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__label__cc	0.529141	0.470859	Upcoming Comics: January 15, 2020 Joshua McDonald Well, after a rather warm winter, we finally got hit with a cold snap here in Texas, and I’m loving it! Cold, gloomy weather makes me want to do nothing more than curl up in a chair and read some comics! Which, by the way, is exactly what I’ve been doing. Hopefully, this trend will continue for the next two weeks since I only have a 4-day workweek. Fingers crossed. Alright, on to business. This week’s releases are listed according to our anticipation scale, with titles listed in alphabetical order within each sub-header. For each title, I’ll include the official solicitation, the talent credits, a random comment (or rant), and the Batman News team member that will be reviewing each book. Following that, you’ll find notes pertaining to other DC Comics titles, as well as our Graphic Novel Watch. And finally, we want to hear from you! What titles are you picking up? Why are you excited? What do you hope will happen in the book? Etc. So, without further ado, review our Anticipation Scale, and comment away! The Anticipation Scale NO! – A comic I downright dread reading and if I wasn’t a reviewer, I would never buy it. “You Don’t Have to Thank Us” – The idea of reviewing it doesn’t make me ill or angry, but it definitely sounds like it’s going to be a chore. Still, I’m reading it for you. I’m putting it at the bottom of the pile, but I’m reading it for you. Mixed – A middle of the pile comic. It’s probably got the same chance of being dreadful as it does of being stupendous. I’m neither looking forward to it or avoiding it, whatever happens… happens. Intrigued – I think this comic has potential to be a fantastic read. There’s some slight hesitation there, but it’s definitely going to be at the top of the pile. TAKE MY MONEY – Everything about this issue has me excited. If I don’t get to read this book on Wednesday, I will be furious. I would pay extra just to have it in my hands right now! That’s how much I’m looking forward to it! And as a reminder, our review scale is based on a 10-point system. A rating of “5” means the book is mediocre/average, and the more toward “10″ we go, the more awesome/worth buying it is. The more toward “1″ we go the more awful/not worth buying it is. That’s how we rate things. It’s not like most video game review scores where everything under 8 is crap, and it’s not like a school report card where everything under a 7 is failing or close-to-failing. Please keep this in mind when reading our reviews. INTRIGUED The Batman’s Grave #4 Why did a blackmailer become a murderer? How does the Batman survive an opponent who can kill him with his own mind? Find out all this and more in the latest chapter of the 12-issue series from writer Warren Ellis and artist Bryan Hitch! Written by Warren Ellis Pencils and Inks by Bryan Hitch Colored by Alex Sinclair Cover by Bryan Hitch and Alex Sinclair Josh’s Stance: The quality of writing it still solid, but Ellis is going to need to reveal some plot direction if he plans on keeping readers engaged. The book isn’t bad, but the actual narrative hasn’t had anything to actually hook a reader yet, and on a monthly release schedule, it’s easy to move on or forget about it. Batman News Critic: Josh Being a superhero often means layers of identities. For Ric Grayson, he once had a life as a sidekick to Batman, a life he forgot when a terrible gunshot wound erased his memories. When his long lost grand-father, who is also a super-assassin called Talon, returned to his life and implanted false memories into his brain, that added another layer. Now, with Talon vanquished, Ric Grayson has to shake loose the truth. Is he the man he has created for himself, or is there still some of the old Nightwing lurking around inside his head? Even if he wanted to, could Ric be Nightwing again when four other people have put on the mask and picked up where he left off? Whichever it is, Talon made a mess of his current life, and now Ric has to start putting it all back together. Written by Dan Jurgens Pencils and Inks by Ronan Cliquet and Travis Moore Colored by Nick Filardi Cover by Nick Filardi, Travis Moore, and Bruno Redondo Josh’s Stance: So… I’m actually enjoying Nightwing right now. I know, I know! I want Dick Grayson back as well, but I’ve always kind of wanted Dick to become Talon since I first saw that potential future all the way back in the New 52 (pre Grayson days). Let Dick become Talon, Tim can become Nightwing (because this whole Drake thing isn’t working… at all), and let Damian be Robin. There. Settled. Anyway, this book still isn’t great, but it’s WAY better than it was! Batman News Critic: Michael “YOU DON’T HAVE TO THANK US” The Other’s identity has been revealed… and it’s someone very close to Damian! Now that he understands the Other’s mission, will Damian be tempted to join him? How will the rest of the team react to Roundhouse’s rescue attempt after he so cruelly betrayed them? And will Djinn ever escape her ring? Written by Adam Glass Pencils by Bernard Chang Inks by Bernard Chang and Scott Hanna Colored by Hi-Fi and Marcelo Maiolo Cover by Bernard Chang, Marcelo Maiolo, FCO Plascencia, and Wil Quintana Josh’s Stance: Meh… Teen Titans is fine. The reveal of The Other was a bit of a let-down, and that plot had already lost so much momentum due to it being on the back burner for so long, that this book doesn’t really have much intrigue to it. The stories are also becoming quite repetitive. A team member does something bad – the rest of the team fights. It’s quite old at this point. Batman News Critic: Matina Additional releases from DC Comics: Aquaman #56, Detective Comics #359 Facsimile Edition #1, The Flash #86, Flash Forward #5, Freedom Fighters #12, He-Man & the Masters of the Multiverse #3, Justice League Odyssey #17, Legion of Superheroes #3, The Low, Low Woods #2, Lucifer #16, The Question: The Deaths of Vic Sage #2, and Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #7. GRAPHIC NOVEL WATCH: Batman: The Golden Age Vol. 6 – The adventures of Batman and Robin reach the mid-1940s with these fast-paced tales. Gotham’s famed Caped Crusader, Batman, is joined by Robin, the Boy Wonder, in these classic tales from the Golden Age of comics. The Dynamic Duo is aided by Batman’s butler, Alfred Pennyworth, as they fight to keep Gotham City safe. In these iconic stories, Batman and Robin take on familiar foes including the Joker, Catwoman, and the Penguin, as well as recent additions to the rogues gallery, like the Cavalier. This volume also features the first appearance of the most famous lair in comics history–the Batcave! Batman: The Golden Age Volume 6 collects the early adventures of Batman, Robin, and Alfred from Detective Comics #82-92, Batman #21-25, and World’s Finest Comics #12-14. Birds of Prey: Black Canary – Rock star. Public menace. Martial artist. Superhero. Dinah Drake, a.k.a Black Canary, is all these things and more–and she’s got the legions of friends, fans, and foes to prove it. But there’s a part of her life she’s never been able to get a handle on, and a role she’s never been able to play: daughter. Her mother went missing and took the secrets of Dinah’s past with her. Now a mysterious cult–fronted by a ninja who may outmatch even Black Canary–is determined to dig those secrets up. And if that means digging them directly out of Dinah’s soul, so be it. They won’t stop until the Canary Cry is silenced for good… Follow the incredible adventures of Dinah in Birds of Prey: Black Canary! This volume features epic tales by writer Brenden Fletcher (Batgirl) and artists including Annie Wu (Hawkeye), Sandy Jarrell (DC Comics: Bombshells), and Pia Guerra (Y: The Last Man). Collects Black Canary #1-12 and DC Sneak Peek: Black Canary #1. Nightwing by Peter J Tomasi – When the bodies of nefarious villains and fallen heroes begin to disappear from their final resting places, Dick Grayson is drawn into a mysterious, life-altering adventure! Nightwing falls binto a web of intrigue involving Talia al Ghul and the diabolical Dr. Creighton Kendall. As the stakes get higher, Nightwing finds not only his own life in danger, but quite possibly the future of the entire country. New York Times bestselling author Peter J. Tomasi pens a tale of classic mystery and epic adventure in line with some of his other great works like Green Lantern Corps, Brightest Day and Emerald Warriors. Collects Nightwing issues #140-#153 Additional releases from DC Comics: John Constantine, Hellblazer Vol. 22: Regeneration, and Scooby Apocalypse Vol. 6	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line822
__label__wiki	0.756297	0.756297	← Who has the ear of ‘senior BBC executives’? BBC Middle East reporting – in 1947 → BBC’s Connolly misleads on Lebanese boycott law Four days after the BBC News website featured a filmed report by Tom Brook on the subject of Ziad Doueiri’s film ‘The Attack’ on its ‘Entertainment & Arts’ page, the same website now has two additional items on the same subject by Kevin Connolly of the BBC Jerusalem Bureau. Another filmed report (with a link to the second – written – one) appears on the ‘Entertainment & Arts’ page: A written report appears in the ‘Features & Analysis’ section of the ‘Middle East’ page: In his rather confusingly titled written article Connolly states: “The 1955 boycott law has its roots in the Middle Eastern conflict around the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 – a way of carrying on a kind of economic war.” In fact, the Arab League boycott, from which the said Lebanese law originates, was formally declared in 1945 – two and a half years before the termination of the British Mandate, the establishment of the State of Israel and the war initiated by Arab states. “The Arab boycott was formally declared by the newly formed Arab League Council on December 2, 1945: “Jewish products and manufactured goods shall be considered undesirable to the Arab countries.” All Arab “institutions, organizations, merchants, commission agents and individuals” were called upon “to refuse to deal in, distribute, or consume Zionist products or manufactured goods.” As is evident in this declaration, the terms “Jewish” and “Zionist” were used synonymously by the Arabs. Thus, even before the establishment of Israel, the Arab states had declared an economic boycott against the Jews of Palestine.” Connolly makes the 1955 Lebanese Anti-Israeli Boycott Law sound like something of a formality: “The effect is that at an official level, Lebanese institutions act as though Israel does not exist.” As we saw back in January, the law is enforced and the Lebanese website ‘Now Lebanon’ even has a handy guide to some of its practicalities. Connolly’s downplaying of the Lebanese boycott law and its historical beginnings means that he passes up the opportunity to properly inform BBC audiences of its bigoted roots (the BBC itself admits that the British-conceived Arab League’s primary raison d’etre was “preventing the Jewish community in Palestine from creating a Jewish state”) and the contemporary use made of that law by modern-day non-governmental boycotters in Lebanon who make up part of the same BDS campaign to which his colleague Tom Brook gave a platform in the BBC’s previous report on the subject. By Hadar Sela • Posted in Accuracy, BBC, BBC Jerusalem Bureau • Tagged BBC, BBC Jerusalem Bureau, BBC News, BBC Online, Israel, Kevin Connolly, Lebanon 3 comments on “BBC’s Connolly misleads on Lebanese boycott law” Rosco Burns July 9, 2013 @ 2:14 am bigoted roots (the BBC itself admits that the British-conceived Arab League’s primary raison d’etre was “preventing the Jewish community in Palestine from creating a Jewish state”) Why is it bigoted to say this? What nonsense, this is a political stance . You are saying that arguing anything apart from the necessity of a Jewish state is bigoted? And for the record I support a Jewish state . No marks out of ten. FiveMinutesForIsrael (@5MFI) Some Lebanese admit the boycott is ridiculous. Not only does Israel have treaties with Jordan and Egypt but also with the PLO and Palestinian Authority. It even negotiates with Hamas.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line823
__label__wiki	0.967279	0.967279	China, Sri Lanka vow to further promote cooperation, ties COLOMBO, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa met separately with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi here on Tuesday, with both sides pledging to further promote relations between the two countries. Sri Lanka has attached utmost importance to Won’t Allow Outside Influences To Interfere In Sri Lanka’s Internal Concerns, Says China Wang Yi stated China could be Sri Lanka’s longtime partner in success and development (File Photo) Colombo: China would constantly respect Sri Lanka’s sovereignty rather... OBN 2020-01-15 China, Sri Lanka agree to boost communication, coordination in regional, international affairs COLOMBO, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- China and Sri Lanka agreed here Tuesday to boost communication and coordination in regional and international affairs. While meeting with Sri... 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OMS vrea să declare „urgență internațională” Fears over Chinese New Year as deadly virus spreads Sri Lanka diplomatic pendulum swinging back? Sri Lanka and India vowed to strengthen military ties and widen maritime links with neighbors after security talks, the president’s office said Sunday, as China’s economic clout increases in the region. China, a long-time regional rival of India, has been widening its footprint in the region, including building ports and expressways and upgrading airports in Sri Lanka and the... Asiatimes Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi to visit Sri Lanka next week COLOMBO: China's foreign minister Wang Yi will visit Sri Lanka next week during which the two countries will discuss matters related to bilateral ties, according to an official statement. Wang will arrive in Colombo on Tuesday and meet President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his counterpart Dinesh Gunawardena during his visit to the island nation, the... China and Sri Lanka vow to strengthen ties COLOMBO (Xinhua): Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa... SL Prez, PM to visit China, India in Feb Colombo: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa are scheduled to visit China and India with the aim of further strengthening regional cooperation and enhancing relations with the two Asian powers, it was reported on Friday. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will visit Chinaon an invitation extended by the Chinese government, reports the Colombo... The Siasat Daily Chinese, Russian FMs arrive tonight China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov and the US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells will arrive in Colombo today on official visits.Chinese Foreign Minister and State Councilor Wang Yi is scheduled to meet a number of senior leaders of the government... 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__label__wiki	0.774009	0.774009	Art in the Catskills by Simona David Tag: carrie bradley neves books, festivals, illustration, literary events, News, poetry, storytelling, writing April 21, 2017 Writers Unbound – Writers in the Mountains’ Annual Literary Festival Writers in the Mountains (WIM) invites you to its annual literary arts and community event and celebration Writers Unbound (formerly known as Meet the Authors), the fourth in our series of annual literary festivals. This year the event takes place on Sunday, April 30, from 12 noon to 4 p.m. at the Union Grove Distillery in Arkville, NY. Union Grove is housed in a big old barnlike building featuring comfortable spaces fitted with stainless steel and copper and wood, a roaring fireplace, and the percolation of fine spirits—all making for a perfect environment in which to listen to, talk about, and think about books and writing. The daylong event welcomes all writers and readers, artists and audience, and community members from every walk to enjoy a warm gathering of successful and fascinating writers, illustrators, editors, educators, booksellers, and publishers from Syracuse to New York City and points between and beyond. This year’s keynote speaker is Holly George-Warren. As a writer specializing in music history and biography, she has written many journal articles and liner notes, edited compilations and collections, and is author or co-author of more than fifteen books, including her forthcoming biography of Janis Joplin, which will be published by Simon & Schuster in 2018. She also teaches, lectures, and is a consultant, curator, and archivist in the museum arena; she serves as the director of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Oral History Program. Holly George-Warren Come by to shop for books directly from their authors, hear readings and peer-to-peer discussions, join in an enticing raffle (books are the prize, of course), and vote in the Best Book Cover contest. Participants include poets Sharon Israel, Anique Taylor, Sharon Ruetenik, Lissa Kiernan, and Clark Strand; authors Leslie T. Sharpe, Nina Shengold, Sari Botton, Dara Lurie, Carrie Bradley Neves, and Simona David; playwright Amie Brockway; illustrators Durga Yael Bernhard and Will Lytle; and publisher Dayl Wise from Post Traumatic Press. The program is as follows: 12:30 p.m.—Poetry Reading / Featured Poet Sharon Israel Sharon Israel is the host of Planet Poet-Words in Space, an edition of The Writer’s Voice program on WIOX 91.3 FM in Roxbury, New York. She has just released her first chapbook Voice Lesson, published by Post Traumatic Press. Her work most recently appeared in Per Contra, SPANK the CARP, 5:2 Crime Poetry Weekly, Medical Literary Messenger, and Spry Literary Journal. In 2016 Ms. Israel appeared as a panelist at the Massachusetts Poetry Festival in Salem, Mass. As a poet and soprano, she collaborates with composer Robert Cucinotta on works for voice, live instruments, and electronics. She will be reading selected poems from Voice Lesson. 1:00 p.m.—Publishing Panel / Group Discussion Addressing the Latest News and Trends in Publishing Panelists include authors Leslie T. Sharpe and Anique Taylor, and publisher Dayl Wise from Post Traumatic Press. Moderated by Simona David. 1:30 p.m.—Keynote Address “The Art and Craft of the Biography” with Holly George-Warren Holly George-Warren is a two-time Grammy nominee and an award-winning writer named one of the top women music critics “you need to read” by Flavorwire.com. She is the author or co-author of fifteen books, including A Man Called Destruction: The Life and Music of Alex Chilton, from the Box Tops to Big Star to Backdoor Man; Public Cowboy No. 1: The Life and Times of Gene Autry; and the forthcoming biography of Janis Joplin, which will be published by Simon & Schuster in 2018. She co-wrote the New York Times bestseller The Road to Woodstock (with Michael Lang), as well as John Varvatos: Rock in Fashion (with Varvatos) and It’s Not Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (with Jenny Boyd). Among her other works are The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: The First 25 Years; Punk 365; Grateful Dead 365; Bonnaroo: What, Which, This, That, the Other; How the West Was Worn (with Michelle Freedman); Cowboy! How Hollywood Invented the Wild West; and the nonfiction children’s books Honky-Tonk Heroes and Hillbilly Angels: The Pioneers of Country & Western Music; Shake, Rattle & Roll: The Founders of Rock & Roll; and The Cowgirl Way. 2:30 p.m.—New Release with Leslie T. Sharpe, author of The Quarry Fox and Other Critters of the Wild Catskills Leslie T. Sharpe is a writer, editor, and educator. A member of PEN American Center, she is the author of Editing Fact and Fiction: A Concise Guide to Book Editing (Cambridge University Press, 1994), which is regarded as a “modern editing classic” and “On Writing Smart: Tips and Tidbits,” featured in The Business of Writing (Allworth, 2012). Her new book, The Quarry Fox and Other Critters of the Wild Catskills, published by The Overlook Press in March 2017, is a lyric narrative look at the wild animals of the Catskill Mountains. Ms. Sharpe will be reading excerpts from her new book, and will discuss the genre of nature writing, as it relates to the Catskill Mountains. 3:00 p.m.—Fiction: Roots and Branches with Nina Shengold Nina Shengold writes in many genres. Her books include the novel Clearcut (Anchor Books), a Book Sense Notable Selection; River of Words: Portraits of Hudson Valley Writers, with photographer Jennifer May (SUNY Press); and 13 theatre anthologies for Vintage Books and Viking Penguin. She won the Writers Guild Award for her teleplay Labor of Love, starring Marcia Gay Harden, and the ABC Playwright Award for Homesteaders. Ms. Shengold has taught creative writing at the University of Maine, Manhattanville College, Vermont College of Fine Arts, and locally at Word Cafe, the Omega Institute, and as a visiting guest artist at SUNY Ulster. 3:30 p.m.—Illustrators’ Moment Illustrators Durga Yael Bernhard and Will Lytle, cookbook editor Carrie Bradley Neves, and art writer Simona David will talk about the ins and outs of illustrated books. 4:00 p.m. —The Bounty of Books Raffle, with a prize of ten selected book titles, will be awarded (come early, tickets are limited!), and the winner of the Best Cover Contest will be announced. Throughout the day, participating authors will read from their works and share their stories with the audience. Admission is free. For more information, visit writersinthemountains.org, or e-mail writersinthemountains@gmail.com. Writers in the Mountains is a 501 (c) (3) not-for–profit organization with a mission to provide a nurturing environment for the practice, appreciation, and sharing of creative writing. Learn more at writersinthemountains.org. Filed under: anique taylor, art in the catskills, books, carrie bradley neves, Creative Nonfiction, creative writing, fiction, Holly George-Warren, hudson valley, illustrated books, illustration, Janis Joplin, leslie t. sharpe, literary arts, literary festivals, nina shengold, Overlook Press, poetry, publishing, sharon israel, Simon & Schuster, the catskills, The Quarry Fox And Other Critters of the Wild Catskills, writers in the mountains literary events, News, writing November 20, 2016 January 9, 2017 Thanksgiving Literature with Writers in the Mountains at the Woodstock Library Writers in the Mountains presented at the Woodstock Public Library, as guest of the Poetry Barn, Thanksgiving Literature, Friday, November 18, 2016. Readers included Lillian Browne, Geoff Rogers, Sharon Israel, Lissa Kiernan, Bonnie Lykes, Carrie Bradley Neves, Nina Shengold, and Anique Taylor. A feast for the soul! In 2017 Writers in the Mountains will celebrate a quarter century of creative writing and community in the Catskills. © Simona David Filed under: anique taylor, art in the catskills, carrie bradley neves, creative writing, literature, nina shengold, Poetry Barn, sharon israel, thanksgiving in the catskills, the catskills, Woodstock, Woodstock Library, writers in the mountains books, literary events, music, News, writing August 19, 2016 January 7, 2017 Writers Exposed at The Erpf Center Writers in the Mountains (WIM) is hosting its annual summer reading event called “Writers Exposed!” Sunday, August 21 at 4 pm at The Catskill Center for Conservation and Development (The Erpf Center), located at 43355 State Route 28, Arkville, New York, 12406. This casual but convivial gathering creates a forum and sets a stage for WIM students and instructors to share with each other, other members of the WIM community, and any and all interested writers, readers, listeners, and literary enthusiasts in the neighborhood what they have written, are writing, and have been thinking about in the past year. Be prepared to experience stories and poems about things like the exhilaration of returned affection; the heart-wrenching pathos of ordinary life; and triumph over emotional fears. See and hear writers lay bare their innermost thoughts, indulge fantasies, and lash out at a world gone haywire. Scheduled readers include poets Anique Taylor, Sharon Israel and Sharon Ruetenik, writers Geoff Rogers, Ev Ellsworth and Bonnie Lykes, and journalist Lillian Browne. An open mic for the fearless and/or the fun-loving will follow the scheduled readings. The day will include drinks, light refreshments, and live music. WIM board member Carrie Bradley Neves, writer, editor, and songwriter, will perform some of her original songs. Donations are welcome and appreciated. The Catskill Center has been promoting the Catskill Mountain Region through regional advocacy, environmental education, arts and culture programming, invasive species management, and land protection for over 45 years. The Center stimulates, conducts, and supports integrated actions to protect vital ecosystems and unique landscapes, to enhance economic opportunities for all the region’s residents, to preserve cultural and historic assets and to further a regional vision and spirit. For more information about the Catskill Center visit www.catskillcenter.org. Writers in the Mountains is a 501 ( c ) (3) not-for-profit organization with a mission to provide to the general public a nurturing environment for the practice, appreciation and sharing of creative writing. For more information, visit writersinthemountains.org. 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__label__cc	0.711061	0.288939	Archive for the ‘IRS’ Category A Democrat Did Something Good Today: John Lewis Says 13 Companies Took Bailout Money, Owe Taxes Another nail in Geithner’s coffin. Good going John Lewis! By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press At least 13 firms receiving billions of dollars in bailout money owe a total of more than $220 million in unpaid federal taxes, a key lawmaker said Thursday. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., chairman of a House subcommittee overseeing the federal bailout, said two firms owe more than $100 million apiece. “This is shameful. It is a disgrace,” said Lewis. “We are going to get to the bottom of what is going on here.” The House Ways and Means subcommittee on oversight discovered the unpaid taxes in a review of tax records from 23 of the firms receiving the most money, Lewis said as he opened a hearing on the issue. The committee said it could not legally release the names of the companies owing taxes. It said one recipient had almost $113 million in unpaid federal income taxes from 2005 and 2006. A second recipient owed almost $102 million dating to before 2004. Another was behind $1.1 million in federal income taxes and $223,000 in federal employment taxes. “If we looked at all 470 recipients, how much would they owe?” Lewis asked. Lewis said the panel plans to review tax records from other firms receiving federal money, but he was unsure if it would look at every firm. “We’re not done,” he said. Banks and other firms receiving federal money were required to sign contracts stating they had no unpaid taxes, Lewis said. But he said the Treasury Department did not ask them to turn over their tax records. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20 090319/ap_on_go_co/bailou t_delinquent_taxes 3/19/ugh-gop-minn-gov-pawlenty -studying-mileage-tax-satellite-b ased-tracking/ Pelosi, Rangel rushing to tax AIG and other bonuses 90%; This caused a revolution once… Posted in accountability, bailout, Geithner, IRS, John Lewis, Lewis, news, Obama, politics, TARP, tax, taxes \| Leave a Comment » Tax Cheat Geithner Makes First Change At IRS: Fires Debt Collection Agents So much for privatizing the federal government. The Internal Revenue Service’s decision this week to quit using debt collectors to dun delinquent taxpayers was celebrated by public employee unions as a pendulum shift after watching the Bush administration often opt for private contractors over federal workers to deliver government services. The IRS program was a small one, bringing in a little more than $80 million since its inception in 2006. But it represented an ideological toehold for conservatives who believe that private companies are more efficient than government agencies. It was an ideology embraced by former President George W. Bush, who famously — and unsuccessfully — toyed with the idea of partially privatizing Social Security. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/2009030 7/ap_on_go_ot/irs_debt_collectors Of course we won’t have bigger government…..At the IRS, Schulman said he expects to hire more than 1,000 workers this year to increase collections. Posted in collect, debt, Geithner, IRS, news, Obama, politics, tax, taxes, treasury \| Leave a Comment » Geithner, Daschle Remind Us, Taxes Too Hard for Democrats; How Can They Create a Workable Stimulus? Democrats not paying their own taxes makes me question the biggest government give away ever: the stimulus. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner wasn’t sharp enough to use Turbotax and to ethically pay his own taxes; until that is he was nominated for the top financial job in the nation. Daschle Knew of Tax Issues Last June, Raising Questions on Obama Vetting Process, Ethics Now former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, it turn out, accepted hundreds of thousands in gifts and compensation without ever noticing or considering these goodies income. he didn’t confes until after he was vetted by team Obama for the HHS job. Psst: you guys like me with little money searching for dimes in your pocket at the 7-11, if a company gave you a Cadillac and a chauffeur, it would never occur to you that was a valueable asset? Geithner and Daschle raise serious concerns about mental ability or ethics or both. And they add nothing to America’s trust of the government and should be expelled from further government service. Related from Michelle Malkin: http://michellemalkin.com/2009/01/31/what-w ill-the-bend-over-republicans-do-with-tax-chea t-tom-daschle/ Posted in Daschle, Democratic, democrats, economics, economy, ethics, Geithner, HHS, IRS, news, Obama, politics, stimulus, taxes, treasury, trust \| 1 Comment » Obama Tending Toward Swampland Salesman on Bipartisanship, Transparency, Ethical Government President Obama is quickly becoming a swamp land salesman. We’d liken him to a used car salesman but everyone in The Motor City is already unhappy with him. On bipartisanship, the president is clear. He wants it. So he allowed the House of Representatives, including Speaker Nancy Pelosi, to write a stimulus bill. Then the president went to Capitol Hill to make the pitch for bipartisanship. The president even apparently said to reluctant Republicans, “I won.” Nancy Pelosi apparently claimed the higher ground, saying, “We won.” Republicans actually thought they’d be part of the legislative process. Not one Republican voted for the Obama stimulus. “That’s just not the way it works,” one Republican told us. Then there is the oath on transparency. Followed by an oath in the White House without any news media writers or reporters. “We would have needed a bigger room, ” one White House aide said. Call me: I can point out the bigger rooms. And on lobbyists and ethics in government the president has already asked for several exemptions, including for his Treasury Secretary that forgot to pay his taxes and now supervises the IRS and for his nominee as Deputy Secretary of Defense, William Lynn, a lobbyist. But we are early in this presidency and there is plenty of time left to learn…. Obama’s Bipartisanship Lost In Nancy Pelosi’s Office; Now President Tries Senate GOP For Help with Recovery Bill Obama finds room for lobbyists with “exceptions” to his own ethics rules Obama’s Open Records Pledge Tested Obama Offered Republicans ‘Input’ On Stimulus: But “Oh My God” Is Response To Pelosi Bill Posted in Barack Obama, bipartisanship, ethics, IRS, lobbyists, news, Obama, Pelosi, politics, swampland, taxes, treasury, used car salesman, William Lynn \| Leave a Comment » Obama’s Ethical Government: It’s Your Call The Obama Administration has sworn to uphold the highest ethical standards ever. Have we heard this before? And haven’t we already seen ethical callenges for the new administration? New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson removed himself from consideration after the then President-elect nominated him as Commerce Secretary. Richardson said he had done no wrong. Treasury Secretary nominee Timothy F. Geithner told the Senate Committee considering his nomination that the nonpayment of payroll taxes in the three years he was at the International Monetary Fund from 2001 to 2004 “were careless mistakes. They were avoidable mistakes. But they were unintentional. I should have been more careful.” Fool Timothy Geithner testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on his nomination to be US Treasury Secretary at the Dirksen Senate office Building in Washington, DC. Geithner apologized Wednesday over past tax transgressions…. He wants to run the IRS so he can make sure you pay your taxes….”I was careless”…. (AFP/Mandel Ngan) He remains the nominee for Secretary of the Treasury. The “G Man” did do wrong, got caught making money instead of paying taxes, and paid up and got away with it. Apparently, if you are in any questionable ethical jam in the Obama Administration: it’s your call. Since we are in an economic mess and Timothy Geithner is apparently a well qualified nominee for Treasury, even though his recent service dolling out the people’s money might be questionable, his ego allows him to stay in contention. His President and the Senate will probably support him. Ethics sometimes looks “situational.” No wrongdoing has been proven in the case of Illinois Governor Blagojevich, yet he stands impeached. Nobody liked him anyway. Blago: call G-Man. He made some money and got away with it, for a while. You didn’t make a dime and got impeached. Go figure. Not guilty of anything…In this Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008 file photo, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has some final words for the media after he announces his choice of former Ill. Attorney General Roland Burris to fill President-elect Barack Obama’s U.S. Senate seat in Chicago. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has revoked embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s access to classified federal security information. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty, file) “We need Geithner in this economic crisis,” Democrats are saying all over news TV shows. So Richardson apparently said to Barack Obama, “Please do not consider me for Commerce any more, as I have this little grand jury problem to deal with.” This is really too bad, because Bill Richardson speaks Spanish, represents well some in the minority community, and is extremely well qualified at just about anything he tries to do. He also proved his skill and experienced in talking with nasty dictators. Mr. Richardson has my respect and admiration for pulling his name at the slightest hint of trouble… Geithner? I can’t give him the same kudo… Bill Richardson Exits Obama Cabinet Under The Cloud of Possible Corruption Obama Stresses Transparency, Ethical Conduct to New Administration Obama, Biden: Fight Scandal, Corruption, Bad Government Please…. Democratic Scandals Boring, Less Sexual, But Genuine Carville’s 2009 Predictions: Stand By For More Democrat Scandals Obama Gets an “F” on Transition Openness, Transparency In this Aug. 17, 2005, file photo Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, left, laughs with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich during Governor’s Day at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield, Ill. Blago’s real crime: nobody really likes him…. http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/21/ campbell.brown.obama/index.html Posted in Blagojevich, Commerce, ethics, IRS, news, Obama, politics, President Obama, Richardson, Senate, tax, taxes, Timothy F. Geithner, treasury \| 1 Comment » Obama’s Treasury Nominee: Rewarded For Not Paying Taxes, Will Oversee Your Taxes If you had a recent DUI, could you run the state police? Even if you were the top state police officer? If you failed to pay taxes, but got the money you would have paid the IRS and invested it, could you be Treasury Secretary and oversee the IRS? Those are the questions in my mind. Where is the accountability and why has the “Swallow Obama” Media largely ignored this caper? Or, the other way to look at this is: The Treasury Secretary did it and was forgiven so how about me? Amnesty for those that don’t pay taxes! Timothy Geithner, whose nomination as Treasury secretary has been delayed by his past failure to pay taxes, was repeatedly advised in writing by the International Monetary Fund that he would be responsible for any Social Security and Medicare taxes he owed on income he earned at the IMF between 2001 and 2004. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB12319488483 3281695.html?mod=article-outset-box Treasury Secretary-designate Timothy Geithner . Yup. This will work. For sure! A former IMF employee e-mailed me yesterday when news of Obama Treasury Secretary nominee Tim Geithner’s tax troubles came to light. [H]aving worked at the World Bank/IMF I can tell you that as an American working there, they REIMBURSE you for the self-employment taxes! The idea is that American’s get paid “on par” with all the foreigners i.e. NO taxes are withheld. The compromise is that American’s pay the “self-employment” tax but you get a CHECK from the Bank/IMF to pay them with. When I worked there in the mid-70s the reimbursement was one-half of the total self-employment tax. So I think the standard rate was about 6% and normal self-employment was twice that. The reimbursement was about 9% and you filed a special form with the IRS as a US citizen working for an international organization. The bank gave you the check for the 9% at the end of the year. You did not owe anything above the 9%. I can’t remember all that well but I believe you also got a 1099 for the reimbursement. If you know anybody that works there or the UN or the OAS they can tell you how it works now. Well, guess what? My reader’s story checks out. And now it has come to light that Geithner did in fact get reimbursements for taxes he didn’t pay. Byron York has the story: The tax allowance has turned out to be a key part of the Geithner situation. This is how it worked. IMF employees were expected to pay their taxes out of their own money. But the IMF then gave them an extra allowance, known as a “gross-up,” to cover those tax payments. This was done in the Annual Tax Allowance Request, in which the employee filled out some basic information — marital status, dependent children, etc. — and the IMF then estimated the amount of taxes the employee would owe and gave the employee a corresponding allowance. At the end of the tax allowance form were the words, “I hereby certify that all the information contained herein is true to the best of my knowledge and belief and that I will pay the taxes for which I have received tax allowance payments from the Fund.” Geithner signed the form. He accepted the allowance payment. He didn’t pay the tax. For several years in a row. According to an analysis released by the Senate Finance Committee, Geithner “wrote contemporaneous checks to the IRS and the State of Maryland for estimated [income] tax payments” that jibed exactly with his IMF statements. But he didn’t write checks for the self-employment tax allowance. Then, according to the committee analysis, “he filled out, signed and submitted an annual tax allowance request worksheet with the IMF that states, ‘I wish to apply for tax allowance of U.S. Federal and State income taxes and the difference between the “self-employed” and “employed” obligation of the U.S. Social Security tax which I will pay on my Fund income.” In a conversation today with sources on Capitol Hill who are familiar with the situation, I asked, “Was Geithner made whole for tax payments that he didn’t make?” “Yes,” one source answered. “He was getting the money. He was being paid a tax allowance to pay him for tax payments that he should have made but had not.” Is this what Geithner supporter Sen. Orrin Hatch means by “very competent?” Time for the Geithner withdrawal betting pool. My guess? Friday 6:45pm Eastern. The wheels on the bus go thump, thump, thump… http://michellemalkin.com/ Posted in Geithner, IRS, news, Obama, politics, tax, taxes, treasury \| Leave a Comment » No Drama Obama Running Too Fast? Nominees Not Properly Vetted? At the end of a nearly seamless transition, President-elect Barack Obama has been buffeted by a string of embarrassing jolts within the space of two weeks. The disclosure Tuesday that his choice for treasury secretary, New York Federal Reserve chief Timothy Geithner, failed to pay $34,000 in taxes and employed a housekeeper without proper immigration papers was another jarring distraction just days before Obama’s inauguration — and raises fresh questions about his team’s judgment, vetting procedures and political sensitivities. By TOM RAUM, Associated Press Writer It follows New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson‘s sudden withdrawal on Jan. 4 from consideration as commerce secretary, citing a federal investigation into how his political donors landed a lucrative transportation contract. Senate Democratic leaders and Obama transition officials immediately voiced confidence in Geithner and called for his quick confirmation …. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090114/ap_on _go_ca_st_pe/treasury_nominee_analysis Posted in back taxes, Barack Obama, Geithner, green card, immigration, IRS, news, Obama, politics, taxes, transition, treasury \| Leave a Comment » You are currently browsing the archives for the IRS category.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line830
__label__cc	0.745594	0.254406	home : titles : tags : slapstick Titles tagged with ‘slapstick’ 6 titles - sorted alphabetically or by year Dr Plonk feature film – 2007 One of a tiny number of silent movies made since ‘the talkies’ arrived in the late 1920s, Rolf de Heer’s Dr Plonk is a high-spirited throwback to the days of pure visual slapstick. Grandad Rudd feature film – 1935 Some of the comical sketches are old-fashioned while others are beautifully designed to get audiences laughing during the Depression. Hoota and Snoz – Series 3 Episode 13 television program – 2003 Snoz and Hoota are squabbling rivals in this 3D computer-generated animated series. In this episode, Snoz finds a mini Hoota included with the breakfast cereal. Hoota and Snoz – Series 3 Episode 3 television program – 2003 Squabbling duo Hoota and Snoz star in the first 3D computer-generated animated series produced in Australia. Let the Blood Run Free – Episode 2 television program – 1990 When it first screened in 1990, this was one of the earliest examples of interactive television, allowing viewers to phone in and vote on what would happen next. A Ticket in Tatts feature film – 1934 George Wallace helps a champion horse to avoid crooks and win a big race.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line833
__label__cc	0.688173	0.311827	+ 44 (0) 1969 623780 My Tennants Buying at Tennants Selling with Tennants Valuations for Auction Professional Valuations Confidential Visits Galleries & Displays The Garden Rooms Catalogue Auction Information Country House Sale (Part I)(#31CH) 27/04/2019 9:30 AM GMT Closed Lot 47 of 579: Three Cameo Brooches, one depicting a scene with carriages, in an oval frame with lozenge detail at four points, measures 6cm by 5.3cm, one depicting Nyx, in a plain oval frame, measures 5cm by 6cm, and another depicting Day and Night, in a rope twist frame, measures 5.5cm by 4.9cm (3) Sold For:£180 Estimate: £200 - £300 Three Cameo Brooches, one depicting a scene with carriages, in an oval frame with lozenge detail at four points, measures 6cm by 5.3cm, one depicting Nyx, in a plain oval frame, measures 5cm by 6cm, and another depicting Day and Night, in a rope twist frame, measures 5.5cm by 4.9cm (3) Condition Report: . The brooches are all in good condition overall. 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First time buyers will be required to provide proof of identity (i.e. driving licence/passport), a valid debit or credit card and a copy of a utility bill or a document showing their name and address. Upon receipt of the above a paddle will be issued, which is only valid for the current sale. This card may be used to indicate your bids to the Auctioneer during the sale. If successful, the bidder must ensure that their number can be seen by the Auctioneer and that it is their number that is called out. Should there be any doubts as to price or buyer, please draw the Auctioneer’s attention to it immediately. 9. Buyer’s Premium Commission Charges You will pay a premium of 20 per cent plus VAT for Fine Art, Specialist and Country House sales, and 17.5 per cent plus VAT for Antique & Interiors sales of the hammer price of your purchase on each lot. 10. Value Added Tax Lots on which the buyer may have to pay VAT on the ‘hammer price’ are indicated in the catalogue with a symbol. The buyer must pay this VAT at the rates that apply on the day of the auction. 11. Auctioneers Margin Scheme This scheme allows auctioneers to sell items without VAT on the hammer price. The buyer then pays an amount equivalent to VAT. This amount cannot be refunded and is not shown separately on the invoice. Buyers must pay in full before their purchases can be released to them. Otherwise, an invoice will be sent the day after the sale. Buyers must pay their invoice within 24 hours and let us know when they will be collecting their purchase. Invoices which are not paid within seven days will incur interest at 5 per cent above the base rate, charged from the date of the sale. If buyers are unknown to us, we cannot hand over purchases unless we have adequate references or payment is cleared. Cash – up to £9,000 or €10,000 Cheque – made payable to ‘Tennants’ Debit card. Card payments where the card holder is not present will only be accepted for transactions up to £500. Bank transfer to: Barclays Bank plc, 31 High Row, Darlington, DL3 7QW Account name Tennants clients a/c IBAN GB46 BUKB 2025 2930 8743 29 SWIFTBIC BUKBGB22 13. Internet Bidding An Internet bidding surcharge of 1.5% will be levied on all items purchased via Tennants Live Bidding (at www.tennants.co.uk), in addition to regular buyer’s premium. A charge of 4.95% in addition to regular buyer’s premium, will be levied on all items purchased via the-saleroom.com. Internet bidding surcharge is subject to VAT at the current rate. 14. Ownership of Purchases Ownership of lot(s) purchased will not pass to the buyer until they have paid Tennants in full and Tennants has applied the payment to the lot. 15. Transfer of Risk Each lot is the buyer’s sole responsibility from the fall of the hammer and is sold with all faults and imperfections. Tennants is not responsible for the correct description, genuineness or authenticity of any lot and makes no warranty whatsoever. The buyer is deemed to have inspected each lot and satisfied himself as to its condition. If instructed, Tennants will execute bids and advise prospective buyers. This service is free. Buyers who cannot come to a sale may leave their bid with our reception staff after viewing, or make their bid in advance by telephone, email or fax. Such bids are placed at the buyer’s own risk. Bids must be made at least one hour before the sale starts, and we advise buyers to make bids within one hour of the close of the view day. When making bids, buyers must provide: Their full name The number of the lot they wish to buy Their maximum bid amount – excluding commission which will be added to the invoice afterwards. Buyers must state what their maximum bid would be. We cannot accept an instruction to ‘buy’ or unlimited bids. We will ensure that lots are bought as cheaply as possible depending on the bids made and other reserves. If identical bids are placed, the person who bid first will take precedence. 17. Telephone Bids Requests for telephone bidding must be registered one hour prior to the close of the view day. We will not accept requests on sale days. Lines are booked on a first come first served basis and are subject to a minimum lot value of £500 in Fine Art Sales and £200 for all other sales. Full name, address and telephone numbers will be required together with proof of identity and address. Bank and credit/debit card details are also necessary to secure the line. 18. Absentee Bidding Whilst every effort is made to execute absentee bidding, Tennants cannot be held responsible for any default or neglect in connection with this service. All such arrangements are made entirely at the prospective buyer’s risk. 19. Storage and Collection Please note furniture, carpets, clocks and larger works of art lots will normally remain in the salerooms for fourteen working days following each sale, after which they will be removed to store and arrangements for collection must be made in advance. Storage charges will be levied on all lots not collected within fourteen days of the sale. This will include a handling fee of £5 plus VAT per consignment as well as a storage charge of £5 plus VAT per lot per day. No goods may be collected until these charges have been paid. 20. Droit de Suite Royalty Charges A work of art by a living artist, or those who have died within the last 70 years, which costs more than the UK sterling equivalent of €1,000 will incur a royalty charge. We pass this payment onto the Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS), and do not charge a handling fee. Buyers can calculate royalty charges on the DACS website. Items marked with the √ symbol in the catalogue will potentially incur royalty payments. We use the euro to UK sterling exchange rate which applies on the day of the sale. It is the buyer’s responsibility to check the relevant exchange rate. The actual qualifying threshold is calculated by the Artist’s Resale Right Service Hub based on the European Central Bank reference rate published at 2.15pm on the day of the sale, and can be found on the DACS website. The royalty charge for pictures which achieve a hammer price of more than the UK sterling equivalent of €1,000, but less that the UK sterling equivalent of €50,000 is four per cent. On works of art that achieve a hammer price of more than the UK sterling equivalent of €50,000 a sliding scale of royalty charges applies. For a complete list of the royalty charges and threshold levels please download more information from the DACS website. The royalty charge is added to invoices, and must be paid before purchases are removed. VAT is not paid on royalty charges. 21.Cites License Important Notice Relating to Sporting and Natural History Clients intending to import/export any item derived from natural history specimens into/from a non-European country should first check for any Import/Export and possession restrictions prior to bidding/selling. Certain species * are also subject to CITES regulations when exporting/importing these items out the EU. CITES regulations are given on www.ukcites.gov.uk or maybe obtained from Animal Health, Wildlife Licensing and Registration Service, Zone 1/17, Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, Bristol BS1 6EB. Those species that are covered by the US Endangered Species Act (USESA) or The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA): potential US bidders should check with USF&W (US Fish and Wildlife Services) for trade/possession restrictions in the US prior to bidding. While every effort has been made to attribute the correct Latin name for each specimen, the auctioneers will not be held responsible for any errors that may occur concerning Latin nomenclature. For Health and Safety reasons, large heads, full mounts, and any particularly heavy or awkward lots cannot be removed whilst the auction is in progress. Join Tennants’ mailing list and stay up to date with auction news All auction & event updates Beswick & Border Fine Arts Costume & Textiles Country House auctions Jewellery, Watches & Silver Militaria & Ethnographica Modern Art & 20th Century Design Natural History & Taxidermy Scientific & Musical Instruments Sporting & Fishing Stamps & Postal History Wine & Whisky Buy & Sell » Discover » Stay up to date on social The Auction Centre, Harmby Road, Leyburn, North Yorkshire DL8 5SG E: enquiry@tennants-ltd.co.uk Harrogate Office » London Office » Empowered by Bidpath	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line835
__label__wiki	0.65282	0.65282	Boys, Bikes, and Bucket Hats: What Western and Eastern Men Have in Common Olga Osipova April, 10 2017 To study how gender roles vary from the West to the East and raise money for the homeless and people with limited mobility, British photographer James Parker embarked on a journey. He left Edinburgh on a 1972 Morris Minor, he traveled across 19 countries in an easternly direction, crossed three deserts and two seas, and took 40 rolls of film worth of photographs — about men, their growing up, their vulnerability, and their finding their own way. James Parker Age 25 Photographer from Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Studied photography in Edinburgh and Toronto. Lives in London. His work is acknowledged by Magnum, Noor, Format, and the Brighton Festival. — In Boys, Bikes, and Bucket Hats, I explore the male gaze from Romania to Mongolia. The project becomes a response to a personal challenge to drive the distance for charity in a 1972 classic Morris Minor car, starting in Edinburgh, Scotland and ending in Russia. The journey took me through 19 countries, from Europe to Asia, over three deserts and two seas. The journey was completed after 53 days, 9,898 miles (about 16,000 kilometers), with an average speed of 18 mph, and I had 40 rolls of film ready for processing. I wanted an adventure, to meet new people, and experience new cultures. We were going to drive through some pretty hostile places, and I wanted to experience them first hand. That was the first time I had been ‘traveling’ — if you can call it that, turns out It was certainly more challenging than relaxing — driving 10 hours a day for that long really affects you. We were going to drive through some pretty hostile places, and I wanted to experience them first hand. The issues of gender roles and socially constructed male behaviors are topics that I have been looking more closely at for a while, and issues that I still wish to work with. I questioned if gender assumptions and behaviors changed from the West to East prior to the journey. I was being quite reflective with who I was photographing, I realized that I was focusing on situations that I recognized myself in. The project has this air of growing up, boyhood, vulnerability and finding your way. I included bikes and bucket hats in the project title as a nod towards my youth. The bike being a universal object that no language barrier detracts from using, whilst the bucket hat carries connotations with being homely and a protective object, it just so happens to be fashionable now as well as practical. The project has this air of growing up, boyhood, vulnerability and finding your way. We raised money for charity and managed to donate this before Christmas, so that was good. I could go on for a while with the highlights, camping under the stars in the Gobi, getting lost in Istanbul during the attempted coup, riding a hot air balloon over Cappadocia during a sunrise. The lowest points came when we struggled to find food and fuel, or when the police would constantly stop us. Our lowest bribe was a couple of smokes and a handshake. It wasn’t easy and we had a few arguments and breakdowns along the way, but never a punctured tyre. I was surprised that people want to help each other. We were unsure how western folk would be accepted, but we had the advantage of our unusual car. We would stop for a rest and to stretch our legs, next thing we knew, coffee sprung out from nowhere, ten ‘mechanics’ turned up, the bonnet was open and it was like a Formula 1 pit crew, albeit with a few more bellies around. Sign up for weekly bird The Queens of Marok: Botswana’s Female Rockers 2,200,000 Steps: Polish Photographer Traveled the Route His Grandfather Used to Escape from a Gulag A Man and a Horse: Traveling around Kyrgyzstan with Scott Turner Abkhazia Alive: A Trip Around the Unrecognized Republic New and best Do You See a Woman? She Is there: How to Read Riddle Paintings by Hiroshige Shadman Shahid won Bird in Flight Prize ’19 Voting for the best project in the special nomination of the Bird in Flight Prize ’19 has started 14 Plus: Young Women in Margarita Bagdasaryan’s Portfolio About bird Bird in Flight Prize Ukrcomtempphoto All materials can be used only with permission of Bird In Flight editors. Our site uses cookies. By continuing to use Bird in Flight, you agree to our Privacy Policy.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line838
__label__wiki	0.803961	0.803961	NYC Top Comedy Choices for Thursday 3/6/14 For more, please visit HyReviews.com. Rachel Maddow is an unsung hero of the NYC comedy scene. While Rachel is mostly known for being a political journalist, she actually has one of the quickest comedic minds and best senses of timing in the biz. Rachel’s playfulness was hinted at on last night’s Daily Show, which you can watch here. Also catch Rachel’s dead serious but mesmerizing documentary that airs at 9:00 pm, midnight, and 4:00 am on MSNBC: Why We Did It D. L. Hughley headlines for one night only at Carolines… …and a free screening (and free drink!) at UCB East of new Comedy Central series Review Tonight’s recommendations for the best in New York City comedy (in chronological order, with top picks noted and shows over $10 marked with $) include: 7:00 pm ($5): Michelle Buteau (FOX’s Enlisted, Comedy Central, Last Comic Standing, Craig Ferguson, Comedy Central, VH1’s Best Week Ever, The Jenny McCarthy Show; for stand-up video about Utah, sharing, and tits, please click here), Alex Koll (Conan O’Brien, Comedy Central), Mark Chalifoux (IFC), and Nick Maritato (This American Life) performing stand-up at UCB East hosted by Sean Crespo, Dan Wilbur, and/or Katina Corrao: Lasers in the Jungle [TOP PICK] [$] 7:30 pm ($22 & 2-drink min.) A major comedy star (for a sample set, please click here) headlining for one night only at the Carolines Comedy Club: D. L. Hughley [FREE] 8:00 pm: Joe Pera (hilarious and genius deadpan stand-up; Adult Swim; for a very special one-minute set at Carolines, please click here; for Joe’s latest Kaufman awards submissions, please click here and here), Jabari Baraka Davis, Blair Socci, Chad Plaines, and Chris Calogero performing at Poco Restaurant & Bar (33 Avenue B at 3rd Street) hosted by Sooyah Jun and/or Jawann Carmona: FTH Comedy [TOP PICK] [$] 7:45 pm, 8:00 pm, 9:30 pm, and 11:30 pm ($14 per show, plus 2-item food/drink min.): Tonight’s lineups include Todd Barry, Gregg Rogell, Greer Barnes, and Marina Franklin at the 7:45 show; Greer Barnes, Jon Fisch, Marina Franklin, and Ryan Hamilton at the 8:00 show; and Jena Friedman, Kurt Metzger, Wil Sylvince, and Sam Morril at the 11:30 show, with three of the shows at Comedy Cellar (117 MacDougal Street, between 3rd Street & Minetta Lane) and the 8:00 pm show at Village Underground (130 West 3rd Street, off Sixth Avenue): Comedy Cellar Thursday [TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($10): Storytellers Ophira Eisenberg (Comedy Central, VH1, Showtime, The Today Show, host of NPR’s trivia/puzzle show Ask Me Another, bestselling book being made into movie Screw Everyone), Erin Barker, Caitlin Brodnick, Jamie Leelo, and Andrea Macy tell “hilarious, gross, awkward, and heartfelt stories of how they started out in NYC” at The PIT upstairs theatre hosted by Mallory Schlossberg (“who actually is a Girls fan, but once lived in a basement”): Real Girls: Lena Dunham Got It Wrong [TOP PICK] 8:00 pm-10:00 pm ($7 for the entire evening): The Magnet house improv groups The Boss and Junior Varsity performing improv for an hour, followed at 9:00 pm by Genus ((long form improv that takes the suggestion of a genre and then improvises an entire show in that genre), at 10:00 pm by veteran improvisors making up scenes based on improvised monologues from star storyteller Chris Duffy at The Armando Diaz Experience, and finally at 11:00 by improv competition Inspirado (like UCBT’s Cage Match, but with a game-like challenge component): The Magnet’s Night Out 8:00 pm ($5): At UCB Chelsea, writer/performers Dru Johnston & Don Fanelli demonstrate perfect comedic timing—coupled with sorta terrible singing, sketch comedy, and a PowerPoint presentation—for a very silly show aiming to prove “Billy Joel is the greatest recording artist of all time.” I hope these guys aim for something meatier and more resonant to tackle next time, because they’ve got chops, which is especially evident at the dynamic start when they interact with the audience; but in the meantime you’re likely to enjoy Sketches From an Italian Restaurant: A Billy Joel Sketch Show… …and in the second half of this double-bill, sketch from gal duo Samantha Schecter & Becky Chicoine, with some help from Kelly Harper and director Matt Dennie: Womantown 8:00 pm ($8): Two musical improv groups make up song-and-dance-based stories on the spot at The PIT downstairs lounge: Slick Zombie & Hemlock [FREE] 8:00 pm: Kevin Bartini (warm-Up comic for The Daily Show and The Colbert Report), Nate Fridson, Rachel Fogletto, Ajani Thompson, and Rojo Perez performing stand-up at The Creek’s downstairs lounge in Queens’ Long Island City hosted by Leah Bonnema & Tim Warner: Modern Day Philosophers [FREE] 8:00 pm: Long-form improv from troupe CSO at The Creek upstairs theatre in Queens’ Long Island City: Casual Sex Offenders 8:30 pm ($5): NYC stand-ups (not announced) performing at UCB East hosted by Adam Conover (College Humor, Olde English): Fresh Out [TOP PICK] 9:30 pm ($10): “Musical sketch comedy that skewers and dissects pop culture one roll of the dice at at time”—for a sample, please click here—at The PIT upstairs theatre: Pop Roulette 9:30 pm ($5): If you’re a fan of CollegeHumor.com, you can see the folks behind it plus like-minded comics on the UCB Chelsea stage—tonight including Jon Friedman (MTV producer, Jimmy Fallon, The Rejection Show), Josh Gondelman (G4’s Attack of the Show), and Nat Towsen (co-host of The Moon Show, host of Downtown Variety Hour): CollegeHumor Live 9:30 pm ($8): A comedic take on the past month’s sports stories at The PIT downstairs lounge hosted by Ellen Haun & Bill DiPierow: The Sports Show [FREE] 10:00 pm: NYC stand-ups (not announced) performing at The Creek upstairs theatre in Queens’ Long Island City hosted by Justin Williams & Akash Bhasin: Death Comedy Jam [TOP PICK] [FREE—plus FREE DRINK!] 9:30 pm ($5): A free screening of new TV series Review—which debuts tonight at 10:00 pm on Comedy Central, and features writing by such brilliant comics as Andy Blitz and Leo Allen—with star Andy Daly live on stage, plus a free drink courtesy of CC, all at the UCB East theatre: Review Free Screening [$] 10:30 pm ($6 & 2-item food/drink min.) Comics heckle a genre feature film (unusually, not announced tonight) at Queens LIC’s Laughing Devil Comedy Club (4738 Vernon Blvd.): Devil Science Theater 3000 [TOP PICK] 11:00 pm ($5): Last week improv group Fuck That Shit continued its streak of devastating victories, winning against improv group Big Make Me? by 76 to 34. Tonight FTS competes against UCBT weekend group The Curfew for your laughs and votes at UCB Chelsea for the raucous Cage Match Thursday Open Mics & Jams [ALMOST FREE] 6:00 pm ($1): PIT musical improv veterans mix with musical improv novices on-stage at the downstairs lounge for Pitch [FREE] 6:00 pm: Open-mic stand-up with comics’ names drawn from a bucket and each chosen receiving 2 minutes—and if that goes well, maybe a hug (but not actual puppies)—at The Creek’s upstairs theatre in Queens’ Long Island City hosted by Ross Parsons & Trey Galyon: Free Puppies 6:00 pm (no cover, 1 drink min. for both comics and audience members): Open mic stand-up providing 5-7 minutes per comic, running 2 1/2 hours. Arrive 30 minutes before the show to get on the signup sheet. This is a fine opportunity to perform at the only comedy club in the East Village: Eastville Comedy Club Open Mic 7:00 pm ($2, which includes a free beer or water): Open mic stand-up providing a whopping 10 minutes per comic. Email PhoningItInMic@gmail.com with subject line Phoning Thursday to sign up; or take a chance at lottery sign-up live between 6:45 and 7:45 at Brit Pack Studios (153 Lafayette Street, 3rd Floor) hosted by Ian Fidance: Comics Phoning It In [FREE] 7:00 pm: In this free Magnet show, audience members (signing in at 6:00) can join in with improv group The Boss to make up scenes on the spot: Magnet Mixer 9:30 pm (free for audience members, $5 or 1 drink min. for stand-ups wanting to perform): Open mic stand-up providing 7 minutes per comic (and a free recording of your set!), with order determined raffle-style. Sign up by emailing info@oldmanhustle.com or calling (212) 253-7747, or just walk in and supply your name, to perform at the Old Man Hustle Bar (39 Essex Street) hosted by Solomon Chehebar: Peep Show Comedy Open Mic [FREE] 11:00 pm: An open-mic show that’s first come, first serve, with each comic getting 3-5 minutes on stage at The Creek downstairs lounge in Queens’ Long Island City hosted by Josh Alba: Mic and Cheese [ALMOST FREE] 11:00 pm ($1): An open stage for indie improv groups—and if you’re not in a group, that’s also fine, you’ll simply be added to one—at The PIT downstairs lounge hosted by Darcy Burke & Donna Lobello: New Team Lunacy (307 West 26th Street; 150-seater; shows free-$10; one of the most respected comedy theatres in the world) (153 East 3rd Street; 99-seat main theatre, bar area for open mics; shows free-$10) (123 East 24th Street; 99-seat upstairs theatre, 40-seat downstairs theatre; shows free-$15) (254 West 29th Street; 60-seat theatre; shows $5-$10) Laughing Devil (4738 Vernon Blvd., by #7 train; Queens LIC club, with MST3K-style movie night on Thursdays; 2-drink min.) From legendary NYC comedy site Brooklyn Vegan: If you want to know what is happening in NYC comedy on a particular day, you gotta get hip to this dude Hy Bender and his site Best New York Comedy. The site is updated daily and features a super exhaustive look at what is happening in the NYC comedy world that particular day. The site is updated religiously…It is your daily comedy itinerary and it scares me how on top of his shit this guy is. Leave a Comment » \| Best New York Live Comedy Shows \| Tagged: Andy Daly's Review, Comedy, Comedy shows in NYC tonight, D. L. Hughley, Improv, New York Comedy, Rachel Maddow, Sketch, Stand-Up, Storytelling \| Permalink You are currently browsing the Best New York Comedy blog archives for the day Thursday, March 6th, 2014.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line843
__label__cc	0.74764	0.25236	Romance book Trailer Park Heart By Rachel Higginson ♥ Release Blitz Trailer park born and raised. It’s my legacy. That’s how my mama lived. And that’s how her mama lived. It’s the life I was born into and it’s the life I swore I would leave the second I was old enough to make it out. Only legacies have a funny way of sneaking up on you. An innocent decision the night of high school graduation led to a series of complications in my plans to escape. Seven years later, I’ve resigned myself to this small town and the roots I’m tied to. Nothing could make me leave. And nothing could make me spill the secrets that keep me here. Until he walks back into town with a chip on his shoulder and a stupid hunch nobody else in town has been smart enough to follow. Levi Cole is my opposite. Born on the right side of the tracks with family money to spare, he’s the kind of black sheep that can afford to be rebellious—because his family will always pay for his mistakes. He’s also the only living heir to Cole Family Farms, after his brother Logan was killed in duty seven years ago. He sees something in my life that he thinks he has a right to. But he’s wrong. And obnoxious. And he needs to take his stubborn good looks and that intense way he looks at me and go back to wherever it was he came from. I know better than to trust men like him. I was born and raised in a trailer park, I know nothing good happens to girls like me—girls with trailer park lives and trailer park hearts. Especially from gorgeous, kind, pigheaded men like him. He stared at me, unspeaking, unmoving. The hurt in his eyes and the frown on his face devastated my already broken spirit. “And I don’t even know what to tell you,” I cried some more. “Because my mistake led me to Max and for that reason I can never really regret it. But I hate how I hurt you. I hate that my mistakes meant pushing you away. I hate that I finally know how I feel about you and it’s too late.” His eyes flashed with something so intense I gasped for breath. “How do you feel about me?” How could he ask me that now? How did he not know? How had he not always known? “Don’t make me say it,” I whispered, my voice dragged over gravel. “It hurts too much.” “Ruby,” he pleaded, his voice just as fragmented. “Say it. Please.” I didn’t bother brushing away the tears, there were too many of them, my grief was too heavy. “I love you,” I whispered. “I’ve always loved you. I’ve just been too afraid to say it.” To admit it. Amazon ♥ B&N ♥ Ibooks Rachel Higginson is the best-selling author of The Opposite of You, The Five Stages of Falling in Love, Every Wrong Reason, Bet on Us and The Star-Crossed Series. She was born and raised in Nebraska, and spent her college years traveling the world. She fell in love with Eastern Europe, Paris, Indian Food and the beautiful beaches of Sri Lanka, but came back home to marry her high school sweetheart. Now she spends her days writing stories and raising five amazing kids. Instagram @mywritesdntbite rachelhigginson.com Twitter @mywritesdntbite Tags Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Contemporary Romance, Facebook, iBook, Instagram, iTunes, Kindle, Military Romance, New, New Release, Nook, Rachel Higginson, Release Blitz, Romance, Romance book, Romance Books, Trailer Park Heart, Twitter Within Six Months By Cleo Scornavacca ♥ New Release Within Six Months …Escaping his past, struggling with the present, looking towards his future. Time… a gift, precious, fleeting, ever-changing, moving quickly…too quickly, especially for a man searching for the woman of his dreams. That’s exactly how photographer Tommy Conte decided he would begin his new life. He left everything he knew behind in search of something special…someone special. His plan was clear. He would move to the beach, renovate an old shore house, and find the woman that he would ultimately marry…all within six months. Was he delusional? Perhaps…yet after everything that had gone on in his life the last few years, he had to take that chance. Then… as luck would have it, he met Jade Stanton, his new neighbor. Tommy was immediately drawn to her. He wanted and needed to know more… Perfect right? There was one small problem. Jade wasn’t looking for a long-term relationship like Tommy was. She was done…over it.She swore off anything serious with any man that came her way… until she was backed into a corner and Tommy came to her rescue. He pretended to be her boyfriend…for just one evening. It was simple, no strings attached. It was only one night, or so she thought. Due to circumstances beyond her control, Jade needed Tommy to play his part for a little while longer. She didn’t think it would be a problem. Tommy was fine with it and they both knew it was all just an act. Yet, Jade came to realize the more she pretended, the more she couldn’t deny that she was falling for him. Although she didn’t want Tommy to find out, Tommy knew better; he felt it too. Tommy realized that the girl he had dreamed of was right there in front of him; and the life he wanted to share with her was finally within his grasp. He decided he couldn’t let her slip away. He wouldn’t leave it up to fate. He had to try, but Tommy also knew it wouldn’t be easy. Actually, it would be the hardest thing he ever had to do… prove to Jade that she could trust him enough to love him, as much as he loved her. Amazon ~ Smashwords Tags A Wild Roses Novel, Amazon, Book 1, Cleo Scornavacca, Contemporary Romance, New Release, Release Blitz, Romance, Romance book, Romance Books, Smashwords, Within Six Months Runaway Love By Colbie Kay ♥ Release Blitz Model: Gigi Hoggard Photographer: Gigi Photography Studios: Boudoir and Models Cover Design: Tracie – Dark Water Covers 📚 #Blurb 📚 He was everything to me. I promised to love her forever. He left me. I came back damaged and scarred. I couldn’t bring that kind of broken to her. He’s not the boy I loved anymore. She wears armor, shielding the girl I once knew. Years have gone by. Too much has changed. My heart still beats for her. My soul still cries for him. Devon “Doc” Mayfield broke my heart, and now he wants to piece me back together. Is it too late? Daphne Brooks is the girl I left behind, but I’m here now to take back what was always mine. I just need her to remember the man that owns her shattered heart. #ReleaseBlitz #RunawayLove (Satan’s Sinners MC Book 6) #ColbieKay #Buy Links Amazon US: http://a.co/eTzPHYv Amazon CA: http://a.co/dQ5Zu3V Amazon UK: http://amzn.eu/0zBrMwX Amazon AU: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B07DRNT7ZH #Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40215846-runaway-love Colbie Kay always had a love for reading and wanted to pursue writing. In 2015 she made that dream come true when she published her first book. Since then she has become a stay-at- home mom, writing full- time and bringing her passion to life through the words she creates. The most fulfilling part of being an author for Colbie is to take readers into a fantasy world between the pages of her books. Becoming an author has also given her the opportunity to fill another passion of hers, which is traveling. She loves being able to attend book signings and meeting everyone that shares her love of books. Colbie has many more stories to share with you, so be sure to connect with her and keep up with what is coming next. #StayConnected to Colbie Kay⬇︎ Monthly Email: https://goo.gl/forms/Zq6QK7FSOumu5KKk2 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorcolbiekay Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Colbie-Kay/e/B00XQ89OXM/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13543356.Colbie_Kay Colbie Kay’s Rebel Readers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1515020348819134 Instagram: @authorcolbiekay Twitter: https://twitter.com/ColbieKay?s=03 Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/profile/colbie-kay #RunawayLoveReleaseBlitz Tags Amazon, Amazon Author Page, Amazon CA, Amazon UK, Amazon US, Biker, Biker Romance, Bikers, Book 6, Bookbub, Colbie Kay, Email, Facebook, Goodreads, Instagram, MC, MC Romance, New, New Release, Newsletter, Reader Group, Release Blitz, Romance, Romance book, Romance Books, Runaway Love, Satan's Sinners MC Series, Twitter The Naked Truth By Vi Keeland ♥ Release Day Blitz A Standalone Second Chance Romance Novel By: #1 NY Times Best Selling Author, Vi Keeland RELEASE DATE: Monday, July 23, 2018 It was just a typical Monday. Until the big boss asked me to make the pitch for a prospective new client. After two years on shaky ground at work because of my screw up, an opportunity to impress the senior partners was just what I needed. Or so I thought… Until I walked into the conference room and collided with the man I was supposed to pitch. My coffee spilled, my files tumbled to the ground, and I almost lost my balance. And that was the good part of my day. Because the gorgeous man crouched down and looking at me like he wanted to eat me alive, was none other than my ex, Gray Westbrook. A man who I’d only just begun to move on from. A man who my heart despised—yet my body obviously still had other ideas about. A man who was as charismatic and confident as he was sexy. Somehow, I managed to make it through my presentation ignoring his intense stare. Although it was impossible to ignore all the dirty things he whispered into my ear right after I was done. But there was no way I was giving him another chance, especially now that he was a client…was there? Amazon: http://smarturl.it/6ni3r8 iBooks: http://smarturl.it/3m7isv B&N: http://smarturl.it/iic2r1 Google Play: http://smarturl.it/1nkhv0 Kobo: http://hyperurl.co/cmuza2 Amazon: https://amzn.to/2H0XH9p Audio: https://amzn.to/2uC6fPS Vi Keeland is a #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author. With millions of books sold, her titles have appeared in over ninety Bestseller lists and are currently translated in twenty languages. She resides in New York with her husband and their three children where she is living out her own happily ever after with the boy she met at age six. Sign up for Vi’s mailing list: https://www.subscribepage.com/i6h3o5 Do you like texts better than email? Receive text notices of Vi’s new releases by texting the word BOOKS to 77948 You will ONLY receive a text when a new book goes live – no other messages at all! Find Vi here Facebook Fan Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ViKeelandFanGroup/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Author-Vi-Keeland/435952616513958 https://www.facebook.com/vi.keeland Website: http://www.vikeeland.com Twitter: @vikeeland – https://twitter.com/ViKeeland Instagram: @Vi_Keeland – http://instagram.com/Vi_Keeland/ Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6887119.Vi_Keeland Join Vi’s amazing reading group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ViKeelandFanGroup/ Tags Amazon, Audio, Barnes & Noble, Facebook, Goodreads, Google Play, iBook, Instagram, iTunes, Kindle, Kobo, Mailing List, New Release, Nook, Reader Group, Release Day Blitz, Romance, Romance book, Romance Books, Second Chance Romance, Standalone, The Naked Truth, Twitter, Vi Keeland, Website One Week By Roya Carmen ♥ Book Tour Title: One Week Author: Roya Carmen Genre: Steamy Contemporary Romance (standalone) Cover Design: Calico Images A troubled marriage. A one week hall pass. Gabriella Moore has it all; a beautiful husband, two adorable children, and a dream home. Yet, when, by chance, she befriends Eli online, she falls fast. And hard. She knows she must let him go, and saying goodbye is one of the hardest things she’s ever done, but she resolves to move on and forget about her beautiful stranger. But then… she makes an unexpected discovery, and it shakes her perfect world to its core. Rules don’t apply anymore. An arrangement is made, and her husband gives her just one week with Eli. The rules are clear: One week. Sex only. No contact thereafter. Seems simple enough, but it’s never simple when it comes to love. “Roya Carmen’s storytelling captures you and makes you want to be part of that world. This book hooked me from the beginning; I couldn’t put it down and got to the end thinking “but I want more!” – A Book Lover’s Emporium “As soon as I saw the blurb I knew I needed to read thisbook. It’s not an easy read, it might shake you a little, but it’s worth it.” – The Bookery Review “You are the Queen of theforbidden. I loved this story. It captivated me from the beginning…” – Geneva (reader) Dear Eli, First, I just want to tell you how much you mean to me. And that’s the problem… you mean more to me than you should. I keep telling myself that we’re just friends, but I think we both know we’re more than that. I’m not exactly sure what I am to you, but you are everything to me. I think about you all the time, every hour of every day. It’s a little ridiculous, to be honest. I am a happily married mother of two, and I should start acting like it. I’ve really enjoyed our conversations about art and life, but it’s time for me to end this. For a bachelor like you, this is just a fun distraction I’m sure. But for me, it’s so much more, and it really shouldn’t be. What I’m doing with you is not right. I love my husband and my children, so it’s because of them that I need to say goodbye. I’ll always remember you. : ) And I’ll smile every time I do. It’s just one or two paragraphs, but I’ve second-guessed every word, have pored over every single sentence, debating whether the right sentiments were expressed. I’ve spent over an hour going over it. Over and over. I’ve read the message more times than I can count. The last thing I want to do is hurt him. He just doesn’t fit into the picture. My picture; John and me, and the kids, and the white picket fence, the perfect life. He should have never been in it. Some days, I wish I’d never met him. Others, I’m so glad I did. For the brief time that I knew him, he truly was one of the best things in my life. My heart is hammering, threatening to burst as I swallow hard, and finally press on the ‘Send’ arrow. As soon as I do, I feel sick. A heavy weight presses down at the center of my chest, threatening to crush me. I’ve never felt so horrible, so lost. But it had to be done. I tell myself I’ve done the right thing. For my family. For me. For him. Our relationship flashes before my eyes — the laughs, the jokes, every single conversation, every wink, every little skip of my heart, his beautiful eyes, and his sweet smile. Damn… his smile. It all started innocently enough, as these things often do… One Week is a story your either going to love or hate. Roya can definitely bring out some very strong feelings with her work. I was impressed by her writing as this is the first book I have had the chance to read from her. Gabby was hard for me to draw close to but still understand the feelings she was dealing with. I can only image the question going through her mind. Eli is just hot. You’re going to love him. All around great read for me. This did take a little time to get in to the story but worth the time put in. Roya Carmen is a busy mom, romance writer, designer, bookworm, chocoholic, and hopeless romantic. There’s nothing she enjoys more than making up stories about love, and sharing them with her readers. Tags Amazon, Amazon Author Page, Barnes & Noble, Book Tour, Contemporary Romance, Enticing Journey Book Promotions, Facebook, Goodreads, iBook, Instagram, iTunes, Kindle, Kobo, Nook, One Week, Review, Romance, Romance book, Romance Books, Roya Carmen, Standalone, steamy, Twitter, Website The Distiller’s Darling By Rebecca Norinne & Jamaila Brinkley ♥ Blog Tour Today we are celebrating the release of THE DISTILLER’S DARLING by Rebecca Norinne and Jamaila Brinkley. This is the second standalone title in the River Hill contemporary romance series. Check out an excerpt from the book below. Amazon US \| Amazon UK \| iBooks \| Nook \| Kobo THE DISTILLER’S DARLING by Rebecca Norinne & Jamaila Brinkley Irish whiskey royalty has no place in Northern California, but that isn’t going to stop Iain Brennan, the black sheep of Brennan Family Distillers, from giving it a shot. Wine Country is an unlikely place to launch a whiskey empire, but Iain’s just reckless enough to make it work. And being out from under the watchful eye of his disapproving father back home in Dublin? Even better. Naomi Klein has spent the last ten years ignoring her society family as much as possible while building a career as a renowned sculptor. She’s found a home in River Hill, but has no interest in dipping her toes into the commitment pool. Just the idea of forever gives her hives. Which makes a rootless Irish wanderer the perfect fling. And shocking her mother? Just a bonus. But as cozy autumn nights turn into lazy winter mornings, Naomi and Iain realize that they’re getting close to something neither of them wants: love. When Naomi discovers Iain’s not quite as rootless as he seems, she’ll have to make some tough decisions. And when the Brennans and the Kleins descend en masse to collect their prodigal children, River Hill may never be the same. Sign up for the RIVER HILL Series Newsletter! Add the book to Goodreads! “Thank you for doing this,” Iain said, the pad of his index finger tracing over the design Naomi had created for Whitman’s Revival. “To be honest, I wasn’t sure I’d hear from you again. You kind of ghosted me.” He glanced up in time to catch her looking away guiltily. “Yeah, about that—” “I’m not asking you to explain yourself. I get it. We had some fun, and now it’s time to move on.” Naomi’s eyes came back around, the guilt replaced with what Iain thought looked a whole lot like contemplation. “Funny you should mention that.” “Funny how?” “I was thinking,” she said, her finger swirling a pattern on the table that separated them. “You’re leaving in two months, and it would be a shame if we didn’t spend that time … hanging out.” Her eyes bored into his, as if daring him to misunderstand. His lips quirked up into a smirk. “Why, Miss Klein, are you asking me to fuck you senseless until I board a plane back to Ireland?” She tossed him a wicked smile full of promise. “You have to admit; we’re pretty damn good at it.” “The best,” he agreed. He felt his chest sawing in and out as his breathing became deeper and more labored. Iain couldn’t remember the last time he’d felt such heady anticipation. Oh, wait, yes, he could. It was that night in San Francisco when he and Naomi had practically run from that dive bar to his hotel. He’d been so ready for her that he’d ripped her dress off before the door to his room had locked behind them. “So, what do you say, Brennan? You want to spend the next sixty days seeing how many orgasms we can give each other?” That was all the invitation Iain needed. Abruptly, he stood, his chair scraping over the black-and-white-checked linoleum and then crashing to the floor. He stalked around the fifties-style diner table and fisted his hands in Naomi’s hair. He bent at the waist and let his lips hover scant centimeters from her parted ones. He could feel the warmth of her breath mingling with his own. “What do you say we get started on that now?” She licked her lips. “Yes, let’s.” PURCHASE THE PREVIOUS BOOK FROM THE SERIES Purchase THE DISTILLER’S DARLING Now! Amazon US \| iBooks \| Nook \| Kobo Rebecca Norinne writes sexy romance from the heart. Her heroines are bold and headstrong, and her heroes will do anything for the ones they love. When not banging away at the keyboard, she is watching rugby, enjoying a pint of craft beer, or traveling the globe in search of inspiration for her next book. Originally from California, Rebecca currently resides in Dublin, Ireland, with her husband. Website \| Twitter \| Facebook \| Instagram \| Pinterest Jamaila Brinkley writes historical romance with a hint of magic. Her Wizards of London series features thieves, duchesses, witches, and more indulging in mayhem and romance in Regency England. She is a member of the Romance Writers of America, and was a finalist in the Romance Through the Ages contest in 2015. Jamaila came to romance as an avid reader of fantasy and science fiction, and found that her favorite historical romances seemed ripe for an injection of magic. Her favorite historical period is currently the Victorian era, and she’s never happier than when immersed in a multi-book family series. Jamaila lives outside Baltimore, Maryland in a house that is perpetually under renovation with her husband and twin toddlers. You can find her blogging about romance, writing, parenting, cooking, and more on her website at www.jamailabrinkley.com, and posting pictures of her lunch on Twitter as @jamaila. Website \| Twitter \| Facebook \| Newsletter \| Goodreads Tags Amazon, Amazon UK, Amazon US, Barnes & Noble, Blog Tour, Book 2, Contemporary Romance, Facebook, Goodreads, iBook, Inkslinger Blogger, Instagram, iTunes, Jamaila Brinkley, Kobo, Newsletter, Nook, Pinterest, Rebecca Norinne, River Hill Series, Romance, Romance book, Romance Books, Standalone, The Distiller's Darling, Twitter, Website Claimed By Maria Vickers ♥ Release Blitz Series: Love Seekers, Book 3 Author: Maria Vickers Cover Designer: T.E. Black Designs **While this is book 3, it can be read as a standalone. When she was a little girl, Michaela Snow dreamed of a life full of love and adventure, but not all dreams come true. As a widow raising her niece, Lauren, she doesn’t have time to think about what could have been, and she certainly will not allow herself to think about a certain taekwondo instructor with mesmerizing hazel eyes. Meeting Evan was never part of the plan, and now she can’t seem to get rid of him. She doesn’t want him there, however, the more he’s around, the more she finds herself reluctantly trusting him. Evan Gibson loves his life and his job, but something is missing. After watching his friends find partners to share their lives with, he wants the same thing for himself. One night stands no longer hold the same appeal they did and so far, no woman has been able to measure up to his ideal…until Michaela. Complications arise, threatening everything. Life is about to change. Will it tear them apart or push them together? Staking a claim doesn’t always mean forever. Amazon US: http://a.co/aY23EM8 Amazon UK: http://amzn.eu/c2wNK5i Amazon AU: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B07DJ3KSB7 Amazon CA: http://a.co/bqwji4Z GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40385835-claimed Sometimes it was hard seeing my friend so happy. Bryan had finally pulled his head out of his ass and got the girl of his dreams, and it was someone he never saw coming. Emma was made for him though, which made me a little jealous. I’d always considered myself a nice guy, good-looking, tall, muscular, and yet, while I could get almost any girl I wanted, I’d never found the one. Lying deep inside me, a hopeless romantic waited—something most didn’t know about me. Bryan did, but then again, we’d known each other since junior high and he was my best friend/former roommate. My friend Chad, whom I met through Bryan, probably suspected, but he never said anything. Then again, although he’d be loathed to admit it, he’d been looking for the same thing…until Rayne. Rayne was a work of art. Beautiful on the outside, but a decrepit, flesh falling off the bones, ugly bitch on the inside, and Chad had it out for her–not that I blamed him. I didn’t. She attacked with a vengeance and only thought about herself, but there was something in her eyes. Something hidden in the depths of a darkness few truly knew. I knew the darkness. I understood where she’d gone, and it wasn’t a place many left without help. Sometimes, I could still feel the pull of the ghosts trying to drag me back, but I refused to go back there. I wouldn’t lose myself again. “Sabum,” a small voice broke through the fog and cleared the air. I grinned and turned around to find one of my students standing behind me, rocking on her feet, her hands behind her back as if she were hiding something from me. Today, her hair had bright pink fuzzy something holding it in two long blonde braids. The ends were thankfully not as bright or distracting. “Matilda,” I answered, biting the inside of my lip when I saw the disgusted face she made. She stuck out her tongue as if she’d eaten something that tasted disgusting and scrunched up her face. The first day she joined my Taekwondo dojang, she’d made almost the same face when her mother introduced her to me. Matilda had tried to hide it, but she’d failed miserably. I didn’t tell on her though. “Mattie then?” Rolling her eyes, she sighed comically, overemphasizing everything by lifting her shoulders more than necessary and exhaling loudly. “I don’t know why it’s so hard for you to remember. You make me call you sabum because you are my teacher, why can’t you call me Mattie?” “You’re right.” I held back my laughter. This little girl had come a long way in the year I’d been teaching her. Her mother had brought her in hoping that learning Taekwondo would give her some confidence. Mattie had been shy and quiet, unable to look me in the eyes. It took me a month to find out she had a pair of striking blue eyes. Up to that point, I only knew she had hair so blonde, it was white, and it was always in two French braids that ran down the back of her head, ending at her shoulder blades. When I’d met her, she was eight but very small. I thought she’d been in first grade, not third. The first time she watched a class and someone got thrown, she screamed and begged her mother to let her go home. A year later, this little girl loved coming, could take on some of the kids bigger than her, and was always the first to show up for class. Such a drastic change. I wished I could say the same about some of my other students. Unlike her, some of my other students would stick to the shadows and stay in the background if they could. Fortunately, or maybe it was unfortunately for them, I didn’t allow that in my dojang. “Sabum,” Mattie called out again. “Hmmm?” I hummed, shaking myself from my thoughts. “What is it?” Rolling her eyes, she put her hands on her hip. “Aren’t you the one that said we should always listen to others?” “I did?” I stepped past her and ruffled her hair, giving her a small wink.” “Isn’t it time for you to get ready for class?” “I suppose.” She sighed. “Don’t sound so put out.” “Hey, Sabum…?” Her words drifted off, but I had a feeling she wasn’t done. Clasping my hands behind my back, I waited, and it didn’t take long for her to continue. “Why are boys jerks?” This threw me off. Boys? Was she old enough to even know the difference between boys and girls? Was she old enough to like boys? I’d admit that I didn’t have that much experience with kids outside of the dojang, which was probably for the best since I really didn’t know how to handle them besides teaching them Taekwondo. “Sabum?” she called out to me. “Sorry.” I smiled and patted her head. “Boys will always be jerks. Even when they are my age.” My thoughts drifted to Bryan and Chad. One had finally learned to pull his head out of his ass, but his wife still kept him on his toes, and the other…sometimes I wondered if there was any hope for him. Her grimace reminded me of someone who just ate a lemon and didn’t like it. “Really? And you’re old.” She shook her head in disappointment. I snorted unable to hold back my laughter any longer. “Why don’t you go and get ready and we’ll warm up as we wait for everyone else.” When she ran off, her mother approached. “Sorry about that Evan.” “No worries. I don’t mind at all. When I was her age, anyone twenty and above seemed old. How are things going at school?” “Her teachers rave about her and she gets along with the other students.” I smiled. “I’m glad.” “Me too. She had such a hard time and now…she’s a different person. Thank you. My husband and I can’t thank you enough.” “She did all the work,” I corrected Mattie’s mother. “But you helped her along.” She smiled and grabbed my arm to squeeze it before walking over to the metal bleachers I had in the far corner for parents to watch their kids. I was about to go and join Mattie when a stranger who appeared very unsure of herself entered practically dragging a little girl with messy, curly brown hair entered. The girl could have used a good hairbrush. The woman…I swallowed hard.Fuck me!Her white teeth were biting her lower lip and I half expected to see blood gushing from a wound any minute. Her brown eyes were darting from side to side, and she kept pushing a few strands of her straight golden hair that had escaped her bun, behind her ear. And the curves on this woman was enough to make my dick stand at attention. Clearing my throat, I approached her slowly and said, “Hi. I’m Evan. Can I help you?” Exposed: Book One of the Love Seekers Exposed buy links: Kindle: https://amzn.com/B01LR7MKUM Paperback: https://amzn.com/1537285920 Redeemed: Book Two of the Love Seekers Redeemed Buylink: http://a.co/go3rrjZ Maria Vickers currently lives in St. Louis, MO with her pug, Spencer Tracy. She has always had a passion for writing and after she became disabled in 2010, she decided to use writing as her escape. She believes that life is about what you make of it. You have to live it to the fullest no matter the circumstances. From a young age, she has always loved books and even dreamed of being an author when she was younger. Growing up in the Navy, she used to weave tales for her siblings and her friends about anything and everything. And when she wasn’t creating her own stories, she had a book in her hand. They transported her to another world. She hopes that with her books, her readers have the same experience and that they can relate to her characters. Getting sick changed her life forever, but it also opened doors for her that she thought would always be out of reach. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mariavickersbooks/ IG: @authormariavickers Twitter:@mvauthor Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/mvickersamazon Goodreads: http://tinyurl.com/mvickersgoodreads Bookbub:https://www.bookbub.com/authors/maria-vickers Newsletter:http://eepurl.com/cvH8tX Join her reader group, Maria’s Love Seekers. @LipServicesPR Tags Amazon, Amazon AU, Amazon Author Page, Amazon CA, Amazon UK, Amazon US, Book 3, Bookbub, Claimed, Contemporary Romance, EXPOSED, Facebook, Goodreads, Instagram, Lip Service PR, Love Seekers Series, Maria Vickers, New, New Release, Newsletter, Reader Group, Redeemed, Release Blitz, Romance, Romance book, Romance Books, Standalone, Twitter	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line852
__label__cc	0.643541	0.356459	Dark Buzz Natura non facit saltus. Congress Democrats want to fund quantum computing The quatum hype continues: Quantum computing has made it to the United States Congress. "Quantum computing is the next technological frontier that will change the world, and we cannot afford to fall behind," said Senator Kamala Harris (D-California) in a statement passed to Gizmodo. "We must act now to address the challenges we face in the development of this technology -- our future depends on it." From the report: The bill introduced by Harris in the Senate focuses on defense, calling for the creation of a consortium of researchers selected by the Chief of Naval Research and the Director of the Army Research Laboratory. The consortium would award grants, assist with research, and facilitate partnerships between the members. Another, yet-to-be-introduced bill, seen in draft form by Gizmodo, calls for a 10-year National Quantum Initiative Program to set goals and priorities for quantum computing in the US; invest in the technology; and partner with academia and industry. An office within the Department of Energy would coordinate the program. Another group would include members from the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Department of Energy, the office of the Director of National Intelligence to coordinate research and education activity between agencies. Furthermore, the draft bill calls for the establishment of up to five Quantum Information Science research centers, as well as two multidisciplinary National Centers for Quantum Research and Education. According to some big-money Democrat donors, Harris is their best hope for winning the USA Presidency in 2020. Her father is Jamaican and her mother east Indian, so they think that she will play well to current Democrat identity politics, where white males are despised. She has been successful in California politics, but would be considered a leftist kook in much of the rest of the USA. Here are some comments: Sure, nobody could so far put up any evidence that Quantum Computing will ever be able to be more efficient than conventional computing, but hey, let's allocate billions to the belief in the hype. AFAIK, your post is complete nonsense. It is perfectly well known for which tasks quantum computing will be more efficient than conventional computing and how many functioning Qbits you need (with given error rates). Note that the computational power does not increase linearly when doubling qbits. Apart from the tasks that we know can be solved, there is an ever expanding list of research results of more tasks that quantum computers are suitable for. You have to think of a quantum computer like a giant and fragile (unfortunately) co-processor that is insanely fast for certain tasks, not as a replacement for conventional computers. But as the poster you rudely accused of posting nonsense wrote, it's never been demonstrated. There are legitimate reasons to think it will never happen: Noise, cost scaling of maintaining low entropy space, incompatibility between quantum error correction on qbits and doing logic on those qbits. I'm a sceptic. I don't expect to see the ECDLP for deployed key sizes solved by quantum computers, ever. I agree with that last comment. The physics community is much too corrupt to point out that the Harris bill is a big waste of money. Posted by Roger at 8:00 AM Labels: quantum MD Cory June 10, 2018 at 1:18 PM Supercomputers are a waste of money in general. Show me any major breakthroughs that relied on them. We can't even get any productivity growth from technology investment in general. Republicans fund just as much of this garbage through defense and Rick Perry was just praising supercomputing. DARPA couldn't even design network protocols right. UNIVAC I (1951) - .002 MIPS IBM 7030 "Stretch" (1961)- 1.200 MIPS CDC 6600 (1965) - 10 MIPS Intel 4004 (1971) - .092 MIPS Cray 1 (1975) - 160 MIPS Motorola 68000 (1979) - 1.4 MIPS Motorola 68020 (1988) - 10 MIPS Intel Pentium (1993) - 188 MIPS Intel Core i9 7980XE (2017) - Benchmark: 977.0 GFLOPS and 102,681 MIPS (7-Zip) Summit (2018) - 200 PFLOPS is The UNIVAC I was beat by the 4004 microprocessor in 20 years. The IBM 7030 was well ahead of its time, in terms of features, but was beat by a single cheap desktop processor in 18 years. The famous CDC 6600 was matched by a single desktop chip in 23 years. The Core i9 7980XE is 51,300,000 times faster than the UNIVAC and 10,268 times faster than the CDC 6600. This is leaving out the video cards. The Nvidia Titan V delivers 110 TeraFLOPS. The Summit is currently 204,710 times faster than one 7980XE but only 1,818 times faster than a single Titan V. These computers are not far from a box of video cards a generation away. These computers are just obscene wastes of money and power. https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmXoypizjW3WknFiJnKLwHCnL72vedxjQkDDP1mXWo6uco/wiki /Instructions_per_second.