, all of those long shots of northern landscapes. Strong performances all round; I only remember having seen Shirley Henderson in Harry Potter (Moaning Myrtle, which is blatant typecasting) and The Way We Live Now (Marie Melmotte, a truly repellent role because of the blatant antisemitism in the original book and the series’ largely unironic stance toward it); I note from her imdb page that she’s been in a lot of other stuff I’ve seen but I don’t remember her at all), and like her better here than in either of those roles; love Roshan Seth in a very troubling role, here, too. Obviously, Steven was not a huge role, but I can see what the attraction would have been here; once again, it’s “who is this person really?” Although I feel that Armitage overplays the shifty eye movements in the scene where Kath asks him whether he knew her sister (at 0:55 here), I can see why — the script doesn’t send us in that direction by any other means, and the discovery of his lie later would thus have been highly implausible for the viewer. I love films that show rather than telling, but this one, which is heavily reliant on pictures and otherwise narratively laconic, needs the tension created by our curiosity about what exactly he is hiding in order to sustain our attention to the end. He makes it up to us in that shattering scene where he tries without success to speak to Kath through the mail slot of her house door. Several more watches of all of Spooks 8. Notified that the DVDs have been sent from Great Britain, so awaiting them although I’ve heard from commentators that the extras are disappointing. Ordered Peter Ackroyd’s Blake biography, which arrived today. Took this step mostly because RAFrenzy did. (In case you haven’t noticed, I’ve kind of imprinted on her. Girl crush!) Hated Blake in college, leafing through the book has me hoping there is a larger purpose here. Is Mr. Armitage rehabilitating my rather philistine attitude toward certain classics in British literature? I’m really rather a curmudgeon in this regard. I like what I like. Stay tuned. Rumors about Mr. Armitage’s potential role in Captain America abound. I find myself basically neutral to slightly skeptical about this as a career step — except maybe as a networking opportunity. However, if Mr. Armitage really wants to play a villain, and speaking of classic works of the English canon that I DO like, I read an intriguing report that Paradise Lost is to be filmed soon. I would LOVE to see Mr. Armitage as Lucifer. I’d definitely cast him. He could also play Mephistopheles in Goethe’s Faust if he wanted to. Could be breathtaking. Quasi-Nazi gangsters with thick fake German accents, eat your hearts out. Nobody’s as evil as the Prince of Darkness. He could also play Faust, that would be fine with me. I’m sure he could learn the German quickly enough. Lots easier than Russian. Somehow I suspect this is going nowhere. But it would be great. So many great titles for blog entires: “Justifying G-d’s Ways To Man: Armitage Theologus” (about the work of dogmatic theology Mr. Armitage will write after taking the role — wouldn’t that be great?) or “Service: Standing, or Waiting?” (about the annoyances of holding still for makeup). Talked the person who infected me with Armitagemania in the first place into sending my spare postcard to the Bring North & South to Masterpiece campaign. This was actually a funny conversation, will probably blog about it separately later. It’s not too late to join your voice to ours; click link above if you’re interested for more details. All postcards now gone from my desk. Spent a lot of time thinking about the implications of the portrait of Armitage in last week’s Sunday Times, but have still read very little of the Spooks 9 series opener publicity because every time I have so far I’ve learned something I wish I didn’t know. Learned how to use Handbrake and iMovie to create and edit cuts from Mr. Armitage’s work. This is fantastic — will be able to create my own illustrations of points in acting posts. This should make writing them a great deal more fun. Also learned how to use iMovie to voice over video — this could also be potentially useful. With help of fellow Armitagemaniac who shall remain nameless, learned what BitTorrent is and DLed Spooks 9.1. Now taking responsibility for my own illegal filesharing. After recording my initial reactions, there are two bits that I just can’t stop watching. Also had what I think is my first explicit sex dream ever involving Lucas North (till now these have been dreams involving cuddling / comfort, except for one where I dreamt I was Lucas North); is this a sign that the character has taken a decisive maturing step in 9.1 from wounded animal to whole personality? Reminder to any commentators not to discuss 9.1 plot elements in the comments — keep your responses vague. Is Lucas grown up enough to participate actively in my sex dreams yet? Having mastered Radio Downloader, again thanks to RAFrenzy, now have own copies of Symphony of a City and interviews on the Greg James Show and Loose Ends. For some reason can’t bring myself to relisten to Symphony again, but will do so soon as I have a related post in mind. Finally uploaded all of Convenient Marriage to my computer and hope to listen to it during upcoming grading / editing marathon. Why does so much of this list read as if I’m in an entry-level course on software for media uses? On one especially bad day, a greedy gulping of The Impressionists, episode 1. Needed the colors, the smiles, the panoply of expressions on Monet’s face. As far as back story goes, I am now up to Spooks 2.8. I have to say that these early scripts are excellent –2.5, the EERIE training exercise, being a case in point– but I find Matthew MacFadyen’s performances alternately tedious and underwhelming. I apologize to any of his fans who are reading here. Please feel free to mobilize the comments to alert me to things I have missed. Seriously. I’d like to know what people see in him. Perhaps it’s that the Tom Quinn character is written poorly. Relieved I only have four more episodes with him to watch. And on early Spooks, and the Sarah Caulfield anti-Americanism issue, and on Malice Aforethought, I finally figured out that Megan Dodds is actually American! I didn’t realize at first that Christine Dale and Madeleine Cranmere were played by the same actress, but I found her English voice in Malice completely convincing (didn’t notice she was American), while I heard Christine saying some stuff that made her sound British. I think I placed Christine as a northern Californian and gave Ms. Dodds as Christine a 95% on the American accent. That’s a disturbing error on my part! Well, Dodds is a Californian, anyway. Does she sound English to actual English people? BTW I think the scripting of Christine Dale is a lot more coherent than that of Sarah Caulfield. Way behind on reading fanfic, and a lot of what I am reading at the moment is behind a password, but wanted to note that khandy updated her John Porter fic, Absolution, this week. Angie has turned a joke Ann Marie and I made about sl–h fic into a new genre: sloth fic. Explanation here. Examples here. I love this stuff. I really giggled hard reading both of these. And I have never even eaten a boiled peanut myself. This is the fanvid I am now watching compulsively. I even bought the music to it today. That I could pay money for a Lady Gg CD frightens me a great deal; I do not subscribe to “baby when it’s love if it’s not rough it isn’t fun” and I do not want to list her among my collateral attractions, though recently she’s attracted the attention of my beloved New Yorker and I know people who think she’s a real artist and not just a master of pastiche. But the video is so great: delicateblossom captures and retimes so many of Mr. Armitage’s best moments in RH so that we can look at them closely, all with that relentlessly simple drum track underneath them and the vaguely melancholic refrain with the tag that drives us back to the verses. Beautiful video to a song that I reluctantly must admit I find addictive. And I should mention, since it’s noteworthy, that I celebrated three religious holidays with little to no interference from Armitagemania. It’s just so hard to imagine him in that setting that even my rather forceful powers of imagination become shaky. It’s good to know that there are places where thoughts of him can’t go with me (the other one being the lecture room of the university I visited this summer to hear a long academic lecture in German. I could imagine him in the room, but figured he’d be restless and thus I liberated him in my mind to go sit in a café. But my imagination couldn’t even get him in the door of a synagogue. Don’t know why, since Harry Kennedy married a vicar, but all in all, I see this incapacity on my part as a good thing). ~ by Servetus on September 24, 2010. Posted in Armitage on Armitage, audiobooks, Bill Chatford, Captain America, career, Claude Monet, collateral attractions, Dawn French, evil, fanfic, fans, fantasy, fanvids, Frozen, gratitude, Guy of Gisborne, Harry Kennedy, heterosexual utopias, John Porter, joy, loss, Lucas North, Malice Aforethought, me, North & South, off topic, reality, redemption, Richard Armitage, Robin Hood, Sarah Caulfield, silliness, Spooks, Steven, Symphony of a City, The Convenient Marriage, The Impressionists, the real Armitage, Vicar of Dibley, voice work 83 Responses to “RBOC: Emerging from the chaos edition (and obsession update)” Why, thank you evah so kindly for showin’ some love to Sloth Fiction grin I really do have fun writing those. And fan fic should be fun and creative and imaginative, n’est-ce pas? I have a confession to make. Watching the wonderful RA vids from delicateblossom, romana55 and principessa in particular using Lady Gaga’s songs are a true guilty pleasure for me. And “Poker Face’ by DB is one that I have downloaded, too and watched repeatedly. grin Her stuff is s-o-o-o addictive. She actually has quite a good voice, unlike, say, Ke$ha, whose songs I also find catchy much to my immense shame. Well, back to packing for the cruise. I can’t board that ship fast enough. angieklong said this on September 24, 2010 at 2:50 am \| Reply Happy packing and bon voyage — I’ll miss you. DON’T read your email from on board. 