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__label__cc	0.577072	0.422928	FlashWired By Anna Butler Rated 3.50/5 based on 2 reviews Cal Paxton and Jeeze Madrid are the top scouting team on the Pathfinder-class starship, the Carson, on the very outer edge of Earth's expansion across the galaxy. They're wingmen, best friends and lovers. When Jeeze is shot down over a planet inhabited by a race Earth has never before encountered, what will Cal find when the Carson can finally mount a rescue mission? More One day, someday soon, Jeeze Madrid was going to wake up and realize just what he'd been passing up; he'd see what Cal Paxton was offering him so faithfully—"Faithfully, Jeeze! Even you can't deny that!"—and grab it. And they'd finally have what Cal wanted. Cal Paxton and Jeeze Madrid are the top scouting team on the Pathfinder-class starship, the Carson, on the very outer edge of Earth's expansion across the galaxy. A Pathfinder's job is to evaluate planets for colonization. Cal's and Jeeze's job is to find the planets for the Carson's scientists to analyze. Cal and Jeeze are wingmen, best friends... and lovers. Cal wants more than a casual relationship but Jeeze, recently divorced, is wary of commitment. When Jeeze is shot down over a planet inhabited by a race Earth has never before encountered, what will Cal find when the Carson can finally mount a rescue mission? Will he ever succeed in persuading Jeeze to take up that offer of hand and heart? Available ebook formats: epub mobi lrf pdb html First 15% Sample: mobi (Kindle) lrf pdb Online Reader Category: Fiction » Science fiction » General Tags: sci fi sci fi action sci fi action adventure sci fi fiction sci fi adult sci fi lgbt About Anna Butler Anna was a communications specialist for many years, working in various UK government departments on everything from marketing employment schemes to organizing conferences for 10,000 civil servants to running an internal TV service. These days, though, she is writing full time. She lives in a quiet village tucked deep in the Nottinghamshire countryside with her husband. She’s supported there by the Deputy Editor, aka Molly the cockerpoo, who is assisted by the lovely Mavis, a Yorkie-Bichon cross with a bark several sizes larger than she is but no opinion whatsoever on the placement of semi-colons. Learn more about Anna Butler Sadie S. Forsythe reviewed on March 5, 2015 This was almost really good. After a jerky first few paragraphs it smooths out into a pleasant story. Cal's love for Jeeze is really sweet and you definitely feel it. Jeeze you don't get much of a feel for, but he's an understandable object of affection for Cal. You get the start of an interesting world/universe and even some interesting side characters. Noah and Veronica especially caught my attention. Unfortunately, however, after all that initial set up, the story peters out in more ways than one. The rescue went FAR too smoothly, involving too many contrivances and conveyances. Then it ends without concluding in any manner. It's not so much a cliffhanger as a sense of waiting. But all of the threads are left open. Perhaps this is the first in a series. I don't know. The writing was strong enough that I'd be willing to follow the story, but I'm not fond of the serial format of publishing a story. (reviewed 2 years after purchase) Marge C. reviewed on April 30, 2013 A well-written novella about space explorers set in the far future. Good worldbuilding and an interesting exploration of an alien city. More of a science fiction story than a romance, though feelings are discussed and some hot sex is involved. I look forward to reading a longer story by this author. Monica Taylor reviewed on April 30, 2013 I was pleased with this book. It reminded me of the science fiction I read from my early years that's hard to come by now. The ending left me hanging but not in a bad way, I could use my own imagination to go in any direction I wanted. I think Cal became a lot less shallow by the end of the story. I have liked prettymuch everything Anna Butler has written in her fanfiction stories. She keeps you entertained and there's a lot of emotion in all of her stories. I will admit I bought this mainly to keep me going until her Shield book comes out but it was very worth it. Thank you Anna You have subscribed to alerts for Anna Butler. Would you like to favorite Anna Butler? Yes, add Anna Butler to my Favorites You have been added to Anna Butler's favorite list. You can also sign-up to receive email notifications whenever Anna Butler releases a new book.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2082
__label__cc	0.612845	0.387155	Age of Humans Future of Space Exploration Human Behavior Mind & Body Our Planet Space Wildlife Newsletter Earth Optimism Summit This Is How Your Brain Becomes Addicted to Caffeine Regular ingestion of the drug alters your brain’s chemical makeup, leading to fatigue, headaches and nausea if you try to quit Regular caffeine use alters your brain’s chemical makeup, leading to fatigue, headaches and nausea if you try to quit. (Photo by Flickr user jamesjoel) By Joseph Stromberg Within 24 hours of quitting the drug, your withdrawal symptoms begin. Initially, they’re subtle: The first thing you notice is that you feel mentally foggy, and lack alertness. Your muscles are fatigued, even when you haven’t done anything strenuous, and you suspect that you’re more irritable than usual. Over time, an unmistakable throbbing headache sets in, making it difficult to concentrate on anything. Eventually, as your body protests having the drug taken away, you might even feel dull muscle pains, nausea and other flu-like symptoms. This isn’t heroin, tobacco or even alcohol withdrawl. We’re talking about quitting caffeine, a substance consumed so widely (the FDA reports that more than 80 percent of American adults drink it daily) and in such mundane settings (say, at an office meeting or in your car) that we often forget it’s a drug—and by far the world’s most popular psychoactive one. Like many drugs, caffeine is chemically addictive, a fact that scientists established back in 1994. This past May, with the publication of the 5th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), caffeine withdrawal was finally included as a mental disorder for the first time—even though its merits for inclusion are symptoms that regular coffee-drinkers have long known well from the times they’ve gone off it for a day or more. Photo by Flickr user Simon le nippon Why, exactly, is caffeine addictive? The reason stems from the way the drug affects the human brain, producing the alert feeling that caffeine drinkers crave. Soon after you drink (or eat) something containing caffeine, it’s absorbed through the small intestine and dissolved into the bloodstream. Because the chemical is both water- and fat-soluble (meaning that it can dissolve in water-based solutions—think blood—as well as fat-based substances, such as our cell membranes), it’s able to penetrate the blood-brain barrier and enter the brain. Structurally, caffeine closely resembles a molecule that’s naturally present in our brain, called adenosine (which is a byproduct of many cellular processes, including cellular respiration)—so much so, in fact, that caffeine can fit neatly into our brain cells’ receptors for adenosine, effectively blocking them off. Normally, the adenosine produced over time locks into these receptors and produces a feeling of tiredness. Caffeine structurally resembles adenosine enough for it to fit into the brain’s adenosine receptors. Image via Wikimedia Commons When caffeine molecules are blocking those receptors, they prevent this from occurring, thereby generating a sense of alertness and energy for a few hours. Additionally, some of the brain’s own natural stimulants (such as dopamine) work more effectively when the adenosine receptors are blocked, and all the surplus adenosine floating around in the brain cues the adrenal glands to secrete adrenaline, another stimulant. For this reason, caffeine isn’t technically a stimulant on its own, says Stephen R. Braun, the author or Buzzed: the Science and Lore of Caffeine and Alcohol, but a stimulant enabler: a substance that lets our natural stimulants run wild. Ingesting caffeine, he writes, is akin to “putting a block of wood under one of the brain’s primary brake pedals.” This block stays in place for anywhere from four to six hours, depending on the person’s age, size and other factors, until the caffeine is eventually metabolized by the body. In people who take advantage of this process on a daily basis (i.e. coffee/tea, soda or energy drink addicts), the brain’s chemistry and physical characteristics actually change over time as a result. The most notable change is that brain cells grow more adenosine receptors, which is the brain’s attempt to maintain equilibrium in the face of a constant onslaught of caffeine, with its adenosine receptors so regularly plugged (studies indicate that the brain also responds by decreasing the number of receptors for norepinephrine, a stimulant). This explains why regular coffee drinkers build up a tolerance over time—because you have more adenosine receptors, it takes more caffeine to block a significant proportion of them and achieve the desired effect. This also explains why suddenly giving up caffeine entirely can trigger a range of withdrawal effects. The underlying chemistry is complex and not fully understood, but the principle is that your brain is used to operating in one set of conditions (with an artificially-inflated number of adenosine receptors, and a decreased number of norepinephrine receptors) that depend upon regular ingestion of caffeine. Suddenly, without the drug, the altered brain chemistry causes all sorts of problems, including the dreaded caffeine withdrawal headache. The good news is that, compared to many drug addictions, the effects are relatively short-term. To kick the thing, you only need to get through about 7-12 days of symptoms without drinking any caffeine. During that period, your brain will naturally decrease the number of adenosine receptors on each cell, responding to the sudden lack of caffeine ingestion. If you can make it that long without a cup of joe or a spot of tea, the levels of adenosine receptors in your brain reset to their baseline levels, and your addiction will be broken. About Joseph Stromberg Joseph Stromberg was previously a digital reporter for Smithsonian. Read more from this author \| Follow @JosephStromberg	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2084
__label__wiki	0.929378	0.929378	Conservation Alliance Members Show Support for New Protected Lands in Companies Applaud Congressman Jared Polis for Legislation to Protect 167,000 Acres Kristin Carpenter-Ogden Bend, Ore., (April 25, 2011) Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO) re-introduced legislation today to protect 167,000 acres of public land in Colorado. Rep. Polis announced on the steps of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver that his Eagle and Summit County Wilderness Preservation Act would designate 82,000 acres of Wilderness and another 84,000 acres of special protected areas in the White River National Forest. Sixteen Conservation Alliance member companies based or with retail stores in Colorado applauded Rep. Polis’ leadership with a letter of support. The group of companies noted that in Colorado, environmental preservation and economic development are inextricably linked. Colorado-based outdoor industry brands are “part of the active outdoor recreation economy that contributes over $10 billion annually to Colorado’s economy and supports over 107,000 jobs across the state,” said Kim Coupounas, co-founder of GoLite, a Conservation Alliance member, who spoke at the press conference. “These wild landscapes are what make Colorado the special place that we love,” said Congressman Polis. “Preserving our natural resources strengthens the economic resources that support Colorado jobs. We also ensure that generations of Coloradans can enjoy these special places for fun, adventure or just enjoying the peace of the outdoors. That’s why this bill, which is the product of months of consensus building, enjoys such broad support.” The Conservation Alliance has supported the Colorado Environmental Coalition for its efforts to build strong local support for the protections included in the bill. For more information, see: www.whiteriverwild.org. About the Conservation Alliance: The Conservation Alliance is an organization of outdoor businesses whose collective contributions support grassroots environmental organizations and their efforts to protect wild places where outdoor enthusiasts recreate. Alliance funds have played a key role in protecting rivers, trails, wildlands and climbing areas. Membership in the Alliance is open to companies representing all aspects of the outdoor industry, including manufacturers, retailers, publishers, mills and sales representatives. The result is a diverse group of businesses whose livelihood depends on protecting our natural environment. Since its inception in 1989, the Alliance has contributed more than $9.3 million to grassroots environmental groups. Alliance funding has helped save over 50 million acres of wildlands; 29 dams have either been stopped or removed; and the group helped preserve access to more than 17,000 miles of waterways and several climbing areas. For complete information on the Conservation Alliance, see www.conservationalliance.com. Conservation Alliance Members Voice Support - Public Lands Protections A group of four Conservation Alliance members traveled to Washington DC to talk to members of the US Senate about the importance of a proposal to protect more than 2 million acres of public land and nearly 1000 miles of rivers.Representatives from KEEN, Cloudveil, Outdoor ...read more By Kristin Carpenter-Ogden Conservation Alliance Shows Support For Public Lands Protection Bend, Ore. - A group of four Conservation Alliance members traveled to Washington DC to talk to members of the Congress about the importance of a proposal to protect more than 2 million acres of public land and more than 1000 miles of rivers.Representatives from The North Face, ...read more Conservation Alliance Testifies For Rogue River Protections Conservation Alliance Executive Director John Sterling testified on September 11 before a Subcommittee of the US House of Representatives in support of legislation that would protect the tributary streams of the Lower Rogue River in Oregon under the federal Wild and Scenic Rivers ...read more Conservation Alliance Testifies For Mount Hood Wilderness Conservation Alliance Executive Director John Sterling testified at a Senate hearing today in support of legislation that would protect wilderness and wild rivers on Oregon's iconic Mount Hood.The Lewis and Clark Mount Hood Wilderness Act, introduced by Oregon Senators Ron Wyden ...read more Conservation Alliance Grantee Protects Wapack Wilderness in New Hampshire Bend, Ore., January 10, 2008 â€“ A Conservation Alliance grantee, the Northeast Wilderness Trust, has successfully protected the Wapack Wilderness in New Hampshire. The 1,200-acre area contains more than a mile of the Wapack Trail, the headwaters of the Millers River, and ...read more Conservation Alliance Members Voice Support For Colorado Wilderness Outdoor Industry Delegation Visits Washington DC to Voice Support for Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness and Other Areas in StateBend, Ore., October 24, 2007 â€“ A group of four Conservation Alliance members traveled to Washington DC to talk to members of Congress about the ...read more Conservation Alliance Announces Nine New Members Bend, Ore. â€“ Nine outdoor industry companies have joined The Conservation Alliance since the August OR Show. With a steady increase in membership, the Alliance now boasts 165 companies.The new members are: Nester Hosiery, Inc.; Adventurecorps, Inc.; Ultrarunning Magazine; Terri ...read more Conservation Alliance Announces 15 New Members Bend, Ore., February 11, 2010 – Fifteen outdoor industry companies have joined The Conservation Alliance since August, 2009. This growth strengthens the organization as conservation opportunities flourish throughout the US and Canada. The new members are: Briggs & Riley; Canada ...read more Conservation Alliance Announces 8 New Members Bend, Ore., February 3, 2011 - Eight outdoor industry companies have joined The Conservation Alliance since August, 2010. This growth strengthens the organization as conservation opportunities flourish throughout the US and Canada. The new members are: Adventure Travel Trade ...read more	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2088
__label__cc	0.659132	0.340868	Improving the Analytical Workflow for Protein Biopharmaceutical Characterization with a Novel LC–MS System Solution Asish B. Chakraborty , Weibin Chen Weibin Chen , St John Skilton St John Skilton , Hongwei Xie Hongwei Xie , John C. Gebler John C. Gebler Special Issues, Special Issues-07-01-2009, Volume 0, Issue 0 This article presents an efficient analytical workflow for protein characterization using LC–MS. The ability to characterize protein therapeutics throughout the product development cycle is an important requirement for analytical support in the biopharmaceutical industry. Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC–MS) has played an important role in the ensemble of analytical tools to generate in-depth characterization data for biotherapeutic drugs. All too often in biopharmaceutical characterization, the quest for high-performance MS, when combined with a goal of routine analytical methods, results in compromises in system performance. This article will present an efficient analytical workflow for protein characterization using LC–MS. The workflow enables scientists to obtain high-performance characterization in a routine manner without compromises. Results on intact protein analysis and peptide mapping for a humanized monoclonal antibody will be presented. The value of using a logical workflow that combines optimized LC instrumentation, columns, MS, and software for targeted data analysis will also be demonstrated. Nearly every process conducted in a biotechnology company requires a tremendous amount of analytical characterization in support of the development of biopharmaceutical products. Because of the inherent complexity of biotherapeutics, characterization of their large biomolecules is significantly more difficult than it is for small molecules. Therefore, numerous instrumental methods are applied to fully characterize these high molecular weight products for regulatory approval, intellectual property protection, or comparability studies during manufacturing changes. The key to the full characterization of complex biopharmaceutical samples lies in the use of appropriate combinations of the differing available methods to analyze the sample using independent physicochemical properties. The involvement of many analytical methods in the characterization process calls for an integrated workflow — a process through which information regarding the biomolecules can be acquired both reliably and seamlessly. Such a workflow not only includes high-performance instrumentation but also integrates powerful bioinformatics tools so that comprehensive characterization data can be obtained in a routine manner without compromises. Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC–MS) plays an important role in the ensemble of analytical tools for in-depth characterization of biotherapeutic products because it reveals the structure and stability of biopharmaceuticals. Information acquired by an LC–MS approach is used to demonstrate product quality and consistency, and to identify the desired or undesired forms of protein products. Structural analysis is particularly important to the production process as small changes in an optimized process can affect the structure of the product. And, as every chemist knows, ensuring sufficient pharmaceutical stability is a great challenge in protein drug formulation development because a large number of functional groups in protein therapeutics are susceptible to chemical degradation. This article focuses on two distinct LC–MS system solutions — for intact mass analysis and peptide mapping — that can be utilized for product confirmation or for the detection of minute changes that are associated with a humanized monoclonal antibody (mAb). For each solution, an integrated workflow is presented. This workflow features the resolution, sensitivity, and speed of ultrahigh-pressure liquid chromatography (UHPLC) separations, application-specific column chemistries, sensitive and accurate-mass MS, MSE , and MS-MS detection, and biopharmaceutical informatics. Used together in this workflow, they deliver unparalleled improvements in laboratory productivity. In each of the following sections, the humanized monoclonal antibody is analyzed to demonstrate how scientists can obtain high-quality information routinely, without the need for advanced expertise. Intact Protein Mass Analysis and a Case Study for Identifying the Difference Among Production Batches of a Monoclonal Antibody Coupling LC with MS has given biopharmaceutical scientists detailed, accurate, and interpretable information. For example, one rapid LC–MS experiment for intact mass analysis can help to determine if the biomolecule has been expressed correctly and post-translationally modified. It also provides an overall view of the heterogeneity of the protein and relative amounts of the various glycosylated forms. Intact mass analysis is used for comparing the glycoprofiles of different mAbs expressed in similar cell lines and under comparable conditions. Knowing the distribution of glycoforms of protein drugs helps to save significant product development time and cost. For a finished drug product, intact mass analysis represents a rapid and convenient method that quickly confirms identity. Demonstrating the comparability of proteins produced throughout product manufacturing is critical to obtain regulatory approval for scale-up to production. The value of intact mass analysis during the protein development process largely depends upon the efficiency of an intact protein analysis approach: The chromatography system should be able to resolve a complex protein mixture if needed. On the other hand, if quick mass measurement for a pure protein sample is required, the LC system needs to efficiently remove MS-interfering species from a variety of samples and sample matrixes. MS employed for intact mass analysis should be easy to use and have good sensitivity and wide mass range such that proteins can be measured accurately, large or small. More importantly, because intact protein mass spectra typically contain a charge envelope, researchers need a highly efficient informatics tool that automatically and accurately converts the protein raw spectra into the zero-charged protein mass and provides abundance-related information for various protein isoforms. As common as the practice of intact protein mass analysis is, there is still a great need for an effective workflow that offers high-performance LC–MS data collection along with subsequent data processing so the intact mass measurements can be executed readily, and high-quality information for drug development can be obtained routinely. Until recently, intact mass analysis and data interpretation was largely the domain of LC–MS experts. There were not many usable tools available for scientists to obtain data without considerable experience and know-how — and even fewer that converted raw data into usable information. In the examples discussed here, intact mass analysis was performed on a humanized monoclonal antibody (IgG1) using this workflow. The objective of the analysis is to assess the variability of glycoforms for a multiple IgG-based therapeutic using a rapid on-line desalting method. Detailed experimental parameters are listed in Table I. Table I: Detailed experimental parameters for LCâMS analysis of intact mAb Experimental Method and Results for Intact Mass Analysis Samples (IgG1) A humanized monoclonal antibody was received as a buffered solution (21.0 mg/mL). The solution was diluted to 0.5 mg/mL with 50 mM ammonium bicarbonate in preparation for intact mass analysis. The conditions for this experiment are shown in Table I. When proteins as large as a monoclonal antibody are subjected to electrospray ionization, multiply charged ions are formed. Figure 1a shows the charge state distribution of the IgG1 from one production batch. The charge envelope is centered at the 50+ charge state. When the spectrum is examined in greater detail, as in the inset of Figure 1a, where the 47+ charge state is shown, it can be observed that each charge state consists of multiple peaks. After this spectrum is deconvoluted by MaxEnt1 (Figure 1b), the glycosylation heterogeneity of the IgG1 is displayed clearly. This deconvoluted spectrum forms the basis on which the glycoform variations of different production batches are compared. Figure 1: (a) Combined ESI-QTof mass spectrum of an intact IgG1 for the 0.5-Î¼g load. A charge state envelope of 2100â4100 m/z was observed for the intact IgG1, centered on 50+ charge state of the protein. The 47+ charge state region has been enlarged to show detail and reveals at least six major antibody variants even before MaxEnt1 processing. (b) MaxEnt1 deconvoluted mass spectrum of the intact IgG1. Major variants observed were due to carbohydrate heterogeneity. Figure 2 displays the mass spectra of the same intact IgG1 analyzed by a traditional quadrupole time-of-flight (Q-TOF) mass spectrometer and a Xevo QTof MS system (Waters Corporation, Milford, Massachusetts). Both spectra show a charge envelope with a distribution of multiply charged ion peaks. Although great similarity between the two spectra can be found, the Xevo QTof MS data demonstrate a sixfold increase in sensitivity compared with the traditional Q-TOF system. Figure 2: For the intact analysis, the Xevo QTof MS shows a sixfold improvement in sensitivity in comparison to tradition quadrupole time-of-flight MS. The intact mass analysis solution is applied next to assess variability of glycoforms of the therapeutic from multiple production batches. Batch comparisons of multiply produced IgG require a substantial number of samples to be examined quickly. The method must also provide a meaningful way to demonstrate the comparability of produced proteins within a short timeframe. The online desalting LC–MS method (1) coupled with BiopharmaLynx software (Waters Corporation) is well suited for such a task. MS data were collected on the Xevo QTof MS system with a 4-min run time. Spectral deconvolution for the large dataset is performed automatically by the software using the embedded MaxEnt1 algorithm. Typically, for a dataset with 125 injections (8 h of data collection time), it takes less than 30 min for the software to process all the data and generate meaningful information. In contrast to manual deconvolution processes, parameter settings in the software are handled automatically by the software, thus making the parameters better-fitted to each individual data file. In addition, a large dataset can be handled under one common set of processing parameters to avoid any human bias. Figure 3a is a mirror plot showing the comparison of the deconvoluted spectra of the IgG1 from the same production batch. The software features an interactive browser page that allows a pair of datasets (chromatograms or mass spectra) to be plotted in stacked or mirror format for visual examination. Furthermore, the processed and tabulated data contain pertinent information about intact proteins, such as the abundance of various glycoforms. Figure 3: (a) MaxEnt1 deconvoluted mass spectra of the antibody from two injections of the same production batch, and (b) MaxEnt1 deconvoluted mass spectra of the antibody from two dissimilar production batches. Two new minor glycoforms are observed in batch 2. Using the comparison metrics, a number of samples can be rapidly compared to a well-studied sample (control) and reports are generated automatically for external users. As expected, Figure 3a does not show any glycoform variations as both datasets were generated by the IgG from the same production batch. In comparison, Figure 3b shows the deconvoluted spectra for the IgG1 from two different production batches, where the difference between some minor glycoforms of the IgG1 is clearly observed and labeled. LC–MS Peptide Mapping and Detection of Minute Changes in a Monoclonal Antibody Peptide mapping is the workhorse technique in biopharmaceutical analysis, offering the comprehensive characterization of biopharmaceutical products. Its applications include the identification of proteins based upon the elution pattern of peptide fragments, the determination of posttranslational modifications, the confirmation of genetic stability, and the analysis of protein sequences when interfaced to a mass spectrometer. In a typical peptide mapping workflow, the protein is first digested with trypsin or other protease to generate peptides, which are separated by liquid chromatography, most commonly reversed-phase LC, and then detected by either UV–vis or MS. Compared with a traditional LC–UV-vis approach, LC–MS analysis significantly enhances the information content available from a peptide mapping experiment. Measurement by MS can differentiate coeluted peptides under a chromatographic peak and can identify and locate low-abundance modifications and single amino acid variants of protein by MS-MS. Although LC–MS peptide mapping can be powerful in detecting and identifying minute changes in a protein therapeutic, many organizations struggle to develop a robust and reproducible analytical workflow. Poor sample preparation, faulty chromatographic methodology, low resolution, inaccurate measurement, and time-consuming manual data annotation all can diminish the utility of this technique. In this section, the effectiveness of the workflow is demonstrated through an example that identifies and quantifies N-deamidation progression in a humanized monoclonal antibody during a forced degradation study. Experimental Method and Results for Peptide Mapping RapiGest SF surfactant (Waters Corporation) (0.05% in final solution) was added to the monoclonal antibody stock solution, and the sample was heated at 60 °C for 30 min for protein denature. The protein was then reduced with 10 mM DTT at 60 °C for 30 min and alkylated with 13 mM of IAA in the dark for 45 min. Trypsin digestion was performed at 37 °C for 4 h (trypsin:protein = 1:50). The pH of the resulting digest was adjusted to ~ 9 by adding 1 M ammonium hydroxide. Then, the digest was aliquoted into five portions and incubated at 60 °C for 0, 5, 10, 30, and 60 min, respectively. Each portion was diluted to 1.5 pmol/μL with 95:5 water–acetonitrile containing 0.1% formic acid before LC–MSE analysis. The conditions for this experiment are shown in Table II. Table II: Experimental parameters for LCâMS peptide mapping To obtain a reproducible peptide map, protein digestion should be highly consistent and reproducible for the selected protein over the course of study. To ensure the most consistent digestion, RapiGest SF surfactant is included in the digestion protocol. The surfactant used here is an MS-friendly surfactant that denatures the protein while causing no harm to enzymatic activity of many proteases. By using this surfactant in the digestion protocol, the inclusion of a common denaturant such as urea and guanidine hydrochloride in the digestion buffer is avoided. These latter denaturants are known to potentially cause peptide modification or inhibit trypsin activity during the digestion. The advantages of of this surfactant in protein digestion are well documented in the literature (2). With this surfactant, the protein was completely digested within 4 h, which minimizes artificial deamidation that could be produced during typical digestion processing (3). To make a peptide map, the goal is to separate every peptide into a single peak. Because of the complexity of peptide digests, peptide mapping represents a major chromatographic challenge. Typically peptide mapping involves shallow gradients with long run times. UHPLC is known to increase resolution, speed, and sensitivity in a variety of applications. When applying UHPLC to peptide mapping, UHPLC peptide maps show higher resolution than other methods and increased sensitivity (4). In addition, UHPLC generates particularly good peak shapes for glycopeptides and demonstrates good resolution for deamidated peptides (5). The capabilities of UHPLC in a higher-resolution peptide mapping experiment are exemplified in Figure 4, in which a typical LC–MS peptide map for a mAb is shown. On average, the peak width of the peptides is on the order of 9 s (half height) for the UHPLC conditions listed in the experimental section. Figure 4: Total ion chromatogram of the tryptic digest of the monoclonal antibody. The data were collected from an ACQUITY UPLC/Xevo QTof MS system (Waters Corporation) with 10 pmol of protein digest injected. Peptide mapping with MS detection is a valuable means for achieving detailed and comprehensive modification coverage in a simple manner. Although single-stage LC–MS can provide considerable information regarding peptide identity, simple mass measurement cannot differentiate isobaric peptides. Furthermore, it is extremely challenging to identify and localize peptide modifications from MS data alone, especially when the modifications only lead to small or no mass changes. For these reasons, MS-MS techniques often are used to generate fragment ion mass spectra for detailed sequence analysis and for the location of peptide modifications. Confidence in the information acquired also is enhanced by using instrumentation that provides accurate mass data due to the corresponding significant reduction in ambiguity. Thus a high-resolution, high-mass-accuracy tandem mass spectrometer offers great advantages in peptide mapping. MS–MS data traditionally are obtained with selected peptides using data-dependent (or directed) acquisition (DDA). In the DDA approach, peptides are selected for fragmentation based upon the intensity of precursor ions. Ions with higher intensity have a greater chance to be selected for fragmentation. Because many of the peptide changes (modifications) in a therapeutic protein occur at a relatively low level, there is a high probability that these interested peptides may not be selected and fragmented during the run. A significant improvement over the DDA method is to use the multiplexed parallel precursor fragmentation approach (MSE) (6,7) in which all the peptides eluted off the UHPLC column are fragmented without any precursor selection. MSE provides a comprehensive MS-MS picture with no prior knowledge of the sample and is applicable across all charge states (8–11). This means that the peptide map can be performed in an unbiased, systematic manner and will provide consistent results each time. The technique also means that the same historical dataset could potentially be reanalyzed at a later stage for additional information with no need to rerun the samples, saving significant laboratory costs, time, and capital investment. Figure 5a shows the processed (deisotoped, charge-reduced, and centered) MS spectra of a tryptic peptide (HT36, 1161.62 Da) and the deamidated counterparts (1162.61 Da) from the forced degradation study of the mAb digest. The top panel is from the untreated sample and the bottom panel is from the sample after 60-min incubation at pH 9.0 and 60 °C. The relative intensity ratio of the two peptides is about 500 in the untreated sample. Figure 5: (a) Identification of peptide HT36 and N364-deamidated HT36, by accurate masses processed by BiopharmaLynx 1.2. The mirror plot shows a comparison between samples at 0 and 60 min incubation time. (b) MSE confirmation of N364-deamidation in HT36 by comparing MSE spectra at RT 44.7 and 47.9 min, processed by BiopharmaLynx 1.2 (note the difference of y10 and b-series ions). The software's graphical view quickly offers three pieces of information: mass assignment of HT36 and the deamidated HT36; relative amount of the deamidated HT36 in each digest; and abundance difference of N-deamidation between the two digests. More importantly, the identification of deamidation of HT36 and its deamidated form were further confirmed by the MS-MS data acquired by MSE. Because no precursor selection is involved during the run, MS-MS data for both HT36 and its deamidated form were acquired simultaneously, despite the great difference in ion intensities. Figure 5b displays the comparison of the MS-MS spectra for the HT36 peptide and one of the deamidated isoforms. A 1-Da mass difference of b-series ions in the MSE spectra, also processed by the software, easily confirms that the deamidation takes place at the N-terminal asparagine residue. Data processing and annotation frequently becomes one of the bottlenecks in the peptide mapping workflow. Although the benefits of MS for peptide-mapping studies are greatly appreciated, MS ionization also adds enormous complexity to data interpretation and annotations. For instance, peptides tend to ionize in multiple charge states; different peptides at the same concentration may show tremendous variation in MS responses, and peptides may experience in-source fragmentation. To completely annotate each of the ions observed in multiple LC–MS runs by manual processing is a time-consuming task. Figure 6 shows extracted ion chromatograms of peptide HT36 as well as the deamidated forms. The unmodified peptide is eluted at 44.7 min, and the deamidated peptides are identified at the retention times of 46.7 and 47.9 min, which represents two isoforms of N-deamidation — aspartic acid and isoaspartic acid. An additional peak with 1 Da mass difference was also observed at retention time of 47.0 min, which was identified as glutamine (Q) deamidation by the MSE data. Figure 6: Extracted ion chromatograms of peptide T36 and N364-deamidated T36 of the antibody heavy chain for samples from 0 to 60 min incubation time. The degree of modifications at each site, including unmodified HT36, can be tracked easily using a Cross Analyte Comparison table in the software for multiple data point comparison across the time course study. For example, the Cross Analyte Comparison table for N-deamidated HT36 eluted at ~46.7 min is shown in Figure 7. These tables provide results for direct monitoring of the N-deamidation progression in the digests. This identification and quantification is consistent with the manual processing results obtained from extracted ion chromatograms of tryptic peptide HT36 and deamidated HT36 in the digests incubated from 0 to 60 min (Figure 7). As expected, the percentage of N-deamidated HT36 increases consecutively, while unmodified HT36 decreases with longer incubation time. Figure 7: Progression of deamidation in peptide HT36 for samples from 0 to 60 min incubation time, monitored by BiopharmaLynx. Using a forced degradation study, this work presents an integrated workflow for the LC–MS peptide mapping experiment. The workflow covers a complete system solution targeted for high-performance routine analysis of peptide mapping. 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__label__wiki	0.864887	0.864887	'Journey's End': Toronto Review By Allan Hunter2017-09-09T07:50:00+01:00 Saul Dibb breathes exciting new life into the classic WWI drama Source: TIFF Journey’s End Dir: Saul Dibb. UK. 2017. 107mins R.C. Sheriff’s landmark play Journey’s End was first staged in 1928 and filmed in 1930. It has been revived, revisited and remade by successive generations, which rather begs the question of whether the world needs yet another version of this old warhorse. Saul Dibb provides an emphatic answer with a robust, sinewy production that honours the film’s enduring themes and proves that it has stood the test of time. There isn’t a weak link in a pitch perfect ensemble cast Continuing centenary commemorations of key events in World War One should provide an ideal backdrop for a theatrical release, but it is the quality of the film itself that should strike audiences seeking thoughtful, emotionally-charged great British drama. Dibb’s smartest moves are to trust the material and strive to render it in as cinematic a way as possible. Journey’s End was never a sweeping anti-war statement but more of an intimate portrait of men at war; the tender bonds formed between brothers in arms and the unbearable burdens of command. Raleigh (Asa Butterfield) arrives at the front in March 1918. A state of stalemate has existed for months, but a fresh German offensive is expected. Battle-hardened veterans like Osborne (Paul Bettany) and Trotter (Stephen Graham) indulge Raleigh’s puppy dog-like enthusiasm. His presence is only resented by former schoolmate and commanding officer Stanhope (Sam Claflin); a man marinated in whisky and barely keeping things together as he prepares to lead his men to death or glory. When Raleigh arrives at the front line, the camera’s close scrutiny seems to magnify his callow features and wide-eyed wonder at the world he enters. Sound design provides a vivid imprint of squelching mud, the fireworks whizz of gunfire and the elevated breathing of those about to die. Laurie Rose’s bobbing camerawork draws us into the reality of the moment and makes us feel the claustrophobic confines of trenches, a makeshift kitchen or a tiny shelter. There is nothing in either Dibb’s approach or Simon Reade’s screenplay that makes it feel old hat or stuffily theatrical. Reade’s screenplay is filled with telling little human touches — the way food becomes a focal point of existence, the gallows humour, the small acts of kindness, the distracting whimsy. There’s also a very British sense of understatement in the way death is met with a stoical shrug and a hearty “cheerio, then”. In Journey’s End, war is the ultimate expression of the need to keep calm and carry on. There isn’t a weak link in a pitch perfect ensemble cast that stretches from Paul Bettany’s kindly, honourable father figure Osborne, to Toby Jones philosophical cook Mason and Sam Claflin’s embittered leader. All underplay beautifully, conveying the quiet reality of a desperate situation. It is a governing sense of restraint that lends the film such an emotional kick, and breathes fresh life into an old classic. Production companies: Fluidity Films International sales: Metro International Entertainment sales@metro-international.com US Sales: Creative Artists Agency filmsales@caa.com Producers: Guy De Beaujeu, Simon Reade Screenplay: Simon Reade based on the play by R.C. Sherriff Cinematography: Laurie Rose Editor: Tania Reddin Prod design: Kristian Milsted Music: Natalie Holt Main cast: Sam Claflin, Paul Bettany, Asa Butterfield, Toby Jones, Stephen Graham Distributor Piece of Magic expands into UK with Altitude exec hire Charlie Kemball previously worked on titles include ‘Diego Maradona’ and ‘Rocks’. Berlinale outlines EFM 2021 structure, reveals Co-Production Market line-up EFM market screenings will be available in 120-minute windows. Oscar submission ‘My Little Sister’ scores UK-Ireland deal (exclusive) Swiss drama stars Nina Hoss and is sold by Beta Cinema. ‘The Dig’: Review (Netflix) In a time of great change, some elements remain reassuringly constant ‘Locked Down’: Review London-set pandemic crime drama stars Anne Hathaway and Chiwetel Ejiofor and climaxes in a closed Harrods department store ‘The Mauritanian’: Review Kevin Macdonald opens the doors to one of Camp Gitmo’s most trying cases	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2096
__label__wiki	0.6393	0.6393	Hit the Town: Best Places for a Great Night Out in Seattle Plan your best night ever with our evening playbook--there's something for everyone Patrick Knowles with Sheila Cain and Rachel Hart; additional reporting by Ryan Kindel, Madeline Lootens and Evan Webeck \| FROM THE PRINT EDITION \| Nate Gowdy Calling all first-date flirters, karaoke kings and queens and tranquility seekers—the sun has set and this is your invitation to a whole new side of the city. From classic soul jams and comedy clubs to trivia nights and bingo, there are countless ways to celebrate staying up as the lights go down. 1. Music Appreciation The Lo-Fi Performance Gallery in South Lake Union bumps with old-school Northern Soul as sweaty patrons groove under a solitary disco ball. It’s a bit after midnight, and the packed house (with a line out the door) is here for the monthly all-45s Emerald City Soul Club. There’s a good chance that the tracks everyone is dancing to were first dropped before their parents were born, but it doesn’t seem to matter. This audience is getting down without pretense or pretension—partying like it was 1959. In a day when almost anyone can plug a memory stick into a Serato and mash up, say, Danny Brown with the Doobie Brothers, or have Pandora’s algorithm shuffle out a play-list, someone’s skill in conducting vinyl night dance parties like this starts well before that person gets behind the DJ booth. It begins early in the never-ending pursuit through yard sales, eBay bids and a closely knit community of obsessed record hunters. Simply put: Spinning 45s is a style of turntablism that relies more on the knowledge of the music than layering the beats per minute of two songs. While Emerald City producer Marc Muller considers himself a vinyl addict, he also knows that you don’t have to have deep pockets to shepherd yesterday’s forgotten tunes into a club setting. “So many modern and not so modern artists have liberally ‘borrowed’ from some of the artists we play,” he says. “For example, Biz Markie’s 'Just a Friend' samples heavily from Freddie Scot’s 'You Got What I Need,' and an audience goes crazy when they hear that since it’s so familiar.” He adds, “Everyone, young and old, has heard a Motown song or two, and we are a spot to just let go for a few hours to music that is usually unknown, but still somewhat familiar. People can just let loose.” It’s a fitting approach to a party that has steadily built a 10-year following (their anniversary is this November) with simple word-of-mouth buzz and a few boxes of vinyl. Second Saturdays. 9 p.m.–midnight. $10. Eastlake, 429 Eastlake Ave. E; 206.254.2824; thelofi.net Track down vintage vinyl from artists you grew up with, check out recent releases, or stumble through musical genres you didn’t know existed (see: Scottish pirate metal, crunkcore, space disco). We asked clerks at a few must-visit record stores what they thought was the Holy Grail of vinyl and the most expensive gem they ever sold. Georgetown Records Georgetown, 1201 S Vale St.; 206.762.5638; georgetownrecords.net Holy Grail: The Lamar Harrington Band, "Oom Cocka Mau-Mau/Paralysed!" on Bad Taste Records Most expensive album sold: Pink Floyd’s “Arnold Layne” sold for $500 Jive Time Records Fremont, 3506 Fremont Ave. N; 206.632.5483; jivetimerecords.com Holy Grail: Seattle’s own Patrinell Staten’s 1969 single "I Let A Good Man Go/Little Love Affair" Most Expensive: The Har-You Percussion Group, Sounds of the Ghetto Youth (they wouldn't tell us.) Ballard, 2209 NW Market St.; 206.297.2666; sonicboomrecords.com Holy Grail: A set of the first nine albums released from the International Artists Label (psychedelic Texas rock in the ’60s) Most expensive: An original pressing of Modest Mouse’s The Lonesome Crowded West sold for $250 Singles Going Steady Belltown, 2219 Second Ave.; 206.441.7396; Facebook, “Singles Going Steady” Holy Grail: Misfits 1978 single, “Bullet” Most expensive: Nirvana “Love Buzz” 45, sold for $1,500 Bop Street Records Ballard, 2220 NW Market St.; 206.297.2232; bopstreetrecords.com Holy grail and most expensive: Patrinell Staten’s "I Let A Good Man Go/Little Love Affair" sold for $3,300 The Greenwood Karaoke Crawl If the idea of bingo conjures images of smoky, florescent-lit Grange halls, think again. Seattle’s Greenwood Senior Center has put a fresh twist on the retro group game, and its monthly Bingo Karaoke Night is one hot ticket. A multi-generational crowd gathers for bingo and karaoke in Greenwood; photo: Tia White The bingo half of the equation got its start in 2008, when the Greenwood Senior Center replaced its long-standing auction with this old-school crowd-pleaser. It was a hit. The following year, organizers kicked things up a notch by adding karaoke between games. Some of the center’s younger staff members started telling their friends, and by the time the Halloween-themed event rolled around in October, interest was at a fever pitch. Organizers had set up for 150 guests, but close to 200 showed, sending volunteers scrambling to set up extra tables and chairs. Since that night, the event’s popularity hasn’t waned. “We had no idea it would take off like this,” says Cecily Kaplan, the Greenwood Senior Center’s director. “We figured most of our audience would be empty nesters.” But players range in age from mid-20s to 70s and older; the only folks you won’t see here are kids. “This is party bingo,” Kaplan adds. Jeanne Barwick, former Mae’s Phinney Ridge Cafe owner and irreverent number caller, cajoles the audience relentlessly, especially if one of the players prematurely announces a “Bingo!” (It’s easy to do, especially with beer and wine being sold in the lobby throughout the evening.) If you win, watch out. The rest of the players will crumple up their losing tickets and launch them at you. Last Friday of the month (usually). 7–10 p.m. $12 Phinney Neighborhood Association members, $18 general public. Greenwood Senior Center, 525 N 85th St.; phinneycenter.org/bingo Prime your pipes at one of Greenwood’s watering holes within walking distance of the Greenwood Senior Center. The Yard Cafe (8313 Greenwood Ave. N; 206.588.1746; theyardcafe.com) offers more than a dozen mostly regional, rotating beers on tap and an extensive menu focusing on Latin fare and American pub grub, including eight kinds of tacos (meat, fish and veggie), which are small and cheap enough ($3.50–$4 each) to try more than one. Or saddle up to the woodsy bar at The Cozy Nut Tavern (123 N 85th St.; 206.784.2240; Facebook, “Cozy Nut”) for a Salty Nut, a fizzy slant on a Salty Dog ($8), or the Blackberry Bootlegger ($9), with blackberry-infused bourbon, orange bitters and fresh blackberries, a fruity take on the traditional old fashioned. It won’t be long before you’re ready for the cross-generational party bingo. There’s really only one way to keep the party going after an evening of Bingo Karaoke—more karaoke. The Baranof (8549 Greenwood Ave. N; 206.782.9260; Facebook, “The Baranof”)—one of Seattle’s most well-preserved dive bars—offers karaoke Tuesday through Sunday, starting at 9 p.m. The bar’s favorite retro cocktail? “They’re all retro,” yells a somewhat cheeky bartender over the buzz of a Friday night. Our favorite? The $2 Jell-O shots are made with rum, whiskey or vodka—or sometimes, Fireball cinnamon whiskey (those will set you back $3). What better way to spend your bingo jackpot? 2. Fool Proof First-Date Destinations 3. Couples Classes Who doesn’t imagine pondering “mystery items” as amateur chefs or critiquing routines of C-list dancing stars from the safety of a couch? It’s not a guilty pleasure because we are inquisitive about these things, but rather it’s a guilty pleasure because we are inquisitive about these things while lounging in our sweatpants. We owe it to ourselves to get off the couch and expand our skill sets with someone we love. Get messy with a main squeeze at Pottery Northwestcouples class—feel free to bring wine and chocolat; photo: Sudhi Tirnahalli We all remember (and can never unsee) Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze’s romantic tryst with clay in the movie Ghost, right? Well, date-night classes at Pottery Northwest are nothing like that. These introductory-level sessions offer hands-on instruction, as you and your partner work on a wheel. Fridays. 6–9 p.m. $30, with a $10 firing fee to keep your creations. Lower Queen Anne, 226 First Ave. N; 206.285.4421; potterynorthwest.org Forget the Chopped timer, there is no reason to fret when learning how to make masa with the culinary director of Hot Stove Society, Bridget Charters, or wok up a storm with former Seattle Post-Intelligencer food editor Hsiao-Ching Chou. Develop your own “taste memory" at the Tom Douglas cooking classes, located just above his restaurant Lola. Kick the lesson off or end it with a quick cocktail at Ändra Loft. Days and times vary. $50–$110. Belltown, 2000 Fourth Ave.; 206.436.0383; hotstovesociety.com Alt-country twangs and jingle-jangle guitar hooks fill the room as Michael “Mikey” Augusta honky-tonks a two-step for his roaming weeknight/weekend classes of Outlaw Swing. It’s not a free-form interpretative cowboy strut, but it’s also not a buttoned-up affair or synchronized line dancing. Rather, the two-hour class finds its stride by leading partners somewhere between a raucous good time and a good ol’ American hootenanny. Prices and times vary. Various venues and studios, including Conor Byrne Pub in Ballard and The Ould Triangle in Greenwood; outlaw-swing.com 4. Parents' Bar Hop The great thing about starting your night at 5 p.m. is you can pretty much get any table at the hottest restaurants in town. The downside? Zero buzzy restaurant din to make your night out feel, well, like a Night Out. We give you our kid-free, parent-forgiving take on the pub crawl, designed so you check several Capitol Hill hot spots off your to-try list in one fell swoop (those babysitters don’t pay for themselves!) and get you home before you fall asleep in your nightcap. Clockwise from top left: andrea coan; hayley young; aaron brethorst; andrea coan Start with a 5 p.m. reservation at the sleek brass-and-marble, shotgun-style Single Shot (611 Summit Ave. E; 206.420.2238; singleshotseattle.com), tucked next to Top Pot Doughnuts on E Summit on Capitol Hill. Innovative cocktails and a mix of food provide something for every type of eater, from that dreamy pork chop to rotating menu items such as a chickpea pancake. (Gotta love a menu that declares, “We happily accommodate all dietary restrictions without ridicule whenever possible.”) At this time of night, even a leisurely dinner should take only about 90 minutes. Then, stretch your legs (you don’t want to give up your parking spot) during a half-mile walk south to Montana (1506 E Olive Way; 206.327.9362; montanainseattle.com), a bar owned by Rachel Marshall of famed Rachel’s ginger beer. Here Moscow mules flow from the tap into pint-size glasses with colorful straws, and sippers kick back in deliberately graffitied wood booths. You are such a rebel! Saunter east a few blocks to Pine Street and Nagle Place to watch hilariously rousing bike polo (most weeknights until 11 p.m. 1635 11th Ave. S; Facebook, ”Seattle Bike Polo”) at the Cal Anderson playfield tennis courts. We’ve rarely seen anyone use this space for its intended use. It’s exactly what you think it is: bikes, mallets, balls. On a tennis court. When the night sky appears above, walk back to Olive Street and nab a seat for a chocolate-tastic cocktail or dessert (or both: boozy milkshakes!) at Autumn Martin’s brand-new outpost of Hot Cakes (1650 E Olive Way; getyourhotcakes.com). By fall, there should be a fire pit for making s'mores. 5. Group Bonding Jump in your WhirlyBug at Edmonds’ WhirlyBall and try to hit the bulls-eye backboards equipped with buzzers!; Photo: angela ciccu A hybrid of basketball and lacrosse, hurling and bumper cars, the game of WhirlyBall (Edmonds, 23401 Hwy. 99; 425.672.3332; whirlyballseattle.com) takes a Mad Max approach to indoor sports. Kids and adults, armed with an air scoop racket, one whiffle ball and a WhirlyBug vehicle, are set loose for an evening of competitive bonding and teamwork. Times vary (closes no later than midnight). Rent one court for 10-25 players at $198 per hour; 8-years and up. 6. Quiet Nights Out After a day filled with endless base-touching meetings, commuting frustrations and IT glitches, you owe it to yourself to turn down the volume of the workweek. If you’re interested in lowering your heart rate in a cacophonous city, you are not alone. In fact, there happens to be quite the quiet community, and interestingly enough, it’s one that welcomes folks to share in the experience of “keeping to yourself.” The smell of cedar shelves and literary treasures is a calming staple at Elliott Bay Book Company; photo: angela ciccu For bookish folks, take to The Elliott Bay Book Company (Capitol Hill, 1521 10th Ave.; 206.624.6600; elliottbaybook.com) and wander aimlessly (or purposefully) through the aisles while noting the posted staff recommendations. Skip over to the far corner of the mezzanine to the remainders section, where you will undoubtedly find passed-over literary gems. As you step out of the shop, take 10 paces and find a seat at Linda Derschang’s new Little Oddfellows, where you can break open a new read over a glass of red. Bibliophiles unite on the first Wednesday of the month at Sorrento Hotel for the monthly Silent Reading Party (6–8 p.m. First Hill, 900 Madison St.; 206.622.6400; hotelsorrento.com). In this quiet-enough-to-hear-a-pin-drop setting, settle in for a read in the plush couches and chairs in the newly refurbished Fireside Room and order up a signature libation. Perhaps a rum-based Old Cuban to go with your Hemingway or an absinthe-inspired Ms. Tolkas to pair with Gertrude Stein’s memoir of Paris. Just a quick tap on the Bather Count app for Banya 5 (South Lake Union, 217 Ninth Ave. N; 206.262.1234; banya5.com) gets you up-to-the-minute reports on the capacity and vibe (from quiet to packed to the gills) before heading over to enjoy the spa’s parilka (concrete and brick sauna), tepid saltwater pool or a deep massage that uses a house-made blend of pure shea butter and coconut oil. Dip into the incredibly hot/cold experience of awaking and then calming the senses. As day comes to a close and the sounds of a disjointed orchestra of keyboard clicks slowly fades into a distant memory, head over to The Grinning Yogi (Capitol Hill, 345 15th Ave. E; thegrinningyogi.com) for its Monday- and Wednesday-evening Lullaby class. One of the only requirements is that you have a “willingness to offer time to yourself.” So, feel free to tune into your breath and the peaceful quiet around you. The ceiling of St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral on Capitol Hill reverberates with a rising and falling well of angelic song. It’s Dolby Sound times a thousand, as if you can hear the nuances of chandeliers and marble even in the still of the air. A nondenominational harmony fills St. Mark’s Cathedral on Capitol Hill; photo: gerard van wesep As it has done for just shy of 60 years, the church’s Compline Choir is about to wrap up another evening of singing prayers for a “quiet night and perfect end.” Director Jason Anderson, who has contributed his own pipes to the collective since 2004, notes that the singers come from a variety of faiths. He says, “Those gathered form a congregation engaged in a mystical experience that facilitates a journey towards the divine—whatever the divine might be for each individual.” But you don’t need to be a saint (or even believe in God) to enjoy the acoustic resonance here. Anderson adds, “The choir is itself a unique community of laypersons with diverse beliefs that seeks to express musically a concern for the nurture and care of the soul; it’s a spiritual nourishment.” Amen. Sundays, 9:30 p.m. Capitol Hill, 10th Ave. E; complinechoir.org 7. Comedy Wearing your heart on your sleeve doesn't mean you can't joke about the bawdy and risqué at the female-driven Comedy Womb (Belltown, every Tuesday night in The Grotto at Rendezvous, 2322 Second Ave.; 206.441.5823; comedywomb.com). The stage is open to all genders, but mind your manners, folks. Common sense rules apply. No heckling or table talk in the audience, and no misogyny, racism, homophobia, or transphobia on the stage. Cracking up next to you: Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen of Portlandia. Get your laugh on at the Triple Door; angela ciccu Blending cheeky burlesque, a cappella comedy and regional and national stand-up, Triple Door (216 Union St.; 206.838.4333; thetripledoor.net), straddles the variety of comedic worlds of Seattle with shows such as Captain Smartypants: Zero Brides for Seven Brothers, 9/12 and Burlesco Divino: Wine in Rome, 9/30. Cracking up next to you: Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement from Flight of the Concords. It would be difficult to imagine a world without improvisational comedy. No Stephen Colbert (or Carell and Martin for that matter). Mashing workshops and sharp-witted performances, Unexpected Productions (Pike Place Market, 1428 Post Alley; 206.587.2414; unexpectedproductions.org) and Jet City Improv (University District, 5510 University Way NE; 206.352.8291; jetcityimprov.org) create innovative spaces for both performers and audiences (your suggestions make the show!) to get ridiculous. Cracking up next to you: The entire cast of Wet Hot American Summer (led by Amy Poehler.) Remember that band you saw just a few years ago at that little venue outside the city? That band that you, and only you, followed and now they are playing sold-out arenas and you won't dish out the cash to see them again because, “you like the old stuff better”? Well, if that band were a comedian, the cozy venue made for up-and-comers would be Laughs Comedy Spot (Kirkland, 12099 124th Ave. NE; 425.823.6306; laughscomedy.com). Cracking up next to you: An incognito Lorne Michaels scouting talent or a tipsy Amy Schumer chatting it up with industry folks. Every city should have a comedy venue large enough for the Big League comedians—with their huge fan base and all that hot air. Parlor Live Comedy Club (downtown Seattle, 1522 Sixth Ave.; 206.602.1441; Bellevue, 700 Bellevue Way NE, Suite 300, 425.289.7000; parlorlive.com) delivers on the A-listers. Cracking up next to you: Chelsea Handler and Wanda Sykes. 8. Those Nights When You Have Extra Energy Everybody’s working (out) for the weekend. Enter: the visually charging MashUp class; photo: angela ciccu Walking into a Mashup class at Kirkland’s Bassline Fitness is a bit like stepping into a Nicki Minaj music video (minus the anacondas). The cardio-heavy, hour-long circuit thrums to a dance-club pop mix—meaning you can satisfy both your fitness and your nightclub joneses and still be home in time for Game of Thrones. Mondays and Wednesdays. 7:15 p.m. (and other day times). Drop-in-class $22; Kirkland, 126 Central Way; 425.739.4444; basslinefitness.com 9. For When You Want to Play in the Dark "Athlete” Timmy Bendis prepares for Obscure Sports Seattle’s upcoming 2015 fall season with wide-eyed enthusiasm and a steady regimen of Stella Artois and apple pie. The 22-year-old has a dream: to create the single greatest pickup athletic league in the history of the Northwest (or at the very least, have a few laughs while playing glow-in-the-dark capture the flag with other grown men and women). Pick-up games and unabashed fun never gets old; photo: brian lecourse Leading what started off as a makeshift band of mostly University of Washington students can be a bit like arm wrestling an octopus, but in just one short year, Bendis saw the number of participants grow from 16 to more than 200. For a pickup game of this size, there are always unforeseen obstacles, but Bendis and company seem to overcome them through humor and coming together with random folks who share a similar joy in what might be seen as ridiculous. When someone sprained their ankle during a game, the responding EMTs’ only question was whether they could jump in and take over for the downed player. And was it just a coincidence that a torrential April shower threatened to cancel Glow-in-the-Dark Capture the Flag Part VIII, which had been dubbed “20,000 Flags Under the Sea”? Cashing in on its “still entirely unbankable fame,” Obscure Sports Seattle plans to move into the more established pickup clubs in the city, such as Underdog Sports leagues, with biweekly games of dodge ball and a biannual Quidditch tournament (yup, Harry Potter fans bring a broomstick), and there are rumors of adding a kickball team. “This is all about having fun and meeting people,” Bendis says, “two things that I feel are missing from Seattle most of the time.” He adds half jokingly, “What if, in a few years, we drag teams from all over the country to Seattle, fill up CenturyLink, or Husky Stadium, and play 10 vs.10? What if all of this is the next big sport? And then, what if my ego balloons and I just float away?” Well, stranger things have happened. Glow-in-the-dark capture the flag times and dates vary. Suggested donation $5; other games free. University District; Facebook, “Obscure Sports Seattle” 10. Nerd Nights Out A crescendo of applause from the Bushwick Book Club audience joins a drumbeat as local musician Chris Poage, dressed in a hot white tuxedo, hits a snare and plays a matching frosted synth keytar. Just minutes before, Poage (who is pretending to be an alien rogue trader from Isaac Asimov’s Foundation novels) told everyone in the theater that he had never read any science fiction in his life; now, he is selling us imaginary nuclear lasers via song at EMP Museum’s JBL Theater. Tekla Waterfield leads a Bushwick Book Club zombie choir (in celebration of The Walking Dead) at Fremont Abby Arts Center; photo: melissa thompson What exactly is going on here? A synopsis: A book is selected collectively by club members, like a normal book club, each month (past works this year have included A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh, Annie Proulx’s Brokeback Mountain, Steve Martin’s Born Standing Up and Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal, Vegetable, Miracle). Local musicians are then asked to write and perform original pieces inspired by the work. Ticket buyers are also encouraged to read the novel beforehand. Besides reminding people that reading every day is “kinda important and fun,” Bushwick executive director Geoff Larson (who has been at the helm of the Seattle chapter for five years; the other Bushwick is based in Brooklyn) believes that events like these are like Songwriting 101. “Most human beings have no idea what musicians do. People have a tendency to think that it’s magic, which it is, in a way, but there’s a whole process that goes into it,” Larson says. “Musicians start out with the same source material and before performing, they talk about how and why they wrote the song. It’s like the audience gets a chance to see what goes on inside their heads.” If it sounds like a classroom, fear not. Fans of the club don’t take themselves too seriously, and Bushwick also happens to throw really, really fun parties. During intermission, three members of the audience were invited on stage to compete for prizes game-show style. The next event, which happens to fall on Halloween, will tackle Stephen King’s Carrie—with a makeshift prom, neon lights and DJs playing pop hits from yesteryear. Of course, there will still be nearly a dozen musicians belting out original songs based on teenage isolation, blood and high school, as well. While Larson jokes that this evening may not be “educational,” it should get to the heart of the Bushwick ideology: Reading should be fun. Upcoming Bushwick events: 9/25 at 7:30 p.m. Original music inspired by A Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (Dusty Strings, Fremont, 3406 Fremont Ave. N; 206.634.1662; dustystrings.com). 10/31 at 7:30 p.m. Original music inspired by Stephen King’s Carrie (Hale’s Palladium, Fremont, 4301 Leary Way NW; 206.782.0737; halesbrewery.com). Game Nights in Seattle On almost any given evening, Trekkies, techies or pop culture aficionados can find late-night pub quizzes. Chalk it up to Seattle’s top ranking as the “best read city” in the states (take that, Alexandria, Virginia!) or to the fact that by the time you finish this sentence, three new bars have probably opened in your neighborhood. Trivia Mondays at Blue Star Café & Pub (Wallingford, 4512 Stone Way N; 206.548.0345; bluestarcafeandpub.com) Trivia Tuesdays at Ballard Loft (5105 Ballard Ave. NW; 206.420.2737; ballardloft.com) Trivia Tuesdays at Buckley’s (Belltown, 2331 Second Ave.; 206.588.8879; buckleysseattle.com) Trivia Tuesdays at Pies & Pints (Ravenna, 1215 NE 65th St.; 206.524.7082; piesandpints.com) Trivia Wednesdays at 95 Slide (Capitol Hill, 722 E Pike St.; 206.338.7666; 95slide.com) Trivia Thursdays at Unicorn (Capitol Hill, 1118 E Pike St.; 206.325.6492; unicornseattle.com) Full-tilt Nightcaps Pass the time with a pocket full of quarters and a pint of your favorite brew at these retro pinball saloons and their most popular games. The Addams Family at Shorty’s Belltown, 2222 Second Ave.; 206.441.5449; shortydog.com Lord of the Rings and Medieval Madness at Full Tilt Ballard, 5453 Leary Ave. NW; 206.297.3000; fulltilticecream.com Medieval Madness and Fathom at Add-A-Ball Fremont, 315 N 36th St., No. 2B; 206.696.1613; add-a-ball.com A Cryptic Race Against Time The clock is ticking in one of the rooms at Seattle’s Puzzle Break, and that means you only have 60 minutes to unlock a witch’s spell over a kingdom, escape from an underwater laboratory—or more literally, unlock the room you are in. Search for cryptic clues (sometimes hidden right in front of you) and put your team’s collective IQ to the test for a mind-bending night out. Friday–Sunday. “The Grimm Escape” starts at 6 p.m., “Escape from 20,000 Leagues” at 7 p.m. $30/person. 18 and older, 16–17 years old with guardian. Capitol Hill, 1423 10th Ave.; 716.795.2759; puzzlebreak.us Virtual programming creates new opportunities for Seattle arts organizations Digital programs allow groups to reach new audiences Virtual Entertainment, Digital Programming, Performing Arts, Arts Organizations Remembering Old Seattle Ron Chew’s memoir is a deeply personal look at the tight-knit Asian American community in Seattle Book Excerpt, Seattle, Ron Chew Leo Shallat Makes Art for All with Intricate Public Murals Shallat is a muralist and multi-disciplinary artist based in Seattle, creating works ranging from wall paintings to murals that span entire buildings art, Murals Arts groups use skill and imagination during the pandemic By: Heidi Mills Struggling arts organizations pull out all the stops	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2098
__label__cc	0.708926	0.291074	Strategies and Reports Australian Seed Bank Online bushfires Archive Looking for something specific? Please get in touch with us anytime. We'd be glad to assist! You are here: Home / bushfires Banking on seeds for bushfire recovery – Insuring against future loss In response to the devastating bushfires in 2019–2020, the Australian Government committed $50 million to the Wildlife and Habitat Bushfire Recovery Program. This investment will support the… Partnership statement on seed banks responding to bushfires and COVID-19 The 16th of April 2020 marked the beginning of the Royal Commission into the “Black Summer” bushfires which saw more than 10 million hectares of the… Archives Select Month December 2020 (1) June 2020 (1) May 2020 (1) March 2020 (1) February 2020 (3) January 2020 (1) October 2019 (1) With your help, no more Australian flora need become extinct. The Australian Seed Bank Partnership’s underpins a national effort to conserve Australia’s native plant diversity through collaborative and sustainable seed collecting, banking, research and knowledge sharing. Our vision is a future where Australia’s native plant diversity is valued, understood and conserved for the benefit of all. Resources available to support flora conservation activities are diminishing at a time when demands on seedbanks and related expertise are increasing in responses to the bushfire crisis, in supporting other ecological restoration challenges and in building awareness, knowledge and capability in our community. You can make a direct contribution to this important work. © Copyright 2021 Australian Seed Bank Partnership \| All Rights Reserved \| Privacy and Disclaimer \| Silvercode	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2101
__label__cc	0.735024	0.264976	Dr.A.K. Kriplani Laparoscopic Surgeon, Delhi MBBS, MS (Gen Sur), FIAGES, FALS, FICLS Practice Info Dr. A. K. Kriplani is a leading and nationally recognised Laparoscopic and Gastrointestinal surgeon. He is one among the first surgeons to introduce laparoscopic surgery to the Indian Sub-continent. He has an extensive experience and specialized in Laparoscopic gastrointestinal surgeries including anti-reflux procedures, gastric and esophageal surgery and colonic resections. He is known to be first in the country to perform laparoscopic adrenalectomy, laparoscopic splenectomy and laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy for renal transplants. Dr. Kriplani has been principle investigator for various research projects. He has made a number of publications and co-authored over 70 scientific research papers in national and international journals. He is honourably invited extensively all over the country and internationally for delivering guest lectures and demonstrating live laparoscopic surgeries. Languages : English, Hindi Laparoscopic Live Donor Nephrectomy Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication Nissen Fundoplication Mini Laparoscopic surgery Laparoscopic Hellers Cardiomyotomy Thoracoscopic Oesophagectomy Laparoscopic Colon and Small Bowel Resecions Thoracoscopic Thymectomy Laparoscopic Live donor Nephrectomy for Renal Transplant Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Roux En Y MBBS from Ravishankar University in Raipur, Madhya Pradesh MS (Surgery) from Ravishankar University in Raipur, Madhya Pradesh FIAGES, FALS, FICLS Noble Hospital, Faridabad Sector-14 Market, Faridabad, Haryana - 121007 Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science & Research, Delhi B-16, Qutab Institutional Area, Delhi, Delhi - 110016 WED, SAT Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon Opp HUDA City Centre Metro Station, Sector 44, Gurgaon, Haryana - 122002 MON, TUE, THU, FRI He is the first in the country to perform laparoscopic adrenalectomy, laparoscopic splenectomy and laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy for renal transplant with extensive experience in laparoscopic gastrointestinal surgery including laparoscopic anti-reflux procedure, gastric and esophageal surgery and colonic resections He has been invited extensively all over the country and internationally for delivering guest lectures and demonstration of live laparoscopic surgeries in teaching sessions and has been invited faculty for more than 120 workshops / guest lectures / key-note addresses etc Gold medals for first position in Physiology and Pathology "eMedinews Distinguished Speakers of the year 2010" awarded during the "2nd eMedinews Revisiting 2010", 9th January 2011, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi Best Citizens of India Award in 2009 by International Publishing House, New Delhi "eMedinews Distinguished Speakers of the year 2009" awarded during the eMedinews CME "revisiting 2009", 10th January 2010, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi Distinguished Service Award by the IMA Academy of Medical Specialties, National body of the Indian Medical Association, July 1st 2007, New Delhi Best paper award in the International Cancer Congress (UICC) in the gastro-intestinal surgery section on “surgical options in the management of gallbladder carcinoma” New Delhi in 1996 Dr. S.R. Joglekar Award for the best article of the year published in the Indian Journal of Surgery on “Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: An Experience at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi” in 1994 He has received may honors and awards for his work in the field of laparoscopic surgery He has received many International awards and honors including the prestigious Dr. S.R. Joglekar Award and Dr. N. Sethuraman Oration Dr Kriplani has been the principal investigator for numerous research projects He has published and co-authored more than 70 scientific research papers in international and national journals and chapters in books and is one of the country’s leading laparoscopic surgeon Life Member, Association of Surgeons of India (ASI) Life Member, Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endo-Surgeons (IAGES) Life member, Asia Pacific Hernia Society (APHS) Founder Member, Hernia Society of India (HSI) affiliated to Asia Pacific Hernia Society Life member, Obesity Surgery Society of India (OSSI) affiliated to International Federation for Surgery of Obesity (IFSO) Life member, Indian Association of Surgical Oncology (IASO) Life member, Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology (IASG) Your participation in the survey will help other patients make informed decisions. You will also be helping Dr.A.K. Kriplani and his staff know how they are doing and how they can improve their services. How was your experience with Dr.A.K. Kriplani? Dr.A.K. Kriplani's Hospital/Clinic & Staff Experience with Dr.A.K. Kriplani Likelihood of recommending Dr.A.K. Kriplani to family and friends Most Viewed Laparoscopic Surgeons in Delhi Dr. Vijay Arora MS, FRCS, FACS, FICS, FACRSI, FRCS (Glasgow) Dr. Rathindra Sarangi Dr.B.B. Agarwal MS, FIMSA, Dip Yoga (Gold Medalist) Dr. Pradeep Chowbey MS, MNAMS, FRCS (London), FIMSA, FAIS, FICS, FACS, FIAGES, FALS Dr.P.K. Mishra Get an answer immediately from board certified doctors. Laparoscopic Surgery related Specialities General Surgeons , Laparoscopic Surgeons , Micro Surgeons , Vascular Surgeons , Robotic Surgeons , General & Laparoscopic Surgeons , Bariatric & Metabolic Surgeons , Minimal Access Surgeons , Transplant surgeons , Minimal Invasive Surgeons	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2102
__label__cc	0.679211	0.320789	2 October 2000 New integrated optics architecture including onboard sensing elements Colleen Mary Fitzpatrick, Mohammed Abid, Greg Netherwood, Roland A. Levy Colleen Mary Fitzpatrick,1 Mohammed Abid,1 Greg Netherwood,1 Roland A. Levy2 2New Jersey Institute of Technology (United States) Proceedings Volume 4092, Novel Optical Systems Design and Optimization III; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.402412 As fiber optics transformed the telecommunications industry, integrated optics is enabling dramatic advances in the speed of optical networks. This new technology is also leading to compact optical sensors for physics, chemistry and biology. Ideally, an integrated optics sensor would be self-contained, with the light source, detectors, and other electronic elements incorporated on the same integrated optics platform as the optical waveguides themselves. However, many challenges remain in the fabrication of fully integrated optoelectronic sensors. In this paper, we present innovative approaches in integrated optics packaging technology we have developed for fabricating integrated optics sensors for navigation, guidance, and combustion microdiagnostics. As an example, we will focus on the development of the RB-3, a three-axis rotation sensor we developed under funding from the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground. Besides innovations in optical layout, our design approach presents new possibilities as well as challenges for photonic integrated,incorporating active detection elements directly onboard the integrated optics chip (IOC) platform. Eliminating the fiber pigtails which would normally carry the optical output to an external detection scheme not only adds ruggedness to the sensor, it also allows a reduction in size and mass. With this configuration, the incorporation of the IOC into a larger system only requires electrical inputs and output to the IOC, eliminating all but the input fiber pigtail from the light source. In describing the on-board detectors system, we include a description of the chemical dry etching and micropositioning techniques we have developed, as well as the wirebonding schemes we used to interface the detectors with external electronics. We also briefly discuss the engineering of the sensor package and the external housing. We finally give a summary of some of the challenges that remain to the practical implementation of fully integrated optics sensors which include onboard light sources and other electronic components. Colleen Mary Fitzpatrick, Mohammed Abid, Greg Netherwood, and Roland A. Levy "New integrated optics architecture including onboard sensing elements", Proc. SPIE 4092, Novel Optical Systems Design and Optimization III, (2 October 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.402412 Multi-wavelength mid-IR light source for gas sensing Recent progress in glass integrated optical circuits Sensitivity dependence with respect to diaphragm dimensions in a glass... Silicon photonics applications, recent results, and integration challenges as... Fluorescence-based optochemical sensor on flexible foils Integrated optics in silicon: coming of age Colleen Mary Fitzpatrick, Mohammed Abid, Greg Netherwood, Roland A. Levy, "New integrated optics architecture including onboard sensing elements," Proc. SPIE 4092, Novel Optical Systems Design and Optimization III, (2 October 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.402412	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2106
__label__wiki	0.819289	0.819289	Harbhajan Singh and Geeta Basra to distribute ration to 5000 families in Jalandhar The former and current Indian cricketers are trying their best to help the Government and the poor and the needy people during the Coronavirus pandemic. While many have duly donated to the PM CARES and CM Relief Funds, few have taken care of the on ground families who are struggling due to nationwide lockdown. Now Harbhajan Singh and his wife and Bollywood actress Geeta Basra have come forward to help the families in Jalandhar. The couple, on Sunday, announced that they will be distributing ration to 5000 families in Jalandhar and play their part in helping the poor people during these crisis times. Interestingly, Harbhajan is currently staying in Mumbai and has been coordinating with his close friends in Jalandhar to help the people. He has also spoken to Punjab Police regarding the same and his friends will be doing the job on behalf of him. “I used to live in Daulatpuri earlier. My close friends today completed distribution of dry ration to 500 families in that area. I have personally spoken to DC (Punjab Police) Jalandhar. My team of friends will be following his instructions and accordingly food packets will be distributed,” he was quoted as saying by the Times of India. Earlier, on Sunday, the 39-year-old also took to Twitter to let his fans and followers know about the noble cause and prayed to God for the well being of everyone. Satnam waheguru.. bas Himmat hosla dena 🙏🙏 @Geeta_Basra and I pledge to distribute ration to 5000 families from today 🙏🙏 May waheguru bless us all pic.twitter.com/s8PDS9yet1 — Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) April 5, 2020 I can’t see my own people suffer, says Harbhajan Singh Harbhajan Singh will be distributing 5 kg of rice, flour, oil and other essential ingredients which are required for daily survival. The cricketer also informed that he will continue to feed the needy people until normalcy returns. “We are distributing 5kg of rice, flour, oil and other essential cooking ingredients. This endeavour will continue for the time being. “I am still very attached to Jalandhar as I divide my time between Mumbai and Jalandhar. A part of me resides there and I can’t see my own people suffer. Cricket has given me a lot and this is the least I could do. I wanted to ensure that if I am able to help, it should reach people directly and thanks to Punjab Police and my childhood friends, we have started off well. But a lot of work still needs to be done,” the off-spinner further added. ‘This isn’t the first time the crowd is doing this nonsense’- Harbhajan Singh slams drunk Australian fans I didn’t trust my technique after Harbhajan Singh dismissed me for the first time: Ricky Ponting ‘Bhai Sahb itni angreji’ – Harbhajan Singh gives Mohammad Kaif a tongue-in-cheek moment Harbhajan Singh only Indian cricketer from 2003 World Cup squad to not have retired Twitter brutally trolls Harbhajan Singh after spinner asks whether Indians need Covid-19 vaccine ‘This isn’t the first time the crowd is doing this... I didn’t trust my technique after Harbhajan Singh ... ‘Bhai Sahb itni angreji’ – Harbhajan Singh gives M... Harbhajan Singh only Indian cricketer from 2003 Wo... Twitter brutally trolls Harbhajan Singh after spin... ‘One guy cannot win you the game’ – Harbhajan Sing... Harbhajan Singh picks India’s openers for the Test... India can expect quick runs from Rohit Sharma just... Virat Kohli’s absence provides an opportunity to K... Suryakumar Yadav is the Indian AB de Villiers: Har...	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2109
__label__cc	0.672307	0.327693	Umar Akmal finally opens up about his spot-fixing allegations Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal has had some troubling months lately. He was suspended by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) with allegations of the spot-fixing scandal. After being quiet initially, the Pakistan batsman has finally revealed that he thinks that it is a conspiracy has been made against him. According to the report published in Cricket Pakistan, Umar Akmal has denied all the charges and the claims against him. He is also very stubborn about the fact that he didn’t do anything wrong and considers the entire case to be a conspiracy just to get him trapped. He denied all the claims of spot-fixing and also denied being involved in such activities when he was questioned by the Anti-corruption Unit (ACU) officials. Umar Akmal says that the spot-fixing charges are a conspiracy against him ACU officials had previously said that they have quite solid evidence to support their claim against the batsman. They had stated that they have evidence that included phone calls and other proofs. However, ACU officials didn’t present any of the evidence during the investigation as the report did not include the phone call recordings. The PCB had charged Akmal with two breaches of Article 2.4.4 of the PCB Anti-Corruption Code in two unrelated incidents. Article 2.4.4 of the PCB Anti-Corruption Code reads as: “Failing to disclose to the PCB Vigilance and Security Department (without unnecessary delay) full details of any approaches or invitations received by the Participant to engage in Corrupt Conduct under this Anti-Corruption Code” After being asked if he had met any suspicious individuals, Akmal revealed that he interacts with a lot of people as he goes to a lot of parties. He also added that he likes going for parties where he could have met some individuals who were involved in such activities. He also said that people take a lot of pictures with him but he doesn’t know them personally. On further investigation, Akmal also revealed that he had met one of them due to some personal reasons. He also gave the details about the meeting to the investigation officer. The batsman was suspended by the PCB right before the Pakistan Super League and had to miss the tournament. ‘Even the reduced 18 months ban is hard on him’ – Kamran Akmal dissatisfied over PCB’s actions towards Umar Akmal ‘Look how Inzi bhai handled Shoaib Akhtar and Shahid Afridi’ – Kamran Akmal believes brother Umar should’ve been treated better Umar Akmal challenges his three-year corruption ban ‘Thought he was arrogant, I had to use stronger words’ – Mickey Arthur on his fallout with Umar Akmal ‘Talent by itself is so so inadequate,’ – Harsha Bhogle and Aakash Chopra react on Umar Akmal’s ban ‘Even the reduced 18 months ban is hard on him’ – ... ‘Look how Inzi bhai handled Shoaib Akhtar and Shah... Umar Akmal challenges his three-year corruption ba... ‘Thought he was arrogant, I had to use stronger wo... ‘Talent by itself is so so inadequate,’ – Harsha B... ‘He deserved the punishment’ – Zaheer Abbas and Ja... Umar Akmal deserved three-year ban for justifying ... PCB bans Umar Akmal for three years from all forms... ‘Umar Akmal should not be allowed to come back int... Ramiz Raja wants Pakistan PM Imran Khan to pass le...	