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instructions_per_second https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/hpc/Intel-Core-i9-7900X-and-7980XE-Skylake-X-Linux-Linpack-Performance-1059/ https://www.overclock3d.net/news/software/early_benchmarks_results_for_intel_s_i9-7980xe_have_leaked_online/1 https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/03/opinions/invest-supercomputer-technology-opinion-perry/index.html https://www.top500.org/news/chinas-next-supercomputer-may-spoil-americas-plans-to-retake-top500-crown/ https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/titan/titan-v/ AndrewZ June 10, 2018 at 4:18 PM There's a term that's used in relation to crypto-currency speculation which is also applicable to many other things, and that's "FOMO" - "Fear Of Missing Out". Some people pump money into things that they don't understand because they see other people getting into it and they fear that they will miss out on something big if they don't join in. Of course, it's always easier for politicians to succumb to FOMO because they can gamble with the taxpayers' money instead of their own. But it's the same mentality at work and there are many examples to be found in the rush to throw money at quantum computing. There really is nothing special about quantum computers getting funded. Science is a jobs program these days and it's a parasitic disease that affects the entire world. Hell, they even have people studying the octopus for decades. Did they ever find anything useful? Probably not but the "research" never ends. "In the US: Michelle Nishiguchi and Margaret McFall-Ngai both study symbiosis in the world's cutest squid; Roger Hanlon looks at deviant cephalopod behavior; Brad Seibel does X-TREME squid; David Scheel plays with the gentle giant pacific octopus; Roy Caldwell covers warm tropical cephalopods, and of course my own almus pater, Bill Gilly, focuses on Humboldt squid. Around the world: In Australia, Natalie Moltschaniwskyj researches the growth and ecology of modest-sized squid, while Steve O'Shea in New Zealand rummages around for very big squid. Spain's Ángel Guerra wrote a whole book about giant squid, and Japan's Tsunemi Kubodera took the first in situ video of the beast. Japan is also home to squid baby-maker Yasunori Sakurai. In Mexico, César Salinas-Zavala supervises all kinds of squid work and Unai Markaida crosses from coast to coast and from octopus to squid." http://www.cephalopodiatrist.com/2011/10/how-to-become-cephalopodiatrist.html "Science" is a jobs program for talentless losers, nerds and weirdos. They're mostly a group of fucking losers. They should be fixing my roof or picking up my trash. Candy asses living off the taxpayers... How Einstein Ruined Physics Essays on quantum mechanics About Dark Buzz Singular Values MWI is the strangest and least believable thing Bell test experiments explained Was relativity positivist or anti-positivist? Quantum mechanics has no action-at-a-distance For Solstice, celebrate Earth's uniqueness Standard Model of Physics at 50 Video rant against Jewish Physics Rovelli defends ancient philosophy for physics We dummies should not question the super-smart Elegance is the fuzziest aspect of beauty Denying laws of physics in a multiverse A foolish unified field theory using E8 Maudlin attacks positivism in book review Relativity founded on experiment, not ad hoc How mathematicians connected with physicists Young double slit Bubble chamber tracks	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line860
__label__wiki	0.796618	0.796618	Dropbox for filmmakers Making a film can be frenetic yet poetic and can take months or even years to come to fruition. But now filmmakers are discovering different ways to use Dropbox to streamline creative workflows and get their passion projects off the ground much faster. It all starts with a spark…a spark that eventually turns into a labyrinth of ideas, options, paths, dead ends, and lots and lots of emails. But it’s the story that really matters. And telling that story means finding a creative workspace to house and collaborate on musings and inspiration in the form of text, images, audio, and video files. From creating mood boards to editing the script to organizing daily workflows, filmmakers are using Dropbox Paper to communicate around content. You can upload photos from your Dropbox, @mention team members to share feedback, and create a checklist to assign tasks to the crew. “We use Dropbox throughout our entire process,” says Joshua Cohen, co-producer and post-production supervisor of The Farewell. Cohen says the first step is simply getting all the paperwork and timetables in one place. “On the production side, we use Dropbox for all our organization, for our contracts, and our schedules.” Through the Dropbox integration with Final Draft, it’s easy to get the script finalized and secured in your Dropbox account. As producer, writer, director, and star of the movie Motherless Brooklyn, Edward Norton had to harness the collective skillset of disparate teams and sought what he calls a “curatorial platform” to unify the crew. Norton and his crew used Paper to create, communicate, and coordinate without toggling through emails and apps. “It was a nice place to consolidate,” says Norton. “But also what we started doing was building our storyboards in it.” Before he began using collaboration tools, Norton says it used to take weeks of back and forth with a storyboard artist to bring his visions to life. But these days…you can build the visual narrative in advance in a much more sophisticated and highly specific way,” says Norton. Learn more about how Edward Norton used Paper and the Paper mobile app to blueprint Motherless Brooklyn Filmmakers are also using Paper for location scouting. Paper allows crews to build a visual location guide, helping the team discuss and home in on the best places to get the shots they need. You can just drop in a Google Maps link to view and interact with a map by zooming in and out and navigating on your mobile device. “We do call sheets, daily schedules, and maps that get uploaded into Dropbox Paper,” says James Okumura, Emmy winner and producer of the short film Mighty. “So every day, it's a repeat of daily schedules, call sheets, and maps that get disseminated to all the crew through Paper,” which allows them to go where they need to go at the right time. “It's really like wrangling really hyper-intelligent and capable cats.” You can also automatically preview YouTube videos of actors’ reels, Spotify playlists, a snippet of code, or a Pinterest board—all without leaving Paper. Norton and his crew created a Paper doc for every scene in Motherless Brooklyn. These detailed Paper documents were the lifeblood of the production plan and kept everyone on the same page. “On this production, any member of the crew could open up ‘Day Two’ and the shot list and sequence of work for the day along with specific photographic storyboards of every set up,” says Norton. “Having a document like that for every day of the shoot that's on everybody in the crew’s phone was fairly revolutionary. We’d never have been able to shoot a film this big in 46 days without that kind of team coordination." Other filmmakers create tables in Paper for recruiting crew and daily production planning, including keeping track of call times, coordinating hair and makeup, and scheduling meal and travel times. “We do call sheets, daily schedules, and maps that get uploaded into Dropbox Paper. It's really like wrangling really hyper-intelligent and capable cats.” —James Okumura As production draws to a close and you’re making final tweaks to trailers, visual effects clips, and the soundtrack, you can use Dropbox’s time-based comments feature to tie your feedback on audio and video files to specific spots on their timelines. You can scrub through 1080p video previews with thumbnails and audio previews with waveform and your team can jump to the exact second you’re referring to. You can request feedback and get approvals on last-minute edits without emailing files back and forth. Wondering if your hard drive can keep up with all your files? With Smart Sync you can access every file stored in your Dropbox account and in shared folders—on your hard drive or in the cloud—from your desktop without using all your hard drive space. You can write notes, and make tweaks and edits that are saved in real time from anywhere. With final approvals in hand, the film is ready to make its debut on the film festival circuit. You can deliver your final cut quickly, easily, and securely using Dropbox Transfer. If the files are already in your Dropbox, you don’t have to upload anything. Just select the film from your Dropbox folder, create a transfer, add a password and expiration date, and then copy the link to email it to festival organizers. Or, you can just drag and drop the files into your browser then initiate the transfer. You can deliver large files—up to 100 GB per transfer—and confirm receipt with download notifications and viewership stats. With the help of Dropbox, you can stay organized before, during, and after production to help make your labor of love a little less painful and a little more rewarding. To learn more about how Dropbox can help you map out your movie, visit the Dropbox Business media and entertainment page. Valerie Creque Valerie Creque is a content strategist on the Dropbox Product Marketing team. The GDPR: An opportunity to rethink your approach to data security Collaboration in higher education: How sharing fuels research By Jesus Diaz Understanding your data By Gazala Haq Collaboration in higher education: Sync fast and share large files Working with your suppliers towards GDPR compliance By Dyann Heward Mills	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line862
__label__cc	0.623806	0.376194	Silo Free: The SaaS Operator's Guide to RevOps RevOps Content RevOps by Role Home » Silo-Free: The Operator's Guide to RevOps » 5 Scary Onboarding Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them 5 Scary Onboarding Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them Kristi Park First, a quick story to set things up: I was in my early twenties (nostalgic, dreamy sigh) and just starting a new job at an e-commerce company. The role was a customer support/sales/marketing hybrid (clearly created as some kind of cruel science experiment) and there was a lot to learn. Like, a lot. The problem? Absolutely zero actual training materials. Nary even a Google doc; just methods and processes relayed to me by my new manager, who was deeply frightening despite actually being younger than me. Scary manager aside, this killed my productivity for weeks—and not just mine. I had to constantly ask for answers to what felt like the world’s dumbest questions, but it was literally my only option. I quit after eight months. I had to, because it felt like there was no way to close the gaps that were glaring to me, but didn’t seem like such a big deal to my leadership. I felt incapable of any real growth there. So, on that note, here are what we consider the worst (and unfortunately most common) onboarding pitfalls that at worst will lead to employee churn and at best leave a new hire feeling like they aren’t being set up for success at your company. 1. Messy Materials We don’t know about you, but we work with a lot of tools and systems. We also have defined processes that are crucial to know in order to collaborate both with your own team and cross-functionally. This means that one of the first things that has to happen when we onboard someone is that they have to complete a number of training exercises. This can be anything from straightforward reading material to videos and quizzes—what really matters is that it’s not a mess that distracts people from the actual learning they’re supposed to be doing. It may seem insignificant, but having your training materials copy edited and checked for things like broken links is something that every organization should prioritize. Sloppy mistakes like misspelled words, poor grammar, or resources that straight up don’t work give an undesirable first impression of your company and make onboarding (which is often a stressful time anyway) more frustrating than it needs to be. In addition to ensuring well-groomed content, you should be thoughtful about how your training materials are organized. Having a central source of truth, not just for new hires but for all employees, means people won’t have to field the same questions over and over. It also helps avoid mistakes made by newer people who may be afraid to ask about something. Make important information accessible and easy to navigate, so that everyone can be more self-sufficient. 2. Sequence Matters Think about what people realistically need to know right away and what can wait until they’ve settled into their role a little more. It’s unlikely that people will absorb everything they’re reading/watching/hearing for the first time, so take that into account when you’re defining how much training to assign per day and what should be prioritized. Giving new hires a clear and manageable onboarding plan provides structure that will likely be helpful as they build their foundational knowledge of the company and their role. Just sending people a huge collection of information and expecting them to decide how best to navigate and divide it up adds an extra variable to the onboarding process and almost guarantees that important things will be missed. When assigning training materials, break information up over several days and be mindful of what new hires need to know up front, versus what can realistically wait. 3. Feedback Fails Here’s something that should surprise no one: there are a lot of not-so-great ways to give feedback. Furthermore, even if you do deliver it correctly, it can still present problems. In research done and published by the Harvard Business Review, they found that while positive feedback is instrumental to learning and improving, popular modern techniques such as “radical candor” aren’t necessarily as helpful as some may think. “In the brains of the students asked about what they needed to correct, the sympathetic nervous system lit up. This is the “fight or flight” system, which mutes the other parts of the brain and allows us to focus only on the information most necessary to survive. Your brain responds to critical feedback as a threat and narrows its activity. The strong negative emotion produced by criticism “inhibits access to existing neural circuits and invokes cognitive, emotional, and perceptual impairment.” In other words, according to HBR, “focusing on people’s shortcomings doesn’t enable learning; it impairs it.” So, what you may consider constructive feedback can quickly become discouraging and result in the person on the receiving end being less open to learning. The more you know! 4. Context is King Imagine starting a new role in an industry you’re not especially familiar with. Revenue operations, for example, is a relatively new field that’s also constantly evolving. Therefore, a good chunk of our onboarding materials at Go Nimbly are focused on giving new hires the industry knowledge they need to solution, provide recommendations, and advise our clients. It’s also a good idea to reevaluate onboarding materials every year or so, taking into account any feedback you’ve received about the process from recent hires and adding new information that becomes relevant as your business grows and evolves. 5. Great Expectations Clearly communicating expectations is the only way to have them met. On top of that, it can be extremely frustrating to lack clarity around what is expected of you in a new role. One way to prevent this is to define specific success metrics early on and provide examples for people to learn from and emulate. At Go Nimbly, we use Kiite Playbooks to document workstream stories, which help new consultants understand past work we've done, as well as any challenges or insights that will help them be more successful with their own workstreams. Using Kiite, we're able to consolidate this knowledge in a way that's organized and easily accessible. How To Use 3VC to Identify Gaps in Your CX & Increase Revenue What is 3VC, and how can you leverage it to increase revenue for your business? Here, we break it all down. Here’s How Go Nimbly Self-Manages...So You Don't Have To Roadmap vs. Backlog: The What, Why, and How Do you have an operational roadmap? Do you know how to create one? If not, this article will explain what a roadmap really is, why you need one, and how to build one for your business. What Does Your Business Have in Common With a Captive Salamander? Maybe A Lot. 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__label__wiki	0.751572	0.751572	Arizona congregation sponsors `Igniting` event By Joe Isenhower Jr. Trinity Lutheran Church, Litchfield Park, Ariz., is thought to be the first congregation to sponsor a “One Mission Ablaze: Igniting Congregations” event March 13. “This is the first cong regation-sponsored ‘Igniting’ event that we are aware of,” said Rev. Larry Krueger, an assistant to Synod President Gerald Kieschnick. “And from what we’ve heard,” he said, “Trinity, Litchfield Park, has done exactly what other congregations that want to sponsor a similar event could model.” Rev. David Bolte, pastor of the Phoenix-area congregation, was among those representing 23 congregations who gathered in Omaha Nov. 14-15 for the third national “Igniting” event sponsored by Kieschnick’s office. They talked about how to increase worship attendance — an area in which they all had dramatic success in a five-year period. “As a result of that,” Bolte said in his invitation to Trinity’s event, we were encouraged by [Kieschnick] to share what we are doing with other congregations.” From 1998-2003, Bolte said, Trinity’s average weekly worship attendance grew from 200 to 700. “We readily acknowledge that we are not experts; but we also readily acknowledge that the Good Lord is at work here at Trinity,” he said. “God is good, and we wanted to share God’s goodness,” Bolte added. So on March 13, Trinity hosted a regional “Igniting Congregations” event for 60 leaders of other Arizona congregations. Bolte and other staff members from Trinity shared what he refers to as “the top 10 reasons” why Trinity is growing. They also led round-table discussions about increasing worship attendance and answered questions from the group. Bolte said that Trinity’s top-10 list of reasons for growth “has been worked, reworked, tweaked, reviewed and critiqued by the staff, the elders and the Board of Directors of our congregation.” Those 10 reasons, as Bolte lists them, are “God’s goodness and grace, an environment of grace, cultivating mission mindedness, maximizing our location, rapidly responsive, intentionally proactive, variety in ministry, education emphasis, strive for excellence, [and] peace and unity.” Rev. Augie Iadicicco, pastor of Saving Grace Lutheran Church, a one-year-old congregation in nearby Queen Creek, told Reporter he attended the event at Trinity because “they have constructed a ministry that seems to model the kind of ministry we’d like to emulate.” Trinity “is a local church that has grown within a similar demographic,” he said. “Learning from a fast-growing church in the Midwest wouldn’t be as directly applicable to the way Phoenix urban sprawl affects a local LCMS church in similar settings.” Iadicicco said that two of the top 10 reasons for Trinity’s growth “that spoke loudest to me” were “an environment of grace” and “rapidly responsive.” “As Lutherans, we should understand grace more than anyone,” Iadicicco said, “but often our churches are not places where grace is actually experienced.” “The church should be different than the world, in that it is visibly a place where we love, forgive and enjoy the freedom and joy God has gifted us with,” Iadicicco said. “They have a culture that will honor no ruts,” Iadicicco said of Trinity and its “rapidly responsive” reason for growth. “If something needs to change, they don’t hesitate to change it so that more people can be reached,” he said. “Trinity is about five or six years ahead of where we are right now in terms of ministry,” said Rev. Kevin Wilson, pastor of Word of Life Lutheran Church in Surprise, Ariz., a two-year-old congregation that had 12 congregational leaders at the Litchfield Park event. Wilson said that at least nine of those who were there will return to Trinity with others to “witness first-hand how they do what they do. “Our bottom line is that we’d like to avoid reinventing the wheel,” Wilson told Reporter. He said that his congregation is “most interested” in learning how Trinity “juggles” four services, Bible classes and Sunday school every Sunday morning; how it conducts a Wednesday evening all-ages Bible study and fellowship; and get ideas for implementing Word of Life’s master plan for starting a Lutheran school. “They want to help us succeed,” Wilson said of Trinity’s staff and members. The event at Trinity was cost-free, including lunch and childcare. To learn more about Trinity Lutheran Church, Litchfield Park, go to its Web site at www.trinity-lutheran.net. Congregations nominate president, first vice president slates TV special includes Paul Maier	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line868
__label__cc	0.744423	0.255577	Letters to the Editor (February 2012) Needed: Confession, Absolution In his December “Pressure Points” response to the anxious and scared brother or sister in Christ whose church job is in jeopardy, Dr. Bruce Hartung rightly begins with the comfort of Christian identity — Baptism. He writes, “You are in no way alone. But it does not seem so to you. So let’s start with where you can go.” Does not Baptism include what Dr. Luther, in his Large Catechism, calls the third sacrament — Confession and Absolution? What a wonderful gift the Lord has given for the hurting and terrified soul who feels alone! Should this not be the start for one who is so overwhelmed, who fears that there is no place [to] go? One’s pastor or father confessor … is a “safe space” for the Christian to go for help. I understand that, in the case of a church worker, one’s pastor might also be one’s supervisor, which creates the potential for a conflict of interest and obligation. But there is always an alternative father confessor, one who also stands in the stead of Christ, to whom one can be directed — a place in the church where one can go to unburden a hurting conscience in strict confidentiality and receive the forgiveness of sins. Certainly the confessor also can recommend para-church and other organizations for additional help and support. But as we confess, where there is forgiveness of sins there also are life and salvation. “So we teach what a splendid, precious and comforting thing Confession is … If I have brought you to the point of being a Christian, I have thereby also brought you to Confession. For those who really desire to be true Christians, to be rid of their sins, and to have a cheerful conscience already possess the true hunger and thirst. They reach for the bread, just as Psalm 42:1 says of a hunted deer, burning in the heat with thirst, ‘As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for You, O God.’ In other words, as a deer with anxious and trembling eagerness strains toward a fresh, flowing stream, so I yearn anxiously and tremblingly for God’s Word, Absolution, the Sacrament, and so forth” [LC Part V. An Exhortation to Confession, Concordia: The Lutheran Confessions, (St. Louis: CPH 2005), p. 467]. Dr. Donald G. Kirchner Lake George, Minn. Please send letters via email to reporter@lcms.org or by mail to Reporter Letters, 1333 S. Kirkwood Road, St. Louis, MO 63122-7295. Please include your name, postal address and phone number. Letters may be edited for length and clarity. — Ed. Posted Jan. 26, 2012 Items wanted, available (February 2012) Muslim men convicted of advocating death for gays	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line869
__label__wiki	0.597772	0.597772	July 29, 2019 August 5, 2019 beammeupscotty1 Two Worlds Nickelbaucher CPL Nickelbaucher Location: Harper’s Junction, Star Kingdom of Windsor The mountain rumbled around them, and it had nothing to do with the firefight raging in the rock-lined corridors. “Shit, the cannon just fired!” The HI trooper stuck his Buss around the corner and unloaded a long burst at the enemy position. A round pinged off the trooper’s armor as his scales rippled and sent it way too close to Mitch’s team for comfort. Mitch leaned around the corner to add his own weight of fire. The corridor was about twenty-five meters long with a thick duro-steel door at the end. Between them and the door were a handful of enemy soldiers. Normally, the HI trooper would be able to plow right over them, but every round Mitch sent downrange smacked directly into a shield. On top of that, the few plasma-tipped rounds the HI got through the energy barrier were meant with purpose-designed defensive positions. Thick blocks of duro-steel protected the enemy defenders guarding the door to the cannon’s control room. Mitch got one round off before return fire slammed into the wall right next to him. Chips of rock became shrapnel and pummeled his head. The cushion in his helmet stopped the worst of the whiplash, but it felt like someone had punched him in the throat, and some of his sensors went out. “Shit, lost eyes,” he cursed and had to use the other sensors on his armor to make up for the difference. The battlefield snapped back to life on his HUD, but the definition wasn’t as good as it was. “Give me an ammo count,” the fire between both sides slacked as they took stock. He dug around in the compartments of his armor and was surprised to find most of them empty. He had a hundred and eleven rounds left in the weapon and another three hundred after that. He’d gone through nearly his whole supply in the firefight. The rest of his team was similarly situated. “We aren’t getting resupply down here anytime soon, and we need to stop them before they fire again.” Everyone knew every time the big gun fired hundreds of marines died. “Can you use your arty?” one of the PVT’s asked. The suggestion was stupid enough that only a PVT would ask it. “Negative,” was all the trooper said. “If he uses that it’ll bring down the tunnel for sure. It might kill those assholes over there, but it won’t get us any closer to seizing control of this gun. We’ll have to dig our way through before cutting through the door. The battle might be over before we can do that.” Mitch filled in the rest. “More grenades?” A PFC suggested. They’d tried that earlier in the battle, and got one through that took out one of the enemy soldiers, but they’d wised up since then. Someone over there had their finger on the frequency adjuster and would dial it up to impenetrable whenever they saw a grenade inbound. However, that might work to their advantage. “What if we use the grenades as cover to move forward? We put some frag downrange so they tighten up, followed by smoke and we move up. If they stay buttoned up then we could use the breech cord to eat away at their shields until they overload and we can get through. If they loosen up to return fire then we can charge in and take them,” Mitch suggested. “That’s some violence of action right there,” the HI trooped paused. “I love it.” The trooper’s big Buss’ drums started to rotate. “We go on three. One…two…” he leaned around the corner and rapid fired three frag grenades. Followed by two smoke. The shield tightened up as expected and the frags detonated against it without any penetration. The smoke grenades bounced off it, and started spewing the thick, cloudy substance that would fool sensors and the Mark-One eyeball. “Three!” They all rushed forward with the trooper in the lead. The enemy didn’t fire as they approached with their view blocked by the smoke. Mitch smacked his back into one of the duro-steel defensive positions that was half-uncovered by the shield. He reached up to test the energy barrier and his fingers met resistance. “They’re still buttoned up, set up the breech kit.” A PVT and PFC got the same materials out that they were going to use on the door before, and started layering it across the shield. The sticky substance on its underside had no problem adhering to the energy. “Move it,” the trooper urged. The team was mostly out in the open, and the Windsor’s could make up their mind at any time to shoot randomly into the smoke. If they did that, Mitch’s people would take casualties. “Five seconds,” the PFC voice shook, and Mitch could practically imagine sweat pouring down his face. “Set.” “Hit it!” A hiss filled the air as superheated plasma designed to cut through ship’s armor and high-security doors ignited. The shield flared like it was the fourth of July. <Shit…> Mitch didn’t have time to acknowledge the miscalculation before the Windsor’s opened up. The PVT and PFC went down with a grunt. Thankfully, the Windsor’s were firing at the height an attacker would be, not at the ground, so they didn’t get hit anymore. All Mitch could do was watch their vitals spike and their armor’s limited medical options do what it could. <Hang in there!> More rounds pounded into the HI trooped, but he stood his ground, shrugging off the impacts. After what felt like the five longest seconds in the universe, the shield failed with a pop. Mitch didn’t wait, he vaulted over the duro-steel barrier…and collided with a Windsor soldier. He was so surprised, that he instinctively pulled the trigger. Rounds stitched themselves across the wall before he could bring the weapon to bear on the target. He held down the trigger and ten to twenty rounds smashed into the Windsor’s chest. The soldier staggered back and finally fell as some got through. Mitch pivoted to find a new target and was tackled from the side. Gunfire still raged around him, but he was forced to struggle with the enemy hand-to-hand when his weapon was kicked out if his grip. He lashed out with a gauntleted fist, and caught the Windsor on the side of the head. The blow rocked the enemy soldier, but he straightened up and came back swinging. Mitch wasn’t a combative’s star, but he could hold his own. They traded blows and tried to get each other on the ground to rain down a killing stroke, but neither was giving ground until Mitch was able to slip in between the enemy’s arms and in close. He rammed a fist under the man’s armored chin, which might have hurt Mitch more than the Windsor, while his other hand went to his standard issue knife. While the Windsor was recovering from the uppercut and coming back for Mitch’s throat, Mitch took the knife and stabbed upward to a weak point in the enemy’s armor under the armpit. It met resistance as first, but he pivoted and put more power into the thrust until it finally punctured. It was impossible to hear the enemy scream in the chaos of battle, but Mitch could feel him stiffen as the shock of the injury registered. Mitch took that opportunity to hook his leg around the Windsor and throw him over his hip. With the man now on the ground and stunned, Mitch jumped on him and drove his knife repeatedly into the enemy’s neck. After a few good stabs the Windsor wasn’t moving anymore. “You good, corporal?” The HI trooper trotted over. He looked a little worse from wear, but the rest of the enemy soldiers were down. “Yeah…Yes, Sergeant,” he shook off the adrenaline of the brawl to the death, and thought ahead to what they needed to do next. “Get the breech kit and hope we have enough to cut through this door,” the trooper gave it an experimental tap. The PVT and PFC were on their feet and moving, but they were combat ineffective. Mitch put in a call for a medic over TACCOM and a red cross appeared on their location in STRATNET, but he doubted anyone would find their way to them from the battle raging outside. A lot of people were dying and injured out there. “Here,” the PFC knew why he was coming over and handed the last of the breech charges. “We’ll pull through,” the PVT thought he was coming to check on them. “Hold on,” was the only lame thing Mitch could think to say. “Cover our six.” He grabbed his wayward rifle and returned to the door to set the charges. He ignited the charge and waited as the door started to smoke and burn. Windsor Planetary Defensive Battery Seven “They’re almost through.” It was the first time that Ned heard fear in the SGT’s voice, and it wasn’t helping anyone in the control room of the battery. The remaining members of the security team were building hasty barricades around the room at the SGT’s direction, but they were flimsy. At best they were an overturned desk that Ned knew from experience were faux wood nearly a half-century old. They tended to wobble when you leaned on them too hard. A pair of guards pushed one such desk past Ned’s station, tipped it up on it’s short end and rammed it against the door. He highly doubted the desk would do much to stop the multi-tin duro-steel door from turning it into splinters, but he understood people had to do something, anything to ward off the inevitable. Ned’s grip on Martin’s hand was tight as he rubbed his thumb along his palm. He took deep breaths and tried not to think of all the things they would never have. Martin would never be able to take him to Windsor to meet his family. Ned’s family had disowned him after the occupation, so Martin was the only family he had, and they were both going to die in an underground control room while clearing an escape route for the queen herself. <There are worse ways to die,> he took another deep breath as the edges fo the door started to glow as the demolition cord ate through the defenses. “What’s the charge?” the SGT’s hands were flying across his controls. “Eighty percent, sergeant.” Ned was surprised at how calm his voice sounded. “The second that door comes down we open fire. Ned, I’m assigning secondary firing protocols to you if I can’t pull the trigger myself.” Ned looked over his shoulder at the SGT in surprise. He was under the impression the Windsor NCO didn’t like him that much. It might be because he was the only person not currently freaking out of shaking at their impending doom, but nevertheless a surge of pride coursed through him. “Yes, Sergeant.” He turned back to his monitor and saw the protocols downloading. He just wished they would go faster. A loud hissing sounded coupled with bright sparks pulled his attention away from the status bar as the demolition cord finished burning through the door. “Hold it!” the SGT ordered and the four nearest people rushed over to put their shoulder into it. The security personnel got behind their hasty barricades and trained their weapons on the still-smoking door. For what felt like forever, nothing happened. “Maybe…” Martin began as hope flashed in his eye before a loud crunch echoed through the space. The door flew back like it had been hammered by a battering ram and collapsed on the four people trying to hold it back. All Ned heard was a sickening crunch before seeing blood seeping out beneath their final line of defense against the Collies. The security team opened fire, but was quickly met by several cylindrical objects being lobbed into the room. “Grenades!” the SGT yelled as one seemed to twirl in the air and focus on him. A security member ran forward to one that was falling just short of his barricade and reached out to grab it and throw it back. Ned didn’t see if he was successful as he ducked under his desk, and the whole world erupted and flashed. Something sharp stabbed into his back and his body flared in pain as he went deaf. The pain lanced up toward his shoulders and down towards his feet and he toppled out from his hiding place. All he saw was fire and death as he flopped onto his side, tried to blink away the pain and the ringing in his ears. He looked to the side and saw Martin’s lifeless eyes staring back at him as a pool of blood steadily extended under his torso. <Secondary protocols…secondary protocols…> his mind latched onto his training as he tore his eyes from his dead boyfriend. He had to climb up the side of his desk, ignore the stabbing pain in his hands, to reach his miraculously still-intact controls. It was tough to see through the smoke, but it looked like the cannon was at its full charge. He reached for the controls to cut the charge from the cannon and isolate the power sources to prevent a feedback explosion when he heard a crunch behind him. Everyone he knew was dead or dying, not up and walking around, so he lurched for the firing control. July 22, 2019 July 29, 2019 beammeupscotty1 Two Worlds Admiral Michael Ward, Nickelbaucher Mitch struggled against gravity and the terrain as he worked his way up the slope. It was slow-going up the hillside opposite the HI firing position. The loose shale had caused him to slip multiple times, and ricocheted down onto his fire team following his lead. More than one person was grumbling over TACCOM, but he ignored them as he pushed forward. <Screw this,> he thought after sliding down another few meters and almost knocking over the PFC behind him. Mitch swung his rifle around his back and locked it into position. He bent down and started to use his hands and feet to crawl up the slope like a spider. It was much easier going, and the rest of his team followed his example. He looked up and saw the HI trooper had already reached the ajar door. “Ok, here is the plan, everyone,” he relayed over TACCOM. “We’re going to get up this hill, stack beside the door, and do a textbook clearing of the inside space. Be prepared for anything. We don’t have any idea what the interior layout is like and I don’t want to…” he cut his mission prep short when the HI trooper slid inside the building. “Or we’ll just follow him,” a PVT chuckled. “Let’s move,” Mitch chomped down on the chatter and rushed forward. He didn’t slip again, but he waited for the rest of his team to reach the ledge before moving forward. It was dark inside the cavern. The only light came from the open door, and his optics had trouble deciding whether to go to night vision or stay normal. “It’s clear,” the HI trooper stated from the opposite side of the room. The big armored man was down on one knee and running his hand against the floor. “What…oww!” One of the PVT’s exclaimed as he tripped and fell right on his face. “Watch your footing,” Mitch chided as he followed the HI’s example. The cavern was a big bunch of open nothing except for two tracks on the floor spaced a solid fifteen meters apart. “The energy cannon emerges from there,” the HI pointed over his shoulder at another well disguised door that looked like a rock face. “The outdoor opens, it fires, then moves back through the inner door to a lift that will shift its position.” The HI shifted his gaze along the wall. “There’s another door here we can take.” “Breaching charges,” Mitch ordered, and a PVT ran up and pulled the device from his back. There was no panel to hack, so the electronic override bumper he was carrying was no good. The PVT started to slap the cord onto the door. Once ignited, the cord would burn through the door and its’ hinges. It would then fall open on its own or they could kick it down. “Stack up on the door,” Mitch reissued the order as the HI trooper stepped back. The door was too small for the LACS to get through without turning sideways and stooping, so the marines would go in first. “Ready, Corporal,” the PVT informed as he stepped away from the door with a detonator in his hand. “Engage tint,” everyone’s HUDs darkened to protect their eyes from the upcoming flash of light. “Blow it in three…two…” The door opened and three men in smartcloth coveralls stopped dead in their tracks. The one on the right was the first to react. He dropped his bag of tools, turned to scream, and Mitch put a round in the side of his neck. The man died with a gurgle as one of the other men threw himself forward at Mitch, and the other turned to make a run for it. Mitch pivoted away from the tackling man, throwing off the enemies’ attack. The man slipped around Mitch, fell to the floor, and Mitch put a pair of 1mm rounds in his chest. The man wasn’t wearing any armor, and blood splattered everywhere from the close range shots. Mitch turned to engage the third enemy, only to see the man’s body explode as one of the HI troopers 3mm plasma-tipped rounds impact him in the back. Gore splattered across the stairwell as the momentum carried what remained of the body forward and it fell down the stairs. “We need to hurry,” the HI trooper ducked through the door and started down the stairs. His head brushed the ceiling as he took them half a flight at a time. “Someone had to have heard that.” “Let’s move!” Mitch charged after the trooper and tried to shake from blood off the edge of his barrel. “Maintenance team, please give us a SITREP on the status of the door,” Ned asked for the fifth time. He got nothing but static. “There is a lot of energy discharge happening nearby. Maybe coms are being affected.” He guessed. The SGT in charge of the battery pursed his lips and shook his head. “Corporal,” he turned to the second in command, “I want you to take half the security team and investigate. The other half of the team will get to their assigned defensive positions. We might have hostiles inbound.” His eyes scanned the control room and locked on several critical personnel, like Ned. “Whatever happens, we need to make this shot. I didn’t want to tell you the severity of the situation, but we’re providing cover fire for the Queen herself.” People sat up straighter and chests puffed out a little farther at the news. They weren’t just shooting at the Commonwealth anymore. They were protecting their monarch. The news wasn’t as big a deal to Ned as the Windsor-born soldiers and civilians in the room, but he couldn’t help but feed off their energy. “What’s our charge?” the SGT continued with operations as the CPL left with part of the security team. “We’re nearing a fifty percent for our capacitors. Depending on how many shots we are going to get we can always overload them and achieve a more powerful shot,” Ned offered. “Good thinking. We’ll keep that as a secondary option, but I plan to be able to put up more than a shot,” the SGT replied. “Cannon’s location?” The giant cannon was still a little over two minutes from reaching its firing position. Diagnostics were run to ensure the inner and outer doors there were undamaged and would open and close. Those reports came back green. Now, all they had to do was wait for the charge to reach the desired level so it could threaten any ship that tried to endanger their Queen. A working silence descended on the battery’s crew for a few minutes before a coms channel on the SGT’s station opened up. “SERGEANT we’ve got…!” the transmission cut off, but the sound of weapon’s fire was unmistakable. “Secure those doors!” The SGT yelled as the remainder of the security team slammed them closed and took up their fighting positions outside the command center. “Get ready to overload those capacitors,” he relayed to Ned. Ned tried to ignore the fear in his gut, and a steadying hand from Martin helped. “Rerouting all power to cannon,” he acknowledged as the dial in front of him went from the green of one hundred percent into the red as numbers climbed higher. <God save the Queen.> he thought as gunfire sounded just outside the armored door. Admiral Michael Ward Ward stood in the main hanger bay and watched as columns of marines boarded Spyder Assault Shuttles bound for the surface of Harper’s Junction. The round-robin drop process had been going on for hours with little sign of letting up anytime soon. “Sir,” a marine LT, acting as his liaison, handed him a PAD with the latest casualty figures. A handful of Spyders and their marine compliments had been lost in the first wave of drops. As a total portion of the brigade on Aggie it was only seven percent of their force, but that seven percent was seven hundred soldiers and Spyder crews. Even that was a drop in the bucket to the thousands and thousands of spacers lost in the battles to get the troops to the planet, and all those dead weighed on him as their commander. He rubbed his tired eyes with his free hand, and when he looked back the number of marine casualties had jumped another two hundred. “What the hell?” The light-speed communication relays between the ground and fleet transmitted the STRATNET data instantaneously, so commanders had the most up-to-date information on their troops. “The 942nd is in heavy contact advancing on the capitol, sir,” the LT relayed. “One of the enemy orbital defense batteries was able to get a shot off. Shields can’t do much against that type of firepower.” “Shit,” Ward exhaled as the numbers updated again. There wasn’t a big jump this time, but the numbers were climbing. Thankfully, the breakdown listed more injured than dead. “Sir,” the Aggie’s skipper came over TACCOM. “We’re getting some weird readings from our drone scouts.” “On my way,” Ward left the ground pounders to do their thing so he could return to his. The bridge wasn’t nearly as chaotic as it had been a few hours ago, but there was still plenty of activity as search and rescue operations, the marines’ landing, and the constant monitoring of the enemy fleet’s remnants still poking around. Ward bypassed his command chair and went straight to the CAG. The Carrier Air Group Commander was a Captain, same as the ship’s commander, and he was in charge of the thousands of drones packed into the belly of Aggie and other assault carriers like her. It was the CAG’s operations that made the assault carrier class of warships different from battleships. “Talk to me CAG,” Ward wasn’t the only one with the other CAPT. Aggie’s skipper was there was well. “Pull up the data,” the CAG, a tall woman with long, dexterous fingers, pointed into the section’s holo-tank. “Here, we’re getting slight fluctuations, but nothing we’ve seen before.” “Do we have eyes on?” Ward looked at the confusing jumble of data in the tank. “Drone Delta-Five-Two and Delta-Five-Three will be coming around the curve of the planet in thirty-one seconds.” The CAG informed. “Any ships nearby to get a closer look?” Ward asked, and the CAG rolled her eyes. It was a constant battle between drone commanders and ship commanders about what the appropriate use of resources were. Drones were mobile reconnaissance and fighting platforms. Currently, they were still limited by light-speed communications, but that was going to change with new QE tech. The CAG thought her drones were the best tool to do this type of recon, but Ward also knew that warships had better sensor suites, and were much sturdier than the easily destroyed drones. Something needed to be dealt with, the drones single missile launcher with five total missile compliment, and low-powered energy cannon wasn’t going to be able to put up much of a fight. Thirty-one seconds passed and the two drones rounded the curvature of Harper’s Junction and saw nothing. The anomalous readings vanished from the scans and nothing could be seen in front of them. “Hmmm,” the CAG leaned forward and looked into the tank like she was trying to discern its hidden secrets. “Embers of Tomorrow is in route. She’ll have eyes on in just under three minutes,” Aggie’s CAPT informed. “Then we’ll wait,” Ward decided. “But let’s look at that data again.” Three minutes later they were no closer to knowing what the hell had been happening. Their closest guess was a solar flare that had happened previously was messing with the drone’s instruments. The CAG disagreed, but she wasn’t offering a better argument. “Ember has eyes,” Ward barked at the bickering CAPTs as the destroyer came into range of the disturbances. The more powerful sensor suite scanned the area where the anomalous reading originated and got…nothing. “See,” the CAG’s face was full of confidence. “It was…” A beam of energy ripped through the atmosphere and smashed into Embers of Tomorrow. The destroyer was an older model, unshielded, and the power from the energy cannon was outside the parameters of what the Commonwealth knew Harper’s Junction processed. The force of the blast smashed Embers to the side as armor was ripped apart and flung into the void. Violent decompression ejected air, water, material, and crew from the tear in its side until the ship’s internal configuration shut off the compromised sections. Power flickered off as couplets from the main reactor melted and it went off line. Auxiliary power came on immediately, and saved the life of everyone on board, but the engines were out, and the rest of the crew was on a ticking clock to survive. The bridge flew into a frenzy as the various sections handled the new casualty. Ward turned to the central holo-tank and saw a trio of cruisers dispatched from their makeshift anchorage to the damaged ship. The warship at the center was an upgraded battlecruiser, CWS Borodino. Ward scrolled through his PAD to find the CO’s information. “Commander Berg,” he muttered to himself. He shot the CMDR with a familiar last name a TACCOM message containing the anomalous data and a warning to be careful. It looked like there was something there the Windsor’s on the surface didn’t want them to find in that seemingly-unimportant piece of space. July 16, 2019 July 22, 2019 beammeupscotty1 Two Worlds Eve Berg, Gunnery Sergeant Gwen Cunningham, Josephina Barrow (Duchess Rose Bay), Lieutenant Jacobi Wentworth, Mark "Coop" Cooper, Sergeant Major Queen Queen Josephina I Location: 350 kilometers Southeast of Harper’s Center, Barrowsford, Star Kingdom of Windsor “That insolent bitch!” Josephina smashed her hand down against the real-glass table in the executive dining car of the maglev train spiriting her away from Harper’s Center at nearly seven hundred kilometers an hour. The breakable material never stood a chance against her enhanced musculoskeletal structure, but that didn’t stop a flash of pain from traveling up to her elbow, or the small laceration along the meaty part of her palm. “Your Majesty,” one of her personal armsmen tried to approach, but she shot him a glare that would put Medusa to shame. She took a napkin and dabbed at the bit of blood that escaped before her ever-present medical nanites went to work on clotting and mending the cut. As she looked at the stained napkin in her hand, she wished the wound wouldn’t close so easy. Nothing in her life was going to be easy ever again. She’d been a Queen, one of the three members of the new Royal class, one step below the Empress herself, and she’d managed to lose an entire planet in the span of a few days. It wouldn’t matter that the Collies brought a fleet that out massed hers five-to-one. It didn’t matter that some of those ships had the same advanced alien technology that allowed the Windsor fleets to smash to pieces the opposition in their bid to drive the Commonwealth back from Imperial space. It didn’t matter that the royal and imperial troops on the ground were already facing at least an enemy brigade, with another one surely landing as more of the Collies’ ships settled into a parking orbit around Harper’s Junction and her moon. It didn’t matter that she’d bloodied their nose well and good in the process. At this moment, her ships were still dogging half of the Collies’ naval forces as they limped toward the planet. The damage being inflicted was superficial, but it showed her people weren’t giving up. <That is how I will be remembered,> she squeezed her fist tight, trying to draw more blood from her wound, but it was already clotted, and a thin, protective layer of fresh skin was being spun by the microscopic robots across the gash. <And all because of that insolent bitch!> She was rational enough to know that everything that troubled her wasn’t due to the large woman who came barreling through her forcefield and dispatched most of her guard detail, including the good Colonel, with her bare hands and a blade. The woman hadn’t laid a finger on Josephina, and the Queen had taken her arm for her impudence, but that didn’t stop her metal-headed rescuer from threatening to blow up the entire city. The colour sergeant that had saved her had made the right choice in letting them go to save her. As a reward, his mech was folded up in its travel arrangement in the cargo hold of the train, and he would be her personal escort off the planet. However, part of her wished she’d called the enemy’s bluff. She was sure it was a bluff. She couldn’t see the man’s face, but she’d seen his armor, and the Commonwealth gunnery sergeant stripes on it. From her interrogations and trickery, she’d surmised the team sent by the Collies to infiltrate her planet was no more than a dozen soldiers. She’d captured an officer, senior enlisted, and two lower enlisted. While it was possible they had more than one gunnery sergeant in the team, she doubted it, which meant the man inside the armor wasn’t that high ranking. If one thing was true of all the militaries of humanity, it was that they didn’t give enlisted personnel activation code for anti-matter weapons. That was a chance the colour sergeant couldn’t take, so she bargained their way out, and hoped the troops they’d alerted to the enemy presence could finish the job. They had two of the new anti-armor grenades their alien suppliers had sold them, so at least a couple of the soldiers who’d threatened her life were hopefully lying dead in a ditch somewhere. She’d just have to live with that imagery. “Coming up on our destination, Your Majesty,” Theodore entered the car as a slight shift in the train’s acceleration announced their impending arrival. Their destination was Marytown, a medium-sized city about five hundred kilometers from the capitol. It was located at the edge of a large bay, which gave it scenic views, a solid fishery business, and a readily available spaceport to get the goods quickly to market. It was one of the former planet’s masters’ favorite vacation destinations. Many of the wealthy business and political elite owned real estate among the staunchly loyal population, so it was a no brainer to have their private, secret escape train from the seat of governmental and corporate power flee to this safe haven. The maglev tracks popped onto the surface about thirty kilometers north of the town. Unlike the capitol city, Marytown was not under siege. Its importance made sure it had a shield generator and a PDC, occupied by a royal garrison, but the Collies didn’t get that memo. Railgun rounds and energy blasts from orbit weren’t pounding the shield, and ground troops weren’t pressing toward it from the mountains to west. It was eerily peaceful. Her train pulled directly into the space port where a defensive perimeter was manned and ready by the company of royal marines. They bowed as she exited, and the captain in charge of the formation led her to her waiting shuttle. It was a luxury craft seized from the former governor and upgraded over the last month with the Windsor’s more modern technology. It looked unarmed, but in fact boasted a powerful bow cannon. However, that was all it boasted, so it wouldn’t win in a stand-up fight against any military vessel. Its advantages were with its shield and speed. That was what was going to get her to safety. She barely listened to the captain as she sat on a richly-upholstered seat that luxuriously altered itself to perfectly take the pressures of the day off her shoulders and lower back. She poured herself a drink from the full bar and waved the man away. She might not have been paying attention, but she knew the situation. There were two ships waiting to get her back to Windsor. They were running on silent, and trying to be a hole in space as the Collies scoured the areas with sensors and patrols. They’d stayed hidden so far, but it wasn’t going to last much longer. For her to get from the ground to the ships, she needed help. “Change of mission, “the SGT in control of the battery yelled. “Cannon to position twelve. Fire mission in fifteen minutes, and take every second of that to build our charge. We need more oomph behind this shot.” Position twelve was the southern-most firing point, which if Ned remembered his training correctly, wouldn’t even give them a line of sight on the advancing Commonwealth forces. He spent a second wondering why they were abandoning a prime shot right into the heart of the Collies infantry for something else, but he quickly pushed that aside. It wasn’t his job to find the targets, it was to shoot the gun. “Yes, Sergeant, position twelve.” He entered the information into his screens and the cannon moving through the mountain shuddered to the stop and reversed direction. “And will someone get me that repair team’s status with the door,” the SGT yelled as an afterthought as the power levels on Ned’s gauge slowly began to climb. “There we go,” Mike groaned as he and SSG Hightower slowly lowered Coop’s armored mass to the ground. “I’m good,” Coop feebly protested, but the pain in his leg was intensifying. His armor was reaching that point where it wouldn’t give him anymore drugs to combat the pain without an override. He could ask the GYSGT, SGM, or LT for authorization, but he doubted they’d give it to him. They’d already lost too many people today. The SGM came up behind them with Sullivan’s limp body in a fireman’s carry and carefully lowered him to the ground. The rest of the team pulled security as they assessed the situation. Instead of looking around, Coop’s eyes went to Eve. She was pale, but she’d always been pale. It was the pallor of her skin that really worried him. There was a slow drip of blood from the stump of her arm, despite the first aid he’d given her, and she kept passing her hand over where her other hand should be. She gave a start of surprise every time her hand missed her now-missing arm. “Hey, talk to me,” Coop knew the symptoms of shock, and he might be on his way there very soon. She gave a bitter laugh and gestured around her. “We kind of fucked this up,” she didn’t’ sugarcoat the situation. They were in a collection of buildings near the outskirts of the city. The local police hadn’t tried to stop them because they’d taken shelter just like everyone else. When the smoke cleared and a victor emerged, they wanted to be on their new boss’ good side. The Windsor road blocks were few and far between as more troops got pulled to the front. Through a crack in the windows Coop could see the battle raging in the distance. The sparking of shields, muted artillery fire, and much louder incoming ordinance from space breaking through the atmosphere was all that could be heard as the city ground to halt and took cover. “I don’t know,” Coop shrugged. “We cleared the way for the cavalry, and we got out in one piece,” he winced at his choice of phrase, “more or less,” he gestured as the lance of duro-steel that had destroyed his leg and imbedded in his armor. Instead of being pissed, Eve laughed, which was how he knew shock was starting to set in. She waved what was left of her arm and gave his LACS a small tap like they were toasting something with expensive champagne instead of missing body parts. “This is the infantry,” she stated. “This was always a hazard of the job.” “Yeah, but they’ll grow you a nice new arm when we get home, and they’ll patch up my leg good as new. Soon we’ll be out dancing and back in the sack like nothing ever happened.” “Do you ever stop thinking about sex?” She laughed again. “Nope,” he replied without hesitation. “Especially when it is with you.” “I don’t know whether to be flattered or offended,” she shot back, but the smile pulling at her lips told Coop is was the former. It might be the blood loss talking, but Coop was sure he had a very good chance of getting laid pretty soon. <I’ve never done it with a one-armed woman. The new positions…> “Lock it up and listen up,” the SGM came over. “We’ve got a medivac on the way, but they’ll have trouble getting close. We need to hump it five klicks out and rendezvous with a RECON team that is providing target data from the fleet on the city’s defenses. They’ll get up back to a Spyder and out of here.” “Great. Just what a guy with a bum leg wants…more walking,” Coop muttered under his breath. “You’d rather sit here and wait for the enemy, Sergeant?” the SGM’s eyes bore into Coop from behind his armored helm. “No, Sergeant Major. I’m up for another stroll,” Coop made sure to keep the string of four-letter words he wanted to say to himself. “Ok, big guy, let’s go,” Eve didn’t help Coop to his feet, but she was there to motivate him. They might both be gimps for the near future, but they were gimps together, and he was fine with that. July 8, 2019 July 16, 2019 beammeupscotty1 Two Worlds Nickelbaucher <You’d think we’d fought enough for one day,> CPL Mitch Nickelbaucher kept his thoughts to himself as he reached out to steady himself on the rock face. Most of the 942nd, including his battalion the 9422nd, was marching toward the capitol city to take it back from the Windsor’s. He’d been part of that march as they went up the mountains and back down the other side, but once they reached the bottom they got a FRAGO from the Battalion Commander. The LCDR knew Mitch’s team, and a few others, had taken it on the nose in securing the valley town, so he had an alternative mission for them. Being taken out of the fight was something an infantryman never wanted to hear, but after getting charged by a Windsor mech, he was a little more amiable to the situation change. What he was not cool with was having the hump it back up the mountain for the new assignment. <They couldn’t have given us this FRAGO when we were up here the first time,> he mentally bitched where no one could hear him. As a CPL and team leader, it was his job to back the SGT, who was backing the LT, who was backing the Commander. No one else was bitching. Bitching was for PVTs and PFCs, although he was pretty sure the fixed look of irritation on the SGT’s face had a little to do with their new mission. The mission of the detachment of Alpha Company 9422nd Infantry Battalion was providing close security for a pair of recon sniper teams and an unknown number of HI troopers that were going to provide indirect fire missions for the BDE as it marched across the farmland between the mountains and the city. With the loyalists and Windsor’s already cleared out of the valley, and the only other hostile forces digging in around the capitol, sitting behind cammo-netting on a mountainside while the sniper’s sought out enemy leaders wasn’t a half bad gig. The problem was getting up to their position. Snipers didn’t like to be where the enemy could easily find them, so they weren’t anywhere near the paths carved through the mountainside by centuries of travelers. That meant their squad had to scramble up the rock face relaying only on their strength and sense of direction. The loose shale had already rolled one ankle among the PVTs, and the PFC carrying the area forcefield had nearly fallen on his ass and slid back down the mountain. “We close, Sergeant?” he sent over TACCOM. He couldn’t keep the exhaustion out of his voice. “The beacon is close, Corporal. Just a bit farther.” Even the fit NCO sounded out of breath. Mitch did his duty and motivated his soldiers forward, only for a chunk of mountainside the give way under him as he tried to crawl up it. He flailed helplessly in the air, wondering which of his soldiers he was going to land on top of, when a giant metal hand shot out of thin air and grabbed him. “Easy there,” a suit-to-suit connection opened up. “I got you.” The metal hand, which was attached to a suit of V3 LACS armor effortlessly yanked him up and under the cammo-netting protecting their position. The position was a shelf on the side of the mountain about twenty-five meters deep and nearly a hundred wide. Three other HI troopers were staggered across the shelf, along with area shield generators. It took a minute for him to spot the two sniper teams, even though one was less then five meters in front of him. Their polymorphic camouflage was engaged and they melded into the rock. An IR outline on his HUD popped up over their position so he didn’t step on them in the future. “You’re our new security?” an LT appeared from behind a second cammo-net further back from the ledge. “Yes, Sir,” the SGT let his neck gator slither down and removed his helmet. “We’re on fifty percent security right now. Have your guys eat, shit, and sleep if they can. The fireworks aren’t set to kick off for at least another hour.” The LT left the SGT to do the NCO work and returned to his tent. “Nickelbaucher, your team has thirty minutes to grab some chow and catch a few Z’s. Then be ready.” Mitch and the rest of his guys were more than happy to take their helmets off, plop on their asses, and dig through their packs to grab the MRE’s that the quartermaster had randomly selected for them. As Mitch chomped on his chicken with noodles, which was nothing more than a mass of soy flavored to taste like those foods, he watched the battlefield before them. It was a trek all the way to the city, but the Windsor’s weren’t going to let them stroll right up to the gates without a fight. The leading elements of the Commonwealth force were about fifteen kilometers away, and slowly moving forward under the cover of area force fields. They were on foot and searching for anything that the enemy might have placed in their path. He’d heard whispers about mines, but couldn’t be sure about it. The Commonwealth force were in unit-sized wedges over several kilometers. They weren’t going to bunch up and endure mass casualties if enemy artillery got through. Mitch popped his helmet back on and dialed his visuals into the shields. What popped up was a hodge-podge of overlapping energy. Each squad seemed to have a shield generator on the back of someone in the middle of their formation. The company then had a larger shield in a vehicle with the command team. The battalion had an even bigger shield that covered their command team and more important assets, and the CMDR with the brigade command team had their own powerful shield that covered a large swath of space. Any indirect fire from the enemy on the main body of the assaulting Commonwealth force would have to get through a lot of energy to hurt the soldiers on the ground. <Looks like those aliens really knew what they were talking about.> He’d heard about the new defensive tech, and experienced it with the tank and their own area shield, but this was something else entirely. He was still watching when flares of energy erupted from a kilometer in front of the vanguard elements. Voices started to boom over TACCOM in the LT’s tent behind them. “Here we go it’s time to earn our paychecks,” the LT yelled. With a force this big moving on a target the brigade commander must have wanted a centralized artillery element. The HI troopers were good when looking after their own units, but trying to coordinate that fire over ten battalions and a hundred different companies was a headache just waiting to happen. Instead, the CMDR took a chunk of the HI, stuck them on the mountain behind shields and cammo-netting, and gave an officer the job of fire direction officer to address the fire missions and deploy their resources appropriately. “And it’s our job the guide them,” Mitch sealed up his helmet just before panels in the cammo netting parted and half of the HI on the ledge fired. The boom stirred up dust and automatically activated his audio dampeners. “Nickelbaucher, deploy your team,” the SGT sent a waypoint over his HUD. The security elements were deploying to the ledge’s avenues of approach. Mitch’s team was guarding the way they’d come up, which was nothing but a field of shale for a hundred meters before hitting a walking path that snaked down to the main road in another two-hundred and fifty meters. They had clear fields of fire on anyone that was trying to sneak up on them, and protection from an area shield placed just fwith them in mind. He was feeling the most protected since first setting foot on Harper’s Junction, which was what made his stomach drop when he saw the mountainside start to shift three hundred meters away. “Sergeant!” he yelled as dirt and shale shifted and fell as something slid back to reveal a hole in the mountainside. “Shit… open fire,” the SGT looked just as confused, so he went to the infantry default response. Mitch put his sight on the opening and pulled the trigger. Rounds spit toward the chunk of missing mountain, but he had no idea if they were effective of not. “Are we doing anything, Corporal?” a PVT asked as he dropped a spent magazine and loaded a new one. Mitch switched the thermal vision and saw something hot inside. “We might have hit some…” his statement was cut off by the roar of sound and energy that sprang out of the opening. His HUD automatically shut down to protect his eyes, so he didn’t see the beam designed to engage warships in orbit punch right through a battalion, company, and squad shield on the Commonwealth formation’s right flank. One second two hundred fighting men and women were marching, and the next they were vaporized by the energy emplacement. TACCOM must have been going crazy, but as a lowly CPL, he didn’t have access to that chatter. His mission was the door to the energy cannon, which was already sliding closed. “Put a grenade in that thing now,” he held down the trigger and sprayed rounds not into the opening but into the door itself. A PFC with the fire team, the team’s only grenadier, slid an HE 40mm grenade from his armored compartment, stuck it in the oblong barrel attached to the bottom of his M3, sighted, and fired. The round arched through the air as the mini-silicon brain in the munition looked for any weak points. As it turned out, there was a small one. This firing point had been taken under fire by the Windsor’s during their invasion of Harper’s Junction. Their energy weapons had greatly weakened a section of the duro-steel door next to the opening/closing mechanisms. The grenade’s tiny brain noted the weakened density if the area and lined up its explosive charge to elicit maximum damage. In the grand order of things in the battle for Harper’s Junction, a 40mm grenade fired from an infantry PFC’s M3 was nothing, but in this instance it got the job done. The grenade exploded, which sounded like a lady-like fart compared to the roar of the energy cannon, and the door’s closing ground to a halt. “Nice shooting!” Mitch gave the PFC a mental high-five. “Sergeant, we busted the door. Permission to go in there and kick some ass.” There was a pause before the reply. “Granted, and you’re taking backup. We can’t have that energy weapon blowing holes in the brigade again.” Mitch’s team got up from their prone firing position and was joined by one of the HI troopers. “Follow me,” the trooper announced as he hopped up and slide down the side of the mountain toward the winding foot-trail that would lead them to another forty-five degree climb up to the busted door. “Lead the way!” Mitch wasn’t dumb enough to slide down the mountain without the added protection of a LACS, but he followed as fast as he could. Any thought of a leisurely mission was gone after seeing hundreds of his fellow soldiers incinerated. “Fire mission complete.” Ned informed as the batteries started to recycle and recharge. “Closing door now.” He hit a sequence of buttons and the cannon dropped down on the elevator to a separate firing position while the door closed up behind it. Hopefully, when the Collies figured out what happened there would be nothing but empty mountainside for them to find. “Cannon to Position Three. That’ll give us the best angle on the left flank,” the SGT in charge of the battery ordered. Planetary Defensive Battery Seven had a rough go of it so far. They’d had their power lines cut by sabotage at the source in the city, so they didn’t have enough power to damage the warships in orbit. Command had come down and told them to button up and wait it out for further orders. Then word came of the Collie landing force that took control of the valley to their south. The mountains were the only thing standing between the Collies and the capitol, but command still refused for them to conduct fire missions. Now Ned knew why. The Imperial marines had several fixed fighting positions already in place between the mountains and the city. They wanted to trap the imperialist Collies between those lines and Battery Seven’s guns in the mountain. It didn’t matter if the enemy force was a thousand or a hundred thousand, their energy cannon, even with the planet’s atmosphere degrading their already-weakened effectiveness, was still more than enough to cut through most mobile infantry shields. Ned grinned at the blow they would strike against the Empire’s enemies when an error icon flashed on his screen. “Sergeant, Position Eight’s door failed to close,” he relayed. “Shit,” the SGT cursed. “Get a repair team up their now. ETA on the cannon getting to Position Three?” “Four minutes and six seconds until cannon is locked in Position Three,” another member of the gunnery crew informed. “Another two minutes and thirteen seconds for a full charge,” Ned added. They had six minutes and nineteen seconds until they could deal another blow to the enemy. Ned looked over at Martin and smiled. July 1, 2019 July 8, 2019 beammeupscotty1 Two Worlds Admiral Michael Ward, Eve Berg, Gunnery Sergeant Gwen Cunningham, Lieutenant Jacobi Wentworth, Mark "Coop" Cooper, Mike, Sergeant Major Queen, Sergeant Sullivan CWS Agincourt slid into position with puffs from her positioning thrusters. The hull of the task force flag ship had stopped leaking atmosphere, and repair crews could be seen scurrying around the hull. Admiral Ward made sure the George Bush stood between his ship and any planetary energy weapons that wanted to take a shot at him. Carrier Group Alpha spread out around Carrier Group Charlie to cover their rear and flanks. Now, the Bush’s ships to concentrate on bombarding the planet and not worry about someone sneaking up on him. Ward wiped some sweat from his brow as he stowed his helmet on the headrest of his command chair. The holo-tank was still scrolling with damage reports, but everything was being handled by the ship’s captain. The greater strategic picture was out of his hands for the moment. “Commander,” he opened a shipboard TACCOM channel to the marine leader. The woman’s tired face, with a bit of dried blood on her close-cropped bangs, stared back at him. “I’ve got the first companies ready to disembark now, sir,” she replied. “Due to casualties, and the general mess the Windsor’s made onboard, our deployment plan is totally fucked.” She didn’t look at all worried about using coarse language around the ADM. “Understood, Commander,” he gave the woman a sympathetic look. “The 942nd looks like it’s got things handled for the moment. Land your troops with all due speed, but make sure they’re ready to fight.” “Aye aye, sir,” she cut the line. Ward pinched the bridge of his nose and tried to summon up a little energy. The adrenaline rush of battle was wearing off, a crash was coming, but he didn’t have time for that. This was only step one of the game plan. He pulled up the latest data on Bravo and Delta groups. Delta had been savaged by the Windsor’s. The assault carrier at the center of the formation was still making its way slowly toward Harper’s Junction, but just about all of its escort ships were limping behind it. The Windsor’s had broken off contact when Bravo came into range, and their retreat cost them some ships, but in the tally of lives and ships, the enemy came out ahead in that engagement. In the tally of the meeting the mission objectives, the Commonwealth was victorious. They just paid a big price. Aggie’s AIs had calculated Delta, with Bravo providing cover, was nineteen hours from dropping anchor around Harper’s Junction. That meant the 942nd was going to be handling the brunt of ground combat while Aggie’s marines got their act together and got in the fight. <Then there is still the remaining ships to worry about,> he sighed as he got up off his chair and stretched with an audible crack of the spine. The Windsor fleet wasn’t gone. It was regrouping in orbit around one of the nearby planets. He had a drone screen between them so they couldn’t sneak up on his forces, but he still didn’t know what they had planned. He also didn’t like the firepower they still had at their disposal. He stepped out of his armored flag bridge and nearly slipped on a pool of blood. “Take it easy, sir,” a marine CPL advised as he picked up a body in dragonscale armor. The marine with him picked up another body with Windsor armor. Both of the dead soldiers’ blood was intermingled at the hatch to the bridge. Ward wasn’t one to spook easily, but he gulped involuntarily. He’d never known how close he was to the enemy boarders. He’d focused on his job, coordinating the battle, and that tunnel vision was readily apparent now. “Good work,” he gave the CPL a pat on the shoulder and headed for his ready room. The room was pockmarked with bullet holes and more than one scorch from a plasma explosion. <This gives me a whole new appreciation for recovery operations,> he bent over and started to sort through the stuff he could save and the stuff he’d have to trash. <All those VR games and holo-movies are complete horseshit!> Coop cursed as rounds slammed into his shield for the last few meters before he put a wall between him and his enemy. The SGM was right behind him returning fire, while both used their bulk to provide cover for the unarmored Eve. In all those movies and games, after you faced off with the big, bad boss man you would emerge to your allies already victorious over the evil bad guy’s subordinates. In reality, that was a bullshit. Coop had faced off against the Windsor mech, and come away without a scratch, but now he had to fend off the rest of the palace’s security forces with only the half-strength SRRT team as back up. “Last mag,” the GYSGT informed as she swapped out her M3’s empty 1mm drum for a fresh one. Coop quickly checked his own ammo gauge before checking on Eve. She’d been patched up by the GYSGT while the SGM figured out how the hell they’d get out of this hornet’s nest, but it wasn’t meant to hold. They’d controlled the bleeding and sedated her enough so the pain wasn’t too bad, but she was still ambulatory. SSG Hightower was assigned to guard her, which Coop thought was redundant since he wasn’t leaving her side. The GYSGT slapped the magazine into her M3, popped up, and fired a burst downrange. A couple of Windsor soldiers, who’d taken the lack of fire as an opportunity, caught the brunt of the blast as they tried to creep up on the team’s position. One went down from what had to be a lucky hit, while the rest scampered for cover. “Where we going, Sergeant Major,” Coop asked over TACCOM. He had an uncomfortable feeling like a noose was tightening around his neck. The enemy was going to pin them down and wear them down if they didn’t move. “Our exit is a hundred and fifty meters in front of us,” the SGM announced. Coop popped up to take a look, and only saw the palace’s exterior wall. Between them and that wall were a number of enemy troops behind cover and concealment, and they opened fire on Coop once they saw his head pop up. “No way in hell we’re going to…” Coop began, but the SGM cut him off. “Wait for it,” the SGM had to be looking at something on his HUD because no one else knew a thing. “Wait for it,” he repeated. A flash of light emitted from above as railgun rounds tore through the atmosphere on a direct course for the city. Coop instinctually ducked, like any survival-oriented human would, when those duro-steel rounds smashed into the city’s shield like the hand of god. The shield flashed with energy as it absorbed and deflected the rounds from the ships in orbit, but it did succeed in providing a significant distraction, which was only compounded when the palace wall directly ahead of the team exploded. “Sergeant Major took down the wall’s generator while inside the palace,” Sullivan informed as he jumped up with the rest of the team. “Why didn’t he tell us?” Coop followed suit and vaulted the wall to provide covering fire so the unarmored members of their team could advance. “He did,” Sullivan’s Buss boomed next to Coop’s as they established a firing line and started to eat away at the enemy’s positions. “You were too busy making lovey-dovey eyes at Berg to notice.” “Well…whatever,” Coop didn’t have a comeback, and some the Windsor’s were trying to move around to flank them. He drove them back into position with withering fire that killed at least two members of that assault element. More gunfire erupted behind the Windsor’s as resistance fighters started to pour through the breech in the walls. <Those magnificent bastards!> Coop grinning like a kid in a candy store as the rebels fanned out to envelop the Windsor’s. The enemy’s fire discipline started to crack as they realized they were being hit from all sides, and that was Coop’s cue to move. He half-trotted next to, half-carried Eve forward as he sprayed enemy position with his plasma-tipped rounds. “Move right!” the SGM yelled when they were about halfway to the exit. Coop pivoted to put his body between the enemy and Eve. They were out in the open and moving, so he was the cover. He fired where his AI told him the enemy was, and his rounds smacked into a blue barrier. “Fuckers have an area shield!” he relayed, as he switched to his regular rounds and poured fire on the shield on full auto. The constant disruption would keep the enemy from effectively targeting the team. “I’m set, move, Cooper!” Sullivan sent when he was ready to provide cover fire. Coop disengaged and sprinted back toward a chunk of wall that Sullivan was using to rest his Buss on. Coop slid in next to him, but the cover wasn’t big enough for the both of them. “Grenades and we make a break for it!” the SGM ordered. The team was only fifty meters from the exit. Bodies littered the open space, with many more belonging to the rebels than Windsor’s. They were brave but outmatched by the enemy. Coop cycled his barrel until the grenade chamber popped into place. He made sure a frag round was in the chamber followed by smoke. “Fire!” the SGM was moving before he finished. The grenades were set to a lower velocity so they would penetrate the shield. The frag grenades lobbed out of the Busses and through the energy barrier followed by the smoke. There were muffled screams as the frags detonated, and then the smoke obscured everything. “Move!” Coop yelled as he pushed SSG Hightower forward. The two unarmored NCOs grabbed Eve between them and ran for the exit. The LT was in the lead with the SGM covering her, Mike right on their asses, while Sullivan took up flank security, and Coop rear security. He was the last to leave the position, and the first to see the return volley. The problem was they didn’t look like any grenades he’d ever seen before. “What the hell?” he watched as the oblong-shape arched toward their old position. Since he was nearly fifteen meters away, with a shield and armor between him and the incoming blast, he wasn’t worried, and he was even less worried about the rest of the team. The enemy had blown their load on an old position. Coop grinned at the oversight until a red warning siren sounded in his armor. Text came up on his HUD to warn him of whatever problem his AI had detected. <What the hell?> The text on his screen looked like a feral cat had been given LSD, starved for a week, and then allowed to send a message on a scratch post. Coop stared at it in complete confusion was a half-second. “What is…?” Sullivan seemed to be getting the same message. {Translate?} Coop thought through his IOR and the alien thing in his brain went to work. If Coop would have known this would be an issue, he would have put alien default translation protocols at the top of his check list when he reformatted the GYSGT’s armor. The deranged-cat scribbles reordered themselves into English, and Coop’s blood ran cold. Alert: Shield Frequency Deciphered. Recommend fresh scramble. “Do you know how to…?” Sullivan and Coop were obviously on the same wavelength, but those seconds were critical and it was already too late. The oblong grenades that had been tossed out of the enemy’s shield, at the SRRT team’s old position, ended up being anything but harmless. The Commonwealth had nothing like them in their inventory, and only a handful of the grenades were even on Harper’s Junction. The team didn’t know this, but the grenades were only given to the Queen’s personal bodyguards, and they had a single purpose…to kill armored enemies. Sensors in the grenade used magnetics and energy sensors to hone in on their target, so despite being thrown over a dozen meters off course, they had no problem finding their targets. Once the grenade’s AIs identified their victims, they initiated the first of their three stages. Stage one was designed to identify and defeat an enemy’s shield. The grenades had to be in the vicinity and measuring the enemy’s shield for long enough to crack the frequency before being used. So, despite being in the courtyard the entire battle since the SRRT team emerged from the palace, they were only being used now. With the frequencies deciphered, the grenade’s computer initiated stage two. Stage two was an energy blast that was meant to break down a shield’s integrity. Traveling at the speed of light, the blasts of energy hit Coop and Sullivan before they knew what was happening. Before they could shout in surprise that their shields were down, the grenades engaged the third and final stage. A powerful graviton blast turned a hunk of duro-steel in the center of the grenade’s housing into a lance of death. The lance was launched from the grenade, on target for the two LACS, on speeds that had never before been achieved by electro-magnetic projectiles. It ignited the atmosphere as it passed through the space between the grenade’s housing and the two armored soldiers. With their shields down, all Coop and Sullivan had was their 6cm armor between them and these armor-killing spikes. All this happened so fast that Coop wasn’t able to follow it. However, the silicon brains of his LACS were, which was what saved his life. Like some HI, he had presets and favorites programmed into his armor. The language default wasn’t one of them, but his grav-boots engaging when in the presence of a sudden gravitational change was. He had losing a leg to a pirate’s grenade on that stupid mining facility, while saving LCDR Gold’s ass to thank for that. So, when the graviton burst fired the armor-piercing lance at him, Coop’s presets identified the explosion and pulsed his grav-boots. {Armor Breech!} his IOR blared inside his brain a second before overwhelming pain washed over him. Coop screamed and didn’t even feel himself falling to the ground as his LACS dumped drugs into his system. The pain subsided to a dull throb about the time he realized he was on his back, and in the open about fifteen meters from the exit. Sullivan was almost at the exit and he was down too. <What the hell?> his groggy mind tried to fight through the haze of the drugs. His training took over and he ran a suit diagnostic. His left thigh was a mess of red icons on the results. The armor had been breached, there was internal injury, and it didn’t look like he was getting up on his own anytime soon. “Sergeant Major, I’m hit,” his voice sounded emotionless over TACCOM. “Stay put, Sergeant, I’ll be there in one.” The SGM replied. Coop saw the NCOIC dragged Sullivan’s LACS the last few meters to the exit while firing his Buss one handed. Plasma rounds impacted the area shield, which was still obscured with smoke. The GYSGT, Mike, and SSG Hightower were leaning into the wall’s opening and taking shots with their weapons to keep the Windsor’s head down. The SGM got Sullivan’s LACS on the opposite side of the wall and ran to Coop. Grenades thumped out of his Buss and splattered against the shield. The enemy had tightened things up, but in doing so had obscured their own view of the battlefield. No one could see shit through that smoke. Not that Coop cared. He was looking down at his thigh and marveling at the meter-long, duro-steel spike that had impaled his leg and was sticking out the other side. <It’s not every day you see that,> his drug-addled brain thought as the SGM grabbed him by a carrier handle at the back of his armor and started pulling him toward the exit. The enemy was hunkered down to ride out the rest of the fight, so they didn’t take any fire as they got out of the palace. Hightower, Mike, and the GYSGT were providing security on the war-torn street while the LT was bent over Sullivan’s LACS. Coop only got a glance as he was plopped down on the opposite side of the wall, but it didn’t look good. The other SGT had a duro-steel spike sticking out of his chest plate where his heart would normally be, and the LT’s face wasn’t a vote of confidence in his condition. Coop tried to hail his on TACCOM…nothing. He tried his IOR…nothing. He reached out to try and connect suit-to-suit with the man who’d helped cover the team’s retreat with him, but the LT held up a hand to stop him. She shook her head and looked back up at the SGM. The armored NCOIC hung his head for a second. <Fuuuuuck,> Coop didn’t know if it was the drugs or sadness that was hitting him harder. “We need to keep moving,” the SGM announced. There would be time to mourn later. “Cooper, can you move?” “If you get me off my ass, I can stumble along, Sergeant Major,” Coop replied. “If we can make it to the outskirts of the city, we should be able to keep our heads low and ride this out until the cavalry arrives.” The SGM set a waypoint on Coop’s HUD and then yanked him to his feet. <Fine by me,> Coop thought as he limped forward. <I think I’ve fought enough for one day.>	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line879
__label__wiki	0.527223	0.527223	Film and Animation Policy & Ideas Search through our articles Home > Opinion > Sheep Hunter Sheep Hunter The furore over the Americans hunting on Islay shines a useful light on this bizarre and macabre activity. But the more significant pair in this picture (right) are not the unfortunate Larysa and Jason but the figures on the left. We are used to seeing hunter pics shared and condemned on social media from Africa, where the unspoken thought is: “What sort of downtrodden place would allow people to come over and blast into their wildlife?” Well folks, that’s us. Of course we should condemn the individuals posing with their trophies, but we should also understand that that is the norm for whole swathes of privately owned land and estates set aside for deer hunting, hare culling, and grouse moor management [see also ‘Disastrous hare-culling shows big landowners are irresponsible custodians of Scotland.’ Hunting is the inevitable outcome of our distorted patterns of land ownership. Hunting is about class and power, not just bad Americans. Hunting is not some anathema to Scotland, something alien to ‘Scottish values’ – it is at the heart of our rural economy that uses the highlands as a play park and revels in its artificial wilderness. We’re now told that the Scottish Government is to review ‘culling laws’, but this isn’t really the right focus at all. What we need to review is who owns the land and what they make money from and what a disastrous impact it has on our housing, employment and environment. Hunting Culture The whole hunting industry is a combination of a weird culture of male impotence and advanced retro imperialism. The whiff of slightly desperate over-compensation from men in these hunting photos is pretty clear but as Theroux also pointed out about ‘Cecil the Lion’ – it doesn’t really work out as a sign of great bravery and manliness : “I think the idea is that you are pitting yourself against a fearsome creature, armed only with a hand-powered and relatively primitive weapon. But this is pretty bogus, since the only bow-hunter who faces a lion is going to have men with guns, loaded and cocked, standing either side of him in case something goes wrong.” I’m not sure if Larysa had such back-up as she bravely faced down the sheep, one can only speculate. There’s certainly a sexual element to Larysa’s tweets: “There’s nothing sexier than someone bringing home the meat” she squeals in one. Looking at the flood of images of the American hunters online, you can’t help also thinking that this is an expression of America’s culture of gun violence being exported around the world, but its also about our relationship with nature. Time reports: “The problem does not stop with lions. Poachers killed between 15 and 20 rhinos in the country in 2014, 60 rhinos in 2013 and 84 (the peak) in 2008. The World Wildlife Fund estimates that 60% of the rhino population in Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was killed between 2003 and 2005″ (Prepare to get angrier). The freak culture of hunting is a celebration of a world that is out of control, a hyper-commercialised blood-lust that thrives on destroying the natural. By Mike Small Published on 25th October 2018 Leave a Reply to Josef Ó Luain Cancel reply john Wakenshaw says: How do you hunt a sheep anytime I am in the country they tend to give you a quick look then get on with chewing the cud ! ” Bringing home the meat ” try the supermarket lady ! Torry Joe says: These immoral plebs make me sick! The feeling of Godlike power when killing some poor animal for fun (even a hare or a bloody goat), then posing for a ‘ look at me, ain’t I brave’ photoshot is disgustingly pathetic. Shame on everyone involved Laws must be changed and strictly implemented ASAP. Bottom line is that people like this piece of shit like to kill and would no doubt kill humans too given half a chance. Of course as this article brings out, Scotland is an absolute playground for the wealthy wishing to kill. Good on Luthansa for banning the transportation of hunting rifles and firearms on their planes. And shame on the Scottish Government who actually intervened last year on behalf of shooters to overturn an earlier Luthansa ban. No doubt they will do the same again and lobby on the shooters behalf? Oh I don’t think they would be willing to take on another person. Another person could think, could take steps to to mount a defence, could shoot back maybe. The “hunters” wouldn’t risk that. No, they’re happier taking pot shots at defenceless animals, sitting targets …and using firearms to do so. Name the land-owners and companies who provide this sort of activity and who make money out of it. Get into their financial affairs and let the public see how much they make out of it. Get their faces out there! Get out there the faces of those who make use of such “leisure” activities so that their neighbours see them too. John B Dick says: LVT is all you need Diadhaire says: Willie, while the balance of your comment has merit, the ” people like this piece of shit like to kill and would no doubt kill humans too given half a chance.” is an an extreme reach. Really? Killing an innocent and defenceless creature for oleasure and then posing with it’s corpse displays the basest of thinking. Psychologists will tell you that many a serial killer started initially by maiming, torturing and killing animals. Killing for fun is her pleasure. That’s what makes shit like her tick. Why are you defending her? Jim Bennett says: Janey Godley’s take on it: https://dms.licdn.com/playback/C5605AQG76V6r1nyqPw/6b0db142ef944f7090c84d3c819a5e3c/feedshare-mp4_3300-captions-thumbnails/1507940147251-drlcss?e=1540551600&v=beta&t=Yp3x4YAvL6DTDwuPEzQGoLFPda70jfl2sMAP_ealUzQ Josef Ó Luain says: There are too many influential forelock-tugging, tweed fetishists at the highest levels of the SNP for anything remotely radical to be done about this. Who owns our country?…definitely not the Scots. Regardless of what the natives think practices by other demented nations continue to think that this is a playground for them.That other wee fat wumman up at the palace seems to have started it …of course you can blame John Brown for not ‘accidentally’ knocking her aff her pony. An excellent article but a tad depressing..let’s hope the SNP government get a move on and protect our great wildlife from nutcases. Tom Parkhill says: Around 35 years ago I had a girlfriend who was very into horses and hunting. She insisted that I come along to a hunt (somewhere near Cambridge) to see that it wasn’t cruel to the foxes. In fact, the hunt never sniffed a fox, but what it left me with was a real unease about what hunting does to people, rather than just what it does to animals. This was the class system incarnate. There were the toffs, and the rest of us – some of them very rich people on horses – who scuttled around just so pleased that we might be associated with the toffs, and their traditions, and sherry, and grace. I now live in an area in Italy which is overrun by boar. 40 years ago there were no boar, but once a few arrived they were encouraged by those who wanted to hunt, and deliberately cross-bred with domestic pigs. The boar we have now are very big, and not afraid of people. There are a couple of groups of hunters who pick off the boar every Wednesday and Sunday in the winter. Great fun for them. But boar can cause huge damage. We have spend over €4000 fencing our land against the boar, using the cheapest materials available. Those who work the land as a day job – and there are several hundred in the valley – will have spent much more. We are certainly looking at approaching a million euros in fencing in our valley, just to allow some people to hunt. But we are expected to be grateful that they are killing the boar. A month ago the hunt shot and killed a 19 year-old in our village, in the semi-darkness they thought he was a boar. In fact, the poor young lad was at fault – he wasn’t officially part of the hunt, so he took a shotgun and followed the hunt, God knows what for. He’d bought into the way of thinking and wanted to be close to it. If hunting is to take place at all, then I think we should accept that it is not, and should not be, a sport, a pastime, or a divertimento. But really, I don’t have any answers. Dee Graham says: What a sad sad state of affairs. Reminds me of the many accidental killings in the French Alps caused by groups of hunters Eleanor Ferguson says: I can never understand what people get out of killing things. One minute there is some animal full of life and minding its own business, the next it is a bloody heap on the ground. Fun? I think not. Yet it’s reported that Prince William’s son, who is only five, has been taken to watch his father blast game birds out of the sky. To me that is child cruelty. When I think how sensitive I was at that age,it would have have been for me. “hyper-commercialised blood-lust that thrives on destroying the natural.” – good description of all animal farming and fishing. It must all be stopped. Agreed. The problem is pervasive and lies in the view that the Earth and everything in it belongs to us. Daniel Quinn’s books go into this in some detail. The pain and suffering caused by hunters is nothing compared to the pain and suffering that goes into putting chicken or salmon on your dinner plate. w.b. robertson says: meanwhile today we learn that millions in Scottish govt grant money is heading to Orkneys …to eliminate stoats. presumably no one among the ranks of the righteous objects to this – since the toffs have not yet turned to hunting these wee beasties! Legerwood says: The money is not coming from the Scottish Government it is coming from the Heritage Lottery Fund (£2.6 million and the EU Life fund (£3.6 million) not the Scottish Government Roland Stiven says: While I hold no torch for trophy hunting or indeed sport hunting, I do recognise the importance of controlling deer numbers- and boar etc in the Mediterranean. I also am not sure (legality aside) whether shooting a domestic or feral animal in their habitat Is somehow more horrid than driving them onto a lorry, herding them through a slaughterhouse and electrocuting them and slicing their throats etc. SleepingDog says: To be fair, in the USA livestock is pretty dangerous, and probably the heralds of the post-antibiotic apocalypse which will send superbugs to consume us all. So probably best to quarantine USAmericans especially those who have come into close contact with animals, or who show signs of derangement or sickness. That particular picture of the deer shows two bullet holes in an area of the animal which would not have killed it outright. It would most certainly have suffered because of two very poor shots well away from the front chest at the shoulders, which is the recognised part of the animal to dispatch it humanely. It is grotesque and largely a blood sport enjoyed by many from outside Scotland. Indeed lots of money changes hands for this ‘fun’. Not fun for most of Scotland to know it goes on in an organised way. Yes, Land reform is required and is indeed on its way, against severe opposition. Those who own the land are as rich as Scotland is or even richer than our meagre budget, so progress is slow. The downside is that the whole industry, for it is that, employs many in Scotland, not least of which are those who attend to accommodating rich adventurers who want to kill things. Distasteful maybe, but lives are sustained by this industry, not counting those who make vast profits from estates for leaving land fallow. That, I suppose will stop with Brexit, if it ever gets there but the cruelty will still go on until we press our politicians to put a stop to it. The worst of recent killings is how anyone would think that sheep or goats are a good hunting choice or in any way a heroic deed or challenge to bring one down. Largely domestic animals, who recognise humans as friendly to them. It is as hard as visiting your supermarket and picking parts of meat from the shelf. Willie Wallace says: We photographed a lovely ram on Islay, today. It happily stood and watched us watching it, from 5 metres away, over a fence. I could have thrown a book at it and hit it, so no need fora high powered rifle! We saw Heelan coos and deer and a huge pod of dolphins in Saligo Bay, countless sheep eating grass and 20,000 barnacle geese and a LOT of Hooper swans. No goats and no American hunters, though. MBC says: Isn’t it funny she seems to want to be known as a ‘huntress’ when actresses want to be ‘actors’. Richard Easson says: No mention seems to have been given on whose estate this took place or who runs the travel/hunting company that was involved. Funny that. Mike – I wonder how the damage done to the natural world by hunters compares to the damage done by the 1,000,000 new humans born every 4-5 days? Hang on it’s even worse than that. The above number is rate of growth – so births minus deaths over a period. A million every 4 or 5 days or 83 million annually. Clearly it’s preposterous to imagine that this does not fuck the biosphere. Do we act or just bury our heads in the sand and pretend it isn’t happening? Sorry that figure above is rate of population growth- so it’s even worse. Do we act on this or stick our heads in the sand and pretend it isn’t happening. My first reply to myself above didn’t appear so I added another. Today 30/10/18 in the Guardian a major report by WWF says there has been a 60% fall in numbers of mammals, birds, fish and reptiles since 1970. ‘it finds that the vast and growing consumption of food and resources by the global population is destroying the web of life’ @Mathew, indeed, where are the self-limits of our species? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-limiting_(biology) L Hendry says: Fine to complain if you are veggie or vegan but meat eaters have no case to make. The answer is to reintroduce large carnivores not to bleat about class division. Will Scotland ban people from saving up for a cruise next as that’s divisive coz many people can’t go on one? Some ordinary people like to hunt and/or fish. Its a hobby like golf. People spend loads of money on their hobby be it politics or golf. Better than having an alcohol or gambling habit. Best if hunters keep the photos off Social Media though from now on. Will the meat in the supermarket all be covered up next? Take some photos inside an abattoir if you need a reason for outrage. When all the Scottish landowners’ lands are sold to the local communities some community will probably decide to allow trophy hunting as the easiest way to offset their Council Tax. Graham Ennis says: The key thing is the pathetic and cowardly behavior of the Scottish Government. The SNP has been captured by the big landowners and oligarchs. Its that simple. The top leadership of the SNP have essentially been absorbed into the Scottish establishment, and have become, in fact, the establishment. Too many compromises have been made. They now allow racial killings by Police Scotland, and do nothing. Plus many other things. But land and eco are the core of where their reall attitude can be seen. They are easily scared off by clever lawyers, and will do nothing if they can. The Lockerbie scandal is a prime example. They know the truth about that, and certain Americans should have been accused. but you will never see that kind of justice from the SNP. They are now an upper middle class political machine, whose ordinary membership are used. It has been infected with thee disease that Michael Moore has exposed in his latest film about the democratic party. The SNP will not do anything radical, now, about the Oligarchs. I think it is time for grass roots direcct action against the hunting and eco-destruction of Scotland. But that will not happen either, of course. Sigh. It could have been so different. Graeme Purves says: Are the high-powered rifles used by American trophy hunters brought into Scotland on ordinary passenger flights? If so, what safety and security measures are taken by the airlines and at our airports? Yah boo to most of you. The only thing wrong with hunting is that it is the stolen prerogative of the rich. Along with fishing it needs to be democratised so that we can all participate if we so desire. Land reform has been mentioned. At the present time that is a slow and expensive process and I doubt if much will have been achieved by the end of the century. The big attraction of Highland Estates is the exclusive sporting rights. Bringing sporting rights into public ownership would act as a disincentive to ownership of the estate and along with a few other measures, such as an end to all subsidies for such estates, would encourage a sell off and reduce the price to the use value of the bare land. The Scottish government is supposedly committed to re-foresting Scotland and that is something Scotland certainly needs. But planting forests, and especially deciduous forests, is incompatible with overstocking of deer so the excess need to be killed (I hate that phoney word “culled”) A friend who goes fishing in Perthshire several times a year told be that he had noticed the absence of deer. Usually there are lots to be seen, both red and roe but now nothing. He asked a local why. The answer was that trees were being planted and SNH had shot all the deer, even using a helicopter to do so. The local was asked what had been done with the carcases of the deer. Apparently a bulldozer had dug a large pit and the carcases had been buried. The powers that be would pay people to destroy good meat rather than let the hoi polloi get their hands on it. Such is the overpopulation of deer in Scotland that they cause accidents. According to SNH motor vehicle accidents involving deer cause around nine thousand accidents a year with 65 injuries. The fact is that the deer population needs to be reduced and so the choice appears to be hunting by individuals, mass slaughter by SNH or perhaps poison them as the did in NZ at one point. @Frank, maybe it’s the vehicles who are primarily causing the accidents? Even helicopters, y’know. LVT and a regular review of classification and rates will sort this without specific legislation being necessary. I guess all of Scotland is vegan. Also, she is from Canada not the US. It’s kind of like saying Scotland is England. Bella Caledonia Editor says: Not sure how her being Canadian makes a difference to any of the substance of the article but very happy always to correct any inaccuracies. Keep our Journalism Independent We don’t take any advertising, we don’t hide behind a pay wall and we don’t keep harassing you for crowd-funding. We’re entirely dependent on our readers to support us. Don’t miss a single article. Enter your email address to subscribe for free here and receive Bella direct to your inbox. bellasletters@yahoo.co.uk Website proudly designed and developed by Starbit Digital © Bella Caledonia 2020 Our new website is here and we're keen to hear any feedback	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line883
__label__wiki	0.54896	0.54896	Trump Still Stands Posted on April 11, 2019 by libertas From VDH: Right after the 2016 election, Green Party candidate Jill Stein—cheered on by Hillary Clinton dead-enders—sued in three states to recount votes and thereby overturn Donald Trump’s victory in the Electoral College. Before the quixotic effort imploded, Stein was praised as an iconic progressive social justice warrior who might stop the hated Trump from even entering the White House. When that did not work, B-list Hollywood celebrities mobilized, with television and radio commercials, to shame electors in Trump-won states into not voting for the president-elect during the official Electoral College balloting in December 2016. Their idea was that select morally superior electors should reject their constitutional directives and throw the election into the House of Representatives where even more morally superior NeverTrump Republicans might join with even much more morally superior Democrats to find the perfect morally superior NeverTrump alternative. When that did not work, more than 60 Democratic House members voted to bring up Trump’s impeachment for vote. Trump had only been in office a few weeks. Then San Francisco billionaire Tom Steyer toured the country and lavished millions on advertisements demanding Trump’s removal by impeachment—and was sorely disappointed when he discovered that billion-dollar-fueled virtue-signaling proved utterly bankrupt virtue-signaling. When that did not work, celebrities and politicians hit social media and the airwaves to so demonize Trump that culturally it would become taboo even to voice prior support for the elected president. Their chief tool was a strange new sort of presidential assassination chic, as Madonna, David Crosby, Robert de Niro, Johnny Depp, Snoop Dogg, Peter Fonda, Kathy Griffin, and a host of others linguistically vied with one another in finding the most appropriately violent end of Trump—blowing him up, burning him up, beating him up, shooting him up, caging him up, or decapitating him. Apparently, the aim—aside from careerist chest-thumping among the entertainment elite—was to lower the bar of Trump disparagement and insidiously delegitimize his presidency. When that did not work, during the president’s first year in office, the Democrats and the media at various times sought to invoke the 25th Amendment, claiming Trump was so mentally or physically impaired that he was not able to carry out the duties of president. At one point, congressional Democrats called Yale University psychiatrist Dr. Bandy X. Lee to testify that Trump was unfit to continue. In fact, to prove her credentials, Lee edited The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump that offered arguments from 27 psychiatrists and other mental health experts. In May 2017, acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein met secretly in efforts to poll Trump cabinet members to discover whether they could find a majority to remove Trump from office—again on grounds that he was mentally unbalanced. According to McCabe, Rosenstein offered to wear a wire, in some sort of bizarre comic coup attempt to catch Trump off-guard in a confidential conversation. When that did not work, 200 congressional Democrats in late 2018 sued in federal court to remove President Trump, claiming he had violated the esoteric Emoluments Clause of the Constitution that forbids federal officials from taking gifts, jobs, and titles from foreign governments. They alleged Trump’s presidency has enhanced his overseas real estate holdings and interests. Yet, according to some sources, the various Trump companies have lost some $1 billion in value after he took office—to the delight of the same critics who swore he has profited enormously as president. When that did not work, the ongoing “Resistance” both covertly and overtly sought ways to retard or destroy the Trump presidency—often by leaking presidential memos, conversations, and phone calls. An anonymous op-ed published in the New York Times on September 15, 2018 boasted of a plan of resistance to his governance and initiatives from those in the administrative state from inside the Trump Administration, most of them allegedly establishment Republicans. When that did not work, progressive heartthrob lawyer and now indicted Michael Avenatti reintroduced pornographic film star Stormy Daniels to the public. He claimed that Daniels had somehow been tricked into signing a supposedly improper and now invalid non-disclosure agreement not to talk about an alleged sexual encounter of a decade earlier with private citizen Trump in an exchange for a payment of $135,000. Allegedly, Trump’s acquiescence to Daniels’ veritable blackmail demands had now impaired her own opportunities of further profiting to a far greater degree from the past alleged tryst with a now President Trump. Until his recent indictment for a number of felonies, Avenatti himself had translated his work with Daniels into media celebrity-hood, appearing over 100 times on cable news shows to damn Trump, predict his impeachment, and prep his promised 2020 presidential run against Trump. When that did not work, federal law enforcement officials stormed the offices of Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, in search of incriminating materials. Cohen quickly was leveraged by federal attorneys, flipped, and offered anti-Trump testimonies and documents in exchange for leniency. He produced stealth tapes of private conversations with his own client Trump—and shortly afterward was disbarred by the New York State Supreme Court for pleading guilty to a series of felonies. When that did not work, Russian collusion hysteria continued to sweep the country. The moribund phony Steele dossier (that had failed to derail the Trump campaign and transition) was reignited by the media and progressive politicos after the firing of FBI director James Comey, leading to the recusal of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and the emergence of Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein. Rosenstein then appointed Robert Mueller as special counsel—in a series of events prompted by none other than fired James Comey, who admitted that he illegally leaked confidential, if not some classified, presidential memos to create the conditions necessary for such a special appointment. Mueller’s subsequent media darling attorneys—praised as the “dream team,” “all-stars,” “army,” “untouchables,” and “hunter-killer team”—of mostly Democratic partisans, some Clinton donors, and a few who had defended either the Clinton Foundation or Clinton aides then spent 22 months, and between $30-40 million trying to build a case. In the end, they leveraged mostly minor Trump satellites on process crimes, misleading testimonies, or past business deals in hopes of finding collusionary guilt. Leaking was a Mueller team trademark as each week the collusionary media announced another “bombshell” or “noose tightening” around the neck of Donald Trump—or mysteriously showed up at the home of the next Mueller victim, to wait for the arrival of SWAT teams to swoop into make an arrest. When that did not work, congressional committees and the left-wing mob next went after William Barr, Trump’s “hand-picked” attorney general (are not all AGs “hand-picked” by the president?). Barr’s crime was that he had followed the law to the letter. And so Barr spent a few days after the arrival of the exonerating Mueller collusion report to ensure first, before releasing it to the public, that it did not endanger national security or besmirch the reputations of innocent named individuals. If in a blink, “collusion” had died, soon in its death throes it birthed “obstruction”—as if Trump’s objections to vast resources wasted on chasing an imaginary non-crime of collusion was obstruction When that did not work, congressional committees mobilized to sue and force Trump to release at least six years of his private income tax records, elements of which already in bits and pieces had been leaked. Are such efforts in the future to be institutionalized? Will the Left nod and keep still, if Republicans attempt to remove an elected Democratic President before his tenure is up? Are appeals to impeachment, the 25th Amendment, the Emoluments Clause, the Logan Act, and a Special Counsel the now normal cargo of political opposition to any future elected president? Is it now permissible in 2020 for Trump’s FBI director to insert an informant into the campaign of the Democratic presidential nominee? If Joe Biden is the 2020 nominee, will the Trump Justice Department seek FISA warrants to monitor the communications of Biden’s campaign team—in worries that Biden son’s business practices in the Ukraine had earlier compromised Biden who had intervened on his behalf by threatening to cut off aid to Ukraine? Will they investigate Biden’s propensity to hug and kiss under-aged girls? Will Trump’s CIA director contact foreign nationals to aid in spying on Biden’s aides? Will National Security Advisor John Bolton request that the names of surveilled Biden campaign officials become unmasked as a way of having them leaked to the media? Will Trump hire a British ex-spy to gather together rumors and gossip about Biden’s previous overseas trips and foreign contacts, especially in the Ukraine, and then see them seeded among the Trump CIA, FBI, Justice Department, and State Department? Is that the sort of country we have now? America over the last half century had been nursed on the dogma that the Left was the guarantor of civil liberties. That was the old message of the battles supposedly waged on our behalf by the ACLU, the free-speech areas on campuses, and the Earl Warren Court. Not now. The left believes that almost any means necessary, extra-legal and anti-constitutional or not, are justified to achieve their noble ends. Progressive luminaries at CNN and the New York Times have lectured us that reporters need not be disinterested any more in the age of Trump—or that it might be a crime to shout “lock her up” at a Trump rally. Will those standards apply to coverage of future Democratic presidents? No reporter seems to care that Hillary Clinton hired a foreign national to work with other foreign nationals to sabotage, first, her opponent’s campaign, then his transition and his presidency, along with the wink and nod help from key Obama officials at the Department of Justice, State Department, National Security Council, FBI and CIA. The final irony? If the CIA, FBI, and DOJ have gone the banana republic way of Lois Lerner’s IRS and shredded the Constitution, they still failed to remove Donald Trump. Trump still stands. In Nietzschean fashion what did not kill him apparently only made him stronger. Posted in Donald Trump, Mueller Investigation, Russia Collusion \| Leave a comment The Folly of the Mueller Investigation Posted on April 5, 2019 by libertas A great synopsis of the Mueller investigation by former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy. 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__label__wiki	0.692111	0.692111	May 8, 2019 / 7:44 AM / 9 months ago Donning elaborate robes, Japan's new imperial couple hold Shinto rite Japan's new Emperor Naruhito attends a ritual called Chokushi-Hakken-no-gi, a ceremony of dispatching Imperial Envoys to the Jingu (Ise Grand Shrine) and Mausolea of Emperor Jinmu and the 4 recent emperors up to Emperor Showa, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan May 8, 2019, in this photo released by Imperial Household Agency of Japan. Imperial Household Agency of Japan/Handout via Reuters TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s new Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako donned traditional robes on Wednesday for rituals in which he reported to Shinto gods the date of two important ceremonies later this year, including his enthronement. Naruhito wore a brown robe and tall black hat during the ritual held at the Imperial Palace, while Masako wore a light green and vermillion gown with long sleeves, photos from the Imperial Household Agency showed. The 59-year-old emperor inherited the Chrysanthemum Throne on May 1, a day after the abdication of his father, Akihito, the first monarch to abdicate in two centuries. Naruhito’s enthronement will take place in an elaborate ceremony on Oct. 22, to which hundreds of foreign dignitaries will be invited. He will step into an elevated pavilion called the “Takamikura” and proclaim his succession to the world. It will be followed by the Great Thanksgiving Ceremony on Nov. 14-15 when Naruhito will offer newly harvested rice and sake to imperial ancestors and deities, and partake of them himself as he prays for a good harvest and national peace. Reporting and writing by Malcolm Foster; editing by Darren Schuettler	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line895
__label__wiki	0.693809	0.693809	Cathedral Staff Become a Parishioner Scheduled Offering One-time Contribution Parish Founded 1822 Designated Cathedral 1853 Elevated Minor Papal Basilica 1982 Phone Facebook Twitter Instagram At Saint James, we offer American Sign Language interpretation of the Holy Mass every Sunday at 11 am. Our interpreters are trained so that they are able to communicate the actions and prayers of the Mass with precision and accuracy. We are proud to be the first and only church in Brooklyn with ASL interpreted Masses every Sunday. The Deaf community of Saint James benefits not only from being able to fully participate in the celebration of Mass but also to have the opportunity to connect with other Deaf Catholics at parish events. Fr. Raphael Munday, the Coordinator of Disabilities and Deaf Ministry for Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens, is available to assist the Deaf community with other services, such as Religious Education. The Cathedral Basilica of Saint James 250 Cathedral Place	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line915
__label__wiki	0.989358	0.989358	Driver takes plea in fatal hit-run By Thomas J. Prohaska Published Fri, Feb 27, 2009 A Wheatfield man admitted in Niagara County Court on Friday that he was at the wheel of a car that struck two Niagara Falls pedestrians Oct. 26, killing one and seriously injuring the other. However, Deputy District Attorney Theodore A. Brenner acknowledged in court that neither victim's family was particularly happy with the preindictment plea deal he offered. Michael K. Walaszek, 26, of Plaza Drive, took the offer and pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of a fatal accident without reporting it, a Class D felony that carries a seven-year maximum prison term. Judge Matthew J. Murphy III made no promises on sentencing and scheduled his decision for June 5. "[The families] don't like that the maximum is seven years," Brenner said. "The defendant has no record. He'd be pleading to the second to the top count." Co-defense counsel James J. Faso said Walaszek faced possible indictment on a Class B felony with a 25-year prison term because he killed one man and injured another in the same accident. "There were eyewitnesses and video," Faso said. "It was a fair offer." Brenner said a surveillance video from a nearby convenience store showed Walaszek's 2000 Ford Taurus heading past the store at Walnut Avenue and 19th Street. He said calculations based on analysis of that tape estimated the car's speed at 77 mph, although another accident reconstruction came up with 52 mph. The speed limit was 30 mph. Brenner said Walaszek and two friends had been drinking at a bar before deciding to head for downtown Niagara Falls. The crash occurred at 12:58 a.m., when the Taurus struck Mark Milczarski, 38, and Eduardo M. Ortiz, 40, both of Ferry Avenue, as they were crossing Walnut Avenue. Milczarski was killed, and Ortiz suffered a fractured pelvis, a broken ankle and a concussion, Brenner said. Brenner said, "[Walaszek] never stopped. He knew he hit a person, because [his passengers] told him, 'Watch out for the people,' and afterwards one of them said, 'You have to go back and get someone.' " The car was found on fire on the Tuscarora Indian Reservation about 90 minutes after the accident. Faso said he intends to ask Murphy to avoid sending Walaszek to jail at all, but co-defense counsel Herbert L. Greenman wasn't so sure. "We'll see what the presentencing report says," he said. Walaszek already faces civil suits by Ortiz and by Milczarski's family, seeking unspecified damages. Thomas J. Prohaska– Thomas Prohaska has been a reporter for The Buffalo News since 1995. A graduate of Starpoint Central High School and St. Bonaventure University, he previously worked at WLVL Radio in Lockport.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line918
__label__wiki	0.944911	0.944911	Onex's $5B acquisition of WestJet closes Amanda Stephenson, Calgary Herald Updated: December 11, 2019 3:54 PM MST Private member's bills on conscience rights, organ donation die as government prorogues Virtual assistants lousy at providing medical emergency information: U of A study Tawfiq Popatia, a managing director at Onex, left, stands with WestJet President and CEO Ed Sims next to Boeing 737 and 787 Dreamliner aircraft in one of WestJet's Calgary hangers on Monday May 13, 2019. The completion of Onex Corp.'s $5 billion purchase of Calgary-based WestJet marks the largest private equity deal in aviation history and is cause for "quiet relief and satisfaction," WestJet CEO Ed Sims said on Thursday, following the announcement of the deal's closing.Gavin Young / Postmedia The completion of Onex Corp.'s $5 billion purchase of Calgary-based WestJet marks the largest private equity deal in aviation history and is cause for "quiet relief and satisfaction," WestJet CEO Ed Sims said on Thursday, following the announcement of the deal's closing. The completion of Onex Corp.’s $5-billion purchase of Calgary-based WestJet marks the largest private equity deal in aviation history and is cause for “quiet relief and satisfaction,” WestJet CEO Ed Sims said Wednesday, following the announcement of the deal’s closing. The purchase agreement, announced in May, will see the formerly publicly traded WestJet become a private company owned by the Toronto-based private equity firm. While WestJet shareholders approved the deal in July, it still faced a number of regulatory hurdles — the final of which was cleared Tuesday when the Canadian Transportation Agency gave the purchase the green light. The regulator determined that WestJet will continue to meet Canadian ownership and control requirements if Onex amends its bylaws to ensure any matters voted on by the board of directors are done with a majority of Canadian directors present. WestJet’s rival Air Canada had previously challenged the deal, arguing Onex’s governance rules and the “opaque” transaction structure could expose WestJet to foreign control or influence. Sims said combining the “brainpower at WestJet with the brainpower at Onex” will result in a formidable company. “They (Onex) support and fully endorse the strategy on which we are already embarked, and they have complete confidence in the people of WestJet,” Sims said. “And we like their speed of thought, their nimbleness of decision-making, and we think that is going to have a positive effect on the way we do business.” Under the terms of the deal, WestJet shareholders will receive $31 per share. astephenson@postmedia.com Twitter: @AmandaMsteph Stories, pictures and tributes to life. View and place obituaries, and more. The faster, fresher and greener way to shop flyers. Canada’s Largest Print and Online Classifieds Network Employment Opportunities! New and Used Car Reviews. Daily Headline News Armaments, armoured equipment merchants doing brisk trade with Canadian police Incentives wanted for inclusionary housing Follow these top 10 fire safety tips	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line921
__label__cc	0.646687	0.353313	Worcestershire County Council Explore your library catalogue Simple search: enter Author name, Title or ISBN e.g. Hunger Games Suzanne Collins Library Catalogue: Reserving and Renewing books Catalogue Search for "format:DVD" Feature : Thriller HIVE Evesham Results 1 - 10 of 22 Bad Samaritan DVD. English. Published Signature Entertainment, 2018 American thriller in which a pair of burglars get more than they bargained for when they make a disturbing discovery in one of their victims' homes. In... BBFC classification: American thriller in which a US diplomat must race against time to save his colleague who has been taken hostage by an Islamic liberation militia group... Published Universal Pictures, 2018 Bruce Willis stars in this thriller from director Eli Roth. After his family become the latest victims of a series of violent attacks, trauma surgeon... Published 20th Century Fox Home Ent., 2018 American thriller in which a young woman realises the man following her everywhere, who she has deemed to be a stalker, is actually a product of her imagination... Published StudioCanal, 2018 Joaquin Phoenix stars in this thriller written and directed by Lynne Ramsay. Based on the novella by Jonathan Ames, the film follows Joe (Phoenix), a... Jaume Collet-Serra directs this action thriller starring Liam Neeson and Vera Farmiga. After being contacted by a mysterious stranger, insurance salesman... Published Thunderbird Releasing, 2018 Guy Pearce and Dakota Fanning star in this Western thriller written and directed by Martin Koolhoven. Midwife Liz Bundy (Fanning)'s life is changed forever... Kingsman: The golden circle Matthew Vaughn returns to direct this sequel to the 2015 British action comedy 'Kingsman: The Secret Service'. After the Kingsman headquarters in London... Published Curzon Artificial Eye, 2018 Robert Pattinson stars in this crime thriller directed by brothers Benny and Josh Safdie. The film follows brothers Constantine and Nick Nikas (Pattinson... Published Sony Pictures Home Ent., 2018 Dominic Cooper stars in this action thriller based on the novel by Duncan Falconer. British Special Boat Service operative John Stratton (Cooper) is assigned... Malvern (14) Bromsgrove (11) Pershore (10) Main Catalogue (22) Worcestershire Catalogue (22) Feature : Thriller From 2010 2011 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018 To 2010 2011 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line927
__label__wiki	0.905013	0.905013	Carson Community: Holiday Edition The Carson Chronicle The student news site of Rachel Carson Middle School Behind the scenes of the RCMS step team A look inside how the step team operates Picture of the Step Team practicing their routine for the Shamrock Fest in the RCMS Gym. Photo by: Yishak Kelkay Annika Bhatia, Yishak Kelkay, and Alex Roytman The RCMS step team competed against Herndon and Lanier MS in the Shamrock Fest competition at Stone MS on April 27, landing the second place spot. The Shamrock Fest is a competition where middle-school dance teams perform in front of a public audience. The teams are then evaluated by a group of judges and are ranked with the dance teams that are amongst the same genre of dance. The competition has step, hip-hop and contemporary. “We were really stressed in the beginning,” shared Manavi Lamichane, 14, of the Explorers team and captain of the step team. “We hadn’t finished everything yet and we had two hours to practice and we were practicing the whole time. When we got to the competition part, we were so tired and we were just, like, trying our best to finish it.” The dance competition was supposed to be in March, for St. Patrick’s Day, but it was delayed. “A step team is a group of girls and boys who do step dancing,” explains Rahel Teni, 13, from the All-Stars team and also a member of the RCMS step team. “I would define step as a form of dancing where you pat different parts of your body like your legs, arms, and ground.” Modern step dancing was first performed in the 1900s in African-American college fraternities and sororities. It incorporates dance skills and techniques found from dances in Africa and the Caribbean. “The step team has been here since I was teaching here, and I’ve been teaching here for eight years,” shared Mrs. Sarah Murphy, a teacher on the Majestics team and advisor of the step team. Ms. Joanne Fraundorfer, a counselor here at RCMS, became the advisor of the step team in 2007, nine years after she thinks it originated in 1998. “I don’t know the exact year it started, but I can for sure say it was going strong in 2005,” says Ms. Fraundorfer. “I think there was a group of students who were interested in step and in starting a group because other middle schools, like Herndon, already had step teams.” This is Mrs. Murphy’s first year as the RCMS step team advisor. She has not done step herself, but she has participated in dance before. She only had positive words for the whole team. “They are incredibly talented, engaged, focused, really motivated and hardworking,” said Mrs. Murphy. Although they might make it look easy, the steps to making a routine take lots of trial and error along with time and thought. The RCMS step team consists of 17 people and they all have to work together to make the routine work. “You just do whatever. It’s like we would be thinking about something and then like, let’s say we listen to a song and we just try to copy the beat and then we make a step out of it,” said Manavi. Manavi, when asked about her friendships on the team, mentioned her co-captains. “Linda Nikabou, my co-captain, is my best friend. My other co-captain [Smera Siwakoti] is also my best friend,” remarked Manavi “It’s like we’re a big, close family.” Although Carson placed second this year, Manavi is optimistic for the captains next year–Ariyah Culbreath, Rahel Teni, Kai Whitaker. They held tryouts on May 2. “I think they are going to do a lot better next year,” she said, “since last year we did good, this year we did better, so next year we will do great.” Annika Bhatia, Writer Yishak Kelkay, Writer Interns from France arrive to learn about RCMS and America Laptops for RCMS students under consideration for next year Coding Club offers crucial education for the future Carson mission: End hunger Peer tutoring creates special friendships RCMS step team’s journey to the game After-school soccer club: Soccer power and transformative character ‘Grenade’: Inside the Book Seventh-grade strings orchestra concert entertains community RCMS Thanksgiving grows with students and teachers	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line937
__label__wiki	0.776846	0.776846	Sign up for CNS Newsletter About CNS Viewpoints Golden Spoons Restaurant Reviews CNS Archives News Archives 2008-2014 CNS Business 2015-2017 Former Cayman Islands governor dies aged 96 Cayman News \| 05/07/2016 \| 27 Comments Thomas Russell, Governor of the Cayman Islands 1974 – 1981 (CNS) Updated: Flags will fly at half-mast for the next two days to honour former governor Thomas Russell, who died in Scotland on Monday night at the age of 96 after a few months in hospital. Russell served as the governor of the Cayman Islands between 1974 and 1981. After he left the islands, he helped the Cayman government establish its London office and then served as the Cayman Islands Representative in the UK from 1982 until 1990. Premier Alden McLaughlin described him as “by far one of the most respected and favoured governors”, who returned to Cayman often “visiting with friends and renewing acquaintances”. The premier said he knew Russell very well and held him in high regard. “I am extremely saddened by this loss,” he said in a statement. “Many Caymanians will remember Mr Russell with great fondness from his time here as governor. The Cayman Islands is one of the many overseas areas where he served the crown subsequent to his release from active military duty following World War II,” McLaughlin stated. “With his passing the Cayman Islands has lost a true friend.” Russell was a long-time Veterans Association’s representative at the Royal Commonwealth Ex-services League Headquarters in London and was appointed as Vice President for Life of the RCEL. He was awarded the OBE in 1963, the CBE in 1970 and the CMG in 1980. In 2003 he published an autobiographical account of his years in the Colonial Service, I Have the Honour to Be. Statement by Acting Governor Franz Manderson: His Excellency, the acting Governor Franz Manderson, joins the people of the Cayman Islands, United Kingdom, Scotland, France and around the globe in mourning the loss and celebrating the life of former Governor Thomas Russell, CMG, CBE, OBE. Mr Russell, who was aged 96, was an exceptional man and model leader, who served the Cayman Islands faithfully and tirelessly for many years both here and in the United Kingdom. Throughout his life, his thirst for excellence and passion for achievement were readily apparent to all those who knew him. Mr Russell took up his post of Governor of the Cayman Islands in 1974 after years of service South Pacific where he served in numerous posts including Chief Secretary and Financial Secretary. By the time he left the post of Governor of the Cayman Islands in 1982 he had been named a Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George (C.M.G.), which he received in 1980. He had already been honoured by Her Majesty The Queen with the award of Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in 1963, and Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) in 1970. In the 35 years since he left these shores his kindness and empathy for his fellow human beings are still widely remembered by past and present civil servants. Yet his good works also extended to members of the community who found themselves in need, from Caymanian students, businessmen and travelers during his two decades spent serving the Cayman Islands in the United Kingdom, to local and overseas veterans throughout the Commonwealth over the course of his life. Mr Russell was fearlessly committed to helping others, and, in particular, to helping them to better their circumstances. His warm-hearted personality ensured his welcome wherever he went, and we in the Cayman Islands were always extremely pleased to welcome him back during his frequent visits. After his retirement he turned his focus from public affairs to supporting veterans in Britain, the Commonwealth, and the Cayman Islands. In 2012 he was honoured by HRH Prince Philip with appointment as Vice President for Life of the Royal Commonwealth Ex-services League (RCEL). I know his loss will also be felt deeply by members of the Cayman Islands Veterans Association whom he represented for years at RCEL Headquarters in London. I would like to express my condolences to all of Mr Russell’s remaining family members, his close friends, and all those who benefited from his contributions over the decades. We know how deeply you must feel his loss and we share in your sorrow. The government and people of the Cayman Islands have lost a great friend. Flags will be flown at Half Mast for the next two days in honour of Former Governor Russell. Category: Local News Alison Hemmings says: Very sad news. I met Mr Russell at The Caledonian Club in London where I worked. He was a thorough gentleman and highly respected by Members and staff alike. His passing is a great loss for the Club. Mr. Russell, as a military man, would probably appreciate the correct terminology of flags being flown at half Staff – not half mast. The only time flags are flown at half mast is when they are nautical flags hanging from a ship. Thx. CNS can I suggest that you implement a “Pedant of the Week Award” for worthy posts like this?! Ex-pat says: Half Staff is an American term. As Cayman is still a British Crown Colony, Half Mast is the correct term to use. Sucka Free Cayman says: Rest in Peace Mr Russell you were truly the only governor Cayman has ever had and a wonderfull man. Lowering the flag is the least we can do to honour Governor Russell.This island has lost one of its greatest patrons and his memory should be honoured. See you on the other side Governor cant believe you gone Sir ,my condolences to family and friends on this tremendous lost. Mr. Russell was a true “Hero” of the Caymanian people. His memory will be cherished by all who knew him. May his soul rest in peace and light perpetual shine upon him. Just Watchin says: A good and honourable man who distinguished himself with his humility and accessibility. He was renowned for getting around Cayman in his own car and being accessible to Caymanians. Oh, how have Governors have changed – they whine for a Jaguar (Jack and Kilpatrick), get it (Kilpatrick) and use it to visit their select friends – usually of the same nationality. Mr Russell was a really decent man and it is right that the flags be flown at half mast to reflect his passing. I wonder, though, how many of the posters saying things like he is ” the ONLY governor this country has had/best Governor Cayman has ever had” realise how different the “world of Cayman” was in Tom’s day to what it became afterwards.There were some of us who felt he was popular with the politicians and their supporters because he was far too close to Jim Bodden-drinking buddies here and on the Brac-and because he did not attempt to reign Jim in in some of his preposterous stuff like running Cayman Airways as a private Jim Bodden airline or allowing the Texans like Hadjecate and Lister to have too much say in Cayman. Tom left in, I think, 1981 and Cayman changed dramatically and not always for the better after that as Jim Bodden’s strata laws allowed the country to develop overnight into a place that was radically different from Tom’s Cayman. The National Team of 1992 have always made it clear that Tom was their favourite Governor. Is there anything significant in that? No doubt about it, he was the Caymanian’s favorite Governor. Governor Russell became much more than the Queen’s representative; he became as one of us. He loved Caymanians and they loved him. A true care-taker of the Cayman Islands and its people. RIP former Governor Russell. Sounds like a brilliant bloke. Rest in peace, sir. Until that day….. Indeed he was brilliant. As we pass through life there will always be individuals who will stand head and shoulders above the rest. He was a gentleman and one that will be remembered for a long time. I believe he made his mark on the history of these islands. Mr.Russell (“Good Old Tom”) embraced Cayman and its people in his role as governor like no one before or since. A truly beloved person whose humble and unassuming manner will always be of cherished memory. He truly did immerse himself into our culture quite naturally, and I do hope the government takes the necessary steps to ensure he is remembered for generations to come. Rest in peace, Tom. Cayman needs to show gratitude and respect to the life of the only true and well respected Governor of these islands. Mr. Premier, please lower the flags to half staff in his honor and on behalf of the people that he loved and respected. RIP Governor Russell. He was not only a governor but a wonderful human being. He will always be remembered. Mr. Russell was one of the most Honorable Governor’s that ever came to our shores. He expressed his sincerity for our country in so many different ways, both locally and internationally. He never forgot the Cayman Islands we certainly will never forget him. Mr. Premier, we the Caymanian people would wish to see all Cayman Islands Flags be flown at half mast, at all government buildings ASAP. R.I.P. Mr. Russell – God rewarded you with a long and happy life because of all the good deeds you did for humanity. We the Caymanian people claim you as “One of Us Forever” Sincere condolences to Mr. Russell’s family and his many friends and acquaintances throughout the Cayman Islands and around the world. Allar says: The two idiots that disliked this from 2:56 is just that idiots. Better you don’t read and respond to blogs He will always be remembered at Christmas by the Fire Department for his attendance at their Christmas Parties. He was amongst the last to leave while his driver patiently waited for him. After returning home he did not forget to call the very ordinary Cayman acquaintances that he highly respected to wish them a Happy New Year while he was celebrating at home. Sincere condolences he will always be remembered. SKEPTICAL says: A man much loved by everyone, Caymanian and Expatriate alike. Looking back at his time as Governor, it is sad to see how the island has changed. It truly was a Caribbean getaway. The government should lower the flags as a mark of respect to the best Governor Cayman ever had…RIP Governor Russell He sure was the best governor Cayman ever had. He had some very close people in the civil service at the time. Perhaps arrangement should be made for a delegation to attend his funeral in the UK. One person that I know was extremely close with him is the former Permanent Secretary of Personnel Ms. Jenny Manderson (The mother of the current DG). There were also many others that were close with him that may want to attend. Just a suggestion to pay our last respect. RIP Governor Russell.. The only Governor England sent us that actually became one of us and did so much for Cayman. Well respected and a fine gentleman..I won’t forget him.. Probably the best Governor that we have ever had. Those who have followed have underperformed miserably by comparison. A true “Hero” of the Cayman Islands. annoymous says: This is such sad news for us Caymanians. He was our beloved Governor. Very sad. Blessing to his family and may he RIP. He was one of us..a kind gentle soul and the best Governor Cayman ever had.. Alden, would you consider lowering the flags to half staff as a mark of respect to this very honorable man, please? The best Governor Cayman has ever had..RIP Governor Russell.. RIP Governor Russell says: He is the ONLY governor this country has had. He cared for Cayman and most of all he loved the people. All that have come since him have just been in name only. Maybe we should preserve the Glass House and name it in his honour and use it as a historical monument. You can comment anonymously. See CNS Comment Policy at the top of this page. 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__label__cc	0.641827	0.358173	The Five Stages of Central Bankers' Failure The Source of Failure: We Optimize What We Measure... Here's Why All Pension Funds Are Doomed, Doomed, D... The Anger of the Unprivileged Is Rising Globally The Choice For Venezuela Is Stark: Either Print Mo... The War on Cash Is a War on Your Freedom to Opt Ou... We're in the Eye of a Global Financial Hurricane What's Your Monthly Grocery Bill? Ours Is $218 Fed Up with the Fed Are Property Taxes a "Wealth Tax" on the (Mostly) ... A Nation of Housing Haves and Have-Nots If Geography and Demographics Are Destiny, Who Wil... The Destabilizing Consequences of Globalization Dear Homeowner: If You're Paying $260,000 in Prope... The Coming War of Central Banks We Need a Complete System Overhaul: 5 Charts That ... The Meaning of a Multicultural America: 323,341,00... No Wonder We're Poorer: Wages' Share of GDP Has Fa... One Chart Says It All Eight "New Normal" Charts That Are Insanely Abnorm... Either Reverse All the Perverse Incentives or the ... Why Are We So Unhealthy? Our System Makes Us Sick ... The Choice For Venezuela Is Stark: Either Print Money and Fail or Establish Sound Money (USD to the Rescue?) There are a number of reasons why adopting the USD is a natural choice for any Venezuelan government that is not bent on self-destruction. Let's start our analysis of Venezuela's economic plight with two exhibits: Exhibit A is a chart of the market (free) exchange rate of the Venezuelan Bolivar and the U.S. dollar (USD), and Exhibit B is a chart of the USD. Back in 2003, when the writing was already on the wall, one USD bought 1.6 Bolivars. Today, it takes over 1,000 Bolivars to buy one U.S. dollar. Though the official rate is 10 Bolivars to one USD for subsidized goods and 416 to the USD for everything else, the street exchange rate is 1,050 Bolivars to the dollar. (The official exchange rate has multiple levels, creating multiple layers of confusion and opportunities for graft/corruption.) While Venezuela's currency was in a free-fall to oblivion, a fundamental revaluation of the U.S. dollar pushed the USD up about 20% in the past two years. Once a currency is mortally wounded, the government has a stark choice: either print more money and try to stimulate a dying economy by spending the fast-depreciating money, or relinquish the dead currency and establish a sound currency that will attract capital to the country's economy. There are only two paths: either the state/central bank creates or borrows money into existence in an attempt to "print and deficit-spend our way to prosperity," or the state accepts sound money that it cannot print or borrow into existence. This stability soon attracts private capital. If the state/central bank attempts to create capital by printing or borrowing money into existence, private capital will flee because the writing is on the wall: the currency and economy are doomed. You can create currency out of thin air, but you can't create sound money out of thin air or real capital out of thin air. If the state/central bank surrenders the money-printing press, and accepts the limitations of a currency it can't print into hyper-inflation, then private capital will enter the economy because it can trust that the currency can't be devalued by politicos or the central bank. I was interested in a recent article on Zero Hedge, Will Venezuela Be Forced To Embrace The Dollar?, for it followed my suggestion of four years ago that Greece should adopt the U.S. Dollar as its new currency (May 14, 2012). Adopting the U.S. dollar would deprive the Venezuelan state of its power to devalue its currency. The basic idea behind devaluing one's currency is to boost one's exports by making one's goods cheaper in other currencies. But since Venezuela has few exports other than oil, which typically trades in USD, there is no export-driven reason to devalue the currency. A gold-backed currency would be sound money, but does Venezuela have enough gold left to back a new currency? Perhaps, but if there are pervasive doubts about the state's policies and the ability of the Venezuelan economy to survive its present woes, everyone will quickly convert their currency into gold, and the nation's gold reserves would quickly be depleted. Many people see the ability to devalue a currency as necessary to attract investment. The basic idea here is that if a currency gets cheap enough, foreign capital will smell a bargain and flood into the country, boosting growth. I think this is absolutely backwards: what capital will sniff out is the possibility that a cheap currency will get even cheaper. As I always note, no nation has ever devalued its way to prosperity or influence. Devaluing one's currency impoverishes every holder of the currency, which invariably includes the bottom 99.9% of your population. The practicalities also favor the U.S. dollar. With $1.4 trillion of actual physical cash in circulation globally, there is enough USD cash to grease daily commerce in Venezuela, which has about 30 million residents and a GDP of $131 billion (at the official exchange rate, about the size of Nevada's economy) or purchasing power parity (PPP) GDP of about $500 billion, about the size of North Carolina's economy. The USD is already recognized and used as money in Venezuela (and virtually every other nation on the planet), and so the infrastructure is already set up to maintain a pricing mechanism in USD. The current government of Venezuela has failed. That much is obvious. The only unknown is what sort of governance eventually replaces it and at what cost in human lives and suffering. The new government, whether it labels itself Socialist, Communist, free-market or a hybrid of various ideologies, would immediately establish sound money and financial stability by adopting the U.S. dollar as its currency. Since the USD is already a global currency, the new government would not need the American state's permission; it could announce the adoption, bank the dollars being paid for Venezuelan oil and get about reorganizing the economy for the betterment of Venezuela's people based on a currency that is recognized as a means of exchange everywhere. A Radically Beneficial World: Automation, Technology and Creating Jobs for All is now available as an Audible audio book. 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__label__wiki	0.907815	0.907815	Memorial design Chicago: a Navy town Navy training vessels of WWII Carrier aircraft of WWII Share a Company Story Share a Regional Story Honor courage. Inspire leadership. Our mission is to commemorate Chicago’s role in U.S. Navy history and the service of many. Join us in creating a long-awaited Chicago Navy Memorial at Navy Pier. How can we celebrate Chicagoland’s contributions to our sea services and nation’s security? How can we honor the Navy servicemen and women who grew up or trained here? How can we inspire young people to train for leadership and take courageous actions in the defense of our country? We must band together to support the development of the Chicago Navy Memorial at Navy Pier—a stirring monument to the intersection of civic pride and national service—that will tell the almost forgotten story of our city’s and region’s critical roles in two world wars. We will commemorate the hidden heritage and nearly-forgotten history of Chicagoland and our region's naval contributions to both World War I and World War II. The Memorial will honor the impact Chicagoans have made, and continue to make, to the nation’s naval services. Your investment in the memorial will allow us to educate and tell these stories of patriotism, collective sacrifice, and perseverance—stories that will endure in the hearts and minds of millions, and will inspire selfless service for generations to come. Help uncover our hidden heritage Remembering the past. Engaging new generations. See the Plans Get updates in your inbox. © 2020 Chicago Navy Memorial Foundation \| One East Wacker Drive, Suite 1730, Chicago, IL 60601 Site by Jell Creative Help us complete our mission! Please consider honoring the people and contributions our area has made to the U.S. Navy by making a donation today. Make a Donation Maybe Later	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line951
__label__wiki	0.711154	0.711154	General news Sports Accidents Accidents and disasters Homicide Violent crime Crime Football College football College sports Automotive accidents Transportation accidents Transportation Kansas Big 12 Crash that killed man, 81, injures Kansas football player - Jan. 14, 2019 11:17 AM EST LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a crash that killed a Kansas man also injured a University of Kansas football player and two others. The Kansas Highway Patrol says redshirt freshman safety Nicholas Caudle lost control of a pickup truck Friday on U.S. 59 in Jefferson County. The 20-year-old from Atchison then struck a car, killing the 81-year-old driver, Lee Crum, of Oskaloosa. Caudle, another student in the pickup and Crum's passenger were taken to a hospital. Kansas football officials told the Lawrence Journal-World that they are "still learning the details" of the crash. Jefferson Co. Sheriff Jeff Herrig told WIBW that roads in the area were wet at the time of the crash, and rain was changing over to snow. He says it is possible slick roads were a factor in the wreck.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line956
__label__cc	0.530578	0.469422	Goal to end homelessness for Connecticut Veterans in sight After years of hard work providing services, the professionals who deal with the issue on a daily basis say Connecticut will essentially end homelessness for veterans by December 2015. Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness Sen. Blumenthal Introduces the Veteran Housing Stability Act of 2015 On Friday, July 31, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (SVAC), announced legislation that he is leading to increase safe and affordable housing for veterans by improving and expanding upon VA’s programs to prevent and end homelessness among veterans. PODCAST: Up From Homelessness As New Haven enters a new phase of tackling homelessness, three people on the front lines charted the way. The three—social services worker Abu Baker; Alison Cunningham, executive director of Columbus House; and John Bradley, executive director of Liberty Community Services—reflected on the current and future during a recent forum at Westville’s Congregation Beth-El Keser Israel (BEKI). Columbus House Abraham's Tent offers fulfilling experience for men who are homeless Abraham's Tent is an emergency housing program at Columbus House, grown out of the need for more beds when funding was cut to the shelter six years ago. In those six years, Abraham's Tent has grown into more than just an emergency housing solution; it has grown into a community of volunteers, committed to solving the issues of poverty and homelessness. Connecticut Network Partnership for Strong Communities IForum Series on Health Care, Housing & Homelessness: Integrating Systems Alison Cunningham, Columbus House Executive Director, presents on Columbus House's Medical Respite Program at the Partnership for Strong Communities IForum Series on Health Care, Housing & Homelessness: Integrating Systems Partnership for Strong Communities Reaching Home - Daunting Challenges, Inspiring Progress, A Bright Future In celebration of their 2015 Reaching Home Dinner and the progress made in the fight to end homelessness, Partnership for Strong Communities put together a video highlighting the past, present and future of Connecticut's statewide push to end homelessness. Shoreline Chamber of Commerce Connex Credit Union's 'Coins for Change' Program Donates $600 to the Columbus House Saving spare change can add up and Connex Credit Union has discovered a way to utilize these extra coins to make a difference for local charitable organizations. As a part of its community-giving program ConnexCares, Connex Credit Union recently donated $599.33 to Columbus House from the fees collected by Connex’s coin-cashing machine at the North Haven branch. Health Care and Housing: A Match Worth Making Nearly 900 health care, housing, and homelessness providers and advocates descended on Washington, D.C. the first week of May 2015 for the National Health Care for the Homeless Conference & Policy Symposium. CCEH Presents 2015 Awards To Homeless Service Providers The Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness on Thursday presented its yearly awards during its Annual Training Institute and meeting. Photos of chocolate tasting to benefit Columbus House’s Middlesex family shelter Columbus House announced the winners of the 13th Annual Chocolate to the Rescue event to benefit its Middlesex Family Shelter, which was held recently at The Inn at Middletown. $16,000 was raised for Columbus House’s Family Shelter in Middletown, according to a release from the organization. « Previous 1...1112131415161718192021 Next »	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line957
__label__wiki	0.808475	0.808475	/ DC 'Aquaman': First Look at Vulko Revealed By Matthew Aguilar - June 14, 2018 03:37 pm EDT DC fans are finally getting their first look at Arthur's mentor Vulko in some new brand new images from James Wan's Aquaman, though the photo doesn't' reveal everything about the character. That would be namely his face. Warner Bros. released several new images from the movie, including one that features James Wan directing a scene between Aquaman (Jason Momoa), Mera (Amber Heard), and Vulko, who will be played by Willem Dafoe. You can see a good deal of Dafoe's Vulko costume, which has some similarities to Mera's suit as far as material and texture. Vulko's longer hair can also be spotted, but since he is facing away from the camera we can't actually see his face. Nowadays Vulko still has his longer hair but is balding, though in this version he still has all of his hair up top. He seems to be helping Arthur and Mera find something using an old map, but your guess as to what they are looking for is as good as ours. You can check out the new photo below. (Photo: Warner Bros.) Vulko has been an enemy and ally to Arthur at various times through his history, often disagreeing with Arthur on how Atlantis should be run. The character was actually supposed to show up first in Justice League, but that sequence ended up being cut out of the film. In the film Vulko will be a big part of Arthur's early years, informing his viewpoint on the throne and being there after the citizens of Atlantis kind of reject him. "Vulko's his connection to Atlantis," Momoa said. "I think what Zack [Snyder] and I did, we were kind of trying to establish that he was taken down there as a boy, and he was an outcast, he was a half-breed, and he was built up as a young boy, because he was fed all these ideas by Vulko--that he was the rightful king. And he gets down there, and he's a half breed, he's impure, and I'm just made to feel like I'm this disease. So after that, I was like, 'f* you, f* you, I'm on my own.'" You can find even more great Aquaman images right here! Aquaman stars Jason Momoa (Arthur Curry/Aquaman), Amber Heard (Mera), Nicole Kidman (Queen Atlanna), Patrick Wilson (Orm/Ocean Master), Willem Dafoe (Nuidis Vulko), Yahya abdul-Mateen II (Black Manta), Temuera Morrison (Thomas Curry), Randall Park (Stephen Shin), Michael Beach (Jesse Kane), Ludi Lin (Murk), and Dolph Lundgren (King Nereus), and is directed by James Wan. Aquaman is scheduled to be released in movie theaters on December 21, 2018. [H/T EW] Arrow Star Addresses that Finale Green Lantern Twist Arrow: Oliver Queen's Legacy is Far More Flawed and Complex Than Just Hero James Gunn Reminds Fans There's No Rivalry Between Marvel and DC Movies How Arrow Failed Laurel Lance One Last Time in "Fadeout" Arrow Recap With Spoilers: Its Time to Say Goodbye Green Arrow in "Fadeout" Arrow Fans are Freaking Out About Green Lantern Tease in Series Finale Arrow: Every Character Who Returns in Series Finale Arrow Series Finale: Here's What We Know About John Diggle and the Green Lantern Corps	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line958
__label__cc	0.505818	0.494182	Although it’s good to see Trump finally take decisive action against America’s enemies rather than appeasing them (and funding them) like Obama did, the larger truth is that Soleimani never did anything against the independent media and the growing number of voices who attempt to protect children from the toxic effects of vaccines, GMOs, fluoride and dangerous pharmaceuticals. Soleimani may have been the enemy of America, but there are far greater enemies of humanity who remain at large, right here in America. It’s the tech giants like Google, Facebook, Twitter — run by anti-human rights criminal Jack Dorsey — and other techno-fascist corporations that have systematically violated the fundamental human right of free speech, all in their efforts to silence the truth about dangerous vaccines that maim and kill, at minimum, tens of thousands of American children every year… even according to the U.S. government’s own statistics (VAERS.HHS.GOV). The number of Americans killed by Soleimani is dwarfed by the number of children killed by the CDC and the vaccine industry. There’s no comparison. Yet those of us who dare to expose the danger of vaccine ingredients or share the government statistics of vaccine injuries and deaths are treated by the Big Tech establishment as if we were terrorists. In reality, we are the whistleblowers! We are the ones working on behalf of humanity, trying to warn the moms and dads that vaccinating your children with today’s deliberately unsafe vaccines is very often a life sentence for those children, many of whom are condemned to suffer or die. America’s worst enemies couldn’t even dream of achieving the damage being caused by Google, Twitter and other malicious tech giants President Trump ordered a drone strike against General Soleimani, killing him instantly, but no legal action, executive action or regulatory enforcement action is being taken against the CEOs of the tech giants who are indirectly killing far more Americans than Soleimani ever could have imagined possible. America’s worst enemies couldn’t even dream of the biological terror and widespread damage to innocent children that has been unleashed by the vaccine industry with the help of Big Tech censorship. That’s why it’s accurate to label Google CEO Sundar Pichai an actual terrorist and enemy of America. He is a far greater threat to the American people than Soleimani ever was. And he should be arrested and prosecuted for those crimes. In fact, Google is a far greater threat to American lives than all the Iran-funded Islamic terror networks combined, and that doesn’t even count Google’s gross invasion of the privacy of Americans, which becomes more extreme and dangerous with each passing day, as The Intercept has just recently confirmed in another bombshell article. Where are the military police arrests of the CEOs of the tech giants? Why hasn’t Trump ordered the State Dept. to seize the domain names of Google.com, Twitter.com, Facebook.com and YouTube.com for their systematic, repeated criminal violations of fundamental human rights such as the right to speak without oppressive, malicious censorship that denies the American people their basic human dignity? And what about Google’s AI weapons research that’s launching humanity directly into conflict with an actual “Skynet Terminator” scenario in the next two decades? Will we have to wait for Skynet to nuke us all before anybody bothers to try to stop Google’s global death machine from being constructed and deployed? Similarly, why haven’t the New York Times and the Washington Post been declared terrorist organizations for running their anti-America psychological operations that routinely side with enemies of America while slandering and defaming those who support America? As Dave Hodges recently explained, it really is time for the New York Times and its traitorous anti-American operatives to be charged with treason and prosecuted accordingly. War with Iran is a “great distraction” from the real enemies of America who are located in Silicon Valley It brings up the obvious question: Why isn’t Trump willing to take action against the real threats to Americans that are operating as terrorist organizations right here on our own soil? Isn’t large-scale, coordinated treason a crime worthy of being arrested and stopped? The tech giants and the globalist-run media carry out deliberate, malicious acts of treason on a daily basis, yet they are allowed to continue carrying out those acts while Trump distracts everyone by launching Hellfire missiles against foreign terrorists that have virtually zero impact on the day-to-day lives of Americans. Surely he must know that these same traitorous organizations (Google, NYT, etc.) are planning to support the push to have Trump deemed a “war criminal” by the United Nations. They’re also planning to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office, citing “mental health” deficiencies. If that doesn’t work, these same treasonous operatives — which includes an active conspiracy among all the tech giants — will launch a false flag attack that can be blamed on Trump and his supporters. This attack will be timed to achieve en election victory for Hillary Clinton, who is waiting in the shadows like a demon, ready to leap into the race at the last minute to “save America from Trump.” The media, the tech giants and the stay-behind network of traitors from the Obama administration will all run this coordinated conspiracy to silence pro-Trump voices, criminalize Trump supporters, push an anti-America narrative and appoint Hillary Clinton as an authoritarian dictator who rules over the nation like the criminal mafia boss she has come to be. Yet Trump does nothing to stop it, except for ordering drone strikes on a couple of people who frankly hardly matter at all to the real future of America. Even James Comey, one of the evil masterminds of the criminal coup attempt against Trump himself, still walks around as a free man, celebrated as a hero by the same traitorous media that should have been shut down long ago after being accurately labeled “seditious actors” under the 1807 Insurrection Act. We elected Trump to drain the swamp, not bomb Iraq. We elected him to “lock her up,” not look the other way while treasonous Democrats and criminal technology giants eviscerate the civil rights of millions of Americans by pretending that censorship of conservative views is “cracking down on hate speech.” We elected Trump to fight for America right here at home, not to fight with foreigners on foreign soil just to prop up the neocon-supporter weapons manufacturers. Mr. President, the real enemies of America are located in Silicon Valley, not the Iraq airport. You don’t need Hellfire missiles to deal with them, either: You simply issue an executive order to empower the DOJ, FTC and FCC to take immediate, decisive action to stop the gross violations of the First Amendment that are being carried out by the tech companies that long ago abandoned any pretense of Sec. 230 protections under the DMCA. If we cannot defeat techno-fascism here at home, it matters little whether we can bomb Islamic militants in the Middle East. Stop wagging the damn dog and start fighting for real Americans, right here at home. It’s time for Trump to declare politically-motivated mass censorship an act of treason, and prosecute it accordingly Declare online censorship to be a crime against America. Name the conspirators in the media who are complicit in the attempted coup to overthrow our republic. Expose the slimy foreign aid kickbacks that funneled billions of dollars to the Obamas, the Bidens and the Clintons. Unleash the military police to arrest every tech giant CEO who has taken part in politically motivated censorship against the American people and hold them for trial under military tribunals, for they are engaged in a war against this nation, and they are treating it like war. You’re fighting the wrong damn enemies, Mr. President! And nothing you do in the Middle East will matter one bit if we lose our nation to the left-wing authoritarian lunatics here at home. Google is a dangerous left-wing cult, and that same cultist mental illness has crept into Twitter, Netflix, Hollywood, universities and left-wing non-profit front groups like the ACLU. Yes, Soleimani was a lunatic, but even his actions didn’t even begin to stack up to the coordinated genital maiming of children now being carried out in America under the cover of “transgenderism” and “tolerance.” The pedophilia rings, transgender surgery “medical violence” groups and left-wing cult indoctrination centers (i.e. “West Coast universities”) have got to be stopped, or there won’t be anything remaining of America to save from the militant Islamic terrorists. By the time the Islamists finally overrun America, all they will find is a land of lunatic hyper-feminized males, self-mutilated “nullies” and chemically castrated eunuchs, all praising rainbow flags and celebrating the post-birth infanticide of human infants who someone managed to survive the abortion attempts. The leading cause of death in America right now is abortion, not radical Islamic terrorism. If you want to stop the mass killing of Americans, stop the murderous Leftists and the techno-fascists that amplify their voices while silencing all dissenting views. Stop bombing the Middle East and start arresting the treasonous war criminals right here in America, for God’s sake. There’s a war being waged right here at home, and it’s independent media leaders like us who have been taking sustained enemy fire for the last three years as America continued to be systematically destroyed from within by domestic enemies with names like Comey, Brennan and Schiff. What are you waiting for, Mr. President? Permission from Pelosi? Carpe Diem. Get s##t done or go home. Tagged Under: Big Tech, corruption, deep state, domestic enemies, evil, Google, President Trump, Soleimani, Sundar Pichai, tech giants, terrorism, treason, Twisted, Twitter, White House	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line981
__label__wiki	0.663434	0.663434	Docs الدعم Customers Aclima:Turning data into environmental intelligence About Aclima Aclima designs and deploys sensor networks that advance environmental intelligence to improve human health and planetary health. The platform combines leading-edge sensing technology, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence to take the real-time pulse of the invisible world around us. Translating real-time data into actionable insights, Aclima transforms how we understand and manage our buildings, cities, and industries to create a more resilient, healthy, and thriving world. Products: Compute Engine, Cloud Bigtable, BigQuery, Cloud Pub/Sub, Kubernetes Engine, Cloud Storage, Cloud Dataflow, G Suite, Google Earth Engine, Google Maps Platform With Google Cloud Platform, Aclima is improving efficiency and speed, gathering and analyzing billions of data points to support better environmental decision-making. Translates billions of air quality data points into actionable intelligence Scales to support large-scale deployments of tens of thousands of sensors around the world Focuses on gathering and analyzing environmental data rather than managing IT Collecting 2 BILLION data points daily It’s no secret that pollution is detrimental to people’s health and contributes to climate change. But how can we see what the air quality is like on particular city streets? That remains largely unknown because ground-level, real-time measurement in cities has never been done. Until now, that is. Aclima, a San Francisco-based company specializing in the design and deployment of environmental sensor networks, set out to measure, map, and better understand air quality across America’s cities. Starting with Denver in 2014 and expanding in 2015 to the San Francisco Bay Area and communities in Los Angeles and California’s Central Valley, Aclima’s platform tracks air quality block-by-block and neighborhood-by-neighborhood. Its fleet of Aclima-equipped Google Street View cars have clocked more than 100,000 miles—collecting nearly a billion data points. “We chose Google Cloud Platform because of its stability, scalability, resiliency, and the robust tools offered across the stack.” —Davida Herzl , Co-founder and CEO, Aclima Measuring this new layer of environmental data requires not just a roving sensor network to gather information, but a scalable, secure platform to manage what’s quickly becoming one of the largest datasets in the world. Aclima chose Google Cloud Platform because it can handle vast amounts of data and provides scalable growth potential. “We chose Google Cloud Platform because of its stability, scalability, resiliency, and the robust tools offered across the stack,” says Davida Herzl, Co-founder and CEO at Aclima. Tracking air quality Aclima’s platform measures many airborne pollutants, including nitrogen dioxide, nitric oxide, ozone, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, methane, black carbon, particulate matter, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The hyperlocal data streams in real-time to an enterprise data warehouse and computing platform built using Google Cloud Platform. Aclima has been developing on Google Cloud Platform since its earliest deployments in buildings, comprising thousands of sensors, which began sending data in 2013 and continues to collect half a billion data points daily. Google Compute Engine and Google Kubernetes Engine support Aclima’s proprietary software translating information from sensors into data points for analysis and writing them to storage, including Google Cloud Storage and Google BigQuery. “With Google Cloud Platform, we don’t have to worry about maintenance, configuration, management, and scaling for rapid growth,” says Davida. “All that is taken care of, so we can focus on delivering value to our customers and partners.” Mapping how cities live and breathe Aclima’s platform is supporting one of the largest data sets of urban air pollution ever assembled, the storage of which lies exclusively on Google Cloud Platform. In a peer-reviewed paper, Aclima, Google, and partners explain the mobile sensing platform that recently collected 2.7 million data points over 14,000 miles and 150 days in Oakland, CA. The study was built off the pilot done in Denver, which launched the partnership between Aclima and Google Earth Outreach to map air quality across cities by integrating Aclima’s sensing platform on Google Street View cars. To date, they have driven more than 100,000 miles and collected nearly a billion environmental data points about some of the largest metropolitan areas in California. Together, Google and Aclima are bringing a new class of tools to transform how natural resources are managed. “We have a profound opportunity to understand how cities live and breathe in an entirely new way by integrating Aclima’s mobile sensing platform with Google Maps and Street View cars,” says Davida. “Google Cloud Platform has given us the tools to scale the Aclima platform for gathering and analyzing a whole new layer of rich environmental data. We believe this real-time information will help businesses, policymakers, and citizens play more active roles in improving human and planetary health.” —Davida Herzl, Co-founder and CEO, Aclima Understanding hyperlocal environmental risks Aclima makes its data and analytics available to air quality experts and research partners, including the EPA and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. It’s enabling research at the University of Arizona’s Institute on Place and Wellbeing through a deployment with the U.S. General Services Administration. The EPA, Environmental Defense Fund, and others are applying Aclima’s city-scale environmental intelligence to better understand how air pollution affects human health in specific communities. Soon, community members will be able to view the data on street-level air quality maps in Google Earth and Google Maps. Giving scientists and citizens access to the data will help individuals, communities, and policymakers better understand and mitigate health risks due to environmental conditions at the precise locations they occur. “Google Cloud Platform has given us the tools to scale the Aclima platform for gathering and analyzing a whole new layer of rich environmental data,” adds Davida. “We believe this real-time information will help businesses, policymakers, and citizens play more active roles in improving human and planetary health.” Compute Engine Cloud Bigtable BigQuery Cloud Pub/Sub Kubernetes Engine Cloud Storage Cloud Dataflow G Suite Google Earth Engine Google Maps Platform	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line983
__label__wiki	0.637454	0.637454	lock Log in add_circle Register Links in Links out Document from CIS Legislation database © 2003-2020 SojuzPravoInform LLC RESOLUTION OF THE CABINET OF MINISTERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN of August 2, 2019 No. 646 About additional measures for streamlining of operation of vehicles with the tinted (darkened) glasses For the purpose of creating favorable conditions for drivers and passengers of vehicles, and also the Cabinet of Ministers decides streamlinings of operation of vehicles with the tinted (darkened) glasses: 1. Make changes and additions to some decisions of the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan according to appendix. 2. Determine that effective period of the permissions for installation of toning (blackout) got since January 1, 2019 at the rates of payments operating before adoption of this resolution is prolonged in proportion according to the new rates of payments entered according to this resolution. 3. Provide to Headquarters of traffic safety of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan the right to perform purchase of consumable materials of toning (blackout) on glasses of vehicles by selection of the best offers evaluated by departmental tender committees without holding tenders. 4. To the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan: approve sketches of special emblems (holograms) confirming installation of toning (blackout) based on permission of law-enforcement bodies and provide their placement on front windshields of vehicles; in two-month time to introduce the bill providing establishment of the administrative responsibility for operation of vehicles with the tinted (darkened) glasses without the permission to the Cabinet of Ministers it is equivalent to rates of payments for issue of permission to installation of toning (blackout); together with the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan in two-month time to make offers on streamlining of payment of operation of vehicles with the tinted (darkened) glasses established by the manufacturing plants of foreign countries; together with the interested ministries and departments to bring the regulatory legal acts adopted by them into accord with this resolution in a month. 5. Provide to the national production association "Davlat of Belgisa" timely production according to requests of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan of forms of permissions to installation of toning (blackout) and special emblems (holograms) taking into account this resolution. 6. To impose control of execution of this resolution on the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan - the Minister of Transport A. Zh. Ramatov and the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan P. R. Bobozhonov. Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan Abdullah Aripov to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan of August 2, 2019 No. 646 Changes and additions made to some decisions of the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan 1. Paragraphs of the first and second of Item 74 of the General technical regulation "About Safety of Design of Vehicles under the terms of Operation" approved by the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of July 4, 2012 No. 191 (2012, 298) to state SZ of the Republic of Uzbekistan to Art. No. 26-27, in the following edition: "74. Svetopropuskany front front, side and rear screens on all vehicles shall constitute at least 70%. These requirements are not applied to glasses of the hatches established on vehicle roof, and also to the tinted (darkened) glasses of vehicles established based on permission of law-enforcement bodies. On vehicles of all categories, in the presence of on both sides exterior mirrors of rear view which meet requirements of this Technical regulation toning (blackout) of back windshield without restriction of svetopropuskaniye, and also availability of curtain on it (blinds, blind) is allowed". 2. Item 7.4 of appendix No. 3 to the Traffic regulations approved by the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of December 24, 2015 No. 370 (2016, 12, the Art. 109) to state the joint venture of the Republic of Uzbekistan to No. in the following edition: "7.4. Svetopropuskany front front, side and rear screens on all vehicles less than 70%, except for glasses of the hatches established on car roof, and also the tinted (darkened) glasses of the vehicles established based on permission of law-enforcement bodies. Note. Availability of curtains on side and back windshields of vehicles of category M3 of class III, toning (blackout) of back windshields of vehicles of all categories without restriction of svetopropuskaniye, and also availability on back windshields of curtains (blinds, blind) in the presence of on both sides exterior mirrors of rear view is allowed". 3. In the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of July 6, 2018 No. 514 "About measures for further enhancement of system of material stimulation of staff of Public service of traffic safety of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan" (the joint venture of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2018, No. 7, the Art. 169): in Item 2 of the word "Fund of Stimulation and Encouragement of Staff of Public Service of Traffic Safety" shall be replaced with words "Fund of development of material and technical resources, stimulation and encouragement of staff of Public service of traffic safety"; in Item 3: to add paragraph two after the word "video fixings" with the words "and also the means arriving from payment for issue of permission to installation of toning (blackout) on glasses of vehicles"; third after the word "GSBDD" to add the paragraph with the words "and also coverings of the expenses connected with acquisition of consumable materials of toning (blackout) on glasses of vehicles, development of material and technical resources of GSBDD and other purposes stipulated by the legislation". 4. In the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of July 18, 2018 No. 547 "About measures for streamlining of operation of passenger vehicles with the tinted (darkened) glasses" (the joint venture of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2018, No. 7, the Art. 181): "passenger" to exclude the word from the name of the resolution; state Item 2 in the following edition: "2. Enter procedure according to which: a) installation of toning (blackout) on glasses of passenger vehicles without restriction of svetopropuskaniye - for rear side screens, within svetopropuskaniye is not lower than 50 percent - for front side glasses, and also it is not lower than 50 percent - on side glasses of the buses, minibuses and minivans performing public conveyance in the tourist directions (further - tourist buses), is made based on the permission issued by Public service of traffic safety of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan (further - GSBDD) for a period of 1 year, on the approved state standard; This is not a full text of document! Document shown in Demo mode! If you have active License, please Login, or get License for Full Access. With Full access you can get: full text of document, original text of document in Russian, attachments (if exist) and see History and Statistics of your work. Get License for Full Access Now Disclaimer! 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__label__cc	0.748191	0.251809	A System for Induction of Oblique Decision Trees by Sreerama K. Murthy, Simon Kasif, Steven Salzberg - Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research , 1994 "... This article describes a new system for induction of oblique decision trees. This system, OC1, combines deterministic hill-climbing with two forms of randomization to find a good oblique split (in the form of a hyperplane) at each node of a decision tree. Oblique decision tree methods are tuned espe ..." This article describes a new system for induction of oblique decision trees. This system, OC1, combines deterministic hill-climbing with two forms of randomization to find a good oblique split (in the form of a hyperplane) at each node of a decision tree. Oblique decision tree methods are tuned especially for domains in which the attributes are numeric, although they can be adapted to symbolic or mixed symbolic/numeric attributes. We present extensive empirical studies, using both real and artificial data, that analyze OC1's ability to construct oblique trees that are smaller and more accurate than their axis-parallel counterparts. We also examine the benefits of randomization for the construction of oblique decision trees. 1. Introduction Current data collection technology provides a unique challenge and opportunity for automated machine learning techniques. The advent of major scientific projects such as the Human Genome Project, the Hubble Space Telescope, and the human brain mappi... Socioeconomic Status and Health: The Challenge of the Gradient by Nancy E. Adler, Thomas Boyce, Margaret A. Chesney, Sheldon Cohen, Susan Folkman, Robert L. Kahn, S. Leonard Syme - SOCIAL INFLUENCES ON BIOLOGY AND HEALTH A. BASIC PROCESSES 71 Integration of casebased and image-based reasoning by Janice Glasgow, Igor Jurisica - Rogers of University of Toronto , 1998 "... Within the psychology community, mental imagery is considered as a major medium of thought. People of-ten describe the sensation of visualizing, manipulat-ing and inspecting "pictures in their heads " during ..." Within the psychology community, mental imagery is considered as a major medium of thought. People of-ten describe the sensation of visualizing, manipulat-ing and inspecting "pictures in their heads " during Multicategory Support Vector Machines, theory, and application to the classification of microarray data and satellite radiance data by Yoonkyung Lee, Yi Lin, Grace Wahba - Journal of the American Statistical Association , 2004 "... Two-category support vector machines (SVM) have been very popular in the machine learning community for classi � cation problems. Solving multicategory problems by a series of binary classi � ers is quite common in the SVM paradigm; however, this approach may fail under various circumstances. We pro ..." propose the multicategory support vector machine (MSVM), which extends the binary SVM to the multicategory case and has good theoretical properties. The proposed method provides a unifying framework when there are either equal or unequal misclassi � cation costs. As a tuning criterion for the MSVM On Differential Variability of Expression Ratios: Improving . . . by M. A. Newton, C. M. Kendziorski, C. S. Richmond, F. R. Blattner, K.W. Tsui - JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY , 2001 "... We consider the problem of inferring fold changes in gene expression from cDNA microarray data. Standard procedures focus on the ratio of measured fluorescent intensities at each spot on the microarray, but to do so is to ignore the fact that the variation of such ratios is not constant. Estimates o ..." We consider the problem of inferring fold changes in gene expression from cDNA microarray data. Standard procedures focus on the ratio of measured fluorescent intensities at each spot on the microarray, but to do so is to ignore the fact that the variation of such ratios is not constant. Estimates of gene expression changes are derived within a simple hierarchical model that accounts for measurement error and fluctuations in absolute gene expression levels. Significant gene expression changes are identified by deriving the posterior odds of change within a similar model. The methods are tested via simulation and are applied to a panel of Escherichia coli microarrays. The Technological Society by Jacques Ellul, Robert K. Merton, A Vintage Book , 1964 "... A penetrating analysis of our technical civilization and of the effect of an increasingly standardized culture on the future of man ..." A penetrating analysis of our technical civilization and of the effect of an increasingly standardized culture on the future of man Case-based Reasoning for Diagnosis of Stress using Enhanced Cosine and Fuzzy Similarity by Mobyen Uddin Ahmed, Shahina Begum, Peter Funk, Ning Xiong, Bo Von Schéele "... Abstract. Intelligent analysis of heterogeneous data and information sources for efficient decision support presents an interesting yet challenging task in clinical environments. This is particularly the case in stress medicine where digital patient records are becoming popular which contain not onl ..." not only lengthy time series measurements but also unstructured textual documents expressed in form of natural languages. This paper develops a hybrid case-based reasoning system for stress diagnosis which is capable of coping with both numerical signals and textual data at the same time. The total case For a recent review by J. 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__label__wiki	0.558373	0.558373	@ fuster: Depends on the fluffer. I deleted the e-mail and web-link embedded in the comment rather than delete the entire comment. As for fluffing, dude, I was brought up in the International Capital of the "Other Industry." to fuster Stop fluffing the robots. (It's typical comment spam - most of it's caught by our ever-watchful anti-robot robots.) I'll leave it up so you can study its fine details more closely. First clue: Anyone who says anything complimentary about the site or a post. In case you haven't noticed, we're 99% nasty cats here. Your occasionally partly complimentary comments are the exceptions that prove the rule. strangelet wrote: Do you think hollering WE ARE NOT RACISTS will get you a single black voter? What basis do you have for accusing the Tea Party of "thinking"? That's totally unfair, and certainly not backed up by anything we've seen on this topic. As PR/communications types, psychologists, and others will tell you, hollering "WE ARE NOT RACISTS" is a version of the hopeless "I'm not a bimbo!" strategy. What shouting "I'm not a bimbo" says is "Maybe I'm a bimbo/ people are saying I'm a bimbo/ trust me when I tell you I'm not a bimbo even though people credible enough to force me to respond say I'm a bimbo." The correct response is, "well, maybe I'm a bit of a bimbo, but here is my plan for ensuring access to potable water to the people of the Punjab" etc. Defuse the charge, then prove its falsehood and triviality compared to the truth. In a political context like this one, shouting "WE ARE NOT RACISTS, AND YOU SUCK!" further underlines your willingness to polarize the discussion and cover for practices, attitudes, and policies that amount to or align with racism under whatever name. @ Sully: Yeah, right. You're Thomas Jefferson and Barack Obama is King George III, and we're about to have a war, and you are so one of the good guys. Forget that they issued this statement to cover up a paramilitary organization, suppressing the vote in Philadelphia, which Wiegel calls ‘Megyn’s Minstrel show’ "Suppressing the vote in Philadelphia"! Two dudes at a precinct that was voting 99% Obama anyway. Not a good thing. But not "suppressing the vote in Philadelphia" either. Yet now it's a massive conspiracy to fix elections by the NBPP in cahoots with the Kenyan socialist president! Can you point to evidence of a single vote that was "suppressed"? It's been almost two years. Has anyone come forth? Or are they all shivering in fear in their basements under the New Black Panther Party reign of vote-suppressing terror? http://thinkprogress.org/2010/07/14/williams-naacp/ The guy's just one leading example. And, no, no one said that supporting those issues made you racist, or for that matter that the TP is or was racist. Again, the demand, in the words of Jealous, is that the TP "expel the bigots and racists in your ranks or take full responsibility for all of their actions." That formulation already assumes that the TP is not on the whole racist and that the TP doesn't want to be considered hospitable to racists and racism. It's giving the TP more credit than you, for example, give the NAACP or all of Islam, for example. And then you turn finally to "they did it first," and "I know what you are but what am I?" and other grown-up responses. If the TP wants to be nothing more than a typical rightwing interest group, with a particularly reactionary and divisive "never give an inch" edge, then it can simply counterattack as Palin has and as you advise and support. And you base this on some verbose rubbish about the supposed nature of these people and the issues they find important. You have no basis for denying the truth of my description, which I have had to repeat and extend several times in light of your refusal confront its simple elements. If it goes on for longer than your attention span, it's because I'm struggling to find terms that get through to you. You could try to deny that the TP is driven by states' rights/restraint on the federal government, low taxes, cultural self-defense, but that would be absurd, since the TP is hardly shy about it and puts those issues at the top of its defense against the NAACP charges against some in the TP's natural constituency. You could try to deny that the same complex of issues dominated the rhetoric of angry white populism and white racism in the past, but that would merely show you to be ignorant. You could try to deny that implementation of the TP agenda as presented would put them into direct material conflict with the typical NAACP constituency along racialized lines, but that would take using your brain, something you prefer to avoid, instead of calling names, offering insults, and cheering on your political heroes like they're players on the team you enjoy rooting for, or invoking their names as though doing so is the same thing as making an intelligible argument - even as you attack my good faith and accuse me of wasting anyone's time. Scientific Socialist wrote: The Tea Party has not been around long enough for anyone to make generalizations about it or its members. The only one's making generalizations about the TP are the self-appointed spokespeople of the TP who claim that they have nothing to do with racism and racial insensitivity. The NAACP resolution - whose full text apparently won't be made available until it's been adopted by the national organization - asks the TP to repudiate the bigots who are attracted to the movement, and suggests that a failure to do so will amount to condoning them. What makes this more than an idle attack or "demagoguery" is 1) the actual evidence that the predictable "far right" types have in fact attempted to seize upon the TP opportunistically, and 2) the material basis for racialized conflict and the long history of racialized conflict around the identical issue complex that the Tea Party puts uppermost: states' rights, constitutionalism of a certain type, fiscal restraint/low taxes, ultra-patriotism/cultural self-defense. That is precisely the face turned to the public by the white racists Palin claims to denounce and to have moved past. If you're going to run a mainly white movement on that agenda, then you can either reject the "legacy of evil" and the people who are attracted to the same issue complex for many of the same social, economic, historical, and emotional reasons as ever, and make legitimate good faith efforts to renovate and broaden the message and agenda; or you can pretend that none of that exists and that it's all been made up by "them." If you choose the latter path, then you deserve to be discredited. When "Beck, Palin, and others" start to confront the real world implications of their rhetoric, and start spending less time flattering their constituents and reducing their political enemies to paranoid caricatures, and spend more time reaching across social and political divides and telling their constituents things that may be hard to accept about themselves - then and only then will I start to see them as part of a "solution" I could possibly want to be a part of. Of course I'm biased and completely unconscious of it. That goes without saying. I presume as much. The fact that it is automatically true for me - whoever or whatever I am - or for the people who are operating this false front going by the name CK MacLeod tends to imply that it will be equally true for Tea Party Americans as well, leading to the conclusion that denials of same are incredible. Palin's and the TP's response has been to attempt to de-legitimize the complainers at the cost of reinforcing the complaint as well as the separation between the two sides. It's part and parcel of the process by which Palin and the TP have turned themselves into far right partisan opportunists rather than a comprehensive political alternative. Do you notice a pattern here Yes, I certainly do. narciso wrote: How about we don’t concede a thing, If you want to be an unthinking ideologue obsessed with your imaginary war against "them," then that's a great approach. You can then assemble a collection of vaguely interrelated factoids and expect the emergent penumbra of ick to be persuasive to others who don't need to persuaded anyway. I hereby testify that there are racists among Tea Party Americans, that there are an even larger number of people sympathetic to the Tea Party who regularly exhibit racism and racial insensitivity; that many of them appear completely unconscious of it; and that furthermore there are ample historical reasons to expect that even in the total absence of subjective racism on the part of the Tea Party Americans, the political conflict over their agenda would be objectively racialized. 20 years ago, "it" was readily apparent to a lot of people. The only question was why the reaction had taken so long. Of course, there were some people in positions of responsibility who worried about people "unnecessarily ginning up certain audiences." Good blame-shifting there: No real problems, just "unnecessary ginning up" of "certain audiences." What characterizes those "certain audiences" I wonder? Other than that they're stupid people who are too ignorant to know what's good for them and how good they've got it, and should just shut up? Also, who decides when the "ginning up" becomes "necessary"? Maybe the NAACP decided in its immense wisdom to engage in a pre-emptive strike rather than indulge in appeasement. I thought you were all in favor of that kind of strategery. I was in L.A. 20 years ago, and there was nothing like any of this going on. There was an incendiary video - incendiary because of what it accurately depicted - an out of touch police chief with an "outnumbered stormtrooper" approach to policing, a large, alienated non-white underclass convinced that they were unheard and unrepresented, and a relatively severe economic downturn following a long period of growth that mostly had left them behind anyway. And if y'all Tea Party Americans want to see a lot more of that kind of thing, just keep on keeping on like you are. Sully wrote: As to the photos, they could easily have been carried by agents provocateur, or they could have been photoshopped. Oh c'mon. Do you have any idea how silly that reads? Does that mean that if somehow someone could prove those people were as 100% authentic and manufactured in America, you would acknowledge they were a problem? Of course not. You'd call them a fringe, and tell yourself that most Tea Party Americans are wonderful people as sensitive and humble and free of racial insensitivity as your wonderful self. The problem isn't angry openly racist fruitcakes at TP rallies, though they are signs of something. Right - an NAACP Legal Defense Fund person possibly consulting with the DOJ about the NBPP case means that the Think Progress photos of TPers used at the NAACP site were faked. Good thinking. I see now that Tea Party American is Palin's response to the NAACP's campaign "I am an NAACP American." Still an odd usage for Palin to adopt, especially without explanation. There was no violence in the ‘targeting’ of certain districts, yet that was the spin. Many of these innocent Gitmo detainees have proven anything but. They falsified the climate record, and then conducted a whitewash of same Think you could work in Checkers, the Panama Canal, and sugar substitutes? Don't know where you got the idea that I said "there was no truth to the NAACP statement." I've said repeatedly that there is obviously truth to the NAACP's statements, as far as I can tell, though I still haven't seen anyone with a link to the full text of the resolution (which incidentally doesn't become NAACP policy until and unless adopted by the national board later this year). The photos at the NAACP web site as well as my own personal experiences amply confirm elements of truth to the charge that there are "racist elements within the Tea Party." Whether the Tea Party attracts, exploits, and incites racism and racial insensitivity to a more than trivial extent - that is, more than would be presumably inevitable with any mass protest movement - and, if so, how much and what should be done about it, are other questions. I'm actually more interested in the underlying objective and moral-ideological conflicts that tend to be brought to the surface as questions of subjective racial animus. They all relate to each other, however, since people's (inherently undependable) assessments of their own subjective state and their hurt feelings about supposedly being misunderstood or misrepresented often interfere with their ability to get at what the fight is really about and where it's most dangerous. Right - so by your semblance of reasoning, Sarah Palin is a racist reactionary or at best a "dupe," because she endorsed Rand Paul, and we know he hates Civil Rights, and his father was up to his neck and checkbook with the Alex Jones types. Makes Palin a truther, too - not to mention a Birther, plus she refused to condemn Birthers when asked about them. She also makes it a habit, as we know, of questioning the Americanism of her opponents - the worst thing you can say about someone in America. And that's hardly even trying. As for your definition of "they" - "the NAACP, the DNC, and by extension the major networks and news publications" are supposedly responsible for the following: "they LIED, about the violence of the Tea Parties, except KEN GLADNEY doesn’t figure into it, they lied about the Klansman Byrd last week’s whole legacy, they lie with out reservation and without consequence, they compared the Tea Party to the White Citizens’s Councils" So, the truth value of your statement is all of "them" are responsible if any one of them, or anyone you associate with them (a low bar, I'd say) had anything to do with any of that. That "logic" makes you, Sarah Palin, Zoltan, and me and the frog, too, all racist truther-birther conspiracy nuts. Your repeated slanders of Rauf are getting tedious. You've had plenty of opportunity to back up your statements. When challenged on them, you've produced nothing except for the same bs. Yes, we know he contributed to Perdana. So what? People who contribute to dupe (i.e., people who disagree with narciso) organizations get to build churches, mosques, ashrams, temples, and sweat lodges in America, too - at least until the racist truther-birther conspiracy nuts are in charge. Who the heck is "they"? Does "they" have a central meeting place? And who said anything about "violence"? Your indulgence in this kind of thing just never stops. You string together facts or possible facts as though there's some weird leftwing Dr Mabuse on the other side weaving this all together, and some international scorekeeping body whose tally showing "They" way in the lead is being suppressed by "they." When are you going to figure out that the exact same trick can be performed for whatever paranoid trip you want to go on - leftwing, rightwing, Larouchie, Paulian, ultra-Marxist, anti-Marxist, ultra-anti-Marxist, whatever? Accumulating incommensurate and indirectly connected names and events under undefined generalities like "they" and "it" or even "the left" is not an analysis, and the "truth" you attach to it is completely arbitrary. Any truth could emerge from your method, or lack of a method, only at random. To the extent your judgment is based on such an accumulation, it makes your determination that the "Cordoba thing" is showing "signs" "more and more" all the less trustworthy. Who in the world familiar with how you put these things together would have ever expected you to come to any other conclusion? The more you look at something, the more you're able to attach associations to it. We are well past the boy who shouted wolf stage on the widespread misuse of the racist bidness. If that were true, then certain TP Americans wouldn't be putting up Facebook posts about how traumatizing it was to be called racists and how proud they were about RWR calling racism a "legacy of evil." Apparently, we're supposed to believe that there is racism or a legacy of evil, but somehow the Tea Party has completely avoided even a smidgen of it - despite the fact that it's aligned around the same issues that racists and bigots have historically aligned themselves, and despite any evidence that may come to our attention seemingly suggesting some not very savory attitudes among TP Americans. The way to diffuse the charge is to acknowledge and accurately contextualize it, showing respect to the people who claim you don't respect them, showing that you don't fear "going there" at all - not to engage in transparently self-contradictory denial. The potential is real for disproportionate impact and racial divisiveness in the economic situation and TP-acceptable approaches to it. Marinating in your resentment of Michelle Obama's resentments won't wish it away. You apparently have some difficulty comparing items in different categories and associating facts and evidence systematically. A highly particular accusation - Brawley, AIDS - is susceptible to simple disproof. That's different from simply admitting the obvious: Nutjobs, including racist nutjobs, are attracted to public protest movements. A particular type of racist nutjob is more likely to show up at Tea Party event, is more likely to be attracted to typical Tea Party concerns, and is more likely to sense and seek to exploit an opportunity presented by the Tea Party - than, say, to show up at the NAACP, be attracted to the NAACP, or to sense the same kind of opportunities in the NAACP. (The NAACP is more likely to attract a different kind of nutjob - the kind of people who might be attracted to the NBPP.) Such people have shown up at Tea Party events and are attracted to the Tea Party, just as they have been attracted to the Pauls and in the past connected to Ron Paul. I know some of them personally - relatives of mine, older people in particular, in whom it's as easy to stimulate old racist reflexes as it is to stimulate Sarah Palin fans to rise up against criticisms of her. The line between pointing out the obvious and inevitable and pointing out something more worrisome is often difficult to pin down. When a second, larger number of people beyond the obvious bigots compulsively seek to deny such simple, predictable facts, their denial tends to put them on the wrong side of the blurry line. Quite frequently - not by chance - many in this same group display racial insensitivity unconsciously or even demonstratively - "see, I can tell a racist joke or invoke a 'true' stereotype, what are you gonna do about it?" - or will lash out at people who point out their racial insensitivity, and will remain incapable of addressing whatever racial or racialized elements in the issues that they prefer to view in a purely "colorblind" fashion (see above). I know less about Rand Paul's past, but his little problem on the Civil Rights Act is typical of the collisions between rightwing libertarianism and social justice - as is the fact that a rightwing libertarian like Glenn Beck has devoted himself to turning "social justice" into a curse word. What about people who have accepted as divinely inspired a text that repeatedly calls for all those who don't accept the Lord of Hosts to be put to death without exception? You have a twisted and fantastical view of Islam. Most Islamophobes - ones somewhat less obsessed than you with extreme fantasy interpretations - point to the jizya, the tax assessed on non-Muslims in traditionally oriented Islamic states. Such critics usually forget to mention the zakat - assessed on Muslims, similar to tithing and one of the five pillars of Islam - but, either way, how are you supposed to tax somebody whom you're also in the process of forcibly converting? You can't, it's an absurdity, like most of your simplistic and hostile renderings of the Qur'an. The death penalty for apostasy is something different, however. Until the numerous Islamic scholars who disagree with the traditional interpretation have gained greater prominence - they include people like Montazeri in Iran and the Grand Mufti of Cairo - the issue will mark an important line of demarcation and struggle between secularizers and Islamizers. That, to me, is a valid "aspect of Islam" to be criticized, along with the traditional treatment of women, but in both cases there is ample material both from the history of Islam, from a more sophisticated approach to textual interpretation and exegesis, and generally from an appeal to reason to attack apostasy laws without insisting on a total repudiation of the religion. Such a hater, you are - the Tea Party, the Salafists, and the Black Panthers can all be accommodated in this best of all possible worlds. Are you saying sensitive people should pander to black paranoia? Of course not. Nor should anyone pander to the paranoia of Tea Party Americans - or to the point of view that ascribes all sensitivity to racial or other matters to "paranoia." @ Scientific Socialist: Great job! Emotionally sensitive to the charge of racism directed against "Tea Party Americans," utterly immune to an actual argument. So I guess I'll have to re-state it: Blacks in particular have a long history of looking to the federal government for protection against institutionalized and culturally entrenched racism - a little thing called the Civil War had something to do with that, other little things like Civil and Voting Rights Acts... states' rights as an excuse for segregationism "now, forever," and on and on - as well as the social programs that have directly and through their administration often put blacks into a direct economic dependency relationship. There is a real, concrete, present as well as historical basis, for conflict between African Americans and any movement that makes an attack on the scope and power of the federal government definitional. The failure of the latter group to understand the stakes in the eyes of the former amounts to a failure of sympathy and imagination. A readiness to ignore the overlap between those who exhibit this failure of sympathy and those who actively embrace it - i.e., racists, straight up - reinforces the "element of truth." It's not sheer chance, bad manners, or some mysteriously originating defect of character that puts blacks largely on the other side on this complex of issues. The Tea Party right embraces an agenda that, upon implementation, blacks have reason to expect will harm them and their interests disproportionately, while de-legitimizing their leadership and empowering their traditional enemies. 