🙂 Phew! Marathon day at work,it’s lasting longer than I wished, too. Just popped on to say I’ll miss you, too, and I am definitely planning to go OFF the Grid for the next few days . . . that’s why I asked Ali to post my birthday pic at RANet today, so I could ogle Lucas asking if Beth if she is OK, baby, and pretending that blonde head is mine LOL And never fear, ladies, sloth fiction will return . . . giggle angieklong said this on September 24, 2010 at 8:35 pm \| Reply That picture just makes me want to curl up in a little ball and squeal. Happy Birthday ahead of time. 🙂 @angie, I have got to read the sloth fiction! Haven’t had a chance to do that yet. @servetus, I’m glad you’re enjoying yourself. 😀 I’m far from a novice with software (or hardware), but I’ve had to learn a few things myself, and I’m still pretty much a video virgin. I’ve only made one video, and that was for a family thang. It just about did me in, but then, I waited until the last minute to do it. Oh, and I did start another video for something completely unrelated to RA, and it remains unfinished. I should have known I had no real inspiration. LOL! About Lady Gaga, the Little SOs freaked out when they discovered she was on my iPod, and I LOVE that! Keeps ’em on their toes. ROFLOL! She actually has some very interesting songs despite the sometimes crude lyrics. And don’t you love that DelicateBlossom? She’s one of my favorites. Hope she knows that. 😀 RAFrenzy said this on September 24, 2010 at 3:49 am \| Reply It’s not my natural mode of creating thinking / speaking, and that really intrigues me. Doubt I’ll be any good at it, either, but am going to give it a shot. One more thing. When I was in college, I thought Blake was a goofball. I’m reading that book so I can figure out if it applies to Lucas. Unfortunately, I started it a few days ago, and only read about 75 pages. I need to finish it! we’ll see. I am always up for learning something. I haven’t seen “Frozen” yet but I enjoyed Shirley’s performance in “The Taming of the Shrew” on the same Shakespeare Retold DVD that Mr. Armitage plays a role in Macbeth. She was also a friend of Bridget Jones (of the famous Diary). I would love to read Dawn French’s biography! I am not surprised that she liked his kisses swooning! I have become a fan of Lady Gaga through RA fanvids and that Poker Face one is definitely one of my most favourite of all! phylly3 said this on September 24, 2010 at 4:00 am \| Reply Yes I like The Taming of the Shrew too, love Rufus Sewell. kaprekar said this on September 24, 2010 at 4:20 am \| Reply will have to check that out. I looked at her list of roles on imdb and she was also in Trainspotting. I saw that and BJ and have no memory of her at all. The DF biography is quite entertaining and nonetheless brutally honest in points. “The Fame” is on its way here. Thank you for the plug on the fan fic. Spooks 9 episode one was wonderful. I wanted to say The Gruinard Project has become a featured book on Wattpad and I’m sure that is no small part to people who chat on here and have left such lovely comments. Khandy said this on September 24, 2010 at 6:26 am \| Reply I can’t always comment as quickly as I’d like but I look forward to reading anything you write. I would love to read some slothfic! 😀 Those comments made me giggle. “Frozen” – I just found myself tremendously bored watching it! Traxy said this on September 24, 2010 at 9:40 am \| Reply It’s definitely an “arty” film with a very slow pace. I was not a fan of Frozen. I FF to the RA bits, the rest I found to be self indulgent Flim school stuff. Some days, I feel like we are a group of HS girls sitting at the same lunch table gossiping about the “hot” guy in Spanish class. And reading French’s discription of “kissing” said crush made me feel like that even more. She is one lucky girl!!! She got PAID to kiss RA!!! Love the giggling part. These posts always make me laugh, I like how you need to be accountable for your fandom!!! @Rob said this on September 24, 2010 at 12:40 pm \| Reply I loved those long shots of coastlines. The shots from underneath the ice were less compelling for me. But I did like it, even as I acknowledge that it is “film schooly.” Mr. Armitage said of the N&S as well that he and Daniela giggled a lot. It’s a nice picture. I’m trying to be accountable to me, too! I keep a diary like this for my real “work” as well. I miss Guy of G!!! He was so much fun. Me too. Potentially not as much as Natalie and Angie do, though. I really liked Matthew MacFadyen on Spooks and was gutted when he left – it felt like a different show for a while. Now everyone is used to the leads moving on, it’s not such an issue. kaprekar said this on September 24, 2010 at 4:01 pm \| Reply RAFrenzy said this on September 24, 2010 at 4:05 pm \| Reply So tell me, what is it? I don’t know if it was him or the writing. BTW, I was not a fan of his from Pride and Prejudice. I thought he was wooden in that, but I still invested in him in Spooks, which I watched after P&P. Maybe I should go back and rewatch to see what it was I liked so much about Spooks. I suppose, as we learn from the Armitage discourse on this topic, one actor’s woodenness is another’s restraint. I haven’t seen that P&P, as when I want to watch P&P I go for Colin Firth. What strikes me about MM in Spooks up to 2.8 is not so much his extremely limited emotional range (there are other actors with that problem who we see all the time), it’s that it doesn’t really extend effectively to the hardness that the script constantly forces him to display. I.e., his closed off facial expression makes it hard for me to believe that his hardness is more than an act. I found this especially problematic in the episode I just saw (Tom infiltrates the military to stop a strike), in which the contrast between him and Peter Firth couldn’t have been greater. I was truly afraid of Harry’s wrath in that last scene. There was something about Tom that I liked better than Adam Carter when he came in. Adam rubbed me the wrong way, but Tom… I could somehow relate to him? And I have seen Matthew MacFadyen in quite a few other roles and I think he’s brilliant. Death At A Funeral, Criminal Justice, Robin Hood (as the Sheriff of Nottingham), The Pillars of the Earth… kadamanja said this on September 24, 2010 at 7:19 pm \| Reply I’m just getting to the Adam Carter episodes, so I guess I’ll see. And since everyone is talking about Pillars of the Earth right now, I have to put that on the list! I have seen those clips a couple years back but completely forgot about it! I need to watch the whole thing LOL!!! kadamanja said this on September 25, 2010 at 4:42 am \| Reply I’ve seen him in other things as well. Death at a Funeral, Little Dorrit, In My Father’s Den and the one of my all-time favorites Maybe Baby. ROLFLOL!! If you haven’t seen that, RUN out and get it! If you don’t mind spoilers, here’s MM’s parts. I cannot watch this without laughing so hard there are tears in my eyes. The person who infected me with Armitagemania has been pushing Little Dorrit on me for awhile, so I’ll look at that first. I did not like Little Dorrit, and MM was almost non-existent in it — even when he was in it. But don’t listen to me, I’m not a Dickens fan. RAFrenzy said this on September 26, 2010 at 10:58 am \| Reply I watched Little Dorrit on TV and I liked it a lot, re MM in it, I have to confess I was surprised when I saw him because he seemed rather (dare I say it) stout to me and I was slightly disappointed (in as much as I cared at all). Uh Oh, we finally disagree on something. LOL! I’m just not a Dickens fan. I was forced fed Tale of Two Cities and some others when I was very young, and I hated them. I tried to go back and read some of them again, and I still wasn’t a fan, so some of my dislike for Little Dorrit might be that. In my experience, Dickens takes on a role in American education about English literature that is completely disproportionate to his actual historical and literary significance. I think we read more Dickens in high school that we did Shakespeare. It has also left me unenthused about watching Dickens on screen. servetus said this on September 26, 2010 at 4:28 pm And Ewan Proclaimer (Tom Hollander) nearly made me pee my pants from laughing. I saw Spooks before P&P and when I found out he was playing Darcy I was very surprised. I don’t think that Tom in Spooks is a very easy character to like at first, but as time went by I started to really really like him. When Adam came in I was disappointed because he looked like a male model to me, not really my idea of a spy at all. I find RPJ a bit wooden as an actor, but I think he improved though somewhere in series 3-6 the series did hit a low. I’m not a MM fan because I think he is the same in all his roles with one exception. Warriers which was about the un peacekeepers in Bosnia. Harsh brutal but brilliant. Khandy said this on September 24, 2010 at 8:48 pm \| Reply I did like MM in P&P. He did some subtle things that worked for me and as a Collin Firth fan, I was prepared to hate it. But I ddin’t. I