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2110
__label__cc	0.728216	0.271784	Recent headlines and news,Premier league, champions league, European and world football football news. May 27, 2020\| SPORTSCARDBLOGS\| 0 Comment Head-Direct HiFiMan HM-602 Digital Audio Player Head-Direct’s HiFiMan HM-602 is the second in a growing line of perfectionist-quality portable music players designed by Fang Bian, a 31-year-old audiophile and student of nanotechnology at the City University of New York’s Hunter College. Bian’s first HiFiMan design was the larger, heavier, more versatile HM-801 ($790; see my review here). In building the HM-602, Fang sacrificed the ‘801’s removable amplifier module, 15V rechargeable battery, and coaxial input, thus creating a smaller, more portable product. Much sleeker and less substantial than the ‘801, the HM-602 measures approximately 4″ L by 2.5″ W by 1″ D and weighs just 7oz—it can rest comfortably in the palm of a hand or a coat’s inner pocket. Overall, the HM-602 has a handsome, rather serious appearance: With its gold controls and its fine metallic finish, which at times seems a deep green and at others takes on a smoky charcoal, the HM-602, like its predecessor, exhibits an air of elegance and sophistication. And while the HM-801 proudly takes after Sony’s famed Walkman—Fang Bian once owned every available model of the now-discontinued portable cassette player—the HM-602 much more closely resembles Apple’s iPod Classic. On its front panel, below the 2″ LCD screen, the HM-602 has a four-way control ring similar to the iPod’s scroll wheel, and three sliding switches: Power, Hold (deactivates controls while music is playing), and DAP/USB. The HM-602 is equipped with an inexpensive 5V, 1A power charger. On a full charge, the battery is good for about 10 hours of music, but be sure to keep the battery charged before any long listening session. As I discovered, the HM-602 doesn’t shut down gracefully: One quiet afternoon, while casually listening to music, I was terrified by what sounded like a loud, violent siren announcing the end of the world. Fight-or-flight took over—I ran from the kitchen toward my bedroom, where the sound seemed to have originated. Once there, standing in the doorway between bedroom and listening room, I realized that the music had come to an end, and that the awful sound was actually coming from my speakers. I turned to the HiFiMan and noticed that its battery had run dry, thus causing the player to send out a death signal. Fang Bian might consider augmenting his player with some sort of soft mute to avoid any catastrophic damage to speakers—or to their owners. According to Bian, the HM-602 is the first portable music player to use the Philips TDA-1543, a 1990s-vintage 16-bit DAC chip, which, he says, offers a sound similar to that of the Burr-Brown PCM1704 in the HM-801. For its amplifier section, the HM-602 uses a Burr-Brown OPA2107 op-amp. There’s a headphone output, a 1/8″ line input, a five-pin mini data exchange port for transferring music files from a computer, and a slot that accepts SD cards up to Class 4 32GB HDSD (cards not included). The HM-602 also offers 16GB of onboard memory for storing MP3, WAV, OGG, and 24-bit/96kHz FLAC files. Whereas the ‘801 boasts a modular amplifier design, the HM-602 has a High/Low Gain switch that allows the player to drive both high-sensitivity in-ear monitors and most full-size headphones. Finally, like the ‘801, the HM-602 has a USB DAC port, so that you can, you know, feed it data from a computer. But I didn’t do that. Instead, I primarily used the HiFiMan HM-602 as I do my iPod Nano: as a portable music player, and as a dedicated source in my main system. Over time, in both applications, the HiFiMan distinguished itself as the more engaging player, with enhanced bass weight and control; a more expansive soundstage; larger, more precisely placed images; and a richer, fuller overall sound. In direct comparisons, the iPod consistently sounded restricted and more mechanical, with less clarity and definition. Additionally, and most important, the HiFiMan exhibited a greater sensitivity to nuances of tonal color, enabling it to reveal deeper levels of musical meaning. Through the HiFiMan, music made more sense and was therefore more enjoyable and more enriching. Each time I went back to the HiFiMan, I suddenly felt more relaxed and more engaged. My body was talking to me, and it was saying, “This is right.” Previous Previous post: Aurender N10 music server Next Next post: Recommended Components: 2019 Edition TNA Knockout Suffers Broken Jaw, Latest Episode Of Spin Cycle Online, More SmackDown Star Lands Role In Nickelodeon Series, SmackDown Sets New Low Former WWE Writer Comments On McCool's Position & Relationship With Taker News On Awesome Kong Debuting For WWE, Update On Talent Pulled From Rumble Copyright 2019 - Event Planner WordPress Theme	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2111
__label__cc	0.677485	0.322515	Sproull Solicitors LLP Disputed Wills Elderly Clients Divorce & Relationship Conveyancing Jargon How we Charge What to do if you are unhappy with us Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share via Email It’s all junk mail, right? With the increasing use of email and other methods of communication, a lot of the stuff we receive via ordinary post tends to be junk mail. There are, however, some things that come in the post that really matter including correspondence from the Court. If somebody, for example, pursues you for a debt and you ignore correspondence from the Court, you are likely to have a County Court Judgment entered against you. This will have an effect on your credit rating and your ability to obtain a loan or a mortgage, for example. Over the past four years, the number of County Court Judgments has risen by 59% with more than a million judgments issued in 2016. Although the Law Society is lobbying for consumers to be alerted of claims by email as well as by post, there is currently no requirement to do so. A County Court Judgment can remain on your record for many years even if the paperwork was sent to the wrong address. Some people may think that making sure a creditor does not have their address is an advantage to them, but if a County Court Judgment is entered against you as a result, you may have difficulty in getting rid of it. Remember, the post still matters! Any concerns, please contact Georgina Allen on <http://www.privatedaddy.com/?q=c0B-2FJ2dyUB9tDzw-2BTDltZkBqdVlQaDg-3D_19> or call 01208 72328 For more articles visit the BLOG /Facebook@Twitter © Copyright Sproull Solicitors LLP 2018. Designed in Cornwall by Flying Flounder IT Please note - this website does not provide legal advice. If you would like advice, please contact us. Sproull Solicitors LLP is a limited liability partnership incorporated in England and Wales (number OC307155) whose registered office is at 8 Fore Street, Camelford, Cornwall PL32 9PG where a list of members can be inspected. Our VAT number is 144-3500-02. We are authorised and regulated by the Solicitors' Regulation Authority.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2112
__label__wiki	0.83246	0.83246	Singapore shares ease; Keppel hits 2-1/2-month high http://str.sg/ZZiQ SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore shares weakened slightly on Thursday, trailing behind other markets in Asia that were boosted by the latest Federal Reserve note of caution on raising interest rates. The benchmark Straits Times Index was down 0.4 per cent to 3,196.03 points by midday, led by heavy losses in the inter-linked Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd, Jardine Strategic Holdings Ltd and Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd. Shares in conglomerate Keppel Corporation edged up 0.4 per cent to an intra-day high of $11.04, a level unseen since Jan 22, after the company announced late on Wednesday that it has entered into an agreement to manage a large shipyard in China. Analysts expect the partnership with Titan Petrochemical Group to help Keppel, the world's top offshore jack-up drilling rig builder, stay ahead of competition which has been brought on by a number of upcoming offshore rig builders in China. "Rather than fighting the trend of offshore vessel construction moving to China, Keppel appears to be positioning itself to ride the trend given this latest agreement with Titan and Keppel's current expansion of its Natong yard," analysts at Religare Capital Markets said in a note. Twelve out of 25 analysts have a "buy" rating on Keppel, eight recommend a "strong buy" and five a "hold", Thomson Reuters data showed. In other stocks, CapitaMalls Asia jumped as much as nearly 4 per cent to S$1.83, the highest since late February.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2117
__label__cc	0.745896	0.254104	Florida Panthers vs Chicago Blackhawks 19:00 - BB&T Center, Sunrise, United States Florida Panthers vs Nashville Predators 19:00 - BB&T Center, Sunrise, United States Fri Feb 5 Sun Feb 7 Florida Panthers vs Detroit Red Wings 15:00 - BB&T Center, Sunrise, United States Tue Feb 9 Florida Panthers vs Tampa Bay Lightning 19:00 - BB&T Center, Sunrise, United States Tue Feb 16 Tampa Bay Lightning vs Florida Panthers 19:00 - Amalie Arena, Tampa, United States From USD142.59 Rs.10,662.98 Florida Panthers vs Dallas Stars 19:00 - BB&T Center, Sunrise, United States Dallas Stars vs Florida Panthers 19:00 - American Airlines Center, Dallas, United States Thu Apr 1 Sat Apr 3 Florida Panthers vs Columbus Blue Jackets 19:00 - BB&T Center, Sunrise, United States Sun Apr 4 Thu May 6 One of the youngest teams in NHL history, now you can enjoy all Florida Panthers games right here on StubHub! Catch your tickets and see your favorite team live at the BB&T Center! The Panthers was founded by Blockbuster Video magnate Wayne Huizenga, in 1993. They have had an uneven ride since their beginnings, particularly in the early two thousands. The 2000s were characterized by its volatility because of a string of seasons with really bad results. Things were starting to look really ugly and so the team's upper management started to take action. Three different coaches from were brought in over a three-year period starting in the 2010-11 season, (Dale Tallon, Kevin Dineen and Peter Horachek) which further illustrated the delicate shape the team was in. Draft picks Nick Bjugstad, Erick Gudbranson and Quinton Howden, and off-season acquisitions Michael Grabner and Steve Bernier, some of the most notable players at the time unfortunately did little to turn things around. This was clear when the Panthers finished 29th out of 30 teams in the 2013-14 season. Despite these results, it is clear that this team is hungry for success and it’s inching for an opportunity to rise up from the ashes. Get your Florida Panthers tickets today and get ready for the ultimate comeback! Buy tickets for Florida Panthers at StubHub US	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2119
__label__cc	0.601674	0.398326	News Sports Entertainment Lifestyle Nation / World Obituaries E-Edition Legals Test Drive column: All-new 2020 Cadillac XT6 AWD Greg Zyla Entry price: $52,695 Price as tested: $63,810 This week we drive the all-new 2020 Cadillac XT6, the largest of the three new “XT” Cadillac SUVs and the only one that features three rows of seating. Our tester arrived in mid level AWD Premium Luxury trim that starts at $55,690. To better explain Cadillac’s new XT family, it includes the small X4 Crossover/SUV, Compact X5 and Midsize X6. All are front-wheel drive platform Cadillacs unless you opt for the AWD model that adds additional traction to the rear wheels via a dual clutch 4x4 unit. With XT4 and XT5 utilizing a similar yet very impressive front end styling, the XT6 features a more chiseled, straight up front end design that gives it a dignified look. These smaller Cadillac SUVs join flagship full size Escalade (116-inch wheelbase) and stretched Escalade ESV (130-inch wheelbase), which are the ultra-prominent, beyond full size members with 420 horse V8 power under the hood. As for sibling wheelbase comparisons the XT4 is 109.4 inches while the XT5 is 112.5 inches, a mere two tenths of an inch less than the XT6. XT6 offers decent room in that third row seat for medium to smaller passengers although it’s a bit snug for 6-footers and up. On the plus side, no other third row SUV in this class offers more headroom than the X6, a noted advantage, and the ultra view power sunroof reaches all the way back to the third row passengers. The Cadillac XT4 and XT5 offer three trims, specifically Luxury, Premium Luxury and Sport while the XT6 is available only in two trims, notably Premium Luxury and Sport, the latter the most expensive of the trim lines. As we mentioned in our review of the XT4 a few months back, Sport trim Cadillacs are now the top line models in both Cadillac SUV and sedan offerings. This major trim turnaround is to better compete with the European luxury sport models ala Jaguar, Range Rover, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, Porsche and even Maserati and Alfa Romeo, all of which offer performance SUV models. Most notable are the modern day sport luxury V-Line Cadillac cars that utilize powerful V8s and most recently twin turbo V6s that are prized possessions of Cadillac enthusiasts. However, there’s no V-line yet in the midsize Cadillac SUVs, although I’m hoping to see a V-line V6 twin-turbo make an XT6 appearance in the future. The 2020 XT6 is indeed an all new, great looking midsize SUV that comes with a host of standard luxury features, from most every high tech driver assist safety items to a beautifully stitched leather interior that screams Cadillac opulence. Power comes from the 310-horsepower 3.6-liter V6 that is the only engine available, which to me is XT6’s only Achilles heel. The XT5 offers two engines, including a turbocharged inline-4 which happens to be the only engine available in the XT4, or the identical V6 that powers the XT6. Torque is good at 271 lb. ft. while the 9-speed automatic shifts effortlessly with a manual mode shift gate available. By this point some readers have figured out that the XT5 Cadillac is the only trim that gives the consumer a choice of engines. Which brings us to the big question thus far: Is the XT5 a better buy than both the X4 and X6 based on engine choices and the fact that the XT6 is only two tenths of an inch longer in wheelbase than the XT5? As for price, the XT4 starts at $35,695, the XT5 at $44,095 while the XT6 starts at $52,695. With this in mind, I’d test drive all three and then make a choice. Underneath, a MacPherson strut front setup couples with a multi-link rear suspension making for a very smooth yet snug driving experience. The standard 20-inch Michelin tires assist in cornering grip and highway cruising and the optional polished alloy wheels for $2,095 more really enhance XT6s looks. It’s a very expensive, nonessential upgrade, but a Cadillac with spoke chrome style polished alloys is to me a Cadillac necessity. Still, at more than $2,000, I understand some reluctance. Fuel mileage is acceptable at 17 city 24 highway, and the XT6 has already been awarded the Insurance Institute Highway Safety award for all vehicles built since 2019. Notable is that the XT6 can be ordered without the third row if desired and as for major differences between the Premium Luxury and Sport trims, it’s all cosmetic and not a performance enrichment. Instead of listing over 75 standard amenities and safety items (we just don’t have the space), we’ll list the options on our X6 that help make it the special vehicle it is. First is a $2,300 Advanced Visibility and Tech package that adds a rear-camera mirror with washer, 8-inch color gauge cluster, automatic parking assist with braking, rear pedestrian alert, HD surround vision, and a surround vision recorder. Next is a $1,300 Driver Assist auto seat belt tightening, adaptive smart cruise, advanced automatic emergency braking and reverse automatic braking. Then for $1,000 more, the Cadillac User Experience adds embedded navigation and a great sounding Bose Performance Series 14-speaker upgrade that replaces the 8-speaker standard Bose surround stereo. For $750, an air quality package features heated rear outboard seats, air ionizer and ventilated front seating. The last option is a Manhattan Noir Metallic paint for an additional $625 that when combined with $995 delivery, the final retail comes in at $63,810. (Check with your Cadillac dealer for current incentives on both lease and buy programs). Important numbers include a wheelbase of 112.7 inches, 4,644 lb. curb weight, from 12.6 to 78.7 cu. ft. of cargo space, and a 22 gallon fuel tank. In summary, the 2020 XT6 Premium Luxury is indeed a special Cadillac SUV, yet it’s only lack is a more powerful engine option, especially considering even an Alfa Romeo Stelvio offers a Ferrari inspired 505 horses. If you’re not interested in higher horsepower, then the Cadillac XT family is sure to be a popular consumer choice both domestically and overseas. Still, I predict you’ll see a 400-plus horsepower XT6-V line soon. Likes: Great all-new looks, standard luxury/safety features, third row, outstanding interior. Dislikes: Can’t compete with Europeans as a 310 horse V6 won’t cut it in this price category, Sport trim not performance oriented, nothing else. © 2021 www.starcourier.com. All rights reserved.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2121
__label__wiki	0.663333	0.663333	HomeYoutuberAnushka Sen Age, Height, Boyfriend, Family, Career, Wiki, Biography and more - Stars Biowiki Anushka Sen Age, Height, Boyfriend, Family, Career, Wiki, Biography and more - Stars Biowiki Stars Biowiki Anushka Sen Biography: Anushka Sen is a popular Indian Television actress and social media star from Mumbai, India. Anushka Sen's age is 18 years old (as of 2020) and she was born on 4th August 2020 in Ranchi, Jharkhand. Anushka Sen is known for her acting as a child actress in SAB TV's popular show Baalveer. She is also a popular Youtuber and she has over 1.5 million subscribers (as of Sept. 2020) on her channel. Anushka Sen is also a social media star and she has more than 9.8 million followers (as of Sept. 2020) on her Instagram profile. Anushka Sen Career: Anushka started her acting career very early at the age of seven years old when she worked in as a child actress in Yaha Main Ghar Ghar Kheli (2009) She has worked in the 2015 Bollywood film, Crazy Cukkad Family. She was found in the lead spot of TV show Rani Laxmi Bai in Jhansi Ki Rani. She has also worked in TV serial Internet Wala Love and Devo Ke Dev Mahadev. Anushka Sen was got a nomination for ITA best child actress. Anushka Sen Age/Birthday Ranchi, India TV Actress, Social Media star Net Worth (Annual) Around Rs. 6 to 7 Cr. Not Known (Will Update soon) Ryan International School, Mumbai Pursuing her Graduation Acting and Travelling Anushka Sen Instagram: Anushka Sen is also a social media star and she has more than 9.8 million followers (as of Sept. 2020) on her Instagram profile. Mere liye tum kaafi ho 💜 A post shared by Anushka Sen (@anushkasen0408) on Sep 14, 2020 at 5:37am PDT Anushka Sen Education: Anushka Sen completed her schooling from Ryan International school in Mumbai. She has scored an amazing 89.4% in her Class 12th Board exam. Sharing her delight, the Baalveer star posted pictures and videos on her Instagram profile. Currently, she is pursuing her graduation. Anushka Sen Boyfriend and Family: Anushka Sen doesn't have any boyfriend. Anushka's father's name is Anirban Sen and her mother's name is Rajrupa Sen. Anushka Sen's best friend is Jannat Zubair and Avneet Kaur. 5’7 (Approx) 53 Kg. (Approx) Anushka Sen Youtube and Music videos: Anushka Sen and Siddharth Nigam "Gal Karke" Music video have crossed over 19 cr. views on Youtube. If you see anything that needs correction, please let us know. Please share the post with everyone. Also, check this – Ashnoor Kaur Age, Height, Boyfriend, Family, Career, Wiki, Biography, and more Thanks..! Instagram Star Tik Tok Star TV Actress Youtuber Stars Biowiki September 16, 2020 Anushka Sen Biography: Anushka Sen is a popular Indian Television actress and so… 10/random/post-list Copyright © Stars Biowiki - Biography of famous personality	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2122
__label__wiki	0.920291	0.920291	By Jessie Van Berkel Star Tribune March 16, 2018 — 11:07pm Gov. Mark Dayton proposed tax relief for 2 million Minnesotans Friday, as part of a broader proposal to increase state spending on schools, infrastructure, opioid-addiction treatment and protections for vulnerable adults. “Individual Minnesotans did not receive much, if any, benefit from the federal tax bill” signed by President Donald Trump at the end of last year, Dayton said. “This is a way of balancing it out.” Republicans quickly raised concerns about the DFL governor’s proposal, pointing to areas where it would increase taxes for some. Dayton’s plan would roll back some of the tax cuts legislators passed last year, including reductions in businesses’ property taxes and tobacco tax breaks. Dayton’s plan also calls for reinstating an old fee of about $2 for driver’s license applications and some other transactions to continue repairs to the problematic Minnesota Licensing and Registration System (MNLARS). In addition, he called for a new fee on assisted living facilities to help cover the cost of additional oversight of such facilities. “Governor Dayton’s plan is too complicated. It raises taxes. It doesn’t take responsibility for the failed DMV system, but increases fees to pay for it. It doesn’t take responsibility for elder abuse, but increases fees on nursing homes. It’s the wrong direction for Minnesota,” Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka, R-Nisswa, said in a statement. Tax cuts were one of the policy disagreements at the heart of the bitter end to last year’s legislative session, when Dayton vetoed the Legislature’s budget during negotiations and lawmakers sued him. The governor’s spending and tax plan provides a starting point for the GOP-controlled Legislature, as lawmakers attempt to rework Minnesota’s tax code in response to the federal tax overhaul. The state has to update its tax code because Minnesotans’ state taxes are based on their federal taxable income. If the Legislature does not update Minnesota’s tax code, the state would be using the old federal rules from before last year’s federal changes, creating significant confusion for tax filers and businesses. The state would pay for tax cuts by conforming with parts of the federal tax law, Revenue Department Commissioner Cynthia Bauerly said. In general, Dayton’s approach is to increase taxes on corporations with overseas investments and reduce the amount of interest that large businesses can deduct, and give the savings to most income tax filers in the form of a credit that would be worth $60 per person and $240 for a family of four. Separate state, federal taxes Dayton’s proposal would also end the relationship with federal tax rules, following 44 other states whose tax systems do not rely on the federal tax code to determine what taxpayers owe. By divorcing state taxes from federal taxes, a Minnesotan could take the standard deduction at the federal level and still report itemized deductions for their Minnesota returns, Bauerly said. Under Dayton’s plan, more than three-quarters of the state’s 2.9 million taxpayers would see a tax cut. Approximately 1.9 million families would see an average income tax cut of $117, and another 329,000 families would see an average cut of $160, Dayton said. He said he now wants to see Republicans’ proposal. Republicans will unveil theirs in the coming weeks, according to House Taxes Committee Chairman Greg Davids, R-Preston. “Republicans will focus on holding Minnesotans harmless and preventing headaches for filers next year,” Davids said in a statement. They do not plan to revisit proposals signed into law last year, such as the business property tax reduction, he said, adding: “It would be irresponsible to raise billions in taxes when we have a healthy budget surplus.” Along with the tax changes, Dayton laid out a long list of areas where he wants to spend the state’s $329 million surplus. Education and schools are a top priority, including special education, prekindergarten programs and additional school security. The budget includes nearly $16 million for school districts to bolster security, an initiative Republicans also support. The proposal also invests significantly in clean-water infrastructure, opioid-addiction treatment and prevention, public-employee pensions and statewide broadband. It designates $10 million to reimburse deputy registrars around the state affected by the glitch-plagued MNLARS rollout. “Governor Dayton’s budget proposes over a billion dollars in harmful tax increases to finance hundreds of millions of dollars in government spending, and he’s asking Minnesotans to pay more in DMV fees to clean up the MNLARS mess created by his administration. Republicans have no plans to ask Minnesotans to pay more taxes when we have a budget surplus,” House Ways and Means Chairman Jim Knoblach, R-St. Cloud, said in a statement. Knoblach said Republicans are pleased with some of Dayton’s ideas, such as money for school safety and refunds for deputy registrars. This budget proposal comes partway through the two-year budget cycle and also suggests spending for 2020 and 2021. State leaders ended last year with a projected budget deficit. But budget officials’ latest projection in February showed a relatively modest surplus of $329 million. That was lower than many lawmakers predicted, giving them less money to work with this session. Minnesota Management and Budget Commissioner Myron Frans stressed the need for a balanced budget and said this proposal accomplishes that, leaving the state $124 million in the black. “We must prepare Minnesota for any unexpected economic changes or federal policy changes and keep the state on sound financial footing,” Frans said. Staff writer J. Patrick Coolican contributed to this report. Jessie Van Berkel writes about Minnesota government and politics at the Star Tribune. She previously covered St. Paul City Hall and local government in the south metro. Jessie.VanBerkel@startribune.com jessvanb The Latest on the fallout and increased security efforts after the attack of the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump loyalists (all times local): Loews Hotels said Saturday it has canceled an upcoming fundraiser for U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, the latest fallout for the Republican lawmaker after the U.S. Capitol uprising. In his first hours as president, Joe Biden plans to take executive action to roll back some of the most controversial decisions of his predecessor and to address the raging coronavirus pandemic, his incoming chief of staff said Saturday. Dayton wants reforms on 'brutal' solitary confinement Audit calls for upgrades to Minnesota voter registration Minn. Republicans introduce legislation to fight elder abuse in senior homes Minnesota could get another Real ID extension Some in the GOP parrot far-right talk of a coming civil war • Politics Before the Capitol riot, calls for cash and talk of revolution • Politics McCollum says it was 'huge honor' to preside over impeachment debate • Politics Trump to leave Washington on morning of Biden's inauguration • Politics Trump trial pending, McConnell calls it 'vote of conscience' • Politics	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2123
__label__cc	0.517632	0.482368	Author : Alan Mindell Book Type : Fiction by Alan MindellR. A. Dickey was the first knuckleball pitcher to ever win a coveted Cy Young Award--despite spending most of his career in the minor leagues. Terry Landers, also a... by Alan Mindell R. A. Dickey was the first knuckleball pitcher to ever win a coveted Cy Young Award--despite spending most of his career in the minor leagues. Terry Landers, also a knuckleballer, is Dickey`s fictional counterpart in The Closer. The main difference, aside from winning the Cy Young, is that at age thirty-three, Terry has never played in the majors. Once he finally gets his chance, what follows is the heartwarming story of his impact both on the pitching mound and with a family in distress. Trim Size: 5.5 x 8.5 Publish Date: June 30, 2013 Imprint: Milford House Stealing First and Other Old-Time Baseball Stories by Chris Williams Whoa! You mean there actually... by Chris Williams Whoa! You mean there actually was a player that stole first base? Yes! Catch the story about the zany guy who pulled that off in Stealing First and Other Old-Time Baseball Stories... Franchisement: The Alan Gibb Story How to Make It Yours Humankind has spent cen... How to Make It Yours Humankind has spent centuries searching for ways to resolve its existential malaise and sense of futility. We have rushed to one organized corpus of thought after another—fr... Baseball Memories by Ronald Mayer A Collection of 101 Poems Celeb... by Ronald Mayer A Collection of 101 Poems Celebrating Immortal Players, Classic Games, and Wacky Events of the National Pastime Baseball Memories is a collection of 101 poems celebrating America’s ... Last Ride of the Iron Horse Last Ride of the Iron Horse tells the tale of ... Last Ride of the Iron Horse tells the tale of Lou Gehrig's final year in the Yankee lineup, as he dealt with early effects of the deadly disease ALS. A nonfiction book by Dan Joseph *** How Lou ... Baseball Under the Palms by Sam Zygner and Barbar Cabrera The History of... by Sam Zygner and Barbar Cabrera The History of Miami Minor League Baseball - The Early Years 1892 - 1960 Baseball Under the Palms: A History of Miami Minor League Baseball - The Early Years (1892-... The 1932 New York Yankees by Ronald A Mayer The Story of a Legendary Team... by Ronald A Mayer The Story of a Legendary Team, a Remarkable Season, and a Wild World Series At the outset of the Great Depression, as FDR campaigned to replace Herbert Hoover, a baseball season w... Gettysburg Eddie -- The Story of Eddie Plank by Lawrence Knorr Who is the winningest left-ha... by Lawrence Knorr Who is the winningest left-handed pitcher in Philadelphia baseball history? Who is the winningest left-handed pitcher in American League history? Who is third in wins all-time amo... Lady Moguls by William A. Cook A History of Women Who Have ... by William A. Cook A History of Women Who Have Owned Major League Baseball Teams Women have been part of the tradition and lore of the game of baseball for over the past one hundred and fifty years... Diamond Madness by William A. Cook The Strange, Rowdy, Violent ... by William A. Cook The Strange, Rowdy, Violent and sometimes Racist Relationship between Major League Fans and Players: For more than one hundred and thirty-five years baseball has been considered ...	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2126
__label__wiki	0.530884	0.530884	Buhay Pinay Join us at Facebook! featured Hong Kong News Filipina accused of stealing over $500k worth of employer’s jewels By Vir B. Lumicao Among the items allegedly stolen - and recovered - was a Piaget necklace (file photo) Another Filipina domestic helper has been charged in court for allegedly stealing an array of expensive jewelry from her employer who lives in Shek-O, valued a total of $543,000. Margie C. Tagulao appeared in Eastern Court on Jun 30, on the same day another Filipina, Carmelita Nones, was charged with stealing more than $14 million worth of valuables from her employer. Tagulao, 41, was charged before Magistrate Bina Chainrai with stealing various pieces of jewelry from the house of her employer, Yuen Lai-ka, on Big Wave Bay Road, Shek-O, between Jan 1 and Jun 9 this year. Pindutin para sa detalye! The prosecutor said the Filipina had admitted the offence to police investigators, saying she took the jewelry items and pawned them because she needed money. The defendant is accused of stealing a Piaget necklace, a diamond brooch, a pair of pearl earrings, a pair of diamond earrings, a sapphire necklace, a Bulgari necklace, a pair of rose pattern earrings, a necklace with a diamond cross pendant, a pair of diamond and pearl earrings, one 18-karat gold necklace and one black watch. Tunghayan ang isa na namang kwentong Dream Love. The prosecutor said police are still conducting investigation and tracing the rest of the stolen property, after five items were recovered from pawnshops. The recovered items were the Piaget necklace, diamond brooch, pearl earrings, diamond earrings, sapphire necklace and Bulgari necklace. The prosecution opposed bail for the defendant due to her lack of local ties, and the possibility that she would abscond. 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Lumicao Teresa dela Cruz was found unconscious in her employer's house Two Filipina domestic workers passed on two days apar... 43 people get $5k penalty tickets as police step up patrols on FDH haunts By The SUN Officers took their publicity campaign to the footbridge in Mongkok where many FDHs gather Police and teams from various gove... DH who died of heart attack flown home today By Vir B. Lumicao Salmorin, 52, was well-loved by many, including her employers A 52-year-old domestic helper from Hamtic, Antique who die... Police have right to ask for your ID, says Congen on viral video By Daisy CL Mandap Screen grab from the video shows the police pinning the woman to the ground after she tried to get away A viral video... Govt rejects weekend lockdown for FDHs, says it could be discriminatory By Daisy CL Mandap Law says there are far fewer FDHs who get infected compared to the general population Hong Kong Labour Secretary Law ... 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__label__cc	0.745827	0.254173	The vocabulary of an educated American Z.Zwierzchowski, Rzeczpospolita, Magazine, Oct 1996, p. 32, Poland translation: M.Morawska, Apr 1999 New article by Dr. Piotr Wozniak: The true history of spaced repetition Learning always requires some effort. There are no wonderful means for getting knowledge easily and certainly there won’t ever be a simple method for that. Regularity, hard work, and time devoted to learning cannot easily be substituted for anything else. To remember information and cement knowledge in memory, it is necessary to make repetitions. Experts from SuperMemo World (Polish company from Poznan) translated this obvious truth into a computer program. The program makes it possible to learn faster, for example foreign languages, and effectively retain knowledge in memory. This program, SuperMemo, is constantly being developed and improved, it is already well known in our country. SuperMemo became more visible on Polish software market after its first successes abroad. Among other things, in 1992, SuperMemo got an award in Hanover at the most popular European computer fair called CeBIT. Computer science experts in Poland started meticulous tests of the program and its claims on memory improvement. The verdict was clear-cut: this program really makes it possible to learn faster. What does SuperMemo give you? It makes it possible to learn as fast as your individual intellectual capabilities permit. You can this way spend minimum time on repetitions and on learning. The measure of SuperMemo’s effectiveness is the possibility to learn 3000 foreign words in a month spending 30 minutes per day as well as to master the vocabulary of an educated American in four years spending on learning 45 minutes per day (source). People who have tried SuperMemo confirm that with the help of this program you can really learn much faster than by using conventional methods. Obviously, learning with SuperMemo requires lots of effort too (no cheap miracles!); however, the optimization method brings tangible results that can easily be quantified. SuperMemo calculates the dates of future repetitions of individual portions of knowledge depending on how the user copes with remembering the material. A given repetition is scheduled on the day, on which information can already be "on the verge of forgetting". Since the birth of SuperMemo, the program has constantly been improved and many new versions were released. The most recent one comes also on CD-ROM. Simultaneously, new learning material collections were created, and among them Advanced English with thirty eight thousand words – one of the first English sound dictionaries in our country. SuperMemo collections can be used to learn various subjects such as: foreign languages (also trade and technical vocabulary), traffic regulations, mythology, world painting masterpieces, medicine, biochemistry, biology, etc. Last year in autumn new software codenamed Genius was developed [Genius was a precursor of SuperMemo 8], which is not limited to optimization of memorization but extends the use of the SuperMemo method to new areas. It’s designed for creating multimedia knowledge bases, self-education, courseware development, and hypermedia presentations. The most visible difference between Genius and the old line of SuperMemo is operating on data which are collected in the form of multimedia elements, connected with each other by means of hyperlinks. Knowledge systems of Genius can be composed of text, sound, graphics, animation, and video (in the most popular formats of computer files). In contrast to most popular multimedia solutions, encyclopedias, and help systems such as Microsoft Help, Microsoft Viewer, or Encarta – knowledge systems in Genius are dynamic in structure (i.e. they do not have to be compiled and can be edited interactively). Genius can be extended by adding user designed programmed objects. In practice, this makes it possible to use the system, for example, to learn touch-typing, play musical instruments, train creative capacity, etc. Naturally, the possibility of more efficient learning has not been monopolized by the company from Poznan. There are more and more companies coming with increasingly interesting multimedia offer. For example Lexland from Knurowo offers technical lexicon with 11500 entries and 450 colorful illustrations; Publishing house Verbum CD from Radom publishes an encyclopedia with 38000 entries to which one can add his own records. 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__label__cc	0.586815	0.413185	Home A & E How to Celebrate Women's History Month How to Celebrate Women's History Month Are you a living, breathing human specimen? Chances are that you are, or have encountered, a woman. Which means you have cause celebrate March, which is Women’s History Month! We’re here to give you a list of things you can do around town that show appreciate for women all month long. Grab that calendar and let’s get started. Women of the World Fashion Show In support of female refugees and in celebration of generally diverse womanhood, Women of the World will be hosting a fashion show highlighting various traditional clothing styles from Iraq, Burma, Congo, Somalia, and other places that aren’t Utah. This event “gives native Utahns an opportunity to meet, befriend, and learn about women from across the globe” and also includes speakers, ethnic food from refugee vendors, and (of course) dancing. WHEN: March 9 at 7:30 pm WHERE: Leonardo Museum (209 E. 500 South, SLC) Women Leaders and Girl Scouts “Take the Lead” Treat yourself to Thin Mints and local politics. In an inspiring follow-up to International Womens’ Day, a group of girl scouts and female government leaders, including South Salt Lake Mayor Cherie Wood, will be holding a roundtable to discuss the influence and power women have in our local community. Girls Scouts of Utah has 7,500 girls and 3,000 adult members “who believe every girl can change the world through self-discovery community service.” Feel inspired yet? Eat some more Thin Mints and then think about how much Leslie Knope would love this collaboration. WHEN: March 9 at 6:30-8:00 pm WHERE: Columbus Center (2531 S. 500 East, SLC) More info: here Screening of Saint Joan National Theatre Live and the University of Utah will be hosting a live broadcast of Bernard Shaw’s play about the historical revolutionary Joan of Arc. They describe it best when they call her a “daughter, farm girl, visionary, patriot, king-whisperer, soldier, leader, victor, icon, radical, witch, heretic, saint, martyr, woman.” Intrigued yet? WHEN: March 12:00-3:00 pm WHERE: Broadway Centre Cinema (111 East Broadway, SLC) Tickets and more info: here Celebration of Pioneer Women This is the Place/Heritage Park is hosting their educational event which celebrates the legacy of pioneer women. And, yes, it does feature in-period-costumes actors recounting the stories firsthand and fully in character. And if the promised “viewing of historical quilts” doesn’t cut it for you, rest assured they will have dessert. WHEN: March 14, 15 and 16 at 6:30 pm WHERE: Heritage Park (2601 East Sunnyside Avenue, SLC) Tickets: here Girl Power Movie Night Watch Moana (already released for rent/purchase) or 20th Century Women (available to rent/purchase March 28) if you haven’t already. One is a Pixar female-driven movie where a Polynesian princess doesn’t need True Love’s Kiss in order to sail across the ocean, defeat her demons, and we’re going to stop there before we spoil anything else for you. The other is a glorious, ensemble-cast indie film about a group of women in 1979 attempting to navigate life’s hilarity and tragedy. Both were Oscar nominees this year, and both are amazing. WHEN: It’s literally your call WHERE: Preferably in some sort of blanket fort and/or other home theater. Rent in-person at Redbox or Top Hat Video, or online at Amazon, Itunes, Google Play, etc. Pac-12 Women’s Gymnastics Championship Ah, sports! (Or the spectatorship thereof.) Don’t have time to road-trip to Stanford? That’s ok, neither do we. Luckily the internet is streaming the Pac-12 Women’s Gymanstics Championship here. Play I-Spy and see if you can spot some Utes. (They’ll be there.) WHEN: March 18 at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm WHERE: On your screen Women’s Business Forum Time to get out your best pantsuit and realize that Silicon Valley was actually inside your heart all along. If you are, or have aspirations to be, a woman in business or entrepreneurship… this is for you. The forum will include networking, a discussion on the “rippling effects women’s voices can have on essential policy decisions”, and a presentation from Patricia W. Jones, the CEO of the Women’s Leadership Institute. Who needs Mark Zuckerberg? WHEN: March 21 at 11:30 am-1:00 pm WHERE: 50 West Club and Cafe (50 Broadway, SLC) UN Women Utah Chapter: Changing Rape Culture The Utah Chapter of UNSC for UN Women (United States National Committee for UN Women) is hosting a casual chat on how we can change rape culture through activism. If that sounds too intense for you, you can also join or donate to the USNC Utah Chapter here. WHEN: March 23 at 7:00-10:00 pm WHERE: 312 E. 300 South, SLC The University of Utah is hosting a conference for, and about, female leaders. It exists to foster valuable skills and business networks. The theme of the program, including a keynote speaker, is “HER: Movement, Story, Life” which sounds like something you’d mutter during a meditative pep talk. We’re on board. WHEN: March 28 at 2:00-7:00 pm WHERE: 200 Central Campus Drive, SLC Regina Spektor at the Saltair Why not put a metaphorical cherry on top and attend a concert by the Wes-Anderson of music, Regina Spektor at the Saltair, who is a female herself? WHEN: March 31 at 8:00 pm WHERE: The Saltair (12408 West Saltair Drive, Magna) You’ve had a long month. Finish it off with a massage from one of the many women-owned local businesses, The Anatomy of Wellness. For a listing of other local businesses run by females, go here, or check out this article on 30 female Utah entrepreneurs. WHERE: 2091 E. 1300 South, Suite 203, SLC –Amy Whiting Tattoos: A Way to Memorialize Love 20decallday16janOnline Second Annual Craft Lake City Holiday Market	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2132
__label__wiki	0.867657	0.867657	Salty Popcorn > Drama \| Romance > Everything, Everything All Inclusive (2020) Followed (2020) Two By Two: Overboard! (2020) Avengers Assemble (2012) A Nightmare On Elm Street Part 2: Freddys Revenge (1986) A Simple Plan (1999) Everything, Everything Films classified 12A contain material that is not generally suitable for children aged under 12. No one younger than 12 may see a 12A film in a cinema unless accompanied by an adult. Adults planning to take a child under 12 to view a 12A film should consider whether the film is suitable for that child. To help them decide, we recommend that they check the Ratings info for that film in advance. Y:2017 96 minutes (1 hrs 36 mins) BBFC Age Rating: Released: 19th May 2017 Anika Noni Rose Danube Hermosillo Dan Payne Fiona Loewi Sage Brocklebank Robert Lawrenson Mr. Waterman Peter Benson Dr. Chase Françoise Yip Farryn VanHumbeck Marion Eisman Nurse Janet Allison Riley Police Officer #1 Valareen Friday Surf Shop Cashier This film has not been scored. What's your score? What's your score for 'Everything, Everything'? Click an icon above to rate this movie Do you have a review or comment for 'Everything, Everything'? Your Display Name: Your 140 character review: By clicking Submit you agree to our terms and conditions and privacy policy. Popularity over the last 10 days Recommend by people who also viewed 'Everything, Everything' There are no recommendations, visit a few more film to improve your recommendations engine. Top Grossing Movie Chart Position UK total gross UK Age Rating UK BBFC Certificate: 12A UK Box Office Release Breakdown UK release date: 18th August 2017 Highest chart position: 9 Weeks on box office: 2 UK Box Office Chart History 12▼ Box Office Gross Flow 18th Aug UK box office preview for weekend Friday, 6th March 2020 - Onward, Military Wives, Escape From Pretoria, The Photograph and Fantasy Island This weekend, Friday 6th March 2020, there are 5 new films released in the UK looking to hit the box office, but can it challenge The Invisible Man for the top spot? First up at cinemas this week is Onward, directed by Dan Scanlon who also directed Monsters University in 2013 which grossed £30.6 Million in the UK and grossed $744.9 Million globally. It stars Tom Holland who last starred in Dolittle (2020). The film also stars Chris Pratt who last appeared in Avengers: Endgame (2019). Next on this weeks new release schedule is Military Wives. This new movie stars Kristin Scott Thomas who's last film was Tomb Raider (2018) It also stars Sharon Horgan who appeared in Game Night (2018). The film is brought to us by Peter Cattaneo. Next up this week is Escape From Pretoria which is directed by Francis Annan and is a directorial debut. It stars Daniel Radcliffe and Ian Hart who were last seen together in Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2 which grossed £73,094,187. Also this week there is The Photograph from director Stella Meghie who also directed Everything, Everything in 2017. The film features LaKeith Stanfield and Chelsea Peretti in starring roles. The long list of new releases continues with Fantasy Island which is directed by Jeff Wadlow who directed Never Back Down in 2008. It stars Michael Peña and Maggie Q. Check back on Monday to see if these new releases enter the UK Weekend Box Office Chart. Come back next week when there are 3 new releases. Bloodshot, Wednesday, 11th March Misbehaviour, Friday, 13th March And Then We Danced, Friday, 13th March US Weekend Box Office 19th May 2016: Alien Covenant just about beats Guardians to the top In a closely fought battle for the week number one film new comer Alien: Covenant takes over from the top ending Guardians of The Galaxy Vol 2 at the top after 2 weeks. Ridley Scott brings his second Alien prequel to the big screen this week and despite reviews being a bit lacklustre the film still makes a number one debut. A weekend take of $36 million just about managed to take over at the top, it was a closely fought battle with Guardians. Guardians of The Galaxy Vol 2 move to one side after 2 weeks at the top and on its third week of release goes to number 2 with $35.062 million. This brings the films total to $301.7 million and with a unconvincing debut of the Alien movie it still doesn’t have much competition and could go back to the top next week. Also new this week is Everything, Everything at number 3 with a $12 million debut and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul at number 5 with $7.2 million. Longest running and highest total grossing movie on the US chart this week is once again Beauty and The Beast, 10 weeks and $497.7 million.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2133
__label__wiki	0.892238	0.892238	Cincinnati releases results of internal probe… Cincinnati releases results of internal probe of fire death By Associated Press and Dan Sewell \| CINCINNATI (AP) — A Cincinnati Fire Department probe of a veteran firefighter”s death found that he plunged headfirst into an elevator shaft just after a fellow firefighter wrote a warning on its door in the dark, smoky building, officials said Friday. City authorities released their preliminary report on three-decade veteran Daryl Gordon”s death March 26 in the four-alarm, early morning fire. City officials said the findings will be used to assess operating procedures, training, equipment and other factors with the goal of reducing risk to firefighters. Fire Chief Richard Braun said it was fitting it was released on Sept. 11, a special day for firefighters to remember those who died in the 2001 terror attacks and in the line of duty since. Investigators said a firefighter used a black marker to write “Do Not Enter Open Shaft” on the fifth-floor elevator door about two minutes before Gordon went through it as he searched for residents to rescue. “The visibility conditions were very poor,” said Ed Dadosky, an assistant fire chief who led an investigative group. Dadosky said heavy radio traffic interfered with efforts to broadcast an alert about the elevator. He said ways to improve communications or such markings could be among steps considered in the coming effort to develop changes to increase firefighter safety. Dadoksy also said that the elevator door resembled the kind of door on a janitor”s closet and hadn”t locked. “Suffice it to say it was easy to open,” Dadosky said, adding that it was then a very short step into the elevator shaft. Investigators said Gordon fell three floors, or 22 to 23 feet, landing wedged between the elevator car and wall. Minutes later, firefighters searching for him looked into the elevator shaft and saw a fire helmet on top of the elevator car, the report stated. Firefighters used extrication equipment, and Gordon was taken to a hospital where he died from his injuries a little more than an hour after he had first arrived at the fire scene, the report showed. The report showed that the last contact with Gordon before his fall came about a minute earlier as he encountered another firefighter escorting two residents and asked who he was. The firefighter responded, then asked who he was. “I”m Daryl Gordon,” he replied, then headed back down the fifth floor hallway, the report stated. Cincinnati investigators earlier concluded the fire”s cause was accidental, ignited by food left unattended on a stove. Three other firefighters had injuries, and three residents were treated at hospitals, the report stated. A total 21 residents were rescued. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is also investigating the fatal fire. Large crowds of Cincinnati officials, residents, and firefighters from around the country turned out for services honoring the 54-year-old Gordon, a married father of two daughters. Contact the reporter at http://www.twitter.com/dansewell Dan Sewell	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2138
__label__wiki	0.66604	0.66604	How To Play the X-Wing Series on a Modern Windows PC with a gamepad or flight stick How to Play X-Wing Series on Windows 7 (with an Xbox 360 controller) Forza Horizon – Full Soundtrack Listing and Season Pass Detailed Sneak, trick, and survive in El Hijo – A Wild West Tale, out today on PC and Stadia From Press Release: Berlin, Germany / Giebelstadt, Germany, December 3rd, 2020: The boy with the slingshot. A young child, full of hope. A trickster, as smart as he is. Inspiring all children of the West. Challenging his fate, he sneaks through the darkest places, exposing himself to wild dangers and adventures – only to finally be reunited with his mother after tragedy struck and the young family got separated. With tricky puzzles, shady monks, and dancing cowboys, playing through this gloomy, yet wholesome, adventure is a lot of fun. But what happens if a diversion fails and your fireworks hit the pecking chicken instead of an opponent? Find out for yourself and discover the Wild, Wild West. El Hijo – A Wild West Tale will be released today on Steam, Google Stadia, and GOG and is priced at $19.99, €19.99, £17.99. Sit down and buckle up for a fantastic stealth adventure. El Hijo – A Wild West Tale is a non-violent game and an engaging story of an adventurous child looking for his mother. The child sneaks past different sorts of suspicious outlaws in a series of diverse western settings. Instead of violence, the child’s imaginative playfulness is used with the help of his toys, which serve to distract his “opponents”. Using the shadows to his advantage is a core element of the game, as the young hero will often have to hide. Various twists on familiar mechanics are often a product of the challenging and increasingly dangerous environments that the 6-year-old must traverse to reach his ultimate goal. About El Hijo – A Wild West Tale: Awarded “Best Indie Game of Gamescom 2019”, El Hijo is a non-violent stealth game featuring meticulously hand-crafted levels guiding you through the story in a coherent flow, introducing challenges and threats from your surroundings, and helping you understand how to overcome them. Use the weapons of a child, toys, and mischief to deceive your adversaries and inspire other children to revolt against the ongoing injustice. Find your way out and uncover a conspiracy with roots far deeper than anyone could have imagined. Survive the Wild West with the cleverness of a young hero Explore dark monasteries, deserts, and frontier towns in a spaghetti-western world Merge with the shadows to hide from your adversaries Solve playfully tricky environmental puzzles Use a fun arsenal of tactical toys to bypass and distract diverse opponent types Inspire other children to find the path to freedom Enjoy the gripping storyline of a brave son searching for his mother © 2011-2021 Saving Content	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2144
__label__wiki	0.535897	0.535897	Old Dominion’s “Meat & Candy” (A semi-rant) Trigger Down with Pop Country 113 Comments Warning: Language. Citizens of the world and distinguished country music fans: do everyone alive today and all future generations a generous deed, and if you find a copy of this album in anyone’s home, vehicle, place of work, or digital music library, for the love of all peace-loving humanity, don’t fuck them. There’s not a single song on Old Dominion’s new album Meat and Candy that shouldn’t have been aborted in the womb. This is the type of material professional songwriters throw together to crack themselves up in writing sessions to lighten the mood. But in an utter breakdown in the system, it somehow found its way completely unabridged onto a record, encompassing the entirety of the material from cover to cover, and offered with the hopes of being taken seriously by idiots whose first introduction to country music ever was Luke Bryan. Country music already had an ultra-urban, metrosexed anti-country solo superstar in Sam Hunt, and a pair of nimrod wannabe cracker rappers crotch stuffing the duo space in Florida Georgia Line. So hell, why not launch a group with the same calculating and vacuous nature to stupefy idiots even further into thinking any of this nonsense has anything to do with country music? And boom, here comes Old Dominion, made up of two professional songwriters in Trevor Rosen and Matthew Ramsey who’ve previously written bullshit songs for Sam Hunt and Luke Bryan, a few spare part musicians thrown in there so they can qualify for “group” distinction come awards show time, and hook them up with who else but puppetmaster extraordinaire Shane McAnally, who once was lauded for his songwriting work with Kacey Musgraves and Brandy Clark, but in the last couple of years has become the singlemost driver of the urban shitrification of country music in its 75-year existence. First Sam Hunt, and now this. Shane McAnally is quickly becoming our generation’s Billy Sherrill, if Billy Sherrill was like a goddamn mechanized force of EDM/R&B/hip-hop crop dusting saturation that shoots carcinogenic root-deteriorating agents indiscriminately over the country masses until there isn’t a single green blade of interest in true country music left over the entirety of the dead, cracked earth. There’s a song on this album about some drunk dickhead who calls up a girl he wants to screw to convince her to break up with her boyfriend. There’s a tune that makes use of the idiotic comeback “said nobody,” building it into the entire premise of the song. There’s a song that compares love to an empty beer can rattling around in the back of a pickup truck. No, I’m not kidding, and these are not over-dramatizations. We thought the whole “truck” and “beer” thread had been completely played out in 2013. I guess that’s one spec of creativity you can assign to this disaster—they figured how to pull yet another turd out of that cesspool of clichÃ© stereotypes. “Song For Another Time” quotes song titles from Hank Williams, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson, but this only works to piss off the aware listener even more that these country music cretins would incorporate the work of heroes into their shitty song that also makes reference to Lionel Richie. It’s like these douche rockets are actively working to rub dog shit in the faces of actual country music fans. Old Dominion is the music people with $700 cars with $7,000 rims paid for with a payday loan listen to while they work at the prepaid phone kiosk in a pawn shop. I’ll give them this: Meat & Candy is about the perfect title for this audio abomination since it offers nothing more than an artery-clogging sugar rush with no nutritional value for the listener whatsoever. This is music for people whose lives revolve around bacon jokes, but even NPR gave it a positive review. Why? Because since Shane McAnally is part of it, folks feel like it should be praised as part of a “progressive” agenda. What an absolute embarrassment this thing is for anyone and everyone involved. And let me tell you one thing: Shane McAnally needs to stop and appreciate that he represents something in country music, and with artists like Sam Hunt, and now Old Dominion, he’s not representing anyone positively at all. At least Sam Hunt presents himself as some softy loser with little game club hopping for love. Old Dominion is all about misogynistic machismo and denigrating women to objects that offer no value to life aside from satiating voracious patriarchal appetites. Fuck this music. Two Guns Way Down (0/10) Brandy Clark, Florida Georgia Line, Kacey Musgraves, Luke Bryan, Matthew Ramsey, Meat and Candy, Old Dominion, Review, Sam Hunt, Shane McAnally, Trevor Rosen Yeah, say what you want about Thomas Rhett or Luke Bryan’s albums, but if you ask me THIS shit is way way worse and has really quietly been the worst album of the year (and I’d argue one of the worst in country music). I’m glad you reviewed this. There’s really not a single redeeming thing about this album in any form. Also Trigger, you forgot to mention these name drops in “Song For Another Time”: Guns and Roses, Hank Williams, Katy Perry, Van Morrison, Neil Diamond, The Righteous Brothers, Lionel Richie, Hal Ketchum, and of course! What country song is complete without a Tom Petty reference? Strangelyy enough, the only artist I hear of these influences is Katy Perry Oops, didn’t mean to have Hank Williams and Lionel Richie in there. Admittedly, I was lazy and copied and pasted from my review :p Monogenre, baby. Which, of course means it will be the album of the year! I’m a huge KC fan, and sadly, he’s taking these idiots on the road with him next year, along with Sam Hunt. I can only hope it’s being forced on him so he stays relevant, but his music has sucked pretty majorly lately, too…matter of fact, I heard he recorded that stupid song! Oh, well. It was nice while it lasted…mane he’ll wake up, but I doubt it. When I heard this on the radio, I thought.. “Goddamnit – when is Sam Hunt gonna die?” Then they said it was Old Dominion, whom I had heard lauded over by some very traditional leaning country fans, and I thought “WHAT THE F^&K?” Ok, maybe not so much funny..as tragic. Pete Marshall I just bought this cd recently. I wasn’t feeling very good that day. You don’t say Your friends could stage an intervention. There also may be support groups you could attend. No thank you but thanks anyway. I like old country and I made a mistake by getting Old Dominion cd. I meant there are probably support groups you could attend to help you get over the trauma of spending hard-earned money on an Old Dominion record. Remember: the first step in dealing with a problem is admitting you have a problem, and you’ve done that here by saying, “Hello, my name is Pete, and I bought an Old Dominon CD” and we’ve all replied in unison, “Hello, Pete.” Now it is time for the next step….. Thanks for the advice Heyday, but I will go back and listen to my George Strait, Reba McEntire, Alabama, Waylon Jennings, and Willie Nelson’s cd’s. That album art is one thing that stands out. The songs within it? Kind of like glazing manure. This is what happens when you open the gate and bring the Trojan horse within the city walls. Devil Anse The “Break Up With Him” song seriously pissed me off when I (unwillingly) first heard it. From the “Hey girl… Sup…” to the fact that the narrator offers no argument as to WHY the woman should break up with her boyfriend other than “I’m cooler than him”. I think it’s time for a Frankenstein-esque reanimation of Ernest Tubb. Nadia Lockheart The worst part of the track, to my ears, is the opening chorus couplet demanding that she get over him then “bring it on over”. -__- -__- -__- But, that’s not fair to actual music! 😉 Smokey J. Douche-bros are a scourge on humanity. I’m surprised they didn’t fit a “do you even lift, bro” into that rage-inducing “Break up with him” song. Keep these shitty misogynistic attitudes in the frat house and out of my country music. This may be the worst yet, but it’s so sticky sweet in its production, that it’s probably going to be hugely successful. Looks like it so far, anyway. That MacAnally is using his talents to propagate this garbage may be the most enraging part. Acca Dacca Well, least the band has a cool name… No, that makes it worse. It fools folks into thinking there may be some value here, and absconds with a good band name, of which we appear to be in short supply of these days (see Diarrhea Planet, others). Good point. The name makes me think of an entirely different type of music, actually… An historian/author once told me that the highly-stylized, romantic paintings on the covers of books about the War Between the States sold more books than the content inside. He said a large format, colorful painting of Stonewall Jackson or General Grant would be sure to make the book fly off the shelves. This was before e-books, etc. Hmm. Maybe that’s why Tool has sold so many albums… Jake W I feel sorry for you, did you really have to listen to the whole album. After that single, I won’t breathe the same air as someone intentionally listening to it. It only illustrates that not only do they lack talent, but morals and principles as well. 100% trash. Ron Jeff As a life long resident of the “Old Dominion”, I must say the name sort of offends me. I’m not sure if these metro-bro quasi-country Sam Hunt wannabe douchebags have any real connection with the great Commonwealth of Virginia, but I assure you we do not claim them. Sic Semper Tyrannis! Some Leftist carpetbaggers that I know, who live in the suburban DC/Virginia area, mockingly refer to the state, the increasing irrelevance and subjugation of its historic population, and the state’s descent into the abyss, as “The New Dominion.” One of the main dudes is from Virginia. The other is from Michigan. Fuzzy 'Fuzzington" TwoShirts Well please don’t send him back here. I have enough idiots in my life. Michigan…that explains it. Michigan is Canada’s Alabama. Flying J Years ago I bought Scott Miller & the Commonwealth’s album Thus Always To Tyrants without hearing a note, because it had the state seal on the cover. Totally worth it. I saw Scott Miller and Jamie Lin Wilson in July up in Vienna, VA. I picked up both products Jamie had for sale (her recent album and an EP) and Scott’s Thus Always To Tyrants, which was his only studio album that I didn’t have. Very good album, but I think I’d go with Citation and Upside Downside before that one. My favorite album of his has to be Reconstruction. Killer live album. There has to be some legal recourse available to the Commonwealth of Virginia in this case. Some incredibly shitty music is being made under its name. The AG should be able to issue a cease-and-desist. Mike in Winston I pissed my britches, a pair of nimrod wannabe cracker rappers, too funny! Some people probably just bought it for the hot girl on the cover. FLYINGBURRITO2486 It looks like an album cover Saving Abel would put out. Joco Blake It looks pretty similar to an album cover Blink 182 did a while back. Trigger, do everyone a favor and NEVER stop ranting. Ever. I read all your stuff this days, but it was your “This is How We Roll” rant that got me to check out SCM for the first time. Like it or not, your rants are what brought in a lot of your most frequent commenters, and still remain a lot of people’s favorite thing about the site. You’re just so funny! It was the rants that brought me here. Benjamin Beard The rants brought me here as well. Convict Charlie My favorite ever was “it’s an assrape of the eardrums” and I can’t remember which article it was. Long time ago. I got here through rants. One of my favorites is “Let”™s face it, Florida Georgia Line is Tyler Hubbard. Brian Kelley is just in charge of holding Hubbard”™s penis pump”. Pure gold right there. This album is excellent traditional country. Coulda used a bit more edm and auto tune like I do, to turn an excellent album into a classic. Yeah, the only thing holding your album back from getting Two Muscles Up was that awful “Jack Daniels and Jesus” song. Like wtf man, I thought it would be about partying! Not to mention “Carolina Can” was just a tad too sentimental and nostalgic. I expected a crunk-infused drinking song romp Chase, dammit! -__- I listen to Old Dominion cd and I wasted my money to listen to this garbage through my ears. This thing is played relentlessly on our local ‘country’ station . I wish it wasn’t illegal to blow up buildings. I know I know …people could get hurt . But compared to the numbers being hurt every time this crapfest hits the airwaves …?? ….hmmmm The song and the video are like an SNL skit ( 3 acoustic guitars and a bass ….? ). Too funny ….the music AND the review Trigger Yeah, terrorism ALWAYS promotes the greater good. Facepalm Seriously, it’s not even cool to joke about that crap. There’s a reason we enjoy freedom as much as we do. ” Seriously, it”™s not even cool to joke about that crap. There”™s a reason we enjoy freedom as much as we do. ” My bad , A-D … you are absolutely right…poor judgement on my part. Knee- jerk thoughts don’t justify typing before thinking . Sincerest apologies to anyone I offended with that remark . I wish SCM had a “dislike” button… I second that, at least for this instance! =( The whole internet needs a “dislike” a “who cares” and a “why u so stupid” button. Oh, and nice album cover. Enema of the State only came out 16 years ago. You’re right on the cutting edge, boys! I just wanna roll around with you Hey babe, I just wanna get down with you Hey babe, I just wanna roll around with you Like a beer can in a truck bed Great lyrics , better than Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark combined Drop the last line and you’ve pretty much got the Ramones. Gena R. “There”™s a tune that makes use of the idiotic comeback ‘said nobody,’ building it into the entire premise of the song.” First Jana Kramer’s earworm-from-hell “Said No One Ever,” now this. :p What next, “Is ___ Still a Thing?” or “Stop Trying to Make ___ Happen”? “This is music for people whose lives revolve around bacon jokes, but even NPR gave it a positive review. Why? Because since Shane MacAnally is part of it, folks feel like it should be praised as part of a ‘progressive’ agenda.” Yeah, I couldn’t believe they had it on First Listen; based solely on the descriptions of the music and lyrical themes in the review, I could tell it wasn’t even going to be worth the time to sample a few seconds of each track. And in the spirit of true equality, I’d say Shane deserves to be criticized just as much as any straight producer would for this kind of crap. Reverse-Trigger This album is a mixed bag. Admittedly, I have yet to listen to the whole thing because I don’t feel like it, so I’m just going by the single “Break up With Him.” All I did with the album was look at the girl on the cover. Is she in the band? Anyway, back on topic… Lyrically, “Break up With Him” is s masterpiece. The premise of a man begging a woman to break up with her boyfriend so they can be together is the stuff of country music legend. The “Hey girl, wasup” at the beginning helps the draw in the youths by incorporating the delightful urban metro culture. That’s an essential part of country’s evolution. And of course, that lyrical hook “Tell him that it’s over and bring it on over” and “I know you ain’t in love with him, break up with him, break up with him” is the kind of catchy melody that can draw in anyone. My only complaint is that there isn’t enough EDM, R&B, or hip hop here. It’s mostly stripped down, throwback shit. Come on Old Dominion, put some synthesizers in there! Nobody wants to listen the their grandpa’s music! In short, this is a fantastic song with a great melody, but the lack of modern music just makes it boring. I’ll give them a pass this time, but if they want the support of Reverse-Trigger of Screwing Country Music, they’ll need to go more metro. One Gun Up The comments section here can sometimes be a real riot! You should go read the NPR review. Trying to justify these trespasses makes for some astounding acrobatics. I read it. Sorry to see who the author was, as I’ve enjoyed a lot of her writing. Seems to me that NPR doesn’t really do critical reviews. I place next to no value in their reviews anymore. I don’t mean to through Jewly under the bus because I think she’s an excellent writer, and that NPR generally offers excellent music coverage. I understand that NPR doesn’t see the value of ever being negative, but I think as a publicly-funded organization, they do have a charge to be impartial. If you don’t like something and don’t want to be negative, choose not to cover it. I felt like NPR in this case was doing everything they could to find the beauty in a cowpie, and it wasn’t appropriate to either their demo, or their format. Bigfoot is Real (AKA Progressive Fascist Rat) Kind of an aside regarding the myth of NPR’s “public funding”. When people see public funding it is generally misunderstood to mean tax payer dollars. Currently more than 50% of NPR funding comes from revenue generated by NPR programming sales to local affiliates. The rest comes from hefty endowments (like the $273 million from McDonald’s founder Ray Croc’s estate), advertising, corporate gifts, and grants while only 2% comes from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting which is funded by tax dollars. I only bring this up so that we get a clearer picture of just how NPR is more of a stand alone entity with almost no dependance on public tax dollar funding and how that may affect impartiality. Could be a bit of a reach in this case but if this album is crap maybe NPR isn’t looking to bite the hand that feeds it. Bizarro Trigger!!! Cole Swindell, is that you? ElectricOutcast And to think I liked Shane MacAnally on his work on “Songs About Trucks” and “Somewhere with You”. Strait Country 81 I hated wasting my money on buying this for my girlfriend. Yikes, my man. You gotta turn her on to some good music before this crap infects her brain and she breaks up with you for some dude bro like in the song! Women listening to douchebros makes me saddest. 🙁 ‘Break Up With Her’ Derek E. Sullivan “Break Up With Him” makes my head hurt and it also bothers me that their cover and album name is dumb. I don’t need to hear this album to know it sucked just like I don’t need to touch the son to know it’s hot. I can’t believe Kenny Chesney is taking these guys and Sam Hunt on the road next year. I was really excited to hear that he and Miranda were touring together, but now I might just skip the show because of those two acts. Yes, I know I can just come late, but the idea that they performed on that stage, just minutes earlier would bug me. What a tragedy Kenny Chesney and Miranda Lambert but Sam Hunt and Old Dominion is a question mark but they are people are trying to make music. (groan) “I smell meat and candy here, who’s that lounging in my chair” – seriously all I can think of right now. 😛 90s folks, ya feel me right? Oh lord, how I always hated that song! 😀 Tezca Trigger is right, it is a catchy and sugary melody, but of course it doesn’t excuse the stupid lyrics. I mean what is even the reason they have for the girl to break up with her boyfriend. They don’t really give any good reason. She ain’t in love with him, duh. Ah, but that’s the genius of the song. It doesn’t give a reason because it is subject to everyone’s interpretation. You can assign any meaning to it that you want. That’s what makes lyrics go from “great” to “ingenious.” My reaction to “Break Up With Him”? Aggressive mediocrity. Seeing the dude flashing the metal horns made me stabby, though. A fun little game: puts gun to head of guy flashing the metal horns “You have 60 fucking seconds to tell me everything you know about the life and times of Ronnie James Dio, and the first time you say ‘uh,’ it’s all over.” How long would he last? Lil Dale rated R red neck dreem ole domminnion is like a rain bo n the dark of cuntry music . That’s how long. Shouldn’t this album title be “Reasons Why I’m Still Single” ? “Old Dominion is the music people with $700 cars with $7,000 rims paid for with a payday loan listen to while they work at the prepaid phone kiosk in a pawn shop.” I laughed out loud at that one. Klancy Can we talk about that album cover and name? I mean that’s a joke right? Like are we sure that wasn’t suppose to be a Steel Panther or Spinal Tap cover? How many middle aged city chicks wearing cheap-ass straw hats are in that crowd?!?! Can we rewind 20 years, back when country music was listenable? This garbage wouldn’t pass as elevator music. I can’t stand these clowns, that guy would lose a few teeth if he ever pulled that shit he sings about in Break Up With Him. I hate them to the point where I would actually see them live just to throw bottles at them. Terrible music. The ironic part of it he wrote “break up with him” as a real life scenario but he was the one who got dumped for the other guy. VERY HORRIBLE MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This could have been your review right there. 🙂 This fucking douchebropolitan music has to end. Ugh. Alabaster Albatross I absolutely hate that Break Up With Him song and the wretched guitar hook so I changed the lyrics to the following: Hey girl. Sup. You know I really wanna put it in your butt. I know. You scurred. You’re afraid that I’ll pull out a turd. (Yeah.) I know you don’t want your mom to find out that you like it dog. (She likes it dog.) But just give me the go ahead and girl we’ll get it on. And then it goes back to that nails on the chalkboard guitar sound. I would buy your version before I would buy theirs. Lol On the plus side, this song doesn’t rhyme ‘Bacardi’ with ‘Party’ or mention pink umbrellas or dirt roads or tailgates…small victories. I suppose. On further review, this might be the all time best comments section of any review on SCM. Also, why don’t some of these Nashville writers make a song about farting? That would be entertaining. Once this disco thing passes, Fartcore Country could be huge! I know I’ve commented in here a lot but I had to get one more in…. You said: Fuck this music Shouldn’t it be, Fuck this “music”? pure fucking retarded…this is coming from a Cerebral Pasly guy, who is 23………a ideal demo for this crap.. This is why I hide I’m a Country fan……people think this crap. its BAD in CT………all you hear is this crap! Hell, thank god for the Red Dirt artists are slowly starting too tour up here…and the occasional 90’s acts who comes. Butt fuck this music (oops, I mean ”but”!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Bad music terrible cd cool cd cover! so-called country music very very bad horrible music Shane McAnally going from Kacey Musgraves to this crap is kind of like Celtic Frost releasing their “Cherry Orchards” wannabe hair metal album in 1993. Old Dominion will be laughing all the way to the bank, it’s a masterpiece ! This band is constantly on the radio.. Ugh.. NOW will you people believe me when I try to tell you that there is a conspiracy to destroy country music?What do they have to come out with before you’ll see the light?! If there is, Shane McAnally is behind it. Fourth Blessed Gorge These ass-clowns pander to the drunken escapist fantasies of bored middle-aged women with their simplistic melodies and shirtless lyrics, it’s mindless background music for cleaning the grill or rounding up your husband’s empties after a day spent drinking in the backyard. I can’t believe that dude can keep a straight face while mumbling that gibberish. Hey there, I’m middle-aged (or older), bored a lot (rather stuck at home taking care of sick DH-stage 4 cancer- 6 dogs, and now a wayward 30 yo manchild delinquent nephew-by marriage-my family are all “squares”-with a good heart who makes it impossible for me to say “no” to letting him stay here) and I HATE this kind of drivel and always did! LOL! And of my 5 sisters (square wives and mothers, even some grandmothers now-oh how time flies, my baby sisters, grandmothers!) who are close in age, the ones who listen to country, not one of them has any use for this kind of “country” nor ever has:) We have always preferred “real” country, the old stuff, if this is all there is anymore! Just kidding, I generally assume there are unspoken exceptions to people’s generalisations (Heaven knows I make plenty of them 🙂 ) , unless they give reason for me to think otherwise. This kind of “country” has never spoken to me, from as far back as at least Garth and Shania, if not before (OK! I’m going to committ sacrilege and admit that even Dolly wasn’t my cup of tea, liked the early stuff and the bluegrass album, but the handwriting was on the wall early with her, wanting to go pop, be “relevant” to the mainstream, etc) and and it certainly wouldn’t now. I need Hank Sr to cry with, Jerry Reed to laugh with, and country acts who make no bones about being country-I like their defiance in the face of being considered “hicks” and their refusal (not that that really came up in Sr’s day) to water down their “countriness”, because they knew there’s nothing wrong with straight-ahead, undiluted county, no panderers need apply. A man after my own heart. You preach on, sir. And just to be equal opportunity-I have done my share of both laughing and crying with Tammy Wynette, my female country heroine. No matter what she’s singing, just that voice can carry me out of my own world and into one where life is either better than my own, or worse than my own, and either way is a “break” from my own life. Heck, with that voice, she could sing “Whole Lotta Love” and make it sound country, lol. “Paris…Texas-Rome…Georgia…-and Athens Tennessee” boing boing boing boing July 25, 2016 @ 3:35 pm First of all, they have never written a song for Sam Hunt, they have written songs WITH him. And second, your “review” was 90% comparing them to other artists instead of focusing on their music. And god, will you stop with Sam Hunt thing. If you don’t like it our think it’s country that’s fine. By you don’t have to insult a person WAY more talented than you in everything you write! This album has been one of the worst of the year, and also in country music. Probably the worst album ever, with few songs from other albums that are worse. I love this blog almost all the time but I have to completely disagree with this assessment. I love rootsy, traditional, solid country music. I also have a great time with this album. Granted, it is hardly country save the slight twang and bro-country meaningless topics, but it doesn’t pretend to be anything more than fun, lighthearted, upbeat music. Don’t praise is as a work of timeless art, but it is thoroughly pointless to attack it so harshly. Sad. TJ Neyland Why the fuck you giving this amazing-ass album a terrible review The song “Break Up with Him” is the reason why this great album exists. It has great lyrics, great beat, and a video that pay tributes to a great movie “Back to the Future” My top 3 songs from this album are: “Break Up with Him”, “Snapback” and “Song for Another Time” The Goddess of Country Rock When the Cubs won the World Series last year, one of Chicago’s country stations did a Cubs version of “Snapback.” (There was also a version for their playoff run in general.) Here’s the WS version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0YQ-EniLoY THAT is the only reason this song should even exist. I’ll admit that “Snapback” COULD work, except it would have to be marketed as pop-rock instead of country, and the lyrics and title would have to be changed. It sounds like the Dollar General version of a Weird Al song. (Apologizes to Dollar General and Weird Al–I love you both!) Leave a Reply to Alabaster Albatross Cancel reply Anthony on Ricky Skaggs Deserves the National Medal of Arts, Not Cancellation	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2145
__label__wiki	0.72326	0.72326	TOP 5 NIGERIAN MUSIC VIDEOS OF THE WEEK 7 Ministers Yet to Resign – Jonathan GAME OF THRONES \| Adamawa: Who is Fooling Whom? by Breaking Times on October 15, 2014 By Okezi Uwede-Meshack “Why did Ngilari write a resignation letter in the first place? If it is constitutional that upon impeachment of the Governor, the Deputy Governor takes over the seat, why was Ngilari not made the governor after the impeachment one day after his purported resignation?” For me, I would argue that news headlines have almost become an act of terrorism. The only exemption they receive is that they are probably not announced with deliberate aforethought malice as defined under the Section 1 of the Terrorism (Prevention) Act of 2011. The shock and disbelief that must have met most Nigerians on the 8th of October, 2014 at the announcement of the headline carrying the news of the judgment of the Federal High Court on the Adamawa state gubernatorial issue, is one that leads to this discourse on the function of the law and its interpretation as well as the need for accountability of the leaders of our great country. Bala Ngilari was the Deputy Governor of Adamawa State until he purportedly resigned on July 14th, 2014. The next day, Murtala Nyako the Governor at the time was impeached and Ahmadu Fintiri the speaker of the House of Assembly of the State declared the seat vacant and assumed office as acting governor. Now this political drama would form the basis of a suit begun in August to reverse the resignation and stop by-elections planned and scheduled by INEC to fill the political vacuum created by the impeachment. READ Atiku's Mother-In-Law Dies Like most life scenarios, there is more than one side to this drama. Sitting on a coffee table (even though I detest the taste of coffee) with a few friends with diverse yet vast knowledge of Nigerian polity and legal system, I garnered that a faction would interpret the Ngilari drama as a mere dribble by the Speaker to get into the governorship seat in the first place. So after first of all creating a tantrum out of the obvious acquiesced fact of corruption and dictatorship of the Governor, the Speaker decided to launch war with his legislative leadership against the executive leadership and effect impeachment of the Governor. The next plan was to take Bala, the Deputy Governor out of the picture. So as fate, fortune and luck would smile on Mr. Speaker, it so happened that the Deputy decided to write a secret letter of resignation to him. He thus moved into action and instead of treating the letter as “secret” he decided to make it a subject of debate and the resignation was accepted and out went Mr. Deputy with a set ground for the emergence of Mr. Speaker to be Governor (Acting). So this faction would argue that indeed justice has been restored to the state by reinstating Ngilari as the Governor after a declaration of his resignation as null and void under the constitution. The other side to it is merely one of logic and conscience. This side would interpret the situation differently. That the judgment of the Federal High Court was indeed right to hold that the resignation was not constitutional, but should have stopped Ngilari from denying his actions. If a man writes a resignation letter, it means that he has the intentions to so resign. He didn’t just write it, he also addressed it to the Speaker of the House of Assembly. One of the several maxims of equity is that equity imputes an intention to fulfil an obligation; another one says you cannot approbate and reprobate at the same time. There is another principle of equity called estoppel, which seeks to deny a person from enjoying the fruits of a misrepresentation made that has altered positions of some sort. All these principles if applied to this case would reduce the court decision to error. This faction would thus argue that although it is constitutionally wrong, it is inequitable to reinstate the purportedly resigned governor. READ GAME OF THRONES \| Let’s Get Bakassi Boys for Tambuwal Whichever side of the screen the drama is watched from, one thing remains, the actors are indeed jaundiced and their actions are certainly not real and for no good of the country. Questions should be asked: Why did Ngilari write a resignation letter in the first place? If it is constitutional that upon impeachment of the Governor, the Deputy Governor takes over the seat, why was Ngilari not made the governor after the impeachment one day after his purported resignation? Wouldn’t this rather mean that Ngilari’s resignation was received, debated on, and decided upon on the same day? If Ngilari claims the letter was written under duress, why was there no immediate access to the court? If it was even duress, why claim that it was a personal “secret” letter? READ GAME OF THRONES \| Between Obasanjo and Buruji Kashamu The problem, if there is any from this situation, is not any of the actors (Fintiri, Nyako, Ngilari and guest appearance Justice Adeniyi Ademola). The problem would be their actions, which is only a reflection of the values that we have in our large society of impunity, and a dearth of worth, truth and substance. If only these leaders cared about the citizenry, if only they knew they would be held accountable for their actions and words, they would have acted the script out a different way. The only way they can do so, is when people like you and I in the cinema watch, and send in reviews and critiques for better acting in the next episode. By this I mean let us ask questions, take interest in the polity, criticize constructively and also live positively. Long live Adamawa, Long live the Federal Republic of Nigeria!!! Okezi Uwede-Meshack writes exclusively for BREAKING TIMES every Wednesday in the column, Game of Thrones. He can be followed on Twitter at @okezimesh The opinions expressed by columnists in the published feature – Game of Thrones do not reflect the “OPINION and or “POLICY” of BREAKING TIMES as an online news media publishing establishment. Words on this page remain at all times, the literary expression of the writers’ creative imagination. 