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__label__cc	0.727968	0.272032	Rapaport Broadcast 11ct. Purple Expected to Fetch Over $10M M&B Limited originally purchased the record-breaking stone from Alrosa. May 15, 2019 9:38 AM By Rapaport News Submitting a comment requires registration. Use your Rapaport News or RapNet username and password to log in. LogIn \| Register To RapNet \| Close Comment Print Facebook Twitter Share RAPAPORT... Hong Kong-based M&B Limited expects to sell a record-setting purple diamond for more than $10 million, after buying the stone from Alrosa. The cushion modified brilliant-cut, 11.06-carat diamond is the largest fancy-deep-purple-pink stone the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has examined, according to the August 2018 grading report. Alrosa originally debuted the gem as part of its “True Colour” collection in September at the Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair. M&B bought it at tender in Moscow about two months ago, Roi Sheinfeld, managing partner of M&B Limited, told Rapaport News Wednesday. M&B will preview the stone to customers by appointment only at its M&B Private Jewelers retail shops in Hong Kong and Singapore. While Sheinfeld chose not to reveal the stone’s purchase price, he expects the sale to yield more than $10 million, depending on the design. “As it’s one of a kind…we will exhibit it as [a] polished loose diamond,” Sheinfeld added. “The client [who] buy[s] it will have the privilege [of sitting] with our design team and [creating] a one-of-a-kind bespoke piece.” Image: The 11.06-carat diamond (top), and the Alrosa sales brochure for the stone (right). (M&B Limited) Tags: Alrosa, Gemological Institute of America, GIA, Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair, M&B Diamonds, M&B Private Jewelers, Purple Diamond, Rapaport News, Roi Sheinfeld, True Colour The Sixth Mediterranean Gemmological & Jewellery Conference will feature... Martin Rapaport to Speak at Palm Beach Show Rapaport Weekly Market Comment JVC Honors GIA’s Susan Jacques Bonhams Expands Global Jewelry Team Bonhams has hired Eleonora D’Ottavi in its latest effort to build... Comments: (0) Add Comment Arrange Comments Last to First	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line996
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__label__wiki	0.947242	0.947242	HomePosts tagged 'Raageshwari' Amar Upadhyay breaks down on Bigg Boss! 6 Jan 2012 6 Jan 2012 Dale Bhagwagar Media Group PRESS RELEASES Akashdeep Saigal, Amar Upadhyay, Andrew Symonds, best Bollywood PR, best Bollywood publicists, Bigg Boss, Bigg Boss 5, Bigg Boss Season 5, Bollywood film promotion, Bollywood publicity, Breaking News, celebrity publicist, Colors, Dale Bhagwagar, Dale Bhagwagar Media Group, Dolly Bindra, double vaat, eliminated, elimination, Endemol, evicted, family, family members, Gulabo Sapera, house captain, India, Interpreter, Jism 2, Juhi Parmar, Karjat, Kashmera Shah, Laxmi Narayan, maa, Mahek Chahal, Mahesh Bhatt, Mahesh Bhatt film, Mandeep Bevli, media, Mike Tyson, mom, Mumbai, Murder 3, Nihita Biswas, nominated, nomination, Pooja Bedi, Pooja Misrra, pornstar, PR consultant, PR guru, PR specialist, PR strategist, public relations expert, Raageshwari, re-enter, re-entry, reality show, reenter, reentry, safe, Salman Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Shakti Kapoor, Sherlyn Chopra, Shilpa Shetty, Shonali Nagrani, Shradha Sharma, Sid, Sid mother, Siddharth Bhardwaj, Siddharth maa, Sky, Sonika Kaliraman Malik, Sunny Leone, top PR agency, translator, Veena Malik, Vida Samadzai, Wild Card Entry The otherwise ‘smart player’ of the Bigg Boss House, Amar Upadhyay, broke down last evening on the show. Since day one, Amar has been strong in the House, but when Akashdeep Sky Saigal asked him about his mother, his eyes went moist. During the conversation, Amar told the inmates how he was once shooting for a film in Manali, when his mother called and he couldn’t speak to her. Later, when he returned her call, the director called him for another shot, and he couldn’t speak to her again. After a while, in the midnight, a family member called him and conveyed a bad news. Amar rushed out from Manali, but it was too late. By the time he reached home, his mother had passed away. We thought nothing could make Amar sad or cry on Bigg Boss. But as the actor went back in time, he was full of tears. The Secret Room is being missed in Bigg Boss 5! Throughout the entire season of Bigg Boss 5, if one has missed anything it’s the trademark ‘Secret Room’, where a participant is kept in alienation, with a special privilege to watch others in action inside the House. Though Season 5 is nearing its finale, celebrity publicist and Bigg Boss specialist Dale Bhagwagar, says its not too late to introduce the ‘Secret Room’ even it is for two-three days. “This could escalate the drama manifold and give the privileged contestant in the room an insight about who is his/her real friend and who is not,” ideates Dale. The Bollywood publicist, who has earlier handled the media for maximum number of controversial celebrities on reality shows including Shilpa Shetty (Big Brother), Ashmit Patel, Rakhi Sawant, Kashmera Shah, Sherlyn Chopra, Diana Hayden (Bigg Boss), has also spoken to contestants Juhi Parmar, Shakti Kapoor and Mahek Chahal before the show rolled this year, and is officially handling Amar Upadhyay during Season 5, and Pooja Misrra for a specific period after she completed her second innings on the reality show. Asked who could be the best bet for getting into the Secret Room at this final stage, Dale says, “It could be anyone from Akashdeep Sky Saigal to Juhi Parmar to Siddharth Sid Bhardwaj. Its obvious, that the other Housemates will gossip about any contestant who goes, least realizing that he/she can come back and beat the daylights out of them just before the finale.” About the Secret Room: The Secret Room is a special room near the Bigg Boss House. There are times when Bigg Boss directs a Housemate to this room, while other Housemates are given the impression that the person has been evicted or has left the House for good. The Housemate kept in isolation, is given access to past episodes of the show as well as the privilege to secretly watch what is going on in the House. Equipped with all this knowledge, when the Housemate re-enters the main House, all hell breaks lose. Is Sunny Leone scaring off Bollywood actors and producers already? After being evicted from Bigg Boss, pornstar Sunny Leone targeted contestant Amar Upadhyay, alleging that he kissed her hand and picked her up against her wishes, while carrying out fun tasks assigned to Housemates on the reality show. In an interview to a prominent newspaper, the pornstar fromCanadamounted a scathing attack on the Indian actor and claimed, “It’s the first time in my entire career that I’ve had to tell a man (Amar) more than once not to be a certain way. That’s why I didn’t exactly know how to handle the situation as it was coming, other than talking to him as an adult. In my real life, no one comes near me or no one even tries to get fresh or do anything – it just doesn’t happen.” Amar Upadhyay’s publicist Dale Bhagwagar clarified that the actor’s ‘acts’ of kissing Leone on her hand or picking her up during a rain dance on the show, “were strictly part of the ‘entertainment tasks’ given to the Housemates on Bigg Boss.” Replying to Sunny’s bizarre claims, he said, “Sunny Leone a respected pornstar! She should be careful before uttering such words against a family man and an actor who has been admired and adored on Indian television for his role of the righteous Mihir Virani in Kyonki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, which even propelled him as a superstar on television with a huge fan following.” “Sunny is planning to enter Bollywood. Showing such disrespect for a family man and massacring the reputation of an Indian actor even before she officially signs her first Bollywood movie, could reflect badly on her and scare off most reputed Indian actors and producers,” the publicist pointed out. Indeed, Sunny seems to have committed professional hara-kiri.Indiais a country of great morality and culture and this frivolous accusation could make her career in Bollywood an uphill task now. It can be noted here that Bigg Boss co-host Sanjay Dutt, who had rightfully come to Amar’s support during one of the elimination rounds earlier, was said to be planning to work with Sunny. But the rumours have been denied. Quoting a source, a prominent newspaper clarified, “Sanju wouldn’t be comfortable working with Leone and has no interest in signing her on whatsoever.” The other Bigg Boss co-host Salman Khan, who was said to be considering Sunny for a film, hasn’t announced anything; while Mahesh Bhatt is yet to officially sign her for Jism 2, a movie he discussed with her on entering the Bigg Boss House as a guest last month. Porn star Sunny Leone’s website ‘Indianised’ after stint on Bigg Boss 28 Dec 2011 28 Dec 2011 Dale Bhagwagar Media Group PRESS RELEASES Akashdeep Saigal, Amar Upadhyay, Andrew Symonds, best Bollywood PR, best Bollywood publicists, Bigg Boss, Bigg Boss 5, Bigg Boss Season 5, Bollywood film promotion, Bollywood publicity, Breaking News, celebrity publicist, Colors, Dale Bhagwagar, Dale Bhagwagar Media Group, Dolly Bindra, double vaat, eliminated, elimination, Endemol, evicted, family, family members, Gulabo Sapera, house captain, India, Interpreter, Jism 2, Juhi Parmar, Karjat, Kashmera Shah, Laxmi Narayan, maa, Mahek Chahal, Mahesh Bhatt, Mahesh Bhatt film, Mandeep Bevli, media, Mike Tyson, mom, Mumbai, Murder 3, Nihita Biswas, nominated, nomination, Pooja Bedi, Pooja Misrra, pornstar, PR consultant, PR guru, PR specialist, PR strategist, public relations expert, Raageshwari, re-enter, re-entry, reality show, reenter, reentry, safe, Salman Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Shakti Kapoor, Sherlyn Chopra, Shilpa Shetty, Shonali Nagrani, Shradha Sharma, Sid, Sid mother, Siddharth Bhardwaj, Siddharth maa, Sky, Sonika Kaliraman Malik, Sunny Leone, top PR agency, translator, Veena Malik, Vida Samadzai, Wild Card Entry The Indianisation of Sunny Leone Currently lodged in Bigg Boss, international porn star Sunny Leone has a new trick up her sleeve for her official website. This week, the site saw a bit of a revamp and a ‘new look’ with a special banner having sentences added in Hindi on the home page. Obviously, the porn sensation, who plans to make a big splash in the Indian market, is aiming to spruce up her brand and image and make it slightly India-compatible, while retaining its core porn-USPs, before she makes her Bollywood debut after Bigg Boss. “Sunny Leone is in the business of exposure and awareness. Entertainment and hype are her tools and ammunition,” remarks celebrity publicist Dale Bhagwagar; a specialist with Bigg Boss, having handled the media for the maximum number of controversial celebrities on reality shows including Shilpa Shetty (during Big Brother), Rakhi Sawant, Kashmera Shah, Ashmit Patel, Sherlyn Chopra, Pooja Misrra and Amar Upadhyay (Bigg Boss). “Make no mistake!Indiais a huge and lucrative market for Brand Sunny Leone. Though Sunny is based out ofCanada, we should not forget that she is born Karen Malhotra and has Indian origins. With her appearance and demure behaviour on India’s biggest reality show Bigg Boss, she is obviously trying to sanitize and Indianize her porn star brand and image,” the Bollywood PR expert points out. “The new Indianized look of her international website with Hindi lines added on the new improved homepage, is just a step further in that direction,” he adds. Sunny has already expressed her intentions of entering Bollywood. Dale even asserts that his sources tell him that apart from Mahesh Bhatt, who discussed his forthcoming film Jism 2 with Sunny on Bigg Boss, even Salman Khan is planning a film with her. “So whether the conservatives like it our not, the time has come to accept Sunny Leone as part of our entertainment industry. In fact, from a PR point of view, further resistance from Indian audiences will only translate into more power to her existence in the Indian entertainment industry,” Dale analyses. Colors faces ‘pornographic’ heat for Sunny Leone on Bigg Boss! 23 Dec 2011 5 Mar 2012 Dale Bhagwagar Media Group PRESS RELEASES Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Akashdeep Saigal, Amar Upadhyay, BCCC, best Bollywood PR, best Bollywood publicists, Bigg Boss, Bigg Boss Season 5, blog, Bollywood film promotion, Bollywood publicity, celebrity publicist, Colors, controversy, Dale Bhagwagar, Dale Bhagwagar Media Group, double vaat, Endemol, family man, Gulabo Sapera, IBF, illegal, India, Indian Broadcasters Foundation, Indian television, Indo-Canadian, Jism 2, Juhi Parmar, Kareena Kapoor, Karen Malhotra, Kashmera Shah, Katrina Kaif, Kyonki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Laxmi Narayan, Mahek Chahal, Mahesh Bhatt, Mandeep Bevli, media, Mihir Virani, mobile applications, Mumbai, National Commission for Minorities, Nihita Biswas, Pooja Bedi, Pooja Misrra, porn products, Pornographic, pornography, pornstar, PR consultant, PR guru, PR specialist, PR strategist, public relations expert, Raageshwari, Salman Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Shakti Kapoor, Sherlyn Chopra, Shilpa Shetty, Shonali Nagrani, Shradha Sharma, Siddharth Bhardwaj, Sonika Kaliraman Malik, Swami Agnivesh, top PR agency, touchy-feely, TRP, Twitter, United States, Vida Samadzai, videos, Wajahat Habibullah India’s biggest reality show Bigg Boss is in controversy once again! The Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC), an independent body set up by the Indian Broadcasters Foundation (IBF) to promote self-regulation by Indian television media, has stated that the Indo-Canadian pornstar Sunny Leone has promoted her pornography business through Bigg Boss. With just two weeks remaining for the grand finale of the show; taking up 19 complaints pertaining to Sunny Leone, BCCC is reported to have put Colors, one of IBF members, on notice for allowing cross-promotion of sexually explicit content by Sunny Leone, who, in turn, is making money out of her presence on Bigg Boss. It has been reported in The Tribune that in a meeting yesterday, BCCC directed Colors to stop all cross-promotion of Leone’s pornographic sites and videos by December 26. Wajahat Habibullah, chairperson of the National Commission for Minorities and a member of BCCC, said, “We all agreed that Sunny Leone has been using Bigg Boss on Colors to promote pornography which is classified as criminal activity in India. It may not be criminal in the United States where she comes from, but here, it happens to be so. Therefore, she can’t be allowed to use our television to promote her business. Colors has agreed to comply and report back on steps taken.” Sunny’s interactions with Bigg Boss hosts Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt and Housemates including Juhi Parmar, Siddharth Sid Bhardwaj, Akashdeep Sky Saigal, Amar Upadhyay and guest Andrew Symonds have been widely speculated and discussed on the show. “Sunny has been constantly playing mischief with Amar Upadhyay on Bigg Boss, falsely alleging that the family man has been ‘touchy-feely’ with her,” remarked Dale Bhagwagar, publicist for the television star, most famous for his role as the righteous Mihir Virani in the epic daily soap Kyonki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. A public relations specialist with Bigg Boss; Dale has earlier handled the media for the maximum number of celebrities on reality shows including Shilpa Shetty (during Big Brother), Rakhi Sawant, Kashmera Shah, Ashmit Patel, Sherlyn Chopra, Diana Hayden (Bigg Boss). He pointed out that “Brand Sunny Leone has enhanced itself multiple times since her appearance on Bigg Boss.” Dale added that “her stint inside the Bigg Boss house has helped Sunny top Google charts with millions looking her up on the internet from India and abroad.” “According to data collected from Google Trends, Sunny Leone’s search results are reported to be five times more than current teen sensation Katrina Kaif, twice as many as Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and nine times more than the vivacious Kareena Kapoor. That says a lot for Sunny’s rising brand and popularity,” said the Bollywood PR. Meanwhile, BCCC is reported to have said that anyone is free to appear on any show, but no one has the right to promote their business through it, especially so when the business happens to be illegal. It was noted that Sunny Leone’s video postings, procured from Bigg Boss 5, are being cross-promoted on a blog authored by the pornstar. The report further states that Sunny’s Twitter account, having 86,000 followers, mentions that mobile applications of her hard porn products are available via email. More about Sunny Leone on Bigg Boss: Born Karen Malhotra, Sunny, who entered Bigg Boss as a Wild Card Entry on November 21, became an instant sensation, creating ripples across the country, and garnering attention and protests from people shocked with a pornstar’s presence on Indian national television. A few days later, acclaimed Indian filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt went into the Bigg Boss House and offered her a lead role in his next film Jism 2, creating great hype all over again. Her seducing pole dance on the show too, attracted great eyeballs and was expected to have boosted the TRP’s. Not revealing her true identity to the Housemates for long, Sunny, whose Hindi accent is also famous on the show, finally relented when firebrand Pooja Misrra (who had re-entered the House as a guest entry after being in the outside world and knowing about her pornstar status) coaxed her to come out with the truth. Rakhi Sawant compares Veena Malik to Saddam, Osama and Gaddafi! “Saddam Hussein was found by American troops hiding in a little bunker inIraq. Osama Bin Laden was found by American forces hiding in a house compound inPakistan. Muammar Gaddafi was captured by rebel militia while hiding a drain underneath a road inLibya. And Pakistani starlet Veena Malik was found by the Indian media hiding in a suburban hotel in Mumbai,” shootsIndia’s biggest firebrand Rakhi Sawant in her inimitable style. Veena who is all set to participate in a televised Swayamvar titled Veena Ka Vivah on Imagine TV, a programme Rakhi made famous with her participation earlier, has been in the news for her nude photoshoot in FHM magazine this month. Rakhi believes Veena has insulted all Pakistanis, including the country’s governance, military and intelligence, by getting an ISI tattoo painted on her hand while doing the controversial FHM photoshoot. She says, “Veena is doing all kinds of cheap gimmicks to gain publicity for herself and the show. I can bet she will not marry anyone on it. She is fooling the whole ofIndia,Pakistanand even her own family. She has given her boyfriend Ashmit Patel’s residence address on the legal notice she has sent to FHM. On one hand, she is in a live-in relationship with Ashmit, and on the other hand, she wants someone else to marry her.” “I won’t be surprised if Veena now comes up with a break-up publicity stunt with Ashmit to make her Swayamvar drama look credible. When I did Swayamvar, I went with a clean intention and open mind. But all this marriage business by Veena inIndiais a farce and the Indian audiences are being fooled in the name of a sacred institution like marriage.” “Which self-respecting man will marry a girl who has done a nude photoshoot and is living-in with another man. This is just the beginning. As time goes by I will expose her completely. Even Bal Thackeray has said today that Veena should be sent back toPakistan.” Rakhi’s publicist Dale Bhagwagar says, “Veena may not be a bad person, but it seems she is not in control of her PR activities, and they end up like publicity stunts. Today, PR is an intriguing mind game in a media minefield. With the kind of reach PR has, it becomes extremely important to keep ethics in mind while executing promotional strategies and branding brands. Otherwise, a PR can end up misleading society and causing havoc. And sadly, that’s what seems to have happened in Veena Malik’s case.” Pooja Misrra to get an image turnaround! After being unfairly targeted and evicted as a contestant from Bigg Boss 5 and going in for a short second entry as a guest on the show, Pooja Misrra is seeking to prop up her image and has hired Bollywood public relations expert Dale Bhagwagar this week, for a specific period of a month to do an image turnaround. The publicist had refrained from taking on Pooja’s work earlier citing conflict of interest, as he also handles another contestant Amar Upadhyay during his stint in Bigg Boss 5. But now, since Pooja is no longer in the race for the finale, he agreed to handle her officially and help her with image and crisis management. For the record, Pooja Misrra was ousted from the House for an alleged assault on co-contestant Siddharth Bhardwaj. She was apparently removed for physically pushing Siddharth on the show, after the latter blew a situation out of proportion and demanded her exit. Initially targeted by Pooja Bedi, Misrra was made the butt of many jokes, after which she shot back and fought her way with each and every contestant of the show. Millions of viewers identified with her arguments, realizing her plight and urge for space, resulting in Pooja surviving the maximum number of evictions on the show with a mega margin of public votes. Her most famous comment on the show “Spare me” has now become popular lingo all over the country. “Pooja Misrra was the biggest entertainer and the soul of the season when she first entered Bigg Boss. After her sudden eviction, the public wanted her back as a contestant, competing for the finals. But that couldn’t happen, and Pooja had to merely return as Andrew Symonds’s translator and make frantic attempts to rectify her spoilt reputation. Whereas if she was a contestant, she could have fought back tooth and nail to reach the finals,” said Dale, who was earlier labeled Pooja’s ‘guerrilla publicist’ by the media before she hired him this week. A specialist with Bigg Boss, Dale has handled the media for the maximum number of celebrities on reality shows including Shilpa Shetty (during Big Brother), Vindu Dara Singh, Rakhi Sawant, Kashmera Shah, Sherlyn Chopra, Shamita Shetty, Zulfi Syed, Diana Hayden (Bigg Boss), IshQ Bector (Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachcho), Natasha Suri (Big Switch) and more. Another Bigg Boss winner Rahul Roy has been Dale’s close friend, while the controversial Ashmit Patel was his client during his stint in Bigg Boss last year. Even Pakistani actress Veena Malik got invited on the show because of a controversy with Neetu Chandra, yet another of Dale’s clients. Earlier, the PR specialist is known to have discussed media strategies with Ali Merchant for both, him and Sara Khan, and to have received an offer to handle Rahul Bhatt. Before Bigg Boss Season 5 rolled, Dale also spoke to contestants Shakti Kapoor, Mahek Chahal and Juhi Parmar and discussed the show with them. So what if Amar Upadhyay is a game player on Bigg Boss? Defending charges by Bigg Boss participants and some people outside, on Amar Upadhyay being a ‘game player’ on the show, his publicist Dale Bhagwagar says, “Bigg Boss is a game show as much as it is termed a reality show and Amar is playing his game. Big deal!” “When a chess player plays a game with a strategy, do we say, ‘he’s a game player’? When a cricketer plays on the field with a game plan, do we say, ‘he’s a game player’? So when a reality show contestant plans or strategies, why should we term him a ‘game player’ in a derogatory sense,” asks Dale. The PR specialist further reasons that we all know Bigg Boss is an entertainment-based show full of gigs and tasks. The participants are fully aware that they are followed by cameras 24×7 and even watched from two-way mirrors. They are also wearing mikes while talking. “If Amar cleverly and smartly uses some tactics to his advantage, why should we raise questions about morality? Just like a game of chess, he has gone to Bigg Boss to play his game and reach the top, not to make relations with all contestants. Yes, if in process, he makes some real and genuine friends; that would be excellent,” says the publicist. He adds, “At the end of it, everyone is competing with each other on Bigg Boss. So it’s unfair to brand only Amar as a ‘game player’. It’s just that he plays it a bit more obviously than others. That should be viewed as transparency, rather than deceit.” Indeed, everyone is a player on Bigg Boss and as viewers we do need to understand that, rather than singling out Amar Upadhyay. Point taken! Topic closed! Mahek Chahal, Shonali Nagrani, Laxmi Narayan up for Wild Card Entry on Bigg Boss? Will this be injustice towards Pooja Misrra According to latest reportsIndia’s biggest reality show Bigg Boss will let one out of three selected contestants, enter the House of Scandal as a Wild Card Entry this week. It is said that the names of the contestants would be announced on the show, and one amongst the three will go in, depending on whom the public votes the most. The speculated names include Mahek Chahal, Shonali Nagrani and Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, though a source also informs that Shonali might opt out. Let’s see if this comes true. Celebrity publicist and Bigg Boss specialist Dale Bhagwagar, who firebrand Pooja Misrra had consulted before entering the show and also before her second innings of 11 days as a guest, says that normally, a Wild Card Entry as a ‘CONTESTANT’ is expected to go in at least four weeks before the finale. So it might be considered unfair by the public at large if an ex-Housemate enters, just two weeks before the finale as a CONTESTANT, and not as a GUEST, after having been in the luxurious outside world and witnessed everything in black and white. “It might be perceived as being unjust towards Pooja Misrra who was allowed entry only as a guest and not as a contestant, and punished harshly for merely a little thrust to Siddharth Bhardwaj, who made a mountain out of a push, branding it as assault and her as violent,” says Dale Bhagwagar, who has also been labeled Pooja Misrra’s ‘guerrilla publicist’ in the media. Countdown for Bigg Boss 5 finale begins! With Bigg Boss Season 5 nearing its end, fans are at tenterhooks, wondering who will be the winner! As of now, Amar Upadhyay, Juhi Parmar, Akashdeep Sky Saigal, Siddharth Sid Bhardwaj and Sunny Leone are hot in the race. Amar Upadhyay has been the most dignified contestant of the show this year, having spent his time on Bigg Boss with a lot of integrity. The “Saas Bahu ka Badshah” as ex-Housemate Pooja Misrra tauntingly tagged him on the show, is a self-made man, whose boy-next-door image has been loved my many. Amar, who started his television career with Jaya Bachchan’s hugely popular sitcom Dekh Bhai Dekh, carved a niche for himself along with veteran television actors like Farida Jalal, Shekhar Suman and Divya Seth. From here, he never looked back and has done many television serials and soaps. Amar’s career witnessed a major upswing with Ekta Kapoor’s Kyonki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi; a women-oriented daily soap, which catapulted him to great heights. He left an indelible mark and created history on Indian television when, after his character of Mihir Virani was edged out of the soap, but had to be brought back to life by public demand. Bigg Boss is Amar’s first attempt at a reality show and one wonders if he can win it. Giving him tough competition, is Juhi Parmar, who shot to fame with the serial Kumkum. Plus, there is Akashdeep Sky Saigal, who played Mihir Virani’s son in Kyonki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi and has been in the news for all the wrong reasons on Bigg Boss. Another contestant Siddharth Sid Bhardwaj, is a winner of MTV Splitsvilla and the youngest of the lot on the show. The 24-year-old actor-model-VJ is a pro at reality television, also having participated in shows like MTV Stripped, Gone In 60 Seconds and Roadies 8.0 too. The last of the lot is Sunny Leone (born Karen Malhotra), an Indo-Canadian pornographic actress, businesswoman and model. She was named Penthouse Pet of the Year in 2003 and created a furore with Indian conservative audiences, when she entered the Bigg Boss House as a Wild Card Entry a few weeks ago. As we wait with bated breath to see who the winner would be, families and friends of various contestants, as well as some evicted participants, have been reported to use various antics and tactics outside the House to promote their kin and friends. While evicted Housemate Mahek Chahal, through her interviews and tweets, has constantly been asking her fans to vote for Siddharth as the winner, their have been media reports of Akashdeep’s sister having the right connections and pulling strings to see her brother as the winner. Meanwhile, another evicted contestant Pooja Bedi has been constantly tweeting in favour of Akashdeep and also predicting that Juhi Parmar would win this season of Bigg Boss. Astro-numerologist Bhavikk Sangghvi, who had joined Pooja Bedi for a prediction on the show, when she hosted Season 2, and had correctly predicted Ashutosh Kaushik as the winner of that season, has now announced that according to numerology, Juhi Parmar will win Bigg Boss 5. This leaves Amar Upadhyay and Sunny Leone as the only two contestants playing a clean and fair game, without manipulating public opinion outside the House of Scandal. Pooja Misrra, Andrew Symonds leave Bigg Boss! According to latest reports, Bigg Boss guests Pooja Misrra and Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds have left the House of Scandal. Confirming this, celebrity publicist and Bigg Boss specialist Dale Bhagwagar, who Pooja Misrra has extensively consulted before entering Bigg Boss as well as before her second coming on the show, says, “I am aware that their term on the show has come to an end. It is sad that Pooja could not be a contestant on the show in her second coming and had to concede being a guest.” While Pooja will reach home by evening, Andrew is said to be at an undisclosed location inSouth Mumbai, from where he is expected to catch a flight back home. “Pooja Misrra was the biggest entertainer and the soul of the season when she first entered Bigg Boss. After her sudden eviction, the public wanted her back as a contestant, competing for the finals. But that couldn’t happen, and Pooja had to merely return as Andrew’s translator and make frantic attempts to rectify her spoilt reputation. Whereas if she was a contestant, she could have fought back tooth and nail to reach the finals,” lamented Dale, who has also been labeled Pooja Misrra’s ‘guerrilla publicist’ by the media. Earlier, Bhagwagar has handled the media for maximum number of controversial celebrities on reality shows including Shilpa Shetty (Big Brother), Ashmit Patel, Rakhi Sawant, Kashmera Shah, Sherlyn Chopra, Diana Hayden (Bigg Boss) and is officially handling Amar Upadhyay during Season 5. Initially targeted by Pooja Bedi, Misrra was made the butt of many jokes, after which she shot back and fought her way with each and every contestant of the show. Millions of viewers identified with her arguments, realizing her plight and urge for space, resulting in Pooja surviving the maximum number of evictions on the show with a mega margin of public votes. So huge was her popularity that most Housemates found her unstoppable and indomitable. About the evictions, they often said, “Joh bhi usske saamne aata hai, udd jaata hai!” (“Whoever gets nominated opposite Pooja, gets evicted!”). “With her exciting moves and antics for the audiences, Brand Pooja Misrra fast emerged the biggest puller of eyeballs this season, attracting huge TRPs for the show. Pooja’s most famous comment on the show “Spare me” has now become popular lingo all over the country,” states Dale Bhagwagar. Kashmera Shah gives Urvashi Dholakia a lesson in cattiness! 10 Dec 2011 10 Dec 2011 Dale Bhagwagar Media Group PRESS RELEASES Akashdeep Saigal, Amar Upadhyay, Andrew Symonds, best Bollywood PR, best Bollywood publicists, Bigg Boss, Bigg Boss 5, Bigg Boss Season 5, Bollywood film promotion, Bollywood publicity, Breaking News, celebrity publicist, Colors, Dale Bhagwagar, Dale Bhagwagar Media Group, Dolly Bindra, double vaat, eliminated, elimination, Endemol, evicted, family, family members, Gulabo Sapera, house captain, India, Interpreter, Jism 2, Juhi Parmar, Kashmera Shah, Laxmi Narayan, Mahek Chahal, Mahesh Bhatt, Mahesh Bhatt film, Mandeep Bevli, media, Mike Tyson, Mumbai, Murder 3, Nihita Biswas, nominated, nomination, Pooja Bedi, Pooja Misrra, pornstar, PR consultant, PR guru, PR specialist, PR strategist, public relations expert, Raageshwari, re-enter, re-entry, reality show, reenter, reentry, safe, Salman Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Shakti Kapoor, Sherlyn Chopra, Shilpa Shetty, Shonali Nagrani, Shradha Sharma, Siddharth Bhardwaj, Sonika Kaliraman Malik, Sunny Leone, top PR agency, translator, urvashi dholakia, Veena Malik, Vida Samadzai, Wild Card Entry Urvashi Dholakia might be best known for playing villainous roles of a conniving vamp in television serials, but when it came to a film awards event recently, she got a bitter lesson in contemporary cattiness. It so happened that Urvashi was invited to present the Zee Rishtey Awards along with Bollywood firebrand Kashmera Shah for the ‘Best Naughty and Negative Character’ category at this awards function. After engaging in the usual casual banter about presenting awards, all of a sudden an unscripted verbal duel took over the minute Urvashi uttered “Kashmira”. The moment Kashmera heard Urvashi’s incorrect pronunciation of her name; their ‘rishtey’ somewhat changed and she flared up and shot back, “It’s not ‘Kashmira’ like ‘Kashmir’. It’s ‘Kashmera’ like ‘cash mera’.” Urvashi just stood there for half a minute with a zapped blank look on her face, not realizing what had hit her; then gathering her wits, sarcastically smiled and clarified saying, “Kashmera… Oops! Sorry, cash mera.” But it didn’t end there. Before announcing the winners, Urvashi asked Kashmera, “Isn’t it good just to be bad on screen?” Kashmera smirked and retorted, “I love being bad off-screen too! It pays me a lot of money!” Realizing she was in a no-win situation with Kash around, Urvashi gave up on her sarcasm. “Kash is indeed touchy about the pronunciation of her name,” admits her publicist Dale Bhagwagar. “I guess Urvashi was lucky she got away with just a smart-alec comment from her. Kash could have even taken off on her (Urvashi’s) name and meanings. Knowing her, I’d say, Urvashi got spared,” he winks.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1004
__label__wiki	0.797014	0.797014	Close up with Darcey Bussell and Ashton’s Sylvia at the Royal Opera House Cinema Festival By Jann Parry on December 13, 2018 in Features · 0 Comments Darcey Bussell and Roberto Bolle in Sylvia on Opus Arte video from Amazon. © Opus Arte. (Click image for larger version) Royal Ballet Sylvia – 2005 cinema realease Royal Opera House Cinema Festival London, Linbury Studio Theatre www.roh.org.uk The Royal Opera House is celebrating 10 years of live relays of ballet and opera performances by using the redeveloped Linbury Studio Theatre as a cinema. Every Friday and Saturday until 6 January 2019, past recordings of 11 operas and 9 ballets (two of them Swan Lakes) will be shown on an enormous screen in the Linbury (don’t sit too close!) Tickets cost between £10 and £15 and are selling fast. Children between the ages of 5-15 go free. Added attractions include introductions by artists and staff members, and intervals in which drinks and snacks can be bought in the downstairs foyer. The experience is more theatrical than cinematic, and makes good use of the Linbury before the start of its 2019 programme of events. The Royal Ballet’s 2004 production of Frederick Ashton’s Sylvia, filmed by Ross MacGibbon in December 2005, was introduced by Darcey Bussell. Earlier in the evening, she had been signing copies of her new book Darcey Bussell Evolved in the ROH shop. Prompted by Amanda Skoog, senior producer for the Linbury, Bussell reminisced about learning the leading role from ‘Fig’ Newton (as Christopher Newton has long been nicknamed). Newton recreated Sylvia 16 years after Ashton’s death, using the same Ironside designs, and drawing on old films, archives and memories. Darcey Bussell, during Ballet Studio Live, with Marianela Nuñez and Irek Mukhamedov. © 2018 ROH. Photograph by Rachel Cherry. (Click image for larger version) Bussell, who had just returned to dancing in 2004 after the birth of her second daughter, had worked hard to regain her stamina for the demanding role. ‘You have to show over three acts how she develops from a heartless warrior leader to a woman in love’, she said. Although the role was made on Margot Fonteyn, Bussell wondered whether the bounding leaps had been influenced by Nadia Nerina, a tireless jumper who was another memorable Sylvia. Bussell had first danced the role with Jonathan Cope as Aminta, Sylvia’s hapless lover. In the film, Aminta is Roberto Bolle, guest artist from La Scala Milan. Bussell called him her ‘Italian stallion’, recalling how he strived to master the style of Ashton’s choreography. Bolle, still dancing magnificently, is now coming to the end of his career. Bussell, who retired from ballet in 2007 (and has another career as a Strictly Come Dancing judge) coaches Royal Ballet dancers, giving back the advice she had received. Surely, though, she was embellishing memories of ‘working with Ashton’, since she had only just joined the Royal Ballet at 19 when he died. The Royal Ballet in Sylvia (in 2017). © Dave Morgan, courtesy the Royal Opera House. (Click image for larger version) Amanda Skoog’s claim that Sylvia is unique to the Royal Ballet was misleading, since American Ballet Theatre has performed the same production, in the same designs, since 2005, and Lauren Cuthbertson stepped into the Mariinsky production at short notice just last month. The introductory chat, informal rather than scholarly, was otherwise well done, with Bussell a confident, articulate and very charming speaker. Sylvia must have presented unusual problems for Ross MacGibbon, in spite of his experience as a dance film director. The production is full of old-fashioned theatrical surprises unsuited for modern cameras, not least the immobile statue of Eros that turns out to be Martin Harvey (ah, those thighs). His transformations are all too obvious, as are the fake arrows that strike Aminta and Sylvia. The tableau in the heavens near the end, showing the goddess Diana mooning over sleeping Endymion, makes even less sense than it does in the theatre. Martin Harvey in Sylvia. © Bill Cooper, courtesy the Royal Opera House. (Click image for larger version) That said, the performances are spectacularly good. How is it that after all their exertions, the leading couple never appear to be out of breath? How could Harvey’s Eros stand so still, not breathing, for so long? As with all recordings of long-gone performances, it’s poignant to watch retired dancers in their prime, and to recognise future stars in minor parts – Sarah Lamb and Lauren Cuthbertson, for example, as Sylvia’s attendants. Thiago Soares as the villain, Orion, was still a young First Soloist when he was entrusted with the role. A Brazilian-made documentary about his 20-year career as a dancer, fittingly entitled Primeiro Ballerino (Principal Dancer) will be screened in the Linbury on 21 January 2019. Tags: Amanda Skoog, American Ballet Theatre, Christopher Newton, Darcey Bussell Evolved, Frederick Ashton, Jonathan Cope, La Scala Milan, Lauren Cuthbertson, Linbury Studio Theatre, London, Margot Fonteyn, Mariinsky Ballet, Martin Harvey, Nadia Nerina, Primeiro Ballerino, Roberto Bolle, Ross MacGibbon, Royal Opera House, Royal Opera House Cinema Festival, Sarah Lamb, Strictly Come Dancing, Swan Lakes, Sylvia, The Royal Ballet, Thiago Soares Previous Post Luke Brown Dance - For You I Long the Longest: Second Self, Princess - London Next Post Gallery – English National Ballet in Nutcracker Frederick Ashton Remembered – Ashton Foundation Masterclasses & In Step with Fred film screenings Live Stream: Ballet Estable del Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires – Sylvia – from Buenos Aires Royal Ballet – 3 casts in The Dream, Symphonic Variations, Marguerite and Armand – London Jann Parry Work for DanceTabs Reviews on Balletco A long-established dance writer, Jann Parry was dance critic for The Observer from 1983 to 2004 and wrote the award-winning biography of choreographer Kenneth MacMillan: 'Different Drummer', Faber and Faber, 2009. She has written for publications including The Spectator, The Listener, About the House (Royal Opera House magazine), Dance Now, Dance Magazine (USA), Stage Bill (USA) and Dancing Times. As a writer/producer she worked for the BBC World Service from 1970 to 1989, covering current affairs and the arts. As well as producing radio programmes she has contributed to television and radio documentaries about dance and dancers. Royal Ballet – Sylvia – London Memorable Performances of 2017 – London	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1007
__label__cc	0.656379	0.343621	One of Europe’s largest festivals, T in the Park, cancelled for 2017 by: Christina Hernandez Nov 24, 2016 Scotland’s beloved festival T In The Park has been forced to cancel its 2017 edition. According to organizers, site complications stemming from the event’s forced venue change two years ago eventually culminated in them having to take a break. Due to a legally-protected Osprey’s nest, which cost the venue extra money in applying for a full-planning permit and in hiring extra staff in attempts to ameliorate traffic issues caused by its location, conditions under which to organize a festival were deemed unworkable. “As the build up to the festival was well underway we were informed by Scottish Government Ministers that we would have to apply for full Planning Permission due to the presence of an unregistered, but protected in law, osprey’s nest,” T in the Park wrote on their website. “The constraints – logistically and financially – that the resulting planning conditions put upon us are simply not workable.” Thankfully, T In The Park is labeling the gap year as just a break, reassuring fans that their two-plus decade run as a cornerstone festival is nowhere near its end. They will be taking their free time to sort out obstacles currently facing them in order to provide their guests and longtime fans “the kind of camping festival [they] are used to and deserve.” via: T In The Park Police investigating 2 teenage deaths from T in the Park festival Scotland’s T in the Park will relocate from Balado to Strathallan Castle in 2015 Will Smith joins Calvin Harris on stage for Scotland’s T in the Park Tags: cancellation, T in the Park Moogfest 2020 officially canceled Another gig bites the dust: Swedish House Mafia pull out of Weekend Festival The Super Mega Ultra Giant Mad Decent Block Party Festival is cancelled	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1008
__label__wiki	0.909727	0.909727	Drummer Matt McGuire to join The Chainsmokers on live tour by: Christina Hernandez Feb 20, 2017 Matt McGuire began his YouTube channel four years ago as an outlet to share his elaborate and expressive drum covers of popular music. McGuire’s takes on electronic music in particular are what have skyrocketed the young Australian musician to renown – his additions of live percussive elements to tracks by the likes of Martin Garrix, DJ Snake, and Calvin Harris have been well received, and, to date, McGuire has over a half a million subscribers on his YouTube channel. The next milestone of McGuire’s career has apparently arrived in the form of a 40-stop arena tour across the United States with The Chainsmokers. What had started as a joke from him lightly suggesting the duo bring him along on tour with them after his cover of Illenium’s “Don’t Let Me Down” remix went viral and earned their support, The Chainsmokers ended up fully backing the idea and rushing to incorporate it into their next big tour. McGuire also posted a drum cover of their new single “Paris” shortly after making the tour announcement. View McGuire’s tour announcement and cover of Illenium’s “Don’t Let Me Down” remix below: Featured Image by James Edwards The Chainsmokers reveal their upcoming album will be almost all new music Stream The Chainsmokers’ brand new single “Paris” The Chainsmokers win Grammy for Best Dance Recording with ‘Don’t Let Me Down’ Tags: drummer, EDM covers, live tour, Matt McGuire, The Chainsmokers Tiësto and 7 Skies unite for playful new single, ‘My Frequency’ Creamfields to host Calvin Harris as headliner for 2nd year in a row Lizzo and The Chainsmokers to perform free shows ahead of Super Bowl LIV	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1009
__label__wiki	0.787286	0.787286	Cris Contini Contemporary 15-16 Brook's Mews London W1K 4DS t. +44 020 3972 9001 e. info@criscontinicontemporary.com Monday–Friday 10:30 am – 6:30 pm Cris Contini Contemporary hold a unique structure as an international art gallery offering an eclectic mix of styles and artworks that exemplify its foremost dedication to the accessibility of art and the global communication it inspires. With its new gallery in London, a forthcoming one in Milan and collaborations with international galleries, Cris Contini Contemporary strives to offer a world-wide collector access of multicultural artists from Modern artists such Pablo Picasso, Lucio Fontana, Andy Warhol and Robert Indiana to the most sought-after Contemporary artists such Endless, Renato Meneghetti, Michelangelo Galliani, Gioni Parra, Lorenzo Puglisi and many more. Cristian Contini and Fulvio Granocchia are avid art collectors and they run an extensive private and public exhibition program promoting emerging and established artists across Europe and America. Copyright © 2020 Cris Contini Contemporary This site uses cookies to help make it more useful to you. Find out more about cookies.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1013
__label__cc	0.69475	0.30525	Day 3 of CSW Global 2018 Shows How Organizations Can Better Serve the Individual Posted by Damon Brown \| Oct 29, 2018 \| CSW Conferences, News \| 0 Individual and organization needs, particularly within government, can seem at odds, though Day 3 of our CSW Global 2018 conference on October 26 emphasized the importance of them evolving together. At its best, the organization fully represents the individual, and the individual fully trusts the organization. The full day tackled how this would be possible from many different angles. Horizon State founder Oren Alazraki drove the discussion home in his dual keynotes: Accountable Leadership in a Decentralized World yesterday and Applying Agile Governance in a Decentralized World today. For Alazraki, it’s not just a matter of being anonymous, with the safety that it allows the public to be honest, but it also needs to be verified. In other words, representation is only effective when the system protects both the user and the data. As he put it, “Decentralized platforms can stabilize digital cultures” Both POPin founder Hayes Drumwright and HeroX co-founder Christian Cotichini pushed this point in their back-to-back sessions on crowdsourcing. “Sharing authorship is a must if you want adoption of your idea,” Drumwright said talking about his feedback-driven startup, while Cotichini emphasised that we have shifted from the Mad Men model of private board-room decisions to going to market for feedback with the core team. Derek Fetzer experienced this from the inside before founding Caring Crowd. He focused on creating medical support worldwide until a 2013 trip to Peru showed him how much locals improvised their own best methods to support communities. Caring Crowd shifts the power to the individuals who, through J & J employees, can contribute to causes that touch them the most. Johnson & Johnson will then match the funds which, in total, now are more than $1.5 million. “Crowdsourcing allows employees to pursue their own passion,” Fetzer says. “We want to disaggregate the decision making.” Naveen Jain (left), author of Moonshots Serial entrepreneur Naveen Jain had the audience sharp, focused and laughing at the stories behind his new book, Moonshots. The biggest insight was on how to begin, particularly not pursuing money specifically. “If you [start a business to make money], then it’s not going to happen. You have to focus on the process to make it happen”, adding later that “profit makes things scalable and enables us to move the needle.” Jain also found that value is based on perceived scarcity and need, which means even the toughest competitor can be challenged when a startup moves that cultural needle. The final panel discussion of Day 3 heard a powerful group of innovators in the space travel and exploration frontier talk about the about the positive roles of crowdsourcing. Dr Tiffany Gray (left) with Damon Brown The day ended strongly with my discussion on blockchain with Axes and Eggs’ Dr. Tiffany Gray and the crowdfunding monetization talk from Crowdholding founder Ethan Clime. As a medical professional, Gray sees blockchain as an opportunity to bring equal treatment to those in need and also to represent many who are ignored or underserved by public systems. The main challenge will be making sure people aren’t left behind in the digital gap because of access or education. Crowdholding founder and CEO Ethan Clime sees blockchain, and specifically crypto, as a way to reward those who support certain businesses or movements – comparing them to stock dividends first campaigned by Henry Ford. As far as the recently high number of ICOs being called fraudulent, he says that is actually a good thing in the long run. “The rise of ICO scams shows that the transparency is working!” Blockchain forces companies to keep their books open, giving the public more insight than most businesses on the stock market. At around two dozen talks, the final conference day of CSW Global 2018 gave significant arguments to the crowd. As I shared in opening the afternoon sessions, crowdsourcing gives us the rare opportunity to remove bias, get honest feedback and truly create a marketplace of ideas. We can make sure every individual has representation – the theme that vibrated throughout the entire conference. We unreservedly thank all speakers and panelists who took part in CSW Global 2018, and all the CSW Team and venue organizers who put in an amazing effort. If you were with us in Washington D.C. or following the conference on social media at #CSWGlobal18 we’d really like you to share your own thoughts and comments on the conference with the Crowsourcing Week community. PreviousBusiness and Innovation themes rang through at CSW Global 2018 NextWeekend Expeditions at CSW Global 2018 Damon Brown Damon Brown helps side hustlers, solopreneurs, and other non-traditional entrepreneurs bloom. He co-founded the popular platonic connection app Cuddlr and led it to acquisition within a year, all while being the primary caretaker of his infant first son. He now guides others through his consulting/coaching, daily Inc.com column (www.incdamonbrown.com), and public speaking on platforms including TED. Damon's most recent book is The Ultimate Bite-Sized Entrepreneur, the latest in his best-selling Bite-Sized Entrepreneur series. Get Damon's free coaching at JoinDamon.me. 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__label__cc	0.646304	0.353696	Friday, July 23 Those Cheating Drivers Posted on July 23, 2010 by Commuter Gal Friday again, and a light and fast commute. I’m in a very new, White Prius. It has all the extras. Riding in the front seat I feel like I’m co-piloting an airplane. The dashboard is dazzling with all sorts of messages and symbols – inside and outside temperature, a GPS map tracking our every move down the 80 freeway, a diagram of the car and the energy it’s using, and other buttons and switches that I don’t recognize. The driver is a young Asian-American girl, clad in a short black leather jacket and designer jeans. She thanks us for our dollars and says no more. Because it’s such a light traffic day, we don’t see any solo drivers trying to use the carpool lane illegally, but on heavy traffic days, it is a fairly frequent occurrence. A few years ago the SF Chronicle did a count on cheaters. They counted 11% of the motorists cheating, and as many as 39% of drivers were cheaters on the Sterling Street Carpool Only entrance to the Bay Bridge. (Many of them slowing and looking around to make sure there were no CHP officers nearby). Over a 5-year period, the CHP issued an average of nearly 7,000 carpool ‘cheater’ citations a year on the four busiest carpool lanes: I-80 from the Bay Bridge to Hercules; I-680 in central Contra Costa county; 1-880 in Alameda county and Highway 101 in Marin and Sonoma counties. At $400 a ticket (and up), that’s an expensive ride. There are stories about solo drivers using inflatable dummies in the passenger seats, dogs with coats and scarves in baby seats, and broomsticks with Styrofoam heads and wigs propped up in seats. Many law-abiding drivers and carpoolers feel that there is not enough of a CHP presence to deter the cheaters; I rarely see any officers on my I-80 commute. When I do, it’s usually in the evening, but only a few times in the last year. Undoubtedly, cut-backs have trimmed their numbers. The cheating infuriates a lot of people; 7 years ago a couple of web heads in San Jose got so upset about it they started a website – carpoolcheats.org (you can’t go there – it doesn’t exist anymore). These two guys took pictures of cheaters and published them on their website, along with pictures of their license plates. When they would spot a solo driver behind them in the carpool lane, they would pull into the next lane, then snap a shot of the lone driver as his car passed. They would then snap a shot of the license plate. The website was deluged – they were getting over 5,000 hits a day within a few weeks. Reluctantly they took the site down after they received a number of threatening letters and were even pursued and harrassed on the freeway. One enraged cheater chased them for several miles and hurled his ceramic coffee mug at their car. And the CHP told them they couldn’t use the photos to prosecute cheaters with anyway. “We need to witness the violation in person in order to issue a ticket,” CHP said. One recent frustration of drivers since the July 1 tolls began has been the deluge of non-carpooling cars flooding the carpool lane minutes before the Bay Bridge converts to a regular lane at 10 a.m. weekday mornings. Apparently many of these cars hit their brakes at 9:58 and 9:59 a.m., waiting for the lane to convert, creating traffic jams and chaos and making the legit drivers crazy and angry. The things we do out there on the freeway! Here’s the weekend. Enjoy. CG Filed under: Car Pooling, Car Pooling Etiquette, Casual Carpool Bay Area, Casual Carpooling, commute, casual car pool, Environment, Today's Commute, Tolls for car pools \| « Wednesday & Thursday, July 21 & 22 and Carpool, the series! Monday, July 26 Where It All Began and Where it’s Going (maybe) » LM, on July 26, 2010 at 4:14 pm said: A new white Prius driven by a young Asian lady? I rode with her! The Prius is brand-spankin’ new and still has the new car smell. It was a long, traffic-filled ride home, but it was very smooth. She is very nice and we shared carpool stories. Hopefully if she stumbles upon this website she would share her experiences, as I feel it isn’t my place to do so. She has one story that was bordering on creepy that I think the ladies should be wary of. As for the cheaters, that San Jose story is interesting. Makes me wonder how the cheaters figured out who the website guys were. I mean, anyone can take photos on the road, unless they were the only ones doing it. Maybe some other guys should make a new website and take videos instead of photos. Like that’ll convince the CHP to do anything anyway.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1022
__label__cc	0.706505	0.293495	Home » Special Education » Testing/Evaluating » Time Factors Initial evaluation: By law, once a request for special education evaluation (core evaluation) has been made, the school has 5 school days to send you notice requesting your consent to test your child. Once the school receives consent to be able to test your child, the school must complete the evaluation on your child within 30 school days. Every 3 years or sooner if necessary, the school district shall, with parental consent, conduct a full three-year re-evaluation consistent with the requirement of federal law. Evaluation Reports to be received before your Team meeting: Call the school and ask for your child’s evaluation written reports. By state regulation, summaries of the school evaluations must be available to parents at least 2 days prior (48 hours) to your Team meeting. IEP: The school must hold a team meeting and develop an IEP by law within 45 school days after completion of the student evaluations. In addition, within the 45 school days of parent permission, an IEP meeting must be held to determine eligibility and create the IEP. Placement may be determined in parallel or as a separate process. Team meetings: Your child’s IEP should be available immediately at the conclusion of the team meeting. Guidance: Currently, most districts have the technology or resources that make it possible to present at least the key service components of an IEP to the parents as they leave the IEP development Team meeting. This is referred to as a “summary.” At a minimum, this summary of the decisions and agreements reached during the Team meeting must include: (a) a completed IEP service delivery grid describing the types and amounts of special education and/or related services proposed by the district, and (b) a statement of the major goal areas associated with these services. By providing parents with this summary at the conclusion of the Team meeting, in the Department’s opinion, the district has complied with the requirement to provide the parent with the key decisions and agreements immediately. The district may then take no more than two calendar weeks to prepare the complete IEP for the parent’s signature and for the student’s records (both home and school). The role of the parent: The parent is under no obligation to wait to receive the complete IEP to begin considering whether to consent to the proposed IEP services and goals. We urge parents to begin their consideration while developing the IEP in the Team meeting and to respond to the district’s request for consent as soon as they are ready to do so. The district’s delivery of a summary at the IEP meeting, and any additional time needed to deliver the complete IEP, does not delay the parent’s right and opportunity to respond promptly to the proposed IEP. The IEP arrives: Once you have received your child’s IEP in the mail (keep the envelope, that has the date stamped on it), you have 30 days to respond to the school (inclusive of summer months and holidays). When signing the IEP you can: accept, reject in part, reject in whole OR postpone a decision until the completion of an independent evaluation (IEE). Note that the parent(s) must state in writing their desire or intent for an IEE. If rejecting, you may request a meeting to discuss the rejected portions of the IEP or the overall adequacy of the IEP. Upon parental response to the proposed IEP and proposed placement, the school district shall implement all accepted elements of the IEP without delay. It is in your best interest to review the IEP and contact the team chair about any issues that you understood differently from the team meeting (refer to your notes, tape recording, or other team members). Changes can be made to the IEP as long as you respond within the 30 days. After you receive the revised IEP you need to keep track of how many days it has been since you signed the consent for the initial evaluation or reevaluation. You now have up to the 45 school days since that date. This progress stops when the school district is not willing to make any more changes. “Stay Put” Rights: “If you dispute a proposed change to your child’s placement, the “stay put” provision allows him to do just that—stay put. He’ll continue to get the same amount of services while you and the school complete a dispute resolution process.” Independent Evaluation: Within 10 ten school days (1-10 school days) from the time the school district receives the report of the independent evaluation, the Team must reconvene and consider the independent evaluation and whether a new or amended IEP is appropriate. While your waiting for the date of your Team meeting: Gather samples of your child’s school work, in your area of concern. Organize any outside letters and make summaries of your any reports you may have from outside professionals. Find someone who will come and take notes at your Team meeting. You are allowed to bring any number of people, that know your child to your team meeting. If you are bringing a lawyer the school must be be notified prior to the meeting.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1025
__label__cc	0.534996	0.465004	The Connector NL Team Hiring New Residents and New Graduates Are there Advertising Opportunities? Who are Our Sponsors Meet Brendan July 25, 2018 Brendan Hagerty Blog Two years ago, the St. John’s Board of Trade introduced a program that has seen great success. We are proud to announce that we have expanded The Connector Program. Corner Brook and Grand Falls Windsor are our two new regions that will support The Connector Program, this will be managed here at the St. John’s Board of Trade. Growing St. John’s and growing our province is the ultimate goal and this program set’s out to achieve just that. The Connectors Meet Brendan: Brendan is a familiar face around the BoT. He has been connecting people and helping grow St. John’s with the board for 4 years. His Passion is Pearl Jam and Family but helping create connections, solving problems and helping small business is what drives his professional career. Meet Shanna: A slick new grad who who just get’s it. Shanna’s work ethic and creativity will bring great things to the Western Region. Shanna relocated from St. John’s to Corner Brook, she’s eager to contribute to a team that is clicking on all cylinders. Were lucky to have her! Meet Ashley: Ashley began a very successful career here in St. John’s and never once lost her desire to return to her home town to create greatness. From day one her plan was to create a network in St. John’s that would lead her home, and she did just that. Ashley has a passion for the Central region and she won’t stop until the end goal is achieved. How does the Connector Program benefit our membership? Access to local talent Increased awareness about your organizations and industry Knowing you are opening doors for people and helping them succeed in Newfoundland Making Newfoundland a more welcoming and diverse province Reducing your risk when hiring a new employee with pre-qualified candidates In just two years your St. John’s Board of Trade has built a program from the ground up. We have to date over 100 connectors and 100 connectees. We have expanded to two locations and have secured a sponsorship with RBC. We have helped countless people gain confidence, network and most importantly, find meaningful employment. Were ready to go! We are trying to grow our province one person at a time, one connection at a time. We are all Connectors! Return to Connector NL Blog The Connector Team St. John’s Board of Trade Harvey Road, St. John’s Greater Corner Brook Board of Trade Confederation Drive, Corner Brook Suite 603, Bayley Business Centre, Grand Falls-Windsor See all Contact Information © 2018 The Connector Program \| Designed & Developed by Triware Technologies \| Privacy Policy \| Terms of Use	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1026
__label__cc	0.610633	0.389367	Topsell's The History of Four-footed Beasts and Serpents Woodcuts Aspes. 1658. Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries. University of Houston Digital Library. Web. January 29, 2020. https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/p15195coll18/item/42. (1658). Aspes. Topsell's The History of Four-footed Beasts and Serpents Woodcuts. Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries. Retrieved from https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/p15195coll18/item/42 Aspes, 1658, Topsell's The History of Four-footed Beasts and Serpents Woodcuts, Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries, accessed January 29, 2020, https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/p15195coll18/item/42. Title Aspes Description The animals pictured are asps. This woodcut is an illustration from the book The history of four-footed beasts and serpents... by Edward Topsell, printed by E. Cotes for G. Sawbridge, T. Williams and T. Johnson in London in 1658. Caption Inscription on front: "Of the Aspes." Atractaspididae Subject.Topical (TGM-1) Subject.Topical (Local) woodcuts (prints) Physical Description 1 woodcut Original Item Location QL41 .T68 1658, Page 630 Digital Collection Topsell's The History of Four-footed Beasts and Serpents Woodcuts Use and Reproduction This item is in the public domain and may be used freely. File Name top144.jpg Land Crocodile of Bresilia Millet or Cenchrine Scythian Wolf	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1032
__label__cc	0.575594	0.424406	Motoryacht Nordhavn Boote kaufen Vereinigte Staaten Massachusetts Nordhavn 59 Coastal Pilot The coastal pilot features a semi displacement hull designed for modest top speeds in the 18-20 knot range and an efficient and sea kindly ride at lower cruising speeds. The design features a “CE - Category A” unlimited offshore rating, insuring this vessel has the sea keeping and strength capabilities to take on the most serious coastal cruises of up to a thousand miles. For example, a perfect vessel for North American cruising - from Alaska to Maine. Main deck accommodations provide for a large galley, dinette, and lounging with a lower helm station with double helm seat. This arrangement is very appealing for a coastal cruising couple as it eliminates the isolation and separation of a raised wheelhouse. When extended, overnight watches are not as often needed as is the case during coastal passages, this arrangement has particular appeal. During typical daytime cruising, without a rotating crew, the entire area is used and the person on watch can participate in food preparation, entertainment and conversation within this large and luxurious living area. This arrangement allows for quick, easy, side door deck access from the helm station, for short-handed mooring and offers all-round visibility rivaling most pilothouse configurations. Nordhavn 75 Expedition Yachtfisher Nordhavn has taken what it does best, building long-range luxury expedition yachts, and incorporated all the fishing features and rigging found on tournament sportfishers to create a yacht that can truly go after any fish in the world. An enormous fishing cockpit, dual 60-gallon baitwells, a 35-cubic-foot deep freeze, plentiful gear and tackle storage and all the rod holders and rigging a deep-sea angler could ever want top a long list of fishing features.The N75 EYF is safer in rough weather when sea conditions force a slower running speed, which is always a major downside to the typical small rudders found on sportfishers (the N75 EYF’s standard stabilizers also promise a comfortable ride in rough seas). Additionally, the EYF’s 22 -foot four-inch beam permits a new Nordhavn standard feature: twin engines. A single screw is not an option. The N75 EYF sports Detroit Series 60 diesels and a cruising-speed fuel burn of 12 to 15 gallons per hour – a trickle compared to a typical sportfisher built for nothing but speed with noisy behemoth diesels guzzling 100 to 200 gallons or more per hour. Another heavy advantage over typical sportfishers is there is no weight penalty for all the equipment and furnishings that make life grand. Dive equipment, jet skis, granite countertops, you name it – the N75 EYF’s full displacement hull allows you to load up with everything you need for fishing adventures that last for months, not hours. Like all Nordhavn yachts, the N75 EYF is a truly semi-custom boat. The interior can be designed to match an owner’s tastes and lifestyle. Nordhavn 52 The Nordhavn 47 is known as being a very large 47-foot boat and now P.A.E.’s designers have actually made it bigger by extending it by five feet. The Nordhavn 52, a slight evolution of its smaller sister, is quickly gaining popularity amongst buyers who love the interior space and offshore capability of the 47 but are looking for an updated look to their boat. The N52 differs itself from the 47 with three central design modifications – each of which combines to make a sleeker and slightly more efficient boat. The most significant of these changes is a cockpit extension, which opens up the rear of the boat as well as elongates the yacht’s lines. But the benefits of added waterline length aren’t limited simply to aesthetics. The design team was able to work an extra (approximate) 200 gallons of fuel into the capacity of the boat’s tanks and in turn, bump up the range. To coincide with the elongated cockpit, the upper level boat deck was lengthened by two feet – a move that serves a dual purpose: not only does this offset the cockpit extension, it enables a bigger tender to be carried on top. Completing the enhanced look is the re-configuration of the flybridge. A purely cosmetic change (no features have been added or altered), the newly-styled flybridge is now more integral with the boat deck and pilothouse roof. With a 24-foot beam, Nordhavn 76 is more than impressive at first sight, however her full load displacement of over 400,000 pounds allows her to compare with many vessels well over 100 feet. Building on the experience of hundreds of thousands of ocean crossing miles and applying the “form follows function” rule, this ultimate offshore passagemaker has been designed in an aft wheelhouse configuration. For comfort and visibility at sea, this arrangement cannot be beat and with her long foredeck, tenders up to 20 feet can be accommodated. There is no question the Nordhavn 86 is a large yacht. The first impressions from the outside are of great mass and powerful lines, but it’s the interior volume that has to be experienced to be appreciated. Taking advantage of the enormous capacity of this hull, the Nordhavn 86 offers accommodations that are nothing short of remarkable. The saloon and galley measures 36 feet in length, the master cabin and head are full width consuming the whole forward/upper section of the vessel and the combination of wheelhouse, captain’s cabin and sky lounge measure almost 30 feet in length. In addition to the master stateroom and captain’s cabin, the vessel includes three guest staterooms with ensuite heads and an additional crew cabin and head aft with an interior and exterior entrance. A laundry and utility room are also provided. The luxurious and functional interior is finished with fine hardwoods, beautiful moldings and raised panels combined with stone floors, granite countertops, the finest hardware, lighting and fixtures. The Nordhavn 86 is designed for customization, and most owners elect to engage professional interior designers. Some suggest alterations to layout, but all use furnishings, textures and colors to imprint owners’ personalities and tastes. Thus, each of the yachts launched to date is, effectively, unique. Finishing choices also result in interiors with remarkably different appearances and “feel”. The distinct styling of the 62 has been a Nordhavn hallmark for nearly twenty years, and the 68 captures the essence of this vessel yet it incorporates the latest thinking in design, systems and technology and packages it all into a beamier, heartier hull. The interior is stunning with modern styling and beautiful teak joiner work. And despite the size advantage, this vessel is just as easily managed by a cruising couple without need for captain and crew. Stepping onto the boat, the massive size of the 21-foot wide expanse can be immediately felt. The 68 carries its beam further aft and has a higher freeboard forward, thus providing more room on the inside. Offered in both an asymmetrical and dual walk-around layout, the huge saloon is an ideal gathering area for when the yacht plays host to larger groups. Meanwhile, cooking for the masses is a snap in the large gourmet galley with such features as granite countertops and stainless steel appliances. Because the 68 is an aft pilothouse model, the foredeck is open so there are deck hatches for lots of light and ventilation. This is especially noticeable in the full-beam Master Suite and its luxurious head and shower forward. There are full size port lights positioned on either side which show off breathtaking views. Located just two steps down and forward from the saloon/ galley area, the bright and airy cabin offers its owners a pleasant haven for an afternoon nap or good night’s sleep. Like the larger luxurious vessels in the Nordhavn fleet - the 72, 75EYF, 76, 78 and 86 – the Nordhavn 68 is filled with the best equipment as standard including hydraulic bow and stern thrusters, ABT stabilizers, air conditioning, and Stidd helm chairs. “This boat is so featurepacked there is not a regular option sheet for it,” says Streech. The Nordhavn 72's stylish interior is replete with crown moldings, granite, leather, well-engineered lighting, soffets, the finest appliances, exquisite woodworking and much more. At the same time, the fundamental DNA of Nordhavn is not forgotten. There are numerous handrails, half-inch tempered glass windows, dogged doors, watertight bulkheads and the many other features which are essential for safe operation offshore. Meanwhile, the standard equipment list for the Nordhavn 72 is so complete that no regular options list is provided. Chilled water air conditioning, TRAC stabilizers, bow and stern thrusters, Marquipt davit, wing engine, dry exhaust, windlass and ground tackle, and much more are standard. Add an electronics package, shore boats, and your personal items, and you’re on your way. The Nordhavn 64 draws on many of the elements of other Nordhavn designs, but it is also uniquely beautiful and elegant in its own special way. The generous interior volume is made possible by the relatively high bow and extra freeboard of the overall design. After extensive tank testing and actual sea trials of its various models, P.A.E. determined that there is no downside to adding more freeboard to its designs as long as weight is kept low. "Of course aesthetics are an issue with extra freeboard, but when we get into the 60-foot range, there is enough length to give the boat a very attractive profile," Leishman said. Beyond the obvious advantage of providing more volume below, there are sea-keeping advantages to the high bow and deck level. The bow provides extra buoyancy when punching into large head seas, and the deck takes on less green water in high seas. Because the added height provides more volume below the cabin sole, the engine, fuel tanks and water tanks are positioned very low, ensuring superior stability. P.A.E. is able to use its bulletproof 'gravity feed' fuel system, which has proven to be extremely reliable and easy to use. Corrosion-free fiberglass fuel tanks feature human-sized inspection plates, adding to the trouble free, long-term service of the vessel. The Nordhavn 63 is yet another iteration of one of our most proven hull forms, the Nordhavn 55 became one of the most popular, and one of the most tested models we’ve produced. We designed the 60-foot version of the N55 platform to meet owners’ demands for increased space. The 63 is actually an aft wheelhouse version of the N60 and its extended cockpit and boat deck. Looks-wise, however, the new model retains the same salty feel that popularized the Nordhavn 62. For those who love the N62 but have a width restriction at their slip, the N63 may be the perfect choice with its 18-foot beam. One of P.A.E.’s greatest qualities is the ability of our Chief of Design, Jeff Leishman, and his engineering staff to continually conceive, design and introduce exciting new models. While the 63 shares the same hull as the N55/60 designs, an entire new deck and engine room mold have been created for it, providing increased interior volume and added amenities. The N60 boasts the same roomy interior as the N55, but gives owners an additional 5 feet of space in the cockpit and lazarette, allowing more room for activities like diving, fishing and dockside parties with family and friends. The longer cockpit also allows the boat deck to be extended for a larger tender and more room for sea kayaks, jet skis and other toys. An additional benefit is a speed gain of about a third of a knot and an improvement in range thanks to the longer waterline of the N60. Like the popular N55, the N60 is available in single or twin-engine configurations along with an optional additional fuel tank for increased range. Inside you can expect the craftsmanship and attention to detail to be flawless – a cornerstone of Nordhavn’s promise of comfort and luxury afloat. Finally, the extra length of the N60 extends her lines to give the yacht a sleeker big-boat look. The new N60 is all about more – more room, more luxury and more long-distance cruising enjoyment. Nordhavn 475 The Nordhavn 475 will be based on the hull of the Nordhavn 43 but she will be a much different boat, starting with a completely new deck and flybridge. The N475 represents the sleeker, elongated look of modern Nordhavns with the incorporation of an extended cockpit and boat deck, providing not only a more streamlined profile, but also allowing for greater space in the cockpit and more room up top for toys and a bigger tender. After over seven million nautical miles of documented ocean crossings, Nordhavn has set records that will never be challenged – except maybe by other Nordhavns. The venerable Nordhavn 40 holds the world record for the fastest circumnavigation by a production powerboat. How do you top that? Our answer: use all of our experience and start from scratch, make no compromise, spare no expense, employ the latest design technology and incorporate the world’s most advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics analysis to produce the most capable, efficient, safe and sea kindly Passagemaker ever built. We call it the all new Nordhavn 41. Nordhavn 76 is developed for those yachtsmen who want an aft pilothouse boat which carries its shore boats on the foredeck. Like our venerable Nordhavn 62, the pilothouse of the N76 is set aft, carries its crane forward and can launch its shore boats off either the port or starboard side. Based on the hull form and specifications of the N72, the simple goal of this new model was to create a small superyacht which was true to the rugged ocean going heritage of other Nordhavns while at the same time stunning in her elegance, fit and finish, systems and engineering. Like the 72, the fact that this boat is so complete, a regular options list does not exist. Standard on the 76 is chilled water air conditioning, TRAC stabilizers, bow and stern thrusters, Marquipt davit, wing engine, dry exhaust, windlass and ground tackle, and a lot more. Simply add your electronics package, tenders on deck, personal affects you’re ready to go. The N80 was born out of the demand for a boat that bridged the gap between the Nordhavn 76 and the Nordhavn 86. This yacht will be powered by twin 375 hp John Deere engines, will have 4 staterooms and room for 2 crew. Optional lay-outs will include a captain’s cabin behind the bridge or an upper level owner’s suite behind the bridge in lieu of the sky lounge. The boat will feature a beautiful, functional layout and modern styling. Stadt: Falmouth Klasse: Motoryacht Marke: Nordhavn Bundesstaat: Massachusetts Ab Jahr: 2012 Alle Neu (13) 59 Coastal Pilot (1) 75 Expedition Yachtfisher (1) Nordhavn Ab Jahr	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1043
__label__wiki	0.653287	0.653287	Postcards499 Books[remove]119 Periodicals[remove]13 Hunts Point6 North Riverdale-Fieldston-Riverdale4 Kingsbridge Heights3 Marble Hill-Inwood3 Soundview-Castle Hill-Clason Point-Harding Park3 University Heights-Morris Heights3 Bedford Park-Fordham North2 East Tremont2 Fordham2 Bronx[remove]132 Staten Island11 Fort Montgomery1 Mapped Results: 1 - 108 Showing results for: Format Periodicals Remove constraint Format: Periodicals Format Books Remove constraint Format: Books Borough Bronx Remove constraint Borough: Bronx City New York Remove constraint City: New York 2. Alexander Avenue revitalization New York (N.Y.). Department of City Planning Name: New York (N.Y.). Department of City Planning Published: New York : Department of City Planning, 1976 3. Annual commencement of the Horace Mann School for Boys : [programme] Bronx Frontier Development Corp Name: Bronx Frontier Development Corp Published: Bronx, N.Y : The Corp, 1900 Bronx 2000 (Organization) Name: Bronx 2000 (Organization) Published: Bronx, New York : Bronx 2000, 1900 6. Annual report of the New York Zoological Society New York Zoological Society Name: New York Zoological Society Published: New York : New York Zoological Society, 1897- 7. Atlas of the borough of the Bronx : sections 9 to 13 G.W. Bromley & Co Name: G.W. Bromley & Co Published: New York : G.W. Bromley, 1912 8. Aviation Volunteer Fire Co., Bronx, N.Y., 1923-1973 : 50th anniversary featuring a picture history of Clason Point and it's [sic] people Published: New York : Aviation Volunteer Fire Co.], c1973 9. The Bronx : it was only yesterday, 1935-1965 Ultan, Lloyd Name: Ultan, Lloyd Published: Bronx, N.Y : Bronx County Historical Society, c1992 10. The Bronx County Historical Society bibliography of the Bronx Butler, Janet Name: Butler, Janet Published: Bronx, N.Y : The Society, 1976 11. The Bronx County Historical Society journal Published: Bronx, N.Y : The Society, 1964- 12. The Bronx Zoo : snapshots in the park Published: New York? : s.n, 19--] 13. The Bronx and its people; a history, 1609-1927 Wells, James L. 1843- Name: Wells, James L. 1843- Published: New York : The Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc, 1927 14. The Bronx apartment house Cheilik, Michael Name: Cheilik, Michael Published: New York : Herbert H. Lehman College, The City University of New York, 1977?] 15. Bronx art deco architecture : an exposition Sullivan, Donald G Name: Sullivan, Donald G Published: New York : West Bronx Restoration Committee, Graduate Program in Urban Planning, Hunter College, City University of New York, 1976 16. Bronx ballads Simon, Robert A Name: Simon, Robert A Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 1927 17. Bronx cheer : a memoir Jacobs, Julius Name: Jacobs, Julius Published: Monroe, N.Y : Library Research Associates, 1976 18. A Bronx housing strategy Published: New York : City of New York, Department of City Planning & Office of the Bronx Borough President, 1977 19. The Bronx in the American Revolution Published: Bronx, New York : Bronx County Historical Society, ©1975 20. The Bronx in the innocent years, 1890-1925 Published: New York : Harper & Row, c1985 21. Bronx river restoration Bronx River Restoration, Inc Name: Bronx River Restoration, Inc Published: New York : Bronx River Restoration (375 Fordham Rd., The Bronx, N.Y. 10458), 1980 22. The Bronx street name index Published: New York : New York City Dept. of City Planning, 1982 23. Bronx survey Published: New York : Landmarks Preservation Commission, [1978?] 24. The Bronx triangle : a portrait of Norwood Mead, Edna Name: Mead, Edna Published: Bronx, N.Y : The Bronx County Historical Society, 1982 25. Brooklyn street name index Published: New York : New York Dept. of City Planning, 1982 26. Building a borough : architecture and planning in the Bronx, 1890-1940 Published: Bronx, N.Y : Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1986 28. Can the South Bronx save New York? : a progress report South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation Name: South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation Published: Bronx, New York : South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation, [1975] 29. Charter, constitution and by-laws Life Saving Service of the City of New York Name: Life Saving Service of the City of New York 30. Circular of the University of the City of New York. June, 1854 Published: New-York : Printed by John A. Gray, cor. Frankfort & Cliff Sts, 1854 31. City of birds and beasts : behind the scenes at the Bronx Zoo Scott, Jack Denton, 1915- Name: Scott, Jack Denton, 1915- Published: New York : Putnam, c1978 32. The Clay Pit area of Staten Island : The Forest Park of Queens ; The Pelham Bay Park of The Bronx ; The Central Park of Manhattan 33. Completion of Francis Lewis Boulevard, Queens : mixed traffic approach to the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge Published: New York, N.Y : Robley Press Service, 1940 34. Constitution and by-laws of Peter Minuit Post No. 1247 : the American Legion, Bronx County, Department of New York American Legion. Peter Minuit Post No. 1247 (Bronx County (N.Y.)) Name: American Legion. Peter Minuit Post No. 1247 (Bronx County (N.Y.)) Published: New York? : Peter Minuit Post, American Legion], 1940 35. A Copy of the annual record of assessed valuation of real estate in the City of New York for the fiscal year ... Real estate indicated by identification numbers and special franchises : Boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Richmond Published: New York City : City record], 1947- 36. A Copy of the annual record of assessed valuation of real estate in the City of New York. Borough of the Bronx Published: New York, N.Y. : City record, Between 1000 and 9999 37. Descriptive guide to the grounds, buildings and collections Published: New York : New York Botanical Garden, 1916 38. Devastation/resurrection : the South Bronx : [catalogue of an exhibition held] November 9 [1979]- January 13, 1980 Published: Bronx, N.Y : Bronx Museum of the Arts, c1979 39. Diary of a D.A Frank, Martin M Name: Frank, Martin M Published: New York : Holt, [1960] 40. The Dyckman house : built about 1783, restored and presented to the city of New York in MCMXVI Dean, Bashford, 1867-1928 Name: Dean, Bashford, 1867-1928 Published: New York? : Gillis Press, 1916] 41. Fort Apache Walker, Tom, 1935- Name: Walker, Tom, 1935- Published: New York : Crowell, c1976 42. Genealogy in the Bronx : an annotated resource guide to sources of information Published: Bronx, N.Y. : Bronx County Historical Society, c1977 43. Golden anniversary commemorating fifty years of progress in the Bronx, 1890-1940 : Dollar Savings Bank of the City of New York Published: Bronx, N.Y.? : Dollar Savings Bank], c1940 44. Grand Concourse; a novel Wagner, Eliot Name: Wagner, Eliot Published: Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill, [1954] 45. The Great north side, or, Borough of the Bronx, New York Published: New York : Knickerbocker Press, 1897 46. Guide to the nature treasures of New York City; American Museum of Natural History, New York Aquarium, New York Zoölogicl Park and Botanical Garden, Brooklyn Museum, Botanic Garden and Children's Museum Pindar, George N Name: Pindar, George N Published: New York : Pub. for the American Museum of Natural History by C. Scribner's Sons, 1917 47. Guide to vital statistics in the city of New York, borough of Manhattan. Churches 48. Guide to vital statistics in the city of New York, borough of Queens. Churches 49. Guide to vital statistics in the city of New York, borough of Richmond. Churches. Sponsored by Fiorello H. LaGuardia, mayor of the city of New York 50. Guide to vital statistics in the city of New York, borough of the Bronx. Churches 51. The Hall of Fame : unveiling of Busts at the Colonnade,University Heights, New York City, Thursday, May 21, 1925, at 3:30 o'clock : order of exercises Name: New York University Published: New York : New York University, 1925] 52. Henry Dickert Old Point Comfort Hotel & Park : 4018 Boston Road Bronx N.Y.C Published: New York? : s.n, between 1900 and 1926] 53. History in asphalt : the origin of Bronx street and place names, Borough of the Bronx, New York City McNamara, John, 1913- Name: McNamara, John, 1913- Published: Harrison, N.Y : Published in collaboration with the Bronx County Historical Society [by] Harbor Hill Books, 1978 Published: Bronx, N.Y : Bronx County Historical Society, 1984 55. Home for Incurables, West Farms, N.Y Home for Incurables Name: Home for Incurables 56. Horace Mann School 1977/78 Published: New York? : publisher not identified, 1978?] 57. Horace Mann after 50 years Teachers college. Horace Mann school for boys Name: Teachers college. Horace Mann school for boys Published: New York : Horace Mann school for boys, 1937 58. The Horace Mannikin Published: New York? : s.n.], 1000 59. Huguenots of Westchester and parish of Fordham Waldron, William Watson Name: Waldron, William Watson Published: New York : W. H Kelley & Brother, 1864 60. Hunts Point Food Center, the City of New York Bechtel Corporation Name: Bechtel Corporation Published: New York : Dept. of Marine & Aviation, 1968 61. Hunts Point Industrial District : economic development section : interim report New York (N.Y.). City Planning Commission Name: New York (N.Y.). City Planning Commission Published: New York? : [publisher not identified], [1971] 62. In and around Hotel Pennsylvania 63. Inventory of borough archives in the city of New York Published: New York, N.Y : Historical Records Survey, 1942- 64. The Kaeser site : a stratified shell midden in the Bronx Rothschild, Nan A., 1937- Name: Rothschild, Nan A., 1937- Published: Rochester : The Assocation, 1977] 65. Landmarks of the Bronx Hermalyn, Gary Name: Hermalyn, Gary Published: Bronx, New York : Bronx County Historical Society, 1989 66. Legacy of the Revolution : the Valentine-Varian House 67. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, reports of examination of Westchester Creek, New York Root, Elihu, 1845-1937 Name: Root, Elihu, 1845-1937 Published: Washington : G.P.O, 1899] 68. Loew's Paradise : Grand Concourse, the Bronx, New York City, architect John Eberson, opened September 7, 1929 Name: Miller, Michael Published: Alameda, Calif : Theatre Historical Society, c1975 69. McNamara's old Bronx 70. Melrose Commons : a redevelopment plan for the South Bronx New York (N.Y.). Department of City Planning., Bronx Office., 161st Street Study Name: New York (N.Y.). Department of City Planning., Bronx Office., 161st Street Study Published: Bronx, N.Y. : Dept. of City Planning, Bronx Office, [1989] 71. Mott Haven : nineteenth century landmark district in the South Bronx Danforth, Brian J., 1943- Name: Danforth, Brian J., 1943- Published: New York, N.Y. : West Bronx Restoration Committee Hunter College City University of New York, 1976 72. The New "red book" information street & subway guide to New York City, Manhattan and Bronx boroughs : with indexed map, also sectional maps 73. The New York Zoological Park Sanborn, Elwin R Name: Sanborn, Elwin R Published: New York : New York Zoological Society, 1908 75. New York Zoological Park : book of views Published: New York : New York Zoological Society, c1912 76. New York shopping guide Published: New York : A.J. Howe, [1870]- 77. New York's Hotel Century : 350 modern rooms with bath 78. New state parkway connecting the Bronx River Parkway at Kensico Dam with the Bear Mountain Bridge. Dedication, November 14, 1931 Westchester County Park Commission Name: Westchester County Park Commission Published: N.p 1931] 79. Notes for the two-dollar window : portraits from an American neighborhood Kriegel, Leonard, 1933- Name: Kriegel, Leonard, 1933- Published: New York : Saturday Review Press, c1976 80. Official guide book to the New York Zoological Park Hornaday, William T. 1854-1937 Name: Hornaday, William T. 1854-1937 81. "Poes̕ cottage at Fordham." Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908 Name: Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908 Published: N.p. : Century Magazine, 1907 82. Popular official guide to the New York Zoological Park New York Zoological Park Name: New York Zoological Park 83. Progress of the city tunnel of the Catskill Aqueduct 84. Public buildings in the Bronx Published: New York : Herbert H. Lehman College, The City University of New York, [1980?] 85. Published on the occasion of the opening of the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge : April 29, 1939 Published: New York, N.Y.? : Triborough Bridge Authority, 1939] 86. Queens street name index 87. Rand McNally & Co.'s new and complete street number guide of Manhattan and Bronx : a complete street and avenue directory giving all corner numbers 89. Report of William Weston, Esquire, on the practicability of introducing the water of the River Bronx into the city of New-York. : Done at the request of the corporation of the said city Weston, William, approximately 1752-1833 Name: Weston, William, approximately 1752-1833 Published: New York : --No. 102, in Pearl Street--Printed by John Furman, M,DCC,XCIX. [1799] 90. Report of the Bronx Parkway Commission ... June 30, 1916 New York (State). Bronx Parkway Commission Name: New York (State). Bronx Parkway Commission Published: New York : Trow Press, 1916] 91. Report of the Committee on Roads and Canals on the petition of the Harlaem River Canal Company, together with affidavits relating to the same New York (State). Committee on Roads and Canals Name: New York (State). Committee on Roads and Canals Published: New York : Printed by order of the Common Council, 1839 92. Report of the special committee appointed to inquire into the propriety of rebuilding the old Fordham Bridge : also, on the importance of the navigation of the Harlem River New York (N.Y.). Board of Supervisors Name: New York (N.Y.). Board of Supervisors Published: New York : McSpedon & Baker, printers, 25 Pine Street, 1855 93. Report to the New York Legislature of the Commission to Select and Locate Lands for Public Parks in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Wards of the City of New York, and in the vicinity thereof. : According to the provisions of the act of the Legislature of the State of New York, chapter 253, passed April 19, 1883 New York (State). Commission to Select and Locate Lands for Public Parks in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Wards of the City of New York Name: New York (State). Commission to Select and Locate Lands for Public Parks in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Wards of the City of New York Published: New York : M. B. Brown, printer, 1884 94. Riverdale, Kingsbridge, Spuyten Duyvil: New York City; a historical epitome of the Northwest Bronx Tieck, William A. 1908- Name: Tieck, William A. 1908- Published: Old Tappan, N.J : F. H. Revell Co, [1968] 95. [Seymour B. Durst Old York Library collection of postcards] 96. Socialization by stages of development into a Centro Espiritista in the South Bronx of New York City Perez y Mena, Andres Isidoro Name: Perez y Mena, Andres Isidoro 97. The South Bronx : a plan for revitalization : summary Name: New York (N.Y.) Published: New York : The City, 1977 98. Souvenir of Bronx, N.Y Published: Bronx, N.Y : Belmont Postcard Co, [1948?] 100. Staten Island Street name index 101. Strengthening Hunts Point Published: New York : Bronx Office, New York Department of City Planning, 1974 102. Summary of preliminary studies for a New York City terminal market at Hunts Point, the Bronx New York (N.Y.). Department of Public Works Name: New York (N.Y.). Department of Public Works 103. A Survey of residents' perceptions of neighborhood services in the southeast Bronx and central Harlem Published: New York : The Society, [1979] 104. Theatres of the Bronx Published: Bronx : Bronx Historical Society, [1980?] 105. Thirty years of New York, 1882-1912 ; being a history of electrical development in Manhattan and the Bronx 106. Thunder over the Bronx Kober, Arthur, 1900-1975 Name: Kober, Arthur, 1900-1975 Published: New York : Simon and Schuster, 1935 107. Tiffany Street Weidman, Jerome, 1913-1998 Name: Weidman, Jerome, 1913-1998 Published: New York : Random House, [1974] 108. Trow's general directory of the boroughs of Manhattan and Bronx, city of New York for the year ending August 1 Published: New York, N.Y : Trow Directory, Print. and Bookbinding Co, 1000	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1050
__label__wiki	0.700298	0.700298	Thousands of Myanmar women forced into marriage in China: study By AFP &nbspDecember 7, 2018 \| 03:05 pm GMT+7 A new report estimated that 7,500 women from Myanmar have fallen victim to forced marriage in China. Photo by Pixabay Thousands of vulnerable women and girls from northern Myanmar are being trafficked to China and forced to marry, a study said Friday. China has around 33 million fewer women than men due to the decades-long one-child policy. To plug the gap tens of thousands of poor women from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam are sold as brides each year, some going willingly, while others are tricked or trafficked. In the first research of its kind, a report by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health estimated 7,500 women from war-torn Kachin and northern Shan states have fallen victim to forced marriage in China, offering a rare look at an issue that grips the conflict-hit borderlands. Based on interviews with scores of people who escaped and returned to Myanmar, and others still inside China, the study found that the majority of those trafficked were also forced to carry a child for their husband. Women leave Myanmar because of "conflict, displacement and poverty" said report author W. Courtland Robinson, while "the male-female sex imbalance in China, especially in rural areas" means demand for a wife is high. One woman told researchers that she was trafficked into China three times, and each time "pushed into giving birth", said Moon Nay Li of Kachin Women's Association Thailand, who led the field research in Kachin and Shan states. "Because of political instability, conflict and land confiscation... security for women is a big challenge," she said. Marriages are often arranged and brokered by the women's own families and village elders, with brides-to-be unable to refuse as they are at the bottom of the social hierarchy. The youngest women command higher prices of up to $10-15,000. Their matches in China are typically to older, sick, or disabled men in rural areas -- people considered undesirable to the Han Chinese -- while the women's lack of documentation plunges them into a legal limbo. Some women have successful marriages and the issue of consent is complex and varies case-by-case, Robinson said. But all unions should be entered into without "threat, menace or penalty," he added. Researchers called for Myanmar to end the conflict in Kachin and Shan states, which has displaced tens of thousands of women, and to train anti-trafficking officials to enforce the law and recognise the women as victims. New Malaysia child marriage draws UN condemnation 'Child marriage' bill stirs outrage in Iraq Malawi's abandoned child brides pushed into sex work as 'only option' Child marriage persists in Vietnam's ethnic minority communities Smuggler of Vietnamese people nabbed in UK Two women jailed for trafficking teenage girls to China as brides Sold, raped, enslaved: Human trafficking victims shared stories in 2019 Tags: Myanmar China human trafficking forced into marriage No snow is no problem for Vietnamese snowboarder China says aircraft carrier testing weapons in South China Sea drills Some dino eggs took months to hatch, perhaps leading to extinction: study Smog returns, but Beijing says skies are getting cleaner Thai election won't happen this year, legislator says Trump aide says US sanctions on Russia may be disproportionate IS claims responsibility for Istanbul nightclub attack Snap! Selfie-seeking tourist bitten by Thai croc Reading: Thousands of Myanmar women forced into marriage in China: study	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1057
__label__wiki	0.653239	0.653239	Hydrocarbons, C16-C20, n-alkanes, isoalkanes, cyclics, aromatics (2-30 %) Currently viewing: S-01 \| SummaryS-02 \| Summary (JS Member) Referenceopen allclose all other: The documentation is from secondary literature. The justification for read across is provided as an attachment in IUCLID Section 13. Reason / purpose: read-across: supporting information no guideline followed Mass Balance The fate of pristane (2, 6, 10, 14-tetramethylpentadecane) was studied in rats after a single per os administration of 3H-labeled pristane. The balance study showed extensive fecal excretion (66%) mainly as unchanged hydrocarbon, whereas about 14% of ingested pristane was excreted in urine as pristane metabolites and tritiated water. After one week, 8.3% of the ingested 3H still was stored in the carcass and the radioactive distribution in tissues and organs showed a preferential incorporation into adipose tissue and liver. Over 75% of the radioactivity stored in the carcass was associated with pristane metabolites and tritiated water. Tissue metabolites were characterized by thin layer chromatography, gas chromatography, and mass spectrometric analyses. Four metabolites were identified: pristan-1-ol, pristane-2-ol, pristanic acid and 4, 8, 12-trimethyltridecanoic acid. These results demonstrated that pristane undergoes subterminal hydroxylation or terminal oxidation followed by the classical beta-oxidation process. Incorporation of metabolites in phospholipids and more particularly in the phosphatidylserine fraction has been observed. read-across from supporting substance (structural analogue or surrogate) other: Acceptable well-documented study report which meets basic scientific principles. After six days an increase of deuterium content in the body fluid of all the rats was observed indicating that the labeled compounds had been metabolized. This data is being read across from the source study that tested Paraffins with 8-18 C atoms prepared from unsaturated hydrocarbons based on analogue read across. Labeled paraffins with 8-18 C atoms prepared from unsaturated hydrocarbons by addition of deuterium have been added in oily solution to normal rats’ food. After six days an increase of deuterium content in the body fluid of all the rats was observed indicating that the labeled compounds had been metabolized. Deuterium was found in the fatty acids of the body fats and the liver lipids especially after feeding octadecane and hexadecane. Isolating oleic, stearic, and palmitic acids containing deuterium, indicated that methyl- and beta-oxidation of these hydrocarbons has occurred. Fatty acids resulting from the metabolism of hydrocarbons with shorter chains were not deposited but in these cases the urine contained fatty acids with higher deutrium content than after administration of octadecane and hexadecane. According to the deuterium content of the neutral fractions from the liver and body lipids all the hydrocarbons tested were deposited only to a small extent, the largest depots occurring mainly after feeding with octadecane and hexadecane. dermal absorption in vitro / ex vivo In vitro isolated perfused porcine skin flap (IPPSF) Studies. Radiolabelling: 14C-naphthalene, 3H-dodecane, 14C- hexadecane in vitro experiment 5 hours; 4 trials 25 uL of Jet fuel with radio labeled tracers In these studies, jet fuel mixtures were applied non-occluded to mimic field exposure conditions, and experiments were conducted for a total of 5 h in IPPSFs with 4 replicates per treatment condition. A 1 x 5 cm dosing area was drawn on the surface of the skin flap with a surgery marker. A dose, containing 25 uL of the specified jet fuel containing approximately 2 uCi of 14C-naphthalene plus 10 uCi of 3H-dodecane and 14C- hexadecane was applied directly to the surface of the skin flap. The specific activities of the marker compounds were sufficient that the added radio labeled compounds had little effect on the final concentration of naphthalene (1.21% instead of 1.1%) and dodecane (4.701% instead of 4.7%). Perfusate samples (3 ml) were collected every 5 min for the first 40 min then every 10 mm until 1.5 h. and then every 15 min until termination at 5 h. At termination, several samples were taken for mass balance of the marker compounds. The surface of the dose area was swabbed twice with a 1% soap solution and gauze, and then 12 stratum corneum tape strips were collected using cellophane tape (3M Corporation, Minneapolis. MN). The entire dose area was removed. A 1x 1 cm core of the dose area was removed and frozen for subsequent depth of penetration studies. This consisted of laying the core sample epidermal side down in an aluminum foil boat and embedding in Tissue-Tek OCT compound (Miles. Inc., Elkhart, IN), snap freezing in liquid nitrogen, followed by sectioning (40 zm) on a Reichart-Jung Model 1800 Cryocut (Warner Lambert, Buffalo, NY). The remaining dosed area as well as the surrounding skin was separated from the fat and held for analysis. All samples (including swabs, tape strips, core sections, skin, fat, mass balance samples, etc.) were dissolved separately in Soluene. A representative volume of each sample was oxidized completely via a Packard Model 307 Tissue Oxidizer. The 3H and 14C samples were counted separately on a Packard Model 1900TR TriCarb Scintillation Counter. Data analysis. Data was entered into a custom IPPSF database and the resulting analysis reported. Since all experiments were conducted using the identical marker doses across all fuels, and the absolute concentrations of these marker compounds were similar, these results are expressed as percentage applied dose to give a representative assessment of the absorption and cutaneous penetration of a complex mixture such as jet fuel. This is appropriate since the absolute concentrations of jet fuel hydrocarbons are not fixed across all fuels due to differences that arise from the natural source of the petroleum and different refining processes. Area under the curve (AUC) in the perfusate was calculated using the trapezoidal method. Peak flux was the maximum flux (% dose/mm) observed at any one time point. The experimental compartments which were analyzed in these studies used the following definitions: (1) Surface is the residue removed by washing the surface of the IPPSF at termination of the experiment plus the residues remaining in the dosing template. (2) Stratum corneum is the residue extracted from the outermost stratum corneum via 12 tape strips at the termination of the experiment. (3) Dosed skin is the residue that remained in the dosed skin plus the depth of penetration core taken at termination. (4) Absorption is the cumulative amount of the marker compound collected in the effluent over the course of the 5-h experiment. (5) Fat is the residue remaining in the fat when it was separated from the dermis at the end of the experiment. (6) Penetration is the summation of the label in the effluent plus skin plus fat, but not stratum corneum or surface. (7) Evaporative loss is that label which was lost to evaporation. Previous studies using IPPSF’s indicated that the penetration estimate is the best empirical correlate to predict eventual in vivo absorption in humans. Statistical significance of absorption and penetration parameters were determined using ANOVA or by a priori-defined orthogonal contrasts where appropriate at the 0.05 level of significance. A least significance difference (LSD) procedure was used for multiple comparisons on overall tissue disposition. Details on in vitro test system (if applicable): A 1 x 5 cm dosing area was drawn on the surface of the skin flap with a surgery marker. A dose, containing 25 uLof the specified jet fuel containing approximately 2 uCi of 14C-naphthalene plus 10 uCi of 3H-dodecane and 14C- hexadecane was applied directly to the surface of the skin flap. Perfusate samples (3 ml) were collected every 5 min for the first 40 min then every 10 min until 1.5 hours and then every 15 min until termination at 5 hours. At termination, several samples were taken for mass balance of the marker compounds. The surface of the dose area was swabbed twice with a 1% soap solution and gauze, and then 12 stratum corneum tape strips were collected using cellophane tape (3M Corporation, Minneapolis. MN). The entire dose area was removed. A 1x 1 cm core of the dose area was removed and frozen for subsequent depth of penetration studies. This consisted of laying the core sample epidermal side down in an aluminum foil boat and embedding in Tissue-Tek OCT compound (Miles. Inc., Elkhart, IN), snap freezing in liquid nitrogen, followed by sectioning (40 zm) on a Reichart-Jung Model 1800 Cryocut (Warner Lambert, Buffalo, NY). The remaining dosed area as well as the surrounding skin was separated from the fat and held for analysis. Signs and symptoms of toxicity: Dermal irritation: Within JP-8, the rank order of absorption for all marker components was (mean +/- SEM; % dose) naphthalene (1.17 +/- 0.07)> dodecane (0.63 +/- 0.04) > hexadecane (0.18 +/- 0.08). The area under the curve (AUC) was determined to be (mean +/- SEM; % dose-h/mL): naphthalene (0.0199 +/- 0.0020)> dodecane (0.0107 +/- 0.0009) > hexadecane (0.0017 +/- 0.0003). In contrast, deposition within dosed skin showed the reverse pattern. The percutaneous absorption and cutaneous disposition of topically applied neat Jet-A, JP-8, and JP-8(100) jet fuels (25 uL/5 cm2) was examined by monitoring the absorptive flux of the marker components 14C naphthalene and 4H dodecane simultaneously applied non-occluded to isolated perfused porcine skin flaps (a = 4). Absorption of 14C hexadecane was estimated from JP-8 fuel. Absorption and disposition of naphthalene and dodecane were also monitored using a nonvolatile JP-8 fraction reflecting exposure to residual fuel that might occur 24 h after a jet fuel spill. In all studies, perfusate, stratum corneum, and skin concentrations were measured over 5 h. Naphthalene absorption had a clear peak absorptive flux at less than 1 h, while dodecane and hexadecane had prolonged, albeit significantly lower, absorption flux profiles. Within JP-8, the rank order of absorption for all marker components was (mean +/- SEM; % dose) naphthalene (1.17 +/- 0.07) > dodecane (0.63 +/- 0.04) > hexadecane (0.18 +/- 0.08). The area under the curve (AUC) was determined to be (mean +/- SEM; % dose-h/mL): naphthalene (0.0199 +/- 0.0020) > dodecane (0.0107 +/- 0.0009) > hexadecane (0.0017 +/- 0.0003). In contrast, deposition within dosed skin showed the reverse pattern. equivalent or similar to OECD Guideline 428 (Skin Absorption: In Vitro Method) 0.5 uCi of 14C labeled hexadecane other: human and porcine skin other: in vitro 1 mL of JP-8 jet fuel containing 0.5 uCi of 14C- labeled hexadecane (1.92 x 10E-4 mM/mL JP-8) was applied to the skin the in donor side of the Franz diffusion cells. In Vitro Percutaneous Absorption. Franz diffusion cells were utilized. The surface of the epidermis exposed to the solution was 1 cm2. The pig/human skin was sandwiched between the cells with the dermal side towards receiver compartment. 