did love the British ver of Death At Furneral, the American ver just wasn’t as funny. I actually watch that P&P all the time. The cinametography is amazing. Joe Wright is a brillant director. @Rob said this on September 24, 2010 at 8:56 pm \| Reply I guess I’ll just have to try to open my mind further 🙂 servetus said this on September 24, 2010 at 10:52 pm \| Reply http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqidX_5ZsLg Check this out… OK, I just looked at this. I need to ask a question before I respond: will you be crushed if I say I don’t like it and why? (I ask because MM is way off topic for this blog. And if you’ll be crushed, it’s not worth it to me over MM, about varying interpretations of whom I care very little.) I would not be crushed at all what so ever. I am not attached to MM. I really like the cinametraphy, the way the director sets up shots, each scene is a like a painting come to life. I also like the music. The film is beautiful. I agree that Firtth is the semminal Darcy, I would not argue that. I really liked how he stumbles over “I love you.” It was sweet. But let’s hear why you didn’t like it. OK, here goes. To some extent this is not fair, for the following reasons: I’m looking at one scene out of context; I really like the Firth P&P, not least because of Jennifer Ehle, and this scene suggests that Keira Knightly was miscast — as she doesn’t give MM much to play back against from what I can see here; I am not familiar with MM’s oeuvre beyond Spooks. That said: on the positive side, he’s sexy, and he really looks shaken here. However, I don’t like: his stock lip movement. He moves his mouth back to the same position after every utterance (see this in Spooks, too) and it tends to undercut the emotionality of the scene for me; too much fluttering of eyelids. Mr. Armitage does this too, but one usually has the feeling that Armitage is doing it against his will, whereas here, it seems undertaken intentionally, and indeed, as the emotionality of the scene increases toward the end he stops doing it when one imagines it should be the other way around; I felt like the stumbling around the word “love” that you like was also performed as opposed to natural; and his other major technique for conveying emotionality, rushing the delivery of his lines, was also not appealing to me. fwiw, ymmv, I still like you, @Rob, and I am willing to have been wrong about this. I do agree that this is a visually beautiful scene. The staging is gorgeous. I’m not attracted at all to MM as a man but like him as an actor and he seems to be a lovely person. I think regarding recent developments it is worth asking why RA does not have the career MM has and if he will five years after he has left Spooks. Those two have so much in common and MM is even younger! Jane said this on September 26, 2010 at 8:37 am \| Reply I would love to hear more of what you think about this. I realize Servetus considers this off-topic, and if she would like us to take this somewhere else, I’ll be happy to put up a tangent piece. The parallels between those two are spooky to say so. Both with there roles in Spooks, both with their big period drama role that made them a ladies’ favourite. MM’s recent series The Pillars of the Earth partly filmed on the old RH set in Hungary, only to name a few. Yet MM has managed to make it internationally (without becoming the dreaded “Hollywood star”) whereas RA is just making the very first step with CA. MM has managed to established himself as a character actor who gets the serious parts and is often cast older than he actually is. Even if MM only has a small part you can bet that he (or the production) will get an award. RA still has to achieve this and his current roles don’t really help. I would love to see him where MM is now. Jane said this on September 26, 2010 at 12:15 pm \| Reply Perhaps we’re forgetting that actors can have different agendas. Richard has expressed a specific wish to have many and varied roles, to stretch his acting muscles. He is also keen to stay in work in an industry where many talented actors are on the dole or in other jobs. I don’t know much about MM’s career beyond Spooks, but I recently saw him in the acclaimed Little Dorrit series and stopped watching after a couple of episodes, even though I love Dickens and enjoy period dramas. Chacun á son gout! Success is great, but there’s no single route to the top of the mountain. MillyMe said this on September 26, 2010 at 2:52 pm \| Reply My friend who infected me with Armitagemania just squees about Little Dorrit, but I don’t know if it’s because of MM. I think MillyMe has an interesting point about the question of “being in work” — we don’t know, because we don’t know what Mr. Armitage is being offered by way of roles, but it’s true, if you look at the imdb pages, that MM does not seem to take on work just to be working. A decent chunk of what Mr. Armitage has done recently (narrations of documentaries, e.g.) seems to be mostly about continuing to work. We don’t know / have no way of knowing if this is a financial priority for him, or just that he doesn’t like not working. Particularly in light of things that have happened to me in the last four years, I’d say that knowing what it is you want from your career and continuing to ask yourself about that should be a priority in the life of every professional. Otherwise, given the way work tends to consuming everything else, it’s easy to get off track. I wonder (in line with what MillyMe says below) about how eager he really is about CA. IMO the evidence about this is rather mixed. Some of his interviews (Reader’s Digest) suggest he’s eager to go; some suggest he’s ready because he think it’s time (the one that says he wants to try it now because he’s not tied down); and then the audiotape of that interview with Donald Stephenson in which he seems to be saying that if he can get the kind of roles he wants he’s happy to stay in Britain. Really, how I imagine him, and this is really just my imagination, given his statements about wanting to get back on stage, is as most happy in London, regularly appearing on stage. I think Richard seems keen to get back to stage work in the near future. The lovely thing about British actors is that many of the most talented retain an interest in the stage and will appear in plays from time to time, MM and Ripert Penry-Jones being recent examples. Plays do not appear on actors’ IMDb boards so it might seem that they’re working less than is the case. I really want Richard to do a play, both to be able to see him live and because there is a special magic about the stage for the audience and the actors! And I want him to get what he wants. Including staying on stage even if that effectively precludes me from seeing his work. Which in some ways might make my life easier. Again extrapolating from my own experiences I think there’d be a lot of benefit to a life lived in a setting that one liked with fulfilling work as opposed to having to jet off for three or six months to far off locations which might be interesting but also take one away from one’s “home.” I think apart from anything else, being in CA is huge fun. RA likes his boys and their toys stuff and after having done action on a TV budget to go and see it done properly with money and time not being an issue and even being part of the action must be great. I’m not sure about the stage. I think he really should do it for the sake of his reputation as a serious actor. But he has talked about stage work for ages now and never done it, I suppose because he was offered TV that was better paid. I believe that he loves live acting and would love to return to it but won’t believe that he will really do the Rover until I see an announcement. Jane said this on September 26, 2010 at 5:32 pm \| Reply One of the S9 publicity articles had him saying that he was going to do the Rover next year, but there were other errors in the article and so I also was suspicious of that piece of information — seemed like they just misunderstood him as they are wont to do. This is an interesting question from my perspective and touches directly on Mr. Armitage’s career. (i.e., it’s not just “why I don’t like MM’s acting much”), so I am glad to hear a lot more about this. I was watching RH the movie with russel crowe and MM played the sherif. i had google him bec he looked so diff. i not sure how i took up the MM torch. he’s ok. i just really liked him in P&P. I haven’t seen that yet. French and Saunders were a pivotal part of my comedy arsenal growing up. I’m both terribly fond of, and irritated by, Dawn so it would be interesting to read her take on her life and career. I like her charming description of Richard. Hubby and I are doing a catching up on Spooks. We both realise that we have seen the first series, so perhaps Norwegian tv has shown more of the show I’ve claimed previously. My reaction to Matthew is mixed. I keep comparing him unfavourably to Richard. He had his top off in one episode and he looked fine, but it didn’t generate much excitement for me. I find Tom Quinn sympathetic as a character and really like the Ellie and Maisie storyline which I remember from before. Matthew’s slightly taller than Richard, wears similar clothes as Tom Quinn, however his character doesn’t make an impression on me. I can go away and forget he exists, whereas Lucas haunts me until the next time I see him. When he’s on the screen I’m on red-alert to every gesture, expression or word. It’s the Armitage magic and I’m still at a loss to explain it. I have dreamt of Richard, but never Lucas so you inspire envy with your Lucas dream!. We record our RA-dreams on Skully’s blog and yours seems a particularly luscious one! 