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__label__wiki	0.950696	0.950696	Step Up Is Being Turned Into the Most Epic TV Show Ever And yes, Channing Tatum is involved. By De Elizabeth STEP UP, Jenna Dewan, Channing Tatum, 2006, ©Touchstone Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection©Touchstone Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection Calling all dance fanatics (and, let’s be real, Channing Tatum fanatics): Step Up is getting a literal “step up.” Deadline reported yesterday that YouTube is launching a new scripted series program, and that one of several new series will include a TV version of Step Up. The film will be a part of YouTube Red, a paid streaming service owned by Google. Although we probably won’t get to see Channing Tatum busting some moves in this version, he and wife Jenna Dewan Tatum will be co-producing the series along with the movie’s original executive producers. So rest easy – Channing will still be involved! According to Deadline, Susanne Daniels, YouTube’s global head of original content, has been a fan of the Step Up movies for years. The site reported that Daniels explained, “We know that dance is a hugely successful global category on YouTube, so I’m excited to have a series rooted in such an enormously popular genre on our platform.” The New York Times reported that Daniels also said that the series will be “bigger and bolder” than the original movies. We’re hooked already. Considering the original film danced its way into our hearts ten years ago — and stayed there — we’re pretty sure we’re going to be tapping our feet to this one too. Related: 33 GIFs That Prove We Are #Blessed to Have Channing Tatum in Our Lives Keywordsstep upChanning Tatum	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2164
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Stone, president of Ramco, or, instead, whether the $5,000 payment was merely and solely consideration for the withdrawal of the vote cast by the Wallises rejecting confirmation of the corporate plan of reorganization proposed by Ramco. 7/1/2015 13-32671 14-00120 KEITH TRAVIS HAYNES and JENNY KAY HAYNES Whether a debt owed should be excepted from the general discharges under 11 U.S.C. § 523 (a)(2), (4), and (6) and whether attorney fees should be awarded to the successful debtor under 11 U.S.C. § 523(d) 5/7/2015 09-20539 13-00522 Ramco-Remodel America Corp. Whether the attorney for Ramco, may testify at the trial of this adversary proceeding as to the substance of the postpetition communications exchanged between himself and the former attorney for the Wallises, who is now deceased, that ultimately gave rise to a Consent Order entered into by these parties, which resulted in the withdrawal of the Wallises rejection of Ramco’s Chapter 11 plan of reorganization. 12/16/2014 14-26711 LaShandra Michelle Turner Whether prepetition child support arrearages that are owed to the debtor, and are listed in her Schedule B, are property of the debtor's chapter 13 estate under 11 U.S.C. §§ 541 and 1306. 1 2 3 4 5 View All You are viewing page 1 of 5 Judge Latta 9/23/2020 16-24039 18-00236 Eva Lois Moore The issue is whether the facts of this case warrant dismissal of the Complaint for the Plaintiff's failure to prosecute pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b). 9/1/2020 18-24543 19-00039 Jack Warren Harang On a motion to dismiss the intervenors' complaint, the Court addressed bankruptcy jurisdiction over a dispute concerning former community property in the hands of a non-debtor, ex-spouse of the Chapter 7 debtor. 8/26/2020 16-27850-L William H. Thomas, Jr. Debtor's conduct regarding administration of estate. 8/17/2020 19-27543 20-00058 James Banks and Elaine Howell- Banks The issue is whether the Amended Complaint, arising from the parties’ Debt Resolution Agreement and alleging counts based on Code sections 542(e), 542(a), 329, 526, and the Credit Repair Organizations Act (“CROA”), can withstand the Defendant’s 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss and motion to compel arbitration of the CROA claim. 7/20/2020 14-26442 Shelandra Yvette Ford Whether a post-petition creditor has standing to object to Chapter 13 discharge after confirmation; Whether a creditor's motion to modify a confirmed plan is futile once the Debtor completes payments under the plan; Whether a creditor's request for a denial of discharge, made after the applicable commitment period, is untimely. 6/3/2020 19-29718-L 20-00071 James Jerry Skefos, et al The issues are whether Plaintiff is entitled to: (1)injunctive relief against the Defendant, in her capacity as Administrator for the Small Business Association, requiring that she: (a)consider Plaintiff's application for PPP funds without consideration of whether Plaintiff's owner is a chapter 11 debtor and (b) not make approval contingent on whether Plaintiff or any owner of Plaintiff is involved in bankruptcy and (2)a declaration that SBA violated the Administrative Procedures Act (“APA”) and 11 U.S.C. § 525(a) in excluding applications from entities who are in bankruptcy or who have an owner who is in bankruptcy. 6/1/2020 16-27850-L 20-00038 William H. Thomas, Jr. Whether particular counts in the complaint, which seeks subordination or disallowance of the defendants' claims against the bankruptcy estate, should be dismissed for failure to state a claim or whether certain requests for relief should be stricken. 5/29/2020 16-27850-L William H. Thomas, Jr. Whether fee award requested by Tennessee Attorney General for defending Bankruptcy Rule 9011 sanctions motion was reasonable and could be granted in light of pending appeal of order denying sanctions. 5/22/2020 16-27850-L William H. Thomas, Jr. Whether Debtor's motion to disqualify Judge Jennie D. Latta should be granted. 5/18/2020 17-28379-L 19-00195 Queena Chandra Sanders Whether adversary proceeding should be dismissed for failure to prosecute. 5/8/2020 16-27850-L William H. Thomas, Jr. Whether Debtor's single membership interest of TI Properties, LLC, including both financial rights and governance rights, became property of the bankruptcy estate upon the filing of the Debtor’s bankruptcy petition? 4/20/2020 17-30589-L 18-00143 Ivan K. and Linda A. Phillips Whether federal tax liens attached to Mr. Phillips’ right to receive annuity payments before the filing of his bankruptcy petition and whether the federal tax liens continue to attach to post-petition annuity payments notwithstanding the discharge of the Debtors’ personal tax liability? 4/8/2020 18-24787-L 18-00215 Sandra K. Walls Whether claims of creditor arising from business obligations should be excepted from debtor's discharge pursuant to Code sections 523(a)(2), (4), or (6). 3/25/2020 16-27850-L William H. Thomas, Jr. Whether scope of requested discovery was overbroad and intended for harassment so as to warrant issuance of a protective order. 2/26/2020 16-27850 William H. Thomas, Jr. Whether to require the U.S. Trustee to provide a report and testimony about the progress in the Chapter 11 case and the Trustee's performance. 2/26/2020 16-27850-L William H. Thomas, Jr. Whether sanctions should be imposed on the Tennessee Attorney General's Office and assistant Tennessee Attorney General Michael Willey. 2/26/2020 16-27850-L William H. Thomas, Jr. Whether to require the Chapter 11 Trustee to provide a report and testimony regarding the status of the case and his performance as Trustee. 2/20/2020 17-30912-L 18-00157 Larry Parke Chinn A dispute over the scope of discovery. 10/1/2019 19-26580 Skefco Properties, Inc. Whether, under Code section 1112(b), the Chapter 11 case should be dismissed and/or whether under section 362(d) the creditor was entitled to relief from the automatic stay. 7/31/2019 17-30912-L 18-00153 Larry Parke Chinn Whether the first amended complaint to determine the dischargeabilty of a debt under Code sections 523(a)(2)(A) and or (a)(6) should be dismissed pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 7012(b)(6) for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. 7/31/2019 17-30912-L 18-00157 Larry Parke Chinn Whether the first amended complaint to determine the dischargeabilty of debt under Code sections 523(a)(2)(A), (a)(2)(B), and (a)(6) should be dismissed pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 7012(b)(6) for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. 7/31/2019 17-30912-L 18-00157 Larry Parke Chinn Whether portions of the Plaintiff's first amended complaint and related exhibits should be stricken pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 7012(f) as containing immaterial and impertinent matter. 6/28/2019 12-26412-L 18-00193 Joseph B. Sharp, II Sanctions Issued against Debtor and Debtor’s attorney for failure to comply with discovery requirements. Fed. R. Bankr. P. 7037. 6/6/2019 18-27004 18-294 Donna Ray Johnson Complaint alleges breach of contract, violation of TILA, negligent misrepresentation, breach of duty under RESPA, wrongful foreclosure, fraud and misrepresentation, civil conspiracy, and conversion of property by defendants in connection with prepetition foreclosure of Debtor’s residence. 4/1/2019 12-26412-L 19-193 Joseph B. Sharp, II Whether counter-claim by counter-plaintiff that certain of Debtor's obligations under the parties' marital dissolution agreement are excepted from discharge under Code section 523(a)(2)(A) or 523(a)(6)should be dismissed. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 View All You are viewing page 1 of 10 Judge Emerson(retired) Found 16 Opinions. 2/8/2018 17-28243 17-00260 JAMES SKEFOS Permissive abstention of previously filed state law cause of action. 11/1/2017 15-21208 15-00340 WILLIE H. HOLLEY Negligent and fraudulent misrepresentation; parole evidence rule 8/10/2017 16-24467 FREDERICK TALLIAFERRO HODGES Judicial estoppel barring statements that are inconsistent with petition and schedules. 6/30/2017 17-25049 William Thomas Newton Lack of good faith in filing petition as "cause" for granting relief from the automatic stay. 3/10/2017 09-24507 09-00400 VML Company, LLC Res judicata effect of a confirmed Chapter 11 plan; preservation of a cause of action under 11 U.S.C. Section 1123 3/10/2016 18-11838 SAINT MICHAEL MOTOR EXPRESS "Cause" to reopen a case under 11 U.S.C. SECTION 350(b); Standing of Chapter 7 Trustee as sole representative of Chapter 7 estate; Federal Rule Of Civil Procedure 60(b)(6) (made applicable to this case by Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 9024; Procedure for abandonment under 11 U.S.C. Section 554 8/21/2015 08-11838 13-05148 St. Michael Motor Express Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(b) as applied to claims for fraud, conversion, tortious conspiracy and RICO 3/30/2012 12-20847 MICHAEL W. SMITH Whether a bankruptcy court should issue a writ of habeus corpus ad testificandum to secure a state or federal preisoner's appearance in federal court even though filing requirements have not been satisified. 3/29/2012 12-20847 MICHAEL W. SMITH Whether a debtor's dismissal is appropriate when the debtor has failed to complete the filing requirements and failed to complete the credit counseling requirment. 7/29/2010 10-24178 VILLAGE GREEN I, GP Whether there was a prepetition absolute assignment of rents or whether rents are property of the Debtor's estate and available for use as cash collateral. 4/12/2010 09-24507 09-00299 VML COMPANY, LLC Whether the language of an initial financing statement limits the extent to which a claim in the described collateral is perfected, or if the language is sufficient to perfect an interest in the Debtor’s collateral wherever it is located. 3/10/2010 06-24521 08-00261 KEVIN J. NAUGHTON Whether the party exercised the requisite dominion and control over the trust's res as would be necessary for it to be considered an initial transferee under § 550. 1/8/2010 09-26523 CAYD HANIBAL II, INC. Whether the Debtor can prove that there is a "reasonable possibility of a successful reorganization within a reasonable time" as is necessary to defeat a motion for relief from the automatic stay brought pursuant to § 362(d)(2). 1/4/2010 09-30584 09-00504 ROBERT JOHNSON Whether the postponement of a foreclosure sale is a violation of the automatic stay under § 362(k). 6/10/2009 08-24510; 08-24506 HURRICANE MEMPHIS, LLC and BEALE STREET PROPERTIES, LLC Whether the Debtor's proposed plan complies with all the provisions of § 1129. 3/24/2008 05-32722 HART'S MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. Whether to confirm the sale of real property conducted by auction pursuant to a confirmed plan of liquidation. Judge Delk(retired) 3/7/2018 14-22272 15-00267 Thomas W. Hart Whether the Debtor's testimony regarding the value of his business interests constitute a false oath pursuant to 11 U.S.C. 727(a)(4)(A) sufficient to satisfy a denial of the Chapter 7 discharge based on fraud as provided by 727(d)(1). 2/28/2017 16-31170 16-00321 Shirley Hallom Tucker Whether the Debtor still retained the right to redeem the vehicle on the date that the Chapter 13 petition was filed. 12/15/2016 14-22272 15-00267 Thomas W. Hart Was creditor entitled to summary judgment regarding revocation of discharge pursuant to 11 U.S.C § 727 based on alleged fraud and false? 8/15/2016 16-24627 Bluff City Sheet Metal 11 U.S.C. §362(a)(6); 11 U.S.C. § 108 (c); non estate property notice of lien; T.C.A. § 66-11-115 1/14/2016 13-28399 Michael A. Rubin Whether T.C.A. § 56-7-203 grants an exemption for the cash surrender value of debtor's life insurance policy when the named beneficiary is the debtor's estate? 3/4/2015 13-32792 Charles Reid Veitenheimer Can a debtor reclassify a claim unser § 1329 and In re Nolan? 9/29/2014 11-23217 13-00180 William R. Hyneman Is summary judgment appropriate regarding plaintiff's objection to discharge pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 727(a)(3) and/or (a)(5)? 8/14/2014 13-29708 Marvin Eugene Cox Whether the statute of limitations barred the claim of Regions Bank 7/3/2014 09-33042 14-00064 Wiley Bailey Motion for Summary Judgment, Removal, Remand, Settlements, Res Judicata 3/24/2014 12-22503 12-00561 Joseph T. Ausley and Sheila Ausley Whether debtors committed willful and malicious injury within the meaning of the dischargeability exception of § 523(a)(6) when debtors took advantage of a computer error to obtain and execute on state court writ of possession against plaintiff? Is state court default judgment nondischageable pursuant to § 523(a)(6)? Dollar amount of state court judgment is binding on bankruptcy court. 2/28/2013 12-11319 MARC A. PATTERSON AND FELICIA R. PATTERSON Homestead Exemption 12/4/2012 12-22873 12-00334 Benjamin David Gilliland Summary Judgment; Collateral Estoppel, Dischargeability; Tennessee Consumer Protection Act; Per Se Violation 11/6/2012 09-22762 09-00122 William L. Phillips and Theresa A. Phillips Whether a student loan first became due 5 years prior to bankruptcy filing and, therefore, dischargeable pursuant to § 523(a)(8)(A)? 7/19/2012 11-26453 David Dowlen Williams MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER ON MOTION FOR RELIEF FROM AUTOMATIC STAY FILED BY WILLIAM MCSWAIN, JR. AND GEORGIA G. MCSWAIN AND DEBTOR’S OBJECTION 12/16/2011 11-23217 William R. Hyneman ORDER ON DEBTOR’S MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER AND DEBTOR’S AMENDED MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER AS TO CADENCE BANK 12/9/2011 11-26346 The Furniture Galleries, Inc. ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR RELIEF FROM AUTOMATIC STAY 4/5/2010 09-32236 Greystone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. patent, license agreement,assumption of executory contracts, unexpired lease, § 365 Judge Croom 9/22/2020 19-10939 John H. Smith MEMORANDUM OPINION RE: (1) FARM CREDIT SERVICES OF AMERICA, PCA’S MOTION FOR RELIEF FROM ORDER GRANTING DEBTOR AUTHORITY TO SELL ASSET FREE AND CLEAR OF LIEN, CLAIM, AND ENCUMBERANCE, AND REQUEST FOR CORRECTION OF PRIORITY AND ENTITLEMENT TO PROCEEDS FROM SALE TO PAUL HERBERT (ECF NO. 215) AND (2) IBERIABANK’S OBJECTION THERETO (ECF NO. 224) 5/3/2019 16-10839 James Trent Blankenship & Wendi Deann Blankenship Memorandum Opinion and Order Granting the Trustee's Motion for Summary Judgment and Denying CNHi's Motion for an Administrative Expense 5/3/2019 16-10840 Blankenship Farms, LP Memorandum Opinion and Order Granting Chapter 11 Trustee's Motion for Summary Judgment and Denying CNHi's Amended Application for Administrative Expense 4/25/2019 16-10839 17-5098 James Trent Blankenship & Wendi Deann Blankenship Order Denying Agrifund's Motion to Strike Certain Items from the Record on Appeal 1/7/2019 14-12505 Joe M. & Angela J. Smith Memorandum Opinion re: Chapter 7 Trustee's Objection to Debtors' Claimed Exemptions 1/2/2019 16-10839 17-5098 James Trent Blankenship & Wendi Deann Blankenship Memorandum opinion re: complaint to determine dischargeability of debt 7/24/2018 15-11766 Ted and Rhonda Mills MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER FOR ATTORNEY, BENJAMIN S. DEMPSEY, TO APPEAR AND SHOW CAUSE WHY HE SHOULD NOT BE SANCTIONED AND DISCIPLINED FOR DEFICIENT CONDUCT 6/20/2017 17-10597 The Law Offices of T. Robert Hill Order Granting Movant's Motion for Abstention Under 11 U.S.C. § 305 5/15/2017 16-12548 Rebecca Reed Memorandum Opinion and Order re: 21st Mortgage Corporation's Objection to Confirmation 5/10/2017 16-12461 Jacqueline Carol McDaniel Memorandum Opinion and Order Sustaining Trustee's Objection to Debtor's Claimed Amended Exemptions 5/5/2017 16-10010 16-5110 Joseph & Loretta McNabb Memorandum Opinion and Order re: Trustee's Complaint to Avoid Preferential Transfers and Recover Value of Same Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 547(b) and 550 12/13/2016 16-11243 16-5113 Kenny L. Gibbons and April N. Gibbons Memorandum Opinion and Order denying Plaintiffs' Complaint to Compel Turnover of Certain Property from First Citizens National Bank 12/2/2015 13-10770 14-5043 Wisper, LLC Memorandum re (1) Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint to Recover Money and Property of the Estate, to Compel Turnover, to Recover Preferences, and to Recover Fraudulent Transfers and (2) Defendants' Counter-Complaint to Recover Money and Property Wrongfully Taken from Defendants 10/1/2015 13-12374 Carol McCord Berry Memorandum Opinion re: Motion to Set Aside and Vacate Order of Discharge as to InSouth Bank 9/11/2015 09-14629 Roy E. Longmire Memorandum Opinion and Order re: Motion for Sanctions under Rule 3002.1(i) and Motion Under Rule 3002.1(h) 2/13/2015 13-10770 Wisper, LLC Memorandum Opinion re: Motion of Matt Abernathy and Adria Abernathy to Compel Payment Under Confirmed Plan and to Compel Surrender of Leased Premises 2/3/2015 13-10770 14-5043 Wisper, LLC MEMORANDUM OPINION RE: DEFENDANTS' FIRST AMENDED MOTION TO DISMISS ADVERSARY PROCEEDING 1/14/2015 09-13493 Janice L. Elrod Memorandum Opinion re Standing Chapter 13 Trustee's Motion to Quash IRS Levy 1/14/2015 09-14395 Carrie Ann Smith Memorandum Opinion re Standing Chapter 13 Trustee's Motion to Quash IRS Levy 1/14/2015 09-14738 Homer Lee Spencer Memorandum Opinion re Standing Chapter 13 Trustee's Motion to Quash IRS Levy 1/14/2015 10-10866 Shatonia Yvette Montgomery Memorandum Opinion re Standing Chapter 13 Trustee's Motino to Quash IRS Levy 1/14/2015 10-11554 Loistine Sheppard Dupree Memorandum Opinion re Standing Chapter 13 Trustee's Motion to Quash IRS Levy 1/14/2015 11-12607 Torayo Orlandris Brown Memorandum Opinion re Standing Chapter 13 Trustee's Motion to Quash IRS Levy 1/14/2015 11-12703 Bobbie L. Baker Memorandum Opinion re Standing Chapter 13 Trustee's Motion to Quash IRS Levy 1/14/2015 11-12927 Toneka Lashalle Allen Memorandum Opinion re Standing Chapter 13 Trustee's Motion to Quash IRS Levy 1 2 View All Judge Boswell (retired) 11/10/2011 10-10713 MELINDA KAY HOLDEMAN Whether a prior order authorizing a chapter 7 trustee to disburse funds may be set aside. 6/7/2011 10-05246 10-05246 LAKEYDA RENEE TYSON Whether a U.S. agency, who foreclosed on the debtor's home, and the purchaser, who recorded the deed, violated the automatic stay under §362 and are subject damages, and whether the bankruptcy court has jurisdiction to adjudicate a cross-claim between the 5/27/2011 09-14982 10-05041 ALABAMA CHEYENNE MORRISON and CRYSTAL DANNETTE MORRISON Whether a debtor should be denied a discharge under §§ 727(a)(3) or (a)(6). 6/17/2010 08-12141 HULON L. CRISP Whether Chrysler Fin. Corp. v. Nolan (In re Nolan), 232 F.3d 528 (6th Cir. 2000) prohibits a debtor from reclassifying a claim from secured to unsecured when a third-party acquires a postpetition statutory lien and sells the collateral in order to satisfy 6/7/2010 08-12607 LARRY D. MORRIS Whether § 524(e) allows a creditor to proceed against the debtor as a nominal defendant in order to pursue recovery from a third party; and whether, in the chapter 7 setting, a creditor’s failure to file a claim or seek relief from the stay impacts the ri 5/18/2010 09-14165 SOUTHERN FARMLAND PROPERTIES, INC. Whether relief from the automatic stay is appropriate pursuant to § 362(d)(1) or (2). 12/14/2009 04-12129 09-05129 WILLIE LEE COOK and ANGELA D. COOK Whether the state's actual notice of the turnover order is sufficient, under Tennessee state law, to find them in contempt of court despite the debtors' failure to properly serve the state. 11/24/2009 08-14039 09-05088 JIMMY THORNTON and JUDY ELAINE THORNTON Whether a debtor may appear on a complaint for default judgment having never filed a motion, answer, or any other response; and whether the motion for default judgment is appropriately before the court. 11/10/2009 09-10421 MALCOLM L. HENNING and BETTY J. HENNING Whether a debtor can convert from chapter 13 to 11 after confirmation of the chapter 13 plan; and whether a prior order for relief under §362 should be altered or amended 9/9/2009 08-10797 JAMES MICHAEL MCDONALD Whether granting of security interests were properly perfected such that they are avoidable preferential transfers under §§ 547 and 550. 7/30/2009 09-11598 EVERETT BRADLEY WILLIAMS and SHERIA MICHELE WILLIAMS Whether the debtors had a property interest in a check at the time their chapter 12 petition was filed such that the check became property of the estate under § 541. 6/16/2009 09-10745 MADCO PRODUCTS, INC. Whether relief under § 362(d) should be granted because property is not necessary for an effective reorganization. 11/10/2008 00-10435 07-05102 STEPHEN K. REAVES Whether the court has sufficient personal jurisdiction over the party so as to render the contempt judgment against them valid; and whether the court has subject matter jurisdiction to rule on post-discharge defaults. 10/30/2008 01-14168 02-05177 J. LYLE SMITH Whether a motion for a jury trial can be granted; and whether the court has jurisdiction to preside over the jury trial. 10/23/2008 08-12582 VISTA INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Whether the automatic stay may be lifted for "cause" under section 362(d)(1) because the debtor acted in bad faith in filing a bankruptcy petition; and whether the automatic stay may be lifted under section 362(d)(2) because the debtor does not have equit 6/17/2008 07-13228 JAMES E. HURT, JR. Whether the bankruptcy court has jurisdiction to suspend child support payments. 12/13/2007 05-132212 05-05238 JEFFERY A. D. GENESY Whether a mortgage on a property is secured or unsecured for purposes of 1322(b). 8/22/2007 06-13200 07-05029 WILLIAM EARL COX Whether there is equity supporting a second mortgage as a secured debt in a plan; and whether the debtor is entitled to avoid the lien under § 506. 7/20/2007 05-15437 C & W MANUFACTURING, INC. Whether a debtor's cramdown plan under § 1129(b) is confirmable as fair and equitable. 5/2/2007 97-10601 06-05242 HARLON PATRICK HRYHORCHUK Whether a prior judgment entered against the debtor in a pre-BAPCA chapter 7 case and labeled as nondischargeable is dischargeable in a subsequent chapter 13 case filed after BAPCA was implemented. 4/11/2007 06-12148 PAMELA JOYCE BRAY Whether a party has a purchase money security interest that entitles it to anti-bifurcation treatment pursuant to § 1325(a) 8/29/2006 04-12327 CHARLES PAUL GRAESER Whether a debtor can reclassify any deficiency balance owing to a secured creditor as unsecured. 6/23/2006 06-10199 CHARLES ROBERT ROSS & CYNTHIA J. ROSS Whether the debtor should be required to pay either the contractual rate or the "prime plus" rate for a claim to be paid in a chapter 13 plan under § 1325(a)(5)(B). 3/20/2006 04-14185 04-05377 DON & PATRICIA HOPPER Whether a state court judgment awarded to the plaintiff against the debtors is dischargeable under § 523(a)(6) as a willful and malicious injury. 1/9/2006 05-15655 THOMAS R. JOHNSON MEMORANDUM OPINION RE: MOTION TO EXTEND AUTOMATIC STAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 View All Judge Brown (retired) 1/10/2006 05-39958 TERENCE R.BRANCH ORDER ON DEBTOR’S MOTION TO EXTEND AUTOMATIC STAY 11/29/2005 05-40192 05-00687 CAROLYN CHAMNESS MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING DEBTOR’S MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER TO STOP FORECLOSURE AND TO IMPOSE THE AUTOMATIC STAY 11/23/2005 05-40061 DORIS PITTMAN NASH OPINION AND ORDER DENYING DEBTOR’S MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO COMPLETE CREDIT BRIEFING WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO AMENDED CERTIFICATION 11/18/2005 04-27841 04-00638 Thomas Harrison MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER ON COMPLAINT TO DETERMINE DISCHARGEABILITY 5/10/2005 01-33536 SHERMAN LOGAN WOODLAND MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING DEBTOR’S MOTION TO RETAIN [REDEEM] VEHICLE, DENYING TRUSTEE’S MOTION FOR TURNOVER AND DENYING THE TRUSTEE’S OBJECTION TO THE DEBTOR’S CLAIMED EXEMPTION IN THE VEHICLE 5/10/2005 92-27775 FRANK WALLACE HUNT OPINION AND ORDER ON MOTION TO RENEW JUDGMENT 2/9/2005 01-27514 Edward Hochhauser 1/12/2005 03-41991 EARLINE JONES MEMORANDUM OPINION ON OBJECTIONS TO ONFIRMATION BY TAX COLLECTION AUTHORITIES 12/16/2004 98-25773 Joyce Washington MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING EDUCATIONAL CREDIT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION? MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT 11/9/2004 03-33600 KELVIN W. RICHARDSON OPINION AND ORDER ON § 707(B) MOTION 11/8/2004 04-28394 KATHRYN LEE BAXTER OPINION AND ORDER ON § 707(b) MOTION 10/27/2004 04-31648 WILLIAM CLYDE HOOVER OPINION AND ORDER DENYING OBJECTION TO CONFIRMATION AND MOTION TO DISMISS 8/5/2004 04-28540 SHIRLEY ROSS MEMORANDUM OPINION ON UNITED STATES TRUSTEE'S OR CASE TRUSTEE'S MOTIONS TO DISMISS OR TRANSFER VENUE OF CASE 7/12/2004 02-37004 Sharon Thompson Holmes OPINION AND ORDER ON MOTION SEEKING DISMISSAL OR ALTERNATIVELY MODIFICATION OF THE PLAN TO PROVIDE FOR REPAYMENT OF PREPETITION AND POSTPETITION TAXES AND COMPELLING DEBTOR TP FILE DELENQUENT FEDERAL TAX REURNS 7/12/2004 03-25896 DALE PERRITT AND AMY PERRITT MEMORANDUM OPINION ON COMPLAINT FOR EXCEPTION FROM DISCHAGE 7/12/2004 03-32919 CARLTON ROLAND BUFORD MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER ON TRUSTEE'S COMPLAINT FOR TURNOVER OF PROPERTY OF THE ESTATE 6/3/2004 02-38428 Warren Rayner Stewart ORDER DENYING DEBTOR'S EXCEPTION TO CLAIM OF INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 6/3/2004 03-24757 John Jackson MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER ON COMPLAINT DETERMINE DISCHARGEABILITY 4/27/2004 03-30947 03-01189 ABED AMRO MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER ON COMPLAINT OBJECTING TO DISCHARGE 4/14/2004 02-25981 JAMES EDWARD WOOD MEMORANDUM OPINION ON COMPLAINT TO DETERMINE DISCHARGEABILITY 11/20/2003 00-27949 TARSHA EVETTE YANCEY, MEMORANDUM OPINION ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS COMPLAINT 10/30/2003 02-37466 JAMES MCGARRH AND FLOY MCGARRH MEMORANDUM OPINION ON COMPLAINTS OBJECTING TO DISCHARGE 10/28/2003 01-28162 01-00847 TERRY D. WHITE MEMORANDUM OPINION ON COMPLAINT OBJECTING TO DISCHARGE AND TO DETERMINE DISCHARGEABILITY 10/10/2003 03-26184 DANIEL ARTHUR WEAVER MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER ON DEBTOR’S MOTION TO AVOID LIEN 10/1/2003 03-27948 LAURA M. DOSS Memphis: 200 Jefferson Ave. Suite 500 Memphis, TN 38103 (tel) 901-328-3500 -- Jackson: 111 South Highland Ave. Suite 107, Jackson, TN 38301 (tel) 731-421-9300	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2168
__label__wiki	0.920349	0.920349	Mid Ayr Dance, Indie, Pop, Rock - Brisbane, QLD Letting You In Uploaded 09 Oct 15 What You Mean To Me Uploaded 30 Jul 19 Bird Out the Window Uploaded 09 Sep 20 Dance, Indie, Pop, Rock alternative Indie Pop "Alternative rock Elliot Smith, Radiohead, The Trouble with Templeton, Bon iver, Bright Eyes, Cloud Control, Augie March Hugh Middleton - Vox, Guitar, Keys. Zac Moynihan - Drums. Andy Reid - Bass. Sun Kil Moon, Radiohead, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Beach House, Pixies, The Flaming Lips, Low, Elliot Smith, Jeff Buckley, Augie March, Tame Impala Holy Holy , The Trouble With Templeton, DAN PARSONS, Airling, Big Scary, Louis Spoils, Alex L'Estrange, Denpasar, Darling James, My Own Pet Radio, Sometime Sonny midayr.bandcamp.com/releases Mid Ayr are songwriter Hugh Middleton, Zac Moynihan and Andy Reid. Conceived in 2015, Mid Ayr quickly made waves amongst local and international audiences alike, with first single ‘My Mayhem’ amassing over 500,000 plays on YouTube. Teaming up with Producer/Engineer Alex L’Estrange, their debut EP was released to critical praise from many. Their first single from the record, ‘Letting You In’ was added to high rotation on Triple J and was the most played song for the station in 2016. Follow up single ‘Vampires’ won the Triple J Unearthed/NIDA competition, giving the band a chance to collaborate with some of Australia’s top Film & TV students at NIDA. Since then, they have toured across the country with bands such as Ball Park Music, Moses Gunn Collective, Olympia, My Own Pet Radio and DMA’s as well as playing Jungle Love and End of the Line Festivals. 2017 saw the band remove themselves from touring life to work on a debut album. Set for release 30th of Aug 2019, debut single ‘Exit’ is a shift away from their initial sound to a more brooding and introspective feel. With a headline East Coast Tour planned for July/August, big things are expected for this Brisbane 3-piece. Unearthed in 2016 Play now Add to Listening Queue Download now" Nick Findlay just wow! that ending. what a payoff. thank you Richard Kingsmill I know this guy Lachie who knows this guy called Luke and he said...Oh never mind. I think this song nails the restrained power that Radiohead largely built their career on. It's also got a bit of that Arcade Fire chanty pirate vocal thing going on which can be often overdone, but they pull it off here. Bridget Hustwaite A real effortless transition between those cruisey verses and more explosive, gritty chorus lines. Solid tune!	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2173
__label__cc	0.711115	0.288885	University of Washington Gold Team Kicks Season Off with Snowball Chance in Hole Tournament Seattle, WA -- The University of Washington Women's Water Polo team will kick off their official 2019 season with the Gold Team heading to the Snowball Chance in Hole tournament in Tacoma, WA, hosted by Puget Sound Polo. The Gold Team is the development team for the University of Washington Women's Water Polo Club and provides opportunities for newer players to gain valuable experience and playing time. This weekend the Gold team will feature 19 players to compete against several other Washington club teams at Mt Tahoma High School in Tacoma, WA. This weekend's roster is a mixture of team veterans from last season as well as six first time players joining the Huskies' roster. The action begins when the Huskies square off against PSP Purple at 9am on Saturday, 1/19, followed by a 1pm match against PSP Pink, and will finish out the day when they take on PSP Women at 3pm. The Huskies will continue on Sunday with games at 11am and 1pm against Narrows WPC and Northwest WPC. The team will be led by last year's captain, Arielle Howell (#6, Olympia, WA) and senior, Nicole Sargent (#5, Arcadia, CA), along with support from freshman newcomers, Bailey Deck (#10, San Diego, CA) and Ekaterina "Katya" Andren (#8, Gig Harbor, WA). Last year's Gold Team offensive leader, Sophia Ko (#13, Puyallup, WA) will also be suited up and ready to start tallying up goals for the 2019 season. Annie Shoemaker (#1, Seattle, WA) will begin her third season as goalie with the team and will be looking to improve upon her 76 saves from last season. Veteran standouts from the Senior Team will also be joining the tournament and ready to get in if needed; including senior team captains, Mary Elizabeth Ward (#7, San Rafael, CA) and Karli Stone #4, Tacoma, WA) as well as 2-meter defender standout, Jalene Weatherholt (#17, San Jose, CA). The Huskies are just coming off their first two weeks of practice for the 2019 season after a much needed winter break, and are ready to hit the ground running. Expect solid team play with a focus on counterattack from this veteran group. Come out and support the Huskies this weekend at Mt Tahoma High School in Tacoma, WA. If you can't make it, then follow us on Twitter for live tweets of all the matches this weekend. #Developmentteam #Goldteam #UWWaterPolo #PSP #NarrowsWPC #NorthwestWPC #Ward #Stone #Howell #Ko #Shoemaker	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2182
__label__wiki	0.808698	0.808698	Posted on December 11, 2020 by Dave Bonta Confessional pitfall (Lord’s day). Up, and to church with my wife. A dull sermon of Mr. Mills, and then home, without strangers to dinner, and then my wife to read, and I to the office, enter my journall to this day, and so home with great content that it is done, but with sorrow to my eyes. Then home, and got my wife to read to me out of Fuller’s Church History, when by and by comes Captain Cocke, who sat with me all the evening, talking, and I find by him, as by all others, that we are like to expect great confusions, and most of our discourse was the same, and did agree with that the last night, particularly that about the difference between the King and the Duke of York which is like to be. He tells me that he hears that Sir W. Coventry was, a little before the Duke of York fell sick, with the Duke of York in his closet, and fell on his knees, and begged his pardon for what he hath done to my Lord Chancellor; but this I dare not soon believe. But he tells me another thing, which he says he had from the person himself who spoke with the Duke of Buckingham, who, he says, is a very sober and worthy man, that he did lately speak with the Duke of Buckingham about his greatness now with the King, and told him- “But, sir, these things that the King do now, in suffering the Parliament to do all this, you know are not fit for the King to suffer, and you know how often you have said to me that the King was a weak man, and unable to govern, but to be governed, and that you could command him as you listed; why do you suffer him to go on in these things?” — “Why,” says the Duke of Buckingham, “I do suffer him to do this, that I may hereafter the better command him.” This he swears to me the person himself to whom the Duke of Buckingham said this did tell it him, and is a man of worth, understanding, and credit. He told me one odd passage by the Duke of Albemarle, speaking how hasty a man he is, and how for certain he would have killed Sir W. Coventry, had he met him in a little time after his shewing his letter in the House. He told me that a certain lady, whom he knows, did tell him that, she being certainly informed that some of the Duke of Albemarle’s family did say that the Earl of Torrington was a bastard, [she] did think herself concerned to tell the Duke of Albemarle of it, and did first tell the Duchesse, and was going to tell the old man, when the Duchesse pulled her back by the sleeve, and hindered her, swearing to her that if he should hear it, he would certainly kill the servant that should be found to have said it, and therefore prayed her to hold her peace. One thing more he told me, which is, that Garraway is come to town, and is thinking how to bring the House to mind the public state of the nation and to put off these particular piques against man and man, and that he propounding this to Sir W. Coventry, Sir W. Coventry did give no encouragement to it: which he says is that by their running after other men he may escape. But I do believe this is not true neither. But however I am glad that Garraway is here, and that he do begin to think of the public condition in reference to our neighbours that we are in, and in reference to ourselves, whereof I am mightily afeard of trouble. So to supper, and he gone and we to bed. I enter my journal on my knees it says you are not fit to suffer you know how often you have killed time by running after other true selves Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Sunday 17 November 1667. CategoriesPepys Diary erasure project, Poems & poem-like things Previous PostPrevious Taste, Smell Next PostNext Losing Maizy	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2186
__label__wiki	0.751353	0.751353	Mag. 3.3 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, 213 km northwest of Santiago, Provincia de Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile, on Wednesday, 25 November 2015 at 21:25 (GMT) This quake was likely an aftershock of the 7.8 quake Choapa, 36 km west of Illapel, Provincia de Choapa, Coquimbo Region, Chile, 16 September 2015 22:54 GMT, which had occurred 10 weeks earlier. 25 Nov 21:42 UTC: First to report: GUG (U. Chile) after 16 minutes. Date & time: 25 Nov 2015 21:25:49 UTC Epicenter latitude / longitude: 32.089°S / 72.24°W (South Pacific Ocean, Chile) 103 km (64 mi) WNW of La Ligua (Petorca) (pop: 24,900) --> See nearby quakes! 113 km (70 mi) WSW of Illapel (Choapa) (pop: 22,800) --> See nearby quakes! 123 km (77 mi) NW of Hacienda La Calera (pop: 49,100) --> See nearby quakes! 128 km (80 mi) NW of Quillota (pop: 67,800) --> See nearby quakes! 130 km (81 mi) NW of Quilpué (pop: 130,300) --> See nearby quakes! 134 km (83 mi) NW of Villa Alemana (pop: 97,300) --> See nearby quakes! 230 km (143 mi) NW of Puente Alto (pop: 510,400) --> See nearby quakes! Estimated released energy: 5.6 x 109 joules (1.56 megawatt hours, equivalent to 1.34 tons of TNT) More info	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2187
__label__wiki	0.737391	0.737391	We are committed to delivering information in a format that can be accessed by everyone including people with disability. On a daily basis our interactions include people with disability whether it is a client, a member of the community, a colleague or a stakeholder. By publishing accessible content we are removing barriers and creating an inclusive community that allows people with disability to make independent decisions. People from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and seniors can also benefit from accessible content. Having information that is accessible increases our audience reach and ensures that our information is being understood by the reader. Our Website Accessibility Policy and FACS Accessibility Standard provides guidance to put our web users at the centre of all that we do. The Digital Service Standard We adhere to, and suggest all agencies follow, the Australian Government’s Digital Service Standard. 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__label__cc	0.733213	0.266787	Research Institute GUIDE Research Education Groningen Research Institute for Asth... GRIAC investigator Jan Willem Kocks i... Biopharmaceuticals, Discovery, Design and Delivery CardioVascular Center Center for Liver, Digestive and Metabolic Diseases Critical care, Anesthesiology, Peri-operative and Emergency medicine Groningen Institute for Gastro Intestinal Genetics and Immunology Groningen Institute for Organ Transplantation Groningen Kidney Center Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD GRIAC research in focus Medicinal Chemistry & Bioanalysis Microbes in Health and Disease Translational Immunology Real world studies in PharmacoEpidemiology, -Genetics, -Economics, &-Therapy (PEGET) GRIAC investigator Jan Willem Kocks involved in large European research network A consortium of European investigators including GRIAC investigator Dr Jan Willem Kocks will establish a Registry of European Asthma Clinical Research Centers (SHARP Registry) across the European continent. The primary aim of this registry is to bring the expertise in clinical research in asthma together with people with asthma in order to create a vibrant, ambitious and effective platform for clinical research. The platform will be based on principles of inclusiveness, meritocracy, fairness, transparency and accountability, with "improving lives of people with asthma" as the core mission. The aim is to a) gather essential information about the clinical and scientific expertise, existing capabilities and supporting infrastructure in centers across Europe, b) to create a registry of people with severe asthma, and c) to undertake research of relevance to people with asthma that can best be done through large collaborations. The platform will not be a static platform but one that evolves on the basis of needs for research and the needs of people with asthma. The registry would also have a longer term aspiration to raise standards/quality of research across the network of asthma centers in Europe, harmonise, wherever appropriate, the standard operating procedures, and serve the educational agenda of ERS (e.g. through clinical fellowships). The SHARP registry will seek to achieve a cultural transformation in respect of the way that research is conducted, placing people with asthma at its core, empowering them to drive the agenda that serves their clinical needs and secure excellence in reserve delivery. Vacancies See our vacancies LifeLines To the LifeLines website Healthy Ageing Prevention and intervention	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2190
__label__cc	0.5732	0.4268	Bamberg Graduate Schools / Promotionsprogramme Bamberger Graduiertenschule für Orient-Studien (BaGOS) Betreute Mitglieder Alfred el-Khoury, M.A. Iman Aghajani, M.A. Promotionsthema Safiah Al-Salameen, M.A. Ana Davitashvili, M.A. Sören Faika, M.A. Ana Marija Grbanovic, M.A. PhD working title Sina Gögen, M.A. Dissertationsthema Hadeel Hasan, M.A. Farzaneh Khamseh, M.A. Bekhruz Kurbanov, M.A. Christine Kämpfer, M.A. Emine Küçükbay, M.A. Maryam Moeini, M.A. Zohreh Monzavi, M.A. Bentolhoda Mousaviroghabadi, M.A. Felix Wiedemann, M.A. Aufnahmeantrag, Betreuungsvereinbarung, Ordnung Wissenschaftliches Programm Wissenschaftliche Kolloquien The War-Metaphor in Arabic Poetry: A Study of Innovation, Tradition, and Literary Practices My doctoral project is a study of the war-metaphor in classical Arabic poetry. By bringing war and metaphor together, I aim at shedding new light on instrumental concepts and notions in Arabic poetry and poetics, such as conventionality, innovation, the relationship between poet and critic and poet and literary tradition, as well as on other indigenous critical notions (badīʿ, tawlīd, muḥdath, among others). The study is, therefore, not one of the concept or idea of war, on which the investigation of metaphor might provide illuminating insights. Rather the war-metaphor is employed here as a leading case-study of metaphor and inserted in the discussion on poetics, aesthetics, and literary practices in classical Arabic poetry. Two moments of the history of Arabic poetry are going to be emphasized—here called the muḥdath and the “pre-muḥdath”. The former moment refers generally to the early ʿAbbāsid poets known as the muḥdathūn (i.e. the new ones) and whose poetry and poetical practices were considered to represent a palpably novel stance to that of their predecessors (Umayyad, early Islamic, and pre-Islamic poets)—whom I shall call the “pre-muḥdath”. These two moments are however not exclusively employed as timeframe concepts, but rather as a delineation of a set of stylistic and critical characteristics, which might or might not correspond to historical stages. The study draws on a variety of theories of metaphor, trying not to limit itself to a single approach or school. It benefits mainly from the theoretical endeavors in the field of metaphor from the 1970s onwards. The cognitive theory (Lakoff, Mac Cormac) is instrumental in exploring the various patterns of the war-metaphor and in examining notions of conventionality and tradition. The study of metaphor as a rhetorical process (Paul Ricœur, Wayne C. Booth) helps us relate it to rhetoric, context, and discourse, while the semantic approach (Jakobson, Le Guern) provides the ground for examining the functioning of metaphor within a semantic isotopy (be it an expression, a sentence or a text). A reference to the different theories and stances in the Arabic critical tradition will be provided as well.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2192
__label__cc	0.559429	0.440571	When the ranch was purchased by Eddie Pfiester, the family truly lived off of the land. They farmed the fields, hunted wild game, and raised livestock. The ranch has been home to many different species over the years. In the early days, the Pfiester family raised chickens, cattle, sheep, Angora goats, horses and mules. They also had an array of pets including dogs, cats, birds and deer, to name a few. Angora goats are the species said to have carried many families through the terrible drought of the 1950's, and the Pfiesters were happy to have them. Today, the ranch is still home to descendants of the original flock, as well as descendants of the highly regarded registered herd bred by Laura Pfiester Schmidt and her husband Gilbert Schmidt. Today, the goats are constantly threatened by predators, so guard donkeys and Anatolian Shepherd guard dogs are used to protect the flock, along with other measures. Cattle and horses also inhabit the ranch. The cattle are mostly a commercial Brangus cross, and are a very significant part of the operation. The combined use of cattle and goats works well from a management perspective, and together the two species both thrive. Horses have also always been part of the ranch, although with today's modern conveniences, they are not as vital to ranch work as they once were. However, the family still uses them for some cattle work, as well as for viewing the land, stock and game without disrupting their natural state. The Pfiesters were known for their excellent horsemanship, especially Ruby, and that tradition continues with Ruby's daughter Peggy and her daughter Lindsey, who both are excellent horsewomen and love to ride on the ranch as much as possible. Lindsey is also a member of a precision riding team, and loves to ride her team horse all around the ranch between workouts. Chalupa the guard donkey. Horse and cattle. Cattle water at the lake. Guard dog Eddie with Angora goats. Lindsey's paint horses. Shearing day at the ranch. Angora goat being sheared. Angora goat after shearing. Dulce the guard donkey. Angora goat and kid. Zora, the first guard dog. Zora was the ranch's first Anatolian Shepherd guard dog. Guard donkeys. Guard dog Lucy in training. Angora goats after shearing. UP HOME RANCH	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2194
__label__wiki	0.515266	0.515266	Find Trails > Washington > Minnehaha > Minnehaha Dog Walking Trails Minnehaha, WA Dog Walking Trails and Maps Looking for the best Dog Walking trails around Minnehaha? Find the top rated dog walking trails in Minnehaha, whether you're looking for an easy short dog walking trail or a long dog walking trail, you'll find what you're looking for. Click on a dog walking trail below to find trail descriptions, trail maps, photos, and reviews. Banks-Vernonia State Trail Brookwood Parkway Trail Burnt Bridge Creek Trail Cazadero Trail Chelatchie Prairie Railroad Trail Columbia River Dike Trail Columbia Slough Trail Coweeman River Trail Cowlitz River Trail Crown Zellerbach Trail Fanno Creek Greenway Trail Frenchman's Bar Trail Gresham Fairview Trail Highway 26 Bike Path Highway 500 Trail Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail I-205 Multi-Use Path State: OR, WA I-84 Bike Path Lacamas Heritage Trail Logging Road Trail Lombard Street Path McLoughlin Promenade Moulton Falls Trail Padden Parkway Trail Peninsula Crossing Trail Riverfront Trail (WA) Rock Creek Trail (OR) Salem Parkway Bike Path Salmon Creek Greenway Trail Springwater Corridor Sunrise Expressway Shared-Use Path Terwilliger Trail Tilikum Crossing Trolley Trail (OR) Vera Katz Eastbank Esplanade Waterfront Bike Path Westside Trail Whistle Punk Interpretive Trail The Banks-Vernonia State Trail stretches through the hills (east of the Coast Mountains) between its two namesake towns. The former railroad corridor—once part of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle... OR 22.7 mi Asphalt Brookwood Parkway Trail, in a northwestern suburb of Portland, skirts the Hillsboro airport and provides access to the Hillsboro Public Library and the sprawling campuses of a few large corporations.... OR 1.8 mi Asphalt The scenic Burnt Bridge Creek Trail meanders through Vancouver, Washington, along the creek from Stewart Glen on the shores of Vancouver Lake to Meadowbrook Marsh. Along the way, the trail passes... WA 7.7 mi Asphalt, Concrete Cazadero Trail is currently completed in two disconnected segments that total just over 4 miles in the southeastern outskirts of Portland. In the future, the rail-trail is planned to stretch farther... OR 4.4 mi Gravel The Chelatchie Prairie Railroad Trail—also known as the Chelatchie Prairie Rail-with-Trail—is currently open from Battle Ground Lake State Park to a point nearly 1 mile southwest. The paved trail runs... WA 0.9 mi Asphalt The Columbia River Dike Trail—also known as the Captain William Clark Park Trail and the Cottonwood Beach Trail—follows the Columbia River from Steamboat Landing Park to the border of the Steigerwald... WA 3.2 mi Asphalt, Crushed Stone The Columbia Slough Trail follows its namesake waterway on the northern end of Portland. Although there are currently gaps in the trail, it will one day follow the entire length of the narrow 19-mile... The Coweeman River Trail follows the dike on the west side of the river for 4 miles, giving access to the riverfront and Tam O'Shanter Park. The setting on the northern section is residential, and the... WA 4 mi Gravel The Cowlitz River Trail follows its namesake river along a dike on the east bank. The trail is asphalt and connects Kelso residents with the riverfront. The trail parallels the active BNSF line that... The Crown Zellerbach Trail, known locally as the CZ Trail, follows a former logging railroad through quiet and picturesque forests in northwest Oregon. Its east end begins at Multnomah Channel and,... OR 25.8 mi Gravel When complete, the Fanno Creek Greenway will be a 15-mile paved network of fully accessible urban trails, linking two counties and five cities: Beaverton, Tigard, Tualatin, Durham, and southwest... Frenchman's Bar Trail could not be in a prettier place nestled between the Columbia River and Vancouver Lake on the northwestern outskirts of Vancouver. The paved trail of nearly 4 miles loops around... The Gresham Fairview Trail is a north–south corridor that will one day link Portland's 40-Mile Loop Trail (Marine Drive section) with the Springwater Trail's section through Gresham. As of spring... The Highway 26 Bike Path is a paved commuter route in west Portland that parallels its namesake roadway (also known as Sunset Highway). A small segment is located in a busy shopping area of the... OR 2.3 mi Asphalt, Concrete The paved Highway 500 Trail runs just shy of a mile between Andresen Road and Thurston Way on Vancouver's west side through a busy stretch of car dealerships, shops and restaurants. The Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail is an innovative road-to-trail conversion constructed on portions of the Historic Columbia River Highway. The trail is considered to be from milepoint... The I-205 Multi-Use Path spans 18.5 miles through five cities and 15 neighborhoods along Interstate 205 and the TriMet MAX Green Line light rail service. In addition, it joins with the 21.5-mile... OR, WA 18.5 mi Asphalt The I-84 Bike Path begins at the I-84 intersection with Fairview Parkway and continues west along the interstate for nearly 5 miles. A fence and concrete barrier separate trail-goers from traffic.... OR 4.9 mi Concrete The Lacamas Heritage Trail parallels Lacamas Creek and the western shore of Lacamas Lake under a canopy of old growth forest. Along this scenic gravel pathway, trail-goers can catch glimpses of the... WA 3.5 mi Gravel The Logging Road Trail runs along the eastern outskirts of Canby, about 20 miles south of Portland. The road was once used by logging trucks, but is now closed to vehicular traffic. Views along the... The Lombard Street Path stretches nearly 2 miles through an industrial area of northern Portland. At the southern end of Kelley Point Park, the path makes two important connections: It meets the... Marine Drive Trail follows its namesake roadway along the south shore of the Columbia River. You'll often find you're just feet from the river and can enjoy lovely views of the water, boats and... The McLoughlin Promenade offers a unique trail experience overlooking the Willamette River in Oregon City. Stretching about a half mile along the river bluff, the paved pathway offers beautiful views... The Moulton Falls Trail follows an old logging railroad grade between Hantwick Road and the East Fork High Bridge. The trail travels along the East Fork Lewis River within a canopied corridor of... WA 2.5 mi Asphalt, Gravel The Padden Parkway Trail provides a paved, 5-mile route across northeastern Vancouver, connecting neighborhoods and shopping areas. Trail-goers are separated from the busy four-lane roadway by a wide,... As its name implies, the Peninsula Crossing Trail cuts through a peninsula between the Willamette and Columbia Rivers in northern Portland. The tree-lined trail traverses urban neighborhoods and... Castle Rock's popular Riverfront Trail originates at its main trailhead in Lion's Pride Park, which offers covered picnic areas. Following a dike north along the Cowlitz River from the park, the trail... The Rock Creek Trail provides an important commuting route and natural escape in one of Oregon's largest cities: Hillsboro, located in the "Silicon Forest," a high-tech corridor on Portland's western... OR 1.6 mi Asphalt, Boardwalk The bike path connects Oregon's capital Salem to the neighboring city of Keizer in the Williamette Valley. The trail starts along Salem Parkway on Cherry Avenue and heads north, connecting schools,... Salmon Creek Greenway Trail offers a scenic natural getaway in northern Vancouver. The paved, tree-lined trail winds along the creek and through wetlands for 3 miles, offering access to Salmon Creek... WA 3 mi Asphalt The Springwater Corridor comprises the southeast segment of the 40-Mile Loop regional trail system encircling the greater Portland area. The origins of the Loop come from a 1904 proposal by visionary... Located in the Portland suburb of Clackamas, this trail extends just over 1 mile. The paved pathway begins on SE Mather Road, in an industrial part of town, and heads southeast, paralleling the... Terwilliger Trail offers a beautiful, paved route from southern Portland to Lake Oswego in two disconnected segments. Most of the trail corridor runs through Multnomah County; its southern tip lies in... Tilikum Crossing, also known as the Bridge of the People, spans 1,720 feet across the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. The bridge was designed primarily for the MAX Orange Line light rail, but... The Trolley Trail follows the Portland Traction Company's Oregon City Line streetcar right-of-way, serving Portland’s metro area, that ran between Milwaukie and Gladstone from 1893 until... OR 6 mi Asphalt The Eastbank Esplanade traces Portland's Willamette River from the Steel Bridge on the north end to SE Caruthers Street on the south end. The trail is named for former Portland mayor Vera Katz, who... The Waterfront Bike Path follows the Willamette River in downtown Portland from the Marquam Bridge north to the Steel Bridge. Although short, the trail offers scenic views of the city skyline and... The developing Westside Trail in Portland's western suburbs will be a 25-mile paved, multi-use path between the Willamette River to the north and the Tualatin River to the south. Currently, 8 miles... ,a href="http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/recreation/trails/locations/mta-0059-whistle-punk.shtml">US Forest Service: This trail is a barrier-free interpretive trail that tells the story of forest... More Minnehaha bike trailsView Fewer Minnehaha bike trails More Minnehaha walking trails View Fewer Minnehaha walking trails More Minnehaha running trailsView Fewer Minnehaha running trails great biking trail January, 2021 by 1wheelwilson I ride this almost daily in the summer , I really like having this trail so close to where I live. The only issues is you really need to pay attention the first time you ride it or you may get lost like I did. And since COVID-19 the homeless have really took over this area. December, 2020 by amynwill2003 The hills are steep but the scenery makes up for that. Peaceful, rolling vistas. A beautiful challenge that feels like a back country trek. I wouldn't try to bike it unless you are super fit. Some of the hills after Nora St will kick your butt just walking them.. Nice trail along the Columbia Slough October, 2020 by murpht12 Best access point is parking at Columbia Boulevard Water Treatment plaint and following the path and bridge across the slough. A little industrial in parts, but beautiful views of the slough and lots of birds (great blue herons, great egrets, hawks, sandpipers, etc.) and other animals (river otters, nutria, etc.). You'll have the trail mostly to yourself. I'd recommend going during the week to avoid going on a day where the raceway is up and running. Great hidden gem. My expectation were too high for this trail possibly September, 2020 by moscowsharon I didn't like how one direction was mostly uphill and the other direction was mostly downhill. I like a little more variety of up and down in each direction. And although it was pretty, I'm I don't understand why this trail is so popular. lovey! August, 2020 by zxipex My husband and I just discovered this trail today. What a gem! Love the random artwork and the peaceful trail! NOT a great walking trail August, 2020 by chuffine The first portion of it, starting near Vancouver Lake, is pretty, although there is very little shade. However, once it gets to the end of the Isthmus, at Blurock Landing, it parallels the road. It's really no more than a more protected bike lane that is right beside 501. I walked for a while and then turned around, very disappointed. I'm surprised at the high ratings folks gave it. 5 stars, really? Also cell phone coverage is spotty (at least for my phone) so be aware. For bikers or skaters it may be fine, but NOT recommended for walkers unless you find walking beside a sometimes busy two lane road as your idea of being out in nature. super views! July, 2020 by jessica.koenen Best way to cross the willamette on a bike - protected and wide. Drops down right at OMSI... July, 2020 by debimiller9_tl Lovely trail not even too crowded on a Sunday. Well marked and very shady Not one I'll do again June, 2020 by moscowsharon This trail is good for commuting. Cascade Locks to Stairs June, 2020 by pcraze This is a pleasant forested section, but it’s only about 2.5 miles one way from the parking in Cascade Locks to a very steep set of stairs that impedes access to the rest of the trail. If you had two people you could transport each bike up the stairs to continue the ride. I didn’t have anyone to help me and my bike is very heavy so I turned around. A note about parking: Park under the bridge in Cascade Locks, but don’t take the steep downhill road that leads you down to the railroad tracks. If you do turn around and go back to the parking lot. The trail start almost on the shoulder of the highway and then veers off into a peaceful wooded area Mosier to Hood River Best Segment The trail and parking was open as of June 1, 2020 during Phase 2 of the Covid-19 situation. We rented bikes at Discover Bicycles in Hood River to ride the Historic Hwy bike path. We had a bike rack with us and we were staying in Mosier so we road the section from Mosier to Hood River (5 miles one way). This is an outstanding ride! Riding from Mosier to Hood River The trail is either uphill or level. Enjoy a picnic lunch and restrooms (flush toilets) and water at the Hood River parking lot. Riding to Mosier the trail is mostly downhill or level. Currently this is the best section of the trail to ride. May, 2020 by madriago Great with 3 kids all on bikes - one a tricycle Alderwood Manor, WA Bonney Lake, WA Centralia, WA Cheney, WA College Place, WA Covington, WA Des Moines, WA East Renton Highlands, WA East Wenatchee Bench, WA Edgewood, WA Elk Plain, WA Enumclaw, WA Grandview, WA Kennewick, WA Kingsgate, WA Lake Forest Park, WA Lynnwood, WA Martha Lake, WA Mercer Island, WA Minnehaha, WA Monroe, WA Mountlake Terrace, WA Mukilteo, WA Newcastle, WA North Creek, WA North Marysville, WA Opportunity, WA Parkland, WA Richland, WA Salmon Creek, WA Sedro-Woolley, WA Shoreline, WA South Hill, WA Sunnyside, WA Toppenish, WA University Place, WA West Lake Stevens, WA West Richland, WA White Center, WA	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2201
__label__cc	0.570221	0.429779	All posts tagged '24: Live Another Day' Fox In Talks To Revive ‘The X-Files’, Considers More ’24’ Without Kiefer Sutherland By Patrick Munn \| January 17, 2015 - 8:07 pm \| 4 Comments At their TCA panel, new Fox toppers Gary Newman and Dana Walden announced that they have been in talks with Chris Carter to revive their seminal science-fiction series The X-Files. ’24’ Feature Film Inching Closer To Reality? By Patrick Munn \| September 2, 2014 - 10:11 am \| No Comments '24' may finally make it to the big screen as talks for a feature film, which would likely address the cliff-hanger from '24: Live Another Day', are "gathering steam". Sky1’s ‘A League Of Their Own’ Gets ’24’ Style Promo By Patrick Munn \| July 16, 2014 - 11:43 am \| No Comments Sky and Fox have teamed together to produce a 24 style promo for the upcoming eighth season of A League Of Their Own, which will air on Sky1 tonight during the series final of '24: Live Another Day'. Interview: Branko Tomovic Talks ’24: Live Another Day’, Working With Kiefer Sutherland, The Casting Process & More By Patrick Munn \| June 16, 2014 - 11:21 am \| 1 Comment TVWise talks to Branko Tomovic about his role on 24: Live Another Day, working with Kiefer Sutherland, a potential move to Hollywood and much more. Shooting ’24: Live Another Day’ In London “Very Fitting”, Says Kiefer Sutherland By Troy L. Foreman \| May 2, 2014 - 11:33 pm \| 1 Comment 24: Live Another Day star and executive producer Kiefer Sutherland tells TVWise that shooting the limited event series in London was "very fitting" given that the success of 24 in the UK had contributed to the show's longevity.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2204
__label__wiki	0.730247	0.730247	Samsung makes its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone official, available on August 19. Published Tue, Aug 2 2016 8:25 PM CDT \| Updated Tue, Nov 3 2020 11:59 AM CST Samsung has officially launched its new Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, skipping the Note 6 to realign its phablet-sized handset with the company's super-popular Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge smartphones. The new Galaxy Note 7 will be available from all four of the major US carriers on August 19, with pre-orders opening up tomorrow. The pricing on the Galaxy Note 7 will be higher than the Galaxy S7 edge, which sits at just under $800 right now. Inside, the Galaxy Note 7 is barely different to the Galaxy S7, with the same Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor in the US, Chinese and Japanese handsets - other markets will feature Samsung's own Exynos processor. It also has 4GB of RAM, the same 12-megapixel rear-facing camera with f/1.7 lens and OIS, is IP68 water-resistant, support for microSD cards, and 64GB of internal storage. The battery on the Galaxy Note 7 is a 3500mAh battery, up from the 3000mAh one used in the Galaxy Note 5 smartphone. Samsung's new Galaxy Note 7 smartphone features 5.7-inch dual-curved Super AMOLED display with a native resolution of 2560x1440. The dual-curved screen is a first for the Galaxy Note range, with Samsung noting that it allows the Galaxy Note 7 to be 2.2mm narrower than its predecessor, while having the same 5.7-inch display size. The curvature of the display itself is different to that of the Galaxy S7 edge, which allowed Samsung to provide a more flat surface area, while the rear glass panel has an identical curve to the front, making the entire smartphone more symmetrical than the Galaxy S7 edge. Samsung has also used Corning's new Gorilla Glass 5 that will - hopefully - keep your smartphone safe(r). The Galaxy Note 7 also rocks USB Type-C charging, which is a first for Samsung, and very exciting to see. If the new Galaxy Note 7 is so similar to the Galaxy S7 edge, why would you buy it? Well, it does rock a new iris scanner that joins the fingerprint scanning family that allows you to unlock your new Galaxy Note 7 smartphone... with your eyes. Samsung says that the iris scanner is more secure than a fingerprint scanner, and while I haven't used one yet, I would tend to agree. Except I don't want someone pulling my eyeball out to get into my secure phone - cut my finger off instead, please. Better yet, the new iris scanner can be used to lock certain apps, photos, notes and other contents inside of an even more secure folder - something that is separate to the rest of the data on your Galaxy Note 7. Of course, like previous Galaxy Note smartphones, the new Galaxy Note 7 rocks Samsung's S Pen active stylus. Samsung has upgraded the S Pen on the Galaxy Note 7, which is now water resistant, has a finer point, and twice as fine pressure sensitivity (up to 4096 levels, compared to earlier models with 2048). The S Pen includes new software features like a magnifying loupe, quick text tranlation tool, and a new tool that makes creating GIFs from any video that's playing, easier than ever before. Samsung has also updated its software interface on the Galaxy Note 7, where The Verge reports it has a "cleaner color palette, softer white menus, and an overall nicer-looking aesthetic". However, Samsung is launching its latest and greatest Galaxy Note 7 smartphone with Android 6.0, adding that it will be providing an update to Android 7.0 in the future, but hasn't provided an ETA on that. Samsung's new Galaxy Note 7 will be available in three colors in the US, including black, silver and a unique blue that Samsung likes to call "Blue Coral". A gold version will be made available in the international markets, and Samsung is sweetening the deal offering Galaxy Note 7 customers a free 256GB microSD card or Gear Fit 2 when they purchase their Note 7 smartphone. NEWS SOURCE:engadget.com Samsung Galaxy Note 20, Note 20+, Note 20 Ultra renders teased Everything you need to know about the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Samsung announces its new Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10+ phones Samsung's new Galaxy Fold 2 could instead be called Galaxy Z Fold 2 Samsung releases 3 new Galaxy Note 7 promotional videos > NEXT STORY: Batman: The Telltale Series is '100 percent broken as of launch' < PREVIOUS STORY: Final Fantasy XV will have a $25 season pass Galaxy Note 7 smartphone	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2205
__label__wiki	0.537558	0.537558	What would you do? Neuroethics sheds light on our darkest dilemmas When machines and brains mix, who's in charge? This is the type of problem pondered by neuroethicists such as UAB's Josh May, Ph.D., who examine questions at the crossroads of neuroscience and ethics. Written by: Matt Windsor Think about this: A 59-year-old Dutch man with advanced Parkinson’s disease is experiencing debilitating tremors. His doctors implant electrodes deep in his brain, which counteract the faulty signals but cause new troubles. The man starts behaving erratically, making grandiose claims, racking up sizable debts and generally making poor decisions. His doctors adjust the stimulation settings, and even prescribe mood stabilizing drugs, but they don’t help. Eventually, he has to make a choice: Stop the stimulation and be admitted to a nursing home, or keep it and be confined to a psychiatric ward. This real-life dilemma, pulled from the pages of a Dutch medical journal, illustrates the ethical quandaries that arise from new mind-altering technologies such as deep-brain stimulation, says Josh May, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the UAB College of Arts and Sciences Department of Philosophy. “The patient chose mental disorder over physical impairment,” said May. “But does a manic state limit one’s decisional capacity? Must we make sure his decision is made when he is suffering from the symptoms of Parkinson’s, free from an overactive mind prone to reckless behavior and delusions of grandiosity?” These are the kinds of questions you’ll find at the crossroads of neuroscience and ethics, in a new field known as neuroethics. “Neuroscience attempts to understand and manipulate the brain, which is still largely a mystery,” May said. “That makes the ethics of its research especially tricky and fascinating. And it makes the results directly relevant to ethics itself, especially perennial questions about what drives moral and immoral action, how we think about morality, and whether we’re really in control of our actions.” Brain scans are being used to advance longstanding arguments about ethical theories, for example. And researchers — May included — are taking advantage of the reach of the Internet to investigate ethical dilemmas in entirely new ways. What follows is an edited version of an email conversation with Dr. May. How are technologies like functional MRI being used to shape ethical debates? Josh MayOne famous example involves a philosopher-turned-neuroscientist at Harvard University, Josh Greene. He argues that neuroimaging can help prove utilitarianism — the ethical theory that we should always and only maximize happiness for the greatest number of people. This means that sometimes the ends justify the means, even if the means to the greater good are the most horrific acts you can imagine. Greene argues that our brains generate intuitions that conflict with utilitarianism, but these are the parts of our brains that involve automatic, emotionally driven processes that aren’t suited for today’s moral dilemmas, like euthanasia, global poverty, climate change, animal rights and health care reform. Greene wants us to trust the utilitarian intuitions we have, which he argues arise from areas of the brain developed later in evolution, that are more characteristic of our ability to think carefully and override emotional responses. For example, people tend to think it’s immoral to push a large man off of a bridge so that his body stops a train from hitting five other innocent people (assuming only his body could stop the train). Greene says, don’t trust that response! Act for the greater good and push that man! Trust the part of your brain that can override that automatic response and do the cold calculation. What do you think about this argument? This research is fascinating and certainly adding to our knowledge of how our moral brains work. But I do have several worries about the ethical conclusions Greene draws. For example, the brain’s automatic, emotional responses are not clearly untrustworthy, as evidence suggests they’re quite flexible and subconsciously shaped by rational thought. While Greene argues such responses aren’t equipped to resolve complex contemporary moral problems, they may provide a shared moral framework that is precisely suited to resolving moral disputes. After all, if these intuitions are so engrained in the brain, then they may provide a kind of common moral currency. In general, I think research on moral judgment is revealing that principles are more important to moral thinking than emotions, even for automatic responses. We certainly have biases, and emotions have their role, but morality involves complex social information and norms that we seem to tacitly navigate. Our automatic moral intuitions shouldn’t so easily be tossed aside, even if they conflict with utilitarianism, as they are guided by sophisticated information processing that is suited to rational social interaction. So how do you do your research, given that it crosses disciplinary boundaries? Philosophical research involves a lot of thinking for sure, as you have to consider arguments, objections, etc. Most of my research time is probably devoted to reading — hours upon hours of painstaking reading. Especially since my work straddles multiple disciplines, there’s always plenty to keep up on. Each article or chapter can take hours to read carefully, and I bet I read about 50 to 100 per year. While the reading is usually interesting, the writing is very poor and far from leisurely. The same goes for writing and revising my own papers. For me at least, a lot of my research ultimately involves thinking; but it’s often done while reading, writing or talking with other academics, although some of it does happen when I’m driving, cooking, watching a show, etc. I personally find it difficult to sit in silence for very long just thinking with my chin on my fist! I do sometimes conduct my own experiments, which requires design, ethics approval, etc. But a large part requires assessing the results, reading about other research, formulating arguments, assessing objections and writing it all up — a whole lot of thinking beyond just data gathering! And you’ve been doing some interesting experiments using Amazon’s Mechanical Turk service? I’ve been using MTurk for several years now. It allows me to quickly gather responses from a diverse group of people online, instead of doing paper-and-pencil surveys around campus. Often the studies I do involve variations on the famous trolley problem, which pits promoting the greater good against violating people’s bodily rights. For example, I’ll present participants with a version of a hypothetical scenario and ask them to provide their moral opinion about it — Did the person act wrongly? Then I compare the responses across scenarios that vary slightly in different respects, e.g., in whether the harm was brought about actively or passively, as a means to a goal or as an unintended side effect. Statistical analysis can tell us whether the differences are significant — providing evidence about whether the variable had a causal impact on responses. This technique — standard in so-called “experimental philosophy” — can help reveal the underlying distinctions and principles we make in moral judgment. I’ve followed a growing trend suggesting that our automatic intuitions are often in conflict with the prescriptions of utilitarianism, but I suggest that these intuitions aren’t necessarily due to factors that are morally irrelevant and so shouldn’t necessarily be rejected. How might these issues affect everyday moral problems? Here’s a medical example. Many people think a doctor shouldn’t help end a terminal patient’s life as a way to halt their immense suffering. That’s illegal in most states. But we don’t have such a problem with a doctor’s administering heavy doses of morphine to treat severe pain, even if she and the patient know it will hasten death. The patient’s death is then merely a foreseen and unintended side effect. Is this a quirk about euthanasia, or do we systematically treat harming as a mere side effect as more acceptable than harming as means? I’m currently working on a series of studies that involve presenting participants with hypothetical cases in different contexts to see if their judgments change just based on the difference in how the harm was brought about. I hope this will inform whether the distinction is a viable one. I understand you’ve been introducing UAB students to neuroethics with a course first offered this past spring? It was a seminar, offered at the 200 and 400 levels, serving as a capstone for the Philosophy major. It was a blast! I had some excellent students, some of whom had backgrounds in neuroscience. Mike Sloane, the director of the University Honors Program, sat in as well, and he added some great insights from his discipline (psychology). We covered a wide range of questions, including: Can the results of a brain scan constitute self-incrimination (thus violating the Fifth Amendment)? Does subconscious neural activity determine our behavior prior to conscious awareness? Is someone responsible for a criminal act if it was the result of a brain tumor? Do psychopaths have such an impaired understanding of morality that they can’t be liable for criminal acts? Which areas of the brain are responsible for moral thought and action? Is there something wrong with making oneself a better person by altering one’s brain directly (e.g., via pills or deep brain stimulation)? Can altering one’s brain yield a fundamentally different person? How does this affect consenting to brain interventions? I’m hoping to cover similar topics in a future seminar, but perhaps down the line this could become a more regular offering.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2207
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In line with the UAE Pro League’s keenness to strengthen relations and bonds of friendship and cooperation with other football leagues around the world to achieve further progress, development and success, the UAE Pro League signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Israeli Professional Football League, with the aim of serving the most popular sport in both countries. This took place during a signing ceremony held on Monday morning, October 26th, via web video conferencing and was attended by His Excellency Abdulla Naser Al Junaibi, Chairman of the UAE Pro League, and His Excellency Erez Halfon, Chairman of the Israeli Professional Football League. The announcement of this step, which is the first of its kind in the Middle East, comes within the framework of cooperation and increasing the chances of success and development of the sport in the two countries. This historic agreement is a step towards laying the foundations for cooperation and securing a joint mechanism to achieve practical steps aimed at developing all matters related to football. The terms of the Memorandum of Understanding include holding joint workshops to discuss ways to develop the marketing and promotional side of the competitions, in addition to keeping pace with everything related to sports and football development technology, as well as developing the technical aspect in the football sector. In this regard, Abdulla Naser Al Junaibi, Chairman of the UAE Pro League said, “following the examples set by the wise leadership of the UAE, and the principles of humanity set by UAE’s founding father the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the UAE Pro League is pleased to announce today the signing of a cooperation and partnership agreement with the Israeli Professional Football League. Over the decades, the UAE has proven to be a homeland of tolerance and a melting pot of the world's peoples. This Memorandum of Understanding will contribute towards the promotion of peace and strengthen cooperation and friendship in a way that serves the interest of football in both countries.” Junaibi added, “football has always been the most important and fast path to bring people together. These are the cooperation pillars we aim at through this agreement, through which we hope to achieve gains for both parties. We look forward to the contribution that this agreement would bring to establishing bilateral workshops to share experiences, research, and technology in football and the development of administrative and technical work. 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At the same time, we hope that soon we will have the opportunity to continue to forge collaborations in the field of football with our other neighbors as well.” It is worth noting that the UAE Pro League was founded in 2008 and joined the World Leagues Forum in 2019, which had a major role in strengthening relations between the UAE and Israeli leagues. Gallery and highlights Explore more about UAE Pro League View our social wall Get in touch with us for your feedback and queries. We are listening! About UAE Club Licensing Child Safeguarding Strategy	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2208