1 mL of JP-8 jet fuel containing 0.5 uCi of 14C- labeled hexadecane was applied to the skin the in donor compartment (1.92 x 10E-4 mM/mL JP-8). Donor compartment was capped with a glass cap snugly fitted to prevent evaporation of the chemical. The receiver compartment contained 5 mL PBS and was constantly stirred. Aliquots of 20uL were withdrawn from the receiver compartment over the duration of the experiment. Six sets of experiments were performed for each chemical. Determination to Powdered Pig/ Human Stratum Corneum. The binding of hexadecane was determined from powdered pig/human skin. The skin was pulverized I a mortar and pestle. The particles that passed through a 48-mesh sieve but retained by an 80-mesh sieve were used. The particles were mixed with 0.5 uCi of 14C- labeled hexadecane (1.92 x 10E-4 mM/mL JP-8) and allowed to come to equilibrium over 10h. The mixture was separated by centrifugation and the amount of bound chemical was determined by subtracting the recovered supernatant from total amount of chemical originally added through the use of a liquid scintillation counter. The flux of hexadecane for human skin was determined to be 7.02 +/- 0.00 (nmol/cm2/h) x 10E-3. The permeability coefficient (Kp), of hexadecane for human skin were determined to be 3.60 +/- 0.00 (cm/h) x 10E-3. The binding for hexadecane in human skin was 1.53 +/-0.27. Factor of difference (FOD) in the permeability of pig and human skin was 1.28 for hexadecane. The FOD in binding of hexadecane to pig and human skin was found to be 0.76. dermal absorption in vivo The percutaneous absorption and dermal toxicity was determined for three components of JP-8 (i.e., xylene, heptane, and hexadecane) in vivo in weanling pigs. In vivo percutaneous absorption results suggest a greater absorption of hexadecane (0.43%) than xylene (0.17%) or heptane (0.14%) of the applied dose after 30 min exposure. Transepidermal water loss (TEWL) provides a robust method for assessing damage to the stratum corneum. Heptane showed greater increase in TEWL than the other two chemicals. No significant (p < 0.05) increase in temperature was observed at the chemically treated site than the control site. Heptane showed greater TEWL values and erythema score than other two chemicals (xylene and hexadecane). Erythema was completely resolved after 24 h of the patch removal in case of xylene and hexadecane. Short description of key information on bioaccumulation potential result: C14-C20 aliphatic, 2-20% aromatic hydrocarbon fluids are typically metabolized by side chain oxidation to alcohol and carboxylic acid derivatives. These metabolites can be glucuronidated and excreted in the urine or further metabolized before being excreted. The majority of the metabolites are excreted in the urine and to a lower extent, in the feces. Excretion is rapid with the majority of the elimination occurring within the first 24 hours of exposure. As a result of the lack of systemic toxicity and the ability of the parent material to undergo metabolism and rapid excretion, bioaccumulation of the test substance in the tissues is not likely to occur. Short description of key information on absorption rate: C14-C20 aliphatic, 2-20% aromatic hydrocarbon fluids are poorly dermally absorbed and they tend to partition into the stratum corneum. When dermally absorbed, C14-C20 aliphatic, 2-20% aromatic hydrocarbon fluids are rapidly metabolized and eliminated. C14–C20 aliphatic, 2 -30% aromatic hydrocarbon fluids are readily absorbed when inhaled or ingested. C14–C20 aliphatic, 2 -30% aromatic hydrocarbon fluids are poorly dermally absorbed. Regardless of exposure route, C14–C20 aliphatic, 2-30% aromatic hydrocarbon fluids are rapidly metabolized. Bioaccumulation of C14–C20 aliphatic, 2 -30% aromatic hydrocarbon fluids is not expected. READ ACROSS STRATEGY Substances in the C14-C20 aliphatic [2-30% Aromatics] Hydrocarbon solvent category are mixed solvents of variable composition, containing primarily aliphatic constituents with up to 30% aromatic constituents. The hydrocarbon solvents which are compositionally most closely related are the category 3 substances (C9-C14 aliphatic [2-25% aromatics]. These substances consist of molecules which are of similar types and proportions to those in category 4 but are of lower molecular weight. The toxicological principle which supports read across to category 4 from category 3 is that substances of similar composition are likely to have similar toxicological properties. The other types of substances which may also be useful for read across are petroleum substances of similar carbon number and in aromatic content, principally kerosene and jet fuel which, as noted above, are typically in the range of C9-C16. These substances also contain similar types of molecules in similar proportions to those in category 4. In general hydrocarbon solvents are more highly refined than petroleum substances. Accordingly, the petroleum substances typically represent a “worse case” with respect to hydrocarbon solvents and can be used for read across on that basis. Discussion on bioaccumulation potential result: C14-C20 aliphatic, 2-20% aromatic hydrocarbon fluids are absorbed if ingested. C14-C20 aliphatic, 2-20% aromatic hydrocarbon fluids undergo metabolism and rapid excretion and low deposition, bioaccumulation of the test substance in the tissues is not likely to occur. The fate of pristane (2, 6, 10, 14-tetramethylpentadecane) was studied in rats after a single administration of 3H-labeled pristane. The balance study showed extensive fecal excretion (66%) mainly as unchanged hydrocarbon, whereas about 14% of ingested pristane was excreted in urine as pristane metabolites and tritiated water. After one week, 8.3% of the ingested 3H still was stored in the carcass and the radioactive distribution in tissues and organs showed a preferential incorporation into adipose tissue and liver. Over 75% of the radioactivity stored in the carcass was associated with pristane metabolites and tritiated water. Tissue metabolites were characterized by thin layer chromatography, gas chromatography, and mass spectrometric analyses. Four metabolites were identified: pristan-1-ol, pristane-2-ol, pristanic acid and 4, 8, 12-trimethyltridecanoic acid. These results demonstrated that pristane undergoes subterminal hydroxylation or terminal oxidation followed by the classical beta-oxidation process. Labeled paraffins with 8-18 C atoms prepared from unsaturated hydrocarbons by addition of deuterium were added in oily solution to normal rats’ food. After six days an increase of deuterium content in the body fluid of all the rats was observed indicating that the labeled compounds had been metabolized. Deuterium was found in fatty acids of body fats and in liver lipids, especially for octadecane and hexadecane. Isolating oleic, stearic, and palmitic acids containing deuterium, indicated that methyl- and beta-oxidation of these hydrocarbons has occurred. Fatty acids resulting from metabolism of hydrocarbons with shorter chains were not deposited, but in these cases the urine contained fatty acids with higher deutrium content than after administration of octadecane and hexadecane. According to the deuterium content of the neutral fractions from liver and body lipids, all hydrocarbons tested were deposited to only a small extent. The largest depots mainly occurred after feeding with octadecane and hexadecane. Discussion on absorption rate: There have not been any in vivo dermal absorption studies of C14-C20 aliphatic, 2-20% aromatic hydrocarbon fluids, but there have been in vitro and in vivo studies for constituents of the C14-C20 aliphatic, 2-20% aromatic hydrocarbon fluids. Due to the structural similarity of these molecules to other constituents of the C14 – C20 aliphatic, 2-20% aromatic hydrocarbon fluids, it seems reasonable to assume that the solvents would have toxicokinetic properties similar to those of these constituents. The percutaneous absorption and cutaneous disposition of topically applied neat Jet-A, JP-8, and JP-8(100) jet fuels (25 uL/5 cm2) was examined by monitoring the absorptive flux of the marker components 14C naphthalene and 4H dodecane simultaneously applied non-occluded to isolated perfused porcine skin flaps (a = 4). Absorption of 14C hexadecane was estimated from JP-8 fuel. Absorption and disposition of naphthalene and dodecane were also monitored using a nonvolatile JP-8 fraction reflecting exposure to residual fuel that might occur 24 h after a jet fuel spill. In all studies, perfusate, stratum corneum, and skin concentrations were measured over 5 h. Naphthalene absorption had a clear peak absorptive flux at less than 1 h, while dodecane and hexadecane had prolonged, albeit significantly lower, absorption flux profiles. Within JP-8, absorption was (mean +/- SEM; % dose) hexadecane (0.18 +/- 0.08). The area under the curve (AUC) was determined to be (mean +/- SEM; % dose-h/mL): hexadecane (0.0017 +/- 0.0003). The flux, permeability coefficient (Kp), and binding of hexadecane for porcine skin was determined to be 8.80 +/- 0.00 (nmol/cm2/h) x 10E-3. The permeability coefficient (Kp), and binding of hexadecane for human skin were determined to be 7.02 +/- 0.00 (nmol/cm2/h) x 10E-3. Factor of difference (FOD) in the permeability of pig and human skin was 1.28 for hexadecane. The FOD in binding of hexadecane to pig and human skin was found to be 0.76. The percutaneous absorption was determined in vivo (weanling pigs) for the constituent hexadecane, which is also a component of JP-8. In vivo percutaneous absorption results suggest a greater absorption of hexadecane (0.43%) than xylene (0.17%) or heptane (0.14%) of the applied dose after 30 min exposure. Transepidermal water loss (TEWL) provides a robust method for assessing damage to the stratum corneum. Heptane showed greater increase in TEWL than the other two chemicals. No significant (p < 0.05) increase in temperature was observed at the chemically treated site than the control site. Heptane showed greater TEWL values and erythema scores than other two chemicals (xylene and hexadecane). Erythema was completely resolved after 24 h of the patch removal in case of xylene and hexadecane. OVERVIEW of PERCUTANEOUS ABSORPTION OF HYDROCARBON SOLVENTS There are no studies of repeated dose toxicity of hydrocarbon solvents using the dermal route of administration. Accordingly, where it is necessary to calculate dermal DNELs, systemic data from studies utilizing other routes of administration, normally inhalation but also oral data, can be used in some situations. In accordance with ECHA guidance, read across from oral or inhalation data to dermal should account for differences in absorption where these exist (R8, example B.6). In fact, hydrocarbon solvents are poorly absorbed in most situations, in part because some are volatile and do not remain in contact with the skin for long periods of time and also because, due to their hydrophobic natures, do not partition well into aqueous environments and are poorly absorbed into the blood. If these differences in relative absorption are introduced into the DNEL calculations to calculate external doses, the DNELs based on systemic effects are highly inflated. This seems potentially misleading as it implies that substances have different intrinsic hazards when encountered by different routes whereas in fact the differences are due ultimately to differences in absorbed dose. Accordingly, it is our opinion that it would be more transparent if the differences in absorption were taken into account in the exposure equations rather than in DNEL derivation. Shown below is a compilation of percutaneous absorption information for a number of hydrocarbon solvent constituents covering carbon numbers ranging from C5 to C14 as well as examples of both aliphatic and aromatic constituents. The low molecular weight aliphatic hydrocarbons (n-pentane, 2-methylpentane, n-hexane, n-heptane, and n-octane) were tested by Tsuruta (1982) using rat skin in an in vitro model system. As shown (Table 1), the highest percutaneous absorption value was 2 ug/cm2/hr for pentane. Lower values (< ~ 1 ug/cm2/hr) were reported for aliphatic hydrocarbons ranging from hexane to octane. Several authors have assessed the percutaneous absorption of higher molecular weight aliphatic constituents including Baynes et al. (2000), Singh and Singh (2003), Muhammad et al. (2005), and Kim et al., (2006). The first three of these authors used porcine skin models and reported that, except for one anomalous result with tridecane, the percutaneous absorption values for aliphatic constituents ranging from nonane to tetradecane were well below 1 ug/cm2/hr. Rat and human skin are considered to be more permeable than human skin (Kim et al., 2006), so these numbers can be considered conservative. Kim et al. (2006) reported results of percutaneous absorption studies with human skin under in vivo conditions. In this case, the assessment method was based on tape stripping. The authors reported percutaneous absorption values ranging from 1 – 2 ug/kg/day for decane, undecane and dodecane. These values are higher than those reported by other authors, most likely because this technique measures absorption into the skin but not through the skin as was done in the studies listed above. Accordingly, it seems likely that these numbers are conservative as well. With respect to aromatic hydrocarbons, most of the reported percutaneous absorption values [Baynes et al. (2000); Singh and Singh (2003); Mohammad et al. (2005); and Kim et al. (2006)] are less than 2 ug/cm2/day. The only exceptions are the values for naphthalene from Mohammad et al. (2005) which range from 4.2-6.6 ug/cm2/hr. After considering all of the above, it seems reasonable to assume apparent that across the entire range of hydrocarbon solvent constituents, percutaneous absorption values are less than 2 ug/cm2/day. Accordingly, when systemic dermal DNELs are calculated using route to route extrapolations, the values will not be corrected for differences in absorption. Rather, 2 ug/cm2/hr will be used as a common percutaneous absorption rate for all hydrocarbon solvents for which dermal exposure estimates are provided. Table 1: Summarized information on percutaneous absorption of hydrocarbon solvent constituents (C5-C16). nmol/min/cm2 nmol/hr/cm2 ug/cm2/hr Aliphatic Constituents Pentane Tsuruta et al. 1982 2-methyl pentane Tsuruta et al., 1982 n-hexane n-heptane n-octane 0.08 x 10-3 Nonane Muhammad et al., 2005 McDougal et al., 1999 Decane Kim et al., 2006 Undecane Dodecane Singh and Singh, 2003 Baynes et al. 2000 Tridecane Tetradecane Hexadecane 7.02 x 10E-3 Aromatic Constituents Trimethyl benzene Singh and Singh 2002 Baynes et al. (2000) 1 methyl naphthalene Methyl naphthalene 2-methyl naphthalene Dimethyl naphthalene McDougal et al. 1999 Tsuruta, H. et al. (1982). Percutaneous absorption of organic solvents III. On the penetration rates of hydrophobic solvents through the excised rat skin. Industrial Health 20:335-345. Kim, D., Andersen, M., and Nylander-French (2006). Dermal absorption and penetration of jet fuel components in humans. Toxicology Letters 165:11-21. Muhammad, F., N. Monteiro-Riviere, R. Baynes, and J. Riviere (2005). Effect of in vivo jet fuel exposure on subsequent in vitro dermal absorption of individual aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbon fuel constituents. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Part A. 68:719-737. Singh Somnath, Zhao Kaidi, Singh Jagdish. (2002). In vitro permeability and binding of hydrocarbons in pig ear and human abdominal skin. Drug and chemical toxicology, (2002 Feb) Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 83-92. Singh, S. and Singh, J. (2003). Percutaneous absorption, biophysical and macroscopic barrier properties of porcine skin exposed to major components of JP-8 jet fuel. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology 14:77-85. McDougal, J., Pollard, D., Weisman, W., Garrett, C., and Miller, T. (2000). Assessment of skin absorption and penetration of JP-8 jet fuel and its components. Toxicological Sciences 25:247-255.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1059
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The churches’ responses to the Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry text made it especially clear that Faith and Order needed to reflect on what is involved when authors, readers and interpreters of ecumenical documents come from many different contexts and confessions. The significance of the hermeneutical task for the ecumenical movement has deepened and widened since this initial perception. Indeed, representatives of churches from all parts of the world who participated in the Santiago conference made it clear that the work of Faith and Order could progress fruitfully only with serious exploration of the hermeneutical issues. This text is the product of three study consultations (Dublin 1994, Lyons 1996 and Bossey 1997), and two small drafting meetings (Boston 1994 and Faverges 1998). Participants in these gatherings included members of the World Council of Churches’ Commission on Faith and Order, joined by scholars particularly interested in hermeneutical questions. Participants came from all parts of the world and represented many ecclesial traditions (e.g. Anglican, Anabaptist/Pietist, Lutheran, Methodist, Old Catholic, Orthodox, Reformed, Roman Catholic). Interim versions were reviewed and critiqued at various stages by the Board of Faith and Order and by its Plenary Commission meeting in Moshi, Tanzania, in 1996. They have also been studied and responded to by a number of scholars in the field. Each and every response along the way has received careful attention. … Read more » … lire la suite » Posted: January 1, 1998 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=9731 Categories: Documents • In this article: Christian unity, hermeneutics, WCC Commission on Faith & Order Transmis : 1 janvier 1998 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=9731 Catégorie : Documents • Dans cet article : Christian unity, hermeneutics, WCC Commission on Faith & Order ELCA Leaders Stress Concordat Clarity CHICAGO (ELCA) — Church leaders stressed clarity and candor in their advice to the teams charged with drafting a revised proposal for full communion between the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and The Episcopal Church. An advisory panel of ELCA pastors and lay people, bishops and scholars met here Dec. 18-19, together with the ELCA Categories: ELCA News Transmis : 8 janvier 1998 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=4674 Catégorie : ELCA News No new dogmas please — January 17, 199817 janvier 1998 As a child, a friend of mine used to be told by his nanny: Before you say anything, ask yourself: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary? The same three questions may well be asked about the current proposal to define Mary as Co-Redeemer. Is it true? The answer to that question depends on the way in which we interpret the title Co-Redeemer, along with the related titles Mediator of All Graces and Advocate of the People of God. As a member of the Orthodox Church I have no objection to these three titles in themselves — provided that they are rightly understood. Indeed, closely similar language occurs in the prayers and hymns used in the Christian East. With the greatest frequency in Orthodox worship we say to the Virgin Mary, Most Holy Mother of God, save us. In our invocations to other members of the Communion of Saints, including St John the Baptist, except on very rare occasions we never say more than … pray for us. Posted: January 17, 1998 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=6670 Categories: The Tablet • In this article: Catholic, doctrine, ecumenism, Mary, Orthodox Transmis : 17 janvier 1998 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=6670 Catégorie : The Tablet • Dans cet article : Catholic, doctrine, ecumenism, Mary, Orthodox Toward a Christian Theology of Religious Pluralism More than 25 years ago in Northern India I first met Fr Dupuis. That meeting prefigured my contact with his remarkable book, and was also thoroughly physical. As he gunned his Yugoslavian motorcycle along narrow roads in the foothills of the Himalayas, I clung to him for dear life and prayed not to fall into the cavernous valleys that flanked our route to a high-altitude Buddhist monastery. After visiting the monks Dupuis roared off down another road to a self-help Tibetan refugee camp directed by the Dalai Lama’s sister-in-law and then to a mountaineering school run by the Sherpa Tensing who had conquered Mount Everest in 1953 with Sir Edmund Hillary. These visits shaped my first impressions of Jacques Dupuis as someone who wanted direct contact with other religious traditions and was certainly not content to learn about them simply by reading texts at his desk. Categories: The Tablet • In this article: dialogue, interfaith, salvation, theology Transmis : 24 janvier 1998 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=6701 Catégorie : The Tablet • Dans cet article : dialogue, interfaith, salvation, theology Ecumenical work will be honoured — February 7, 19987 février 1998 by Gordon Legge, Calgary Herald One of the city’s most energetic ecumenists is being honoured in mid-February by a Montreal organization. Anna Tremblay, a member of the Roman Catholic Commission for Ecumenism, is receiving the 1997 Ecumenical Leadership Award from Montreal’s Canadian Centre for Ecumenism. At the same time, Rev. Richard Stetson, Tremblay’s nominator, will Posted: February 7, 1998 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=6067 Categories: News • In this article: Calgary, Ecumenical Leadership Award Transmis : 7 février 1998 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=6067 Catégorie : News • Dans cet article : Calgary, Ecumenical Leadership Award Congregational Ecumenism on the Prairies — March 15, 199815 mars 1998 By Nicholas Jesson Growing up in Winnipeg, I had a stereotypical image of Saskatchewan and Alberta. Albertans were cowboys and oilmen while people from Saskatchewan and rural Manitoba were all grain farmers. Saskatchewan was flat, dull, and almost barren. We used to joke, half seriously, that when driving west from Winnipeg one should leave in Posted: March 15, 1998 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=6266 Categories: Opinion • In this article: Canada, ecumenism, Saskatchewan Transmis : 15 mars 1998 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=6266 Catégorie : Opinion • Dans cet article : Canada, ecumenism, Saskatchewan Lutheran Bishops Encourage Ecumenical Progress WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. (ELCA) — Bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America meeting here March 5-10 adopted a statement encouraging members of the church to “participate in the ongoing development of the revised proposal for full communion” with The Episcopal Church. The Conference of Bishops’ action expressed gratitude that a first draft of a Categories: ELCA News Transmis : 20 mars 1998 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=4676 Ecumenism Underlines ELCA-LCMS Differences — April 20, 199820 avril 1998 CHICAGO (ELCA) — Recent ecumenical decisions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) have underlined differences between the 5.2-million member church and the 2.5-million member Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS). There are about 8.6 million Lutherans in North America. The ELCA’s 1997 Churchwide Assembly approved a relationship of “full communion” with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Posted: April 20, 1998 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=4678 Categories: ELCA News Transmis : 20 avril 1998 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=4678 Anglicans, Lutherans present united witness of their faith — May 2, 19982 mai 1998 by Virginia Battiste, Saskatoon Star Phoenix Jesus prayed that all believers might be one. In Saskatoon, two churches are close to achieving that goal. After several years of dialogue on national and international fronts, the Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) are moving towards establishing closer ties that would Posted: May 2, 1998 • Permanent link: ecu.net/?p=6227 Categories: News • In this article: Anglican Church of Canada, Christian unity, ecumenism, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, full communion, Lutheran Transmis : 2 mai 1998 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=6227 Catégorie : News • Dans cet article : Anglican Church of Canada, Christian unity, ecumenism, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, full communion, Lutheran ELCA’s David Tiede: Pursuit of Full Communion Is Complicated ST. PAUL, Minn. (ELCA) — The Rev. David W. Tiede, president of Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minn., affirmed Lutheran commitment to ecumenism and explained the cultural and theological factors that make proposals for full communion between the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and The Episcopal Church “complicated.” Tiede addressed a gathering of Lutherans and Episcopalians Categories: ELCA News Transmis : 6 mai 1998 • Lien permanente : ecu.net/?p=4680 URL: http://ecumenism.net/1998	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1062
__label__cc	0.637963	0.362037	Tag archives: arm The Current State of Dolphin on Android Written by JMC47 on Aug. 4, 2018 / Last update on Aug. 14, 2018 / Short link / Forum thread Dolphin on Android has had a bit of a checkered history since its inception. Users loved the idea of being able to take their favorite GameCube and Wii games on the go, but expectations and reality have never quite aligned. When Dolphin was first uploaded to the Play Store, developers tried to make it absolutely clear games wouldn't be playable, even going as far as calling it "Dolphin Emulator Alpha". Unfortunately, despite many warnings, many people got their hopes up the moment they saw Dolphin was on the appstore and were ready to play their favorite games, even if their device wasn't. While not everyone had false pretenses as to what should be possible, a lot of users blamed Dolphin for being poorly optimized rather than understanding that it wasn't even meant to run full speed yet. The endless stream of poor ratings and angry comments eventually reached a breaking point and Dolphin was removed from the Play store mid 2016. That didn't mean development on Dolphin on Android had ceased, though. Instead, builds were provided on our download page, safely tucked away from the majority of users who may not understand the current state of the app. Suddenly, earlier this month, the Official Dolphin Android app returned to the Google Play Store* complete with all the latest and greatest improvements featured in the Progress Reports! After a 2 years break, Dolphin for Android is back on the Play Store! From now on, our beta versions will be updated there every month (synced with our monthly Progress Reports). Give it a try at https://t.co/MNlT39Fc2r (No, your potato phone still won't run games at 60FPS.) — Dolphin Emulator (@Dolphin_Emu) August 3, 2018 You can continue the discussion in the forum thread of this article. Dolphin Emulator and OpenGL drivers - Hall of Fame/Shame Written by delroth on Sept. 26, 2013 / Last update on Feb. 15, 2019 / Short link / Forum thread In light of the recent announcements by NVIDIA and AMD in support of Linux for their graphics drivers, we would like to share with the world some of the experience we had developing our open source project, Dolphin, a GameCube and Wii emulator for Windows, Linux, Mac and recently Android. At the beginning of this year, after the successful release of Dolphin 3.5, Markus Wick (degasus) and Ryan Houdek (Sonicadvance1) started working on a rewrite of Dolphin's OpenGL backend in order to be compliant to the OpenGL ES 3.0 standard. While this rewrite was needed for other reasons (it provides the foundations for very cool optimizations), compatibility with mobile devices and the future Android port of the emulator (now in beta) was one of the key goals. This rewrite was merged into the main Dolphin codebase a few months back and started to be used by tens of thousands of Dolphin users, either on OS X and Linux where it is the only viable graphics backend, or on Windows where it is available alongside our D3D11 graphics backend. Sadly, using recent, advanced OpenGL features also meant we got to discover how bad some graphics drivers actually are at doing their job. It turns out very few applications use some parts of the OpenGL standard we need to rely on to accurately emulate a GameCube GPU. More than that, on Android, OpenGL ES 3.0 support is extremely recent and only a couple applications on the Play Store use ES 3.0 features. Here is basically our hall of shame of graphics drivers, sorted by the number of issues we found, how hard it is to report issues to the company and how many bugs were actually fixed.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1068
__label__wiki	0.876998	0.876998	October 17, 2019, 12:23 GMT-0500 Call of Duty / CoD World League / Dallas adds iLLeY to Call of Duty League roster Happy early birthday, iLLeY. Justin Binkowski Photo via Envy Gaming One of the most well-known young stars from the Search and Destroy community has landed on a Call of Duty League team. Indervir “iLLeY” Dhaliwal has joined Dallas’ Call of Duty franchise, the organization announced today. The 17-year-old is an up-and-coming talent who’s dominated the online Search and Destroy scene for many years. He’ll celebrate his 18th birthday in four weeks, which will make him eligible to compete in the 2020 season of the Call of Duty League. Dallas Empire on Twitter I finally got my chance to compete. And so now the real grind is just beginning.” – @iLLeYYY \| @CODLeague https://t.co/dHfKT5QONO Dallas has been doing daily player reveals this week. So far, iLLeY will be joined by James “Clayster” Eubanks, Anthony “Shotzzy” Cuevas-Castro, and Cuyler “Huke” Garland on the Dallas team. Dallas’ fifth player will be introduced tomorrow. Related: Call of Duty rostermania: Pre-Modern Warfare While iLLeY was too young to compete in professional Call of Duty World League events over the past few years, he was a part of the eUnited Cadets program alongside Chris “Simp” Lehr, McArthur “Cellium” Jovel, and Joseph “TurnUp2eZ” Sicre. These Cadets formed an academy team toward the end of 2017 that helped eUnited’s professional roster practice and prepare for tournaments. In 2017, eUnited’s general manager Matthew “Burns” Potthoff told Dot Esports that “the 16 to 17 age group is the future of Call of Duty.” Former Cadets Simp and Cellium saw immediate success last year in their rookie seasons—and iLLeY will try to follow suit in 2020.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1070
__label__cc	0.569153	0.430847	(REFERENCE COPY - Not for submission) Children's Television Programming Report CPR-143188 KGBY Children's TV Programming Report Current Step is General Information Children's Television Information Digital Core Programming Digital Core Programming Summary Non-Core Educational and Informational Programming Sponsored Core Programming Liaison Contact Report reflects information for : Second Quarter of 2013 Station Type Station Type Network Affiliation Affiliated network ABC Nielsen DMA Grand Junction-Montrose Web Home Page Address www.kjct8.com State the average number of hours of Core Programming per week broadcast by the station on its main program stream 4.0 State the average number of hours per week of free over-the-air digital video programming broadcast by the station on other than its main program stream 336.0 State the average number of hours per week of Core Programming broadcast by the station on other than its main program stream. See 47 C.F.R. Section 73.671: 6.0 Does the Licensee provide information identifying each Core Program aired on its station, including an indication of the target child audience, to publishers of program guides as required by 47 C.F.R. Section 73.673? Yes Does the Licensee certify that at least 50% of the Core Programming counted toward meeting the additional programming guideline (applied to free video programming aired on other than the main Yes No program stream) did not consist of program episodes that had already aired within the previous seven days either on the station's main program stream or on another of the station's free digital program streams? Yes Digital Core Programs(18) Digital Core Program (1 of 18) Program Title Born to Explore ABC Origination Syndicated Days/Times Program Regularly Scheduled Saturday 0900a-0930a MT Total times aired at regularly scheduled time 13 Total times aired Number of Preemptions 0 Number of Preemptions for other than Breaking News Number of Preemptions Rescheduled Length of Program 30 mins Age of Target Child Audience 13 years to 16 years Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. Developed and produced for 13- 16 year olds, the world's cultures and its geographical wonders come alive as the youngest president in Explorers Club history, Richard Wiese, takes viewers on a globetrotting adventure. While developed for 13-16 year olds, Born to Explore is engaging for the whole family. In this weekly half-hour series, Richard uncovers amazing facts of nature and manmade treasures. In Born to Explore, Richard Wiese takes the role of the ultimate Social Studies teacher to a new level, brining the viewing audience to the places and people of our world who form our cultures. Whether he climbs Mount Kilimanjaro, explores why people live a the base of an active volcano, or travels down the Nile River, viewers will travels the world without leaving their homes. Does the Licensee identify the program by displaying throughout the program the symbol E/I? Yes Program Title LazyTown Telemundo Origination Network Days/Times Program Regularly Scheduled Saturday 830a, Sunday 830a MT Age of Target Child Audience 5 years to 8 years Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. LAZY TOWN promotes fitness and healthful habits for children of preschool and primary grades. It takes place in an imaginary setting, Lazy Town, and most episodes relate children's eating and fitness habits to problem solving in their "real world." The lead character, Stephanie, guides the audience through the story. She and her best friends, a group of "human" puppets reside in Lazy Town, where her uncle is the Mayor Milford Meanswell. The underground spy and influencer who defines the ethos of Lazy Town is Robbie Rotten, and he determined to ruin the health and fitness practices of Stephanie and her friends. When the kids get into difficulties with Robbie Rotten, it is Sportacus, gymnast/athlete who comes to the rescue from his home in a spaceship that hovers over earth, prepared to answer to any call for help. The ever-present theme of Lazy Town is to eat "sports candy" which consists of fruits and vegetables, get sufficient sleep, and go outside and engage in a wide range of physical activities, from playing games, holding athletic competitions, to building forts and play structures Program Title Jack Hanna Wild Countdown ABC Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. Wildlife expert and animal ambassador, Jack Hanna, brings the viewer face to face with the best of the beasts. In this weekly half hour series that will engage viewers 13 to16, as well as the whole family. Jack highlights his favorite animals and adventures from around the world. Presented in countdown style, Jack offers up a different top ten each week in a variety of categories. What are the top ten fastest animals in Africa,tallest insects, biggest eaters, smartest birds. Jack will answer all of these questions and more. As Jack reveals the categories, he gives further insights and interesting facts about the animals allowing viewers of all ages the opportunity to be entertained as well as learn more about the fascinating animal kingdom in Jack Hanna's Wild Countdown Program Title Food for Thought ABC Days/Times Program Regularly Scheduled Saturday 1030a-1100a Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. Young, enthusiastic and passionate about food, Claire Thomas is the 22 year old host who opens viewers' eyes to how everyday life can inspire culinary creations in Food for Thought. Each weekly-half hour, produced for ages 13-16, informs and educates teens about the power of food as a tool for exploring new places, meeting new people and learning about different cultures. Claire serves as a role model for 13-16 year old viewers by showing her passion for her family, life, and healthy living by sharing stories in the kitchen. Creative inspiration can come from any place at any time - sometimes from family, sometimes from friends, or even from bloggers needing her help. No matter how exotic or local the location, she's always in search of new tastes and places to explore. Based on her unique perspective gathered throughout each episode, Claire will teach the audience how to prepare the "inspired" dish while promoting a healthy attitude towards food and life. Program Title Jay Jay the Jet Plane Telemundo Days/Times Program Regularly Scheduled Saturday 730a,8a MT Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. This award-winning series, JAY JAY THE JET PLANE, centers around the adventures of Jay Jay, an inquisitive, energetic six-year-old jet plane and his friends as they discover the world around them. Children are encouraged to explore new ideas and accept differences. The series also educates children in a number of areas, including science, nature and health as well as teaching life lessons, such as sharing, problem solving and making friends. Program Title The Great Big World CW Days/Times Program Regularly Scheduled Sunday 1130a-1200p MT Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. Great Big World offers a dynamic television experience for teens - combining the exciting, fun, and diverse experiences of world exploration with the life-changing volunteer opportunities available in these same areas. Various age-appropriate global issues are introduced to the viewing audience through indepth and thoughtful interviews with Elizabeth, her travel buddies, and the friends they meet along their journey. In addition, Elizabeth and friends' personal hands-on experiences in the field both inspire teens to engage in selfless, helping behaviors in addition to educating them on where and how to find volunteer opportunities. Program Title Made in Hollywood CW Days/Times Program Regularly Scheduled Sunday 1230p-1p MT Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. To provide for adolescent boys and girls in the 13 to 16 year old age-group an opportunity to explore and learn about the technical, artistic, creative, business, and administrative careers that are a part of the motion picture, television, music video, and home entertainment industries, as well as to learn about some of the skills, personal attributes, techniques, and strategies needed to enter these fields. Program Title Recipe Rehab ABC Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. In this weekly half-hour competition-style series developed and produced to educate and inform viewers ages 13-16, it is chef against chef in a recipe makeover challenge. Viewers will submit their favorite, decadent, high-calorie, classic family recipes and two acclaimed chefs will face off in a head-to-head competition to give the recipes a low-calorie twist. The audience will learn the value of healthy, wholesome ingredients and how healthy food choices can have positive effects on our quality of life. Special guests will serve as judge and jury. Program Title Awesome Adventures ABC Days/Times Program Regularly Scheduled Saturday 1130a-1200p MT Total times aired 13 Number of Preemptions Rescheduled 1 Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. "Awesome Adventures" is designed to educate, entertain, and inform children about the world around them. Each journey is a lesson in the beauty of nature, its creatures and the people who inhabit the land. The shows are not designed to be "preachy" or overly pedantic, but rather, the goal is to make learning fun. Digital Preemption Programs #1 Title of Program Awesome Adventures ABC List date and time rescheduled 6/30 11am MT Is the rescheduled date the second home? No Were promotional efforts made to notify the public of rescheduled date and time? Yes Date Preempted Episode # 6/29 1130a MT Reason for Preemption Sports Digital Core Program (10 of 18) Program Title Noodle and Doodle Telemundo Days/Times Program Regularly Scheduled Sunday 0800a-0830a MT Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. Noodle and Doodle is an instructional series that features creating art projects and cooking projects around a specific theme. The show is hosted by Sean, who drives around in a doubledecker bus fully equipped with art supplies, and a kitchen, all ready for any assignment. The projects encourage parent engagement and often feature families working together to make something for display in the child's home. Sean is accompanied by Doggity, an every-faithful Beagle dog, who transforms into an animated character during interstitial trips to a parallel universe and kitchen full of prank playing animated characters. While the show will be enjoyed by preschoolers, the projects are very practical and engaging to implement for children ages 5-8. The art projects typically feature lessons on recycling materials for re-use in making art and always demonstrate that creativity can transform something intended for one purpose into something useful to achieve a completely different goal. Program Title On The Spot CW Days/Times Program Regularly Scheduled Saturday 1230p-100p MT Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. ON THE SPOT adopts a modified question and answer format familiar to broadcast network viewers, including the targeted age. The questions fall under curriculum core areas of knowledge in social studies, science, the arts, civics, and mathematics. The format allows for a wide range of topics and allows topics to be blended, which is a serious asset. The integration of core curriculum areas is a traditional goal in education and while ON THE SPOT doesn't support the deeper integration that would be done in a classroom, the energetic blend is a great example of taking curriculum out of their separate boxes and making them a uniform part of why knowledge can be important. Program Title Live Life and Win CW Days/Times Program Regularly Scheduled Sunday 1200p-1230p MT Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. Teens for Living Healthy and Rewarding Lives Early and middle adolescence is an exciting yet a challenging period in one's life. Adolescents across the demographic spectrum and from all walks of life grapple with a number of pivotal but normal developmental milestones, such as preparing for more independence and responsibility, and experiencing change in relationships with family and peers. With increased self reliance, young people make more of their own choices. And all the while, one cannot overlook that they grow in a dynamic, diverse, and complex world that offers both opportunities and social challenges. Program Title Ocean Mysteries ABC Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. The half-hour weekly series, Ocean Mysteries, offers a fresh approach to the quest for aquatic understanding by blending stories of fascinating sea creatures, comparisons to popular land animals, and analogies to human experience. Hosted by Jeff Corwin, Ocean Mysteries is produced for ages 13-16 - and beyond -by showing how animals share the same behaviors, challenges and triumphs that humans do. From exciting rescues of abandoned animals to unexpected conflicts in the 'family dynamics' of the mingling species, viewers will get to know - and care- about these heroes, and all of the fascinating life teeming in our oceans. Program Title Jack Hanna Animal Adventure ABC Age of Target Child Audience 6 years to 12 years Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures is a half hour live action television program designed to meet the educational needs of children. In each episode, the cameras follow Jack as he spends time with nature's creatures across the continents. Jack talks with people who are knowledgeable about each animal and habitat, teaching as he goes. Each episode is designed to reveal children to the world around them in a way that presents positive role models and pro-social values within an environmentally responsible universe. Title of Program Jack Hanna Animal Adventure ABC List date and time rescheduled 6-30 1130am Episode # 6-29 11am Program Title Animal Science CW Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. ANIMAL SCIENCE" is a brand new half-hour weekly E/I animal series with a uniquely scientific approach. This series is specifically produced for children 16 and under (target audience is 13-16). While most animal shows look at the behavior of animals, we go one step further to look at the how and why an animal is able to excel in its environment. Shot in high-definition, "ANIMAL SCIENCE" uses animation, graphics, and scientific analysis from animal experts to give viewers more understanding than ever before of these amazing creatures. Our enthusiastic host's modern vocal style will be engaging to the target audience. This program will attract all age demographics. Program Title Raggs Telemundo Days/Times Program Regularly Scheduled Saturday 7a, Sunday 7a,730a MT Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. RAGGS is a musical & educational preschool series starring five colorful canines. They are not your average dogs - they're also talented musicians who make great rock 'n' roll music as The Raggs Band. With over 200 original songs, the power of the music & humor stimulate children to become actively involved in learning. Raggs introduces children to elements that span the preschool curriculum, working to nurture their sense of self & others, and to foster a strong motivation to learn and achieve. Program Title Sea Rescue ABC Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. The half-hour weekly series, Sea Rescue, features the rescue, rehabilitation and - in many instances - release back into the wild of ocean wildlife. Produced for ages 13-16, Sea Rescue offers educational and entertaining television by demonstrating the welfare and medical benefits that rescue and rehabilitation programs provide animals. Viewers will also learn that there's a reciprocal benefit: rescued animals provide valuable insight into their biology and ecology. This information adds to the pool of knowledge necessary to conserve threatened and endangered species. Each week, Sea Rescue will leave its audience inspired by the real-life stories of the featured animals and rescuers and with a fuller understanding of the rich array of sea life with which we share our planet Program Title Chatroom CW Days/Times Program Regularly Scheduled Saturday 12p-1230p MT Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. "CHAT ROOM" provides a compelling look at real-life situations that happen to today's teens as dramatized by teen actors. Our adult host and teen panel then discuss the issues presented in a direct and forthright manner. This program is not intended to be preachy or pedantic. The goal is to present issues that are real and raw and discuss the pros and cons of each situation in a freeflowing enviroment. Non-Core Educational and Informational Programming (0) Sponsored Core Programming (0) Does the Licensee publicize the existence and location of the station's Children's Television Programming Reports (FCC 398) as required by 47 C.F.R. Section 73.3526(e)(11)(iii)? Yes Name of children's programming liaison Kristy Santiago Address 8 Foresight Circle City Grand Junction State CO Telephone Number 970 245 8880 Email Address kristy.santiago@kjct8.com Include any other comments or information you want the Commission to consider in evaluating your compliance with the Children's Television Act (or use this space for supplemental explanations). This may include information on any other noncore educational and informational programming that you aired this quarter or plan to air during the next quarter, or any existing or proposed non-broadcast efforts that will enhance the educational and informational value of such programming to children. See 47 C.F.R. Section 73.671, NOTES 2 and 3. KJCT is also a CW and Telemundo affiliate Other Matters (8) Other Matters (1 of 8) Age of Target Child Audience from 13 years to 16 years Days/Times Program Regularly Scheduled Sautrday 1100a-1130a MT Age of Target Child Audience from 6 years to 12 years Days/Times Program Regularly Scheduled Saturday 0800a-0830am MT Describe the educational and informational objective of the program and how it meets the definition of Core Programming. Wildlife expert and animal ambassador, Jack Hanna, brings the viewer face to face with the best of the beasts. In this weekly half hour series that will engage viewers 13 to 16, as well as the whole family, Jack highlights his favorite animals and adventures from around the world. Presented in countdown style, Jack offers up a different top ten each week in a variety of categories. What are the top ten fastest animals in Africa, tallest insects, biggest eaters, smartest birds. Jack will answer all of these questions and more. As Jack reveals the categories, he gives further insights and interesting facts about the animals allowing viewers of all ages the opportunity to be entertained as well as learn more about the fascinating animal kingdom in Jack Hanna's Wild Countdown The undersigned certifies that he or she is (a) the party filing the Children's Television Programming, or an officer, director, member, partner, trustee, authorized employee, or other individual or duly elected or appointed official who is authorized to sign on behalf of the party filing the Children's Television Programming; or (b) an attorney qualified to practice before the Commission under 47 C.F.R. Section 1.23(a), who is authorized to represent the party filing the Children's Television Programming, and who further certifies that he or she has read the document; that to the best of his or her knowledge, information,and belief there is good ground to support it; and that it is not interposed for delay. 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That could even be a play on the words a “long, long time ago.” When return of the jedi ends it seemed like peace and balance was was restored to the galaxy. As this film goes on. It clearly hasn’t been restored. Or if it was… a great many tragedies have happened to upset that renewed balance. As great as this mystery box is, it does hurt the film overall. It’s simply lacking something. An element. I would point out a fair bit of explaining of what happened for 32 earth years was missing but that could be intended. A great musical score. One thing compser, John Williams got right for the majority of the prequel saga. Or even a real climatic cinematic lightsaber fight. Episode three is the best of the entire franchise for that (and arguably my favourite of the episodes). This movie felt like more of a part than a full story. That could be a marketing ploy to now encourage fans to try new mediums/media for the space opera. Kylo Ren. He is everything Anakin Skywalker was supposed to be in the prequel saga. I kind of want them to to remake episode three with Adam as Anakin. Right from the start he seemed menacing. No one can replace Vader. But you know us nerds. We always want more… wait that’s just society at large. Ren seemed tormented by something and that is something I rather enjoyed. I hope his back story is fully fleshed out. I am curious to see just how his respective parent(s) decided to part ways as the remaining episodes come out. I’m sure it will considering just how the film ends. Some people are complaining about his voice. I’m not one of those people I loved it. I thought the actors limited facial expressions came across very well. There’s a moment him and another character using the force against eachother and I was just amazed how well they both acted in that scene. I loved just how much he contrasted vader. Even Ren’s final scene(s) in the film were a contrasting similarity to Anakin’s story arc (or just the story arc of episode III). Finn was the one new comer I was most intrigued by. His character just seems innocent. Sadly if I was to say he reminded me of anyone, it was of Jar-Jar Binks. Before you bash me. Remind yourself Jar Jar was a ploy to get a new generation of kids into the franchise (it worked). Then remember how stupidly innocent Jar-jar was. And now tell me, once you see it. You don’t see the “same” stupid innocence in him (obviously no one is Jar-Jar Binks stupid). If I had to push it forward, John Boyega played him as a good samaritan, after the fact. I’m more than positive there is a reason he “awoke” to the evil around him on that fateful day in the manner he did, during that scene, more than its described in the film. He also seemed like an amalgamation of characters in respect to the original trilogy (as did Poe Damoren. Just not sure if that was a writing, acting or something intended. We won’t know until episode 8 or 9. Rey. She’s probably the strongest female to be in live action star wars lore. Not just by physical activity, but the how she deals with a lot of characters. There is a significant number of contrasts & similarities between her character (which is still clouded in mystery), and the origins of both Luke and Anakin. that may very well be a hint, but its still anyone’s guess as to who is the parent or relative. What I loved about her was her acting. theres a scene where she’s captured and she uses her face to convey the forward momentum needed for that scene. it was great. I can’t wait to see what she does in the future episodes. Visually this movie was one of the best shot film I’ve seen. That said, it’s not perfect. There are a lot of times there is noticeable camera changes. Its in the quality output. Some shots were over exposed, some, to me, looked pixelated. personal favourites are that destroyer scene which is on the trailer above and the giant weapon. Dan Mindel is great behind the camera. Minus a few instances, theres a lot to like visually. Bottom line: Great movie, not without flaws but it was great to be back in the galaxy of Star Wars nonetheless. I think most of it’s success will come from its own hype/name alone. Han Solo steals the show. Its great that his character is the one confirming the force and the Jedi. Overall rating of the movie: 8.7 out of 10, Cinematography: 7 out of 10, Editing: 6 out of 10, Audio: 8 out of 10 (music is like a 4 though), Acting: 9 out of 10, Theatres or wait for the blu-ray? IMAX. SEE IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN IMAX. Because let’s be real, you’re gonna buy it on blu-ray. THAT’S IT! Cheers: “To Peace”. Your eLEWsive Thought Provided by: the “LEW System” – Xavier – @CoolyoNgeLEW Posted on 23/12/2015 23/12/2015 Author coolyongelewCategories Cool's Corner, Film ReviewsTags Coolyongelew movies, Death Star, Film Review, Han Solo, Harrison Ford, j j abrams, John Williams, Kylo Ren, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Star wars, Star Wars 7, star wars episode vii, Star wars VII1 Comment on Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Film Review	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1086
__label__wiki	0.937226	0.937226	Find sources: "Bonnie Somerville" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (August 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Bonnie Somerville (born February 24, 1974) is an American actress and singer.[1] She has had roles in a number of movies and television series, most notably NYPD Blue, Grosse Pointe, Friends, The O.C., Cashmere Mafia, Kitchen Confidential, Without a Paddle, and Golden Boy. She starred as Dr. Christa Lorenson in season one of the CBS medical drama Code Black. Somerville at the 2007 Walk of Death premiere (1974-02-24) February 24, 1974 (age 45) Brooklyn, New York, U.S. Boston College, The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, Poly Prep Country Day School 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 3.2 Television Early lifeEdit Somerville was born and grew up in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. She started acting and singing at a young age, appearing in high school plays at Poly Prep Country Day School in Bay Ridge in Brooklyn. Somerville attended Boston College as a Musical Theater major and returned home upon completing her education in order to try acting professionally. CareerEdit Somerville was noticed by a modeling scout while waiting tables. At the age of 22 she moved to Los Angeles, assembled a band and got an agent. She sang backup on Joshua Radin's first album, We Were Here. Her song "Winding Road" was included on the Garden State soundtrack, a film written and directed by Zach Braff. Somerville's first acting job was as an extra in the 1996 film City Hall. Her first major role for television was for the lead in the CBS miniseries Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story (1999), in which she also sang. In 2000 Somerville starred in the series Grosse Pointe, and later played Rachel Hoffman, a colleague of Sandy Cohen, in season one of The O.C.. Somerville had a recurring role as Ross Geller's girlfriend, Mona, for seven episodes in Season 8 of Friends. During the final season (2004–05) of NYPD Blue, she had a supporting role as Det. Laura Murphy. She appeared in fifteen episodes. In 2005, Somerville starred as a lead role in the short-lived sitcom Kitchen Confidential opposite Bradley Cooper. In 2008 she starred the ABC dramedy Cashmere Mafia, along with Lucy Liu, Miranda Otto and Frances O'Connor. She also guest-starred in CBS's Gary Unmarried. Somerville had small roles in the films Spider-Man 2, Without a Paddle, Bedazzled, Shades of Ray, The Ugly Truth and Labor Pains. She had a lead role in the 2010 independent comedy film The Best and the Brightest, along with Neil Patrick Harris and Amy Sedaris. She played Sam, who moves to New York City with her partner Jeff (Harris) and attempts to get their five-year-old daughter into an elite private kindergarten. In June 2010, Somerville appeared in an episode of Royal Pains. In 2011, Somerville starred in the Hallmark Channel Christmas television film A Holiday Engagement, in which she sings the song "Angels We Have Heard On High". In 2013, Somerville played Detective Mackenzie on CBS's Golden Boy which aired for one season. Somerville is a singer in the group Band from TV with Greg Grunberg, Bob Guiney, James Denton, Hugh Laurie, Jesse Spencer, Barry Sarna, Brad Savage, Rich Winer, and Chris Kelley.[2] FilmographyEdit FilmEdit 2000 Crime and Punishment in Suburbia Stuck Up Girl Bedazzled Girl at Beer Garden Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes Julie Proudfit 2004 Spider-Man 2 Screaming Woman Without a Paddle Denise 2006 Jump Sam Boyd 2008 Shades of Ray Noelle Wilson 2009 Labor Pains Suzi Cavendish The Ugly Truth Elizabeth Nobody Fiona 2010 Chasing Zero Dr. Diane Rider Short The Best and the Brightest Sam The Search for Santa Paws Kate Hucklebuckle Video 2012 Treasure Buddies Mala (voice) Video Seven Below Brooklyn Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups Mrs. Paws (voice) Fire with Fire Karen Westlake 2014 The Prince Susan 2015 Pearly Gates Sharon 2016 Pup Star Emily Rose Video 2016 Love You Like Christmas Maddie 2018 A Star Is Born Sally Cummings Scenes deleted TelevisionEdit 1998 Two Guys and a Girl Cindy "Two Guys, a Girl and a Homecoming" 1999 Beverly Hills, 90210 Mary "Dog's Best Friend" Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story Lyne Danner Television film (CBS) 2000–01 Grosse Pointe Courtney Scott Main role (17 episodes) 2001 Tikiville Television film This Could Work Television film (NBC) Count Me In Emmy Television film (NBC) 2001–02 Friends Mona Recurring role (season 8) 2002–03 In-Laws Alex Pellet Landis Main role (15 episodes) 2003 Jack's House Wendy Television film (Fox) The Twilight Zone Donna Saicheck "How Much Do You Love Your Kid?" The O.C. Rachel Hoffman Recurring role (season 1) 2004–05 NYPD Blue Det. Laura Murphy Main role (season 12) 2005–06 Kitchen Confidential Mimi Main role (13 episodes) 2006 Jake in Progress Laura Wiles "Notting Hell" The Danny Comden Project SAM Television film (ABC) Wedding Wars Maggie Welling Television film 2008 Cashmere Mafia Caitlin Dowd Main role (7 episodes) 2009 Gary Unmarried Leah "Gary Shoots Fish in a Barrel" Off Duty Kim Roberts Television film (NBC) 2010 Royal Pains Mindy "Medusa" 2011 Holiday Engagement Hillary Burns Television film (Hallmark) Other People's Kids Michelle Television film (ABC) 2012 The Mentalist Eve Mulberry "At First Blush" 2013 Golden Boy Det. Deb McKenzie Main role (13 episodes) 2014 Mom's Day Away Laura Miller Television film (Hallmark) 2015 Motive Erica Grey "Calling the Shots" Criminal Minds Colleen Sullivan "Beyond Borders" 2015–16 Code Black Christa Lorenson Main role (season 1) 2016 Love You Like Christmas Maddie Duncan Television film (Hallmark) 2017 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Heidi Sorenson "The Newsroom" DiscographyEdit Songs from Another Life EP (2009)[3] ^ http://www.thetvaddict.com/2008/02/06/tv-addict-interview-cashmere-mafia-star-bonnie-somerville/ ^ McLellan, Dennis (17 November 2000). "A Star Is Born Full Movie". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 15 April 2018 – via Newspapers.com. ^ https://starisbornfull.org Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bonnie Somerville. Bonnie Somerville on IMDb Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bonnie_Somerville&oldid=928090668"	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1091
__label__wiki	0.602878	0.602878	Tales of a Traveler/Hell Gate < Tales of a Traveler ←Part Fourth Introduction Part Fourth: The Money-diggers Kidd, the Pirate→ 136098Tales of a Traveler Part Fourth: The Money-diggersWashington Irving Hell Gate[edit] About six miles from the renowned city of the Manhattoes, and in that Sound, or arm of the sea, which passes between the main land and Nassau or Long Island, there is a narrow strait, where the current is violently compressed between shouldering promontories, and horribly irritated and perplexed by rocks and shoals. Being at the best of times a very violent, hasty current, its takes these impediments in mighty dudgeon; boiling in whirlpools; brawling and fretting in ripples and breakers; and, in short, indulging in all kinds of wrong-headed paroxysms. At such times, woe to any unlucky vessel that ventures within its clutches. This termagant humor is said to prevail only at half tides. At low water it is as pacific as any other stream. As the tide rises, it begins to fret; at half tide it rages and roars as if bellowing for more water; but when the tide is full it relapses again into quiet, and for a time seems almost to sleep as soundly as an alderman after dinner. It may be compared to an inveterate hard drinker, who is a peaceable fellow enough when he has no liquor at all, or when he has a skin full, but when half seas over plays the very devil. This mighty, blustering, bullying little strait was a place of great Difficulty and danger to the Dutch navigators of ancient days; hectoring their tub-built barks in a most unruly style; whirling them about, in a manner to make any but a Dutchman giddy, and not unfrequently stranding them upon rocks and reefs. Whereupon out of sheer spleen they denominated it Hellegat (literally Hell Gut) and solemnly gave it over to the devil. This appellation has since been aptly rendered into English by the name of Hell Gate; and into nonsense by the name of Hurl Gate, according to certain foreign intruders who neither understood Dutch nor English. May St. Nicholas confound them! From this strait to the city of the Manhattoes the borders of the Sound are greatly diversified; in one part, on the eastern shore of the island of Manhata and opposite Blackwell's Island, being very much broken and indented by rocky nooks, overhung with trees which give them a wild and romantic look. The flux and reflux of the tide through this part of the Sound is extremely rapid, and the navigation troublesome, by reason of the whirling eddies and counter currents. I speak this from experience, having been much of a navigator of these small seas in my boyhood, and having more than once run the risk of shipwreck and drowning in the course of divers holiday voyages, to which in common with the Dutch urchins I was rather prone. In the midst of this perilous strait, and hard by a group of rocks called "the Hen and Chickens," there lay in my boyish days the wreck of a vessel which had been entangled in the whirlpools and stranded during a storm. There was some wild story about this being the wreck of a pirate, and of some bloody murder, connected with it, which I cannot now recollect. Indeed, the desolate look of this forlorn hulk, and the fearful place where it lay rotting, were sufficient to awaken strange notions concerning it. A row of timber heads, blackened by time, peered above the surface at high water; but at low tide a considerable part of the hull was bare, and its great ribs or timbers, partly stripped of their planks, looked like the skeleton of some sea monster. There was also the stump of a mast, with a few ropes and blocks swinging about and whistling in the wind, while the sea gull wheeled and screamed around this melancholy carcass. The stories connected with this wreck made it an object of great awe to my boyish fancy; but in truth the whole neighborhood was full of fable and romance for me, abounding with traditions about pirates, hobgoblins, and buried money. As I grew to more mature years I made many researches after the truth of these strange traditions; for I have always been a curious investigator of the valuable, but obscure branches of the history of my native province. I found infinite difficulty, however, in arriving at any precise information. In seeking to dig up one fact it is incredible the number of fables which I unearthed; for the whole course of the Sound seemed in my younger days to be like the straits of Pylorus of yore, the very region of fiction. I will say nothing of the Devil's Stepping Stones, by which that arch fiend made his retreat from Connecticut to Long Island, seeing that the subject is likely to be learnedly treated by a worthy friend and contemporary historian[2] whom I have furnished with particulars thereof. Neither will I say anything of the black man in a three-cornered hat, seated in the stern of a jolly boat who used to be seen about Hell Gate in stormy weather; and who went by the name of the Pirate's Spuke, or Pirate's Ghost, because I never could meet with any person of stanch credibility who professed to have seen this spectrum; unless it were the widow of Manus Conklin, the blacksmith of Frog's Neck, but then, poor woman, she was a little purblind, and might have been mistaken; though they said she saw farther than other folks in the dark. All this, however, was but little satisfactory in regard to the tales of buried money about which I was most curious; and the following was all that I could for a long time collect that had anything like an air of authenticity. [Footnote 2: For a very interesting account of the Devil and his Stepping Stones, see the learned memoir read before the New York Historical Society since the death of Mr. Knickerbocker, by his friend, an eminent jurist of the place.] Retrieved from "https://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Tales_of_a_Traveler/Hell_Gate&oldid=3804452"	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1094
__label__cc	0.525397	0.474603	Family Practice Experts Serving Colorado Change State \| Show all Colorado experts Find a Family Practice Expert Experts in Family and General Practice Medicine. Family Practice experts serve as expert witnesses and forensic consultants in Colorado legal matters, and provide expert reports and testimony for judges, attorneys, lawyers, law firms, insurance companies and government agencies in Federal and state court trials and arbitrations in Colorado. The listings below are of Family Practice experts serving Colorado. Elite Medical Experts, LLC Elite Medical Experts specializes in medical litigation. From Stanford to Yale, and from all places in between, Elite secures top-tier Family Medicine experts from the nation's leading universities. Each is Professor of Family Medicine with a busy clinical practice. Please call today for a case analysis by an in-house physician or nurse. Elite Medical Experts works directly with legal teams and does not accept inquiries from private parties. Emergency and Family Medicine Expert Witness W. Anthony Gerard, MD, FACEP Elizabethtown, PA Experienced expert witness in Emergency medicine, Family medicine and Urgent care. Prompt response & excellent personal communication with your firm. Career emergency physician, assistant clinical professor in family medicine. Expertise & publications on rural emergency medicine, credentialing & scope of practice. As a family practice trained emergency physician, I have a broad scope of practice that includes the initial management of most clinical conditions. Smart Medical Arthur Hadley, MD Former Army Colonel and Army astronaut candidate who has commanded hospitals in the United States and overseas. Board certified in Family Medicine, Aerospace Medicine, Occupational Medicine, Preventive Medicine, Bariatric Medicine and Addiction Medicine can help you in legal consultation as well as performing Independent Medical Examinations. Elliot D. Felman, MD Medical Expert Witness Board-certified in Family Medicine. Over 30 years Experience in review of Standard of Care and Expert Testimony for both Plaintiff and Defense. Clinical Faculty, UCLA School of Medicine. Maxwell L. Axler, M.D., F.A.A.F.P. Dr. Axler is an actively practicing family medicine physician in locum tenens, with over 40 years experience as a family medicine physician. He is triple board certified in family medicine, bariatric medicine, and quality assurance. Dr. Axler has significant experience in occupational medicine, and has held numerous company physician positions. He has also provided medical services to Houston high school and middle school athletes as their team physician. Dr. Axler is a past Associate Professor in the Dept. of Family & Community Medicine at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston. Dr. Axler has 18 years experience in clinical research and has co-authored several published peer-reviewed papers. Meyerson Family Medicine Expert Witness Consulting Robert Yale Meyerson, M.D. Board-certified clinically active Family Physician with over 35 years experience treating adult, geriatric and pediatric patients with emergency, acute and chronic medical problems. Peer recognition and professional achievement awards for multiple years. Extensive experience in both clinical outpatient and rural emergency medical settings. Past Medical Director of primary care office and psychiatric inpatient unit. Over 12 years’ experience providing volunteer medical services in underdeveloped countries. 5 years of experience as expert witness during which I reviewed more than 100 cases. Former physician reviewer with Texas Medical Liability Trust.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1102
__label__wiki	0.829854	0.829854	Vicente Fernández Got A Latin Grammy Awards Standing Ovation After A Stunning Performance With Son And Grandson By Nina Mitchell At the 20th Latin Grammys, history was made when Vicente Fernández’s son and grandson, joined him for the performance of a lifetime. Vicente, who has 3 Grammy Awards under his belt is an old hand in the industry and his title as El Rey de la Música Ranchera or The King of Ranchera Music is unquestionable. After Vicente Fernandez's Grammy performance a few days ago, the whole world sang his name as he proved that he's not just a legend, but a musical icon whose legacy transcends all barriers. A post shared by Alex Fernández (@alexfernandez.g) on Nov 14, 2019 at 10:11pm PST Vicente Fernández's Grammy performance got a standing ovation In a performance that is not equaled by many, 3 generations of the Fernández dynasty reunited on stage to give fans a treat. The historic and unforgettable Latin Grammy performance took fans by surprise as Vicente, his son Alejandro, and grandson Alex complemented each other in incredible fashion. A post shared by Vicente Fernández (@_vicentefdez) on Oct 5, 2019 at 4:26pm PDT Just as the saying that says, birds of a feather flock together, the trio flowed together handsomely, delivering a beautiful show that had the audience off their feet in glee and appreciation. In the soulful performance, Alex (the grandson), opened by singing Te Amare, as Alejandro took over with Caballero, after which Vicente finished off with La Derrota. A post shared by Vicente Fernández (@_vicentefdez) on Nov 15, 2019 at 9:33am PST After performing “Volver Volver” as the grand finale of their show, the trio was greeted with a deserving standing ovation that affirmed their excellence as artists. Following the performance, Ricky Martin got on stage to gift the emotional legend with the Premio de la Presidencia award. ¡Que emoción! @_VicenteFdez Premio de la Presidencia 🎶👏👏👏 #LatinGRAMMY #20AñosDeExcelencia pic.twitter.com/7kJiBRJl9W — Latin GRAMMYs (@LatinGRAMMYs) November 15, 2019 Vicente Fernández is a father of 4 The Latin Grammy Award performance was significant for the Fernández family as it proved that the 79-year-old icon has worthy successors to fill his enormous shoes. Besides Alejandro who performed alongside his father, Vicente and his wife Maria have 2 other sons, Vicente Jr., and Gerardo Fernández as well as a daughter, Alejandra Fernández. But among all their children, only Alejandro and Vicente Jr. pursued music as a career. A post shared by Vicente Fernández (@_vicentefdez) on Dec 24, 2018 at 9:38am PST Vicente Fernández ’s journey as a musician is one filled with struggle and hard work and as he celebrates his achievements, it’s no question that he truly deserves it all. Vicente paved way for the successes of other artists like Jeniffer Lopez by making traditional music cool, the way it's supposed to be. Bravo Vicente!	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1104
__label__wiki	0.706934	0.706934	The International Workshop on Radiation and Thyroi... (UPDATED with Photos) #Fukushima I NPP: TEPCO Thin... Obama Administration Committed to Nuclear Power Ge... Financial Times: Washington Regrets the Shinzo Abe... #Fukushima I NPP: 23,000,000,000,000 Bq (or 23 Ter... Special Advisor to PM Abe Told to Delete Youtube V... Chinese Government Demands Japan to Return Weapon-... #Fukushima I NPP: Latest Photos and Video of React... (OT) Birthday Music For Me (OT) Heavy Snowfall in Kanto That Has Killed 15 So... TEPCO Tells Governor of Niigata That They Can Dela... Possible Leak of Alpha and Beta Radiation Emitters... The International Workshop on Radiation and Thyroid Cancer in Tokyo, February 21-23, 2014 The workshop is ongoing, co-hosted by the Ministry of the Environment, Fukushima Medical University, and the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency. Presenters include expert researchers from around the world, including Ukraine, Belarus and Russia, in radiological research and thyroid cancer research. The link to the English program: http://www.nsra.or.jp/safe/crpph2014/program-e.pdf The link to the Japanese program: http://www.nsra.or.jp/safe/crpph2014/program-j.pdf Live webcast in English: Live webcast in Japanese: I caught a tweet by a nuclear researcher in Japan viewing the live webcast, in which he mentioned a presentation that the higher intake of natural iodine in Japan than outside Japan through normal diet before the accident was one of the reasons why the ratio of iodine-131 and radioactive cesium in people exposed to Fukushima-origin radiation is different from the ratio of iodine-131 and radioactive cesium in the atmosphere. (I'm assuming the ratio of iodine-131 was much lower in people than in the atmosphere.) Labels: Fukushima, radiation exposure, thyroid cancer (UPDATED with Photos) #Fukushima I NPP: TEPCO Thinks Someone Opened the Wrong Valve, Causing the Leak of 100 Tonnes of RO Waste Water with 23 Terabecquerels of All-Beta (UPDATE) One of the local papers in Fukushima Prefecture shares my suspicion that someone (possibly plural) tried to hide the mistake. Fukushima Minyu (2/22/2014; part): 実際は最大９時間は開いていたとみられることを明らかにした。弁の操作を誤った可能性があり、さらに、現場でミスを隠そうとした可能性も出てきた。発覚後の２０日未明の現場確認では問題の弁は閉まっていたが、前日の１９日午前１１時ごろの写真では弁が開いた状態で、通常は外しておく開閉操作用レバーが取り付けられていた。 [TEPCO] disclosed [on February 21] that the valve in question was in fact open for 9 hours at the maximum. There is a possiblity that someone made a mistake in operating the valve. Further, there is a possibility that they [those in the section in charge of the water transfer operation] tried to hide the mistake. In the early hours of February 20 after the leak was discovered, the valve in question was confirmed to be closed. However, in the photo taken around 11AM on the previous day (February 19) the valve was open, and the lever to open and close the valve was attached to the valve, which is normally removed. From TEPCO's photos and videos library, 2/21/2014: The valve in question (V347) on February 19, 2014 morning, "open" position, as it shouldn't: The same valve on February 20, 2014, "closed" position, as it should, but after the leak: That's what increasingly the government public relations broadcaster aka NHK says. NHK also says TEPCO has dispatched investigators from the TEPCO headquarters (in Tokyo) to Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant and started interviewing the plant workers. It is rather difficult to grasp what NHK is trying to say (they do talk like TEPCO's PR), but I think they are saying: 1. The RO waste water was to be transferred to a storage tank that was NOT the tank it subsequently went and overflowed. 2. Someone opened the wrong valve, and the water went to the wrong tank which was almost full. The water leaked from the top of the tank. 3. AFTER the water leaked from the wrong tank, he realized his mistake; he closed that valve, and opened the valve that should have been opened to transfer the contaminated water to the correct tank. A gross human error (I hope), which caused (at least) 100 tonnes of extremely contaminated (230 million Bq/L of all-beta, or 23 trillion Bq (terabecquerel) in 100 tonnes) water to leak (see my post on 2/20/2014). According to Mainichi Shinbun, the Nuclear Regulation Authority has said it is speaking with IAEA on whether to have an INES event scale assigned to this particular incident. The last year's leak of 300 tonnes of the same RO waste water from the storage tanks into the surrounding soil was INES Level 3 "incident". (Level 4 and above are "accidents".) From NHK News (2/22/2014; emphasis is mine): 汚染水流出誰かが配管の弁を開けたか Contaminated water leak: Did someone open the valve? 東京電力福島第一原子力発電所で、山側のタンクから高濃度の汚染水およそ１００トンが流出した問題で、東京電力は本来、閉じている配管の弁を誰かが開けたのが原因とみて、本店の調査の担当者を派遣して作業員への聞き取りを進めています。 Regarding the 100 tonnes of highly contaminated water that leaked from a tank at Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant, TEPCO has dispatched investigators from the TEPCO headquarters to the plant who are interviewing the workers. TEPCO suspects someone opened the valve that should remain closed, causing the leak. 福島第一原発では今月１９日から２０日にかけて４号機の山側にあるタンクに水が入りすぎ、汚染水およそ１００トンが敷地内の地面に流出しました。 At Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant, about 100 tonnes of contaminated water leaked into the surrounding ground in the plant compound in February 19 and 20 when too much water was poured into a tank on the mountain-side (west) of Reactor 4. 当初、東京電力は、汚染水の処理設備から問題のタンクにつながる配管の途中の弁の１つが、閉じた状態になっていたにもかかわらず、水が流れていたとして、この弁が故障していた疑いがあると説明していました。 Initially, TEPCO explained that one of the valves [there are three] on the pipe that goes to this tank may have malfunctioned, as it let the water flow even if it was closed. ところが、別の作業で弁を撮影した写真が見つかり、水を断続的に移送していた今月１９日の午前の時点では、故障の疑いがあるとされた弁は開いた状態になっていたことが分かりました。 However, a photograph was found that captured the same valve on a different job; the photo showed that the valve, suspected of malfunctioning, was open as of the morning of February 19 when the water was being transferred intermittently. 一方、本来、汚染水を送る予定だったタンクにつながる配管の弁は１９日の午前の時点では閉じられ、水が流れないようになっていて漏えいが見つかったあとには開いていました。 On the other hand, the valve on the pipe that goes to the tank where the contaminated water was supposed to go remained closed as of the morning of February 19, blocking the water flow. However, after the leak was found, this valve was open. 東京電力はこの２つの弁を誰かが開け閉めしたことが汚染水が漏れた原因とみています。 TEPCO thinks someone opened and closed these two valves, causing the leak of the contaminated water. 弁が操作された理由や詳しい経緯を明らかにするため、東京電力は本店の調査の担当者を派遣して作業員から聞き取りを進めています。 In order to find out the details of how the incident happened and why the valves were operated, TEPCO has sent investigators from the headquarters to the plant who are interviewing the workers. 今回の問題で東京電力は弁を操作した際のタンクの水位の監視が徹底されておらず、弁の開け閉めに使う器具がふだん誰でも使える状態で置かれていたことから管理の見直しを検討しています。 TEPCO is considering a review of the maintenance/operation procedure, as the water level monitoring procedure when valves were operated was not strictly followed and the tools to open and close the valves were readily available to anyone. (Hmmm. So TEPCO does suspect someone may have done it on purpose?) For now, it looks like some worker made a mistake, and after the leak corrected the mistake without saying anything to anyone, hoping no one would notice. Too bad TEPCO found the photos... Labels: RO waste water leak of August 2013 Obama Administration Committed to Nuclear Power Generation, Gives $6.5 Billion Loan Guarantee to Vogtle Reactor Construction It's all for " low-carbon energy future", says Obama's Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz. Additional loan guarantee of $1.8 billion is still pending, according to the article below. The Obama administration, in its quest for "low-carbon energy future", has invested and lost a fortune (taxpayers money) on dubious solar ventures (including infamous Solyndra). I guess the administration is now betting on a sure thing this time, on Toshiba/Westinghouse's A1000. The construction of two reactors using A1000 was approved by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission in February 2012 (still under Dr. Gregory Jaczko, who cast the only dissenting vote). (Conversely, Toshiba/Westinghouse has cleverly betted on a sure thing - national government that will print limitless amount of fiat money and collect money from the vast tax farm - the rest of us. Smart move.) From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (2/20/2014; emphasis is mine): A $6.5B federal loan guarantee jolts Ga. nuclear power project The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Waynesboro, Ga. - The Obama administration signed off Thursday on a $6.5 billion loan guarantee to help Georgia utilities build the nation’s first new nuclear reactors in more than three decades. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz traveled to the sprawling Plant Vogtle site in east Georgia to announce the loan aid for Southern Co. and Oglethorpe Power. Another $1.8 billion loan for a third company involved in the plant, MEAG, is still in the works. “This plant will be the economic engine for the state of Georgia,” said Georgia Power chief executive Paul Bowers. “We are proud to be the first utility to restart the nuclear renaissance here in America.” The two nuclear reactors underway at Vogtle were supposed to be the first in a wave of new nuclear construction as part of a push toward cleaner energy when the Obama administration announced the aid in February 2010. But the boom never materialized. Stalled efforts to limit carbon emissions, plunging natural gas prices and other stumbling blocks have delayed the loan four years and stalled a broader nuclear revival. Vogtle on Thursday became the first project to receive the federal loan guarantee since Congress established the program in 2005 to jolt the nuclear industry. Critics pointed it out safety concerns surrounding nuclear power plants, and cited the nuclear disaster at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant in the wake of an epic tsunami there. “Fewer than three years have passed since the tragedy at Fukushima demonstrated that nuclear reactors can never be safe,” said Katherine Fuchs of Friends of the Earth. “Yet the president and energy secretary are ignoring its lessons.” But Moniz said the federal guarantee is part of a broader “all of the above” effort to offer an range of alternative energy sources that could lower carbon emissions. He said he huddled with Georgia Power executives to reach a final agreement after years of delays. “If we don’t move out with these kinds of projects, we won’t be ahead of the train,” said Moniz. “And we in the United States shouldn’t be running to catch up with the caboose.” "Lessons" of Fukushima? What kind of lessons is Ms. Fuchs thinking of, I wonder, other than that "accidents can, and do happen at nuclear power plants". But unless her organization starts to cite very specific lessons, Dr. Ernest Moniz will pay no attention, I'm afraid. It was Dr. Moniz who declared back in 2011 that "It would be a mistake, however, to let Fukushima cause governments to abandon nuclear power and its benefits." But "ahead of the train", Mr. Secretary? To be run over by the train, you mean? The Obama administration has already allocated nearly a half billion dollars for the small modular nuclear reactor development, the effort spearheaded by the world 2nd richest man Bill Gates. Labels: Ernest Moniz, global warming, Vogtle nuke plant Financial Times: Washington Regrets the Shinzo Abe It Wished For Since 1950s, the US has been demanding the kind of Japan that Prime Minister Abe is now advocating, says Financial Times. Why is the US complaining, then? Buyer's remorse? The subtitle "The US fears that Japan’s departure from postwar pacifism will provoke Beijing" almost reads like what Special Advisor to Prime Minister Seiichi Eto said in his Youtube video which was then taken down by the request from Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga the other day. From Financial Times (2/19/2014; emphasis is mine): Washington regrets the Shinzo Abe it wished for The US fears that Japan’s departure from postwar pacifism will provoke Beijing By David Pilling It is fairly easy to assess the relationship between Shinzo Abe’s Japan and Xi Jinping’s China. Neither likes the other very much. Both are using nationalism as a prop to further policy aims. Both conceivably find it useful to have a “tough man” on the other side, the better to push against. Less easy to calibrate is the state of relations between Japan and the US. This ought to be far easier to decipher. Japan is, after all, the US’s most important ally in Asia, the “unsinkable aircraft carrier” that has hosted US fighter aircraft and troops since the end of the second world war. Now, in Mr Abe, it has a leader who, after decades of American prodding, is finally willing to adopt a more robust defence posture and revisit the “freeloader” defence doctrine that pacifist Japan has long embraced. Yet having attained what it has long been after, Washington is showing signs it is getting cold feet. One sign of that was its expression of “disappointment” after the December visit of Mr Abe to Yasukuni shrine, which is regarded as a symbol of Japan’s unrepentant militarism by China and South Korea. In the past, Washington has privately voiced its displeasure at Yasukuni visits, but has not publicly reprimanded Japan. Tokyo was taken aback by the use of the word “disappointed” – translated as shitsubo – which sounds harsh in Japanese. There have been other signs of strain. US politicians have voiced concern at Mr Abe’s view of history. Virginia lawmakers ruled that school textbooks should also use the Korean name – East Sea – for the Sea of Japan. Washington is concerned that, under Mr Abe, Tokyo’s relations have also soured with Seoul, another important US ally. From Japan’s perspective, Washington did not back it up with sufficient vigour when Tokyo’s control of disputed islands was cleverly challenged by Beijing’s announcement of an air defence identification zone. Washington did show its displeasure by flying B52 bombers over the zone, but Joe Biden, US vice-president, did not make a big deal of the issue when he visited Beijing. Many officials in Tokyo regard Washington as having virtually capitulated to China’s unilateral move. They also regularly bemoan the absence of “Japan hands” around President Barack Obama, who has tended to surround himself with people far more steeped in China. More than one official in Tokyo speaks of a growing sense that Washington can no longer be relied upon to support Japan. There is an irony to all of this that will not be lost on Mr Abe. Ever since 1950, Washington has been urging Japan to rearm and to adopt the sort of defence posture Japan’s prime minister is now advocating. No sooner was the ink dry on the 1947 pacifist constitution, written under the orders of General Douglas MacArthur, than the Americans regretted forcing Japan to forever renounce “the right of belligerency”. John Foster Dulles, appointed to negotiate the end of the US occupation, urged Japan to build an army of 300,000 to 350,000 men. China had gone communist and the US was fighting a war in Korea. It no longer suited the US to have a neutered “client state” in east Asia. For years Japan resisted that pressure. Tokyo relied on the US nuclear umbrella and got on with the business of business. Its only concession was to form a Self Defence Force that was forbidden from fighting. Now, six decades later, Japan has a leader willing to take the US at its word. Mr Abe has the personal conviction, as well as the geopolitical pretext, to revamp Japan’s interpretation of its constitution or even to overturn pacifist article nine itself. Now the moment has come, though, some in Washington are having second thoughts. John Kerry, secretary of state, according to one former White House official, regards Japan as “unpredictable and dangerous”. There is nervousness that Japanese nationalism will provoke a counter-reaction in Beijing. Hugh White, an Australian academic and former defence official, says the meaning is clear: “America would rather see Japan’s interests sacrificed than risk a confrontation with China.” When Mr Abe went to Yasukuni, he may have partly been sending a message to Washington. It is a curiosity of the Japanese right that it has been the most ardent supporter of the US-Japan alliance while simultaneously being resentful of the postwar settlement imposed by Washington on a defeated Japan. Going to Yasukuni in defiance of US wishes is one way of signalling that Japan cannot always be relied upon to do Washington’s bidding. Distaste in Washington for Mr Abe is by no means universal. In some ways, the Japanese prime minister is exactly what the US doctor ordered. He has a plan to reflate Japan’s economy. He is the first leader in years with any hope of solving the festering issue of US marine bases in Okinawa. He is willing to spend more on defence after years of a self-imposed limit of 1 per cent of output. Those policies, however, come with a price tag: a revisionist nationalism that many in Washington find distasteful. “As China grows, Japan has more and more reason to be anxious about China’s power, and less and less confidence in America’s willingness to protect it,” Mr White says. The US, he argues, must either commit itself unambiguously to defend Japan’s core interests or help Japan regain the “strategic independence it surrendered after 1945”. Japan’s answer to that dilemma is to hold on ever tighter to America – and to pull away. Labels: FT, Shinzo Abe #Fukushima I NPP: 23,000,000,000,000 Bq (or 23 Terabecquerels) of All-Beta in 100 Tonnes of Waste Water that Leaked from Top of Storage Tank (UPDATE 2/21/2014) Someone may have opened the wrong valve, not the valve malfunctioning as initially claimed by TEPCO, causing the leak. See my latest post. According to TEPCO's alert for the press (2/20/2014), there has been a fresh leak of highly contaminated RO (reverse osmosis) waste water at Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant, the same kind of water that was found leaking in August 2013. The densities of radionuclides in the highly contaminated water that was found leaking on February 19, 2014 from the top of a tank that stores waste water after reverse osmosis treatment are: Cesium-134: 3,800 Bq/L Cobalt-60: 1,800 Bq/L Manganese-54: 1,300 Bq/L Antimony-125: 41,000 Bq/L All-beta: 230,000,000 Bq/L There are 1,000 liters per tonne, and TEPCO says about 100 tonnes of this water leaked. So, in the 100 tonnes of water, there are: 23,000,000,000,000 Bq, or 23 terabecquerels of all-beta (including strontium-90) How did this happen? It was not through some cracks or loose rivets with deteriorating packing this time. The short answer is: TEPCO let it overflow by negligence. The longer answer, as I extract from TEPCO's photos and videos library (2/20/2014) document: 1. The tank is a tall, riveted tank to store RO waste water in H6 area. The tank was almost full. 2. For some unknown reason, the valves of the pipe that feeds RO waste water to the tank were open, which should have been closed. The waste water kept coming and filling the tank. 3. At 2:01PM on February 19, 2014, an alarm went off, indicating the water level is dangerously high. 4. But there was no transfer of the water scheduled at that time. So TEPCO and the workers thought either the alarm was malfunctioning or the water gauge was malfunctioning. They did nothing. 5. The waste water started to overflow from the flange at the top of the tank. 6. The waste water flowed into the rain gutter installed on the perimeter of the tank top to collect rainwater. 7. The gutter is connected to a drainpipe to guide rainwater OUTSIDE the dam that surrounds the concrete pad on which the tanks stand. 8. The extremely contaminated waste water flowed through the drainpipe onto the ground. 9. Finally a worker from a TEPCO affiliate company found the leak during a patrol at 11:25PM on February 19, 2014. 10. The water stopped at 5:40AM on February 20, 2014 after the valves were closed. The ground outside the dam looks well-saturated: Special Advisor to PM Abe Told to Delete Youtube Video in Which He Says "We Are the Ones Who Are Disappointed with the US" From Bloomberg News (2/19/2014; part): Abe Aide Told to Delete Video Criticizing U.S. Over Shrine Issue An aide to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was instructed to delete a video in which he expressed disappointment over the U.S. reaction to the Japanese premier’s December visit to a Tokyo war shrine. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters in Tokyo he had directed Seiichi Eto, a member of the upper house of parliament and a special adviser to the prime minister, to delete the video from YouTube because it expressed a personal view rather than the government position. The U.S. embassy last year issued a statement saying the government was “disappointed” by Abe paying his respects at the Yasukuni Shrine on Dec. 26, adding his action would “exacerbate tensions with Japan’s neighbors.” Animosity with China and South Korea over separate territorial disputes was worsened by Abe’s visit to the shrine, which is seen by many in both countries as a symbol of Japan’s past militarism. “America said it was disappointed, but we are the ones who are disappointed they said that,” Eto said in a video posted to YouTube on Feb. 16. “Why doesn’t America value its ally Japan?” Eto went on to say that the U.S. was trying to appease China with its statement. “You may think the ’disappointed’ statement was directed at Japan, but that’s not the case. They are telling China that they are disappointed. My understanding is that it’s just an excuse they are making to China,” he said. His youtube video (it is one of his regular video new to his constituents) has already been made "private". Mr. Seiichi Eto, pictured right, is the one who was sent to the US in October last year as special advisor to Prime Minister Abe to lay the groundwork for Abe's Yasukuni Shrine visit and obtain the understanding from the Obama administration. In the video which I watched before it became "private", Mr. Eto expressed his puzzlement over the US response. As far as he was concerned, the US understood that Abe wanted to visit the shrine. Mr. Eto said he told the Obama administration officials not to make a big issue out of it even if they wouldn't approve of the visit, and they agreed. It's interesting that the above Bloomberg article mentions only the US embassy (in Tokyo) that issued the "disappointed" statement, not the State Department (whose spokeswoman told a Chinese reporter to go get a dictionary). Labels: Shinzo Abe, Yasukuni Shrine Chinese Government Demands Japan to Return Weapon-Grade Plutonium to the US as President Obama Has Requested "G2" in complete agreement in this case. See my post in January this year for the demand from the other G2 nation. From Xinhua (2/19/2014; emphasis is mine): China calls on Japan to return plutonium to U.S. BEIJING, Feb. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- China has voiced serious concern over Japan’s possession of weapons-grade nuclear material. The US has been calling for the return of over 300 kilos of weapons-grade plutonium, which it loaned to Japan for research during the Cold War. The Chinese Foreign Ministry is pressing Tokyo to return the plutonium to the US as soon as possible. At a routine news conference on Monday, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Hua Chunying, said Japan’s large stockpile of plutonium poses serious nuclear security and non-proliferation risks. China is calling on Japan to settle the imbalance between its supply and demand of nuclear materials, in accordance with International Atomic Energy Agency rules. "China has been paying great attention to nuclear proliferation, the safety of nuclear material, and its potential threat to regional security. According to the rules of the International Atomic Energy Agency, each country should ensure a balance of supply and demand when it comes to nuclear material. Japan storing large amounts of weapons-grade material violates such rules. It is obvious that only the peaceful use of nuclear energy can guarantee no security issues will arise. China urges Japan to give a concrete explanation, and take responsibility for the safety of international society, comply with its obligations, and return the materials to the US as soon as possible.” Hua said. "A complete explanation" is simple enough - the US gave Japan 300 kg of weapons-grade plutonium. (The understanding in Japan is that this plutonium is not "loaned" but gifted. ) Labels: china, plutonium #Fukushima I NPP: Latest Photos and Video of Reactor 3 Operating Floor Show Reactor Shield Plug (Slightly Deformed in Center), Wrecked Fuel Handling Machine Still in Spent Fuel Pool It is good to see the shield plug, presence of which should indicate that the Reactor 3 explosion was probably not nuclear as many people have postulated. TEPCO has been clearing the debris from the Reactor 3 operating floor since September 2012, in preparation of debris removal from the Spent Fuel Pool. Then in December 2013, with hardly any fanfare or press coverage, TEPCO started removing the debris, starting with the small pieces, from the Spent Fuel Pool, using remote-control heavy equipment (see my 1/1/2014 post). If the SFP debris removal is on schedule (which may not be, because of the heavy snow in the past two weeks), TEPCO should be just about ready to remove the Fuel Handling Machine. The video was taken on January 31, 2014 from a camera fitted on the boom of a crane. The entire operating floor (click to enlarge; composite photo from several photos, according to TEPCO): Upper left - DSP (Device Storage Pit), upper center - Reactor Shield Plug, upper right - Spent Fuel Pool On October 10, 2013, the operating floor was covered with smaller debris. The shield plug was not discernible: FYI, on March 24, 2011, it looked like this: In the latest photo, the shield plug appears intact, but if you look closely the center of the middle piece is depressed downward. TEPCO's analysis is that some heavy debris fell on top of the piece after the explosion, and the shield plug itself (which has three layers) is structurally sound. The shield plug is not likely to be touching the Containment Vessel head, says TEPCO in the accompanying document. Again from TEPCO's photos and videos library, 2/14/2014, photos of the shield plug, with the second photo showing the gap of 300 millimeters (or 30 centimeters): Diagrams of the shield plug, and TEPCO's analysis on the deformed shield plug, from the accompanying document (Japanese): (TEPCO's analysis above) The cause of deformation could be "hydrogen explosion" or "falling of the ceiling crane and other objects". However, as the floor slab (30-centimeter and 60-centimeter thick) surrounding the shield plug is not damaged, it is not likely that the shield plug (made of three layers of ferroconcrete (60 centimeters each) was deformed by the hydrogen explosion. The ceiling crane itself did not make direct contact with the shield plug after it fell, but there was a trolley above the shield plug. So the deformation is likely to have been caused by the fall of the main hoisting hook onto the shield plug. 原因として「水素爆発」「天井クレーン等の落下」が考えられるが，シールドプラグ周囲の床スラブ（厚さ:30cm,60cm）が損傷を受けていないことから，水素爆発でシールドプラグ（鉄筋コンクリート製，厚さ約60cm×3層）が変形したとは考え難い。また、落下後の天クレ本体は直接シールドプラグに接していなかったものの，プラグ上部にはトロリーがあり主巻フック等の衝突によるものと推定される。 The first diagram shows (on the left) that there is a 1,200 millimeter (1.2 meter) gap between the bottom of the third layer of the shield plug and the Primary Containment Vessel head. TEPCO doesn't seem to think the mid and bottom layers were damaged and causing damage to the Containment Vessel, and cites the results of dust sampling and air dose rate measurements on the shield plug and surrounding area as evidence (no significant difference in radioactivity). The location where the steam have been seen rising, from TEPCO (7/24/2013): The video taken on 1/31/2014: The most severe damage, on concrete floor at least, is not seen near the shield plug or the Spent Fuel Pool on the east half of the operating floor but in the northwest corner (bottom left in the overall photo, or in the video showing the entire floor in the beginning). I wonder what was there (or the floor below). For the changing look of the Reactor 3 operating floor, see my post on 12/31/2013. Labels: Reactor No.3 (Just because I'm playing this music in the orchestra version, you get to hear it, if you like.) Astor Piazzolla: La Muerte Del Angel (1985 in Utrecht, Netherlands) (OT) Heavy Snowfall in Kanto That Has Killed 15 So Far Is Clearly Not Disastrous Enough for Prime Minister Abe... The tweet (2/17/2014) by Asahi Shinbun's reporters attached to the Prime Minister's Official Residence says it all: Reporters: What is your thoughts on the government's measures for the heavy snow? PM Abe: Good Morning! The twitter account of the PM Official Residence on Emergency Response Information did not have anything on the extreme snow fall in parts of Kanto, particularly Yamanashi, until the afternoon of Sunday February 16, 2014. Even then, it only retweeted the tweets by Ministry of Land and Infrastructure with the links to PDF files (as if people accessing the emergency tweets on their cellphones can easily open the PDF files). There was a tweet by someone who called the PM Official Residence on Sunday to urge someone there to get busy on helping Yamanashi and other prefectures which are not prepared for this kind of snowfall. (In normal years, Yamanashi's snowfall is about 14 centimeters. This year, it is over 156 centimeters.) The call was received by a guard, who told this person to call back on Monday (weekday). PM Abe himself had a tempura dinner (15,000 yen (US$150) per person, I hear) on Sunday with his supporters at an upscale restaurant in uptown Tokyo, as people stuck on the highways and roads in Yamanashi and northern Kanto survived on free bread provided by Yamazaki Bread. Another heavy snow storm is expected this week, as early as February 17 or 18. As to the new governor of Tokyo who said "Snow? What's the big deal?", his twitter account has nothing so far on the snow emergency, which is severely affecting the western (mountainous) Tokyo. The last tweet was on February 13 or 14, telling his followers he has been working very hard every day as the governor. Labels: Shinzo Abe TEPCO Tells Governor of Niigata That They Can Delay Deploying Filtered Vent at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa NPP for 18 Hours in Case of a Severe Accident A strange song and dance continues between TEPCO and Governor of Niigata Hirohiko Izumida. Mr. Izumida is considered to be one of the champions for people who are against nuclear power plants in Japan for his combative stance against TEPCO with his remarks like "Which is more important, profit or people's lives?" to a president of a (nominally) for-profit enterprise. He is also insisting that TEPCO NOT use the filtered vent to be installed at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant unless he gives the express permission to do so in case of a severe accident like the one that hit Fukushima I NPP. Why? Because the filtered vent cannot eliminate the volatile radioactive materials like noble gas and iodine-131. Izumida doesn't want the vent to take place while the residents in the surrounding areas evacuate. So TEPCO came up with an assurance that they would do the vent in 18 hours after the start of a severe accident. To refresh our memory, Reactor 1 at Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant suffered a core melt by the early morning of March 12, 2011. The earthquake that triggered the scram of the reactor core was 2:46PM on March 11, 2011. If that's what Izumida wants - wait for 18 hours to do the vent in a severe accident, I guess he is willing to own a severe accident and its consequences at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa NPP. From Sankei Shinbun (2/12/2014; part): 東京電力は、柏崎刈羽原子力発電所（新潟県柏崎市、刈羽村）で過酷事故が起きた場合、事故発生から最短で１８時間後に原子炉格納容器内の蒸気を、事故対策用のフィルター付きベント（排気）設備を通して外部へ排出するとの試算を公表した。 TEPCO announced the result of simulation that the vent would be done in 18 hours at the earliest using the filtered vent facilities in order to release the steam inside the Containment Vessel in case of a severe accident at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant (in Kashiwazaki City and Kariwa-mura in Niigata Prefecture). 県が開催した原発の専門家でつくる「技術委員会」で示した。試算では、原発施設の原子炉を冷却する設備がすべて使えなくなり、消防車でも炉心注水に失敗するという最悪の事態を想定した。 TEPCO announced the result in the technology committee made up of nuclear experts and organized by the Niigata prefectural government. The simulation was based on the worst case scenario whereby all the reactor cooling mechanisms failed, including water injection into the reactor core using fire engines. 東電が具体的な時間を示したことについて泉田裕彦知事は１２日の記者会見で、「想定通り１８時間はベントしないで済むのかどうかも含めて、技術的に検討する必要がある」と述べた。 During the press conference on February 12, Governor Hirohiko Izumida commented on the specific timeframe TEPCO indicated. "We need to do the technical evaluation, including whether the vent could really be delayed for 18 hours as assumed by TEPCO." 東電は、ベント設備は格納容器内の蒸気に含まれる粒子状の放射性物質を千分の１に減少させるが、気体状の放射性物質は除去できない、としている。 According to TEPCO, the filtered vent facilities reduce particulate radioactive materials in the steam inside the Containment Vessel to one-thousands, but they cannot remove volatile radioactive materials. While I do not think much of Governor Izumida's insistence on approving the vent in case of a severe accident, he is probably doing more to help Yamanashi Prefecture to dig itself out of the heavy snow than the national government or other local government. Niigata is famous for the extremely heavy snow fall it routinely gets during winter, and it is extremely well-equipped to deal with such snow fall. According to Niigata Nippo newspaper, Izumida has already sent four officials to assess the situation in Yamanashi to plan a rescue operation including sending snow-plowing specialists in Niigata. Labels: filtered vent, Hirohiko Izumida, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, TEPCO Possible Leak of Alpha and Beta Radiation Emitters at Transuranic Radioactive Waste Underground Storage Facility in New Mexico, DOE Official Doesn't Quantify the Leak The facility, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), takes plutonium-contaminated waste from Los Alamos National Laboratory and other federal nuclear projects. According to wiki, The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, or WIPP, is the world's third deep geological repository (after closure of Germany's Repository for radioactive waste Morsleben and the Schacht Asse II Salt Mine) licensed to permanently dispose of transuranic radioactive waste for 10,000 years that is left from the research and production of nuclear weapons. (FYI, transuranic elements: the chemical elements with atomic numbers greater than 92 (the atomic number of uranium)) From Salon, quoting AP (2/16/2014; emphasis is mine): Crews monitor NM nuclear repository for radiation CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — Officials checking the presence of airborne radiation at an underground site in southeastern New Mexico where the U.S. government seals away low-grade nuclear waste say surface tests have detected no contamination. Samples were taken at several sites around the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant after an air monitor found radiation on the underground levels of the facility around 11:30 p.m. Friday, the U.S. Department of Energy said in a news release. No workers were underground at the time and no injuries or damages have been reported. A fire at the site earlier this month prompted an evacuation. “Monitors at the WIPP boundary have confirmed there is no danger to human health or the environment,” the department said late Saturday night. “No contamination has been found on any equipment, personnel, or facilities.” Energy Department spokesman Roger Nelson said that the 139 workers aboveground at the site near Carlsbad were told Saturday to stay where they were as a precaution. None of them tested positive for contamination, and all non-essential personnel were released, Nelson said. The surface samples show no contamination has been detected, implying the leak was “not significant,” he said. Nelson says the cause of the leak is not known yet. The devices that continuously monitor the air underground reached a threshold level that automatically switches the ventilation system into a filtered mode. He couldn’t quantify the level it takes to trigger the monitors, but says they’re sensitive. He says the monitors have been triggered in the past by radon fluctuations. WIPP stores waste that emits alpha and beta radiation, which is in particulate form, so the risk is of inhalation not penetration, he said. No one has been underground, and Nelson said he didn’t know when that would happen. “We are going to take measurements and make sure we understand it” before sending in a team, he said. U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce issued a statement saying, “WIPP has acted quickly and cautiously to ensure the safety of personnel and the local community.” The incident comes 10 days after an underground truck fire at the plant prompted an evacuation. Six people were treated for smoke inhalation on Feb. 5. Nelson said the fire was in a different part of the site, about 1,000 feet away, from where the radiation was found. Asked if the incidents were related, he said, “I just can’t think of a scenario where there would be a relationship.” WIPP is the nation’s first and only deep geological nuclear waste repository. It takes plutonium-contaminated waste from Los Alamos National Laboratory and other federal nuclear projects. Labels: alpha radiation, beta radiation, Department of Energy, plutonium, WIPP	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1109
__label__wiki	0.542552	0.542552	Best Spinning Rod Under 100 \| Quality Yet Affordable Rods Best Baitcasting Rod Under 100 \| Expert Reviews For 2020 Best Ultralight Fishing Rod in 2020 \| Picked By Successful Anglers Best Surf Rods For The Money \| Read Before You Buy Fishing Reel Best Saltwater Baitcasting Reels in 2020 \| Expert Reviews Best Inshore Spinning Reel in 2020 \| Reviewed By Real Users Best Trolling Reels Review For 2020 \| Should You buy this? Best Surf Fishing Reel Reviews (Top 10) & Guide For 2020 Best Ice Fishing Line in 2020 \| Reviewed By Experts Best Monofilament Fishing Line For Saltwater \| Reviewed for 2020 Best Fishing Line For Baitcaster in 2020 \| Expert Guide Best Line For Surf Fishing in 2020 (Real Reviews Inside) Best Fish Finder Under 100 \| Expert Reviews & Guideline Best Ice Fishing Fish Finder \| Must Read Before You Buy Best Side Imaging Fish Finder \| Reviewed For 2020 Let’s imagine you are looking underwater. A fish goes past you by the side, but you could only get a glimpse of it. You look towards it, but it is gone. A luscious, magnificent creature, gone just as swiftly as it arrived. All you needed was 180-degree angle vision……………………well we have what you might need! With today’s side imaging fish finders, you can see anything, from mermaids to leviathans that pass by the side. With this wide a Field-Of-View, do you really need much more than that? I don’t think so! With that, let’s talk about the best side imaging fish finder! Jump To The Best Side Imaging Fish Finder 10 Best Side Imaging Fish Finder in 2020: 1. Humminbird 410210-1 Helix 5 Chirp GPS G2 Fish Finder 2. Humminbird Helix 7 Chirp SI/GPS G2 Combo 3. Humminbird 409640-1 HELIX 5 SI Fish Finder 4. Garmin Striker 7SV with transducer, 010-01809-00 5. Humminbird 409850-1 Helix 7 SI GPS Fishfinder 6. Humminbird 410220-1 Helix 5, Chirp Di GPS G2 7. Humminbird 409950-1 Helix 9 SI 480x800 Sonar 8. Garmin Echomap Chirp 73SV transducer, 010-01802-01 9. Humminbird 409990-1 Helix 10 SI 600x1024 Sonar 10. Garmin Striker 7sv with Transducer, 7" GPS Fishfinder Why Buy a Side Imaging Fish Finder? Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) About Best Side Imaging Fish Finder We start this list with the Humminbird Helix 5 G2. This fish finder looks like a digital camera of sorts, with a black, plastic body. The screen takes up 70% of the front face of the device, while the buttons are concentrated on the upper-right portion. The largest button on the device is the directional buttons, which are on a ring. The sensor on this is the HELIX 5 CHIRP G2 DualBeam PLUS sonar transducer. The sensor setup has a dual frequency capability with one 83 kHz and one 200 kHz. However, the device itself is capable of 50 kHz frequency as well. In addition to this, it uses a dual-beam setup with beam angles of either 60 degrees or 20 degrees. These form the basic Mid CHIRP and High CHIRP frequencies. Using this enables you to find groups of fish first, and then target individual ones. Take this from the cheetahs, find the herd and prey on the weakest one! Higher precision CHIRP can help you get as accurate as 2.5 inches, meaning that is how far away each fish can be from other fish for them to be identified. The sonar is capable of scanning into depths of as much as 1500ft. It can also detect water temperature. The sensor also has built-in GPS too. The screen is a 5-inch Color WVGA Display. On the left, you can see a bunch of details, including depth, temperature, water speed, position, etc. It has two screens, with a sonar display and a GPS map. The sonar has a depth scale, and fish are shown in red and yellow. The map works the way all maps work, of course. You can also set waypoints and put markings, and a Micro SD card can be used to store most of these. Great precision and fish sensitivity. Good accurate. Does not work on shallow water. Next on this list is the Humminbird Helix 7. This looks much like the previous name on the list, but it looks much sassier. The look is much more polished and has a more modern feel than the 5th version. It has a screen that takes up much more of the space than anything else does in the middle. As usual, the buttons are placed on the top right corner while the power button is on the bottom right. Doesn’t get more Humminbird than that, does it? Also, like them, you get a good CHIRP transducer to go along with it, which comes externally of course. The CHIRP sonar is capable of Side Imaging and Down Imaging, with an impressive range of 480 feet of imaging side-by-side. You can also get the CHIRP DualBeam Plus with SwitchFire, which is, in simple words, the ability to project two different beams that have enhanced scanning abilities. This is achieved because of the ability to use 2 different frequencies (or 3 if you upgrade your transducer). As we said already, you can see two different stuff using two different frequencies, which will help give you even more details. Talk about pulling all the rabbits out of the hat, huh? This was the usual beam. The side beam works by having a beam of a frequency of 455 kHz with a beam angle of 86 degrees. Side imaging has a range of 480 feet because it can send beams up to 240 ft. on both sides. The Down Imaging uses three modes of Narrow, Medium, and Wide. The screen shows all the basic details and can be made split-screen for simultaneously using two different beams. Overall, a solid piece of versatile fish-finding magic! Solid scanning. Versatility. Limited side imaging range. If you enjoy a blast from the past, the Helix-5 SI is just what the doctor ordered! It obviously looks older, with a similar Humminbird shape with the screen and the buttons. You know what they look like by now. The device itself isn’t very heavy for what it does, weighing a small ten pounds. It is also not very big. The sonar it uses is Humminbird’s own DualBeam Plus with Side Imaging and Down Imaging installed. The transducer that you get with this supports all of these types and also has a temperature sensor installed. Since it is connected externally, you also get a 6m long cable to add just a bit on top of the existing height. The standard depth that the transducer can scan is up to 1500 ft, while Side Imaging goes as far as 100 ft. How this works is that you can find all the groups of fish within your field of view in a flash, and then use the regular sensor for better targeting. Plus, it does a really good job in shallow water. To get the DualBeam effect the transducer is able to transmit two different frequencies of sonar, either individually or simultaneously. The 200 kHz beam has a beam angle of 20 degrees, while the 83 kHz beam has an angle of 60 degrees. What this does is allow you to first scan larger swathes of the water for a sign of fish, and then zero in on the selected prey. And if you use them together, what more do you need? The display shows the usual information such as depth, water speed, temperature, etc. You can use split screen with the DualBeam Plus. In addition, it has GPS too, which you can use for mapping. Excellent Side Imaging. GPS functionality. Poor visibility in sunlight. The Garmin Striker 7SV looks a lot like some of the other Side Imaging fish finders on this list, but the button placement and overall design is more pleasant, no doubt! Like most, the device’s screen takes up the lion’s share, but the buttons are uniquely placed. The right side of the screen has a bezel in the middle, which holds the directional keys. The other buttons encage them vertically. The symmetry is sure to please! Now, the magic happens in the transducer. Like others on this list, the transducer is capable of emitting beams of several frequencies to get a wider range of information. It emits CHIRP sonar, with capabilities of sending out either a 77 kHz beam or a 200 kHz beam on the basic transducer. On the other hand, side imaging is done on this with its DownVu and SideVu features. Both of these have beams with a frequency of 455 kHz. What this basically does is let you look to the sides, and the extremely high frequency means that you see a lot of details but at a far lower range. The best part of this is that you can use all of these at the same time. Speaking of which, the depth on this is also decent. You can see up to 1100 ft. in saltwater and 2300 ft. in freshwater. You also get to choose between high and medium CHIRP using the frequencies. For icing on the cake, you also get GPS positioning to mark prey, habitat, or anything else. The display is also good, with a triple split screen for each frequency. You get depth, temperature, and fish finder voltage information on the top left, while individual depth readings are provided by depth scales on each screen. Convenient UI. Exceptional mapping. Short, unstable cords. It looks exactly like the other Humminbirds, with the exact same positioning of the various elements that make up the fish finders. But don’t mistake it with the others, it stands out on its own quite a bit. First of all, it uses Humminbird’s SwitchFire sonar technology in the default transducer, of course with side and down imaging installed. As a result, the depth of scanning you can choose from are 100, 600, and 1500 ft. due to variable frequency options available on the fish finder. The display is where this particular fish finder shines. It has a dual screen setup, with a smaller screen in a larger screen. The screen is huge, is capable of 800x480 resolution and in 256 colors. You can also see in the dark or sunlight due to backlighting. But the main part is the bonded glass display which, as the name already says, uses bonded glass. What this gives is much clearer, cleaner picture of the sonar readings. This, in conjunction with the better display, gives something that is better protected, easier on the eyes and gives more precise information. You can also zoom in on this thing, and you won’t be losing much clarity. And if you want to see why that is important, go look up how zooming ruins picture quality! It also has superior, built-in GPS too. It lets you mark stuff on the map and accurately track locations of everything that you passed on the map. Speaking of maps, another cool thing is the fact that you can use this fish finder with just about any chart package in the U.S. It also has several features such as underwater contouring, AutoChartPro, Navionics Gold, and even LakeMaster, though we can’t guarantee you will be the master of any lake with it! Spoiled for features. Superior GPS performance. Inconvenient to use. Another Humminbird fish finder on this list, the Helix 5 CHIRP DI GPS G2 is another stellar, albeit typical-looking, Humminbird fish finder. It has the same screen size and button placements, although there are some differences when you talk about the screen itself. Let’s talk about the sensor first. It uses CHIRP sonar, meaning it uses CHIRP for all kinds of scanning, from Down and Side Imaging to the basic DualBeam Plus (yeah, this is quite common among Humminbird products). As with most of their products, there are two variations of CHIRP to choose from. With DualBeam Plus, you get frequencies of 455 kHz and 200 kHz, at angles of 16 degrees and 28 degrees respectively. I’m sure you are familiar with this sort of setup but do note that the frequencies here are somewhat higher than usual. In short, this means that you get limited range, but in exchange, you get excellent information clarity. As for the Down Imaging, you get 455 kHz frequency with a 75-degree beam angle, while with the 800 kHz frequency the angle is 45 degrees. Similar to most others, this is basically Medium and Low CHIRP settings, which has its own pros and cons. What you get with this is a range of 600 feet for the DualBeam Plus, and 350 feet while using Down Imaging. You probably don’t need to be a genius to conclude, then, that this fish finder is probably ideal for shallower or fresh water. The screen is also incredible; a 5-inch display with a brightness of 1500-NIT. On the left is a plethora of information that comes with aquatic scanning, including depth and temperature readings. But there’s more. You can set it to split screen for dual frequency details, and even a map with GPS features. Easy to use. Great display. Poor in tidal waters. The Helix 9 takes Humminbird’s Helix line to the next level. It has a display that looks sleek and curves that match its time. The screen is wider, and there are even subtle changes to the button layout, with an additional line of buttons over the power button. But don’t worry, all of these have been placed onto something that looks distinctly Humminbird’s and distinctly a product of the Helix line. Like most others of the line, this also comes with Side and Down Imaging, DualBeam Plus, and even has SwitchFire sonar installed into it. Although this comes with the usual dual-frequency capabilities of old, there are several features that help it stand out. For one, you have the choice of Max and Clear modes with SwitchFire. In addition, AIS technology, which is installed on the sensor, aids in areas of murky or translucent waters by providing information of regions that are otherwise difficult to see. With the basic 2D mode you can probe up to 1500 ft. deep with the lower frequency. As we mentioned already the higher frequency will help you capture more detail but to a lesser distance. Now, the screen is where the upgrade is most noticeable. It uses a 480x400 resolution display, but the screen itself is a 9-inch mammoth on its own. It is extremely bright and has a 65,000 color screen. It also has great GPS functionality. Not only can you use an AutoChart or AutoChartPro with this fish finder for mapping, but there are also many markers and paths whose data is already stored into the fish finder. The GPS itself, which is built-in, is extremely accurate and shows positions really well. Overall, this is a solid fish finder for more recent times. Amazing screen and display quality. Highly accurate fish targeting. Low device volume. Garmin makes some robust but handy fish finders, and this one is no exception. The fish finder stands on bottom support, which is basically cross-shaped legs. The device comprises of a decently-sized, 7-inch screen that is slightly wedged into the fish finder. Like many other fish finders, the buttons are placed on the right of the screen too. The buttons are placed symmetrically, and there isn’t anything quite like symmetry on the eyes! The clear upside of this fish finder is its magnificent sonar. It uses a broadband CHIRP sonar which is capable of 2D CHIRP as well as Side and Down Imaging thanks to its SideVu and DownVu CHIRP. The 2D CHIRP is capable of probing up to 2300 ft. of freshwater and 1100 ft. of saltwater. With Side and Down Imaging the maximum range is up to 500 ft. This is because the 2D CHIRP uses dual frequencies with angles of 24 degrees and 16 degrees for a 77kHz and 200kHz beam respectively. While SideVu and DownVu use fan-shaped beams, the angle is 50 degrees at 455 kHz while it is 30 degrees for the 800 kHz beam. The display gets the job done, with a variety of features including a split screen showing a map of the surrounding area and sonar readings from multiple frequencies from both 2D CHIRP and SideVu CHIRP, for example. It also has a flawless GPS navigation system. It has an internal receiver with a rate of 5 Hz and is capable of saving as many as 5000 marks and 100 paths. You can also get pre-installed charts of American aquatic bodies, and there are certain additional features installed too. Needless to say, this gets the job done really well on the scanner front. And that is why this is a go-to for many. Precise and detailed sonar. Easy-to-use. Syncing issues with Chart Plotter. Are you getting tired of seeing Humminbird Helix names on this list? Well, that’s too bad because we got one more! But this isn’t a joke, mind you, because they do make some of the best side imaging fish finders out there. This, once again, looks like a more polished Helix fish finder with subtle changes, but the Humminbird mark is there for all to see on it. One pattern is that the screens keep getting bigger, though! It uses the usual DualBeam Plus and Side and Down Imaging sonar with SwitchFire abilities installed on them. The DualBeam Plus operates at frequencies of 200 kHz and 83 kHz with angles of 20 degrees and 60 degrees respectively. On the other hand, the Down Imaging uses a 455 kHz beam with conical angle modes for narrow, medium and wide. The Side Imaging can use either a 455 kHz beam at an angle of 86 degrees or an 800 kHz beam at 55 degrees. What this results in is an impressive 1500 ft. depth range in the DualBeam Plus, while with Side and Down Imaging you can look as far as 100 ft. deep. You also get a good 480 ft. of horizontal coverage with Side Imaging. All of this only points to one thing, YOU GET TO SEE A LOT! The screen has a superior resolution of 1024x600, giving more detailed information on the screen. It is larger too, at an impressive size of 10.1 inches. Backlighting is brighter than earlier iterations too and is also glass bonded, making it secure and glare-proof. Plus, it is also waterproof, you know, just in case your clumsy hands splash water onto it! It also has a great navigation system built into it with enough features to suit all your needs. Doesn’t get as good as this, does it? Versatile. Highly accurate sonar and display. Somewhat difficult to set up. Another typical-looking Garmin Striker product but with distinguishable features on the inside. As the saying goes, don’t judge a book by its cover! And you would be wrong to do so because this is quite different from others on this list. Of course, it still has the same display and architecture as other Garmin Strikers, but what matters is what’s on the inside! The Garmin Striker 7SV uses Garmin’s traditional CHIRP sonar, which includes two types of sonar, one is a Down Imaging sonar called ClearVu, and the other a Side Imaging sonar called SideVu. With such a setup you get much more accurate fish targeting and better separation of fish and natural objects underwater. In short, better zoning in on fish and less effective camouflage for them! 2D sonar uses frequencies of 77 kHz and 200 kHz, with the capacity to go as low as 50 kHz with the right transducer. ClearVu and SideVu are capable of beams of frequencies of 260 kHz, 455 kHz or 800 kHz. This combination yields a range of 800 feet using 2D sonar, though a lower frequency can give one with a depth range of 2000 feet. ClearVu is limited to 250 feet, while SideVu at twice that. SideVu is obviously larger because it emits 2 beams in opposite directions, doubling the range of ClearVu. The best part of this is that unlike most others, this fish finder does well even while moving. But don’t go overboard with the speed, a modest 10mph should do fine. The navigation is another strong suit, with the fish finder capable of saving as many as 5000 waypoints to its memory, including waypoints and landmarks. Using route tracing capabilities installed you can also record your route, though you do not get whole maps. To make things short, this fish finder does everything you need doing well, without going overboard. That’s why we love it! Excellent sonar performance. Easy to get started with. No mapping capabilities. While most work can be done by a simple 2D transducer, Side Imaging can really enhance your experience of using fish finders. The primary benefit is that when you use side imaging in conjunction with 2D sonar, you get a detailed breakdown of the happenings underwater. Having both a vertical and bird-eye-view of sorts will significantly help in finding exactly where the fish are located. The multiple perspectives can help you trace out more than having a single perspective. 2D sonar can’t tell things that a sideways view can! This particular part becomes handy when you have split screen with your fish finder. It then becomes a matter of seeing two visions of whatever is happening underwater and then coming to a more informed judgment about what you should be doing next. Additionally, Side Imaging has an enormous field of view, with some covering angles as much as 180 degrees wide. Once you add this to the fact that the sonar has a decent range, you can cover a large portion of the water almost instantly. And you know what that means right? You find more fish! And since most fish are found in clusters, they are easier to identify and you can plan your catch easier. Of course, faster coverage not only means more fish but also faster fish identification. You no longer have to manually trace your sonar over the area where the fish are located to find them. Side imaging will do that for you in a flash. Another really big plus point for Side Imaging fish finders is that it centers the boat, so you get a better idea of where each fish is compared to your positioning. If Einstein’s theory of relativity did anything, it was that everything is a matter of perspective. Seeing the fish underwater is a good way to get started, for sure. But knowing where exactly the fish is versus where your boat is can really make a huge difference. You can get a real-time idea of where the fish is, so you can put your fishing net or reel in the right way. With 2D sonar, you might throw in the reel towards the general direction, but not exactly where the fish is located. Oh, we should also tell you the fact that it prevents fish from hiding! Most of the fish hide in aquatic structures or vegetation. When you look at it from either a 2D sonar or even an underwater camera, fish might be hidden behind something which sonar cannot detect. But if Mr. Fishy thought he could hide forever, he was wrong! Because with Side Imaging you can see him in his hidey hole! Most of the things that can hide fish underwater don’t have an overhead enclosure of any kind, so whether it is something solid like a shipwreck or simple grass, you can still find the fish. 1. Will Side Imaging Work Well in Deeper Water? A: Most fish finders have particular depth ranges for their sonar. Once you exceed those ranges, the sonar beam cannot come back to the transducer so you will get wild readings (you will know it too). Side Imaging focuses more on extremely large coverage at a shallower depth so it may not give the desired results. But then again, 2D sonar is there for the deeper waters. But if you insist, you can upgrade your transducers for better coverage too. 2. Why do Frequencies of Beams Matter? A: Frequencies determine how much information is transmitted and how far the beam goes. A lower frequency beam can travel far because it bounces off fewer objects. However, with the higher range, you lose a lot in detail. On the other hand, high frequency has lower range but provides better clarity for display. 3. What Perspective am I Seeing With Side Imaging? A: Side Imaging is essentially a bird’s eye view spanning an angle of 180 degrees from one side of the boat to the other. The beams are sent on both sides of the boat underwater, so you get a horizontal view instead of a vertical view i.e. if something is to the right, left, in front or behind. However, you will not get information regarding depth on the side-imaging sonar. But hey, you win some, you lose some, right? Final notes Now that we have armed you with so much knowledge, it is time to take your fishing skills to the next level. Using a side imaging fish finder, you can get instantaneous results and get a lot more fish found a lot quicker. We don’t know about you, but they sure seem to be good returns on investments to us! Related Resources: Best Fish Finder Under 100 \| Expert Reviews & Guideline Best Ice Fishing Fish Finder \| Must Read Before You Buy Latest Fishing Tips Fishing Pole vs Rod \| Comparison Between Fishing Pole and Rod Saltwater Pier Fishing \| Beginner’s Guide to Start Pier Fishing Perfectly How to Use an Open Face Reel \| Expert Angler’s Tips Steelhead Fishing Tips \| How to Fish Steelhead Like A Pro Deep Lake Fishing \| Tips on How to Fish in a Deep Lake Properly Fishing Topics Fishing Basics Fishing Destination Fishing Gears Fishing Types Tips by Fish Species FishingTask is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. © 2020 Fishing Task \| About \| Contact \| Disclaimers	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1114
__label__wiki	0.722656	0.722656	Greg Albo Greg Albo is a professor of Political Science at York University in Toronto. Beyond Market Dystopia New Ways of Living Edited by Leo Panitch and Greg Albo November 2019 How can we build a future with better health and homes, respecting people and the environment? The World Turned Upside Down? The Socialist Register 2019 Edited by Leo Panitch and Greg Albo December 2018 The latest edition of the Socialist Register explores a range of pressing issues and asks what we can expect from the recent social and political changes occurring across the globe. Rethinking Democracy Socialist Register 2018 This volume seeks a re-appraisal of actually existing liberal democracy today, but its main goal to help lay the foundations for new visions and practices in the development of socialist democracy. Amidst the contradictions of neoliberal capitalism today, the responsibility to sort out the relationship between socialism and democracy has never been greater. Rethinking Revolution What is the meaning of revolution in the twenty-first century? One hundred years ago, the events of October 1917 inspired socialists and oppressed peoples around the world, and it became an inevitable point of reference for twentieth-century politics. Today the Left needs to both come to terms with this legacy and to transcend it through a critical reappraisal of its broad effects — those positive and negative — on political, intellectual and cultural life. The Politics of the Right Edited by Greg Albo and Leo Panitch November 2015 The fifty-second edition in the highly popular Socialist Register series focuses on the political forces and parties of the Right, seeking to shed light on their social base, organizational strength and range and influence on mainstream parties and opinions. Transforming Classes By Leo Panitch and Greg Albo November 2014 The latest installment of this longstanding classic publication features works by many of today’s most progressive political theorists. Transforming Classes tackles examines the ways in which class is being transformed in the Global South, the organization of workers in the workplace and community and the myriad forces shaping and reshaping the lives of workers today. Registering Class Edited by Greg Albo, Vivek Chibber and Leo Panitch October 2013 The fiftieth volume of the Socialist Register is dedicated to the theme of “registering class,” in light of the spread and deepening of capitalist social relations around the globe. Today’s economic crisis has been deployed to extend the class struggle from above while many resistances have been explicitly cast in terms of class struggles from below. The Question of Strategy By Greg Albo, Vivek Chibber and Leo Panitch November 2012 Socialists today have to confront two realities – that they cannot avoid the question of reforms and a gradualist path out of capitalism; and that the organizational vehicles for socialism will most likely have to abide by different structures and principles than those that dominated left politics in the twentieth century. Which features of past organizational models should be retained? And which discarded? Socialist Register 2013 seeks to explore and clarify strategy for the Left, in the light of new challenges, and new opportunities. The Crisis and The Left Edited by Greg Albo, Vivek Chibber and Leo Panitch December 2011 As the crisis continues to bite deeper into the lives of people around the world, The Socialist Register 2012: The Crisis and the Left considers how the Left has responded and asks if it can offer a viable alternative. Examining the crisis in a variety of geographic areas including Africa, Latin America, Europe and China, contributors explore many themes of crisis from finance to climate, oil and auto to poverty and over-accumulation. The Crisis This Time Edited by Greg Albo, Vivek Chibber and Leo Panitch January 2011 The challenge for socialist analysis is to reveal both the nature of the contradictions of capitalism in the neo-liberal era of globalized finance, and their consequences in our time. Crises need to be understood as turning points that open up opportunities.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1122
__label__cc	0.658497	0.341503	Tofu, broccoli and red capsicum stir fry with oriental plum sauce Skip to recipe When Elliot and I went to Japan for our honeymoon, I didn’t think much about how I was going to write about our experiences. I just jumped in and started adding captions to photos, describing our days blow by blow as I always have in travel journals. And I’ll continue to do that in separate albums, but it’s no way to maintain a travel blog for an entire year! Instead, I want to use this blog to share my thoughts, feelings, and impressions; my own personal journey as our locations – and lives – change. I finished reading ‘The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k’ by Mark Manson on the plane over here, and it’s the most life-changing self-help book I’ve read. I think that’s partly the content and the way it’s written, but also partly the timing of reading it. I’m drawn to the laidback, hippy lifestyle, and some of the time it fits perfectly. But there’s no escaping the on-the-spectrum side of my personality. I spend a lot of time overanalysing, and then overanalysing the overanalysing, something Manson describes perfectly early on in the book. And often it’s myself and my own behaviour that I’m overanalysing to begin with. I feel anxious when I don’t know the plan or when I’m not moving somewhere, making some kind of concrete, measurable progress. Perhaps not the ideal attributes to get the most out of a trip like this, nor to be a tolerable travel partner! Reading the book has come at the perfect time for me. Manson entertainingly explains why he believes the problem with most people’s approach is that they care too much; they set too many goals; they work towards being happy instead of just being happy; they try to find themselves instead of just being themselves. I identify with a lot of this, and I’m ready to change my approach. In particular, I love the idea that we change throughout our lives, that there is no ‘self’ to be found. You are who you are now – embrace it, and enjoy it. We’ve essentially packed up our life in pursuit of discovery and adventure. We’ve given away the structure of home and work. There’s nothing specific we’re looking to achieve. The aim is just to be happy… and there are no strategies for doing it. It’s just a matter of soaking it all in and appreciating the majesty of the world around us, and more importantly, the people in it. The past couple of months at home I felt like I was stagnating. It’s not a word I would have used to describe the feeling at the time, but I guess I would sum it up with the fact that I just wanted to stay home and watch TV more than I wanted to go out. For a while it was as if nothing felt as joyous as it once did. I started to feel like I wasn’t as smart as I used to be, or as interesting, or as fun. I questioned myself for no good reason. Sometimes I would wonder if I even liked myself. Already I almost feel like a different person. I feel more free, more open, more curious. More comfortable with myself and my relationships. I can’t wait to see and learn new things, to see how other people live. And Vancouver was the perfect place to start. The people of Vancouver are all so friendly. There’s a real respect and warmth to everyone’s interactions with each other, not just in terms of willingness to chat and help each other, but also to recognise and respect boundaries and desire for solitude as well. On the whole, people are healthier than in Melbourne. Slim bodies aside, there's a noticeable spring in their step! Vegetarians and vegans beware: if you visit Vancouver, you may never want to come home. As someone who is used to choosing from maybe three or four vegetarian options on a menu, it’s been an exciting and overwhelming experience. Our vegan hosts Megan and Nate took us around the best vegan cafes Vancouver has to offer, but everywhere you go vegans are catered for. Vegan burgers in particular are just everywhere, spearheaded by A&W’s ‘Beyond Meat’ burger. For the first few days we were here, I couldn’t get over how beautiful all the dogs were. I’m talking seriously handsome. And then it hit me, right in the middle of the Pride Day Festival, as I enjoyed the best falafel I’ve ever had in my life – none of them are overweight. In our whole week here in Vancouver, I only saw one overweight dog, a Golden Retriever that, had I seen it in Brighton, I would have probably just called ‘the high end of normal’. Vancouver is an amazing example of why drugs, or at least marijuana, should be legalised. Weed isn’t quite legal in Vancouver, but it’s pretty close. There are ‘dispensaries’ scattered around the city, which are theoretically there to service those with a prescription, but all you really need is proof that you’re over 19! At Wreck Beach, people are wandering around chanting ‘Mushrooms! Chocolate mushrooms!’ The scent of marijuana smoke wafts across the breeze every so often as you wander around town, but refreshingly, the smell of tobacco is a rarity. We came across a few people who seemed a little happier than would normally be physiologically possible, but nobody was belligerent and nobody had overdone it. Who knew legalising drugs would lead to more responsible use! I guess in theory I knew there were plenty of cities in the world with big open green spaces alongside thriving metropolises… but I’d never been to one, so it never really occurred to me that it was possible to live in the city and casually wander down into a lush green forest so big you’d need days to explore it all. Stanley Park is one of the most serene places I’ve ever been. A different kind of serenity to what you find deep in nature where nobody has ever been. It’s more of a harmony. Everybody intersecting so comfortably as the sun twinkles through the great big Douglas Firs and shimmers across the leaves. Ah, Vancouver… definitely my favourite place so far! To see a full album of Vancouver with captions detailing our adventures, click here. As I said in the last post, I intended to start posting a bunch of travel-friendly recipes, but we haven't yet stayed anywhere that has made that possible! So here's one that I used to make at home, and that I'll no doubt use on this trip. Depression Cherry Firm tofu, 300-500 g Paper towel, 6-8 sheets Peanut oil, 1-2 tbsp Soy sauce, 3 tbsp Lemon juice, 1 tbsp Broccoli, 1 head Rice, 1 cup (dry) Minced garlic, 2 tsp Minced ginger, 1 tsp Red capsicum, 1 Chinese oriental plum sauce, 1 bottle Pineapple chunks, 1 small tin (drained) Cashews, 200 g Cut tofu into 3–4 slices and place paper towel between the slices to absorb excess moisture. When soaked, remove and replace with fresh paper towel. Combine 1 tbsp peanut oil, soy sauce and lemon juice in a wok. Chop tofu into triangles or cubes, add to wok and and toss to coat. Add broccoli and a little water to a microwave-safe container and microwave for 1 minute. Drain water. Cook tofu over medium-high heat for about 5 minutes until browning. Meanwhile, bring a pot of water to the boil and add rice. (Or use a rice cooker.) Drain and rinse when done. Add ginger, garlic, broccoli and red capsicum to wok and cook for another 5–10 minutes until tender-crisp. Use additional peanut oil if needed. Add Chinese oriental plum sauce and pineapple chunks. When the sauce starts to bubble, turn off heat. Season to taste. Serve stir-fry over rice with cashews. Enjoy! What did you think of this recipe? I'd love to hear from you! Hi, I’m Steph, vet, writer, editor, vegetarian, vinyl addict and food enthusiast! Feta Hands is not about gourmet ingredients or recipes. It’s not about perfecting temperature or timing. It’s about having fun, adding and subtracting, making wonderful mistakes, and giving new vigour to tired old recipes.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1123
__label__wiki	0.78316	0.78316	FILM.ORG » THE GREATER PHILADELPHIA FILM OFFICE About GPFO Support GPFO GPFO Store Social Media Requests FILMING IN PHILLY Filming in Philly » City, State & Federal Services Greener Sets INCENTIVES & FUNDING » Federal Incentives Billy Penn Music Crew & Vendor Listings Directory Listings Helpdesk Ads & Marketing Opportunities GREATER PHILADELPHIA FILMMAKERS Greater Philadelphia Filmmakers Program GPFO NEXT Derek Freese Documentary Fund Filmmaker’s Spotlight Inclusion in Media SIP Screenwriting Competition » SIP Past Winners SIP Judges The Tripod Initiative 2020 GPFO Production Party Home/Filming in Philly/Incentives/Federal Incentives Federal IncentivesDewain Johnson2017-01-18T18:25:04+00:00 UPDATE (as of January 1, 2017) Section 181 NOT renewed-Federal Film Production Tax Incentive dead. Latest news available here. Definition- Sec. 181 allows for the immediate expensing on the first $15 million of a film and television production ($20 million in a low income designated area), if 75% of the total qualified compensation occurs in the United States. Qualified compensation is services performed in the U.S. by actors, production personnel, directors, and producers. There is no minimum for film production cost, and for television production pilots, TV episodes (up to 44), short films, music videos and feature films all qualify for Section 181. 100% of the motion picture costs are deductible in the same year of investment. 75% of the motion picture must be shot in the US to qualify for Section 181 There is a $15 to $20 million dollar budget cap. There is no minimum film production budget cost. TV pilots, TV episodes (up to 44), short films, music videos and feature films all qualify for Section 181. Section 181 can be applied to active income or passive income. Investors can be either individuals or businesses. Section 181 is retroactive UPDATE as of 12/22/15 Congress Extends IRC Section 181 for Films; Expands it to Cover Live Theatrical Productions A new law, signed by the President on December 18, extends Section 181 of the Internal Revenue Code for film and television and expands it to cover live stage productions. Film and Television: Section 181 (subject to its applicable limitations) permits the immediate deduction of the costs of producing a film or television production in the US. It had expired at the end of 2014. It has now been extended retroactively from January 1, 2015, and continues through December 31, 2016; it covers qualifying films where principal photography has commenced or will commence at any time in 2015 or 2016. Here’s what producers need to know: 1. The new extension will apply to a producer who started principal photography of a television production or feature film at any time in 2015 (or will start prior to December 31, 2016), and who (or whose investors) will now be in a position to take advantage of the benefits of Section 181. This is true even though the producer may have completed the film in 2015, with no expectation of being able to claim the federal tax benefits of Section 181. This possibility arises because of the retroactive nature of the new extension (back to January 1, 2015). Important: to claim the benefits of Section 181 for a 2015 film, the producer must attach a Section 181 election form to the production company’s 2015 federal income tax return. If your production has already filed its 2015 federal income tax return without a Section 181 election form, e.g., because the production used a short-year tax return in 2015 to accelerate the receipt of a state tax rebate, please contact us to discuss your situation. 2. The Section 181 extension applies to films with principal photography commencing on or before December 31, 2016. If a producer can accelerate principal photography so that it starts by December 31, 2016, Section 181 and its benefits should be available to all the qualifying production costs of the film, even though most of the costs occur in 2017 – provided that the principal photography continues in the ordinary course of production. Live Stage: For the first time, Congress extended Section 181 to qualifying live stage productions that have their first paid public performance on or after January 1, 2016. This means that qualifying production costs incurred in 2015 can qualify for 181 treatment. It also means that a producer about to open a show may wish to consider whether the first paid public performance should, if feasible, be delayed until 2016. Greater Philadelphia Film Office: One Parkway Building • 1515 Arch Street, 11th Floor • Philadelphia, PA 19102 Phone: 215.686.2668 \| E-mail: mail@film.org The Greater Philadelphia Film Office (GPFO) is a "film commission" representing southeastern Pennsylvania that officially serves the counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia. We are a member of the Association of Film Commissions International (AFCI). GPFO, first established in 1985 as a part of Philadelphia city government, continues to reside within city offices. In 1992, we became a regional economic development agency, incorporating in 2000 as the Greater Philadelphia Film Office, a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation. LEARN MORE ABOUT THE GPFO Spotlight on Nunera Amun January 14, 2020 Tetsuki Ijichi’s Challenge November 27, 2019 Rosalie Kicks, Philly Filmmaker November 7, 2019 2020 GPFO Production Party October 11, 2019 FirstGlance Film Festival Highlights October 1, 2019 Copyright © 2016 Greater Philadelphia Film Office. All Rights Reserved \| Sitemap \| Web Design: 215 Media	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1128
__label__cc	0.501888	0.498112	Archives for posts with tag: calvin klein Calvin Klein Women’s Waterfall-Front Jacket A faux-suede front mixes with a knit back and sleeves in this open-front Calvin Klein jacket featuring bold wing lapels. Flyaway combo sweater jacket Tags apparel, calvin klein Categories apparel Calvin Klein Baby-Girls Infant and Green Stripes Tunic with Leggings Leggings set Calvin Klein Baby-Girls Infant Hooded Fleece Set with Two Pockets On The Jacket Calvin Klein Baby-Girls Infant Top with Printed Hearts and Printed Leggings Amanda Seyfried Covers Up For Lovelace In Sin City August 23, 2013 // Amanda Seyfried may play a porn star in Lovelace, but she sure isn’t dressing like one at the film’s various screenings. You’d think the 27-year-old would go full-on seXXXy, but Amanda’s been relatively demure, which was particularly evident at the movie’s screening at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas on Sunday. The actress covered up her torso in a long-sleeved, crew neck Stella McCartney top and bared her legs in a matching white mini skirt styled with Calvin Klein pumps. The skirt may have been short, but when your arms and boobs are hidden under fabric, you might as well be wearing a nun’s habit, especially if you’re a Hollywood starlet. Right?! Ha! [Image via Retna LTD.] Tags amanda seyfried, calvin klein, fashion smashion, Film Flickers, Gossip, Red Carpet, sin city, Stella McCartney Categories Calvin Klein Rooney Mara Is Dead Sexy For Interview Rooney Mara shows off her gothic good looks on the cover of Interview magazine’s March issue. Wearing a black Calvin Klein bustier dress, the actress casts an electrifying gaze into the camera. It’s srsly hypnotizing if you stare at it too long! For the inside black and white shots, Rooney wears a long checkered Marc Jacobs gown that matches the checkered floor she’s standing on and a draped strapless Balenciaga dress, just to name a few. We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again–she’d make a PERFECT vampire. Her agent should get in touch with the casting director at True Blood! Ha! Check out the rest of the spread (below)! [Image via Interview] Tags balenciaga, calvin klein, fashion smashion, Gossip, interview magazine, Marc Jacobs, march 2013, march cover, march issue, rooney mara, spread 'em, true blood Categories Rooney Mara Rooney Mara Is As Predictable As The Sunrise In Dubai December 16, 2012 // You just can’t go wrong with sheer, because even if your outfit is horrible, people will be too distracted by your mesh-covered flesh to care! Just ask Kristen Stewart! Taking her cue from KStew’s efforts to wear as much mesh as possible, Rooney Mara arrived at the One Night To Change Lives charity gala in Dubai in a sheer black (surprise, surprise) Calvin Klein dress. The knee-length number featured a protruding black panel along the bust to cover Rooney’s boobage. Sadly, no nip slips occurred. The 27-year-old accessorized with black Givenchy heels, and as per usual, her hair was slicked back into a tight bun. Though she flashed one tentative, frightened-looking smile, Rooney was as tight-lipped as ever. So, you know, pretty much a standard Rooney Mara look. We’d die of shock if she ever changed! [Image via Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images.] Tags calvin klein, calvin klein fall 2012, fashion smashion, givenchy, Gossip, kristen stewart, one night to change lives gala, Red Carpet, rooney mara Categories calvin klein fall 2012 Kate Moss Looks To-Die-For On Vanity Fair!!! We like Kate Moss as a super blonde!! The sultry supermodel is spreading her Sex, Drugs, and Johnny Depp love all over Vanity Fair‘s December issue, and she couldn’t look anymore stunning! Miz Moss was captured by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott, while wearing a netted top adorned with pasties. And during her interview, she shared deets on her 1992 Calvin Klein photo shoot that made her career take off, posing nude and becoming a poster girl for Heroin Chic. Here are the HIGHlights: On her Calvin Klein shoot: “I had a nervous breakdown when I was 17 or 18, when I had to go and work with Marky Mark and Herb Ritts. It didn’t feel like me at all. I felt really bad about straddling this buff guy. I didn’t like it. I couldn’t get out of bed for two weeks. I thought I was going to die.” On posing nude: “I see a 16-year-old now, and to ask her to take her clothes off would feel really weird. But they were like, If you don’t do it, then we’re not going to book you again. So I’d lock myself in the toilet and cry and then come out and do it. I never felt very comfortable about it. There’s a lot of boobs. I hated my boobs! Because I was flat-chested. And I had a big mole on one. That picture of me running down the beach-I’ll never forget doing that, because I made the hairdresser, who was the only man on the shoot, turn his back.” On becoming a Heroin Chic: “I had never even taken heroin-it was nothing to do with me at all. I think Corinne-she wasn’t on heroin but always loved that Lou Reed song, that whole glamorizing the squat, white-and-black and sparse and thin, and girls with dark eyes. She loved that look. I was thin, but that’s because I was doing shows, working really hard. At that time, I was staying at a B and B in Milan, and you’d get home from work and there was no food. You’d get to work in the morning, there was no food. Nobody took you out for lunch when I started. Carla Bruni took me out for lunch once. She was really nice. Otherwise, you don’t get fed. But I was never anorexic. They knew it wasn’t true-otherwise I wouldn’t be able to work.” DAYUM, sounds like Kate sure did have an amusing life, but interestingly enough, she admitted that she is now “quite settled.” However, that doesn’t mean she’s not one to stir up some publicity!! [Images courtesy of Vanity Fair.] Tags calvin klein, carla bruni, corinne, december 2012, december cover, december issue, fashion smashion, Gossip, herb ritts, Johnny Depp, Kate Moss, lou reed, marky mark, mert alas and marcus piggot, spread 'em, Vanity Fair	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1129
__label__cc	0.651083	0.348917	Marijuana Prices Are Plunging in Colorado, and That Could Be Bad News Sean Williams, The Motley Fool Motley Fool December 3, 2017 Falling prices are usually good for consumers, but the possible reason behind this drop in pot prices is a double-edged sword for investors and consumers. Few industries are growing as quickly and consistently as legal marijuana, which is a big reason investors haven't been able to get enough of marijuana stocks in recent years. According to investment firm Cowen & Co., the legal U.S. cannabis market is expected to reach $50 billion in annual sales by 2026. On a more intermediate basis, cannabis research firm ArcView is looking for a compound annual growth rate of 26% through 2021 in North America, which would yield almost a $22 billion market by 2021. That rapid growth could be the ticket to substantial gains for investors willing to gamble on a substance that's still wholly illegal at the federal level in the United States. Jars filled with cannabis buds stacked on top of each other. Marijuana businesses have an uphill climb in the U.S. But that doesn't mean "green" businesses have a cakewalk to success. Nearly all marijuana-based businesses face a plethora of challenges that are a risk to their profits, and in some ways survival. For example, in the U.S., most cannabis companies are unable to obtain basic financial services, ranging from something as simple as a checking account, to a line of credit or loan. The reason? Financial institutions report to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, a federally created entity. And since marijuana is illegal at the federal level, providing financial services to a pot company could be construed as money laundering, leading to fines and/or criminal charges against a bank. In addition, cannabis companies face disadvantages come tax time. Namely, U.S. tax code 280E disallows businesses that sell federally illegal substances from taking normal corporate income-tax deductions. Though not all pot businesses are profitable, if they are, they'll be required to pay tax on their gross profit instead of net profit, leaving less cash left over to reinvest and hire more workers. Beyond just financial challenges, Attorney General Jeff Sessions is trying to squash the industry before it expands further. There's arguably no one more opposed to cannabis in D.C. than Sessions. Back in May, Sessions sent a letter to a few of his Congressional colleagues requesting the repeal of the Rohrabacher-Farr Amendment, which is what protects medical marijuana businesses in legal states from federal prosecution. Cannabis buds from a white pill bottle laid on top of a messy pile of cash. News flash: marijuana prices are plummeting in Colorado At seemingly every turn, cannabis companies face challenges. Well, it's time to add yet another. According to a new analysis from The Economist, the wholesale price for a pound of cannabis in Colorado, the first state to begin legally selling recreational pot, has plunged from a peak of $2,000 in January 2015 to just $1,300 a pound today. Lower prices for dried cannabis are likely to mean lower margins, unless the cost per gram to produce marijuana has fallen by more than 35% over that same period. Why the 35% drop in wholesale marijuana prices on a per-pound basis? The Economist attributes an expansion of supply and an increase in competition as a result of Sessions' mostly being all talk and no action. There's also some seasonality to this pricing, with peak pot prices observed during the ski season, when tourism picks up in the state. However, I'd contend that we're seeing something altogether different. My suspicion is that big businesses have been primarily responsible for weighing down pot prices in Colorado. An indoor commercial cannabis grow farm. For those who may not recall, Colorado extended a moratorium on growing license issuances last year, which allowed those who'd already acquired a license to maintain control. This is especially true given that these grow licenses had no limits on the number of plants that could be cultivated on a grow farm. Additionally, nothing stopped big business from gobbling up as many licenses as they could afford in Colorado. The result is that just a few larger players wound up with a majority stake of the Colorado grow market. Now, if you're a big business and you want to eliminate your smaller competition, what do you do? Like Wal-Mart, you slash your prices to undercut the competition. Yes, this lowers margin, but you have deep pockets and your smaller competitors probably don't. Once you've sent them out of business or out of market, you've won the right to control more market share and command a higher price point for your product. The way big business in Colorado is conquering smaller businesses is by flooding the market with dried cannabis. While this is a win for consumers in the short term, I suspect it's an anti-competitive tactic that'll substantially increase prices over the long run. While that'll be great for investors, it's not such good news for consumers. This isn't just a concern in Colorado Of course, big business' takeover of the pot industry isn't just something we're seeing happen in Colorado. Canada, which has been a source of great success for the green rush and investors, looks to be dominated by just a handful of larger businesses. A cannabis leaf laid atop a hundred dollar bill, with Ben Franklin's eyes in focus. Even though Health Canada announced a change in policy this past May that would expedite the process by which growing licenses are issued and extended, it hasn't done much to stop just a handful of big players from taking over. Combined, Canopy Growth Corp.(NASDAQOTH: TWMJF), Aphria(NASDAQOTH: APHQF), Aurora Cannabis(NASDAQOTH: ACBFF), and MedReleaf(NASDAQOTH: MEDFF) could wind up with about half of all recreational-weed market share if Canada's parliament moves forward with legalization this coming summer. This veritable green oligopoly should be able to command exceptional pricing power initially, and over the long term. It also doesn't appear as if smaller businesses can stop these giants. Canopy Growth Corp. has been an active acquirer, gobbling up Mettrum Health earlier this year to boost its access to medical patients throughout Canada, as well as instantly expand its grow capacity. More recently, Aurora Cannabis made a big bid to acquire CanniMed Therapeutics in what would represent the largest pot merger ever. Meanwhile, Aphria and its peers are working on mammoth projects that'll dwarf the competition. Aphria's $100 million-plus phase IV project will offer 1 million square feet of growing capacity when complete in January 2019, and will be capable of around 100,000 kilograms of annual dried cannabis production. As much as pro-legalization enthusiasts would like to see small businesses thrive and growing to remain local, big businesses has caught wind of the profit potential of the green rush, and they seem more than willing to throw their weight around to get a big chunk of the market, even if it means trampling small businesses in the process. Watch interviews and in-depth news coverage from "Daily Vice" on go90. More From The Motley Fool 3 Growth Stocks at Deep-Value Prices 5 Expected Social Security Changes in 2018 6 Years Later, 6 Charts That Show How Far Apple, Inc. Has Come Since Steve Jobs' Passing 10 Best Stocks to Buy Today The $16,122 Social Security Bonus You Cannot Afford to Miss Why You're Smart to Buy Shopify Inc. 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__label__wiki	0.506306	0.506306	Episode 177 — Black Students Acting Out By JulyDiaz, June 20, 2013 in Yo, Is This Racist? JulyDiaz 2797 Earwolf Buddy Location: Under a roof Today Andrew & Noah Garfinkel discuss a teacher’s theory that white teachers take it too easy on black students who act out because they are afraid of being labeled as racists. Give us your thoughts Sociologists and don’t forget to keep leaving us messages by calling (323) 389-RACE. dlo burns 129 Location: Saltoclypse, UT I would say the opposite problem is true; the black kid automatically did it. wakefresh 688 Just to back dlo burns on this point. I don't think white teachers let being labelled a "racist" stop them from bringing the hammer on minority children. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/06/education/black-students-face-more-harsh-discipline-data-shows.html?_r=0 ComedyGangBang 88 I've noticed a pattern in your posts and I had to ask: you don't think very highly of white people as a group do you? It's almost like you have a prejudiced view of white people based solely on their race........ That would be awful if it were true. I don't know if you are aware of this, but racism is a really terrible, abbhorrent and evil thing. No, I don't. But based on your posts, it seems that pointing out racist acts is being racist to white people. If that's the case, then you go might as well go post in the other forums because you're not going to learn anything here and everyone already knows your opinion -- its the same as the status quo. pbnews 93 Location: La Crosse, WI My ex-girlfriend is an inner-city junior high teacher, and talks about this ALL the time. White kids acting out get a million chances (especially from senior educators), whereas minorities are instantly kicked out of class/suspended/given up on. She also complained that there was no respect or understanding for cultural differences by the mostly-white teaching staff (for example, the idea that louder, livelier conversation and "talking over" each other can be a cultural thing, and not necessarily a sign of a student being disrespectful or not caring). The majority of people in education professions would likely consider themselves "liberal," but from the stories I've heard, there is apparently some underlying "expectation" that minority kids are bound for failure, which translates to a lack of patience with these students that contradicts the theory posited in this episode. imhatch 271 im on the forum yeah and whats the deal with black history month why isnt there a white entertainment television month wo 265 Is it OK for me to be racist toward people who use emoticons? Jengaman 6 http://www.nytimes.c...shows.html?_r=0 It's always the white teachers that hate minorities huh. This is why it sounds like you hate white people. So yes pointing out racist things that some white teachers do and making generalizations about all white teachers makes you racist. Yo! You're a racist. Hyde Parker 9 I really thought anyone who had even heard of this podcast had heard of this study (Please don't respond with snark to this, ST, I'm genuinely remarking on the cluelessness of "real racists" people who show up to discussions at least tangentially derived from academic discourses without any foreknowledge at all). It's about as close as you get to a litmus test with regards to critical theory (yes, I'm using the term again). Either primary education is staffed significantly with crypto-racists (or individuals unknowingly acted upon by overwhelming and mostly invisible social forces) or black populations are subject to behavioral problems not seen as often in other ethnic cohorts. Not commenting or arguing, just presenting a dichotomy to people who'll probably see this after the Besser debacle. action52 554 I think another very plausible explanation is the self-fulfilling prophecy. Educators expect bad behavior out of black students, so they act in a way that promotes bad behavior. This can include giving disproportionately harsh punishments and causing resentment, as well as skewing the data in that direction. It also can include being "easier on" black students. Like, instead of correcting them and trying to teach them the proper way to behave, the teacher might just ignore problems from black students because they don't think disciplining them will do anything. It's more subtle than you may think. I'm sure none of the people doing this think that they're ebing racist. And many of them might not even consciously be thinking of black students as worse than white students. But somewhere in their brain, they are biased to expect bad from behavior from black students more than white students. So when a black kid acts out they're more likely to see it as a sign that this is a bad kid overall. I don't like the "cultural differences" explanation very much. I maen OK up to a point it might explain why they enter a classroom less inclined to sit still and listen, but I think it can lead to the attitude of overlooking problems and not trying to teach proper behavior that I mentioned earlier. Black children are just as capable of sitting still and listening as any other race, and if there is a problem you can usually tell by looking at other factors about the individual that are independent of race. sissylion 41 Location: Richmond Can it be made that every person is required to check a box that says "I understand that it is impossible to be racist toward white people" before posting anything on this forum? I feel like that would probably help discussion move along some. How much coding would that take? No because then we'd be obnoxiously smug Tumblr drones. I mean if you want to villainize most of the country's population for existing that'd be fine but this is a podcast network and it isn't necessarily dedicated to your conceptions of social justice. Joshie 125 it's not impossible to be racist toward white ppl so that would be a silly addition bb-but i once heard a definition of racism on the internet that deliberately precluded racism against white people! Primary is not staffed by crypto racists. It just proof that despite what deniers like you would have me to believe -- that racist practices only come from .0000000000001% of the white population -- that is a very widespread problem. Basically, education is staffed by people who are not going to give any breaks to white children, even for the same infractions. It is because the narrative of this country says that a white male's life is the most important thing on Earth and must be protected and nurtured. Meanwhile, the country says minority lives are not that important. That's why you can a random man gun down a black teen in Florida and everyone from the police to the district attorney all write it off. "He was probably up to no good anyway," they'd say. Where did those attitudes and assumptions come from? The media? Other white people? The racism fairy? All I know is that it exists and these are the manifestations of it. Villianizing large swaths of the country's population is what you're down with when you support the status quo, Hyde. Also, when did I say ALL WHITE TEACHERS do X? I didn't. Hell, I didn't even imply it. I simply stated that the fear of being called a racist isn't going to stop white teachers from punishing black students and then gave a Department of Education study to back up what I said with real world examples. Stop being so damned stupid. This isn't something that only white teachers do, either. Plenty of nonwhite teachers have the same biases. It benefits whites in the end, of course, but since it is so subtle that most people don't even realize their biases are race-based, plenty of people internalize them even when it is to their own detriment. And just to head off the people who say OH LOOK BLACK PEOPLE DO IT TOO THAT MEANS IT'S EVERYBODY'S FAULT NOT JUST WHITE PEOPLE, no it isn't. If a car gets in an accident, you don't say the people riding in the passenger seats are equally responsible, do you? No, you blame the driver, just like we should blame the people running the country for its problems. "Racism" generally implies that it is a part of systematic oppression in which the dominant race is keeping itself stronger than the other races. Since white people dominate the USA, it is therefore impossible for racism (in this sense) against white people to exist in the USA, or any other country run by white people. Bigotry and prejudice against white people can and does exist, of course, but it doesn't do as much harm or injustice as true racism. Kevin is killing it. Cracktivity 23 The problem is always going to be that most people don't use that as their main definition of racism. They would say that being racist is hating someone because of their race, something of which anyone can be a victim. This may actually be "prejudice" rather than "racism" but Andrew mixes up the two concepts all the time. It would probably cause less confusion and fewer message board battles to say that white people can't suffer from institutional or systemic racism, but they can certainly be the victims of prejudicial attitudes or hate crimes. meshair 3 So who gets to decide what a word "really" means, anyway? Is there some kind of ruling council? Because most words have more than one definition, and you can use context to decide what the person means... AmPaul 1 Well first off, racism is not generally inferred to mean that. That's probably the definition Kevin Irmiter is used to hearing, but if you ask almost anyone not running a social justice blog, and they'll give you something closer to the more widely used definition: prejudice against someone based on their race. Ignoring that, though, I'll use your definition for my next point: Just because it doesn't fit the specific definition of racism, it doesn't make it acceptable. It's a logical jump that I see happening a lot in the social-justice circles. Sure, it may not cause as much harm to a white person when you call them a cracker than when you call a black person the n-word, just like punching someone in the face doesn't hurt as bad as kicking them in the nuts, but "not as bad in comparison" does not equal "fine". Calling someone the n-word is like punching them in the face AND kicking them in the nuts. Calling someone a cracker is like shoving someone. If there is an imbalance of power in relation to how racism effects people it is because there was an imbalance of power tilted toward one group in this country. It wasn't white people who had the negative effects of Jim Crow thrown at them daily. On the contrary, it was a great benefit to them -- they didn't have to compete against the best to get a job, they only had to compete against other white men; they had a population that they steal from at will and have the courts back them up whether or not they were aggressor in the case; and if things got bad for them (laid off, dirt poor, etc) they had a population that they could take their frustrations out on with impunity. So the problem is that 50+ years after Brown v Board of Education, we still institutions who continue practices based on ones developed during Jim Crow or in the backlash against desegregation. That's a real problem because it means real opportunity lost. Another problem is that we still have people who hold wrong-headed ideas developed during Jim Crow toward minorities. Because of the previous imbalance of power during Jim Crow you had a population that had access to capital and all of the benefits therein (better educations, jobs, etc). So in some instances, you could run into a person with wrong-headed ideas and that person is your superior or runs the company or runs the state legislature. When they make decisions based on these wrong-headed ideas, that means opportunity lost for minorities. Getting called cracker is not even on the same level, in fact, its not even listed on the levels. There's a poster on here called "anneymarie" who put it nicely: As a white woman, the worst thing about racism for me is someone might think I'm being racist when I'm not. But I am at least somewhat racist at least some of the time because racism is a part of our ridiculous society that I have to work on getting de-ingrained from myself. People of color have to worry about getting killed, at the worst, and earning enough money, at the very least. So I just find it hard to feel that bad about people's fear of being called racist or insults to their regions as major problems when "1 Black Man Is Killed Every 28 Hours by Police or Vigilantes." Shariq, that's a fine essay, but it doesn't really counter my point. You are agreeing with me that calling someone a cracker is not as bad as calling someone the n-word, but my argument was that, despite it being not as severe, it's still not an OK thing to do. And I was just using slurs as examples. Whether it be against POC or white people, whether you refuse to call it racism, instead labeling it something like simply "prejudice" or whatever you like, the name of it doesn't matter. It's still unacceptable. I've heard Andrew many times on this podcast make fun of and stereotype ugh....white people... and justify it with this weak logic, that "not as bad"="acceptable". (Addition point here. Had to go to work) A show such as this, and its forums, should be the last place where any sort of racial prejudice is tolerated. Go To Topic Listing Yo, Is This Racist?	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1138
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__label__cc	0.559866	0.440134	Frauds, Crooks and Criminals Demonstrating daily that diversity is not strength! Disclaimer/Comments Vermont: Hate Crime Charges for Phone Message Deemed Harrassment 09/30/2019 ~ Ann Corcoran ~ Leave a comment “We welcome the hate crime charges in this case and urge law enforcement authorities in Vermont and nationwide to take similar actions in response to any bias-motivated or anti-immigrant attacks.” (CAIR National Communications Coordinator Ayan Ajeen) You are probably like me! First question is: What the heck did 24-year-old Vermonter, Chase Atkins, say in a phone message to warrant hate crime charges, and to draw the attention of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR)? But we aren’t being told exactly what he said! (We have a picture though!). From the Burlington Free Press: Addison County man accused of harassing Migrant Justice members An Addison County man has been accused of harassing members of Migrant Justice, a Vermont-based organization that advocates for farmworkers and immigrant rights. [Be sure to see Migrant Justice’s website—ed] Atkins could get two years in jail for the phone call! Chase Atkins, 24, of Addison was issued a citation to appear in Vermont Superior Court in Middlebury in November, Vermont State Police said. He is expected to be charged with disturbing the peace by using a telephone or electronic communications with a hate crime enhancement. The accusations stem from incidents that occurred in late August. Police say Atkins was visiting a farm on Vermont 22A in Addison at the time, and during his visit, he let the air out of the tires of a Migrant Justice member’s car. The tires were later re-inflated, and no damage was caused. Police say that several days later, Atkins left a voicemail for Migrant Justice in which he told them not to return to the farms. State police said the message “would have left a reasonable person to feel threatened and intimidated.” On Sept. 12, Atkins spoke with members of the Vermont State Police about the incident. The Addison County State’s Attorney’s Office then decided to pursue charges. The Vermont State Police have notified the Vermont Attorney General’s Office under the Bias Incident Reporting System, police said. Earlier this month, the Associated Press reported that three other people had also been accused of vandalism and harassment targeted at Migrant Justice members in Addison County during the same late August time period. So the feud began over access to a local fishing area! Migrant Justice posted on Facebook in August that for a few nights, a group surrounded farmworkers’ houses, yelled insults, broke windows and air conditioning units and returned later to fire guns into the air. Police have said that those offenses appeared to be part of a feud between local farm families that started as a dispute over access to a fishing area. Here, jumping on the bandwagon, is an overjoyed CAIR! As I understand it, the migrant workers at these Vermont dairy farms are Hispanic, so CAIR national’s interest tells us a lot. From the Rutland Herald: CAIR welcomes hate crime charge The Council on American-Islamic Relations, which describes itself as the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization in America, released a statement Friday welcoming a hate crime charge for the alleged harassment of staff members at Migrant Justice, an immigrant rights group that advocates for farmworkers. Vermont State Police, in a news release, said Chase Atkins, 24, of Addison, will appear in Middlebury criminal court Nov. 18 to be charged with disturbing the peace by phone. The charge has been enhanced because police believe it was a hate crime. Last month, CAIR called for a hate crime probe of harassment targeting migrant workers. CAIR National Communications Coordinator Ayan Ajeen said the group supported the efforts of law-enforcement officers responding to a message Atkins allegedly left on voice mail at Migrant Justice that police said “would have left a reasonable person to feel threatened and intimidated.” “We welcome the hate crime charges in this case and urge law enforcement authorities in Vermont and nationwide to take similar actions in response to any bias-motivated or anti-immigrant attacks,” Ajeen wrote in his statement. 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__label__cc	0.613387	0.386613	Wrath of the Eternal Warrior Vol. 3: A Deal With A Devil Out of the abyss...and into oblivion! Gilad Anni-Padda, the Eternal Warrior, has sacrificed his humanity for the betterment of the Earth. Empowered with the gift to recover from any wound - and even death itself - he has waged an endless crusade to guide the path of civilization through the ages. But as the centuries pass and his list of battlefield victories grows, he is fated to always reap the same sad reward: to see his families, his children, and all his loved ones...age, wither, and die... Now, the Eternal Warrior will be presented with a choice that could end his grief forever. An opportunity to resurrect the fallen sons and daughters that he believed forever lost. But this chance for peace and happiness will come at a terrible cost... and in service to an evil far greater than any Gilad has faced before...New York Times best-selling writer Robert Venditti (Hal Jordan & The Green Lantern Corps) and acclaimed artist Robert Gill (BOOK OF DEATH) push the Eternal Warrior to the fiery crossroads of guilt and redemption for a wicked series finale! Collecting WRATH OF THE ETERNAL WARRIOR #11-14. Robert Venditti Robert Gill Al Barrionuevo	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1152
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__label__cc	0.576124	0.423876	Africa / Asia / Cambodia / Croatia / Estonia / Europe / Iran / Middle East / Montenegro / Mozambique / Skiing / South Africa / Surfing / Sweden / Thailand / Turkey 5 Countries That Are Great Alternatives To Their Crowded Neighbors by Adam Hodge on Mar 30, 2013 It’s the great hypocrisy in the mind of every traveler that they want to tour a place free from other tourists. Grumbling that a place is overcrowded isn’t without grounds, though. Who hasn’t wanted to pull a Dr. Manhattan on the tour groups that take group photos with every single person’s camera? And boy, what we wouldn’t give to disappear the backpackers pretending to make out with statues of the Buddha. We can overlook these indignities as necessary evils most of the time. In reality, tourists are going to be present at the big attractions everywhere, and the penalty of avoiding tourists would basically be staying at home permanently. That being said, for those who just can’t take it anymore, we’ve compiled a list of some less infested options. These five countries offer up similar attractions to their neighbors, but see far fewer visitors to the nooks and crannies, which will make any tourist-weary tourist breathe a little easier. Montenegro (Crowded Neighbor: Croatia) Croatia’s attractive coastline is a magnet for tourists. The attendant income from droves of foreigners was one of the reasons Serbs attempted to include it in their “Greater Serbia.” The subsequent Croatian War of Independence ended in 1995, and the current crowds milling about Dubrovnik are the spoils of victory. Little Montenegro, which declared independence from Serbia only in 2006, shares the same coastline and a lot of history with its more famous neighbor. The country currently sees far fewer tourists (1.2 million vs. 9.9 million) visiting its excellent beaches, like the superb spits of sand at Sveti Stefan and Petrovac. Nor do many tourists hike and cycle around Montenegro’s untouched forests at Biogradska Gora and Skadar Lake National Parks. Montenegro’s comparative anonymity provides an experience that can’t be matched in Croatia. Cambodia (Crowded Neighbor: Thailand) Cambodia’s main attraction, Angkor Wat, certainly doesn’t dwell in obscurity. This single attraction saw over a million visitors last year, which accounts for more than a third of all visitors to the country. Some of Thailand‘s other neighbors, like Laos and Myanmar, can barely achieve those numbers on a national level. However, when it comes to pretenders to Thailand’s tourism throne, Cambodia is the only one in the region that can offer attractions that go tit for tat with Thailand’s best. Beaches? The empty white sands of Koh Rong and Ream National Park beckon, as does the party-centric seaside town of Sihanoukville. Ruins? Cambodia rolls deep; Angkor Wat is backed up by Koh Ker, the former capital of the Khmer Empire now overgrown in the jungle, and Sambor Prei Kuk, a pre-Angkorian temple complex. Interesting capital? Phnom Penh, the “Pearl of Asia,” boasts French colonial architecture and a park-strewn riverfront. Food? A taste of amok trey or lok lak will make you forget all about pad thai. Estonia (Crowded Neighbor: Sweden) Sweden is a huge Scandinavian tourism juggernaut. Estonia? Just a scrappy little Baltic state. What’s the appeal then? A lot, actually. Estonia, like Sweden, is a nature-lover’s paradise. Soomaa National Park, the “land of bogs,” is one of the best canoeing destinations in Europe and is home to wolves, bears, elk and other wildlife. Estonia’s crumpled Baltic coastline contains a mind-boggling number of shallow soft-sand beaches, especially in the summer capital of Pärnu. Estonia’s past is also worth a look. While its Soviet experience is visible in some of the less adventurous architecture, the medieval castles are well preserved and atmospheric. Tallinn, the capital, is flooded with tourists, but island life on Saaremaa is quiet and isolated. Saaremaa boasts a 13th-century castle fortress and other curios like the 100-year-old Angla windmills and a Gothic church bearing symbols of the occult. Mozambique (Crowded Neighbor: South Africa) South Africa is head and shoulders above its Sub-Saharan neighbors when it comes to tourist numbers. Its famous game reserves, coastline and unique heritage attract almost 10 million visitors a year. Mozambique can’t match the tourist infrastructure that its neighbor to the south has meticulously erected, but it can offer other competitive attractions. Before its large mammal population was decimated by the civil war, Gorongosa Park was considered to be Africa’s Eden. Efforts to revive the park are underway, and all of Africa’s Big 5, save the rhino, can be seen here. Maputo, the capital, is small and friendly and features Portuguese colonial architecture and an extremely laid-back vibe. Mozambique’s true attraction, though, is its coast, where surfers (of the kite and wind variety) enjoy the unspoiled beaches at Vilanculos and divers explore pristine coral without the crowds at Pemba and Tofo Beach. Iran (Crowded Neighbor: Turkey) Turkey sees some 27 million tourists a year and Iran, well … not nearly as many. Official mouthpieces assert some 3 million tourists visited Iran in 2011, though less than 1 percent of those were traveling for nonreligious reasons. Those few tourists had historical sites like Persepolis and Imam Square all to themselves. They experienced Iran’s outstanding natural attractions – lush forests and beaches on the Caspian Sea in the north and deadly deserts and sunny Persian Gulf coastlines in the south – without the crowds that bog down these landscapes in Turkey. Those travelers were also some of the only foreign tourists in Tehran, enjoying its multitude of parks and museums, and were alone again in Yazd, a city of compacted sand reminiscent of Tatooine. Then they joined Iranians on the empty slopes of Dizin, one of the best value-for-money ski resorts in the world, and one of the few spots where Iranians are able to pull back the veil and let loose. 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Promenade at Castle Rock The Promenade at Castle Rock is envisioned as a one-of-a-kind shopping destination in Colorado. The overall project encompasses more than 160 acres and 1 million square feet of retail and 320 apartments at its ultimate build out. Prizm Yoga The studio was created as a modern, neutral slate and creates opportunities for branding and personalization. Galloway worked closely with an outside consultant and a first-time studio owner to envision unique design elements for this project. Peak Lifestyle Center As part of a rebranding effort for this existing strip shopping center, Galloway designed custom monument signage, site amenities and new landscape plan for a Colorado outdoor recreation concept. Galloway provided full civil site engineering and landscape design, including irrigation design and construction documents. Oppenheimer Funds Athletic Facility Galloway provided support for this project that included installing a basketball court, sand volleyball pit, picnic tables and a putting green on an existing site. North Park Development The project included major off-site improvements to the surrounding roadways and drainage infrastructure. The 48-acre commercial retail North Park development provides tax revenue for the city while integrating development of a public park and trail with the retail center. Ninja Nation Galloway provided design services for this specialty gym, including mitigating the structural challenges of the existing space. Mike Ward Infiniti Auto Dealership Mike Ward Infiniti is a 26,000 square foot auto dealership situated on approximately 6.5 acres. An additional 164,000 square feet of parking, drives and walkways is also included in the design. Galloway’s site designs provided safe and efficient onsite traffic flow for these compact sites while meeting local parking, vehicle stacking, and access requirements. Galloway has provided site survey, civil engineering and entitlement services associated with the development of over 20 Maverik locations across Colorado and Utah. Marketplace at Briargate The Marketplace at Briargate project is a commercial center anchored by a 66,000 square foot King Soopers grocery store and a King Soopers fueling facility. Market Centre Seeing the potential in an outdated retail center, DPC Development enlisted Galloway’s service to breathe new life into the center. Galloway assisted Boston Chicken, Inc. in a multiple location project development program throughout Colorado and Wyoming, concurrently executing multiple projects over a short period of time in order to meet the client’s schedule. Galloway served as the primary consultant for BMW Motorcycles and provided complete development services. Littleton Village Littleton Village is the 40-acre redevelopment of the old Marathon Oil site located at South Dry Creek Road and South Broadway in Littleton, Colorado. Galloway provides national program management services for Les Schwab Tire Centers. Les Schwab Tire Center Electric Vehicle Charging Station Galloway provided full services for this Les Schwab Tire Center in Lafayette, Colorado, which included the design of an electric charging station. These stations charge electric vehicles and are connected to building power. Legacy Plaza Galloway provided planning, visioning, full civil design and full architectural design for three multi-tenant buildings on this mixed-use development totaling 18,500 square feet. Mayor Wayne Harper called this project a “rebirth” for the community. Galloway served as the primary consultant for Land Rover offering a full range of services. Galloway provided development services to Kohl's and served as a site development coordinator (SDC) for projects throughout the western United States. Kitchen Showcase Kitchen Showcase featured a 5,000 sf building addition to a previously existing warehouse. The remodel included offices, warehouse, wood shop, and conference room. King Soopers/City Market Program Since 2000, Galloway has represented King Soopers and City Market on behalf of The Kroger Co. for new sites, store remodels, and expansions throughout Colorado and Utah. King Soopers Marketplace – Commerce City Galloway, in conjunction with Shea Properties, completed the new large-format King Soopers Marketplace at Chambers Road and East 104th Avenue in Commerce City. Galloway supported Jack in the Box, Inc. with their multiple location project development program in Colorado as well as emerging markets in Kansas and Missouri. H2Wow Car Wash Galloway has provided full building and site design for H2Wow car wash facilities, including the design of an approximately 3,500 sf ground-up, tunnel car wash with external vacuums and carpet cleaners, dog wash rooms and office space. Galloway assisted Good Times Restaurants, Inc. with multiple location project development. Forest Trace Village The overall design aesthetic was envisioned as a rustic modern feel with monolithic stone elements, natural wood, and expansive storefronts to take advantage of unobstructed views to the south from the project’s elevated site. Fjallraven Flagship Store Galloway worked with Fjallraven’s construction and marketing team on the design of the space, creating a unique shopping experience through a layout that lends itself to abundant display areas, unique focal pieces and a comfortable seating area. First Bank Galloway has provided overall visioning, master planning, entitlements, civil engineering and architectural design for multiple First Bank projects. Galloway modified Goodyear’s prototype building design to meet local development regulations, respond to site-specific conditions, and compliment the architectural style of adjacent developments. During the site design process, Galloway pays careful attention to site access, building location and orientation, and onsite vehicular and pedestrian circulation in order to maximize each site’s potential. This project successfully adapted a vacant automotive garage into an award-winning vibrant food court facility and is seamlessly integrated into an extremely active retail complex. Galloway provided architectural design, full planning and engineering for the 9,300 sf site. Extra Space Storage – Steele Street Storage Galloway performed architecture, civil engineering, development and entitlements, landscape architecture, planning, structural engineering and site lighting & photometric design for this storage facility. Extra Space Storage – Champa Street Storage Galloway performed architecture, development and entitlements, landscape architecture and site lighting & photometric design for this storage facility. Ent Credit Union Ent Credit Union features a high roof and windows over the lobby, an asymmetrical entrance awning, drive thru canopy, and Class A finishes. Edgemark Storage Edgemark Self Storage in Glendale includes a four-story building, with three-story cold form steel over a structural steel podium. Dutch Bros Coffee Galloway is providing site, land development and building design services for Dutch Bros Coffee along the Front Range, as the drive-through coffee chain continues to expand their market presence outside of the West Coast. Development services for Dollar General included due diligence, preliminary site investigation, site planning, grading design, utility design, and stormwater quality measures. Galloway’s in-depth knowledge of the land development process and automotive service facilities plays a valuable role in meeting Discount Tire’s development program goals. Dion’s Galloway provided civil and MEP engineering, development and entitlement services, landscape architecture, and site lighting design for Dion's restaurants. Damonte Ranch Town Center The Damonte Ranch Town Center is a 53-acre community center development for Damonte Ranch. Culver’s Burgers Galloway is providing design services for Culver’s restaurants along the Front Range as they roll out a reimaged version of their brand in their growing number of stores. Galloway provided preliminary project due diligence, site planning, site development coordination, civil engineering, landscape design and construction contract engineering for northern Colorado’s highly anticipated Costco. Coors and Tucson Retail Galloway provided architectural design services, development & entitlements and MEP and structural engineering for this retail project. Colfax Avenue Redevelopment This is the short description of the project Carino’s Italian Galloway helped introduce the new Johnny Carino’s restaurant concept in several cities and acted as the local liaison for the owner. Candelas Point Land Development Galloway worked closely with Jefferson Center Metro District and the City of Arvada on the design of the public infrastructure required for this nearly 1,500-acre master-planned community in west Arvada, Colorado. Bumper to Bumper Car Wash Galloway provided site, infrastructure and landscape design for this car wash site in Erie, CO. Blue Mountain Self Storage Galloway provided full land and building services for this project, which features architectural design that is unique to the storage industry. Galloway provided landscape architecture services for the new Bank of America branch at the Fossil Trace development in Aurora. Autawash Galloway provided new build and remodel services for Autawash. Aurora Metro Station The Aurora Metro Station project is the 50-acre mixed-use development at the Southeast corner of Alameda and Sable Boulevard in Aurora, Colorado. Aurora Crossing Aurora Crossing is a mixed retail development along Iliff Avenue and Parker Road. The project received economic development funds from the City of Aurora and exemplifies the revitalization of older neighborhoods in Aurora. 2534 Development Galloway provided site planning, visioning, civil design and architectural design for pad sites in this 600-acre master planned community, including The Plaza at 2534 and Ironwood Shops. For over 17 years, Galloway has worked closely with Applebee’s throughout the southern and western United Sates for new development as well as reimaging projects. 6162 S. Willow Drive 5265 Ronald Reagan Blvd. 1155 Kelly Johnson Blvd. 7591 N. Ingram Avenue Suite 3F Galloway & Company \| Architecture & Engineering Firm © Galloway & Company, Inc. \| Architecture & Engineering Firm	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1170