🙂 MillyMe said this on September 25, 2010 at 10:38 am \| Reply My dreams of Mr. Armitage continue to be mostly threatening ones (he tells me he wants me to stop blogging), so I am happy not to be dreaming of him. I am starting to think that if I ever did have a dream in which he were nice to me, it would be a signal that this activity needed to stop. I’ll have to get in the habit of contributing to Scully’s dream posts — I’ve been an intermittent reader there but I am trying to do better. I’m trying very hard not to write anything that implies that Mr. Armitage is the only good actor in the world. Though he is the one I spend the most time watching. I also should like MM just because he’s a brunette and looks more guy next doorish — and I do like those things. I think he’s good looking, etc. “doesn’t make an impression on me” is a good description of my reaction, too — except I find myself resenting that I am not moved more by his acting in crunch situations, e.g., in the scene with Harry in 2.8, which I just watched. I have yet to really get into French and Saunders — mostly because I find it irritating. I think this autobio does a lot to explain her — you sort of see how brutal she is about everything. In a way it’s admirable. Can I suggest, however gently, that unless they’re being tested with scantron sheets, students might not be at all pleased if they knew a professor was attempting to read their work while simultaneously listening to an audiobook? It’s probably a lot pleasanter, but I suspect they hope that attention will be fully focused on their work, and that’s probably reasonable on their parts. Another anonymous academic said this on September 25, 2010 at 7:18 pm \| Reply No need to be gentle. I think that’s a fair suggestion, and I absolutely agree that students have the right to have fair attention paid to their work and any evaluation I make of it. On the other hand, I suspect that “she isn’t paying enough attention to my work” is not the reaction most of my students have to my commenting and grading. 🙂 Having something “in the background” while grading slows me down, but it also keeps me from marking every single error of grammar, punctuation and syntax, which is what I do when I don’t have sound in the background, and is something that students apparently resent (according to these classes about teaching writing that we are always being sent to). I can’t agree with this. The test is, I think, whether your students, your department chair, and any parents who are helping to pay for their children’s education would be pleased to learn that a professor graded while listening to an audiobook, or whether they would feel that this isn’t what a professor is paid to do. If it’s irresistible to comment on grammar, spelling, construction, and so on because there are a lot of problems, pick one medium paragraph that has a lot of problems of this kind, point out all of the problems, in detail, and in your closing comment say “I found a lot of writing mistakes really distracting; it was hard to focus on your content because there were so many of them.” (“Your good content,” if that’s accurate.) “I’ve marked all of the errors of this kind on paragraph X of page 2 you will get a sense of just how often these things come up in this paper; there are similar errors straight through, though. In your next paper, I’d suggest factoring in a lot more time for proofreading and polishing your work, because the errors do contribute to your grade. I’m hoping that your next paper will have a lot fewer errors of these kinds; they count more as the semester goes along. Please let me know if you’d like to talk over a draft with me–I’d be happy to help.” Then keep track of who got this comment. In my experience that often shakes them up. They’re not happy about it when they first read the comment, but that paragraph of errors is pretty good proof that they need to do something, and you’re clearly not going to find and fix everything; that’s their job. They usually calm down and improve a good deal on that front in their next paper. Paste that into a final comment whenever it’s relevant and you are free to focus on the content instead of the surface level errors. Sit on your hands if you must, and if you write, write marginal comments and the rest of the final comment; you’ve pointed out to the student that there are a lot of distracting errors and what their nature is, which may be news to them, and you’ve made it clear that fixing them is more their task than yours and that it would be a very good thing to work on improving. Marking papers is the one part of teaching that I mostly hate, and it’s difficult to get the butt in the chair and do it, that’s for sure. But I don’t think the other people in the equation–a boss, students, and people who pay you to teach–would be at ALL pleased if they learned an instructor was grading under those circumstances. Soft music without words, maybe–but not the highly distracting tones of a hunk. Another anonymous academic said this on September 25, 2010 at 10:57 pm \| Reply And please do ignore my errors above; I re-read it and gave up in despair when I hit the second one. There are never any points off or other errors for typos on “me + richard.” 🙂 Because I am not giving grades here. Thank heavens. With respect: While I agree that one should not be distracted while grading, perhaps you would accept that what distracts one too heavily to be an effective grader might not be the same in every case. [Note that the information I offer here suggests that I am real.] I’ve been grading papers since 1994 (and was a peer tutor and writing tutor before that), have been given repeated instruction from professionals on how best to grade, both at this university and others, have taken courses on how to write tests and structure assignments for optimal student success, and in some semesters have graded thousands of papers (in grad school, for instance, where I graded physics classes for humanities majors and had to learn to evaluate by extremely exact standards of comparison). That doesn’t mean I couldn’t do it better; I can think of lots of ways that grading could be made a more useful pedagogical tool if I had time, for instance, to discuss grades with students before giving them. It would also help if I knew ahead of time how a student would react to a particular set of comments and/or grade; as it is I have to guess and thus risk putting my worst foot forward, which is unfortunate and happens occasionally. Though I am not perfect, I think I have worked out how to do it with sufficient concentration for the task involved, and if the grading serves its specified purpose (identifies errors and deficiencies but also correct information and successes, tells students how to improve their work including specific, practical suggestions that they can undertake immediately, serves as a consistent measure of their performance both in terms of comparison to the work of their peers and improvement across the semester, as well as being non-inflationary — and there’s an office at this university that watches that statistic for every instructor) it’s no one’s business what’s playing in the background while I accomplish that. I have practically zero incidence of grade disputes in my classes — and that includes earlier semesters, when I usually listened to the radio dramas and political news on Deutschlandradio, and last semester, when I was experiencing the onset of Armitagemania. I am often wrong. I could be grading badly all the time, or I might start grading badly this semester, and if evidence of that emerges (as it will, because this is a university where students really care a great deal about grades), I’ll think about why that might be the case and work to change it. But I honestly don’t think that parents would have any reason for complaint about what they get from me. Since I mail all papers to students’ permanent addresses at the end of the semester, presumably they have some opportunity to look if they wish to. I won’t repeat the only advice I ever got from this department chair about grading because it would reflect poorly upon him. Suffice it to say that he doesn’t worry about it anywhere near as much as I do. For a post that explains how I experience grading, see here: https://meandrichard.wordpress.com/2010/04/22/ot-at-least-partially-whining/ Alas, we’ll have to differ here, rather than compare how long and how well we’ve been grading, the ways in which we’ve been trained to grade, the re-training we’ve been through, the TAs we’ve supervised, and so on. If an audiobook in the background like muzak–if you’re not really listening and it’s a soft hum–that’s one thing; but cognitive science says that it actually isn’t possible to do two things at once or think about two things at once. So in papers in which students presumably are attempting to build arguments and cumulatively prove their theses, that gradual accumulation of an argument can be broken by distractions. And RA is distracting. Again, I think that if you polled your classes to report anonymously whether or not they think listening to audiobooks is acceptable as you grade their papers, they’d object; and I think their parents would, too. I think they’d be right to object. I don’t think that minimal grade disputes and mailing papers to parents is proof that the practice is acceptable to others. It seems acceptable to you or you wouldn’t do it, but again, that’s not real evidence that you read and comment in the focused, concentrated manner that the students deserve. But I suspect we’ll get nowhere in continuing this. Another anonymous academic said this on September 