__label__wiki	0.516435	0.516435	Beau Rivage goes smoke-free in most rooms Smoking allowed on most of the casino floor The standard 1,740 guest rooms are now non-smoking at the Beau Rivage Resort and Casino.The Sun Herald reported that those staying in the 95 suites still have the choice to smoke.Resort spokeswoman Mary Cracchiolo-Spain said the Beau Rivage adopted the policy in December.Groups who advocate non-smoking have repeatedly asked the Biloxi City Council to ban smoking in restaurants and casinos. The council has allowed business owners to create their own policy.Cracchiolo-Spain said the gourmet restaurants, including BR Prime, Stalla, Jia, Memphis Q and Coast, all have small smoking sections. Other restaurants are smoke-free.Smoking is allowed on most of the casino floor but is not allowed in the area next to the poker room in the southeast corner of the casino floor. BILOXI, Miss. — The standard 1,740 guest rooms are now non-smoking at the Beau Rivage Resort and Casino. The Sun Herald reported that those staying in the 95 suites still have the choice to smoke. Resort spokeswoman Mary Cracchiolo-Spain said the Beau Rivage adopted the policy in December. Groups who advocate non-smoking have repeatedly asked the Biloxi City Council to ban smoking in restaurants and casinos. The council has allowed business owners to create their own policy. Cracchiolo-Spain said the gourmet restaurants, including BR Prime, Stalla, Jia, Memphis Q and Coast, all have small smoking sections. Other restaurants are smoke-free. Smoking is allowed on most of the casino floor but is not allowed in the area next to the poker room in the southeast corner of the casino floor.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2212
__label__cc	0.610581	0.389419	Council to conduct home Covid tracing visits to ensure unreachable people self-isolate Council to visit homes as part of Covid-19 contact tracing By Nathan Okell @NathanOkell Reporter WARRINGTON Borough Council says it will be conducting house visits where necessary to help with local coronavirus contact tracing scheme. The national test and trace programme aims to contact people who have tested positive for Covid-19 or those defined as having been a ‘close contact’ to someone who has tested positive. Recent figures show that the national programme has managed to reach eight out of 10 Warrington residents who have tested positive for coronavirus. Those cases that the national test and trace service has been unable to reach, however, are passed on to councils for them to follow up locally to gather test and trace information and to offer support. Although council officers have been working to contact trace people locally since September, a new and dedicated team of call handlers is now operating seven days a week to rapidly trace even more residents. Residents with mobile numbers will receive a text to notify them that a contact tracer will be getting in touch. For those who the council are still unable to contact locally through the call handlers, officers will be following up with house-to-house outdoor visits. The purpose of these visits will be to ensure that those self-isolating have the support they need to remain at home, given that it is against the law not to stay at home if you have been instructed to self-isolate. Door knocking will commence from tomorrow, Thursday, and officers undertaking house-to-house visits will clearly display valid council identification. Officers have also received infection control training to ensure that any outdoor house visits are conducted safely. READ> Health chief warns against Covid complacency as cases among young soar If the council contacts you either by phone or house visit, it will never ask you to dial a premium rate number, make any payment, or ask for bank details, login details, passwords or personal medical information. It will also never provide medical advice, ask you to download any software or try to enter your property. Cllr Maureen McLaughlin, cabinet member for public health, said: “If you have been instructed to self-isolate, this means you cannot leave home at all – even going out for exercise or shopping for essentials is not allowed. “However, through our local contact tracing work, we will ensure that those who have been instructed to self-isolate have the support and guidance they need to remain at home. “As part of this commitment, we are working with Warrington Voluntary Action and other local organisations to provide practical advice and support or help with food, medication and other essentials for those who are self-isolating and cannot therefore leave home. “Self-isolating if you have symptoms, have tested positive for coronavirus or have been alerted to do so by test and trace is an absolutely vital part of reducing the virus’ transmission – put simply, it will save lives.”	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2214
__label__wiki	0.771387	0.771387	Home>National>CDC Study Shatters Myth About Black Fathers CDC Study Shatters Myth About Black Fathers Washington Informer Send an email August 21, 2014 By most measures, black fathers have proven to be just as involved with their children as other dads in similar living conditions — or more so — according to the latest study released in July by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics in Atlanta. (Courtesy of blackbluedog.com) By most measures, black fathers have proven to be just as involved with their children as other dads in similar living conditions — or more so — according to the latest study released in July by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics in Atlanta. (Courtesy of blackbluedog.com) by Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Terrence Morgan has heard the stories over and over. Black men are absent from their children’s lives. An African-American woman stands more likely to be a single mom than any other race. Morgan, 33, who has two sons, ages 6 and 4, lives in Southeast next door to a close friend who only sees his child once a week. “I just couldn’t live peacefully without being active in my sons’ lives,” said Morgan, a medical assistant. “It’s in the inner-cities, all over the news, black men abandon their children or black women have to struggle alone. That’s just not me, though,” he said. A 2012 federal government survey revealed that 15 million American children live in households without fathers; a stark increase over a 1960 study that showed just 11 percent lived in homes without a dad. However, by most measures, black fathers have proven to be just as involved with their children as other dads in similar living conditions – or more so – according to the latest study released in July by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics in Atlanta. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officials looked at the role that American fathers play in parenting their children. Much of the CDC’s previous research on family life, which the agency explores as an important contributor to public health and child development, has focused exclusively on mothers. However, the latest information reveals that the stereotypical gender imbalance in this area doesn’t hold true and African-American dads are just as hands-on when it comes to raising their children. In fact, in its coverage of the study, the Los Angeles Times noted that the results, “defy stereotypes about black fatherhood,” because CDC officials found that African-American dads are more involved with their children on a daily basis than fathers from any other racial group. “It sort of reminds me of when ‘The Cosby Show’ debuted 30 years ago. Some people, accustomed to seeing black folks in subservient or clownish roles, didn’t think it was realistic enough,” said James Ragland, a columnist for the Dallas Morning News in Texas. “But all around me, even in my rural small town, there were plenty of families modeling the same parenting behavior: stable homes, disciplined children, caring parents. Yes, there still are too many broken homes and too many fathers not living with their children, especially in the black community. But it’s high time to put this myth about the absent black father to rest,” said Ragland, who noted that while his own father had faults, being absent wasn’t among them. In fact, Ragland said while his father shot hoops with he and his brothers, played baseball with the entire family and took the children for ice cream treats on Fridays, he didn’t think his father had done anything exceptional. “In part, because I saw other fathers engaging their kids the same way.” The CDC’s report further revealed that nearly half of black fathers living apart from their young children said they played with them at least several times a week, 42 percent said they fed or dined with them that frequently, and 41 percent said they bathed, diapered or helped dress them as often — rates on par with or higher than those of other men living apart from their children. Black dads Black fathers CDC centers for disease control and prevention Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Reddit Share via Email Print Pandora's Staff Mostly White in Racially Diverse Oakland Michael Brown Family to N.Y. Rally Saturday Older Adults, Front-Line Workers Should Get Vaccine Next, CDC Committee Says Health Officials Sound Alarm on Rising Coronavirus Cases Will the Black Community Be Last in Line for COVID-19 Vaccine? Coronavirus May Have Been in U.S. as Early as December 2019: CDC Yes, I would like to receive emails from Washington Informer Newspaper. Sign me up! Air Travel Hits Pandemic-Era High as Holiday Ends Thanksgiving Airports Screenings Down 65%, TSA Says CDC Mulls Shortening Coronavirus Quarantine Period	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2216
__label__wiki	0.877603	0.877603	Peterson signing keys Landry talks Marcus Washington Casey Bramlet By - The Washington Times - Monday, July 30, 2007 Adrian Peterson’s agreement with the Minnesota Vikings on a five-year, $40.5 million deal yesterday prompted an acceleration of talks between the Washington Redskins and holdout safety LaRon Landry, according to sources on both sides of the negotiations. Peterson was drafted seventh, one slot after Landry, who missed a third consecutive day of work yesterday at Redskin Park. “Any time you miss a day, you miss a lot,” said coach Joe Gibbs, who remains optimistic Landry will be in camp soon. 'Shame, shame': Franklin Graham compares Republicans voting for impeachment to betrayal of Christ A true shot Last summer, Casey Bramlet was the forgotten quarterback in Washington’s training camp. While then-starter Mark Brunell and Jason Campbell were acclimating to new associate head coach Al Saunders’ offense, veteran backup Todd Collins was busy introducing himself to his new teammates. That left Bramlet, who had been Cincinnati’s third-stringer in 2004 and was in camp with the Bengals in 2005, as the proverbial “camp arm,” on hand to hand off and throw to the running backs. Bramlet didn’t take a single snap in preseason before being cut. However, the coaches saw enough that they re-signed the former Wyoming standout in January and allocated him to NFL Europa. The move worked splendidly for the 26-year-old Bramlet, who led Hamburg to the championship and posted a 100.0 passer rating. “You can only learn so much watching film and standing on the sideline getting mental reps,” Bramlet said. “Playing well over there helped my confidence. It helped that my offensive coordinator in Hamburg, Ron Hudson, had worked with Coach Saunders in Kansas City. Last year, I pretty much knew what was going to happen. I know I’m still going to have to fight for every snap I get in preseason, but now I think I can go out and show them that I can play at this level. I’ve got a chance to compete for a job and that’s all you ask for.” With Campbell and Brunell now comfortable in the offense, Collins’ six years with Saunders matter less, opening the door for Bramlet or rookie Jordan Palmer to win the No. 3 quarterback spot. “Casey showed us enough where we felt it was important for him to go to Europe and have an opportunity to play,” Saunders said. “Casey has really developed his skills. His confidence and his quickness at delivering the ball have improved. It will be interesting to see how he progresses during camp.” Guard Kili Lefotu came to camp last summer with a three-year contract, a $27,000 signing bonus and his eyes on a job on an offensive line devoid of experienced reserves. However, Lefotu lost consciousness in his room on Aug. 9 and wound up missing almost a week of practice. By the time he returned to the field, the seventh-round pick from Arizona, who already had been struggling, was too far behind to challenge for a spot. He was one of Washington’s final cuts and wasn’t even signed to the practice squad. Lefotu was re-signed in January and allocated to NFL Europa, where he started the whole season for Colgone. But he faces longer odds at winning a job thanks to the Redskins’ acquisitions of former NFL starting guards Will Whitticker, Ross Tucker and Taylor Whitley. “I had a chance to sign with a couple of other teams, but the Redskins went out on a limb when they drafted me because I was pretty much unknown,” Lefotu said. “I didn’t have any bitterness towards the Redskins when I got cut. It’s good to be back. And it helps that I know the offense and that my offensive line coach in Europe, Tom Lovat, worked with coach [Joe] Bugel in Arizona. The only thing that’s a little weird is that they gave me the same room again.” Right guard Randy Thomas, who hasn’t practiced since having his right knee scoped on June 13, took a cortisone shot in the knee. Strong side linebacker Marcus Washington rested his recovering hip as he’ll do periodically throughout camp. Linebacker H.B. Blades and defensive end Bryant Shaw both returned after missing work Saturday with cramps. Tight end Tyler Ecker (groin) remained sidelined. Sign up for Daily Newsletters ‘Wipe people out’: Republicans blast Big Tech’s bid to ‘erase’ Trump, supporters Day of reckoning looms for Capitol Police after Congress stormed by protesters Quiz: US Citizenship Test - Could You Pass? Pelosi sets timetable for likely Trump impeachment North Korea issues threat to U.S. as message to Biden Armed and Dangerous: best new concealed carry handguns Israeli intel expert: Virus likely ‘unnatural’ Continue outrage, or return to normal? 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__label__wiki	0.870661	0.870661	Black People Underrepresented in Cancer Trials By Robert Preidt FRIDAY, July 10, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. government-funded clinical trials for new cancer treatments have more Black participants than those run by drug companies, but Black patients are still underrepresented in cancer studies, researchers say. The SWOG Cancer Research Network team analyzed data from 358 clinical trials -- 85 drug industry trials and 273 SWOG trials. They included nearly 94,000 patients who were being treated for 15 types of cancer, enrolled between 2003 and 2018. Three percent of patients in industry trials were Black, compared to 9% in SWOG trials, though Blacks patients accounted for 12% of U.S. patients with the 15 cancers, according to the study. SWOG Cancer Research Network is part of the U.S. National Cancer Institute's National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN). "This study confirmed that Black cancer patients are severely underrepresented in pharmaceutical company sponsored trials, with fewer than 1 in 4 of the expected number enrolled," said study author Joseph Unger, a SWOG biostatistician. "Black representation in industry trials was also far below that of NCTN trials, with only one Black patient enrolled for every three enrolled in NCTN trials," he noted in a SWOG news release. The findings were recently published in the journal JNCI Cancer Spectrum and were presented at a virtual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research last week. Assessing the representation of Black patients in clinical trials is a critical need that can guide trial policies, according to Unger. "Trials are an important way -- sometimes the only way -- for cancer patients to receive potentially breakthrough drugs. Everyone can get cancer, so everyone should have the same access to investigational cancer treatments," he said. "In addition, it's very important from a scientific standpoint to evaluate new treatments in patients who reflect the demographics of the general cancer population," Unger said. WebMD News from HealthDay SOURCE: SWOG Cancer Research Network, news release, June 22, 2020 Copyright © 2013-2020 HealthDay. All rights reserved.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2222
__label__wiki	0.521398	0.521398	DIY Esmeralda Costume Hunchback Books Hunchback News of 2015 by jess There has actually been some decent amount of Hunchback related stuff that popped up in 2015 opposed the last few years where there has been much other that Josh Brolin popping up to say something about his movie that will never be I’m guessing. So 2015 started off with the sad news. On October 24th 2015 Maureen O’Hara, who played Esmeralda in the 1939 movie version of Hunchback passed away at the age of 95. The 1939 version is considered to be one of the best Hunchback version. It was also O’Hara’s American debut. Musicals next; The Notre Dame de Paris 10 year anniversary tour in Korea which was French language. Notre Dame de Paris in Asian isn’t anything new but this was the first time in a while for a French Production to be presented. There also a new Italian cast the uses member from the original cast. But that is set not next year, but this cast has been catching my attention and just recently did that cast come out so yeah, I’m including it here. There was also the Disney Hunchback musical at the Paper mills Play house in March and April. Since it didn’t go to broadway there will more local productions so keep an ear out if one should be performed near you and it still might go to broadway someday, never say die. Also the cast recording of the Paper Mills and Lo Jolla casting is coming out next month so preorder here . Also in April, Josh Groban did a cover of Le Temps de Cathedral on his Stages album. I wouldn’t say it did much to help Notre Dame de Paris’ popularity but people who didn’t know might have heard it so that is great. Let’s what else. Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling named their baby Esmeralda which they directly sited Hunchback as being a favorite novel of their. First is a little funning because I a while ago I was looking up Celebrities and their favorite books and Hunchback never came up. Les Mis did. I sort of abandoned the idea due to how pretentious and/or how self severing their picks were, so I’m glad some actors liked the book. But the BIGGEST news of the year is that there are 2, not one but 2 Hunchback movies in the works. One has been in the works for a while and is a independent movie from some actor who was in the second Sex and the City movie, Max Ryan. This version I don’t even know what to say. Everyt ime I try to make sense of it I’m reminded that there is a giant and a figment in the cast list and The Mask directors is going to direct so my expectations for this movie are low to hoping ti hilariously bad, but we’ll see maybe we’ll be surprised and it will be a really good version. Strangers things happen. The second movie seems to be an off-shot of an idea for Once Upon a Time from 2013, a movie for Esmeralda’s POV, which I’m excited about. There hasn’t been a Esmeralda centric Hunchback version since the 1950’s and that was mostly a French movie. For Hollywood there has been a Hunchback version focusing on Esmeralda since Theda Bara’s 1917 movie The Darling of Paris. Not much is known about this movie other than it’s being spearhead by Peter Cherin and will focus on Esmeralda. I hope this movie is good and happens, you never know with movies. Let’s hope 2016 has more Hunchback stuff! Follow thehunchblog Posted in: News ⋅ Tagged: disney, Esmeralda, Eva Mendes, Hunchback of Notre dame, Josh Groban, musical, Notre Dame de Paris, Peter Chernin, Ryan Gosling, Stages Another Burbank Version Der Glöckner von Notre Dame Enchanted Tales Fan-Fiction Hunchstore Hypothetical Casting Indroduction Kingdom Hearts; Dream Drop Distance Lost Films Movie Comparisons Quasimodo d'El Paris Silly Sunday The 1939 version The Secret of the Hunchback Theme Month © Copyright 2016 - The Hunchblog of Notre Dame The owner of this website, Jessica is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking TheHunchblog.com to Amazon properties including, but not limited to, amazon.com, endless.com, myhabit.com, smallparts.com, or amazonwireless.com.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2224
__label__wiki	0.93293	0.93293	LOG IN / REGISTER PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION follow JPLUS Year in review: Art matters in this turbulent year Stevie Emilia Jakarta / Wed, December 23, 2020 / 12:32 pm Technological feat: National Gallery of Indonesia celebrates the works of Indonesian maestro Affandi, bringing to life his paintings via video projection and sound design. (JP/Seto Wardhana) The year 2020 has truly put to the test people’s love for art, as the pandemic has forced many galleries, museums and art events to close and drop their plans. In May, UNESCO launched the Report on Museums Around the World in the Face of COVID-19, its first evaluation of the pandemic’s impact across the museum sector. The study reveals that 90 percent of museums closed their doors during the crisis and, according to the International Council of Museums, more than 10 percent may never reopen. The number of museums was estimated at 95,000 in 2020 – 60 percent more than in 2012. In Indonesia, UNESCO recorded 163 museums, all of them closed due to the pandemic. Despite the situation, it is encouraging to see that, around the world, including in Indonesia, many art event organizers, gallerists, museums and even artists have risen to the occasion. They capture the mood of the moment and, with the social distancing in place, embrace new technology to bring art closer to the people – to their homes, affording them the chance to experience art in a new way in the comfort of their homes. The pandemic has forced some organizers to completely drop events or push them back to next year. Out of health and safety concerns, the organizer of the second edition of the Art Moments Jakarta fair, a key part of the region’s cultural calendar by shining a spotlight on Southeast Asian art and artists, was postponed until June 2021. “This is a difficult time for many, and no one is being spared, but let us keep our hopes high and pray that we will eventually get through this difficult time together,” the fair’s director, Leo Silitonga, said in a statement. The fair, to be held at the Sheraton Grand Jakarta Gandaria City, was hoping to bring in 20,000 visitors over the course the three days, and at least 50 art galleries had confirmed their participation. Spirit of resilience: Agus Suwage's 'Droplet series - After Da Vinci' is one of the works shown during the ARTJOG special edition in Yogyakarta. (JP/Sri Wahyuni) In Yogyakarta, the annual ARTJOG contemporary art festival created a special edition – titled ARTJOG: Resilience – held both virtually and physically from Aug. 8 to Oct. 10. The original event, earlier scheduled to take place from July to August at Yogyakarta’s Jogja National Museum, was postponed to 2021. “This is an ARTJOG emergency response,” explained ARTJOG’s director and founder Heri Pemad of the special edition. The special edition opened online on Aug. 8 with in-person previews for a limited number of media representatives, officials and partners held from Aug. 22 to 29. Later on, after getting the necessary permits, the fair was officially opened to the public, with strict health protocol in place, on Sept. 7 in three to four shifts a day, with each shift lasting two hours and the number of visitors limited to 60. “A virtual visit is just not satisfying. It’s like watching an animation,” Pemad said, emphasizing the reason for the organizer to allow physical visits. Contemporary: Mella Jaarsma’s work, 'Pasang II' (charcoal, acrylic on canvas), is presented at the OPPO Art Jakarta Virtual 2020 by Semarang Gallery. (Courtesy of Mella Jaarsma/Semarang Gallery/OPPO Art Jakarta Virtual 2020) Back in Jakarta, the 12th edition of Art Jakarta or OPPO Art Jakarta Virtual 2020, has completely embraced the virtual world and is said to be the first of its kind in Southeast Asia, if not Asia. The fair’s director, Tom Tandio, said the format had been conceived to help energize the slumping creativity in the art world in Indonesia that tended to be falling into oblivion, with galleries closing their doors and artists facing challenges in continuing their creative activities, let alone selling artworks. The new format turned out successful. The fair, which ran from Oct. 19 to Dec. 15 and presents almost 800 works, has been visited by more than 30,000 viewers during the first month alone. The success has prompted the organizer to extend the fair for a second edition, running from Dec. 16 until Feb. 15 next year and presenting works by artists from 27 Indonesian and 11 international galleries. The pandemic has brought Indonesia’s arts scene together to fight the good fight, with several initiatives emerging to lend a helping hand to support healthcare workers and at-risk communities as well as artists struggling with the loss of opportunities. In support: 'Demi Waktu' (For time’s sake) by Agung Pekik is one of 40 works put on auction online by Mitra Museum Jakarta Foundation to support artists during the pandemic. (Courtesy of Mitra Museum Jakarta Foundation /-) Mitra Museum Jakarta Foundation held an online auction of 40 artworks to directly support artists from Bali, Bandung and Yogyakarta in May. Director Catharina Widjaja said on the foundation’s website that 100 percent of the proceeds from the sales would go to the artists, who in turn would use part of the funds to purchase staple foods for artisans and other workers who regularly support their creations and exhibitions. Art auctioneer Sidharta Auctioneer also ran online auctions as a show of support for artists, health workers and at-risk groups during the pandemic. The first edition, held from April 30 to May 3, fetched a total of Rp 52.9 million (US$3,744), which was donated to the Indonesian Doctors’ Association (IDI). “There are many instances of support to artists so that they can create artworks that inspire us, guide us to do well and discourage the bad. The arts play a positive role for us, so that we never lose our spirit and continue having hope,” the auction house’s chairman and curator Amir Sidharta told The Jakarta Post. Remembered: Renowned Balinese artist I Made Wianta passed away on Nov. 13, leaving some 25,000 artworks he had meticulously archived as well as his stance on social and political issues as his legacy. A new exhibition opened on Dec. 20, the day the artist would have turned 71, at Komaneka Gallery, Keramas in Gianyar, Bali. (JP/-) The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara (Museum MACAN) also supported artists by holding an artwork raffle in three rounds, where patrons could purchase a mystery artwork, which featured works by both senior and up-and-coming artists with names like Melati Suryodarmo and Tisna Sanjaya, for a flat price of Rp 1 million. Seventy percent of the proceeds went to the artists or their charity of choice, with the rest of the funds allocated to training programs for selected art managers. Museum MACAN director Aaron Seeto said that, despite the pandemic, artists had been contributing actively, ranging from creating content to keeping the public entertained and helping distribute personal protective equipment to frontline health workers. But the arts ecosystem was fragile and required our attention, he said, and without the largesse of a social safety system as seen in the West, “there is real concern for the future, because without artists, we have no culture, and our society ultimately suffers”. Approaching the end of the year, several museums and galleries have started opening up, either by imposing strict health protocols and/or appointment-only visits. After closing its doors for several months and moving the exhibitions online, the National Gallery of Indonesia, for instance, exhibited works by renowned painter Affandi, bringing them to life in an immersive spectacle during the “Alam, Ruang, Manusia” (Nature, Space, Human) show on Oct. 27 to Nov. 25. The exhibition opened to visitors but with strict health protocol in place and limited sessions, with visitor numbers capped at 20 per session. Advance online registration was also required. Getting ready: Visitors and staff plan to follow new health and safety protocols at Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara (Museum MACAN) as it plans to reopen on Jan. 23, 2021. (Courtesy of Museum MACAN/-) Museum MACAN has also announced its reopening plan on Jan. 23 with exhibition lineup – from new shows, educational activities to art talks and conversations – for 2021, both virtually and physically. Guests are required to book their visit online, as tickets will be limited to 100 per each of four daily sessions. Strict health and safety protocol will also be in place. The lineup includes Citra Sasmita’s Tales of Nowhere, the latest UOB Museum MACAN Children’s Art Space Commission, which was launched virtually on Dec. 15. Visitors will also be able to encounter the artist’s massive scroll painting, inspired by the classic Balinese Tantri story, which will be on display until May 22 next year. Museum MACAN Foundation chairwoman Fenessa Adikoesoemo said in a statement that the social disruption this year had made people realize how important art and culture were for society undergoing tough times. “Art enables us to reflect upon the challenges that we face personally and communally as a nation and part of the world, get together to strengthen each other, and will serve as a marker of such a unique circumstance that has significantly altered our way of living.” Your premium period will expire in 0 day(s) Subscribe to get unlimited access Get 50% off now Science & Tech 2 weeks ago Prototype app ‘Muter’ aims to help deaf train passengers in Indonesia People 2 weeks ago 'Love wins', Harry and Meghan say in 2020 reflections on first podcast Lifestyle 2 weeks ago French fashion pioneer Pierre Cardin dies aged 98	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2225
__label__wiki	0.858529	0.858529	Is a panther roaming the streets? This woman says it's true Another North Queenslander reckons they’ve seen a panther, believing it was stalking them as it walked along their roof and attacked their dog. by SAM FLANAGAN ANOTHER North Queensland resident has come forward claiming they've seen a panther, believing it was stalking them as it walked along the roof of their home and attacked their dog. The Jensen resident, who spoke to the Townsville Bulletin on the condition of anonymity, said she first saw a panther more than ten years ago. "I saw a panther walking along carrying one of its babies in their mouth," she said. "It was bigger than a dog, up above my knee. It was a panther, deadset. You can't confuse it with anything else." The woman said she spotted a panther for a third time in August this year in the middle of the night. "My staffy beagle was barking like crazy, I'd never heard him going off like this before," she said. "I was in bed but got up and walked to the window. It was a full moon so I could see everywhere. "My dog was running back towards the window. I looked out past my garden and saw the panther. So I went outside and checked around. A local resident who says they sighted a panther says it attacker their dog. "I told my husband about it and he said 'funny you said that because something was on our roof around 10pm'. He said it sounded like a heavy animal and was up there for ten minutes. "He went out and had a look but couldn't see anything. It's like he's stalking us" The resident said they'd noticed the next day their dog had a wound on the back of their leg. "He had the same injuries back in June," she said. "We thought maybe fence wire or a boar did it, but in the same week we lost two chickens. "Anyone would think I was loopy but I know I what I saw and it's the third time I've seen it." The resident believed the large cats were coming from mountainous terrain near Yabulu and were ancestors of panthers left in the region by American troops in the 1940s. She was concerned they would one day turn their attention from animals to humans. "My dog was petrified by it. He was whimpering and wouldn't even come out. I've never seen him like that. "I've got children. I know we won't see them in the day but it just makes me more wary." Originally published as PANTHER MYSTERY: Resident claims big cat attacked their dog cat panther wildlife Politics Queensland MP George Christensen is facing scrutiny after revelations he is using Gab, a self-proclaimed free speech social media network. Premium Content Rockhampton mayoral candidates on the environment Council News We asked your by-election candidates for their ideas and policies about the environment. Premium Content Career change in mind? There could be a TAFE course for you Education QUniversity is hosting a week of information sessions on TAFE courses. Premium Content CQ’s champion all-rounder heading home for cricket clinic Cricket Exciting opportunity for aspiring young female players to learn from Jess... Premium Content Motorists warned of temporary lane closures Motoring The work is part of the Type 1 road train access to North Rockhampton abattoirs... Premium Content EXPLAINED: Why iconic CQ festival won’t go ahead this year News ‘It’s devastating for us. Hopefully in 2022, we can come back bigger and...	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2230
__label__wiki	0.807746	0.807746	January 13, 2021 \| Fulham boss sings praise of Ruben Loftus-Cheek January 13, 2021 \| Charlie Brown reveals why he is excited to leave Chelsea permanently January 13, 2021 \| Chelsea finally let go of striker after failing to break through at the club January 13, 2021 \| Brutal Jose Mourinho sends message to Chelsea’s next opponent January 13, 2021 \| Fulham boss not happy ahead of facing Chelsea this weekend Home EDITORIALS FABREGAS HAS TURNED A BAD SEASON TO A GOOD ONE Posted By: KING JAY February 28, 2017 Photo: OLI SCARFF/AFP/Getty Images It’s quite ironical, isn’t it? That what could easily have passed for a horrible season and year for Cesc Fabregas at Stamford Bridge is in fact being talked about in this manner? But this is the reality, isn’t it? This season has been extraordinary for the talented Spanish international. He started off on the bench, but rather than sulk and let frustration get the best of him, he kept his focus on getting better, and today, he’s starting games again. The 2014/15 season was remarkable for Fabregas. He went on a fabulous run of assists, and helped us secure the title. That season he was a regular starter; so it’s easy to understand how he ended up leading the assists chart, but this season, it’s an entirely different case. Cesc Fabregas hasn’t started up to 10 games in the Premier League (just 6 league games) this season, but he already has 7 assists to his credit, with 3 goals to cap it off. Obviously, it’s far less than his tally from his first year at Chelsea, but when you compare the number of appearances he had then to this one, then you’ll understand why it’s impressive. For a player not to play often enough, yet still manage to be at his best every time he gets a chance is wonderful. I mean, it only makes you wonder how many goals and assists he’d have if he started more. Cesc Fabregas has always been good, I can’t deny that, but his latest performances make you think he’s never been so good. Personally, I think he is enjoying a very good moment of his career, made possible by him being benched by Conte at the start of the current campaign, and as a fan I really hope he keeps shining and continues to help us to the top. King Jay is a writer/broadcaster with years of experience under his belt. His love affair with Chelsea actually began as a joke, but today, he stands tall as a die-hard blue. What makes him perfect for this blog? He lives for Chelsea FC, in fact, I heard he sat in the middle of a road, and refused to go home after that bitter loss to Barcelona in 2009. Haha. CESC FABREGAS KEEPS BREAKING RECORDS… CHECK OUT HIS LATEST RECORDS ATLETICO MADRID WANT CHELSEA MIDFIELDER. COULD HE BE TEMPTED TO LEAVE STAMFORD BRIDGE? Cesc Fabregas claims Arsenal need the FA Cup win more than Chelsea TWO CHELSEA PLAYERS THAT SHOULDN’T PLAY TOGETHER "Whoever signs him would win the league" - Abramovich urged to sign £200 millon striker "No striker is worth £200million" - Chelsea fans warn Roman Abramovich against signing goal machine AC Milan approach Chelsea over transfer for Chelsea player. Lampard happy to let player leave "I think it would be to Chelsea if he had his wish" - Rio Ferdinand expects player to join Chelsea "I don't think it's been called for to be honest" - Ferdinand sends message to Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich Abramovich eager to beat Real Madrid for player seen as replacement for Giroud and Tammy Abraham Chelsea join race for former Barcelona winger Chelsea could sign N'Golo Kante replacement for just £50million How Kepa Arrizabalaga was mocked by Morecambe players Morecambe boss reveals how Lampard surprised him with his lineup	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2232
__label__cc	0.660032	0.339968	Cricket: Orsett fall to another defeat By peterg on September 1, 2016 No Comment Harold Wood CC 1st XI 172-3 Orsett & Thurrock CC 1st XI 170-10 By Bill West ORSETT and Thurrock lost their fourth match in a row as Harold Wood comfortably won by seven wickets. The visitors won the toss and elected to bat first but got off to a poor start as four wickets were lost with just 21 runs on the board. But captain Paul Bennett (66) and Matt Hills (37) led the recovery and managed to get their side to a total of 170. Orsett & Thurrock needed to take early wickets if they were to have a chance of victory and they managed to do so as George Pavitt took three wickets to leave the hosts wobbling at 33-3. However Maruf Chowdhury (87) and Raihan Hussain (71) took the game away from OAT and managed to chase down the target in just the 26th over. Orsett & Thurrock will look to finish their league season on a high on Saturday against Fives and Heronians. Cricket: Orsett fall to another defeat added by peterg on September 1, 2016	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2238
__label__cc	0.604432	0.395568	Bakuon!! Motorcycle TV Anime Main Cast Revealed Yu Alexius January 17, 2016 No Comments AnimeBakuon!!Bakuon!! AnimeBakuon!! Main Cast The new promotional video for the upcoming anime Bakuon!! finally unveiled the main cast for the show. The promo video was posted in the official website of the TV anime on Friday. Bakuon!! is a motorcycle TV anime based from Mimana Orimoto’s manga series of the same title. The cast for Bakuon!! anime is as follows: Reina Ueda as protagonist Hane Sakura (her bike is a Honda CB400 SF) Nao Tōyama as Rin Suzunoki (her bike is a Suzuki GSX400S Katana) Yumi Uchiyama as Onsa Amano (her bike is a Yamaha SEROW225W) Rikako Yamaguchi as Hijiri Minowa (her bike is a Ducati 750SS) The website also revealed a character design for Raimu Kawasaki (her bike is a Kawasaki ZX-12R): The website of the show also revealed that performing the ending theme song of Bakuon!! are the voice actresses: Ueda, Toyama, Uchiyama, and Yamaguchi. The story revolves around high school girls who discover the appeal of motorcycles. Hane Sakura is a high school student who looks a little bit like an airhead. On the way to her all-female high school one day, she is worn-out climbing a hilly road with a bicycle, but she sees a girl named Onsa Amano who is riding a motorcycle. Sakura immediately becomes interested in motorcycles, and she and Onsa join the motorcycle club at the school. Then, Sakura sets out to get her license. Bakuon!! TV anime is directed by Junji Nishimura at TMS Entertainment while in-charge of the series scripts is Kurasumi Sunayama. Providing the character designs is Isao Sugimoto with Manabu Nii credited for the sub-character design. Credited for design works are Yasuhiro Moriki and Yoshio Mizumura. In charge of the art direction is Shunichiro Yoshiharawhile handling the sound direction is Takeshi Takadera. Bakuon!! music is composed by Ryosuke Nakanishi. The anime will premiere this April 2016 on several TV channels such as Tokyo MX, Sun TV, BS11, etc. Yu Alexius Code name: Yu Alexius is an ambiguous entity who loves to talk about anime and Chinese animation in general. An insatiable soul from the Pearl of the Orient, a frustrated writer and a Houtarou Oreki wanna-be. He is a piece of a lunatic and everything crazy. Previous Previous post: Arslan: The Warriors of Legend’s English-Subtitled Trailer & PC Release Next Next post: Hikaru Midorikawa Stars in ‘Haven’t You Heard? I’m Sakamoto’ TV Anime	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2239
__label__cc	0.696372	0.303628	State of the Community On the eve of our RC1 release, we would like to take the opportunity to thank our user and developer community for its tremendous contribution to the Zotero project. Because so many different groups use and develop Zotero, it’s not always immediately apparent where or when the work is happening. Moreover, as an open project, there is no clear line separating developers from advocates. As a result, a great deal of Zotero thinking and developing often transpires away from zotero.org: at other institutions, in other blogs, and (increasingly frequently) in other languages. All of the following areas have benefited greatly from community participation, and we hope that many more Zotero users will consider joining these efforts or striking out in new directions. We are fortunate to have such a vibrant community of users, and we are optimistic that it will only grow as Zotero matures into a 1.0 release and beyond. Z Forums Since October the forums have received more than 1300 posts in 372 distinct threads requesting features, providing feedback, and identifying bugs. Although our core team actively participates in the forums, the forums are hardly a one-way street where users ask and the core team answers. Tremendous community involvement helps to resolve many support questions and other requests: two posters, noksagt and bdarcus, have already contributed more than 50 comments each. Core Development and Utilities Zotero’s ticketing system and development roadmap has been open since November to anyone with a registered account. As of this week, it now also offers anonymous browse access. Anyone interested in learning more about the development process or willing to tackle an outstanding ticket is strongly encouraged to join the effort. Zotero’s open API encourages the creation of utilities layered on top of the core code. Currently there are several teams of developers working to integrate Zotero with popular social bookmarking sites like del.icio.us and reference management sites like Connotea. If you are interested in creating a new utility, please see the relevant documentation. Site Translators Since our first beta release last autumn, our user community has tested Zotero with hundreds of library sites and other online resources, and more than a hundred messages to translators@zotero.org have detailed the results of their efforts. Zotero now includes dozens of new translators added with the help of our user community, with several entirely written by users like Robert Forkel and Syma. Earlier this month we released Scaffold, an IDE that encourages rapid translator testing and development, and we hope to see even more user-contributed translators soon. Zotero currently includes 11 foreign locales, with another two already completed and in the pipeline for RC1 (Traditional Chinese and Brazilian Portuguese). All these locales are user-contributed through BabelZilla and more are already underway (Danish, Hebrew, Turkish). If you have any foreign language abilities, please contribute to the translation effort underway. Advocates of Zotero have produced user guides in French, German, and Japanese. As we continue to add international locales, we hope to see more foreign-language documentation soon. Blogs and Reviews Zotero’s user base continues to grow rapidly, largely thanks to the efforts of our worldwide advocates. For example, the term “Zotero” now appears on more than half a million web pages, up from just 1 before the project went public last October. Thousands of bloggers have shared their Zotero experiences with their readers, and we are grateful for their outreach. This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 30th, 2007 at 1:18 pm by Sean and is filed under News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed. « Making the Switch to Zotero Making WordPress Content Available to Zotero »	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2245
__label__wiki	0.708994	0.708994	Morenoites dismiss Trump coup attempt, while sowing illusions in Biden By Miguel Andrade With the US election crisis laying bare the grave dangers confronting workers in the US and internationally, in the form of an unprecedented electoral coup and threats of a renewed eruption of US militarism, the international Morenoite tendency organized around the Izquierda Diario website is doing everything in its power to politically disarm the working class. Izquierda Diario was founded by Argentina’s Socialist Workers Party (PTS), whose political orientation is to the decades-old bourgeois-nationalist Peronist movement. It also includes the Revolution Permanente faction of the French NPA. In the US, it is dedicated to pushing to the left the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), which is itself a faction of the Democratic Party, tasked with giving it a left cover. The Morenoites have used their English-language Left Voice website to attack the DSA and its mouthpiece, Jacobin magazine, from the right as “class reductionists”, that is, insufficiently committed to the racialist identity politics promoted by the Democratic Party. The Morenoite tendency is above all concerned with countering the eruption of mass opposition to Trump’s coup drive, not only in the United States, but also in Latin America and Europe. It works to subordinate workers to the old labor, social democratic and bourgeois-nationalist imperialist agencies. For this reason, Izquierda Diario has used its coverage of the US elections not only to sow illusions in Biden, but also to justify the Democrats’ spineless response to the far-right threats against its own members and the US electorate as a whole. As late as November 12, even in face of Trump’s open cultivation of fascist forces in the US which plotted to kidnap and execute Democratic governors, one of Izquierda Diario ’s columnists, Claudia Cinatti from Argentina, wrote an article reducing Trump’s actions to an attempt to “avoid tribalism” in the Republican Party. Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) In an article titled “Why does Trump resist?,” Cinatti writes that “everything indicates that Trump’s true strategy is not to entrench himself in the White House (which he wouldn’t be able to do because he will be evicted on January 20) but to maintain the adrenaline of the Republican Party and avoid his defeat transforming itself into a consuming tribalism.” She also describes the neo-fascist Proud Boys a “right-populist” formation. This analysis is a criminal dismissal of the grave crisis within the US uniquely designed to prevent an outpouring of working class reaction to Trump’s coup drive. It is entirely in line with the veto imposed by the Democratic Party and the DSA against the significance of these events even being mentioned. Significantly, the words “fascist” or even “far-right” appear not even once in Cinatti’s article. Izquierda Diario not only dismisses Trump’s moves to overturn the US election as merely internal maneuvering within the Republican Party, it essentially endorses Biden, just as the DSA did, even after pledging at its 2019 convention that it would support no other Democratic candidate than Bernie Sanders. The Morenoites embrace the motto of the Democratic Party’s pseudo-left apologists that a Biden administration will create “space” for the left. In a November 5 article entitled “How can we read the elections in the US,” Left Voice states that “the shape of the political polarization will depend on the winner and the course of class struggle,” before adopting the tired formula that a Democrat would be more susceptible to pressure from the left: “if Biden finally wins, he will have to arbitrate between a working class hit by the crisis” and “the party establishment and the multimillionaires who finance it.” A November 9 article, by Argentine economist and PTS member Esteban Mercatante, demagogically titled “With Biden as President, Will the Empire Strike Back?,” meekly affirms that “all indications are that the government of the main imperialist power will be more absorbed with the domestic agenda than intervening in world affairs.” He defines Biden’s program as one of “big capital, combined with some moderately progressive policies” in a return to the politics “that for decades has alternated in the United States (between Democrats and Republicans, until Trump’s arrival) and in the European Union.” While neither the US nor the European Union has seen any even “moderately progressive” reform in at least 40 years, this fraudulent political narrative is crucial not only to promoting the “democratic” interventions of US imperialism around the world, but also to stifling internal opposition to the discredited factions of the Latin American ruling classes, from the regime of Brazil’s fascistic Bolsonaro, to the nominal “nationalists” such as Mexico’s Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and the recently elected president of Bolivia, Luís Arce. The electoral victory of Arce had already been seized upon by Izquierda Diario as a pretext for falling in line with the Democrats by claiming: “This defeat of the continental right could be extended if, as everything indicates, Trump loses the elections on November 3.” On the same day, its Brazilian editor, André Barbieri, wrote another endorsement of Biden, in which he declared that Trump’s defeat “would mean a short-circuiting of the far-right current at an international level.” Only a dozen days were enough to prove the treachery of such a claim, with the US president using the resources of the most powerful of imperialist states to build up a fascist movement, and the Democrats and all of their supporters, Izquierda Diario included, covering up the deadly danger of these efforts. To the extent that Izquierda Diario sees as necessary any criticism of the Biden campaign, it is for not being able to further divide the US working class along racial and gender lines, even as the identity politics narrative was exploded by the elections. The advice of the Morenoites to the Democrats is to double down on such policies. A November 6 article in Left Voice by two of its members embedded in the DSA, Tatiana Cozzarelli and Ezra Brain, states that Biden’s insufficient focus on racial questions was “a mistake in campaign strategy; Biden could have paid more lip service to people of color.” As an example of what the Morenoites recommend to Biden, they cite the policies advanced by “progressives,” precisely the foremost representatives of the identity politics appeals of the Democratic Party, such as the so-called “Squad” in the House, whose leader Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez did everything in her power to portray Biden himself as a “progressive.” The Morenoites dismiss the threat of Trump’s coup attempt, while promoting illusions in a US administration led by Joe Biden, which, if he takes office, will prove the most right-wing and militarist in US history. Refracted through the lens of the US elections, the role played by the Morenoite tendency in Argentina, Brazil and internationally is exposed. It is to subordinate the working class to the existing capitalist order and political establishment in every country. The fight to build a revolutionary internationalist leadership in the working class in Latin America and internationally can proceed only through an unrelenting struggle to expose and defeat such tendencies. A reply to the Morenoites on support for militarization of Brazilian elections #Trotsky2020: A Morenoite slander against the legacy of Leon Trotsky [1 September 2020] The Politics of the Pseudo-Left What would have happened if Trump’s fascist mob had seized hostages? How Germany’s Left Party promotes herd immunity DSA-aligned teachers unions’ “Day of Resistance”: a pathetic appeal to Biden and the Democrats Spain’s Morenoite CRT denies Trump’s fascist coup in Washington The pandemic and Trump’s coup attempt The Crisis of American Democracy Growing threats of fascist violence as Democrats appeal for “unity” and “healing” Biden defends Republican Party coup conspirators For a full, public investigation of Trump’s January 6 coup! Republican state senators in Pennsylvania refuse to seat reelected Democrat The fascist coup of January 6 Patients die of asphyxiation as hospitals in Manaus run out of oxygen US State Department designates Cuba state sponsor of terrorism Ford shuts down operations in Brazil, destroying tens of thousands of jobs Workers Struggles: The Americas Argentine Morenoites shrug off Trump’s coup	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2248
__label__wiki	0.903915	0.903915	Mercy HS keeping close eye on COVID numbers as students across CT return for in-person learning by: Eva Zymaris Posted: Sep 2, 2020 / 03:50 PM EDT / Updated: Sep 2, 2020 / 04:44 PM EDT MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (WTNH) — Wednesday marked the first full day of classes for students at Mercy High School in Middletown. Students, who come from nearly 50 communities across the state, have the choice between in-person and remote learning. “I was so excited to come back to start,” said Kylie Fordyce, a senior at Mercy High School. “It’s been so long since we’ve been in the classroom, it almost doesn’t feel normal,” added her twin sister and classmate, Kayla Fordyce. “We’re trying to get back into the swing of things.” When students walked into school, they saw the precautions in place. These changes, aimed at keeping everyone safe and healthy as the coronavirus pandemic continues, include one-way hallways and stairways, hands-free water bottle filling stations, hand sanitizer dispensers throughout the school and plexiglass in the main office and other high-traffic areas. Alissa DeJonge, President of Mercy High School, assembled a COVID-19 Management Team. “We met very regularly to talk about all the different possibilities we needed to think about, all the different scenarios, different options for learning, where we could put the classrooms,” explained DeJonge. They’re also looking closely at the latest numbers and information. “Because we have our students coming from almost 50 different towns across the state, we’re also looking at the COVID data,” said DeJonge. “The new cases daily as well as seven-day averages. That way, if we see an uptick in certain towns, we might ask students, who live in that town, to learn remotely for a time.” DeJonge said about 400 students attend Mercy High School. Of that, 85% of students are learning in-person and 15% are remote. “Whether you’re learning remotely or you’re in the building, you’re going to get the best education we can possibly give you,” said DeJonge Students, faculty and staff who are not feeling well or are displaying COVID-19 symptoms are being asked to stay home. Life Star requested after fire breaks out in Portland home CT Health officials: Avoid large groups, register group 1B candidates for COVID-19 vaccine as cases rise Portland public school students begin in-person learning Jan. 19. Community Health Center distributes COVID-19 vaccines to frontline healthcare workers Middletown mayor gets COVID vaccine in Phase 1a More Middlesex by Sarah Doiron, Kim Kalunian, Nexstar Media Wire / Jan 15, 2021 NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Rhode Island has suspended the license of a North Providence doctor after an investigation concluded he "recklessly" exposed his patients and staff to COVID-19. The state's Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline's Investigative Committee determined that Dr. Anthony Farina, who owns at least six medical practices in Rhode Island, is "an immediate danger to the public." by Lisa Carberg / Jan 15, 2021 HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) -- The initial demand for appointments to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in Connecticut has been strong. Most people are registering online, but call centers are also busy. Hartford Healthcare has fielded more than 20,000 calls to date. "We have 36,000 people already booked for appointments through the month of February," says Hartford Healthcare Senior Pharmacy Director Eric Arlia. by Tina Detelj / Jan 15, 2021 MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (WTNH)-- Middletown is taking touchless temperature screenings in some city buildings to a new level. No longer do they have to use a handheld thermometer thanks to a local company. You see these thermal scanners at hospitals but now there are also in some city buildings in Middletown. PD: New Haven man drove himself to hospital after being shot in head in drive-by shooting	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2254
__label__wiki	0.977915	0.977915	Former Jefferson County commissioner arrested Former commissioner's daughter also arrested Updated: 9:30 PM CDT Oct 4, 2016 Two women were arrested in connection with a disturbance inside a Jefferson County courtroom Tuesday. Authorities said Mecca Scarver, 22, was yelling and disrupting court proceedings. When deputies attempted to remove her from the courtroom, she refused. A deputy told Scarver she would be placed under arrest, and Scarver ran to her mother, former Jefferson County commissioner Sheila Smoot. According to a press release, Smoot attempted to interfere with the arrest of Scarver. The deputy involved had to use pepper spray. Authorities also said Scarver slipped out of handcuffs and tried to kick out the rear window of a patrol car. Scarver faces charges of disorderly conduct and attempting to elude. Smoot was charged with obstructing government operations and resisting arrest. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Two women were arrested in connection with a disturbance inside a Jefferson County courtroom Tuesday. Authorities said Mecca Scarver, 22, was yelling and disrupting court proceedings. When deputies attempted to remove her from the courtroom, she refused. A deputy told Scarver she would be placed under arrest, and Scarver ran to her mother, former Jefferson County commissioner Sheila Smoot. According to a press release, Smoot attempted to interfere with the arrest of Scarver. The deputy involved had to use pepper spray. Authorities also said Scarver slipped out of handcuffs and tried to kick out the rear window of a patrol car. Scarver faces charges of disorderly conduct and attempting to elude. Smoot was charged with obstructing government operations and resisting arrest.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2256
__label__cc	0.713449	0.286551	Jackson County Court: Bus shooting victim charged, accused boyfriend killer heading to trial JACKSON, Mich. (WLNS) — It was a busy day at the Jackson County Courthouse. The recent school bus shooting, and the case of a local woman accused of killer her boyfriend were front and center. Wednesday morning, the Jackson school bus shooting took a surprising twist. The victim of Monday’s shooting found himself before a judge. After being released from the hospital, the 17-year-old victim was arrested for a probation violation. He was arraigned with his arm in a cast. Monday afternoon, the high school student was shot in his arm as he was getting on a school bus outside the T.A. Wilson Academy in Jackson. Previous court records indicate he was on probation for carrying a concealed weapon, and possession of marijuana. Meanwhile, police continue to seek information about the shooting. A $1,000 reward is being offered. The money will go to the person who comes forward with information that leads to the arrest of the suspect. Police say they have a suspect identified but they need more people to come forward. “We are diligently investigating this, that person of interest. Our detectives are out there right now putting this case together. We strongly want a witness who was there to contact us. Provide us information that we might be missing to put this person in custody,” said Lt. Christopher Simpson of the Jackson Police Department. Also in Jackson County Court Wednesday, a local woman is heading to trial, accused of killing her boyfriend with a shotgun. “The manner of death is homicide. It is a homicide until proven otherwise,” said Dr. Bernardino Pacris, a medical examiner from Oakland County. It’s the testimony that Judge Michael Klaeren has been waiting for. The preliminary hearing for Daisha Cooper was delayed for three weeks so the medical examiner could testify. 27-year-old Cooper is charged with open murder. She’s accused of fatally shooting her boyfriend, Ben Johnson, back in May. “The cause of death is shotgun wound to chest neck and shoulders,” Dr. Pacris said. Previous testimony indicates Cooper thought Johnson was cheating on her. It was revealed that Cooper is accused of shooting her boyfriend from her front porch as he was walking up to the house. Prosecutors could use that to try to prove the murder was planned. But the defense is expected to argue that Cooper acted in self-defense. “He was under the influence of cocaine prior to his death,” Dr. Pacris said. Alcohol and marijuana were also found in Johnson’s body. Whatever happened that night, this is now something that a jury will resolve. The case was bound over to circuit court. However, no trial date has been set.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2262
__label__cc	0.582087	0.417913	Faith World Witch doctor to die for beheading boy 'His head was offered to the local goddess to obtain better luck' Published April 16, 2013 at 1:38pm (NEWS.COM.AU) — A WITCH doctor who beheaded an 11-year-old boy and offered the head as a sacrifice to a goddess to improve his fortunes has been sentenced to death. A local court in impoverished Chhattisgarh state in central India convicted 32-year-old Dilip Rathia on Monday of murder and sentenced him to hang for beheading the boy, police said. "We proved the man beheaded the boy and his head was offered to the local goddess to obtain better luck," investigating officer Praful Thakur told AFP by telephone. Mainstream media accused of embracing 'a partisan role' New Jersey gym says state 'emptied out every single dollar that we have' from bank account	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2264
__label__wiki	0.608366	0.608366	Gold Prices Settle Higher as Koreas Clash Gold prices soared Tuesday as investors digested a new conflict between North and South Korea and eurozone contagion fears. Alix Steel Nov 23, 2010 3:07 PM EST ) -- rose Tuesday as traders digested contagion worries in Europe and an erupting conflict between North and South Korea. Gold for December delivery settled $19.80 higher to $1,377.60 an ounce at the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. The gold price Tuesday has traded as high as $1,382.90 and as low as $1,355.60. U.S. dollar index was adding 1.29% to $79.70 while the euro continued sliding 1.99% to $1.33 vs. the dollar. The spot gold price Tuesday was adding $8.40, according to Kitco's gold index. Gold prices popped on safe-haven buying as gold fulfilled its role as a hedge against crises. Spilling over from Monday were continued worries that Spain and Portugal won't be able to survive without a European Union/International Monetary Fund bailout despite Ireland's commitment to take financial aid. The 10-year Treasury yield for Spain and Portugal closed Monday at 4.72% and 6.9%, respectively. Although lower than last week before Ireland took bailout money, the yields are still high compared to Germany's long-term borrowing rate of 2.63%. The less willing investors are to lend money to countries as they worry about their default risk, the more the countries must raise interest rates to entice lenders. The more this pattern continues the more risk the countries have of being frozen out of the debt markets. The worries were pressuring the euro and supporting a stronger U.S. dollar. Earlier in trading a stronger U.S. dollar was tempering gold's rally, but the metal popped on reports that North Korea fired 100 artillery shells toward a South Korean island near their border Tuesday , killing two South Korean marines. The White House has already condemned the attack and North Korea is saying the incident was provoked. South Korea is calling the attack "clear military provocation" and is threatening retaliation if there are more attacks. Despite gold's safe haven appeal, some analysts attribute gold's rally to technical trading not fear. "We've had these saber rattlings before and nothing came out of it afterwards," says George Gero, senior vice president at RBC Capital Markets. "Gold today is really concerned with ... the euro selling off ... the credit default swaps widening in Europe" and technical trading. During a shortened trading week, Gero says traders have to roll over or liquidate 200,000 contracts before December first to avoid having to put full money up on positions. "I think gold is going to be up," says Gero. "I just don't think it's going to have the strong up move that it might have had based on just this news ... I think we're going to look for $1,320 as a support level and we'll probably go up to the $1,400's by the end of the year." Minutes from the last FOMC meeting were released Tuesday and also paved the way for higher gold prices. The Fed reiterated that inflation was below levels that were consistent with its dual mandate for "maximum employment and price stability." The language indicated that the Fed's $600 billion bond buying program would continue despite recent protests by critics worried about inflation and a devalued dollar. The Fed will most likely keep running its printing presses and keep helping gold shine as long term inflation protection. added 11 cents to $27.57 while copper lost 4 cents to $3.70. Gold mining stocks , a risky but potentially profitable way to , were down. NovaGold (NG) - Get Report was losing 1.30% to $14.46 while Seabridge Gold (FCX) - Get Report was 1.89% lower at $27.96. Other gold stocks Hecla Mining (HL) - Get Report Iamgold (IAG) - Get Report were trading at $8.95 and $16.87, respectively. Written by Alix Steel in New York. http://twitter.com/adsteel Readers Also Like: >>Larry Ellison and the Art of War Disclosure: TheStreet's editorial policy prohibits staff editors and reporters from holding positions in any individual stocks. Metals & MiningInvestingStocks	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2267
__label__wiki	0.929793	0.929793	NFL Blackout Spotlights Bengals' Decline The first Bengals home blackout in years parallels the fortunes of its coach and two fading stars. Jason Notte Nov 19, 2010 9:00 AM EST CINCINNATI (TheStreet) -- The Cincinnati Bengals came into the season with a 10-6 campaign last year that ended in a playoff berth, a future Hall-of-Fame receiver in Terrell Owens and visions of the Super Bowl. In Week 11, they're 2-7 and off the air in their home market. There's only one place to put the blame for the Bengals' blacked-out Sunday afternoon game against the Buffalo Bills this week, and that's on the Bengals themselves. During a season in which economic hardship fueled blackouts in Tampa and San Diego, the Bengals' blackout -- much like those of the visiting Bills -- are rooted in fan frustration that's leaving tickets untouched 72-hours before kickoff. In those heady days before Week 1, the Bengals were feeling so great about themselves as an organization and so optimistic about their 2010 prospects that they jacked up the average ticket price at Paul Brown Stadium by 3.1% to a little more than $72, according to Team Marketing Report. By doing so, they also made it 2.8% more expensive for a family of four to attend a game than in 2009. Who could blame them? Cincinnati's unemployment rate was below the national average, fans were snapping up T.O. And Chad Ochocinco jerseys and television viewers were seeing a lot of Ochocinco on Disney-owned (DIS) - Get Report ABC's (VIA.B) -owned VH1's Ochocinco: The Ultimate Catch and with Owens on (CMCSA) - Get Report -owned Versus' The T. Ocho Show. Then they played the games. A 2-1 start, including a big home win over the Baltimore Ravens, was followed by six straight losses that left the Bengals 0-for-October and searching for life in November. Never mind that five of those six opponents have winning records -- which makes the loss to their in-state rival Cleveland Browns all the tougher -- or that each of those losses came by a margin of eight points or less. It's a steep drop from Super Bowl dreams to a month and a half of losses. It's also likely the end of an era for coach Marvin Lewis, quarterback Carson Palmer and Ochocinco, as at least one of them won't be in Cincy next season for the first time since 2003. During their time together, Lewis compiled a career record of 58-62-1 with two playoff losses, never quite capitalizing on the promise of Heisman Trophy winner Palmer and the gifted and enigmatic Ochocinco (then Chad Johnson). Palmer, meanwhile, continues to battle injuries while remaining statistically on par with last year's playoff numbers, while Ochocinco has slipped behind Owens into a secondary role and has as many reality television appearances this year as touchdowns. Not coincidentally, this is the Bengals' first home blackout since Lewis, Palmer and Ochocinco teamed up seven years ago. Home matchups against the Browns, Chargers and New Orleans Saints are also in danger of being blacked out, as the Bengals would have to run the table to finish with a winning record this season. Fans, who saw the Bengals make the playoffs last season and the Reds make baseball's playoffs for the first time in 15 years this season, simply don't have the patience for the kind of disappearing act their Bengals are pulling now. The future of Cincinnati's core trio and free agents such as starting running back Cedric Benson may be as clear as a bowl of that city's Skyline Chili, but the message fans are sending to team and partners including (PEP) - Get Report (FDX) - Get Report ( MOT) and (T) - Get Report by staying at home is pretty clear: Ochocinco's terrible reality television is more entertaining than this season's team. -- Written by Jason Notte in Boston. http://twitter.com/notteham >>Four Ways To Beat A TV Blackout >>Fans Take Blackout Fight To FCC >>Cord Cutters Among Culprits in Cable Exodus Jason Notte is a reporter for TheStreet.com. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Huffington Post, Esquire.com, Time Out New York, the Boston Herald, The Boston Phoenix, Metro newspaper and the Colorado Springs Independent. Consumer StaplesLuxury GoodsPersonal FinanceSports businessGamingMediaStocks	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2269
__label__wiki	0.922388	0.922388	What the G-20 Summit Means for the Markets Kenny Polcari, director at O'Neil Securities, breaks down what investors should watch out for after the G-20 Summit comes to a close. Dec 1, 2018 1:26 PM EST Don't know what to expect from the G-20 summit? Kenny Polcari, director at O'Neil Securities, broke down what he believes the market will pay attention to as the world leaders convene in Argentina. He also discussed his outlook going into 2019. The New NAFTA On Friday morning, Trump signed a new deal to replace NAFTA. TheStreet's Martin Baccardax reported on the signing. President Donald Trump formally signed his intention to pursue a three-way trade deal between the United States, Canada and Mexico Friday at the G20 summit in Argentina that will replace the existing NAFTA. The re-vamped deal, which was hammered out after months of tense negotiations with Mexico's Enrique Peña Nieto and Canada's Justin Trudeau, was still being tweaked by all sides late last night, Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said Thursday, amid concerns over the failure to remove tariffs on steel and aluminum imposed by the White House earlier this year. Trump called the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) "very historic" and said he was looking forward to working with Congress to finalize the agreement, insisting he didn't think passing it would be a problem. "With our signatures today we will formally declare our intention of our three countries to replace NAFTA with the USMCA, a truly ground-breaking achievement," Trump said. "This deal will help stop auto jobs from going overseas and will bring back auto jobs that have already left. Many many jobs are already planning to come back." The G-20 summit is over, so now what? TheStreet's London Bureau Chief, Martin Baccardax, breaks down what investors should keep their eyes on after the G-20 Summit wraps up. TheStreet's Jacob Sonenshine did a preview of the summit. "Some people are going to be hedging positions to protect themselves from the downside if there is no positive conclusion from those talks," Chris Larkin, svp of trading at E*Trade told TheStreet. "People are making strategic decisions for a short period of time using the options market." There are strong volumes of options trading, as investors are "putting up less capital to make certain directional bets," Larkin said, implying there could be healthy demand for call options, as investors don't want to commit too much capital ahead of the meeting. There is growing uncertainty about trade progress. "There's certainly no guarantee that this is going to work," Craig Allen, president of the U.S. China Business Council told TheStreet. "The best I can come out with is a 50-50 that we will have some form of a high-level agreement for a stand still of tariffs for progress," Allen said. So, even if there's progress on the intention to work collaboratively, the issues "can't be solved over dinner." Meanwhile, Trump indicated he may continue to play hard ball, saying earlier this week: "The only deal would be, China has to open up their country to competition from the United States." WorldTrading StrategiesVideoUnited States	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2270
__label__cc	0.719627	0.280373	PMFBY completes 5 years; Modi says it benefited crores of farmers No Covid vax for minors, pregnant women: Maha minister No lavish birthday for Mayawati this year Farmers to burn copies of farm laws on Lohri on Wednesday Peel Region’s 360 City Centre Drive Apartments opening early 2021 Toronto Welcomes Residents To First Modular, Supportive Housing Building B-Towners share wishes for agitating farmers on Lohri Film on Haryana’s Jat Reservation Andolan in cinemas soon Delectable Breakfast Options As We March Into 2021 Home Business Walmart, Amazon seek extension of Jan 31 deadline on e-commerce compliance, panic... Walmart, Amazon seek extension of Jan 31 deadline on e-commerce compliance, panic as government silent Amazon. (Photo: Twitter/@amazon) New Delhi: There is trouble in paradise. The government’s drastic intervention in e-commerce at the behest of vested domestic interests and the powerful traders lobby has created consternation in the bulge bracket world of e-commerce in India. With the big players having reached out to the Government to give them breathing space on the new compliance measures beyond the January 31 deadline, the Industry ministry has not responded, leading to panic attacks across the board. Powerful stakeholders led by Walmart and Amazon from the e-commerce eco system have sought a six-month extension since lakhs of sellers – small and medium-sized – in the market place need to be educated, IT-enabled and connected to meet the statutory audit requirements. Moreover, contracts have to be re-negotiated so that the compliance measures remain ongoing with time being of the essence. It is believed that the DIPP or Industry Secretary Ramesh Abhishek, who was earlier encouraging the major players to ramp up their investments in India, has not responded to their pleas and petitions. The situation has become precarious primarily because the clarification to press note 2 was even more confusing. On a granular level, the market place cannot have any equity in the seller. Hence, Amazon which has five percent equity in Shoppers Stop has to comply with the new standards. The new government directive does not allow private labels, nor does it allow big brands to have commercial tie-ups with the market place. Basically, the rules of engagement have been turned on their head. Bain Capital reckons that the heavy lifting e-com players have generated three lakh jobs in India. Over and above this, there are lakhs of vendors. Further, the eco system has multiple spin-offs like advertisements, courier companies, logistics companies, supports innumerable manufacturing operations and caters to large scale supply chains. Flipkart has 80,000 employees, 80 fulfilment centres (warehouses), nearly one lakh plus sellers and artisans of all hues across the land. Ditto for Amazon, which has similar numbers across its business spectrum. Walmart paid $14 billion for Flipkart stock with a promise of an additional $2 billion in physical structure investment. So, there is a lot riding on these heavy lifters for both know that this is the last frontier in terms of a consumption market, since India consumes 67 per cent of its own $2.6 trillion GDP. Interestingly, Walmart runs Flipkart as a stand-alone entity. For Walmart this is a priority market and it is keen that the January 31 compliance window deadline is extended. Its commitment to the Indian market can be gauged from the fact that it recently got 100 acres in Bengal for warehousing as a pivot to the northeast market. Hence the size of the commitment is seeing enlargement almost daily. It is on the verge of closing another 100 acre fulfilment centre in Telengana to service the southern market. Remarkably, the Indian retail market is estimated to be $650 billion, of which 90 percent is the kirana stores while nearly eight per cent is made up of Indian retail players and only two percent is e-commerce. However, since the biggies in e-com are global behemoths, impediments are being placed in their path. At the kernel of the government notification and clarificatory statement is the targeting of e-commerce giants who are quick to retort that they helping small sellers with a channel that is tech-enabled to put their products on the marketplace. At the time same time, even as they try and get the government to listen to their litany of woes on immediate compliance, the process of evaluation of sellers will continue and remain ongoing so that they are effectively compliant every single day. The government’s intervention is perceived to be through a non-consultative process and the global giants want more time for compliance and enhanced level of dialogue. The audit requirement on the sellers by opening their books to the marketplace in such a short time is reminiscent of the haste in the launch of GST, which threw small businesses out of gear. Many of the sellers will now have design IT systems and the marketplace cannot be liable for this. In parallel, there is no clarification on how to conduct the private label business. Previous articleBR Youth Vaping Next articleCan you make a flaky and crisp deep dish pizza at home? Sure These are indicative wholesale rates for foreign currency provided by the... 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__label__wiki	0.737879	0.737879	Croatia: Free elections, but for whom? 24. April 1997 by JO Leave a Comment By Jan Oberg TFF PressInfo 22 – April 24, 1997 – originally published here. Important actors have considered the recent Croatian election free and fair in spite of the fact that some 250,000 Serb-Croat citizens could not vote in their home country. These Serbs fled from Croatia during its military operations in 1995 – the largest single case of ethnic cleansing during the wars. They are refugees in Bosnia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, sometimes called “expellees,” but are legitimate citizens of Croatia. The U.S., EU governments, OSCE, the Council of Europe and human rights organisations could have done politically in Croatia what they did in Bosnia, namely insist on refugees abroad being given an opportunity to influence the future of their homeland to which they want to return. The quite young state of Croatia had hardly just brushed off such a good advise from president Clinton (or the very active, human rights-concerned U.S. ambassa-dor to Croatia, Peter Galbraith), from president Chirac, prime minister Major or chancellor Kohl and neither from, for instance, World Bank president Wolfensohn. If the international community had required this of Croatia it could have been credited for having, for once, a constructive and principled policy. If Croatia had provided such an opportunity – under pressure or, better, by its own initiative – it would have proved its commitment to a future of social peace, multi-ethnicity and democracy. Now both missed that major opportunity. One may also wonder how these voters could have changed the election result,” says TFF director Jan Øberg. [Read more…] Filed Under: Conflict analysis, Media criticism, Security theory, The larger framework Tagged With: Balkans, Chirac, Croatia, Dayton Accords, elections in Croatia, Elisabeth Rehn, Operation Flash, Operation Storm, Peter Galbraith	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2284
__label__cc	0.624908	0.375092	everest northeast ridge Everest’s Northeast Ridge. Yesterday's experience was more tropical than tundra, and I reached the Col in nothing more than a short-sleeved T-shirt. A couple of hundred feet below us was the GPS waypoint that could solve one of the greatest mysteries of mountaineering. During that quake, Katmandu, the capital of Nepal, rose nearly three feet, and there was a horizontal shift of up to 7 ft. in the general area. Mt. Everest is also moving to the northeast at about 0.12-0.24 in/year [3-6 mm/yr]. The mountain, which is part of the Himalaya range in High Asia, is located on the border between Nepal and Tibet. Everest: The Unclimbed Ridge, by Bonington & Clarke Chris Bonington and Charles Clarke tell the story of their tragic attempt, along with Pete Boardman, Joe Tasker, Dick Renshaw, and Adrian Gordon, to scale the full Northeast Ridge of Mount Everest in Everest: The Unclimbed Ridge. Purple line. North Ridge to Northeast Ridge, 1960 First ascent: Qu Yinhua, Wang Fuzhou, Gong Bu. The north side of Everest is steeped in history with multiple attempts throughout the 1920’s and 1930’s. That’s on top of the permit required to visit Tibet itself. As seen from the French Couloir on Makalu. Well, here's your chance to see it up close and personal! Climbed before by Russell Brice & Comp., but only the purple-marked part of the ridge, without going to the summit; descent via standard route. Mar 10, 2015 - This Pin was discovered by Andrea Dewey. There have now been four attempts, all British, to climb this last big problem on Ihe mountain. The top reaches 8850 meters. The face only has … Discover (and save!) The routes on the North Face of Everest, the highest mountain in the world. Both base camps are used by climbers ascending Mount Everest, with the Nepal Base Camp used by climbers aiming for the southeast ridge of Everest and the North Base Camp in Nepal used when climbing the northeast ridge. Sunset panorama of Everest's Northeast Ridge from Camp VI at 27,300 feet. Christian Bonington. The Northeast Ridge Route of Mount Everest is, along with the South Col Route, one of the most popular climbing routes to the roof of the world. The most compelling thing about a new route is it creates a direct relationship between climbers and the mountain. It oscillates between a dead calm, solar oven and a frigid wind swept ridge. THE EXPEDITION was one of the most arduous any of us had ever been on. They found this route to be 'immeasurably more intriguing' than most other climbs in the Elks. Is what you're using working with your skills or against them? Everest—The Unclimbed Ridge is a genuine classic of Everest literature, a book that series editor Clint Willis calls "the real climber's Into Thin Air." This place, the saddle between Changtse and Mount Everest, is the North Col. Reinhold Messner. They climbed via the northeast ridge which, later on was eventually nicknamed the 'Knife Ridge.' Visible are the First, Second, and Third Steps as well as the Summit Pyramid. Great Couloir or Norton Couloir. It looms 29,035′ (8,848 meters) above sea level and sits directly on the border of Tibet and Nepal. Back in 2004 while I was climbing with my friends Dave Hahn, Tashi Sherpa, and Danuru Sherpa, I took a sunset panorama of the Northeast Ridge from Camp VI (27,300 feet) using my Nikon D100 camera. In May of … I have made two expeditions to the the North Ridge of Mt Everest, located in Tibet. Bonington and coauthor Charles Clarke tell the story of Bonington' Adrenaline Classics continues to bring to the fore the work of the father of modern mountaineering, the celebrated climber and writer, Sir Chris Bonington. TD-EV-0814-0816 Panorama. What is your skill set like? Peter Boardman and Joe Tasker reached their high point … Partant avec une expédition non guidée de l’agence Climbalaya (Northeast Ridge Route ou Everest North Col selon le site), je serai accompagnée de Gyaluk Sherpa qui travaille pour Asian-Trekking afin d’effectuer le summit push. And that's saying something considering Percy and Harold went on to climb MANY routes and peaks around the Aspen area. Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. The first attempt was by a British team in 1921. Ever wonder what the famed Northeast Ridge of Mount Everest looks like close-up? Red line. Everest Northeast Ridge Route. Messner's traverse from north ridge to Norton Couloir in 1980 ("Everest Solo by Fair Means") w/o O 2. Recent satellite-radar imagery proves that Mt. Everest Northeast Route Camps: Everest Base Camp: 5,150 meters(16,700 feet) ... On 8 June 1924 George Mallory and Andrew Irvine made an attempt on the summit via the North Col/North Ridge/Northeast Ridge route from which they never returned.The Swiss expedition of 1952, led by Edouard Wyss-Dunant, was granted permission to attempt a climb from Nepal. The South Col Route. Climb if you will, but remember that courage and strength are naught without prudence, and that a momentary negligence may destroy the happiness of a lifetime. Cette ascension ne se fait pas d’une seule traite. This website has reports on his summits of K2, Everest, the 7 Summits plus over 35 major expediitons plus all the Colorado 14ers all with essays, pictures, videos.. . Everest’s Northeast Ridge MOTOMO OHMIYA, Sangaku Doshikai Club, Japan and VALERI KHRISHCHATY, Kazakhstan* N MAY 17, 1982, BRITISH CLIMB- ers Joe Tasker and Pete Boardman disappeared high on the northeast ridge of Mount Everest. Consequently, there are two main climbing routes to Mount Everest, the northeast ridge from Tibet & the southeast ridge from Nepal, besides other less-known climbing routes. We’re going to focus on the South Base Camp, in Nepal. The north side of Everest is steeped in history with multiple attempts throughout the 1920’s and 1930’s. Ever wonder what the famed Northeast Ridge of Mount Everest looks like close-up? Well, here’s your chance to see it up close and personal! If you do, do you wish to improve upon it? In 2011 we put 8 climbers on the summit and broke even more records. Complete northeast ridge with Three Pinnacles; Japanese route to the top. The Northeast Ridge is sometimes called The Mallory Route since the approach to the mountain was discovered by George Mallory along with Guy Bullock on the initial 1921 British Reconnaissance Expedition. Messner North Face Route, 1980 F.A. In 2010 we had further success with 11 people on the summit and Stu Peacock our operations manager became the first Briton to summit Mount Everest North Ridge route three times. Mt. Northeast ridge Mount Everest is the highest summit on earth. On August 31, Jornet, Montaz-Rosset, and Tosas tried a new line up Everest on the far right side of the north-northeast face, not far from the north ridge. We were sitting on a pile of rocks at 27,700 feet on the Northeast Ridge of Mount Everest—the Chinese side, away from the crowd in Nepal. Mount Everest Northeast Ridge Overview. Edward Whymper. Back in 2004 while I was climbing with my friends Dave Hahn, Tashi Sherpa, and Danuru Sherpa, I took a sunset panorama of the Northeast Ridge from Camp VI (27,300 feet) using my Nikon D100 camera. Jul 10, 2018 - What do you know about photography? your own Pins on Pinterest Do nothing in haste, look well to each step, and from the beginning think what may be the end. Saved from alanarnette.com. Mount Everest: The Routes. They were last sighted through a telescope by Chris Bonington as they were working their way behind the Second Pinnacle. Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world lies on the border between Nepal, Tibet, Sagarmatha Zone & China. 3. (See AAC, 1983, pages 22-29.) 1. Do you have a subject that you like to take photos of? It is also known as Chomolungma which means “Mother of the Universe” in Tibetan. There are two commonly climbed routes up the mountain, the South Col Route and the Northeast Ridge. In 2009, back on Mount Everest North Ridge, we put 13 people on the summit. That day we only reached our previous high point, camping on the edge of the crevasse and completing the route to the North Co1 on the morning of the 19th. If you’re curious about what it takes to climb Mount Everest, check out The Road to Everest. Geordie Stewart became the youngest person to complete the True 7 … NORTHEAST RIDGE OF EVEREST, 1987 EXPEDITION DOUG SCOTT ALL THE OBVIOUS RIDGES, buttresses and faces of Everest have now been climbed, except for the Northeast ridge. Il y a d‘abord une période d’acclimatation. The expedition … Situated on the border of Nepal and Tibet, Mount Everest’s North Side expedition has become more accessible in recent years, but offers a much harder climb. April 2020. Northeast Ridge Route. Northeast Ridge Route. The North Face of Everest, with the immense central pillar in the middle of the photo. Everest North Ridge. Everest is now 2.5 cm lower than it was before the M7.8 in Nepal last year in April. EVEREST’S NORTHEAST RIDGE 27 The view from the slopes of the North Co1 was particularly good since it looked directly onto this part of the ridge. The Northeast Face starts at 6,500 meters (21,325 feet) and tops out around 8,000 meters, where it joins the normal North Ridge route. Mallory led a small team to be the first human to set foot on the flanks of the mountain by climbing up to the North Col (7003m). The first was Chris Bonington's expedition in the spring of 1982. 