__label__cc	0.63175	0.36825	"I hope you can let this go." I did? Who knew. But you support legislation that will actually increase deductibles. https://www.axios.com/why-deductibles-would-rise-under-gop-plan-2322246232.html You forgot the part about the lower premiums... At Raymond James, I'd be asked about high-deductible HSAs. Young people should use this mechanism, but invest the amount of premiums they'd be saving in the HSA. And btw, a high deductible, low premium plan is preferable to not buying a plan at all. What good is a lower premium if you cannot afford to use it? You voted for the guys who voted for it and you did it because they told you they would. You're really deranged doood... It is obstruction? Arguably, but probably not. I doubt the President possessed the requisite criminal intent to actually impede the FBI in the performance of its duties. Assuming Trump said what Comey claims he said, its just another example of loose talk from someone who should be more careful. I may have to modify this comment in light of a new hitherto unknown development: apparently just prior to this conversation with Comey, Trump asked Pence and Sessions to leave the room? Why would he do that? The next question: Did he tape the conversation? Everyone has to remember, Comey and the dems are making this all up to hide the fact that Tom Brady has had concussions and it was never reported to the NFL. Belicheck wouldn't do that? So people would still be fine if Flynn was still NSA? MikeA+ Now with comey stating in his memo that he was asked to leave Flynn alone. Add to that he was asked by Trump for his loyalty. Now he has already sworn an oath to Constitution, so what was Trump really looking for. Then he asked DOJ for more funds for resources, a fact that has been denied by some. But what can't be denied is that I believe he was fired the next day. However Comey is well known for his "MEMCOM" as the rest of those in the DOJ and elsewhere. These memos are recognized as "evidence" by the DOJ. His memos were shared with his staff and initialed by them to prove the date etc. These memos aren't some garbage made up to cover one's **, though they may eventually do that. Would you give this evidence to the DOJ? Comey didn't because by itself one memo does not constitute Obstruction of Justice. Comey I expect was compiling info that would eventually meet the criteria. So no he did have to turn it in. Most lawyers understand this, most lawyers use MEMCOMs as well. When you add these three separate conversations together you are getting closer to the benchmark of Obstruction. Don't think that there will only be three. Wait. I know why one would do that, Trump wanted to reveal his man love for Comey, what else could it be? That would freak out that pervert Pence....he is a pervert, can't be in the company of women without his wife present....man what a weirdo. I am surprised that you didn't know that they were asked to leave. Because sometimes a person might HAVE to use it. So, it's in the public interest that he or she has some plan rather than no plan at all. Perfection shouldn't be the enemy of the good. Wetdog wrote: » Like I said, I cancelled my NYT subscription at the worst possible time. The thing about Pence and his wife sounded sensible to me. Whatever he needs to do to safeguard his marriage and avoid the appearance of impropriety is good with me (not that it's any of my business). Lol ** that's good. while in a crowd with fifty other people? He wasn't talking one on one in some hotel lobby or a room There was something else he was weird about..it'll come back...something about alcohol I think. So Comey talks next week in front of House investigative Committee Wonder if Donald just stays in Mid-East It's been so odd over the past few months that the sources accusing Trump of doing something or other are anonymous all of the time and there isn't much substance to verify the many accusations the media keeps feeding everyone. How is Comey suddenly anonymous? How is Flynn's ties to Russia and Turkey not substantive? How is the President admitting he said these things not confirmation? If things have not been released yet it is because people are doing what they can to protect themselves legally. Do you really think Comey is going to post a pic the memo on Instagram? Do not let your incredulity be your guide in these matters. Give him a luxury suite in the Benghazi Trump Towers Hotel. It's not the Middle east exactly, but close enough for gubbmint work. MikeA wrote: » Trump promised to give them their voice back. This is why I'm saying that taking Trump out with some made up BS cockamany story won't end well. Well, obstruction of justice and the potential of collusion with a hostile foreign government isn't cockamamie BS. However, I feel you may be right in that it won't end well. As Trump himself said he could shoot somebody on 5th Avenue and it would be glossed over by the right-wing moonbats. There may indeed be violence on the streets if he should be removed from office. Robert Mueller appointed special counsel in charge of investigating Russian interference in the election. We'll see where this leads. Solid choice. Shawn C. wrote: » How is Comey suddenly anonymous? Not Comey I'm talking about. from the article wrote: The New York Times has not viewed a copy of the memo, which is unclassified, but one of Mr. Comey’s associates read parts of it to a Times reporter. Agree. Hopefully they are on a road to put this to bed once and for all. I'm tired of reading about it every freaking day. Tell that to NZ. You were the one deranged enough to vote for Republicans that promised you they would give you a law just like this one and then refusing to take responsibility for that vote. http://www.newyorker.com/culture-desk/cover-story/cover-story-2017-05-22 Prepare yourself, this is going to go one for some time. But I didn't vote for republicans.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1173
__label__wiki	0.58234	0.58234	Same Geek Channel: ‘Arrow’ Episode 4.03 “Restoration” Posted on October 23, 2015 by Joey L. Mills • 0 Comments “This is how friendship dies… in flames. But like a phoenix–” “Shut it, Oliver.” All images: The CW Restoration. That is the title of this week’s episode of Arrow. According to the internet, there are a half-dozen or so accepted definitions of the word “restoration.” They are all pretty much variants of the same principle, but the subtle distinctions in the definitions and the varied contexts where the word restoration might be used are what gives each definition it’s own flavor. This week’s episode of Arrow presents the idea of restoration in a few different manners. 1) Restoration (noun): a return of something to a former, original, normal, or unimpaired condition. Once upon a time, Ollie met John. Ollie saved John’s life, but in doing so was forced to reveal that Ollie was the Starling City vigilante. And John was cool with that. So, John joined the team. Ollie was a trust fund kid and John was a former soldier. Together, they had big dreams, but little know-how. Then Ollie and John met Felicity. At first, Ollie and John fed Felicity comically inept excuses as to why they needed the information they asked of her. Until Ollie really needed Felicity’s help in order to save his life. So, Ollie and John had no choice but to let Felicity in on their little secret. And, surprisingly, Felicity was cool with it, too. Now the team was three, and with Felicity’s help, they were able to save Starling City. Except until sweeps week each May. Other people have found out about the team. Most of them have been cool with it, too. In fact, there haven’t really been too many characters to say, “Whoa… wait a minute. You do what? Are you guys nuts? You know we have a whole section of government dedicated to policing the system, right?” Different people have come and gone from the team, but at its core–at the heart of the team–stand Ollie, John, and Felicity. Then Ollie went and kidnapped John’s wife. Now John can’t forgive Ollie. At one time, John would have taken a bullet for Ollie. Now John doesn’t trust that Ollie would do the same. So, even though the team has been performing adequately since Ollie returned… No, scrap that. The team has performed miserably. No matter how Felicity tries to sugar coat things and get the feels going, the team has been a disaster. With Laurel and Thea off on their spa treatment getaway, Felicity uses the time with just the three OTAs (Original Team Arrows) to get Ollie and John back on the same page. Don’t make me turn off this computer and send you two to your rooms. Just how far apart these two guys have fallen is made clear in the episode’s pivotal scene. The HIVE leaders aren’t impressed with the job that Damien Darhk has done in Star City. Darhk’s partners are ready to move forward with whatever plan they have for the city (the word “genesis” was spilled at one point). So, they have sent their headhunter to recruit a meta-human who has playing card tattoos that he can peel off of his skin and use as projectile weapons. While Ollie is responding to a seemingly small-time fire and robbery, John is shadowing the headhunter, Fayad, who happens to be the same HIVE recruiter who hired Floyd Lawton to kill John’s brother Andy. (Quick aside: this is the first time it’s been even hinted at that Darhk isn’t the head of HIVE. We’ve seen Darhk do some pretty incredible things. Evil things, sure, but incredible. Now, who could someone like Darhk possibly partner with or even take orders from? Are the “ghosts” the equivalent of stormtroopers with Darhk as their Darth Vader? If so, who is the Emperor in this scenario?) Both Ollie and John botch their operations. Fayad gets away from John while Ollie escapes from the meta-human. Back at Arrow Cave 2.0, Felicity lays the verbal smack down on these two. Quit your pouting and figure out how to fix the breach between in your relationship before I get back here or so help me! 2) Restoration (noun): restitution of something taken away or lost. Meanwhile, Laurel and Thea have decided to dig up Laurel’s dead sister Sara and take her with them, Weekend at Bernie’s-style, to Nanda Parbat for a reinvigorating soak in one of the resort’s acclaimed hot tubs. The nice man in the hood at the front desk leads the ladies to an audience with the resort’s new manager, Malcolm, and the daughter of the resort’s former manager, Nyssa, who are engaged in a duel to the death. Sort of. Nyssa would love to kill Malcolm, but has neither the skill nor a way to stop the healing waters of the Lazarus Pit from restoring Malcolm. I expect you’ll carry your own bags to you rooms. Laurel and Thea demand that Malcolm warm up Sara’s old bones with a quick boil then gentle simmer in the Pit. Malcolm explains to a new set of people looking for immortality that this is a bad idea. He even gets backup from Nyssa. Seems the two can agree on something. Laurel demands that Malcolm fix this. After all, it was Thea, under Malcolm’s influence and at her father’s command, who killed Sara in the first place. Malcolm reminds Laurel that, in Nanda Parbat, it’s not the guests who are always right, it’s the management. 3) Restoration (noun): the act of reestablishment. Thea has been suffering from the effects of being revived, or perhaps “restored” is a better word, in the Lazarus Pit. Malcolm explains to her that the only way to satiate the blood lust is to give into it. Feed it, like the hunger it is. Kill a couple of people, then have a Snickers. Horrified, Thea tells Malcolm that she is not going to go around killing people whenever she feels a bit peckish and that she’s withdrawing Malcolm from “father of the year” consideration. You’re not you when you’re suffering from the effects of the Lazarus Pit. Have a Snickers. Visibly shaken by this (what is the one trophy you need if you already have everything, including an army of ninjas?), Malcolm suggests Thea get some rest and that Malcolm will take her in the morning to see if the local shaman can give her anything to help with the craving to murder. What Malcolm doesn’t tell Thea is that even though there is no shaman, he has something in mind to get Thea past her urge to kill and to get himself back in the running for the award. That night, Malcolm sends a couple of his ninjas (what’s a couple when you have an army?) to be slaughtered by Thea. Feeling better? Who’s your daddy, now? Thea musters all the outrage she can now that she’s mellowed out and says that she and Laurel and presumably Sara’s corpse are on the next plane back to Star City and that they will not be giving Nanda Parbat a positive review online. But Malcolm has one more trick up his sleeve to prove to his now clear-headed daughter–who never gave her father so much as a “thank you”–that he is deserving of the title “#1 Dad” on the mug in his office. He agrees to let Sara have a little time in the hot tub, even though everyone and everything about doing so screams “bad idea.” At first, nothing happens. Until it does. Sara’s body leaps from the Pit. What has come back from the dead doesn’t appear to be the sweet sister that Laurel barely tolerated, nor the ninja-assassin that Sara was trained to be when she first came to Nanda Parbat. I mean, really… who’d have seen that coming? In the end, Laurel got her sister’s body reanimated, but we’re left wondering how this show is going to bridge from Sara’s resurrection to the seemingly normal version of her character that we see in the Legends of Tomorrow trailer. Yes, this was another setup for the next spin-off in the franchise, but handled this plot thread more elegantly than its counterpoint in this week’s episode of The Flash. As for Thea’s relationship with Malcolm… there’s always next time, dad. 4) Restoration (noun): a putting back into a former position, dignity, etc. Ollie makes it known that his work has turned up Fayad’s name. John understands that going after the HIVE’s headhunter alone has turned up one dead end after another, so he lets Ollie in on the secret that John has been keeping for two years now. John believes HIVE had his brother killed. Could be that by working together, the fellas can found out what reason the HIVE had for killing John’s brother and possibly bring down Darhk. But first, they’re going to have to deal with that pesky meta-human. She fires an assault rifle as well as she makes omelettes. While the boys worked out their differences, Felicity has gone full-circle by asking her new miracle worker at Palmer Technologies to take a look at one of the playing cards the meta-human left behind. Curtis doesn’t buy the lame excuse, but knows whose name is scribbled at the bottom of his paycheck, so he takes a look and determines that the card could potentially be used to track down the meta-human, assuming he doesn’t track them down first. Which, of course, he has done. Felicity saves herself and Curtis by using the secret elevator someone had installed in the Palmer building (from now on known as “The P”) for just such an occasion. Curtis is now in on the team’s secret, and–to no one’s surprise–is cool with that. Ollie and John track down the meta-human trying to escape back to Central City where he can plague The Flash in some future episode, but, working as a team again, Ollie and John are able to bring in the meta, thereby killing that potential episode of The Flash in order to allow them to shoehorn more Legends of Tomorrow characters into that program. Arrow Cave, huh? Yeah, I’m cool with it. You know, whatever. Just keep them paychecks a-comin’! Ollie even takes a bullet for John. Make that a meta-human tattoo playing card. The team is back on the same page. Felicity finally gets the guys to take her out for drinks. And Ollie reveals that Arrow Cave 3.0 is already in the works. Moira Queen pulling the family’s strings and keeping its secrets. Felicity being a love interest and a sometime damsel in distress, while at other times injecting Slade Wilson with a cure for Mirakuru or pulling out an assault rifle and opening up on a meta. Laurel and Thea going off on their own and never once talking about boys or shopping. How I wish the Arrow and The Flash writers could consistently create three-dimensional female characters together. This week’s episode of Arrow highlights exactly how to use female characters–the same way you would if they were males! I’d love to see Iris and Caitlin spend an episode of The Flash investigating and dealing with a situation while Barry, Cisco, Joe, Jay, and Professor Stein are off screen setting up Legends of Tomorrow. We know from the end of the season four premier that someone is going to die by the end of this season, as seen in the flash-forward to six months in the future. Be sure to check back before next week’s episode of Arrow for a very special Same Geek Channel, where we handicap whose name is on the gravestone that Ollie and Barry are visiting in the flash-forward. Catch up with this season of Arrow on Same Geek Channel: Episode 4.01: Green Arrow Episode 4.02: The Candidate Filed Under: Comic Books, Geek Culture, Same Geek Channel, Television Tags: Arrow, CW, DC Joey L. Mills Host of Pop Goes the Culture podcast. Contributor to GeekDad.com, ComingSoon.Net, BleedingCool.com, and PopGoesTheCulture.com. ← The GeekDads Episode #147: Play Together – ‘Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer’ Wil Wheaton Tries to Take Over Pluto! →	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1184
__label__cc	0.51733	0.48267	Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council Health and Recreation Department Bushcraft - Survival - Courses Bushcraft is an aspect of outdoor pursuits which is growing in popularity. It encompasses a number of different disciplines such as camp craft, survival skills, expeditions and canoeing. Bushcraft can help people relax, reduce stress and instil a sense of accomplishment and wellbeing. It also allows participants to get out in the open air and enjoy the company of others in very different surroundings. Sustainable Communities Programme Delivered by our instructors at Kinnego Bushcraft Centre in Craigavon, this programme links in with the work of youth clubs, schools and the Youth Justice Agency and has a great influence and far-reaching effect in supporting young people. It provides opportunities throughout the year for some 4,700 young people from disadvantaged areas to participate in outdoor adventure, survival and learning experiences such as fishing and camping trips. It also offers activities such as walking and tracking to help vulnerable young people, who are in care, have been affected by drug abuse or suicide or have mental health issues as a result of abuse. Our instructors also provide mentoring support to young offenders who clear up woodlands and pick litter as part of their community service. Both programmes demonstrate the importance we place on investing in young people, engaging with them in a meaningful way and helping them realise their full potential. Back to Activities FacebookTwitterGoogle+LinkedInE-Mail Online Bookings & Refund Policy Concession Policy Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council © 2020 - All Rights Reserved We use cookies on your computer or mobile device to make this website better. By clicking Accept or continuing, you agree to our cookie policy. You can change your cookie settings at any time.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1186
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Bookings and Application of These T’s And C’s 2. Application of the CPA and Processing of Personal Information 3. Tour Operator’s Rights and Responsibilities Specifically 4. Quoted Tour Price, Payment of Tour Fees and Incidental Matters 5. Client’s Rights and Responsibilities Specifically 6. Breach, Cancellation Due to Breach and Incidental Matters 8. Dispute Resolution 9. Addresses for Legal Processes and Notices 11. Cession, Delegation, Assignment 12. Whole Agreement 14. No Variation 16. Costs 17. Definitions and Interpretation 1.1. The Client, in signing and submitting the Booking Form to the Tour Operator, thereby represents and warrants to the Tour Operator that, with effect from the Signature Date and every day thereafter until the expiration or earlier cancellation of the Tour Package: (i) he/she is authorised to sign the Booking Form; (ii) he/she is authorised to accept these T’s and C’s both in relation to himself/herself and on behalf of each of the other persons referred to in the Booking Form (if any); (iii) he/she and each of the other persons referred to in the Booking Form (if any) have secured the necessary passports, visas and inoculations for the booking, and wish to proceed with the Tour Package; and (iv) he/she and each of the other persons referred to in the Booking Form (if any) are not residents of South Africa and the Tour Package is or will be arranged prior to their arrival in South Africa. 1.2. In signing and submitting a Booking Form, the Client thereby also: 1.2.1. acknowledges that the Client was provided with full information in relation to: 1.2.1.1. the Tour Operator (being its full name, licence or registration number (if any), and its VAT registration number (if any)); 1.2.1.2. the address of the Tour Operator and/or the address of its supplier’s (if any) physical business premises, and related contact details; 1.2.1.3. the address/es of the premises at which, or from which, the Tour Operator’s services will be supplied; 1.2.1.4. the salient details of the Tour Package and its features including, by way of example: 1.2.1.4.1. whether the Tour Package is in fact eligible for booking; 1.2.1.4.2. modes of transportation; and 1.2.1.4.3. places of accommodation and their nature; 1.2.1.5. the Total Tour Price including any Applicable Taxes, and the Arranging Fee; and 1.2.1.6. the currency in which amounts under these T’s and C’s are payable; 1.2.2. acknowledges that the Client read and understood these T’s And C’s; and 1.2.3. makes an offer to contract with the Tour Operator in relation to the Tour Package on the terms detailed in these T’s And C’s. 1.3. Subject to clause 3.1, upon the Tour Operator accepting an offer from the Client as contemplated in clause 1.2.3 (by way of the issue of a Booking Confirmation to the Client), a contract shall come into existence and bind the Parties on and with effect from the date of receipt (or deemed receipt) of the Booking Confirmation by the Client (the “Booking Acceptance Date”), all on the terms and conditions contained in the Booking Form as read conjunctively with these T’s and C’s. 2.1. APPLICATION OF THE CPA 2.1.1 To the extent that these T’s and C’s are regulated by the CPA, the Parties agree and acknowledge that it is not intended that any of these T’s and C’s should contravene any provision of the CPA. All the provisions hereof must be treated as being qualified only to the extent necessary, to ensure that the provisions of the CPA are complied with at all times. 2.1.2 In compliance with the provisions of section 49 (4) of the CPA, the Client’s attention is specifically drawn to clauses 1.1, 2.2, 3.6, 4.1.1.1, 4.2, 4.4, 5.4.2, 5.6, 5.8 and 6.3 which impose certain obligations and/or assumptions of risk, and which provisions are expressed in bold font for emphasis and for ease of reference. 2.2. PROCESSING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION 2.2.1 In signing and submitting a Booking Form, the Client agrees that it provides the Tour Operator with information which may constitute personal information (as contemplated in POPIA), and in doing so the Client voluntarily, specifically and unconditionally consents to the Tour Operator: 2.2.1.1 processing: 2.2.1.1.1 within the Tour Operator and/or any of its subsidiaries or any other legal entity, joint venture and/or partnership, wherever situated or operating (and irrespective of structure and/or legal nature/regime) that renders services or otherwise conducts business under a name which includes the name of the Tour Operator or any variation thereof (including their subsidiaries, parties that are related or inter-related them and/or their affiliated companies, to the extent applicable) and/or any trust/s founded by the Tour Operator for its own operations and/or any entities that are related and/or inter-related to such trust/s, as the case may be, and all such entities’ successors-in- title and/or practice (collectively the “Tour Operator Group”), wherever any such members may be located, including in countries which may not have data-protection laws similar to South Africa; and 2.2.1.1.2 on infrastructure belonging to the Tour Operator Group or any third party with whom the Tour Operator and/or any member of the Tour Operator Group enters into an operator agreement, the personal information which the Client provides to the Tour Operator and/or any members of the Tour Operator Group, for any purpose in order for the Tour Operator to, execute its mandate in relation to the Tour Package and any particular matters thereunder and/or incidental thereto; 2.2.1.2 sending to the Client marketing material, advertising material, newsletters or other informative material relating to the Tour Operator and/or any member of the Tour Operator Group; 2.2.1.3 storing the Client’s personal information for an indefinite period, provided that the Tour Operator shall, to the extent permitted in terms of POPIA (read with any other applicable laws), destroy or delete any such personal information that is no longer needed by the Tour Operator for the purpose it was initially collected, or subsequently processed; 2.2.1.4 transmitting the Client’s personal information to other members of the Tour Operator Group (wherever they may be located, including in countries which may not have data-protection laws similar to South Africa) as the Tour Operator may deem necessary for the proper execution of its mandate in relation to the Tour Package and any particular matters thereunder and/or incidental thereto; and 2.2.1.5 keeping any work product or other documentation in relation to the Tour Package as part of the Tour Operator’s and the Tour Operator Group’s internal know-how. 2.2.2 The submission by the Client of any personal information (including in relation to any other person detailed in the Booking Form (if any)) to the Tour Operator and/or any members of the Tour Operator Group in any form constitutes a warranty and acknowledgement by the Client that such conduct is authorised and constitutes an unconditional, specific and voluntary consent to the processing of such information as contemplated in clause 2.2.1. 2.2.3 The Client undertakes to notify the Information Officer of the Tour Operator (“IO”) in writing of any changes or errors to the personal information which the Client provided to the Tour Operator. The Tour Operator will update the Client’s personal information within a reasonable time after the Client has notified the IO of any such changes or errors. 2.2.4 Unless legislation in South Africa and/or in any territory in which any member of the Tour Operator Group operates or in respect of which the Tour Operator and/or any member of the Tour Operator Group is bound requires or permits the processing of such information, the Client will be entitled to withdraw its consent given under this clause 2.2 at any time on at least 10 (ten) days written notice sent to the IO. 2.2.5 Should the Client: 2.2.5.1 believe that the Tour Operator has utilised the Client’s personal information contrary to legislation in South Africa as read with this clause 2.2, the Client undertakes to first attempt to resolve any concerns with the Tour Operator by addressing a complaint in writing to the IO; and 2.2.5.2 not be satisfied with the outcome of such process, the Client will be entitled to lodge a complaint with the Information Regulator in terms of the POPIA. 2.2.6 The Parties agree that various terms have been used in this clause 2.2 which are defined in POPIA and should bear the meanings in these T’s and C’s as is assigned to them in POPIA. The Tour Operator: 3.1. will as soon as practicably possible after receipt by it of the Booking Form (as signed and submitted by the Client): 3.1.1. proceed to plan and/or arrange and/or facilitate the Tour Package, including (without limiting the generality thereof) making the necessary reservations and compiling the Tour Itinerary for the Client; and, thereafter 3.1.2. issue the Booking Confirmation to the Client, together with the Deposit Invoice and Tour Itinerary and all relevant details incidental thereto, it being recorded that the Tour Operator shall inform the Client in writing (including, by way of example, via email) should the Tour Operator be unable to comply with the provisions of this clause 3.1 for any reason whatsoever; 3.2. will stipulate in the Tour Itinerary (to the extent applicable) all the salient details in relation to international and/or domestic airfare/s, accommodation, room/s and specification, hotel and/or airport transfers, meals and/or beverages included, and other incidental specifications of the Tour Package; 3.3. will issue the Secondary Invoice to the Client as soon as practicably possible after the date of receipt (or deemed receipt) by the Client of the Deposit Invoice, but in any event by no later than the date which is 68 (sixty eight) days prior to the Tour Start Date; 3.4. will issue the Final Invoice to the Client as soon as practicably possible after the date of receipt (or deemed receipt) by the Client of the Secondary Invoice, but in any event by no later than the date which is 68 (sixty eight) days prior to the Tour Start Date; 3.5. is entitled to make Tour Package Amendments and/or cancel the Tour Package (in part or the whole), at any time, to which the Client hereby agrees, provided that: 3.5.1. the Tour Operator will at all times use its commercially reasonable endeavours to avoid having to make such Tour Package Amendments and/or cancel the Tour Package; 3.5.2. any such Tour Package Amendment or cancellation must be due to unforeseen circumstances, and not attributable to the wilful misconduct of the Tour Operator; 3.5.3. in the event that the Tour Operator elects to amend the Tour Package only, then the Tour Operator will inform the Client thereof on written notice on or within 48 (forty eight) hours of having made such election, and will issue the Client with an updated Booking Confirmation and updated version of the invoice issued last in time to the Client (to the extent applicable) as soon as practicably possible thereafter; and/or 3.5.4. in the event that the Tour Operator elects to cancel the Tour Package, it shall advise the Client thereof on written notice on or within 48 (forty eight) hours of having made such election (it being recorded that the date of cancellation in this regard shall be deemed to be the date on which the said written notice of cancellation is received by the Client). The Tour Operator will then refund to the Client, by way of electronic funds transfer into the Client’s nominated bank account, such aggregate portion of the Aggregate Tour Fee as was paid by the Client to the Tour Operator, and not otherwise forfeited to the Tour Operator (whether as a cancellation fee or otherwise), as soon as practicably possible after the relevant date of cancellation. No Party shall have any other claim of whatsoever nature against the other in such circumstances; 3.6. will use its commercially reasonable endeavours to secure/procure/enable the Client’s special requests as stipulated in the Booking Form (if any), or advise the Client that such special requests cannot be accommodated. The Tour Operator will only undertake to procure those special requests as are expressly accepted by the Tour Operator in the Booking Confirmation. All special requests accepted by the Tour Operator will be subject to additional third party charges to the Client as stipulated in the Final Invoice. The Client acknowledges and agrees that all special requests indicated in a Booking Form cannot be guaranteed by the Tour Operator. If and to the extent that the Tour Operator is unable to arrange/procure the relevant special requests, the Client hereby agrees that he/she/it will have no claim of any nature against the Tour Operator; 3.7. will on request, provide to the Client written proof of any insurance policies taken out in the Tour Operator’s name; and 3.8. will, as regards the Quoted Tour Price, all brochures, advertising material and other similar documentation in relation to a Tour Package, use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that all such documentation as is made available by the Tour Operator in good faith, complies with all applicable laws, regulations, rules and codes of practice, the CPA, and is accurate and correct at the time of its publication/delivery to the Client. The Tour Operator reserves the right to update such documentation from time to time, without notice, to bring same in line with the latest information available to Tour Operator. The Client acknowledges that he/she/it will request such documents directly from the Tour Operator to ensure that the Client receives the latest then currently applicable documentation. 4.1. Subject to: (i) at all times the provisions of clause 4.2; and to (ii) any additional third party charges to the Client in relation to special request/s as contemplated in clause 3.6, in consideration for planning and/or arranging and/or facilitating the Tour Package, the Client will pay the Total Tour Price (which includes the Arranging Fee), and having regard to each of the Deposit Invoice, Secondary Invoice and Final Invoice) to the Tour Operator as follows: 4.1.1. as regards the Deposit, the Client shall pay the full amount thereof to the Tour Operator on or within 3 (three) days after the Booking Acceptance Date. It is agreed that: 4.1.1.1. the Deposit is not refundable to the Client; and 4.1.1.2. simultaneously with payment of the Deposit, the Client shall pay the full amount of any international and/or domestic airfare (as stipulated in the Deposit Invoice, if any) to the Tour Operator; 4.1.2. as regards the Secondary Tour Fee, the Client shall pay the full amount thereof to the Tour Operator on or within 3 (three) days after the date of receipt (or deemed receipt) by the Client of the Secondary Invoice; and 4.1.3. as regards the Final Tour Fee, the Client shall pay the full amount thereof to the Tour Operator on or within 3 (three) days after the date of receipt (or deemed receipt) by the Client of the Final Invoice, provided that, in the event that the Booking Acceptance Date is within 30 (thirty) days of the Tour Start Date, then the Client will pay the Total Tour Price to the Tour Operator immediately upon the said Booking Acceptance Date. All such payments shall be made by way of cleared electronic funds transfer into the bank account of the Tour Operator as indicated in the relevant invoice, or by way of such other method of payment as may be stated in the relevant invoice. 4.2. The Client agrees that the due dates for payment contemplated in clause 4.1 are subject to a supplier (of the Tour Operator) requiring earlier/later payment, and/or payments of seasonal deposits. In any such event, the Tour Operator will notify the Client of such fluctuation in writing, on or within 3 (three) days after the Tour Operator has been notified thereof by the said supplier, and the applicable due date/s for payment shall be deemed to have been amended accordingly. The Client will have no claim of whatsoever nature against the Tour Operator in such circumstances. 4.3. Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, all amounts payable under these T’s and C’s shall be payable in the currency of payment as indicated in the relevant invoice issued to the Client. 4.4. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in these T’s and C’s, unless the Tour Operator consents in writing to other payment arrangements: 4.4.1. the Client will at all times remain liable for payment of all amounts due and payable by the Client to the Tour Operator under these T’s and C’s; and 4.4.2. the Client is and will remain liable to the Tour Operator for all amounts due and payable up to the date of expiration or earlier cancellation of the Tour Package. The Client: 5.1. hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that he/she/it is taking the Tour Package at his/her/its own risk; 5.2. will adhere strictly and at all times to these T’s and C’s and the provisions of the Booking Form; 5.3. will not engage in any activity, conduct, distribution or trade practice or advertising method which will be harmful, directly or indirectly, to the Tour Operator; 5.4. will be entitled to request Tour Package Amendments and/or cancel the Tour Package, at any time, provided that: 5.4.1. the Client communicates, without delay, any such Tour Package Amendments and/or cancellations to the Tour Operator in writing; 5.4.2. in the event that the Client elects to cancel the Tour Package (it being recorded that the date of cancellation in this regard shall be deemed to be the date on which the relevant written notice of cancellation is received by the Tour Operator), subject at all times to the provisions of clause 6.2.2: 5.4.2.1. the Client will be liable to pay a cancellation fee to the Tour Operator, calculated in accordance with the following dates/periods of cancellation and percentages (which is agreed as being reasonable): Cancellation from Booking Acceptance Date to 51 (fifty one) days prior to the Tour Start Date: 30% (thirty percent) of the Total Tour Price: Cancellation within 50 (fifty) days prior to, or on/after, the Tour Start Date: 100% (one hundred percent) of the Total Tour Price: 5.4.2.2. any such aforesaid cancellation fee will be paid by the Client to the Tour Operator within 14 (fourteen) days of the relevant date of cancellation, by way of cleared electronic funds transfer into the bank account of the Tour Operator as indicated in the invoice issued last in time to the Client, or by way of such other method of payment as may be stated in such invoice, failing which the Client will remain bound by the Tour Package and payment therefor in full; and 5.4.2.3. the Tour Operator will refund to the Client (care of its nominated bank account) such aggregate portion of the Aggregate Tour Fee paid by the Client to the Tour Operator, and not otherwise forfeited to the Tour Operator (whether as a cancellation fee or otherwise), as soon as practicably possible after receipt by the Tour Operator of the cancellation fee contemplated in clauses 5.4.2.1 and 5.4.2.2, and no Party shall have any other claim of whatsoever nature against the other in such circumstances; 5.5. will promptly comply with any reasonable instruction given by the Tour Operator in relation to the Tour Package and matters/aspects incidental thereto; 5.6. will at the Client’s expense, take out comprehensive travel insurance, for the duration of the Tour Package, which insurance shall at least cover the loss of Client’s personal effects, loss or harm to the Client personally, the Client’s medical, hospital, emergency travel and evacuation expenses, repatriation, loss of luggage and expenses associated with the cancellation or curtailment of the Tour Package. It is agreed that: 5.6.1. the Client will procure insurance from an insurer and in such amounts of its election; 5.6.2. the Client will be solely responsible for his/her/its general safety and for the general safety of all the other persons detailed in the Booking Form (if any), including in relation to the safekeeping of baggage and personal effects, at all times; 5.6.3. the Client will timeously seek the necessary medical advice regarding prophylaxis, vaccination and general health requirements covering each country which forms part of the Tour Package, and shall ensure the same in respect of the Client and all the other persons detailed in the Booking Form (if any); and 5.6.4. the Tour Operator does not accept any liability (of any nature) for any loss or damage in relation to loss or harm (of whatever nature) to the baggage, personal effects or other property of the Client, or injury or illness to the Client, or loss of life or consequential damages in respect of the Client, which might occur from any cause whatsoever. The Client hereby assumes all risk (of whatever nature) attached to and/or in relation to and/or incurred in the Tour Package; 5.7. will at the Client’s sole cost and expense, to the extent applicable: 5.7.1. comply with and otherwise fulfil the applicable passport, visa and vaccination requirements covering each country which forms part of the Tour Package, it being recorded that the Tour Operator will not be responsible for any persons participating in the Tour Package without the required documents; and 5.7.2. make the necessary arrangements to arrive at the assembly point/s indicated on the Tour Itinerary at the stated times, it being recorded that the Tour Operator will not be responsible for any persons participating in the Tour Package who fail to make such arrangements; 5.8. by signing and submitting the Booking Form to the Tour Operator, acknowledges and agrees that in the event that the Tour Package includes travel to isolated regions and/or activities in close proximity with wildlife, the Client and all of the other persons detailed in the Booking Form (if any) assume/s such risks. The Client acknowledges and agrees that he/she/it will on demand sign an extended standard form specific conditions and waiver document on or before the Tour Start Date, which form will be in a form satisfactory to the Tour Operator at all times, and which form will stipulate, amongst other things, that the person signing that form appreciates the risks inherent in travel and adventure, and that such person undertakes to participate in the Tour Package at his/her own risk and that such risk could include injury, disease or death; 5.9. will, if applicable, stipulate special requests (if any) in the Booking Form, failing which the Client will be deemed to have no special requests; 5.10. will ensure that all payments due to the Tour Operator are paid to the Tour Operator on the due date thereof and otherwise strictly in accordance with these T’s and C’s; 5.11. will not engage in any activities which causes inconvenience or annoyance to any other persons participating in the Tour Package; and 5.12. will in the unlikely event that the Client has a complaint against the Tour Operator, first address the complaint with the tour leader responsible for the relevant portion of the Tour Package as stipulated in the Tour Itinerary, so that an opportunity may be afforded to the Tour Operator to investigate and address the complaint. If the Client has any further complaint same must be lodged with the Tour Operator in writing within 30 (thirty) days of the expiration of the Tour Package. Should the Client not follow the procedures set out in this clause 5.12, then the Tour Operator will not investigate or continue to investigate any such complaint, and the Client will have no claim of whatsoever nature against the Tour Operator in such circumstances. 6.1. Breach Save as otherwise provided for in these T’s and C’s: 6.1.1. if the Client fails to timeously pay to the Tour Operator any amount due to the Tour Operator hereunder, and fails to remedy such breach within a period of 3 (three) days after receipt by the Client of written notice from the Tour Operator calling for such default to be remedied, the Tour Operator will be entitled to (without prejudice and in addition to any other rights or remedies which the Tour Operator may have in law), on written notice to the Client, immediately resile from these T’s and C’s and cancel the Tour Package; and 6.1.2. if any of the Parties commits a breach of these T’s and C’s (other than the breach contemplated in clause 6.1.1) and/or otherwise fails to comply with any of the provisions hereof (“the Defaulting Party”), then the other Party (“the Innocent Party”) is entitled to give the Defaulting Party 7 (seven) days (or such longer period as may be reasonably necessary in the circumstances) notice in writing to remedy such breach and/or failure. If the Defaulting Party fails to comply with such notice, then the Innocent Party will be entitled to (without prejudice and in addition to any other rights or remedies which the Innocent Party may have in law, including the right to claim damages), on written notice to the Defaulting Party, immediately resile from these T’s and C’s and cancel the Tour Package accordingly. 6.2. Cancellation due to breach 6.2.1. In the event that the Tour Operator cancels the Tour Package in accordance with the provisions of clause 6.1 (and unless the Parties agree otherwise in writing), the Client will be deemed to have forfeited to the Tour Operator, with effect from the date on which the relevant written notice of cancellation is received (or deemed to have been received) by the Client (“Breach Cancellation Date”), all such amounts already paid by the Client to the Tour Operator as at the Breach Cancellation Date. The Client will have no claim of whatsoever nature against the Tour Operator in such circumstances. 6.2.2. In the event that the Client cancels the Tour Package in accordance with the provisions of clause 6.1.2, the Tour Operator will refund to the Client, by way of electronic funds transfer into the Client’s nominated bank account, such aggregate portion of the Aggregate Tour Fee as was paid by the Client to the Tour Operator, and not otherwise forfeited to the Tour Operator (whether as a cancellation fee or otherwise), as soon as practicably possible after the Breach Cancellation Date. 6.3. Indemnity for breach by the Client Without prejudice to any rights or remedies available to the Tour Operator arising from these T’s and C’s and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, with effect from the Booking Acceptance Date, the Client hereby irrevocably and unconditionally indemnifies and agrees, on demand, to hold the Tour Operator (and its directors, officers, employees, agents, successors and assigns) harmless against any and all loss, liability, costs or expenses of whatsoever nature (including any and all legal costs), whether directly or indirectly suffered or incurred by the Tour Operator, should the Client and/or any of the other persons detailed in the Booking Form (if any) breach these T’s and C’s in anyway. 7.1. If any Party is prevented or restricted directly or indirectly from carrying out all or any of its obligations under these T’s and C’s for any cause beyond the reasonable control of that Party (“Affected Party”), including (without limiting the generality of the foregoing) war, civil commotion, riot, insurrection, strikes, lock-outs, fire, explosion, floods and acts of God (each a “Force Majeure Event”), the Affected Party shall be relieved of its obligations hereunder for the period of the Force Majeure Event. In such instance the Affected Party shall not be liable for any delay or failure in the performance of any of its obligations hereunder or for any loss or damages which the other Party may suffer due to or resulting from any such delay or failure, provided that written notice of the inability to perform is given by the Affected Party within 48 (forty eight) hours of the commencement of the Force Majeure Event. 7.2. The Affected Party shall use its commercially reasonable endeavours to terminate the circumstances giving rise to the Force Majeure Event and upon termination thereof, the Affected Party shall forthwith give written notice thereof to the other Party. 7.3. In the event that the circumstances giving rise to the Force Majeure Event are not terminated by no later than the date which is 10 (ten) days from the commencement of the Force Majeure Event, then the Tour Package shall be automatically cancelled, and the Tour Operator shall be required to refund to the Client such aggregate portion of the Aggregate Tour Fee paid by the Client to the Tour Operator, and not otherwise forfeited to the Tour Operator (whether as a cancellation fee or otherwise), as soon as practicably possible after the date of such cancellation, by way of electronic funds transfer into the Client’s nominated bank account. No Party shall have any other claim of whatsoever nature against the other in such circumstances. 8.1. Save as expressly detailed to the contrary, in the event of any dispute, controversy or claim (of whatever nature) (“dispute”) as to the rights and obligations of the Parties or as to any other matter arising from or out of or that in any way is related to these T’s and C’s, including (but not limited to) any question as to the existence, validity or termination of these T’s and C’s, the Parties will attempt in good faith, by negotiation, to resolve the dispute between themselves. 8.2. If the Parties are unable to resolve a dispute by mutual agreement within 14 (fourteen) days after the dispute is first communicated in writing by any Party to the other Party, then the dispute shall be submitted by either Party to and decided by arbitration in accordance with the then applicable commercial rules of the Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa NPC (“AFSA”), by a single arbitrator agreed upon between the Parties or, failing agreement within 7 (seven) days of the dispute being submitted to arbitration, the arbitrator shall be appointed by AFSA. 8.3. As regards any such arbitration: 8.3.1. the decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding on the Parties and may be made an order of any competent court having jurisdiction at the instance of any of the Parties; 8.3.2. unless otherwise agreed by the Parties in writing, the arbitration shall be held in Cape Town, South Africa; and 8.3.3. the arbitrator shall be obliged to give in writing the reasons for any decision made by the arbitrator in the course of the arbitration. 8.4. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this clause 8, either of the Parties shall be entitled to apply for, and if successful, be granted, an interdict or other interim and/or urgent relief from any competent court having jurisdiction. 9.1. Any notice or process to be served on either of the Parties in terms of these T’s and C’s may be served on such Party at the following addresses: 9.1.1. as regards the Client, the address specified in the Booking Form; and 9.1.2. as regards the Tour Operator, the address specified in the Booking Confirmation. 9.2. Any Party may at any time, by notice in writing to the other Parties, change its elected address to any other address which is not a post office box or post restante. 9.3. Any notice or other communication to be given to either of the Parties in terms of these T’s and C’s shall be valid and effective only if it is given in writing, provided that any notice given by email shall be regarded for this purpose as having been given in writing. 9.4. A notice given as set out above shall be deemed to have been duly given and received (unless the contrary is proved): 9.4.1. if delivered by hand, on the date of delivery; 9.4.2. if sent by courier, on the date of delivery by the courier service concerned; or 9.4.3. if sent by email (provided that the address concerned includes an email address), on the expiration of 24 (twenty four) hours after the time of transmission. 9.5. Any written notice actually received by a Party shall be valid, notwithstanding that it may not have been given in accordance with the preceding provisions of this clause 9. Any of these T’s and C’s which is or may become illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, with respect to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability and shall be treated pro non scripto (as if not written) and severed from the balance of these T’s and C’s, without invalidating the remaining T’s and C’s or affecting the validity or enforceability of any of these T’s and C’s in any other jurisdiction. 11.1. The Tour Operator will be entitled, without the consent of the Client but on prior written notice to the Client to cede, delegate or assign all or any of the Tour Operator’s rights and/or obligations under these T’s and C’s to any third party (“the Cessionary”). 11.2. On any cession, assignment and/or delegation taking place in terms of clause 11.1, the Client shall, if so required by any Cessionary, make all payments directly to the Cessionary in question. 11.3. The Client will not, without the prior written consent of the Tour Operator, be entitled to cede, assign, delegate or otherwise transfer any of the Client’s rights or obligations under these T’s and C’s to any third party. These T’s and C’s, as read conjunctively with the Booking Form, constitutes the whole agreement between the Parties in relation to the subject-matter of the Booking Form, and the Tour Operator shall not be bound by any representation/s, warranty/ies, undertaking/s, promise/s or the like (whether or not made by the Tour Operator, its companies or servants) which are not recorded herein or in the Booking Form. No relaxation, indulgence or extension of time granted by any Party (“the Grantor”) to the other Party shall be construed as a waiver of any of the Grantor’s rights in terms hereof, or a novation of any of these T’s and C’s or estop the Grantor from enforcing strict and punctual compliance with these T’s and C’s. No variation of, addition to, consensual cancellation of or waiver of any right arising in terms of these T’s and C’s (including this clause 14) and/or the Booking Form shall be of any force or effect unless expressly agreed by the Parties in writing (including, by way of example, via email communication). To the maximum extent permissible, these T’s and C’s shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of South Africa. All and any costs incurred by either Party arising out of or in connection with a breach of any of these T’s and C’s by the other Party, including but not limited to legal costs on the attorney and own client scale, shall be borne by the Party in breach. 17.1. DEFINITIONS In these T’s and C’s, unless a contrary intention clearly appears, the following terms shall have the meanings assigned to them hereunder and cognate expressions shall have corresponding meanings, namely: 17.1.1. “Aggregate Tour Fee” means the aggregate amount of the Secondary Tour Fee plus the Final Tour Fee; 17.1.2. “Applicable Taxes” means, without limitation, any VAT, sales taxes, charges, imposts, duties, levies, deductions, withholdings or fees of any kind whatsoever, or any amount payable on account of or as security for any of the foregoing, imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any relevant taxation authority or similar Governmental Authority from time to time together with any penalties, fines or interest; 17.1.3. “Arranging Fee” means that portion of the Total Tour Price which comprises the Tour Operator’s fee for planning and/or arranging the Tour Package; 17.1.4. “Booking Acceptance Date” has the meaning ascribed thereto in clause 1.3; 17.1.5. “Booking Confirmation” means the written confirmation submitted by the Tour Operator to the Client, in such form as the Tour Operator may determine suitable in its sole and absolute discretion (including, by way of example, in the form of email communication), wherein the Tour Operator confirms the booking of the Tour Package, and which document will record (without limitation): 17.1.5.1. the Tour Operator’s full name, and VAT registration number, if any; 17.1.5.2. the Tour Operator’s address; and 17.1.5.3. a full description of the Tour Package; 17.1.6. “Booking Form” means the Tour Operator’s standard written booking form (as determined by it) which can be completed, signed and submitted to the Tour Operator for the purposes of engaging the services of the Tour Operator as contemplated herein, which standard booking form may be updated by the Tour Operator from time to time, without notice; 17.1.7. “Client” means the person who signed and submitted the Booking Form to the Tour Operator; 17.1.8. “CPA” means the South African Consumer Protection Act, 2008 (Act No. 68 of 2008); 17.1.9. “Deposit” means a non-refundable deposit of 30% (thirty percent) of the Quoted Tour Price; 17.1.10. “Deposit Invoice” means the tax invoice issued by the Tour Operator to the Client with the Booking Confirmation, marked as the “Deposit Invoice”, and which shall record (without limitation), as separate line items, the quantum of: 17.1.10.1. the Deposit, exclusive of any Applicable Taxes (e.g. VAT) if any, and the Arranging Fee; and 17.1.10.2. the total international and/or domestic airfare/s payable (if any); 17.1.11. “ECTA” means the South African Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, 2002 (Act No. 25 of 2002); 17.1.12. “Final Invoice” means the tax invoice issued by the Tour Operator to the Client chronologically after the Secondary Invoice, marked as the “Final Invoice”, and which shall be issued in respect of the Final Tour Fee mutatis mutandis in accordance with the provisions of clause 17.1.10, and shall in addition record any third party charges payable by the Client in relation to any special request/s of the Client stipulated in the Booking Form (to the extent applicable); 17.1.13. “Final Tour Fee” means 70% (seventy percent) of the Quoted Tour Price; 17.1.14. “Parties” means, collectively, the Client and the Tour Operator, and “Party” shall mean any one of them as the context may indicate; 7.1.15. “POPIA” means the South African Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (Act No. 4 of 2013); 17.1.16. “Quoted Tour Price” means the applicable quoted price including VAT (where applicable) and including the Arranging Fee for the Tour Package, as set out by the Tour Operator on its website (if any), failing which as set out in its brochures and advertising material, from time to time, which quoted price the Tour Operator may update/replace from time to time, without notice; 17.1.17. “Secondary Invoice” means the tax invoice issued by the Tour Operator to the Client chronologically after the Deposit Invoice, marked as the “Secondary Invoice”, and which shall be issued in respect of the Secondary Tour Fee mutatis mutandis in accordance with the provisions of clause 17.1.10; 17.1.18. “Secondary Tour Fee” means 0% (nil percent) of the Quoted Tour Price; 17.1.19. “Signature Date” means the date upon which the Client signed the Booking Form; 17.1.20. “South Africa” means the Republic of South Africa; 17.1.21. “T’s and C’s” means these terms and conditions; 17.1.22. “Total Tour Price” means the Deposit plus the Aggregate Tour Fee; 17.1.23. “Tour Itinerary” means the itinerary relating to the Tour Package; 17.1.24. “Tour Operator” means the tour operator stipulated in the Booking Form; 17.1.25. “Tour Package” means the tour package planned and/or arranged and/or facilitated by the Tour Operator, as stipulated in the Booking Form; 17.1.26. “Tour Package Amendments” means any change of whatsoever nature required by any Party in relation to the Tour Package after the Signature Date, including (without limiting the generality of the foregoing) changes as to flights, dates and times, accommodation, arranged sightseeing and other details of and/or incidental to the Tour Package; 17.1.27. “Tour Start Date” means date of commencement of the Tour Package; 17.1.28. “VAT” means value added tax as contemplated in the VAT Act; and 17.1.29. “VAT Act” means the South African Value-Added Tax Act, 1991 (Act No. 89 of 1991). 17.2. INTERPRETATION Furthermore, unless a contrary intention clearly appears: 17.2.1. references herein to “clauses” shall be to the clauses of these T’s and C’s; 17.2.2. the headings of the clauses are for the purpose of convenience and reference only and shall not be used in the interpretation of, nor modify, nor amplify these T’s and C’s; 17.2.3. words importing the singular, include the plural, and vice versa, and words importing the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders, and vice versa, and words importing persons shall include partnerships, trusts and bodies corporate, and vice versa; 17.2.4. if any provision in the definitions set out in clause 17 is a substantive provision conferring rights or imposing obligations on any Party, then notwithstanding that such provision is only contained in clause 17, effect shall be given thereto as if such provision were a substantive provision in the body of these T’s and C’s; 17.2.5. these T’s and C’s shall be binding on and enforceable by the permitted trustees, assigns or liquidators of the Parties as fully and effectually as if they had bound themselves hereto in the first instance and reference to any Party shall be deemed to include such Party’s permitted trustees, assigns or liquidators, as the case may be; 17.2.6. where figures are in these T’s and C’s described both in numerals and in words, words shall prevail in the event of any conflict between the two; 17.2.7. when any number of days is prescribed in these T’s and C’s, same shall be reckoned exclusively of the first and inclusively of the last day; 17.2.8. any reference in these T’s and C’s to legislation or subordinate legislation is to such legislation or subordinate legislation at the Signature Date and as amended and/or re-enacted from time to time; 17.2.9. any reference in these T’s and to any other agreement or document shall be construed as a reference to such other agreement or document as same may have been, or may from time to time be, amended, varied, novated or supplemented; 17.2.10. where any term is defined within the context of any particular clause, the term so defined shall, unless it appears clearly from the clause in question that such term has limited application to the relevant clause, bear the meaning ascribed to it for all purposes in terms of these T’s and C’s, notwithstanding that such term has not been defined in this clause 17; 17.2.11. none of these T’s and C’s shall be construed against or interpreted to the disadvantage of the Tour Operator by reason of the Tour Operator having drafted such provision; 17.2.12. the words: 17.2.12.1. “sign”, signature”, “signing” and all derivatives thereof, when used in relation to the Booking Form, shall include an electronic signature as contemplated in ECTA; and 17.2.12.2. “completed”, “submit”, “submission”, “submitted” and all derivatives thereof, when used in relation to the Booking Form, shall include electronic completion and submission; 17.2.13. the words “include”, “including” and “in particular” shall be construed as being by way of example or emphasis only and shall not be construed, nor shall they take effect, as limiting the generality of any preceding word/s. Furthermore, the words “other” and “otherwise” shall not be construed eiusdem generis with any preceding words if a wider construction is possible; and 17.2.14. the expiration or termination of the Tour Package shall not affect such of these T’s and C’s as expressly provide that they will operate after any such expiration or termination or which of necessity must continue to have effect after such expiration or termination, notwithstanding that the clauses themselves do not expressly provide for this. Accommodation Location	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1189
__label__wiki	0.518107	0.518107	March 28, 2018 - 7:51 pm EST 2 years ago Don’t Make Foolish Rules Mistakes On The Course Twitter/@GolfMagic By Paul Kruger, PGA Professional The Canyon Club, Albuquerque New Mexico Apparently, April Fools’ Day began around 1582 when the Gregorian calendar replaced the Julian calendar. Back then, those who forgot that there was a new calendar and attempted to celebrate New Year’s (formerly celebrated on April 1st) on the wrong day were teased as “April fools.” Nowadays, we recognize April 1st as the day reserved for playing practical jokes on others. A classic April Fools prank on the golf course is tricking a friend into teeing up an exploding golf ball. A post shared by Chris (@csmith9386) on Apr 5, 2014 at 5:17pm PDT Pranks on the golf course aside, it is foolish for someone to even think about playing a competitive round golf without knowing the Rules. As noted in Rule 6-1 [Rules], “The player and his caddie are responsible for knowing the Rules.” This article highlights just a few of the foolish mistakes that can be made by golfers who are ignorant of the Rules pertaining to stroke play. Player A marked the position of his ball on the putting green and then set it aside while waiting for his turn to play. When it became his turn to play, Player A failed to replace the ball. Instead, he putted the ball from where he had set it aside. After completing play of the hole, this “fool” then played from the next teeing ground. For these foolish mistakes, the player is disqualified! Decision 15/4 [Player Lifts Ball, Sets It Aside and Plays It from Where Set Aside] points out that when a ball is lifted under Rule 20-1 [Lifting and Marking], it is out of play. Thus, when the player played a stroke with his ball while it was out of play, he played a wrong ball. Pursuant to Rule 15-3b [Wrong Ball: Stroke Play], Player A incurred a penalty of two strokes and was required to correct his mistake prior to playing from the next teeing ground. Because he failed to do so, Player A is disqualified! Player B’s ball comes to rest against the flagstick in the hole, but a portion of the ball is above the lip of the hole. Believing her ball to be holed, she picked it up and proceeded to the next teeing ground where she commenced play of that hole. For these foolish mistakes, the player is disqualified! The Definition of “Holed” advises, “A ball is “holed” when it is at rest within the circumference of the hole and all of it is below the level of the lip of the hole.” Rule 17-4 [Ball Resting Against Flagstick] states, “When a player’s ball rests against the flagstick in the hole and the ball is not holed, the player … may move or remove the flagstick, and if the ball falls into the hole, the player is deemed to have holed out with his last stroke; otherwise, the ball, if moved, must be placed on the lip of the hole, without penalty.” Since Player B did not hole out, she was in breach of Rule 3-2 [Failure to Hole Out] which, like Rule 15-3b, is a so-called “must correct” Rule. Rule 3-2 states, “If a competitor fails to hole out at any hole and does not correct his mistake before he makes a stroke on the next teeing ground, or in the case of the last hole of the round, before he leaves the putting green, he is disqualified.” Player C marked his ball on the putting green, but his ball-marker was on the line of putt of a fellow-competitor. At the request of the fellow-competitor, he moved his ball-marker one putter head to the side, and then lifted his ball. When it became his turn to play, Player C replaced his ball in front of his ball-marker without first shifting the ball-marker back to its original location. After Player C putted and his ball came to rest near the hole, he remembered that he had not relocated his ball-marker. He then picked up his ball and placed it as near as possible to the spot on which his original ball came to rest on the putting green. He then putted out from that location. For these foolish mistakes, the player is penalized a total of four strokes! Decision 20-7c/2 [Ball Putted from Wrong Place Lifted and Putted from Right Place] indicates that, when Player C replaced his ball in front of his ball-marker and putted, he played from a wrong place and incurred a penalty of two strokes per Rule 20-7c [Playing from Wrong Place: Stroke Play]. Rule 20-7c states, in part, “If a competitor makes a stroke from a wrong place, he incurs a penalty of two strokes under the applicable Rule. He must play out the hole with the ball played from the wrong place without correcting his error, provided he has not committed a serious breach….” Subsequently, when Player C lifted his ball from where it lay near the hole without marking its position and did not replace it, he incurred a second two-stroke penalty for a breach of Rule 20-1 [Lifting and Marking]. 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__label__wiki	0.81679	0.81679	SUP 16 SUP 16 Annex 26 Guidance on designated liquidity g... Point in Time 29/04/2011 Show timeline G Guidance External link Handbook Publications External link Consultation papers, Discussion papers, Policy statements Plain content Derivations & destinations Status: You are viewing the version of the handbook as on 2011-04-29. SUP 16 Annex 26 Guidance on designated liquidity groups in SUP 16.12 The purpose of this Annex is to explain the different types of defined liquidity group dealt with in SUP 16.12 (Integrated Regulatory Reporting) and what a group liquidity reporting firm is. Defined liquidity groups are relevant to liquidity reporting by ILAS BIPRU firms. Liquidity reporting under SUP 16.12 relates to a firm on a solo or branch basis and in addition by reference to a firm's defined liquidity group.2 The two main types of designated liquidity groups Defined liquidity groups are divided into two types: a DLG by default; and a DLG by modification (this type is subdivided into other types as explained in this Annex). DLG by default Broadly speaking, a firm's DLG by default is made up of the members of the firm's group on which it relies for liquidity or that rely on the firm. It also includes certain funding vehicles. It covers each entity: that provides or is committed to provide material support to the firm against liquidity risk; or to which the firm provides or is committed to provide material support against liquidity risk; or that has reasonable grounds to believe that the firm would supply such support, and vice versa. Paragraph (b) of the definition of DLG by default deals with a case in which there are several UK ILAS BIPRU firms in the same group. The effect is this. Say that there are two UK ILAS BIPRU firms, A and B in the group. Say that A relies on, or is relied on by, companies M, N, O and P. B relies on, or is relied on by, companies P, Q, R and S. The result is that A and B have the same DLG by default, which is made up of companies A, B, M, N, O, P, Q, R and S. There is an exclusion relating to participations. Say that 70% of B is owned by unconnected third party shareholders and that A and B rely on each other. A will report on the basis of a group made up of A, B, M, N, O and P. B will report on the basis of a group made up of A, B, P, Q, R and S. The full definition is set out in the Glossary. The definition applies automatically. It does not depend, for example, on the firm getting a waiver under BIPRU 12 (Liquidity). However, in practice it is likely that the firm and the FSA will agree who is in the firm's DLG by default. A DLG by default is only relevant to a UK lead regulated firm. A firm may have a DLG by default and a DLG by modification at the same time. Types of DLG by modification A DLG by modification only applies to a firm with an intra-group liquidity modification. BIPRU 12.8 has more about intra-group liquidity modifications. Every firm subject to BIPRU 12 (Liquidity) is subject to the overall liquidity adequacy rule. The effect of that rule is that every firm is required to be self-sufficient in terms of liquidity adequacy and to be able to satisfy that rule relying on its own liquidity resources. The FSA recognises that a firm may be part of a wider group which manages its liquidity on a group-wide basis. This is recognised by an intra-group liquidity modification. A DLG by modification arises out of the intra-group liquidity modification. There are two types of DLG by modification: a DLG by modification (firm level); and a non-UK DLG by modification (DLG level). Types of DLG by modification (firm level) If the firm obtains an intra-group liquidity modification it will permit the firm to rely on liquidity support from elsewhere in its group for the purposes of the overall liquidity adequacy rule. A DLG by modification (firm level) is made up of the group members on which the firm can rely for these purposes, together with the firm itself. It is called 'firm level' because it relates to the way that the overall liquidity adequacy rule is applied to the firm. There are two types of DLG by modification (firm level): a UK DLG by modification; and a non-UK DLG by modification (firm level). It is not possible for a firm to have both types. A UK DLG by modification is made up solely of UK ILAS BIPRU firms. That means that the intra-group liquidity modification will permit the firm to rely on liquidity support from other specified UK ILAS BIPRU firms elsewhere in its group, but no one else. A non-UK DLG by modification (firm level) is defined to mean any kind of DLG by modification (firm level) except for a UK DLG by modification. In practice though an intra-group liquidity modification setting up a non-UK DLG by modification (firm level) will be expected to allow the firm to rely on support from a parent undertaking which is constituted under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom or on subsidiary undertakings of that parent which are themselves constituted under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom. These parents and their subsidiaries (together with the firm itself) will make up the non-UK DLG by modification (firm level). It is not envisaged that a non-UK DLG by modification (firm level) will include UK members (other than the firm itself). That is why this type of defined liquidity group is called a non-UK DLG by modification (firm level). Non-UK DLG by modification (DLG level) It is envisaged that if a firm has a UK DLG by modification, the intra-group liquidity modification will apply the overall liquidity adequacy rule to the UK DLG by modification as a whole. The starting position is that the UK DLG by modification should be self-sufficient for liquidity purposes. However, the intra-group liquidity modification may permit the UK DLG by modification to rely on liquidity support from elsewhere in the group. In this case this other part of the group, together with the UK DLG by modification, forms the non-UK DLG by modification (DLG level). It is called 'DLG level' because it relates to the way that the overall liquidity adequacy rule is applied to the firm's DLG. It is not envisaged that a firm with a non-UK DLG by modification (firm level) will have a non-UK DLG by modification (DLG level). It is envisaged that the only group members on which the non-UK DLG by modification (firm level) will be able to rely for these purposes will be foreign parents and others described in paragraph 19 of SUP 16 Annex26G . That is why it is called a non-UK DLG by modification (DLG level). Combinations of DLG That means that the types of DLG by modification a firm may have are these: a UK DLG by modification and nothing else; or a non-UK DLG by modification (firm level) and nothing else; or a UK DLG by modification and non-UK DLG by modification (DLG level). Group liquidity reporting firm The defined term group liquidity reporting firm is also used in connection with reporting at the level of a defined liquidity group. Its purpose is to identify the firms on which the reporting obligation falls. The general principle is that reporting is done by UK ILAS BIPRU firms. In the case of a DLG by modification, the reporting will be done by UK ILAS BIPRU firms that have been granted the intra-group liquidity modification. However there may be other types members of the defined liquidity group. For example, say that UK ILAS BIPRU firm A has a defined liquidity group made up of companies B, C, D and E. Say that B is an authorised person but is not a UK ILAS BIPRU firm, that C is a UK company that is not authorised and that D and E are foreign and not authorised. A, B, C, D and E are all members of the defined liquidity group. However B, C, D and E do not have to report on the defined liquidity group under SUP 16.12. That obligation falls on A. A is the group liquidity reporting firm.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1211
__label__cc	0.655387	0.344613	Cajun Surf and Turf… aka Crawfish Stuffed Venison Backstrap Podcast: Episode 4, Hunting, Cleaning and Cooking Squirrels Squirrel and Scallion Potstickers with Ginger Dipping Sauce Venison Meat Pies Venison Toast with Sage Blueberry Sauce Harvesting Nature Hunting and Fishing Narratives, Wild Game Recipes, and Outdoor Adventure Articles Wild Fish and Game Podcast Keeping Pennsylvaniaâ€™s Heritage: Predator Hunting and Trapping February 19, 2016 0 Comments Adventure, Animals, bobcat, conservation, coyote, Culture, Deer, deer hunting, fox, furbearer, Guns, heritage, History, Hunting, Nature, Outdoors, pennsylvania, predator hunting, Snow, trapping, turkey, Wild Game, Wilderness, Wildlife, Winter Article Contributed by E. Lawrence of NWPAoutdoors and A. Campenella of Eyecrosser Sportfishing For many hunters across Pennsylvania, hunting season is not over after the close of the white-tailed deer season. In the depths of Pennsylvaniaâ€™s winter is when you can find the best conditions for predator hunting and trapping. Hunting and trapping predators plays an important part of conservation and it is important to hunt and manage these animals and not just the deer and turkey in our woods. Coyote hunting is open year around in Pennsylvania. It is allowed even on Sundays when most other hunting is off limits. Coyote hunting contests are conducted throughout Pennsylvania during winter months. Many experienced â€œYoteâ€ hunters target the animals during dozens of organized hunts in winter. The hunts can offer hundreds of dollars or more to hunters who take the largest animals. Last year, a Pennsylvania hunter took home over ten thousand dollars during an organized hunt. Coyotes in Pennsylvania are known to carry some wolf DNA. This explains why in Pennsylvania a coyote may reach sizes of over sixty pounds. Coyotes are often found near farms where the critters look to raid chicken coops, feed on livestock, or are after other wildlife drawn to farms and agricultural areas. Coyotes are also hunted in larger forests in Pennsylvania where they prey on deer, turkeys, and other wild animals. Anthony Campanella was hunting with Suzie Mountain, on January 7, when they took a big red fox in northwestern Pennsylvania. The pair used a red spot light to spot the fox coming in toward fox sounds on a FoxPro Predator Call This time of year is mating season for coyotes and foxes and itâ€™s a good time of the year to call using coyote or fox sounds.Â Distress sounds imitating wounded prey also work well this time of year, especially when the temp drops and there’s snow on the ground. The best time to call for predators is the first and last hours of light and into the evening. Trapping is a practice used to help control animal populations in some areas and can even help to prevent the spread of disease. Rabies is a potentially deadly disease that is transmitted by animal bites. Just last year a boy was bitten by a rabid fox in northwestern Pennsylvania. Luckily he and the other kids he was fishing with were able to subdue the animal and get it tested for the disease. The boy was then treated to prevent the disease from affecting him. Many wildlife biologists and conservation officials support regulated trapping. Trapping is believed by many to be a form of environmentally safe and practical means of managing fur bearing predators. By supporting education and regulated trapping programs, supporters of conservation can also help support a healthy population of predators and other fur bearers. By hunting and trapping fur bearing predators in the region, hunters may see an increase in the game animals predators prey upon. Conservation includes doing your part in keeping a well balanced ecosystem. Trapping plays an important role in conservation. Trapping is regulated by state wildlife agencies across the United States. Anyone who traps must follow strict rules established and enforced by state fish and wildlife agencies. Restrictions on species that may be harvested, harvest seasons, trap types, trapping methods and areas open to trapping are some examples of the guidelines and regulations that state agencies regularly review, implement and enforce. Best Management Practices (BMPâ€™s) are intended to inform people about traps and trapping systems considered to be state of the art in animal welfare and efficiency. Through the use of BMP guidelines, trappers can continue to play an important role in furbearer management programs across the United States. The purpose of the BMP process is to scientifically evaluate the traps and trapping systems used for capturing furbearers in the United States. Evaluations are based on animal welfare, efficiency, selectivity, practicality and safety. Results of this research are provided as information to state and federal wildlife agencies and trappers. – Furbearer Conservation Technical Work Group of the Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies Trapping has been a part of our culture since the early days of our country and the waterways were once used as a means to transport furs to market. Some of the laws established in the early history of Pennsylvania pertained to the use of rivers and streams as transportation for commerce. One of these important laws still being used today refers to these historic navigable waters and the right to public use. Our hunting and trapping heritage is an important part of our history. During the colonization and settlement of North America, the taking and trading of furs was a common form of commerce. Furbearers such as bobcats and foxes were important sources of income for many of the early inhabitants of the region. Today fur prices are historically low, yet trappers continue to participate in this outdoor activity. Hunting and trapping remain popular in many areas of Pennsylvania. It is a part of our cultural history that goes back to the days of the early settlers and pioneers of Pennsylvania as well as all of North America. Opposition to hunting and trapping by animal rights activists will always bring into question the morality of these practices. With the help of State and Federal Wildlife agencies, trappers can continue the trapping tradition while developing the safest, most efficient, and ethical ways to trap. Not only are these activities necessary to a healthy wildlife population, they are important parts of our history and heritage. 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__label__cc	0.749733	0.250267	Hiding From Managers Can Increase Your Productivity 25 Nov 2013Research & Ideas by Carmen Nobel Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Ethan S. Bernstein explains why decreasing workplace transparency can increase productivity. Companies all over the world have striven for transparency in the workplace, literally tearing down walls in an effort to let managers and employees observe each other. Take, for example, one of the 14 key principles of The Toyota Way, Toyota Motor Corp.'s managerial philosophy: "Use visual control so no problems are hidden." But recent research proves the virtue of letting employees do at least some work unobserved. In a series of studies, Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Ethan S. Bernstein shows that decreasing the observation of employees can increase their productivity. “What managers were seeing wasn't real. It was a show being put on for an audience” What's more, in a curious phenomenon dubbed the Transparency Paradox, he finds that watching your employees less closely at work might yield more transparency at your organization. Bernstein uncovered the paradox while studying the manufacturing floor at a leading, technologically advanced global contract manufacturer's plant in Southern China, where tens of thousands of workers assembled mobile devices under close supervision. The plant for years had operated myriad identical assembly lines, spaced closely together to facilitate visibility. The idea was that watching the workers would help managers improve operations and replicate innovations on one line across others, thus increasing productivity and driving down production costs. A research team found the opposite was true. What Managers Saw Wasn't Real In the summers of 2008 and 2009, when he was a doctoral candidate at HBS, Bernstein hired a team of five Chinese-born Harvard undergraduates to be "embeds" at the plant. They lived in factory dorms and worked alongside employees, who assumed that the embedded students were actual employees, too. During the first summer, the embeds quickly discovered the crux of the transparency problem, which Bernstein recalls in his paper The Transparency Paradox: A Role for Privacy in Organizational Learning and Operational Control, which won the 2013 Best Published Paper Award from both the Academy of Management's Organization and Management Theory Division and Organizational Behavior Division. "First the embeds were quietly shown 'better ways' of accomplishing tasks by their peers-a 'ton of little tricks' that 'kept production going' or enabled 'faster, easier, and/or safer production,' " he writes. "Then they were told 'whenever the [customers/managers/leaders] come around, don't do that, because they'll get mad.' " Rather, veterans advised embeds to perform tasks strictly by the book whenever a manager was in sight, in order to avoid calling attention to themselves. As such, the researchers noticed that production seemed to slow down whenever the employees knew they were being watched. The level of workplace transparency meant that just as managers could see their employees more easily, the reverse was true as well. The official company practices happened to be less effective than the tribal tricks of the trade—tricks that the employees hid from the higher-ups, thus thwarting the goal of learning by observing. Bernstein says that there was no ill-intent or cheating behind such hiding behavior, but merely a rational calculation about human behavior: Operators were hiding their freshest, most innovative techniques from management so as not to "bear the cost of explaining better ways of doing things to others." In the paper he recalls a worker telling an embed, "Even if we had the time to explain, and they had the time to listen, it wouldn't be as efficient as just solving the problem now and then discussing it later. Because there is so much variation, we need to fix first, explain later." Said another worker: "Everyone is happy: Management sees what they want to see, and we meet our production quantity and quality targets." "We assume that when we can see something, we understand it better," Bernstein says. "In this particular environment, and perhaps many others, what managers were seeing wasn't real. It was a show being put on for an audience. When the audience was gone, the real show went on, and that show was more productive." Similar results bore out in a follow-up quantitative field study at the same site the following summer, this time tracking the production of 3G USB mobile data cards. The research team studied 32 production lines for five months. On one set of randomly chosen lines, the employees worked out in the open, as they always had. On another set of lines, however, each production line was concealed behind a curtain, out of management's view. The researchers found that simply hanging that curtain increased production by 10 to 15 percent—major information for a competitive industry that operates on razor-thin margins. In terms of respecting boundaries, it's important that managers consider not only individual privacy but group privacy as well, Bernstein explains. The curtain boosted productivity for a few key reasons: It provided privacy to tweak (and improve) line operations as temporary issues arose; it prevented unproductive distractions and provided workers with increased focus; and it let the line experiment with new ideas prior to explaining them to management. Indeed, the workers did purposefully share ideas with their supervisors after testing and perfecting them. "There was a pride in ownership leading to the desire to share," Bernstein says. "And so they did. But only after they had data to support their new approach." Hence, the transparency paradox: broad visibility of employees at work may induce secretive behavior, thus reducing real transparency, whereas boundaries may actually increase it. “This race to full observability on everything can have consequences.” Bernstein hastens to add that not every company should erect walls or hang curtains. "I would never suggest that what works in one setting is necessarily going to work the same way in another," he says. "The message actually that's more important to me, which should be more important to managers, too, is that this race to full observability of everything can have unintended consequences." Trying Not To Look Too Weird The field study findings also offer an important message to employees—that productivity can depend largely on how well they manage their managers' attention. "On the manufacturing floor, the workers were trying to manage the attention of the managers," Bernstein explains. "They knew that if they did something that looked weird, it would draw attention and, quite frankly, would disrupt their current work process. If they didn't look weird, then that wouldn't happen. And they knew that just for the sake of getting the production numbers, sometimes it would be good to attract attention and sometimes it wouldn't." Bernstein elaborates on this concept in the paper "Seeing Too Much: Too Much in Sight or Too Little Insight?" The paper was chosen for inclusion in the Academy of Management's Best Paper Proceedings in September. He explains that when a person starts paying attention to something or someone, it happens in one of two ways: executive control (that person deliberately chooses what to focus on) or attentional capture (the attention is captured by a stimulus in the person's sensory field of vision). Effective management requires a healthy balance of the two. "Focus too much on executive control and fail to attend to the unexpected crisis in your peripheral view," Bernstein says. "Give attentional capture too much weight and you spend the entire day as a slave to your own curiosity and every little out-of-place thing around you." At the factory, the workers were essentially "managing up" by protecting their managers, themselves, and their company from unproductive attentional capture. The findings indicate that it may behoove managers to acknowledge that when it comes to attentional capture, their employees may know best. "Those managers who believe they can restrain themselves from becoming captured by something that looks weird—when that attention won't be productive—would likely prefer to see everything and then make a choice as to whether to attend and get involved," Bernstein says. "But maybe we aren't as good at battling curiosity or being overloaded by visual stimuli as we might think. The frontline people who perform a particular task 12 hours a day may be the best people to determine whether that task needs the attention of others. "If you wanted to design a more productive organization," he continues, "you might actually think about actively putting the agency for attention in the hands of the people who are doing more of the frontline work." After all, they may already be controlling your attention anyway. Zulfiqar Deo Founder, www.bizstuff.co I feel light touch management also allows the employees to be more creative and make greater use of the tacit knowledge they build up. Look forward to other comments Etienne Douaze Managing Partner, Jeremy Consulting This article confuses control with transparency. Transparency in the workplace involves communication, openness and accountability. It does not imply direct and constant observation/supervision. Consultant, Mission Australia I don't know why we need academics to find out what has been obvious to us lesser peons for thousands of years. It's called 'delegation': ie living with the fact that others may do things differently from you, while still being productive. I'm sorry, but managers are not & never have been, the source of all wisdom, particularly when they try to 'micro-manage'. juan aguirre Professor, Universidad Latina The findings are interesting and show the ability of human to adapt and survive control. Rebecca Mott I agree that there is little value to constantly watching employees. Processes should be designed in such a way tht employees have the freedom to innovate with safe boundaries. Hiding innovative ideas can not only hamper transparency within the organization, but it can also pose a risk and hinder long-term productivity and knowledge transfer. Also, changes in any system has impacts, and failure to openly discuss changes in processes can lead to problems and frustrations that management are not able to explain based upon their knowledge of what they believe the process is. So the next question is how do managers get employees to be transparent about what they are learning and innovations they are making? We have to put a process in place to allow that transparency to happen. Daniel Setz The kind of production environment, as described in this article, where control seems to be more based on military principals than modern management practices, are generally more common in the emerging markets. As they will progress in their management practices they will understand that delegation, empowerment and motivation will increase productivity and output. DM, Independent Consultant We have said that team work (sharing each other's strengths and weaknesses) improves productivity. Now we are saying do not be visible to managers with what we are doing? Paul Nicholas Director, Soul-Chaplain Consultancy Remember the "Three B's" theory of creativity? - that some of our most creative moments come in the warm zone between dreaming and wakefulness - often experienced in bed, in the bath, or on a bus. Creativity and innovative thinking in a workplace require time and space - sometimes with feet up, sometimes staring at the ceiling. This invariably looks bad and thus tends to be done when no-one is looking. A manager 'looking over one's shoulder' can be extremely disruptive to truly uninhibited and creative thinking. If you do manage by walking about and see someone staring into space with their feet up, come back later and ask what they were thinking about. Dr A Jagan Mohan reddy Associate Professor[HR], Institute of Public Enterprise Very insghtful article indeed. One of the main criticism against the Hawthorne experiments was that employees being aware of the survey displayed such behaviour which might not be true.The real takeaway for todays Managers is that this race to full observability of everything can have unintended consequences. Thank you so much for sharing.Happy knowledge sharing. Greg Anthony Hawod Another interesting question sparked by this article is: "Why do employees don't share their innovative ideas to the management team?" One of the answers I found here is the burden to bear the cost of explaining later on. Employees may be hesitant because whatever they say may be taken against them if the management found that they don't like the premises used by the employees. Another reason could be that they fear management will nip their ideas in the bud if there are no solid result. As a consequence, employees conceal these innovative ideas do it right away. If there are good results and the managers found out, they will be in better position to explain. Robert Ng Director, Ergoworld Pte Ltd My personal experience confirms the finding is true and this evolves from different skill of worker and their willingness to share with others either individually or team. Manager needs to consider allocating time to work on floor levels to gain this trust of sharing better ideas from workers. Tema Frank CEO, Frank Online Marketing It seems to me that there may also be a cultural element here. In a culture where conformity has been valued and individualism punished, of course people are afraid of being seen doing something different. But in a culture where employees are encouraged to find better ways of doing things, I don't think you'd see the same impact. (Or at least, it would not be as strong. I think there's still a signalling value in allowing some privacy: it shows your employees that you trust them, and that is always motivating. Natascha Thomson CEO, MarketingXLerator Carmen: Great article and ample food for thought. From my experience, there will always be a bit of a dog and pony show in front of superiors in any line of work. The challenge I see is that most managers cannot handle any kind of uncertainty and - despite lip service to the contrary - are afraid of risk taking. Hence, employees keep their innovative approaches to themselves as opposed to having to defend themselves or even being told to "stick to the existing process". Especially in companies that are very consensus driven, do individual mangers not want to stand out as non-team players or rookies. But to have to get buy in from a "committee" on every decision is painful and time-consuming. As somebody already said,it's better to get proof that your idea works before floating it with management. The manger who can just listen as a sounding board is so rare. Maybe because, as infered by another comment, mangers think adding value means having an opinion on everything, and thinking they know best. Mark Gonska, America's Career Coach EVP, Dise & Company Being invisible to your manager(s) is also a great way to lose a job. Ask the thousands who believed, "my work will speak for itself." Tom Dolembo Founder, New North Institute In a lean conversion project, we have found that major long-term production issues were presented as a barrier to further management involvement. A completely failed data acquisition system allowed operators to innovate without having someone counting their errors during the learning period. Once the production innovations worked, the data system magically became a non-issue. Hiding in plain sight was a brilliant tactic Domenica Piga Project Manager, Black Belt, The Joint Commission While there are some interesting points made in the article I think they misrepresent transparency. In the article Berstein explains transparency as watching, observing and monitoring employees. I disagree with this concept in regards to increasing productivity. No one wants to be watched! Of course this behavior would make the employees put on a show for the managers. Employees are number one at figuring out how to get around managers when they do not feel trusted, empowered or appreciated. Transparency should be about showing the numbers, data, and how we are improving or falling behind. The embeds where shown the real standard work, how the work is really done when no one is watching because they were trusted among the other employees. They became part of the team. If managers actually trusted their employees and empowered them, while working with them to increase productivity they would see a culture shift. No one comes to work (mos tly) thinking they are going to screw their organization. But managers treat employees this way this is the behaviors they get. Its not about privacy its about trust. And of course the employees know how to increase productivity better than managers. They are the ones doing the work. They live the work every day! Managers, learn to trust and give up the "power" of control. You don't have it anyway. You are only as strong as your team. While there are some interesting points made in the article I think they misrepresent transparency. In the article Berstein explains transparency as watching, observing and monitoring employees. I disagree with this concept in regards to increasing productivity. No one wants to be watched! Of course this behavior would make the employees put on a show for the managers. Employees are number one at figuring out how to get around managers when they do not feel trusted, empowered or appreciated. Transparency should be about showing the numbers, data, and how we are improving or falling behind. The embeds where shown the real standard work, how the work is really done when no one is watching because they were trusted among the other employees. They became part of the team. If managers actually trusted their employees and empowered them, while working with them to increase productivity they would see a culture shift. No one comes to w ork (mostly) thinking they are going to screw their organization. But managers treat employees this way this is the behaviors they get. Its not about privacy its about trust. And of course the employees know how to increase productivity better than managers. They are the ones doing the work. They live the work every day! Managers, learn to trust and give up the "power" of control. You don't have it anyway. You are only as strong as your team. Remuneration Consultant, Remuneration Data Specialists Pte Ltd Interesting. What is missing is contextual details i.e. what sort of material or non material incentives when prodn quotas are met or not met or exceeded. I suspect that employees were not properly rewarded for exceeding quotas; i.e. if prodn goes up mgmt may raise the bar further without commensurate rewards so employees see this an an disincentive. Obviously trust is also a factor & the working environment is probably far from conducive in respect of organisation-sharing and collaboration (except among close colleagues - good thing Berstein used embedded researchers otherwise such details would not have surfaced). Stephanie Lepp Strategist, BBMG This is not about transparency but about freedom. Curtains wouldn't matter either way if managers gave employees the freedom to experiment and innovate. Kapil Kumar Sopory Company Secretary, SMEC(India) Private limited Transparency is necessary, undue overseeing and close watch/control is not. Yes, achievement of tasks and goals is important. The manager needs to watch performance from a distance without pestering the employee who be allowed to develop creatively. Much good is ultimately the outcome of such an approach. If you carry control too far the employees feel annoyed, frustrated and dejected. They will try to show off a working style which they would realize the manager likes. However, this is not to the ultimate good to the organization. Sally Applin Doctoral Candidate, UKC, UK - Centre for Social Anthropology and Computing (Applin and Fischer 2013), "Watching Me, Watching You. (Process Surveillance and Agency in the Workplace" might be useful here as well. Our paper describes the human response to a management structure and often software driven mandatory business process environment. Here: http://posr.org/w/images/0/0d/Applin_Fischer_ISTAS13_PREPUB_DRAFT.pdf Final version (paywall) here: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/login.