26, 2010 at 12:04 am \| Reply “But I suspect we’ll get nowhere in continuing this.” With due respect, this is my fondest hope. I just don’t think you can say anything about how I grade unless you’ve seen papers I’ve graded and asked people who’ve been graded by me how they experience my grading and what it enabled them to do. Incidentally, those are now both things this university checks up on, in the course of establishing and improving its standards on how to teach and evaluate writing courses. And every single course I teach is a writing class. I thought about this last night when I was away from the computer. At times you seem to be concerned that I am one of those “bad” academics: spending too much time blogging at the expense of research and writing, not concentrating enough while grading. Again, you have no way to know this, but if I am a bad academic, and I often feel that I am, it’s not for either of those reasons. I don’t neglect work; I am conscientious. To some extent I invited this because I suggested that you consider me for the D reading that you offer Mr. Armitage, but it’s tiring. I am not sure why I feel the need to justify myself, really, so I also consider the conversation over. Honestly, it’s not that I think you are a “bad” academic. I’d have no way to know that, and if I’m looking at you as “B,” I think there are clear indications that you care about your students a great deal and put considerable and conscientious thought into your courses. I truly mean that. I worry, though–but not about whether you are doing your best to educate your students. I have a real fellow feeling there (and have a similar story about learning not to judge a student who falls asleep in class; the last time I got irritated about that, perhaps 25 years ago, I left him sitting there, asleep, on his own, at the end of class and walked out. The next meeting he came in with a clipping and said “I’m sorry I fell asleep last time. My brother burned to death the night before.” And the clipping was about a young man with the same unusual last name who had burned to death three days before. I was horrified by what my student had been through, much less his brother, and I learned a lot from that about suspending judgment and accepting that my students have complicated, sometimes painful and agonizing lives I may have no insight into.) But I’m concerned. It’s none of my business, but if you’re thinking of considering a different academic job, I know how time-consuming that is; my husband didn’t get tenure and had to go through the job search, of course while teaching and trying to prove he could continue to do good research and teach well, and he barely had time to brush his teeth. (He did get another job, at a better institution, weirdly.) Or if your existential crisis is leading you to think of ditching academia–and I think being an academic has real down sides–looking at outplacement counseling might be very helpful and provide support as you explore various possibilities. But the average academic schedule makes it difficult to re-market oneself and keep up with what you are already doing: teaching well and carrying on with your other job responsibilities. Since this is not a conversation that I imagine anyone else is attending to at this point, I’ll take the risky step of saying that I worry that the very real pleasures and gratifications of blogging might tempt you away from taking care of your future. I hope you will believe me when I say that what probably seems critical is, in an odd way, an older academic women voicing some no doubt impertinent worries. I am trying to express a genuine concern for you–one that is not my business to feel, I realize. As I say, I recognize that my concern is most likely to seem impertinent; but I do have a lot of sympathy for someone in your situation, thinking about major life changes. Another anonymous academic said this on September 27, 2010 at 7:29 am \| Reply I’ve replied to this privately. @servetus, I would LOVE to read Mr. Armitage’s character bios of Lucifer and Mephistopheles were he to play them. Wouldn’t you? Lucifer might go something like: Relationship issues with my Father. Dad got mad because I wasn’t happy He gave man free will (I mean really, He wasted that on MAN???), threw me out of Heaven. How to channel this anger against all of mankind……. 🙂 Had fun doing this….thanks- Ann Marie said this on September 25, 2010 at 7:31 pm \| Reply This gave me a belly laugh, many thanks, esp. the point on free will (that’s an issue I’ve spent entire semester of instruction on …) Maybe Lucifer could throw a chair through a window. Mr. Armitage might like this role because he wouldn’t feel under pressure to apologize. [and I in turn apologize for making light of violence — just wanted to play on the Times feature of two weeks ago now] Throwing a chair through a window would be completely in character for the Prince of Darkness, no apologies necessary. Thanks for laughing at this, I gave myself a much needed chuckle… Ann Marie said this on September 26, 2010 at 12:39 am \| Reply The Colin Firth/Jennifer Ehle version of P&P will always be the iconic one for me! Not a Keira Knightly fan so far. Mr. Armitage would work his usual magic with Darcy, but why bother? There are other roles awaiting his imprint. Happy to read commenters’ remarks on Lucifer. I keep seeing Lucas North, with Lucifer/Gisborne at his shoulder, whispering evil doubts of Sir Harry’s goodwill into Lucas’ ear…will we ever escape the pernicious seduction of Gisborne? Loved VoD long before the advent of Mr. A – that was just icing (chocolate, of course, on the cake) It would be lovely to have another speical with RA, happily settled in the vicarage as spouse-of. Source it from Mulubinba’s delightful Harry-Mulubinba e-mail correspondence. (With M’s permission). Think I’ll give Frozen a miss. Six months of the year living with ice and snow is enough. Shirley Henderson has an interesting face. But she seems as much “deer caught in the headlights”, as she did in Hamish MacBeth. Perhaps I’m unfair. fitzg said this on September 27, 2010 at 11:57 am \| Reply We don’t need Armitage as Darcy. I’d rather see some new period dramas, maybe some Trollope, if it has to be, although it’s hard to imagine any character in the Barsetshire series who’s dangerous enough for Mr. Armitage to want to play him. Somehow I don’t read him as a churchman! I don’t understand, frankly, why Shirley Henderson has made it as far as she has — and Frozen is definitely a rarified taste, I think. Still, it won a lot of minor awards. servetus said this on September 29, 2010 at 1:24 am \| Reply Sign in on Twitter and post a line with #Spooks. Soon enough you´ll be followed by Spooks´characters, past and present. You can interact with @Lucas_North, @SirGuyGisborne and @Porter_MI6. Be warned: don´t take posting serious, it´s an utterly rediculous time waster. Would love to read your post about this parallel world created by PR Company X. It´s a nice job if you can get it… Violet said this on September 27, 2010 at 6:39 pm \| Reply Speaking of Lucifer, get thee behind me Satan!!! I have a hard enough time keeping up with fanvids and fanfic. I look forward to YOUR post on this topic, Violet! 🙂 Ok, as in: if you throw the frisbee, you must catch it. #Porterneverrefuses 🙂 I’ll link it when you write it. Is there a privacy issue (about IP adresses etc.)-like undertone in your remark? I know all Tw**** (won´t write it) are stored forever in one central place in your country. If there is anything else I need to know please fill me in. Maybe your post will have that purpose. Looking forward to read what you write around my link. At this point it was more of a feeling of already being overwhelmed with everything I’m trying to process and analyze around Mr. Armitage, and I don’t have a Tw acct, but before I did get one, I would definitely be checking on privacy issues. I got habituated to FB before it started regularly changing its privacy rules, and it’s been annoying. […] no regret about his detachment from the Charlie project, and I’ve said in a few places that I assume that the primary purpose of Captain America is networking as opposed to artistic merit or professional trajectory. 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__label__wiki	0.883424	0.883424	This map shows you which Indigenous lands you're living on Type in your address and see centuries of history Image: screenshot/native lands By Heather Dockray 2018-10-08 19:46:24 UTC This Columbus day, celebrate the person who really discovered America — aka, pretty much everyone except Christopher Columbus. By now, it's well known that Indigenous people populated America well before Columbus arrived, and he wasn't even the first European to land here. So instead of throwing up a dumb Columbus meme on Facebook, use your free time to see what Indigenous groups lived in your area using the Native Land map. SEE ALSO: You should do your holiday shopping now. Yes, now. The map is available online and via the Native Land app (for both iOS and Android). Just type in your address, and you'll be able to see what indigenous group(s) once lived there or nearby. It's even possible members of that community still live in that area, though of course many native people were displaced, thanks to, uh, centuries of shitty federal policy. The Osage and Kaw tribes lived where the Topeka Zoo now stands. Image: Mashable screenshot/native land Times Square, before it was bad, was inhabited by the Lenape. The map was created by Victor G. Temprano, a Canadian who was "born in traditional Katzie territory and raised in the Okanagan" and who began work on the project in 2015. It currently