2. Everest is also one of the 7 summits. Everest, North-East Ridge extending down onto the unclimbed Fantasy Ridge in the clouds below right. The first attempt was by a British team in 1921. Mount Everest is the highest mountain on Earth, standing proudly at 29,029ft (8,848m). Attempt was by a British team in 1921 multiple attempts throughout the 1920 s... Between a dead calm, solar oven and a frigid wind swept Ridge. 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__label__cc	0.701423	0.298577	Grace of Monaco (2014) TITLE: Grace of Monaco The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly’s crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco’s Prince Rainier III and France’s Charles De Gaulle, and a looming French invasion of Monaco in the early 1960s. Special thanks to Frank S. for this submission André Penvern Olivier Dahan	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2291
__label__wiki	0.664134	0.664134	Top AI companies of China The names of top AI companies of China aren’t that well-known though the subject of Artificial Intelligence (AI) crops up in every other technology conversation. Despite their ground-breaking, and sometimes controversial, work that they do, top AI startups and companies in China aren’t as well-known to the common man as say, Facebook, Alibaba, Google, Baidu or IBM. Some of them are very highly valued (and respected) unicorns. Others have shown tremendous inclination and enterprise in fundamental research. What remains common across all of them is their hunger to bring something innovating, something revolutionary, something fast. Here’s the list of the 4 major AI companies from China: 1. DJI DJI website screenshot Formal name: SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd., operating as DJI Company background: The company was founded in 2006 by Frank Wang, an alumnus of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Headquartered in Shenzhen, China, DJI began with drones. Even today, it is a market leader in drones with an estimated 70% market share. Primary product: Drones Why DJI matters: Why are we ranking a drone company in a list of China’s most valuable AI companies? The reason is simple. Drones have come far from being simply flying cameras. They are becoming smarter in maneuvering. DJI is working hard towards constantly improving its image recognition to avoid objects that a drone encounters during flight. And this – you guessed it – uses AI design principles. Its Phantom 4 drone is a good example there. Research for its latest models, like the Phantom 4 drone, which uses image recognition to avoid objects, routinely incorporate AI design principles. The technology that DJI is using and developing covers three areas simultaneously: drone technology, robotics and artificial intelligence. For instance, DJI is incorporating sensor technology and computer enabled vision in the both the current drones it sells and the next generation drones and devices it is working on. Apart from the Phantom 4 done, its Mavic Pro is quite impressive as far as AI goes. Apart from the traditional remote controller, the Mavic Pro can also be controlled with gesture commands. It also has the capability to learn – deep learning, technically. Besides that, it has the ability to map the entire environment based on this learning and its image recognition technology. As per their website, “ [their] flying and camera stabilization systems redefine camera placement and motion.” Major products or brands: DJI’s Mavic line, The RoboMaster S1, DJI’s Phantom 4. Recent, well-known projects: DJI has teamed up with Microsoft to collect real-time data into a computer, with DJI drones. This has various business and industrial applications, like for oil companies to track flow in pipelines or for power companies to spot faults across its power lines. Future plans: DJI is looking at educational fighting robots. It is also believed that DJI is foraying into self-driven vehicles and advanced robotics. Considering that it has built serious expertise in image recognition and analysis powered by AI this doesn’t sound far-fetched. Estimated valuation: US$ 15 billion 2. Ubtech Ubtech website screenshot Formal name: Ubtech Robotics Company background: Ubtech is based in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province China, a city that’s favorably called China’s Silicone Valley. It was founded in 2012. It had its own share of tough times in the early days. It has garnered a funding of US$940 million. That’s one important reason to place it on the list of top AI companies of China. It is world’s most highly valued AI company today. Primary product: Robots Why Ubtech matters: Ubtech has been rather plucky. The founder James Zhou started out by making the Alpha 1S robot, which were followed by Alpha 1 Pro and Alpha 2. These robots’ better motion-control got them noticed instantly. Two partnerships took Ubtech into the big league. One was with Apple. In a special arrangement with Apple, Ubtech gets to sell its Jimu Robot, targeted at children. Jimu is a STEM-friendly robot and is available at many Apple stores both within and outside China. The second came in terms of strategic funding from Tencent, China’s internet-technology giant. With a US$120 million funding, Tencent is expected to receive a strong help for its own AI products. In its search to get children more skilled and scientific in robotics right from school, Ubtech setup a separate division Ubtech Education. Partnering with Pitsco Education, aims to provide various schools access to Yanshee humanoid educational robot, under its STEM+C drive (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math + Computer science). Major products or brands: Cruzr, Jimu, Alpha Recent, well-known projects: Lynx, a robot with Amazon Alexa’s features. Future plans: Ubtech is looking at creating large, human-sized robots, or humanoid robots. This need all the computer-aided vision, motion control and AI algorithm technology Ubtech can put together. Also on anvil are plans to create a robot security car. It is also planning to usher a solution for the service robot industry by 2021. Estimated valuation: US $ 5 billion 3. CloudWalk CloudWalk website screenshot Formal name: CloudWalk Technology Co. Ltd. Company background: CloudWalk was founded in 2015. The founder Zhou Xi comes with a strong training in artificial intelligence and pattern recognition. CloudWalk was incubated under the ongoing startup incubation program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), an institution that was founded way back in 1949. Currently, the CAS oversees 124 institutions and 5 universities, including the UCAS. In its early days, CloudWalk supplied facial recognition technology to China’s border control. Today, out of the 34 provincial level authorities in China, 24 use this facial recognition terminals along with scanning door entry services. Primary product: Facial recognition software Why CloudWalk matters: In a span of barely 4 years, CloudWalk has found a sizeable number of uses of its core technology – facial recognition. Banking and financial institutions have used this technology the most. Bank of China, the world’s fourth largest bank as per assets, uses CloudWalk’s face recognition for identity authentication. This authentication is used in the device that issues resident health cards. In all, 100 large-scale banks operating in China. The Agriculture Bank of China uses CloudWalk’s facial recognition services for efficiency, accuracy and security of its self-serving machines. CloudWalk was tasked to build two major projects for China’s National Development and Reform Commission. The first one of this was Infrastructure Public Service Platform” while the second one was “Facial Recognition System Industrial Application Platform.” AI, through facial recognition, helps governments and institutions in improving service efficiency, track employees and identify criminals. CloudWalk has also designed and developed big data platforms for public security, by recognizing airline passengers. Major products or brands: Face recognition terminals, infrared binoculars scanning machines Recent, well-known projects: Cloudwalk, some time back, inked a deal with Zimbabwe that will build a country-wide facial recognition database to assist all major transportation hubs in monitoring fleet movement. The system will lead to the creation of a national facial ID database. Future plans: CloudWalk’s research is looking at developing deeper competence in 3D face recognition and person re-identification. Besides that, it is working with Aston Martin Rapid S and LeTV LeSee for future cars that read the drivers face and change settings accordingly. 4. SenseTime SenseTime website snapshot Formal name: SenseTime Group Limited (Shangtang Technology) Company background: SenseTime was founded in 2014 in HongKong. Probably because one of its key founders is a professor, SenseTime encourages extensive research. Primary product: AI service provider Why SenseTime matters: Google AI companies China and SenseTime will likely appear in all the results. Multiple reasons account for why SenseTime is counted in one of the most important AI companies from China. SenseTime remains a little ahead of its time. In 2014, it displayed its face-recognition system DeepID. This was the first system that had an accuracy rate in face recognition than human eyes (Facebook’s system came later). Its stress on research can be gauged from the fact that it has been producing research papers consistently. In 2016, for instance, a total of 16 papers from SenseTime were accepted at the CVPR Conference alone. What’s more, the company won the first prize in object detection and scene analysis, in addition to video object detection. SenseTime has a number of important technological partnerships. It partnered with Qualcomm for on-device intelligence. This is believed to have advantages like real-time performance and privacy protection over cloud-only implementations. SenseTime has partnered with E-drive along with Shanghai Municipal Corporation for building intelligent municipal transport system. The tie-up found fresh applications of face recognition – like identifying fatigue of drivers with face scanning technology. Besides this, SenseTime has partnered with Honda for autonomous cars of the future. In February 2018, SenseTime announced joining hands with MIT to further research in AI. Major products or brands: Algorithm provider for smart cities, smart phones, online retail and much more. Recent, well-known projects: Shangtang has become the fifth largest national artificial intelligence open innovation platform after Aliyun, Baidu, Tencent and Keda Xunfei.(Source) Future plans: AI Open innovation and deep learning Estimated valuation: US$ 1.5 billion China experiments with AI in education 6 Challenges to data privacy	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2296
__label__wiki	0.877451	0.877451	Those who conquered their weaknesses are doing well: Salman Khan on ‘Bigg Boss’ contestants After Khatron Ke Khiladi, Bharti & Harsh in Bigg Boss 12 Erica Fernandes, Parth Samthaan, and Ekta Kapoor Published by user1 at September 7, 2018 MUMBAI: Superstar Salman Khan has been hosting Bigg Boss since its fourth season and says he often gets calls from people who are interested in participating in the controversial reality show, but he doesn’t take a call on casting the contestants. The show has had actors like Tanishaa Mukerji, Armaan Kohli and Shamita Shetty. “I get a lot of calls but I tell them that I am not part of the casting bit,” Salman told reporters at the Villa Marina in Goa on Tuesday. The upcoming season of Bigg Boss will have “striking jodis” as participants who will battle it out to survive 100 days under the constant glare of multiple cameras. “There will be interesting jodis and the more interesting people are the people in the creative team who will make sure that the jodis break up. So no matter how much they (contestants) plan or whisper, they have a microphone all the time. Everything can be heard. The cameras are there 24/7 and there are three batches of people who watch everyone,” said Salman. When asked if he will have a co-host, he said, “No.” Though he shared what his friend and frequent co-star Katrina Kaif thought about hosting the show with him. “She asked ‘There are jodis this time?’ I said ‘Yes.’ She said ‘I should do it. You do your impromptu thing, I will follow the script’. I asked about the prize. She said ‘We will keep it equal’,” said Salman, who will be again seen with his Tiger Zinda Hai co-star in another film titled Bharat for which he will sport a grey beard. Bigg Boss, now in its 12th season, will premiere on Colors channel on 16 September. Asked about his favourite contestants over the years, he said, “There are so many of them. People who have gone over the top, they don’t have any work. The ones who conquered their weaknesses and developed their strengths, are doing well.” He praised the winner of Bigg Boss 8 – Gautam Gulati – though. (Also Read: Sohail Khan’s Comedy Circus to replace Salman Khan’s Dus Ka Dum) “Gautam Gulati lost the plot in the first two weeks and after that, he turned everything around to win ‘Bigg Boss’ which is a commendable thing,” said Salman. Avneet Kaur has transformed into a beautiful BRUNETT! Bigg Boss 14: Abhinav Shukla refrains wife Rubina from dramatising her fight with Arshi Khan, READ! Let’s take a look at the top Hollywood actress who rejected iconic roles in well-acclaimed Hollywood movies Notice: It seems you have Javascript disabled in your Browser. In order to submit a comment to this post, please write this code along with your comment: 2900ffd0180e606d5d31ad2db71dce77 New Year 2021: Check out how Anushka Sharma-Virat Kohli celebrated with Hardik Pandya- Natasa Stankovic Actress Shubhaavi Choksey breaks all stereotypes about colorism, and weight-shaming, in latest social media post trishna on Jay Soni turns Rockstar for a Gujarati film! Drama2016 on #BREAKING: Pooja Gor to make her Fiction comeback! rashi on Honeymoon Drama in Colors’ Kasam Tere Pyaar Ki! aaर्या on Arjit Taneja aka Purab from ‘Kumkum Bhagya’ REPLACED, but in a different show! aaर्या on Vishal Gandhi hospitalised…. © 2021 Business Cash. All Rights Reserved. Muffin group	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2308
__label__cc	0.698912	0.301088	A fast and high quality multilevel scheme for partitioning irregular graphs by George Karypis, Vipin Kumar - SIAM JOURNAL ON SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING , 1998 "... Recently, a number of researchers have investigated a class of graph partitioning algorithms that reduce the size of the graph by collapsing vertices and edges, partition the smaller graph, and then uncoarsen it to construct a partition for the original graph [Bui and Jones, Proc. ..." Recently, a number of researchers have investigated a class of graph partitioning algorithms that reduce the size of the graph by collapsing vertices and edges, partition the smaller graph, and then uncoarsen it to construct a partition for the original graph [Bui and Jones, Proc. by John Cox, Beaconside Stafford, Claude C. Chibelushi, Beaconside Stafford "... This paper presents a new error bound simplification algorithm for complex geometric models. A lower polygon count approximation of the input model is generated by performing edge collapse operations. The collapse vertex is constrained to lie within a localised tolerance volume built around the edge ..." the edge collapse neighbourhood. This constraint ensures that all points on the simplified surface are within a user specified distance from the surface after the previous edge collapse. Structure and tie strengths in mobile communication networks by Jari Saramäki, Jukka-pekka Onnela - Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA , 2007 "... We examine the communication patterns of millions of anonymized mobile phone users. Based on call records, we construct a communication network where vertices are subscribers and edge weights are defined as aggregated duration of calls, reflecting the strengths of social ties between callers. We obs ..." We examine the communication patterns of millions of anonymized mobile phone users. Based on call records, we construct a communication network where vertices are subscribers and edge weights are defined as aggregated duration of calls, reflecting the strengths of social ties between callers. We Fast and Memory Efficient Polygonal Simplification by Peter Lindstrom, Greg Turk , 1998 "... Conventional wisdom says that in order to produce high-quality simplified polygonal models, one must retain and use information about the original model during the simplification process. We demonstrate that excellent simplified models can be produced without the need to compare against information ..." from the original geometry while performing local changes to the model. We use edge collapses to perform simplification, as do a number of other methods. We select the position of the new vertex so that the original volume of the model is maintained and we minimize the per-triangle change in volume On regular neighbourhoods by J F P Hudson , E C Zeeman - Proc. London Math. Soc , 1964 "... IN (11) J. H. C. Whitehead introduced the theory of regular neighbourhoods, which has become a basic tool in combinatorial topology. We extend the theory in three ways. First we relativize the concept, and introduce the regular neighbourhood N of X mod Y in M, where X and Y are two compact polyhedr ..." Abstract - Cited by 2 (0 self) - Add to MetaCart polyhedra in the manifold M, satisfying a certain condition called link-collapsibility. We prove existence and uniqueness theorems. The idea is that N should be a neighbourhood of X-Y, but should avoid Y as much as possible. The notion is extremely useful in practice, and is illustrated by the following Mesh parameterization based on edge collapse * by unknown authors , 2008 "... Abstract: Parameterizations that use mesh simplification to build the base domain always adopt the vertex removal scheme. This paper applies edge collapse to constructing the base domain instead. After inducing the parameterization of the original mesh over the base domain, new algorithms map the ne ..." Abstract: Parameterizations that use mesh simplification to build the base domain always adopt the vertex removal scheme. This paper applies edge collapse to constructing the base domain instead. After inducing the parameterization of the original mesh over the base domain, new algorithms map Cavitation Bubble Collapse in Neighbourhood of a Solid Boundary, " Journal "... 5 Shutler, N. D., and Mesler, R. B., "A Photographic Study of the ..." 5 Shutler, N. D., and Mesler, R. B., "A Photographic Study of the ANF: A Fast and Scalable Tool for Data Mining in Massive Graphs by Christopher R. Palmer, Phillip B. Gibbons, Christos Faloutsos - NTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY AND DATA MINING , 2002 "... Graphs are an increasingly important data source, with such important graphs as the Internet and the Web. Other familiar graphs include CAD circuits, phone records, gene sequences, city streets, social networks and academic citations. Any kind of relationship, such as actors appearing in movies, can ..." differences in movie appearance patterns? At its core, ANF is based on a fast and memory-efficient approach for approximating the complete "neighbourhood function" for a graph. For the Internet graph (268K nodes), ANF's highly-accurate approximation is more than 700 times faster than the exact Surface quasi-geostrophic dynamics by Isaac M. Held, Raymond T. Pierrehumbert, Stephen T. Garner, Kyle L. Swanson , 1995 "... The dynamics of quasi-geostrophic flow with uniform potential vorticity reduces to the evolution of buoyancy, or potential temperature, on horizontal boundaries. There is a formal resemblance to two-dimensional flow, with surface temperature playing the role of vorticity, but a different relationshi ..." relationship between the flow and the advected scalar creates several distinctive features. A series of examples are described which highlight some of these features: the evolution of an elliptical vortex; the start-up vortex shed by flow over a mountain; the instability of temperature filaments; the ‘edge Satisfiability Allows No Nontrivial Sparsification Unless The Polynomial-Time Hierarchy Collapses by Holger Dell, Dieter van Melkebeek - ELECTRONIC COLLOQUIUM ON COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY, REPORT NO. 38 (2010) , 2010 "... Consider the following two-player communication process to decide a language L: The first player holds the entire input x but is polynomially bounded; the second player is computationally unbounded but does not know any part of x; their goal is to cooperatively decide whether x belongs to L at small ..." that the polynomial-time hierarchy collapses to its third level. The result even holds when the first player is conondeterministic, and is tight as there exists a trivial protocol for ǫ = 0. Under the hypothesis that coNP is not in NP/poly, our result implies tight lower bounds for parameters of interest in several	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2318
__label__cc	0.617769	0.382231	Home Contact About DC Collectibles Diamond Select Toys Gentle Giant Ltd. Hasbro Hot Toys Kotobukiya Mattel Mezco Toyz McFarlane Toys NECA Sideshow Collectibles Miscellaneous Photo Archives Forums Features Menu ☰ Home Contact About News Channels Photo Archive Features Forums DC Collectibles: Animated Justice League Figures Available to DC Universe Subscribers This Fall Posted by: Nick on June 28, 2018 at 09:27 PM CST Exclusively for DC UNIVERSE members, DC Collectibles—the award-winning line of collectibles from DC Entertainment—will offer a wide range of new action figures and collector’s items based on DC’s iconic characters and stories. Members will have exclusive access to all-new six-inch Justice League Animated action figures based on designs from the fan-favorite animated series (2001-2004), starting in fall 2018. In addition to DC Collectibles, members will have access to a wide range of exclusive, curated and hard-to-find DC merchandise from a variety of licensing partners before the rest of the world. DC Collectibles: Announcing New 2019 Q1/Q2 Items Home \| Contact \| About 2006 - 2021, Cool Toy Review. \| Privacy	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2324
__label__cc	0.564092	0.435908	The OnePlus 5 stomps most big-name superphones, and this video is proof By Display Port Admin on July 24, 2017 Smartphones Competition is good for consumers, and nowhere is that truer than in the smartphone market. There are plenty of great phones out there right now, and given that all of them have variations in hardware and software, consumers might be overwhelmed by the choices. Which phones are truly more powerful than others? One of our favorite phones right now is the OnePlus 5, a svelte, Android-powered device that packs a ton of performance in its slender frame. We gave it an 8 out of 10 in our review, commending it for its powerful hardware and gorgeous — if derivative — appearance. But even knowing that, you may be wondering: How does the OnePlus 5 compare to other popular phones like the Galaxy S8 or iPhone 7? As far as appearances go, the OnePlus 5 will seem familiar to iPhone fans. It has a design that is very similar to modern iPhones, with a sleek, black case, dual lens camera, and shiny logo near the top of the body. A curved display gives the phone an aerodynamic look, although it feels like it could slip out of your hand without warning. Beneath the hood, however, the OnePlus 5 blazes its own trail. With a Snapdragon 835 processor and 8GB of RAM, this phone is a workhorse, opening apps quickly and smoothly. The experience is enhanced by the Oxygen user interface, which uses smooth animations and intuitive inputs to guide users. Digital Trends contributor David Cogen decided to see just how quick the OnePlus 5 is relative to other powerful phone on the market. He ran the OnePlus, Galaxy S8 Plus, iPhone 7 Plus, and LG G6 through a series of tests to see which one comes out on top. When testing the fingerprint scanners, the OnePlus 5 opened up first among the phones, a nice thing to note if you frequently whip out your phone. The OnePlus 5 also tended to open games, apps, and webpages more quickly than the others, although the Galaxy S8 performed the best in terms of battery life. The OnePlus 5 is a great choice for anyone looking for speed and power in their phone, especially those who like stock Android. David Cogen, a regular contributor here at Digital Trends, runs TheUnlockr.com, a popular tech blog that focuses on tech news, tips and tricks, and the latest tech. You can also find him over at Twitter discussing the latest tech trends. (Why?) Published at Sun, 23 Jul 2017 20:15:12 +0000	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2339
__label__wiki	0.804261	0.804261	Home>Music> Lil Wayne Humbled After MC Lyte Calls Him A Legend Lil Wayne Humbled After MC Lyte Calls Him A Legend By Matt F Matt F @afishcalledmatt Michael Tullberg/Getty Images Emma McIntyre/Getty Images Lil Wayne gets a memorable shout-out. Lil Wayne has long been held in high esteem by his fans, but now he's getting praised by one of rap's trailblazers. Weezy shared via Twitter that he recently heard MC Lyte, the Lyte as a Rock star who rose to prominence in the late-80's, refer to him as a "rap legend." Humbled by this kind of praise, Wayne called the moment "unforgettable" and said that the word were more than just a compliment. Social media users responded with their approval as well, accepting the rapper's humble attitude at face value but also pointing out that he's definitely done enough to be placed in the lofty category of hip-hop icon. With Tha Carter V still in purgatory, it's a nice reminder that what has come before is of the highest quality. Music News Lil Wayne MC Lyte Legend rap hip hop twitter social media praise Icon ESPN Reveals Cover Athletes For 2017 "Body Issue" Los Angeles Clippers Agree To Trade Chris Paul MUSIC Lil Wayne Humbled After MC Lyte Calls Him A Legend	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2344
__label__wiki	0.745472	0.745472	to receive quote please email us at cemas-london@gmail.com Centre for Euro-Mediterranean and African Studies Centre des Etudes Euro-Méditerranéennes et Africaines click here to send articles Research papers & reports Iran president rejects resignation of moderate ally Zarif By Parisa Hafezi and Bozorgmehr Sharafedin DUBAI/LONDON- Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani rejected the resignation of Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday, bolstering a moderate ally long targeted by hardliners in factional struggles over the 2015 nuclear deal with the West. Zarif - a U.S.-educated veteran diplomat who helped craft the pact that curbed Iran’s nuclear programme in return for sanctions relief - announced his resignation on Monday. Two days later, he was back with his position strengthened by the president’s endorsement as well as a chorus of support from moderate lawmakers, a senior Revolutionary Guards commander and, implicitly, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. “As the Supreme Leader has described you as a ‘trustworthy, brave and religious’ person in the forefront of resistance against widespread U.S. pressures, I consider accepting your resignation against national interests and reject it,” Rouhani said in a letter published on state news agency IRNA. Zarif’s departure would have deprived Iran of its most skilled diplomat, a patient negotiator able to strike a landmark deal with often hostile Western powers. His knowledge of the West - gained during years of studying in the United States and then representing Iran at the United Nations - helped him build a rapport with American officials despite decades of animosity between Washington and Tehran. After U.S. President Donald Trump abandoned the nuclear deal in May last year and reimposed U.S. sanctions, Zarif came under fire from opponents who accused him of selling out his country. It was unclear whether Zarif’s resignation announcement, and the expressions of support which followed, were orchestrated. But allies said the last two days’ events would give him political ammunition against hardliners. “There is no one to replace Zarif as the foreign minister. And the establishment knows that,” said one of Zarif’s allies, speaking on condition of anonymity. “The establishment needs Zarif and Zarif needs the establishment’s support. And the reactions after his announcement, showed the consensus over the importance of having him as Iran’s foreign minister,” the ally added. Khamenei, who stays out of day to day politics, has not publicly commented on Zarif’s resignation. But it is almost certain that Rouhani would have needed a green light from the man with ultimate authority in Iran. Zarif’s move thrust the schism between Iran’s hardliners and moderates into the open, effectively challenging Khamenei to pick a side. Zarif gave no specific reasons for his resignation. But allies said he had quit after coming under increasing pressure over the nuclear deal and other issues. “He resigned because he loves his country. Because some extremists inside Iran, could not tolerate Zarif’s achievements in foreign policy and were blocking him in every turn,” said a source close to Zarif and the office of the Supreme Leader. “No matter how hard Zarif tried, he could not resolve some problems because they needed the approval of parliament, Guardian Council and so on.” The council vets legislation passed by parliament for compliance with Iran’s constitution. 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Burgess Hill-based IosBio has found a way to turn injected vaccines into orally administered tablets. The technology is now being used by ImmunityBio, a Californian company developing a vaccine against Covid after signing a licensing agreement with iosBio. Clinical trials in monkeys have shown the oral vaccine made using iosBio technology to be highly effective, while the jab version is already in phase two/three trials. The oral vaccine will begin clinical trials on Americans this month and ImmunityBio is applying for regulatory approval to run trials in the UK. IosBio’s technology is called OraPro. It engineers vaccines into pills that can withstand temperatures of up to 50C, allowing them to pass through the stomach and be directly absorbed into the mucous membranes. “You catch Covid in your mucosal cells,” said Wayne Channing, chief executive of iosBio. “But with jabs you get injected into the arm which goes into the muscles and blood cells. Our tablets go straight into mucosal cells to illicit mucosal immunity so we hit the virus where it is. “When you catch this virus you breath it in or swallow it and 80pc of your immune system cells are mucosal so we are addressing that directly. I think this will be a new paradigm in vaccination.” Under the terms of the licensing agreement, ImmunityBio has exclusive rights to OraPro. In return, IosBio will get royalties on global sales of the approved vaccine. “The results from the non-human primate trial were outstanding for oral and I think oral is the right strategy,” Mr Channing added. “Patrick Soon-Shiong, the chief executive of ImmunityBio, called me and said he had woken up at 3am and thought, this should be an oral vaccine.” Migrant smuggling: the use of small boats to cross the English Channel THE HAGUE - The United Kingdom (UK) is among the preferred destination countries for irregular migrants travelling to Europe with the help of migrant smuggling networks. These irregular migrants travel to the UK either directly from non-EU countries or indirectly as part of secondary movements via the EU. Organised crime groups active in this filed have been using various modi operandi to cross the English Channel. For many years, the smuggling of irregular migrants on lorries from Belgium, France and the Netherlands was the most common modus operandi. The use of small boats and other types of maritime vessels only occurred occasionally. A first sharp increase was recorded in October 2018, and since 2019, the number of incidents involving migrant smuggling in small boats (rigid inflatable boats or rigid hull inflatable boats) across the English Channel has been increasing. This trend has continued and the number of incidents has further significantly increased throughout 2020. In 2020, it was the main modus operandi employed by migrant smuggling networks offering smuggling services from the EU to the UK and more commonly encountered than the facilitation in lorries or other vehicles using the Channel Tunnel1 Where it is happening? Most departures took place from the north of France, in areas close to Calais and Dunkirk and, to a much lesser extent, from the Belgian coast. From January to mid-December 2020, law enforcement authorities of concerned countries registered more than 1 300 incidents involving more than 15 000 irregular migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats A number of factors have prompted the increasing use of small boats to transport irregular migrants from continental Europe to the UK. At the end of February 2020, more systematic customs controls were introduced in the Channel Tunnel between Calais and Dover (UK) as the UK entered the transition period as part of its withdrawal from the EU. Measures implemented to prevent the spread of COVID-19 affected the dynamics of regular movements. These factors and the existing 65km of fence securing the main roads towards between Calais and the Channel Tunnel have made migrant smuggling in lorries, previously the most common modus operandi in this region, increasingly more difficult to organise and less profitable for migrant smugglers. In addition, recent tragedies linked to migrant smuggling in confined compartments may deter migrant smugglers from employing this modus operandi. Migrant smugglers and organised crime groups have once again shown flexibility and adaptability by using small boats instead of lorries. Furthermore, favourable weather conditions during the year, simple practical implementation and a high success rate made this modus operandi even more appealing for organised crime groups. What is the involvement of organised crime groups? Several organised crime groups are involved in providing cheap rubber boats and engines. They have primarily been operating from Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK. Inflatable boats and engines were often purchased in Germany and the Netherlands and then transported to departure points along the French and Belgian coast. In parallel, organised crime groups have been recruiting irregular migrants for Channel crossings. There were also cases of mass departures involving several boats departing simultaneously. Recorded prices for smuggling in a small boat have been changing in 2020 with facilitators responding to increased demand. In one investigation criminals were charging a smuggling fee of €3 000 per person. Other types of vessels used to cross the English Channel Small boats are not the only type of vessel used by facilitators to smuggle irregular migrants across the Channel to the UK. Registered sailing vessels and motor yachts are also used to transport irregular migrants under the guise of leisure trips, departing from Belgium or the Netherlands3. This modus operandi is less visible than departures with small boats since it involves legitimate, registered vessels. The trend of facilitation of irregular migrants in small boats across the English Channel has continued in January 20214 . Successful crossings, attempted crossings or discovery of nautical equipment for crossing have been regularly recorded.5 1- This intelligence notification is based on information available at Europol’s European Migrant Smuggling Centre and provided by EU Member States and the United Kingdom. 2- Contribution from an EU Member State: includes successful crossings, attempted crossings or discovery of nautical equipment for crossing. 3- Reuters (2020) ‘UK arrests 72 people on fishing boat in people-smuggling investigation’, 18 November (https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-crime-smuggling/ukarrests-72-people-on-fishing-boat-in-people-smuggling-investigation-idUKKBN27Y2PC). 4- Contribution from an EU Member State. How to fix EU's weak Digital Services and Markets Acts By STEVEN HILL SAN FRANSISCO - The attack on the US Capitol was incited and planned over Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other digital media platforms, and it is a warning to Europe. Unfortunately, the recently proposed policies by EU Commission vice president Margrethe Vestager and the European Commission, called the Digital Services Act (DSA) and Digital Markets Act (DMA), are poorly equipped to deal with the extreme toxicities of the digital media platform business model. These interventions, like many of the previous ones from Vestager, are narrowly framed in terms of their impact on competition and consumers. But most of the worst atrocities of the Big Tech Media business model cannot be dealt with through a competition frame. The commission's proposals not only lack regulatory strength, but also a broader vision for how the digital platforms should work. My contacts in Silicon Valley are rolling their eyes because they believe DSA/DMA will change so little. Since the birth of the digital media platforms 15 years ago, democracies around the world have been subjected to a grand experiment: can a nation's news and information infrastructure, which is the lifeblood of any democracy, be dependent on digital technologies that allow a global free speech zone of unlimited audience size, combined with algorithmic (non-human) curation of massive volumes of mis/disinformation that can be spread with unprecedented ease and reach? The evidence has become frighteningly clear that this experiment has veered off course, like a Frankenstein monster marauding across the landscape. Facebook is no longer simply a "social networking" website – it is the largest media giant in the history of the world, a combination publisher and broadcaster with approximately 2.6 billion regular users and billions more on the Facebook-owned WhatsApp and Instagram. A mere 100 pieces of Covid-19 misinformation on Facebook were shared 1.7 million times and had 117 million views – that's far more viewers than the New York Times, Washington Post, Bild, Daily Mail, Le Monde, ARD, BBC and CNN combined. The Facebook/Google/Twitter media empires have been used by bad actors for disinformation campaigns in over 70 countries to undermine elections, even helping elect a quasi-dictator in the Philippines; and to widely amplify and even livestream child abusers, pornographers and the Christchurch mass murderer. How can we unite to take action on climate change when a majority of YouTube climate change videos denies the science, and 70 percent of what YouTube's two billion users watch comes from its sensation-driven recommendation algorithm? The commission doesn't seem to recognise how the competition frame utterly fails to address these abuses. So what alternative approach should the EU take? Reclaiming the promise of the internet These Silicon Valley platforms are creating the new 21st century infrastructure of the digital age, requiring a whole new business model. The EU should treat these companies more like investor-owned utilities, as Europe and the US previously did with telephone, railroad and power companies (Mark Zuckerberg himself has suggested such an approach). As utilities, they would be guided by a digital license – just like traditional brick-and-mortar companies must apply for various licenses and permits -- that defines the rules and regulations of the business model. Along those lines, the EU should realign its digital media market according to a fiduciary 'duty of care' obligation, a kind of Hippocratic oath and precautionary principle that entails a legal responsibility to 'first, do no harm.' British authorities have been trying to erect the foundations of this approach. For example, these companies never asked for permission to start sucking up our private data, or to track our physical locations or mass collect every "like," "share" and "follow" into psychographic profiles of each user. They started this massive data grab secretly, forging their destructive brand of "surveillance capitalism." Now that we know, should the EU continue to allow this? Shouldn't the default regulation require platforms to obtain users' permission to collect any of our personal data, i.e. opt-in rather than opt-out? The DSA gets it backwards, providing only a vague "opt out" right. The new model also should encourage competition by limiting the mega-scale audience size of these digital media giants. And it should restrain the use of specific 'engagement' techniques, such as hyper-targeting of content, automated recommendations, addictive behavioural nudges (like autoplay and pop-up screens) and filter bubbles that allow manipulation. These frequent outrages against our democracies and humanity are supposedly the price we must pay for being able to post our summer vacation and new puppy pics to our "friends," or for political dissidents and whistleblowers to alert the world to their just causes. Those are all important uses, but the price paid is very high. With so much at stake, it's not clear why the European Commission continues to rely on the small hammer of a narrow "competition" frame. The challenge now is to establish sensible guardrails for this 21st century digital infrastructure, so that we can harness the good that these technologies provide, and greatly mitigate the dangerous impacts. Steven Hill is the former policy director at the Center for Humane Technology and author of seven books, including Raw Deal: How the Uber Economy and Runaway Capitalism Are Screwing American Workers and The Startup Illusion: How the Internet Economy Threatens Our Welfare. Time for the Conference on the Future of Europe to start By NINE MEPS BRUSSELS - In a democracy, trust is never a given, warn MEPs. After a transformative year, Europe needs an open debate on what comes next, or we risk losing the public. It was the year a pandemic kept us all at home, and the EU set up an unprecedented bond programme to deal with the economic fallout. When authoritarian tendencies in Europe thundered on, and anti-democratic spoilers both within and outside the EU actively promoted mistrust in public policies. When one of Europe's biggest members left for good, and one of the world's leading democracies often seemed to have lost the plot. We are all happy to leave 2020 behind, but we would be irresponsible not to draw conclusions from its malice. The world is a different place, and politics will need to change to cope with that fact. One person who understands is president-elect Joe Biden. Not only will he reach out to democratic unbelievers in his own country to heal the wounds of past years. He has also promised to bring the world's democracies together to update their narrative, and to lay out a shared agenda to breathe new life into it. Fighting corruption, defending human rights, tackling authoritarianism and the fundamental problems underlying its attractions... these are no longer issues one country can deal with on its own. They are world-wide problems, and the democratic world should come together more effectively to find solutions. In Europe too, democracy needs a shot up the arm. The EU has already adapted to some of the issues it faced. It now plays a decisive and delicate role in tackling health crises, for instance through negotiating vaccine purchases on behalf of national governments. It took up another major role in financing the recovery, which means member states link up to borrow and spend a staggering €700bn on top of the normal EU budget together. With that power comes great responsibility. On the other hand, the EU has shown traditional weakness in other fields, such as belated sanctions on Belarus' election thuggery and a bewildering naivety towards China. The final compromise on the rule of law guarantee for recovery fund projects also left much to be desired. Weakness too carries obligations. None of these can go without democratic oversight and public legitimation. When policies take a leap forward, democratic politics need to be adapted accordingly. Already after the last European elections, the EU promised a public consultation on the state of our shared politics. A Conference on the Future would be set up to make the debate on the bigger picture more interactive: what do we want and need to do together, as Europeans, and how do we best make that happen? Those are not questions Brussels can answer on its own. So a two-year debate would be organised as broadly as possible, in time for the EU leaders present and future to draw conclusions before the next elections to the European Parliament in 2024. Ursula von der Leyen promised it, the European Council supported it, the European Parliament was enthusiastic to go ahead.... and then, nothing. This week (15 January), the European Parliament's opinion on the Conference is one year old. Ever since then, Council and Commission have been stalling. Do they fear a genuine public debate would come up with conclusions they wouldn't like? Or do they fear a truly European debate would draw lessons they cannot control? Whatever the reason their fear, as always in politics, is a really bad counsel. Because when powerful politicians shy away from public scrutiny, the public loses trust. This is a crucial time for EU politics. Momentous decisions are being taken, and we stand behind them whole heartedly. But in a democracy you cannot wield and expand power without active engagement of the public. No more excuses, no more delays: the Conference on the Future of Europe needs to start now. MEPs Gabriele Bischoff (S&D), Damian Boeselager (Greens), Pascal Durand (Renew), Daniel Freund (Greens), Danuta Huebner (EPP), Domenec Ruiz Devesa (S&D), Paulo Rangel (EPP), Helmut Scholz (GUE/NGL), Guy Verhofstadt (Renew). Trump could still start a last-ditch war with Iran By Tom Nicholds, this article was first published by the Atlantic on 30 December 2020. WASHINGTON - Donald Trump is intent on creating as much chaos as possible on his way out of the White House. Could that include saddling Joe Biden with another war in the Middle East? We already know that Trump is thinking about attacking Iran. In mid-November, after he lost the presidential election, Trump asked for military options against Iranian nuclear facilities, a reckless idea that was derailed by top aides. Since then, the United States has sent B-52 bombers on missions in the Persian Gulf three times, including a 30-hour round trip from North Dakota to the Gulf on December 29. B-52 flights are a traditional American method of demonstrating resolve, a way to signal to an enemy that the United States is engaged and alert for trouble. (Whether such flights do any good is questionable, but American administrations of both parties use them.) These recent bomber missions are ostensibly an effort to deter Iran from carrying out attacks on U.S. or allied forces as the anniversary of the Iranian terror chieftain Qasem Soleimani’s killing approaches on January 3. Iran is almost certainly planning retaliation for Soleimani’s death, and both Trump and Biden have a duty to be vigilant about possible revenge, a real danger that deserves serious attention. Even if Iran forgoes action before January, the regime in Tehran is an ongoing threat to peace and stability in the region, a problem that Trump did not invent and that Biden will inherit. As he has done with most things, however, Trump took a bad situation and made it worse. Killing Soleimani was the right move, for example, but the clumsiness and confusion that followed—including Trump threatening to engage in war crimes by destroying Iranian cultural sites—created a moral and political void in which Iran was able to take the initiative and retaliate against U.S. bases in Iraq without further consequences. And whatever the flaws of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action—and I was one of the critics who had serious problems with the Iran deal—it at least temporarily stabilized the Iranian nuclear problem. The JCPOA was imperfect, but it was the only game in town, and Trump dumping it gave the Iranians the out they needed to go right back to their previous mischief. Now Trump’s defense officials are making noises—while Trump himself is silent—about deterrence. But repeated bomber flights and stories about strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, particularly when they’re coming from a claque of mostly unqualified officials in an acting capacity who will not be around to fulfill these vague threats, are not much of a deterrent in the waning days of an administration that refuses to cooperate on basic matters of national defense with its successor. Instead, Trump might be planning a final grand distraction before he is forced to relinquish his office. The question is not whether Trump has the power to do any of this. He holds the authority of Article II of the Constitution until noon on January 20. As unsettling as it may be to realize this, Trump—like any American president—can launch anything, from a reconnaissance mission to a nuclear strike, even as Biden is standing on the steps of the Capitol waiting to be sworn in. Whether U.S. military leaders, including the head of the U.S. Strategic Command, would promptly execute orders they thought unwise or possibly illegal is another matter, but the authority of the president of the United States is not limited by losing an election. Rather, the question is why Trump would ignite a war with Iran at the last minute, and what to look for if he has made such a decision. The obvious reason Donald Trump does anything is because he thinks it will benefit Donald Trump. At the least, it is one last chance for Trump to role-play the only part of the job he has ever liked: the strutting commander in chief. If Trump decides on war, he will issue orders, and there will be a great deal of saluting and generous use of the word sir, all of which (if we are to judge from his rants at rallies) he finds irresistible. From the border wall to the COVID-19 crisis, Trump’s fallback position when he is flummoxed by the complexity of governing is to call in the military and issue orders that cannot be countermanded by another branch of the government or by his own bureaucracy. War with Iran could also be a way of making one more last-ditch argument for staying in power, but launching a war, of course, will not keep Trump in office. He may not realize this; he did not understand that his own vice president has the constitutional duty to count Electoral College votes. And someone in the current chaotic scrum may well have convinced Trump that some double-secret codicil of the Constitution will allow him to remain president. But a war with the mullahs—the devout wish of Iran hawks like Michael Flynn, who supported Trump from the start and who now has his ear as the White House melts down in these final days—would more likely be a final punishment that Trump could inflict on the American people for rejecting him, and a massive act of sabotage against Biden for defeating him. American citizens and their elected officials may not be able to stop Trump from issuing orders, but they can be watchful for the traditional signs of a country about to go to war. These are the same things that observers such as journalists and foreign-intelligence analysts would also watch for, including the sudden congregation of national-security officials at the Pentagon and the White House, a heightened state of alert, an increase in the “force protection condition” at U.S. bases, and the movement of large assets into the region. (The carrier Nimitz returned to the Persian Gulf in November, but a Navy spokesperson says this was not in response to any “specific” threats, a careful use of language that does not rule anything in or out.) Trump was never much interested in the business of governing, and once he lost the election, he completely gave up on the job of being president. He is now fully in survival mode, and this is why he should not get the benefit of the doubt we might give to other presidents who have exercised their powers until their last days in office. If we must go into another conflict in the Middle East, Trump must stand before the American people and Congress—now—and explain himself, instead of surprising us all with the ultimate act of political arson in his final minutes in an office he never wanted and of which he was never worthy. The ‘state-plus’ framework: A confederal solution for Israel-Palestine By Omar H. Rahman, Brookings Doha Center, December 23, 2020 The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is entering a new stage. A viable diplomatic process for resolving “final-status” issues has been non-existent for several years. The Palestinian national movement is feeble and fractured, leaving it ill-equipped to face down persistent challenges and unable to exert leverage in pursuit of its goals. Israel is rapidly consolidating decades of illegal settlement activity through legislative and institutional means, positioning itself to formally incorporate vast swathes of the West Bank into the state through de jure annexation. This latter process, in particular, has come at the direct expense of establishing an independent State of Palestine and leaves millions of Palestinians stranded under Israeli sovereignty without political rights or a horizon for achieving them in the future. Absent any intention of integrating these stateless Palestinians into its citizenry, Israel is formalizing a “two-tier system of disparate political, legal, social, cultural and economic rights based on ethnicity and nationality,” which a group of leading United Nations (U.N.) human rights experts recently characterized as “a 21st century apartheid,” and what others have simply termed a “one-state reality.” In this context, the road to a negotiated settlement of the conflict has be- come impossible to envision without dramatic changes to each side’s internal socio-political dynamics, the gross imbalance of power between them, and the approach of the international community. Perhaps as important is the need for a thorough reassessment of the appropriate conceptual framework to resolve the conflict. For more than three decades, the international community has remained wedded to the paradigm of partition into two independent states, or the “two-state solution.” This despite the growing divergence between the objective of establishing a separate Palestinian state and the reality of gradual Israeli annexation on the ground, as well as eroding public support on both sides and the increasing struggle of advocates to defend the solution’s viability. While interest in alternative frameworks has grown in recent years, there is still a significant shortfall in the examination and development of the various modalities, not to mention a lack of political traction or broad-based mobilization on behalf of any particular option. It is clear that alternatives to classic partition need to be studied with more frequency and in greater depth in order to widen the range of options available to policymakers and civil actors in the years ahead. This paper presents an exploration of one such alternative: the hybrid model of confederation. The intention of this paper is to think beyond the classic two-state model for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and to present ideas for how policymakers and civil actors can apply a confederal framework in the future. Given the already entrenched one-state reality, the emancipation of Palestinians through enfranchisement in a single democratic state is the most conceptually straightforward alternative to decades of failed attempts at implementing partition. Striving for the more complex model of confederation may appear unnecessarily burdensome. However, confederation is more responsive to the realities often overlooked by one-state proponents. More so, it does not preclude a single democratic state from emerging in the long run, should such a state be recognized as feasible and beneficial. Confederation has the potential to serve as a workable and mutually appealing model of governance that liberates Palestinians from the current reality of interminable oppression, halts further settler colonialism, preserves self- determination and national expression for both sides, and addresses Israeli and Palestinian aspirations and grievances in a harmonizing and practical manner. In doing so, the confederal approach envisions a resolution to the conflict that prevents, or at least limits, further conflict down the road. By providing pathways toward open or soft borders, permanent residency status, and aspects of shared sovereignty, a confederal system of governance expands opportunities beyond those envisioned under the classic two-state formula, in ways that could minimize zero-sum competition over the most intractable areas of conflict and resolve the security/sovereignty dilemma. The confederal system will necessarily be complex and able to withstand a considerable amount of stress and recurring tensions. It will also demand huge conceptual and practical leaps in order to rearrange hard-to-dislodge systems of privilege. Breaking the deadlock that has prevented a resolution up to this point will require marshalling unprecedented levels of external and internal pressure, coupled with a clearly articulated alternative that is acceptable to a majority of Israelis and Palestinians. While many will surely cast doubt on the feasibility of confederation, the same could once be said for the two-state solution, which came to a hold a monopoly over peacemaking efforts. At present, the inequitable one-state reality being imposed by Israel is deeply disturbing and harmful. It also fails to offer any resolution to the underlying conflict. While that is likely cause for more instability in the near future, it also presents an opportunity to reassess how Israelis and Palestinians may one day live more equitably in a land they share. At this juncture, the development of that framework is urgently needed. Return to ‘meaningful negotiations’, UN envoy urges Israelis, Palestinians NEW YORK - Addressing the UN Security Council on Monday, the UN envoy for the Middle East Peace Process urged Israelis, Palestinians, regional States and the broader international community to “take practical steps to enable the parties to re-engage” in the peace process. “The Middle East Quartet – alongside Arab partners – and Israeli and Palestinian leaders, must work together to return to the path of meaningful negotiations”, Nickolay Mladenov told the ambassadors in his final briefing as Special Coordinator. A historic struggle “Israelis and Palestinians, Jews and Arabs have lived with conflict for too long”, said the UN envoy. “Loss and displacement are part of the personal history of every single household” for generations. He painted a picture of Palestinians being “upended from their homes” and forced to seek refuge across the region while “Jews have been upended from across the region” and forced to seek refuge in Israel. Mr. Mladenov reminded that the conflict is not only over land or history, “it is a conflict over the very right of two nations to co-exist”. Financial shortfall A disruption of vital services in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) is hanging in the balance as the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) faces a funding gap of $88 million, which includes some $22 million to pay salaries of nearly 30,000 frontline education, health, social and other workers directly assisting Palestine refugees. “The Agency is not only a lifeline for millions of Palestine refugees, and fully engaged in the fight against COVID-19, but is also critical for regional stability”, said Mr. Mladenov. “Sufficient funding is essential for the Agency’s continuity, and I renew my appeal for support”. Meanwhile, last week the Palestinian Prime Minister and the Acting OPT Humanitarian Coordinator launched a 2021 Humanitarian Response Plan, which includes a $417 million appeal to help 1.8 million vulnerable people over the coming year. “The latest humanitarian needs assessment found that 2.45 million Palestinians — some 47 per cent of the population currently need aid”, he said. Settlements must cease Israeli settlement-related developments continue, with expansions in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, Mr. Mladenov added, saying they entrench Israel’s occupation and undermine the prospect of a two-State solution. “The advancement of all settlement activity must cease immediately”, he spelled out, underscoring that they constitute “a flagrant violation” of UN resolutions and international law. The Special Coordinator also called “deeply concerning”, the continued demolition and seizure of Palestinian humanitarian projects and schools. “I call on Israeli authorities to end the demolition of Palestinian property and the displacement and eviction of Palestinians”, he said. Peace achievable In closing, he recounted that every Palestinian he met believed that negotiations were “only a façade” for more land grabs while every Israeli believed they would lead to more “violence and terror”. “The world cannot leave the situation unattended”, said the Special Coordinator, pointing to UN resolutions, bilateral agreements and the Middle East Quartet’s efforts, all aimed at resolving the conflict. “No one in the international community questions the foundation that any resolution…must be based on two States” and that requires “engagement between the parties and not through violence”, he stressed. Both sides must “look inward” both in coordination and independently “to protect the goal of sustainable peace”. “I firmly believe that the goal of a just and lasting peace between the Israeli and Palestinian people remains achievable through negotiations and can be mediated between the Middle East Quartet and the Arab partners”, the Special Coordinator said. Mr. Mladenov informed that in January, Tor Wennesland would take over the mission and called his successor “one of the most capable diplomats I have ever worked with”. “I wish him every success in the years ahead and hope that you will extend to him your full support, as you have done to me”, concluded the outgoing UN envoy. Russia is 'pre-eminent naval power' in Mediterranean By ANDREW RETTMAN BRUSSELS - Russia is the dominant power in the Mediterranean Sea. Turkey is a rising one, and the West's "golden days" in the region are long gone, according to Italy's former military chief. "Russia is the pre-eminent naval power in the Mediterranean ... [and] it has earned this role in the field," admiral (retired) Luigi Binelli Mantelli, who was head of Italy's armed forces from 2013 to 2015, told EUobserver in an interview. Russian conventional firepower included two modern frigates, two submarines, and a destroyer, most of them with land-attack missile systems, permanently stationed in the western Mediterranean, he said. It was seeking a naval base in Libya and had an "advanced" one in Syria, he added. It can link its Mediterranean fleet with Black and Caspian Seas units, he noted. And it can back its fleet with air power from Russia or "forward-deployed aircraft in other countries, such as Syria," Binelli Mantelli said. The Kremlin also had the political edge, he said. "In recent years, Russia has displayed a level of assertiveness that recalls the US during the golden days," Binelli Mantelli said, referring to the end of the Cold War, some 30 years ago. "[Russian president Vladimir] Putin's decisiveness is evident, in terms of both freedom of action at the political and military level, and his ability to create relationships ... with countries in the area," Binelli Mantelli, who was speaking in a purely personal capacity, said. One of these countries was Turkey, with which Russia is carving up the South Caucasus. Turkey was also a rising Mediterranean force, the Italian admiral noted. "It's on its way to acquiring a significant power-projection capability with the new amphibious-assault ship Anadolu, [which] can be configured as a light aircraft carrier," he said, referring to a Turkish-built vessel. If it put vertical take-off and landing F-35 jets on board, Turkey would "gain additional regional relevance," he added. And Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan also had an edge, Binelli Mantelli said. His recent war with Azerbaijan to reconquer the Nagorno-Karabakh region from Armenia "provided Erdoğan with an additional strategic testbed for demonstrating his political assertiveness," Binelli Mantelli said. The South Caucasus peace deal, brokered, last week, by Russia, cemented Putin's role as "primary arbiter" of events, the Italian admiral said. It came after Putin and Erdoğan helped each other to become "absolute masters of the scene" in conflicts in Libya and Syria. And it came after Turkish warships intimidated French and Greek ones in other disputes in recent months. Erdoğan's game Turkey has been a Nato member since 1952 and, for Binelli Mantelli, it was out of the question that Putin could ever peel away Erdoğan from the Western alliance. "I am definitely against the idea that Turkey could break away from Nato. I don't see any interest for Ankara to do so," Binelli Mantelli said. "In the first place, for the free access to intelligence available to Nato nations", which helped Turkey in multiple theatres, he said. But, for Binelli Mantelli, Erdoğan was, nevertheless, "playing the 'one foot in both shoes' game" with Putin to advance Turkish ambition. And their games had "destabilised" the status quo. Russia and Turkey had pushed out "traditional peace-providers, such as the US, Nato, or any other European actor with interests in those countries [Libya and Syria]," Binelli Mantelli said. "In this sense, I see Nato's relevance being put seriously at stake [in the Mediterranean]," he said. Part of the change was due to US redeployments, he noted. "Nowadays, US Sixth Fleet consistency and engagement [in the Mediterranean] is nothing compared to what it was before the collapse of the USSR," Binelli Mantelli said. The fact the US recently moved warships from Italy to Spain was "emblematic" of a "swing of US interests from the Mediterranean to the African seas," he added. The French "Force de dissuasion" was still "a significant naval power", the Italian admiral noted. But the Italian navy was starved of funds, due to Italy's "sea-blindness", he said. 'Sad spectacle' And even if the French "Force de Frappe" was to be reckoned with on paper, "what matters, anyhow, is the willingness to act", Binelli Mantelli said. "As I said before: It's a matter of lack of [Western] assertiveness," he said. Nato, in recent years, had deployed new forces in the Baltic Sea region, but it was "no longer the deterring organisation able and eager to show its muscles in the Mediterranean arena, as it did in the good old times," he added. Recalling Nato drills such as "Dragon Hammer", in the early 1990s, which involved aircraft carriers and amphibious landings in Turkey to repel potential Russian invasion, Binelli Mantelli said Western powers had drifted "far away" from their former superiority. "The Western bloc, with Europe leading this unfortunate enterprise ... is becoming less and less credible in its willingness to commit, on the field, rather than through endless diplomatic talks, to international stability [in Europe's southern neighbourhood]," he said. It was a "sad spectacle", the admiral noted. "Nato is too much land-centric, forgetting that only great maritime powers have influenced the world throughout history," he said. Ministerial Conference in support of Autonomy Initiative under Moroccan Sovereignty WASHINGTON - The text of the following Chair’s Summary was released by the Governments of the United States of America and the Kingdom of Morocco after virtual ministerial conference in support of the Autonomy Initiative under Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara. 1. At the invitation of the Kingdom of Morocco and the United States of America, the Ministerial Conference in support of the Autonomy Initiative under Morocco’s sovereignty was held virtually on January 15, 2021. 2. Forty countries participated in the Conference, among which 27 were represented at the ministerial level. 3. The Conference participants expressed strong support for Morocco’s autonomy initiative as the only basis for a just and lasting solution to this regional dispute. 4. The Co-Chairs recalled the Proclamation of the United States of America of December 10, 2020, entitled “Recognizing the Sovereignty of the Kingdom of Morocco over Western Sahara,” which reaffirmed support for Morocco’s serious, credible, and realistic autonomy proposal as the only basis for a just and lasting solution to the dispute over the Western Sahara territory. The Proclamation also urged the parties to engage in discussions in coordination with the United Nations without delay. 5. Co-Chairs also underlined that the U.S. Presidential Proclamation provides guidance for efforts to advance the UN-exclusive political process aimed at reaching a lasting political solution, with the autonomy initiative as the only realistic basis for such a solution. This Proclamation will strengthen the international consensus in support of the UN-exclusive political process. 6. The Conference highlighted the decision of twenty United Nations Member States to open Consulates General in the Moroccan cities of Laâyoune and Dakhla, considering that such steps will promote economic and business opportunities for the region, strengthen the vocation of the Sahara region as an economic hub for the entire continent and advance progress towards reaching a long-awaited final political solution to this protracted dispute. 7. Participants welcomed the development endeavors launched in the region including in the framework of Morocco’s “New Development Model for the Southern Provinces” initiative. 8. Participants committed to continue their advocacy for a solution, using Morocco’s autonomy plan as the sole framework for resolving the Western Sahara dispute. Crisis Group Libya Update International Crisis Group, 24 December 2020 This Briefing Note provides up-to-the-minute analysis of attempts to end Libya’s almost decade-long civil war through talks focused on reunifying the country’s government, oil-based economy and security forces. It is the second in a series of twice-monthly updates. Foreign Actors Drive Military Build-up amid Deadlocked Political Talks A tenuous ceasefire continues to hold in Libya between forces allied to the Tripoli-based government and their rivals in the east. Yet there is reason to worry that the five-month hiatus in the conflict could end abruptly. The 23 October ceasefire agreement silenced the guns but otherwise is a dead letter: both sides have backtracked on fulfilling its terms and instead continue to build up their military forces. Another concern is the failure to find a political way forward. The UN’s attempt to revive dialogue and appoint a new Presidency Council and prime minister to head a unity government has floundered. The prospects of uniting the country under a single government equipped with an electoral roadmap are thus highly uncertain. Fortunately, despite these red flags, there appears to be little appetite among Libyan factions and their foreign backers to restart the war. The Ceasefire Terms Go Unfulfilled The October ceasefire agreement, which was signed by pro-Tripoli representatives and delegates of the Libyan National Army led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, established that Libyan rival forces would withdraw immediately from the front lines and freeze foreign military training agreements. It also stipulated that all foreign fighters supporting the two military coalitions would leave the country by late January. Yet neither side appears keen to implement its commitments and both seem determined to dig in further. Diplomatic sources and online reports indicate that Turkey sent several sea and air shipments of military equipment to its Tripoli-based allies throughout November and December. Satellite imagery published on 10 December suggests that Ankara has also continued to reinforce its presence at al-Wutiya, an air base close to the Tunisian border where Turkish officers have been operating since mid-2020. Some foreign analysts speculate that Turkey is installing new aerial defence systems there in preparation for deploying fighter jets. Officials in Ankara have not commented on the matter, nor have UN officials. If the analysts’ conjecture is correct, however, such a deployment could rapidly escalate tensions between Turkey and its regional foes Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Western diplomats suspect one of these two countries carried out an airstrike (or at the very least, called on one of their other allies to do so) on Turkish positions in al-Wutiya in July 2020, in another manifestation of the years-long feud between Cairo and Abu Dhabi, on one side, and Ankara and Doha, on the other. Qatar reportedly bankrolls Turkey’s operation in Libya. Haftar-held positions in central and southern Libya also have received military reinforcements. Pro-Haftar sources confirmed to Crisis Group that foreign partners are slowly seeking to strengthen the field marshal’s camp’s hold on the areas, though they refused to specify the countries involved. They added, however, that the Libyan National Army is enlisting numerous new recruits from the south, including non-Libyans. Russian private military contractors appear to have increased their presence at two air bases, al-Gardabiya and al-Jufra, in central Libya, and also appear to be moving equipment from there to Brak al-Shati, another Haftar-controlled base further south. At the same time, diplomatic sources talk of continued Emirati military supplies to Haftar’s rear base in eastern Libya. It is unclear if Russia and the UAE are coordinating their movements and supplies. A recent Pentagon report suggests that the UAE is providing financing for Russian private contractors in Libya, a claim that both Abu Dhabi and Moscow have denied. In light of these reports, the two Libyan sides have traded accusations of violating the ceasefire terms. On 7 December, the Tripoli-based government accused Haftar-led forces of attempting to take over a military base in the southern desert town of Obari. Tribal representatives in Obari, who are not aligned with either side, promptly clarified that the matter was based on a misunderstanding. But in the following weeks, officials in Tripoli continued to alert foreign diplomats to what they said was a military build-up in the south. The anti-Tripoli camp has officially denied it is mobilising in the south and instead accused Tripoli, in a 7 December statement, of dispatching “militias, weapons and military equipment toward the front lines west of Sirte and Jufra”. Turkey has also been the target of accusations. On 9 December, the Haftar-led coalition blamed Ankara for “undermining Libyan sovereignty and its resources” by “dispatching military equipment through an uninterrupted air bridge and transporting mercenaries and foreign fighters to fight the Libyan people”. A few days earlier, naval vessels loyal to Haftar stopped a Turkish cargo ship off the eastern Libyan coast. This incident prompted the Turkish foreign ministry to warn that targeting Turkish interests in Libya will have “grave consequences” and that Haftar’s forces will be viewed as “legitimate targets”. The Libyan National Army released the ship on 10 December, having found no weapons on board. An earlier incident may have fuelled the Haftar camp’s distrust of Turkey: on 24 November, a German vessel operating under the umbrella of the EU’s Operation Irini, which is tasked with monitoring violations of the UN arms embargo on Libya, had interdicted another Turkish vessel heading to Libya and suspected of carrying military equipment. German marines boarded the ship but had to abort the mission after Ankara intervened diplomatically to prevent the inspection. Under international law, the Irini mission requires tacit consent from a vessel’s flag state before it can board the ship for inspections. The UN considers Turkey’s dispatch of military equipment a violation of the arms embargo, but Turkey rejects this, arguing instead that its military support to the Tripoli authorities is legitimate because it is part of a bilateral agreement between two sovereign governments, signed in late 2019 and ratified by the Turkish parliament in early 2020. On this basis, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan submitted to parliament a decree to extend Ankara’s direct military support to the Tripoli government, which it approved on 22 December. This decree also renews the deployment of Turkish troops to Libya for another eighteen months, starting from 2 January 2021. UN and Western officials say this is a violation of both the arms embargo and the October ceasefire provisions, but Ankara has held firm in its own interpretation that its actions in the Tripoli-based government’s support are legitimate. Russia also appears eager to consolidate its role in the conflict. In the past, Moscow has denied sponsoring the presence of Russian private contractors or backing any side in the conflict. In early December, however, a number of Western diplomats claimed that Russian officials had become much more straightforward behind closed doors in laying out the Kremlin’s interest in preserving its influence in Libya. These reports chime with remarks from within pro-Haftar ranks, where Russia’s apparent unwillingness to cooperate in facilitating the withdrawal of private military contractors has created some unease. It remains unclear why pro-Haftar officers would want to cut back on Russian support, given how reliant they have become on these private military contractors to counterbalance Turkish support to their foes in Tripoli. Interpretations abound, ranging from financial disagreements between Benghazi and Moscow, to an alleged nationalist revival among Libyan military officers, including Haftar-led ones, that would have led them to seek to cut back on Russian support as long as Turkey also pulled its officers and allied Syrian fighters out of Libya. Sources close to the Libyan National Army say officers in that camp had calculated that the October ceasefire agreement would force Russia to order the military contractors’ withdrawal, a move they claim they supported if carried out simultaneously with a Turkish withdrawal from Tripoli. But with the latter not occurring, and with Haftar’s Russian allies simultaneously becoming more entrenched, the Libyan National Army appears to have few options but to work with what it apparently has come to consider uncomfortable but necessary allies. Overall, the failure to implement the ceasefire agreement, the military build-up and the inflammatory statements, as well as Turkish and Russian entrenchment, suggest that the conflict could resume, rather than wind down via a political process. Nonetheless, three elements mitigate the immediate risk of a flare-up. First, while keen to consolidate their influence, foreign actors have so far not signalled a desire to ignite a new round of hostilities. Secondly, there is no popular support for a new war, either in Tripoli or the east. Thirdly, there are ongoing steps to resolve the long-running dispute between Qatar and its Gulf neighbours; progress on this front could calm the proxy war in Libya. That said, the longer the ceasefire terms go unfulfilled and the military build-up continues, the higher the risk that a provocation could prompt a return to fighting. The Political Deadlock Continues Stalled political negotiations contribute to the grim outlook. UN-convened talks that were designed to lead to the appointment of a new interim government are on life support. The 75 participants in the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum have been unable to agree on how to select a new three-person Presidency Council and prime minister to run Libya until fresh elections scheduled for December 2021. After weeks of deliberations, they narrowed a list of twelve different voting mechanism proposals down to two options. But when 23 of the 75 delegates boycotted the final session, which was meant to take place in mid-December, the proceedings hit a dead end. Despite this failure, the UN decided to start preparations for the December 2021 elections. It established a Legal Drafting Committee, a group of eighteen Libyans drawn from the dialogue forum tasked with forging consensus on a legal electoral framework with the help of UN advisers. The absence of a functioning parliament and disputes over the constitutional framework for elections have blocked progress on this matter for years. The committee is supposed to complete its work within 60 days of its creation if parliament, which has been split in two for the past six years, fails to carry out the task, as is likely. Regardless, the path to elections remains fraught. The decision to move forward with election preparations has given rise to another set of problems that could bog down discussions. First, dialogue forum members who support the appointment of an interim government oppose proceeding with election preparations as long as there is no progress on that front, seeing the two as a single package. Secondly, longstanding disputes over whether a referendum on an existing draft constitution is a precondition for staging elections, in addition to other controversies related to the constitutional framework, are likely to slow down the legal committee’s work. Progress on the Economy The past month saw positive breakthroughs on the economic front. On 16 December, five of the Central Bank’s seven board members held their first meeting in five years. Since the 2014 political crisis, the board has been divided between supporters of the Tripoli-based governor (part of the internationally recognised government) and partisans of his pro-eastern deputy. The absence of a functioning board entrusted with overseeing the bank’s work, approving monetary policy and making top appointments at the bank’s subsidiaries has exacerbated Libya’s economic woes. Individuals involved in the process have expressed confidence that the board will hold consultations to deal with a range of pending issues. If the board does meet, it would bode well for the chances of the bank’s reunification. A second breakthrough came when the board agreed to devalue the Libyan dinar, fixing a new official exchange rate of 4.48 dinars to the U.S. dollar, starting from early January. The aim is to unify Libya’s multiple exchange rate systems. For the past three years, Libya has had: an official rate, used mainly by the government, of 1.4 dinars to the dollar; a commercial rate of 4.9 dinars to the dollar for private businesses able to secure a letter of credit, which only the Central Bank can approve; and black-market rates ranging from 6 to 8 dinars to the dollar for small businesses unable to get a letter of credit. The board agreed on the reform following considerable public pressure. Government officials also argued that the existing system provided loopholes to a handful of exchange rate differential profiteers, while most Libyans had to rely on the unfavourable black-market rates. Although the new rate was a positive step, some entrepreneurs have expressed concern that the measure will fall short of improving access to foreign exchange. It is far from certain that the Central Bank will make hard currency available as long as a dispute over oil revenues management remains unresolved; such revenues provide almost all of the country’s foreign exchange reserves. At a 14-15 December UN-brokered meeting in Geneva, officials from the Tripoli-based government, National Oil Corporation and the Central Bank’s two rival branches, as well as Libyan financial experts, met with U.S., Egyptian, UN and European Union diplomats and World Bank officials to discuss pending banking and budgetary issues. They touched only marginally on the dispute over the allocation of oil revenues and took no decision on this issue. Oil revenues thus remain sitting in a blocked National Oil Corporation account for the time being. Coping with COVID-19’s cost: The example of Morocco Yasmina Abouzzohour, Brookings Doha Center, December 23, 2020 Morocco’s experience in addressing the economic fallout from COVID-19 illustrates many of the economic challenges that middle-income countries are facing and the fiscal limitations they confront, says Yasmina Abouzzhour. This piece was originally published by the Moroccan Institute of Policy Analysis. Middle-income countries within and beyond the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) adopted strong security responses early on, which helped in mitigating the public health threat at the onset of the coronavirus outbreak. However, confronted with heightened economic hardship, these countries gradually relaxed precautionary measures and must now control the epidemiological situation, while attempting to rebuild their economies and provide social welfare to their citizens. Morocco’s experience in addressing the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic illustrates many of the economic challenges that middle-income countries are facing, and the fiscal limitations they confront that wealthier countries do not have to bear. Currently one of the MENA’s most impacted countries by the coronavirus pandemic in terms of contaminations and deaths, Morocco had initially successfully controlled the outbreak between March and May 2020 after declaring a national health emergency, closing its borders, and calling for mandatory confinement (see Figure 1). However, the state’s priorities shifted as the pandemic, and the associated lockdown strategy, resulted in economic loss. As a result, Moroccan decision-makers relaxed precautionary measures in June 20 in favour of relaunching the economy and alleviating the financial burdens of citizens and businesses (see Figure 2). How did the Moroccan regime address the massive economic impact of the global pandemic, what were the strengths and weakness of its strategy, and what challenges will it face when attempting to recover the economy following what will likely be a deep recession? COVID-19’s economic impact on Morocco Morocco’s macroeconomic balances were predictably negatively impacted by the containment measures and reduced global demand resulting from the pandemic, as well as by a harsh drought and a drop in major exports. Indeed, the trade deficit has widened by 23.8 percent in the first quarter of 2020; while economic growth receded by 1.1 percent in the first quarter of 2020, and 1.8 percent in the second quarter. Because of a breakdown in their supply chains and the disruption of tourism, most major export sectors have been impacted (automotive, aeronautics, textile etc.); in fact, exports dropped by 19.7 percent between January and April, 2020. Imports, on the other hand, are expected to increase. The kingdom is expected to conclude 2020 with an economic contraction of 6.6 percent. Furthermore, the pandemic, and associated lockdown measures, led to a significant increase in unemployment and underemployment. In fact, national unemployment rates, which are projected to reach their highest levels since 2001, increased from 9.1 percent in 2019 to 13 percent in 2020. In urban areas, the unemployment rate reached 15.6 percent in the second quarter of 2020 (compared to 13.1 percent in 2019); in rural areas, it increased from 3.4 percent in 2019 to 7.2 percent in 2020. For young people aged 24 to 35 years specifically, this number reached a record-high of 22.6 percent. In terms of numbers of jobs lost, this translates to an estimated 581,000 jobs lost year-on-year during the third quarter of 2020, most of which were in rural areas. In the informal sector, which accounted for an estimated 20 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), around five million workers became unemployed since the start of the pandemic. In addition, working hours decreased on average from 46 to 22 hours per week (i.e., 265 million less weekly working hours in the second quarter of 2020 compared to the same timeframe in 2019). Companies were also harshly affected by the pandemic; 142,000 companies (i.e., 57 percent of those registered) declared suspending operations (135,000 temporarily and 6,300 altogether); 72 percent of these were micro-sized. Significantly, one of the worst-hit sectors, tourism, is also one of the sectors Morocco’s economy depends on the most, and is projected to account for 6.4 percent of GDP. This sector may see up to $14 billion in losses between 2020 and 2022. The percentage of companies that suspended activities in the closely related hospitality sector reached 89 percent. Alleviating economic pressures Similar to other middle-income countries, Morocco’s COVID-19 economic strategy aimed to support economically vulnerable citizens and businesses (through aid, repayment plans, and loan packages), increase healthcare spending, and ensure liquidity provision. However, fiscal limitations meant that relief packages were smaller than in wealthier countries (see Figure 3). Despite these limitations, significant steps were taken, starting with the creation of a taskforce to help the Ministry of Economy and Finance monitor the economic impact of the pandemic. The regime also created an emergency fund in mid-March to help with COVID-related expenses; this fund raised the equivalent of $3.2 billion as of end of April 2020. Furthermore, after a national lockdown was implemented in March, the government pledged stipends for all workers who lost jobs or working hours due to the pandemic. Formal sector employees would receive the equivalent of $220 per month, and those in the informal sector would receive between $90 to 134 per month, depending on family size. However, there were notable issues surrounding these stipends. First, distributing the pledged aid to all affected employees across the country did not happen in a regular and consistent manner; delays and missed payments took place.