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6613129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fieeexplore.ieee.org%2Fiel7%2F6596466%2F6613092%2F06613129.pdf%3Farnumber%3D6613129 Jackson Daniel Lamme hack, dishwasher, farmer, jacksonsprints.com jacksonl.biz jacksondaniel.net Very promising findings generated in the study, I enjoyed reading. I've been at my job for 3 years so management has pretty much stopped breathing down my neck, but that anxiety of them looking for errors will drive you to perform poorly no doubt. Bosses do it on purpose, for personal satisfaction, and as a form of dominant, agonistic behavior; they think they're head of some kind of a quasi religious, worship centered cult group. People in social settings in their leisure time will engage in similar behavior that "throws you off", causing nice guys to stumble over words, experience panic and generally finish last. That quest for intimidation (academic credibility) is what drives people to use words like "myriad" without a preposition, because they know it's chic in the rough and tumble world of academic ferocity to do so. It also causes our peers to "leave us hanging" after we ask a question; they want just that little bit of posture to feel secure in their person against us. I think the article overstates to some degree what I see as a tricky contrivance to allow the politically correct presupposition that if we all sing cumbaya and dance around the fire, both sides win out in the end. The "tribal" practices aren't always gold potted rainbows; I think the fact that managerial acceptance of the employees own methods, not the companies, would constitute 1 type of increased transparency to a degree, but it won't always work out like that, a boss finding out could result in the creation of an environment with less transparency, and les job satisfaction, whether that policy is good or bad for the company. It's far from : "What managers were seeing wasn't real. It was a show being put on for an audience" he didn't discover the holy grail or philosophers stone, I've worked jobs where literally nothing was done on site, we sat for hour upon hour with boredom racking our minds, then demanded a juicy paycheck and felt justified doing it. The politically correct individuals will just jump on board the opinion (or scientific conclusion) ship and sail off into whatever horizon will gain them the most profit socially or monetarily. They won't push the envelope out of fear of the agonists. That's why when you remove the observing boss from the equation, they still fear the boss and work hard, but, exactly as the article points out, they spend more time thinking, and less time doing, and so have a slight increase in productivity for a time (while still being subject to countless extraneous factors in these presumably inadequately designed experiments) How's that for TRYING NOT TO LOOK TOO WEIRD The article is interesting. However, the findings here in my opinion is not conclusive. Because, what is true in one particular industry will not be true for another. I worked in power and desalination industry as an engineer before i completed my PhD in finance and i found the opposite. I worked with different people from different countries everyone has his own believes (based on their culture) and from those believes they act. I think it is better that an organization motivate (ethically) its employees to do their best despite they been supervised or not. Russell G. Brown, Ph. D. Former roboticist, current manufacturing technology student, Loyalist College I am indeed intrigued by the results reported here though, as others have pointed out, there is a significant difference between observability and transparency as regards workplaces and productivity. I think these results primarily point to the problems inherent in not being able to trust one's management. In general, I think we want our managers to (i) understand what we're doing, (ii) be able to lead (not command, not order, not rule, but LEAD), (iii) be honest with us, (iv) defend us, as far as reasonably possible, from external threats (starting with the next level of management), and (v) not to slow us down without good, honest reason. It's clear that the employees in the initial study didn't believe their managers were doing more than one or two of those things with any reliability, if that. Transparency, in the sense that's important here, includes being able to see the manager's agenda and knowing if they, in fact, HAVE an agenda beyond making themselves look good. I am curious why Jackson Daniel Lamme thinks "myriad" needs a preposition, since it can function as an adjective, but perhaps he means to refer to the abhorrent class of manager who goes around using words like "surveil." Perhaps suitable immunity to the temptation to use buzzwords should be item (vi) on the list above. Athula Dharmawardhana Is it correct saying work under observation or not improve creativity? Under observation some instances productivity may go up if workers fear of loosing the job. Other instances no observation may increase productivity if workers feel no stress due to observation by the supervisors. Thus, the reason for improving productivity may be due to how workers feel and the situation they work on. Dean Marc Co Principal Adviser - Engineering \| Design \| Innovations, Dungeon Innovations As always, it is insightful to read a rigorously contrived essay based on rigorously done research along with the essential conversation that ensues from everyone. This very dynamic reflects the necessary dynamic in most circumstances involving social and communication dynamics among people. Context and circumstances set the stage that drives a lot constraints in how we go about things. But not all shows on stage are good. This puts emphasis that context and how one utilizes it has to be treated with equal importance. I agree that we may be correlating transparency with control mistakenly. Just like there is good management, the opposite is prevalent. The problem is not transparency (while too much of something has its repercussions). It is simply ineffective management and leadership. But we must not forget that even with the presence of ineffective management that stifles productivity, some of these successful companies are well, successful (perhaps not as successful as it can be but successful nonetheless). Identifying and driving towards the right metrics of what matters is critical. But in the end, people matter more, for ill or not. Ethan S. Bernstein Edward W. Conard Associate Professor of Business Administration Innovation and Management Employee Relationship Management Performance Productivity	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1218
__label__wiki	0.563139	0.563139	Sabine McNeill on trial: Day 6 Sabine McNeill’s trial on 17 charges of violating a restraining order and four charges of stalking ground to a complete halt today, for reasons completely unconnected to her transportation to and from Bronzefield Prison. Rather, the problem today originated with a person who has until now had almost no connection to the Hampstead SRA hoax. Some readers might remember “Eddieisok”, the would-be Tommy Robinson supporter and YouTuber whose interview with Brian Harvey last summer consisted of him nodding and saying, “Go on…”. Well, it seems that he has taken it upon himself to “investigate” people accused of being connected to the alleged cult. Yesterday this took the form of Eddie standing just beyond the court precinct (at the foot of the stairs outside) filming people with his iPhone as they went into and out of the court. He claimed to be looking for “trolls” who he wanted identified and investigated, and chief among those he listed was EC, who he had divined (from being in the same room but not speaking to her) is “very full of herself”. Uh-huh. Anyway, back to the trial… A waiting game Outside Courtroom 11, supporters for both sides sat in the hallway…and sat…and sat…and sat. A sign on the courtroom door informed us that HHJ Sally Cahill QC was in chambers, and another hand-scrawled sign said, “Please do not come in”. Various officers of the court bustled in and out, with no sign of any change in the situation. We had no clue what was up, and there was much grumbling to be heard. The assembled groups included Belinda McKenzie; Mary Rooney; a woman we refer to affectionately as ‘Cardi Lady’ for her large and rather beautiful Kaffe Fassett cardigan; another lady named Margaret; Barbara Collier (formerly known as Babs, who has apparently decided that the gossip on the other side of the hoaxer fence is more rewarding…for now); various people unknown to us, and Eddieisok himself. On our relatively sparse side: a gentleman we’d never met; Postnein, and EC. A trip to the office At one point late in the morning, a court guard approached Eddie and asked him whether he had been taking photos in the court precinct. Eddie denied this, but when the guard asked EC and Postnein whether we knew anything about it, we described yesterday’s videos, as well as a third one which Eddie had made earlier this morning. At this point, the guard told us to come with him to an office on the first floor, and asked us to tell the nice lady at the counter what had happened. We did so, and the lady went off into an inner office for a bit. Eventually a court police officer came and told us that the police were already aware of Eddie’s escapades, that it was being handled, and we were free to go back upstairs. In the public gallery And then it was back to waiting. At one point Neelu Berry made an appearance with Edward W. Ellis in tow; and whither Neelu goes, Lee Cant cannot be far behind. In fact, Neelu was still lingering at the other end of the hallway when the court doors opened and we were told we could come inside. Neelu remained outside the court, but Lee Cant did come in, along with Eddie and the rest. The public gallery was nearly full for the first time since this trial began. At 2:50 p.m. (a new record for late starts!), the court usher called the dock officer to the court. The dock officer arrived with Sabine, but the usher indicated that Sabine was not wanted at present, so she was sent back to wait. The waiting game explained? The court clerk then indicated that the person they wished to deal with was Paul Rogers, aka Eddieisok. He was asked to step into the now-empty dock, which he did, seeming a bit confused. Judge Cahill informed him that on 15 December 2017, Judge Beddoes had made an order governing this case, that no people should be named whose identification could lead to the identification of any children who might be involved. We have referred to this reporting restriction on several occasions. The judge said she was aware that Rogers had uploaded clips to YouTube yesterday in which he had named a witness who testified last week. She asked him to read a document he had been given, which outlined the charges against him, and stated that he had the right to immediate legal advice if he wished. Rogers declined this offer, and started to explain: “I was outside the court, and I did a video. I just wanted to film people identified as trolls”. However, it appeared that the court was not interested in his filming, but in the actual content of one of his videos. Judge Cahill stated that while it would be premature to do anything today, she was satisfied of the need to protect the integrity of Sabine’s case. Therefore, she said, Rogers would be remanded in custody overnight. As he was led out of the dock to the cells, Rogers called over his shoulder, “Thank you, Karen Irving”. Apparently it had not yet sunk in that this arrest had nothing to do with his filming outside the court, and everything to do with contempt of court. Neelu’s lucky escape Once Rogers had been taken away, Miranda Moore QC told the judge that Neelu Berry had been spotted in the building. Indeed, she had started to come into the court with the rest of us, but had changed her mind and left. The judge rose whilst a search of the building was carried out, to no avail. At 3:35, Moore asked Judge Cahill to formally refer the matter to the court Attorney, which she did. The public gallery was once again cleared, as the court needed to determine whether members of the jury might have been compromised by Rogers’ filming outside the court. Court is set to resume at 10:30 tomorrow morning, at which point we hope to learn of the court’s decision. We have to say we are less than impressed with Eddieisok’s performance today, as his conspiranoid shenanigans managed to lose this trial a full day’s worth of testimony. Not only has he delayed matters at court, but if his goal is to assist Sabine (whom he rather comically persists in calling “Sabeel”), he has failed miserably. Instead, what he has done is drawn out an already long trial, and ensured that she will have to endure yet another round trip on the dreaded prison bus. Good going, mate. 27/11/2018 in Legal news. Tags: arrest, contempt of court, reporting restriction, restraining order, Sabine McNeill, trial BREAKING: Sabine McNeill sentenced to 9 years The tragedy of being Sabine ← Sabine McNeill on trial: Day 5 Sabine McNeill on trial: Day 7 → 116 thoughts on “Sabine McNeill on trial: Day 6” Owies, and they went looking for neelu too…. This is starting to look like the hoaxers are all being looked at- hard…. First apd’s video gets her noticed by the courts, then eddieisnotok… and neelu was being looked for…. I bet there are some worried people right now out there in hoaxerland… Wow! 😲 Thanks for this news, EC! I thought when his later promised video didn’t appear, that he may have been banged up, I’m really glad he is being dealt with. But for everyone participating, what a frustrating pain. Not only has he delayed matters at court, but if his goal is to assist Sabine (whom he rather comically persists in calling “Sabeel”), he has failed miserably. Instead, what he has done is drawn out an already long trial And if the goal was to convince the jury that Sabine’s witch-smelling was perfectly harmless, and did not injure people, and did not incite borderline-personality eedjits to start their own witch-smelling careers, he is not doing it right. In other Southwark Crown Court news: David Noakes sent down for 15 months.. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/notorious-noakes-10m-guernsey-gcmaf-crook-imprisoned He was saying yesterday that the ‘trolls’ were rattled. Who’s rattled now? He said EC is ‘full of herself’. No mate. She’s SURE of herself which is altogether different. It’s old Eddy who is full of himself and he’s projecting….he does that a lot. I can’t imagine how any supposed supporter or friend of Sabine can act this way. Whatever one thinks of the events which led up to this trial, she is entitled to a fair and professional hearing, which numpties like Paul Rogers seemed determined to f*k up. That said, many thanks for the very full and informative coverage EC. I suspected something as amiss when causelist.org wasn’t updating. it was always going to be this way. There are several sections of the law related to cases involving children but this case was very specific in the reporting restrictions being a Section 46 order, S46 is to prevent the identification of ADULTS involved in a youth case where this could result in the identification of a child. Now some of the witnesses will be professionals where it is legitimate to name them. However, a general filming of people going in an out of a court building in an attempt to identify “trolls” was always going to lead to at a minimum questioning and detention. Too many people living in lala land and thinks reality deoes not apply to them. Lucca says: Eddie probably thought he was doing a public service braving the ‘trolls’. He was warned yesterday about filming outside court but paid no heed. Did he really think he was doing something so important that the law would applaud him for it. Plank! rosywillow says: If Neelu is still of no fixed abode, the court seems like a sensible place to find her. Although wherever EWE and Lee Cant are, there will also be Neelu, and I suspect they have homes of sorts, I’m trying very hard to feel sorry for Eddyisok, but nope, I just can’t do it. I think it’s safe to say that the courts aren’t willing to tolerate any more nonsense about this case. Yes, it really was frustrating to have to waste a day on this. Yes, there was much commotion down the hall from us at one point. I have no idea where people draw these conclusions about me. 🙂 Thanks, PA. The odd thing about Rogers is that I am quite certain he’s never met Sabine, nor does he have any connection with the case. He seems to have been egged on by (surprise!) Angela, but other than that I can see very little reason for him to have been there. Yes, the Section 46 order is posted on the courtroom door (twice) and there are signs noting that there is a reporting restriction on the TV screens outside the courtroom and in the lobby of the building. It’s hard to miss. The funny thing is that I have never, to my knowledge, said anything about him on this blog or elsewhere. I vaguely knew who he was, but I’ve certainly never trolled him. So I wonder who could have given him the idea that he ought to come after me and claim I was a troll? coughAngelacough He does seem quite unaware that he is doing anything wrong. Paterson read out this entire post to Andy Devine and Angela on Devine’s livestream earlier. He praised you on your fine writing, EC. One of the sentences above is a lie. Can you guess which one? 😆 Another great write-up. Thank you, Karen Irving 😁 I think the court officials should look into how Eddieisok managed to report on tomorrow’s proceedings at 1pm today. Witchcraft? Time machine? Crystal ball…? Yes, I would tend to agree. Really she would need to calm down or she will blow a gasket. I can’t imagine what her BP is! Andy Devine’s latest video is very very disturbing & threatening towards you. There is also talk of going to court tomorrow with a knife. It’s a disgusting video! I would love to report it but it’s better left for the Police to see & listen to. By the way, I gather that for all his pre-match bluster, John Paterson bottled it and never showed up 😂 That disgusting pig Angela has publicly named the children again 😡 Praterson also made death threats again, including one to the judge!!! That mad bint Heather Brown is threatening to turn up at court tomorrow with a group of Wiccan activists 🙄 Oh and she says she’s cast a cancer spell on Angela. Yeah, he was extremely threatening in that video. 😡😡😡😡😡 I’m only 24 minutes in so far and he’s already made three separate death threats to the judge (including one to have her put through a woodchipper by gangsters)! He needs to be reported and arrested asap. Wankerwatch says: Headless chickenry latest… And he’s threatening to have you and Steve followed home by gangsters tomorrow, EC. Probably all bluster but please be careful Oh and he’s just said his gangster mates know where you live and told you not to go home! Andy’s been egging him on with these threats too; and at one point when Praterson says we’re all going to be killed, he says, “The sooner the better.” Word is Jake Clarke’s gonna make an appearance too, lol. Oh Gawd, Angie makes an appearance too. Sigh GROBNOB the Troll says: Disturbing stuff. i’ll be interested to see where this behaviour leads the relevant parties. i’d certainly like to see inspector gobshite (Paterson) have his collar felt. they really don’t grasp what absolute idiots they’re being and where it leads. glad to see a judge finding out first hand exactly what an online gang of trolls masquerading as whistleblowing journalists are like, vile thugs and scumbags. i had sausages and mash with onion gravy, sprouts and carrots for my supper. burp. Mark Trellis says: Tick tock, Angie! You must be a met copper if you say ‘banged up’ Refreshing to hear, EC. A strict judge is needed. What surprises me is the sheer amount of time this stuff takes out of court time – when it is costs thousands per hour per hearing – for the tax payer. What also surprises me is that the judge did not require Eddieisok to immediately take down the offending material from youtube- it is still there. So grateful for your reporting and all the things that accompany that effort – the time, expense, the discomfort of the hard benches when waiting, and now the unpleasantness of being the centre of attention, vilified by the likes of Eddieisok. Eddieisok, when you read this, you come across as a stupid man, constantly referring to Finchley Rd which has nothing to do with the case at all. He’ll have it spelt out to him in no uncertain terms wednesday. fun and games will be over for the dunderheaded fake journalist with no concept of reporting regulations. the man’s a knobhead. Either that or he’s pregnant. It’s true what they say, then – no peas for the wicked. I posted a comment under eddieisok’s video (sans my usual thigh-slapping humour) that he could be seen to be intimidating potential witnesses and that in his video he had named one victim which was a contempt. He removed the comment. I assume he regarded me as one of the “Hamstead trolls who are losing their minds and attacking him furiously”. Serves him right for not respecting the court process. Judges: what they have to put up with at times. I can now imagine the judge in this case will be the victim of vicious and nasty claims. Thank God they are generally not intimidated by social media. Dr Ghost of Sam (Oz) says: Poor Andy Devine and “Dr” Anthony G.Pike (UK)- don’t they know that “gender fluidity” is all the rage these days? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-6434819/Gender-fluid-model-Rain-Dove-maced-tracked-attacker-Instagram-abuse.html “Rose McGowan’s gender-fluid partner Rain Dove was MACED in a public bathroom” They didn’t “waive anonymity”. Their names were revealed illegally by..dozens of people. I don’t think this should be ignored. Making death threats to a judge or even implying it is a very serious matter. Look at the dreadful things that have happened recently- we have no idea which unhinged person may seize upon this and decide to act. It’s that flaming red hair. Or is it purple? . Can’t keep up. I don’t know the ins & outs of his case but I’m amused by Neelu’s claims that it’s “Big Pharma” trying to protect their profits as she ignores the fact Noakes had pocketed at least £5M from his dodgy therapy and has companies registered in tax havens. Has anyone done a study on why these people latch onto EVERY single conspiracy theory going from Flat Earth to Quack Cancer Cures, Fake Moon Landings and Satanic Baby Eating Cults in North London?. (JFK is in there somewhere as well). Sorry, what has Spiny Norman got to do with this? I can attest that Spiny does not have a criminal record (thats one of Angie’s evil lies) and i am pretty sure he wasn’t at the court. The amount of outright lies from these people is staggering, I cant keep up. Some studies linked here: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Crank_magnetism#How.3F I cannot conceive how that could happen. Don’t forget the car that runs on water, the abominable snowman and lord lucan being jack the ripper. I was using up the sprouts and carrots left over from sunday and didn’t want to open a tin of peas. Making death threats to a judge or even implying it is a very serious matter. Making death threats to anyone is a serious matter that invites a period of her majesty’s hospitality. It’s also terribly unprofessional. “Oh yes,” people think, “let’s warn the client, and give him / her a sporting chance.” But that just makes more work for everyone. Fireman Sam says: I for one, welcome all of the self grave digging bullshit, threats and bile that is spewing out from all of the nutcases listed above. This case will in my opinion, prove to be the catalyst that brings about the demise of the whole lot of them. There will be many a knock on various doors and invitations to pop down the station for an interview before much longer. Evidence lockers will be bursting at the seams with laptops, tablets and mobile phones and hard drives!! APD probably has a bag packed and stashed near her door. Remember, even Spivey and La Verite ( in her former guise ) wouldn’t touch this subject with a bargepole and they are two of the biggest loonies on the planet. That must speak volumes about these other dickheads. Big thanks to EC for keeping us so well informed. We should all be very grateful. Actually Neelu referred to “Edward Ellis of no fixed abode” a few days ago. I love the defective. sorry detective skills of these morons “Ottawa not London with an E-Mail addressxxxxx@infolink.ca and is a former” etc etc etc My email address still shows .uk, yet last time I looked, I am halfway around the planet…. from andy (not at all) devine… And that clown Pike, he’s another one that needs a good looking at by the police… Paterson on the other hand, he just handed them his head on a platter, I hope someone has told the judge about his little tirade of threats…. And as MKD pointed out, children don’t have the right/power to waive their anonymity anyway. “Rise up,” she says…from the comfort of her Oldcastle kitchen 🙄 At least it’s not a French prison, which are the worst in the world (according to one of David Noakes’ anonymous sockpuppets) and no place for an elderly gentleman. Perhaps he will appeal the sentence, and create an opportunity for it to be reconsidered and extended. But it would be wrong to speculate. 16.15 to be precise… and again at 19.15… 23.40 woodchipper death threat… Cpt. Frank Furillo says: Anyone going today – be careful out there! That’s good Grobknob, you don’t want your peas touching your carrots after all… Ok, that made me do a very unladylike snort. They seem extremely confused. Yes, if he was unaware that naming a witness in this trial was a very poor idea, then it’s only because he didn’t bother to read the signage all over the place. This has nothing to do with him taking pictures; it’s to do with him naming a witness when he wasn’t supposed to. He and his dim-witted friends should give their heads a wobble. “Parents differently than most”…oh, is that what they call it now? I didn’t know there was a name for letting your boyfriend batter your children to force them to tell lies. Dear EC, many thanks for continuing to us all up to date. Your efforts are very much appreciated. He claims to have masses of Sarf London gangsters at his beck and call, but I think this is just his not-terribly-clever way of being able to claim later, “Oh, no, yer honour, I never said I would do that…but I can’t control these imaginary friends of mine, now can I?” LOL will do, Captain! 🙂 That sounds better if you imagine it in the voice of a Goon Show character. I wonder if they will speak out when they are older?. If they criticise these hoaxers and say what a nightmare it’s all been they’ll just be accused of joining the (imaginary) Cult and having been brainwashed. My guess is they will have to change their names and by the time they are 20 years old they would be unrecognizable as to who they were. Or they may well become warriors against the on-line false accusers. But it’s so unfair. Isn’t she the one who threatens to “chin” people?. Could be interesting. Ghost of Reggie Kray says: John Patterson of Finchey Road fame’s last foray into the Sarf London gangster scene was pretty much a failure. He didn’t realise that Arfur had, well moved on to greater pastures and Terry was pretty well beyond it. Mind you he did pick up some gorgeous frocks at a knock down price that had fallen off the back of a truck right in front of the lock up. I hope he realizes he’s skating on very thin ice. Let’s hope that Eddie’s crime will not take up the whole day, that Neelu does not play hide & seek in the courthouse again, that Praterson gets arrested for his violent threats & Sabine’s case can get on it’s way again. Potentially another man to add to the tally of those she has got arrested/imprisoned/sectioned. I have a mental picture of court officials with a large butterfly net chasing a giggling Neelu and Edward around the corridors of the court building. And I'll Remember says: Top notch reporting, El C! Thank you for keeping everyone up to date – the twists and turns of this whole tale would be impossible for a bestselling author of fiction to imagine! Thank you, and above all, please stay safe out there. Crotchety Auld Womandcfm , says: Grobnob, I’m not a journalist and never was, but I’m sure that I read (or heard) somewhere that bona fide journalists are advised to find 3 independent sources for a story before they “run” with it (of course in a proper newspaper an editor would hopefully weed out the more loony tunes stories). YouTubers are their own editors so that doesn’t happen unfortunately. I’m not even against the media being used (both printed and online media) in genuine cases – like “The Oldie” ran the story about the insalubrious aspects of Jimmy Savile’s shenanigans.** Though that wasn’t until after he was dead. * Well sometimes tabloids may have printed daft things. ** To be honest, I never realised how screwed up said gentleman was. I thought he was weird but then I thought well he raised money for good causes but I wasn’t astute enough to suspect there might be unsavoury aspects to his character. Pingback: On the Highly Sensitive Person \| satanicviews But you look very good for your age! First you are complimented on your writing skills and now we hear about your youthful looks. What’s the secret? I’m guessing hard work and Oil of Olay. I can tell by your avatars that Karnevilnine is actually a giant chaos sign and Ghost of Sam is a classic floating white sheet spectre. I have a diamond shaped head and a green complexion. Given how distinctive we all are it is amazing that we haven’t been tracked down yet. I think that we were both caught in the same loop of circular reasoning regarding Savile. I always thought he was creepy and strange – but he was allowed to work with children so you assume that meant he was alright really. Some people did know things and tried to expose him, including Anthony Burgess, but they probably didn’t have anything other than hearsay that would never be accepted in court. Savile was clever, good at ingratiating himself with the powerful and intimidating and isolating victims and witnesses. Looking at it in the clear light of day I don’t think he was guilty of many of the bizarre things claimed in the tabloids since his death, but he certainly seems to have been a prolific abuser of children and women who got away with it for a long time. I was going to say “was allowed to get away with it”, but that would suggest someone somewhere was capable of stopping him and actively chose not to. https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/11/study-it-only-takes-a-few-seconds-for-bots-to-spread-misinformation/?fbclid=IwAR0PMLP-fibNs5V8XThJjWDGzv0I7EQISSSRM-PbHJQ33Byix4X2eXd9kso I won’t post it here for obvious reasons but I see Angle has done yet another contemptuous, slanderous, self-incriminating interview, this time with creepy Thomas Dunn 🙄 She illegally names the protected witness numerous times, and launches a really vicious attack on him in the last 15 minutes. There are also calls from Dunny the Dunce for people to storm the court! He also lays into and names the witness. Thanks, Tinribs. Watching it now. Angela has been in total overdrive these past 2 weeks, she just can’t shut up. That creepy bloke in Kincorth has posted a death threat to EC too tonight. He can’t be arsed to attend court himself of course – or doesn’t have the bottle to – but has called for her to be killed from the comfort of his grubby little hovel. Never mind naming witnesses which may lead to the children bring identified, they are both quite happy to name the children too. They really do not give a flying fuck about these particular children, do they? These so called ‘campaigners’. They also twist everything including about why someone was charged with contempt of court. Anything to keep pushing the money spinning ‘the whole world is against us’ theme. 🙄🙄🙄 Rebecca Shan is mouthing off a lot at MKD & others on Eddie’s vids. Allegedly she had quite a chequered past Sorry pressed send by mistake! Yeah Rebecca, stop with your wittering, allegedly there was a problem with counterfeit €50 notes at one stage……stop licking Angela’s derrière, she is dangerous to get mixed up with & you could end up in Carrick — ——- court or further afield where she could be heading. If you have previous, it won’t do you a lot of good either. Man attacked outside Southwark Crown Court claims attacker was agent of global 'Zionist conspiracy.' pic.twitter.com/LwjgVIkQ0O — CourtNewsUK (@CourtNewsUK) November 28, 2018 Haha. His big mouth gets him a beating again. Remind me never to threaten EC on video 🙂 Im joking! Devine was going on about Praterson being attacked, says Praterson is going to be on that Sean bloke’s show tonight. How on earth does he manage to get himself into these situations? I’m not excusing anyone lamping him, but what on Earth lead to him getting bloodied, again? When did this happen, lol? I dont know what happened but after the threats he made last night including against women its not surprising this happened. This means there was a court reporter at Southwark today too, I suppose. “Parent[ing] differently” is not generally an acceptable synonym for starving and abusing one’s children, nor for allowing a partner to abuse those children. Lie detector tests are unreliable and easy to fool. APD is so desperate to be relevant that she posts lies; c’est la vie. “Satanic Jimmy Saville Supporting Scum” We have no idea who else Mr Patterson insults and verbally abuses or defames quite apart from all the matters we are interested in. For all we know he says dreadful lies about his neighbours and so forth. I believe in the internet age there needs to be a new law of Criminal Libel (there is in one Australian state- South Australia and a few people have been jailed). While reluctant to have any new restrictive law defamation on the net is a quite vicious new way of permanently harming people ie: as in Hampstead, Sandy Hook parents and about 100,000 other examples. Libel actions really are for the rich but what about the average citizen?. They are denied justice because of the lack of funds and the notion of suing a “man/woman of straw” could be financially ruinous. 20 years ago a newspaper defamation was published and may have been forgotten a month later. Today we have dreadful lies repeated ad infinitum on the net echo chamber. I can’t imagine what it must be like to be the victim of campaign and even when folk like Cliff Richard are found innocent it doesn’t stop the trolls. Lord Leveson recommended a Libel Tribunal be set up for all citizens to access but that was ignored. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-46305141 Caddington Village News blogger sued for libel over fraud claims Pingback: Eddie Isok & friends indulge in witness intimidation \| HOAXTEAD RESEARCH Pingback: Some questions about Sabine’s trial \| HOAXTEAD RESEARCH Pingback: Edward Ellis: The final straw? \| HOAXTEAD RESEARCH	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1229
__label__wiki	0.888395	0.888395	Hock 5 Foxboro Dominates In Win Over King Philip King Philip’s Ava Tormey defends Foxboro’s Sophia DiCenso in the first half. (Ryan Lanigan/HockomockSports.com) FOXBORO, Mass. – The Foxboro girls lacrosse team might not have one of the best records in the state, but the hope is that facing top competition throughout the season will have the Warriors primed for the postseason. The battle-tested Warriors showcased their talents in a battle of league unbeatens on Monday afternoon, earning a 19-6 win over visiting King Philip in dominating fashion. “Our record isn’t great, not what it usually is but we’ve played so many of the top teams in the state that we’re so mentally prepared for the games now,” said Foxboro head coach Brittany Sherry. “The end result hasn’t always been what we want but we’re competing for the most part with those teams. We knew this was a big league game and we wanted to prove ourselves, the games leading up to this have prepared us for this.” Click here for a photo gallery from this game. Foxboro entered the contest at 7-6 overall, but four of those losses were to four of the top seven teams in Eastern Mass — Notre Dame Academy (1), Walpole (2), Norwell (5), and Wellesley (7) — another to Western Mass powerhouse Longmeadow, and the sixth to Natick, who is ranked in the top 20. After trading a pair of goals each to start the game, Foxboro’s offense went into high gear and rattled off eight straight goals to turn a close game into a comfortable lead for the host Warriors. King Philip closed the first half strong to give themselves a shot in the second half, but Foxboro once again had eight straight goals and pull away for the win. “We had a long talk after the Walpole game about what we can do to better prepare for games, and we haven’t put together two halves yet,” Sherry said. “Just because we say to be here at 3:00, doesn’t mean you can’t come early and get some shots up. It was the first time it hasn’t rained and they came early today and got ready for the game.” Foxboro junior Julia Kelley scored a pair of goals inside the first four minutes to give the hosts the lead, the first off a feed from junior Jaime Notarangelo and the second assisted by sophomore Lilly Vey. King Philip responded with a pair of goals to tie it 2-2 six minutes into the contest. First, freshman Julia Marsden carried possession from her own half and sliced through the Foxboro defense, finishing with a shot in close. Caroline Klim followed with a goal off a feed from Victoria Tormey to tie the score. But from that point on, Foxboro owned the first half. The host Warriors dominated on draws, winning 11 of 16 in the first half, and won eight of the first nine which directly led to a big lead. Senior Sophia DiCenso scored back-to-back goals, the first off a free position and the second off a feed from Vey. Vey then took a pass from Kelley and scored to make it 5-2. Senior Molly Murphy netted her first of three goals with a bounce shot with 12:31 left to make it 6-2 and force a KP timeout. Foxboro didn’t take its foot off the gas though with Notarangelo tucking in a low shot for a 7-2 lead. King Philip goalie Caroline Watson (12 saves) was strong in net and turned away a Warrior chance with just under 10 minutes to go but Foxboro was first to the rebound and Abby Hassman connected with DiCenso to make it 8-2. Vey scored back-to-back goals, the latter with four minutes to play in the first half. King Philip put together a mini-run to end the first half and stay within striking distance. Buoyed by some draw controls, Klim scored off a nice individual effort, senior Allie Wilson found the back of the net off a free position chance, and junior Jessica Sullivan buried a nice shot with a minute to go to make it 10-5. But Foxboro was relentless in the second half, holding King Philip to just one offensive possession through the first eight minutes. Watson made some stellar stops in close to keep Foxboro off the board but the host Warriors’ continual pressure paid off. Vey found DiCenso in transition and just 17 seconds later, Notarangelo scored after controlling the draw. Hassman, Notaragenlo, and Murphy scored over the next five minutes to push Foxboro’s lead to 15-5. “Credit to Foxboro, they came out strong with high energy and really wanted to play today from start to finish,” said King Philip coach Kourtnie Wilder. “Unfortunately, we weren’t able to play that full 50 minutes. We had a few good sparks but not a full game of lacrosse and it showed, and they were able to pile it on. “Having that short term memory is something we need to work on. Even if they score a couple of goals, we have to move on and focus on the next play. Credit to our goalie Caroline Watson, she had a lot of saves and kept us in it for most of the game.” Even when King Philip was able to get a stop, Foxboro’s pressure made it tough for the visiting Warriors’ to clear the ball cleanly. “We haven’t been that strong [pressuring defenses] but we did a nice job today,” Sherry said. “We wanted to put pressure on the goalie, the girls did very well with their ride today. “I think we had the edge [on 50/50 balls]. We haven’t had that every game so far but today we did and that’s been one of our biggest things. We’re either really strong or really weak, and today we were on the strong end of things.” Meghan Curran added two goals, Murphy scored once more, and senior Kristin Whalen found the back of the net once to cap the Foxboro scoring. Klim scored King Philip’s lone goal of the second half with 2:30 to play. Foxboro girls lacrosse (6-0 Hockomock, 8-6 overall) is back in action on the road at Attleboro on Wednesday. King Philip (5-1, 8-3) is on the road at Canton on the same day. Ryan Lanigan Ryan Lanigan is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of HockomockSports.com. You can contact him at RyanLanigan@hockomocksports.com and follow him on Twitter at @R_Lanigan. 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__label__cc	0.712714	0.287286	Parish Council of Catholic Women (PCCW) The Holy Spirit PCCW recognizes all parish women as members of our organization and invites each woman of the parish to share in strengthening our common faith and community life by gathering together, every other month, for prayer, service and social time that is filled with food and fun! Our desire is to better pattern our lives after the Blessed Virgin Mary, more fully know and love her Son and grow ever-closer to God. Our history is illustrious. As long as Mass has been celebrated in our church, the PCCW's engagement with worship has been significant. We've cleaned the immediate sanctuary around the altar; washed and ironed altar linens; provided what was needed to celebrate Mass, including purchasing the bread and wine, and; led the rosary before the 8 a.m. Mass on each Lord's Day . We still do most of these things today! Our present is compelling. The PCCW's commitment to the parish community has been life- changing . . . one person at a time. We make and deliver meals for those recovering from childbirth, illness or surgery; knit prayer shawls for those needing to feel God's embrace; sew or purchase bassinet items for babies; and, through relationships built across the years, support and care for one another. We also engage in local and global mission through advocacy, education, fund-raising and the provision of grants or gifts. Our future is limitless. Through word and deed, the PCCW longs to exult with Mary: "My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God my savior . . . He has cast down the mighty from their thrones and lifted up the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty. . . . he has remembered his promise of mercy . . . Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and the Holy Spirit." Please come and help to create something magnificent. If you are interested in formalizing your membership with the PCCW please contact Chris Burch, Membership Chair at 715-345-2887. 2019-2020 General Meeting Dates in Kostka Hall September 16 @ 5:30 p.m. (Potluck), November 18 @ 6:30 p.m., January 20 @ 1 p.m., March 16 @ 6:30 p.m., May 18 @ 5:30 p.m. (Potluck).	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1232
__label__cc	0.643214	0.356786	Deliver Us from Evil (2014) vinculum July 27, 2014 Leave a Comment It’s not just a horror movie; it’s a suspense, crime, thriller, supernatural, mystery, horror movie in one. It gives me goose bumps after watching the movie. This is what we expect from Scott Derrickson, a real horror movie magician. Creepy sounds, flicking light, horrifying screams are likely to use in every horror movies but how and when to use it is the point and this is one movie they use it well it makes my heart pounding non-stop. At first you’ll see it as an individual gone insane, but sooner or later the twist comes out like a disease spreading, demons possessing people everywhere, a cop and a priest joining forces, etc. Eric Bana (a.k.a the “Hulk”) positively is a great actor suit for the movie delivering movie watchers the feeling of intense suspense. Édgar Ramírez (a.k.a. The god of war “Ares”) created a new come back from an evil villain to a demon fighting priest, yet he came out pretty good in the scene giving mystery and fright. Great effects made the movie scarier, very realistic. Even if you know something’s going to pop-up and be ready not to be scared it’s still going to make you hide or jump to your seat. A police (Ralph Search, played by Eric Bana) who grew in the Bronx isn’t a type to believe in demons or supernatural, who would if a smoking rugged like a priest (Mendoza, played by Édgar Ramírez) would tell you that it’s real. Explain the unexplainable is what happens, no choice but to try believing. As the story goes the irrelevant fair tries to uncover the mystery of how and where everything starts. Exorcising posses’ person and looking for clues. That’s when a mysterious person pops-up (Santino played by Sean Harris from Prometheus). Evil lurks at the main character’s home, scaring his daughter (Christina played by Lulu Wilson) and trying to get to her while her wife (Jen played by Olivia Munn) tries to understand what’s happening. To protect his family while unraveling the cause Ralph heeds Mendoza’s words and asks for his help and together they solve the issue. One of the scariest movies I have seen before and indeed one of Scott Derrickson horrifying collection. A must watch movie if you want be scared out of your seat. I give it an 8/10 for scare and a 7/10 for effects. Indeed a worth waiting and watch movie. Deliver Us from Evil, Deliver Us from Evil (2014), Deliver Us from Evil 2014 movie, Deliver Us from Evil movie Top 10 Expected Horror Films for 2014	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1238
__label__cc	0.709949	0.290051	Andrew Wilton Horror Sleaze Trash Fiction November 10, 2018 1 Minute (Imagine, if you will, a dark desolate alternate reality) A man enters a coffee shop restaurant with a briefcase in hand, wearing a black hat and a grey overcoat. He approaches the cashier: “The weather certainly is nice, isn’t it?” says the woman. “I haven’t seen the sun in 8 years” replies the man. He gives her a small ticket and picks up his coffee which resembles a dark, murky substance. He sits down in the corner with a nervous posture, darting his tired cold eyes around the room to see if anyone has followed him. A woman, a different woman, suddenly sits next to him, seemingly appearing from nowhere. She has long blonde hair, and appears to be about 300 years old, although she doesn’t look a day over 25. “What are you doing here on such a beautiful day?” she asks. “I’m just visiting” He looks outside to see a large storm brewing. “I want to fuck you” said the woman. The man looked at her with an expressionless stare an they share a minute of silence. “What do you do for work mister?” She finally said. “I am an accountant” “My father was an accountant” “Was he?” said the man “how interesting” “Do you like sports” said the woman. “I like killing people” said the man. He looked at her with a grin from ear to ear. “Would you like to see what’s in my briefcase?” He began fidgeting with his arms, as if he was on some unknown drug. “It has some of my most treasured belongings inside, and I would love to show you” He opened the briefcase slowly, as to build up the anticipation, and he pulled out a small, shiny cube. “This is a phase box. They are priceless from where I come from”. “Where do you come from?” she said. “I come from where the mountains are tall and the trees are grey”. “Is that near the factory?” The cashier appeared from the counter, bearing a large revolver. She then killed the woman. The man took out a handkerchief, and wiped up the blood. He finished his coffee and closed his briefcase. Previous Post Shot by Baker: Julz Next Post J.J. Campbell	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1239
__label__cc	0.666123	0.333877	Saberi, Hayedeh, Assistance Professor of Psychology Dep., Roudehen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen, Iran Saberi, Hayedeh, Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen Branch, Roudehen, Iran Safari, Hossein, Member of Faculty Islamic Azad University Rasht Branch Saghai, Hassan Rasooli, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch, Tabriz, Iran Saleki, Araz, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran Santa Cruz, Xoana Magalí, Laboratorio de Control de Plagas de Bajo Impacto Ambiental, Instituto de Investigación e Ingeniería Ambiental, Universidad Nacional de San Martín (3iA – UNSAM), Av. 25 de Mayo y Francia, San Martín (1636) Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina Santulli, Carlo, Università degli Studi di Camerino, School of Achitecture and Design, viale della Rimembranza, 63100 Ascoli Piceno, Italy Sáez, Paola Villoria, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Juan de Herrera Avenue, 6, Madrid 28040, Sánchez-Barroso, Gonzalo, University of Extremadura, Av. de Elvas s/n, Badajoz (06006), Schoenemann, Brigitte, University of Cologne, Zoology Department (Neurobiology/Animal Physiology) and Institute of Biology Education, Herbert-Lewinstrasse 10, D-50931 Cologne, Germany Schweizer, Kathryn, Department of Biology, Saint Francis University, Loretto, Pennsylvania 15940, United States. Sengupta, Anal Ranjan, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, JIS College of Engineering, Kalyani, West Bengal, 741235, Serrano, Antonio, School of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland, Campus St Lucia, 4070, QLD, Seyedimany, Arian, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, Sfara, Valeria, Instituto de Investigación e Ingeniería Ambiental, Universidad Nacional de San Martín (3iA - UNSAM) Shamsu–Deen, Mariam, Department of Chemistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology–Kumasi, Ghana Sharif, Afsaneh Sadat, Department of Personality Psychology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Sharifi, Ashkan, Department of Civil Engineering, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran. Shokuh Saljoughi, Ahmad, Department of Computer Engineering, Shahid Bahonar University, Kerman, Shotorbani, Ali Roudehghat, Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch, Tabriz, Iran Sirera, Ann, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya Sithambaresan, Maheswaran, Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Eastern University Sri Lanka, Chenkalady, Smitts, Eric, Department of Engineering, James Madison University Soltani, Nasim, Department of Software Engineering, Allame Naeini Higher Education Institute, Naein, Isfahan, Iran Striebig, Bradley, Department of Engineering, James Madison University	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1243
__label__cc	0.548963	0.451037	Home In Your Area Cheshire This is the place: Wilmslow isn’t just fast cars, flash houses and... This is the place: Wilmslow isn’t just fast cars, flash houses and footballers wives If your idea of Wilmslow is champagne-chugging footballers holed up in bars with botoxed wannabees trying to get their leg over, stop right there It may not be in Greater Manchester, but Wilmslow is only 11 miles from town – the same distance as Bury – and many of the people who live there work in Manchester or have Manchester connections. So here’s our rundown. If your idea of Wilmslow is champagne-chugging footballers holed up in bars with botoxed wannabees trying to get their leg over, stop right there. The town does have its fair share of footy players and reality stars buying into the nouveau riche lifestyle – flash car, flash house and flashier teeth – but scratch beneath the glossy veneer and there’s far more depth and character to this well-heeled Cheshire town. Did you know it’s the hometown of The 1975, the electro band who NME are calling ‘the biggest band in the world right now’ – an incredible triumph for a bunch of lads who mucked around the corners and corridors of Wilmslow High. Coding genius Alan Turing OBE also lived here. Swing by 43 Adlington Road and you can spot the blue plaque attached to its façade. There’s a lot to love about Wilmslow. Here’s what… A lot of ex-Londoners swap the city lights for this leafy town thanks to its direct and super quick rail link to the Big Smoke. You can be shuttling down into Euston’s underground in just two hours. Many people are still doing the commute several days a week. It’s also easy to head into Manchester. Jump onto a Virgin train at Wilmslow station and it’ll whizz you into Manchester Piccadilly in just 15 minutes. Road-wise, you’re just 10 minutes’ drive from the M56 and the A34 soars past, granting access from across Cheshire and into Manchester. Heading overseas? Manchester Airport – in the middle of a £1billion overhaul – is just 15 minutes’ drive away, too. A couple of decades ago, Wilmslow was a rollicking night out for its younger residents. Fast forward to 2019 and the scene is far more sedate. Having said that, there are still plenty of restaurants to choose from. Here’s a round-up of some of the best… Easy Fish Co: New to the scene is Easy Fish Co, the second offshoot of the Heaton Moor seafood restaurant that knows its produce thanks to its impeccably sourced wholesale fish operation. The team care deeply about the ingredients and it shows, with classic dishes done properly – think moules marineres, sea bass with mustard crust, and towering seafood platters. The Old Garages: This tucked-away-shop cum all-day-dining-spot has been making waves on Wilmslow’s foodie scene thanks to a fresh menu of small plates being cooked up during its new late nights. There’s a quirk to the place that’s different from its counterparts, from its rustic-design details – cacti, repurposed furniture and soaring wooden beams – to its store of ceramics, candles and Scandi-style home accessories. Wood Fire Smoke: A good ‘un for the kids, Wood Fire Smoke is a laid-back spot with a hazy hot oven in one corner churning out sizzling stone-baked pizzas, and tables of families and raucous groups knocking back BYOB and grazing on olives. The crusts are big on these bad boys so order the aioli, dig right in, and have a stash of napkins on hand. Cibo: If you want to do some celeb spotting – Real Housewives, footballers, that bloke from Love Island (we won’t judge) – nab a table at Cibo. It’s a swish kind of place with guests in their gladrags perched at the bar, waiters whizzing between tables, and couples giggling over candlelight. Eastern Revive: For Indian food that’s as good as anything in Rusholme – hell, India – give this place a go. Curries are clean without that grim slick of oil you often get. Portions are spot-on and billowing naans are must-orders to mop up all that gorgeous sauce. Go for the fish narial, a Goan-style curry with big hunks of white fish. Twin with a beer and imagine you’re eating beachside under a glowering sun. Salivating yet? Suburban Green: If anywhere captures the revelry of Wilmslow’s now-defunct French Brasserie, it’s Suburban Green, a fun-centric restaurant and bar, where mellow brunches morph into buzzy after work drinks and small plate services. The volume turns up a notch and the atmosphere’s thick with laughter as the balloon G&Ts kick in. The staff really know the menu and the outdoor terrace is packed with giddy locals. Chilli Banana: For finger-licking, fiery Thai food, this space has got it going on with a menu that hits all the high notes. There’s nothing the chefs don’t know about Thai food and the team rustles up some cracking dishes, from spicy but delicate curries, to stir fries with big-hitting flavours. Shepherds: For live music and craft gins, this unassuming drinking den is a fun place to pitch up for a few afternoonies with pizzas and chef residencies on the menu. Stir by Night: A speakeasy has landed in Wilmslow and, like any clandestine operation, the exact location is hush-hush. Book a slot online, nip to the supermarket (it’s BYOB), follow the directions, and duck inside for personalised bottomless cocktails. Symposium: After hours, the crowds stumble into Symposium, a dimly lit joint up a narrow staircase with burly bouncers on the door. You’ll find the odd 50-year old trying to crack on with the younger glam crowd, but the bar staff whip up a superb cocktail and dancing to live music here is always a good crack. The green swathe of The Carrs is one of Wilmslow’s top spots to take a break from the bustle. A rare moment of warmth sees kids splashing in the shallows of the Bollin and people with picnic blankets stretching out on towels. There’s a superb playground open all year round and a dinky café with great coffee and cakes. Dog walkers, runners, parents pushing buggies – the whole lot head out for bracing yomps across grassy slopes, spotting heron hiding in the reeds and throwing bread to bobbing ducks. If you’re feeling energetic, you can walk through thick woodlands and boughs hanging over the river all the way from Twinnies Bridge at one end of The Carrs to Quarry Bank Mill, a former cotton mill that’s under the wing of the National Trust. New to The Carrs this autumn is a foraging trip with Totally Wild. On the third Saturday of every month, Wilmslow Artisan Market features a scattering of stores sell pies, chunks of cake, mirrors crafted from driftwood and wall prints. Follow the smoky whiffs of street food and perch on one of the tables, where the earthy scents of coffee drift by as a busker tinkers away on a guitar. A very civilised affair. The reopening of art deco cinema The Rex last year gave Wilmslow a renewed swagger. And its glossy appeal has far from faded, thanks to a programme of new releases and live London theatre productions packing out its spruced-up stalls every day of the week. Wilmslow has a whole bunch of pricey stores. There are jewellers with dazzling rings in the window; there are plush interior shops; and there’s even an Aston Martin showroom right in the centre. Grand dame Hoopers is still going strong with its designer clobber as well as all the usual suspects – Boots, Monsoon, Waitrose and Laura Ashley. Property comes at a premium in this part of Cheshire. Buy here and you’re paying for location. And you better get in there fast. Bidding wars are commonplace and the property market is fierce: homes are snapped up as quickly as they’re posted online. There are towering period pads with island kitchens and decked-out loft conversions. There are new builds – all sleek kitchens, bi-folds and walk in-wardrobes. And there are weather-worn cottages, country piles and seventies semis reimagined into contemporary homes. But, like we said, it doesn’t come cheap. The average price paid for a house in Wilmslow is more than £430,000. Terraces go for an average of £270, 213; semis for £404,744; and detached homes from £657,805. Oh, and by the way, something has to be done with the ugly derelict space on Parsonage Green which in previous incarnations has been a Hogshead, a La Tasca and a naff sports bar. It doesn’t just need a refurb but a complete reimagining – perhaps into a Mackie Mayor-style market. Anyone? This is the Place is the name of a poem by Tony Walsh commissioned by Forever Manchester, the only charity that raises money to fund and support community activity across Greater Manchester. And they can’t do it without your help. Donate what you can because investing in your local community to help it thrive can be a hugely rewarding experience. There’s a unique sense of satisfaction in knowing that you are making a real difference to the lives of others, especially to those close to home. Photos: Stephen Cottrill Forever Manchester This is the place Forever Manchester are offering discounted places for the Great Manchester 10k Run 2020 This is the place: why New Islington is now the best place to live in Manchester city centre	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1244
__label__wiki	0.944472	0.944472	Top 5 Things to Know in the Market on Wednesday, 29th January 01/29/2020 6:07am 8 Bankrupt Companies That Came Back 01/29/2020 6:07am OpenPhone grabs $2 million for its business phone number app 01/29/2020 6:07am FT: Saudi Arabia to Apply for $12 Billion Loan After Aramco IPO Stalls Saudi Arabia’s sovereign fund is set to borrow up to $12 billion from international banks after IPO plans for state energy group Saudi Aramco were put on hold, the Financial Times reported, citing sources. Almost 16 banks are expected to participate in the lending process, with the lead banks to be selected later Thursday, the FT report said. Reuters on Wednesday reported that Saudi Arabia called off plans for the domestic and international listing of state oil giant Aramco, billed as the biggest stock flotation in history, four senior industry sources said. Financial advisers working on the planned listing have been disbanded as Saudi Arabia shifts its attention to a proposed acquisition of a “strategic stake” in local petrochemicals maker Saudi Basic Industries Corp, two of the sources said. “The decision to call off the IPO was taken some time ago, but no-one can disclose this, so statements are gradually going that way – first delay then calling off,” a Saudi source familiar with the IPO plans said. “The message we have been given is that the IPO has been called off for the foreseeable future,” said a second source, a senior financial adviser. “Even the local float on the Tadawul Stock Exchange has been shelved,” that person said. Early on Thursday, Saudi Arabia’s energy minister issued a denial that the IPO had been called off. “The government remains committed to the initial public offering of Saudi Aramco, in accordance with the appropriate circumstances and appropriate time chosen by the Government,” Khalid al-Falih said in a statement. Falih said Riyadh had taken measures to prepare for the listing and the timing would depend on factors including favorable market conditions. The proposed listing of the national champion was a central part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s reform drive aimed at restructuring the kingdom’s economy and reducing its dependence on oil revenue. The prince announced the plan to sell about 5 percent of Aramco in 2016 via a local and an international listing, predicting the sale would value the whole company at $2 trillion or more. Several industry experts questioned whether a valuation that high was realistic, which hindered the process of preparing the IPO for the advisors. A third industry source said the IPO had been called off for the time being but that it could be revived in future, if appropriate. Read on The Source ← Pompeo to Visit NKorea Next Week, Names Ford Exec as Envoy Trump aides' felony convictions spur calls to oppose Kavanaugh nomination → Watch SpaceX launch 60 more Starlink broadband satellites live 01/29/2020 6:07am Hurricane Baffled by Share Price Drop 01/29/2020 6:07am Top 5 Things to Know in the Market on Wednesday, 29th January 8 Bankrupt Companies That Came Back	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1247
__label__cc	0.629032	0.370968	Hellenic Faith A website dedicated to Julian Hellenism, a form of Later Graeco-Roman polytheism primarily influenced by the teachings and writings of Julian the Philosopher and the divine Iamblichus. Hellenism Reconstructionist Methodology Religious Inclusivism & Syncretism Julian Hellenism Dogma, doxa, praxis & pathos Religion & Superstition About the Authors, Mission Statement & Principles Declaration of Reversion First Principle: The One Solar Trinity Beauty & Love Human Souls Chaldean Oracles Love, Truth and Faith Icons & Images Hubris & Aidos Personal Gnosis Delphic Maxims Tutelary Deities Cultus & Piety Six Kings Three Zeus Sacred kingship Divine Hierarchy Personal Relationships with the Divine Proselytization Mos maiorum Romanitas Theourgia Sacrifice & Do ut des Katharsis & Miasma Making Khernips Daily Prayer Cycle Household worship Kalends Lararium Tools Thysia Format Animal Sacrifice Format Non-Animal Sacrifice Hero Cultus Imperial Cultus Katharsis (Conversion) Format Libation Format Taurobolium Sphagia Format Supplication Format Suovetaurilia Format Prayer Format Athletic Cultus Hieratic Rites Material Theurgy Invocation to the Personal Daimon Creating an eikon Animated Statues Divine Possession Pneumatic Vehicle Median Theurgy Talismancy Immaterial Theurgy Dietary Laws Theoxenia Household Xenia Haruspicy Kledon Scrying Hydromancy Pyromancy Seven Sages Astragalomancy Alphabet Oracle Bridal Mysticism House Cleansing Kadiskos Establishing Local Cultus Name-Giving Ceremony Marriage Ceremony Funeral Ceremony Romulus & Remus Numa Pompilius Apollonios of Tyana Julian the Theurgist & Julian the Chaldean Aurelian the Restorer Diokletianos Iamblichus Maximus of Ephesos Julian the Philosopher Julian’s Hellenic Reformation Battle of Samarra Proklos Gemistos Plethon Athenai Maïna Aegyptos Syria Palaestina Books, Links, and Resources “Let us sacrifice, therefore, but let us sacrifice, as is appropriate, offering different sacrifices to different powers,” –Porphyry (De abstinentia 2, §34) People are frequently polluted through sins and other daily impurities, and often even show an inclination towards this profanity. This is very blatant with the amount of effort that people will go through as a means of attaining holiness, from ascetic lifestyles, chastity, fasting, dietary restrictions, philanthropy, etc. In the same way that we accumulate physical grit and bodily dirt, we engage in activities which pollute us (miasma) in a ritualistic sense through these knowing and unknowing transgressions. This is where the act of sacrifice comes in. The word sacrifice is derived from the Latin word sacrificare, which designates “any act by which something was put into the possession of a god” (Faraone and Naiden 2012, 4). Sacrifices can include, to name a few: Thuein: Alternatively spelt thysia, the thuein means “to make smoke,” which implies that the smoke of burned sacrifices are used to send signals to the Gods in an attempt to make contact with the divine (Naiden 2013, vii), and also called a immolatio in Latin (meaning “sprinkling the sacrifice with salted sacrificial meal”, i.e., mola salsa), this is the principal sacrifice in Hellenism which involves the burning of an offering, perhaps comparable to the Vedic yajña. The act of sacrificing an animal may or may not be involved (typically cattle, sheep, goats or pigs)– more frequently are offerings of cakes, fruits, gruels of seeds, incense, and libations (drink offerings, such as wine, milk, olive oil, or honey). Thuesthai: This is a thuein without burning. An example of such a sacrificial act is hepatoscopy, the reading of entrails. Anatithenai: This word literally means “set up,” but in religious terms means “dedicate.” This is the sacrifice of erecting some object to, and thus giving it to, a God. Such an example is erecting a temple or altar. This is also called a sacrum in Latin. The rituals of sacrifice are sacred actions, far from barbaric reveling in blood. Instead, rituals such as blood sacrifice underlines the human need to kill to preserve life, making it an appropriately solemn act. Quite simply, to get tied up in the blood is to miss the point. We can look to Mircea Eliade’s theory of ritual to understand why we sacrifice. Here, the most significant point in the ritual is that of creation, which is an eternal, pure, and uncorrupted point in which the cosmogony was brought into existence. This was the original sacrifice which created the cosmos and when the sacred and profane were established – typically represented in mythology by the dismemberment of the Monster/Giant from which the world was crafted, and is reflected in the First Time (illo tempore) (Eliade 1954, 35). As time progresses the First Time degenerates into Profane Time, which Eliade identified to as “historic time” (Eliade 1954, 35), which is profane and thus susceptible to pollution that prevents the manifestation of the divine, who exist in Mythic Time. Because Mythic Time exists in a generalized time and is thus in a fundamentally out-of-step existence than our own, it can be used as an agent for the “sanctification of space in order to manifest and experience hierophany” (TheLettuceMan, July 12 2018) via ritual imitation, i.e., sacrifice. Thus, in this system, ritual sacrifice is an imitative act which reenacts that moment of creation, the First Time, and thus creates and returns the space of the ritual “into the same primordial moment as that of creation, bringing about the state of Sacredness required for divine interaction” by conferring “the ontic substance upon the activities of humanity, enabling human ritual participants to engage with and enter that which is the Sacred” (TheLettuceMan, July 12 2018) (Eliade 1954, 35). This allows us to sanctify and make holy what we are doing, which brings us into closer concordance with the sacred in our own place and time by encouraging the manifestation of Mythic Time and the suspension of Profane Time (Eliade 1957, 35). Hence, sacrifice is itself an act of purification, which purifies the space the sacrifice takes place on by lifting us towards the divine in participation through imitation, and thus allowing us to sanctify and make holy of what we are doing by enabling us to act as one within the sacred at the “same primordial moment” (Eliade 1957, 35) as creation, therefore excluding any kind of profanity (Eliade 1954, 35). In a sense, a sacrificial act’s ability to bring us into communion with the divine turns it into something that in a sense is similar to taking a bath, as the act of sacrifice cleanses us and washes away our miasma. Thus, sacrifice plays significance in: Being in the right relationship with a deity Engaging the holiness of the divine Gifting the divine in a display of awe and gratitude. This also plays a significant role in bringing us into henosis, or union with the divine. After all, the happiness of anything consists in its appropriate perfection, and the appropriate perfection of anything is union with its cause, who for us mortals are the Gods. However, the Gods are supramundane, which means They, as well as the One above Them, are not only beyond the physical realm, but They also transcend the realm of the mind, and thus we cannot reach Them simply through mere acts of contemplation. Since the divine Mind (Nous), also known as the Celestial Demiurge, is beneath the One, how can a mere human mind, even one linked to Nous, hope to connect itself to the One? Since contemplation evidently can only take you so far, the union of mortals with their cause can only happen through imitation or likeness with some intermediary agent bringing the two together: a sacrifice. The answer truly lies in theurgy, which is ritual activity (such as prayer and sacrifice) as a means of uniting us with the divine through imitation as means of achieving henosis and therefore perfecting oneself. Principle to this is the concept of do ut des. Do ut des In the Graeco-Roman world, every ritual of communion operated on an often misunderstood principle of do ut des. The reduction of do ut des to merely a “gift for a gift” is ultimately derived from Galilean and Pauline theology. This is a reductive form of the concept which turns it into a mere bribery or business transaction, giving it its sanitized appearance. It is a selfish attempt to manipulate or elicit favours by bribing a God with gifts. This act of bribery will never be looked upon favourably by the eternal Gods; however, this bribery is not do ut des. Instead, do ut des proper, or “I give, so that you may give,” is far more charitable and nuanced. It is an economy of piety which is very much in the spirit of hospitality (xenía/ξενία). The theory of do ut des is that we give the Gods something of worth, and in exchange, we receive from Them something of value, which results in us giving more worth to the Gods, which results in receiving something else of value, and so forth. Instead of being a mere business transaction, it is the establishment of a fundamental cycle of gift exchanging where one participates in a “continual engagement between an individual and a deity that could stretch over a lifetime” (Sofroniew 2015, 10). It is not about bribing a God, but rather, it is about establishing a personal relationship with a God through a fundamental cycle of gift exchanging which is “not of strict indebtedness but rather where the God remembers the gift and is well disposed in the future” (Pulleyn 1999, 12). The God, thus, brings us closer to Their benevolent light, and with that offers a pathway towards the ultimate goal of achieving henosis. Integral to the concept of do ut des is Grace (Greek: Kharis, Latin: Gratia), which partakes in do ut des as the reputation of one’s reciprocity and relationship that they have with the divine (Burkert 1985, 189). Grace/Kharis is established and cultivated by practicing piety (Greek: Eusebia, Latin: Pietas), the actual practice of worshiping the divine by engaging in Their cultus, which indicates anything and everything regarding the worship of a particular divinity, from private devotion, to temples, to myths, to hymns and sacrifices, and so on. The reason the Gods deserve worship in the form of sacrifice is because They are the parents of all of us, being both the causes of our existence as well as its sustainers, and since we receive everything from the divine, it is only right to pay back the eternal givers some tithe of Their gifts. To properly understand Kharis, we must foremost understand that the divine are beyond us, being limitless and beyond all, and therefore whatever offerings we provide Them ultimately has no value to Them. However, it is a universal cultural assumption that when one is given a gift that an obligation is created. This gives rise to gift customs as a means of negotiating these obligations in the form of an answering gift being given back. The offering is a pretext for the God to offer us what the divine already offer: a pathway to henosis. We are brought closer to the divine with this cycle; not because the Gods are changing or we’re giving Them something which They don’t already have, but rather, we work together with the Gods to raise our souls upwards towards union, and for this, we are able to see Their light more clearly. Through sacrifice and offerings, we bring benefit to ourselves by getting closer to the Gods who cares for us all, for it is us who gains communion with Them, which allows us to be brought closer to Their cleansing light. And this is the overall purpose of sacrifice: to engage with the divine in an act of purity as a means of getting closer to Them, and eventually, achieving henosis. In short, the point in Kharis is ultimately not which gifts you give, as the Gods do not need such gifts, but rather it is the act of giving: the act of back-and forth exchange . We can see a good analogy made by Patrick Dunn in his book The Practical Art of Divine Magic (Dunn 2015, 138-139): the act of offering is two polite people standing at an open door. “After you.”, “Oh no, after you.”, “No, I insist.” It is a back and forth exchange that, while useless for actually entering a building, is how our soul climbs back to its origin, the One, as far as possible. With that, do ut des deeply ties into theurgy. It is not bribing a God, nor is it merely for personal gain. Instead, it is getting closer to a God and working with Them to achieve a common goal, henosis, by establishing a personal relationship with them which allows the individual to vertically align themselves with the One. Sacrifice assists in bringing about union with the divine because the material realm is the realm of change, which justifies destructive sacrifice as reaching its ultimate logical conclusion by negating materiality. Matter is not a substance but rather a “passive dimension for any regime of formation” (Butler 2014, 12). By negating materiality, we release synthemata (tokens) from matter back to the Gods from which they came, which allows an authentic sacrifice to extend and enter into a so-called “cosmic economy” where it is categorized by its unique individuality. Once these synthemata are gone the dross matter remains, but without its essence. The necessity of the sacrifice is transposed from the sacrifice to the sacrificer as they are the individual who is operating and connecting the junction of the two manifolds. This is because role the sacrificer plays brings Them into communion with the divine as operator of the sacrifice, which ultimately allows the sacrifice and sacrificer to become identical by activating and elevating the same synthemata within us (Butler 2014, 13). This also justifies the sacrifice of animals, for if mortal life wishes to gain communion with the first life (i.e., the divine) something like those could act as the intermediate, i.e., an animal life (Sallustius, XVI). It is here where we can see why prayer divorced of sacrifice is merely empty words, and sacrifice deprived of prayer is merely empty expenditure. When they are joined, sacrifice will animate words, allowing them to become live words, which will cause the words to give power to the life and the life-giving animation to the words. One cannot be without the other. This also relates to vows, which are promises we make to the Gods regarding the giving of sacrificial gifts in our reciprocal relationship with Them. Vows that are promised to the Gods in the gift cycle should be positive. Examples of a positive vow are “I will burn you a bundle of frankincense” or “I will offer you the sacrifice of a goat.” These examples are positive because you promise a gift, which is obviously something necessary for the gifting cycle. Negative vows, such as ones uttered when one finds themselves in trouble (e.g., “O Asklepios, I swear if I recover from this ailment, I shall never eat seafood again!”), are seen as improper since they are something that you do for yourself, not for the God, and as such are not sacrifices. There is no exchange of gifts with a negative. What Sacrifice Will Not Do Sacrifice is not provided to the Gods to “appease” Them. The Gods are not angry with sinners, for to be angry would be to passion. The Gods do not rejoice- for what rejoices also grieves; nor are They appeased by gifts – for if They were, They would also be conquered by pleasure. The Gods are always good, always do good and never do harm, instead always being in the same state and like Themselves. Instead, when we are good, we are joined and cling to the Gods when we show likeness to Them by living according to virtue, and when we become evil we make the Gods our enemies – not because They are angered against us, but because our sins prevent the light of the Gods from shining upon us, instead putting us in communion with spirits of punishment. If by prayers and sacrifices we find forgiveness of sins, we do not appease or change the Gods, but instead, by turning toward the divine, we heal our own badness and so again enjoy the eternal and infinite goodness of the Gods. To say that the Gods turn away from evil is like saying that the sun hides Himself from the blind. Additionally, it shouldn’t be thought that the Gods need the sacrifice. The Gods need nothing because They lack nothing. We worship the Gods because the Gods are worthy of sacrifice and inspire us to worship Them. We worship the Gods for our own benefit, not theirs. Finally, it shouldn’t be thought that sacrifice is katagogic (descending), where we bring the Gods downwards. Rather we must properly understand that sacrifice is anagogic (ascending), where we are raised towards the Gods through participation, as we are incapable of bringing the Gods downwards. Importance of Piety & Approach Since we can say since the Gods are infinite and beyond us, and thus need nothing, the most crucial part in the act of authentic sacrifice is eusebia (piety) and approach, since the Gods do not need anything and it is us who benefit. Things like the sincerity of approach when trying to initiate a personal relationship with a God is a part of it, but there is also the ritual itself. Making sure a sacrifice is done correctly and received successfully by the Gods is paramount. Not only do petitions hold a higher chance of being granted when a sacrifice accompanies the prayer— but it’s imperative that the sacrifice is done correctly and to the right deity. An improper sacrifice can cause ritual pollution, which can blind you from the light of the Gods and cause ill-fortune to fall upon you. Since all is infinite and the rituals are holy, it can be said the sacred rites were established and given to human souls by the Gods, or alternatively, the rituals mimic the cycles of the cosmos. These practices exemplified divine principles that provided for the deification of the human soul. Given the transformative nature of sacrifice, it is essential that the order in which sacrifices are to be performed aren’t altered. This even applies for an individual who dedicates their life to philosophical pursuits and theological speculation: if they wished to be healed of the suffering associated with embodiment and generation, they must perform the proper sacrifices in the correct order and manner. It should lastly be said that proper sacrifice should be given to proper Gods. There is said to be three types of Gods we sacrifice to in theourgia: The Hypercosmic Gods, associated with Immaterial Theurgy, who are wholly exempt from matter and rise above it. This is a form of worship done by sages. The Hyper-Encosmic Gods, associated with Median Theurgy, who serve as a mean between the Hyercosmic and Encosmic Gods. This is a form of worship done by those by those between the stages of sage and layman. The Encosmic Gods (I.e., The planets and stars, who are practically the leader Gods. Athene who rules fiery aether/fixed stars, and the Celestial Demiurge Zeus-Helios), associated with Material Theurgy, who embrace matter within Themselves and impose order on it. This is the most typical form of worship, and will be most used. It is necessary to provide worship in accordance of Their nature, and thus the worship to the Encosmic Gods must be corporeal/material, the worship to the Hypercosmic Gods must be immaterial and relate to the mind, and the worship of the Hyper-Encosmic Gods must be a medium. All these forms of worship, however, are important to do to be whole, as they are representative of a type of divine that aid in operating the cosmos and help communicate the will of the Celestial Demiurge, and thus they all are required for a “completeness” in the pursuit for henosis. “Prayers without sacrifices are only words, with sacrifices they are live words; the word gives meaning to the life, while the life animates the word.” -Sallustius (On the Gods and the Cosmos, XVI) “Are you not aware that all offerings whether great or small that are brought to the Gods with piety have equal value, whereas without piety, I will not say hecatombs, but, by the Gods, even the Olympian sacrifice of a thousand oxen is merely empty expenditure and nothing else?” -Flavius Claudius Iulianus Augustus / Julian the Philosopher (Flavius Claudius Iulianus Augustus, II 97) “Even as the Gods cut through matter by the fire of the thunderbolt, and separate off from it those elements which are immaterial in their essence, but are overcome by it and imprisoned in it, and render them impassible instead of passible, even so the fire of our realm, imitating the activity of the divine fire, destroys all that is material in the sacrifices, purifies the offerings with fire and frees them from the bonds of matter, and renders them suitable, through the purification of their nature, for consorting with the Gods, and by the same procedures liberates us from the bonds of generation and makes us like to the Gods, and renders us worthy to enjoy their friendship, and turns round our material nature towards the immaterial.” -Iamblichus (De Mysteriis 5, 12/215.11-216.6) Baring the Aegis. “Kharis (Χάρις); our relationship with the Gods.” Baring the Aegis. 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What they don't want, is to have ads placed against their videos because of the music that I licensed for them and the contentID system kicking in. Based on the metadata of their video, such ads could also be competitive. Is there a way to safeguard that no ads will appear period? If we use audio from Pond5, should we first upload it without the video, just to see if contentID is active on the track? Or could we upload it as a private video first? This is critical as it makes all the difference between advising my clients to use or not to use Pond5 for music tracks... By Richard van den Boogaard - December 21, 2014 20:38 - @Jonathan - Thank you very much for your help. I will be in touch with you when I upload the final product for public viewing as to whether it gets flagged, and I will send you the necessary information. The Unlisted test video I uploaded has now been cleared of the flag, so thank you very much for your help. 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Either way, as I mentioned above, we are able to assist in the removal of such flags by contacting the sellers at Pond5 directly. This is a big issue that we've been dealing with for a long time. There are many parties involved (YouTube, Pond5, AdRev, etc) and it's been a challenge getting things even to this point, where we are able to quickly resolve the issues. But there is cirtanly more work to be done, and we will continue working on a permanent solution. Perhaps we can start making our sellers label the work that they have registered with companies like AdRev. By Jonathan - December 22, 2014 18:08 - actually I wanted to purchase something but this page just shows me that you are not even allowing free posting. cya @alrivas - Seamless looping just means that the audio track ends on the same note that it begins with, so when it repeats, you can't tell that it's repeating. It's "seamless". 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__label__wiki	0.887357	0.887357	Notice to Applicants for NIH Genome-Wide Association Studies Update: The following update relating to this announcement has been issued: August 28, 2007 - See Notice (NOT-OD-07-088) Policy for Sharing of Data Obtained in NIH Supported or Conducted Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS). August 30, 2006 (NOT-OD-06-094) - Request for Information (RFI): Proposed Policy for Sharing of Data obtained in NIH supported or conducted Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS). National Institutes of Health (NIH), (http://www.nih.gov) The NIH is interested in advancing genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to identify common genetic factors that influence health and disease because the information derived from such studies will be essential for developing new approaches to reduce disease burden and promote health. GWAS are currently defined as any study of genetic variation across the entire genome that is designed to identify genetic associations with phenotypic traits or disease status. The purpose of this Notice is to inform investigators of the NIH plans to (1) update data sharing policies for research applications involving GWAS data; (2) initiate a public consultation process to inform policy development activities over the next few months; and (3) announce the agency's intent to track GWAS applications and awards at a central level. Need for Broad Data Sharing Policies Rapid advances in understanding the patterns of human genetic variation and maturing high-throughput, cost-effective methods for genotyping are providing powerful research tools for identifying genetic variants that contribute to health and disease. Consistent with the NIH mission to improve public health through research and the longstanding NIH policy to make available to the public the results of the research activities that it funds, the NIH has concluded that the full value of GWAS can be realized only if the genotype and phenotype datasets derived from GWAS are made available as rapidly as possible to a wide range of scientific investigators. The NIH recognizes that GWAS data release practices must be consistent with the informed consent provided by individual participants and, therefore, encourages investigators to develop informed consent approaches in the future that permit such data sharing. The NIH considers broad data access to be particularly important for GWAS because of the significant resources involved (which necessarily limits the number of projects that can be supported for any disease), the serious analytical challenges involved in such large datasets, and the powerful opportunities that will be provided by the ability to make comparisons across multiple studies. Plans for Public Consultation To ensure maximum benefit to the public health, the NIH is considering policy and programmatic steps to promote broad and consistent sharing of GWAS data for all NIH-supported GWAS genotype-phenotype datasets, such as strong encouragement for early release of phenotype and genotype data, and the development of a central database to serve as a common GWAS repository (consistent with human subject protection issues). 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__label__wiki	0.711388	0.711388	Tag Archives: pokemon Posted on January 15, 2020 by Graphic Policy Team Leave a comment It’s new comic book day! What’s everyone getting? What are you excited for? Sound off in the comments below. While you wait for shops to open, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web in our morning roundup. The Beat – Graphic novel sales rose 16.1% in bookstores in 2019 – Interesting since they were down in comic shops. Baltimore Fishbowl – Collectors Corner closing Mount Vernon location – Sad to see it go. Kotaku – The Pokémon Cakes Episode Of Food Network Challenge Is A Glorious Mess – Ooph. Talking Comics – Batman #86 Newsarama – Iron Man 2020 #1 Talking Comics – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #101 Comic Attack – Thor #1 Newsarama – Venom: The End #1 Bluefin and Bandai Announce Pokémon Model Kits Posted on January 7, 2020 by Graphic Policy Team Leave a comment Bluefin adds the vivid world of Pokémon to its product catalog with the Spring 2020 launch of a series of character model kits from Bandai Spirits Hobby. “PokePla” (Pokémon Plastic Models) kits blend iconic characters from of one of the world’s most popular entertainment and video gaming brands with the renowned, model kit design and production expertise of Bandai Spirits Hobby. The line launches with kits for Pikachu, Mewtwo, and Evee. Additional kits will be added in 2020. Each Pokémon Model Kit offers simple, pre-colored, snap-together assembly. A nipper or sprue cutter (sold separately) is highly recommended for assembly, but the kits do not require glue. Completed figures stand between 3-inches and 5-inches tall. Pricing as follows Pikachu $8.00 Mewtwo $10.00 Evee $10.00 The Bandai Hobby Pokémon Model Kits will be available from authorized Bluefin retailers nationwide and also from select leading online outlets. Pre-orders are available now. Eevee Gets the Funko Pop! Treatment Posted on November 23, 2019 by Graphic Policy Team Celebrate your love of Pokémon with a new item from Funko. Pop! Eevee would look adorable next to a Loungefly bag covered in adorable Pokémon including Eevee, Pikachu, and the original starter Pokémon. Pikachu is coming soon to Pop! Games: Pokémon Grow your Pokémon collection with this Electric-type Pokémon who packs a powerful electric blast. Bring home Pop! Pikachu. VIZ Media Reveals September’s Anime and Manga Releases This month, science fiction fans are invited to dive into the home media release of Infini-T Force, the superhero-action series that unites the four legendary heroes Gatchaman, Polimar, Casshan, and Tekkaman. All twelve episodes of the series will be available in one blu-ray set. In partnership with The Pokémon Company International, the Pokémon: Black & White Movie Collection home media release arrives with four feature films that will delight Pokémon fans of all ages. New publishing debuts for September kick off with the Assassination Classroom Complete Box Set, which collects Yusei Matsui’s hit action comedy about a tentacled teacher with superpowers and a heart of gold. VIZ Signature debuts for the month include Cats of the Louvre, the latest masterpiece from Eisner Award–winning creator Taiyo Matsumoto. No Guns Life is a cyberpunk series in which the protagonist’s head is replaced with a giant gun… and his memories erased. In the action-packed comedy The Way of the Househusband, a former yakuza legend desires to walk the straight and narrow. Finally, Levius debuts as a complete hardcover edition of the science fiction action series about cyborg arena fighters. New Home Media Releases for September: INFINI-T FORCE: THE COMPLETE SERIES Blu-ray MSRP: $44.98 U.S. / $52.99 CAN · Available September 10th When an interdimensional attack plunges the defiant, thrill-seeking teen Emi into a city-wide assault, a band of mysterious heroes from lost worlds appears to save her. But it seems both heroes and villains have their sights on The Case, a magical object with transmutational powers, currently in Emi’s possession! Only the combined strength of Gatchaman, Casshan, Polimar and Tekkaman could be enough to stop the man known as “Z” from destroying not only Emi’s world, but countless others. POKÉMON: BLACK & WHITE MOVIE COLLECTION Blu-ray MSRP: $24.98 U.S. / $29.99 CAN · DVD MSRP: $19.98 U.S. / $24.99 CAN Available September 17th Sets each contain the following four POKÉMON animated feature films on two Blu-rays or two DVDs: POKÉMON THE MOVIE: BLACK—VICTINI AND RESHIRAM and POKÉMON THE MOVIE: WHITE—VICTINI AND ZEKROM When Ash and his friends enter a battle competition in Eindoak Town, they meet the Mythical Pokémon Victini, who becomes their newest friend. But disaster strikes when the misguided wanderer Damon seizes Victini for his own plans! Can Ash prove himself a hero and earn the help of the Legendary Reshiram—or Zekrom—to rescue Victini and save Eindoak Town? Two legends…and two versions of the story! Follow them both in POKÉMON THE MOVIE: BLACK—VICTINI AND RESHIRAM and POKÉMON THE MOVIE: WHITE—VICTINI AND ZEKROM! It’s twice the Pokémon adventure! POKÉMON THE MOVIE: KYUREM VS. THE SWORD OF JUSTICE Ash and Pikachu, along with their friends Iris and Cilan, are on a train headed to the next stop on their journey. From the train, Ash spots an injured Pokémon they don’t recognize. They’re planning a rescue when the train is attacked by the Legendary Kyurem! The Mythical Pokémon Keldeo is on a mission, to rescue its friends—Cobalion, Terrakion, and Virizion, the Legendary Pokémon known as the Swords of Justice—from Kyurem’s icy clutches. But Kyurem has other ideas, and when it transforms into Black Kyurem or White Kyurem for greater power, things look grim! POKÉMON THE MOVIE: GENESECT AND THE LEGEND AWAKENED A vast Pokémon habitat amid the hustle and bustle of the big city seems like the perfect new home for a group of five Genesect. The arrival of these Mythical Pokémon quickly becomes a problem, though: their nest threatens the city’s power supply, and they keep attacking those who approach it. When the Genesect are joined by the Legendary Pokémon Mewtwo—who sympathizes due to its own origins—things only become worse, and the confrontation quickly rages out of control. Can Ash and friends stop these two powerful Pokémon before they destroy the city? New Publishing Releases for September: ASSASSINATION CLASSROOM COMPLETE BOX SET By Yusei Matsui MSRP: $189.99 U.S. / $249.99 CAN · Rated ‘T+’ for Older Teens Available September 3rd The complete bestselling Assassination Classroom series is now available in a boldly designed, value-priced box set! Includes all 21 volumes of this unique tale of a mysterious, smiley-faced, tentacled, superpowered teacher who guides a group of misfit students to find themselves—while doing their best to assassinate him. Action-packed, hilarious, and heartwarming, this title is famous for moving fans to tears through their laughter… Includes an exclusive, full-color, mini “yearbook” filled with images of favorite characters in different art styles and contexts (previously unreleased in the English editions). CATS OF THE LOUVRE By Taiyo Matsumoto MSRP: $29.99 U.S. / $39.99 CAN · Rated ‘T’ for Teens Available September 17th The world-renowned Louvre museum in Paris contains more than just the most famous works of art in history. At night, within its darkened galleries, an unseen and surreal world comes alive—a world witnessed only by the small family of cats that lives in the attic. Until now… By Tasuku Karasuma MSRP: $12.99 U.S. / $17.99 CAN · Rated ‘T+’ for Older Teens After the war, cyborg soldiers known as the Extended were discharged. Juzo Inui is one of them, a man whose body was transformed, his head replaced with a giant gun! With no memory of his previous life—or who replaced his head and why—Inui now scratches out a living in the dark streets of the city as a Resolver, taking on cases involving the Extended. THE WAY OF THE HOUSEHUSBAND By Kousuke Oono A former yakuza legend leaves it all behind to become your everyday househusband. But it’s not easy to walk away from the gangster life, and what should be mundane household tasks are anything but! By Haruhisa Nakata It’s the 19th century, and the world has entered the Era of Rebirth, recovering from the devastating flames of war. The sport of mechanical martial arts has galvanized the nations. Cybernetically augmented fighters turn their blood into steam and their bodies into brutal fighting—and killing—machines. Young Levius is one of those arena battlers, hell-bent on winning in order to simply survive. Coming Soon: Pop! Games: Pokémon Squirtle! Posted on July 30, 2019 by Graphic Policy Team Bring home Squirtle, the Water-type Pokémon as a Pop! Pop! Games: Pokémon Squirtle is out in September from Funko! SDCC 2019: Experience the Magic of Ryme City and Detective Pikachu Posted on July 5, 2019 by Graphic Policy Team Experience the magic of Ryme City in an immersive walkthrough pop-up based on the hit film Pokémon Detective Pikachu. Guests will be able to explore the city and capture Instagrammable moments including the neon cityscape, Ryme City marketplace, film prop displays, an infinity room and more. Fans can win prizes while having the opportunity to take photos with multiple characters from the film including Detective Pikachu himself! On July 23, Pokémon Detective Pikachu will be available to own in high definition and standard definition from select digital retailers including Amazon, FandangoNow, AppleTV, PlayStation, Vudu, Xbox and others. On August 6, Pokémon Detective Pikachu will be made available digitally on Video On Demand services from cable and satellite providers, and on select gaming consoles. Outside The Omni Hotel 675 L St. Wednesday, July 17: 5PM – 7PM Thursday, July 18: 10AM – 7PM Friday, July 19: 10AM – 7PM Saturday, July 20: 10AM – 7PM Sunday, July 21: 10AM – 4PM VIZ Media’s Anime and Manga Releases in July 2019 The home media debut of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Set 4: Diamond is Unbreakable will be available as a special Limited Edition Blu-ray set and DVD set; Diamond is Unbreakable continues the multigenerational tale of the Joestar family with Josuke Higashikata. In partnership with The Pokémon Company International, Pokémon The Series: Diamond and Pearl Complete Season also arrives on DVD and includes all 51 episodes of Ash’s adventures in the Sinnoh region. New manga publishing debuts for July include the indie darling Beastars, a high school drama in which animal students grapple with the very human issues of prejudice and discrimination. The new Shojo Beat series Daytime Shooting Star centers around a love triangle that develops when a high school girl is torn between a boy in her class and her teacher. New Home Media Releases for July: JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE SET 4: DIAMOND IS UNBREAKABLE Part 1 Limited Edition Blu-ray & Standard Edition DVD Sets Blu-ray MSRP: $69.99 U.S. / $81.99 CAN · DVD MSRP: $39.99 U.S. / $51.99 CAN Available July 2nd It’s 1999, and Jotaro Kujo has just arrived in the idyllic Japanese town of Morioh—only this time, he’s not hunting DIO and his henchmen. His search for the illegitimate child of Joseph Joestar has brought him face-to-face with Josuke Higashikata, a Stand-wielding, butt-kicking high schooler who happens to be afraid of turtles. But behind Morioh’s tranquil facade is an invisible evil slowly eating away at the peace and well-being of its residents. Bizarre happenings are becoming commonplace, and the Joestar clan must rise to the occasion if they and the town of Morioh are to survive. POKÉMON THE SERIES: DIAMOND AND PEARL COMPLETE SEASON DVD MSRP: $44.98 U.S. / $52.99 CAN · Available July 30th If Gary Oak is headed for the Sinnoh region, then Ash Ketchum won’t be far behind! Ready to take on the Sinnoh League, Ash brings along Pikachu and meets up with Brock in Sinnoh, where the pair of Trainers are soon joined by a third—Dawn, a novice Pokémon Coordinator determined to follow in the footsteps of her mother. Both Ash and Dawn struggle with their respective paths, but it’s easy for them to make new friends, gaining new Pokémon like Turtwig and Piplup. New Publishing Releases for July: by Paru Itagaki MSRP: $12.99 U.S. / $17.99 CAN / $8.99 Digital · Rated ‘T+’ for Older Teens Available July 16th At a high school where the students are literally divided into predators and prey, friendships maintain the fragile peace. Who among them will become a Beastar—a hero destined to lead in a society naturally rife with mistrust? by Mika Yamamori MSRP: $9.99 U.S. / $12.99 CAN / $6.99 Digital · Rated ‘T’ for Teens After arriving in Tokyo to live with her uncle, Suzume collapses in a nearby park when she remembers once seeing a shooting star during the day. A handsome stranger brings her to her new home and tells her they’ll meet again. Suzume starts her first day at her new high school sitting next to a boy who blushes furiously at her touch. And her homeroom teacher is none other than the handsome stranger! Movie Review: Detective Pikachu – Classic Noir Meets Video Game Fun Posted on May 10, 2019 by Andy Wilson Pokemon has been a major cultural force for over two decades now, but other than a few animated films, it has never really broken into the cinematic realm. And then there’s the “video game curse” which has turned even the best video games into cinematic dog crap. But Detective Pikachu defies all the odds and is really good. Focusing on character and plot– borrowing its best bits from detective noir classics of the past– and letting the video game content play as the setting was the smartest choice writer and director Rob Letterman. He seems happy to borrow liberally from the video game but then also makes the film very much its own thing that everyone can enjoy. Why is it that so many video game movies are cursed to be terrible. It’s the medium that often makes it hard (though not impossible) to adapt to film. A good movie needs great characters, and especially needs a lead “POV” character that is the audience’s “way in” to the world of the film. We see the events unfold more or less through their eyes, and these characters usually have the most depth, development, and the best character arcs. In a video game, the POV character is. . . you. Video games not only get away with, but encourage, more bland player characters– because they’re supposed to be bland aka “universal” so everyone who is playing the game can feel like they are actually taking the place of Mario or Sonic or even more developed player characters like a Cloud Strife or Leon Kennedy. Even if the point is playing through that player character’s story, like as Shepherd in Mass Effect or Revan in Knights of the Old Republic, or any of the characters in Detroit: Become Human, it’s more like you’re playing an interactive movie than a standard video game. Even Lara Croft didn’t really become an interesting “character” per se until her most recent games, which then became very literally adapted on the screen– which is what made last year’s Tomb Raider work and break the video game curse. As I noted in that review, the question is always, “Would I have rather watched this movie or spent two hours playing the game?” In the case of Detective Pikachu, you definitely want to watch the movie. A lot of that comes from the performances of its leads, which includes Ryan Reynolds as the eponymous talking gumshoe pokemon mascot and Justice Smith as Tim Goodman. Goodman in the game was literally just your avatar (Good-man, get it?) but Smith does a great job imbuing him with pathos and having fun. A scene in the middle of the film where he has to interrogate a Mr. Mime by using pantomime is incredibly funny, but mostly he does his job of being our POV character and leading us through this new world of Ryme City. The city is brainchild of billionaire Howard Clifford (an incredibly fun Bill Nighy), it’s a city where humans and pokemon exist side by side. Visually and aesthetically it seems to smash together the best parts of New York, Tokyo, and maybe a little bit of Bladerunner‘s Los Angeles and Tim Burton’s version of Gotham City in his 1989 Batman. But what’s most fun about it are all of the Pokemon easter eggs hidden in almost every scene. You could play a “Gotta catch ’em all” type game where you name off every type that you see and that would be fun enough in and of itself. But this movie also has a plot, and it’s also quite engaging. Tim Goodman comes to the city upon learning of his estranged father’s death from his former partner, Lieutenant Hide Yoshida (Ken Watanabe). Tim goes to clean out his father’s old apartment and finds an overly caffeinated talking Pikachu with a case of amnesia but a nose for a mystery. You know he’s a detective because of his hat! The Pikachu is convinced Tim’s father is still alive and they need to track him down. Along the way, they discover a conspiracy involving illegal drugs, underground Pokemon fighting rings, and a mysterious MewTwo who we see briefly in the opening of the film who may be the key to all of it. It’s a pretty great mystery. And while it moves along quickly enough for little kids, it will still be engaging for adults. Also engaging for adults? Some of the dirtier jokes that might fly over kids’ heads. In this way, the film that this most reminds me of is Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Film noir type detective story? Check. Frenetic jokes and a high energy lead? Check. Corporate intrigue and conspiracies? Check. Betrayals, twists, turns? Check. Strategic cameos and blink-and-you’ll-miss-it placement of beloved cartoon characters? Check! The only thing missing here is the more perfected animation style of Roger Rabbit. One minor complaint is that some of the pokemon may not look exactly like either their video game or animated versions– the charizard and gyarados models specifically are a little off– but most of this is spot on and lots of fun. My Pokemon-obsessed ten year old son (the target audience for this) freaked out when they went into Clifford’s office and he had giant wooden statues of Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina. If you know who those are, this movie is going to make you very happy. This is the perfect dessert sorbet to clear your palate after the heaviness of Avengers: Endgame. It’s light and fun but also has some deeper elements. If you took classics like Double Indemnity and The Third Man and added a billion cute little pocket monsters into it, you’d have this. And it is delightful. Even if you are meh on Pokemon and have never played a game, this is a lot of fun. VIZ Announces New Anime and Manga Releases for May Posted on April 30, 2019 by Graphic Policy Team VIZ Media has announced three new home media and manga publishing titles scheduled for May release. POKÉMON THE SERIES: SUN & MOON—ULTRA ADVENTURES COMPLETE COLLECTION Available May 21st When Ash sees the Legendary Pokémon Solgaleo and Lunala in a dream, he makes a promise to them. But when he wakes up, he can’t remember what it was! Will the strange Pokémon called Nebby help jog his memory? Along with their new friend and the rest of the students at the Pokémon School, Ash and Pikachu explore the Aether Foundation, an organization dedicated to Pokémon conservation and care. But it may not be as innocent as it seems, and Ash and his friends will have to work together to protect the people and Pokémon they care about as they face a mysterious power like nothing they have ever seen. JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE: PART 4 – DIAMOND IS UNBREAKABLE By Hirohiko Araki Available May 7th In April 1999, Jotaro Kujo travels to a town in Japan called Morioh to find a young man named Josuke Higashikata, the secret love child of his grandfather, Joseph Joestar. Upon finding him, Jotaro is surprised to learn that Josuke also possesses a Stand. After their strange meeting, the pair team up to investigate the town’s proliferation of unusual Stands! By Sorata Akiduki MSRP: $9.99 U.S. / $12.99 CAN · Rated ‘T’ for Teens Shirayuki is an herbalist famous for her naturally bright-red hair, and the prince of Tanbarun wants her all to himself! The prince from the neighboring kingdom, Zen, rescues her from her plight, and thus begins their love story.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0124.json.gz/line1255
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