covers the USA, Canada, much of Mexico, Australia, South Africa, and expanding amounts of territory in South America. "I feel that Western maps of Indigenous nations are very often inherently colonial, in that they delegate power according to imposed borders that don’t really exist in many nations throughout history," Temprano explains on the site. "They were rarely created in good faith, and are often used in wrong ways." Temprano told Mashable that the map initially served as a "kind of resource pointed at settlers and non-indigenous people to, in a not-too-confrontational way, start thinking about indigenous history." Since then, Temprano says it's become a broader resource, used by native folks and teachers in the classroom seeking to spark conversations about colonialism. SEE ALSO: 9 books to read if you're mad as hell at the patriarchy Native Land is constantly being updated with user feedback and isn't vetted as an academic resource. The map — which is funded by Temprano's map start-up, Mapster — recently hired a research assistant to help edit currently mapped territories, add new territories and include relevant historical background. They hope to obtain additional funding and are looking for Indigenous folks to serve on a Board of Directors. Still, Temprano cautions that even an expanded team can't do all the Herculean research required to convey the complexity of indigenous history. Borders weren't always neatly drawn. Groups moved into and out of areas. Not all historical data available is accurate data. It's the questions the map raises that matter most. Native Lands is supposed to kick off a conversation about colonialism — past, present, and ongoing. "The purpose of the map isn't supposed to be a historical curiosity," Temprano told Mashable. So type in your address — then search a little more. WATCH: Humans have been tossing junk into space for years. This net could help clean it up. Topics: Culture, identities, indigenous-people, maps, native-americans	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line17161
__label__cc	0.517298	0.482702	Generation of anti-idiotypic antibodies to detect anti-spacer antibody idiotopes in acute thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura patients An Sofie Schelpe, Elien Roose, Bérangère S. Joly, Inge Pareyn, Ilaria Mancini, Marina Biganzoli, Hans Deckmyn, Jan Voorberg, Rob Fijnheer, Flora Peyvandi, Simon F. De Meyer, Paul Coppo, Agnès Veyradier, Karen Vanhoorelbeke In autoantibody-mediated autoimmune diseases, autoantibody profiling allows patients to be stratified and links autoantibodies with disease severity and outcome. However, in immune-mediated thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (iTTP) patients, stratification according to antibody profiles and their clinical relevance has not been fully explored. We aimed to develop a new type of autoantibody profiling assay for iTTP based on the use of anti-idiotypic antibodies. Anti-idiotypic antibodies against 3 anti-spacer autoantibodies were generated in mice and were used to capture the respective anti-spacer idiotopes from 151 acute iTTP plasma samples. We next deciphered these anti-spacer idiotope profiles in iTTP patients and investigated whether these limited idiotope profiles could be linked with disease severity. We developed 3 anti-idiotypic antibodies that recognized particular idiotopes in the anti-spacer autoantibodies II-1, TTP73 or I-9, that are involved in ADAMTS13 binding; 35%, 24% and 42% of patients were positive for antibodies with the II-1, TTP73 and I-9 idiotopes, respectively. Stratifying patients according to the corresponding 8 anti-spacer idiotope profiles provided a new insight into the anti-spacer II-1, TTP73 and I-9 idiotope profiles in these patients. Finally, these limited idiotope profiles showed no association with disease severity. We successfully developed 3 anti-idiotypic antibodies that allowed us to determine the profiles of the anti-spacer II-1, TTP73 and I-9 idiotopes in iTTP patients. Increasing the number of patients and/or future development of additional anti-idiotypic antibodies against other anti-ADAMTS13 autoantibodies might allow idiotope profiles of clinical, prognostic value to be identified. Haematologica https://doi.org/10.3324/haematol.2018.205666 Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Anti-Idiotypic Antibodies Schelpe, A. S., Roose, E., Joly, B. S., Pareyn, I., Mancini, I., Biganzoli, M., ... Vanhoorelbeke, K. (2019). Generation of anti-idiotypic antibodies to detect anti-spacer antibody idiotopes in acute thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura patients. Haematologica, 104(6), 1268-1276. https://doi.org/10.3324/haematol.2018.205666 Generation of anti-idiotypic antibodies to detect anti-spacer antibody idiotopes in acute thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura patients. / Schelpe, An Sofie; Roose, Elien; Joly, Bérangère S.; Pareyn, Inge; Mancini, Ilaria; Biganzoli, Marina; Deckmyn, Hans; Voorberg, Jan; Fijnheer, Rob; Peyvandi, Flora; De Meyer, Simon F.; Coppo, Paul; Veyradier, Agnès; Vanhoorelbeke, Karen. In: Haematologica, Vol. 104, No. 6, 01.01.2019, p. 1268-1276. Schelpe, AS, Roose, E, Joly, BS, Pareyn, I, Mancini, I, Biganzoli, M, Deckmyn, H, Voorberg, J, Fijnheer, R, Peyvandi, F, De Meyer, SF, Coppo, P, Veyradier, A & Vanhoorelbeke, K 2019, 'Generation of anti-idiotypic antibodies to detect anti-spacer antibody idiotopes in acute thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura patients', Haematologica, vol. 104, no. 6, pp. 1268-1276. https://doi.org/10.3324/haematol.2018.205666 Schelpe AS, Roose E, Joly BS, Pareyn I, Mancini I, Biganzoli M et al. Generation of anti-idiotypic antibodies to detect anti-spacer antibody idiotopes in acute thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura patients. Haematologica. 2019 Jan 1;104(6):1268-1276. https://doi.org/10.3324/haematol.2018.205666 Schelpe, An Sofie ; Roose, Elien ; Joly, Bérangère S. ; Pareyn, Inge ; Mancini, Ilaria ; Biganzoli, Marina ; Deckmyn, Hans ; Voorberg, Jan ; Fijnheer, Rob ; Peyvandi, Flora ; De Meyer, Simon F. ; Coppo, Paul ; Veyradier, Agnès ; Vanhoorelbeke, Karen. / Generation of anti-idiotypic antibodies to detect anti-spacer antibody idiotopes in acute thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura patients. 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We developed 3 anti-idiotypic antibodies that recognized particular idiotopes in the anti-spacer autoantibodies II-1, TTP73 or I-9, that are involved in ADAMTS13 binding; 35%, 24% and 42% of patients were positive for antibodies with the II-1, TTP73 and I-9 idiotopes, respectively. Stratifying patients according to the corresponding 8 anti-spacer idiotope profiles provided a new insight into the anti-spacer II-1, TTP73 and I-9 idiotope profiles in these patients. Finally, these limited idiotope profiles showed no association with disease severity. We successfully developed 3 anti-idiotypic antibodies that allowed us to determine the profiles of the anti-spacer II-1, TTP73 and I-9 idiotopes in iTTP patients. Increasing the number of patients and/or future development of additional anti-idiotypic antibodies against other anti-ADAMTS13 autoantibodies might allow idiotope profiles of clinical, prognostic value to be identified. 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We developed 3 anti-idiotypic antibodies that recognized particular idiotopes in the anti-spacer autoantibodies II-1, TTP73 or I-9, that are involved in ADAMTS13 binding; 35%, 24% and 42% of patients were positive for antibodies with the II-1, TTP73 and I-9 idiotopes, respectively. Stratifying patients according to the corresponding 8 anti-spacer idiotope profiles provided a new insight into the anti-spacer II-1, TTP73 and I-9 idiotope profiles in these patients. Finally, these limited idiotope profiles showed no association with disease severity. We successfully developed 3 anti-idiotypic antibodies that allowed us to determine the profiles of the anti-spacer II-1, TTP73 and I-9 idiotopes in iTTP patients. Increasing the number of patients and/or future development of additional anti-idiotypic antibodies against other anti-ADAMTS13 autoantibodies might allow idiotope profiles of clinical, prognostic value to be identified. 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__label__cc	0.546643	0.453357	Sodium oxybate in the treatment of alcohol dependence: From the alcohol withdrawal syndrome to the alcohol relapse prevention Katrin Skala, Fabio Caputo, Antonio Mirijello, Gabriele Vassallo, Mariangela Antonelli, Anna Ferrulli, Henriette Walter, Otto Lesch, Giovanni Addolorato IRCCS Policlinico San Donato Introduction: Sodium oxybate (SMO) has been shown to be safe and effective in the treatment of patients with alcohol use disorders (AUDs); it was approved in Italy and Austria for the treatment of alcohol withdrawal syndrome and for relapse prevention. The focus of this review is to discuss the clinical evidence on the therapeutic potential of SMO for AUDs. Areas covered: This review covers the studies in patients with alcohol withdrawal syndrome who received SMO for the treatment of withdrawal symptoms and the studies in patients with AUDs who received SMO to achieve total alcohol abstinence, reduction of alcohol intake, and relapse prevention. Relevant medical literature on SMO was identified by searching databases including MEDLINE and EMBASE (searches last updated 20 September 2013), bibliographies from published literature, clinical trial registries/databases, and websites. Expert opinion: SMO has proved safe and effective in the treatment of alcohol withdrawal syndrome and in the prevention of relapses. Craving for and abuse of SMO have been reported, in particular in some subtypes of alcoholic patients, e.g., those affected by co-Addiction and/or psychiatric comorbidity. Future multicenter, multinational, randomized clinical trials should be useful to optimize the treatments in relation with patients' characteristics, for example, pharmacogenetic, neurobiological, and psychological. Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy Alcohol Abstinence Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid Skala, K., Caputo, F., Mirijello, A., Vassallo, G., Antonelli, M., Ferrulli, A., ... Addolorato, G. (2014). Sodium oxybate in the treatment of alcohol dependence: From the alcohol withdrawal syndrome to the alcohol relapse prevention. Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy, 15(2), 245-257. https://doi.org/10.1517/14656566.2014.863278 Sodium oxybate in the treatment of alcohol dependence : From the alcohol withdrawal syndrome to the alcohol relapse prevention. / Skala, Katrin; Caputo, Fabio; Mirijello, Antonio; Vassallo, Gabriele; Antonelli, Mariangela; Ferrulli, Anna; Walter, Henriette; Lesch, Otto; Addolorato, Giovanni. In: Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy, Vol. 15, No. 2, 02.2014, p. 245-257. Skala, K, Caputo, F, Mirijello, A, Vassallo, G, Antonelli, M, Ferrulli, A, Walter, H, Lesch, O & Addolorato, G 2014, 'Sodium oxybate in the treatment of alcohol dependence: From the alcohol withdrawal syndrome to the alcohol relapse prevention', Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 245-257. https://doi.org/10.1517/14656566.2014.863278 Skala K, Caputo F, Mirijello A, Vassallo G, Antonelli M, Ferrulli A et al. Sodium oxybate in the treatment of alcohol dependence: From the alcohol withdrawal syndrome to the alcohol relapse prevention. Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy. 2014 Feb;15(2):245-257. https://doi.org/10.1517/14656566.2014.863278 Skala, Katrin ; Caputo, Fabio ; Mirijello, Antonio ; Vassallo, Gabriele ; Antonelli, Mariangela ; Ferrulli, Anna ; Walter, Henriette ; Lesch, Otto ; Addolorato, Giovanni. / Sodium oxybate in the treatment of alcohol dependence : From the alcohol withdrawal syndrome to the alcohol relapse prevention. 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__label__wiki	0.910076	0.910076	Arno Carstens Another Universe Another Universe 2003 Tjoepstil Die Aandblom 13 2016 Ek Weet Nie (feat. Arno Carstens) Francois van Coke 2015 Bottel Sonder Prop Anderkant Ontwaak Die Aand - EP 2016 About Arno Carstens Rock singer Arno Carstens first came to the public's attention as the lead singer of the volatile indie rock outfit the Springbok Nude Girls. Formed in Stellenbosch, South Africa, in the mid-'90s, the Nudies -- as fans affectionately referred to them -- found quick success around South Africa with their often experimental and genre-bending mix of alt-rock, punk, ska, jazz, and metal. After going on an extended break in 2001, Carstens launched a solo career and his debut album, The Hello Goodbye Boys, found him expanding his sonic palette with a bent toward a more melodic, somewhat orchestral adult alternative rock sound. Besides continuing with his solo career, Carstens remains a member of the Springbok Nude Girls, who released the reunion album Peace Breaker in 2007. ~ Matt Collar Where to buy: find a retailer. Terms of Use Legal Site Map	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line17174
__label__wiki	0.748228	0.748228	You are here: Home » Artist » Pistol Annies Preview New Album Pistol Annies Preview New Album Eric T. Parker • April 30, 2013 Miranda Lambert, Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley are giving fans an early listen to their Pistol Annies album with an exclusive stream on Amazon.com starting today (April 30). Fans can listen to each of the 12 songs, which were penned by the band, before Annie Up hits shelves May 7. “We are so ready for this album to be out and hear what y’all think about the music,” said Miranda. “And when it’s in stores, I’ll be in there moving our record to the front of the shelf and puttin’ everyone else’s album behind ours,” laughed Anagaleena. “And she will,” added Ashley. Next Tuesday, Pistol Annies will celebrate the release on the Today Show. That evening, the group will perform their latest single, “Hush, Hush” on the Late Show With David Letterman. On May 8, the trio returns to The View to debut the ballad and album’s closing track “I Hope You’re The End of My Story.” Track Listing for Annie Up: 1. I Feel A Sin Comin’ On (Miranda Lambert/Ashley Monroe/Angaleena Presley) 2. Hush Hush (Lambert/Monroe/Presley) 3. Being Pretty Ain’t Pretty (Lambert/Monroe/Presley) 4. Unhappily Married (Lambert/Monroe/Presley) 5. Loved By A Workin’ Man (Presley) 6. Blues, You’re A Buzz Kill (Lambert/Monroe/Presley) 7. Don’t Talk About Him, Tina (Lambert/Presley) 8. Trading One Heartbreak For Another (Monroe/Presley) 9. Dear Sobriety (Lambert/Monroe) 10. Damn Thing (Lambert/Monroe/Presley) 11. Girls Like Us (Lambert/Monroe/Presley) 12. I Hope You’re The End Of My Story (Lambert/Monroe/Presley) Category: Artist, Featured, Sales/Marketing Lee Brice Partners with Zippo Encore for Summer Tour Dates » « MusicRowPics: Jordan Anderson Artist Visit	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line17175
__label__wiki	0.666928	0.666928	Three Hearts & Nine brains, are Octopus the most intelligent creatures on Earth? by Cloud on Fri Sep 14, 2018 10:56 pm An incredible exploration of one of the ocean's most complex and enigmatic creatures, and a reminder why these beautiful animals should be protected and studied, not served at Sushi restaurants. Better audio and editing: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] Share this video with the world. How has the octopus become so intelligent and capable of thinking in the abstract? Watch fascinating and often hilarious experiments to see just how smart they are. After this video, you'll never think about the octopus the same. In this fascinating documentary we get to see how octopuses behave in the wild too. Off the coast of Vancouver Island, underwater divers are watched by a huge octopus - a ghost like creature that lurks until it feels it's safe to emerge and be seen. It's an eerie encounter. The octopus uses cognitive reasoning to make deductions and understand its environment. It can shape shift, change color and texture on the fly to blend in with its surroundings to become either predator or defend itself from becoming prey. In one experiment we see an octopus wrap its tentacles around a screw-top jar that has a crab inside it. In slow but determined fashion, the octopus successfully opens the jar to get to its prey. The jar is unlike anything it would encounter in the wild - the octopus has used cognitive reasoning, not instinct, to catch its well-deserved lunch. The octopus has lived side-by-side with humankind from our earliest days. But it's only now that we're beginning to unravel the animal's secrets, and the extent of its formidable brain-power. Watch as an octopus slips out of its tank and slithers casually across a concrete floor. Is it making a break for freedom? Not at all. It knows that its prey is just a short distance away in another tank. As we learn, the octopus can move on land as well as underwater and the little round trip it has taken is not just to get from point A to point B. It's also taking this little detour because it's curious about the world it is living in. It's hard to believe that this animal is simply a mollusk. As far as his family tree goes, the octopus is more closely related to an oyster or a snail than to any other species of animal. And yet, as octopuses behave like shape shifters, moving in and out of tiny openings to get their reward, they are working out solutions the way humans do. They are able to think in the abstract. Amazingly, with all its powerful traits, the octopus has never become king of the sea. Researchers think that it's because of the female's short life span. They give up everything, including their life, for their eggs. Just how has an animal that is so different from humans become so intelligent? From Spain to Vancouver Island and finally to Capri, Italy, follow scientists as they try to understand how the octopus has evolved to have such intelligence, even by our standards.