[1] Second, while helpful, the amount of aid provided was not sufficient to cover the basic needs of many people (rent, subsistence, etc.). Businesses also received help; the central bank reduced the benchmark lending rate, increased refinancing operations for small businesses, and expanded the range of collateral to include public and private debt instruments. Furthermore, small businesses received tax deferments, while both small and medium businesses were entitled to three-month loan repayment suspensions and interest free loans. Indeed, as of May 2020, 9,000 loans (the equivalent of $370 million) were given to companies with a turnover below $50 million, though the newly founded guarantee program Damane Oxygene. Self-employed individuals affected by the COVID-19 crisis benefitted from interest-free loans of up to $1,500. Economic Recovery Outlook Resource-poor Morocco’s fiscal realities limit and complicate the regime’s response to the massive economic consequences of the global pandemic. Indeed, beyond the far-reaching impacts of COVID-19, the kingdom’s already frail economy was further harmed by a draught and a major drop in exports in 2020. In light of this, any economic recovery strategy will be undermined by Morocco’s underlying lack of resources; the regime does not have the wealth or solid economic structures required to deal with the pandemic. The Central Bank has concluded that the outlook for Morocco’s economic development in 2021 and 2022 is uncertain. However, the last quarter of 2020 has been marked by government level discussions about how economic recovery might be approached in the near future. In October, the king announced a roadmap to revive the country’s economy with the help of a major universal social security project which will reform public establishments.[1] Another main focus will be determining how to revive and prioritize key sectors that were harshly affected in 2020, such as tourism, transport, hospitality, and the private sector. Several major challenges remain. First, since Morocco’s main trading partner, the European Union, is likely to face a recession, trade is unlikely to bounce back immediately. Second, while reducing the national unemployment rate in 2021 is necessary, this is something the regime has struggled with for decades and is unlikely to solve in the near future. Finally, banking on the tourism sector to accelerate economic recovery will lead to disappointing results. Given travel difficulties associated with the global pandemic, international tourism will continue to plummet, while domestic tourism will be limited due to citizens’ economic hardship. In the short-term, as COVID-19 cases continue to rise, and as the Moroccan regime attempts to strike a balance between recovering the economy and saving lives, Morocco is banking on Chinese laboratory Sinopharm’s vaccine to pave the way for economic recovery. In the meantime, the regime must invest more in reforming the social coverage system as it does not have enough resources to deal with the economic fallout of such crises. Indeed, the economic management of the crisis has shown that there are difficulties linked to the narrowness of the tax base which jeopardizes the state’s budgetary margins and its ability to adopt countercyclical policies. The Significance of the Morocco-Israel-US Deal for Regional Peace By Dr Tarik Oumazzane, Global Politics, December 23, 2020. https://global-politics.co.uk/2020/12/23/signficance-morocco-israel-us-deal/#tab-pop American recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over its Sahara and the normalisation of relations between Morocco and Israel could have lasting benefits for the cause of peace in North Africa and the Middle East. For North Africa, the Sahara dispute between Morocco and the Algerian backed Polisario has dragged on for 45 years, making it one of the world’s oldest conflicts, perpetuating a status quo that undermines regional economic development and political cooperation between North African actors. During discussions of a potential referendum about the disputed territory’s status in 1991, neither Morocco nor Polisario could agree on who was entitled to vote, rendering a plebiscite almost impossible to implement. More recently, Polisario’s blockade of Guerguerat, the only border crossing between Morocco and Mauritania caused a Moroccan military intervention in order to maintain the security of trade and people. In response, Polisario declared the 29-year UN supervised ceasefire was over, and resumed its armed struggle. These developments pose major security threats to both North Africa and the Sahel regions including a potential armed conflict between Morocco and Algeria, the threat of extremism that tends to flourish in conflict zones, the further destabilisation of Libya and the potential increased influence of extremist groups located in northern Mali. To what extent will American recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over the Sahara mitigate tensions in North Africa? Before answering this question, it is important to highlight that Washington’s new policy complements a growing international trend. Several African, Middle Eastern and Caribbean countries have already opened consulates in the Sahara to demonstrate political support for Morocco. However, the significance of the American recognition lies in its status in the world, in the UN Security Council, within NATO and in its diverse and international alliance system. The United States can potentially play a large role in resolving the Sahara dispute. The American administration now considers Morocco’s autonomy plan as “serious, credible and realistic” and it is the only proposal on the negotiating table. This may well push both Algeria and Polisario to reconsider it. The opening of an American consulate in Dakhla will attract foreign direct investment (FDI), and thereby open the possibility of a new push for economic development. This ought to provide an incentive for the Polisario to give up their armed struggle and participate in the economic development of the Sahara under Moroccan sovereignty. These new political economy incentives may be the key to resolving the Sahara dispute once and for all. The implications of this potential resolution for the region are significant. The dispute has been a break on economic development for 45 years and a peace deal could provide Polisario with a real opportunity to participate in local governance. Health, education and employment should become a greater priority than an arms race between Morocco and Algeria. If investment is encouraged, the Sahara could become a regional economic hub. Morocco and Algeria can also potentially open their borders (closed since 1994) and revive The Maghreb Union with a potential integration with other African regions such as ECOWAS. With regard to the wider Middle East, Morocco’s decision to normalise its relationship with Israel is by no means the first in the region. Egypt was indeed the forerunner when Sadat secured a peace agreement, part of the Camp David Accords in 1978. Jordan and Israel signed a peace treaty in 1994. Palestinians and Israelis signed the Oslo Accords in 1993 and 1995. In 1999, Mauritania and Israel established full diplomatic relations (although these have been frozen since 2009). More recently, Israel, the UAE, Bahrain and Sudan signed the Abraham Accords. Yet, Morocco has a unique position to play a pivotal role in the peace process in the Middle East. Morocco has a profound and ancient Jewish connection. Moroccan Jewry’s origins date back more than 2,500 years. In the medieval age, following the Spanish Inquisition and the 1492 Alhambra Decree, Sephardic Jews were forced to flee to Morocco, where they were welcomed and integrated into Moroccan society. In the 1940s there were between 250,000 to 350,000 Jews living in Morocco as part of the largest Jewish community in the Muslim world. At the peak of the Nazi regime in Europe and in North Africa, Sultan Mohammed V of Morocco resisted Nazi pressure for the deportation of Jews, considering them full Moroccan citizens. Morocco became a refuge and a transit destination for European Jews escaping the fascist regime in Europe. After the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, a large number of Moroccan Jews chose to migrate to the new state but have retained their Moroccan traditions and ties to their ancestral country, Morocco. Israelis of Moroccan origin number approximately one million and many of them have risen to prominence in politics. It is this profound and ancient Jewish connection which Morocco brings to the table. Morocco can mobilise Moroccan Jews in Israel to bridge the gaps between Palestinians and Israelis. More than that, the Moroccan King’s status as a descendant of the Prophet Mohammed, his title of Amir al-Mu’minin -Commander of the Faithful-, his position as the Head of Al-Quds ‘Jerusalem’ Committee and his good relations with the Palestinian National Authority reinforce his legitimacy as a peace broker in the Middle East. The opportunities of economic development, political cooperation and the promotion of peace in the Middle East and North Africa are rare. American recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over its Sahara and the normalisation of relations between Morocco and Israel could promote a type of peace that goes beyond the absence of war to the presence of conditions for political cooperation and economic development between several Middle Eastern and North African actors. Dr Tarik Oumazzane is a Lecturer in History and International Relations at the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom. He specialises in Middle East / North Africa Studies. GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - Scientists have solved a key parasitic puzzle, revealing the unique and complex structures toxoplasmosis and malaria parasites make in order to survive in different hosts. The new study, led by the University of Glasgow in collaboration with the University of Stockholm, and published in Nature Communications, details how certain parasites can create unique cellular structures to control how they create energy and thus survive in different hosts. Malaria and toxoplasmosis, both potentially deadly diseases, are caused by similar parasites which organise themselves to exploit their host’s energy resources in order to infect and transmit to new hosts. However, until now, scientists didn’t fully understand the detailed mechanisms behind this process. In this new research, researchers have solved a parasitic puzzle at the heart of how these deadly pathogens are able to survive in different hosts in order for them to transmit onwards. Toxoplasmosis is a disease caused by the Toxoplasma parasite, and thought to be carried by an estimate 33% of the global population in its dormant state. However, in those with weakened immune systems this parasite can ‘wake up’ and cause complications such as stroke and brain damage. Malaria, a mosquito-borne infectious disease, currently affects over 200 million people, and kills nearly half a million people – mostly children – every year. In order to survive these parasites rely on resources available in their host – for toxoplasmosis it is animals and humans, while for malaria this includes also insects. This means that in order to survive, to infect the host and to transmit between hosts, these parasites have to be flexible in how they create energy based on what is available to them. Scientists studied a vital energy-producing machine within the parasite called ATPsynthase. In addition to making energy, ATPsynthase machines can also come together into large structures that together shape the mitochondrial membrane, controlling the rate of energy production, and key to its survival. Researchers found that, in these parasites, the ATPsynthase machines were able to make complex and unique pentagonal pyramid structures, unlike anything produced by the same systems in their human host. Dr Lilach Sheiner, on the lead authors of the study from the University of Glasgow, said: “We have made major progress in understanding how the parasites which cause toxoplasmosis and malaria can adapt the way they make energy to the environment they experience in their host. This is critical for the parasite’s ability to disseminate in different tissues and to transmit between hosts. “In addition to understanding better how these parasites manage to survive and maintain flexibility while navigating different host environments, these findings have importance in terms of generating knowledge that can inform drug discovery. Our structure can now be used for "digitally" screening for parasite-specific inhibitors – a promising strategy because it is so different to the human structure.” Toxoplasmosis is generally transmitted through undercooked meat, soil, or from contact with cat faeces. Although it is estimated that 33% of the population in the UK carry a dormant form of the parasite, symptoms of infection in healthy adults generally go unnoticed. However, toxoplasmosis can be dangerous to unborn children and in people with compromised immune systems, such as patients with AIDS. When the Toxoplasma ‘wakes up’ in people with compromised immune systems it can cause stroke, and in infants it can cause severe brain damage. Malaria is caused by the related parasite, Plasmodium, which infects humans through the bite of a mosquito. The parasite then grows in the liver and in red blood cells in our blood. Parasites can also change in the blood to take on a male and female form, which can re-infect mosquitoes when they bite and suck blood from infected people. The paper, ‘ATP synthase hexamer assemblies shape cristae of Toxoplasma mitochondria’ is published in Nature Communications. The work was funded by Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research, Ragnar Söderberg Foundation, Swedish Research Council, Cancerfonden, European Research Council, Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, The BBSRC, and A Wellcome Investigator award (217173/Z/19/Z). Dr Lilach Sheiner is a Royal Society of Edinburgh Personal Research Fellow. A link to the paper can be found here https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-20381-z GENEVA - Though countries have made progress in planning for climate change adaptation, there are significant financing shortfalls in getting them to the stage where they provide real protection against droughts, floods and rising sea levels, a new UN environment report has found. According to the 2020 Adaptation Gap Report, released on Thursday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), as temperatures rise and climate change impacts intensify, nations must urgently step up action to adapt to the new climate reality or face serious costs, damages and losses. “The hard truth is that climate change is upon us,” Inger Andersen, UNEP Executive Director, said in a news release announcing the findings. “Its impacts will intensify and hit vulnerable countries and communities the hardest, even if we meet the Paris Agreement goals of holding global warming this century to well below 2 degrees Celsius and pursuing 1.5 degree Celsius.” Global commitment needed Annual adaptation costs in developing countries are estimated at $70 billion, but the figure could reach up to $300 billion in 2030, and $500 billion in 2050. Almost three-quarters of nations have some adaptation plans in place, but financing and implementation fall “far short” of what is needed, according to the UNEP report. Stepping up public and private finance for adaptation is, therefore, urgently needed. “As the Secretary-General has said, we need a global commitment to put half of all global climate finance towards adaptation in the next year … this will allow a huge step up in adaptation, in everything from early warning systems to resilient water resources to nature-based solutions,” Ms. Andersen added. Adaptation is a key pillar of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. It aims to reduce countries’ and communities’ vulnerability to climate change by increasing their ability to absorb impacts. The UNEP report also underscored the importance of nature-based solutions as low-cost options that reduce climate risks, restore and protect biodiversity, and bring benefits for communities and economies. Its analysis of four major climate and development funds: the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the Adaptation Fund, and the International Climate Initiative (IKI), suggested that support for green initiatives with some element of nature-based solutions has risen over the last two decades. Cumulative investment for climate change mitigation and adaptation projects under the four funds stands at $94 billion. However, only $12 billion was spent on nature-based solutions, a tiny fraction of total adaptation and conservation finance, it added. Cutting emissions will reduce costs Cutting greenhouse gas emissions will reduce the impacts and costs associated with climate change, according to the report. Achieving the 2 degrees Celsius target of the Paris Agreement could limit losses in annual growth to up to 1.6 per cent, compared to 2.2 per cent for the 3 degrees Celsius trajectory. UNEP urged all nations to pursue the efforts outlined in its December 2020 Emissions Gap Report, which called for a green pandemic recovery and updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) that include new net-zero commitments. “However, the world must also plan for, finance and implement climate change adaptation to support those nations least responsible for climate change but most at risk,” the UN agency added. “While the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to hit the ability of countries to adapt to climate change, investing in adaptation is a sound economic decision,” it said. GENEVA - The COVID-19 pandemic was not the only long-term crisis the world will remember from 2020. In terms of climate change, the year was also one of the three warmest on record, and rivalled 2016 for the top spot, the UN weather agency said on Wednesday. “The confirmation by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) that 2020 was one of the warmest years on record is yet another stark reminder of the relentless pace of climate change, which is destroying lives and livelihoods across our planet”, said Secretary-General António Guterres. He pointed out that at 1.2 degrees of warming above pre-industrial levels, the world is already witnessing unprecedented weather extremes in every region and on every continent. “We are headed for a catastrophic temperature rise of 3 to 5 degrees Celsius this century”, he warned. “Making peace with nature is the defining task of the 21st century. It must be the top priority for everyone, everywhere.” Powerful force La Niña, which began in late last year, is expected to continue into the early-middle part of 2021. “The exceptional heat of 2020 is despite a La Niña event, which has a temporary cooling effect”, said WMO Secretary-General Prof. Petteri Taalas. La Niña and El Niño effects on average global temperatures are typically strongest in the second year of the event. “It is remarkable that temperatures in 2020 were virtually on a par with 2016, when we saw one of the strongest El Niño warming events on record”, he added. “This is a clear indication that the global signal from human-induced climate change is now as powerful as the force of nature”. The extent to which the continued cooling effects of La Niña this year may temporarily diminish the overall long-term warming trend remains to be seen. Following atypical patterns WMO pointed to sustained heat and wildfires in Siberia, diminishing Arctic sea ice and record-breaking hurricanes in the Atlantic as being among the climate events that most stood out in 2020. The UN weather agency also reminded that temperature is just one climate change indicator. Greenhouse gas concentrations, ocean heat content, global mean sea level, sea ice extent and extreme events are also factors. Backed by science WMO’s consolidated global temperature update incorporates information from five leading international sets of data. It also uses datasets that combine millions of meteorological and marine observations, including from satellites, with models to produce a complete reanalysis of the atmosphere. “The combination of observations with models makes it possible to estimate temperatures at any time and in any place across the globe, even in data-sparse areas such as the polar regions”, according to WMO. The Paris Agreement aims to limit global warming to well below 2°C, preferably to 1.5°C degrees, compared to pre-industrial levels. However, the global average temperature in 2020 had already approached the lower limit of the temperature increase that the Agreement seeks to avert. Moreover, there is at least a one-in-five chance that the average global temperature will temporarily exceed 1.5 °C by 2024, according to WMO’s Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update, led by the United Kingdom’s Met Office. The 2021 Met Office annual global temperature forecast also suggests that next year will again be one of the earth’s hottest years. Updating its provisional December report, WMO will issue its final publication in March, which will incorporate temperature figures, information on all leading climate indicators and selected climate impacts. Air travel down 60%, as airline industry losses top $370 billion: ICAO MONTREAL, CANADA - A new report from the UN’s air transportation agency confirms there was a “dramatic” fall in international air travel due to COVID-19, of around 60 per cent over the course of last year, to levels last seen in 2003. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) said on Friday, that as seating capacity fell by around 50 per cent last year, that left just 1.8 billion passengers taking flights through 2020, compared with around 4.5 billion in 2019. That adds up to a staggering financial loss to the industry of around $370 billion, “with airports and air navigation services providers losing a further 115 billion and 13 billion, respectively”, said ICAO in a press statement. Grounded in March As the coronavirus began its global spread, the air industry came to a virtual standstill by the end of March. Following widespread national lockdowns, by April the overall number of passengers had fallen 92 per cent from 2019 levels, an average of the 98 per cent drop-off seen in international traffic and 87 per cent fall in domestic air travel. There was a moderate rebound during the summer travel period, but recovery was short-lived. “Sectoral recovery became more vulnerable and volatile again during the last four months of 2020, indicating an overall double-dip recession for the year”, ICAO said. Disparity at home and abroad The report notes “a persistent disparity between domestic and international air travel impacts resulting from the more stringent international measures in force.” Domestic travel proved more resilient and was the main driver of any glimmer of recovery to the industry, particularly in China and Russia, ICAO notes, where domestic passenger numbers have already returned to the pre-pandemic levels. Overall, there was a 50 per cent drop in domestic passenger traffic globally, while international traffic fell by 74 per cent, or around 1.4 billion passengers. The plunge in traffic, has put the entire industry’s financial liability into question said ICAO, and threatens the viability of millions of associated jobs around the world. Tourism in crisis It has also severely impacted global tourism, given that more than 50 per cent of international travellers used to reach their destinations by plane. ICAO said that the regional breakdown in losses showed a $120 billion loss year-on-year in the Asia-Pacific region, $100 billion in Europe, $88 billion in North America, followed by $26 billion, $22 billion and $14 billion in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, and Africa, respectively. The agency described the near term outlook as one of “prolonged depressed demand, with downside risks to global air travel recovery predominating in the first quarter of 2021, and likely to be subject to further deterioration.” It does not expect any improvement until the second quarter of 2021, athough this will still be subject to the effectiveness of pandemic management and vaccination roll out across the world. Best-case scenario In the most optimistic scenario, said ICAO, by June of 2021 passenger numbers will be expected to recover globally to 71 per cent of their 2019 levels (or 53 per cent for international and 84 per cent for domestic flights). A more pessimistic scenario foresees only a 49 per cent recovery (26 per cent for international and 66 per cent for domestic). ICAO will continue to provide recommendations and support for the aviation sector to weather the crisis. Its new Guidance on Economic and Financial Measures summarizes a range of measures that can be explored by States and the industry to ease the crisis, and strengthen the industry to withstand future shocks better. BY MAJ. SCOTT D. ADAMSON, Defence One, DECEMBER 21, 2020 As the Pentagon removes more troops, consider what its modest investment has garnered. The Defense Department’s coming near-total withdrawal of troops from Somalia follows its 2019 re-assessment of its force posture in Africa, aimed at shifting finite resources to great power competition. While it is appropriate to conduct such reviews and execute needed adjustments, America needs to recognize how its military presence in Africa helps protect the homeland from terrorism and compete with great powers such as Russia and China. Africa is a vast continent comprising a land mass three times larger than that of America. It boasted eight of the 20 fastest growing economies in 2019. Under its surface, the continent holds 30 percent of the world’s unmined minerals, 8 percent of its oil, and 7 percent of its natural gas. Yet many African countries face great challenges: climate change, desertification, food and water scarcity, poverty, unemployment, trafficking, and piracy. Often coupled with poor governance and security, these phenomena prove favorable for the recruitment and spread of terrorism by violent extremist groups. Over the last decade, the frequency and distribution of violent attacks, and the number of terror organizations perpetrating them, have increased substantially. The Africa Center for Strategic Studies noted 3,471 violent events last year that contributed to the deaths of 10,460 African men, women, and children. Many of these events were perpetrated by Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Boko Haram, Al Shabaab, and various regional affiliates. Notably, each of these organizations is a part of, or pledged to, the terror networks of Al Qaeda or Islamic State, both of which, through fear underwritten by ruthless violence, seek to establish the caliphate and attack Western civilization – especially the United States. A report released last week by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies suggests that withdrawing U.S. forces from regions where Al Qaeda or Islamic State operate will not prevent these groups from pursuing their stated ends. As Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander of U.S. Africa Command, put it, “a secure and stable Africa is an enduring American interest.” Through security cooperation and other related programs – like the African Partnership Flight and State Partnership Program – Washington can support Africa to prevent further atrocities wrought by terrorism. Doing so not only empowers countries like Niger and Somalia to develop the capability to undertake the burden themselves, but also reduces the risk that terror organizations export attacks to the U.S. homeland. Further, these partnerships often afford America the access needed to kill top violent extremists. A U.S. airstrike earlier this year that resulted in the death of Yusuf Jiis, whom the U.S. identified as a “foundational member” of Al Shabaab, is a prime example. Targeting key Islamist militant leaders has likely helped depress Al Shabaab’s activity last year. While U.S. security cooperation, and the force presence that comes with it, undoubtedly disrupts and degrades transnational terrorism, Washington must also acknowledge that the vital program helps to curb the growing influence of China and Russia. China views Africa as key to its global ambitions. Through diplomatic overtures, peacekeeping contributions, and economic initiatives, Beijing has sought to deepen relations across the continent. The persistent engagement is paying off. China is now Africa’s chief bilateral trading partner, biggest infrastructure financier, and third largest arms supplier. Further, the CCP operates a permanent military base in Djibouti and retains access to 41 other ports, many of which have the ability to serve dual-use functions. This not only allows China to secure its supply chain, but also affords Beijing the ability to contest others along critical sea lines of communication. Moscow, though not as active in Africa as Beijing, also sees the continent as a top priority. Over the last seven years, Russia has doubled its African access agreements, most recently obtaining approval by the Sudanese government to establish a naval base. This will help the Kremlin project power to the Indian Ocean and reinforce its position on NATO’s southern flank. Security cooperation must be part of a whole-of-government approach to confront the competition playing out in Africa. It can help America secure the access needed to advance its national interests while also denying that same access to others. General Townsend highlighted this fact in testimony to the Senate Armed Forces Committee in January. He noted that China and Russia “do little to counter violent extremist groups” and that many African countries view the U.S. as a partner of choice. Yet the commander of U.S. Africa Command noted a message shared with him by an African leader: If America will not provide counterterrorism expertise and capability, “a drowning man will accept any hand.” Some may argue that the United States needs to cut its presence in Africa in order to shift finite resources to competitions playing out in the Indo-Pacific and Europe. However, the combatant command’s posture is already an economy of force. It pales in comparison, for example, to the approximately 60,000 troops and tens of billions of dollars allocated to U.S. Central Command. At a cost of roughly 6,000 personnel and 0.3 percent of the defense budget, America can afford this investment. The vital relationships and influence America garners through security cooperation comes at a discount to American taxpayers. Washington would be wise to bolster these efforts to confront the rise in terrorism and great power competition alongside our African partners. Views expressed or implied in this commentary are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the U.S. Air Force or any other U.S. government agency. Maj. Scott D. Adamson is a visiting military analyst with the Center on Military and Political Power (CMPP) at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), a nonpartisan research institute focusing on national security and foreign policy. https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2020/12/dont-discount-americas-interest-keeping-africa-safe/170945/ The EU's urgent imperative in the Sahel By DAVID MILIBAND NEW YORK — As we enter 2021, the world faces unprecedented humanitarian emergencies. More than 235 million people are currently in need of humanitarian aid and more than 80 million are displaced from their homes. The main driver of these crises is conflict – and, in particular, long-running, protracted conflict situations. Many of these have been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic which risks reversing decades of hard-won progress to reduce poverty, hunger, disease and mortality rates. However, in 2021 it's clear that we need to shine an even brighter spotlight on another phenomenon which is drastically worsening the situation for billions across the globe: climate change. The IRC's Emergency Watchlist 2021 highlights the 20 countries at greatest risk of a major new, or significantly worsened, humanitarian crisis over the year ahead. It finds that climate change is a threat multiplier. It is increasing the frequency and severity of natural shocks such as earthquakes, droughts and flooding, while making populations more vulnerable to diseases like malaria and dengue. It is exacerbating food insecurity, undermining livelihoods, displacing people from their homes, tipping vast regions of our planet into famine and – at times – sparking conflict over resources. It is also a driver of movement in its own right, whether through displacement or migration. According to the UN, climate-related disasters have increased by more than 80 percent over the past four decades. This phenomenon will inevitably touch each of our lives, but its impacts are tragically unequal. People living in the world's least developed countries are ten times more likely to be affected by a climate disaster than those living in wealthy countries. Given these inequalities, it's no surprise that many of the countries most vulnerable to climate change also feature on the IRC's Emergency Watchlist 2021. Nowhere is climate change being felt harder than in the Sahel, which is heating more quickly than any other region on our planet. Alarmingly, half of the countries on the Watchlist 2021 have at least a partial footprint on this large area in northern Africa: Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Chad, Cameroon, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, South Sudan and Sudan. This part of the world has suffered from chronic food shortages due to recurrent droughts, unreliable rainfall, land degradation and desertification since the 1970s. Today climate change continues to worsen hunger and malnutrition levels across the fragile region, increasing peoples' susceptibility to disease and epidemics and exacerbating the horrific economic and security crises they face. In just three of these countries - Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali - 13.4 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance, marking an increase of nearly 60 percent over the past 12 months. More than 1.5 million people in this region are now internally displaced, marking an increase of 320 percent since the start of 2019. As we enter a new decade, it's clear that these states will continue to face a perfect storm of conflict, COVID-19 and climate change. As a leader on the global stage, the European Union has a key role to play in ensuring that populations in fragile and conflict affected states such as those in the Sahel are not left behind. Here are three steps they must take to prevent the region from spiraling even further into climate-related crisis. Firstly, the EU and broader international community have far too often approached the Sahel with a military or migration lens, leading to overly-securitised responses. The EU must re-balance its investments in the Sahel region with greater prioritisation of humanitarian needs, including climate-related crises. This will require an integrated response to these protracted crises. In this context "integrated" means joining up short and longer term measures, linking economic and social measures, and local with regional action. The EU can and must achieve this by increasing the availability of multi-annual, flexible humanitarian funding to prevent hunger and hardship in the short and medium term, while also strengthening climate adaptation and building resilience over the longer-term. EU skewed priorities? It's alarming that the EU is moving towards making development assistance – in the form of the new Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) - conditional on the cooperation of third countries with its own migration objectives. This risks skewing priorities and undermining progress. Secondly, women and girls are disproportionately affected by food insecurity and climate chaos due to gender inequality - too often unable to access humanitarian assistance, legal and safe work, and education. They also account for 80 percent of those displaced by climate change. However, women are absolutely integral to overcoming these crises in their roles as farmers, carers and activists. Current EU funding and programme models must be adapted to better facilitate partnerships with local women-led organisations, helping them tear down the barriers they face in accessing essential resources, finances and leadership. A feminist approach is a necessity and a strategy not a slogan. Thirdly, it's clear that the triple threat of conflict, climate and Covid-19 requires coordinated, international responses given the global nature of these challenges and the weak response capacity in many of the most affected states. That means the EU and its member states must deploy their weighty influence to drive ambition in multilateral efforts to curb climate change including delivering on their pledges to cut carbon and encouraging other major emitters to adopt similarly ambitious targets ahead of COP26 next year. They must also work multilaterally to strengthen local-level resilience to future climate shocks and ensure protections for those displaced or otherwise on the move as a result. Climate-related disasters have cost 1.23 million lives and affected more than four million people over the past 20 years alone, say the UN. Time is running out for billions more. As we enter a new decade, the international community has both a moral obligation and a strategic imperative to support the most vulnerable living through these crises. David Miliband is president of the International Rescue Committee and a former British foreign secretary. UNHCR relocates victims of Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict to new site in Sudan GENEVA - A second refugee camp has opened in Sudan for people fleeing violence in Ethiopia’s Tigray region carrying “little more than the clothes on their backs”, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), said on Tuesday. Nearly 600 people have been taken to Tunaydbah camp in Sudan’s Gedaref State, according to the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, after nearly two months of ongoing conflict across the border in Ethiopia, between federal Government troops and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic said that it was impossible to gauge the level of fighting in northern Ethiopia amid continuing access restrictions. “Right now, we are unable to access the border from the Ethiopian side… As to the intensity of the fighting inside Tigray region, there’s nothing I can help you with at this stage,” he told journalists in Geneva during a regular briefing. He added that those who had reached Sudan from Tigray told UN humanitarians that they had travelled for days. “Latest arrivals tell of being caught in the conflict and being victims of various armed groups, facing perilous situations including looting of their houses, forceful recruitment of men and boys, sexual violence against women and girls,” Mr Mahecic said. “Refugees are arriving with little more than the clothes on their backs, fatigued and in weak conditions… More than 30 per cent of them are estimated to be under 18 and five per cent over 60 years old.” Registrations continue The UN agency continues to register new refugee arrivals at the Sudanese-Ethiopian border, where around 800 people have crossed into eastern Sudan so far this year. Since early November, more than 56,000 Ethiopian refugees have fled the country, UNHCR said. It has already moved many thousands from Hamdayet and Abderafi border points to Um Rakuba camp, located some 70 kilometres away from the Ethiopian border. Most of the refugees in the camp and those crossing into Sudan are desperate for food, shelter, clean water, sanitation and health care, the agency has said, noting that many are women and children. In a statement, UNHCR explained that the decision was taken to set up the new camp at Tunaydbah some 136 kilometres from Gedaref town because Um Rakuba is approaching full capacity. Upon arrival at the new site, hot meals are provided and 1,000 tents have already been set up by partners to offer shelter for up to 5,000 people. More tents are being pitched as the relocation is set to progress in the coming days and weeks, Mr. Mahecic said. More than 20 humanitarian partners are working in Um Rakuba and another six are starting activities in Tunaydbah to assist and engage the refugee and host community, providing shelter, health, food and nutrition services. Although the Government of Sudan continues to welcome refugees, UNHCR appealed for additional support to complement the authorities’ response. “It is critical to further improve water and sanitation conditions in the refugee camps and reception areas, as well as to ramp up COVID-19 prevention measures, including isolation facilities,” the UN agency said. At the end of 2020, $40 million was pledged for UNHCR’s regional response to the emergency in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, but this covers only 37 per cent of the financial requirements in Sudan, Ethiopia, and Djibouti. What we know about South Africa’s Covid-19 strain By HOLDEN FRITH JOHANNESBURG - The strain of coronavirus identified in South Africa just before Christmas may represent more of a threat than the one first detected in Kent earlier in December, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has warned. “I’m incredibly worried about the South African variant,” Hancock told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Monday. “This is a very, very significant problem… even more of a problem than the UK new variant.” How is it different from other Covid variants? All viruses mutate as they spread from person to person, but most mutations don’t lead to any substantial changes in the virus. However, the one discovered in South Africa last month had “evolved more than normal”, says The Times. “Even more important, the changes almost all involved the spike protein, improving the virus’s ability to attach to human cells.” Is it more infectious? It does seem to be. “Preliminary studies suggest the variant is associated with a higher viral load, which may suggest potential for increased transmissibility,” according to the World Health Organization. The new variant, known as 501.V2, has quickly replaced other mutations in many parts of South Africa, suggesting that it spreads more rapidly than they can. Is it more deadly? “At this stage there is no evidence that 501.V2 is associated with higher severity of infection,” says the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Scientists will not be able to give a definitive answer for some time, but hospital admission and mortality rates appear to be similar for all identified variants. Will the vaccines still work against it? “Several experts have said they expect vaccines - such as those from Pfizer and BioNTech, and the Oxford University/AstraZeneca - to protect against the new strains,” says CNBC. But doubts have been raised by John Bell, regius professor of medicine at Oxford and a member of the UK’s Vaccine Task Force. “My gut feeling is the vaccine will be still effective against the Kent strain,” he told Times Radio. “I don’t know about the South African strain. There’s a big question mark about that.” How long would it take to develop a new vaccine? Bell had better news on that front. “It might take a month, or six weeks, to get a new vaccine, so everybody should stay calm,” he said. “It’s going to be fine, but we’re now in a game of cat and mouse because these are not the only two variants we’re going to see. We’re going to see lots of variants.” Maroc, Sahara, Israël : l’opportunité d’une nouvelle donne régionale Par Tarik Oumazzane, Jeune Afrique, 04 janvier 2021 Tarik Oumazzane: Professeur d'histoire et de relations internationales à l'Université de Nottingham, Royaume-Uni, spécialiste dans les études sur le Moyen-Orient et l'Afrique du Nord La reconnaissance américaine de la souveraineté marocaine sur le Sahara pourrait, à terme, avoir des bénéfices durables pour la paix en Afrique du Nord et au Moyen-Orient. Dans quelle mesure la reconnaissance américaine de la souveraineté marocaine sur le Sahara peut-elle atténuer les tensions en Afrique du Nord et au Moyen-Orient ? Le conflit du Sahara entre le Maroc et le Polisario, soutenu par l’Algérie, dure depuis 45 ans. Il est ainsi l’un des conflits les plus anciens du monde, perpétuant une situation qui mine le développement économique régional et la coopération politique entre les pays du Maghreb. Lors des discussions autour d’un référendum sur le statut du territoire, le Maroc et le Polisario n’ont pu s’entendre sur la question des votants, rendant la tenue du vote quasiment impossible à mettre en œuvre. Plus récemment, le blocus de Guerguerate par le Polisario, le seul passage frontalier entre le Maroc et la Mauritanie, a provoqué une intervention militaire marocaine afin de maintenir la sécurité des échanges et des personnes. En réponse, le Polisario a déclaré la fin des 29 ans de cessez-le-feu supervisé par l’ONU et a repris sa lutte armée. Ces développements posent des menaces de sécurité majeures à la fois pour l’Afrique du Nord et le Sahel, dans une région déjà impactée par l’instabilité de la Libye et l’activité des groupes extrémistes localisés dans le nord du Mali. « Game-changer » Déjà en 2018, la diplomatie américaine estimait que le plan d’autonomie marocain était « sérieux, crédible et réaliste ». Aujourd’hui, elle la juge ouvertement comme la seule proposition sur la table des négociations, ce qui devrait inciter l’Algérie et le Polisario à la reconsidérer. D’autant plus que cette décision s’inscrit dans une dynamique à l’œuvre depuis plusieurs années. Plusieurs pays d’Afrique, du Moyen-Orient et des Caraïbes ont ainsi déjà ouvert des consulats au Sahara pour montrer leur soutien politique au Maroc sur cette question. Mais la reconnaissance par Washington constitue, davantage encore, ce que les Américains appellent un « game-changer » [un événement qui change la donne], du fait de son statut dans le monde. Membre du Conseil de sécurité de l’ONU et de l’Organisation du traité de l’Atlantique Nord (OTAN), les États-Unis peuvent ainsi jouer un rôle important dans le règlement du conflit du Sahara. Nouvelle impulsion économique L’ouverture d’un consulat américain à Dakhla attirera les investissements directs étrangers (IDE), ouvrant ainsi la porte à une nouvelle impulsion pour le développement économique régional, lequel pourrait pousser des éléments du Polisario à abandonner la lutte armée pour participer à ce nouvel élan. Le conflit entrave la croissance économique de la région depuis près d’un demi-siècle et un accord de paix pourrait offrir au Polisario une opportunité de participer à la gouvernance locale. Au lieu d’une course à l’armement entre le Maroc et l’Algérie, la santé, l’éducation et l’emploi devraient être en tête des priorités des deux États. Si l’investissement est encouragé, le Sahara pourrait devenir un pôle économique régional et continental. Les drapeaux nationaux d’Israël et du Maroc sont projetés sur les murs de la vieille ville de Jérusalem, le mercredi 23 décembre 2020. Le Maroc et l’Algérie peuvent aussi envisager d’ouvrir leurs frontières (fermées depuis 1994) et relancer l’Union du Maghreb avec une intégration potentielle à d’autres organisations régionales africaines, comme la Communauté économique des États de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (Cedeao). En ce qui concerne le Moyen-Orient, la décision du Maroc de reprendre ses relations avec Israël n’est en rien inédite. L’Égypte en a été le précurseur lorsque Sadate a obtenu un accord de paix qui faisait partie des accords de Camp David en 1978. La Jordanie et Israël ont signé un traité de paix en 1994. Cinq ans plus tard, la Mauritanie et Israël ont établi des relations diplomatiques pleines et entières, bien que celles-ci soient gelées depuis 2009. Plus récemment, Israël, les Émirats arabes unis, Bahreïn et le Soudan ont signé les accords d’Abraham. Désormais, le Maroc jouit donc d’une position unique pour jouer un rôle central dans le processus de paix au Moyen-Orient. Intermédiaire de la paix au Moyen-Orient Le Maroc possède une connexion juive ancienne et profonde. Les origines de la communauté juive marocaine remontent à plus de 2 500 ans. À l’époque médiévale, à la suite de l’Inquisition espagnole et du décret de l’Alhambra de 1492, les Juifs ont en effet été contraints de fuir vers le Maroc, où ils ont été accueillis par la société marocaine. Dans les années 1940, entre 250 000 et 350 000 juifs vivaient au Maroc, au sein de la plus importante communauté juive du monde musulman. Au plus fort du régime nazi en Europe et en Afrique du Nord, le sultan Mohammed V du Maroc a résisté à la pression nazie pour la déportation des juifs, en les considérant comme des citoyens marocains. Le royaume est ainsi devenu un refuge et une destination de transit pour les juifs européens fuyant le régime nazi en Europe. Même après leur départ vers l’État d’Israël, créé en 1948, un grand nombre de juifs marocains ont conservé leurs traditions et leur lien avec le Maroc. Aujourd’hui, environ un million d’Israéliens sont d’origine marocaine, et beaucoup d’entre eux sont devenus des personnalités politiques d’importance. C’est cette connexion juive profonde que le Maroc peut aujourd’hui mettre sur la table. Le Maroc peut se connecter avec les Juifs marocains en Israël pour combler le fossé entre Palestiniens et Israéliens. Plus encore, le statut du roi du Maroc [en tant que descendant du prophète Mohammed, son titre d’Amir al-Mu’minin – commandeur des croyants], sa position de chef du Comité d’Al-Qods (Jérusalem) et ses bonnes relations avec l’Autorité palestinienne renforcent sa légitimité en tant qu’intermédiaire de la paix au Moyen-Orient. Les opportunités de développement économique, de coopération politique et de promotion de la paix au Moyen-Orient et en Afrique du Nord sont rares. La reconnaissance américaine de la souveraineté marocaine sur le Sahara et le redémarrage des relations entre le Maroc et Israël pourraient favoriser un type de paix qui irait au-delà de l’absence de guerre et créer ainsi les conditions d’une coopération politique et économique entre plusieurs acteurs du Moyen-Orient et d’Afrique du Nord. Sauver les élections en République centrafricaine et éviter un nouveau cycle de violences A quelques jours des élections prévues le 27 décembre, la République centrafricaine est en proie à de nouvelles violences. Pour que l’élection ait lieu et que le pays évite de nouveaux troubles, les chefs d’Etat voisins devront aider les rivaux politiques à trouver un accord. A quelques jours seulement des élections, des combats ont éclaté dans l’ouest de la République centrafricaine (RCA), où une coalition de groupes armés se bat contre les forces gouvernementales et onusiennes à 100 kilomètres à peine de Bangui, la capitale. Ces violences surviennent à la suite d’un fort regain des tensions politiques, exacerbé par la décision de la Cour constitutionnelle d’empêcher l’ancien président François Bozizé d’être candidat aux élections prévues le 27 décembre. La mission de l’ONU dans le pays, déployée depuis 2014, a intensifié ses opérations militaires en appui au gouvernement et des forces internationales sont arrivées en renfort. Impossible de savoir si cette intervention suffira à enrayer la progression des groupes armés ou si elle permettra au scrutin de se dérouler sans heurts. Pour que le pays ait une chance d’organiser ces élections et d’éviter de nouvelles violences et de nouveaux troubles, les dirigeants de la région devraient inciter le président Faustin-Archange Touadéra et François Bozizé à des négociations. Depuis des décennies, la RCA connait des troubles d’intensités diverses et vit une crise prolongée depuis 2013. Cette année-là, une coalition rebelle composée majoritairement de musulmans, connue sous le nom de Séléka et issue du nord-est du pays, s’est révoltée contre le gouvernement de Bozizé et a brièvement occupé le pouvoir jusqu’à ce que certains pays de la région la poussent à se retirer. Les forces non musulmanes « anti-balaka » se sont soulevées pour défendre les non-musulmans contre l’attaque de la Séléka. Depuis cette crise, les anciennes factions de la Séléka et les anti-balaka se sont scindées, et de nouvelles factions armées ont vu le jour. Ces groupes armés sont responsables d’une insécurité généralisée dans le pays, car ils s’affrontent entre eux et combattent les forces du gouvernement pour conquérir territoire et influence. Un accord de paix conclu en 2019 et signé par quatorze factions armées n’a contribué que dans une faible mesure à réduire les violences, même avant le dernier épisode en date. Les groupes armés s’impatientent face à ce qu’ils considèrent comme l’incapacité du gouvernement à mettre en œuvre, depuis 2019, certaines parties de l’accord, notamment l’intégration de leurs combattants au sein d’unités spéciales mixtes de sécurité. Ils ont également exprimé leur opposition croissante au gouvernement Touadéra lui-même. Depuis plusieurs mois déjà, les tensions politiques en RCA sont vives, mais la décision de la Cour constitutionnelle du 3 décembre statuant que Bozizé, revenu en RCA en 2019 après des années d’exil, ne pouvait pas se présenter aux élections les a encore attisées. Pour justifier sa décision, la cour a indiqué que l’ancien président, qui a pris le pouvoir à la faveur d’un coup d’Etat en 2003, faisait l’objet de sanctions des Nations unies et d’un mandat d’arrêt délivré par le gouvernement pour son rôle présumé dans des meurtres, des enlèvements, des détentions arbitraires et des faits de torture. Ces accusations, que Bozizé nie en bloc, concernent des évènements qui se sont déroulés à l’époque où il était en poste et pendant la période qui a suivi sa destitution. Peu après l’annonce de la décision de la cour, il a été rapporté que Bozizé rencontrait certains de ses soutiens politiques dans sa préfecture natale d’Ouham, dans l’ouest du pays. Entretemps, il a également rencontré trois dirigeants de groupes armés, deux anti-balaka et un ex-Séléka, qui avaient participé à la coalition qui l’avait évincé du pouvoir en 2013. En réponse, le gouvernement de Touadéra a accusé Bozizé de chercher à déstabiliser le pays. A l’approche du scrutin, plusieurs groupes armés se sont joints à la mêlée de ce qui ressemble désormais à une tentative de suspendre les élections et de renverser Touadéra. Le 15 décembre, une coalition composée de six des groupes armés les plus importants et les mieux équipés, dont des factions ex-Séléka et anti-balaka, ont publié un communiqué fustigeant des préparations électorales, à leurs yeux, plus que bâclées. Ces groupes figuraient parmi les signataires de l’accord de paix conclu en février 2019, mais manifestent aujourd’hui leur intention de mettre un terme à toute coopération avec le gouvernement. Bien que leur communiqué ne mentionne aucun soutien ouvert à Bozizé, il a été signé dans la ville de Kamba Kota, située non loin du fief politique de l’ancien président. Depuis le 18 décembre, ces groupes ont conquis des parties des préfectures de Lobaye, Ouham, Ouham-Pendé, Nana-Grébizi, Ombella-Mpoko et Ouaka, bloquant ainsi les principales routes d’approvisionnement vers Bangui. Dans une autre déclaration, ils ont appelé à l’insurrection populaire armée et proclamé leur résolution à manifester dans la capitale. Les acteurs internationaux sont désormais intervenus, mais il n’est pas encore possible de déterminer s’ils parviendront à repousser les assaillants et à garantir la tenue des élections. A la demande du gouvernement, la Russie et le Rwanda ont envoyé des centaines de troupes en RCA, en particulier à Mbaïki (la capitale de la préfecture de Lobaye). Les forces de l’ONU, en particulier les contingents portugais et rwandais, ainsi que l’armée nationale ont entretemps combattu les rebelles dans l’ouest et le sud du pays autour de Bossombélé (préfecture d’Ombella-Mpoko) et de Bossemptélé (préfecture d’Ouham-Pendé). Les combats pourraient se poursuivre au-delà de la date des élections, mettant ainsi le scrutin en péril. S’il n’est pas possible de procéder au vote, et qu’un nouveau président et une nouvelle assemblée nationale ne sont pas élus avant la fin des mandats le 31 mars 2021, les rivaux politiques de Touadéra s’opposeront certainement à une prolongation de ce dernier dans ses fonctions. En l’absence d’une procédure claire sur la désignation d’un président et d’une assemblée nationale intérimaires, le pays s’exposerait alors à des luttes intestines plus accrues entre les élites. Une victoire décisive sur les groupes armés dans les jours qui viennent étant peu probable, il convient de mener une médiation afin d’apaiser les esprits à temps pour le scrutin. Le président et ses soutiens insistent sur le fait qu’ils ne se laisseront pas intimider pour reporter les élections ou permettre à Bozizé de s’y présenter. Ils pourraient toutefois faire une proposition intéressante à l’ancien président qui, à son tour, pourrait convaincre les groupes armés de baisser les armes. Les autorités pourraient notamment mettre un terme au harcèlement envers Bozizé et les membres de sa famille qui ont subi des intimidations physiques, perquisitions et arrestations ; lever les mandats d’arrêt délivrés à son égard et celui de ses associés ; et discuter de la possibilité pour lui et son parti de revenir dans l’arène politique à l’avenir. Si ces perspectives sont impensables pour beaucoup de citoyens centrafricains, l’autre voie, qui pourrait impliquer davantage de violence, serait encore pire. Les chefs d’Etat régionaux, y compris celui de l’Angola, qui préside la commission de la Communauté économique des Etats d’Afrique centrale, et du Congo-Brazzaville, qui est de longue date le médiateur principal dans les crises en RCA et qui jouit d’une certaine influence sur l’opposition politique dans le pays, pourraient devoir intervenir. Ils devraient convaincre Touadéra d’accepter ce type de négociations et persuader Bozizé que, pour l’heure, les propositions du président et de ses soutiens sont tout ce à quoi il peut prétendre. L’Union africaine, en sa qualité de garante de l’accord de paix de 2019, pourrait apporter un appui technique dans le cadre d’un dialogue, quel qu’en soit le format. Sans cela, Touadéra pourrait devoir faire face à une rébellion généralisée, qui pourrait rendre le pays ingouvernable pour son deuxième mandat ou même le renverser un jour. Bozizé pourrait quant à lui essuyer une défaite militaire et un renvoi devant la Cour pénale internationale. En outre, ces acteurs et d’autres garants internationaux devraient convoquer une réunion entre le gouvernement et les groupes armés afin de renforcer les efforts déployés pour mettre en œuvre l’accord de paix de 2019. Il s’agit en effet d’une demande fondamentale émanant des quatorze groupes armés signataires. Pour beaucoup à Bangui, les solutions proposées ci-dessus pourraient être difficilement acceptables, mais au vu du déploiement des Nations unies sur un territoire aussi vaste et de la faiblesse des forces armées, ces propositions pourraient être la seule manière de s’assurer que le scrutin se tienne à la date prévue et relativement sereinement, et que le pays évite un nouveau cycle de violence dangereux. Algérie : le parlement européen dénonce les atteintes aux droits de l’Homme Jeune Afrique, 25 novembre 2020 Après la condamnation du journaliste Khaled Drareni, une résolution d’urgence sur la détérioration des libertés en Algérie sera débattue le 26 novembre au Parlement européen. C’est la deuxième fois en un an qu’une résolution d’urgence est soumise au Parlement européen pour dénoncer des atteintes aux droits de l’Homme en Algérie. Jeune Afrique a eu accès à ce nouveau texte à l’initiative des centristes de Renew Europe et des Socialistes&Démocrates, qui a déjà fait l’objet du consensus de six groupes parlementaires. Il sera présenté ce jeudi 26 novembre en plénière et, crise sanitaire oblige, à distance. Cette résolution dénonce la répression à l’œuvre dans le pays mais aussi les amendements liberticides du Code pénal algérien et de la nouvelle Constitution. La liste est longue : intimidations, hausse des arrestations politiques et des détentions arbitraires depuis l’été 2019, manque d’indépendance de la justice, allégations de torture, atteintes à la liberté d’expression et d’association, restrictions supplémentaires sous prétexte de crise sanitaire… sans oublier les féminicides et les atteintes aux droits des amazighs et des minorités religieuses. Soutien aux détenus d’opinion Le projet rappelle par ailleurs les rapports internationaux à charge pour Alger — quatre communications ont par exemple déjà été envoyées au gouvernement algérien cette année par le groupe de travail des Nations unies sur la détention arbitraire –, et ses engagements vis-à-vis des traités internationaux dont elle est signataire (y compris donc de leurs clauses sur les droits de l’Homme). Il enjoint également les autorités algériennes à autoriser l’accès à leur territoire aux organisations internationales des droits de l’Homme et aux agents onusiens en charge des procédures spéciales du Conseil des droits de l’Homme. Les eurodéputés réclament par ailleurs la libération de plus de 90 prisonniers d’opinion du Hirak. Cette année, l’Algérie est classée 146e sur 180 pays en termes de libertés de la presse par Reporters sans frontière (perdant 5 places par rapport à 2019 et 27 par rapport à 2015), avec notamment le cas très médiatisé du journaliste Khaled Drareni — souligné d’ailleurs par ce projet de résolution. Ce rédacteur de médias algériens comme Casbah Tribune et correspondant de médias internationaux comme TV5 monde, a été condamné en appel à deux ans de prison pour « incitation à attroupement non armé et atteinte à l’intégrité du territoire national ». Un quatorzième sit-in s’est récemment tenu (virtuellement) dans le pays pour le soutenir. En avril 2015 le Parlement avait déjà publié une résolution dénonçant des emprisonnements de travailleurs et d’activistes des droits de l’Homme en Algérie. Pourquoi ce regain d’intérêt maintenant ? « L’Algérie est à un tournant », explique l’eurodéputée suédoise Karin Karlsbro (Renew), très active sur cette nouvelle résolution. « Nous admirons la mobilisation pacifique des Algériens depuis 2019 et souhaitons leur exprimer notre solidarité et soutenir leurs revendications contre la corruption et en faveur de réformes démocratiques. » Des relations complexes Si l’Union européenne (UE) et l’Algérie sont tenues par un accord d’association, avec cette résolution d’urgence, les eurodéputés exhortent l’Union européenne (UE) à placer la question des droits de l’Homme au centre du prochain Conseil qui y sera consacré. Le Parlement appelle également la Commission européenne, les États-membres et le Service européen pour l’Action extérieure à aller plus loin dans leur soutien à la société civile algérienne. À LIRE Algérie : le cas Drareni met sous pression les autorités Un vœu pieux ? Cette résolution n’est en effet pas plus contraignante que les précédentes. Le Parlement européen — seule institution internationale démocratiquement élue au monde, comme aiment à le rappeler ses membres — représente simplement l’opinion des citoyens européens. LES PRISES DE POSITION EUROPÉENNES SUSCITENT RÉGULIÈREMENT DE VIVES POLÉMIQUES C’est donc avant tout le symbole qui compte, loin des contraintes diplomatiques avec lesquelles doivent composer les gouvernements. « Ces derniers restent timorés pour dénoncer les atteintes aux libertés dans le monde, et même en Europe », dénonce ainsi Karin Karlsbro. Seulement, les prises de position européennes suscitent régulièrement de vives polémiques. Les autorités algériennes dénoncent régulièrement des ingérences étrangères. Une rhétorique également adoptée par une partie de la population. Le mouvement de protestation du Hirak s’était d’ailleurs lui-même saisi de cette thématique contre la France et les États-Unis lors de ses premières manifestations en mars 2019. Ce nouveau texte risquerait donc à son tour d’être contre-productif. Pour tenter de s’en prémunir, les eurodéputés s’appuient justement sur les demandes du Hirak dans leur rédaction. « Les régimes autoritaires ou semi-autoritaires assimilent toujours les critiques à des trahisons de l’intérieur ou des ingérences de l’extérieur et l’Algérie ne fait pas exception, balaie Karin Karlsbro. Les activistes algériens et les familles de détenus consultés préféreraient une Europe critique à une Europe complice et silencieuse. » La sensibilité aux droits de l’Homme au sein du Parlement n’a rien d’inédit, mais l’intérêt suscité par l’Algérie, si, à en croire l’euro-député Bernard Guetta (groupe Renew), à l’initiative de la précédente motion du 28 novembre 2019 sur les libertés dans le pays. Il souligne aujourd’hui le large spectre de nationalités des députés qui se sont mobilisées sur ce dossier. KARIM TABBOU, MUSTAFA BENDJEMA, KHALED TAZAGHART… SONT CITÉS DANS CETTE NOUVELLE RÉSOLUTION « On constate une évolution tout à fait nouvelle des états d’esprit au sein de nos capitales et le sentiment partagé que l’UE doit devenir une puissance politique et un acteur de la scène internationale après avoir perdu tout rôle depuis la Seconde Guerre Mondiale », commente-t-il. « Cela s’accompagne d’une prise de conscience des répercussions possibles de ce qu’il se passe sur l’autre rive de la Méditerranée, et en particulier en Algérie dont les évolutions ont des résonances au Maghreb et au Sahel. » Les instigateurs des débats de ce jeudi souhaitent donc peser dans la diplomatie parlementaire et espèrent des retombées concrètes. La précédente mouture de novembre 2019 avait, veulent-ils croire, influencé la libération de militants du Hirak. Les cas des figures du mouvement comme le militant Karim Tabbou, le journaliste Mustafa Bendjema et de l’ex-député Khaled Tazaghart sont ainsi cités dans cette nouvelle résolution. Apaiser les tensions ethno-politiques au Cameroun, en ligne et hors ligne Au Cameroun, deux ans après des élections présidentielles contestées, les rivalités entre les partisans du président et ceux de son principal opposant prennent une tournure ethnique. Le gouvernement devrait engager des réformes électorales, interdire la discrimination et travailler avec les entreprises de réseaux sociaux pour juguler les discours de haine. Que se passe-t-il ? Le dirigeant de l’opposition, Maurice Kamto, conteste encore les résultats de l’élection présidentielle de 2018, tandis que ses sympathisants et ceux du président Paul Biya échangent des invectives qui se transforment souvent en insultes à caractère ethnique. Attisés par des propos incendiaires en ligne, ces discours haineux entrainent de nouvelles violences. En quoi est-ce significatif ? Les tensions entre les camps de Biya et de Kamto, de plus en plus souvent formulées en termes ethniques, menacent la stabilité nationale, déjà ébranlée par l’insurrection séparatiste dans les régions anglophones. Sans une action du gouvernement, ces divisions risquent de détériorer le tissu social et politique du Cameroun et d’engendrer des violences. Comment agir ? Le gouvernement devrait s’attaquer aux défaillances du système électoral qui ont discrédité le scrutin de 2018 et proscrire toute discrimination ethnique. Facebook, le réseau social le plus utilisé dans le pays, devrait travailler avec le gouvernement, l’opposition et la société civile pour limiter les contenus incendiaires et la désinformation. Les tensions politiques et ethniques déclenchées par l’élection présidentielle très controversée de 2018 continuent d’agiter le Cameroun, qui faisait déjà face à une insurrection séparatiste dans ses régions anglophones. Le vaincu, l’homme politique d’opposition Maurice Kamto, conteste toujours le résultat du vote, tandis que le président Paul Biya n’indique pas vouloir renoncer au pouvoir après 38 ans à la tête de l’Etat. Leurs sympathisants échangent maintenant des insultes à caractère ethnique en ligne, en particulier sur le réseau social le plus populaire du pays, Facebook. Les propos haineux se multiplient, et avec eux les tensions ethniques – tendances qui, si elles se renforcent encore, pourraient menacer la stabilité du Cameroun. Afin d’apaiser la situation, le gouvernement devrait entamer un dialogue avec ses opposants sur la question du système électoral et prendre des mesures afin de le rendre plus juste. Il devrait introduire de nouvelles lois interdisant toute discrimination ethnique et permettre à la Commission nationale pour la promotion du bilinguisme et du multiculturalisme d’imposer des quotas entre les nombreux groupes ethniques du pays au sein de ses institutions publiques. De son côté, Facebook devrait accroître ses efforts pour passer au crible les propos haineux et promouvoir des contenus vérifiés pour mettre fin à la prolifération de la désinformation. Le conflit au sujet de l’élection présidentielle de 2018, que beaucoup d’observateurs, y compris l’Eglise catholique, ont estimé être entachée d’irrégularités, continue de peser sur la vie politique camerounaise. Depuis que les autorités électorales lui ont attribué la deuxième place derrière Biya, Kamto n’a cessé de contester le résultat, jusqu’à son arrestation en février 2019 pour insurrection, sédition et incitation à la violence. Même après sa sortie de prison en octobre 2019, il a régulièrement fustigé le gouvernement pour son refus de réformer le système électoral. Son parti et lui ont boycotté les élections municipales et législatives de février 2020. Leur abstention a donné au parti au pouvoir une majorité sans appel au parlement, de sorte que les principaux opposants au gouvernement n’y sont pas présents pour le forcer à débattre des problèmes majeurs qui affectent le pays. Kamto et ses alliés sont en conflit permanent avec le gouvernement sur les questions les plus clivantes du pays. Kamto, lui-même issu de la majorité francophone du Cameroun, a critiqué le gouvernement pour avoir organisé des élections auxquelles peu de Camerounais anglophones ont pu participer du fait de la violence et du boycott ordonné par les séparatistes. Il accuse Biya de mal gérer la crise anglophone en préférant la force au dialogue. Lors de manifestations publiques, il a appelé à la libération des dirigeants séparatistes emprisonnés, et le gouvernement l’a décrit, en retour, comme un dangereux agitateur. Beaucoup, parmi les sympathisants de Biya et Kamto, décrivent ce conflit politique comme une course au pouvoir entre leurs groupes ethniques respectifs – entre, d’une part, les Bulu de Biya, originaires de la région francophone du Sud, et les Beti du Centre francophone, proches des Bulu ; et, d’autre part, les Bamiléké de Kamto, originaires de l’Ouest francophone. La pandémie de Covid-19 et les élections régionales prévues par le gouvernement en décembre n’ont fait qu’exacerber les tensions. Kamto a demandé au parlement de déterminer si le président était encore capable de gouverner alors qu’il était absent de la scène politique au moment même où les cas de coronavirus commençaient à augmenter. Le 22 septembre, lorsque Biya a annoncé la tenue d’élections régionales deux mois plus tard, Kamto a lancé une série de manifestations pacifiques ayant pour but avoué d’évincer le président. Avec la montée de la pression politique, les responsables politiques camerounais et l’opinion publique ont de plus en plus recours aux réseaux sociaux pour faire passer leurs messages et exprimer leurs opinions. Si la croissance des réseaux sociaux a été une aubaine pour la liberté d’expression, ces réseaux restent mal régulés. Des activistes de tous bords les utilisent pour propager la désinformation, aggraver les clivages ethniques et même inciter à la violence. Les contenus incendiaires en ligne opposant Bulu et Beti d’un côté et Bamiléké de l’autre ont attisé les tensions. Des vidéos, postées sur Internet, montrant des manifestations anti-Biya à Genève en juin 2019 ont incité des députés du Sud – en grande partie loyaux à Biya – à accuser de tribalisme les émigrés de l’Ouest, généralement perçus comme des sympathisants de Kamto. Des affrontements violents ont opposé ces groupes à Sangmélima, dans le Sud, en octobre 2019, sans cependant entrainer de morts. S’il est difficile d’établir des liens directs de cause à effet, les parallèles entre antagonismes en ligne et accrochages réels suggèrent que les contenus postés en ligne pourraient attiser les violences. Aucun des deux côtés n’a pris de mesures pour tempérer la rhétorique de ses sympathisants. De hauts responsables camerounais ont exprimé leurs préoccupations face aux publications au vitriol postées en ligne mais n’ont pas fait grand-chose pour y mettre un terme. Les mesures prises par le gouvernement au nom de la lutte contre les propos haineux ont généralement pour seul objectif de réprimer ses opposants. Quant à l’opposition, elle en a fait tout aussi peu pour modérer le ton de ses sympathisants, accusant au contraire le gouvernement de tribaliser la scène politique pour diviser les Camerounais opposés à Biya. De leur côté, les organismes nationaux chargés de la surveillance des communications manquent de moyens et ne bénéficient pas de la confiance de l’opinion publique. En outre, ils ne sont pas clairement mandatés pour s’attaquer à ce qui pourrait constituer une menace pour le gouvernement comme pour la stabilité du pays. Facebook elle-même ne consacre pas suffisamment de moyens pour faire obstacle aux propos nocifs publiés en ligne. Si la logique d’une ethnicisation de la scène politique s’installe, les tensions d’aujourd’hui risquent de se transformer en conflits interethniques bien plus graves à mesure que les partis au pouvoir et d’opposition se préparent à la fin de la présidence Biya. Un tel scénario représente une réelle menace dans un pays qui compte plus de 250 communautés ethniques. Cette évolution serait particulièrement tragique alors que les relations entre communautés ont longtemps été relativement harmonieuses, au moins au niveau national (les poussées de violences ethniques, généralement sur fond de conflit foncier, sont, quant à elles, plus fréquentes). Le gouvernement, l’opposition et les entreprises de réseaux sociaux peuvent tous contribuer à apaiser les tensions : - En tout premier lieu, le gouvernement devrait amorcer un dialogue avec l’opposition hors du parlement afin d’établir un consensus autour de la réforme électorale. Le président Biya et son parti sont peu favorables à une telle réforme, mais c’est le seul moyen de dépasser les antagonismes entre eux et leurs rivaux. Sans cela, les frustrations de l’opposition ne feront que croître et alimenter les divisions ethniques, une boîte de Pandore qu’il deviendra difficile de refermer. Les réformes pourraient inclure l’introduction d’un bulletin de vote unique, plutôt que le système à bulletins multiples actuellement utilisé au Cameroun, qui se prête aux manipulations ; une commission électorale plus indépendante ; et des résultats d’élections plus transparents et publiés dans de meilleurs délais. - Le gouvernement devrait interdire toute discrimination ethnique dans les recrutements du secteur public en introduisant des amendements afin d’étendre la portée de la loi condamnant « l’outrage à la tribu ». Il devrait également réformer la Commission nationale pour la promotion du bilinguisme et du multiculturalisme, un organisme établi en 2017 mais qui manque de moyens et n’a à l’heure actuelle qu’un rôle consultatif, afin de lui permettre de combattre toute discrimination de cet ordre. - Facebook devrait se donner les moyens – y compris en recrutant des modérateurs qui comprennent la culture politique du Cameroun – de passer au crible les messages postés en ligne et d’identifier les propos incendiaires afin de censurer plus activement de tels contenus. L’entreprise devrait sensibiliser davantage l’ensemble de l’échiquier politique et travailler avec les différents acteurs pour mieux identifier les contenus dangereux. De leur côté, les partis au pouvoir et de l’opposition devraient encourager leurs sympathisants à adopter les standards communautaires en matière de communication responsable en ligne. De concert avec les institutions gouvernementales, l’opposition et la société civile, Facebook devrait redoubler d’efforts pour garantir qu’elle a vérifié leurs pages. En promouvant des pages vérifiées, l’entreprise aidera ainsi les utilisateurs à faire la différence entre les sources d’informations authentiques et celles de désinformation. Ce chemin est semé d’embûches. Le président Biya lui-même pourrait être tenté de résister à des mesures perçues comme menaçant son pouvoir. Nombreux sont ceux qui, au sein de son parti, espèrent garder le pouvoir après le départ de Biya, et partageront donc cette préoccupation. Les responsables politiques de tous bords n’ont que trop tardé à condamner une rhétorique qui divise. De plus, accorder au gouvernement l’exclusivité de la lutte contre les propos incendiaires risque de lui permettre d’utiliser de telles mesures pour réprimer ses rivaux. Les acteurs internationaux influents au Cameroun – en particulier les Etats-Unis, l’Union africaine, la France et d’autres pays européens – auront un rôle crucial à jouer, principalement en coulisses, pour pousser le pays à entreprendre une réforme électorale. Malgré tout, on trouve dans chacun des camps des responsables politiques conscients du danger. Le président Biya lui-même n’a aucun intérêt à laisser derrière lui un pays déchiré par les combats et les velléités séparatistes dans les régions anglophones, mais aussi par les tensions croissantes qui menacent des relations intercommunautaires pourtant historiquement relativement amicales. En agissant dès maintenant pour renouer le dialogue avec ses opposants et en coopérant avec Facebook pour endiguer les propos haineux, il pourrait contribuer à réduire ce risque. Yaoundé/Nairobi/Bruxelles, 3 décembre 2020 Pour l’integralise du rapport, visiter: https://www.crisisgroup.org/fr/africa/central-africa/cameroon/295-easing-cameroons-ethno-political-tensions-and-offline	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2345
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Note that this update changes the MNF and DAT files so the file exports will take longer to do as I have to figure out the new format first. uespLog -- Latest version seems to work fine. EsoExtractData -- To be updated soon... File Uploads -- Done! Champion Points -- Done! Skills -- Done! Skill Coefficients -- Done (Not Checked)! Items -- Done! Icons -- Done! Maps -- Uploaded images and added new maps but new locations not yet added. -- Daveh (talk) 19:17, 23 January 2020 (GMT) Finally got the file formats figured out and files uploaded. After a quick look it seems like most everything is there but if there are missing or corrupt files let me know so I can fix the extraction. -- Daveh (talk) 15:32, 7 February 2020 (GMT) Adding questline synopsis videos to ESO pages[edit] Hey guys it was suggested to me that I post this here. The last couple months I have been making videos that explain the story of different ESO questlines. I started with the Main questline and the moved to the guilds. I would love to add these to the corresponding pages on the UESP to contribute to the community. Daveh said someone on here may be able to help me do that. The spam filter would not let me attach links in this post, but my Youtube Channel is Whitefox1225 and you can find the videos on there. I can also PM you the links. Thanks for any help! — Unsigned comment by Whitefox1225 (talk • contribs) at 02:06 on 25 January 2020 (UTC) Sorry, but I'm strongly opposed to this. The nature of wiki articles is to be collaborative and easily editable, which is not the case with random videos submitted by users. If you'd like to promote your videos, feel free to do so on your wiki userpage. If you'd like to help contribute to UESP, there are some folk over on the Discord who were previously talking about posting videos to the official UESP YouTube channel, so maybe that's a project you'd like to get involved in. When it comes to quest articles though, the best way you can help is to contribute prose or screenshots. —Legoless (talk) 14:30, 25 January 2020 (GMT) Through an official UESP-managed channel is the only way I'd support videos being on the UESP, and even then I'm not so sure if I'd want to see those things on actual article pages. Like Lego said, the point of the wiki and the nature of the articles is to be crowdsourced and created by the community and videos are not editable. I've also seen on other game wikis a lot of stupid videos in article spaces that aren't as relevant or useful to the topic at hand as the articles, and I'm afraid of the possibility of opening the floodgate to whatever stupid crap that someone has to actually take the time to watch and screen out being posted on articles since we have a quality level that we're trying to keep around here. I've argued that point a couple of times over the years when videos were brought up, and I'm still holding fast to that belief. Videos serve a very narrow and limited purpose on an open-ended Elder Scrolls game compared to something like GTA where linear missions can mean a video can make sense and be of use, and there are only a handful of instances where a video could be warranted, and I feel like from an official source (be it a developer or from an in-house team that made it) and only in specific uses would actually be of benefit to the UESP. It's a no from me as well. -damon talk ♥ contribs 19:51, 25 January 2020 (GMT) Spam filter problem[edit] This thread was split off from the previous one of the same name, and moved to chronological order, since it occurs significantly later and is not directly related. New to UESP, getting this error on my user page edit: "This action has been automatically identified as harmful, and therefore disallowed. If you believe your action was constructive, please inform an administrator of what you were trying to do. A brief description of the abuse rule which your action matched is: Bulk Spamming Filter". I've been getting constant alerts regarding saving edits (documented on my talk page), so the interim solution was to make my saves in Notepad++ and do a single paste at end of session. Well, I'm at ~370 lines and now have this problem instead. Alternately, is it possible to create a personal project page and link to it from my user page to circumvent the size warning? It's a relevant project to me, but I don't know how relevant tavern / merchant lore would be to the site.ThoraldGM (talk) 08:17, 12 February 2020 (GMT) The problem is just that you're new and you were making very large edits. Since you're obviously not a spammer, I've marked you as such, so that you won't have that problem in the future. That's only needed temporarily; I or another admin will likely remove it in a few days when it won't matter anymore. I've also reinstated the edit that got blocked. If there's anything else, please let us know! – Robin Hood (talk) 09:57, 12 February 2020 (GMT) Thanks for helping me preserve my momentum. I'm interested in moving the bulk of that curation from my user page to... (ESO Subject Portals: Maritime, Economy, Taverns, Nords... ?) but I'm new and getting a feel for how UESP prefers to organize / curate its data. Meanwhile, I'd like to tinker with Subject Portal front page creations in my sandboxes, if I can figure out how to create my own. -- ThoraldGM (talk) 20:41, 12 February 2020 (GMT) Creating your sandbox is easy, heres a link to your (currently) non-existant sandbox: ThoraldGM's Sandbox For moving your WIP from your userpage to an article, you would need to know what the article will be call, and which namespace it belongs in. Choosing one of you examples, would give "Online:Economy". You can then create this by entering that in the wiki search bar, when it returns "Create the page "Online:Economy" on this wiki! See also the search results found." at the top of the results, this tells you that there is no page with that name, click the red link to begin editing the blank page. Hope this helps! Kiz(email - talk) 20:50, 12 February 2020 (GMT) Moving Images with no Redirect[edit] Dillon and I were just talking about this on Discord, but I thought I'd post it here as well, to be sure everyone saw it. It seems that when you move an image without leaving a redirect, the wiki sometimes leaves the original page blank, but with a greyed-out broken image box on it. Purging the page fixes this. Just something to check for. – Robin Hood (talk) 20:43, 15 February 2020 (GMT) ESO Harrowstorm Release[edit] uespLog -- Updated to v2.20. Skills - Updated! CP - Updated! Skill Coef - Updated and checked! Icons/Images - Done! Items - Done! Maps - Done! Achievements -- Done! Collectibles -- Done! Quest Data -- Done! Book Data -- Done! Recipe Data -- Done! API -- Done! -- Daveh (talk) 14:15, 25 February 2020 (GMT) Username Change (2)[edit] Hello! If possible, I was hoping to process a name change from Kaebus to M'akiir (finally found an Elder Scrolls name I was happy with). If apostrophes are not allowed in usernames, Makiir will suffice just fine. Thank you kindly! :)— Unsigned comment by Kaebus (talk • contribs) at 02:04 on 1 March 2020‎ Done! – Robin Hood (talk) 04:31, 1 March 2020 (GMT) Server Upgrade Time[edit] The current servers were beginning to show their age a bit lately so I've decided to look into a server cluster upgrade sooner rather than later. I received (most) of the servers last Wednesday and am in the long process of getting them setup for the transition. My two main goals for the upgrade are: No downtime Minimal read only time Most services can be upgraded and transitioned one at a time which makes no downtime possible, assuming no issues (crosses fingers). There will probably be an hour or so of the wiki being set to read-only and uploads being disabled to make the wiki upgrade easier. The major portion of the upgrade probably won't happen for a few weeks yet but check the below section and the Discord wiki channel for announcements. -- Daveh (talk) 17:22, 15 March 2020 (GMT) For the technical minded you can see my Upgrade Notes I'm making as I do the upgrade. -- Daveh (talk) 17:34, 15 March 2020 (GMT) Upgrade Announcements[edit] Database Backup -- 15 March 2020 -- I'll be switching all database reads to be on db1 in order to backup the entire database from db2 and get it mirrored on the new db1/db2. There should be no interruption in service but I'll be monitoring db1 performance in case it gets overloaded. -- Daveh (talk) 17:22, 15 March 2020 (GMT) Backup on db2 has completed and wiki is back to reading from it. -- Daveh (talk) 01:35, 16 March 2020 (GMT) TeamSpeak3 server moved to new content. -- Daveh (talk) 14:19, 20 March 2020 (GMT) ElasticSearch server moved to the new content3. Wiki search should not be interrupted. -- Daveh (talk) 17:24, 20 March 2020 (GMT) Files/Images Upgrade -- 23 March 2020 -- Wiki uploads will be disabled for approximately one hour starting shortly in order to switch over to the new files/images server. -- Daveh (talk) 13:41, 23 March 2020 (GMT) Files1 upgrade has been completed and wiki uploads are now enabled. -- Daveh (talk) 14:31, 23 March 2020 (GMT) Database Upgrade -- 24 March 2020 -- The read databases will be switched over first which can be done without interruption. Assuming that goes well, switching over the write databases will require the wiki to go into read only mode for a short period (less than 30 minutes). -- Daveh (talk) 13:22, 24 March 2020 (GMT) On the new read database server now. -- Daveh (talk) 13:34, 24 March 2020 (GMT) Wiki will be locked in the next few minutes. -- Daveh (talk) 14:22, 24 March 2020 (GMT) Write database switched and wiki unlocked. -- Daveh (talk) 14:28, 24 March 2020 (GMT) Database upgrade is now complete. -- Daveh (talk) 14:52, 24 March 2020 (GMT) Content Servers -- 25 March 2020 -- I'll be switching sites over to use the new content/cache servers today starting with the wiki. This is just DNS changes so no interruptions are expected. Note that I do expect some caching issues on the wiki since the squid cache was replaced with a varnish cache and it will likely need a little tweaking to get running well. -- Daveh (talk) 14:12, 25 March 2020 (GMT) All sites should now be running entirely on the new servers. If you encounter any issues feel free to note them in the below section or ping me on Discord. -- Daveh (talk) 18:10, 25 March 2020 (GMT) Upgrade Issues[edit] Note any major or minor issues that may be related to the upgrade below. Intermittent Wiki Load Issue -- Mod evasive on content2 didn't have the new local server IPs set so it was banning squid1. -- Daveh (talk) 18:10, 25 March 2020 (GMT) Failed to Upload Image File (Error 413) -- Nginx needed to have the client_max_body_size setting increased to 64M and reloaded on squid1. -- Daveh (talk) 18:10, 25 March 2020 (GMT) Anonymous Edits Show as From 127.0.0.1 -- Was an issue with the Varnish configuration which has now been fixed. -- Daveh (talk) 19:30, 25 March 2020 (GMT) Mobile Skin Not Working -- Reports of the mobile site not automatically using the mobile skin as it should. On quick check I had to click the Mobile View link at the bottom of the page as a logged in user. Testing with anonymous users not replicate the issue (auto-skin mobile detection seemed to work correctly). -- Daveh (talk) 14:00, 6 April 2020 (GMT) Change a change in the wiki config so that any visit to a X.m.uesp.net site is now forced to use the mobile skin. This fixes mobile view auto-detect for logged in users as well as the View Mobile Version link on the toolbar and the Mobile View link at the bottom of the page. We'll see if that fixes things or causes new problems. -- Daveh (talk) 14:11, 6 April 2020 (GMT) Still some reports of issues so I redid how the site redirects to the X.uesp.net or X.m.uesp.net sub-domains. There were some cases where the two could become mixed up and serve the wrong content. -- Daveh (talk) 14:06, 9 April 2020 (GMT) Old file.shtml Not Working -- The old file download SHTML file results in an error. Had to enable SSI on the main domain and update the file with a few fixes to prevent errors. -- Daveh (talk) 14:06, 9 April 2020 (GMT) Username Change Request[edit] At the discretion of the moderators, I was hoping to request a second username change, which I anticipate to be final. I understand the ease it is on my end to make another account and just abandon the old, though I have a tendency to like to be as clutter-less as possible with accounts where I can be, and few as my contributions are I would like to keep them to my name. Furthermore I know there is an element of "make up your mind" to be had hence myself putting off the name change for awhile to make sure this is the one I would like. If a moderator/administrator would permit one more username change, I would like to change from "M'akiir" to "Cassian". I've searched for User:Cassian and it seems to be unregistered as of now so I think it is available. Thank you for your time! — Unsigned comment by M'akiir (talk • contribs) at 02:05 on 18 March 2020 (UTC) Done. —Legoless (talk) 23:12, 18 March 2020 (GMT) ESO Greymoor PTS Release[edit] Greymoor (update 26) is out this week on the ESO PTS server. File Uploads -- Done! (Updated on 5 May 2020) Skill Coefficients -- Done and checked! Icons -- Updated! Maps -- Done! New locations still have to be added manually. 2 new map icons added (Blackreach Lift and Silver Cormorant). Alchemy Calculator -- Done! Updated to add the 3 new ingredients. Build Editor -- Updated! -- Daveh (talk) 13:09, 21 April 2020 (GMT) Uploaded a new set of files for the PTS update 6.0.1 on the 27 April. -- Daveh (talk) 17:51, 28 April 2020 (GMT) Uploaded a new set of files for the PTS update 6.0.2. This upload includes XX-ptsdff2.zip files which are files that are updated/new since last week's PTS patch. -- Daveh (talk) 15:28, 5 May 2020 (GMT) Silencer's comments/opinions[edit] A number of comments that Silencer has on his userpage are unacceptable. Specifically, the comments are the last three sentences in the last paragraph of "My Opinions". They have been up since 8 August 2016. It is unacceptable for someone to make accusations about personal behaviour that lack evidence. This is classed as a form of personal attack. The comments, which were clearly intended to be seen, go beyond reasonable or permissive. The comments contain a series of accusations against users of the site. They include, but are not limited to: "certain individuals conspired to get me banned for a lengthy period", "I feel that these individuals will not stop until I am permanently blocked", "What I have done to earn such hatred is beyond me," and "I make this post in the belief that those certain individuals are currently maneuvering to get me blocked ..." No diffs or any other form of evidence is provided. Although no usernames are mentioned, it does not excuse personal attacks. The comments clearly relate to UESP-related incidents. One would have to read through a myriad of discussions scattered across the site to know the full story behind all of it. I do not wish to go into detail about the incidents, but they caused enough tension around here. The Etiquette and No personal attacks policies still apply to userspace. Also, while there is no policy which bans an user from putting their thoughts and opinions about wiki-related incidents on their userpage, the site is not a soapbox or battleground. Silencer's comments are confrontational, and are likely to cause misery to others. However, I do believe that policies are best treated with comment sense, and that policies have potential to be relaxed. I do not know if anybody apart from me has complained about the comments, but even if that is not the case, another point of this topic should be to establish whether it is acceptable for a user to put up ridiculous narratives of wiki-related incidents on their userpage. If accusations can be fact checked, that's one thing, but where does it stop? I do take into account that Silencer has not been active since early December, and that his comments might not really bother people, but when someone throws accusations like those ones posted out there - on the site and for all to see - it is a bit of an issue. Even if nobody complains, it should not automatically be taken to mean acceptance. While I could go on for pages about the matter (within this post), I will not say anything further at this current moment in time. •D. G.\|Talk\|Work• 15:55, 29 April 2020 (GMT) While you're entirely correct from a policy perspective, I believe this is one of those times where the administrators chose to ignore the rules in favour of fostering some degree of peace. Silencer made those comments shortly after a one-year block, and so was understandably a bit miffed; to have insisted that he remove them would have only provoked things. As you note, Silencer has been inactive lately, and I think removing the comments now would likely just create drama where there doesn't need to be. – Robin Hood (talk) 22:12, 29 April 2020 (GMT) And, what's the point of bringing this up? I'm kinda with Rob, for whatever my semi-retired only edit a couple of times a year thing is worth. He was probably blowing off some steam by airing his thoughts, but in the interest of letting things die down, presumably because there were no direct names involved, he was just ignored. At this point, everyone is well and done with that, because it happened years ago. Back then, and even now years later, there's nothing to gain from editing his userpage to remove it, so why do it and risk upsetting him over it for absolutely nothing? -Damon talk ♥ edits 01:21, 30 April 2020 (GMT) I can totally understand where you are coming from. It is important to examine a situation from both sides, so I hope this explanation helps clear things up. Comments like the ones I have taken issue with can cause ill-feeling, but in this case, they bring the wiki and its users into disrepute. I would not be entirely surprised if people have complained privately, but I believe an effort to take the comments down would cause short-term drama and trigger a protracted, drawn-out battle. In other words, more trouble than it is worth. Personally I cannot see the comments coming down any time soon. Not to mention that when they are posted on a userpage, it is a bit of a grey area. It is one thing to say that content crosses the line. To remove such content is another. Silencer was probably a bit annoyed around the time he made the comments, and understandably so; I would be if I was in his shoes. Nothing is above criticism, but there is a time and place for some types of criticism. His comments have been online for years, available for others to read and draw their own conclusions from. There was no need for it. I don't think anybody really gets why he made the comments. I have not seen that kind of behaviour on any other userpage on the site. Still, I do not want to get into all the ifs, buts, and maybes. The reason I didn't make a post about the matter at the time was because I was blocked. I was tempted to bring the matter up later when I had a proper opportunity. It did go through my mind that there might be an administrative agreement to leave things be, but even if that was/is the case, it is important for admins to consider the views of editors in every situation. I appreciate that it might seem a bit strange to be bringing this up, and that it might not be in the interests of the site to remove things. But it shouldn't be "one rule for them, another rule for us". Not that I'm encouraging anybody to test the waters on their userpage, but you get the idea. P.S. In my spare time (and I only say this because it bears some relevance), I have been writing a memoir about some wiki-related incidents involving myself - etiquette issues in general. It is only a small paragraph, so not a lot. Although I am no longer an active editor, I have no intention to name anybody or push any boundaries. •D. G.\|Talk\|Work• 02:09, 30 April 2020 (GMT) Username Change Reques[edit] If possible, I was hoping to process a name change from Werewolfvampirre to Legoless70 (if possible.). Thank you kindly! :) Werewolfvampire (talk) 02:13, 9 May 2020 (GMT) I'm afraid we have to decline that request due to the fact that it resembles two different administrator names. This could lead people to believe that you're using an account that belongs to either myself or Legoless. If you'd like to pick a different user name that doesn't resemble other users' names, we'll be happy to change your user name. – Robin Hood (talk) 03:16, 9 May 2020 (GMT) Sure! Nevermind then. – Werewolfvampirre (talk) ESO Greymoor Release[edit] Items - Mostly-done (updated from PTS) -- Daveh (talk) 18:47, 26 May 2020 (UTC) Disappearing Skills[edit] So when I finish me build, and press view this build some of the skills keep disappearing, is this a known bug?— Unsigned comment by Achroi (talk • contribs) at 13:20 on 29 May 2020 This was a temporary issue with the updated skills from Greymoor and should now be fixed. If you still are having this issue post more details on UESPWiki_talk:EsoBuildEditor including a link to your build. -- Daveh (talk) 13:42, 2 June 2020 (UTC) Math Formulae Extension[edit] Even since before I was an editor, I thought that the raw-text visualizations of mathematical formulae were unsightly. "11+(1.433lvl)" just looks wrong and not every user is going to know that is multiplication. Using this extension, I was able to generate , which is so much more readable. Especially for use alongside the upcoming graphs, I think this extension or something like this would be a great aesthetic improvement to the uesp. --Dcsg (talk) 00:10, 7 June 2020 (UTC) Having never used the extension on WP, how easy is it to use, how complex is the input required to get that output? Is there an advantage over just better formatting of the text inputs in those summary fields? Or are you thinking this has applications elsewhere? Kiz (email - talk) 00:26, 7 June 2020 (UTC) Documentation is very extensive on WP. The input is a variant of LaTeX for which you might get a bit of feeling, but it's not complicated. You would basically type <math>f(x) = x^2</math> will give you this which is very straightforward. Some more complicated symbols, like the square root of two would use: \sqrt{2} and results in this formula. All special symbols can be found here. --Ilaro (talk) 00:40, 7 June 2020 (UTC) Okay, so for the example given of 11+(1.433lvl), WP's current implementation requires an input of <math>11+(1.433 \times lvl)</math> to give the output of . For our simplistic levelling formula that we use it should be possible to get the NPC Summary to deal with the conversion to <math></math> tags? Although, dealing with changing over to \times might be doable by bot than by hand? Kiz (email - talk) 20:04, 7 June 2020 (UTC) That can also be achieved through any templates that use <math/> by doing {{#replace:{{{1}}}\|*\| \times }} --Dcsg (talk) 20:36, 8 June 2020 (UTC) MediaWiki Upgrade 1.27[edit] Will be upgrading the wiki to MediaWiki 1.27 sometime in the next few weeks. The Dev Wiki has already been updated with no obvious issues and is available for testing. -- Daveh (talk) 18:19, 9 June 2020 (UTC) Upgrade on Wednesday June 17th -- No major issues found so far and only a couple of minor things easily fixed so am planning the upgrade on live to happen this Wednesday. There should be no interruption in service during the upgrade. -- Daveh (talk) 15:28, 15 June 2020 (UTC) Upgrade is planned to start at 10am EST this morning. No interruption in service is expected. -- 72.39.64.89 13:32, 17 June 2020 (UTC) Upgrade is done. Note any potential issues below. -- Daveh (talk) 14:05, 17 June 2020 (UTC) 1.27 Upgrade Issues[edit] ESO Build Editor Not Saving If you log out and back in it seems you cannot save in the editor (session issue). -- Daveh (talk) 14:21, 17 June 2020 (UTC) Issue fixed but users may have to log out and back into the wiki to fix saving issue. -- Daveh (talk) 15:35, 17 June 2020 (UTC) Fixed map editing issue likewise. -- Daveh (talk) 15:40, 17 June 2020 (UTC) Ads for Patreon Users Still Displayed $wgUser is no longer initialized before call to $wgExtensionFunctions. Change ad display hook to use BeforeInitialize instead. -- Daveh (talk) 17:29, 17 June 2020 (UTC) User Edit Count Extension Broken Fixed...was using a few removed functions. -- Daveh (talk) 14:24, 18 June 2020 (UTC) Orcz Wiki and Blades Content[edit] I found this Orcz wiki that uses old UESP content as their own. Our own pages are already updated quite a bit, but looking at the history will reveal this clearly. Legoless put a disclaimer on the site earlier today. Tables from the equipment page are straight copies from our item page and the colored weakness/resistance table on this page is using the exact same markup as our old table here and even initially copied my mistaken Dremora resistances (see their history). I only had a quick glance over their other pages, but it seems this a common trend between all of them. They do have some original content here and there, but the similarities are striking. Any further action we should take? --Ilaro (talk) 12:35, 15 June 2020 (UTC) We could contact the webmaster to alert them to the issue if desired. It seems to me that as long as there's a link back to UESP per our by-sa licence it isn't a major problem, although I guess we need to wait and see if that notice remains in place. —⁠Legoless (talk) 12:46, 15 June 2020 (UTC) By way of update, an Orcz admin has deleted the by-sa licence and hidden the edit history. Seems like an instance of deliberate plagiarism so we should probably attempt to contact the site owner. —⁠Legoless (talk) 16:11, 15 June 2020 (UTC) Ad Changes[edit] Just a heads up that we will be changing our ad network this week. We've been happily using Curse ads for a few years but with the recent COVID pandemic they've lost most of their ad team so have decided to partner with another firm, Longitude Ads, to take over their advertising. There shouldn't be too much noticeable difference other than a few display issues this week as we sort out the implementation. As usual, if anyone sees any inappropriate ads let me know! -- Daveh (talk) 14:37, 22 June 2020 (UTC) The ad networks have now been switched to Longitude. -- Daveh (talk) 15:16, 22 June 2020 (UTC) ESO Stonethorn PTS Release[edit] Stonethorn (update 27) is out this week on the ESO PTS server. Skill Coefficients -- Done! Maps -- Done! (Locations need to be added) -- Daveh (talk) 13:29, 14 July 2020 (UTC) ESO Stonethorn Release[edit] File Uploads -- Uploaded! Skills - Done! CP - Done! Skill Coef - Done and checked! -- Daveh (talk) 14:14, 24 August 2020 (UTC) Hello, I'd like to request that my username be changed from O-a11y to OriwaK, if possible. Thanks in advance! --O-a11y Talk 20:00, 17 September 2020 (UTC) Done! – Robin Hood (talk) 20:05, 17 September 2020 (UTC) Account Request[edit] I seem to be IP blocked from making an account, and I don't Have Access to one email is ThNecromaniac@gmail.com for good private contact. I'd like the Username to match the Italicized part of the Email if possible — Unsigned comment by 73.67.49.3 (talk) at 05:53 on 19 September 2020 (UTC) I don't see anything that would've blocked that address at a glance. Were you using Tor, by any chance? In any event, I told the wiki to create the account and send you a randomized password at the e-mail you provided. If you have any further problems, please post the specific error message you're getting and I'll see what I can do. Thanks! – Robin Hood (talk) 10:02, 19 September 2020 (UTC) ESO Markarth PTS Release (Update 28)[edit] uespLog -- Existing version appears to work fine. Items -- Done (needs checking) Icons -- Uploaded! Maps -- New maps added and images updated. New locations/icons still need to be added manually. Build Editor -- -- Daveh (talk) 12:33, 22 September 2020 (UTC) Map edit rights[edit] I'd like to be able to edit our ESO map, but the Edit function stopped appearing for me years ago. I saw a talk page topic that said that we're limiting map editing functions to trusted users like patrollers, which I think I still am (although with very little activity as of late). Should I be able to edit the map with my current permissions? --Xyzzy Talk 05:50, 30 September 2020 (UTC) Thank you very much! --Xyzzy Talk 05:15, 1 October 2020 (UTC) Lost Username Request[edit] I was attempting to login, and it's possible I guess that over the over a decade I used the site that I never logged in, but doubtful. I cannot for the life of me remember my username, but can provide the email it would be attached to. I didn't see a username option on the login help. What should my next step be to recover an account? — Unsigned comment by 71.207.197.3 (talk) at 15:15 on 31 October 2020 If you still have the same email address, I think you can use Special:PasswordReset with just the email address. --Enodoc (talk) 15:19, 31 October 2020 (UTC) Thanks, that does appear to have worked. I didn't think of trying to fill out only the email blank. — Unsigned comment by 71.207.197.3 (talk) at 23:35 on 31 October 2020 ESO Markarth Release (Update 28)[edit] -- Daveh (talk) 13:53, 3 November 2020 (UTC) 25th Anniversary Staff Gifts[edit] To celebrate an amazing 25 years of the UESP.net we're giving away a 2021 calendar and a custom coin to select staff and users. Custom Coin and 2021 Calendar Gifts to Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of UESP The current list of qualifying positions include: Any wiki editor with more than 2000 lifetime edits (check here) ESO Guild Officer Forum/Blog Moderator Podcast/Streaming/Youtube Contributor To claim your gifts just fill in the mailing form with your mailing address and your relevant account names/position so we can verify. You have 2 weeks (18 November) to claim your gift before we open up the remaining gifts to other users. If you didn't make the list don't worry! We'll be opening the qualifications to more users later on so keep tuned to this topic for future updates. If the demand is high enough we may even do another production run. If you'd like to nominate someone either in or outside of the UESP just let me know. If you're not considered "UESP staff" you can still get these gifts through Patreon or through contests on our various social media accounts. Here's to the next 25 years of Elder Scrolls and UESP.net! -- Daveh (talk) 18:19, 4 November 2020 (UTC) Opening up the eligibility further: Any active wiki patroller. Any editor who has made 50 or more edits in the past year. You have 2 weeks (7 Dec 2020) to claim your gift on the mailing form (after that time it may be given away to someone else). -- Daveh (talk) 15:45, 23 November 2020 (UTC) Podcast Shownotes[edit] I'm currently running into issues when trying to create show notes for the podcast as a number of things keep getting blocked by the spam filters. I think the one that's got me this time is an instagram link to an artist we were talking about. Obviously, having the spam filter is helpful but I am wondering if there's something I could do for the podcast pages so it doesn't get flagged every time. Either a flag on my account since I'm the one making the initial notes, or something we can add to the template? -- Pylawn (talk) 15:19, 1 December 2020 (GMT) I've tentatively given you autopatrolled rights, which will bypass the issue for you, but userpatroller is another option, if people feel autopatrolled isn't appropriate. One way or the other, unless we change the filter, it wants some kind of staff role to skip over the abuse filters. – Robin Hood (talk) 17:01, 1 December 2020 (UTC) Username Change Request (Ganynn)[edit] Hello UESP team! I would like to request a name change for my wiki account from “Pauper” to “Ganynn”. Cheers! — Unsigned comment by Ganynn (talk • contribs) at 05:59 on 4 January 2021‎ Done! – Robin Hood (talk) 07:04, 4 January 2021 (UTC) Retrieved from "https://en.uesp.net/w/index.php?title=UESPWiki:Administrator_Noticeboard&oldid=2293597" UESP Administration	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2349
__label__cc	0.696727	0.303273	Hidden messages on films and TV series If you are an avid Simpsons watcher then you might have noticed that all the characters have 4 fingers. Only God and Jesus have 5 fingers. Photo Gallery: The evolution of Michael Jackson's face Every time someone dies in The Departed, an x will appear. Weird, but true. A pineapple appears on every episode of Psych, a comedy/drama TV series. Mickey Mouse was spotted at a concert in a Goofy movie. In the movie, 'Kill Bill Vol I', the Bride is seen walking on a glass floor. Guess what was written on her shoe's sole by Quentin Tarantino? F~ck you. The French policeman who arrested Leonardo di Caprio in Catch Me If You Can is the real life Frank Abagnale whose story is being told in the movie. Toy Story has many nuances and similarities to the thriller, The Shining. The reason? Its director Lee Unkrich was a fan of this scary movie since he was 12 years old. Agent Smith in Matrix Reloaded steps out of an Audi 8 with the plate number IS 5416 which is actually a passage in the bible. hidden messages films, hidden messages movies, hidden messages series	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2350
__label__wiki	0.538073	0.538073	HomeCINEMAThe founder of Dexterity Global, Sharad Sagar is Invited as an Expert in KBC The founder of Dexterity Global, Sharad Sagar is Invited as an Expert in KBC October 12, 2020 eekshadmin CINEMA 0 Pune: Sharad Sagar is the founder and CEO of Dexterity Global. He is also an Indian youth icon, a globally renowned entrepreneur and a 21st century leader whose words and work in the field of education and public service are inspiring a generation. Dexterity Global is a leadership movement powering the next generation of leaders for India and the world. Dexterity Global has various of platforms as Dex Connect ,Dexterity classrooms , Dexterity School of Leadership and Entrepreneurship , Dexterity seva , challenges and many more , which is an opportunity discovery and preparation platform that increases the levels of access, aspiration and achievement across schools and communities. They have offered a platform to over lakhs of students from small towns and villages. He has been invited by Amitabh Bachchan as an expert in Kaun Banega Crorepati . Sharad is the first person from bihar to appear as an expert on this popular Sony TV show KBC. Four years ago, President Obama invited me to the White House. THIS MOMENT is equally historic for me. I’m honoured to share that the superstar of the century @SrBachchan has invited me on Kaun Banega Crorepati as the Expert. Watch me on Oct 12 and 13 on @SonyTV #KBC12. pic.twitter.com/t6xEyonaVq — Sharad Vivek Sagar (@SharadTalks) October 9, 2020 This season of Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC )began on 28 September. An invitation has been sent to commemorate the completion of 20 years of this show. Sharad Sagar will appear as an expert in the episode airing on October 12 and 13. He will guide the participants from across the country on tV as an expert in the show and will help them in challenging questions , Which seems to be fun and interesting. In 2016, Sharad was invited to the White House by Barack Obama , the US President . He is the founder and CEO of Dexterity Global . The Queen of England also included him in the Queens Young Leaders. He was listed him on the global Forbes 30 under 30 List, the Rockefeller Foundation inducted him in the list of 100 Next Century Innovators, the Nobel Peace Center invited him to the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony and India’s leading media house Divya Bhaskar called him “the Vivekananda of 21st Century. however, Sharad Sagar considers himself a dedicated worker and servant of Swami Vivekananda. Sharad Sagar is spiritually initiated by Srimat Swami Gautamananda Ji Maharaj, Vice President, Ramakrishna Math and Mission. However , Sharad vivek Sagar shared his lovely moment as , Four years ago, President Obama invited me to the White House. THIS MOMENT is equally historic for me. I’m honoured to share that the superstar of the century Shri Amitabh Bachchan has invited me on Kaun Banega Crorepati as the Expert. I’ll be live on KBC on Oct 12 and 13, 9pm on Sony TV. He added as he wanted to take a moment to thank all for the support in this journey and he hope all will make time to watch him . On Behalf of Eekshanam media Team , we congratulate and fully support Sharad Sagar . We could like to tell people to watch and support him. B.Swati, Eekshanam correspondent, Pune. barryswati.6@gmail.com @SharadTalks Global forbes Ramakrishna Math Sharad Sagar Sharad Vivek Sagar Google released its Pixel 4a in indian market Mother Seetha, true queen of India,an ideal for women November 22, 2020 eekshadmin Miscellaneous 0 Hyderabad: It was an eventful day to find myself listening to the titillating story of Shri Arunuma Sinha on the live webinar conducted by Vivekananda Institute of Human Excellence, Hyderabad, Ramakrishna Math under the guidance [ READ …] Swami Vivekananda’s scientific glory February 22, 2020 eekshadmin Miscellaneous 0 Science… Which played the major role in the development of the world, which played major role in providing comforts and to improve the age of the human beings.. So the discoveries of the Science will [ READ …] Swami Vivekananda hardships before Chicago Address September 12, 2020 eekshadmin Miscellaneous 0 Chicago Address in Parliament of Religions by Swami Vivekananda. His Journey to Chicago: When Swami Vivekananda meditated at Kanyakumari on a rock in the sea, the southernmost tip of India for 3 days and 3 [ READ …] Disha Case: All 4 Accused Were Encountered I can’t wait to join ‘Maidaan’: Keerthy Suresh Sensational decision.. Lord balaji darsan stopped for 9 days All those news on me are untrue: Rana AP DGP APPOINTED…..	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2353
__label__wiki	0.587748	0.587748	The Eurogame Phenomenon I enjoy strategy games. I’ve been playing them since the heyday of the elaborate hundreds-of-tiny-counters hex-map historical-simulation wargames in the 1970s and early 1980s. But those games don’t get played much any more, largely because they took so long to set up and learn; after 1985 or so younger gamers moved to computer simulations instead, and as the hex-wargame genre stagnated many old-school gamers eventually abandoned it in favor of military-miniatures gaming. Ace game designer Greg Costikyan (coincidentally, an old friend of mine) has a different theory about what killed old-school wargames. He tells a lurid tale of mismanagement and blunder; I have little doubt it’s true, but I also think he understimates the impact of computer gaming. Be that as it may…in the late 1990s we started to see a new wave of fresh, innovative game designs in a different style. Settlers of Catan in 1995 was the harbinger. This game of trade and civilization-building featured an elegant combination of simple mechanics with tricky, relatively deep strategy. There are several possible routes to victory in Settlers, all requiring both positional tactics and careful management of constrained resources. The game is made more attractive by colorful, high-quality physical furniture and tasteful artwork. It can be played lightly and socially or in an intense minimaxing mode, and (importantly) is really designed for three or four players though it can be played one-on-one. It rewards repeated playing. These became signature traits of a huge freshet of new games that hit the U.S. market in the new century. Other standouts have included Puerto Rico , Domaine , Power Grid , Alhambra , Shadows Over Camelot , and Ticket To Ride . Most of these games are imports from Germany, republished in English; the style is generically known as “German games” or “Eurogames” and I’ve heard it alleged that in Germany these games are a mass-market form of family entertainment rather than being confined to gamer-hobbyists, science-fiction fans, and technogeeks as they still mostly are in the U.S. I’ve long thought that the Eurogame is in part a response to competition from computer games. Computers do the detail-crammed historical-simulation game better than you can with counters and a board, so they got steamrollered. Eurogames, on the other hand, do something computer games are poor at — face-to-face multiplayer games — and they do it with furniture that’s pleasant to look at and handle. Silly as it sounds, Puerto Rico would lose some of its play value without the colorful wooden barrel-tokens it uses for commodities. The newest wave is Eurogame-like designs that are aiming to retake some of the territory the old-school games lost to computers. I got to play two of these recently, Commands and Colors: Ancients and its sibling Memoir ’44 , and was favorably impressed. Commands and Colors: Ancients does what old-school ancients games like the old SPI PRESTAGS (Pre-Seventeenth Century Tactical Game System) aimed to do — reward players with a good feel for ancient-period tactics. If you know how Alexander or Scipio Africanus used missile troops and skirmishers; if you know how Hannibal used cavalry differently from infantry, and why; if you understand the difference between phalanx and manipular tactics — then these games will give you the sorts of results period commanders got. In C&C Ancients , for example, I was able to use bowmen to disrupt my opponent’s formations and goad him into entering the engagement range of my heavy infantry just as a period commander would have done. I used to do stuff like that in PRESTAGS too — the difference is that C&C Ancients gets the feel right with far simpler and cleverer mechanics. Two bits of business that stand out are the use of multiple blocks per unit to simulate attrition steps, and the special symbol-marked dice (rolled in groups varying in size with the unit’s combat strength) to replace lookups on a combat results table. Simpler makes a difference. It made the game faster to learn and play; and, because I wasn’t spending as much mental effort on the mechanics, I could think about tactics more (and that’s the fun part). Overall, I’d say this game is an excellent design and a clear improvement over the old-school ancients games I remember. I wasn’t quite as impressed with Memoir ’44 , a variant of the same system applied to WWII-era gaming. I don’t think the C&C mechanics work as well for modern warfare. Still, it’s a respectable effort; I’ve played many WWII games that weren’t as good. And if your figure of merit is how much realistic tactical feel one can get per paragraph of rules text, it scores pretty high. Some of these differences are down to technology. In the old days, thick rulebooks full of tables full of numbers were the only kind of presentation we could imagine. But the kind of manufacturing and printing needed to produce Eurogame-style pretty pieces and custom dice is far less expensive than it was, and that suggests possibilities that are just beginning to be exploited. I hope these are the beginning of a trend. I miss the old-style hex wargames almost as much as Greg Costikyan does. Is it too much to hope that that experience might be coming back, with simpler rules, in brighter colors? I sure hope so. I’d never give up the railroad games and the colonization games and the trading games I’ve learned to enjoy. But they’re…bloodless. Sometimes you want to send your panzers rumbling forward on a misty morning north of Kursk, trade broadsides with the French fleet off Trincomalee, or orbital-insert your drop troopers on an Arachnid hive-city. Eurogames, as we’ve known them, wouldn’t get you there. Maybe, now, they’re growing into a genre that will. This entry was posted in Games by esr. Bookmark the permalink. 42 thoughts on “The Eurogame Phenomenon” Eric Cowperthwaite on 2006-05-05 at 00:13:02 said: ESR: I hope these are the beginning of a trend. I miss the old-style hex wargames almost as much as Greg Costikyan does. Is it too much to hope that that experience might be coming back, with simpler rules, in brighter colors? I’m going to have to check some of these out. I love Settlers of Catan, it’s a lot of fun and captures the same fun that old Avalon Hill games used to have. I always thought the simpler, less “realistic” games (Waterloo, let’s say) were more fun than the very complex, very realistic games. One of the few that managed to get it reasonably right and still remain complex was Third Reich. It just took forever to play out a game. You could set up Waterloo or Alexander the Great in 15 minutes, play a game in 2 hours, or so, and have a lot of fun doing it. And yeah, Settlers doesn’t give you the chance to send the Imperial Guard in to battle. But, other than that, it’s great fun. Abel Fernandez on 2006-05-05 at 06:49:04 said: If you are looking for modern wargames with a European approach, maybe you should try the game “Friedrich”. It’s got an incredible challenging but fast system of combat, along with simple movement and supply rules in a really nice board. I think it has opened a path for new types of wargaming. And I haven’t tried them yet, but I’ve read that “Bonaparte at Marengo” and the forthcoming “Napoleon’s Triumph” achieved the goal of perfectly recreating complex Napoleonic battles with a wonderful look in just 3 hours. Jon on 2006-05-05 at 06:56:54 said: My family and most of our friends really enjoy Settlers of Catan. I have the 5 – 6 player expansion for the basic game as well as the Cities and Knights expansion. Cities and Knights adds several dimensions to the game that fundamentally alter the basic paths to victory from the basic game as well as adding a level of cooperation between players that I have yet to see duplicated in any other board game. We also have Ticket to Ride (North America) which is a lot of fun if you only have an hour or so to play a game. The European version of Ticket to Ride has some interesting twists on the game (tunnels, ferries, and train stations). >Cities and Knights adds several dimensions to the game I’m not sure I think it’s an improvement over the original. Fancier, yes…but the clean lines of the original design are rather lost in the clutter. David McCabe on 2006-05-05 at 08:21:52 said: I’ll have to give settlers another try. Maybe I was playing it with the wrong people. It always seemed to descend into a bartering competition. >but the clean lines of the original design are rather lost in the clutter. I would agree C&K game play can get a little too complicated at times, but I’m curious to know what examples you would cite to illustrate this. I think the C&K expansion adds a level of complexity that, while not necessarily for everyone, can add to the fun (and game play time) when playing against people well steeped in the basic Settlers version. What parts of C&K would you keep, and what parts do you think blur “the clean lines of the original”? >What parts of C&K would you keep, and what parts do you think blur â€œthe clean lines of the originalâ€? I’d junk Knights and the whole barbarian-invasion mechanic — Defender of Catan is just too easy a way to rack up points, and invasions tend to produce games in which an early leader gets impossibly far ahead of the pack while lagging players struggle to recover from having their cities pillaged. Mixed feelings about the new development system; it has fun aspects, but the welter of special abilities is confusing to keep track of without broadening the range of available stategies much. Sometime I’m going to suggest a game of basic Settlers with the walls rule from C&K added. I think that would work well. BillWallace on 2006-05-05 at 16:06:56 said: The problem I have with Settlers and most of these games I’ve played is that when you play them a few times with experienced and intelligent players the imbalances and ‘optimal’ strategies appear. I’ve yet to find one where the strategy can’t be largely solved over 5-10 playings. The same was true of Risk and Axis&Allies too. At that point it’s more fun trying to rebalance the rules than to play the game anymore. >Iâ€™ve yet to find one where the strategy canâ€™t be largely solved over 5-10 playings. Maybe you play with a less varied group of playerts than I do. For every ‘optimum’ strategy, a counterstrategy… Joseph on 2006-05-05 at 19:36:01 said: _You’re all lost_ A look at any of the Paradox Games, especially the Europa Universalis series is required. Cheap plug: “Europa Universalis invites you to a global struggle for supremacy from the dark times of Jeanne D’Arc to the flaming wars of Napoleon. As the leader of a country you have to guide domestic and foreign policies. Engage in religious struggles, set up expeditions to claim the New World, lead your country to prosperity and victory. Send your Privateers to roam the seven seas, muster mercenaries to bolster your defences, and send missionaries to convert infidels to your State Religion. Interact with true historical events and persons to determine which path your nation will take in the game.” It’s hard being the smartest one in the bunch. Ticket to Ride definitely rocks. TTR Europe plays very differently, but it still mucho funo. Ok, but why mostly Germany? Why not the rest of the world, too? I have a notion that there’s a blind spot in Austrian economics–it seems to assume that people will reliably take advantage of opportunities, but in fact, someone has to think of a business idea and someone (possibly the same person) has to make it happen. I’m not sure what theoretical implications this has, but the longer I’ve had a business, the more the assumption that innovation/entrepreneurship just happens grates on my nerves. I can believe that Eurogames are a family thing–I’ve played a German game (name forgotten) which was Candyland for adults. It was rabbit-themed, and what was most interesting about it was that there wasn’t a linear relationship between the number of carrots you spent and the number of squares you moved–moving one square was cheap, but the cost per square went up rather sharply if you wanted to move a long distance in one turn. Ken Burnside on 2006-05-06 at 12:33:06 said: For me, Settlers always comes down to “One person rolls hot on a needed commidity, and gets an early enough lead that they’re unassailable.” There is NO “screw the leader” mechanism in Settlers, which means that if someone manages to get two-to-three turns ahead with 3 settlements (usually enough to upgrade one to a city), they have a near unassailable lead, even everyone else gangs up to park the robber on them. Our solution to this was the Godzilla rule. Someone had a wind-up plastic dinosaur in their game kit at a con. It was 2 AAM. He proposed that instead of buying a development card, he summoned Godzilla from the depths. We made it a house rule that Godzilla had to appear in an ocean hex closest to your own city, facing the island. You wound him up, you set him loose. Anything he knocked aside was destroyed. If you had an army card in your hand, you could play it face up to rotate Godzilla by 60 degrees. It made the game take longer, but the giggly slap-happiness more than made up for it. I have found TTR and TTRE to be snoozefests. Never understood why. I love Puerto Rico for this genre of games. I can point to nearly anything by Columbia Games (Especially EastFront and VolgaFront) for the “I want a crunchy wargame, but don’t want teetering piles of cat amusers and lots of clunky table lookups”. The games take some time to play out, though. Napoleon at Marengo is pure brilliance. Its system doesn’t translate too well to many other battles, though. >There is NO â€œscrew the leaderâ€ mechanism in Settlers, Sure there is. You stop trading with him. It’s very unusual for a player to have all five commodities covered with good numbers. I also liked computer wargames when I was a teenager, but my problem is with todays games that they don’t let you win in an elegant way. Elegant means I’d like to concentrate on building up the infrastructure of my territories and building up a small army consisting of elite forces – usually, games rather force me to conquer as much territory as I can in a rush with a ragtag army of dozens of different units. The way the games do this is twofold. First, if you don’t rush to conquer territory, some of the computer players will beat everybody else and conquer any other territory, thus becoming near invicible. The second is that if you are starting to get the upper hand, everbody else attackes you. For example, there is Medieval – Total War. It could be an amazing historical simulation with your people becoming more zealous when Thomas Aquinas released the Summa Theologiae and hundreds of knights charging on Italian heavy infantry on 3D battlefields – but when you try to run, for example, France like it really happened in history, meaning small skirmishes with the Brits and the Navarrese, going on some crusades to the Holy Land and generally not concentrating on conquering everything like some completely un-historical Attila V2.0 but just rather running your kingdom, sixty years later you find the Holy German-Roman Empire has conquered everything from Norway to Constantinaple and now it’s attacking YOU with everything they gained… So the only way to win such games is conquering everything in a rush with a ragtag horde of whatever units you can swiftly recruit… rather unelegant and boring. We have a name for this phenomenon, Shenpen: KEKEKE ZERG RUSH ^________^ I think that blind spot runs a lot deeper than that. Hayekian economics assumes that everybody wants to be as rich as they can, willing to take risks and work hard for it. In reality, the great majority of people prefers a moderate success with a reliable source of income and low levels of risk and stress. They think that if you can make a decent living by importing market-proven games, why would you take risks on innovating something new that maybe wins, maybe not? And what if you win? You could buy ten Ferraris instead of the one you bought from importing the games, but what sense would that make? Of course, if people had really thought the way I described above, the US, England and Germany would not got even close to where they are today. And if we want to understand why people did not think this way, we have came to the concept of the work ethics of the two most enterprising religious groups: Protestants and Jews. Both of them generally believed that starting an enterprise is not about making money to buy Ferraris, actually, a hundred or so years ago, luxuries were looked down upon by both groups. They simply believed in business just for business’s sake, just because it’s a good game, fun or challenge or I dunno – I never really understood that… I think this kind of work ethics is slowly disappearing… This has both good and bad sides. The bad side is that that was this work ethics that made the Western Civilization rich and great, and if it disappears, with migh find ourselves in a dangerous situation. The good side is that people are starting to realize, that money is not a perfect measurement of all values and dying rich at 50 in a heart stroke might not be the only decent goal of one’s life. Just like Genuine Progress Indicator is slowly replacing GDP in macroeconomics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genuine_Progress_Indicator), it seems people are starting to adopt a similar approach in their personal lives too. sorry, could not find a Wikipedia article for that :-))))) Maybe you want to start one? :-) Oh, I found that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zerg Nancy: Austrian economics only assumes that innovation and entrepreneurship “just happens” because the free price system makes sure it does. If people are not satisfied with the current set of things they can buy, they will stop spending money, and start saving money. They could stuff their savings into a mattress, but usually savings get invested. The more people who are looking for new things to buy, the more capital there will be to start new businesses, and the greater rewards there will be for people who create the right things. So, the real assumption is “people respond to incentives”. I’ll pay you $10 not to argue with me on this point. :-) Shenpen: you would have more success arguing against any particularl kind of economics if you actually KNEW any. Sorry, no, I don’t have the time right now to explain exactly where you’ve gone wrong. Start reading books like Human Action, and Economics in One Lesson, and you’ll figure it out on your own. Shenpen: actually, I have a moment, and I feel bad for you. So, as a start, let me explain that there are ZERO economists who believe that the GDP is a measure of progress, or prosperity. The GDP is a measure of the size of an economy. The only people who think it means anything else are not economists. I think that the confusion comes from the media, who want people to pay attention to the financial news, by reporting “the score” every day.. Ooohhhh, the GDP is up! Pay attention to us! Oooohhhhh, the GDP is down! Pay attention to us. Ignore the GDP. It has very little use beyond its technical measurement. Shenpen: I have another moment. If you think you can summarize someone like Hayek in one sentence, and then knock his ideas down in two, what you should probably think is that your summarization is wrong. And you’d be right! Sorry, but I learned that stuff in school – the supply/demand graphs, and the distortions like Veblen-effect, oligopolies etc. My problems with the model are it’s two underlying assumptions: – a perfectly informed market (which is not true, but this is the lesser problem) – the concept of the homo oeconomicus, the perfectly rational being who seeks to maximize personal gains My argument is about the second assumption – that the homo oeconomicus is but a rude approximation: generally and in the long run it is more or less a correct model, but only if the surrounding culture is generally materialist (means when people prefer to get fun from impressions from the outer world rather than from the processes within their mind) and rationalist (when people care more about personal gain than either helping or screwing others ) but there will always be a lot of exceptions and short-time distortions, because the mindset of real people is often different to the homo oeconomicus – for example, like I mentioned here, lot of people prefer safety, low risks and low stress level over high gains. And of course, cultural traits like materialism and rationalism are also subject to change. Or, from a bit more philosophical perspective: why I mildly oppose hayekism is the same reason I strongly oppose marxism: both philosophies want to describe people’s actions with simplified and predictable models. Both models state that when people make decisions, they do almost like an automata, reacting predictably to the impressions of the other world. Psychologically, they are nothing but a form of behaviourism, reducing people to Pavlov’s dogs that drool when the ring bells, or laboratory rats pushing a pedal. Agreed, the homo oeconomicus is a largely acceptable approximation of the general behaviour of well-fed, rational, materialist, comfortist human beings. But nothing more. If you would like to stick to this model, let’s play with a thought experiment. What happened if somebody invented Huxley’s “soma”, the perfectly healthy drug with an overwhelming happyness-effect similar to MDMA (ecstasy pills), and it would be legal and cheap?… Rich Baumann on 2006-05-07 at 11:02:58 said: Shenpen wrote: > So the only way to win such games is conquering everything in a rush with a ragtag horde of whatever units you can swiftly recruitâ€¦ rather unelegant and boring. Have you tried playing Civilization 4? There’s no separate real-time combat map (combat is autoresolved, and rather RPG-like), but at the strategy level it’s infinitely better than the TW series. Matthew on 2006-05-07 at 19:43:45 said: >> There is NO â€œscrew the leaderâ€ mechanism in Settlers, which means that if someone manages to get two-to-three turns ahead with 3 settlements (usually enough to upgrade one to a city), they have a near unassailable lead, even everyone else gangs up to park the robber on them. I have played over 50 games of Settlers, and have seen a runaway leader in less than 5 games of it. The robber mechanic, combined with lack of trading, usually reigns the leader in fine. >> The problem I have with Settlers and most of these games Iâ€™ve played is that when you play them a few times with experienced and intelligent players the imbalances and â€˜optimalâ€™ strategies appear. Iâ€™ve yet to find one where the strategy canâ€™t be largely solved over 5-10 playings. Settlers of Catan is usually referred by hobbyist boardgamers (the kind that frequent http://www.boardgamegeek.com) as a gateway (ie introductory) game. Ticket to Ride and Carcassonne are the other two main ones (I personally dislike Carcassonne, but whatever). All three of these games have fairly simple strategies. But they play fast, they are quick to teach (especially Ticket to Ride) and they have a decent level of player interaction. (As an aside, Memoir 44 is generally thought to be a gateway wargame). If you want more complex strategic decisions, crank up to the more complex games. Puerto Rico is a great game in which you learn better and better strategy every game (newbies think the best strategy is ‘obvious’ – until they have played someone who’s played it 30 times before!). There are heaps more examples that come to mind – Tigris and Euphrates, El Grande, Through the Desert, Modern Art, Power Grid, Samurai, Die Macher, Friedrich, Taj Mahal. Most of these games are a bit heavier than the gateways and your wouldn’t play them with your family (with the exception of El Grande, Through the Desert and Samurai). And there are heaps more where they came from. http://www.boardgamegeek.com/browser.php?itemtype=game&sortby=rank (http://tinyurl.com/jrpf4) will get you started… (I just wrote another lengthy response but your spam filter blocked it. Kindly, it neglected to show me the contents of what I typed in (thereby making it impossible for me to attempt to alter and resubmit it). You may want to look into that. A much shorter version follows.) >> Ok, but why mostly Germany? Why not the rest of the world, too? Google for ‘Spiel des Jahres’ and ‘Essen games fair’. Shenpen: no economist actually does the things you have been taught as “economics”. You are a victim of government schools. If they actually taught real economics to people, nobody would want a government, much less government schools. you know greg costikyan!? tell him i say hi and thanks. ogre. gev. (& th egenre and the times) gta = carwars vn 3.0 too bad he didn’t patent it… (…) i have been really enjoying over the last 15 years watching people re-format games(‘ playability/UI) for the new technologies/capabilities. every time i point out that something new is just a refactoring of stuff previously done on paper, people look at me like i’m nuts. “you know you’re playing D&D, right?” “NO! it’s ‘second life’/’WoW’!!” very nice to see someone else say it. crap, no, wait, that was steve jackson — greg was a prolific part/lynchpin/mainstay of the whole group/culture then and did some variants and particular maps/battles but not ogre specifically. google – right, i still have a copy of Toon somewhere, and Paranoia was a lot of fun. is there a hole i can crawl into? sorry, big weekend. brain still mostly at half-mast. “Maybe you play with a less varied group of playerts than I do. For every â€˜optimumâ€™ strategy, a counterstrategyâ€¦” No that’s not it. The group includes a competitor in the ‘world puzzle games’ or something like that, and a few other hyper intelligent folks. Usually after each game we discuss what happened, why the person who won did so, and what moves other people should have made but didn’t. We generally spend some time trying to create new strategies. Here and there something unexpected but successful may get missed, but these games aren’t so complicated that there’s a lot of unexpected possibilities. When you get several geniuses analyzing the games in depth, they just don’t hold up that long. As far as counterstrategies, that’s all part of the optimal strategy. It depends on the nature of the game of course, but there’s the best paths to try for, and the best ways to try to thwart people on those paths.. They pretty much reduce down to either the luck if there is any, or the diplomacy. For example in base settlers the best strategy is to settle high probability stone and get some wheat and sheep and buy tons of cards and a few cities. The primary factors in the game are then luck (both to have initial access to the best squares and dice rolls), and diplomacy, as it’s not too hard to team enough to change the balance. But if I wanted to play diplomacy, I’d play.. well… “diplomacy”, which is a much better game, though I don’t really like it. My friends and I changed the rules of base settlers to add 1 sheep to the cost of cards, which balanced it much better, but it’s still not perfect. On a completely unrelated note – I am finishing page layout of Nexus Journal #1. Eric, we have functional orbital mechanics rules for Attack Vector: Tactical now, covering both inclination and orbital velocity changes and their impact on the maneuver capabilities in the map-frame of reference that are accurate to the physics being used. And by “functional”, I mean “If you know how AV:T thrust works, I can teach these to you in 10 minutes” This is, in many ways, the last hole in the AV:T physics model. A part of me is relieved that it’s done (lots of gnarly math that I barely followed by holding on with my fingernails). A part of me is sad – this sort of means reaching the top of Mt. Everest in this genre, and there are no other mountains to scale. James on 2006-05-08 at 19:24:33 said: Shenpen, I think you’ve got Hayek confused with someone else, perhaps Samuelson. Hayek (and the rest of the Austrians for that matter) don’t assume that everyone seeks maximum riches, that people are perfectly predictabile, act like homo economicus, etc. A great deal of the literature produced by Austrians deals with the problems of such approaches. If you want to criticize Austrian economics in the future, can I ask a favor? Do us the kind service of criticizing the Austrians for what they actually believe so that those of us with Austrian tendencies can correct our errors. At any rate, even with your own understanding of Hayekian econ, you’re still all wet. You are taking the Hayekian view to be along the lines of, “If X and Y and Z, then free markets are the right idea; X and Y and Z; Therefore, free markets are the right idea.” (At least this is what you seem to believe as I read you.) That much is basically right, although you attribute to Hayek some X, Y and Z other than what he actually believed. Where you screw up is in thinking that by denying the antecedent of the conditional, you’ve disproved the conclusion. >> For example in base settlers the best strategy is to settle high probability stone and get some wheat and sheep and buy tons of cards and a few cities. The primary factors in the game are then luck (both to have initial access to the best squares and dice rolls), and diplomacy, as itâ€™s not too hard to team enough to change the balance. But if I wanted to play diplomacy, Iâ€™d play.. wellâ€¦ â€œdiplomacyâ€, which is a much better game, though I donâ€™t really like it. This is a good strategy. The best one? Debatable. There are two ‘main strategies’ in Settlers, of which one is very close to what you describe above. The other main strategy is the brick-wood strategy (enabling fast building of roads and settlements). http://www.boardgamegeek.com/fileinfo.php?fileid=2291 is a good doc that may be helpful. If you still find that your ‘best’ strategy is too powerful, then check out the Seafarers expansion (or Cities and Knights, but C&K changes the feel of the game alot more than Seafarers). The introduction of the exploration aspect means the ‘winning’ strategies for the base game need to be altered somewhat. Caliban Darklock on 2006-05-10 at 17:40:24 said: As one of the guys who lost his lifetime sub to S&T when TSR took over, as well as seeing an excellent RPG (Universe) fall over and die… I’d have to say Greg’s analysis is pretty spot-on. Eh, my first inclination playing settlers was to go for the brick-wood route. But I think it’s much weaker than card builder. I haven’t played much of the expansions, I got bored of settlers and moved on the other games. Michael Hartl on 2006-05-13 at 00:32:52 said: I’d like to second Matthew’s Seafarers recommendation. I always found Settlers a bit cramped, but the extra room in Seafarers (and the flexibility of the boats) makes for a much better game. Walter Hunt on 2006-05-14 at 21:48:53 said: â€œEuropa Universalis invites you to a global struggle for supremacy from the dark times of Jeanne Dâ€™Arc to the flaming wars of Napoleon. As the leader of a country you have to guide domestic and foreign policies. Engage in religious struggles, set up expeditions to claim the New World, lead your country to prosperity and victory. Send your Privateers to roam the seven seas, muster mercenaries to bolster your defences, and send missionaries to convert infidels to your State Religion. Interact with true historical events and persons to determine which path your nation will take in the game.â€ It also has some of the worst-written rules in the history of gaming. I own this Azure Wish monstrosity, and despite my interest in the period, my admiration for the complexity of the game, and the beauty of the counters, I’ve _never played it_. Walter. DensityDuck on 2006-05-23 at 11:35:58 said: Hey, has anyone here tried “Federation Commander” yet? I’ve got it, but I have yet to find anyone else who is willing to play it. cokeclassact on 2006-09-05 at 16:52:18 said: hi. i am currently developing a game that, if done well, should be very interesting. i have a few questions though and i really want players to dictate how the rules for the game evolve. i am a huge fan of letting others make me look smart by listening to their ideas. since you seem like a smart bunch of individuals i would be interested in your ideas. two important questions that will hopefully stir up debate here is how complicated do you want a game to be and when does a computer game truly benefit from high-quality graphics? if you are interested in participating at all with this project please feel free to email me at matthew.coke@purchase.edu.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2363
__label__wiki	0.663925	0.663925	Nasstrac News Real-Time Spot Market California Governor Urged to Reverse Ports’ Receding Market Share Kim Link-Wills, American Shipper - July 14, 2020 \| Wednesday, July 15, 2020 California Gov. Gavin Newsom got a letter Monday asking that the state take action to reverse the loss of market share at West Coast container ports. The Pacific Merchant Shipping Association (PMSA), the first signatory, was joined by such organizations as the California Trucking Association, Harbor Trucking Association, California Railroad Association, Future Ports, Pacific Maritime Association, National Retail Federation, Agriculture Transportation Coalition, and Pacific Coast Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders. In all, 52 trade associations, industry organizations and businesses signed the letter pleading with Newsom and the California Legislature to do something about what they identified as a 19.4% drop in West Coast ports’ market share. The letter, dated Monday, said action needs to be taken “before California permanently loses jobs and direly needed state revenue.” “The importance of a robust goods movement sector throughout the state cannot be understated. The sector supports one in three jobs in California and 1.6 million trade-related jobs in Southern California, generates direly needed tax revenue and services the state’s critical industries,” the letter said. It asked that the state: • Promote California ports “as the most efficient and environmentally progressive” in the country. • Meet the challenge from East and Gulf Coast states, which have leaders who “promote and invest in their ports and goods movement industries.” • “Reexamine the state and regional regulations that are creating a disincentive to use California gateways. Determine whether the policies, particularly in environmental areas, are backfiring and encouraging more greenhouse gas emissions by sending more business to ports that are far behind California’s climate program. • “Reconcile state laws encouraging environmental and efficiency mandates with the need to retrain workers to adapt to a changing work environment.” ‘Discomforting numbers’ The letter cited analysis prepared for the PMSA by economist Jock O’Connell in June that found West Coast ports’ market share has declined 19.4% since 2006. In “Briefing Paper: Loss of Market Share at U.S. West Coast Ports,” O’Connell highlighted what he called “some of the more discomforting numbers”: • 352,846 — the increase from 2018 through 2019 in inbound loaded twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) through nine East Coast ports. • 191,176 — the gain from 2018 through 2019 in inbound loaded TEUs handled at the British Columbia ports of Vancouver and Prince Rupert with which the U.S. West Coast ports directly compete. • 80,292 — the hike from 2018 through 2019 in inbound loaded TEUs handled at the Gulf Coast ports of New Orleans and Houston. • 668,980 — the drop from 2018 through 2019 in inbound loaded TEUs handled at the West Coast ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland, Tacoma and Seattle. “According to the account often repeated in the maritime industry press, an obstreperous labor union has been singularly responsible for the loss of market share,” O’Connell wrote. “The saga is said to have begun in 2002, when a 10-day shutdown of USWC ports prompted beneficial cargo owners (BCOs) to reassess their reliance on trans-Pacific supply chains that traversed USWC ports. “Importers in particular are said to have concluded that labor-management relations were more volatile on the USWC than at ports elsewhere in the country” and began moving containers through North American gateways, he said. ‘Iffy proposition’ O’Connell also pointed to the “generally higher cost of doing business in the states of California and Washington. And that is especially the case if your business attracts the scrutiny of environmental regulators as aggressive as the California Air Resources Board. “Even if ports elsewhere in the country are obliged to bear the cost of complying with stricter air quality regulations — an increasingly iffy proposition given current political divisions among the several states — USWC ports are expected to transition to zero-emissions standards right now. That obviously puts them at a competitive disadvantage against ports in political jurisdictions that are less fastidious about environmental issues,” he said. O’Connell said West Coast state governments “have been less than assertive in bolstering the physical infrastructure needed to support international trade. While there has been a productive market for consultants’ reports detailing the economic value of such things as designated trade corridors, there has been relatively little in the way of concrete investment or policy measures aimed at facilitating international goods movement. By contrast, other states have not been neglecting the material needs of their ports.” Expansion of the Panama Canal, completed in June 2016, also enabled shippers to divert higher volumes of trans-Pacific container traffic from the West Coast to the East and Gulf coasts, he said. O’Connell noted that declining market shares do not equate to declining volumes. In fact, container volumes through West Coast ports increased prior to the tariff war and the coronavirus pandemic — but not nearly as much as at ports on the East and Gulf coasts. “Between 2010 and last year, containerized import tonnage from East Asia grew by 12.5% at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, by 16.6% at the Port of Oakland and by 22.9% at the [Northwest Seaport Alliance] ports,” he wrote. “But the largest East Coast port, the Port of New York/New Jersey, recorded a 37.9% expansion of its containerized import tonnage from East Asia between 2010 and 2019. Savannah saw a 93% boost, while Charleston posted a 124.5% surge. Along the Gulf Coast, the Port of Houston reported a 200.2% jump.” Eugene Mulero - Senior Reporter, Transport Topics After President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20, his administration will encounter a Congress operating along rigid political... Congestion could clog California ports into February, Hapag-Lloyd warns Matt Leonard - Supply Chain Drive Dive Brief: Hapag-Lloyd expects the current congestion at West Coast port facilities to continue into at least February, according to a... Code Red Part 3 - Modal Forecast Gail Rutkowski, Executive Director - NASSTRAC For our third Code Red webinar on December 15 at 11am CST, hosted in conjunction with CSCMP, TranzAct and NASSTRAC, we are focusing on the ocean... National Shippers Strategic Transportation 333 E. Butterfield Road, Suite 140, Lombard, IL 60148 Email: editor@nasstrac.org	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2369
__label__cc	0.657904	0.342096	Hello Immigrant Skill Programs FILM SET IN INDIA WINS THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE SHORT FILM AWARD AT TIFF Cameron Bailey, co-Head of TIFF making the Awards announcement BY RENU MEHTA, TORONTO Sandhya Suri’s The Field won the IWC Short Cuts Award for Best Short Film at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). The UK based Director was all smiles as she thanked the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and the jury for recognizing […] GREEN BOOK WINS POPULAR PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD AT TIFF Pictures courtesy TIFF BY RENU MEHTA, TORONTO: 11 days, 254 features, 88 shorts, 83 countries, 35% directed by women, 939 staffers and 2,911 volunteers made the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) happen. And there was only one Grolsch People’s Choice award winner. This year it was the film Green Book that walked away with […] Copyright © 2021 Hello Immigrant · Log in "); $.post("http://www.scoopwhoop.com/",{"ofst":lstscp},function(d){ if (d.success==1 \|\| d.success=="1") { for (i=0; i < d.data.length; i++) { $("#latestScoops").append(' '+d.data[i].title+' '+d.data[i].sheading+' '+d.data[i].pubon+' by '+d.data[i].authname+' '); } lstscp = parseInt(d.offset); } fetching=false; $("#scploading").remove(); }); } } }); });	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2370
__label__wiki	0.614677	0.614677	Early Career Scientist Leadership Spotlight — Albert Weston Hinman From pipetting to policy: Using your skills as a scientist... Early Career Scientist Leadership Spotlight — Nicole Torosin Early Career Scientist Leadership Spotlight — Adrien Assié Institutions should take responsibility for trainee mentorship Sex chromosome turnover in frogs hints at evolutionary patterns Katie Pieper Katie is a science writer at GSA. She did her PhD work on the evolutionary consequences of genetic conflict in fruit flies at the University of Georgia. Metamorphosing froglets of Xenopus borealis used in this study. Photo by Adam Bewick. Sex chromosomes have evolved from autosomes hundreds of times across the tree of life. In mammals, sex is controlled by the Y chromosome-linked gene SRY, which triggers the development of male anatomy. Sex determination in most mammals is extremely conserved; essentially all marsupials and placental mammals share the same pair of X and Y chromosomes which originated millions of years ago in their common ancestor. Birds also share a very ancient pair of sex chromosomes, but use a ZW sex determination system, in which the W chromosome is found only in females. But this evolutionary stability is not the case in all groups of vertebrates. In many reptiles and amphibians, sex chromosomes are extremely variable both between species and across groups. In the latest issue of G3, Furman and Evans show that new sex chromosomes have evolved rapidly in a group of five African clawed frog species in the genus Xenopus. These frogs have a ZW sex determination system just as birds do. Previous work has shown that a W-linked gene called DM-W is the trigger for female sexual development in some species this group, but one species, X. borealis, is missing this gene. Furman and Evans used a combination of publically available previously sequenced genomic DNA and newly sequenced transcriptomes to unearth how sex chromosomes and sex determination has evolved in this group. First, the researchers built a robust phylogenetic tree that confirms that DM-W was present in the shared group ancestor and has since been lost in X. borealis. They also confirmed that DM-W is female specific in the species that is most closely related to X. borealis, indicating the gene was likely sex-linked in the shared ancestor of the whole group. That means the new sex determination system in X. borealis evolved recently. So if DM-W is no longer the trigger for sex determination in X. borealis, then what is? To answer this question, Furman and Evans collected a large number of random genomic DNA sequences from an X. borealis mother and father and their male and female offspring. They sorted through this dataset to find SNPs with sex-biased inheritance patterns, finding a total of 24 SNPs that were heterozygous in the mother and the daughters, but homozygous in the father and sons. This pattern suggests these SNPs are present on the female-specific W chromosome. These fragments are homologous to regions on one autosome in the other Xenopus species. At some point in X. borealis, that ancestral autosome acquired a sex determination gene and a new sex chromosome was born. In addition to being recently evolved, the X. borealis sex chromosome system has some surprising properties. It carries three genes that are also located on the mammalian X. Several of these genes are known to be sex-linked in other distantly related lineages, including some fish and lizards. So although autosomes can become sex chromosomes quite rapidly, these findings suggest that some regions of the genome might be predisposed to develop sex determination functions. Though genetic sex determination is relatively common in nature, it is only well understood in a handful of species. This study hints at broader evolutionary patterns that could explain how new sex chromosomes arise repeatedly within lineages without disrupting the critical process of becoming male or female. Furman, B. L., & Evans, B. J. (2016). Sequential turnovers of sex chromosomes in African clawed frogs (Xenopus) suggest some genomic regions are good at sex determination. G3: Genes\| Genomes\| Genetics, g3-116. DOI: 10.1534/g3.116.033423 http://www.g3journal.org/content/6/11/3625.full GENETICS and G3 Fall 2016 Editorial Board Update Did you know they rewrote the game? ChromosomesEvolutionG3 JournalGenetics of SexGenomicsXenopus	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2385
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__label__cc	0.739672	0.260328	Kete West Coast :Brian Ryan Collection Browse: Site or Brian Ryan Collection Mokihinui River and Seddonville rail line Original Filename: 0451.jpg (view) Original Image Type: image/jpeg Mokihinui River and Seddonville rail line, in 1867, Mokihinui, miners had built flat bottomed boats from which to explore the river, gold prospectors discovered quartz reefs, and in 1873, one of those reefs was discovered in Seddonville, the Halycon Battery was set up and was the first to carry out crushing, but aside from the "Red Queen Battery" the consequences were disappointingthe local people affectionately named the alluvial water-worn gold nuggets as Mokihinui spuds and they were dug out of rocky fissures and crevices with an implement no more sophisticated than a knife, they were also found under boulders in mountain streams (extract from A History of the Buller District, by local girl Carolyn HAWES) created Mokihinui River and Seddonville rail line on May 27th, 2018 at 4:58 PM Brian Ryan Collection Tags: Mokihinui, Gold, Railway, Seddonville, Red Queen Battery, Halycon, Halcyon, nuggets, Carolyn HAWES Mokihinui River and Seddonville rail line by Trich Devescovi is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand License	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2392