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line17191
__label__wiki	0.669032	0.669032	NEII Rebrand CENTREVILLE, VA. (May 1, 2019) NATIONAL ELEVATOR INDUSTRY, INC. MARKS NEW ERA AS INDUSTRY LEADER WITH NEW VISUAL IDENTITY NEII reveals new logo and website, and sets standards in motion with renewed purpose for greater industry impact CENTREVILLE, VA (May 1, 2019) – The National Elevator Industry, Inc. (NEII) unveiled a new visual identity at their annual meeting last week, culminating years of organizational changes. Their new image reflects an expanded role as a leader of the building and vertical transportation industry and as a universally trusted resource for safety, codes and innovation in a fast evolving field. “This rebrand and new website are significant milestones for our association. NEII has been undergoing a transition over the last few years, and the new look is a clear representation of a proactive and forward-thinking voice in the industry,” said NEII Executive Director Karen Penafiel. “In order to be the go-to resource for industry stakeholders, policymakers and others, NEII needed a contemporary platform to be consistent with our members as they innovate and adapt.” NEII’s new logo introduces a modern design with shades of navy, yellow and white, and features two arrows, pointing in opposite directions, to represent elevator call buttons. The new website at neii.org provides easily-accessible information about NEII’s focus areas, including codes and standards, government affairs, safety, innovation and technology, and a variety of robust external resources. “Key stakeholders in the industry turn to NEII for technical information and data regarding safety, codes updates and guidance on new technologies,” said Kevin Brinkman, Vice President of Codes and Safety. “Our new identity and comprehensive website is much easier to navigate and provides a better understanding of the role we play in advancing safe and innovative products and technologies.” This rebrand follows several major events for NEII in recent years, including: The hiring of Penafiel, a veteran of the buildings industry, as Executive Director. Expanding the staff from one full time employee just 2.5 years ago to six full time employees today. Partnering with other stakeholders to update the ASME A17.1/CSA B44 Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators as well as relevant NFPA and ICC building codes every three years. Implementing a comprehensive government affairs program to influence elevator safety legislation and regulations across the country. Launched Elevator and Escalator Industry Cybersecurity Best Practices to provide a guideline to aid elevator and escalator manufacturers in designing systems that protect and manage against network based cyber-attacks. Penafiel added, “This is truly an exciting time for NEII. Our fresh image and vibrant website provide important content to propel the industry in these rapidly changing times.” About NEII NEII is the premier trade association representing the global leaders in the building transportation industry. Its members install, maintain, and/or manufacture elevators, escalators, moving walks, and other building transportation products. NEII‘s membership includes the six major international companies – Fujitec America, Inc., KONE, Inc., Mitsubishi Electric US, Inc., Otis Elevator Company, Schindler Elevator Corporation, Thyssenkrupp Elevator Company and several other companies across the country. Collectively, the NEII members represent approximately eighty percent of the total hours worked within the elevator and escalator industry, employ more than 25,000 people in the U.S. and indirectly support hundreds of thousands of American jobs in affiliate industries. For more information about NEII, please visit www.neii.org. RECEIVE IMPORTANT INDUSTRY UPDATES JOIN THE NEII INSIDER NEWSLETTER Terms of Use NEII and NEII logo - Registered, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office of National Elevator Industry, Inc. - all other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Centreville, VA 20120 info@neii.org	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line17197
__label__cc	0.636313	0.363687	Why Some People Think America's F-16's Fought 'UFOs' over Area 51 in 2018 August 13, 2019 Topic: Security Region: Americas Blog Brand: The Buzz Tags: UFOArea 51F-16Air ForceDogfight by Dario Leone “When we got home and started reviewing the pictures we noticed a third object” in the sky, said Tim. The interesting video in this post was recently uploaded by YouTube Channel thirdphaseofmoon and shows video in which UFO seekers Tim Doyle and Tracey Su capture photos of F-16s dogfighting a triangular aircraft over Area 51. As reported by Mirror the fighter planes are seen zipping through the sky in an apparent routine training mission over the top secret military base Area 51 in a desert area in Lincoln County, Nevada. Doyle and Su camped out some 12 miles away to snap pictures and videos of activity over its skies and didn’t see anything unusual when the military aircraft soared above. But when they later combed through their photos they spotted the third aircraft which they described as a “triangular” object which appeared to be fighting against the F-16s. “What in the world is this? It’s looks like some kind of triangular unmanned drone, because it’s definitely too small to have a person inside of it. “And after looking at the pictures it definitely looks like the crafts are interacting with each other. It’s like a three-plane dogfight.” As we have previously reported, last December the Pentagon has given The New York Times a video which shows an F/A-18F from USS Nimitz aircraft carrier – flown by Cmdr. David Fravor, a former CO of VFA-41 Black Aces, – encountering an unidentified flying object (UFO) in November 2004. This first appeared in Aviation Geek Club here. Image: DVIDS Hub.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0117.json.gz/line17198
__label__wiki	0.674447	0.674447	Irish Terrier People Will Spot This! October 15, 2019 October 15, 2019 National Purebred Dog Day® The plot in shorthand: Dog. Boy. Fire. Need more? Ok, so this TV canine movie star named Rex goes missing, takes shelter in an apartment that catches fire, and jumps into the arms of a fire captain to save his own life, but losing his trademark hairpiece in the process. Original owners then want the dog back. If it sounds familiar, then you’ve likely seen the 2007 20th Century Fox movie, “Firehouse Dog.” With the greatest respect to the actors, none were names that most of us would recognize, but around here, we pay attention to the dog star, anyway, and in this movie, it was played by not one, but by four different Irish Terriers named Arwen, Frodo, Rohan and Stryder (yes, they were named for characters and places in The Lord of the Rings). “We got these dogs specifically for this movie,” said dog trainer Ursula Brauner (Boone’s Animals for Hollywood). “This [was] their first ‘acting experience’ so we had to teach them everything from scratch.” Four trainers were on set to help turn four Irish Terriers into one dog character, “Rex.” The idea for the movie was the brainchild of screenwriter, Claire-Dee Lim who contacted her old UCLA alumni chums. “Having worked with dogs on a previous project, we were struck by the irony of their portrayals in many Hollywood pictures,” said former classmate, Mike Werb. “Dogs that perform in filmed entertainment are nothing like their on-screen characters so beloved by audiences. Another college chum, Michael Colleary, adds: “With so many rules surrounding these actor-dogs, they seemed more like workers than the dogs we grew up with. Actor-dogs can’t be touched or even looked at by anyone other than their trainers.” The trio wrote the role of their title character, Rex, to be as strong a character as any of the human characters, and for Rex, this meant being a horribly pampered superstar with a little diva thrown in. That was the easy part. Finding the right breed to play Rex was tougher. Whatever breed played Rex had to be smart, agile (read: athletic), and small enough to fit inside a drum. The filmmakers consulted dog books to help them know which breeds wouldn’t work, and then narrowed the list down even further. They interviewed dogs and trainers, and ultimately chose four Irish terriers to portray Rex. Another challenge came in finding Irish Terrier puppies for the scenes in which Rex reflects on his life as a puppy. The film crew never could find a litter of Irish Terrier puppies, so they contacted a Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier breeder to ask if they could use their litter of Wheaten puppies. Filming was in one part of Canada, but the breeder refused to travel with the puppies all the way where scenes were being shot, so the crew went to the breeder (yeah, crew!). Ursula went, as well, and brought along a company that monitors room temperature to ensure a comfortable setting (lighting for filming can make things very warm). We can’t help but wonder how many Irish Terrier breeders saw these pups in the flashback scene and thought to themselves, “Ummmmm…” As for the adult Irish Terriers, the stunning red heads won over the entire cast and crew. Many felt that they had bonded with the dogs – not a surprise to the people who love the breed. It’s especially fun to see an uncommon breed cast in a movie. You can watch the entire movie on You Tube for $3.99, or you can get a taste of it from the trailer below: President of the Irish Terrier Club of America at the time, Mike Kowalczuk, said, “It’s not surprising that the Irish Terrier was chosen to play a canine hero in the movie. This breed has long been recognized for its courage and spirit— in World War I, Irish Terriers were dispatched to carry messages back and forth between troops on the front lines. Children who show respect and kindness to their Irish Terrier will never have a better playmate. They will provide years of loyal companionship to people who decide that this is the right breed for them.” When the movie was released, the AKC® along with the Irish Terrier Club of America released a message that potential puppy owners should carefully research a breed when buying a dog, and should buy only from a reputable source. To this end, the AKC worked with 20th Century Fox and the Irish Terrier Club of America to create a public service announcement that reminded people to do their homework when adding a dog to the family. We were never able to learn the name of the breeder who bred these movie dogs, but we can share one last bit of movie trivia: The dogs seen during the ending credits were winners of a photo/essay contest hosted by www.dogster.com. Members had to submit a photo of their dog along with an essay explaining why their dog is a hero. This entry was posted in Irish Terrier, movie and tagged film, irish terrier, movie, Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier. 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