__label__cc	0.552124	0.447876	Samantha Holmes: Abstracting Narrative Clarity / Michelle Woo One thing that initially struck me about Samantha Holmes’ work was its attention to historic notions of permanence and a reverence for patterns found in nature. Through conceptual experimentation in traditional media such as mosaics and sculpture, she recontextualizes familiar symbols and centuries-old techniques to explore the ever-changing urban landscape and conditions of contemporary life. The familiarity of medium and approach to form brings to mind an art history of European traditions that greatly depended on architectural and spiritual spaces as vehicles for both canonizing narratives and supporting artistry. The relationship between an art object and its surroundings was in many ways, inseparable from the work itself. As seen in Byzantine mosaics, this once innate association between art and environment has been replaced by the autonomous art object. Commercialism and the pervasiveness of virtual spaces that favor quantity, affordability, and expediency have supplanted the prior model of site specificity and one of a kind production of artistic goods. As a Ravenna-trained mosaicist, Holmes stresses the importance of present-ness, materiality, and the handcrafted as central components to her work. Mixed with an interest in found objects, Holmes aimed to usurp and transform unused or seemingly forgotten spaces into forums for renewal and community engagement. One such space was the Rich Knowledge Institute, a former business school in Jamaica, Queens. Unable to obtain access, she instead activates a vacant storefront with fragile hand-cut paper forms entitled, Empty Windows 1 & 2. Holmes based these works on photographs she had taken of shop windows and their displays of apparel, shoes, wigs, toys, and home products, among other items. She appropriates these configurations through negative space – starting with a sheet of handmade paper, she cuts out the product shapes so that only paper remnants remain to denote the spaces in between. The content is, in a sense, removed while still maintaining a sense of shape and reference to recognizable forms. In her project statement, Holmes describes, “Our mind is free to seek out patterns among the shapes, moving from the stimulation of the sale to the meditation of the abstract.” She is concerned with the impact of consumer culture on our visual acuity and imagination, and likewise, our capacity to think critically about the things we place value on. Perhaps Holmes’ draw to the repetitive silhouettes of mass produced commodities seen in the actual shop displays and similarly, hinting at such elementary forms through paper cutouts, can be attributed to her experience creating mosaics, tile by tile. Juxtaposed with the raw setting and hung from the ceiling in a somewhat dark recess, audiences are forced to contemplate the nature and referent of these associative shapes within the context of a space that bears no distinction; not even the familiar glaring light typical of storefronts is present. The two paper cuts (with one directly hanging behind the other) serve as small windows in and of themselves. Light from the adjacent room filters through the holes of the paper, calling further attention to the abstract, almost organic looking voids where the merchandise once was. Their shadows are cast onto the concrete wall behind creating even more “windows” into empty spaces, suggesting the interchangeability of the mass commodity form and prevalence of commerce in the area. These delicate works are nestled quietly amongst the array of shops and small businesses, challenging the confines of conventional gallery walls and forcing us to pause on the busy thoroughfare of Jamaica Avenue. In a neighborhood that is redefining itself and undergoing rapid growth and cultural transformation, Holmes stresses a lack of narrative precision in order to galvanize new interpretation and perspective. Michelle Woo is a New York-based art historian, art producer, and freelance writer. She received a BFA from Pratt Institute and is currently an MA candidate in Art History at Hunter College.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2394
__label__cc	0.553397	0.446603	Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya Essays \| Vajracchedikā-prajñāpāramitā \| Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā \| Pañcaviṃśātisāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā \| Sarvāstivāda \| See also my website of primary sources for Heart Sutra research: Xīnjīng \| Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya Bibliography Sanskrit mss. \| Chinese \| Tibetan \| Other Primary Sources Translations \| Traditional Commentaries \| Other Works Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya Essays Attwood, Jayarava. (2015). ‘Heart Murmurs: Some Problems with Conze’s Prajñāpāramitā-hṛdaya.’ Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies 8: 28-48. http://jocbs.org/index.php/jocbs/article/view/104 [free access] Attwood, Jayarava. (2017). ‘Epithets of the Mantra in the Heart Sutra.’ Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies 12: 26–57. http://jocbs.org/index.php/jocbs/article/view/155. Attwood, Jayarava. (2017). ‘Form is (Not) Emptiness: The Enigma at the Heart of the Heart Sutra.’ Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies 13: 52–80. http://www.jocbs.org/index.php/jocbs/article/view/164. Attwood, Jayarava. (2018). ‘A Note on Niṣṭhānirvāṇa in the Heart Sutra.’ Journal of the Oxford Centre For Buddhist Studies 14: 10-17. http://jocbs.org/index.php/jocbs/article/view/173 Attwood, Jayarava. (2018). ‘The Buddhas of the Three Times and the Chinese Origins of the Heart Sutra.’ Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies 15: 9-27. http://jocbs.org/index.php/jocbs/article/view/184 Attwood, Jayarava. (2019). ‘Xuanzang’s Relationship to the Heart Sūtra in Light of the Fangshan Stele.’ Journal of Chinese Buddhist Studies 32: 1–30. http://chinesebuddhiststudies.org/previous_issues/jcbs3201_Attwood(1-30).pdf 2020. ‘Ungarbling Section VI of the Sanskrit Heart Sutra.’ Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies. (submitted) 2020. ‘The Chinese Origins of the Heart Sutra Revisited.’ 2020. ‘Revised Editions of the Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya and the Xīnjīng.’ Far from systematic, this collection of essays are my notes from several years of studying this text and its antecedents in the light of Jan Nattier's landmark, 1992 article (see the first essay on the list). Heart Sutra Text & Antecedents click to embiggen Heart Sutra Flow of Texts 1. The Heart Sūtra - Indian or Chinese? (17 Sep 2007) Precis of Jan Nattier's 1992 article on the provenance of the Heart Sutra. 2. Words in mantras that end in -e (6 Mar 2009) The Grammatical function of the -e case marker in mantras, suggesting that this is from Prakrit and indicates a masculine nominative singular. 3. Tadyathā in the Heart Sūtra. (13 Nov 2009) Grammar and syntax of tadyathā in relationship to mantras. Not originally intended to be included in recitation. 4. Some Additional Notes: The -e ending in mantras. (30 Jul 2010) Further note on the -e ending which shows that it was in widespread us as nominative singular in Northern India [Signe Cohen]. 5. Heart Sutra Syntax .(23 Nov 2012) Initial notes on a grammatical error discovered in Conze's critical edition of the Sanskrit Heart Sutra, with proposed changes to the text. Now submitted to an academic journal. 6. Heart Sutra: Horiuzi Palm-leaf mss. Transcription (5 Dec 2012) An important Sanskrit manuscript of the Heart Sutra. 7. Emptiness for Beginners. (14 Feb 2013) Brief explanation of the concept of emptiness based on close study of Nāgārjuna's Mūlamadhyamkakārikā. 8. Heart Sutra Mantra. (30 Aug 2013) Detailed notes on the source texts for the mantra found in the Heart Sutra. Definition of mantra vs dhāraṇī with suggestion that the "mantra" is in fact a dhāraṇī. 9. Heart Sutra Mantra Epithets. (6 Sep 2013) Notes on the epithets often associated with the mantra. Shows that "mantra" is probably the wrong Sanskrit word, and that the source texts, particularly Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra has "vidyā". Epithets are in fact unrelated to the dhāraṇī and refer to prajñāpāramitā more generally. 10. Who Translated the Heart Sutra into Sanskrit? (13 Sep 2013). Using idiosyncrasies in the language to place limits on who could have translated it from Chinese to Sanskrit. 11. Fixing Problems in the Sanskrit Heart Sūtra. (20 Sep 2013). Given the problems created by translating from Chinese into Sanskrit, how would we improve on the present sutra. 12. A New Sanskrit Heart Sutra. (27 Sep 2013). A revision of the edition of the Heart Sutra by Edward Conze, with some back story, notes and a new translation. 13. An Alternate Sanskrit Heart Sutra. (11 Oct 2013). A speculative text based on extracts of the Gilgit manuscript of the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra. 14. Why is there a Dhāraṇī in the Heart Sūtra? (18 Oct 2013) Looking at dhāraṇī, attitudes of scholars and the role of magic in Buddhism through the lens of Ariel Glucklich's work. 15. Variations in the Heart Sutra in Chinese. (25 Oct 2013) Examining a critique of Jan Nattier's Chinese origins thesis on the basis of variant readings in the Chinese Tripiṭaka. 16. The Act of Truth in Relation to the Heart Sutra. (1 Nov 2013) Description of the satyakiriya or act of truth, an obscure branch of Buddhist lore and how it might inform the use of a text like the Heart Sutra 17. Roots of the Heart Sutra. (15 Aug 2014). A possible source text for the epithets passage in the Hṛdaya in the form of a verse from the Ratnaguṇasaṃcayagāthā. 18. New Heart Sutra Manuscript. (26 Dec 2014). Diplomatic edition of EAP676/2/5: Ārya Pañcaviṁśatikā Prajñāpāramitā Mantranāma Dhāraṇī (aka the long text Heart Sutra). 19. Chinese Heart Sutra: Dates and Attributions. (3 April 2015). A critical review of Jan Nattier's arguments about the chronology of the Heart Sutra, in the light of a 2003 article by Dan Lusthaus presenting evidence which he argues poses a serious challenge to Nattier's theory. 20. Avalokiteśvara & the Heart Sutra. (24 Apr 2015) Forensic examination of the name in Sanskrit, Chinese and Tibetan, along with some notes about the role of the bodhisatva in the Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya. 21. The Heart Sutra in Middle Chinese. (15 May 2015). A transcription of the Xīnjīng or the Heart Sutra according to the Baxter & Sagart reconstruction of Middle Chinese. This is the Heart Sutra as it might have sounded at the time it was composed. 22 Form is Emptiness. A version of this essay will shortly appear in the Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, title "Form is (not) Emptiness" Part I: Establishing the Text. (17 Jul 2015) First part of this essay works through the process of establishing the text to be commented on. The method involves examining the manuscript/epigraphical tradition of Sanskrit and the canonical Chinese texts as well as versions of the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā-sūtra in both languages. Part II: Commentary. (24 Jul 2015) In the second part of this essay we briefly consider the traditional commentaries, then move on to treating the Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā-sūtra as a commentary on the famous passage from the Heart Sutra, providing an authoritative alternative to the common Zen inspired readings of the text. Part III: Commentary continued. (31 Jul 2015). In the third and final part of this essay we discover that the phrase rūpam śūnyatā śūnytaiva rūpaṃ has in fact been altered. In the Aṣṭa it is rūpameva māyā māyaiva rūpam. We explore the implications of this, and sum up the whole project. 23. Taishō 256: The Other Chinese Heart Sutra. (25 Dec 2015). A first look at the other short text Heart Sutra in the Chinese Tripiṭaka and the associated manuscript in the British Library. Previously attributed to Xuanzang, this essay shows why it is not associated with Amoghavajra. 24. The Oldest Dated Heart Sutra. (1 Jan 2015). The story of the stele commonly known as 集王聖教序并記 or Preface and Notes to the Preface to the Holy Teaching with the Collected Wang's Calligraphy. Erected in 672, composed using examples of the calligraphy of 王羲之 Wang Xizhi, it is the oldest dated version of the Heart Sutra. 25. Thich Nhat Hanh's Changes to The Heart Sutra. (04 March 2016). Critiquing TNH's response to discovering the inherent contradiction in the two phrases śūnyatā rūpam and śūnyatāyām na rūpam. He changes his translation to obscure this contradiction. 26. Further Problems with the Heart Sutra: aprāpti. (07 April 2017). Summarising and critically assess the article Apocryphal Treatment for Conze’s Heart Problems by Huifeng (2014). Translating 無智亦無得以無所得故. 27. Further Problems with the Heart Sutra: acittāvaraṇa. (14 Apr 2017). Summarising and critically assess the article Apocryphal Treatment for Conze’s Heart Problems by Huifeng (2014). Translating the phrases 心無罣礙 and 無罣礙故. 28. Heart Sutra Anomaly. (20 Apr 2017). The problem of the phrase 是諸法空相 = sarvadharmāḥ śūnyatālakṣanā. 29. The Heart Sutra and the Crisis in Buddhist Philology. (30 June 2017) Blog no.500. 30. Fixing the Broken Heart Sutra. (11 August 2017). I show that Conze bungled the editing of the Section VI. of the Heart Sutra (Section VII in my nomenclature) and how to fix the received text. 31. Red Pine's "Vagaries of Sanskrit grammar". (13 October 2017). Pines struggle with the Sanskrit of Conze's Section VI text reveals that he tacitly translates the Chinese instead, but also highlights differences in the two versions at this point, which suggest the original translator misread the Chinese. 32. The Horror of Apocrypha. (20 October 2017). How Kaz Tanahashi avoids the reality that the Heart Sutra was composed in China, by inventing a pious fiction involving divine revelation in India. 33. Japanese Reception of the Chinese Origins Thesis. (24 November 2017). 34. Types of Errors in the Heart Sutra. (12 January 2018). A structuralist review of errors by type: scribal, editorial, mistranslation, etc. 35. The Chinese Origins of the Heart Sutra Revisited (19 January 2018). A review of the Chinese features found in the Heart Sutra. 36. Anupalambhayogena: An Underappreciated Mahāyāna Term (11 May 2018) Matt Orsborn (aka Huifeng) noted that the Chinese phrase—以無所得故—does not correspond to aprāptitvād but to Sanskrit anupalambhayogena. I show how this fits with Chapter 10 of the Pañcaviṃśātisāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā-sūtra. 37. Review of Ji Yun's 'Is the Heart Sutra an Apocryphal Text? A Re-examination'. (01 June 2018). Very long (11k words) critical review. 38. The Earliest Dated Heart Sutra Revisited. (22 June 2018). Examination of the Fangshan Stele dated 661 CE (note before Xuanzang died). 39. Critical Thinking in Buddhist Historiography. (29 June 2018). Exploration of issues in historiography in relation to Xuanzang's biography composed by Huìlì and Yàncóng. Raises doubts about the trustworthiness of the source. [Watch out for an article by Jeffrey Kotyk on this subject!] 40. Sutras in Stone for the End of the Dharma. (06 July 2018). Background on Jìngwǎn (靜琬) and the Fángshān (房山) collection of stone sūtras containing the oldest dated Heart Sutra. 41. The True History of the Heart Sutra. Part I (03 August 2018). Bibliographies up to the Tang and early commentaries. Part II (10 August 2018). The historical background, Xuanzang, and the emergence of the Heart Sutra Part III (17 August 2018). Assessing the evidence, and outlining the true history of the Heart Sutra 42. Svāhā in The Heart Sutra Dhāraṇī. (05 July 2019). Looking especially at the various Chinese translations. If we assume only one character changed at a time, then they form a rough sequence. 43. Inscription of the Prajñāpāramitā Epithets (26 July 2019). Evidence from an inscription in Shandong Province that the epithets passage circulated separately in the mid 6th Century. 44. Notes on the History of the Dàmíngzhòujīng. (06 September 2019). Includes the scholarly consensus that the attribution to Kumārajīva is false and some provisional findings on the earliest dated physical text. 45. Another Failed Attempt to Refute the Chinese Origins Thesis. (13 September 2019). Critique of a summary of the thesis put forward by Harada Wasō. 46. Heart Sutra: Work, Text, Document. (11 Oct 2019). Some reflections on the nature of my project on the Heart Sutra and the nature of texts and in particular Buddhist texts. 47. Xuanzang and the Heart Sutra. (29 Nov 2019) Summary of my recent paper: 'Xuanzang’s Relationship to the Heart Sūtra in Light of the Fangshan Stele.' Journal of Chinese Buddhist Studies (2019, 32: 1–30). 48. Removing All Suffering. (3 Jan 2020). Problems with the Sanskrit translation of the phrase 能除一切苦 in the Heart Sutra. 49. Jingtai's Catalogue: Wu Zhao and Digest Texts. (21 Feb 2020). My detailed notes on an essay by Stefano Zacchetti in a volume on Chinese epigraphy. Zacchetti touches in two main subjects of interest to my research on the Heart Sutra: the role of Wu Zhao in mid-late 7th Century China and the place of digest texts in Chinese Buddhism. 50. Revisiting Avalokiteśvara in the Heart Sutra. (10 April 2020). Riffing on Max Deeg's argument that in the Notes on the Western Regions (西域記 Xīyù jì), Xuanzang uses Avalokiteśvara for didactic and political purposes. Avalokiteśvara in the Heart Sutra might be seen as a veiled reference to the admonition of Taizong in the Notes. Problematises the name Avalokitasvara. 51. Mantra in the Early Prajñāpāramitā Literature. (15 May 2020). Despite having proved that there is no mantra in the Heart Sutra (Attwood 2017b "Epithets) I decided it was worth looking at the few mentions of the word mantra in Aṣṭasāhasrikā and Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā to illustrate the attitude to mantra in those texts. What I find confirms that it is not likely that Indian Buddhists added a mantra to a Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra in the time frame usually assumed in the Indian origins thesis. 52. Did The Heart Sutra Ever Go To India? (05 June 2020). This essay covers the many difficulties we face in trying to reconstruct history using religious documents. It also critiques the kinds of assumptions that plague Buddhist Studies. I cast doubt on the idea that the Heart Sutra was ever known, let alone popular, in India. Rather, it seems more likely that it went directly from China to Tibet. 53. Note on the Extended Heart Sutra. 53a. The Extended Heart Sutra: Sources. (10 July 2020). Basic materials for studying the extended text. 53b. The extended Heart Sutra: Nidāna. (17 July 2020). Close reading of the extended text opening paragraph part 1. The nidāna or framing story. Variants but no tell-tales for where it was composed. 53c. The Extended Heart Sutra: The Buddha's Samādhi. (24 July 2020). Some confusion over the dharmaparyāya and the samādhi one of which named gambhīrāvabhāsaṃ in Sanskrit or "extensive" guǎng dà 廣大 and "profound" shèn shēn 甚深 (gambhīra). In the Skt the dharmaparyāya is named, in the Sanskrit it is the samādhi. 53d. The Extended Heart Sutra: Enter Avalokiteśvara. (31 July 2020). Further confusion between versions. Recension Two goes off on a tangent. T 253 and 254 show influence from the standard version. An insight into how to read zhàojiàn wǔyùn jiē kōng 照見五蘊皆空. Substitution of substitution of svabhāvaśūnyan for śūnyatā (i.e. Madhyamaka for Prajñāpāramitā?) 53e. The Extended Heart Sutra: Śāriputra's Question. (07 August 2020) 53f. The Extended Heart Sutra: Avalokiteśvara Preaches. (14 August 2020) 53g. The Extended Heart Sutra: The Buddha's Endorsement (21 August 2020). Moving on to the conclusion. A few inexplicable variations. R2 has no equivalent of this part (Para T, U, & V). 53h. The Extended Heart Sutra: Rejoicing. (28 August 2020) Final part of the added conclusion. 54. The Extended Heart Sutra: Overview. (09 October 2020). A summary of the points raised in 53a-h. Vajracchedikā-prajñāpāramitā Essays The use of Negation in Vajracchedikā. (15 Nov 2013). An exploration of Paul Harrison's argument about how to translate the negations in the sūtra. Is There Any Such Thing as 'a Text'? (20 Dec 2013) Diamond Sutra: Connections to the Past (28 Feb 2014). Some parallels of Diamond Sūtra ideas in Pāli texts. Nonsense and Nonsensibility. (14 Mar 2014). The role of paradox in the modern rhetoric of Buddhism and the purveyors of paradoxes. Suzuki, Negation, and Bad Buddhist Philosophy (28 June 2019). Examining D. T. Suzuki's so-called logic of sokuhi 即非 (Ch. jí fēi). It turns out that Suzuki's project to replace "Western" logic rests on false East/West dichotomy, Japanese Nationalism, and his misreading of the Vajraccechikā. Diamonds, Thunderbolts, and the Impossibility of Translation. (10 January 2020). Vajra "powerful" was the name of Indra's iron mace. Like his Greek counterpart, Zeus, Indra or Śakra did not throw thunderbolts and was not associated with thunder or lightning. The word is later applied to mythic thunderbolts and to diamonds, but diamonds conceived of as having magical properties. Vajracchedikā seems to mean "cuts the uncuttable". Aṣṭasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā Kātyāyana in the Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (26 Jun 2015). This essay tries to show that there are continuities between these two texts, linking Early Buddhist and Prajñāpāramitā thinking. All of them Arahants. Notes on Aṣṭasāhasrikā and Speech Acts. (17 Nov 2017). Notes on aspects of translating Aṣṭa. Falk, Harry and Karashima, Seishi. (2012) A first‐century Prajñāpāramitā manuscript from Gandhāra - parivarta 1 (Texts from the Split Collection 1). ARIRIAB XV, 19-61. Online: https://www.academia.edu/3561115/prajnaparamita-5 Karashima Seishi. (2011) Critical edition of Lokakṣema's translation of the Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā. Tokyo: IRIAB, Soka University. Mitra, Rajendralal. (1888) Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā. [Bibliotheca Indica 110]. Calcutta: Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal. Vaidya, P.L. Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra. Darbhanga: The Mithila Institute, 1960. Gretil Archive, 2014. Including Karashima, S. (2013) On the "Missing" Portion in the Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā. ARIRIAB, 16: 189-192. Wogihara U. (1935) Abhisamayālaṃkār'alokā Prajnāpāramitāvyākhyā (commentary on Aṣțasahasrika-Prajbāpāramitā) by Haribhadra, together with the text commented on. Tokyo: The Toyo bunko. Pañcaviṃśātisāhasrika-prajñāpāramitā Dutt, N. (1934). Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra: edited with critical notes and introduction. London, Luzac & Co, 1934. Karashima, Seishi, et al. (2016) Mahāyāna Texts: Prajñāpāramitā Texts (1). Gilgit Manuscripts in the National Archives of India Facsimile Edition Volume II.1. The National Archives of India and The International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology, Soka University, Tokyo. Kimura, Takayasu. (2009). Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā. Tokyo: Sankibo Busshorin I-1 (2007) PvsP1-1 II-III (1986) PSP_2-3 IV (1990) PSP_4 V (1992) PSP5 VI-VIII (2006) PSP_6-8 Zacchetti, Stefano. (2005) In Praise of the Light: A Critical Synoptic Edition with an Annotated Translation of Chapters 1-3 of Dharmarakṣa's Guang zan jing, Being the Earliest Chinese Translation of the Larger Prajñāpāramitā. (Bibliotheca Philologica et Philosophica Buddhica, 8). IRIAB. Sanskrit text also available from Gretil. Sarvāstivāda Essays The Prajñāpāramitā, especially the extracts found in the Hṛdaya, is partly a response to developments in mainstream Buddhism especially by the Ābhidharmikas of the the Sarvāstivāda sect. The Sarvāstivādins were the dominant sect of Buddhism in North Indian for a considerable period, before Mahāyāna Buddhism displaced them. Even those who reject their ideas, are forced to do so at length. The following essays are aimed specifically at providing background reading for those interested in Prajñāpāramitā. Sarvāstivāda and the Chinese Sarva Sūtra. (25 April 2014) A preliminary to the following essays which examines the Sarvāstivāda metaphysics through the Chinese version of the seminal Sarva Sūtra. Sarvāstivāda Approach to the Problem of Action at a Temporal Distance. (02 May 2014). Early Buddhist texts contain a fundamental contradiction between pratītyasamutpāda (which forbids effects after the conditions have ceased) and karma (which demands it). I call this the problem of Action at a Temporal Distance. See also my essay on the Theravāda approach. Where and Why Did the Sarvāstivādins Go Wrong? (09 May 2014) As well as the problem of Action at a Temporal Distance, the Abhidharma project of cataloguing and classifying dharmas had inherent flaws that led Sarvāstivāda thinkers towards substance ontologies that the Prajñāpāramitā is a reaction against. See also prajnaparamitahrdaya.wordpress.com my website for Heart Sutra primary sources - manuscripts and inscriptions in Sanskrit, Chinese, and Tibetan. Sanskrit Manuscripts Cambridge Manuscripts (Transcribed Dec 2012) Add 1164 (date uncertain, the script is similar to Add 1553) Add 1485 (1677 CE) Add 1553 (18th century) Add 1680 (ca. 1200 CE) Beneviste, Émile. (1940) Textes Sogdiens: édités, traduits et commentés. Conze, Edward (1948) Text, Sources, and Bibliography of the Prajñāpāramitā-hṛdaya. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, April 80(1-2): 33-51. Conze, Edward. (1967) The Prajñāpāramitā-Hṛdaya Sūtra in Thirty Years of Buddhist Studies: Selected Essays, Bruno Cassirer, pp. 147-167. Modified version of Conze (1948). Conze, Edward. (1975) Buddhist Wisdom Books: The Diamond Sutra and the Heart Sutra. George Allen & Unwin. First Ed. 1957. EAP676/2/5: Ārya Pañcaviṁśatikā Prajñāpāramitā Mantranāma Dhāraṇī. Privately owned Ms. scanned as part of the British Library, Endangered Archives Project. See my diplomatic edition (2014). https://independent.academia.edu/JayaravaAttwood Matsumoto, Tokumyo. (1932) Die Prajñāpāramitā Literatur. Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitat zu Bonn. [based on T 8.256] Milloué, L de (1883) Quelques mots sur les anciens textes sanskrits du Japon, à propos d'une traduction inédite du Prajñāpāramitā-hṛdaya-sūtra par MM. Paul Regnand et Y. Ymaizoumi d'après un vieux texte sanskrit-japonais. Actes du Sixième Congrès international des orientalistes tenu en 1883 à Leide, 3e partie, section 2: Aryenne (Leide, E. J. Brill, 1885), p. 181-197. [Sanskrit text based on Freer’s polyglot edition] Online: http://archive.org/stream/actesdusiximeco01unkngoog#page/n200/mode/1up Mironov, N.D. (1933) The Prajñāpāramitāhṛdayasūtra as an inscription.’ Urusvati Journal. Vol 3: 73-78. Online: http://emrism.agni-age.net/english/Urusvati/Urusvati_3_73-78.pdf Müller, Max. (1881) ‘The Ancient Palm Leaves containing the Prajñāpāramitā-Hṛidaya Sūtra and Uṣniṣa-vijaya-Dhāraṇi.’ in Buddhist Texts from Japan (Vol 1.iii). Oxford University Press. Online: http://archive.org/details/buddhisttextsfr00bhgoog Shaku Hannya (1923) ‘The Prajna-Paramita-Hridaya Sutra,’ The Eastern Buddhist. 2(3&4): 163-175. Vaidya, P.L. (1961) Mahāyāna-sūtra-saṃgrahaḥ (part 1). Buddhist Sanskrit Texts No. 17. Darbhanga: The Mithila Institute. Online: http://dsbc.uwest.edu/ [Based on Müller 1881] Xuánzàng (Mid 7th Century) 般若波羅蜜多心經. [Sanskrit Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya Sūtra transliterated with Hanzi]. Taishō Tripiṭaka. T 256. [Transcribed in Matsumoto, 1932.] Links to CBETA version of the Taishō Tripiṭaka. T250 《摩訶般若波羅蜜大明呪經》 = Mahāprajñāpāramitā-mahāvidyā-sūtra. T251 《般若波羅蜜多心經》 = Prajñāpāramitā-hṛdaya-sūtra. T256 《唐梵飜對字音般若波羅蜜多心經》 Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya Sūtra: Tang Dynasty Sanskrit Translation with Correct Characters [Representing] Sounds. See also British Library manuscript (Or.8210/S.5648). Long Text T252 《普遍智藏般若波羅蜜多心經》 translated by 法月 Fǎyuè (Skt. *Dharmacandra?). T253 《般若波羅蜜多心經》 translated by Prajñā, ca. 788 CE. T254 《般若波羅蜜多心經》 translated by Prajñācakra, 861 CE. T255 《般若波羅蜜多心經》translated from the Tibetan by Fǎchéng 法成, 856 CE, text found at 燉煌 Dūnhuáng. T257 《佛說聖佛母般若波羅蜜多經》 translated by Dānapāla, 1005 CE. Silk, Jonathan A. (1994) The Heart Sūtra in Tibetan: a Critical Edition of the Two Recensions Contained in the Kanjur. Arbeitskreis für Tibetische und Buddhistische Studien, Universität Wien. རྒྱ་གར་སྐད་དུ། བྷ་ག་བ་ཏཱི་པྲཛྙཱ་པཱ་ར་མི་ཏཱ་ཧྲྀ་ད་ཡ། (rgya gar skad du \| bha ga ba ti pradznyā pā ra mi tā hri da ya) = Ārya Bhagavatī Prajñāpāramitā-hṛdaya. Long Text Heart Sutra in the Tibetan Kangyur, Derge Edition, Vol. 34: 144b.6-146a.3. Tibetan & Himalayan Library. Or. 8212/77 International Dunhuang Project. http://idp.bl.uk/database/large.a4d?recnum=7852&imageRecnum=122101 (Record has no date). in Zwalf, W. (1985) Buddhism, Art and Faith. p. 61, 64. London: British Museum. UEYAMA Daijun (1965) 敦煌出土のチベット訳般若心經 [=Tibetan Version of the Prajñapāramitāhṛdayasūtra from Dūnhuáng]. Indogaku bukkyōgaku kenkyū 13(2): 783-779 [sic]. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/ibk1952/13/2/_contents [Article is in Japanese]. Asanga Abhidharmasamuccaya. Pradhan, Prahlad (Ed.) Visvabharati, Santiniketan. West Bengal, India. 1950. Online: http://www.dsbcproject.org/node/6670 Asanga (aka Maitreyanath). Mahāyānasutrālaṅkāra. Bagchi, S. (ed). Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath. 2000. Online: http://www.dsbcproject.org/node/6118 御製大乘妙法蓮華經序 [Saddharmapuṇḍarīka Sūtra] CBETA Ed. Online: http://tripitaka.cbeta.org/T09n0262_001 Bidyabinod, B. B. (1927) 'Fragment of a Prajnaparamita Manuscript from Central Asia', Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India32: 1-11. = AṣṭāB. Online: Gretil Archive: http://fiindolo.sub.uni-goettingen.de/gretil/1_sanskr/4_rellit/buddh/ppfrag_u.htm Dutt, N. (1934) Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra: edited with critical notes and introduction. London, Luzac & Co, 1934. Konow, Sten (1942) 'Central Asian fragments of the Ashṭādaśasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā and of an unidentified text'. Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India, 69. = AṣṭāK, unidentified = Praj(U1). Online: Gretil Archive. http://fiindolo.sub.uni-goettingen.de/gretil/1_sanskr/4_rellit/buddh/ppfrag_u.htm Vaidya, P.L., Ed. (1960) Saddharmapundarikasutra. (Buddhist Sanskrit Texts, 6) Darbhanga: The Mithila Institute. Online:http://fiindolo.sub.uni-goettingen.de/gretil/1_sanskr/4_rellit/buddh/bsu036_u.htm Vaida, P.L. 1961. Buddhist Sanskrit Texts No. 17 Mahāyāna-sūtra-saṃgrahaḥ (part 1). Darbhanga, The Mithila Institute of Post-Graduate Studies and Research in Sanskrit Learning. [contains both versions of the Heart Sūtra] Translations of the Heart Sutra Please note that I've made no attempt to systematically collect translations - they don't interest me very much in comparison to the text itself and offer very little illumination of the issues that concern me. Conze, Edward. (1973). Perfect Wisdom: The Short Prajñāpāramitā Texts. Buddhist Publishing Group. Conze, Edward. (1975). Buddhist Wisdom Books : Containing the Diamond Sūtra and the Heart Sūtra. 2nd Ed. London : George Allen & Unwin. First Ed. 1957. Jones, Richard H. (2012) The Heart of Wisdom. Jackson Square Books. Rulu (2011). ‘Sūtra of the Great Illumination Mantra of Mahā-Prajñā-Pāramitā.’ (T 250) Buddha Sūtras Mantras Sanskrit. http://www.sutrasmantras.info/sutra15.html Tanahashi, Kazuki. (2014). The Heart Sutra: A Comprehensive Guide to the Classic of Mahayana Buddhism. Shambala. Traditional Commentaries Eckel, Malcolm David. (1987) Indian Commentaries on the Heart Sūtra: The Politics of Interpretation. The Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies. 10(2): 69-79 Hakeda, Yoshito (trans.) (1972). 'The Secret Key to the Heart Sutra' in Kūkai: Major Works. Columbia University Press. Hyun Choo, B. (2006) An English Translation of the Banya paramilda simgyeong chan: Wonch'uk's Commentary on the Heart Sūtra (Prajñāpāramitā-hṛdaya-sūtra). International Journal of Buddhist Thought & Culture. 6: 121-205. Lopez, Donald S. (1988) The Heart Sūtra Explained: Indian and Tibetan Commentaries. State University of New York Press. Lopez, Donald S. (1996) Elaborations on Emptiness: Uses of the Heart Sutra. Princeton University press. McRae, John R. (1988). "Ch'an Commentaries on the Heart Sûtra: Preliminary Inferences on the Permutation of Chinese Buddhism". Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 11, no. 2: 87-115. Online: http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=19327107 Nhat Hanh, Thich. (2009)The Heart of Understanding: Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra. [Peter Levitt, ed.] Parallax Press. Shih, Heng-Ching & Lusthaus, Dan. (2006) A Comprehensive Commentary on the Heart Sutra (Prajnaparamita-hyrdaya-sutra). Numata Center for Buddhist Translation & Research. Abé, Ryūichi (1999). The Weaving of Mantra: Kūkai and the Construction of Esoteric Buddhist Discourse. New York: Columbia University Press. Jayarava, Attwood (2015). Heart Murmurs: Some Problems with Conze’s Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya. 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__label__cc	0.55658	0.44342	HomePublishing NewsNicholas Kaufmann’s IN THE SHADOW OF THE AXE out now! September 26, 2016 The Librarian Publishing News 1 Hot on the heels of the cover reveal, the ebook of In the Shadow of the Axe has been released, courtesy of Crossroad Press. Its Amazon blurb reveals the following about the story: The year is 1847, and Kasch Möllhausen has returned to the small German mountain village of Helmburg in disgrace. Kicked out of the Swiss boarding school where he was unforgivably abandoned by his father, Luther Möllhausen, his humiliating homecoming is further complicated by the news that Luther has died. Worse, Kasch learns that the father he has come to despise instructed the village elders not to inform Kasch of his death or invite him back for the funeral. But not everyone hates Luther as much as Kasch does. To the people of Helmburg, Luther was a hero. Shortly before Kasch was born, Luther led an uprising against the Necromancer, a mysterious figure who lived in a castle high in the mountains and preyed mercilessly upon the villagers. It was Luther who struck the final blow and put an end to the Necromancer’s reign of terror. But Kasch finds Helmburg is still a haunted village. The ghosts of the Necromancer’s victims have begun appearing at night, and the old survivors of the uprising are being killed one by one, their bodies chopped to pieces. With the help of Hahn Gehrig, the elderly village doctor, and Liese Maentel, Kasch’s childhood love, he sets out to discover if the Necromancer is still alive—which would prove once and for all that his father was no hero—or if someone else is responsible for the murders, a madman living among them with no conscience or mercy. The terrifying truth he uncovers will change Helmburg forever—because the past leaves a long shadow, and the axe has only just begun to fall. Also included with In the Shadow of the Axe, a bonus short story — “(F)earless”. While we haven’t read this one yet at the Library, Kaufmann’s work has yet to disappoint us. You can get it for $4.99 from Amazon, Amazon Canada, Barnes & Noble and Smashwords. Crossroad Press In the Shadow of the Axe Funding Fear: THE SADIST’S BIBLE Kickstarts illustrated print edition 31 Days of Halloween… with STEPHEN VOLK 31 Days of Halloween… with DEREK MUK 31 Days of Halloween… with LOREN RHOADS Nicholas Kaufmann - New Interview at Library of the Damned	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2398
__label__cc	0.645732	0.354268	50 States - Iowa In an earlier entry of the 50 States series, I pointed out that the tourism office for Nebraska had its work cut out for it. However, its neighbor Iowa is perhaps underachieving. For a state with a reputation as a boring cornfield, the region had a lot more to offer than I would have guessed. We used Des Moines as our home base. Des Moines was a surprisingly cosmopolitan place with a delightful riverfront park and an incredible amount of public art. One must-see for me was the Pomodoro sphere at a regional insurance company's headquarters building which also had a lobby full of avant garde works. Des Moines is also the state capitol and the grounds of its state house are crowded with the usual kitsch like replica Liberty Bells and Statues of Liberty but they also have lots of oddly suggestive metaphorical statuary. We took a day trip across the state and our first stop was at the Maytag Cheese dairy which makes restaurant grade bleu cheese. The dairy is owned by descendants of the founder of the appliance company with the same name but is not affiliated with the washer makers. We ended up in another area not coincidentally named after an appliance manufacturer, the Amana colonies. These towns were the homes of a communitarian religious sect where there was no private property. Many of the former communal houses still exist and the common dining halls have been converted to homestyle German influenced restaurants. But perhaps Iowa's biggest attraction even many years after the book and movie peaked are the Bridges of Madison County. There are seven of them and it is nearly a full day to hunt them all down. But they are worth the effort. In addition to the bridges themselves, the town of Winterset is undeniably quaint. You can even sit at the same lunch counter stool Clint Eastwood sat on. Iowa was a decidedly delightful destination, well worth a stop in one's travels. Posted by yellojkt at 7:02 PM 74 comments: Labels: 50States 50 States - Tennessee Of the 50 states, our very first trip to Tennessee was a getaway vacation to the Pigeon Forge region of the Great Smokies. It was our last fling before the birth of our son. It would be over a decade before we made it back through again. Long before I became a bourbon snob, I went to the Jack Daniels distillery, infamously in the dry county of Moore County, Tennessee. This was my first tour of a major distillery and it had a lot of folksy charm. You could see the wood palates being made into charcoal for the famous charcoal filtering. Said filtering being about the only substantial difference between a Tennessee whiskey and a bourbon, the former being technically a sub-class of the latter. This was in 2003 and I was accompanying my wife to a teacher conference in Nashville. Nashville itself is the country music capitol and noplace more so than along Broadway where over a dozen bars have up to four bands a night working mostly for tips. It's a music smorgasbord. Just a block off of Broadway is the historic Ryman Auditorium which looks like a church from the outside but was designed from the start as a music venue. Part of the fun of watching the TV show Nashville is spotting places in town I've seen. Nashville also has some unique tourist attractions for specific definitions of 'unique'. The oddest is the full scale replica of the Parthenon in Greece. This building is a recreation of the ruins most people are familiar with down to the statues on the inside. A few years later we passed through Tennessee again, this time stopping in Memphis which has a musical history of its own. And the most famous spot in Memphis is Graceland, the home of Elvis Presley. As perhaps the ultimate tacky tourist attraction, Graceland is so frozen in time as to be a historical document. It's tough to pick which room is the most over the top but my money goes on the media room with three TVs, one for each network. And that only touches on the tip of all Tennessee has to offer. There is blues on Beale Street and the mountain getaways of Pigeon Forge. If you want good food, strong booze, or plentiful music, the state has something for everybody. Posted by yellojkt at 10:27 PM 10 comments: BooksFirst: April-May 2014 Alison Wonderland by Helen Smith Audiobooks Bought The Fault In Our Stars by John Green Lunatics by Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel Screw Everyone by Ophira Eisenberg One More Thing by B.J. Novak Shakespeare by Bill Bryson Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain The Hammer of Witches by Shana Miwalski Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt by Michael Lewis Books Heard Swamplandia by Karen Russell The Fault In Our Stars by John Greene One of the most recommended books of 2013 from the podcasts I listen to was Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain. As the title suggests, the story takes place at a football game, a Thanksgiving Day Dallas Cowboys game shortly after the beginning of the Iraq War to be exact. Billy Lynn is one member of a squad being honored during a halftime performance by a pre-break-up Destiny's Child. The technical tour de force is that with a very minimum of flashbacks, the entire novel takes place between the arrival and the departure of Billy and his fellow squad members at the stadium. And a lot happens in between. It's almost unfair to go into all the incidents and running stories but they involve cheerleaders, Hollywood agents, greedy sports team owners, and jingoistic fans. The only complaint, and one that I was aware of because of reviews beforehand, is that Billy as a nineteen-year-old enlistee is perhaps a bit too sophisticated in his worldview. As a first person narrative, he thinks A LOT. Also, some of the irony from hindsight is just a little too pat. But the book is a great look at a rather specific time and place. Shana Miwalski is the second member of the OverthinkingIt.com website whose book I've read. John Perich has written two thrillers, reviewed here and here. Miwalski is working in a different genre, young adult historical fantasy. In her Hammer of Witches world, the era of Christopher Columbus has real magic which is being suppressed by an organization parallel to the never-expected Spanish Inquisition. Like Harry Potter, Baltasar Infante is a presumed orphan who is unaware of his powers and destiny until he joins an expedition to the yet unfounded New World. There he must battle multiple other magical factions. The book is strongest in Spain as young Baltasar figures out his true heritage. The story bogs down when they all reach Hispaniola and the magic starts flying fast and furious. The magic itself is clever and internally consistent but there is no real explanation of how it remains so hidden if it is so powerful and widespread. Columbus as a character is cut down the middle between the noble explorer of grade school history and the evil genocide of, say, Orson Scott Card's Pastwatch (a book I have tried multiple times to finish). By being ambiguous on Columbus, it pulls its punches a little. There are a couple of strong female characters in the book and it is a quick read but I'm not sure it really breaks new ground. Anything by Michael Lewis is worth reading and Flash Boys is no exception. It is an exceptionally technical story about how a stock trader discovered that this orders were being front-runned by high frequency trading (HFT) programs that were using advantages measured in nanoseconds. It's a maxim that the real scandal is not always what is illegal but what is perfectly legal. And front-running is not only perfectly legal, it seems like the means to do it were deliberately baked into the system. In some ways this book is a good counterpoint to his very first book Liars' Poker in that it shows just how much the world of finance has changed in just a few decades. Rather than loud mouthed Big Swinging Dicks, the real money is made by secretive quants running obscure algorithms to make low margin high volume trades. That front-running is intrinsically unfair seems obvious but regulators and brokers seem oddly indifferent to it. The one hero is Brad Katsuyama who not only discovers how he is being sniped but sets up an exchange designed to deliberately negate the advantages the HFT programs have. The book is fairly short and often reads like a padded out magazine article which may be what it started out as. There are certain break points where the topic and point of view change. And the book should be generating more outrage than it has. Another light fantasy is Alison Wonderland which I bought on my Kindle based on some good blurbs and a deep discount from Amazon. I am a sucker for Lewis Carroll related whimsy but this novel only had the thinnest of connections, mostly the character's name. Alternating between first person and third person segments, it tells of a woman working for an odd detective agency that gets tangled up with an incompetent secret conspiracy. Also involved are genetic experiments gone wrong, baby-snatching new age hippies, and un-whacky neighbors. The novel keeps crossing the line between absurd and merely silly. The improbable events stack up without ever really paying off. Characters drift in and out and random. And none of the story threads really tie together. I really tired to like this book but could never just get into the spirit of it. Swamplandia is another award-winning novel that came highly praised by sources I respect. But it too had some serious flaws. I love tales from southern Florida but I lean towards the Dave Barry/Carl Hiaasen absurdist branch. Karen Russell's variety of Florida Gothic is much more ochre-colored than the dark humor I prefer. The story takes place around a tourist attraction which is seedy and run down by even Florida standards. Swamplandia is an alligator wrestling theme park of dubious authenticity which has fallen on hard times. Our heroine, Ava Bigtree goes on a Dante-esque quest to rescue her mentally ill sister from ghosts who may or may not be hallucinations. Meanwhile her brother goes to work at a rival theme park with an equally Dante-esque motif. Like Alison Wonderland, it alternates between first person and third person segments which gives it the feel of being two separate stories mashed together. It seems that the Ava parts were expanded from an award-winning short story while the Kiwi sections are original to this novel. Part of the difficulty with the novel is the odd jargon and syntax. The Bigtrees call alligators "Seths" and what is amusing at first just becomes eventually tiresome. And the symbolism of Ava's red seth is troublesomely obvious as it is associated with a disturbingly brutal portion of the book. The humor and wry observations don't really make-up for the gut-punching darkness. Teen fiction has been dominated by dystopian fantasies like the Hunger Games series (reviewed here and here) but the hottest book of the past couple of years has been the cancer weepie The Fault In Our Stars by John Green. My entry into John Green was through his YouTube Vlog Brothers series which are quickly edited stream of conscience videos. I wasn't too sure how that frantic voice would translate into a novel length story. Very well as it turns out. The story of the novel and the forthcoming major motion picture is about a teenage girl with near-terminal (if that can be such a thing) cancer who meets a hunky cancer survivor at a support group meeting. But as one might expect, the course of true love doesn't run smooth. You just know someone's going to be crying by the end of the book, most likely the reader. Since I was listening to the audiobook it made for some tough driving in places. What makes the book different is the humor, which is mostly John Green's voice. Hazel and Augustus have chemistry that just leaps out. Their banter is both witty and heartwarming. One tirade about eggs being unfairly pigeonholed as a breakfast food is hilarious. The book deliberately subverts a lot of the tropes when telling stories about dying teenagers. It's reputation is well-deserved and definitely merits an audience beyond the teenaged girl vlogger audience Green has cultivated. I've been on a bit of a Dave Barry tear lately and a friend recommended a book he cowrote with Alan Zweibel called Lunatics. The titular crazy men are two soccer dads from suburban Jersey who let a refereeing dispute get way out of hand. And I mean WAAAAY out of hand. When I accused Insane City of not living up to the promise of its title, no such charge will stick with this book. Each situation the two gets more and more outrageous. The point of suspension of disbelief is reached real early in the book and every thing after that gets more and more ludicrous. The highlight of the book occurs very early and involves a Prius on the George Washington Bridge and a runaway lemur. By the time the various international incidents start occurring, the shark has been jumped. The majority of the book is told as alternating first person narratives and the two characters do have very distinct personalities. On the audiobook they are read by the two authors which adds quite a good bit of texture. Towards the end when the point of view shifts to news report parodies, it starts to lose its immediacy. A little Barry goes a long away and Lunatics goes on way too long.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2404
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__label__wiki	0.855644	0.855644	33+ Taylor Swift Through The Years Background By admin in Uncategorized July 26, 2020 33+ Taylor Swift Through The Years Background. At 30 years old, taylor swift has spent quite a bit of time in the spotlight. Sometimes it's hard to believe taylor swift is only in her mid 20s! Taylor At The Met Gala Throughout The Years Met Gala Taylor Alison Swift Taylor Swift Style from i.pinimg.com Taylor swift has a reputation for great cover art: So in celebration of thanksgiving, we're taking a look back at how swift spent the holiday in previous years! 111 tracks > 4 years ago. Taylor swift through the years. Taylor swift started writing songs about boys and breakups in the early 2000s, but her talent was soon recognized by music executives who knew she was from releasing her first record in 2006 to gracing stages all over the world on her biggest tour yet 12 years later, this lover has earned her place in. Taylor swift started writing songs about boys and breakups in the early 2000s, but her talent was soon recognized by music executives who knew she was from releasing her first record in 2006 to gracing stages all over the world on her biggest tour yet 12 years later, this lover has earned her place in. Even though she looks like a regular kid, taylor was already writing songs and singing at local festivals. (cnn) taylor swift delivered a powerful performance at the american music awards and made history by becoming the artist with the most wins of all time. Source: www.nme.com At 30 years old, taylor swift has spent quite a bit of time in the spotlight. Source: hips.hearstapps.com Look back at the singer's life in photos, from her early nashville days through her current pop supremacy. So in celebration of thanksgiving, we're taking a look back at how swift spent the holiday in previous years! Source: cdn.planetradio.co.uk The singer got the award for video of the year for her you need to calm down video. Source: www.netwikiinfo.com Lift your spirits with funny jokes, trending memes, entertaining gifs, inspiring stories, viral videos, and so much more. Source: us.hola.com Like when kim kardashian orchestrated an illegally recorded snippet of a phone call to be leaked and then scooter got his two clients together to bully me online about it. Source: cdn02.cdn.justjared.com You drew stars around my scars. Source: assets.bwbx.io Singer taylor swift performs during thesinger taylor swift performs during the grammy nominations cencert organized to announce nominations for the hundreds march through philadelphia streets calling for justice following deadly police shooting of walter wallace jr.a large group marched. Source: s.abcnews.com And social media posts showed they all had a blast. View Aka Kamala Harris PNG View Taylor Swift Autograph Background	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2411
__label__cc	0.743689	0.256311	meaning of a black bird flying in your house Corvids are smart and interesting creatures. Merriam-Webster's definition of "monolith" is a "single great stone often in the form of an obelisk or column.". That night I found out my boyfriend was cheating on me with 4 other girls. We only need to be open to receive the messages they are trying to convey to us. So in my personal experience, the owl is a bird of ill omen because it brings news of impending death. If the bird dies while inside the house, it's also indicative of a death in the near future. The vulture symbolizes cycles of life, resourcefulness, patience, cleansing, life and death. what can I do, it means you live in an area where alot of black birds live. I have black bird that nest and while they are nesting the won't let me into my yard with out diving at me. What Does It Mean When a Bird Flies Into Your House. The augur would stand in a sacred spot, facing east, then wait to see which way the birds flew. According to superstition, the bird might be trying to remind you of something. Is it good luck for a bird to fly into your house? One outside my condo building, a week later one flew into my picture window and when I got home yesterday (I left my balcony door open) dead inside my condo. As with other traditions, the color of the bird ties it to the Underworld, Spirits, and even the realm of the Gods. Everyday things, such as the way fires burned or candles sputtered, were studied for their portents. Sandra on June 11, 2017: just had a bird flying around in the house, no doors or windows open all day don't know where it came from or where it has been. Have heard the superstition that a bird flying into the house portends death. At the school I taught English at a bird hit the window and died. One of those persons was Lucille Ball, who dated her antipathy to birds to the 1915 death of her father when she was three years old — she recalled that a picture fell from the wall that fateful day, and a bird flew in the window to become trapped inside the house. But it was to out-of-the-ordinary events that special attention was paid, because these were believed to foretell the greatest shifts of fortune. Article to include blackbirds, bird of ill omen, birds in the house, hummingbirds, and more. By studying your local […]. We often receive messages of support from our guardian angels and they sometimes come in a form of a bird appearing in our lives. Be grateful if you experience something like that because it is a great encouragement from the spirit realms. For example, you can hang some bird feed in your back garden or set up a bird house. If you saw birds flying inside your house, this dream might indicate you will suffer some loses regarding some friends. This sound is truly chilling to a huge number of people worldwide, because of what it foretells. The different kinds of birds that you see are associated with various meanings. It's the nature of the color black laid softly against airborne oracles (blackbirds, ravens, crows, etc). Dreams about birds, especially flying birds, have similar meanings, and they are often good ones. It speaks to us about mystery, secrets and magic. Celtic symbolism doesn’t speak a lot of the Blackbird specifically but consolidates the symbolism with that of Raven, Crow, and other Birds with black feathers. New York: Philosophical Library, 1948. Kanfer, Stefan. Augury is using the flight patterns of birds to answer life questions. If a vampire bites a horse would that create a horse vampire? There are answers all around us, we just have to be open to hearing them. Not everyone holds the opinion that having birds fly into the house is bad news. For several days in a row now, a robin has repeatedly thrashed it’s body against my father’s window and it will not stop! If you are caring for a sick or injured bird, then it is better to do so outside the house. We had cardinals try to come in. The peacock symbolizes grace, compassion, awakening and nobility. If it were banned, you wouldn't be seeing this message ... Reports that a group of Saudi scientists had made an unusual declaration about the biological classification of women originated as satire. There are a few variations of this old superstition. We even had a homing pigeon he/she spent the night on our back deck. Is the buzzard a bird of ill omen to you? We as westerners are afraid of death and therefore associate anything with death as being bad, when in fact, it’s just a part of the cycle of life. A wild bird entering a house was seen as a death omen to many people: “If a bird flies into your house, a death will follow within three days”, In Ireland, it was invariably associated with death or extreme bad luck, particularly for the women of the house and there is evidence that this association was so well accepted that, under the ancient Brehon law, an unmarried woman who became pregnant and could prove that she had been frightened by a bird flying into her house (particularly magpies, crows or ravens, for some reason cinematically always associated with the devil or evil spirits and hence the traditions of saluting magpies and the children’s nursery rhyme “One for sorrow, two for joy…wtc”) then she would have been cleared of any accusations of wrongdoing, and her virginity would no longer be in question, mandated by the judges…. Usually if a school of black birds flying in circles around your house or on your roof it means they are sending some unpleasant messages like mishap or alot of food stuff on your roof like termites. It is thought to herald some impending doom or bad news that you will soon receive. Superstition also says you should not bring an injured or sick bird inside. Dreams about birds could also announce improvements of your finances soon. Many regard bird feathers as gifts or signs from the gods, ancestors, and angels. Unfortunately, the meanings of this are equally ominous. He would also follow me from window to window. And of course, by all means, set the little thing free! Similarly to blue birds, yellow birds also indicate happiness or the desire for happiness. A wild bird flying into one's house is a portent of ill luck, possibly even death. Sometimes they could be a sign of financial problems as well. They are daily present in our lives as part of the nature which surrounds us, and some people even keep birds in their houses, as pets.eval(ez_write_tag([[728,90],'dreamastromeanings_com-medrectangle-3','ezslot_16',145,'0','0'])); Birds have been a companion of humans throughout the history of humankind. Most superstitions came into being during a time when what made the world tick was far more of a mystery than it is now. These birds can be vultures for example. Birds are a group of animals with ability to fly. There is a massive flock of several hundred crows that mass together in and around the parking lot of my office every night. Owls are birds that bring messages of wisdom and warnings of death. Take a hike and observe. Some people believe that when a bird is flying against the wind, it is a sign that you may have a friend in your life that doesn’t entirely have your best interest at heart. eval(ez_write_tag([[580,400],'dreamastromeanings_com-medrectangle-4','ezslot_3',146,'0','0']));Birds have a powerful symbolism. Bosch Ros20vsc Replacement Filter, Oreo Chocolate Mousse, Kernel Season's Ranch, Wilkinson Guitar Kit, Philips Air Fryer 9860 Vs 9654, Vegetable Snacks For Kids+recipes, War Of The Spark Card List, Is Cheese Ok Left Out Overnight, Rice For Sale Near Me, Construction Management Basics, Sennelier Dry Pigments, meaning of a black bird flying in your house 2020	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2421
__label__cc	0.642082	0.357918	Home > News > United States: Marist Retreat House in Esopus Young People Ministry Marist Retreat House in Esopus 20/08/2012: United States As the school year is ended, our responsibility of making Jesus known and loved becomes evermore essential. But with empty classrooms, how do we maintain our connections? Since its revitalization in the mid-1970s, the Marist Retreat House in Esopus, N.Y., has welcomed nearly 4,000 young people annually to its 120-acre property in the Mid-Hudson River Valley. From late June until early September, this wondrous facility is home to campers of all ages -- those from the inner city and those with special needs and debilitating illnesses. Since the beginning, these camps have been staffed entirely by volunteers who possess a legacy of compassion, Christian service and joy. We are blessed to have these volunteers, as their work embodies the vision of St. Marcellin Champagnat to love and serve the underprivileged and marginalized. So what are some ways we stay "connected?" The Marist Brothers maintain communication and contact over multiple media platforms. Whether it's updates to our Facebook page and website or an e-newsletter likeAmerican Marist, we are only a prayer and click away. Through camp experiences, student retreats, adult evangelization programs, social media and events like the Marist Youth Gathering at Marist College, where more than 270 students from the United States, Canada and Mexico came together to share their Marist spirit, our contact and connections are enduring and growing. So when that final school bell rings, please remember that the Marist spirit and mission is always in abundance, even during the dog days of summer. May God bless you and those you love during the months ahead. Brother Ben Consigli, F.M.S. - U.S. Provincial	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2424
__label__cc	0.702623	0.297377	Find a Teacher! natsvictoria@gmail.com NATS Victoria Chapter NATS Victoria Chapter, 2125 Central Avenue, Victoria BC, V8S 2R4 “And all meet in singing, which braids together the different knowings into a wide and subtle music, the music of living. ” ― Alison Croggon, The Naming “In musical performances one can sense that the person on stage is having a good time even if they’re singing a song about breaking up or being in a bad way. For an actor this would be anathema, it would destroy the illusion, but with singing one can have it both ways. As a singer, you can be transparent and reveal yourself on stage, in that moment, and at the same time be the person whose story is being told in the song. Not too many kinds of performance allow that.” ― David Byrne, How Music Works Copyright © 2021 NATS Victoria. Powered by WordPress & ezyreader	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2427
__label__cc	0.510112	0.489888	NNSAHC unites those designated as state adolescent health coordinators (SAHCs), and others responsible for coordinating adolescent health program direction in their state Title V/maternal and child health programs, and other programs in state public health agencies. NNSAHC@gmail.com New in the Event Archives: The Evolving Landscape of Adolescent Health Services During the Pandemic: Systems-level Changes, Challenges & Lessons Learned, November 10, 2020 View here » NNSAHC Calendar View Calendar here » Improving Young Adult Health: State & Local Strategies for Success Five strategies that states can adopt to improve young adult health based on a review of young adult (YA) health policies and programs from the Adolescent & Young Adult Health National Resource Center (AYAH NRC). Partnerships with Youth and Young Adults This AMCHP brief describes some of the strategies Title V/MCH and other public health partners use to engage youth in meaningful ways, including lessons, tips, and state level examples. For SAHCs \| Get Connected \| AH Tools \| About Our Members \| Who We Are \| Contact © 2021. This website is managed by the State Adolescent Health Resource Center at the University of Minnesota, and supported by the the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Services and Resources Administration, USDHHS cooperative agreement U45MC27709, Adolescent and Young Adult Health Capacity Building Program. The contents of this site are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2432
__label__wiki	0.540793	0.540793	Road to Ultra Announces South American Tour Lineup By Erica Kay • 4 years ago Ultra Worldwide has finally announced the lineups for the Road to Ultra South American Tour this October, with headliners like Martin Garrix, Hardwell, and more. The Road to Ultra heads to Peru first October 7th, stopping at the Explanada Costa Verde in Lima before heading to Santiago, Chile on October 8th. Martin Garrix will be headlining both festivals, playing alongside Carnage, Dash Berlin, Deorro, and Jauz. Local talent will join each festival, with Guille Preda, Thomas Young, and Tom & Collins playing in Peru. Atellagali and Rod Valdes will be joining the tour in Chile. The tour picks up the following weekend, stopping at the Estadio Ramon Tahuichi Aguilera in Santa Cruz, Bolivia on October 14th, with Hardwell headlining. Joining him are Dash Berlin, Chris Schweizer, Tom & Collins, and The Zombie Kids, as well as local talents Andy Somoza, Hugo Maria, and Orlando. Next stop is Asunción, Paraguay on October 15th, with headliners Above & Beyond, Krewella (Live), and DJ Snake. Also playing are Jauz and Markus Schulz, and local talents Agustin Gandino, Atellagali, M2M, and Thomas Young. Rio de Janeiro is the last stop on the Road to Ultra tour, on October 14th and 15th at Quinta da Boa Vista Park. Tickets for Peru, Chile, Bolivia, and Paraguay are all still available. See our photos from Ultra Music Festival Miami 2016 here. News ultra music festival festivals erica kay music news ultra road to ultra Hudson Mohawke and Lunice Are Reportedly Back in the Studio as TNGHT The Chainsmokers Unveil Custom Xbox One S Console (And You Can Win Your Own... The Chainsmokers Unveil Custom Xbox One S Console (And You Can Win Your Own)	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2433
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__label__cc	0.648132	0.351868	Call Us Today! India - +91 96 54 17 29 00 (Mr. Nitin) Mobile or Whatsapp USA & Canada - +1 514 757 7434 (Ms. Martina) Call Us: +91-11-4151 4430 Maharaja's Express TREASURES OF INDIA INDIAN PANORAMA INDIAN SPLENDOR HERITAGE OF INDIA Yoga Tour Detail Program Developed over 5000 years ago in a bid to develop a philosophy to help people achieve a balanced state of body, mind as well as spirit, Yoga in India gained popularity all over the world with yoga practices leading one’s body to its fullest potential. The word yoga is derived from the Sanskrit word ‘Yog’ which in turn, means ‘to join’ or ‘to unite’. Hence yoga is a union with God to live a contended, peaceful and balanced life. Passed down several generations by yogis, rishis and seers, it acts as a way to offer liberation and expansion of human consciousness. Yoga is an ancient physical, mental and spiritual discipline that involves a combination of processes to attain a holistic sense of well-being. The central aim remains to achieve a heightened sense of peace and wholesome happiness about oneself and things around. Gift yourself this Yoga Meditation tour to spend holidays relaxing and healing your body. This tour is specially designed to provide you the benefits of mental, physical and spiritual health. During the tour you get a chance to visit the holy cities of Haridwar and Rishikesh where the flow of holy water seems to cleanse the soul and also visit Agra and Jaipur. Destinations & Night Stays Day 1 Delhi Arrive by evening /night flight at Indira Gandhi International airport Meet, Greet & Welcome at the airport by our office representative & transfer to hotel DELHI: New Delhi, the capital and the third largest city of India is a fusion of the ancient and the modern. Standing along the West End of Gangetic Plain, the capital city, Delhi, unwinds a picture rich with culture, architecture and human diversity, deep in history, monuments, museums, galleries, gardens and exotic shows. Comprising of two contrasting yet harmonious parts, the Old Delhi and New Delhi, the city is a travel hub of Northern India. Narrating the city's Mughal past, Old Delhi, takes you through the labyrinthine streets passing through formidable mosques, monuments and forts. You will also discover lively and colourful bazaars that boast to cater all sorts of good and items at mind-blowing prices amidst a barely controlled chaotic ambience. The imperial city of New Delhi displays the finely curved architecture of British Raj. It generates a mesmerizing charm reflecting well-composed and spacious streets under the shade of beautifully lined avenues of trees and tall and imposing government buildings. On arrival, Check-In at hotel Overnight at hotel Day 2 Delhi - Rishikesh Train/Car Breakfast at hotel Check out from hotel & transfer to Railway station to board Satabdi train to Haridwar. Depart Delhi 0645 Hrs. Arrival Haridwar 1122 Hrs. (Scheduled timings; Subject to change) Assistance on arrival at Haridwar Railway station and drive to Rishikesh (45 Min) Rishikesh is situated on the right bank of river Ganga and is surrounded on three sides by Himalayan ranges. From times immemorial the Himalaya is known as the celestial abode and a great pilgrimage centre of India. It has been the abode of saints and sages from where they began the arduous pilgrimage that lay ahead on the distant Himalayan peaks. This gateway to the kingdom of Gods and pilgrimage to Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri is dotted with Ashrams, Tourist Rest Houses and Dharamsalas. The Yoga centers of Rishikesh are well known and have enhanced the spiritual significance of this region worldwide. Tourists from the world over visit this place to take lessons in Yoga and meditation. On arrival, Check-In at hotel Rest of day free for personal activities Overnight at hotel Day 3 Rishikesh Early morning, we take you to a YOGA ASHRAM – YOGA NIKETAN for yoga where a professional Yoga teacher will teach all the technique of yoga. “Yoga has a complete message for humanity It has a message for the human body, It has a message for the human mind, and it has also a message for the human soul” Yoga is an ancient philosophy of life as well as a system of exercises that encourages the union of mind, body, and spirit. In the words of Patanjali, author of the Yoga Sutras, "yoga is the ability to focus the mind on a single point without distraction." Yoga is a physical discipline; it uses the body and breathing to develop self-awareness and mental clarity. There is simply no other discipline quite like yoga because it utilized the body, mind and spirit, all in one practice. Yoga is indeed a spiritual path that is based on ancient sacred philosophy, but one does not need to make an ethical decision when practicing yoga, rather finding your own path is wholly accepted. The holistic benefits of yoga are suitable for the young or old, sick or well, with any religious background. The secrets of yoga are inwardness, concentration, and purification of mind and body with cleansing thoughts and food. Yoga Niketan Ashram was established by Swami Yogeshwaranand Paramahans who was one of the greatest Yogis of the 20th century. He lived the life of extreme renunciation and austerity and spent a life time in reviving the ancient science of Yoga. The education provided in the ashram is based totally in Patanjali yoga shastra. The main activity of the Ashram is to train and provide guidance in the practice of Patanjali's eight fold paths. This includes physical, mental and spiritual training. Ashram has revived the ancient yogic system and given it a new direction. Return to hotel for breakfast Thereafter, proceed for city tour of Rishikesh including the followings: Lakshman Jhula, Ram Jhula , Ashram & temples Late afternoon, we take you to Ashram for Yoga session In the evening at sunset, visit Parmarth Ashram to witness evening ceremony on the banks of holy river Ganga known as “ Ganga Aarti “ in local language Return to Hotel & Overnight stay Early morning yoga in Ashram Breakfast at hotel After breakfast, proceed for excursion to Haridwar Haridwar: is regarded as one of the seven holiest places to Hindus. According to the Samudra manthan, Haridwar along with Ujjain, Nasik and Allahabad is one of four sites where drops of Amrit, the elixir of immortality, accidentally spilled over from the pitcher while being carried by the celestial bird Garuda. This is manifested in the Kumbha Mela being celebrated every 3 years in one of the 4 places, and thus every 12 years in Haridwar. Brahma Kund, the spot where the Amrit fell, is located at Har Ki Pauri (literally, "footsteps of the Lord") and is considered to be the most sacred ghat of Haridwar. Visit includes the followings: Daksh Temple, Bharatmata Temple & Ashrams After visits, drive back to Rishikesh Again in evening, we take you to Ashram for Yoga session Overnight at hotel Early morning yoga in Ashram Breakfast at hotel Rest of the day free for personal activities Again in evening, we take you to Ashram for Yoga session Overnight at hotel Day 7 Rishikesh-Delhi-Agra Train/Car Early morning depart to Haridwar railway station to connect train for Delhi (Packed breakfast will be provided from the hotel) Depart Haridwar : 0625 hrs Arrive Delhi : 1125 hrs (Scheduled timings; Subject to change) Meeting & assistance on arrival at Delhi railway station & drive straight for Agra Agra: became the capital of Sikandar Lodi in 1501, but was soon passed on to the Mughals, both Babur and Humayun made some early Mughal constructions here. It was under Akbar that Agra first aspired to its heights of magnificence from 1570-85 he ruled from nearby Fathepur Sikri , when he abandoned that city he moved to Lahore ( now in Pakistan ) but returned to Agra in 1599 , all later Mughal rulers ruled from Agra till 1761 it fell to the Jats who did much damage to the city. On arrival, check-in at hotel Rest of the day free for personal activities Overnight at hotel Day 8 Agra Early morning yoga at hotel Breakfast at hotel Morning proceed to visit the Symbol of Love “Taj Mahal” Start tour with visit the Taj Mahal (1631-1653), a poem in white marble, built by Shah Jahan in memory of his beloved wife, Mumtaj Mahal. Rabindranath Tagore calls "a teardrop on the cheek of time". Taj Mahal means "Crown Palace" and is in fact the most well-preserved and architecturally beautiful tomb in the world. It is best described by the English poet, Sir Edwin Arnold, as "Not a piece of architecture, as other buildings are, but the proud passions of an emperor’s love wrought in living stones." Also visit Glorious Agra Fort- built alongside the Yamuna River stretching almost 2.5 km. The fort’s colossal double walls rise 20 m in height and measure 2.5 km in circumference. The fort is surrounded by a moat. Evening yoga session at hotel Overnight at hotel Day 9Agra/Jaipur By Car Breakfast at hotel Check Out & transfer to Jaipur En-route visiting fatehpursikri Fatehpur Sikri the deserted red sandstone city that was built by Emperor Akbar as his capital. It was a veritable fairy tale city and its ‘ruins are still in a pristine condition. It is not hard to imagine what the court life must have been like in the days of its grandeur. Continue trip to Jaipur Jaipur: The capital city of the state of Rajasthan is popularly known as the “Pink City” because of the pink paint applies to the buildings in the old walled city. (In Rajput culture, pink was traditionally a colour associated with hospitality) The city owes its name, its foundation and its careful planning to the great warrior, astronomer Maharaja Jai Singh II (1699-1744). In 1727, with Mughal power on the wane, Jai Singh decided the time was ripe to move down from his somewhat cramped hillside fortress at nearby Amber to the new site. He laid out the city, with its surrounding walls and six rectangular blocks, according to principals of town planning set down in the Shilpa-Shastra, an ancient Hindu treatise on architecture On arrival, Check-In at hotel Later - experience a ride on the traditional Cycle Rickshaw. Enjoy a ride through the bustling city area of Jaipur…….. Overnight at hotel Day 10 Jaipur Early Morning yoga session at hotel Breakfast at hotel Morning visit Fort Amber by Elephant/Jeep (Subject to availability) Amber Fort 11 kms from Jaipur – marvellous example of Rajput architecture with its terraces and ramparts reflected in the Maota Lake below. The fort interior has various royal halls decorated with intricate ivory work, exquisite wall paintings and tiny mirror chips, which create a tantalizing reflection effect. Enroute to Fort; Photo stop at Hawa Mahal Afternoon city tour of Jaipur includes: City Palace museum – an imposing blend of traditional Rajasthani and Mughal Art. The museum is resplendent with its collection of robes of Royal Princes, carpets, an armory of old weapons, miniature paintings portraying court scenes, battle scenes and processions. Also visit Jantar Mantar (observatory) – which is the largest stone and marble crafted observatory in the world. Situated near the gate of the City Palace, the observatory has 17 curiously shaped instruments, many of them still in working condition Evening yoga session at hotel Overnight at hotel Day 11 Jaipur-Delhi By Car Breakfast at hotel Check Out from hotel & transfer to Delhi – Upon arrival directly proceed for city tour of Delhi Start your tour with visit of Qutab Minar is at 72.5 meters the world's tallest brick minaret. Construction commenced in 1193 under the orders of India's first Muslim ruler Qutab-ud-din Aibak, and the topmost storey of the minaret was completed in 1386 by Firuz Shah Tughluq. The Qutab Minar is notable for being one of the earliest and most prominent examples of Indo-Islamic architecture. It is surrounded by several other ancient and medieval structures and ruins, collectively known as Qutab complex. The complex is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site Continue to visit New Delhi - is the early 20th century British capital, designed by Sir Edward Lutyens and Herbert Baker. Drive past the President’s House, the Rashtrapati Bhavan and the two flanking Secretariat buildings – the nerve centre of Government activity. Driving down this hill is the India Gate, the great memorial arch built to commemorate the slain heroes of World War -1 and Indo-Afghan war. Around India Gate are palaces of some erstwhile princely states that our now public offices and museums & further proceed to visit Shahjahanbad (Old Delhi) - is the 300-year-old walled city, built by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jehan in 1648 as his capital. The focus of the city is the magnificent Red Fort and Jama Mosque built of red sandstone. Drive past the Red Fort from where the Prime Minister of India addresses the nation on India’s Independence Day. Visit Jama Masjid, the most elegant mosque in India that stands high on a hillock. In between and around these two focal points of the 17th century city is a thriving modern city in medieval setting. This area once had a tree-lined central avenue, with a canal dividing the thoroughfare Evening transfer to hotel near Airport. We shall arrange there, a Wash & Change room for you (02 hrs. only) In time transfer to International airport to connect flight for onward destination Plan your own trip Price (Starts From) 4 Star hotel list The Park Delhi Aloha On the Ganges Rishikesh Mansingh Palace Agra Mandawa Haveli Jaipur Oct' 2019 to Mar' 2020 Private $1465.00 The Park Delhi Aloha On The Ganges Rishikesh Mansingh Palace Agra Mandawe Haveli Jaipur Apr to Sep' 2019 Private $1365.00 This Tour Includes 10 nights accommodation with Breakfast in India - Prices are Per Person on Twin Sharing Basis - Prices are based on 02 persons traveling together by Private Chauffer Driven Air-conditioned Car - Prices include the services of an English Speaking guide for all sight seeing and Single entrance fee to all monuments mentioned in the itinerary. - Prices are not valid during Christmas & New Year period - Tour can be customized as per your requirement - Hotels mentioned above or similar will be provided - Terms & Conditions apply. 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__label__cc	0.534888	0.465112	Over the past week, there’s been quite a bit of coverage of Caitlyn Jenner, so we’ve found a few posts you can use to refute the ignorant haters. We’ve also got lots of good reads about feminism and other social justice topics, pop culture, a bit of science (with an unfortunate side of sexism), and some fun stuff to cheer you back up if you make it to the end. (You can do it!) Everyone in the world seems to have had an opinion on Caitlyn Jenner’s Vanity Fair cover on which she revealed her new name. A ton of attention was paid to her looks; and as Jon Stewart pointed out, welcome to being treated like a woman! Laverne Cox reminded us that it’s especially fucked up to judge trans people by their looks. Not all trans people can “pass” as their true gender, and some don’t want to “embody certain cisnormative beauty standards,” but that doesn’t invalidate their identity. On the flip side, we shouldn’t criticize her for being femme, as if wanting to look feminine is inherently bad and an automatic embracing of the patriarchy. Others, of course, just chose to be straight-up assholes. One guy made a Facebook post that went viral in which he said Jenner wasn’t brave, because look at this soldier! Except the image he randomly grabbed from Google wasn’t a real picture from WWII, it was actually “part of a documentary created by a man who was beaten nearly to death outside of a bar in 2000 […] because he was a cross-dresser.” Oops. Also, ESPN has confirmed that they don’t name a runner-up in the three major ESPYS, so the viral post shaming them for giving Jenner the Arthur Ashe Courage Award over Noah Galloway is just made up. At least there’s this: Caitlyn Jenner is Not a Hero. This is What A Real Hero Looks Like. http://t.co/0pnqzXuak8 pic.twitter.com/YTfavZhtsW — BlueRockPublicRadio (@BlueRockPR) June 8, 2015 John Pavlovitz talked about why it’s so very wrong that many Christians condemn Jenner for being herself while forgiving admitted child molester Josh Duggar, and how hypocrisy like that is driving more rational people to leave the church. And it’s absolutely disgusting that Mike Huckabee joked back in February about wishing he’d claimed to be trans in high school so he could shower with the girls, but at least The Nightly Show made a campaign ad with that footage. The Nightly Show Get More: The Nightly Show Full Episodes,The Nightly Show on Facebook,The Nightly Show Video Archive Also, STFU TERFs. As usual. Feminism & Social Justice & Politics & Stuff It’s a bit bizarre that Miss Piggy won a feminism award when there are plenty of real live human women who could have been chosen, but hats off to her speechwriter. Another reason some refuse to consider moi a feminist is that I do not fit the popular image of a feminist. […] And it is true, I did not burn my bra. Was this a political statement? No, it was simple common-sense economics. When one pays top dollar for intimate apparel like moi does, setting it ablaze is wasteful, improvident and highly incendiary. A reminder that while Amy Schumer sometimes makes good points about sexism and is getting lauded as a Totally Awesome Feminist!, she pretty regularly does skits and tells jokes that are racist and otherwise gross. So, the #HoldACokeWithYourBoobsChallenge started off as a stunt to get women to post pictures of their boobs for men to ogle, then some morons decided it meant ~~breast cancer awareness~~. Actual women with breast cancer were not impressed. (NSFW pics at the link.) A reasoned response to the liberal college professor who’s scared of liberal students, and why they really aren’t the enemy. Hell yeah, Bernie Sanders! (Mildly disappointed that the author felt compelled to take down the original version of this story, which was delightfully laden with profanities.) While this article is geared specifically toward non-profits, it’s relevant to all of us because it addresses a trend that came from for-profit businesses — employers should tell applicants up front what salary they expect to pay new hires and stop asking for salary histories, because otherwise it’s far too easy for people to get screwed over, especially women and PoC. Preach! Phew. Joyce Carol Oates clarified that she was joking when she tweeted to complain about the lack of conservation laws in response to an old picture of Steven Spielberg with a “dead” triceratops from the original Jurassic Park movie. Twitter had some pretty funny responses when it appeared that she was serious, though. Related, Buzzfeed explains why Jurassic World is gonna suck. And why not? Jurassic Park as told on Facebook. How Game of Thrones deploys profanity better than every other show on TV right now. No movie yet, but Black Widow’s getting a YA novel. Chris Hemsworth is going to play the lady Ghostbusters’ receptionist. Five Horrible Movie Characters Whom Everyone Still Wants to Bone. How ClickHole became the best site on the internet. Harry Potter Trivial Pursuit! Laughing through the tears. Man’s Obituary Accompanied By Photo Of Him Dressed As Wizard pic.twitter.com/EkCRZlWSRn — The Onion (@TheOnion) June 11, 2015 Unicorns are real! Ish. A cautionary tale about what would happen if 97% of scientists told us an asteroid was on a collision course with Earth, but politicians mocked them and cut their funding and the media stubbornly insisted on presenting both sides of the debate. (I see what you did there.) Despite being smart enough to win a Nobel Prize, Sir Tim Hunt was dumb enough to tell a group of female scientists that he prefers labs to be segregated by gender because “… three things happen when [girls] are in the lab… You fall in love with them, they fall in love with you, and when you criticise them, they cry.” BTW, he’s sorry he offended people, but what he said is like totally true! I mean, look at these #distractinglysexy lady scientists! And the sexism doesn’t stop there; after a post-doc wrote to Science‘s advice column for recommendations about what to do about an advisor who kept looking down her shirt, she was told to just suck it up so long as he didn’t take it any further, since she needed to stay in his good graces so he’d pay attention to her work. The site retracted and replaced that response, but yeesh. Male Feminist Tells Women to Continue Not Smiling. Translating your smug friend’s Facebook posts. Finally, some advice we can all use: How to Kill a Spider if There Are No Men Around to Do it For You: http://t.co/hoYMjzjD1X pic.twitter.com/w5jo9Mkgyy — Reductress (@Reductress) June 10, 2015 [E] Hillary Hillary is a giant nerd and former Mathlete. She once read large swaths of "Why Evolution is True" and a geology book aloud to her infant daughter, in the hopes of a) instilling a love of science in her from a very young age and b) boring her to sleep. After escaping the wilds of Waco, Texas and spending the next decade in NYC, she currently lives in upstate New York, where she misses being able to get decent pizza and Chinese takeout delivered to her house. She lost on Jeopardy. View all posts by [E] Hillary Posted on Friday, June 12th, 2015 Thursday, June 11th, 2015 Author [E] HillaryCategories Dispatches from LadybloglandTags #distractinglysexy, amy schumer, bernie sanders, black widow, boobs, burn it to the ground, Caitlyn Jenner, Chris Hemsworth, Christopher Lee, Clickhole, climate change, ESPYS, Facebook, feminism, game of thrones, ghostbusters, harry potter trivial pursuit, hypocrisy, irony, Jon Stewart, Joyce Carol Oates, Jurassic Park, Jurassic World, Laverne Cox, liberals, Mike Huckabee, missy piggy, Pajiba, real hero, Reductress, salaries, Science magazine, sexism in science, slacktivism, smile, TERFs, The Nightly Show, The Onion, Tim Hunt, transgender, unicorns Previous Previous post: Friday News Bites: McKinney Protests, Tony Awards, Obits + More Next Next post: This Weekend Open Thread is Binge-Watching Orange Is the New Black	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2444
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__label__wiki	0.661516	0.661516	Canaries Fall to RailCats, 5-4, in 10 innings Photo Credit: Ed Bailey Sioux Falls, SD – The Sioux Falls Canaries fell, 5-4 in 11 innings to the Gary SouthShore RailCats Wednesday night at Sioux Falls Stadium in front of a crowd of 2,861. Jabari Henry’s RBI single scored Blake Schmit from third to give the Canaries a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning, but the RailCats came right back to take the lead in the top of the second on Andy De Jesus’ two-run home run off Grady Wood. The RailCats’ 2-1 lead wouldn’t last long either, as Burt Reynolds solo home run, his 16th of the season, off Jeff McKenzie in the bottom of the third tied the game at three. Both Wood and McKenzie settled down over the next two frames before the RailCats took the lead in the top of the sixth. Reggie Wilson reached on a leadoff single, moved to second on Joey Havrilak’s groundout and third on a controversial balk call on Wood before coming home on Colin Willis’ RBI single to once again give the RailCats a one-run lead. Just an inning later though, Jabari Henry tied things up at three with a solo home run off Sam Myers in the bottom of the seventh. With his seventh inning home run, his 25th of the season, Henry is now the American Association league-leader in home runs, surpassing Kansas City’s Kevin Keyes. Gary SouthShore came right back to take the lead on Alex Crosby’s one-out solo home run against Wood in the top of the eighth, making it a 4-3 ball game. Wood finished his outing in-line for the loss, allowing four runs on seven hits over 8.0 innings pitched, walking one and striking out five. But after Jose Ortega worked a scoreless ninth, the Canaries tied things up in the bottom of the ninth against Jorge De Leon, giving Wood a no-decision. Back-to-back singles from Schmit and Henry to lead off the ninth put two on for Chris Jacobs, who’s fly out advanced Schmit to third. Patrick Fiala’s sacrifice fly tied the game at four, but the Birds couldn’t bring Henry home as well and Gary and Sioux Falls headed to extras, tied at four. James Jones relieved Ortega to start the tenth, and a leadoff walk came back to haunt him, as Kris Goodman’s double brought Ryan Fitzgerald home to give Gary a 5-4 lead. And the Birds put two on against De Leon in the bottom of the tenth, but Henry struck out to end the threat and give the RailCats a 5-4 victory in 10 innings. Jones takes the loss for the Canaries, who fall to 43-52 on the season, while De Leon picks up the win for the RailCats, who move to 53-42 on the year. The Sioux Falls Canaries wrap up their four-game series against the Gary SouthShore RailCats on Thursday night at 7:05 PM. RHP Troy Marks (3-8, 5.66 ERA) will take the hill for the Canaries facing RailCats’ LHP Alex Gunn (8-5, 3.58 ERA). Thursday night is Sioux Falls Stampede Night at The Birdcage. Fans will have the opportunity to meet Jaxon Nelson and Corson Green of the Stampede. Team mascot Stomp and head coach Scott Owens will also be on hand for a meet and greet at the game and fans will have a chance to win Stampede prizes, including ice seats to opening night! Fan voting for the Canaries’ End of Season Awards is OPEN and will run through the final out of the Canaries final regular season game on Sept. 4. Check out sfcanaries.com for more info on how to cast your vote! For information on single-game tickets, contact the Canaries Ticket Office at (605) 336-6060 or visit sfcanaries.com for more information.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2456
__label__wiki	0.663265	0.663265	Tag: domain names law Domain Names Law \| Domain Name Disputes Domain names, which are intellectual property just like trade marks and other forms of intellectual property, have seen an increase in disputes in the last few years. Terms like ccTLD (country code top level domain such as .ie, .co.uk and .fr) and gTLD(generic top level domain such as .com, .net and .org) can be confusing to the small business owner who simply wants to get his business up on the internet and market his/her business to the world via the internet. Hopefully what follows will help clear up some of the confusion as to what to watch out for in the whole area of domain name registration, domain name disputes and the value of doing a domain name search prior to registration. However domain name disputes are becoming an increasing problem for business with the proliferation of website, eCommerce and new businesses going online and trading on the internet. And infringements occur regularly in the shape of trade mark disputes, cybersquatting and related issues.domain-name-law It is crucial for any business to have a smart commercial strategy regarding their trade marks and domain names. Domain names can usually be registered quickly and inexpensively. Top Level Domain(TLD) is the suffix such as ie or uk or fr-it denotes the country. Within TLDs there are 2 sub-categories 1. Generic TLDs (gTLD) such as .com,.net,.org,.biz. These domain names do not have to be distinctive and do not indicate geographic origin. 2. Country Code TLDs (ccTLD) which are administered by the domain registry of the relevant country; in Ireland this is IE Domain Registry ltd (www.iedr.ie). In Ireland you must display a real and substantive connection with Ireland when applying for a domain name before iedr will approve your application. You may also need to show a connection with the business that you are referring to in your domain name application.(Check out IEDR.ie) Domain name disputes have been resolved generally in one of 2 ways-either in court or by reference to the alternative dispute resolution procedure provided by ICANN. This body has adopted the UDRP (Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy) which apples to generic TLD name disputes. Some country code administrators have incorporated this procedure into their registration agreements. This UDRP procedure has been very successful and has resolved many domain name disputes; however it does not provide for damages and so a company that needs immediate injunctive relief and damages will be advised to head for court rather than the UDRP procedure. Generally the relief provided is simply to have the domain name transferred to the plaintiff. To win relief at the UDRP you will need to show 3 things 1. the complainant must show that the name is confusingly similar to the name in which the complainant has rights 2. the existing holder has no legitimate interest or rights in the domain name 3. the complainant must show bad faith on the part of the holder of the domain name. The holder of the domain name can reject the complainant’s case if he could show bona fide use of the name, non commercial use with no intention to profit, evidence that the respondent is known by the domain name. UDRP also recognise the phenomenon of ‘Reverse Domain Name Hijacking’ which is the occasion when the plaintiff uses the policy in bad faith in an attempt to deprive a registered holder of a domain name of that name. In ccTLD disputes the domain name registry require further proofs before they cancel or transfer a domain name. They would need to see some aspect of passing off or trade mark infringement also. These disputes can be litigated before the appropriate courts as occurred in Jan. 2009 when Sean Dunne, Property Developer went to court in a dispute to obtain D4Hotels.com from John Brennan who had registered the domain name in his own name whilst running D4 hotels group in Ballsbridge. The IEDR introduced a dispute resolution procedure in 2003 in respect of .ie disputes which you can learn more about on their website. It is clearly impossible to register all domain names and trade marks which they may feel they need to protect their intellectual property. Sometimes it is more cost effective to purchase the name from the ‘offender’ rather than go to court or UDRP. It is important to recognise the difference between trade marks and domain names and it is prudent for a company to register each of their domain names as a trade mark. Because otherwise their domain name could be registered as a trade mark by a 3rd party. Tags domain name disputes, domain names law, intellectual property	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line2457

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